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22 questions linked to/from What do the terms "lines" and "veils" mean?
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How does Dominated work? Can it really make me attack allies or walk off a cliff?
In one of the games I was in, a creature was able to Dominate my friend and he was getting angry that the DM forced his character to attack and knock prone an NPC that we were trying to protect. They ...
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What are pitfalls I should be aware of with NPC/PC romantic relationships?
I will be running Rise of Tiamat as a sequel to a summer campaign I ran (which was not Hoard of the Dragon Queen). At the end of the campaign two of my PCs, a Bard and a critical role gunslinger, ...
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One of my players is mildly making me uncomfortable. Help? [closed]
tl;dr I think one of my players is appropriating a character I've had since 2012, is this ok and if not can I get some help?
I'm running a new system that quote-unquote "came out" in November (tl;dr ...
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Do consent forms genuinely contribute to safer playing environments in practice?
The new hype this year seems to be consent forms for RPG Sessions, especially in the contexts of horror games. There are many kinds of consent forms, but their function is in letting people provide a ...
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How can I tell a player to stop something without seeming like I'm restricting them too much?
I have been running VtM in the form of the players playing as ghouls however one of my recent players has made a charmer character. I am okay with characters wanting to get laid however he considers ...
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How best to seamlessly incorporate player's backstories into the game? [closed]
The characters in my game have excellent backstories, but bringing them to the forefront, highlighting the skills, abilities/ skills/ feats and NPC connections they made sometimes isn't the easiest.
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What type of rule is the Red Rule, and where does it come from?
Exalted has, in its third iteration, "the Red Rule".
The Red Rule
In almost all aspects, Exalted doesn’t mechanically distinguish
between Storyteller characters and those the players
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