D&D 4E I'm running a 4e game tonight for the first time in months!

[Dice4Hire]

Hush you! I want to see how his campaign carries on. Of course that assumes they get time to update (stupid real world obligations).

Lol, if the DM and the players forgetthe campaign, what is there to carry on?

Player *looks at paper*: "Apparently I am a fighter. Anyone remember anything about me?"

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

If nobody remembers anything, have them pass their character sheets one player to the left.

 

[On Puget Sound]

One character should have a sister. Should always have had a sister. One that all the characters remember but none of the players do.

 

[Piratecat]

The game was wonderful. Luckily we stopped just before a big battle, and I'd marked the battlemap with everyone's position. That brought it all back.

Fun fight, too, with a skill challenge happening simultaneously with the tough combat. More minions poured out of the portal every round until they managed to close it, and meanwhile the bad guys and existing minions were laying waste...

 

[Dice4Hire]

Glad it went well.

 

[corwyn77]

This is why I always have players summarize what they thing the plot was last time. Far too often, it's an entirely different campaign from the one I thought I was running.

I love doing this. Mainly because certain players of mine are far cleverer and nastier than I am, generally. They anticipate far nastier plans from my villains than I could possibly come up with. And who am I to disappoint them. And they get to feel all clever, to boot.

Shhh. Don't tell them.

 

[UngeheuerLich]

I love doing this. Mainly because certain players of mine are far cleverer and nastier than I am, generally. They anticipate far nastier plans from my villains than I could possibly come up with. And who am I to disappoint them. And they get to feel all clever, to boot.

Shhh. Don't tell them.

I even do so on the fly if necessary. Nothing is more frustrating for the DM and the Players than telling two different stories... and the DM´s duty is making the game fun!

 

[Dice4Hire]

I've been known ot listen to players and incorporate their opinions or fears into the game.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

It's one of the techniques that made my best campaign ever my best campaign ever.