Questions tagged [support]
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Where's the FAQ? I can't seem to find it
I've been looking for a while and I can't find the FAQ, would someone be kind enough to link it to me?
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Morrus' Unofficial Tabletop RPG News feed misbehaving in Chat
It seems that Morrus' Unofficial Tabletop RPG News feed has been spamming chat with lots of posts including old ones, and we're not sure what is going on.
For the time being I have removed it from ...
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Answer that requires posting non-open content - allowed?
Can I answer What is the price of a printing press? given that I know what the price is, but I also know it is not an open content and adding price would pretty much reveal all there is to know about ...
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Homebrew review procedure clarification
I've got two homebrew questions going currently, for a magic artifact level item in Pathfinder.
Original question
Followup question [On Hold]
I really like the modifications done by @william porter ...
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Why has this NLN comment flag been declined?
My DM insists on rolling a single save for groups affected by AoE save spells. How does this affect my odds of successfully affecting the enemy?
Why has this "no longer needed" flag been declined?
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No longer accepting answers from this account
I'm sure this sort of question gets asked a lot, but I've just tried to answer a question and I'm banned? apparently my previous answers where not well received.
The thing is, I've only ever answered ...
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Is asking about making specific dice in specific dice-rolling utilities on topic?
For instance, let's say I want to ask the question "I want to make an Anima: Beyond Fantasy die in the Rolisteam dice roller, how do I do that?". (As it happens, I do want to ask this question, since ...
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Where to post hacks?
I have thought of no less than three Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition spell hacks.
Is there anywhere on the site I can post these?
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My question was marked as shopping when it isn't. How do I get it reopened?
My question was wrongly put on hold as shopping. It is a finding online resources question and, as far as I can tell, seems to be no different than other questions that weren't closed. It's not asking ...
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How can I see a reply to my comment on a deleted question?
I recently discovered that I have gotten a reply to one of my comments. However, the question that I commented on is deleted, so I can no longer see any of the comments on the question (including the ...
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Are Tag Criteria Prescriptive or Descriptive?
Which of the following is true:
Tag criteria are prescriptive; one reads the criteria of a tag and checks whether they apply to the question; tag criteria change through meta discussions and/or wiki ...
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Why Are Modification Logs Misleading?
I noticed something odd going on. Two questions I found interesting on the front page list new modification (incidentally both by Abraham Ray). So of course I wanted to read what was edited.
Clicking ...
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No access to review queues?
When I click on the review queue button, it shows
There are no review queues available to you
I previously had access and I am wondering if this is just saying that there are no queues that need ...
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When should I vote to undelete an answer?
I recently crossed the rep threshold to gain the trusted user privilege. The FAQ is very clear about the deleting and editing privileges... but not the undeleting privilege.
When should I vote to ...
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Why was my duplicate flag declined?
I tagged this question as a duplicate of this question yet my flag was declined. The question has now been marked as a duplicate of that question, so why was my flag declined?
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How can the D&D lore question about evil/good and light/dark be reopened?
I asked this question (What is D&D lore establishing Evil/Good = Dark/Light?) to gain some knowledge about D&D lore, mythology, arcana, tales, stories etc.within published D&D literature ...
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How to link D&D Beyond without owning the related resources?
As someone who asks a lot of mechanic-related questions, I often get edits where links are added to D&D Beyond. I would love to do this myself but I am not a fan of D&D Beyond and thus have ...
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What are the citation expectations of answers on RPG Stack Exchange?
As a Stack Exchange site, answers on RPG.SE are expected to be cited and backed up, but what the expectations are exactly can be hard to find.
What are the citation expectations of answers on here?
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Why doesn't this site allow opinion-based side questions?
I have asked several questions which contain side questions. For example, in a question regarding familiars using magic items, I asked
What would be the best magic item(s) to give an imp (for ...
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Only D&D on this Stack?
Sorry, I'm new to SE so don't hate me if this is a painfully newb question. I love RPG's but dislike D&D. This Stack is called role-playing games, but from what I can tell it is 95 % D&D.
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My question was put on hold, even though I saw someone else ask something similar without it being closed
I have a question about my Role-playing Games Stack Exchange post: How do I test my own game online
I have edited my question now. But why did my question get put on hold, even though someone else ...
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What is the appropriate way to bring community attention to unacted-on meta consensus?
Just for example, these questions:
Do we need a [disadvantage] tag?
Non-duplicate questions, with opposite correct answers, merged
(Disclaimer: one was my meta question, and the other one is about ...
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Are deleted questions visible?
Title kind of says it all. There was a question I recall a from a few days ago that I'd commented on, but I can't seem to find it so it was likely deleted.
To clarify from a similar question, the ...
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Is there a way to hide "ignored" tags completely?
So I've been trying to ignore the dnd-5e tag, but on the homepage - and really on any question search page - it just grays out the questions rather than leaving them out entirely. Considering the ...
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Would question about legally obtaining access to system X be on topic?
There are many old / obscure / indie RPG systems, not available off the shelf, not easy to find. Or easy to find as a pirated version. Would asking how to get a legal access to specific system be on ...
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Why did this question allow one answer after hold but not mine?
