Comments on: My Biggest Mistakes: A slip of the tongue http://www.campaignmastery.com/blog/a-slip-of-the-tongue/ Expert tips and how-to's on every aspect of creating and running exceptional campaigns. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:01:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=3300 hourly 1 By: Mike http://www.campaignmastery.com/blog/a-slip-of-the-tongue/comment-page-1/#comment-1945 Mike Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:04:34 +0000 http://www.campaignmastery.com/blog/?p=993#comment-1945 I agree completely, Bilzo, but it's still better to learn from others how not to make these mistakes in the first place! I agree completely, Bilzo, but it’s still better to learn from others how not to make these mistakes in the first place!

]]> By: Bilzo http://www.campaignmastery.com/blog/a-slip-of-the-tongue/comment-page-1/#comment-1942 Bilzo Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:07:41 +0000 http://www.campaignmastery.com/blog/?p=993#comment-1942 Well the longer and more complex a campaign is, the more chance there will be for mistakes - and the bigger those mistakes can become. I think the key is not to be too worried about making a mistake, since it's only natural, but rather to ensure that the recovery is logical and swift. The players will forgive most mistakes so long as they are rectified in a way that makes sense and keeps the game flowing! Well the longer and more complex a campaign is, the more chance there will be for mistakes – and the bigger those mistakes can become. I think the key is not to be too worried about making a mistake, since it’s only natural, but rather to ensure that the recovery is logical and swift. The players will forgive most mistakes so long as they are rectified in a way that makes sense and keeps the game flowing!

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]]> By: Caen http://www.campaignmastery.com/blog/a-slip-of-the-tongue/comment-page-1/#comment-1075 Caen Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:54:48 +0000 http://www.campaignmastery.com/blog/?p=993#comment-1075 Mine was a real clanger of a mistake in my 10-year long fantasy campaign... I had set-up the party to be a band of heroes returning to 'save the world' after 900 years in limbo. Since they had been gone so long, but were rumoured to one day return, the heroes became known after their disappearance as "The Sleeping Swords"... The characters reurned with amnesia, so they had to piece together who they were, what had happened to them etc. Some time into the campaign, they managed to find their old war banner, which they had once carried into battle. I had a nice illustration of the banner, which bore the name "The Sleeping Swords"... And then one of my players asked, if it was only after they had disappeared that the group had became known as The Sleeping Swords, why was that name emblazoned on the banner they had carried while around in the first place... Ooooops.... Mine was a real clanger of a mistake in my 10-year long fantasy campaign…

I had set-up the party to be a band of heroes returning to ’save the world’ after 900 years in limbo. Since they had been gone so long, but were rumoured to one day return, the heroes became known after their disappearance as “The Sleeping Swords”…

The characters reurned with amnesia, so they had to piece together who they were, what had happened to them etc. Some time into the campaign, they managed to find their old war banner, which they had once carried into battle.

I had a nice illustration of the banner, which bore the name “The Sleeping Swords”…

And then one of my players asked, if it was only after they had disappeared that the group had became known as The Sleeping Swords, why was that name emblazoned on the banner they had carried while around in the first place…

Ooooops….

]]> By: Ameron http://www.campaignmastery.com/blog/a-slip-of-the-tongue/comment-page-1/#comment-1044 Ameron Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:03:08 +0000 http://www.campaignmastery.com/blog/?p=993#comment-1044 My most memorable slip of the tongue was when I (accurately) referred to my NPC as a drow. Months earlier he’d been welcomed into the party and kept his true identity and motives hidden through magic. All that planning and infiltration wasted because I had to call him drow instead of by his name. My guys never let me forget that one. .-= Ameron´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DungeonsMaster/~3/6A3ls65mdxE/">Respect Your Faithful Servant Or Else…</a> =-. My most memorable slip of the tongue was when I (accurately) referred to my NPC as a drow. Months earlier he’d been welcomed into the party and kept his true identity and motives hidden through magic. All that planning and infiltration wasted because I had to call him drow instead of by his name. My guys never let me forget that one.
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