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  • The player could describe what they saw, but nobody except the GM knows if it’s true.

    It’s equally plausible that the paladin failed the check and saw a monster when there was only a dog, or that they passed the check and saw a monster because there was in fact a monster. Their argument to the party would be the same in either case: “that’s no dog, it’s a space station monster”.

    The party then must question who saw the correct thing. Did the paladin actually see something everyone else missed? Or are they just seeing things? My point was that the players should not immediately be able to discern the truth. I find that this kind of uncertainty breeds intrigue!


  • I’ve never actually played, so this might be standard practice anyway, but I think this would be a great time to have the DM roll privately for each player and not tell them if they passed or failed. If the players only know what their character saw (and not if they pass or fail the check, or even get an idea based on the roll) then metagaming is impossible. This could produce a situation where it’s just a dog but the paladin thinks they saw a monster because they failed the roll, or it could be the other way around.
    Doing it with DM-only rolls ensures the players have to actually figure out what they saw rather than knowing based on what they rolled or if they passed.

    As I said, this could be standard practice, I have no idea. But I hope it is.



  • tl;dr - You’re overthinking it :)

    Regarding the “dickgirl vs trans” thing, the context is drawings of fictional characters so calling them “dickgirls” or “futas” is not the same as having a community of the same name for real people.

    The PC Master Race community on another instance had a similar discussion a while ago about a potential name change for obvious reasons. Most people chose to keep the current name because it really doesn’t matter that much.
    We’re all aware that nobody in that community actually believes there is a “master race”, much like we’re all aware that trans people are people too, and deserve the same respect and rights as everyone else.

    This is all also ignoring the very real possibility that the character(s) the artist drew are just… not trans. There are many art pieces and doujins that involve a girl acquiring a dick in one way or another without really wanting one. They never felt that they weren’t comfortable in their own body, and some vocalize that they’d prefer to go back to the way they were. This does not seem at all in line with the trans movement, so I think implying that (boobs + penis = trans) is simply not correct.

    I still have more to say on the topic, but this should hopefully get the point across.