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I think that it comes from laziness that DM's just tell players what it is instead of describing the monster. I've done it before and I'm sure most other DMs are guilty of it too. It's probably a good practice to go back to the basics and remember to give all of our NPCs a bit more personality...

Yes, but at the same time if they don't know what the monster is capable of and don't know exactly what it is from your crazy scary description, that can still instill enough fear in them that they aren't sure of what the beastie's abilities are or are not. Maybe you give some more of your...

Great schtick ideas, I may have to steal those. Good points on how to interject a bit of humor into the game because it doesn't always have to be scary.

Nice to know about those mechanics, I don't have experience with Fate, and I completely forgot about the Whimsy Cards. Those rules are baked in. I'd have to say my point is more along the lines of players fudging the dice roll(s) (saying they got a 17 instead of a 13 for example) outside of...

Exactly, I remember watching some old sci-fi movies from when I was a kid that I loved and then seeing them again and I'm like "wow that's cheesy, you can totally tell that stuff is fake." I think you can say the same thing for pretty much any genre that tries to use the current technology of...

Seems most of us will fudge as a DM and frown upon players doing it. As you've stated, you wouldn't fudge as a player unless agreed upon mechanics, but isn't fudging at its core a mechanic that someone uses (especially as a player) that changes the outcome of the game? A player doing it most of...

Well Jaws is cheesy now, that's the point I made in my post above. It's not believable, you can tell it is fake and that it was old technology. Think back to your old sci-fi movies, they are cheesy now with their old "state of the art" abilities and 20 years from now our best state of the art...

I have to agree and disagree with you here. Yes, we have been over stimulated with intense images of progressively scarier monsters as the times have changed, but at the same time the ability to be scared hasn't changed. I feel that if you throw a 1950's Creature from the Black Lagoon at a group...

Some really great characters, I've enjoyed reading about them so far. Keep posting if you have character(s) you loved and want to let them shine by giving us a bit of their story.

I wholeheartedly approve, sounds like an amazing campaign and I think a lot of DMs could learn a few things from your ability to mix and match the skill challenges, role playing scenarios, and combat. That's why I actually asked if you posted more information or blogged on your sessions. I know...

My condolences as well. I know what it's like to lose a very close friend. I lost a very dear friend to suicide in February of this year who I introduced to gaming.

A couple of very large dracolich statues with nose holes, dropping the green slime(s) upon the hapless victims if they trigger the trap to release the slime from the chambers within the statues that held them.

I loved this part of the write-up. That's a very nice evil DM moment and it made me cackle evilly IRL. On another note, do you do full write-ups for your campaign anywhere, it sounds like something I'd love to read from beginning to end and I'm sure a lot of others would be interested in...

Hi Bill, Welcome to the group. You've taken your first step in admitting that you fudge the dice. I'm sure everyone here will agree with me *looks around for nods and "ummhmm's, then continues* you've made a very big decision to come talk to us about it. I too have been a die fudger, I agree...

Seems like a pretty fun character to play, especially being an egomaniac. Sorry to hear the game didn't go as long as you wanted, but I guess that happens to most of us at some point or another where the group/game just dissolves from RL stuff happening. Hopefully you are in a good/fun group now...

Sounds like a pretty powerful character d20KC and sounds like he was a lot of fun to play in that setting. Did he die when his rage ran out at -300 hps or did you somehow get saved?

I like that idea with your Ioun priest, especially if you've used her before as a person to give advice to the PCs. Yeah, ardoughter's answer is correct about going wherever they want. I suggested the sandbox approach so that they get hints no matter where they go (in any region from multiple...

Bravo, this is a great idea and one that I've used a few times as well. I used something similar in an evil campaign where the characters were to assassinate some very powerful good guys and they became more powerful and heavily guarded as they progressed. Things like this definitely make...

Are you talking about the dice fudging/rules fudging or the actual fudge? :confused:

I think you really hit the nail on the head here with consistency. I have to totally agree that no matter what a DM does in their game, they have to be consistent or risk losing the respect of their table of players thinking they are being dishonest, whimsical, or flighty. The DM has to keep...