Search results

Never had them ever discover something that consequently upset them, but I hear you. My games have always been kinda railroady, but I think it works for me whatever I'm doing. I definitely don't think of my sessions as open world. I always put some prep -- not much but some -- into the games...

I apologize. I went back and read that first comment, and I did exactly what you said, which is a massive pet peeve of mine! -- straw man fallacy. You did say reduce, not eliminate. My bad.

House rules can also very easily reduce friction. There's a big difference between 2 simple house rules (say, eliminating initiative, max HP per level, or simplified spell components) and a multi-page list of house rules.

Understood. You may already be doing this, but you might want to get some smaller tuneup games under your belt before starting something that sounds as ambitious as this. Ambitious in that it's public and open to strangers who don't know you and have no vested interest in seeing you succeed...

Completely disagree with your last recommendation here, both in fact and spirit. Setting expectations properly doesn't equate to providing a multi-page document or a lecture on the right way to play D&D. The right way to play IMO is what works best for this particular DM, and in many cases...

First question: how much experience do you have as a DM? Because this can be tough if you haven't done it much before. Second thing is a statement, not a question: If it isn't made clear to prospective players up front that the DM is the referee and can/will interpret and adjust the rules as...

nvm

I'm very confused by this thread. If an adventure called The Catacombs of Lusmanora places the catacombs beneath Monomonomp, and the plot revolves around the party's exploration of the catacombs, should we feel bad about trying to guide (a.k.a. railroad) the party to hurry up and get their...

Good point. Perhaps I should have said "prioritize" instead of obsess. I obsess over all of it, but I prioritize fun for the table.

"House rules" is a big, nebulous term. The house rules in my games are anything but disruptive, and most have been introduced or suggested by me, not my players. They're always obviously only ever made in a group's best interests. They've enhanced enjoyment and facilitated comaraderie...

That's interesting.

Fair enough. I accept that it's impossible for you.

Oh, stop. Realism? In the first place, no such thing. Second, DMs have been tweaking the combat experience to create whatever kind of reality or degree of pseudo realism they want. You act like it's hard.

Or, house rule a change or roleplay it differently. People have been tweaking how combat works against dragons and other monsters in D&D for ages. It isn't a challenge or a problem.

I don't have a problem with the DM using hidden force to nudge the players along a predetermined path, whether it's called railroading or something else. If the players are enjoying themselves, then the results validate the approach.

Starting from the premise that there's an ancient fire-breathing lizard with wings, none of it makes any kind of logical sense. For me, full-on immune to damage is different than saying it's mostly immune to damage. Mostly immune lines up better with the standard depiction of dragons from...

Thank you. This tip might come in very handy depending on the news over the next few days.

As a rule of thumb, I'm all for simplifying. I've been following this thread from the shadows listening to the ideas. I've never done this myself as a DM, but I've considered some of the same things about huge, armored and gargantuan creatures, how players with tiny weapons like a dagger could...

So...are you unable to watch Alien: Earth if you don't have Hulu?? If so, I'm deeply sorry. You don't deserve that. Hopes and prayers.

Could be true. Folks also just went through pages on this thread taking about print capacity limitations, and there's also cash flow. Can only order what they could afford. It doesn't really matter, though! I recognize that I'm being pedantic.