Recent content by TorgoTheWhite

'Tone setting' is hard to find with alot of playgroups, a good amount of PC's can go a little meta and assume (not unreasonably) if the DM wrote it, it probably has some utility or sandbox/choice aspect. Alot of my game is retraining our little metagamey mindframes (mine included). I can have a...

Yep, that is how rests work in my game. A LR is actually a significant commodity, where players will actively ignore their metagame instincts to get that LR... particularly because I am a stinker about leveling up 😀

I've mentioned this before, but it is kindof nuts how very non high fantasy-framed things translate to real solid inspiration for this kind of thing

Ah yes! The WW made me understand why you realistically want to try to "social-combat" your way out of a gunfight when you can... lethal firearms, no joke when you are outnumbered, even when they are in the hands of plebs 😀

It really is.. it lets my Wizard or Bards truly do the Gandalf thing and play lorekeeper for the party. So, I whisper what they connect with a knowledge check..then they get to frame it up to the party if they choose to. It leads to some cool situations as well, such as, the wizard being the...

Sometimes I will use that add-on "naturalist" NPC to push non-combat interaction. The whisper feature on VTT has been a godsend for saying "here is your knowledge of ___ now frame your own response"

One thing I've done is enriched regional cultures. This can guide encounter types. Currently the region my PC's are in; NPC's incapacitated a few party members instead of killing (keeping the meat fresh). In a roundabout way, the party has found out that this region is chalk-full of...

I agree, the handwave can be problematic for world-builders. Like when you read something that was obviously rushed - the writer describes "the vastness" of a place.. but suddenly the characters complete a chase scene through it completely 😀!

Gorgeous 😍 I will use some more poetic guided imagery, very solid ideas.

I would probably love this setting. My cursed antagonist NPC barbarian in my setting finally donned a Clint Eastwood style poncho and said happy trails to the party after a long-standing rivalry 😉

For the last one, my campaign deals with survival a bit. I went off the get-go regarding putting everyone on notice when it comes to resting everwhere. Since a single-dang bedroll is too generous... as some other things you have said, a bedroll RAW squashes a few environmental challenges. I have...

So, I'm not sure that many warlock players are truly that resistive. Also, part of any oppositional defiance may be hard wired into players' collective heads in regards to the whole adversarial patron- a common motif- and sometimes they may be too ready to jump to that. With a charisma based...

So is it that you dislike roleplaying in your roleplaying game? I guess it is fine if you do... but a tough pill for any DM to swallow

I'm going to come off as a bit smarmy here. And, I do respect your posts, so take my tongue-and-check with less than a grain of 🧂. It sounds like you are against DMs making a setting.. that you play that role in... almost like the DM is making you... play a role? Where have I heard of this? 😉

This very much to me. If an external force is added into the story, I may let laziness take over and provide the sleepy benefactor and will do so if that is the character creation discussion.... But! You gotta believe that how I let power-players influence the world/story can trickle down to the...