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At which point it becomes the Dungeon Master
by ycombinete 3y ago
At which point it becomes the Dungeon Master
- pavel_lishin 3y agoFunny joke and not inaccurate, but as a regular Dungeon Master, there have definitely been times where I'll say I don't know! For example: - "Sorry, I'm not sure right now how that class feature would work in this situation. For now, let's assume it works like X so we don't have to bog down the session to google the answers or scour the books, and I'll take the time to look it up later and make sure we do the correct thing going forward." - "You know what, I actually don't know what happens in this kingdom if the king is incapacitated, but still alive, I didn't think to prepare for that scenario! Um, roll me a history check, and if you get a 15 or higher, then you'll have heard of this happening before, and you tell us what happens!" - "Ok friends, I didn't expect you to just go north into the woods and build a raft to cross the river. I literally have nothing prepared for this scenario, so instead of me making up something bad, let's call the session for now, and I'll prepare something that I know will be fun for next time."
- ycombinete 3y agoMy dungeon master has done similar things in the past. I do love finding out, after a campaign, that a favourite npc or room was made up on the fly after we did something unexpected though! I especially like your second example. Rule of cool + added space for role play.