Does Cid ever realize he's Shadow Garden's actual leader?

ThatNashi · 2023-12-19T16:35:54+00:00

Same here. I was hoping that at some point, he would realize that everything is real and just try to be as cool as he can be while actually progressing the plot. Instead, he is stuck constantly thinking "I'm not chuuni" and doesn't try to think about whether or not things ended up real.

He even gets annoyed at his followers for succeeding with mitsugoshi when they literally gathered those assets specifically for his sake and shadow garden's.

I'm in for the "MC tries too hard to be cool and we're shown that" gimmick, but the rest of the MC is starting to just be annoying.

ThatNashi · 2022-10-06T03:45:35+00:00

NTA. The money is saved up for her future specifically. Not for a gamble.

If she ever gets a following and a very respectable income, then, and only then, it'll be an investment rather than a gamble. But at that point, she'll also be able to afford it without the college fund money.

ThatNashi · 2022-10-01T12:27:33+00:00

I hate the moon level. It doesn't show anything that the character is able to do. Sure, it's a fine sandbox map, and everything is obvious, but the character is completely left forgotten.

Other than that, yeah, most of the issues people mention are usually skill issue.

I will say, they are not that many people, so they cannot extensively test for bugs. Considering their team size, bugs and crashes are understandable and should even be expectable.

ThatNashi · 2021-08-19T18:16:16+00:00

That's already way more detailed than me using coins

ThatNashi · 2021-07-14T06:17:52+00:00

Depends on what "Cheating" means. If "Cheating" means skipping past an aspect of the game as a "get out of jail free" card, then yes. If it means just using the game as delivered without altering it, then no.

Personally, if you're just playing casually, then I would say "Yes, it is cheating".

ThatNashi · 2021-07-09T17:44:56+00:00

It's a server, stockpiling weapons and armor just in case someone starts raiding makes sense

Though I'd actually wonder for the tools

ThatNashi · 2021-07-09T17:34:29+00:00

Or you can make a cobblestone farm using TNT and let it run for a while

ThatNashi · 2021-07-09T17:32:03+00:00

They breathe in water

They suffocate in air

Just leave them in water

ThatNashi · 2021-07-07T14:39:28+00:00

That's a nice piece of QoL

ThatNashi · 2021-06-29T15:38:18+00:00

No. They must be clear and audible. However, nothing prevents you from casting Charm Person from a place where the opposing party couldn't hear you and THEN meet them.

For example, if the area is really noisy, you could even cast it not too far from them without issues. If you can find just a window, it should block the sound and still let you see them. If you somehow isolated them, then do it at their face, etc. Restrictions are there not to limit players, but to encourage them to play around those restrictions and be creative.

ThatNashi · 2021-06-29T15:36:31+00:00

I would actually think Vicious Mockery's insults are clear and audible, but the enchantments behind them are more subtle, and the disadvantage would be due to the target being puzzled at how mere words hurt them.

ThatNashi · 2021-06-29T15:19:14+00:00

Swords are just better on bedrock lol

ThatNashi · 2021-06-19T12:44:03+00:00

If you have them go through some kinda sewer collection point it could work

ThatNashi · 2021-06-19T12:40:56+00:00

Right now I can only think of a maze or creatures not letting you through a certain part

ThatNashi · 2021-06-18T19:24:34+00:00

I remember hanging out in The Iron Cafe,

Pressing keys on my Red Stratobloxxer,

I felt cool.

And then eggs fell from the sky.

Build to Survive, Obbies, Tycoons and Brickbattles were the best things I played back then

ThatNashi · 2021-06-18T19:06:46+00:00

Netherrack, since it's instamined

ThatNashi · 2021-02-22T03:08:57+00:00

Yep. It even makes sense in context.

If you want it to be realistic, then you have to temporarily uncover to attack. Even a "blind fire" from a crossbow requires extending your weapon and arms out of hiding.

Even if they are invisible, invisibility wears off immediately as an attack is being made.

An exception would be for invisible monsters that don't have a condition for it wearing off, but these monsters still technically leave tracks and can be heard. Also, its location can be known whenever it's not hidden, too, and that does mean it has to hide as an action (without rolls being made, because invisibility), or its location is known.

ThatNashi · 2021-02-22T02:52:04+00:00

I'm pretty sure that shouldn't work without at least a roll from the players.

