DM'ing

[Newby]

I agree with iago. Dying in anything but fights is stuuuuupid. It's what makes NetHack frustrating as hell.

[deadly7]

I agree with iago. Dying in anything but fights is stuuuuupid. It's what makes NetHack frustrating as hell.

I forgot to mention. They WERE in a fight, they just couldn't get at the people shooting at them. Heh. Otherwise they could've just Take 10/Take 20 across the bridge.

[iago]

I agree with iago. Dying in anything but fights is stuuuuupid. It's what makes NetHack frustrating as hell.

I forgot to mention. They WERE in a fight, they just couldn't get at the people shooting at them. Heh. Otherwise they could've just Take 10/Take 20 across the bridge.

Same deal, really. Possibly even worse, since it gives me the impression that you pretty much put them in an impossible situation. :P

[deadly7]

Same deal, really. Possibly even worse, since it gives me the impression that you pretty much put them in an impossible situation. :P

DC 12 is NOT impossible by any means. :p

[iago]

Same deal, really. Possibly even worse, since it gives me the impression that you pretty much put them in an impossible situation. :P

DC 12 is NOT impossible by any means. :p

Guaranteeing a roll of any kind is impossible.

[Mythix]

Sorry to bump an old topic but theres a few points from the many campaigns I've ran.


You as the DM are a storyteller, but it is NOT your job to magically save characters when a mistake is made or a trap is set. Many problems with PC's is the fact they put their own personality into their character instead of playing the character inside the box so to speak. Setting DC's for not your average feats of strength / dex is common. They always had the chance of going "We're not prepared for this, lets go back and regear" Too many players are hack and slash anymore and don't realize.. "Hey we can run!". It always depends on the group you run.

If you have any questions or want tips and tricks on dungeon crawling / generic rules of thumb let me know deadly. A book will only get you so far running a campaign playing helps and making mistakes as a PC will make you a better DM.  I've incorporated a few things that a lot of my PC's got messed with in the game because it was something that is easy to rig, common to see, and takes a bit of thinking to get passed. It all depends on how you want to play it. The slayer, the thinker , the talker or maybe a bit of all three.

[deadly7]

Thanks for the tips, Miffsex! But I think my campaign pretty much is dead (one guy leaves for colege in week, one leaves for navy, we all have college going on soon.. i'm busy as it is with other things..) Heh. It was still fun while it lasted, though.. I enjoyed nearly killing them for being stupid and not having a smart party (they started with no tanks at all.. damn, I had to nerf everything. haha)

[deadly7]

I miss playing D&D.

[Newby]

I miss playing D&D.

Me too man. Me too.

[iago]

I miss playing D&D.

Me too man. Me too.

I still play weekly mostly! :D

It's been awhile lately - November was a bad much - but it sounds like we're getting in gear now!

[rabbit]

Can we try T&T++ again sometime?  I never got to play and I really wanted to :(

[iago]

HAha, no time. :(

[Blaze]

As unserious our last game was, I had a ton of fun doing it.  :D

[deadly7]

As unserious our last game was, I had a ton of fun doing it.  :D

I agree so much.

Next year (after May 31, 2012!) I can DM some T&T if people are for it. Although it may not be T&T, but D&D 3.5. I believe I have all the books on my external HD somewhere..

[iago]

Haha, I didn't. It's a pain being a DM when nobody's paying attention after putting a ton of work into preparing. Ah well. :)