The Thayan Menace
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I recently coined a new term to describe DMs who were too wrapped up in their own personal power-trip to appreciate the needs of their players, specifically ...
The Rick James School of DMing: This is a gaming method that serves to glorify the personal vision of the DM at the expense of the PCs. It is an authoritarian roleplaying style that is excessively arbitrary in nature and is specifically designed to take away control from players (a.k.a. "railroading"). The message of this technique is very clear: the DM is God, and the players are there to bask in His glory or be destroyed at His whim.
I even made a poster to commemorate the addition of this new gem to the D&D geek lexicon (see attached).
The Rick James School of DMing: This is a gaming method that serves to glorify the personal vision of the DM at the expense of the PCs. It is an authoritarian roleplaying style that is excessively arbitrary in nature and is specifically designed to take away control from players (a.k.a. "railroading"). The message of this technique is very clear: the DM is God, and the players are there to bask in His glory or be destroyed at His whim.
I even made a poster to commemorate the addition of this new gem to the D&D geek lexicon (see attached).
Enjoy, and feel free to tell me what you think!
It's a celebration ....
It's a celebration ....
