New Posts For Thread: That one moment when your character could have been awesome (The Seriously Seriously Moment)http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29517729/That_one_moment_when_your_character_could_have_been_awesome_(The_Seriously_Seriously_Moment)I tend to DM ... A LOT. We have quite a few players and several that occasionally try to start worlds, but don't stick to it... or else the players aren't willing to stick around long enough for the DM to get the hang of it. I would like for at leastSo in the old days anyone could ride a horse, but you had to keep track of your arrows and rations.Now, DMs say not to bother making players keep track of mundane things like rations and arrows, but you have to keep track of not falling off your horshttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29517729/That_one_moment_when_your_character_could_have_been_awesome_(The_Seriously_Seriously_Moment)?post_id=529943461#529943461So in the old days anyone could ride a horse, but you had to keep track of your arrows and rations.Now, DMs say not to bother making players keep track of mundane things like rations and arrows, but you have to keep track of not falling off your horsMon, 18 Mar 2013 11:50:26 -0500Man, don't get me started... this is one of my pet peeves. I get to play in and observe a lot of games. It's very common for DMs to ask for skills checks for every little thing for no good reason (and, as you say, give up the goods even with a bad rohttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29517729/That_one_moment_when_your_character_could_have_been_awesome_(The_Seriously_Seriously_Moment)?post_id=529919169#529919169Man, don't get me started... this is one of my pet peeves. I get to play in and observe a lot of games. It's very common for DMs to ask for skills checks for every little thing for no good reason (and, as you say, give up the goods even with a bad roSun, 17 Mar 2013 12:18:46 -0500Yes, that's the takeaway. If you're going to have skills in your game system, be sure to inform DMs when it's appropriate to ask for a skill check. If there's nothing interesting riding on that Ride check, it ain't a roll. Most DMs I see ask for wayhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29517729/That_one_moment_when_your_character_could_have_been_awesome_(The_Seriously_Seriously_Moment)?post_id=529916257#529916257Yes, that's the takeaway. If you're going to have skills in your game system, be sure to inform DMs when it's appropriate to ask for a skill check. If there's nothing interesting riding on that Ride check, it ain't a roll. Most DMs I see ask for waySun, 17 Mar 2013 10:25:44 -0500The DM begins with an hour-long diatribe about how is playing an oriental adventures campaign in which he wants to "highly encourage role-playing the esoteric aspects of the various philosophies of the fighting styles over the hack-and-slash elementshttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29517729/That_one_moment_when_your_character_could_have_been_awesome_(The_Seriously_Seriously_Moment)?post_id=529916119#529916119The DM begins with an hour-long diatribe about how is playing an oriental adventures campaign in which he wants to "highly encourage role-playing the esoteric aspects of the various philosophies of the fighting styles over the hack-and-slash elementsSun, 17 Mar 2013 10:20:34 -0500Yes, that's the takeaway. If you're going to have skills in your game system, be sure to inform DMs when it's appropriate to ask for a skill check. If there's nothing interesting riding on that Ride check, it ain't a roll. Most DMs I see ask for wayhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29517729/That_one_moment_when_your_character_could_have_been_awesome_(The_Seriously_Seriously_Moment)?post_id=529805809#529805809Yes, that's the takeaway. If you're going to have skills in your game system, be sure to inform DMs when it's appropriate to ask for a skill check. If there's nothing interesting riding on that Ride check, it ain't a roll. Most DMs I see ask for wayWed, 13 Mar 2013 16:40:28 -0500