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branmakmuffin
Senior Scribe
USA
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 Posted - 05 May 2003 : 17:30:43
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Topic divergence from here
Cult_leader, I don't consider it the GM's job to throw the adventure at the PCs. My motto is "The adventure isn't going to just come up and bite you on the ass." I'm usually joking when I say that to my group, because we don't play that way anyway.
Whoever happens to be GMing in our group is adept enough to improvise, and prepared enough to have several options avaialable for recalcitrant PCs. But, we've been playing together longer than you've been alive, so we don't cause much trouble for each other.
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Mournblade
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Posted - 05 May 2003 : 19:52:03
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Originally posted by branmakmuffin
Topic divergence from here
Cult_leader, I don't consider it the GM's job to throw the adventure at the PCs. My motto is "The adventure isn't going to just come up and bite you on the ass." I'm usually joking when I say that to my group, because we don't play that way anyway.
Whoever happens to be GMing in our group is adept enough to improvise, and prepared enough to have several options avaialable for recalcitrant PCs. But, we've been playing together longer than you've been alive, so we don't cause much trouble for each other.
WOW BRan that is brutal
I have only been playing one year longer, I feel like I am walking uphill both ways now...
My game is very story and character oriented. My players have been experienced enough to recognize a plot hook and take it. They never really want to get back at me for anything, or if they do they don't do it ingame It is probably because they know there is no point in playing the game if they are not going to pursue the plot hook. I am experienced enough that I can make the plot find them in another way, so it really isn't an issue anyway.
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A wizard is Never late Frodo Baggins. Nor is he Early. A wizard arrives precisely when he means to... |
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branmakmuffin
Senior Scribe
USA
428 Posts |
Posted - 05 May 2003 : 20:53:13
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Mournblade
Master of Realmslore
USA
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Posted - 05 May 2003 : 21:27:22
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Yeah city was alot of hack and slash.
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zemd
Master of Realmslore
France
1103 Posts |
Posted - 05 May 2003 : 22:35:35
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It's could to improvise, but for a campaign i think that the GM must prepare the adventure a "throw" the adventure to the pcs
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branmakmuffin
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 06 May 2003 : 00:53:13
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zemd
Master of Realmslore
France
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Posted - 06 May 2003 : 10:25:17
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At the beginning i always improvised them. Until i began playin CoC, i realised i couldn't continue like that anymore.
I enjoyed so much creating adventure that i always prepare them even if i keep a big part of improvisation (thanks to my players) |
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branmakmuffin
Senior Scribe
USA
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Posted - 06 May 2003 : 17:42:44
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zemd:
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At the beginning i always improvised them. Until i began playin CoC, i realised i couldn't continue like that anymore.
I enjoyed so much creating adventure that i always prepare them even if i keep a big part of improvisation (thanks to my players)
I never improvise CoC either. No need to. The published scenarios are very good. |
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zemd
Master of Realmslore
France
1103 Posts |
Posted - 06 May 2003 : 21:33:19
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| And a good CoC adventure is so hard to create so i don't imagine an improvised one! |
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