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Yesterday, 11:05 AMNichG replied to a thread Completely Inconsequential Hot-Takes 2: People Take Too Long to Post New Threads in Friendly BanterI wonder also if increasing monetization of hobby activity in online spaces has something to do with it. I grew up through the 'there's not much out...483 replies | 26673 view(s)
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Yesterday, 10:54 AMThere's also no explicit explanation given as to why there are spell slots and you lose a spell once you cast it. Or hitpoints. Or something like AC....167 replies | 5181 view(s)
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Yesterday, 09:56 AMWell, the characteristic feature of Advantage is variance reduction towards the high end of your possible results. It lets you more consistently do...167 replies | 5181 view(s)
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2024-05-24, 04:33 PMYou're arguing that your character shouldn't know about it because there wouldn't be in-world knowledge of which things constructively stack and...167 replies | 5181 view(s)
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2024-05-24, 02:12 PMI'm saying that choosing what people do or do not know is *justified*, because people are in fact capable of figuring things out. The argument 'well...167 replies | 5181 view(s)
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2024-05-24, 02:01 PMPeople figured out all of this stuff in the real world just fine. People figured out things *much more complex* than any of these examples, long...167 replies | 5181 view(s)
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2024-05-24, 01:48 PMLots of stuff in real physics is more like 1+1=1 or even 1+1=3 than 1+1+2. Only extensive things really work like the second. Energy, mass, charge. ...167 replies | 5181 view(s)
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2024-05-24, 01:38 PMThe beauty of it is that you get to decide these things, in the way that will make the world make the most sense to you. Intellect Fortress is a...167 replies | 5181 view(s)
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2024-05-24, 01:04 PMIt's a fact about the game world that Intellect Fortress provides no defenses to an elf against being charmed that are better than what they have...167 replies | 5181 view(s)
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2024-05-23, 11:52 PMI think the 'niche protection because only one player interacts with it' + 'its of collective interest at the table' is kind of a weird...125 replies | 6142 view(s)
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2024-05-23, 05:18 PMThat was me role-playing haughtiness, not being precise. Training wheels help you balance when learning to ride a bike. That doesn't mean they'll...167 replies | 5181 view(s)
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2024-05-23, 04:39 PMIf you want the world to be more fleshed out via RP than the book mechanics and numbers, you have to flesh it out. It's not just 'I cast, it...167 replies | 5181 view(s)
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2024-05-23, 03:12 PMCategorization (in a statistical sense) is more related to compression than prediction. The utility is whether it makes something very efficient to...48 replies | 3200 view(s)
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2024-05-23, 12:35 PMYou RP'd your character not knowing something, and the fact that they didn't know it meant they made an error. Now your character knows it, and can...167 replies | 5181 view(s)
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2024-05-23, 11:14 AMI mean the real issue seems to come down to the idea of incoherence underlying GNS rather than any particular categorization - e.g. the idea that...48 replies | 3200 view(s)
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2024-05-23, 10:54 AMYeah, in reality the psychology is going to be more important than the abstracted game theory, because you and your players don't exist in the...125 replies | 6142 view(s)
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2024-05-23, 09:50 AMThere's an additional wrinkle in that actually detecting defection is not guaranteed here. E.g. think something like a cross between prisoners...125 replies | 6142 view(s)
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2024-05-23, 03:48 AMIt's not a given that having OOC discussions about the game rather than playing the game is what everyone at the table is there to do with their...125 replies | 6142 view(s)
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2024-05-22, 03:58 PMI'd definitely say that not only can players be at fault, but just like DMs beyond just a player doing what they're responsible for and not breaking...125 replies | 6142 view(s)
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2024-05-22, 12:39 PMI mean I agree that the +7 to +10 range can include (positively) life-changing gaming. I don't actually think randomly dropping into table debate is...125 replies | 6142 view(s)
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2024-05-22, 11:17 AMLets say that instead of the improvised action, after being told they should just attack, the OP had said 'fine, I drink a potion of Fly'. Do you...125 replies | 6142 view(s)
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2024-05-22, 11:13 AMNichG replied to a thread Exploration and social - the two pillars that have no mechanics in D&D 5e/NextIt comes from GNS theory being associated with an online community called The Forge. Thus 'forgeism'.146 replies | 8489 view(s)
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2024-05-22, 10:34 AMThat's fair, asking for a strength check at all when the GM had already ruled it would fail was an outright error. 'The dragon flies off, the grapple...125 replies | 6142 view(s)
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2024-05-22, 10:14 AMI'm separating 'GM styles I personally would like/dislike to play under' from 'appropriateness of handling the situation'. Someone wanting to run D&D...125 replies | 6142 view(s)
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2024-05-22, 02:32 AM3 or 4 I guess? The reason why I'd rate it below Kyoryu's suggestions to me is, that's likely to lead to table debate (like, immediately, you got...125 replies | 6142 view(s)
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2024-05-21, 07:01 PMYeah, the DM doing everything that's their responsibility adequately and nothing more is a 0 on a -10 to +10 scale. It's acceptable. The OP's DM was...125 replies | 6142 view(s)
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2024-05-21, 06:01 PMWell for example, an 8+ would be a GM who never got into this situation because they established well in advance expectations around their game and...125 replies | 6142 view(s)
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2024-05-21, 05:10 PMWanderlust, Problem Solver, Story Weaver, Hero Crafter, Genre Head, Humanist, Tactician I guess? The top two are clearly above the next three are...13 replies | 785 view(s)
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2024-05-21, 05:00 PMSure, all of this is more airtight and direct - better approaches to be sure. But I don't find the DM's approach in this example unreasonable...125 replies | 6142 view(s)
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2024-05-21, 02:33 PMEh, honestly, by the description of the conversation, you (the OP) were 'are you sure?'d twice. And the second time was even an explicit 'you should...125 replies | 6142 view(s)
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