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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GuyBoy" data-source="post: 8307847" data-attributes="member: 7031143">Way back, Dragon mag used to run a series of small articles getting players to share the love for their DMs. Praise, even when not sought, is a great motivator and I always thought it was a great motivator. I remember one about Lance Hawvermale and it motivated me to buy a later module he wrote for Necromancer. So let’s give some thanks, and details, about our hard working, dedicated DMs, the ones who make it happen. I’ll start off with Rob ( better known on this forum as The Sword). Rob is a truly outstanding DM for so many reasons. His preparation is awesome; battlemaps are all printed out in colour and laminated to allow for evocative combat. Descriptions are engaging and full of empathy. Monsters are terrifying. NPCs have depth and motivation. Rob handles his players well. Each session ensures everyone gets a chance to shine mechanically, and there’s a mix of roleplay, problem solving and combat so all the group get to exercise their preference for playing style. Highlights? Numerous really, and I’d probably name different ones tomorrow, but a couple spring to mind. The sheer terror of the Ravenloft atmosphere he created ( I was scared, let alone my character, and I’m a former rugby player!). The sensitive handling of the Way of the Wicked campaign, where all the characters had different, and often clashing, motivations. The creepy township at the start of Slumbering Tsar........never go to the loo in the middle of the night in the inn......just don’t! And as if his 5E talents weren’t enough, Rob has also run superb Warhammer FRP and Rogue Trader campaigns over the years. Any faults? Maybe his strange love of peanut butter with apples. Or perhaps his inexplicable (to me) preference for FR over Greyhawk. So, thanks for everything Rob. Long may it continue. High 5 to you.</blockquote>

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