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<blockquote data-quote="Chaosmancer" data-source="post: 9202074" data-attributes="member: 6801228"><p>Right, you just concluded that not everyone plays your best most correct one true way, and yet you need to further assert that your way is the official rules way AND the majority of people follow it. </p><p></p><p>Fine, assert away. It doesn't match my experience, discussions on the internet where skills are ranked by usefulness, or literally any evidence I can find. But you do it, so it must be the way the majority of people do it, and it must be the right way, and it must be the best way.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Everything the DM describes is something the PCs are aware of. If a DM just says "you see three skeletons in the room" then there are three skeletons. But saying that a PC is completely unaware of anything unusual when instead the DM says "You enter a large throne room, filled with rotting tapestries. Sitting in the throne on the far end is a skeletal figure dressed in black platemail, carved with infernal symbols. He stands, drawing a blade as red as blood, and glares down at you with eyes of flame." and must think "oh, this could be a normal skeleton" is completely unreasonable. </p><p></p><p>You don't know what exactly it is? Sure. You think it is a normal skeleton? Come off it. People aren't idiots.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Uh huh. Because you are the best DnD player, and anything you don't like is a clear sign of a lack of skill.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>ROFLMAO</p><p></p><p><em><em>Reads it again</em></em></p><p></p><p>ROFLMAO</p><p></p><p>Let me guess, the majority of people agree with you on this too? That combat is the least impactful pillar of play in the entire game?</p><p></p><p></p><p>And now players who decide on their stats in a way you disagree with are making mistakes. </p><p></p><p>And sure, Max, you won't be that far behind when you have a -1 and the other person has a +11 in the late game. Those things are completely the same, just a minor difference of 50%</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>What I find the most hilarious about this, is that you agree with my premise. You are flatly stating here that having multiple incredibly low stats is actively detrimental to the player. You just seem to think that is a player-skill issue instead of a natural consequence of the math of the game and prevalance of PC scores between 12 and 8.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Chaosmancer, post: 9202074, member: 6801228"] Right, you just concluded that not everyone plays your best most correct one true way, and yet you need to further assert that your way is the official rules way AND the majority of people follow it. Fine, assert away. It doesn't match my experience, discussions on the internet where skills are ranked by usefulness, or literally any evidence I can find. But you do it, so it must be the way the majority of people do it, and it must be the right way, and it must be the best way. Everything the DM describes is something the PCs are aware of. If a DM just says "you see three skeletons in the room" then there are three skeletons. But saying that a PC is completely unaware of anything unusual when instead the DM says "You enter a large throne room, filled with rotting tapestries. Sitting in the throne on the far end is a skeletal figure dressed in black platemail, carved with infernal symbols. He stands, drawing a blade as red as blood, and glares down at you with eyes of flame." and must think "oh, this could be a normal skeleton" is completely unreasonable. You don't know what exactly it is? Sure. You think it is a normal skeleton? Come off it. People aren't idiots. Uh huh. Because you are the best DnD player, and anything you don't like is a clear sign of a lack of skill. ROFLMAO [I][I]Reads it again[/I][/I] ROFLMAO Let me guess, the majority of people agree with you on this too? That combat is the least impactful pillar of play in the entire game? And now players who decide on their stats in a way you disagree with are making mistakes. And sure, Max, you won't be that far behind when you have a -1 and the other person has a +11 in the late game. Those things are completely the same, just a minor difference of 50% What I find the most hilarious about this, is that you agree with my premise. You are flatly stating here that having multiple incredibly low stats is actively detrimental to the player. You just seem to think that is a player-skill issue instead of a natural consequence of the math of the game and prevalance of PC scores between 12 and 8. [/QUOTE]
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