How do you know all that?
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I think that’s actually makes sense. The PCs should feel stronger than most NPCs past a certain point. The DM should still humanise the NPCs best they can, but I actually like it that (with enough power) it’s an actually choice to still care about the people beneath you in terms of strength and that’s cool to see. (Even better though if it actually takes a while to get their.)
Online sheets work really well with this. All spells on a single page, each one readable with one or two clicks.
But they are polished equally on each side, right?
Yeah, human brains are bad at statistics, so logical outcomes can still surprise us.
Statistically it comes up 5% of the time you use a hero point, so yeah, about as often as rolling a nat 20.
jounniy@ttrpg.networkOPto
RPGMemes @ttrpg.network•I don't care if it's optimal, as long as it is stupid and works!
2·17 days agoI habe no idea what this is, but it sounds incredibly whacky.
jounniy@ttrpg.networkOPto
RPGMemes @ttrpg.network•I don't care if it's optimal, as long as it is stupid and works!
2·23 days agoIt also makes the Rhino a fairly competent celestial warrior.
jounniy@ttrpg.networkOPto
RPGMemes @ttrpg.network•I don't care if it's optimal, as long as it is stupid and works!
1·23 days agoWait what?
jounniy@ttrpg.networkOPto
RPGMemes @ttrpg.network•I don't care if it's optimal, as long as it is stupid and works!
3·24 days agoBecause a flying Rhino is a pretty absurd rules interaction.
From playing a Sci-Fi campaign once, I can confirm that this is true.
Option one sounds a lot cooler and more impressive, but option two sounds funnier.
jounniy@ttrpg.networkOPto
RPGMemes @ttrpg.network•You can really tell that they wrote parts of the module before publishing the rules…
2·30 days agoThanks for pointing this out, that’s better than what I could’ve said to explain it. The DM can always make changes without adhering to any limitations, but if they are a good DM, they’ll at least try to be consistent. And that’s the least I expect from professional writers. (And I similarly expect them to wait for the actual rules of the system to be published before writing an adventure.)
jounniy@ttrpg.networkOPto
RPGMemes @ttrpg.network•You can really tell that they wrote parts of the module before publishing the rules…
1·17 days agoI love this gem. The only thing they got a but wrong is that Bardic inspiration could actually be whispered, since it only requires the target to be able to hear you.
jounniy@ttrpg.networkOPto
RPGMemes @ttrpg.network•You can really tell that they wrote parts of the module before publishing the rules…
2·30 days agoIt is in this regard. It might be poorly balanced, but there are rules for things like the sound a spell makes or the specific spells available to NPCs. There are a lot more rigid systems, but DnD definetly isn’t on the casual side either.
jounniy@ttrpg.networkOPto
RPGMemes @ttrpg.network•You can really tell that they wrote parts of the module before publishing the rules…
1·30 days agoI feel you. I’m currently planning to run it someday and there are just so many things I’ll definetly change.
jounniy@ttrpg.networkOPto
RPGMemes @ttrpg.network•You can really tell that they wrote parts of the module before publishing the rules…
1·30 days agoGlad someone else knows it. As a player who frequently had to transcribe spells into roll20, I always just assume other people know the components certain spells take to cast and then end up confused if they don’t.
jounniy@ttrpg.networkOPto
RPGMemes @ttrpg.network•You can really tell that they wrote parts of the module before publishing the rules…
6·17 days agoYes they could. But they did not. That’s what I’m crititicising. Perception is one of the most used skills ever. It would not have hurt not to use it here. And if you really want to, then give her some kind of ability that actually let’s her do that, because these kind of things can be missleading to new players/DMs and put extra work on the DM.
And I really like less strict systems like M&M too, but if you write something in a more rigid system, you should adhere to the rules of that system. Or in this case: You shouldn’t start writing full on adventures in an unfinished system.
Is that some kind of company? Or am I missing a very obvious joke?