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Today, 09:56 AMIndeed. All he's succeeded in doing is disenfranchising/introducing needless conflict to all the tables that would have chosen a different number,...1000 replies | 46329 view(s)
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Today, 09:44 AMHowever, "here's our starter setting, it's lightweight enough that you can make it your own!" is considerably better. (Coupled with a dose of "here's...49 replies | 4751 view(s)
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Today, 09:39 AMBut they weren't, because empirically, no roll from the PC would have succeeded. You physically cannot roll higher than a 20 on the die. There was no...61 replies | 1978 view(s)
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Today, 03:10 AMThe DM clearly wanted it to be impossible, which they're allowed to do before asking for a roll (again, at least in 5e, if this was 3.5 you'd have a...61 replies | 1978 view(s)
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Today, 02:08 AMPsyren replied to a thread Pathfinder 2e - How does it compare to other systems? in Roleplaying GamesI know what they were going for and why, but in sanding off those edges they removed too much of what made PF1 and D&D exciting; those "big swing"...19 replies | 2559 view(s)
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Today, 01:55 AMIt does suffice for most people. It would be impractical for them to try spoonfeeding everyone. "Possible" and "beneficial/desirable" are very...1000 replies | 46329 view(s)
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Yesterday, 10:24 PMIt also encourages the exact roll-first-think-later mentality that we just spent two editions getting away from. How far does a success get you?...1000 replies | 46329 view(s)
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Yesterday, 06:08 PMIndeed; this is exactly why I'm so against further codification. This too. Okay, and?1000 replies | 46329 view(s)
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Yesterday, 03:54 PMAt the risk of sounding blunt, a Knight who would even consider giving away their sword to a bunch of strangers they met on the road just because...1000 replies | 46329 view(s)
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Yesterday, 02:14 PMIf it's truly just the rogue then clearly removing the rogue (or the player opting to remove themselves) from that table is an option, albeit one...1000 replies | 46329 view(s)
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Yesterday, 01:26 PMYeah, I would love it if Shifters actually looked like anthropomorphs / borderline lycanthropes rather than hairy humans with bad dentistry and nails.145 replies | 11687 view(s)
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Yesterday, 01:03 PMI can't speak for every system - but assuming you were playing 5e, this is where your DM screwed up. If they knew what you were trying to do ("I pull...61 replies | 1978 view(s)
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Yesterday, 12:56 PMI truly don't understand what's complicated about this. If the players aren't having fun and they communicate that they're not having fun - the DM...1000 replies | 46329 view(s)
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Yesterday, 11:46 AMIf you really see value in kayfabe via unnecessary rolls, fine, it's your table. But DMG 237 explicitly tells you NOT to do that. So you're already...1000 replies | 46329 view(s)
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Yesterday, 11:22 AMOf course a natural 20 succeeds for most people. If not even a natural 20 can succeed, why the heck are you calling for a roll in the first place?...1000 replies | 46329 view(s)
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Yesterday, 03:02 AMPsyren replied to a thread Pathfinder 2e - How does it compare to other systems? in Roleplaying GamesI remember during the whole OGL debacle when a ton of 5e youtubers jumped over to PF2 just to try it out, and they found a number of things they...19 replies | 2559 view(s)
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2024-05-20, 10:17 PMI know, it exists now :smallsmile: Hence my suggestion.1000 replies | 46329 view(s)
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2024-05-20, 09:36 PMI want them tailored for specific scenarios/encounters, which is what modules are. If you or someone else then wants to use those to extrapolate some...1000 replies | 46329 view(s)
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2024-05-20, 09:26 PMPlenty of your positions mystify me too if that helps :smalltongue: They give a ton of structure to ability checks actually, it's called...1000 replies | 46329 view(s)
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2024-05-20, 08:27 PM(Here we go again indeed...) If you truly see no difference between those examples and how ability checks are resolved, then you're never going to...1000 replies | 46329 view(s)
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2024-05-20, 08:09 PMI mean, it doesn't - you can improvise all kinds of actions/conditions like sneaking up and tying an orc's bootlaces together or throwing sand in...1000 replies | 46329 view(s)
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2024-05-20, 03:43 PMI see it as massively different. For me, Heroic Fantasy embodies two tropes in particular: Zero to Hero: You most often start your career as a...1000 replies | 46329 view(s)
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2024-05-20, 02:00 PMYeah I don't get where the sudden spurt of fear/threadcrapping is coming from. Everything looks civil to me, even in the areas where we have...1000 replies | 46329 view(s)
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2024-05-20, 09:24 AMIf having multiple routes to success means the challenge is "catered to the party" then they all are, or should be. I don't consider that a useful...1000 replies | 46329 view(s)
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2024-05-20, 02:28 AMI'm not opposed to adding a bit of general language, but the devil is in the details. What I typically see is that the folks who claim to be in favor...1000 replies | 46329 view(s)
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2024-05-19, 09:47 PMNo offense taken! We're at an impasse regarding ability checks then and we can leave it there. We don't have to agree on how they should be presented...1000 replies | 46329 view(s)
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2024-05-19, 08:25 PMThe problem with codifying these is they should be situational. It shouldn't be "DC 20, I can tell where any invisible creature is now." It should be...1000 replies | 46329 view(s)
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2024-05-19, 05:10 PMWe have until 50 before it matters, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ They're going to be even more lacking at a table that doesn't allow spells' intentional...1000 replies | 46329 view(s)
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2024-05-19, 11:40 AMIf you're not advocating for those things, then the drawbacks of the spell should be blatantly obvious. Thanks, I am. I don't think they're...1000 replies | 46329 view(s)
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2024-05-19, 10:29 AMYou don't need a "trained raccoon." Most people you'd be robbing/sneaking up on don't live in a sterile hermetically sealed bubble; they live in...1000 replies | 46329 view(s)
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