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<blockquote data-quote="el-remmen" data-source="post: 4624974" data-attributes="member: 11"><p>I'm a pretty "keep things fuzzy DM".</p><p></p><p>I never tell people what AC they need to hit, or even what DC they need to save against. Obviously, they trust me (or why have me run the game) and anyway, if I were inconsistant they'd call me on it.</p><p></p><p>At the same time I will do things like say, "The rogue uses his dodge feat against you this round" not because I feel like I necessarily have to tell them (though I might also describe them as being extra dodgy), but so I don't forget.</p><p></p><p>For me immersion means knowing very little beyond my immediate character. I don't even like to know other character's hit points. In my games we describe our characters as lightly, moderately, seriously, or critically wounded each one corresponding to a quarter of your HP total. So if my character has 40 hps total and is at 27, I'd say "I am moderately wounded."</p><p></p><p>As DM, I like the "ah-ha" moment, for me it is all about the reveal, like a magic trick. At the end of a campaign I hand over my notebook and they can look through at monster stats and places the campaign could have went, alternate versions of things, NPCs, etc. .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="el-remmen, post: 4624974, member: 11"] I'm a pretty "keep things fuzzy DM". I never tell people what AC they need to hit, or even what DC they need to save against. Obviously, they trust me (or why have me run the game) and anyway, if I were inconsistant they'd call me on it. At the same time I will do things like say, "The rogue uses his dodge feat against you this round" not because I feel like I necessarily have to tell them (though I might also describe them as being extra dodgy), but so I don't forget. For me immersion means knowing very little beyond my immediate character. I don't even like to know other character's hit points. In my games we describe our characters as lightly, moderately, seriously, or critically wounded each one corresponding to a quarter of your HP total. So if my character has 40 hps total and is at 27, I'd say "I am moderately wounded." As DM, I like the "ah-ha" moment, for me it is all about the reveal, like a magic trick. At the end of a campaign I hand over my notebook and they can look through at monster stats and places the campaign could have went, alternate versions of things, NPCs, etc. . [/QUOTE]
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