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I often have trouble lifting monsters and races off the page. If its for a recurring foe then its even more important to have a strong identity. And by applying a well defined identity from a fictional resource you've immediately given the players an idea of what they are up against. Should...

In a similar vein to you, I will be shortly playing in a city based game where morals are more lax than usual. The group have supplied the DM with a number of hooks for him to write occurences around. We have a part celestial in the group, she is being sought out be an evil wizard as the...

Once per encounter: more metagaming; as they can use their actions to eliminate the faster foe, or to nip in with a handy action. more co-operation; they can double team a foe without delaying actions. less suspense; you stop playing a round of combat unsure of the order of actions hoping you...

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My snippet was heard during a live interview, at the end of season 1, before shooting season 2. So, where are the writers now - penned 3 and 4? Can see how their comments will have changed. Erm, thread jack, back to rp.... :heh: ...how is paranoia these days Umbran, you sound a fan...damn...

Actually, Lost is a terrible example. It does not have an overarching plot with a definitive goal. After season 1 rocketed, the writers, who originally had the whole thing finished in season 2, were given bucket loads of money to write more. And so they did. In an interview one said they...

Sounds like something you experienced in the past (who hasn't); a solution: create multiple threads/hooks. Exactly as you mentioned earlier in the post. If a PC is well designed (as in has a distinct personality) it should be easy for the DM to place in a hook or 2 for a particular character...

+5 keyboard; seems we share the same view of un/acceptable metagaming! I fondly remember a good player (ftr) discovering his hated foe had DR; he promptly dropped his shield and used both hands on the sword hilt and angrily hacked. In a recent game I played in a player asked for a knowledge...

That would be a badly written overarching plot. The overarching plot, the plots and plans of npcs and organisations are there to give you a framework, terms of reference to adjust and make the adventure live and breath. The plot is the goal of the npc you are concentrating on. To leave it...

Sounds nasty. Is Ouls contagious? If so, Olaf, stay down under....

You've obviously not met my players! The only time "well oiled" is apporpriate is during some inapproriate RnR! Fractitious barely held together bunch of misfits seems more fitting to the characters they throw together!

So you let all players have this knowledge, straight away as soon as one of them has encountered a special defence? This is why I asked the question; I wanted to see how others handled it.

That actually reminds me of my last campaign. The first group of adventurers got mauled and 3 survivors joined the minions. After discussions I rebooted with a second set of adventurers a little further into the story line. Meantime the story of the 3 turncoats continued (games played when 2...

Yes, my PCs can fail as opposed to die. They can see the clues and think "this is too big for me", they can side with the BBEG if they feel that's appropriate. They can pursue their own agendas away from the storyline (the plans continue with or without them). I don't set out with an...

It comes down to the flow of actions. Pc1 hits, notices not all damage going through. Fine with him next round shifting to something different (piercing, silvered, whatever). But for his compatriot who has yet to hit this foe to know this particular creature has DR, and to shift from his...

Protection from energy has scuppered me before; I was playing a fire specialist. I hit a foe with fire for 3 rounds thinking "he's got to go down soon...." and then I finally hit it with orb of force (a back up force spell for ethereal opponents) and felled it. The rest of the damage had all...

Easy, just vote for ghouls, then get the last encounter so heavy against the PC they lose. Next, the ghouls get their item and super-duper charged ghouls are set to invade Zobeck in porject 4. With unanimous voting from Ghouls and Zobeck fans, away we go! Go on catsclaw, you know you want...

I'm almost the opposite of you then! When I write a campaign I have to have an over-arching plot. I need a story line to give me direction and focus. I can then write the episodes; some will not contain anything of the overarching plot, some will be of major importance, and some will be...

Starwed, ta! Whilst I can undertand the idea, what do you do if its DR5 and they routinely do 10 or more damage? DR rarely negates all damage, so if an attack is still doing damage, (just less) would you reveal straight away its reduced effect?

When PC's encounter a creature with DR or spell immunities how do you convey to them their attacks are ineffective? Do you give a spot check, tell them straight after a number of rounds, or give a bit more detail to the combat and see if they pick it up? Or do you just leave them to it, the...