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Mort reacted to mamba's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with
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which is the exact reversal of the situation we have. The player knows the allowed species and insists on one not on the list. Or to... -
Mort reacted to billd91's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I don't think it's at all extreme to say "I've had enough running D&D for a while. So if you don't want to play Star Wars and would...
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Mort reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Well, sure I want the world I run games in something that makes sense to me and I enjoy running. If I watch a TV show or read a book...
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Mort replied to the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24.I also define most published campaigns as linear, which is not the same. True Railroading, for me, means the denial of player choice...
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Mort reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I view most published campaigns as linear in that the lanes an stopping points are predefined. A true railroad dictates all significant...
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Mort replied to the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24.One of the biggest problems with a discussion on railroading is actually getting any number of people to agree on what they define as...
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Mort reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
This is so far removed from my way of doing things it could be on the other side of the galaxy. My players are not consumers. They are...
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Mort replied to the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24.Kitchen sink does not equal generic! The whole point of Eberron is that it has all of the "standard" D&Disms (at the time) but with a...
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Mort replied to the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24.G The quickest ways to drive me from the campaign is to show nothing the PCs do matter! When I DM, one of the things I like most is...
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Mort reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
That doesn't seem that specific to me, gotta be honest. I know a ton of people who see a good portion of their friends primarily in the...
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Mort reacted to TwoSix's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
Sort of. For me, it's about me, as a GM, advising other GMs to not think their desire to worldbuild is actually going to add a ton of...
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Mort reacted to Maxperson's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I'm not sure what you're reading, but in Dragonlance dark elves were just surface elves who were evil. No underground. No underwater.
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Mort reacted to dave2008's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
IDK, I have never experienced anything like that nor have I seen many DMs talk about their game worlds like that. I would guess you are...
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Mort reacted to AlViking's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
He talks about the Ravnica, Wildemount and Flee, Mortals books. Another option is encounter design. I see no reference to the 2024...
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Mort reacted to Scott Christian's post in the thread D&D General The Monsters Know What They're Doing ... Are Unsure on 5e24 with Like.
I agree with that. Although I have never seen someone on here state the how part. In the end, everyone has limits. Just because one DM's...