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<blockquote data-quote="doctorbadwolf" data-source="post: 7298776" data-attributes="member: 6704184"><p>IMO, those two statements are 100% incompatible. If he has more control, the reasoning behind his decisions are more open to review and expectation of explanation. THe DM's word is only absolute during a session. Outside that, the players absolutely and without exception have the right to expect explanation for any given decision, if they ask. "I don't want to" may or may not be good enough. THat depends on the group, not commenters on the internet. Either way, though, it's a discussion with the group, not a matter of "The DM made his decision, no further discussion allowed." </p><p></p><p>The OP post may not show a DM that is being unreasonable in general, but the follow up posts by the OP surely do. The DM is being adversarial with a group that doesn't seem to want that, in a game that didn't start that way, with no player buy in for that change in tone. </p><p></p><p>The OP needs to have a group discussion about the problem in general. The rest is just the rest of us discussing how we run games and digging into the esoterica of GMing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="doctorbadwolf, post: 7298776, member: 6704184"] IMO, those two statements are 100% incompatible. If he has more control, the reasoning behind his decisions are more open to review and expectation of explanation. THe DM's word is only absolute during a session. Outside that, the players absolutely and without exception have the right to expect explanation for any given decision, if they ask. "I don't want to" may or may not be good enough. THat depends on the group, not commenters on the internet. Either way, though, it's a discussion with the group, not a matter of "The DM made his decision, no further discussion allowed." The OP post may not show a DM that is being unreasonable in general, but the follow up posts by the OP surely do. The DM is being adversarial with a group that doesn't seem to want that, in a game that didn't start that way, with no player buy in for that change in tone. The OP needs to have a group discussion about the problem in general. The rest is just the rest of us discussing how we run games and digging into the esoterica of GMing. [/QUOTE]
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