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Maybe there's a support group. I would set one up, but that's too much prep. :)

I know some people are in situations where they just have to sign up for a GM's game and hope for the best, but that just seems awful to me. My groups talk about "Who's DMing next? What system? What kind of game are we doing?" for weeks before we start a new game. If I had to join groups...

Broadly, yes.

For sure. I'm just saying that misalignment frequently occurs because GMs who are more experienced with previous editions (or the concepts from them) assume that the tropes of those consequences occurring are more widely understood and assumed than they actually are. "Of course your warlock's...

I mean, if I were to generalize this concept, it's that I don't want to feel like my character is static over a period of more than 3-4 sessions. The gameplay should vary as my character encounters new situations.

I deduce it was Colonel Mustard, in South America, with the 12 armies.

That's one of the main reasons I'm enjoying the system. My normal approach of roll up to the table, read a quick summary of the last play session and go, works even better here than it does for D&D.

I don't know. I feel like it's less about "gotchas", and more about DM's bringing in experiences from earlier versions that some classes are more powerful than others, and needed to be balanced by adding roleplaying restrictions and complications. Paladins are the poster child of this...

Easy enough.

No.

No, you just need to not label the things you like as "good". Try just labeling them as "things I like". I feel like I'm a good DM, in the sense that I have numerous people wanting to play in games I GM and those players are giving me positive feedback. Simultaneously, I'm reasonably sure you...

And? If you're playing that game, the point of the gameplay is to generate interesting narratives, not to win a challenge. Having an edge is pointless for that style of play.

Making strong normative statements is a great way to end up on people's ignore lists. Just an FYI. Grats?

And I find DMing where I have to describe everything about every situation and just have the players listen to me often tedious. Where does that leave us, other than we’d be better off not playing the same systems or types of games?

Out of the 20 players I play with, there are maybe 2 where I would have that as a real concern. And one of them didn’t have that issue when we played DH (although granted, it’s one session). In my experience, when you put responsibility on the players to police themselves or the game breaks...

And having to ask the DM about world details is what removes me from character.