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<blockquote data-quote="Scribble" data-source="post: 4558162" data-attributes="member: 23977">D&amp;D 4e (above all things in my opinion) seems to be about all players involved telling a communal story of some type. The story of your campaign. A power like come and get it isn't about your character forcing his opponents to do anything. It's about the player placing some input into the overall story. The player getting to say:1. &quot;At this point in the fight scene, my character is rushed by his enemy.&quot;and 2. &quot;This is how my character responds when he is rushed by said enemy.&quot;The &quot;character&quot; doesn't know the player did anything. He's just responding to the fact that he was rushed by an enemy. It's like one participant in an improv situtation introducing a new element the others can play off of. I personally think it's great for a number of reasons.1. The game shouldn't (in my view) be about the DM telling a story and the players just playing parts. It's an improv story. The DM sets the overall plot, but all the actors take it in different directions and in the end we hopefully create soemthing wonderfull.2. It takes a bit of the burden off of the DM. I want the players to be able to use their abilities and powers in the game. I don't have to do as much in order to make it possible.3. D&amp;D has always promoted the idea that the DM is impartial, and not on the monster's &quot;side.&quot;&nbsp; Sometimes I fall into the trap of being slightly on the monster's side even if only subconciously... You get a bonus when an enemy rushes you? Ohhhh too bad no one rushed you... I start using my knowledge and abilities to think FOR the monsters and not AS the monsters... Which ends up damaging the overall &quot;Story&quot; of the game. When I'm writing a book or a movie, I don't think for the villains. I don't have them avoid bad tactics simply bvexcause as the author I know it will end up allowing the hero to win... They do what they need to for the overall story, and sometimes that means rushing the enemy. (Or leaving them in an insanely complicated trap that no one could possibly escape from, despite the fact that they have a long time to work on it with no one there to prevent it, while they go off to prepair for their plan to come about...)4e gives me extra tools as a DM to help promote the overall story.Shrug.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Scribble, post: 4558162, member: 23977"] D&D 4e (above all things in my opinion) seems to be about all players involved telling a communal story of some type. The story of your campaign. A power like come and get it isn't about your character forcing his opponents to do anything. It's about the player placing some input into the overall story. The player getting to say: 1. "At this point in the fight scene, my character is rushed by his enemy." and 2. "This is how my character responds when he is rushed by said enemy." The "character" doesn't know the player did anything. He's just responding to the fact that he was rushed by an enemy. It's like one participant in an improv situtation introducing a new element the others can play off of. I personally think it's great for a number of reasons. 1. The game shouldn't (in my view) be about the DM telling a story and the players just playing parts. It's an improv story. The DM sets the overall plot, but all the actors take it in different directions and in the end we hopefully create soemthing wonderfull. 2. It takes a bit of the burden off of the DM. I want the players to be able to use their abilities and powers in the game. I don't have to do as much in order to make it possible. 3. D&D has always promoted the idea that the DM is impartial, and not on the monster's "side." Sometimes I fall into the trap of being slightly on the monster's side even if only subconciously... You get a bonus when an enemy rushes you? Ohhhh too bad no one rushed you... I start using my knowledge and abilities to think FOR the monsters and not AS the monsters... Which ends up damaging the overall "Story" of the game. When I'm writing a book or a movie, I don't think for the villains. I don't have them avoid bad tactics simply bvexcause as the author I know it will end up allowing the hero to win... They do what they need to for the overall story, and sometimes that means rushing the enemy. (Or leaving them in an insanely complicated trap that no one could possibly escape from, despite the fact that they have a long time to work on it with no one there to prevent it, while they go off to prepair for their plan to come about...) 4e gives me extra tools as a DM to help promote the overall story. Shrug. [/QUOTE]

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