Recent content by Broken Druid

On another thread, a difference of opinion came up about the responsibilities of the GM to his players. Not wanting to pull the thread to go off-topic, I thought I would start a new one. So, what do you see as the rights and responsibilities of the GM to the Players, and vice versa? Here's my...

Going back to reread the original post, I believe I should clarify one thing. I think the player is wrong if he is expecting to just pick up exactly where they left off. Requesting a ring with a contingency spell of Raise Dead is one thing. Expecting a ring with a contingency spell of True Res...

Wrong. The DM ALWAYS has a duty to the players. However, the reverse is also true. The players have a duty to the DM. This is known as cooperation, and is very important to the health of a gaming group's dynamics. The player has fulfilled his side of the tacit contract. He has come to the DM...

Quote: Originally Posted by Elf Witch No you don't. Not really deep down you feel it is the wrong way to play. Quote: Originally Posted by WaterBob There you go again, thinking you know someone else better than they know themselves. You've got a nasty habit of that. Third time I've seen you...

You know what? I must beg to differ with you. Nowadays, chivalry is just one facet of common courtesy. And in my view, people who deliberately disregard good manners by saying they are avoiding sexist behavior are just self-centered, self-indulgent people with no understanding of the importance...

While I would not necessarily have called this misogynistic, I would certainly label it chauvinistic. I am all for courtesy, and while you showed courtesy to the husband, you showed a great deal of disrespect for the wife. Why would you exclude the wife in what you believed was such an important...

It seems this thread has gotten off-topic, and it is such an interesting one, I would like to see itget back on track. I have to assume that this problem is not unique to my game. Since it continually rears its ugly head time and again I have decided to type up and distribute a handout, which...

My suggestion is to write out a summary of how law works, how the social classes are structured and how they interact, what the commonly-held view is of magic-users, clerics and adventurers.

<sigh> Your attention, please. This is the DM speaking. Yes, the issue IS players not being able to separate themselves from their characters. But, here is the twist on that. Although I have, time and again, harped on the difference of the gameworld mindset, I have one player who consistently...

Hi. I am Elfwitch's DM. And I thought I'd just jump in here a minute about the contract between DM and Players, role playing and in-game consequences. First of all, I will cede that the game is a fictional work in progress and that the players are writing the story. However, they are writing...

Gods, I hate hearing that excuse, both as a player and as a DM. I have always looked upon alignment as a way to put an initial handle on a character and its motivations. As the game progresses and the player begins to develop their character, the whole alignment issue should become...

Gawds, can you imagine them taking over the community blood bank? Taking over several people and going out to malls and churches and movieplexes in the bloodmobiles? The donors check in, but they never check out.

Alignment really has nothing to do with the players, except as a jumping off point at the beginning of the game. After that point it is the DM's job to determine if the player is actually staying within the alignment or evolving into a different alignment. Whether or not (s)he informs the player...

I consider myself a true role-player, but the whole point of the game is for everyone at the table to have fun. Bringing back someone from the dead is a large use of party resources, and therefor should be a party decision. I agree that the GM should stay out of the decision, but the majority of...