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Did you ever position a gang of toughs in front of the PCs as a challenge or obstacle and if yes, did the PCs successfully take steps to...

I already said I understood you didn’t see it in those terms, remember? Then you said that it’s mostly people who prep who think about...

From Monster of the Week, the PbtA game I run: Or in other words, describe what you’re doing without using the mechanics. What you...

Maybe, maybe not. The party might exit the area through a different way. The party might cause a ruckus which causes all the guards to...

Notably you can even play games at a library. I can watch TV at a library. At a museum I can see the original paintings and experience...

Yes and no. Goodman Games is a business, but from their beginning in the 3E era, it's been one laser-focused on keeping a certain style...

Well, as soon as I get my new computer and get it set up, I plan at making a few monsters. They’re always my favorite part of a fantasy...

In my experience, what @Lanefan does is very common advice, at least in the trad game crowd. Obviously not everyone is going to be great...

Odin really needs to change it up a bit. The framing means the GM has thrust an encounter upon the party. They have some choice in how...

Easy, says he from long experience. If I prep a dungeon now but don't get to use it now, I've still got the bulk of that prep for...

I'm not sure this is actually true of 5e. Back in the early days of 5e, Jeremy Crawford mentioned that they assumed 6-8 encounters a...

Encounter can be used as a noun or in a future tense "An encounter with X is scheduled for Y" is proper grammar. The only expectation...

Well, yes, obviously. The problem is the natural usage of the word encounter means to actually, ya know, interact with something...

Part of it, though, is the idea that once you have bypassed it, that encounter is no longer available. If it’s creatures, they’ve moved...

Different games may use different terms, but the concepts are the same.