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<blockquote data-quote="DragonLancer" data-source="post: 9646626" data-attributes="member: 11868">Mine has probably been something simple like not paying attention to what the characters are capable of doing now, and then they run a little roughshod over things. Now I make a point of asking each player what cool new abilities and spells their character gained after they level. Makes things so much easier to plan for.However, I will regale you of a mistake one of my friends made back in the hallowed days of 2nd edition AD&amp;D...Big Dave (as he shall be known) had become enamored with the Birthright campaign setting. He bought everything for it at the time and when time came up, we made our lowly future heroes and he started to run an introductory published scenario. Not long into it, we're travelling down the road and are set upon by a gang of bandits. We do a great job of bashing them down but two flee into the hills. One character decides he's going after them and also runs off alone into the grass. Big Dave asks for a minute and he starts flipping back and forth, bank and forth, and after a couple minutes just says well... you don't come back. We're all asking what happened and why, but all we get is &quot;he doesn't come back&quot;.After a short break it is revealed that the module never says what happens if a character were to run off after any fleeing bandits. As a first DM and assuming every eventuality was covered in the module, all Big Dave could think of was &quot;you don't come back&quot;.&nbsp; Facepalm followed and then we explained how to handle such situations. But it does still pop up in conversation and jest from time to time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DragonLancer, post: 9646626, member: 11868"] Mine has probably been something simple like not paying attention to what the characters are capable of doing now, and then they run a little roughshod over things. Now I make a point of asking each player what cool new abilities and spells their character gained after they level. Makes things so much easier to plan for. However, I will regale you of a mistake one of my friends made back in the hallowed days of 2nd edition AD&D... Big Dave (as he shall be known) had become enamored with the Birthright campaign setting. He bought everything for it at the time and when time came up, we made our lowly future heroes and he started to run an introductory published scenario. Not long into it, we're travelling down the road and are set upon by a gang of bandits. We do a great job of bashing them down but two flee into the hills. One character decides he's going after them and also runs off alone into the grass. Big Dave asks for a minute and he starts flipping back and forth, bank and forth, and after a couple minutes just says well... you don't come back. We're all asking what happened and why, but all we get is "he doesn't come back". After a short break it is revealed that the module never says what happens if a character were to run off after any fleeing bandits. As a first DM and assuming every eventuality was covered in the module, all Big Dave could think of was "you don't come back". Facepalm followed and then we explained how to handle such situations. But it does still pop up in conversation and jest from time to time. [/QUOTE]

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