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Who Is Ellen - 140 - HD

🕑 Added 2023-06-10 03:00:03 +0000 UTC

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Man, Erfworld. Now that's a name I've not heard in a long time. Not since they decided to switch to posting it as basically a light novel and I completely lost track of the plot.

Daryl Sawyer

I first saw the phrase "rocks fall, everyone dies" in "Knights of the Dinner Table".

David Howe

But then there were... stairs....

Some Ed

Erfworld was all references to something. Rocks fall; everyone dies is from decades ago. So long I even forget exactly what it was referring to. I remember it was an infamous D&D campaign with a very frustrated DM and infamous players, but I don't remember their campaign, now they tested the DM's limits, and all that stuff. But rocks did fall, and everyone did die.

Some Ed

And if you *do* decide to just let the players' plan simply work, still roll a die behind the DM screen so they have some plausible bases for the belief that it was decided by the dice not the DM. Otherwise your power gamers will get the idea they can game the DM, and the rest will feel let down, possibly even overly coddled. The original story may have been of similar vintage to Eric vs. the Gazebo. I like the versions where the gazebo wins. However, it's my understanding the honest version simply had Eric losing.

Windscion

Ah yes, Battle of Gobwin Knob.

Stephen Gilberg

At least it's not "Rocks fall; everyone dies."

M.

I think this is Ellen being a good DM. Failure or success isn't usually something that the DM (or players) should just decide - it should be the result of the characters' actions (PC or NPC) and the roll of the dice. And lucky or unlucky rolls make for a much better story later than "I said I did this thing and it worked". :)