Timeline for What are some good sources for combat tactics for a GM to use?
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| Jul 18, 2012 at 8:20 | comment | added | Sardathrion - against SE abuse | -1 for fun is secondary for the GM, +1 for an otherwise good answer. | |
| Jul 18, 2012 at 3:56 | comment | added | Corey | Thanks for the great writeup! You've given lots of food for thought. I definitely need to learn to use weather and terrain to better effect. To be clear, I'm not trying to kill my players-- far from it-- but rather to make sure that their opponents are worthy matches, to really test and exercise their aptitude for strategy. Bringing a brilliant strategy to bear against a bunch of disorganized brutes doesn't seem like it would be fun for long. Essentially, they're playing chess and the monsters are playing checkers. I just want to balance the field. | |
| Jul 18, 2012 at 3:19 | history | edited | SevenSidedDie | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 17, 2012 at 19:46 | comment | added | GregRos | On a more serious note, remember that the purpose of the game is not to roll dice fairly. The purpose of the game is to have fun, and to tell a good story. The dice don't decide what's a good story. That's your job. They may well result in something that's completely not a good story. Now, because the game does have rules, obviously fudging all your rolls is a bad idea. And if a GM actually likes it, I'd run like hell. All the suggestions above are to be taken in moderation, when appropriate. Oh, I think this is obvious, but if anyone finds out you fudged dice rolls, you lose. | |
| Jul 17, 2012 at 19:42 | comment | added | GregRos | I should hope no one uses all of them. A large, complicated assortment of powerful enemies encountered in a pitch black lava lake with deadly traps and poisonous gas... is an experience for which the word 'play' is inappropriate. 'Suffer' might be better. Or possible, 'incredulity'. | |
| Jul 17, 2012 at 19:14 | comment | added | EvilAmarant7x | The only thing I disagree with is your last suggestion. Let the dice fall where they may, don't fudge the rolls. If you expect the players to roll honestly, so should you. It's easy to make the players lives miserable. Games with DMs who love to do that easily fall in the category of 'Wish I didn't play'. Take some of the suggestions above but please don't use all of them. | |
| Jul 17, 2012 at 16:12 | history | edited | GregRos | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jul 17, 2012 at 16:06 | history | answered | GregRos | CC BY-SA 3.0 |