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Tagged with roleplaying metagaming
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How to fool characters while avoiding metagame
Normally, both player and DM rely on stealth checks and secret messages when one player wants to do something without the rest of the party knowing, regardless of the motivation behind it.
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Should my "average" PC be able to discern the potential of encountering a gelatinous cube from subtle clues?
Relatively new to DnD/TTRPGs. Playing a Barb with +0 to INT and -1 to WIS. I just realized that my party might be walking right into a gelatinous cube. What is considered "average" intelligence and ...
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I deciphered the meaning of a cryptic language out-of-game: should my character know what the meaning is?
I have just started my first D&D 5e campaign, and have encountered a seemingly mind-controlled bandit who keeps writing the same thing over and over on the wall. Our DM wrote out what it looks ...
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Do ability scores force a character to act in a certain way? [duplicate]
As a group, most of the players at our table are fans of rolling for stats. This leads and has led to multiple amazing characters and some .. a bit less amazing.
Something that is rather consistent ...
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Is it metagaming if I want to build a bomb?
In a hypothetical situation, I want to destroy a castle's walls. To do so I came up with the idea to build a bomb a la Saruman in LOTR. Perhaps my character would have to dig around for records on ...
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As a Neutral-Good character, how greedy can I be? [closed]
I'm trying to play a neutral good wizard, but recently I came across a large sum of gold while adventuring with the party. Now, some members of the party screwed me out of gold in the past, but in ...
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How to get players to care about their and each others characters and play them like they are actual people
This question made me think about a problem I have been having that was brought up last night during a session.
This session was the first of a new campaign I was running, with the party meeting ...
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Does GMing diminish or detract from being a player in games? [closed]
I started playing RPGs last year with the Pathfinder Beginner Box. I have been GMing and writing a campaign, but have also encouraged members of the party that are interested to run a one-off Beginner ...
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Avoiding meta-gaming in combat [closed]
What are some ways of avoiding meta-gaming (both as a player and as a GM) within combat. One of the basic decisions in combat is what to use on what, when and where and how to best position yourself ...
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Acting role vs Player personality
I am new to RPGs and can't figure this out: should I act as my character or should I be me - in the sense of thinking and making decisions?
For example, what if I am a senior cop involved in ...
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How can I effectively decrease metagaming and increase player immersion?
This question is posed in a great way over on the Paizo boards, where I hang out since I play/run a lot of Pathfinder. Immersion is one of the key parts of the RPG experience to me, so I loved the ...
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How can my character coerce uncooperative player characters?
Occasionally in games we find ourselves in a situation where the player characters might not want to co-operate even if their players do.
How do you handle the party coercing those characters into ...
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How to handle knowing more than your character does
I've read the rules. I know the math. I know, as the player, that X monster is vulnerable to Y damage and if I move through the door 4 squares into the room, my burst 2 will catch every baddie there. ...
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