Christoph Tiemann <tiemach@UNI-MUENSTER.DE> wrote at 02-09-11 05.14:

> That most rumors in D&D tend to be true (in stark contrast to RL) may have to
> do with the fact that it`s already hard enough to come up with a good
> adventure idea. Wasting an idea with potential on a red herring is something
> most DMs would rather avoid.

For me, this is also an important part of the fantasy genre. First, you hear
stories of the bad monster of the woods - then, almost inevitably, you
encounter it.

I like it. It makes the world seem fantastic. It is a sort of foreshadowing
that everyone was doing, way before Hollywood overused it.

/Carl

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