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The GM has more power than the players do, even in the most player-friendly of games. These rules are here to prevent an imbalance of power.

Failing a saving throw can get you killed, but we accept those, and that's about as permanent a removal of character volition as you can...

It is, however, when you consistently use strawmen and bad examples to prove your point. I don't even care if you don't actually...

Presumably the GM formed the view that the cook makes sense, or else they wouldn't narrate a cook!

That's also not how it works. OK, do you know the term whump as used in fanfic? If not, it's basically how some (many) fanfic writers...

You seem to be mistaken. I am not talking about extending infinite charity to players. I am talking about giving a charitable...

I don't see an issue with a bit of wish fulfillment and playing out the fantasy of a character that is in control of they body when...

Fair enough, I suppose, but I don't really get the issue. Like, to turn this around the other way: The books themselves for...

Well, possibly because every single time anyone answers your unending stream of questions, you refuse to accept any answers and then...

But, the dice tell you how well you attack. The dice tell you whether or not you know something. You're saying that what your wizard...

The thing is, you're assuming none of us HAVE played with DM's like what the other side claims as priorities. Heck, I used to BE a DM...

And yet, you have zero problem with dice determining every single other element of the game. It tells you how good a warrior you are...

Ugh. The worst of all worlds. The only way I can convince an NPC is if I game the DM and hope that whatever reading I have of the DM...

I curse the name of the person that taught you what a Red Herring is. No, because on a success, the thief was quiet enough to not draw...

No. As it was my game, I'm going to explain it to you. I already have done that, but I know this is a long thread with many different...