@ChrisPerkinsDnD have you or wizards of the coast ever thought of making a pvp based campaign.
— Malcolm Jenkins (@Malcolm63Jenk) August 28, 2016
Not to my knowledge. D&D is fundamentally a game about player cooperation and friendship. #WOTCstaff https://t.co/NunZLR5aoY
— (((Chris Perkins))) (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) August 28, 2016
@ImRaijenProbably asked, but Arcane Recovery with 7day rests. Once per long rest or once per day? Not sure if its RAW or RAI. Thanks! per long rest
— (((Mike Mearls))) (@mikemearls) August 23, 2016
One reason I tend not to worry about “metagaming” in D&D is that characters are experts and specialists in their world. The players aren’t.
— Chris Sims (@ChrisSSims) August 21, 2016
@Zhern75 @Fandomlifeyeah, I usually ask them if that is really what they want to do. “Do you really want to do that?” should be first internalized as, “Have I given this player enough info?”
— Chris Sims (@ChrisSSims) August 21, 2016
In D&D, for example, I find it wrong when a DM ‘punishes a player’ for casting a useless spell. The character would know, right?Sometimes, for sure. Just like every peasant knows you better have fire or acid for trolls. @Fandomlife
— Chris Sims (@ChrisSSims) August 21, 2016
the table chatter section of mouse guard is some of my favorite game text. It explicitly legitimizes that approachAnd the wizard’s player probably lacking a 170 IQ legitimizes that approach. 😉 @roninkakuhito
— Chris Sims (@ChrisSSims) August 21, 2016
I consider metagaming not only not a problem, but something you should be doing constantly. We’re doing it now in one sense of the word, but not in accord with the usual meaning disgruntled DMs use. 😉 @tinstargames
— Chris Sims (@ChrisSSims) August 21, 2016
The problem is the thing that annoys DMs isn’t really metagaming, and it’s problematic they’re called the same thing Semantics aside, I’d say the problem is rarely actually a problem. 😉 @tinstargames
— Chris Sims (@ChrisSSims) August 21, 2016
@Fandomlife @tinstargamesNo it can be a big problem. When Metagaming = ANY thinking outside the characters head. Some people think that. I think that sort of thinking is largely malarkey, a storm in a teacup, a refusal of the nature of the game.
— Chris Sims (@ChrisSSims) August 21, 2016
@Fandomlife @tinstargamesIt may be different now. Time moves on. Was big with some ‘returned’ D&D players for 3E. While ago 🙂 I understand the desire for simulation. It’s just that true simulation is currently impossible.
— Chris Sims (@ChrisSSims) August 21, 2016
@Fandomlife Like we agreed, though, players working together is a fine simulation of the expertise and capabilities of the characters. 🙂
— Chris Sims (@ChrisSSims) August 21, 2016
@rexlerleppWhat happens to superiority die if I multiclass as spellless ranger and fighter Monster Hunter Just add one or seperate pools use your existing pool, but treat die size as if you added the levels together
— (((Mike Mearls))) (@mikemearls) August 17, 2016
@ChrisPerkinsDnD. could Strahd work towards becoming a stronger wizard? Like level up to 6th lvl spells if he gets his tome back?
— Kyle Harrison (@DragonsAreCats) September 18, 2016
He sure could, although a vampire with the disintegrate spell hardly seems fair! #WOTCstaff https://t.co/UKNFjElaHM
— (((Chris Perkins))) (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) September 19, 2016
Check this out: Skill challenges were the best kept secret of 4e D&D. They were awesome, but they were so poorly explained that it caused a lot of confusion. Not only that, it took the designers two whole errata revisions to get skill DCs right in the first place. Given how 5th edition D&D’s design process worked, the complex math undergirding a skill challenge sub-system was not likely to happen.https://t.co/eC0ARFY4T7
— Chris Sims (@ChrisSSims) August 21, 2016
Very helpful post – I had shied away from doing SCs in 5e but this definitely helps.I think the idea of structure and planning is more valuable than sticking to the format. @Zhern75
— Chris Sims (@ChrisSSims) August 21, 2016
Yeah, that is what helps me visualize how it will work – structuring it so that it is enjoyable for the players and fits w/storyBut you could allow a good roll to mitigate RP slips, and allow rolls to work for players who aren't comfortable with RP. @Zhern75
— Chris Sims (@ChrisSSims) August 21, 2016
That makes sense. I have two players that are very reserved so rolls would be good for them, other 2 are outgoing, so RP.I encourage RP, but let's face it, our characters are often way better at stuff than we are. 😉 @Zhern75
— Chris Sims (@ChrisSSims) August 21, 2016
@TheRpgAcademy @Zhern75I really like skill challenge ( the idea at least ) but don’t line the X success before y failure method YYeah, that's why the structure is cool for planning, but the stakes need to be clear, and the NPCs' personalities.
— Chris Sims (@ChrisSSims) August 21, 2016
@JeremyECrawford Mordenkainen’s Faithful Hound. Doesn't move, but does it occupy it's space? Invisible, so does it have adv on attacks?
— Jeff Sorensen (@DelugeIA) August 25, 2016
Mordenkainen's faithful hound doesn't occupy its space. And it does benefit from being invisible. #DnD https://t.co/SiWHdenQ25
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) August 25, 2016
@ChrisPerkinsDnD Looking at Diath's resurrection spell, it doesn't revive undead. Is there a way to revive Strahd from undeath?
— Alex Hudson (@nuclearbreth) September 21, 2016
No. #WOTCstaff ⚰ https://t.co/EbMTroz2Dd
— (((Chris Perkins))) (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) September 21, 2016
