Edit: and I am an idiot...this might help...SELLING...
Wife unit: you're not as clear as you think you are.
Me: Nuh...unh....stuff
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Is there anyone you can recommend that you've used and has a healthy track record.
Thanks in advance!
I've always thought that pure role play needed a mechanic to add some structure. otherwise it's just meta play. I thought there might be use for clothing, charisma, various skills, to come together and basically build a "combat" system but that is just for social interaction.
Has anyone found a system or created a system that works, or is this really best without many additional rules.
Asking to start conversation, not because I have a plan or need validation. I genuinely am not happy with any of the efforts I've defaulted to.
(5.5e and I'm a very long time DM who just doesn't think he runs social conflict well.)
Players are walking down a hall in a dungeon. Rogue's passive perception picks up some random scrapes on the floor. Rogue then rolls and the DM says, definitely scrapes but try as you might, you can't locate any secret door mechanism.
Queue players puzzling out the trick.
As they're thinking and trying things they're attacked by bad guys...
Because, you see, it's not a secret door at all, just some scrapes the bad guys left to slow people down and give them time to muster their forces and attack.
OR
What if they're literally just scrapes (red herring)? DC 20 check. Player makes it DM says: they appear to be just scrapes, you find no door or mechanism.
Is one or both of these a jerk move?
I am working on a dungeon and would like to throw some interesting challenges at the players...but I don't want them to be un fun or to be a nozzle about it.
edit: Thank you all for the amazing thoughts and ideas! I'm going to take a lot of this and mull it over.
I will definitely use it, but I think the advice of not wanting to train the players to NOT investigate is good advice.
I have a team member asking where they can find both/either. I haven't explored the area enough to help.
Thanks for anything!
Edit: You're all amazing! Thank you! I'm looking forward to trying some of these with my team member!
The title. I have a co-worker asking and I don't have the ability to answer. Figured I'd ask the hive mind. Thanks in advance and apologies if Marietta != Atlanta.
Edit: Thanks y'all! I also posted in r/Marietta but didn't know how busy they were so I hit this up as well. These sound delightful. I can't wait to let them know and maybe join them!