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Penny Arcade - Comic - Comptabiblio
Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.
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You want it to be balanced? Well then you're playing the wrong game, we don't do that here.
PSN:Furlion
"You know you could keep hitting the door until it breaks. We could just say the wizard remembered to prepare knock. You could look in the trash or under the mat. In fact here's a freebie, just roll perception right now. Go ahead."
"Nah, I've made my choice."
"Can I seduce it?"
"It's a warehouse, Eric!"
Anyway, if my group got into the situation where somehow seducing a building is their only option to get inside, I guess they're just not getting inside then. That's also a possibility, the players are not owed success.
Granted, the latest edition could have taken out mechanics like that. My willingness to pay close attention to WotC's particular rulesets has waned a bit post 3.5 Ed.
And of course the DM still has unlimited authority to rewrite the scenario so the party never boxes themselves in, including the old standby of waiting until the party comes up it's a good idea and pretending that was the plan all along.
And if the party are being morons maybe not wait for a good idea and just have them roll something.
And then there's the ultimate rule of what works best for your table's fun trumping any rule as written. If you want to do "Hitchhikers Gude with magic" and have your depressed warforged artificer talk to the building until it commits suicide then ok sure, pick a DC and roll that shit, doesn't ruin my fun over here at a different table in the least.