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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8395660" data-attributes="member: 29398">I know.&nbsp; I call it a mistake, though I realize others don't.Sure, a DM can insert whatever she likes; but my position is that doing so to any excess will only serve to hurt her game in the long run.Now if the campaign's to be very short, or even just the one adventure, then who cares: there's no long-term to worry about and thus nowhere near as much need for consistency.&nbsp; But if the campaign's to be at all long, then if something works in a particular way once then by precedent it has to work that way for the whole campaign, in the interests of internal setting consistency. Otherwise, nobody can ever be sure how anything works in the setting from one occasion to the next.A DM inserting strange NPC quirks all over the place risks breaking this consistency unless she's very careful with her note-taking (or memory) in order to preserve the mechanics of said quirks should they ever need to be repeated - or should a PC somehow gain access to the same ability.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 8395660, member: 29398"] I know. I call it a mistake, though I realize others don't. Sure, a DM can insert whatever she likes; but my position is that doing so to any excess will only serve to hurt her game in the long run. Now if the campaign's to be very short, or even just the one adventure, then who cares: there's no long-term to worry about and thus nowhere near as much need for consistency. But if the campaign's to be at all long, then if something works in a particular way once then by precedent it has to work that way for the whole campaign, in the interests of internal setting consistency. Otherwise, nobody can ever be sure how anything works in the setting from one occasion to the next. A DM inserting strange NPC quirks all over the place risks breaking this consistency unless she's very careful with her note-taking (or memory) in order to preserve the mechanics of said quirks should they ever need to be repeated - or should a PC somehow gain access to the same ability. [/QUOTE]

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