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<blockquote data-quote="Krachek" data-source="post: 8639975" data-attributes="member: 6811643"><p>There is a lot of needs and space for DM fiat in DnD.</p><p></p><p>Just for plain combat encounters DM decide how monsters choose targets, flee, surrender, bargain, attack down PC, and so on.</p><p></p><p>In a Meeting with a Npc a DM will at best have a prepared paragraph of notes, that will rapidly become insufficient. DM will have to improvise using free choice or tables if available.</p><p>On future meeting the DM usually make the NPC evolve: precise motivations, add unknown secrets, unless we pretend to have define the entire life of this npc prior the first meeting!</p><p></p><p>Same things happens when PC interact with larger group. village, town, kingdom, faction, guild. a DM cant define an entire faction prior a meeting or encounter with the PCs. if the PCs continue to interact with the faction, DM will have to add things backward.</p><p></p><p>There is guidelines to build a dungeon, an encounter, and even a typical adventuring day, but nowhere there is a golden rules that force the DM to stick to his preparation. Some DM will stick to their notes, some won’t and some won’t even have notes and still manage to run a session. The DM guide don’t take side for any of those style.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Krachek, post: 8639975, member: 6811643"] There is a lot of needs and space for DM fiat in DnD. Just for plain combat encounters DM decide how monsters choose targets, flee, surrender, bargain, attack down PC, and so on. In a Meeting with a Npc a DM will at best have a prepared paragraph of notes, that will rapidly become insufficient. DM will have to improvise using free choice or tables if available. On future meeting the DM usually make the NPC evolve: precise motivations, add unknown secrets, unless we pretend to have define the entire life of this npc prior the first meeting! Same things happens when PC interact with larger group. village, town, kingdom, faction, guild. a DM cant define an entire faction prior a meeting or encounter with the PCs. if the PCs continue to interact with the faction, DM will have to add things backward. There is guidelines to build a dungeon, an encounter, and even a typical adventuring day, but nowhere there is a golden rules that force the DM to stick to his preparation. Some DM will stick to their notes, some won’t and some won’t even have notes and still manage to run a session. The DM guide don’t take side for any of those style. [/QUOTE]
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