Questions tagged [support]
You need help with the use of one or more of the site's features.
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Which "dozen line graphs" can the mods see?
According to a post by mxyzplk, mods can see "a dozen line graphs", from which the high-rep users can only see 3 and others can see none.
What are all those graphs (the 9 and the 3)?
Why is this ...
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Can I ask about Maptool?
Would a question specifically about maptool functions (i.e. Macros) be off-topic here, given the "tools" and "gm-techniques" tags?
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Is it possible to vote to close a question as a duplicate (instead of single-handedly closing it) when you have a gold tag badge?
Recently I acquired a gold badge for dnd-5e.
Gold tag badges allow a user to single-handedly mark questions with the appropriate tag as duplicates and reopen them as needed.
However, one problem I'...
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Is 'what is the rationale behind the design of X' a proper question for rpg.se?
The question:
Is 'what is the rationale behind the design of X' a proper question for rpg.se?
To elaborate:
The question is motivated by my current predicament:
D&D 3 and 3.5 have certainly shown ...
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When a better answer is supplied after my answer was accepted, what should I do?
In this question, I gave an answer without knowing a functionality of roll20 (I didn't know it could do cards). There is now a better answer that uses roll20.
While rep is great (and delicious), we ...
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Will this work for the main site: "How Do I Get Players to Post More?"
Please let me know if this question fits or if it can/should be adjusted to fit within the main site and how. Its kind of long but thats because our play system has aspects I feel I need to explain so ...
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Is this the sort of place to ask about game design for my own game?
I want to ask about game design for a totally homebrew game I'm doing. But having read the rules it appears the questions are specifically known tabletops. Is asking about how I can design my game ...
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Question for others as opposed to me [duplicate]
Can I ask a question if I know the answer but I think it may be useful for future viewers?
Essentially, I had a question that detailed research revealed the answer to but I could see other people ...
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Where does the header banner image come from?
I mean the image of the androids fighting the dragon above.
It looks cool.
Where does it come from?
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"A certain thread back in June"
First off, sorry, this is more of a direct question for the mods than meta, but I don't know how else to reach them.
I recently conversed with Stack Overflow employees about a suspension last year on ...
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When is the next moderator election?
I was wondering when new moderators are chosen and if this information could be added to the bottom of this page.
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What is on topic for Role-playing Meta Stack Exchange
There doesn't seem to be any location to find this information, and I have a few questions that don't fit with many of the current meta questions.
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Can we dupe this question about Pathfinder half-humans the other way?
The question in question is To what extent are half-breeds treated as humans?
I agree with KRyan that the older question(s), while duplicate, is/are not written or supported nearly as well as the new ...
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Could you please reopen my question asking privileges please?
I’m trying to improve my question asking abilities, but I can’t do it if I can’t ask questions, could someone please reopen my question asking privileges please?
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What can I do to get my secret backstories question reopened?
I've recently asked my first question: Should players know each others' secret backstories?
It was put on hold as being primarily opinion based. I do understand that there might be no absolute ...
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What logic dictates the order answers show up in?
Assume a question has four answers. One has 0 upvotes, the other three all have 1. Is there any logic to which will show at the top of the page if you refresh?
From testing it looks like the 0 will ...
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Is there a tag for "Official rules problems"?
I recently posted this question. I was looking specifically for an official source, which I expressed by using the rules-as-written tag. However, it was quickly removed with the following reasoning:
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Review queue indicator doesn't show up, despite apparently being aggressive now?
We've just been informed that we're taking part in an experiment on a more aggressive review queue indicator. Apparently, this should make it so that a red dot appears on the review queue icon in the ...
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Why does the chat link on the right-hand sidebar only show up sometimes?
I currently have https://rpg.stackexchange.com/ open in three different tabs. In one of them, the right-hand sidebar has links to two rpg.se-relevant chat rooms:
In the other two, there's just ads (...
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Reopen "How can I balance adventures around one of the party members being a monarch?"
The question: How can I balance adventures around one of the party members being a monarch?
On RPG stack exchange the question was held for being too broad, but I edited it so it would be asking a ...
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Is there an expression (or some expressions) we can use instead of "frame challenge"?
The concept of a frame challenge is fairly ubiquitous in our community, at least for meta users or those who've been around long enough to have seen it a few times.
There's an issue here though: I'm ...
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Why is "http://dnd.arkalseif.info" blacklisted?
The subject web-site is black-listed, which disallows me to save an edit of one of my answers that links to the said web-site. What issues does it have? Should I delete the link from my answer even if ...
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Do I have a setting wrong? I can't see what I am editing
Ever since I joined the SE system, when I am editing an answer or a question I can see how it looks before I hit "submit" or accept the edit.
I have found, this morning, that I have to submit the ...
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Can I ask self-answered questions about obscure games?
I play an obscure game that has very little Web presence. Over the years, the group that I play with has struggled through many questions about rules, implementation, DMing, etc. for this game.
Can ...
