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I think a writing course spread out over weeks would be far more valuable to me. Not just better retention but also time for the ideas...
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I don't think curation of options is particularly related to broader playstyle questions. I personally tend to favor curating the list...
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Okay. I've seen some pretty extreme positions about that sort thing before, so I wasn't going to assume you weren't more of the same.
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Well, if a GM just says "oh there are trees and whatever you players want to make up on a whim" it won't even be a setting, much less of...
Jul 21, 2025
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I have not read the defenses of absolute power to mean that the DM must have everything determined in advance. Just that they can.
Jul 21, 2025
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You answered "no", and then proceeded to explain to me, "but actually yes".
Jul 21, 2025
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How much of a spectator are we in the real world? I don't need reality-altering powers to have player agency.
Jul 21, 2025
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Yay! Is this supposed to be a bad thing?
Jul 21, 2025
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There is a difference between "the traditional GM must have everything determined" and "the traditional GM can limit choices in...
Jul 20, 2025
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Reasons for a DM not to allow tieflings Fiends don't exist in this campaign world. No fiends, no tieflings. Fiends do exist and they...
Jul 20, 2025
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That's not what I'm taking from their posts. They tell us what they like, what they do, how they play, and not how everyone else must...
Jul 20, 2025
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Why put everything to such extremes? The DM doesn't have to know everything, she just has to know if tieflings are part of her campaign...
Jul 20, 2025
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Hmm? There is nothing wrong in the abstract about changing the world to accommodate player ideas. I've run fun games with more...
Jul 20, 2025
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Yeah, I'd also be fine with that. The character's family, a small village, some minor cultural elements, seem all good to me, because...
Jul 20, 2025
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This is what I look for in a game. I'd much prefer this to the DM changing their setting to accommodate me. This sounds delightful and...
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