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<blockquote data-quote="doctorbadwolf" data-source="post: 7848997" data-attributes="member: 6704184">I have been using flashbacks more and more to explain rolls that just can't easily be explained by moving the scene forward another step. It started with a caper adventure, where we jumped right into the action, and then went back and asked, &quot;what was the backup plan, or bait and switch, or other planning stage device, that is going to change this scene back to your favor?&quot; I used Inspiration to help control the flashback frequency, and gave everyone a free Inspiration at the start of each of the 3 Acts of the adventure. the best one was when the wizard rolled a 2 on his Arcana check to hack into the security system of the vault where 1 of the mcguffins was kept, in order to allow the bard to walk out with his box that contained the real nonagon, while the fake nonagon was sitting in the lock box that had held the real one. Someone used their Inspiration to flash back, and we established that him failing the check was actually part of the plan. See, he'd enchanted the fake nonagon to implant code into a rebooting security system when it scanned all contents of the vault, switching the ID markers of the two lock boxes so that the bard's lockbox wouldn't read as containing the wrong goods upon exiting the vault. He had to trigger the alarm in a specific way, by &quot;failing&quot; to hack it, so that the system would need to be reset, and booted up from scratch. A new arcana check with advantage told us how well the device worked, he hit some high number, and the caper continued. The entire idea of needing to reset the magical security system was invented as part of the flash back, as the players recalled their planning around the table before the caper. The effect was that it mirrored the sort of voice over dialogue about &quot;the plan&quot; you see in a caper movie or TV episode, where we are jumping back and forth between the action, and the planning stage. Such a mechanic formalised would be perfect for a Batman character.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="doctorbadwolf, post: 7848997, member: 6704184"] I have been using flashbacks more and more to explain rolls that just can't easily be explained by moving the scene forward another step. It started with a caper adventure, where we jumped right into the action, and then went back and asked, "what was the backup plan, or bait and switch, or other planning stage device, that is going to change this scene back to your favor?" I used Inspiration to help control the flashback frequency, and gave everyone a free Inspiration at the start of each of the 3 Acts of the adventure. the best one was when the wizard rolled a 2 on his Arcana check to hack into the security system of the vault where 1 of the mcguffins was kept, in order to allow the bard to walk out with [I]his [/I]box that contained the real nonagon, while the fake nonagon was sitting in the lock box that [I]had[/I] held the real one. Someone used their Inspiration to flash back, and we established that him failing the check was actually part of the plan. See, he'd enchanted the fake nonagon to implant code into a rebooting security system when it scanned all contents of the vault, switching the ID markers of the two lock boxes so that the bard's lockbox wouldn't read as containing the wrong goods upon exiting the vault. He [I]had[/I] to trigger the alarm in a specific way, by "failing" to hack it, so that the system would need to be reset, and booted up from scratch. A new arcana check with advantage told us how well the device worked, he hit some high number, and the caper continued. The entire idea of needing to reset the magical security system was invented as part of the flash back, as the players recalled their planning around the table before the caper. The effect was that it mirrored the sort of voice over dialogue about "the plan" you see in a caper movie or TV episode, where we are jumping back and forth between the action, and the planning stage. Such a mechanic formalised would be perfect for a Batman character. [/QUOTE]

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