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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Zardoz" data-source="post: 1891902" data-attributes="member: 704">Wow.  Big Thread...It seems that this thread has become quite popular, and like all worthy topics, has polarized people.So why not add one more opinion to the general cacophony?Based on the bits of this thread that I have read, I have come to this conclusion regarding your game, Ambrus.You are not a cruel DM.  You are meerly a DM that encountered a game conflict that happens from time to time to many DM's.  Do you roleplay NPC's in a fashion that will maintain the integrity of the game, keeping them inteligent and believable?  Or do you roleplay them in a fashion that keeps the game entertaining for the players?  If you err towards the first one too often, your players will get frustrated / angry.  If you err towards the other, the game becomes a farce.In this instance, you simply musjudged your players reactions.However, if you drop a glass on a concrete floor, its still broken, even if you did not mean to drop it.  So it appears that regardless of your intentions, you still have a mess to clean up.And with this many people chiming in on the subject, I think that sheer volume of advice may do more harm then good.So instead of also adding advice on how to clean up the mess, I leave that to you to figure out.  Because,we all know how much better it is to have a random 3rd party just voice an opinion instead of offering constructive advice.  Besides, you asked if you were a cruel DM, not how to clean up a mess.END COMMUNICATION</blockquote>

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