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My biases are absolutely towards light prep and more improv, for sure. Some of my arguments here are certainly derived from my general...

"Attraction to strict curation is a GMing weakness" is what I said, which is subtly different. And yes, if your impulse is to take a...

They have interest in character building, or narrative building, which is why they push back when their tools are restricted.

I would agree with that, which is why it's certainly fortunate I do all of those recommendations. There is an enormous amount of...

They did, actually. Using recognizable D&D names like Mephistopheles made them feel more of a connection to the game. It's pretty...

G The quickest ways to drive me from the campaign is to show nothing the PCs do matter! When I DM, one of the things I like most is...

That is true, that is something we do differently. I'm assuming you feel your way of communication is better? :)

It matters to me. And I've already explained why I think it should matter to "Generic GM reading this thread." And again, different...

There are a ton of players who want games where they don't have authorship responsibilities. I won't deny that. I'm glad you found a...

And most of the time, those settings are permissive enough to allow most ideas though. Ever notice most published settings are still...

I think that really depends on the situation. My main group is a group of guys who have been playing together for 20-40+ years, with...

I believe it to be the better way, but you have no reason to agree with me unless I convince you. That's the point of discussing...

I don't think it has to be a weakness. It can be a weakness, for example a beginning DM might want to keep things more narrow...

I think tightly curated settings are great fun. But if the players aren't interested, then it's the concept that goes away, not the...

I have every published setting connected in a loose multiplayer framework precisely to alleviate those kinds of concern. There's plenty...