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<blockquote data-quote="iserith" data-source="post: 6607643" data-attributes="member: 97077">No slight on anyone intended, but in my experience most DMs are not too great at designing and running mystery scenarios, myself included at one point. The system itself doesn't really help out much either. Professional designers are not immune from this and most of the ones I've read or played involve the PCs wandering around interviewing quirky, cagey NPCs until someone gets frustrated and starts cracking skulls. The general lack of tension and conflict in these scenes just kills the mood and pacing. It's often like guessing at answers to a riddle while the DM sits back and says, &quot;Nope, keep guessing.&quot;So it takes a bit of skill both in setting it up and running it to make it work well in a way that engages even those players that say they hate mystery scenarios. To that end, check out <a href="http://dungeonmastery.blogspot.com/2014/12/mystery-machine.html" target="_blank">this article</a> on creating and running mysteries and maybe it will be of some help. (Not my blog.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="iserith, post: 6607643, member: 97077"] No slight on anyone intended, but in my experience most DMs are not too great at designing and running mystery scenarios, myself included at one point. The system itself doesn't really help out much either. Professional designers are not immune from this and most of the ones I've read or played involve the PCs wandering around interviewing quirky, cagey NPCs until someone gets frustrated and starts cracking skulls. The general lack of tension and conflict in these scenes just kills the mood and pacing. It's often like guessing at answers to a riddle while the DM sits back and says, "Nope, keep guessing." So it takes a bit of skill both in setting it up and running it to make it work well in a way that engages even those players that say they hate mystery scenarios. To that end, check out [URL="http://dungeonmastery.blogspot.com/2014/12/mystery-machine.html"]this article[/URL] on creating and running mysteries and maybe it will be of some help. (Not my blog.) [/QUOTE]

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