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<blockquote data-quote="Ancalagon" data-source="post: 6859768" data-attributes="member: 23"><p>I had a somewhat similar incident happen to me. This was in warhammer, and one of the PCs was a militiaman - as in he literally was in the militia and had occasional duties to fulfill. Great, a little hook for storytelling!</p><p></p><p>So the PCs are hired to go on a week long mission, and well it's overlapping with milita duty. This is a mild roleplaying challenge that I'm giving the player, to give him a chance to be quick on his feet. There are *soooo* many ways this situation could be resovled: Bribe the sergeant. Make a deal with the sergeant (double duty next week!). Plead with the sergeant. Trade shifts with someone. Just don't show up and suck up the punishment. etc etc.</p><p></p><p>Instead, the player almost quit on the spot... </p><p></p><p>Some people - I think it's a minority, but it's not a rarity - just seem to have a very very limited social toolset. They can't talk their way out of problems, convince someone etc... So they take a high diplomacy so they don't have to do it in game. I still am leery of the introduction of "social skills" in D&D. It's clearly "realistic" - some of us have better social skills than others no? - but it has strange effects on the game.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ancalagon, post: 6859768, member: 23"] I had a somewhat similar incident happen to me. This was in warhammer, and one of the PCs was a militiaman - as in he literally was in the militia and had occasional duties to fulfill. Great, a little hook for storytelling! So the PCs are hired to go on a week long mission, and well it's overlapping with milita duty. This is a mild roleplaying challenge that I'm giving the player, to give him a chance to be quick on his feet. There are *soooo* many ways this situation could be resovled: Bribe the sergeant. Make a deal with the sergeant (double duty next week!). Plead with the sergeant. Trade shifts with someone. Just don't show up and suck up the punishment. etc etc. Instead, the player almost quit on the spot... Some people - I think it's a minority, but it's not a rarity - just seem to have a very very limited social toolset. They can't talk their way out of problems, convince someone etc... So they take a high diplomacy so they don't have to do it in game. I still am leery of the introduction of "social skills" in D&D. It's clearly "realistic" - some of us have better social skills than others no? - but it has strange effects on the game. [/QUOTE]
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