Or what, your feelings will be hurt? How do you get to dictate everyone's game? I don't even allow my PCs to engage in physical combat with each other, why would social get a free pass?
Social Combat
Nicholas Gray
Nicholas Johnson
>Oh no, it's like people actually like rules that allow them to do things they normally can't,
In the context of a roleplaying game you are completely wrong. Rules do nothing but add legitimacy to your described actions. Read Lumpley's Law, it sounds like semantic bullshit but it's a very important definition.
> like be the super-charismatic and convincing people like in myth and legend who could convince water to flow uphill with a few silvered words!
Except sometimes you simply cannot convince someone, no matter what. Bullshit Greek legends aside. And a Persuasion check fulfills that niche *perfectly*. All that social combat rules do is inject more subsystems the game doesn't need.
> How DARE they have fun that you don't like!?
Where did I say that? I merely expressed my opinion. If you're falling back on the "I can play whatever I want" shit then you have officially exited the discussion.
> Because you seem to be really stupid, let me say the above is 100% mocking you for being retarded.
Cool. Why don't you explain how I am retarded instead of reading the first few sentences of my post and ignoring the rest.
What is roleplaying? It's talking. Character interaction is talking. There you go.
Unless you are going to act out all of your combats, you need rules to resolve that part.
And some rolls to resolve social situations, as when the character is more charming than the player. But an entire fucking subsystem because people can't stand that the only subsystem in the game is for combat? Fuck off.
Mason Hill
>I don't even allow my PCs to engage in physical combat with each other
Pussy GM detected
Robert Mitchell
>Rules do nothing but add legitimacy to your described actions.
OH NOOOO. It's not like that's important or anything!
And its a pretty common story-theme, way past just greek legend, but players are badwrong for wanting to do it, I getcha.
And you implied it very heavily when you shat yourself in rage for 271 words that someone could dare want to have RPG rules for more then just combat.
The rest of the post was just you screeching about how everyone that enjoys that sort of thing is BAD AND WRONG and was already addressed.
Take two .50 cal aspirin and don't call anyone in the morning.
Evan Perry
no, actually that is good GMing.
Dominic Adams
SOCIAL KOMBAT!
Test your might!