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Dealing with troublesome kind of player (actor maybe)
I'd like to ask for some advice/solution to the problem that I have as a DM with one of the players. We're bunch of friends for years, but our first (ever) role-play campaign has started some months ...
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How to handle a newer player who thinks you can't be a jerk when doing a good deed?
One of my players seems to have the impression that you can't be a jerk if you are doing a good deed. How should I address it?
For example, when pursuing one of his character's motivations, earning ...
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How do I let players know that not every encounter has to be hack and slash? [duplicate]
My players kind of have a habit of, "If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, WE MUST KILL IT!"
Recently they came across a small goblin camp and one of them (who speaks goblin) verbally ...
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Letting PCs be the target of a skill challenge
I started a new campaign with a brand-new set of players. After the first evening, one of the PCs reacted poorly to a decision made by another PC and 'went home'. This reaction was totally in ...
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What happens when a nemesis god is responsible for resurrecting your character?
The characters in my group are currently level 24. My character died and got resurrected as a Revenant. (which was planned). The only one participating in the ritual was Vecna, (he told the other ...
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Introducing Roleplaying in Combat [duplicate]
I am the kind of gamer that mostly enjoys the story and I love roleplaying.
However this time I am the Dungeon Master and not a player. How can I encourage my players to roleplay during combat ...
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How can I encourage role playing in a custom setting?
Since creating a fully living and breathing world for the players to inhabit is a time-consuming process, I have been feeding them background info as often as possible as it is relevant to the story. ...
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What would it take for Pelor to abandon a paladin?
I am specifically running a D&D 4e game and am tossing around story ideas to incorporate an old character of mine as a guest star. A brief history of the character is that he is a dwarf who ...
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Role playing with powers, solely for the effect without damage
Certain abilities have very interesting effects, but are accompanied by damage. In combat, this is no problem. But say you want to use the ability outside of combat, for role-playing reasons.
Can you ...
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What is a good way to handle a merchant / snake oil salesman PC?
I recently started running a 4e game where a character is playing an unaligned merchant bard who is also a bit of a snake oil salesman.
What is a good way to play up the merchant / snake oil salesman ...
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How to encourage a player's creativity without breaking the game?
I've just started a new D&D 4e campaign with a new group of players. One of my players came straight from 2nd edition, and has never played 4e before. She doesn't seem to grasp the layer of ...
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Stupidity in DnD 4th edition - how low stats does a fool have and how it should change gameplay?
One of my players want to play an extremely stupid Orc fighter (yes, I know, a classic one). How stupid is as fool? What stats govern this and how low should they be? How do I get them that low ...
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Role-play enhancing items [closed]
For my D&D 4E character, I would like to have some sort of role-play enhancing item, something that gives me more options for role-playing.
For example, my previous character had an armor shard ...
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How can I learn how to negotiate as an NPC?
I'm a new GM in D&D 4e. I've quickly found that I perform very poorly when I'm portraying a negotiation between the PCs and one or more NPCs. Even when they have common ground and could easily ...
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How do I switch from combat-based play to roleplay-included play in D&D?
I have played a few RP games at this point, but the vast majority of the gaming i have done has been my solo (read: playing several char's at once but being the only player) campaigns Brian Ballsun-...
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