• starman2112@sh.itjust.works
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    I play with these noobs, and explaining that a nat 20 is not an automatic success on whatever the player wants comes up every other session. It’s a problem because it both makes the game more annoying for me to play, and less enjoyable for the person who thought their plan was going to succeed. I’m not concern trolling, I’m offering personal experience to the discussion

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        2 months ago

        Session 3

        “I wanna buy a bag of holding from this guy”

        It’s gonna be 200 gp

        “We only have 50 gp between us… I’m gonna roll persuasion!”

        The DM ended up letting her get away with Prestidigitating some fake platinum pieces, which by all rights ought to get us arrested

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      The whole point of the game is what people come up with. The idea that someone trying something that isn’t going to work is a letdown is confirmation I’d never want to be in a session with you…and that is okay. We don’t have to be friends, but you’re a bad look for the community. Like, your attitude is cancer bro, no wonder you’re so upset about nothing.

      Like, you play with these people how often? Why are you playing with new people so often? It’s definitely not the fact that you’re clearly jaded and inflexible, no, it’s that you do it as a service and I’m an idiot for suggesting anything weird about you.

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        You are really trying to pretend that you know literally anything about me

        Bottom line is, these memes misrepresent what D&D (and TTRPGs in general) is like, and that’s why I don’t like them. I have a similar problem with the super popular actual play shows. The Mercer Effect is real