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I just used the Norse pantheon and took a few liberties. So Odin's spear and Thor's hammer were forged by Moradin, the Aesir became the elven gods and so on. I did that because there's a bit of familiarity but also a lot of lore that I can reuse. I don't see a need to break anything down by...

Yep. Hence my "Another case". Because there are many types of decisions that a DM makes I made my decisions a long time ago that are fundamental to the design of my campaign world. If I created a new world every time we started a campaign I would discuss it. I don't so there is no need to...

I get accused of not having conversations and making "ultimatums" and so on because I follow the advice D&D has had for a half century. Sometimes you have a conversation and there's still a difference of opinion. Someone makes a decision that someone else disagrees with but still accepts the...

There are times when I will make a call during the game after double checking I haven't made an obvious mistake, generally I'm not going to break out the book unless it's really critical. We can always discuss it after the game. There are things that can be read multiple ways and typically we'll...

Same old, same old. Not answering the question and accusations that by "The DM makes the final call" I really mean "I make arbitrary decisions without ever listening." I've had to make the final call on rules now and then or more often correct obvious mistakes. It's not a big deal. You really...

Oh, my mistake. I thought we were talking real D&D, not those new fangled versions. ;)

There was so much contradictory text in Gygax's writing I think you could say just about any style was what was "intended". People too cautious? Punish characters that listen at doors with earworms! Too aggressive? Punish them by killing all the characters!

That and constantly dribbling gallons of slime everywhere.

People played old school games very differently than we did back in the day. Avoiding combat at all costs was not at all a universal approach to the game. For us it was all about kicking in doors and kicking ass because we were teenagers. At least it was when we initially started, after a...

The Enterprise also has warp drive which creates a bubble around the ship doesn't need to be streamlined at all. :geek: But this whole tangent is a case of pareidolia, perceiving things that aren't there. A tall building/statue/creature? Phallic! An aerodynamic shape? Phallic! There are only...

To me turning an opinion that you don't like a choice into an insult aimed at the people making the decision is just lazy. ;)

Back in ye' olden days when we didn't have a proficiency system, there were of course ways to be useful and effective no matter what the limitations of your character were. But it didn't really matter what class you were. In any case, I'm not saying the new system is inherently better because...

Eh, running around throwing darts did kind of suck. Which happened if you go back far enough. Not a lot of creativity when you have 1 spell and you had to prepare specific spells.

I make minor clarifications to the rules on a regular basis, typically the response is "Oh, that's right", "I forgot" or "It is? Okay." For that last one it's because I have some really casual players who don't remember all the rules. That or there's a rule that's a bit vague and I get asked...

Same old non-answer as expected. :rolleyes: Sometimes reasonable people disagree. Did I say it was utterly impossible? No. Did I ever say anything about unquestionable authority? No. I'm sure there are many ways of dealing with it. I simply had a question. The DM says "no the rule...

Why is it that when WotC makes a decision someone doesn't like it's "lazy"? Agree, disagree, I don't really care. But there is no perfect tern and "race" should have been replaced long ago. Seems to me that calling the choice lazy is just a way to attempt to shore up their opinion as being...

They look very similar to my own.

Any change like that would be something we discuss at the table though. In general if it's better for the player I'd allow it. I'm not as concerned about changing my mind as you are though. Maybe. It's never come up. I'd probably come up with a better example and one that's come up in one...

If they change the wording or clarify the ability I'd reread it and reconsider my ruling. I already gave my ruling. If you want to discuss it go over there ;), but it's already a 13th level ability to use spell scrolls anyway. Short version of why I said no is that the scroll itself doesn't...

All of which means that I'm likely not the DM for you, which is fine. We can still discuss a variety of topics, I can explain that I simply don't care for anti-heroes (and my wife is even more "no evil" than I am) and that I care more about group cohesion than you seem to from previous posts...