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<blockquote data-quote="Iry" data-source="post: 8271050" data-attributes="member: 6777378"><p>I will never let Lore restrain me from doing whatever is best for the Story, but I often find ways to tell great stories AND be true to the lore. Usually this is for my own personal satisfaction, but sometimes a player who is familiar with the lore gives me a big payout of surprise and delight when I bring something up from the lore and they notice. It can also give you interesting tidbits that can be used in game.</p><p></p><p>For example: Just looking at the entry for Strahd, you might never know he is proficient in heavy armor and martial weapons. You almost might never know he prefers to dual wield over sword & board, that he despises thieves and will go out of his way to torture them, that he <em>is</em> a brilliant tactician like they say in his entry, but he can also recklessly charge in when he thinks he has the advantage, or that he is prone to years and years of apathy between sudden flurries of activity. Heck, you might never know he has a Ring of Invisibility that even works against scent and sound, a Ring of Mind Shielding, and magical dagger (Ba'al Verzi) that ignores armor completely.</p><p></p><p>You don't need to know ANY of that to run Strahd, and your Strahd might be completely different, but I am<em> pleased</em> to know these things.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Iry, post: 8271050, member: 6777378"] I will never let Lore restrain me from doing whatever is best for the Story, but I often find ways to tell great stories AND be true to the lore. Usually this is for my own personal satisfaction, but sometimes a player who is familiar with the lore gives me a big payout of surprise and delight when I bring something up from the lore and they notice. It can also give you interesting tidbits that can be used in game. For example: Just looking at the entry for Strahd, you might never know he is proficient in heavy armor and martial weapons. You almost might never know he prefers to dual wield over sword & board, that he despises thieves and will go out of his way to torture them, that he [I]is[/I] a brilliant tactician like they say in his entry, but he can also recklessly charge in when he thinks he has the advantage, or that he is prone to years and years of apathy between sudden flurries of activity. Heck, you might never know he has a Ring of Invisibility that even works against scent and sound, a Ring of Mind Shielding, and magical dagger (Ba'al Verzi) that ignores armor completely. You don't need to know ANY of that to run Strahd, and your Strahd might be completely different, but I am[I] pleased[/I] to know these things. [/QUOTE]
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