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How to role-play monsters with Diplomacy ranks?
I see a lot of monsters have diplomacy ranks on their sheet, and some of them even have a pretty high rank of it. I assume that means those monsters should be able to (and would likely tend to) use ...
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On Role-playing True-to-Canon Elves Despite Fellow Players Promoting Orcs [closed]
While I have read all the 3.5 sourcebooks -- and had some practically memorised, I haven't played that many campaigns. One of the few that I did, I went with a Lawful Neutral Grey Elf Wizard, and as ...
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How would a steel devil act on its own?
Fiendish Codex II says that "[s]teel devils are consummate soldiers. They have no purpose or drive to do anything other than to march in step to battle" (138).
However, steel devils aren't mindless—...
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I'm playing a Marilith demon who is leader of a evil campaign. After hitting very high levels, how should I go about keeping the party together? [closed]
During a while of playing a 2e session with multiple 3.5e conversions, I have recently (In the past 7 years) experimenting with playing Evil campaigns and playing Monster characters such as Mind ...
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How can I encourage players to role-play using their ability scores?
The physical ability scores (Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution), haven't been much of a problem. Feel free to include advice on role-playing these scores as well though.
When it comes to the ...
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How can a lawful good Paladin help a lawful evil Giant? [closed]
The story:
The Fire giant King has a daughter who was possessed by a powerful Demon.
The Daughter is also a powerful evil Cleric with a hundred followers. Under the influence of the Demon she and her ...
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Does a PC know the general strengths and weaknesses of their stats?
Recently I had a minor discussion with our DM about whether my character knows that he is not charismatic or not.
I believe that my character should know that he is not charismatic, our DM however ...
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Conflict over theme in D&D
I have run into a reocurring conflict with a friend, and I am not sure how to proceed.
The game world our DM uses (to me, at least) seems to be a mixture of High Fantasy tropes, attempts at realism, ...
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How to avoid "My Guy" syndrome while roleplaying a flawed character? [closed]
Related: What is "my guy syndrome" and how do I handle it?
A while ago, I ran into an interesting conflict in a game that got me thinking.
I was playing in a party with a Knight/Paladin ...
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Roleplaying explanation for reflex save to dodge a fireball [closed]
I can imagine the Adventurers doing a small jump or an acrobatic move inside the fireball, But the adventurers remain inside the fireball!
And if they succeed, they should not be relocated of their ...
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Can a fundamentally deceptive character work?
This question is in the spirit of another question I asked before. I would like to explore a style of role-playing in DnD (specifically 3.5e) that may be slightly different from how characters usually ...
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(How) can a Warforged get the Dragonblood Subtype?
I am currently trying to make a Warforged Bard, and wanted to give him the Dragonfire Inspiration Feat to trade +X Atk and +X Dmg for +Xd6 dmg. However, this requires me to have 11 Cha (No problem) ...
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How to keep roleplay interest within the party?
My group has just begun playing Dungeons and Dragons 3.5e and I feel as though some light role playing during NPC interaction would keep the party interested in the current campaign, since it is ...
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How do I portray a xenophobic, manipulative, evil noble?
My players, after having travelled through a big Kobold empire to find a temple, finally encountered the temple, only to find it inhabited by a Dragon. They bump into the Kobold who had been tracking ...
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Short Swords or Hand axes?
I'm building a dual wielding+archery character as a "recommended" build for a friend. I don't know whether it would be better for him to build for handaxes/throwing axes or short swords.
I know this ...
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