ProfessorOwl_PhD [any]@hexbear.net to ttrpg@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month agoWhen you finish a difficult combat but the rules lawyer points out a mistake you made in the first round so you call a do over and restart the fight from scratchhexbear.netexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up150arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up150arrow-down1external-linkWhen you finish a difficult combat but the rules lawyer points out a mistake you made in the first round so you call a do over and restart the fight from scratchhexbear.netProfessorOwl_PhD [any]@hexbear.net to ttrpg@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square12fedilinkfile-text
Did the mistake change anything about the outcome of the fight? No, but telling the players that would be metagaming
minus-squareBeetle_O_Rourke [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month ago rules lawyer You get one warning before you are asked to leave.
minus-squareProfessorOwl_PhD [any]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoI run PF2 so rules lawyers are generally very useful… As long as they correct the rules at the time, rather than 2 and a half hours later.
minus-squareBeetle_O_Rourke [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoSystems that use more than two shapes of dice fail basic usability and will not appear at any of my tables.
minus-squareProfessorOwl_PhD [any]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 month agoNo I need my emotional support polyhedrons
minus-squaretrashxeos@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoAs a dice goblin, I support this sentiment.
You get one warning before you are asked to leave.
I run PF2 so rules lawyers are generally very useful… As long as they correct the rules at the time, rather than 2 and a half hours later.
Systems that use more than two shapes of dice fail basic usability and will not appear at any of my tables.
No I need my emotional support polyhedrons
As a dice goblin, I support this sentiment.