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<blockquote data-quote="Shiroiken" data-source="post: 8679353" data-attributes="member: 6775477">Doing &quot;whatever the heck I like&quot; has provided an excellent gaming experience for over 25 years. The fact that you put it this way is pretty damn insulting, since you don't know jack about me or my DMing style. The way I run a game is exactly the type of game I enjoy playing in, and the only complaints I've received has been about dealing with RAW.Yes, it did weaken my power as a DM. If the players refuse to play anything but RAW, then I either give up my ability to run a good game, or I don't DM. After years of the former, I eventually settled on the latter for those editions. Unsurprisingly, with the playtest and 5E I've been able to run excellent games for years (I finally took my first hiatus this year), since they've moved away from the idiocy that is RAW.I've never shied away from explaining my reasoning for my style, both up front (session 0) and in the moment. As for a &quot;frank discussion,&quot; well I've only recently gotten to a point where I can be selective about my players. There are a lot of &lt;expletive&gt; players out there, some of who seem to enjoy arguing about the rules more than playing the game. Rules lawyers are by far the worse for that, since they'll &quot;lose&quot; if they can't change the ruling immediately. Fortunately I no longer have to put up with players like that, having a fairly stable group, but I image there are a lot of other DMs still in that boat.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Shiroiken, post: 8679353, member: 6775477"] Doing "whatever the heck I like" has provided an excellent gaming experience for over 25 years. The fact that you put it this way is pretty damn insulting, since you don't know jack about me or my DMing style. The way I run a game is exactly the type of game I enjoy playing in, and the only complaints I've received has been about dealing with RAW. Yes, it did weaken my power as a DM. If the players refuse to play anything but RAW, then I either give up my ability to run a good game, or I don't DM. After years of the former, I eventually settled on the latter for those editions. Unsurprisingly, with the playtest and 5E I've been able to run excellent games for years (I finally took my first hiatus this year), since they've moved away from the idiocy that is RAW. I've never shied away from explaining my reasoning for my style, both up front (session 0) and in the moment. As for a "frank discussion," well I've only recently gotten to a point where I can be selective about my players. There are a lot of <expletive> players out there, some of who seem to enjoy arguing about the rules more than playing the game. Rules lawyers are by far the worse for that, since they'll "lose" if they can't change the ruling immediately. Fortunately I no longer have to put up with players like that, having a fairly stable group, but I image there are a lot of other DMs still in that boat. [/QUOTE]

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