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<blockquote data-quote="Imperialus" data-source="post: 4287448" data-attributes="member: 893">One that I haven't seen mentioned yet that used to be a big problem for me.Don't ignore rules for the sake of the story.Rules provide consistency, they let players know what can and can't be accomplished.&nbsp; It's important that your NPC's follow those rules too.&nbsp; Sometimes you'll need to bend them, very occasionally you'll need to break and depending on the system you'll often find yourself making them up on the fly but don't change things constantly to suit your needs.&nbsp; Rules are the physics of the D&amp;D world.&nbsp; Just like how it would irritate you if suddenly gravity stopped working, it will irritate your players if they come across NPC's who can do things that break the rules.This is not to say, don't houserule or don't overrule things that don't make sense to you but keep it consistent and make sure you discuss any rule changes with your group (or at least inform them of them) as early as possible.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Imperialus, post: 4287448, member: 893"] One that I haven't seen mentioned yet that used to be a big problem for me. Don't ignore rules for the sake of the story. Rules provide consistency, they let players know what can and can't be accomplished. It's important that your NPC's follow those rules too. Sometimes you'll need to bend them, very occasionally you'll need to break and depending on the system you'll often find yourself making them up on the fly but don't change things constantly to suit your needs. Rules are the physics of the D&D world. Just like how it would irritate you if suddenly gravity stopped working, it will irritate your players if they come across NPC's who can do things that break the rules. This is not to say, don't houserule or don't overrule things that don't make sense to you but keep it consistent and make sure you discuss any rule changes with your group (or at least inform them of them) as early as possible. [/QUOTE]

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