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Message: <blockquote data-quote="barsoomcore" data-source="post: 1554749" data-attributes="member: 812">Game Downers:1. Blowing an NPC's conversation. Sometimes I have something very specific I want an NPC to say or ask for or demand or whatever and when they meet the character and have a little discussion, I completely forget about it until after they've moved on. I do it ALL THE TIME.2. When the players aren't taking charge of a situation and are waiting for me to provide some direction, and I've got no ideas coming out and everyone just kind of sits there listlessly. It's the worst feeling. "I go... talk to the innkeeper."  "Um, okay. He's, um, fat. What do you want to know?" "I don't know. Does he know anything?" ...3. Blowing a serious rule call. Usually not a big deal, but if you discover one round too late that you made a mistake and there's a life on the line, it's kind of a bummer to rewind what was a thrilling combat. Not the end of the world, but it kind of bums me out.4. Forgetting a creature's or NPC's abilities. How many of my bad guys have gone down because I forgot to apply damage reduction? Oh, a tolerably round number, I assure you. Again, not the end of the world (more important that everyone had fun), but it can be frustrating.You may have noticed that I have a memory like a sieve. It's embarrassing at times.</blockquote>