Recent content by Maggan

Me and my wife watch as much as we can. We work from home, so we let the telly run. :D Skiing and Biathlon are the most exciting, since I am Norwegian and she is Swedish, and those two nations compete fiercely for those medals. My wife loves watching curling, which I only check in on when the...

That's an awesome last panel!

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For some reason I read that as "lost his soul against Tenkar". I was slightly disappointed when I reread it ...

Cool! I love D&D, and grew up with the BECMI rules! Hope you are enjoying the read! Cheers!

If I was the Gamemaster I think the adventures would take two or maybe three sessions each, depending on how much npc interaction the players engage in. 11 adventures in the box, so between 20 and 30 sessions would be my guesstimate for the adventures. Add a handful for visits to Outskirt, the...

I missed the "no opinion"! So now you are not the only one ... or, rather, there are six of us now! Why "no opinion" from me? I haven't played, read or even seen the latest D&D rules, so I haven't formed an opinion of them. :D

Well, one way I can think of is if the DM has miscaclulated the threat level of a monster, and only realizes as the encounter unfolds that they have made a mistake. And I can readily imagine there being encounters that work fine with a lot of parties, but as there are thousands and thousands...

But an encounter can be unfair to the players, due to bad design. Me changing it on the fly could make it fair to the players.

Come to think about it, I could just state at the beginning that "I might have missed some parts of the design of the monsters. Do you mind if I adjust on the fly? I still think the encounters might be tough for you, as the opponents has some tricks up their sleeves". And the players could say...

My players prefer not seeing the man behind the curtain. :D And I don't see it as "dishonest". That's too strong of a word for me changing the HP on the fly to make an encounter run better and to create a more memorable experience. DM aren't infallible. Game designers aren't infallible. I'm...

Sure. But there is no guarantee that stopping the encounter and then restarting it, hoping it will play better, actually results in it playing better. And then I'd might have to stop it again. Changing on the fly takes us through the encounter and I can then analyze it to learn how to tweak it...

Sure, my players would do that, certainly. They also accept that I sometimes design encounters or challenges that won't be a good fit for the current situation, and that I adjust (fudge) them on the fly to keep things flowing. I believe that my group would rather I adjust on the fly, making...

Woot! A new tangent! When I am a player, I support the DM and if the DM feels the need to fudge to make a better game for me and the rest of the players, so be it. I don't feel betrayed, it's been part of my roleplaying experience since I started. It has changed in nature, sure, today the DM...