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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Petrosian" data-source="post: 780035" data-attributes="member: 1149">When do i roleplay as opposed to die-roll-synopsis a dialog between player characters and NPCs?I run a four person group and a seven person group. In both cases the short answer is i do whichever is the best thing to do for the game and enjoyment of the players.The examples vary somewhat.If its a one-on-one, where only 1 or maybe 2 PCs are involved, I am likely to run to synopsis mode. This is easpecially true if its going to be a long discussion. i just don't find it good to have the majority of the troupe waiting for longer than even 15 minutes at a time. (We use email and our own BBS a lot so we can ofyen resolve more personal and long roleplaying items there.) The seven person game is structured and plotted to arrange for more "team" events and slightly less personal issue events anyway.Now, when we do sysnopsis or even roleplay, i actually use die rolls rarely, usually only if a player asks for one. i just compare the relevent stats... bluff +7 and diplomacy+4 against a guy with diplomacy+2 and sense motive +1 means a good advantage in the conversation for one side.I let the stats/die-rolls set the stage and the roleplaying modify it as we go along.So, yes indeed, a good roleplayer/conversationalist will get more than his stats indicate... at least a circumstantial modifier for good roleplaying, in much the same way that the good tactician often gets benefits from moving his figure there to flank or coming up with a good strategy.Just because there is no "flanking" bonus for linguistic maneuvers expressed in the rules does not to me indicate that its wrong to recognize someone making solid or even ingenius decisions in their narrative as often as you see these reflected in good combat decisions made during play."I use the reductio argument style so as to flank his simile between my argument and Freyr's cunning juxtaposition so we each get +2 to our next round's diplomacy check.""and don't forget the sneaky-pun bonus witicism, thats +3d6 at my level!"</blockquote>

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