Re: Trapped in the Underdark ~ Out of Character discussion
Well, I'll be honest. My dream is of course a game system that I can turn into a game game. Aka something with lots of gameovers and restarts. Slap it into coding, perhaps hook up with an artist, get a small hemhorrage while editing all the tiny mistakes out and voila, you got yourself a CYOA to throw at people, this way instead of writing for a small, dedicated group (luv you folks) I can write for thousands.
I agree that experiences will differ, but you have to agree tht its hard to find a persistant group online.
@Zilrax:
Skills - honestly, I rarely set DC's, thats more for big posts and its actually a trick to get people to continue the action quickly, people WANT to roll, I found out. ^^
I usually let you roll then go 'Eh, 13, thats ok I guess, you get a basic sucess' or 'geesh, 32, what is that guys mod? Oh ok, whatever, lets see.. you succed and then some!'
I don't like being static with DC's and I let my players do a lot. I fondly remember them failing like .. all their climb checks to get up a tree to harvest magic fruit XYZ, so they were like 'Fuck it, lets throw the halfling!' and I was like.. roll to attack, dex from the hin and for bludgeoning damage upon landing aand it worked. ^^
Also, I'm not saying total lack of plot mind you. It depends a lot on the players as well. Some groups respond better to it than others. Adapting to which style they favor is pretty important too. But responding to what the players want to do can matter a lot. Course they've a responsibility to make chars fit to things a bit too.
Yeah on that note, Dun make me poke Lorelai with an arousal stick, is that a vote withheld on whom to be auctioned to?
This and admittedly the earlier skill rolling is a matter of experience. I don't think many DM's abstain from guiding a group right because they just want to push their story through, its that they don't know any better. Don't you worry about that from me, I'm flexible. I must say these forums have a larger hunger for lewdities than I am used to, which is why I.. powered up a little there, but basically, well.. I don't want to go off on tangents, but as long as we are on the same 'lets have erotic fun being victims of lewd underdark creatures' page, you can pretty much do w/e. Oh, to be clear that current enforced lust increase is more to find the right dom for you lot, not a thing that'll stay.
But yeah, it goes both ways as I see it. I don't buy into the gm should have final say on every single thing, but I think players have a responsibility to try and play along a bit too. After all, idea is for everyone to have fun.
I'd say they do, but you seem to have made some not super fun experiences with DM's. I play the kind of characters that when an inn gets invaded, spits a tanglefoot bag at those coming up the stairs to aid her allies, drink a bouncing body potion, then jump out of the first story window with an obscene gesture at the attackers, check to bounce back up and show another obscene gesture if I make it all because its easier to throw bombs at the attackers that come in downstairs. (Was an alchemist.
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