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Yesterday, 10:56 PMAnd your post tells my you misread mine or are making incorrect assumptions about it. I'm not sure why people are so set on the assumption GMs don't...362 replies | 15318 view(s)
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Yesterday, 04:07 PMWhy do you assume the players don't already know those things? Why assume they aren't told in-character information? Why assume a king with an army,...362 replies | 15318 view(s)
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Yesterday, 12:31 PMPossibly not. I once had a bunch of players where things went sort of like: GM: the chancellor tells you that your deeds have been noticed by the...362 replies | 15318 view(s)
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2024-05-01, 01:34 AMMan but those chonked text walls are whacked. Skippy skip skip. But something stood out My current game is the second run of these players...362 replies | 15318 view(s)
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2024-04-30, 11:37 AMTelok replied to a thread DM Help Any experience with measuring instead of using a grid? in Roleplaying GamesOh, yeah. That's a D&D thing these days. My games the "melee" mostly pick up smoke grenades and a high power rifle. For D&D we always use a grid and...14 replies | 1106 view(s)
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2024-04-29, 11:55 PMWeirdly enough I've used open office / libre office spreadsheet for that. Import or copy/paste in the image, turn on the "size of the paper" lines,...11 replies | 397 view(s)
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2024-04-29, 07:16 PMI actually have a solution for that one: use "Wait, I'm confused. What's going down and why?" Being sure to offer no information or suggestions...362 replies | 15318 view(s)
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2024-04-29, 12:07 PMActually my impression was the players have trust issues with basically everyone, but especially with any NPCs in all sorts of games. As you said,...362 replies | 15318 view(s)
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2024-04-28, 04:31 PMBecause you're posting. About something that isn't a perfect d&d game played exactly like other people want you to.362 replies | 15318 view(s)
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2024-04-28, 01:19 AMTelok replied to a thread Point buy skill systems with efficiencies that shift as you grow in Roleplaying GamesSounds like a perfectly reasonable set up then. The only question after that being how viable are generalist characters or characters with skill 1 &...26 replies | 1365 view(s)
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2024-04-27, 04:37 PMTelok replied to a thread Point buy skill systems with efficiencies that shift as you grow in Roleplaying GamesOk, cool. General skills are like another form of attribute, the specialties are "you need actual training, lots of luck, or being really good at...26 replies | 1365 view(s)
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2024-04-27, 02:48 PMTelok replied to a thread Point buy skill systems with efficiencies that shift as you grow in Roleplaying GamesSkill - aggression, subskills - despotisim, artillery Skill - destruction, applies to - demolitions, using cannons to bring down a building,...26 replies | 1365 view(s)
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2024-04-26, 05:27 PMTelok replied to a thread DM Help Any experience with measuring instead of using a grid? in Roleplaying GamesDone it, works fine. Typical tailoring/sewing measuring tape is all we needed. We go center to center for ranges and however the heck you want to...14 replies | 1106 view(s)
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2024-04-26, 11:45 AMTelok replied to a thread Point buy skill systems with efficiencies that shift as you grow in Roleplaying GamesThere's a number of options. Will work off the "cap at 6", spec = +3, and 1+2+3+4+5xp cost model. You can have lesser specializations add a...26 replies | 1365 view(s)
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2024-04-25, 03:51 PMIf the only thing you ever hear about air travel is the horrible crashes shouldn't you never fly anywhere? If the only thing you read about one...362 replies | 15318 view(s)
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2024-04-25, 12:04 AMWell if you're intentionally being insulting then there's no point reading your posts is there? Back on topic: I think maybe some of it could be...362 replies | 15318 view(s)
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2024-04-24, 11:32 PMIf you that route you should go all in on the programmer tropes and have wizards trust magic and magic items as much as programmers trust their own...24 replies | 2354 view(s)
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2024-04-24, 12:02 AMDanger! Will Robinson! DANGER! Red alert! Warning warning warning! So um... I think this is a big one. The players are doing stuff to NPCs and are...362 replies | 15318 view(s)
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2024-04-22, 07:56 PMYes that's really massive supposition on your part. People in my part of the woods actually talk to each other like normal folk. At times even I,...362 replies | 15318 view(s)
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2024-04-22, 04:22 PMPlayers not sharing info with NPCs, or generally failing to communicate with them, is fairly common in my experience. It crosses groups, systems,...362 replies | 15318 view(s)
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2024-04-21, 11:35 PMI've got something somewhat similar in that several of my players have adverse reactions to npcs with any form of authority and get really abrasive...362 replies | 15318 view(s)
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2024-04-17, 01:23 AMTrue... if and only if the GM wants to tell a story and wants to run an adventure. I'm an odd one out when I GM. The game I play is to set a world,...285 replies | 13677 view(s)
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2024-04-16, 12:11 PMThat raises an interesting question: Did I decide to make it matter that some classes have out of combat magic and others don't? Because I wrote a...285 replies | 13677 view(s)
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2024-04-16, 02:05 AMCasters were on a tighter leash. Harder to cast, fewer spells, more risk, etc. But its interesting to note that practically all of the out of combat...285 replies | 13677 view(s)
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2024-04-15, 03:51 PMFunny thing, I'd disagree with all three statements unless you have a pretty good GM who will intervene in the usual & expected game defaults to...285 replies | 13677 view(s)
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2024-04-15, 02:32 AMFor me its just easier world building to have stuff like the baseline default spells function normally. If that means treating planar tuning forks...285 replies | 13677 view(s)
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2024-04-14, 03:49 PMNo, it assumes that the character with Plane Shift wants to use the spell and likely would have looked into getting tuning forks, thus starting with...285 replies | 13677 view(s)
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2024-04-13, 03:54 PMNot really. A character with Plane Shift run by a player who intends to use the spell is likely to have already have tried sourcing some tuning...285 replies | 13677 view(s)
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2024-04-12, 06:54 PMBandits... racoons named 'Bandit'... trash panda bandits... Two dozen trash pandas rampage through your camp at night taking all your food. ...35 replies | 3154 view(s)
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2024-04-04, 10:22 AMThats been my experience too. Under level 5 anyone rocking 19-21 ac felt pretty good about wading onto a scrum of monsters with +2 to +5 to hit. By...241 replies | 12859 view(s)
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