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[–] wetbeardhairs@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Actually that could be a great solution to teach murderhobo teens how to RPG properly. The town's guard enlists them to solve the murder they committed. See how they weasel their way out - if they can.

[–] Doc_Crankenstein@slrpnk.net 48 points 2 weeks ago

Take the cop approach

"We have investigated ourselves and have found no evidence of wrongdoing"

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Very simple. You rob the local item store, murder the owner's family, frame him for those murders AND the original murders. Sprinkle clues and 'solve' the crime.

[–] skulblaka@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 weeks ago

If it gets the players doing literally anything other than rolling attack rolls that's still a win, we take those

[–] squaresinger@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I have to do this next time I DM again.

[–] sunoc@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 weeks ago

Who shot ya?

[–] Shiggles@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The cleric brings up a fun “exploit”. You cast speak with dead on the murdered yourself so you have a 10 day grace period - even better if you threaten their family if they do snitch.

[–] Ziggurat@jlai.lu 6 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Most Larp I know have some rules about loosing memory when being dead or even unconscious. It kills the fun for everyone to just ask the victim who killed them.

I am surprised that D&D and clones didn't remove all the spell which shortcut investigation it's like removing the fun part of the game

[–] teft@piefed.social 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Just have the person murdered be killed from behind. that's how bg3 solved it in a murder quest. None of the victims knew the killer except the person killed from behind, that person would have recognized the killer but alas they never saw their killer. Every other victim questioned just has descriptions of the killer and with 5 questions it can be challenging to get enough clues to stop the murders.

[–] XM34@feddit.org 3 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, thank you. But then again, DnD is the king of unfun spells that just shortcut interesting puzzles an challenges. Alarm, Speak With Dead, Goodberry, Levitate/Fly, Planeshift, Remove Curse, Forcecage, Sending, Identify, etc.

[–] ThunderComplex@lemmy.today 2 points 2 weeks ago

How you solve the murder in Murdered Soul Suspect: Fuck, I just died and the police ain’t doing shit, guess imma solve this one myself

[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 2 points 2 weeks ago

Batteries.

Truly a unique experience when it comes to 12v batts.