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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ThirdWizard" data-source="post: 2583943" data-attributes="member: 12037">I agree that a DM's duty is to be the final arbiter in all situations concerning the game.I don't think, however, that the DM should put his desires above the rest of the group's. If the group wants to play an all dwarven party in the service of Moradin, and the DM wants to run a Arthurian game with no demi-humans or magic, then I don't think the DM should step in and say he will be running the Arthurian game. Then you have a bunch of dissatisfied players who are playing in a game they don't want to be playing.The DM doesn't have to run the all dwarven party, either. He doesn't have to run a game he doesn't want to. If one of the players wants to step in and run the game, he's welcome as a player, however.The best solution, in my eyes, is to compromise. Find a middle ground that everyone will enjoy. There are so many different kinds of games and options for games that I've always found something everyone wanted to play. Usually, I ask them what kinds of characters they are interested in and we go from there. That can define a campaign in and of itself, sometimes. So long as the players are all on the same page in this regard, things have always worked out.For example, I really want to run an Iron Heroes game. However, two of my players don't. So, no Iron Heroes game. Instead I'm trying out on in PbP. I'll tell you how it goes in five years. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />EDIT: RC could you please please please stop using alternate fonts.EDIT2: Players and DMs are not involved in commerce. Repeatedly saying it doesn't make it true. This is a game.EDIT3: And, a DM is entitled to nothing. Nothing at all, in my eyes.I think we are disagreeing on a very basic level. There is only one "currency" at the gaming table, and that is fun. I don't think the DM deserves to have more fun than the rest of his players.</blockquote>

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