sirblastalot @ sirblastalot @ttrpg.network Posts 1Comments 21Joined 2 yr. ago
Sometimes restrictions breed creativity, though.
The DM can not metagame, definitionally
The secret to writing (or playing) characters that are smarter than you are is that you can take your time coming up with what they do. Maybe in-game your character has a razor wit and would have a snappy comeback for any situation. Out of game you've got a list of pre-prepared retorts you can bust out as needed.
That doesn't work for 40k, to my understanding. It's a miniatures combat game
That's kind of important to the story though.
::: spoiler spoiler
V starts off thinking she's dying and her mind is changing and she doesn't know how long she's got, and by the end she's learned that everyone is dying and everyone is changing all the time and no one knows how long they've got. The only real choice is whether you use the time you've got to live, or don't.
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I read once that the earliest edition(s?) didn't have Rogue as a separate class, that everyone would be searching for traps and such. And when Rogue was added with the explicit ability to detect traps, it caused a crises because suddenly that implied that no one else had that ability.
Main quest? Weird tangent? They're the same picture!
God you just described my prep in a nutshell. This is how they ended up fighting an orchestra
He even did the full chest bump thing. And then in case there was any doubt, he did the whole gesture again.
Ok. It was just an example of a way you might make an encounter revolve around a spell, not an exhaustively researched adventure module.
There are ways. You could, for example, set up a bbeg where that's his whole deal. The townsfolk are scared of this guy because he has the supernatural power to just kill you, straight-up. Maybe the questline leading up to their encounter involves the players finding defenses or counters or sabotaging his supply of spell components or whatever, such that, if they DO get power-word-killed, it's because they had ample opportunities to not, and failed to take them.
Definitely the worst thing that happened during those years.
brb, converting my 401k to gold to attract an adorable baby dragon
I'm not one of them, but I empathize with all the GMs that are just sick of dealing with those particular kinds of misconduct that crop up with new players.
Cover your phb in spray adhesive and leave it sitting on the table. As soon as someone touches it, shout "ROLL INITIATIVE!"
Actually, apply this to other random objects at the game table. A bag of chips, 1 can of soda in the fridge, every 3rd pencil, whatever.
There are probably legitimate uses out there for gen AI, but all the money people have such a hard-on for the unethical uses that now it's impossible for me to hear about AI without an automatic "ugggghhhhh" reaction.
In castle/fortress design, what do you call the wall placed immediately inside the gates that prevents the enemy from having a straight shot into your fortress?
I once doodled my Paladin's full plate as including a chastity belt with a big ol' padlock
Queercoding villains to make them seem dangerous and deviant to the people of the time (and those that are still stuck in that time). Admittedly, the people making that decision probably weren't conscious of that being why they thought eyeliner made him look villainous.
They're willing to ignore the criticism of facism in exchange for a chance to roleplay being a space nazi.
"I liked rage against the machine before they got all political"