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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BSF" data-source="post: 1302562" data-attributes="member: 13098">Hey Upper_Krust.  Busy times at work for me.  I am finding that I am delegating this conversation to home posts so I can think about it thoroughly.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />That is an interesting thought!  I admit that in my games I do not follow the book formulas either.  I hadn't thought of using your CR system to rescale encounters.  Hmm, that is very interesting...Yes and yes!  It actually makes me sad when I see other people post that they are not having fun in their games.  When that happens, everyone needs to take a break, of some sort, and come back to the game when they can have fun.  My DM has been running for 2 1/2 years without really taking a break.  Every so often, I check with him to make sure he is having fun too.  If he ever needs a break, we can certainly find something to do while he recovers.OK, I'll grant you that.  Sometimes I feel a bit bad when I drop into metagame mode too much.  It comes from being a DM for 23 years I think.  I can look at our group and point out half a dozen weaknesses that could be exploited.  As I start to gear up for how to cover those weaknesses, I can usually tell myself to calm down.  The characters should have weaknesses of some sort.    A lot of his mythology was lifted wholesale from the Silmarillion.  He designed much of the campaign world over 20 years ago.  The Celtic gods certainly exist in some form, but it is not yet clear to me how accurate they are to the Celtic mythos.  I'm sure my character could answer that better (since he has 6 ranks of Knowledge (Brehon Law)) but we will discover more of that culture as the game progresses.  Excellent! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" />  I _think_ I understand what you are trying to convey.  I am sure it will all be much clearer once you make it available.Oh my!  And Music and Nature are two of them.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  Exactly how are Portfolios going to work?  Can you explain it without giving too much away?  (My apologies if you have answered this before.  I am a new addition to the conversation.)Fair enough, though I am sorry to hear it.  I really enjoyed the Silmarillion.  In fact, I have been rereading it just this week.  Not a problem though.  Since Tolkien borrowed so much from mythology, it is quite likely you could replicate the battles of the First Age of Middle Earth.  I'm sure you will.  Even the little bit I already know has given me new thoughts for my campaigns.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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