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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard..Does it? Because that exact thing is the problem. You've locked monsters into being one, and only one, kind of progression. But the... -
EzekielRaiden reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General D&D Dungeon Map Design: Good and Bad with
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Heh. Now yes. There's a GREAT point. The OOTA maps are truly attrocious. FAR, FAR too large. Like, pointlessly large. Take the... -
EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General D&D Dungeon Map Design: Good and Bad.Having fought this particular battle, yes, I do think physical multi-level terrain would bring it to life quite well, though your...
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EzekielRaiden reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General D&D Dungeon Map Design: Good and Bad with Like.
I love dungeons. Yes I do. :D Probably the biggest addition you can make to dungeon design is verticality. So many dungeon maps are...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard..Well, as I said--folks expect more of their rules now. Rules that tell you almost nothing about what a character is or what they can...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard..I do, a bit, think "not gaming is better than bad gaming" kicks in. But I also think that only experienced players know enough to think...
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EzekielRaiden reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with
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I have been mostly a forever DM. This past year we've had a lot of life disruptions - new kids, sick relatives, players getting in that... -
EzekielRaiden reacted to dave2008's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
Yes, that is about the age I started DMing. However, I just winged it and I was not good at it. Personally I don't think I became a good...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard..It's both. Dungeon World is a "Powered by the Apocalypse" ("PbtA") game, so it is a more narrative game, but it was made by people...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard..Well, this would be part of why I'm such a booster for the Dungeon World GMing rules. They are a highly effective process for needing...
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EzekielRaiden reacted to Lanefan's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
I wonder if it's more that existing players are less tolerant of new DMs. If everyone at the table is new, including the DM, then they...
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EzekielRaiden reacted to Shiroiken's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
DMing is easy. As you point out, even 10 year olds can do it. Being a good DM, however, is actually hard. It takes a lot of work to...
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EzekielRaiden reacted to Greg K's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
I can't speak for new players, but I have seen experienced players/DMs less tolerant of experienced players taking up the mantle of DM...
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EzekielRaiden reacted to Seramus's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Love.
I think it is medium. The amount of soft skills necessary to become good at DM'ing is far higher than a wide variety of other games. And...
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EzekielRaiden replied to the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard..There's also the familiarity factor. When you literally have no idea how the rules work, it looks--and feels--like magic, a black box...