So I did it !
I played as referee yesterday evening.
What game ?
Macchiato Monsters of course, stupid idiot !
My differents impressions about MM as player are confirmed as referee.
It's a bloody good game !
The mecanisms are clear and fluid so you can play with your players without spend your time in the book.
Yes there are some subtleties but when you have the concept of how you roll the dice, the concept of dR and avantages/disavantages, you can manage all part of the game.
So, you can direct all your awarness on the players and the story.
For exemple, yesterday we have a trial scene.
Usually, I used to play mostly in RP and ask for CHA but without really know what I can do with this roll...
It was a trial without attorney and lawyer, just a audience to the council of the city.
Yesterday, I don't know if it's a good idea, but I say to myself : ok the trial is a dR : the risk to be declare guilty. It begin as d8 and if at the end of the scene the dR is not "finished", they are not guilty.
During the trial, when they have to answer to important questions, they roll CHA. Failed, I roll CHA with disavantage, some failed, some not, common dR roll, they succed I roll with avantage. Sometime, when they answer very good or very bad, I don't use the CHA check. I directly roll the dR with avantage or disavantage.
At the end they were declared not guilty.
And the trial was quick, with RP, and with rules which make the decision was not a arbitrary decision of the all mighty Master !
That is a pretty brilliant use of CHA.
ReplyDeleteDon't say that to the one who made a fumble ;)
ReplyDeleteHeehee. "What is murder? Is it murder to hit a man repeatedly in the head with a sparth axe until there is blood on the ceiling, like I did? Who can say? Who can judge?"
ReplyDeleteAnd send few level 1 in a very dangerous dungeon to have some golden treasure, is it murder ?
ReplyDeleteA daring investment if you ask me. :D
ReplyDeleteHopefully it didn't involve the Chewbacca defense.
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