Comments on: Be Thorough But Flexible http://www.keyourcars.com/2009/12/16/be-thorough-but-flexible/ What are you going to do next?! Thu, 22 Jul 2010 23:48:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Dennis http://www.keyourcars.com/2009/12/16/be-thorough-but-flexible/comment-page-1/#comment-371 Dennis Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:28:00 +0000 http://www.keyourcars.com/?p=3328#comment-371 Which can work of course but realistically more than once? I've certainly Geas'd in my years of DM'ing but I dislike Deus Ex Machina twists to save a group. There's only so many wandering healers days or weeks from any civilization. I might if pressed go so far as to toss in a History check, "You remember tales of a witch, driven out of her village that inhabits a cave in the area. Although branded evil she is reputed to have great powers over life and death and those powers were the only reason she was driven away rather than killed outright." and then create a moral quandary with the group about 'dealing with evil to do good'. Which can work of course but realistically more than once? I’ve certainly Geas’d in my years of DM’ing but I dislike Deus Ex Machina twists to save a group. There’s only so many wandering healers days or weeks from any civilization. I might if pressed go so far as to toss in a History check, “You remember tales of a witch, driven out of her village that inhabits a cave in the area. Although branded evil she is reputed to have great powers over life and death and those powers were the only reason she was driven away rather than killed outright.” and then create a moral quandary with the group about ‘dealing with evil to do good’.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.keyourcars.com/2009/12/16/be-thorough-but-flexible/comment-page-1/#comment-370 Anonymous Fri, 18 Dec 2009 15:02:36 +0000 http://www.keyourcars.com/?p=3328#comment-370 'Do you sink to the level of “A wandering healer comes across the scene and agrees to resurrect the poor man if only you’ll go fetch him 10 belts from the orc tribes in the next canyon.”?' No, of course not! Let your PLAYERS do the sinking. 'A wandering healer of Tiamat comes across the scene, and agrees to resurrect the poor man if only you’ll agree to be branded with the Mark of the Fivefold Mother, which entitles the Church of Tiamat to one (1) favor within the next year and a day. Whatd'yasay?' ‘Do you sink to the level of “A wandering healer comes across the scene and agrees to resurrect the poor man if only you’ll go fetch him 10 belts from the orc tribes in the next canyon.”?’

No, of course not! Let your PLAYERS do the sinking. ‘A wandering healer of Tiamat comes across the scene, and agrees to resurrect the poor man if only you’ll agree to be branded with the Mark of the Fivefold Mother, which entitles the Church of Tiamat to one (1) favor within the next year and a day. Whatd’yasay?’

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