Role playing worst practices

Abraxus · September 10, 2017, 01:03:15 PM

It's one thing to do it on a forum. It's another to to it when trying to sell the game face to face. Many times in person I walked away because inevitably the person trying to promote the rpg ended up insulting another to promote (usually D&D in most cases). I happen to like D&D so insulting a rpg I like well your not going to win me over. I remember walking away from a potential rpg purchase because while they did not mention D&D by name they took cheap shots at D&D on the back cover to sell it to buyer.

AsenRG · September 10, 2017, 06:21:17 PM

Quote from: fearsomepirate;989634"You can try anything" should work like this:

Player: I pray to Heironeous to send a flight of Planars to help us through this level 3 dungeon!
DM: You fervently pray for ten minutes, but nothing happens.
Player: Hey, you said I can always try.
DM: I did. I didn't say there would always be a non-zero chance of success.

That's how it works, yes. Who does it in a different way:)?

Quote from: Anon Adderlan;989822But how do you know when it's #Illusionism?

Observing people is a basic part of #Communication.

QuoteBut #Railroads are incredibly popular!

Not with me.
And of course, that's the only thing that matters in my book;).

RPGPundit · September 12, 2017, 03:47:42 AM

Railroading is certainly one of the bad ones.

DavetheLost · September 12, 2017, 07:48:08 AM

Quote from: RPGPundit;991729Railroading is certainly one of the bad ones.

Unless it's a shiny new monorail!

My players want a straight up "go here, do that" as close to a railroad as I can bring myself to give them. It is so hard for me to run that way.

Justin Alexander · September 12, 2017, 07:44:47 PM

The person running this website is a racist who publicly advocates genocidal practices.

I am deleting my content.

I recommend you do the same.

J.L. Duncan · September 13, 2017, 05:07:22 PM

Rolls dice like:

*Shake, shake, shake & Shake, shake & Shake and... Shake, shake, shake; throw.*

Gronan of Simmerya · September 13, 2017, 05:23:45 PM

"If you shake it more than three times, you're masturbating."

DavetheLost · September 13, 2017, 08:40:37 PM

Roll dice behind your hand and scoop them up quickly. Occasionally "missing" a roll, just to show you're not cheating.

Gronan of Simmerya · September 13, 2017, 09:16:02 PM

Quote from: DavetheLost;992112Roll dice behind your hand and scoop them up quickly. Occasionally "missing" a roll, just to show you're not cheating.

At that point the referee says "No, roll them openly so we can all see them."

Dumarest · September 13, 2017, 09:33:26 PM

Quote from: DavetheLost;992112Roll dice behind your hand and scoop them up quickly. Occasionally "missing" a roll, just to show you're not cheating.

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RPGPundit · September 16, 2017, 02:35:19 AM

Quote from: J.L. Duncan;992068Rolls dice like:

*Shake, shake, shake & Shake, shake & Shake and... Shake, shake, shake; throw.*

You forgot the second part: *throws like a moron, dice goes flying under the couch, takes 5 minutes to fish it out, starts to shake again*

HappyDaze · September 16, 2017, 07:11:42 AM

Quote from: RPGPundit;992821You forgot the second part: *throws like a moron, dice goes flying under the couch, takes 5 minutes to fish it out, starts to shake again*

Made even worse it it's a dice pool game and the guy has to rebuild the dice pool from scratch so the ritual can begin anew.

jeff37923 · September 16, 2017, 10:41:42 AM

You know, they do make dice cups for idiots like that.

HappyDaze · September 16, 2017, 01:45:50 PM

Quote from: jeff37923;992894You know, they do make dice cups for idiots like that.

They make helmets for some of them too, but it doesn't mean I want them at my table.

jeff37923 · September 16, 2017, 03:02:39 PM

Quote from: HappyDaze;992926They make helmets for some of them too, but it doesn't mean I want them at my table.

Point taken, but I've gotten a lot of good use out of my dice cups.