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<blockquote data-quote="clark411" data-source="post: 546334" data-attributes="member: 4768">Definitely dont let your players know if you change anything, especially if you're usually a stickler for planning ahead of time and the players go to the trouble to plan too.&nbsp; There's nothing worse than being a player and walking through a door and asking &quot;Is there an alarm?&quot; and the DM rolls a percentile die and says &quot;Yep, now.&quot;&nbsp; or worse, if there is a percentage chance or a fiat retroactive effect that is made to counter what your plans are.&nbsp; like 3 mages with nothing but dispels and trueseeing guard the castle walls after you invis yourselves to sneak by.&nbsp; Imo- somethings like traps, NPC spells, etc, should be planned prior to game time or prior to combat.&nbsp; Planning around PC abilities is great if you're planning to Highlight their strengths, display a weakness that they'll need to correct, or making sure they don't simply lay waste to your challenges.. but most other things aren't that fun.and as others above have stated, fun is what it's about.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="clark411, post: 546334, member: 4768"] Definitely dont let your players know if you change anything, especially if you're usually a stickler for planning ahead of time and the players go to the trouble to plan too. There's nothing worse than being a player and walking through a door and asking "Is there an alarm?" and the DM rolls a percentile die and says "Yep, now." or worse, if there is a percentage chance or a fiat retroactive effect that is made to counter what your plans are. like 3 mages with nothing but dispels and trueseeing guard the castle walls after you invis yourselves to sneak by. Imo- somethings like traps, NPC spells, etc, should be planned prior to game time or prior to combat. Planning around PC abilities is great if you're planning to Highlight their strengths, display a weakness that they'll need to correct, or making sure they don't simply lay waste to your challenges.. but most other things aren't that fun. and as others above have stated, fun is what it's about. [/QUOTE]

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