<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=293834.msg14570765#msg14570765">Quote from: Callie Del Noire on 15-12-2018, 23:43:52</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">I know.. like I said.. a higher roll beats a high roll. My EC in PFS society has encountered penalties that bring down her potential 60+ diplomacy check a lot. One particular modifier I encounter a lot is 'You don't speak the native language' (Which is why most of my Face characters are linguists and my role I play for my melee types is 'Translator'. I like doing translator so I can use a lower diplomacy to let new players step up and enjoy their time in the light with me going 'Oh I translate what he says to the Ulfen bandit')<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>I myself like a gothic-game like world design.. to explain, Gothic was an action-fantasy rpg with a genuine open world. You could go anywhere, do anything, but if you wandered too far off the trail, some real nasty monster could spawn. That really inspired me to make the world feel alive. Similiarily, if the pc's stick to the general campaign path, more or less, nothing too bad can happen to 'em, but don't go marching up to the Palace of the Emperor of Hakwen trying to assasinate him and not expect dealing with multiple lvl 12 class levels with one or two rather nasty builds among them. :P<br/><br/>That also allows the players progression.. if you plan who you want to deal with you -can- defeat anyone, with enough time, that's sandbox-play for me. If one of you were playing to become KingFührer of Hawken I'd say.. 'possible, but prepare for a srs uphill battle.... plus while all this sandbox world in the back is happening, you got a curse to worry about.. :P<br/><br/>Heh. That's amusing. I'm not super strict with the languages, using basically my own gameworld that's predominantly human, but now I better understand why you were all over that Abyssal dialect you heard in your dream. :P