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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ralif Redhammer" data-source="post: 7968449" data-attributes="member: 30438">Three things I've learned over the years:<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Okay D&D is still D&D. It's still getting together and telling a story together, laughing, making jokes, getting into character, solving puzzles, fighting monsters, all these things.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The DMs perception of whether a session is good or not is sometimes completely off from the players. Also, see the point above.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Not every session can be great. But every session is a chance to learn how to be a better DM, and that goes doubly for the less-than-good sessions. If something could've gone better in a session, I always try to do a post-mortem root cause analysis, so that I can do better the next time.</li> </ul>If it's been a while since there's been combat and you sense there are some players losing interest, yeah, I'd absolutely open the next session with a solid fight, like right then and there at the beginning. Umber Hulks busting into the chamber the PCs are in like they're the Kool-Aid Man or something, immediate and surprising.</blockquote>