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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Loren the GM" data-source="post: 9511954" data-attributes="member: 6882721">It is not bad advice, it is just how you are choosing to play. It would be bad for your table to use this optional way of playing, as it would obviously not be fun for you.While I am a "roll in the open" sort of DM, I make this very clear during my session 0 (I'm not pulling punches, and stuff is going to happen how it happens). If I were going to be a "roll behind the screen and keep my rolls secret" sort of DM, I would also make this clear during my session 0, and explain what that could mean (such as my ability to fudge rolls). Either way it would be a discussion, and the opinions of the other players would be part of the equation going forward. Some groups like having a DM who is guiding the story more through rolls, some like it less, and some do not care and are just happy to be playing. I've played with all of those groups, and have adjusted my style to fit them. All are fair ways of playing, because everyone has agreed to it.Which is also how the 2024 DMG is laid out - providing options (including discussing game rules, etc.) during a Session 0, and having a conversation for the fun of the group.None of this equals bad advice or the wrong way to play. And saying it shouldn't be in the DMG is kind of the equivalent of policing how someone else has fun with the game, and that there is only one right way to play. There isn't just one way to play or have fun, and the DMG is very clear that there are lots of approaches, as long as everyone at the table is bought into how the game is played.</blockquote>

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