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<blockquote data-quote="Thornir Alekeg" data-source="post: 3919485" data-attributes="member: 15651">The RBDM has to be very adaptable.&nbsp; Shilsen and others mentioned player freedom, that is key to being a RBDM.&nbsp; One of the hallmarks for being a RBDM for me is the ability to take something innocent from the PCs past - whether during an adventure between adventures or from their PCs background, and have it come to haunt them.&nbsp; One of my players had a background where she had run away from her privileged life because her parents didn't approve of her use of sorcery.&nbsp; She didn't expect to discover bounty hunters hired by her parents to bring her home.&nbsp; Later on the rest of the party didn't expect to see posters listing themselves as her kidnappers, accusing them of brainwashing her.&nbsp; The best RBDMs I have seen and heard about give the players the rope, but then let the players tie the knot.&nbsp; The RBDM gives them a tree, but lets the players throw the rope over the branch.&nbsp; The RBDM then waits for the players to stick their own necks through the noose before kicking the stool out from under them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Thornir Alekeg, post: 3919485, member: 15651"] The RBDM has to be very adaptable. Shilsen and others mentioned player freedom, that is key to being a RBDM. One of the hallmarks for being a RBDM for me is the ability to take something innocent from the PCs past - whether during an adventure between adventures or from their PCs background, and have it come to haunt them. One of my players had a background where she had run away from her privileged life because her parents didn't approve of her use of sorcery. She didn't expect to discover bounty hunters hired by her parents to bring her home. Later on the rest of the party didn't expect to see posters listing themselves as her kidnappers, accusing them of brainwashing her. The best RBDMs I have seen and heard about give the players the rope, but then let the players tie the knot. The RBDM gives them a tree, but lets the players throw the rope over the branch. The RBDM then waits for the players to stick their own necks through the noose before kicking the stool out from under them. [/QUOTE]

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