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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 9508321" data-attributes="member: 6790260">I mean, when I pushed for anything softer than &quot;absolute authority&quot; I was repeatedly rejected by multiple different posters, and at the time, I don't recall anyone (including Micah) delivering any sort of full-throated critique of how &quot;absolute&quot; authority was clearly a bridge too far. It's a bit frustrating to only now be told &quot;no no no, not absolute authority, never!&quot; when all of this was totally absent back when I was practically begging folks to back away from that terminology.So. Final authority. What does that look like? Is it possible for a group to collectively exercise final authority? I should think so, given that group decision-making (please, for the love of God and all that is holy, don't use the base canard of dismissing all group decision-making as &quot;design by committee&quot;). Does that mean a DM with final authority is in fact utterly irreplaceable, or is it possible for other approaches to work? If other approaches are possible and valid, can there be things either side could learn from the other to do better? Pobody's nerfect, so I should think there would be.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 9508321, member: 6790260"] I mean, when I pushed for anything softer than "absolute authority" I was repeatedly rejected by multiple different posters, and at the time, I don't recall anyone (including Micah) delivering any sort of full-throated critique of how "absolute" authority was clearly a bridge too far. It's a bit frustrating to [I]only now[/I] be told "no no no, not [I]absolute[/I] authority, never!" when all of this was totally absent back when I was practically [I]begging[/I] folks to back away from that terminology. So. Final authority. What does that look like? Is it possible for a group to collectively exercise final authority? I should think so, given that group decision-making (please, for the love of God and all that is holy, don't use the base canard of dismissing all group decision-making as "design by committee"). Does that mean a DM with final authority is in fact utterly irreplaceable, or is it possible for other approaches to work? If other approaches are possible and valid, can there be things either side could learn from the other to do better? Pobody's nerfect, so I should think there would be. [/QUOTE]

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