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<blockquote data-quote="Ashrym" data-source="post: 7852537" data-attributes="member: 6750235"><p>So what kinds of things in fictions would you think might also be covered here?</p><p></p><p></p><p>Here is my perspective: Sharing ideas and experience helps players, DM's, and ourselves. There's no reason not to share examples and ideas. Sharing those ideas regardless of sharing DC's or not helps give people ideas. It's not possible to roleplay a character worse in having given them a better idea of what that character can do with that character as opposed to not knowing what that character can do.</p><p></p><p>I don't care about the DC's themselves. DC's are just sliders. I don't change the rules to give characters higher bonuses if I want the style to give more room -- I lower the DC's for the relative effect. Eg real history vs wuxia. The difference is created in making harder actions easier and impossible actions possible. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>What's important is being on the same page between the players and the DM. If I'm the DM and I'm thinking different media than you (you're thinking bloodletting and humors and I'm thinking House) then there's a disconnect. Exercises like this can give a better general idea. Not just in different actions but different styles.</p><p></p><p>"I didn’t answer the Frankenstein question because I don’t have enough context to make a ruling with any confidence. If you give me a scenario, and an action (with clear goal and approach), I can rule on it, but again, I don’t think doing so would be a valuable exercise, for either of us."</p><p></p><p>I would ask why you wouldn't just create the context for the example. In a game you would have context and players giving that but for a hypothetical discussion on ideas anyone can give the context or ask what if. You don't need to wait for us to give ideas before you give answers, lol. I'm asking you for ideas too. Just pretend you're the DM and the player if it helps. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p></p><p>So what examples in media do you think you would be capable of if you were a player using medicine?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ashrym, post: 7852537, member: 6750235"] So what kinds of things in fictions would you think might also be covered here? Here is my perspective: Sharing ideas and experience helps players, DM's, and ourselves. There's no reason not to share examples and ideas. Sharing those ideas regardless of sharing DC's or not helps give people ideas. It's not possible to roleplay a character worse in having given them a better idea of what that character can do with that character as opposed to not knowing what that character can do. I don't care about the DC's themselves. DC's are just sliders. I don't change the rules to give characters higher bonuses if I want the style to give more room -- I lower the DC's for the relative effect. Eg real history vs wuxia. The difference is created in making harder actions easier and impossible actions possible. ;) What's important is being on the same page between the players and the DM. If I'm the DM and I'm thinking different media than you (you're thinking bloodletting and humors and I'm thinking House) then there's a disconnect. Exercises like this can give a better general idea. Not just in different actions but different styles. "I didn’t answer the Frankenstein question because I don’t have enough context to make a ruling with any confidence. If you give me a scenario, and an action (with clear goal and approach), I can rule on it, but again, I don’t think doing so would be a valuable exercise, for either of us." I would ask why you wouldn't just create the context for the example. In a game you would have context and players giving that but for a hypothetical discussion on ideas anyone can give the context or ask what if. You don't need to wait for us to give ideas before you give answers, lol. I'm asking you for ideas too. Just pretend you're the DM and the player if it helps. ;) So what examples in media do you think you would be capable of if you were a player using medicine? [/QUOTE]
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