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Combat vs RP (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/rpgmemes@ttrpg.network

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[–] Infynis@midwest.social 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It can be fine to just "talk it out, man", but that runs into the problem where my character on paper has CHA 20 but me in real life rocks a solid 10 CHA. Or the other case, where the fighter with 8 CHA has a salesguy for a player, and he punches well above his on-paper skills using his real life personality, where I'm sidelined.

There is another. I've found that being (imo) charasmatic, and being a charasmatic character, means DMs just talk to me, rather than ever asking for any rolls. Sure, my argument is convincing, but I still want to use my numbers!

[–] 5too@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

One of my players feels this way too, and has a semi-charismatic character. He'll describe what he's trying to do, we roll for how well it landed, and we quickly work out the highlights of what happened.

[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 5 points 3 weeks ago

This is the best approach I've found.

Player says, "I make a sales pitch playing on Priscilla's hatred of our common foe, and that's why she should sell us these explosives for cheap" and doesn't have to actually do a sales call. Roll the dice and decide if that means she buys in, makes a counter offer, or what.