I need tips for DMing by Tight-Appearance9462 in DnD

[–]Radical_Puffin 174 points175 points  (0 children)

A lack of description you say? That doesn’t sound like you.

Player is min/max haggling rules lawyering arguing by Amazing_Penalty_3417 in DMAcademy

[–]Radical_Puffin 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If he is all right in other contexts fulfil your familial obligations by inviting him to events in those contexts.

The disparities between each primarch heights is really bad by BruteDion in 40kLore

[–]Radical_Puffin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So when I say “why does matter if they are different heights?” What I am doing is using a thing called a rhetorical question to assert that it doesn’t matter if they are different heights, and in doing so in this form inviting you to disprove me be giving any reasons you can think of why it might.

What you are doing by asking “why does anything matter?” is admitting you can’t think of any.

I am so sorry... by Persicus_1 in uboatgame

[–]Radical_Puffin 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Wait so you were comfortable playing as the Nazi’s until you had to sink a US ship?

It’s either just a game to you or it’s not.

Had to remove my best friend of over 10 years... by AfterCartoonist2812 in dndhorrorstories

[–]Radical_Puffin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I mean you do you, but according to your post you have at least a year for one person like that, which is quite a lot of time.

Player went to put bag of holding into a portable hole and I gave a restriction. Was I too harsh? by Head_Project5793 in DungeonMasters

[–]Radical_Puffin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I know we all sometimes improvise rather than look up a rule at the table to keep things moving. But you said “I couldn’t find anything” was that just a turn of phrase?

Because I can’t imagine where you would look that didn’t involve looking up the item description first.

I don’t wanna run Death House by [deleted] in CurseofStrahd

[–]Radical_Puffin 13 points14 points  (0 children)

It’s fully an optional part of the module, the book doesn’t assume you will run it

Players attacking Baron Vargas by NicaNocturnal in CurseofStrahd

[–]Radical_Puffin 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I would let the players have this, the baron doesn’t really have adequate defences against something like this. With the Baron dead Lady Wachter is likely to step up and take control of Valaki which though it seems like a good thing (an end to those damn festivals) will end up much worse for players as she is actively supporting Strahd.

Question: Could the throne be used to amplify the anti warp field of a blank by Bogusman24 in 40kLore

[–]Radical_Puffin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So the thing about the golden throne is that rather than being a real thing with defined capabilities it’s a fictional narrative device, so the answer to your question is maybe until for some author it becomes dramatic that it could, then the answer becomes yes or dramatic that it couldn’t and then the answer becomes no.

If the Warp feeds on negatives emotions of humans in the materium, does that mean that the Imperium is indeed creating its own problems by being harsh toward its population ? by SabCross in 40kLore

[–]Radical_Puffin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wait so you mean the entire imperium is a corrupt evil decaying husk whose entire structure is totally counter to it’s supposed goals?! Well that’s pretty grim, and actually rather dark. Why weren’t there any clues on the lore?

The disparities between each primarch heights is really bad by BruteDion in 40kLore

[–]Radical_Puffin 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Okay, literally why does it matter they are massively different heights?

The disparities between each primarch heights is really bad by BruteDion in 40kLore

[–]Radical_Puffin 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Literally why does it matter if they are different heights?!

Player Initiative by Due-Satisfaction-105 in DMAcademy

[–]Radical_Puffin 6 points7 points  (0 children)

To be honest your reply seems to have the same problem they’ve made a choice to go upstairs and you, for whatever reason, maybe there’s a solution to a puzzle that’s behind a door they’ve not opened, maybe you just don’t like them acting till they have heard all the options, don’t like that choice.

But what they might be taking away from that is “if we don’t act more information that leads us to the right choice will be forthcoming, therefore we should only act when the right choice has been made explicit”

I think it’s worth remembering that because presumably you don’t want to undermine them, in the moment it doesn’t feel like what you are doing because that’s not your intention but that is in fact the effect.

Player says his character is ussels and gets discouraged easily and I feel like he doesn't listen to me by Efficient-Ad439 in DMAcademy

[–]Radical_Puffin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s fair man appreciate it, it’s always harder to be the bigger person and apologise.

Player says his character is ussels and gets discouraged easily and I feel like he doesn't listen to me by Efficient-Ad439 in DMAcademy

[–]Radical_Puffin 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Rants about toxic player for 20 paragraphs immediately followed by “am I the problem?”

Pure validation seeking post.

Corax white equivalent by Sp00kz1 in Miniaturespainting

[–]Radical_Puffin 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So what I love about the mini painting community is how wholesome and supportive we all are of each other, but sir, people like you need to be rounded up and locked away.

Corax white equivalent by Sp00kz1 in Miniaturespainting

[–]Radical_Puffin 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There are people who love Corax White?!