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<blockquote data-quote="AntiStateQuixote" data-source="post: 6253630" data-attributes="member: 30770">Pst. Hey, guys, you don't need permission from the game rules or WotC to make your games fun for you and your group. You can use a variety of methods to handle similar situations in different ways for different reasons. Do people really read the DMG and expect it to tell them exactly how to run their game in all situations? It's a GUIDE. It says it right there in the title.On the perception front: the detailed description of clues and such that someone could find with passive perception and perception rolls: That's GREAT when I want that level of detail for a particularly interesting secret door, but I'm not going to that level of effort for every hidden door in every dungeon the heroes might wander through. Sometimes it's ok to have a simple hidden door DC 20 perception (search) to find it. Other times I want the player to tell me that his thief character is looking behind the the throne and tapping on the wall listening for the hollow space to find the hidden panel. As long as I (and they) have a clear understanding of what's going on here, we're all good and we're going to have fun.On the wandering monsters bit: if you're doing a careful XP budgeted adventure with level appropriate encounters, etc. you either have to ignore random encounters or make sure you account for them in your budget. If you're doing a sandbox-style game/adventure where the PCs meet what they meet depending on where they go, then the random encounters introduces a bit of variety. In all cases your random encounter charts should make sense for the purpose you intend to use them and in the game world you've created.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="AntiStateQuixote, post: 6253630, member: 30770"] Pst. Hey, guys, you don't need permission from the game rules or WotC to make your games fun for you and your group. You can use a variety of methods to handle similar situations in different ways for different reasons. Do people really read the DMG and expect it to tell them exactly how to run their game in all situations? It's a GUIDE. It says it right there in the title. On the perception front: the detailed description of clues and such that someone could find with passive perception and perception rolls: That's GREAT when I want that level of detail for a particularly interesting secret door, but I'm not going to that level of effort for every hidden door in every dungeon the heroes might wander through. Sometimes it's ok to have a simple hidden door DC 20 perception (search) to find it. Other times I want the player to tell me that his thief character is looking behind the the throne and tapping on the wall listening for the hollow space to find the hidden panel. As long as I (and they) have a clear understanding of what's going on here, we're all good and we're going to have fun. On the wandering monsters bit: if you're doing a careful XP budgeted adventure with level appropriate encounters, etc. you either have to ignore random encounters or make sure you account for them in your budget. If you're doing a sandbox-style game/adventure where the PCs meet what they meet depending on where they go, then the random encounters introduces a bit of variety. In all cases your random encounter charts should make sense for the purpose you intend to use them and in the game world you've created. [/QUOTE]

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