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<blockquote data-quote="iserith" data-source="post: 6782330" data-attributes="member: 97077">I wasn't aware there was an incorrect way to DM (edit: short of the group not achieving the goals of play - having a good time together and creating an exciting, memorable story during play). And I'm not trying to kill my players - my monsters are trying to kill their characters. I as DM make sure the monsters want to do that so as to bring about the threat that some of you are saying is lacking. And I'm using the tools the game gives us to do it.Incorrect. My answer is to use the tools they gave us to keep the game lethal. The same tools you seem to take off the table, then in the same post complain that the system isn't threatening. And I would argue that the DM's impartiality is in regard to the application of the rules. Monsters do as we please for whatever fictional reason we can imagine.I see nothing about the &quot;integrity of the DM's role&quot; being diminished by making use of the tools we're given to threaten the characters.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="iserith, post: 6782330, member: 97077"] I wasn't aware there was an incorrect way to DM (edit: short of the group not achieving the goals of play - having a good time together and creating an exciting, memorable story during play). And I'm not trying to kill my players - my monsters are trying to kill their characters. I as DM make sure the monsters want to do that so as to bring about the threat that some of you are saying is lacking. And I'm using the tools the game gives us to do it. Incorrect. My answer is to use the tools they gave us to keep the game lethal. The same tools you seem to take off the table, then in the same post complain that the system isn't threatening. And I would argue that the DM's impartiality is in regard to the application of the rules. Monsters do as we please for whatever fictional reason we can imagine. I see nothing about the "integrity of the DM's role" being diminished by making use of the tools we're given to threaten the characters. [/QUOTE]

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