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<blockquote data-quote="Ryujin" data-source="post: 4970728" data-attributes="member: 27897">That's where my group's concept of describing how you assist comes in; it limits the number of people aiding, while enhancing role play over roll play. If the task is to climb a 100 foot sheer wall and the party Rogue is 50 feet up, how is someone on the ground going to aid him? The Eladrin Warlock is deep in negotiations with Drow prince over creating a temporary alliance. Is the fighter sticking his head in front of the Drow and saying, &quot;You do it our way or I crush your skull.&quot; (his best Diplomacy gambit) going to help, or will the Drow's backstabbing come all the faster for it?Tossing out dice isn't a description of how the aid is being provided. If you make the aid action contingent upon enhancing role play, then everyone benefits. Sometimes our negotiations fall apart because the Fighter gets bored and storms out, but that advances the plot too <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ryujin, post: 4970728, member: 27897"] That's where my group's concept of describing how you assist comes in; it limits the number of people aiding, while enhancing role play over roll play. If the task is to climb a 100 foot sheer wall and the party Rogue is 50 feet up, how is someone on the ground going to aid him? The Eladrin Warlock is deep in negotiations with Drow prince over creating a temporary alliance. Is the fighter sticking his head in front of the Drow and saying, "You do it our way or I crush your skull." (his best Diplomacy gambit) going to help, or will the Drow's backstabbing come all the faster for it? Tossing out dice isn't a description of how the aid is being provided. If you make the aid action contingent upon enhancing role play, then everyone benefits. Sometimes our negotiations fall apart because the Fighter gets bored and storms out, but that advances the plot too :) [/QUOTE]

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