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<blockquote data-quote="Teflon Billy" data-source="post: 4601314" data-attributes="member: 264">Doppleganger and James Wallis &quot;Get it&quot; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />Seriously. I allow this kind of dicking around in my campaigns if the players like, but it gets glossed pretty quickly (or if it comes up a lot). Lots of things get the glossed-over treatment.Sex...DM: &quot;you are in a tavern, attempting to meet up with your contact from the Bronze Knife Clan, you recieve an note that he wants you to meet him in Cliifwater tomorrow..&quot;Player: &quot;Well, since we've got the evening free, I will attempt to seduce the barmaid and get her to my room for the evening&quot;DM: &quot;Done. The next day you guys... &quot;Shopping...DM: &quot;Ok, someone said they wanted to purchase some replacement gear...?Player: &quot;Yeah, that was me. 'Excuse me sir, a fine looking shop you have here. I was hoping you would be able to help me procure a new set of riding boots?&quot;DM: &quot;Mark off 2 gold. Anyone else need anything?&quot;Business...Player: &quot;I was hoping to take my leftover money and set up a bakery&quot;DM: &quot;Allright, it costs 2000 gold for the building, your Guild charter and a couple of bakers to do the actual baking&quot;Player: &quot;I was going to do the baking myself&quot;DM: &quot;Then your place will go under...you are on the road most of the year&quot;I mean, there is room for roleplay...Diplomacy with powerful NPCs, intra-party rivalry, interrogation scenes, negotiation etc....all good.But the endless minutiae of shopping, whoring and attempts to leave off an adventuring profession to become a Cooper or a Wainwright? My gaming time is short enough thanks.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Teflon Billy, post: 4601314, member: 264"] Doppleganger and James Wallis "Get it" :D Seriously. I allow this kind of dicking around in my campaigns if the players like, but it gets glossed pretty quickly (or if it comes up a lot). Lots of things get the glossed-over treatment. [B]Sex...[/B] DM: "you are in a tavern, attempting to meet up with your contact from the Bronze Knife Clan, you recieve an note that he wants you to meet him in Cliifwater tomorrow.." Player: "Well, since we've got the evening free, I will attempt to seduce the barmaid and get her to my room for the evening" DM: "Done. The next day you guys... " [B]Shopping...[/B] DM: "Ok, someone said they wanted to purchase some replacement gear...? Player: "Yeah, that was me. 'Excuse me sir, a fine looking shop you have here. I was hoping you would be able to help me procure a new set of riding boots?" DM: "Mark off 2 gold. Anyone else need anything?" [B]Business...[/B] Player: "I was hoping to take my leftover money and set up a bakery" DM: "Allright, it costs 2000 gold for the building, your Guild charter and a couple of bakers to do the actual baking" Player: "I was going to do the baking myself" DM: "Then your place will go under...you are on the road most of the year" I mean, there is room for roleplay...Diplomacy with powerful NPCs, intra-party rivalry, interrogation scenes, negotiation etc....all good. But the endless minutiae of shopping, whoring and attempts to leave off an adventuring profession to become a Cooper or a Wainwright? My gaming time is short enough thanks. [/QUOTE]

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