D&D 5E Why Good Posters Should Not Make Sweeping Statements

[Yunru]

So the other day my players fought some bandits. They tied them up, and hauled them back to the city. Why? Because of the big wanted posters for an unrelated villain that proclaimed "Reward for the Perpetrator and any that might be involved."

Apparently a poster making a sweeping statement lead to miscommunication, go figure.

 

[Ovinomancer]

But I'm a neutral poster with evil tendencies. What kind of statements should I not make?

 

[Gardens & Goblins]

We can always offer to collaborate on how to best hang up our posters and ignore the suggested solutions offered until we hear the ones we want to hear. This is of course, regardless of if our posters are actually a problem - we'll insist they are, regardless.

How can we help paste adhesives compete with stickytape?

 

[cbwjm]

But I'm a neutral poster with evil tendencies. What kind of statements should I not make?

The evil ones.

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[lowkey13]

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[jaelis]

The posters I find particularly troublesome are the ones put up by trolls. My party threw all our food over the side of a bridge after they read that they would get three wishes if we did. Instead we got in a big fight and had to use a lot of flame to defeat the beasts.

 

[Ath'kethin]

I used to make similar points to my wife.

I have found it much more effective to say, "Yes, dear."

When I reply that way to posts on this forum, I get a lot of side-eye and weird looks.

 

[lowkey13]

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[Jer]

The posters I find particularly troublesome are the ones put up by trolls. My party threw all our food over the side of a bridge after they read that they would get three wishes if we did. Instead we got in a big fight and had to use a lot of flame to defeat the beasts.

This is why Good players always send goats across the bridges first. Scares away the trolls.

 

[jaelis]

This is why Good players always send goats across the bridges first. Scares away the trolls.

And the Evil players send gnomes.