Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Next
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
Twitch
YouTube
Facebook (EN Publishing)
Facebook (EN World)
Twitter
Instagram
TikTok
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
The
VOIDRUNNER'S CODEX
is coming! Explore new worlds, fight oppressive empires, fend off fearsome aliens, and wield deadly psionics with this comprehensive boxed set expansion for 5E and A5E!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
What's the point of gold?
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 7521617" data-attributes="member: 23751"><p>Regardless of how you want to paint it, there are times in the game where you have only a few rolls, if any, in an hour(simple roleplaying), and other times when that minimum is a very large clump of rolls(combat and skill challenges). Those are distinctly different types of game events.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I never said I was going to stop them. What I'm saying is that I prefer the primary reason to be roleplay. Let's take an example from 3e. If I wanted to have a PC to be the best in the land at X skill, there were a variety of ways I could go about that mechanically. Maybe I take the skill focus feat. Maybe I take one of the myriad of feats, or more than one, where there are two different skills at a lower bonus. Maybe I seek out magical items and/or spells to augment. I can still make decisions based on mechanical benefits, but my roleplaying/character reasons are what drives my choices. </p><p></p><p>What I would speak to a player about is if their roleplay choice was to be an aristocrat, and they only payed upkeep equal to a squalid lifestyle(assuming they can afford to be an aristocrat). When the mechanic you choose it at direct odds with the roleplay, it creates a disruption.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>A few things.</p><p></p><p>First, they all have mechanical benefits, whether they are explicitly spelled out in the books or not. Second, if it's not a problem, it's not a problem, whether it occurs to all players or not. So it doesn't become a general problem just because YOU feel like it's a problem.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I think I got you confused with Capnzapp. I see him talking about official all over the place now that I go back and look. Sorry about that.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's not an attempt to shut down the conversation to offer you solutions to a problem that you are having. It's a desire to help you with your problem. What's the difference between saying that X product can help you, and typing up something that says X can help you? In both cases you are still getting some information that could help you out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 7521617, member: 23751"] Regardless of how you want to paint it, there are times in the game where you have only a few rolls, if any, in an hour(simple roleplaying), and other times when that minimum is a very large clump of rolls(combat and skill challenges). Those are distinctly different types of game events. I never said I was going to stop them. What I'm saying is that I prefer the primary reason to be roleplay. Let's take an example from 3e. If I wanted to have a PC to be the best in the land at X skill, there were a variety of ways I could go about that mechanically. Maybe I take the skill focus feat. Maybe I take one of the myriad of feats, or more than one, where there are two different skills at a lower bonus. Maybe I seek out magical items and/or spells to augment. I can still make decisions based on mechanical benefits, but my roleplaying/character reasons are what drives my choices. What I would speak to a player about is if their roleplay choice was to be an aristocrat, and they only payed upkeep equal to a squalid lifestyle(assuming they can afford to be an aristocrat). When the mechanic you choose it at direct odds with the roleplay, it creates a disruption. A few things. First, they all have mechanical benefits, whether they are explicitly spelled out in the books or not. Second, if it's not a problem, it's not a problem, whether it occurs to all players or not. So it doesn't become a general problem just because YOU feel like it's a problem. I think I got you confused with Capnzapp. I see him talking about official all over the place now that I go back and look. Sorry about that. It's not an attempt to shut down the conversation to offer you solutions to a problem that you are having. It's a desire to help you with your problem. What's the difference between saying that X product can help you, and typing up something that says X can help you? In both cases you are still getting some information that could help you out. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*Dungeons & Dragons
What's the point of gold?
Top