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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 9279264" data-attributes="member: 6790260"><p>It's a bad habit a lot of folks need to be broken away from. They worry that by not doing the perfectly correct thing, they're letting everyone down, making the game worse, hurting the chances of success, etc., etc. And, unfortunately, the trend toward high-lethality, roll once to save or die, a single crit can kill you, minuscule HP, etc., etc. doesn't help matters at all. Because these folks are usually <em>right</em> in their belief that making a mistake can be deadly, not just for them but for other characters as well. When you <em>know</em> death lurks behind every corner <em>except</em> the super clever awesome plan that gives your team a huge advantage, you are encouraged to always look for the super clever awesome plan that gives your team a huge advantage....even when no such plan exists and you just have to use the basic tools you have and try to survive.</p><p></p><p>Unless and until you can simultaneously break such a player's <em>fear</em> of choosing "wrong" AND their deep-seated <em>desire</em> to choose what's "best," they'll keep doing this, even though it is detrimental to everyone at the table. Including them!</p><p></p><p></p><p>Or a high-level elf rogue with Elven Accuracy, or a Wizard casting <em>chain lightning,</em> or...</p><p></p><p>Throwing fistfuls of dice isn't restricted to Fighters, and you'll almost certainly throw more as a Rogue or Wizard, since they don't require buffs nor equipment to activate.</p><p></p><p>Now imagine if Mike Mearls had gotten his way, and Proficiency was handled as Proficiency Dice rather than as a static score. So every one of those Fighter attack rolls would actually be 1d20+1d12 or whatever it was.</p><p></p><p>I'm getting a mental image of a cartoon little old lady paying for a grocery bill with pennies from a little coin purse. "One...two...three...four..."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 9279264, member: 6790260"] It's a bad habit a lot of folks need to be broken away from. They worry that by not doing the perfectly correct thing, they're letting everyone down, making the game worse, hurting the chances of success, etc., etc. And, unfortunately, the trend toward high-lethality, roll once to save or die, a single crit can kill you, minuscule HP, etc., etc. doesn't help matters at all. Because these folks are usually [I]right[/I] in their belief that making a mistake can be deadly, not just for them but for other characters as well. When you [I]know[/I] death lurks behind every corner [I]except[/I] the super clever awesome plan that gives your team a huge advantage, you are encouraged to always look for the super clever awesome plan that gives your team a huge advantage....even when no such plan exists and you just have to use the basic tools you have and try to survive. Unless and until you can simultaneously break such a player's [I]fear[/I] of choosing "wrong" AND their deep-seated [I]desire[/I] to choose what's "best," they'll keep doing this, even though it is detrimental to everyone at the table. Including them! Or a high-level elf rogue with Elven Accuracy, or a Wizard casting [I]chain lightning,[/I] or... Throwing fistfuls of dice isn't restricted to Fighters, and you'll almost certainly throw more as a Rogue or Wizard, since they don't require buffs nor equipment to activate. Now imagine if Mike Mearls had gotten his way, and Proficiency was handled as Proficiency Dice rather than as a static score. So every one of those Fighter attack rolls would actually be 1d20+1d12 or whatever it was. I'm getting a mental image of a cartoon little old lady paying for a grocery bill with pennies from a little coin purse. "One...two...three...four..." [/QUOTE]
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