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I think Tolkien was a massive influence but not the only one. Wargaming was a major influence too. The Dying Earth. Lots. I'm sure...

I think the burden is on the player and if no compromise can be reached then the player leaves or accepts the DMs decision. This is of...

I didn't say that about narrative games. I do think DMs should be upfront during the recruitment stage. I like to put out something...

I don't think even with elves it would be that big a deal. There really is an expectation amongst players of my playstyle that the DM...

OK? No sure what relevance the popularity of dragonborn has on this discussion. Like, at all. I like dragonborn fine, and I know you do...

I don't think so. Ptolus prepped for publication is 1000 pages but a DM could have that sort of knowledge without the level of written...

I think PbtA style games vs traditional games is an orthogonal discussion to simulationism. I lean toward the idea that the rules are...

I don't know how you do it so quickly. I think a lot of work done by DMs beyond the essentials is a labor of love. A DM can do a...

This seems to be an assumption. Some people enjoy DM curated campaign settings and value what those DMs do to make the game good for...

I think if you present your campaign idea up front and any good DM would in my playstyle then it is the player who is behaving badly if...

sorry for picking at this, but i just need to point out that there's no h in tiefling.

The word insistence doesn't strike me as a loose weak thing in the abstract. It comes across as a demand. Yeah I guess I just never...

The kinds of players I look for are those who want to be invested in the world. They ask questions about the world before they come up...

IMO pretty much the only real difference between them is how widely known they are, and given i know pretty much absolutely nothing...

I'm probably one of those that think building a detailed campaign world is the way to go. That doesn't mean that word isn't reusable...