nanoUFO@sh.itjust.worksM to Games@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · edit-21 year agoPlease, forget everything you know about RPG quests in Baldur's Gate 3 | PCGamesNwww.pcgamesn.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up145arrow-down17
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minus-squarebionicjoey@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year ago“Trust the dice” is terrible advice. The expression is “trust your GM/DM”. The dice are the fly in the ointment and the GM’s job is to turn their chaos into a satisfying story.
minus-squareoddspinnaker@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoYeah, I honestly had to Google it because it sounds like such pointless advice. In combat especially, how does “trusting the dice” help at all? I think what they mean is “trust that the game will turn a lot of failing dice rolls into something interesting in a way a GM might.”
“Trust the dice” is terrible advice. The expression is “trust your GM/DM”. The dice are the fly in the ointment and the GM’s job is to turn their chaos into a satisfying story.
Yeah, I honestly had to Google it because it sounds like such pointless advice. In combat especially, how does “trusting the dice” help at all?
I think what they mean is “trust that the game will turn a lot of failing dice rolls into something interesting in a way a GM might.”