Timeline for How do I make this persuasion challenge with time constraints social combat work?
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| Jan 26, 2017 at 3:08 | comment | added | Liesmith | To add to this answer: you could just describe the situation, then put a small hourglass/egg-timer on table in full view of all the players. This will let them know they need to act fast. Every time it runs out, one of the cages is lowered. For the challenge itself, the charismatic characters can try to be persuasive/deceptive/threatening, but the other characters can try to break out, or swing their cage away from the fire, or do a slight-of-hand check to subtly cut/untie the rope that binds the door, so they can leap out if necessary. | |
| Jan 24, 2017 at 12:10 | comment | added | chooban | I think if you were to have the troll definitely drop a cage at regular intervals then the combat structure would work, but otherwise it's social. Also, what character is going to be keep silent if they're chosen for a drop? | |
| Jan 24, 2017 at 9:27 | comment | added | Commissar Vasili Karlovic | That was the main dilemma for me as well. I thought the following rule. "PCs are able to use "help" as an action to give speech to an other PC. If they do so, they cannot speak on their turn". That would embed interaction of all PCs in order to escape. It's harder to coordinate and keep a pursuasive flow (real life egoism) than remaining silent. | |
| Jan 23, 2017 at 15:43 | history | edited | chooban | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jan 23, 2017 at 15:39 | comment | added | KumosAgosta | The section is "Social Interactions" starting on pg. 244 in the DMG. | |
| Jan 23, 2017 at 15:20 | history | answered | chooban | CC BY-SA 3.0 |