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<blockquote data-quote="Hawk Diesel" data-source="post: 7497192" data-attributes="member: 59848"><p>Sorry, but I disagree. One of the tools of being a DM is being able to read a table and adjust the game to make the challenge more fitting or fun. This doesn't mean a DM should change abilities on the fly just to grief the players. But if it makes narrative sense, or enhances the fun at the table, there is absolutely no reason a DM shouldn't do so.</p><p></p><p>For example, I sometimes only have HP, AC, attack bonus, and general damage outlined for potential enemies my players might encounter. This frees me up to creatively and organically describe the enemies in the moment based on the situation. This gives me a relative idea of the strength of the enemies, and I set it to within the capacities of the players, and adjust the challenge based on the encounter, but don't have to be beholden to a stat block. This also ensures that even if the players face an enemy they recognize from the MM, they can still be surprised by tricks the individuals they're facing may have that the general species (as outlined by the MM) may not have.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hawk Diesel, post: 7497192, member: 59848"] Sorry, but I disagree. One of the tools of being a DM is being able to read a table and adjust the game to make the challenge more fitting or fun. This doesn't mean a DM should change abilities on the fly just to grief the players. But if it makes narrative sense, or enhances the fun at the table, there is absolutely no reason a DM shouldn't do so. For example, I sometimes only have HP, AC, attack bonus, and general damage outlined for potential enemies my players might encounter. This frees me up to creatively and organically describe the enemies in the moment based on the situation. This gives me a relative idea of the strength of the enemies, and I set it to within the capacities of the players, and adjust the challenge based on the encounter, but don't have to be beholden to a stat block. This also ensures that even if the players face an enemy they recognize from the MM, they can still be surprised by tricks the individuals they're facing may have that the general species (as outlined by the MM) may not have. [/QUOTE]
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