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My Dwarven Cleric would definitely rally to that call!

Very cool character, sounds like it was a ton of fun to play and that you really immersed yourself in her.

I can definitely see why you do that with some of the rules-heavy stuff out there. As long as your group is in agreement with what you play and how you play it that's all that matters in my opinion. Enjoy your gaming!

Thought up the idea of asking the fine folks of EnWorld who their favorite character(s) of all time were. This isn't edition, system, or game specific just table-top RPGs. Who was/were your favorite character/s that you've either ever played or ever DM'd for and why? Race/Class (if...

Yeah, the only reason I'd do that is if it was my personal mistake that I threw an encounter/NPC too hard for them, not their mistake where they bit off more than they could chew.

Thanks steeldragons that was another great post by you and I think you succinctly posted what I think as well about how house ruling and DM fiat. I'm a DM and player that likes to discuss things within reason and then make changes according to what the table thinks while in game, prior to...

I would add in ancient texts that the party can run across that tell of this artifact and it's power (in the past and what it did) in some ruins or possibly in the bowels of a church/library/mage school (however you want to flavor it). I'd have prophecies and omens streaming forth from various...

Celebrim duly noted, you bring up good points and I was trying to be kind of funny at the poll answers, so I can see where someone may not get my sense of humor especially via a text-based forum. The points you brought up will definitely make me think over my future poll questions/answers a bit...

HAH! This seriously almost made me spit coffee all over my keyboard. That's awesome.

Would give Jester some XP but apparently I've given him too much already. Anyhow, great ideas by Jester and I totally agree with his post. Half the fun of the game for me as a DM is if players throw me the curve ball and make me react to something they figured out and then I have to come up with...

That's great, I hadn't thought of that being brought up while "fudging," but that is definitely fudging with the level progression and hit points. I absolutely hate rolling a 1 on my hit points too at a player! Brings up another fudging topic, do we - as players - fudge on character creation...

Guess I'm going with the long answer here. Yes, if the fight is too tough the players should be given an out by being able to run away. What I meant was that if it was my fault that they are getting their arses kicked hardcore by a flumph and are TPK'd by it or are kicking the arse of a BBEG I...

I feel that is every table's prerogative. If you want to change the RAW to suit your own style or game that's cool. Sounds almost like a completely new game at the point you guys are at with your game. As long as everyone is having fun that's awesome. I have to say that I have probably done...

Not sure what you mean by this, as I am asking a question for discussion being something that we have probably all experienced. I didn't think I portrayed a sense of bias in the asking of the question as it wasn't me who was effected by the small example that I placed in the original post. I was...

I thought I pretty much covered most of the options, I'm sorry my poll isn't perfect so for this one as well we'll go with a +/- 3% for errors. I'm the same way, but I feel as a player-centric DM that I need to allow the players to have some input on house-rules that change things, especially...

I may have phrased it a bit weirdly, but what I meant was if you have all the various options available from the original rulebooks, official player option books, and other 3rd party splat would you still be going RAW using these sources or still go with home-brewing rules not contained...

Short answer: DM's aren't perfect (though we do have a god-complex), we sometimes throw stuff at players that we "think" they can handle and we erred when the reality is that the PCs get run through like a vorpal sword through flesh. Let me know if you want my long answer.

What are you doing that you need to fudge every session? Just curious because I only fudge when I deem it necessary to keep the party from TPK or if they are running through things that I wanted to be a challenge. I'd probably say I fudge once every 5-10 sessions at most.

*grunts* Yeah I should have made it ranged or multi-choice, but alas I did an imperfect poll and wanted to know a specific favorite as opposed to a "general favorite range." I guess I also didn't take into account the system because of a lack of personal experience in other systems, so my bad...

Yeah *sighs as well* I know, there aren't any perfect polls, we'll have to go with a +/- 3% on this one to try to get as accurate as possible. I was curious who would go with the DM is god options :P