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How can one "foster a spirit of sincerity and co-operation" when one is secretly modifying the rules whenever one feels like doing so...

Players, both good and mediocre, are pretty definitively restrained by both the written rules of D&D and the DM’s power within the game...

[Edit: Please ignore this post. Accidentally double-posted an old, incomplete draft because I was closing tabs and thought I'd failed to...

With respect, social science folks are very clever, and can extract data from what looks like anecdotes. But, also, yes - social...

My point is that rules are by far one of the most effective tools for helping GMs identify where their skills are mediocre to poor and...

And how exactly do the players communicate this when the GM is beholden to no one and especially not to the players?

That's not what you said. You said: "The group jives with that judgment until they cannot. [...] I realize some DMs are really bad and...

It's not the playstyle. It's the claim that you made there and elsewhere: Either you perfectly trust the GM, never having even the...

It's completely possible to play any version of D&D without that. In no way does that mean you are "leaving D&D". Hell, I'd even argue...

If the DM is reality, how can they ever be wrong? By definition, anything they say must be correct. Period. End of discussion. There...

Pot, I'd like to introduce you to my good friend, kettle.

Perhaps. Yes. Unwritten rules are an invisible spider's web trapping me in place. Written rules are a known structure I can climb on...

You're gonna have a real, real rough go of getting anyone talking about "system" in the usual sense to accept that "GM making up...

I have repeatedly given examples, in this very thread, where I spoke about GMs who simply screwed up on something, or did something I...

I really don't think they ARE that rare--or, at least, merely "pretty mediocre" GMs are not nearly that rare. And "pretty mediocre" GM...