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Ask around the thieves guild to figure out when McBribe is on duty.

Ask around? its not like that's liable to be a big secret if its at all extensive; word gets around.

I don't either, but the more opportunities to do so, the worse the experience is going to be in some cases, and I don't see any reason...

Then we don't have much to say about it. "To those for whom much is given, much is expected." That applies to power and control as much...

A couple of things here: 1. One can very much argue that if he's that skilled, 7th level in most F20 games is not exactly a sign of it...

I'll accept that, but far as I can tell, often the most glaring parts of rules are not the parts liable to be visible when hidden behind...

As I've said before, if I had to trust the judgment of my GMs unlimitedly, I'd never play at all. I don't trust anyone's judgement that...

If someone has more power, we expect more of them. As I said, when a player has the routine ability to make things bad for one or more...

Most "rulings not rules" fans are excluding so much I find it hard to be charitable in assuming its just a subset of areas they don't...

This is very much the way it tended to work in MUSHes, too. And this.

Eh, the sort of things a computer game is going to actually bake into the mechanics don't seem any less applicable there than on...

And I'm back to saying that if, for the most part, it doesn't, you're either using the wrong system or have a group that wants to...

Not in mine. Its an occasional necessary evil, but if I have to do it frequently, as far as I'm concerned the game system isn't doing...

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...

I understand the position--but to be real blunt, I'll take the one that seems likely to get the job done more frequently, and expecting...