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Q&A "You found a cursed ring!" How do I let the player roleplay it without spilling the beans to everyone prematurely?

The most relevant question is, why would you not let everyone know. The best way to answer is to consider what are the creative priorities for this group playing this campaign here and now, and wha...

posted 2y ago by tommi‭

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Q&A What kinds of encounters besides for combat can I include in a game?

Everything that can happen in a story or in real life can happen in a game. Is life mostly fighting? No. Are the exciting things in life mostly fighting? I hope not. There is a village below a...

posted 2y ago by dsr‭

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Q&A What kinds of encounters besides for combat can I include in a game?

I love throwing my players a good ol’ Goblin Tollbooth. It’s an idea I found on Reddit some time back; alas I lost the link. You approach a big city, preferably one that’s walled with limited entr...

posted 2y ago by DonielF‭

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Q&A What kinds of encounters besides for combat can I include in a game?

Puzzles! The players stumble into a cave, and are greeted with… some sort of gatekeeper? (…that’s way too powerful for them to fight.) Or maybe nothing at all except some confusing symbols etched ...

posted 2y ago by Quintec‭

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Q&A What kinds of encounters besides for combat can I include in a game?

I'm looking at starting to DM a game in the near future, and I'm trying to prepare myself as best as possible (I've only played as a player one time, so I'm not the most experienced RPG player out ...

4 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Mithical‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by tommi‭

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Q&A What kind of attack bonus does a level 1 sorcerer have with a light crossbow in D&D 5e?

Crossbows are ranged weapons. That means that on the attack roll you add your proficiency bonus and dexterity modifier, and on the damage roll you add just your dexterity modifier. Melee weapons ar...

posted 2y ago by DonielF‭  ·  edited 2y ago by DonielF‭

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Q&A What kind of attack bonus does a level 1 sorcerer have with a light crossbow in D&D 5e?

While teaching my siblings the basics of D&D, one of them decided to create, as a first character, a Dragonborn Sorcerer. One of the Sorcerer's proficiencies is with light crossbows, and is par...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Mithical‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by DonielF‭

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Meta A tag had lost magically according to Post History

The history doesn't record category changes (known issue). To create the post on Meta it needed one of the required tags, so I think Mithical probably created the "support" tag before moving so th...

posted 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Meta A tag had lost magically according to Post History

In the above picture according to history it says that Mark Giraffe had added definition tag. Then, Mithical had added support tag (But, somehow two definition tag had arisen in left diff). Later...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by deleted user  ·  edited 2y ago by deleted user

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Q&A "You found a cursed ring!" How do I let the player roleplay it without spilling the beans to everyone prematurely?

Use distractions and subterfuge. Prepare a note for each player in advance and pass them out all at once. But all notes contain irrelevant stuff save for one. Examples: Bilbo: The ring you foun...

posted 2y ago by Lundin‭

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Q&A "You found a cursed ring!" How do I let the player roleplay it without spilling the beans to everyone prematurely?

In a game I was running, a player tripped a magical effect that would alter his behavior (failed save against compulsion magic). I took the player aside to explain, out of game, what had happened ...

3 answers  ·  posted 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by curryandanahn‭

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Q&A How do I make sure I'm not cutting into other people's RP time as a player?

An RPG campaign is a collaborative team activity with lots of communication. Many of the things you do in other teams, like at work or school, apply here too. More specifically, here are some thi...

posted 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Q&A What's a tabletop roleplaying game?

Source: Wikipedia A tabletop role-playing game (typically abbreviated as TRPG or TTRPG), also known as a pen-and-paper role-playing game, is a form of role-playing game (RPG) in which the part...

posted 2y ago by General Sebast1an‭

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Meta What's a tabletop roleplaying game?

This is meant to be a faq kind of question for newcomers of this site. What are tabletop roleplaying games? There's RPGs but what is "tabletop" supposed to implement?

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by General Sebast1an‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Mithical‭

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Meta Which one is better as the site name, "Tabletop Role-Playing Games" or "Tabletop RPG"?

Which one is better as the site name, "Tabletop Role-Playing Games" or "Tabletop RPG"? Bystander here, but "Tabletop Rocket Propelled Grenade" or "Tabletop Report Program Generator" don't make any...

posted 2y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Q&A How do I make sure I'm not cutting into other people's RP time as a player?

As a player, I enjoy the role-playing part of a game more than combat. My style of playing will often include wisecracks, quips, and other "witty" remarks directed at both other players and NPCs. ...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Mithical‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Meta Is chess related Question on-topic in RPG?

Chess is not a tabletop role-playing game. Tabletop role-playing games involve creating a character, usually with some sort of selection of skills that the character is proficient in, and then rol...

posted 3y ago by Mithical‭

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Meta Is chess related Question on-topic in RPG?

What does table-top RPG actually mean? When I heard of Table-top RPG, it sounds like some game on top of table. Tabletop games are games that are normally played on a table or other flat surface...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by deleted user  ·  edited 3y ago by deleted user

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Meta Are things other than Tabletop Role-Playing Games allowed?

This is a good discussion to have. The site proposal on Meta is intended to establish a starting point; communities can and should further develop things. The top-voted answer on the proposal inc...

posted 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Meta Are things other than Tabletop Role-Playing Games allowed?

At first glance, the name of the site is "Tabletop Role-Playing Games", so it obviously excludes LARPs and roleplaying outside of the D&D-style. The current top answer on the original proposal ...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Moshi‭  ·  last activity 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Meta Which one is better as the site name, "Tabletop Role-Playing Games" or "Tabletop RPG"?

Today, The site still don't have a logo yet but there is site placeholder which is Tabletop Role-Playing Games, I think that site name (placeholder) is very long (27 Characters) and also the URL is...

1 answer  ·  posted 3y ago by Kevin M. Mansour‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

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Meta Welcome to Tabletop Role-Playing Games!

Welcome to the Tabletop Role-Playing Games community on Codidact, our community for people who play, run, develop, or are interested in human-mediated role-playing games of all genres. We're glad ...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  edited 2y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Meta Meet the Codidact Team!

As we start on building a new community here together, we're bound to find some sticking points. Those might be bugs, new features you need, things you need support with... whatever they are, the C...

0 answers  ·  posted 3y ago by luap42‭