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What things cause you the most problems when running a game?
These are the things you find hardest during actual play.
These are the things you find hardest during actual play.
Players upsetting the key NPC. Trying to then figure out a way to get the same outcome without making it seem to railroaded causes headaches.I think mine would be explaining why my NPCs do certain things. I know why they've done something but making it significant or obvious to PCs can sometimes be a challenge.
What things cause you the most problems when running a game?
Travelling adventures. I try to add lots of branching divergences, and set pieces, but at the end of the day, they have a destination they’re going, and sometimes I feel like we’re on the proverbial rails. “On Day 1, nothing happens. On Day 2 you encounter a Flumph. On Day 3 you’re ambushed by Orcs” and so on and on…