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<blockquote data-quote="The_Universe" data-source="post: 3009615" data-attributes="member: 8944">Excellent advice! The only thing I can add is to be prepared for player-sponsored derails. For all your planning, they will do something that you are either completely unprepared for. To players, your &quot;obviously insurmountable plot device&quot; may appear to be the &quot;obvious tool for victory,&quot; or a &quot;frickin' awesome thing that they want to use,&quot; rather than flee from. Be prepared to let the game take a slightly different direction if you must, or, alternatively, have something on hand that can indicate to your players what type of encounter you really intend it to be. Also, since it's a one-time game, don't be afraid to be a little less subtle with hints than you normally would be - if it's unbeatable, its permissable to let the PCs know. Why am I posting this, when you're sitting literally 4 feet from me? I want to subscribe to this thread... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="The_Universe, post: 3009615, member: 8944"] Excellent advice! The only thing I can add is to be prepared for player-sponsored derails. For all your planning, they will do something that you are either completely unprepared for. To players, your "obviously insurmountable plot device" may appear to be the "obvious tool for victory," or a "frickin' awesome thing that they want to use," rather than flee from. Be prepared to let the game take a slightly different direction if you must, or, alternatively, have something on hand that can indicate to your players what type of encounter you really intend it to be. Also, since it's a one-time game, don't be afraid to be a little less subtle with hints than you normally would be - if it's unbeatable, its permissable to let the PCs know. Why am I posting this, when you're sitting literally 4 feet from me? I want to subscribe to this thread... ;) [/QUOTE]

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