Timeline for Storytelling with lie detection
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| Apr 18, 2014 at 17:55 | comment | added | o0'. | The "Train the players not to trust too much in the information" overdoes it IMHO. It really feels like the jackass genie... | |
| Mar 1, 2014 at 10:14 | history | edited | Flamma | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 1, 2014 at 3:32 | comment | added | mxyzplk | Please edit anything of value from this comment thread into the answer. | |
| Mar 1, 2014 at 2:38 | comment | added | Slothman | Steve Brust has a lovely bit in the Vlad Taltos books (probably in Jhereg) where an assassin and crime boss testifies under magical detection that someone he had killed committed suicide, and gets away with it— because he had a firm belief that anyone who crossed him was committing suicide. | |
| Feb 28, 2014 at 9:03 | comment | added | Neil Slater |
@otto: Without your interpretation, the PCs could cast Detect Lies on each other as a cheap way to ask questions about the whole adventure. "Where is the treasure hidden?", "It's in a chest.", "Correct. Where is the chest?", "It's in a dungeon.", "That's a lie", "Err...ok, it's in a castle . . .", "Correct . . ." :-S
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| Feb 27, 2014 at 21:52 | comment | added | o.h | A lie for the lack of knowledge should detect as a truth. Assuming the spell is designed to detect lies, it can only tell if the speaker is lying. If Like doesn't know that Leia is is sister, then he is not really telling a lie in denying it. Think of it this way--the ability is not verifying the factual accuracy of the statement, but rather the intent of the teller. | |
| Feb 27, 2014 at 15:00 | comment | added | Brian S | +1 for "truths that hide lies." True statements don't always have to convey true facts in an obvious manner! Misdirect the player; after all, any shady character in a setting with "Detect Lies" would learn to avoid lying... but they still need to avoid saying what they mean! Silence or something like reiterating Name-Rank-Country and nothing else is also an option for someone unwilling to give up secrets. | |
| Feb 27, 2014 at 13:35 | comment | added | Zimul8r | In addition to uncomfortable and obvious, you might add "socially unacceptable" or even down-right illegal in some cultures, perhaps lumped in with mind-reading and charms. | |
| Feb 27, 2014 at 10:36 | comment | added | Nigralbus | Also, what of lying for a lack of knowledge ? "She is not my sister". -False, but Luke didn't know... | |
| Feb 27, 2014 at 10:07 | history | answered | Flamma | CC BY-SA 3.0 |