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<blockquote data-quote="Rasyr" data-source="post: 2547170" data-attributes="member: 2855">&quot;why swap D&amp;D for something that gives the DM more power over you&quot; ?!?!Wow! That line is spinning so hard that I am surprised that we don't see smoke coming off it. It is so loaded, that it couldn't pass a breathalyzer test at 10 paces. Has Mearls been taking lessons from Dancey? First off, it tries to make other games sound as if they are &quot;Player vs GM&quot;. It also makes it sound like other games do not give players choices. Not to mention the fact that it implies, through the mis-statements about other systems, that DMs in D&amp;D do not (or should not) have any power (or only a limited amount of power) over players, or even the games that they run. It also implies that a GM having &quot;any&quot; sort of power over the players of a game (apparently in regard with player choices) is to be considered a bad thing. Or is he attempting to imply that D&amp;D is for power-gamers cause D&amp;D allows them all the choices they want (as opposed choices available due to setting/game).You are very right here, and it was not something that I had noticed previously. Thanks for pointing it out.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Rasyr, post: 2547170, member: 2855"] "why swap D&D for something that gives the DM more power over you" ?!?! Wow! That line is spinning so hard that I am surprised that we don't see smoke coming off it. It is so loaded, that it couldn't pass a breathalyzer test at 10 paces. Has Mearls been taking lessons from Dancey? First off, it tries to make other games sound as if they are "Player vs GM". It also makes it sound like other games do not give players choices. Not to mention the fact that it implies, through the mis-statements about other systems, that DMs in D&D do not (or should not) have any power (or only a limited amount of power) over players, or even the games that they run. It also implies that a GM having "any" sort of power over the players of a game (apparently in regard with player choices) is to be considered a bad thing. Or is he attempting to imply that D&D is for power-gamers cause D&D allows them all the choices they want (as opposed choices available due to setting/game).You are very right here, and it was not something that I had noticed previously. Thanks for pointing it out. [/QUOTE]

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