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Re:The unlikely resurgence of Dungeons and Dragons by docker_up on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @10:49AM (#18865613)
Isn't #2 solved by a good Dungeon Master? The DM should be able to take control of the game so that players aren't just going around killing orc babies. "In the distance, you see a group of 1000 orc parents coming searching for the killers of their babies..."
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Re:The unlikely resurgence of Dungeons and Dragons by projectramo on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @12:05PM (#18866417)
I don't like too much explicit intervention by the DM.

Part of it has to feel like the player to feel like there are fair predictable rules that the game adheres to. Yes, the DM has to step in to make sure the game feels good, but the extra work to combat game mechanics doesn't feel like a good use of the DM's time.

Your solution is a good, creative one but I don't like that poor mechanics got us here.

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