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Well, I'm going to assume that most DMs will continue to run the game the way it was designed to be run. I doubt that. I would have to see some actual data on that assertion, not just your personal opinion, as several threads on these forums and others leads me to believe otherwise. Sure you...

Well, for D&D that is the best way to run the game because that's how it was designed to be run. Having direct rules sure helps though! Not having them means the DM can just say NO and there is nothing a player can do except complain. Backstory is not important in D&D as no one cares where your...

I can and do understand. The problem is that many DMs already run fun games without having to compromise. In addition to that, the game of D&D is setup for the DM to not have to compromise. The DM is in charge, as others have pointed out, it even says that in the PHB and DMG. I capitalized only...

Okay.

Well, I will admit that the appeal is probably familiarity. Then again I'm the guy that thinks all Non-Human races are just cheesy (or offensive) stereotypes, or rubber forehead aliens, or humans in funny hats. So take what I think with a grain of salt...

But those races weren't, so they aren't.

What does that have to do with anything?!? Also, as I stated previously, I was using the Queen technically still being able to dissolve the Canadian Parliament as an example for something, not as something that I actually think could or would happen. Perhaps you should check on a line of linked...

You decided on the implication, I implied no such thing. Perhaps in the future you should not read so much into what someone posts and just read what they actually post.

Nope. Because he is not the current Monarch of the British Royal Family.

The answer to this thread is... Tolkien!!!

What's a Teifling? Are Dragonkin like Puff the Magic Dragon? Do all Tortles eat pizza and ride skateboards?

Sure.

I didn't tell them that D&D wasn't for them, I did the suggest that other systems might be better thing. Sure. But it's the constant insistence that there is a systemic problem with group/table dynamics caused by how the system works that needs to be addressed within the community of D&D...

Why not? If a system other than D&D would serve someones needs much better than D&D why would I suggest they keep using D&D? Sorry, but as someone who is not a fan of D&D in any sense, I always encourage people to find other systems that would better suit their needs. Chaosmancer would be much...

Is it bad that I am amused by how many times someone posts "You can't do X in a RPG!" and then someone else responds with "Burning Wheel does that!"

I think the disconnect for you is that you seem to think the DM is supposed to be like a "party clown" there only for the players amusement. Whereas most people think the DM should be allowed to run a game that they find enjoyable. As a side note, there are a fair number of systems that have...

I'm Canadian, so yeah. Also, I was using this as an example, not something I think could ever happen. Then again, if the Queen did that with the full might of the British and US militaries backing her, the result might suprise you!

Why wouldn't a player leave? Have you met players that play in games where they aren't having fun? Do people play in games they don't enjoy?

Technically being technically correct is technically the only kind of correct...technically... Also, in court it is... Also, why are you yelling?!?

Okay. Just for clarification I wasn't using the "technically the Queen could seize power" as an argument for anything, I was using it to highlight a point about what could happen in an RPG where the DM has absolute power.