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Ok, sure, but how do you make this decision? If it's "in the moment" is it whim? Feels right? What are you bringing to bear to figure...

Protagonism is just a word. Forget about the narrative cooties and instead look at what's being said. Is every NPC meant to be played...

I don't think that needs to be the case at all. I've done this plenty of times in the past, and I don't think it's every been an issue...

To make it clear, I don't expect rules to substitute for accountability; I expect them to make it less frequently necessary in the first...

This is kind of an important side-issue here; its not like play errors that cause problems are limited to GMs. Its just that in trad...

No. At some point we just expect that the occasional failures of process are part of the biz. That's not a trust issue, that's a...

So, it's not about forcing anyone - it's about choosing to play with people (including other players) who embrace accountability, want...

I've said how. To be clear, I'm not talking about the sandbox/railroad issue here; I mentioned earlier in the thread I think Ezekial's...

We were all mediocre DMs once. When we started, and we didn’t know what we were doing, and our pacing was bad, etc. Those are the...

I think there's something to this, but its also good to understand that people are often really bad at expressing expectations. That's...

That's your choice, but you don't have to imply or state that people who do are only doing so because they expect their GMs to be...

My point it, sometimes the solution to problems is not to go elsewhere but to fix the one you're with. There's nothing about "The only...

I do not think there's a mediocre referee problem. I think there's an undue burden because we put it on referees to align players'...

And again, semantically loaded. Which is usually the point in hyperbole.

What do you think hyperbole is?