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Sounds like a bitch problem (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/rpgmemes@ttrpg.network
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[–] 15 points 1 year ago (9 children)

if your headed to a place called troll canyon you should probably do some research on what trolls are weak to beforehand

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yeah people complaining about "fire on trolls" as metagaming is a huge bugbear of mine because it's so ubiquitous across RPGs that it's virtually part of the definition of what a fantasy troll is. Imagine actually living in a world where they exist, becoming a professional mercenary, and still not knowing you need fire.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    As GM I'd accept that argument from a person with a smart enough player, but not from one whose intelligence attracts penalties and not from one whose background is from an island or at sea or a city rat

    In some settings I might have monsters like trolls only in some parts of the world, so you're out of luck if you're not from those places unless you read a lot (and if my group is prone to metagaming, change the monster's weakness)

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    I feel like trolls are common enough that even a farmer would know they don't like fire or acid. And yet, some DMs will make you roll a dungeoneering or other knowledge check to see if your adventurer knows.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Trolls are only common if they're made common, though. Like, they're common in the Forgotten Realms, or Golarion, or whatever, but commonality is out the window in a homebrew setting.

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