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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SkredlitheOgre" data-source="post: 5815985" data-attributes="member: 99513">I think it depends on what you're trying to accomplish and how you're going about it.  I use whatever method I think is appropriate to keep the story going forward.  Sometimes it's a die roll, sometimes it's me stepping in and saying, 'Okay, you talk to the old guy and he gives you the Magic Taco of Herpaderp and tells you that you need to go to Castle HungaHungaHee to defeat Evil Lord LordEvil.'  Sometimes we roleplay it, sometimes we don't.I have a player who absolutely hates roleplaying beyond the most basic sense because she thinks she's horrible at it.  She tends to play Fighters and Barabarians because they're the easiest for her and she maxes out Intimidation.  So, for her, roleplaying is always a die roll.  For the rest of the group, unless we're in a time crunch, we'll roleplay it out.I'm like [MENTION=8835]Janx[/MENTION] in that I don't worry too much about details.  When I'm running something, I know the beginning, I know the end, and what critical encounters (combat and otherwise) happen in between.  Everything else that happens is adlibbed or I'll add things as the players progress.  Hell, the roleplaying is adlibbed.  I generally know what information an NPC has to give the players, but not how they're going to express it.If I throw in something completely random, it will serve a purpose, even if it's just to tell the characters 'Hey, there's something weird going on here.'  I do like to be random, but I prefer my randomness to have a goal.</blockquote>

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