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<blockquote data-quote="tec-9-7" data-source="post: 1897041" data-attributes="member: 26453">The primary difference is that you didn't come here on the board and ask for feedback on this particular decision.&nbsp; I'm certain if you had, you'd have gotten more-or-less the same responses from more-or-less the same parties as Ambrus.&nbsp; When you come out in public and ask for comments/criticisms, you'd better be prepared for both the good and the bad.I don't think anyone here (myself included) has said that Ambrus is a bad DM - I don't think he is - for the record, I don't think he's even a cruel DM as he asked in the post title, as I think real cruelty would have been more premeditated.&nbsp; I DO think he showed poor judgement in this instance, and as he asked for opinions, I gave mine.&nbsp; I think, as several others have rather elloquently stated, the problem is that the game ended w/ players pissed off at him, rather than characters pissed off at NPCs; and whenever that happens, I think it's a good idea for the DM to stop for a minute, look at what happened, and fix it.&nbsp; Sadly there aren't that many DMs who are willing to look at something and say &quot;Boy, I blew it&quot; and then fix the issue.&nbsp; Maybe it's ego - I dunno.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="tec-9-7, post: 1897041, member: 26453"] The primary difference is that you didn't come here on the board and ask for feedback on this particular decision. I'm certain if you had, you'd have gotten more-or-less the same responses from more-or-less the same parties as Ambrus. When you come out in public and ask for comments/criticisms, you'd better be prepared for both the good and the bad. I don't [i]think[/i] anyone here (myself included) has said that Ambrus is a bad DM - I don't think he is - for the record, I don't think he's even a cruel DM as he asked in the post title, as I think real cruelty would have been more premeditated. I DO think he showed poor judgement [i]in this instance[/i], and as he asked for opinions, I gave mine. I think, as several others have rather elloquently stated, the problem is that the game ended w/ players pissed off at him, rather than characters pissed off at NPCs; and whenever that happens, I think it's a good idea for the DM to stop for a minute, look at what happened, and fix it. Sadly there aren't that many DMs who are willing to look at something and say "Boy, I blew it" and then fix the issue. Maybe it's ego - I dunno. [/QUOTE]

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