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<blockquote data-quote="Jaeger" data-source="post: 4160793" data-attributes="member: 27996">A Fantasy game does not need to be intrigue based to be human-centric. In fact I find what I call: &quot;Monster Of The Week&quot; syndrome, to be a detriment to unique campaigns. And really suck the fantastic elements out of an encounter with a monster, by making the fantastic commonplace.&nbsp;&nbsp; In my campaigns the PC party may only run into a bonafide monster once, or at most twice in an entire campaign. And my games are very low magic (Mages/Witches get burned at the stake if they get caught.)&nbsp; But I guess ultimately it's what type of game do you and your players want to play? If they want a MOTW hack n' slash game, then that's what they'll get.&nbsp; I find it very helpful to sit down and discuss with my players the upcoming campaign and get on the same page what it's gonna be about. And I have not have issues running my human-centric low magic games because the PC's are having fun. Combat against only humans is never boring if the PC's have a reason for the fight and/or an NPC that they hate in it.&nbsp;&nbsp; I think if you sat down and pitched the game to your players - and they were all on board with what it was about - so long as everyone is having fun, I guarantee they will not notice the lack of monsters and magic.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jaeger, post: 4160793, member: 27996"] A Fantasy game does not need to be intrigue based to be human-centric. In fact I find what I call: [I]"Monster Of The Week"[/I] syndrome, to be a detriment to unique campaigns. And really suck the fantastic elements out of an encounter with a monster, by making the fantastic commonplace. In my campaigns the PC party [I]may[/I] only run into a bonafide monster once, or at most twice in an entire campaign. And my games are very low magic (Mages/Witches get burned at the stake if they get caught.) But I guess ultimately it's what type of game do you and your players want to play? If they want a MOTW hack n' slash game, then that's what they'll get. I find it very helpful to sit down and discuss with my players the upcoming campaign and get on the same page what it's gonna be about. And I have not have issues running my human-centric low magic games because the PC's are having fun. Combat against only humans is never boring if the PC's have a reason for the fight and/or an NPC that they hate in it. I think if you sat down and pitched the game to your players - and they were all on board with what it was about - so long as everyone is having fun, I guarantee they will not notice the lack of monsters and magic. [/QUOTE]

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