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<blockquote data-quote="GMforPowergamers" data-source="post: 8718993" data-attributes="member: 67338"><p>this is what I hate...</p><p></p><p>I want to use my character skill</p><p>no tell me how</p><p>I will duplicate what worked in a movie</p><p>no you dummy that wont work that is the wrong kind of move for my game</p><p></p><p>maybe at somepoint... but not at "My wise and charismatic character knows how to do this but I the player does not"</p><p></p><p>funny thing and I brought it up earlier as table jargon...</p><p></p><p>this is were we get the table joke "Diplomancy"</p><p></p><p>about a year or 2 after we started doing it this way a long time player who always made barbarians and fighters said he wanted to try sorcerer...and to be the face of the party. He admited he always thought he was too dumb to play that kind of character... and 2 or 3 sessions in he had been doing great when we ran into something that was a social issue and he froze. Like this kid (at the time a teenager) looked like he might cry. I as the DM reasured him that no matter what he said next how smart how swave or how perfect we were all going to make fun of him just as much as ever anyway..,. that got him to laugh but he said something akin to 'I don't have spell that would help but could my diplomacy?' and when he rolled he got a nat 20... so he joked 'look at that I did have a spell, it was the school of Diplomancy'</p><p></p><p>all these years later even if there is no skill called diplomacy we still joke 'time to cast diplomancy' from time to time</p><p></p><p>btw that guy plays bards all the time now and talks peoples ears off...he even does cool things out of game like at work and at bars becuse having a few trys that it didn't matter what he said taught him it didn't hurt to try.</p><p></p><p>you have missed the entire point of playing a character that is good at something you are not.</p><p></p><p>you are</p><p></p><p>then program a DMless game and make a fourtion... heck just automate a player missing a week due to real life would make you money</p><p></p><p>you don't understand at all</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GMforPowergamers, post: 8718993, member: 67338"] this is what I hate... I want to use my character skill no tell me how I will duplicate what worked in a movie no you dummy that wont work that is the wrong kind of move for my game maybe at somepoint... but not at "My wise and charismatic character knows how to do this but I the player does not" funny thing and I brought it up earlier as table jargon... this is were we get the table joke "Diplomancy" about a year or 2 after we started doing it this way a long time player who always made barbarians and fighters said he wanted to try sorcerer...and to be the face of the party. He admited he always thought he was too dumb to play that kind of character... and 2 or 3 sessions in he had been doing great when we ran into something that was a social issue and he froze. Like this kid (at the time a teenager) looked like he might cry. I as the DM reasured him that no matter what he said next how smart how swave or how perfect we were all going to make fun of him just as much as ever anyway..,. that got him to laugh but he said something akin to 'I don't have spell that would help but could my diplomacy?' and when he rolled he got a nat 20... so he joked 'look at that I did have a spell, it was the school of Diplomancy' all these years later even if there is no skill called diplomacy we still joke 'time to cast diplomancy' from time to time btw that guy plays bards all the time now and talks peoples ears off...he even does cool things out of game like at work and at bars becuse having a few trys that it didn't matter what he said taught him it didn't hurt to try. you have missed the entire point of playing a character that is good at something you are not. you are then program a DMless game and make a fourtion... heck just automate a player missing a week due to real life would make you money you don't understand at all [/QUOTE]
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