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Well, yea, that's just game play. But I differentiate between me "making a decision" (specifically, me deciding if an attempt actually...

Sure. And it definitely seems like our group setups have more in common with each other than they differ; we both seem to have...

Sure. Weird edge cases are always gonna happen. But I don't want the core gameplay loop to be me constantly making decisions on if the...

I was getting so burnt out on classic high-prep GMing, discovering there was a whole world of “sit down at the table and collaborate...

Trivially easy, in other words.

A tangent to the topic, but I am not sure I agree these are GM roles. Maybe in practice for some groups, these are the same people. But...

I was talking more about actual academic investigation into the topic. For example, I searched hermeneutics and games on a couple of...

This. I'm always looking for systems that relieve me of as much of the "master" burden as possible. I don't want to make a bunch of...

Or even a Master of Ceremonies?

Yeah, more of a Game Moderator than Game Master.

Mastery is a loaded word there IMO. Facilitator is probably closer to the actual role (generally speaking). Trying to argue that the GM...

I too agree with extra attacks being better than extra damage on single attack. maybe cantrips could have followed similar way. at 5th...

I mean, since we're in "dueling anecdotes" territory, that's not how my games work at all. I have one friends-and-family table I'm the...

Didnawannabe.

I think you should interrogate those assumptions pretty thoroughly. The tilt of the field toward the GM based on prep and 'mastery' of...