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I've been playing Dungeons and Dragons (v 3.5) on and off now for about 10 years. Although I consider myself a novice DM and prefer playing to refereeing, DMing is most of what I do these days. I've slowly been building up reputation here by almost exclusively asking the somewhat obvious questions easily cleared up by the sites more experienced players, and hope to someday be knowledgeable enough to start answering some. That will likely involve branching out into some new RPGs, be it Pathfinder, or one of the FATE systems. If you have a system you'd like to trumpet the merits of, feel free to convince me the next time we bump into each other in chat.


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asked How much detail should I include in medieval maps for players?
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accepted How can I create within-party intrigue without destroying group cohesion?
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comment How can I create within-party intrigue without destroying group cohesion?
This is the most thorough answer and incorporates aspects of all the responses I found helpful :) Best answer to you, Tynam!
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comment How can I create within-party intrigue without destroying group cohesion?
+1 for overall awesomeness of this answer :) You gave me the tips I was hoping for, as well as indications that it has worked well for you in the past.
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comment How can I create within-party intrigue without destroying group cohesion?
+1 for the suggestion of having the inter-party issue being secondary to the main story :)
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comment How can I create within-party intrigue without destroying group cohesion?
+1 for the concept of having open secrets and player buy-in. Yours is probably the "best" advice (and answers my original question in a way I hadn't considered), but I, like a fool, am going to try the "closed secrets model" based on the fact that the players have already bought in to a lot of note-passing during the average game, and some folks here have made some good suggestions as to how it might work :)
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comment How can I create within-party intrigue without destroying group cohesion?
I appreciate your observation that trying to artificially set up the factions is likely a bad idea - I will definitely avoid this, although I am too tempted to leave the within-party intrigue alone altogether, even if it does "screw" party cohesion. Let's just hope the damage isn't permanent ;)
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awarded  Nice Question
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asked How can I create within-party intrigue without destroying group cohesion?
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comment Balancing a party of mixed CR monster characters
I have no idea what the answer is to this one, but I am similarly interested in finding out. Good question!
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comment Are there any good tabletop RPGs for young beginning players?
Thanks for making my post look pretty Pat! I need to play around with the buttons to figure out how to do this soon...
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comment Does a creature with a 10 ft reach due to giant size still only get a 5 ft step?
Thanks for your patience in answering this, Pellanor :) I "improvised" this rule without any books handy (or resulting TPK) the other night but have been second-guessing my decision. As you state, however, the players may be able to use it to their advantage as well ...