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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 9510593" data-attributes="member: 6801845">For the umpteenth time it's not about &quot;power&quot;. It's about the roles we use in the game.&nbsp; I don't allow players to add significant features on the fly because they interact with the world through their words and deeds.&nbsp; If they can alter the world around them by just making it happen, as a DM can I tell them what they think or feel?&nbsp; It might be the thing that moves play forward after all.We all have different preferences, trying to make this yet again into an argument about how DMs are maintaining &quot;power&quot; over the players does you no favors.&nbsp; So I'll repeat: when I'm a player I do not want to add fiction to the world outside of what my player says and does.&nbsp; I don't want anyone other than the DM doing that.You have a different preference? Awesome. I think there are better systems for collaborative play but D&amp;D is pretty easy to modify to taste.&nbsp; There is no &quot;slavish adherence to power distribution&quot;.&nbsp; We've chosen to play D&amp;D and we haven't added a house rule to have players declare world fiction. That's all.EDIT: note that we can't simply &quot;set preferences aside&quot; because your whole argument is just your justification for your preference.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 9510593, member: 6801845"] For the umpteenth time it's not about "power". It's about the roles we use in the game. I don't allow players to add significant features on the fly because they interact with the world through their words and deeds. If they can alter the world around them by just making it happen, as a DM can I tell them what they think or feel? It might be the thing that moves play forward after all. We all have different preferences, trying to make this yet again into an argument about how DMs are maintaining "power" over the players does you no favors. So I'll repeat: when I'm a player I do not want to add fiction to the world outside of what my player says and does. I don't want anyone other than the DM doing that. You have a different preference? Awesome. I think there are better systems for collaborative play but D&D is pretty easy to modify to taste. There is no "slavish adherence to power distribution". We've chosen to play D&D and we haven't added a house rule to have players declare world fiction. That's all. EDIT: note that we can't simply "set preferences aside" because your whole argument is just your justification for your preference. [/QUOTE]

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