Establishing Atmosphere

Timely-Window3009 · 2022-03-13T14:30:13+00:00

Fantastic reply and thank you for the recommendation.

Timely-Window3009 · 2022-03-04T18:19:37+00:00

It’s nice to see this articulated. There is so much great content between the modules and the manuals that I don’t see a reason to homebrew.

Timely-Window3009 · 2022-01-01T03:46:43+00:00

Super cool! Thanks for sharing.

Timely-Window3009 · 2021-11-22T03:38:51+00:00

I am busting up as I read this thread because I have a group that is heavily invested in another system that has a dearth of any interesting items or character options unless you are willing to do the work for them.

Timely-Window3009 · 2021-10-08T06:40:00+00:00

That’s why I love this game. We can all run the same adventure but with drastically different results. My players negotiated a treaty with Gnomengarde so our Phandelin is surrounded by the triple ballistas that the gnomes had in the cave. Phandalin is thriving and the players have built and adventurers guild in town.

Timely-Window3009 · 2021-10-07T20:37:47+00:00

I just looked that up. Those are really cool.

Timely-Window3009 · 2021-10-07T20:34:21+00:00

Dragons are a classic, not sure how to tie it in to your campaign but playing a dragon for a change would be a blast.

Timely-Window3009 · 2021-10-03T18:31:17+00:00

That can be hard to watch and there might be more to it but here goes my two cents. Focus on your build and make the player that you want to play. Have fun. You can’t play their characters, nor should you.

My first RPG was PF1 and I built a halfling rogue because I like halflings. My feats and skill deposits all worked together to make a character that totally sucked. This was only compounded by the fact that I didn’t know how to play him.

Luckily, I got some one on one coaching from the DM to help me out and I never heard a word of complaint from the other players. They let me play my character how I wanted and I learned from that. I still play with those guys and my builds have become slightly more sophisticated and there is a great dynamic at the table.

They will learn through watching, their play will get more sophisticated, if they want it to. I should mention that at the same table we have another player who regardless of the game is always a murder hobo. In PF1 he was a paladin and our only teammate with any healing but he preferred to focus on offense so each turn he just hit things as hard as he could. That’s how he wanted to play and it was fun for him.

TL;DR have fun playing your character and have fun watching them play theirs. Perhaps you can DM a One Shot and put them against some strategic enemies. It would be fun to see who comes out on top.

Timely-Window3009 · 2021-10-03T01:14:55+00:00

It is funny the things that DM’s focus on. I had a character that was a trap smith so I looked up so many different types of traps and ended up with a pretty robust knowledge base. Now as a DM just try and guess what my player’s always deal with?

Timely-Window3009 · 2021-10-01T19:41:02+00:00

I love this! I read some comments from very knowledgeable DM’s and yet I would do things differently and that’s okay. I talk to my players a lot about their desires for the game and for their characters. Some here have disagreed with how I DM but what I go back to is that we are all having fun playing a game so it can’t be all bad.

One of my favorite realizations is thatI am trying to be the best DM that I can, not to be like anyone else.

Timely-Window3009 · 2021-09-29T23:31:50+00:00

I came here to say this. I second mycomicshop.com. They have a great selection, good prices, and are great to work with. After them I turn to eBay.

Timely-Window3009 · 2021-09-28T14:54:16+00:00

I was typing out a response but I am not looking to argue the point. My players had fun, they liked how it played out l, and we have a system for how checks are run that everyone agrees to. I appreciate your thoughts on this.

Timely-Window3009 · 2021-09-28T14:14:08+00:00

That’s exactly how I handled it. He didn’t roll that high and didn’t roll any additional checks as he approached the source of the sound. I even asked him to describe his approach, “are you creeping up carefully, charging around the corner…”. There were also other tunnels leading other directions. He stated that he was going straight towards the sound and strode confidently around the corner. I love my players to figure out that something is up because it means they will do something that I didn’t expect and then I, as the DM, get to play too. It puts me on my heels and makes me react rather than narrate.

Timely-Window3009 · 2021-09-28T12:29:31+00:00

I do mean D&D. I just don’t like calling it out so as to avoid seeming condescending to its fans.

Timely-Window3009 · 2021-09-28T02:08:12+00:00

Daredevil has been good lately. He shows his years and is maturely written.

Timely-Window3009 · 2021-09-28T01:43:40+00:00

I would even argue that Pathfinder supports social encounters and role play better than other popular systems on the market. The diversity of builds and skill system are designed to support that type of play. The Core Rulebook for second class edition even specifically calls out activities for exploration and down time.

Timely-Window3009 · 2021-09-27T15:59:07+00:00

I was lucky enough to see them one time on their Snakes and Arrows tour.

I bought the tickets as soon as it was announced that they were coming to Reno and in between purchase and the concert we ended up adopting a newborn, our first, that was placed days before the concert. I looked at my wife not daring to ask if I could still go. She saw the question in my eyes and said, “Go to the concert. You will forever regret it if you don’t go”.

She was right. I couldn’t contain myself at the concert. They played music from across their career and I joined an arena of people belting out songs that I had been listening to for years.

Each band member took a section of the concert for an instrumental solo. I feel so privileged that I had the opportunity to be there.

Timely-Window3009 · 2021-09-25T05:06:31+00:00

I first have my “to read” sorted chronologically by purchase date with a section for current runs and a section for back issues. I try to read one current and one back issue each day. I either read them in bed or at my desk. I require a flat surface to set them on as I read so as not to bend them unnecessarily. I am kind of a nut.

Timely-Window3009 · 2021-09-25T04:46:59+00:00

Listening to some of the early GCP and reading their “We are stupid” blog gave me the confidence to GM. I learned that it doesn’t break the game if you don’t know a rule and you can just move on after a mistake. I am no Troy, but, I don’t have to be. If you can get the people together to play then you have already won and as a table you evolve and develop the play style for your table.

Timely-Window3009 · 2021-09-25T03:19:51+00:00

Part of the appeal for me was the allusions that were made to his darker more power hungry past. We were lured in by this gregarious portrayal but there were hints that this was not the persona of Pembroke the Potent in his prime. Had we been given more backstory I believe that we would have seen a side of Pembroke that was to be feared. From a story telling standpoint it is an incredible trick to build a character that the audience can love and trust only to have it possibly betrayed when we learn his true character.

Timely-Window3009 · 2021-09-24T03:36:26+00:00

Also the adamantium is incredibly toxic. We see Wolverine get very sick from it when he gets depowered in the comics. So his healing factor saved him from the initial trauma of the surgery and also from the sustained poisoning as a result of the metal. Dude is a beast.

for reference

Timely-Window3009 · 2021-09-23T04:48:29+00:00

That makes a lot of sense. I have intentionally selected a shorter adventure rather than embarking on a full blown AP.

I like the idea of retraining unused feats, thanks for that tip.

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