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<blockquote data-quote="Balesir" data-source="post: 6157235" data-attributes="member: 27160">Well, I generally prefer it if most of the &quot;character interface&quot; ones are decided by the rules, because otherwise the &quot;system&quot; to be gamed becomes the GM.Not in most games I've played. The medusa - sure, you need to look at it. The bodak and basilisk are different, though - they need to see you, not the other way around. This is what makes basilisks far more dangerous than medusae - especially if they get surprise.This now gets circular - yes, sure, it's dangerous, but there is a difference between &quot;dangerous that good tactics and a modicum of forethought will overcome&quot; and &quot;dangerous that is down to dumb luck (absent some sort of obsessive planfest)&quot;.Oh, sorry - though I'm pretty sure it's far from confined to Yorkshire - I'll explain and try to use a different word in future:If I see a friend of mine in the pub and &quot;blag&quot; a beer off him, it means I used some technique - ranging from friendly persuasion and/or promises to outright confidence trickery - to get him to buy me a beer. Much the same sort of thing is often tried on GMs. Is the word really that unknown? I had no idea.I think N'raac's point is that the rules of the game are actually suggesting that.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Balesir, post: 6157235, member: 27160"] Well, I generally prefer it if most of the "character interface" ones are decided by the rules, because otherwise the "system" to be gamed becomes the GM. Not in most games I've played. The medusa - sure, you need to look at it. The bodak and basilisk are different, though - they need to see you, not the other way around. This is what makes basilisks far more dangerous than medusae - especially if they get surprise. This now gets circular - yes, sure, it's dangerous, but there is a difference between "dangerous that good tactics and a modicum of forethought will overcome" and "dangerous that is down to dumb luck (absent some sort of obsessive planfest)". Oh, sorry - though I'm pretty sure it's far from confined to Yorkshire - I'll explain and try to use a different word in future: If I see a friend of mine in the pub and "blag" a beer off him, it means I used some technique - ranging from friendly persuasion and/or promises to outright confidence trickery - to get him to buy me a beer. Much the same sort of thing is often tried on GMs. Is the word really that unknown? I had no idea. I think N'raac's point is that [B][I]the rules of the game[/I][/B] are actually suggesting that. [/QUOTE]

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