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‘if push comes to shove’ does not mean there never is compromise, it means that if a compromise was attempted but cannot be reached, the DM will also stick to their guns, apparently just like the player does, as otherwise a compromise would have been reached… In other words, the player cannot...

that is my problem with them, what does giving something a 2 mean? Do I not like it and want to keep what we have now, do I like the idea but think the implementation needs work? Will WotC understand it the same way I meant it? After a few rounds I settled on only voting min (reject it...

the one post I read that way came after mine ('As the one running the game? Yes. Or one of them can run the game. Its that easy, has always been. Its wild this thread continues.'). I agree with your reading of it, but disagree with the post. Not sure it is not just phrased badly though, as the...

no, it just is not overruled by anyone else’s

certainly true not what I was thinking of, in fact I am not sure I even understand it (other than your general blame-the-DM stance). I feel like there is something missing to make this a complete sentence

no, it just assumes that, just like the player, the DM has some things they won’t compromise about, not that there is nothing they will ever compromise on

depends, there definitely are novels with strong world / setting building, but as I said earlier, writing a novel instead was something to consider, not something they definitely should do instead

drink, dance, and song. Also has a thing for the ladies, typical bard

he wasn’t included in the movie for a reason ;)

the writing the novel bit? That was both a hypothetical and a question, not a ‘the GG guys should write novels instead’. Specifically, if you forego a lot of usability purely so you can present a story that is enjoyable to read by oneself, wouldn’t you accomplish your goals better by writing a...

there is, I said how imo both GG and OSE could move towards the middle without compromising much / anything Too much duplication for my taste but definitely possible. My compromise was more do some of both, ie have a description, but not overly verbose, that gives you the important and...

I am surprised there was a separate Boss Battle KS, I got that book from the Flee Mortals one

Them rejecting an idea the DM had does not mean they are forcing anything on the DM, and they also are not in the wrong for rejecting it either. They are in the wrong when they write stuff like 'I can't believe they did not let me play a turtle, what a jerk' You should find something else to...

Worldbuilding has nothing to do with this. I brought up writing a novel in case the goal was to present an entertaining read for a single person to enjoy reading it and being willing to disregard usability to achieve that. If you want to worldbuild without too much concern about usability at...

can you name an example that achieves both to a high degree (without basically duplicating things)? I do not see this as dire, being a good read to me means the text flows well with very little interruption, whether for technical reasons (stat blocks, possible DC checks and their outcomes)...

they are not involved in the creation of the setting, I don’t think you can extrapolate that they have no active role in shaping it afterwards. A part you quoted but did not highlight reads ‘it's art I'm putting together that they view through interaction (and has the fun property of changing...

this framing is already wrong. It’s not that they are uninterested, it’s that they have some limits on what they allow as race / class for one reason (story / theme / setting) or another (personal dislike)

he compared GG and OSE / Necrotic Gnome. For GG he got 50% play, for OSE 70%, so no, it is not uncommon. The question simply is which of the two you should go for as a designer (and maybe why you do not write a novel instead when you go for the reader-audience)

yes, I believe they are in conflict at least. Up to a point you can satisfy both, but you won’t be great at both. So at some point one will have to take precedence, but you clearly can have adventures that are bad at both ;)

yes, there definitely is a part of the hobby that enjoys just reading the stuff. Ben’s argument of 50% of sales are not to run the module is bad falls apart when you do not care whether you got the sale because someone wants to run it or not, as long as they just buy the damn thing. I am not...