I was in the middle of writing an answer to this question when it was held for being a duplicate. (This meta is not about the duplicate status, just that it was and still is held as of this meta.)
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Marking duplicates in a chain?
I'm not entirely sure how to phrase this question.
I originally created this question: Is Power Word Kill's save DC from the Orcus' lair a typo?, which stems from a typo found in MToF.
It was ...
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Delete this post for me
I have a question about my Role-playing Games Stack Exchange post: What is 5e's Damage Dice Progression?
I am removing the Question for a lack of valid input in an attempt to clean up spam and ...
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Why was I downvoted?
In this question, I was downvoted a lot. As far as I am aware, I did not do anything wrong. Can someone please explain to me why I was downvoted?
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We still don't actually take flags seriously, right?
So, now when I flag comments I get a "We take your reports seriously" message popup. I just wanna make sure I'm correct in identifying that as corporate-speak (i.e. a lie) and we don't actually take ...
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My question was closed as too broad, but I thought it was very filtered and refined. Why?
The question on trial:
What creature(s) can a Moon Druid transform into that would benefit from humanoid armor?
TL, DR: When druids shapeshift, is there a valid form that benefits from their armor?
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How can I sort my posts by "Last Time Edited"?
I got my second Yearling badge a few weeks ago. I've learned a lot about RPGs during my time here, I've also learned a lot about the StackExchange culture, which took a good bit of time to get a grasp ...
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How can I find my deleted questions?
There are badges that require a "positive question record", and this post gives the following way of calculating whether you have such a record.
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Which option should I choose for bad but not-obviously-deletion-worthy posts in the Low Quality Posts review queue?
The "Low Quality Posts" review queue presents me with four options for each post. The guidance it provides on which one to pick is:
Looks OK if nothing is wrong with this answer
Edit if you ...
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How does one earn the "Socratic" badge?
The badge description confuses me:
Ask a well-received question on 100 separate days, and maintain a positive question record
The only part I get is "ask a well-received question". What I don't ...
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Inconsistency around the [antimagic-field] tag
There is an antimagic-field tag that I've recently seen edited into a couple dozen questions. I searched and noticed that there are 300+ results for posts including "antimagic" and all but a handful ...
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Why doesn't my curious badge count all my well received questions?
After reading this Meta.SE post and reviewing this question and answer I can't seem to work out why the progress noted for my 'curious' badge is only 2/5 instead of 3/5.
I don't have a positive ...
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Make 'shadowrun-5e' a synonym of 'shadowrun-sr5'
The shadowrun-5e has only two questions, and appears to be synonymous with shadowrun-sr5. It should be made a synonym of the much more popular tag shadowrun-sr5.
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What are "unregistered" members and why they are allowed to post?
I often see the word "unregistered" as a part of a nickname:
greenmonster15 (unregistered)
An example — https://rpg.stackexchange.com/users/46936/greenmonster15
What does that mean, is it just a ...
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How should I ask about my D&D 5e Homebrew being balanced?
We've had a number of D&D 5e homebrew questions that present a piece of homebrew (a race, a class, etc) and ask if it is balanced. Some get closed as too broad or primarily opinion-based, others ...
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Why is it a problem to ask what other people have done in their games?
When we get a question asking what others have done as GMs or players in their games, the question is almost always closed as “primarily opinion-based”. Sometimes they’re not put on hold, but they’re ...
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What privileges, exactly, come with tag badges?
I'm given to understand, based on questions like this one, that tag badges (only gold tag badges?) come with some privileges that apply only when acting on posts with that tag. However, I'm unable to ...
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Who moderates the moderators?
Why do moderators ban people from posting the truth? Are false notions more valuable than integrity? Every time I try to correct a false answer with a direct quote from the book, I am deleted by the ...
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Is this question within the guidelines?
Is the following question within guidelines? If not, what are some suggestions for how I might modify it to be within guidelines?
How does PC access to life-restoration magic affect a westmarchian ...
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I'm sure there was an Advanced Fighting Fantasy question somewhere - what happened to it?
There was a question on RPG.SE about the game system called Advanced Fighting Fantasy. I think it was the only question that used the tag for that game (there was also a tag, probably called advanced-...
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How does one build enough reputation to respond to threads?
When I asked a question [auto-deleted, now only visible 10K+] in response to not being able to respond to a question thread, my thread was stopped by site moderators as follows:
put on hold as ...
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How can I ask a good homebrew review question?
I'd like to post some homebrew material I've made, and I want people to review it so I can ensure it will work well. How can I ask a good question like this? What are our guidelines for handling these ...
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Where is the info regarding the dispute resolution of "What happens when a small army runs through teleportation circle?"
On What happens when a small army runs through teleportation circle?, I read:
This post has been locked while disputes about its content are being resolved. For more info visit meta.
But I couldn'...
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what's up with comments being moved to chat for this question?
On this question:
What happens to a Ghost when the Possessed creature polymorphs?,
the top-voted answer has several warts: it cites multiple contradictory rulings without a clear way to reconcile them,...
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I believe I was a victim of sockpuppetry. Who do I report this to?
One of my answers (deleted now, 10k rep only) had a score of -8 within 10 min or so. I don’t think this is possible. My answer may have been wrong but it’s unlikely that that many people would see it ...
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