So says Friend Computer.
Thank you! This is something that many people forget, both players and DMs.
Wait, they don’t use magic items!? What the actual fuck? Of course it’ll be hard if half the party literally can’t hurt it!
Nice! I had a 3.5 campaign I was running once where one of the major plot points was going to be a guy who was cloning Tarrasques and experimenting on them, but the game fizzled out because of me falling down on the job.
Arrgh! You and your wonderful cliffhangers!!!
Funny you should mention dragging a door, some friends and I managed to manifest a magical cart under some huge adamantine doors so we could cart them away. It was lovely.
I have several, but my favorite is probably “I am this group’s current resident expert on whatever the hell that thing is!”
I once named a kobold meant to be a throwaway NPC “Mint.” I panicked. He ended up following the party as a member for the rest of the game.
Talk with your players if someone’s unhappy. Don’t be afraid to go meta to talk about things that are causing problems, including for yourself. Seriously, communication can solve so many problems. I was able to stop a player from needing to leave the game by cutting a subplot that was really upsetting him, and was able to reassure another player twice about some things that were triggering them.
Indeed it is. It’s what I’m running at the moment.