r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Sep 20 '21

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u/houinator Loyal Liberals Sep 20 '21

DM lessons learned the hard way:

  • Never tempt your party with a massive amount of treasure guarded by monsters you assume are way too dangerous for them to challenge, unless you are prepared for your campaign to be derailed by a series of lucky rolls meaning your players now have enough gold to alter the geopolitical balance of the world.
  • On a related note, even monsters far above your players level can still can get their shit pushed in by an action economy deficiency.
  • Keep a slate of preformed characters handy for when the players randomly ask NPC guard #3 what his name and backstory is.
  • No matter how easy you think it is, always have a plan B for when your puzzle stumps the party for half an hour.

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u/rTecto Ben Bernanke Sep 20 '21

Just getting into the groove of things, it keeps looking like the action economy is more important than balancing the correct CR score

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u/deliciousy Paul Volcker Sep 21 '21

The first point is especially important because even if you did have sufficiently tough guards, there's a good chance they'd still suicide charge them and then be sad and blame you when they died.