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If I've agreed to play a game, I've agreed to play by the game's rules (which may, of course include house rules). If I'm not enjoying the game I'll try to resolve it. If I can't resolve it I'll find better ways to spend my time. Doesn't matter if that game is D&D or Parcheesi.

Over the course of decades of D&D play I've never had a DM that truly shared authority. Even with my wife, she and I share the same handful of core house rules (it makes life much easier), she still makes rulings now and then I disagree with and it's fine. Typically we discuss house rules, but...

When it comes to questions like dyes, I simply scratch my head. Like ... how much of a difference does that really make to the gameplay? There are far, far more important things I want the devs to focus on. You can have the prettiest game in the world and if the gameplay and overall structure...

I've been playing for a long, long time. Play with enough DMs for long enough and yes, you'll run across that 1% of DMs that make decisions I don't care for. Meanwhile I see no reason to throw the baby out with the bathwater when in 99% of the cases having a DM that made the final call worked...

One of the reasons I started DMing was so that I didn't have to put up with a bad DM. Which was unfortunate honestly, I think the DM was just burned out but wasn't mature enough to just explain it to us. In other cases the DM just didn't work for me so I found another group. No game is better...

I agree, especially something like chain mail shouldn't have that much of a penalty. Even plate armor could have special padding or felt added to reduce noise without significantly reducing effectiveness. Meanwhile I make mithral armor readily available.

How is that going to happen? The crappy player is not the one organizing and GMing the game. By your logic the GM has no more control over who is at the table or what happens than anyone else. Meanwhile if I like the GM and everyone else at the table it is very difficult to vote one person...

I would be happy with more AA games like Solasta, a game that in some ways I enjoyed more than BG 3. Admittedly the original game could have used a bit more (perhaps significantly more) polish but it doesn't need to go to the extremes that Larian did to be a fun game. Solasta II looks like...

Same is true of virtually all games, even ones from established studios. Then occasionally there's an amazing game from developers nobody has ever heard of. All games are suspect until released for me.

It's a common theme that's gets repeatedly introduced even in threads that have nothing to do with GM authority.

If it's a GM you don't know, there's no way any rules in a book will enforce limits other than the limits you and the other people at the table enforce by choosing to continue playing with that GM. If you don't follow D&D's advice on who makes the final call you've increased the odds of a...

If I'm gaming with friends then I guess I don't have to worry about the GM abusing their power that is given to them by default in D&D. Problem solved. If I'm playing a game with people that I don't know then my point stands. Whoever is the loudest or most obstinate tends to get their way.

You asserted that every caster who can have the spell does. They obviously do not. From my experience I'd be surprised if even a significant percentage do because it's a niche spell and while it's nice to have most of the time it's use would be far rarer than other spells that could be...

In group activities of all sorts that I've participated in - whether work or leisure - it works the same. Unless there's some kind of other structure in place the person that's the most vocal or most obstinate is the one that leads. People put up with their decisions because it's just not...

It was true for every game I played. YMMV.

Stealth has been important at every level least occasionally in every version of the game that I've played. The rules for a hide check (and invisibility) in 5e 2014 are pretty much the same as in the 2024 version. This is not an issue with the fact that the fighter in heavy armor isn't going...

And IME I may or may not have seen it once. Between multiple home games, game days, conventions I've likely played with significantly more than 50 people over the years. So either it's not as wide spread as you claim, it's just coincidence that the people you play with have it, or you have...

Why is so binary and extreme? A DM can be the the one making the final decision while still running a cooperative game. No tyranny in sight.

I don't know how many times at work we were told there was no manager, no project leader. But before too long there always was a de facto leader, usually the one that spoke loudest or refused to compromise.

I don't remember anyone ever preparing absorb elements even after playing with many different groups. So I'm with you, in my experience it's a niche spell that is rarely used.