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Basic descriptions are necessary for collaborative storytelling (i.imgur.com)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Just a vibe check of the Lemmy community with a deliberately exaggerated meme.

A reddit post would get flooded with argumentative mini-essays from folks who can’t string together 5 words in-character.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Basic descriptions aren't necessary but helping in a lot of cases. And in some it's completely the same ("I want to roll an insight check" vs. "Do I believe his story?" - there's simply no describeable process making a difference).

Also players are different... I won't punish a guy playing a high int, high charisma character for not coming up with a logical or persuasive argument (and again "I want to talk to him to change his mind" vs. "I want to roll for persuasion" is all the same here), just as I don't punish a nerd playing a barbarian for not actually being able to lift a person one-armed.

But then I know my players and assume new additions are acting in good faith to their best ability and not just roll-playing because they want to have more time to focus on Candy Crush.