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<blockquote data-quote="yangnome" data-source="post: 1769739" data-attributes="member: 7413">As for changing the monsters from what the monster manual says, I see no problem.&nbsp; his changes seem to be flavor issues first, not house rules.&nbsp; Second, even if I did change rules isues as far as monsters go (adding DR or something), I wouldn't tell the players.As others have said, what you consider RP is actually background stuff.&nbsp; Sure, it can help flavor your character, but after first level, the cost of equipment and such in a normal by the books game is so minimal, keeping track of things is generally pointless.As a DM, whether I keep track of these things or not depends on teh feel of the game I am going for.&nbsp; For example, when I ran a prison game for 6 levels, I kept track of what they had...I still didn't track every action they did in a 24 hour period though.&nbsp; Even without tracking every action, the sessions were very RP intensive.&nbsp; We'd go multiple sessions without rolling dice or having combat encounters.&nbsp; Most of hte RP was based off of character interaction.&nbsp; The background upkeep stuff played a role, but it was not at the forefront of every moment of the game.The most important thing the DM needs to do is make sure the group as a whole is having a good time playing.&nbsp; If that is being met, then he ois doing his job.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="yangnome, post: 1769739, member: 7413"] As for changing the monsters from what the monster manual says, I see no problem. his changes seem to be flavor issues first, not house rules. Second, even if I did change rules isues as far as monsters go (adding DR or something), I wouldn't tell the players. As others have said, what you consider RP is actually background stuff. Sure, it can help flavor your character, but after first level, the cost of equipment and such in a normal by the books game is so minimal, keeping track of things is generally pointless. As a DM, whether I keep track of these things or not depends on teh feel of the game I am going for. For example, when I ran a prison game for 6 levels, I kept track of what they had...I still didn't track every action they did in a 24 hour period though. Even without tracking every action, the sessions were very RP intensive. We'd go multiple sessions without rolling dice or having combat encounters. Most of hte RP was based off of character interaction. The background upkeep stuff played a role, but it was not at the forefront of every moment of the game. The most important thing the DM needs to do is make sure the group as a whole is having a good time playing. If that is being met, then he ois doing his job. [/QUOTE]

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