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That in itself is sad, that everyone's expected to be and remain the same. You wouldn't want to play with a GM who actually made the...

Sure, but I'm replying to someone who wants to apply this idea of hard rules for GMs to D&D and similar games. I disagree.

It depends, too, on one's definition of 'awful' and how high one sets the bar. Some might think a DM is awful just because she...

Completely agree. It'll probably ruffle feathers to hear it put that way (not mine, of course; I dig it), but it takes a certain comfort...

What I've found over time is that the bad DMs and bad players often aren't the same people. I've seen bad players become good DMs and...

Honestly, I think the rulebooks for many TTRPGs (inc D&D) are so long, plus zillions of official supplements, that there's no way in...

Kinda like the Banker in Monopoly, but the Banker isn't responsible for managing a very big world.... Mostly just Broadway and Park...

A mix, and a lot of cases of published world with modified adventures, or homebrew world with published adventures. I use published...

Homebrew is my favourite part of the hobby, watching different ideas grow and develop through play. I do take premade stuff and adapt it...

I do a mix of both: however I often customize pre-made campaigns to suit my (and my players') tastes. I really hope some day of running...

Agreed. If I had to run or play just published adventures and settings I would leave active play.

All of that stuff, no matter what game it's found in, is IMO best presented as advice, not rules.

all it took was one search, Search for: GM (thread titles only: on), From: Hussar, and it was the only result

What do you call those discrete packages of mechanics that players use if not rules? I don't think there's a reasonable carve out here.

So, you create a new package of rules, but no actual new rules? How does that work - creating a new species can only rehash rules that...