u/GloriousSchemerWu

Why are like 95% of NWN DM events combat?

This is something Ive noticed across a bunch of PWs. A DM shows up, something happens, and sooner or later it turns into "go there, fight waves of shit, fight sum boss, go home"

I don't even dislike combat. I just don't get why it seems to be the default structure for almost every event. I get that NWN is mostly combat, let's not kid ourselves but it isn't ONLY it.

Where are the investigations, political stuff, social events, scams, trials, expeditions, weird mysteries, negotiations, disasters (outside of "world ending threat of the week"), competitions, personal stories etc? Stuff where characters can matter because of who they are rather than how good their build is.

Is this mainly because NWN makes combat much easier to run for a group or is there something about PW culture that pushes DMs toward it?

DMs especially, I'm curious how you see it.

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u/GloriousSchemerWu — 5 days ago