@Jason Lee I.....can't say I've ever had to fight a whale in an RPG before....

@Jason Lee You prevailed to fight another day!

@Stevie Deal

@Jason Lee Awesome! And I still haven't played Darksun. Probably because I grew up in Europe, it didn't make as much of a splash there..

@Ryan Childs Word!

@Ryan Childs Yeah, I feel Delta Force didn't really stick to that advice 🤣

@Jason Lee When I started out as a GM (let's face it, I was 12), I ran the module exactly as written, and my autistic mind got very disturbed if the players acted in ways they "weren't supposed to" (i.e. in some way the writers had not expected). Over the years, of course, I've realized that no writer can predict all player behaviours or reactions, and to give players agency, I can't be *that* stuck to the script, so now I always alter the modules to fit the player group to some extent. It's probably something all GMs do?

@Ryan Childs Yeah, that's my preference, too. I do feel stressed when I have to write my own material from scratch or from a one-paragraph plot-hook. I do better with it now than I did when I had less experience, but it's still outside my comfort zone. My favourite mode is when I can take a pre-written sourcebook and just line up the plot twists in an order I feel works for the present group and just lean back like an orchestra director an introduce them at the perfect moment for maximum effect. I love that zone.

@Jason Lee Let's GOOO!!!!

@Stevie Deal Did the fiancé get eaten? Sacrificed?