When I'm DM there is no MTP because when someone wants to do something they have to explain what they are doing entirely in the context of the rules. Guess what nothing of value is lost.Red_Rob wrote:A few points:
Arguing against the use of MTP in RPG's is confusing and makes you look like a dumbass. MTP is anything the rules don't cover, which is around 50% of a typical game. It is impossible to run almost any RPG without it. If you are arguing against the DM fudging rolls or ignoring the rules selectively when it suits him, say that. You will gain a lot more support and people won't think you have never played an RPG in your life.
I thought I was being fairly clear just keeping the difficulty on normal is enough to kill basketweavers you don't have too do anything. It's not about killing them it's about not saving them from their bad choices. nocker has been saying that you should do everything to save the party even up to fudging dice in order to keep your "story" going. I disapprove of such nonsense.Desdan_Mervolam wrote:What I am arguing against is where he goes from there, stating directly that if player characters do not meet this standard you kill those characters. You don't allow their bad choices to bite them in the ass, you punish them for their bad choices directly by giving them encounters they can not win.
I bolded the important part when people sit down to play D&D they should actually play D&D. If they all want to play D&D themed fairy princess tea party the should say that's what they're doing. So much is wrong with the way people discuss D&D and derivatives online and almost all of it is because people don't understand the difference between these things.Lord Mistborn wrote: No you sure as hell don't do that.
What you do is still send standard encounters at the party and let them be crushed brutally by the game. Then you set their artfully woven baskets on fire and gind their faces into the ashes. They signed up to play D&D and if you let them play pretend when D&D is too hard for them you enable the kind of person who makes the hobby worse for everyone.
If you want to have a magic tea party why are you spending $ on RPG books. You could have run your campagin just fine without them.
When people go "waaah D&D is too hard let's play pretend instead" you should never let them play pretend. Instead DMs should keep on playing D&D and let dem baskets burn. This has been my position from the start, but apparently everyone has been unable to understand that due to being frozen fast.