KnightOwl

How KnightOwl runs games

For me, player enjoyment comes before hardline Rules-As-Written. I have no complaints with bending the rules to facilitate a fun moment for the players, as ultimately we're all here to have a good time! Likewise, I like to reward players for creative and outside the box thinking, and have no issues with "letting it ride" if the players find an unexpected and clever solution to a problem they're facing. Ultimately, my approach to GMing is that the world in-game should react appropriately to the player's actions; If a difficult encounter can be made easier through the players' smart decisions, it can and should be permitted! In terms of roleplay vs combat, I lean more towards roleplay heavy games than combat heavy. That's not to say I lean away from combat - After all, I love to play strong and fighty-type characters when I'm a player! - Only that I like to fill those moments in-between dungeons and encounters with roleplay, to help tie characters to the setting around them and make the stakes feel all the more real for it. After all, a fight with orcs is just a fight with orcs, but a fight with orcs to protect the caravan of refugees behind you is a memorable moment. As such, I love to weave characters into the setting around them via roleplay, and always go out of my way to integrate their backstories into the campaign to further invest players in the adventure at hand!

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