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I know know it is in quotes, but I think there are multiple correct ways to play the game, albeit i think DnD does have a default in terms of being DM driven, and only a few incorrect. I agree that there are few bad DMs. Ultimately, I think there are 3 general scenarios: 1. The DM and...

my experience differs - I'm one who prefers trad games generally, with a little meta currency at times (e.g. Dnd, CoC, WFRP, 2d20 games), but conversations I've seen is that because DnD at heart looks to support a variety of playstyles, but is by default DM driven, it isn't as good a ruleset as...

From my understanding of a more narratavist(?) Game is that it would more likely be framed as: Existing character, who may be of the order of light, is seeking to purchase a special artifact to help him defeat the order of dark. They then did a roll that said success with complication. Then he...

I disagree that only the DM can make up all of that. I dont see why a player can't say 'it is a sign from my god, the god of balls (assuming that was already part of fiction, or not yet established) - he has sent it, and now if we catch it good things will happen like x, and if not bad things...

To expand on this, I also think you can have a non linear campaign and still have railroading. Take the forgotten realms for instance (as a published setting i know well) - maybe the players want to try and get one of the characters to become a Lord of Waterdeep. Maybe they want to forge a new...

If we follow the more colloquial (?) Use of term railroaded in general language, then applied to TTRPG it is where the players are forced to follow the DMs chosen plot points / adventure, with no means to get away from this save leaving the table, and without having upfront chosen to do this. If...

Ed may be biased there though as the author. At same time though, i think it captures well the early intended atmosphere of the realms, just isn't greatly written.

Finished Stone Sky (last book of Broken Earth trilogy) a couple of days ago. Quite a heavy books in many respects. Answers all the remaining questions, but the answers were somewhat more bleak than I expected. Bittersweet ending to it all, but does wrap it up nicely. Book 1 still my...

Fyi for me this is where it seems to be more than curiosity driving your posts, as in lieu of other information you seem to want to ignore Darrington and stores saying they keep printing more and selling it out, to speculating around capital, cash flow etc, like wanting it to be some sort of...

Bruenor did reach a truce, but eventually by 5e the kingdom was destroyed by 1485 DR, with Bruenor helping end it as such. The tribe is still around, but no longer a kingdom alongside others. Not a retcon, if my wording previously suggested that, but a shift over time to remove the kingdom...

Being 3e based, I feel Forgotten Realms already supported change as such, with the kingdom of many arrows (was disappointed that this was changed later) and Eilistraee and her drow followers, and allows better than some places will have cultures of straight evil drow and orcs, but other areas...

And another thought sorry! While not one of my favorites these days, Spellfire really gave be an early feel of the atmosphere- that there are plenty of dangerous places, and lots of adventurers getting in and out of trouble, not all of whom will survive.

While I understand this, especially if making tweaks, one of the reasons I like DMing in published settings is that the players could know as much as I, and we explore it all together. They may as a result know more than a PC does, but at same time have a better likelihood of knowing what a PC...

I also shouldn't understate impact of Baldurs Gate 1 and 2, coming out around when I first started playing in the Realms, and both great games that also got me hooked.

1. Maybe comfort and familiarity, but I just enjoy the setting. 2. Everything is in, I use 5e info, but a lot of my general descriptions etc are probably based more around my 3e understanding than anything else. 3. Maybe 28 years? 4. The 3e FRCS, 3e serpent kingdoms, 3e silver marches. 5...

The best thing about using this nebulous average as some sort of benchmark, is that everyone can improve, and still the same percentage would be bad. Or some would improve, and someone who was good a month ago would now be bad with no change in behavior. And apparently you would be justified to...

I think this highlights issue with DMG in general, that it sort of serves two purposes: 1. a guide to DMing which by its nature is best suited for people new to the system or even role playing in general ( and here i feel that even moving from 1e to 5e is basically still same system for an...

Just finished second book, and will read third shortly. Yes was a bit of a step down, as didnt have the inter weaving thread showing the world, but still built well on the prior book I thought in showing how a Fifth Season impacts on the world, along with continuing to show both the bleakness...

No, I'm saying I dont see the problem with rulesets putting more guidance in, or even explicit rules binding on the DM. I already said in my post (albeit not the most well formatted) that I dont expect it to address the problem with bad DMs, as you say, they will ignore it anyway. But if may...

Not really no sorry. Maybe for burning wheel it is quite explicit, and hss no rooms for house rules, and so the system is very much take it as is or leave it ( which i dont necessarily see as a problem, to me is a bit like some video games are customisable and moddable, others arent ). But for...