tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post8671572819281517736..comments2023-10-14T03:58:59.333-06:00Comments on The Tao of D&D: Setting the SceneAlexis Smolenskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-6898167978086900992014-09-25T07:38:43.453-06:002014-09-25T07:38:43.453-06:00Then you'll just have to remind me every day, ...Then you'll just have to remind me every day, Scarbrow. :)<br /><br />Careful, that's just the sort of thing that started the sycophant rumour in the first place.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-19118937877474782472014-09-25T01:39:02.255-06:002014-09-25T01:39:02.255-06:00I join the chorus. More, please.
With this kind ...I join the chorus. More, please. <br /><br />With this kind of posts, you teach us how to be better storytellers, better writers, better... I don't know. But better. I sometimes think you're so out of the league of confused, inexpert DMs that you forget how much can be learned from these examples. So, more, please. Scarbrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14354844943665937610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-27808906333123223332014-09-24T21:38:44.591-06:002014-09-24T21:38:44.591-06:00I noticed the absence in these in the portion of H...I noticed the absence in these in the portion of How to Run that I have finished, and I'm glad you wrote this post.<br /><br />I will attempt to generalize the portion of the advice given here that deals with NPC actions and portrayals. Please tell me if I am off the mark.<br /><br />"Once you know what has happened to the NPCs, consider how they would feel and act if the player party was in no way present. Think about their emotions and their resources, and most importantly think about them as real people, not robots with a script. Then have them be going about their business in these ways when the party becomes involved."Maxwell Joslynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02309867478186083339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-49474441510738300482014-09-24T19:14:13.327-06:002014-09-24T19:14:13.327-06:00Amazing. Thank you.Amazing. Thank you.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03496502173819113887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-70348736279754756142014-09-24T09:45:20.527-06:002014-09-24T09:45:20.527-06:00Thank you, thank you, thank you. Exactly the type ...Thank you, thank you, thank you. Exactly the type of stuff I was hoping to read. I know for a fact that I am very guilty of using the ill-forged plot devices you discuss. My issue was always that I knew I was using them, but I didn't know any other way to move the story along. . . this will be very helpful. More, please!VeronaKidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15468008554680895487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-26234869768801994132014-09-24T09:29:39.850-06:002014-09-24T09:29:39.850-06:00Alexis,
Thanks for this - I'm guilty of using...Alexis,<br /><br />Thanks for this - I'm guilty of using many of the bad methods you mentioned, without knowing WHY they are bad, nor knowing what to do about it.<br /><br />I think you got your point across very well.<br /><br />EricZrog (ESR)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09610162200721944106noreply@blogger.com