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Leress wrote:Question for Zak:

Is there a place I can look over the rules for you game in particular, because since there is no way to "fix" the violin rule without first looking at all the others as a whole?

Do you think the rule is broken, Leress?

I am telling you that you can solve your problem by adding fancy pants to your game and having them not stack with violins.. There's already rules for pretending to be a certain social class (they work not unlike Call of Cthulhu's "credit rating") and thus making a (sometimes worse, somet...

Given that your game is a unholy mishmash held together mostly by MTP, why should we suggest rules to you, your not going to apply them consistently anyway. I always apply rules consistently, that's how you do a rulings-based game. You start with no rules and, as rules come up, put them in forever ...

deaddmwalking wrote:At a micro-level, I don't enjoy getting hit in combat. I hate taking hit point damage. It's just not fun for me, at all.

So design a game where you never get hit, and play that.

We are the "assholes" as you would say, but we're fixing your rule so it works. You haven't fixed anything. One person said a bunch of (unworkable for us 3.5 rules) superceded it, nothing else anyone's said is a fix. If you have such a fix, type it out or link to it. Do your job Crunchy R...

..but I'm an asshole for playing with my rules , and you're not because you play with your rules , right? No: strawman. You can play with your rules and not be an asshole. Any edition of D&D and infinite hacks can be played by non-assholes. I have sketched out 2 ways to be an asshole about game...

Why do you think that adding more rolls necessarily adds tension?. I think adding a roll in the place the rule adds it adds tension because I've observed it many times. So have my players. If you doubt me: ask them. They're quite accessible and reachable. Let's be clear: you won't ask them. Nobody ...

Wow, serious? OK, go ask my players, who don't think that's the case. See if you can follow this: That's why your rules are for your game and your GMing style and your group. And my separate rules are for my game and my GMing style and my groups. In fact, between the entire Den and your little band...

Why not be honest you lying shit bag Justin Bieber. You don't actually play those earlier editions either now do you? Of course I do. What insane universe are you people from? http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-H2PmvqxUAhw/Up2hPmneQWI/AAAAAAAAREA/59-6c9L7WQk/s1600/drownesia_2.tiff This is a character sheet ...

Why do you think that adding more rolls necessarily adds tension?. I think adding a roll in the place the rule adds it adds tension because I've observed it many times. So have my players. If you doubt me: ask them. They're quite accessible and reachable. Let's be clear: you won't ask them. Nobody ...

PhoneLobster wrote:

Justin Bieber wrote:Oh my god did you actually not know there were other editions of d&d before 3rd?

Why not be honest you lying shit bag Justin Bieber.

You don't actually play those earlier editions either now do you?

Of course I do.
What insane universe are you people from?

1) There are already rules for 'aid another'. 2) This largely duplicates the effects of Inspire Competence . 3) There is a rule for 'Masterwork Tool' that indicates it would grant a +2 bonus on a check. 4) I'm not sure if this is in the SRD, but I'm certain it was in the Core Books It's an incredib...

but you get to understand that Musical Instrument (small) isn't a rule intended for general consumption Duh. It's a sign of your total. Massive. Drooling. Lack of brainspace that I've had to say this many times in every single conversation we've had at the Den, and then said it, and then you forgot...

Oh this one is easy: Either this rule is reasonably non-demanding, and everyone will use it, Yet not everyone does. ...or you make it a herculean ordeal, and no one does. Yet people do use it. Or your special snowflake player asks "GM may I" before they ever do anything, and you say "...

1) There are already rules for 'aid another'. 2) This largely duplicates the effects of Inspire Competence . 3) There is a rule for 'Masterwork Tool' that indicates it would grant a +2 bonus on a check. 4) I'm not sure if this is in the SRD, but I'm certain it was in the Core Books It's an incredib...

Frank didn't allege shit: You're lying. Here he is alleging something: " This is a discussion about shitmuffin's idea that he can make a rule whose predicted and intended effect was to incentivize certain behavior" Frank is alleging its intended effect was to incentivize certain behavior....

You're giving people a bonus, Zak. A bonus is an incentive. The behavior that gives that bonus is the behavior you're incentivizing. How is it you can't see that? Whether or not it incentivizes is not the question I just laid before you, strawmanning troll. Frank alleged I inaccurately believed it ...

This is a discussion about shitmuffin's idea that he can make a rule whose predicted and intended effect was to incentivize certain behavior This is, in a nutshell, why every time one of you says I'm stupid (dumb, bad at arguing, irrational, etc) it's transparently obvious you're wrong and biased. ...

prior restraint does not mean "write down a prohibition before enforcing it," which is how you are using it. It is (of course) not how I am using it. You idiot. Prior restraint means acting to prevent the violation of a prohibition (written or otherwise), Which is exactly what you said yo...

" Prior restraint (also referred to as prior censorship or pre-publication censorship) is censorship imposed, usually by a government, on expression before the expression actually takes place " ... before the expression actually takes place ... before the expression ... before Please stop...

Writing a law or rule that specifically says "If you say the word fuck we will kick you out of the game" is actually not prior restraint, but that is literally the actual thing you said we shouldn't do. " Prior restraint (also referred to as prior censorship or pre-publication censor...

Writing a law or rule that specifically says "If you say the word fuck we will kick you out of the game" is actually not prior restraint, but that is literally the actual thing you said we shouldn't do. " Prior restraint (also referred to as prior censorship or pre-publication censor...

The Supreme Court has rejected prior restraint by the fucking government because of the first amendment. You know who can still institute prior restraint? The goddam fucking MLB, or sandlot baseball, if they want. ..and sandlot baseball has not instituted prior restraint, nor is whatshisface saying...

Second thought: I agree, in an ideal game you play the character you want to. But, not every game is ideal, and there are plenty of not-ideal games. You sit down at a convention, somebody slides you a pre-gen, you roll with it or you get up and walk away. For myself, I'd rather do my best playing a...

Fun example time! Player A wants his character to be a musician, but not a diplomat. If he is actually sad because he has a +1 bonus to charisma checks thereafter, he is: 1-Being a whiny dick 2-Unlike any player I've ever heard of 3-Capable of then doing some small offensive thing to create a negat...