D&D 5E (2014) Player consent required -spoilers for new adv book

[mamba]

You can apparently avoid the mutation effect in the game through normal play.

no, this is absolutely wrong, there is no way to avoid it. It happens automatically simply by progressing in the adventure.

I guess you did not read the post where the content you did not have was posted

Cause I own the book, let me get the context

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[DarkCrisis]

no, this is absolutely wrong, there is no way to avoid it. It happens automatically simply by progressing in the adventure.

I was talking about the “turn into mindflayers” thing which my pic says is avoidable. “If the players fail” or whatever.

 

[Reynard]

Let’s change the example shall we?

In an Adventure Path (or perhaps a home brew campaign, doesn’t matter) the Dm declares after x amount of time, your pc must have a love interest and you must describe and play out that love interest.

All you folks who are going on about how the dm should be able to impose conditions on the pcs should be totally groovy with that, right? No problems?

I agree with the premise: if the overall "campaign story" includes political marriages etc, that is definitely a thing folks around the table should be aware of and need to actively buy in to.

 

[Vaalingrade]

Bottom line: if you're a veteran DM, this isn't directed at you. They know you're going to act how you're going to act.

This is for the new DMs so they don't grow into the kind of DM that doesn't care how the players feel as long as they get what they want and just mock or kick people who aren't comfortable with a very common line people have.

 

[Scribe]

Well.. body horror anyway. I don't know that we know it includes cosmic horror, which is a whole other thing and definitely a lot harder to account for in session 0.

Eh, I'm of the view that Far Realm (and the associated gribblies) ~= Cosmic Horror in a D&D context.

 

[mamba]

I was talking about the “turn into mindflayers” thing which my pic says is avoidable. “If the players fail” or whatever.

Sure, you can fail the adventure and get turned into a mindflayer... didn't think that is what you meant, and it also is not what the consent is about

 

[MonsterEnvy]

I was talking about the “turn into mindflayers” thing which my pic says is avoidable. “If the players fail” or whatever.

Turning into Mindflayers is the game over failure state. It’s not the part the Player Consent bar is even talking about.

 

[overgeeked]

Turning into Mindflayers is the game over failure state.

That’s a clear sign of a missed opportunity.

 

[Reynard]

Eh, I'm of the view that Far Realm (and the associated gribblies) ~= Cosmic Horror in a D&D context.

Cosmic horror and existential horror are MUCH more complex than body horror, and frankly I don't think WotC is either willing or able to actually include those things in their games.

 

[Scribe]

Cosmic horror and existential horror are MUCH more complex than body horror, and frankly I don't think WotC is either willing or able to actually include those things in their games.

Hence "D&D Context".