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Make [spell] a synonym of [spells]
several times i get this warning when tagging questions,
you seem to be attempting to create the tag [spell] but the tag ...
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What's required to create a tag synonym?
I just created hoard-of-the-dragon-queen and think it would be a very good idea to add a synonym hotdq, considering how common that abbreviation is. However, when I go to suggest it, I'm told I need 5 ...
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Strange reputation behaviour
Relating to this question on Stack Overflow Meta, I'd just like to confirm that there's no odd voting behaviour going on with this question, as it's an old question and I've just had two upvotes for ...
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Unsyn game-rec and game-systems
The tag game-systems is apparently a synonym for game-recommendations. I think that this should be changed is self-evident. Please fix this.
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When will Starfinder become an available tag?
Starfinder is now released but I notice there is still no tag for it. I cannot make one yet, but are there plans for someone else to?
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How should I flag comments criticising my choice of game/edition?
When a comment that is definitely non-constructive offends me, but I am unsure whether it passes muster as patently offensive (i.e. offensive beyond a reasonable doubt), should I flag it as non-...
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Where do our example tags come from?
So, we have two kinds of example tags, from what I can see. The first is when you ask a new question, before tags are entered, three are provided as suggestions. For example, today it says (for me) "...
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What do I need to do to not get upvoted, completely inappropriate Fate Core answers on my FATE 2.0 questions?
Whenever I ask a FATE question, with the SOLE exception of the edition differences question, I always get a terrible Fate Core answer that seems to completely fail to understand that I'm not asking ...
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What is the [dnd-miniatures] tag for, and can we give it a tag wiki / revise its usage?
We have a dnd-miniatures tag on main site which has 8 questions and no tag wiki, and I'm not sure what to add for one, nor what this tag gets used for exactly.
There seems to be a D&D Miniatures ...
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Our custom off topic close reasons need updating to HTTPS
I found a spot on our site where links haven't been updated to HTTPS yet: our custom close reasons. The links in them still point to HTTP:// locations.
Here's an example:
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How can I find all Powered by the Apocalypse questions?
There are dozens of Powered by the Apocalypse questions out there, and they're all similar enough that it's conceivable a Tremelus question could be duped to a Dungeon World one.
So, if I'm looking ...
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Migration rejected - and now what?
How to create a logical system to run a divination engine based on d&d magic?
How do I help OP to get this question clarified and possibly reopened (on Worldbuilding on here, depending what he ...
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How do I privately ping someone? [duplicate]
I recently received a couple of relatively large bounties from fellow members of this Stack, and I've not known how to thank them for their generosity. I know we don't have a private message feature ...
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A question has some facts majorly wrong: should I be correcting them in comments or an answer?
I've come across a question where the querent has some facts majorly wrong, and they seem to be a substantial cause of the problem they're describing.
I know that we refrain from answering in comments,...
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Why does downvoting hurt my reputation (but upvoting does not help it)? [duplicate]
I feel that legitimate downvoting is disincentivised by the rep penalty. What are the reasons this penalty exists?
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Can I Rescind a Reopen Vote?
I accidentally voted to reopen a question that I just meant to make some improvement edits to. When I attempted to reclick the 'reopen' link I was told that I'd already voted to reopen and there was ...
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What to do about (some of) the answers for the DnD 5e 'character knowledge about monsters' question?
The specific question I'm talking about is: Does D&D 5e have a rule for character knowledge about monsters? and for what it's worth I'm not trying to start a flame war or call out users for doing ...
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FAQ Index for Role-playing Games Stack Exchange
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Asking questions
How do we ask ...
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How do I link Player's Handbook passages to my post?
How do I link or copy/paste the Player's Handbook passages to my post?
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Is there a good way to view my candidate score?
I notice the election candidates all have "candidate scores".
I don't want to be a moderator, but I do want to view my candidate score. Is there a way to view this without being a candidate?
If I ...
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Can we bounty things on meta?
While researching up some examples for my recent suggestion for a new close reason, I found this. It's pretty awesome, so I want to bounty it. But I can't find the bounty button! After some ...
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What is this thing? [duplicate]
While reading the answers to this question, I noticed this thing:
Some of the information contained in this post requires additional references. Please edit to add citations to reliable sources ...
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When should I NOT protect questions?
So, the protection requirement has always seemed extremely low to me. You can't post an answer on a protected question unless you have at least 10 rep, which is one upvote. My default behavior, now ...
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Could I please have my privilege to edit without a peer review removed?
I have hit the 2k-rep threshold recently, and hence my edits should now be automatically accepted without a peer review. However:
My English, though fluent, is very far from perfect. I can't edit a ...
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How can I retract or revoke my decision on a suggested edit review?
How can I retract or revoke my decision on a suggested edit review?
I accepted an edit suggestion that, at that time, looked sensible to me. After I accepted the edit, it clicked to me that it was ...
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What's a frame challenge?
So there's a ton of questions about how to present a frame challenge, or how not to frame challenge, and I've had people mention it on the comments on questions of mine in response to others' comments....
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