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<blockquote data-quote="Crazy Jerome" data-source="post: 5689697" data-attributes="member: 54877">The main disagreeable aftertaste I get when someone advocates illusionism strongly is that I can't help but feel that it creates the wrong impression in certain minds.&nbsp;I picture this novice, extreme, stereotypical railroading DM who wants to get better at his craft.&nbsp; So he starts looking for how to do that.&nbsp; One of his inevitable first questions is how to handle preparation.&nbsp; So he gets answers liike this, which are basically--get better at hiding what you are doing, but keep doing it.&nbsp; &nbsp;While my experience is that a much better take for the novice is to stop railroading--and as an adjunct, quit hiding things.&nbsp; You may struggle for awhile, but you'll learn a new skill--rather than &quot;refining&quot; an existing one.&nbsp; Then, after you've done that for awhile, if you want to try some illusionism, you'll not only be better informed, you'll be better at it, too.&nbsp; &nbsp;For a more experienced DM, it isn't such a big deal.&nbsp; But for beginners, illusionism by its very nature makes it more difficult for them to improve.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crazy Jerome, post: 5689697, member: 54877"] The main disagreeable aftertaste I get when someone advocates illusionism strongly is that I can't help but feel that it creates the wrong impression in certain minds. I picture this novice, extreme, stereotypical railroading DM who wants to get better at his craft. So he starts looking for how to do that. One of his inevitable first questions is how to handle preparation. So he gets answers liike this, which are basically--get better at hiding what you are doing, but keep doing it. While my experience is that a much better take for the novice is to stop railroading--and as an adjunct, quit hiding things. You may struggle for awhile, but you'll learn a new skill--rather than "refining" an existing one. Then, after you've done that for awhile, if you want to try some illusionism, you'll not only be better informed, you'll be better at it, too. For a more experienced DM, it isn't such a big deal. But for beginners, illusionism by its very nature makes it more difficult for them to improve. [/QUOTE]

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