D&D General The DM is Not a Player; and Hot Topic is Not Punk Rock

[DemoMonkey]

English is the Voltron of languages.

 

[EzekielRaiden]

Actually "disinterested" works just fine, so long as you realize it's not a synonym for "uninterested."

Yeah, about that...

 

[prabe]

English is the Voltron of languages.

More like the Borg, I think.

"We will absorb your linguistic distinctiveness into our own ..."

 

[Mistwell]

Hot Topic is what remains of Punk Rock.​

 

[prabe]

Yeah, about that...

Not gonna argue, but source for that? I mean, this might be an error that's been perpetuated for centuries (like using "comprise" to mean "compose") or it just be English being English.

 

[DemoMonkey]

"We will absorb your linguistic distinctiveness into our own ..."

Resistance is (loan word french futile or latin futilis).

 

[Weiley31]

It's funny that this entire argument is resolved with capitalization.

A DM is playing the D&D game. They play a game, so they are a player.

The DM does not have a Player Character. So as DM, they are not a Player.

Is a DM a player? Yes. Is a DM a Player? No.






...I may have hit peak pedantry...

No you've hit Enlightenment as a Monk.

 

[EzekielRaiden]

Insouciant? Nonchalant? Fatalist? Deist?

What's a good word for someone interested in establishing and observing a situations progress, but not invested in a particular outcome?

My preference would be "unbiased." The DM is a participant, they run the opposition, but they do so (ideally) without favoritism or unreasonable requirements for anyone involved. An unbiased participant can still inject things and be a dynamic, active element that has personal interests and wants to see them fulfilled. They just fulfill those interests without impinging on the reasonably-expected capacities of anyone involved.

 

[Weiley31]

Insouciant? Nonchalant? Fatalist? Deist?

What's a good word for someone interested in establishing and observing a situations progress, but not invested in a particular outcome?

Deist.

 

[prabe]

Deist.

More like the God the Deists believed in.