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To be glib, I grew up in the 80s, which I still think takes the crown for the most desensitized violence put onscreen whether it’s the jingoistic Rambo movies, or the “as long as the bad guy get his in the end” genre of cop/vigilante/military movies like Lethal Weapon, Death Wish, Dirty Harry...

I’m very happy you found it productive.

Because it appears yet to be another instance where people cannot realize that a technique that is primarily used for narrative, storytelling games is being misinterpreted and misapplied.

Sure. But what it hasn't been about was D&D. Like, nobody asked about D&D until someone said "Oh, but in D&D this is terrible..." Well, fine, sure. But this was never positioned as being for D&D.

I'm still puzzled how we can go from an OP that is talking about a playstyle in Daggerheart, and yet somehow it's still segueing back to Dungeons and Dragons.

Four people sit down to play a nice game of Clue. Everyone picks their characters, the cards are shuffled, the murderer, murder weapon and location are tucked away in their envelope, and Player 1 rolls the dice. Player 1: "Okay, I'm going to buy my first army and place them in Indonesia. Let's...

I think if you play D&D (as an example) one way, and then attempt to do a 180-degree pivot and play this style without resetting expectations or reviewing how play is supposed to occur, sure - it's not going work well. But then none of the rules in D&D really support this style of play. In the...

But the point is not that the players can simply re-write all narrative as they see fit. My example of the Ring of Three Wishes is that if you start from a ridiculous premise, of course you arrive at a ridiculous result. But even with Description on Demand, the GM still sets the scene and allows...

I get a Ring of Three Wishes, and on my third wish, I ask for three more wishes.

The Dark Knight did this too, with Chicago clearly standing in for Gotham. The car chase scene is probably the biggest set piece of the movie, but you’ve got a police escort trying to go down Lower Wacker and then top level through downtown, and again, it’s virtually empty of people and cars...

No, he was minimizing another style of play and calling it destructive. Would have rather he actually put it in the terms you say.

Maybe it’s because I’ve been to Rome so I knew exactly how busy that place can be even at night. Venice, yeah. It’s on an island, and the canal system means there’s not a lot of major streets and less traffic overall. But even then, that’s just a single example. I’ve noticed this in other movies...

I agree to a certain extent but not probably for the same reason. I’ve noticed just a trend towards action movies feeling like they’re filmed in completely sterile environments where nothing else is actually happening besides the action. It occurred to me when watch Spectre recently when Bond...

If a player is worried their DM is going to screw them over on their Warlock, Cleric, or Paladin character, don’t play with them. Alternatively, if a DM is worried their player is not going to play their character seriously, don’t play with them. (It works both ways.)

The problem with HOAs, by and large, is who is sitting on the board. If the board is comprised of people who want to be exclusionary, insular, bureaucratic, pick your adjective, then that’s the kind of HOA you’ll experience. We’ve had both kinds living where we’re at. Luckily, the folks who...

I think it’s definitely a different enough play style that you’d want to announce it at the start of a campaign during a session zero, or better yet, try it out as part of a one shot to see how everyone enjoys it. But I don’t think it’s inherently bad or wrong.

It’s just another style of play. 🤷‍♂️ Calling it a “GM Don’t” sounds extreme.

Well, just because he missed the precise target, doesn't mean the general concept didn't come true. I'm sure he never knew who Joe Rogan was, for instance.

I didn’t want to quote anyone in particular and it wasn’t directed at you; it’s just something I think a lot of us, including myself, have been guilty of.

And obviously you just reuse that same bard NPC rather than starting from scratch the next time you need one.