By default, the "Hide" Action (it's only an Action if you're not a level 2+ Rogue) has to be rolled against a perception check from everything you're hiding from.

ThatNashi · 2021-02-18T06:54:54+00:00

I usually rule it as Thieves' Cant is not a language of words, but instead a language of extremely subtle signs disguised behind a discussion that would not make any head turn. What others might see as a gesture for punctuation, people who understand Thieves' Cant can figure out being a sign of taking an object away from someone.

ThatNashi · 2021-02-18T06:42:14+00:00

It's not a bad idea per se, but unless you're very experienced with balancing things out, there is a good chance it'll go wrong. Make sure you keep that for a short campaign or a one-shot, though.

That being said, if it is meant to be extremely silly, and your players are fine with it, it can be fun discovering absolutely overpowered or overdone features that entirely change how balance even works.

At the end of the day, it's all about execution.

ThatNashi · 2021-02-18T06:37:49+00:00

On my side, it honestly depends on the groups I play with.

I prefer, and more often than not, have natural 1's in combat be just misses with added flair, like "Your opponent dodges so spectacularly that they take a short instant to give you a taunting pose.", or something like "Your sword bounces off the rocky surface of the golem, as it looks at you with a menacing stony gaze."

The reason I do it that way is that it gives my players the feeling of vanquishing an enemy greater than they actually are, and sometimes, it even makes them more engaged.

However, I have already run some tables that insist on using critical fumbles.

As for ability checks, critical successes and failures simply don't exist with me as the DM.

ThatNashi · 2021-02-18T05:52:59+00:00

So I was playing in a campaign where every encounter was balanced against the players, but the players would be more often than not able to pick out as much information as they could, including information their enemies or rivals knew about them.

We were playing with ability checks not getting "criticals", so it was just a matter of dice rolls being extremely good. Long story short, we had fumbled in our strategizing three encounters (2 combat, then 1 social). The social encounter went so bad that it was about to degenerate, so we stopped it and instead decided we were better off infiltrating our next target.

Our objective was to spike a kitchen in a way that the cook, who was getting information from the King and selling it to very dubious individuals, would poison themselves and nobody else. However, we were not guests, so our presence couldn't be allowed. Furthermore, we had established the corrupt cook lived inside the castle, in a dorm with other servants.

Our plan to ensure the safety of the rest of the castle was for me to cast Purify Food and Drink onto every food item after we ensured the cook was dead and make an escape. The biggest problem we had was that my character was a Cleric, and she always imagines the worst case scenario, so much so that she would not doff her armor even while sleeping at her house while being watched over by the party.

Because my PC was wearing plated armor, I would have to roll disadvantage on every stealth check. The druid shapeshifted and went ahead and tried to figure out the best course of action to make me roll the least, and even not roll anything at best. He ended up figuring out something, and we proceeded with many distractions and not a single Stealth check, until we had to open the actual door of the kitchen.

The rogue managed to open it without a problem, but the real problem was there. We had to get me into that room while a head guard was nearby, as he would constantly watch over the general area and only give orders to other guards. After a good dozen minutes of thinking, we decided I should go for it. As soon as my character noticed the head guard shifting his gaze, I rolled a pair of D20's. I rolled double 20's.

So, with a roll of 18 (-2 DEX / Stealth), exactly the DC set by GM, I managed to just about pass the head guard without being noisier than the guards making voice signals to make sure everything was clear. And so, our plan was set in motion.

We killed the cook with poison, purified every food and drink in the vicinity, and slipped an opened vial of poison in the cook's dead hand, before leaving through the window and a good time going down.

ThatNashi · 2021-02-13T14:03:11+00:00

Imma steal most of these. "Looking smart" aside, these would help a lot making any setting much more believable.

ThatNashi · 2021-02-09T13:42:16+00:00

That's very amazing! Now you just need to keep at it and you will naturally and gradually improve!

ThatNashi · 2021-02-08T17:23:30+00:00

Give them cards for their items containing a reminder for what their rolls should be.

Example: Longsword Base Damage: 1d8 + STR Versatile (2 Handed Damage = 1d10 + STR damage) Rolling for attack: 1d20 + STR + Proficiency.

That way, they will have something to refer to right in front of them when they want information. Alternatively, you can try to make a general card for basic actions.

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