Comments on: DM Chronicle: Session 5, Alien Feys & Whiskered Pirates, Part 1

By: ChattyDM

ChattyDM — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:14:12 +0000

@Shilling: Yes, agreed. In hindsight and with the added experience since I played this adventure, it seems a no brainer to harness Franky’s expectations into how the ship would look like and interact with the rest of the party.

Enjoy diggging in the archives.

By: Shilling

Shilling — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 04:06:47 +0000

An old post I know, but I thought I would point out the rule of “things earned are sweeter than things given for free”.

The ship turned up, as if the fey knew what to expect and were ready to give it to them. Players want to -earn- each piece in their puzzle.

‘Museum piece’ is a good analogy though.

Awesome articles, still catching up!

By: Vampir

Vampir — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:34:05 +0000

I have to admit, when reading the log I had the same reaction as Franky did…

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By: Scott M

Scott M — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:38:57 +0000

That’s a frustrating situation– just wrong enough to throw things off. It sounds like no one had problem with the overall concept, which makes the procedural problem even more annoying.

Hope that you were able to bounce back; I know I’ve had entire sessions go strange after the collision of diverging ideas.

By: ChattyDM

ChattyDM — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:43:29 +0000

@Michael, Thanks for the kudos man. I’m happy that you like them.

At the time I was playing this, I only knew that something was going wrong and didn’t yet know what to do. In Part 2 tomorrow you’ll see how we finally dealt with it.

Thanks for reading!

By: Michael M

Michael M — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 07:17:47 +0000

I love reading your game logs. You DM an awesome game, and with each analysis is a solid GMing tip that everyone can learn from. Thank you for these posts!

If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably been mulling on how to “recover” and have come up with something awesome by now! Keep up the Cool, Captain Chatty.