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"The heart of an honest man was in you all along." Staggeringly obvious but still a classic.

All I know is there is a clear and definitive answer of which one is the right and best way to play D&D, while the other way is not only inferior but it's adherents are wrong and (generally) bad people. I will leave it for someone more eloquent to defend the correct side.

The DM is a player. The DM is not a Player. I have the oddest feeling of déjà vu.

The DM is a player. The DM is not a Player. I have the oddest feeling of déjà vu.

"Where's Conjugate?" "Visiting the princess in her tower." "What kind of visit?" raised eyebrow

"I am Sir Pedant of the Order of the Dangling Participles, and I am here to split that infinitive!" The parse-pounding adventures of Tense the Paladin, Conjugate the Bard, Gerund the Wizard and Intransitive the Rogue!

"the meaning of the word's Player and Referee have been redefined by Wizards of the Coast and hasbro. I assume they bought Websters and get to define the english language now?" You say that as if they wouldn't release an entire Spelling Bee themed adventure path as well as a Magic cycle based...

This kind of sounds like "Barovia: The Beginning". Maybe mine Curse of Strahd for some ideas?

No one is suggesting that you've keebled our troughs, Morrus.

"We will absorb your linguistic distinctiveness into our own ..." Resistance is (loan word french futile or latin futilis).

English is the Voltron of languages.

Insouciant? Nonchalant? Fatalist? Deist? What's a good word for someone interested in establishing and observing a situations progress, but not invested in a particular outcome?

It's funny that this entire argument is resolved with capitalization. A DM is playing the D&D game. They play a game, so they are a player. The DM does not have a Player Character. So as DM, they are not a Player. Is a DM a player? Yes. Is a DM a Player? No. ...I may have hit peak...

A good disinterested DM is simply one who grants the players agency to die by their own stupidity, without unnecessarily hastening the process.

Simple litmus test: You are the regular DM of a D&D group. A nerd acquaintance at a party asks you offhandedly "Hey, do you play D and D?" Do you answer "Yes"? , or "No"? If yes, then you agree DMs are players. If no, you do not agree DMs are players. If you feel compelled to volunteer an...

If you keep a small fire extinguisher for kitchen fires (and good for you!) , do NOT keep it right by/over the stove. In event of a sudden fire the flames may keep you from reaching it.

Happiness is primarily a matter of getting enough sleep.

"The real adventure was the traps we found along the way." The spiked pit was inside you all along!

Retreater Something occurs to me. Are you starting from a place of assuming that the way your DM is doing it is wrong, and you just need to find a way to show them the error of their ways? Because...that may not be it. You may have to accept that, from their sincere point of view, the way YOU...

Maximize DPR output at the cost of reducing what? What are you willing to trade off to get it?