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PPamphylian reacted to Bill Zebub's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with
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I love the idea of Big Mysteries that are hinted at by the discoveries that the PCs make. And it might spark curiosity about what... -
PPamphylian replied to the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players?.Yeah, probably not the best way to communicate clues or info that needs to be known. It probably does work best with a somewhat...
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PPamphylian reacted to UngainlyTitan's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
I agree that mysteries are a good way to go but it seem you are saying that a lot of seed will fall on barren ground. In that a lot of...
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PPamphylian reacted to zakael19's post in the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players? with Like.
Or just actual history, right? Im reading a fantastic book on medieval history and it makes a point of noting how often histories by...
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PPamphylian replied to the thread What makes setting lore "actually matter" to the players?.The answer for my players has always been a good mystery. All my most successful lore deliveries have been because something was hinted...
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PPamphylian reacted to Mannahnin's post in the thread D&D General D&D Dungeon Map Design: Good and Bad with Like.
Yeah. I also like the device of having a trap or secret door early in the dungeon left open/fired, maybe with a body lying in it, as a...
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PPamphylian reacted to el-remmen's post in the thread D&D General D&D Dungeon Map Design: Good and Bad with Like.
Personally, I think the best way for PCs to know to look for/find secret doors is to have enemies (or allies) use them when appropriate.
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PPamphylian reacted to Mannahnin's post in the thread D&D General D&D Dungeon Map Design: Good and Bad with Like.
Ah, no. You couldn't automatically detect traps or secret doors in TSR versions of D&D. You've misremembered the rules and are...
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PPamphylian reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
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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PPamphylian replied to the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard..Yeah fair enough! I was thinking particularly of the Random Encounters section w.r.t. to the DMG (compared even to the 2014...
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PPamphylian reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
I am not a fan of 2024, but it is literally the first DMG to provide short adventures you can plug in anywhere.
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PPamphylian reacted to Reynard's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
One of the things I really dislike that has come out of the rise of popularity of D&D (and to some degree other RPGs; but let's be...
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PPamphylian replied to the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard..I do think a few styles of play that seem prominent these days are legitimately pretty hard to DM for. There is a lot of discussion...
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PPamphylian replied to the thread D&D General D&D Dungeon Map Design: Good and Bad.I don't know if I'd go this hard in every dungeon. But I think in this case 1) there's time pressure (random encounters, factions...
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PPamphylian replied to the thread D&D General D&D Dungeon Map Design: Good and Bad.Seems like Rooms 2 and 3 are the lowest parts (except for the secret room at 30), the surrounding "horseshoe" is elevated relative to...