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I will admit he didn't. This is something I personally need (want) to improve on specifically when it is not planned and I'm scrambling to to create the the story, the habit of not player-facing these mechanics is something I'm in the process of unlearning. It is easier when it is planned, but...

Hmmm your word salient I feel is key in your questioning. It is likely the PCs may observe the guard beforehand in an attempt to determine what kind of code they follow. For D&D that falls to the Insight roll.

Yeah, but having thought about this a little more - the roll could be done openly and in secret.

Out of curiosity what if it is a result of a random die, in which category does that fall under?

Personally, I think every player has the right to check and confirm things with the GM - whether it be with the numbers or something may be off in the shared fiction. It is a game, we are of course fallible and can forget something (or even inject personal bias), and I always believe in open...

You as a player find a DM suitable to your roleplaying style. 1 Person. As GM you have to find many players who are suitable to your playstyle. 1+ Person/s. It is why many RPG advice books speak to the various types of RPG players personalities as opposed to the many GMs that exist. Perhaps...

So, the PCs had a liaison to the Council (ToD AP) who was cool and a friend to the PCs. He did a cover up for them, keeping info away from the Council and was outed (along with his fellow party members) by the PC who despised deception. Their replacement was a tight-assed bureaucrat from the...

Hey, I was just posting this as a general question not directed at you, I'm not following this thread, it moves too quickly for me and there are some other threads I've got more of a handle on. So, I'm not sure who said what, I just followed the tail end of the convo. With regards to your first...

I'm curious... If one considers an immovable NPC on the bribe (unknown to the PCs beforehand) as an example of Railroading then is a dead-end (not the result of dice but GM is following a map) in a dungeon viewed in the same light?

PCs inadvertently obliterated Thayan Resurrection.

I cannot recall are random encounter tables for a dungeon character level dependent or not?

So you're saying Enworld forum traffic is being run by pensioners

For this specific project, for me, it is all about the text! I'm looking strictly for mechanics and inspiration, I have enough to work on when it comes to storyline... And that pencilled pic upthread is pretty good come to think of it.

I can respect that. Many D&D folk do not care for including meta-currencies within their game. And although I like and grew up on simulation, I feel because I'm the sole driver of much of the overall narrative, the game feels too illusory, even with sandbox play, so in my later years I have been...

I added an edit - we cross posted. You've understood it correctly. I feel my example was of a game/fictional consequence but I'm not always comfortable making some of those background steps, even with the authority given to me. I can see your point in that it can be used without necessarily...

Bold emphasis mine. I'm assuming NPCs in your setting have goals/plans and PCs mess with those regularly enough. Do you not engage with reprisals? In the Tyranny of Dragon storyline, there is an entire chapter dedicated to the Cult striking back on the PCs - I think as much as 3 times. In this...

This I get and there is a valid concern and likely the types of Hard Moves allowed need to be defined. This is not what I had in mind and not at all what played out in the fiction. The TLDR answer is for what I posted 1st Hard Move was used whereby a Sigil-based NPC tracked the location of the...

Perhaps I wasn't clear. They gain a success on a die roll (after they have failed) to allow me to gain a bad outcome. In game example, the fear DC against the ancient gold wyrm they face was crazy high, I allowed the PC to turn his failed die roll into a success which then earned me a Hard Move...

So, I'm always looking to inject new ideas into our game whether they are there for a particular session or longer is not the main concern - it exposes us to new ideas and it brings something exciting and challenging for the table to engage with. What helps is I'm fortunate to have easy-going...

Over the course of my RPG career I've made all the mistakes a GM could make... I feel though in the last few years I've had a slow but gradual turning point and that's due to really listening to the advice by players (on this very forum and youtube) that have studied the art and theory of GMing...