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<blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 3440713" data-attributes="member: 22779">See, now, that wasn't hard.&nbsp; I have no problems with someone not liking things.&nbsp; My beef was with presenting it in such a way that it appears to be incontrovertible fact, rather than opinion.&nbsp; I actually agree with much of what you say here.&nbsp; Now, I do disagree with that last bit.&nbsp; ((Shock and surprise))&nbsp; DM's being over run by players is a player problem, not edition.&nbsp; It happened in every edition.&nbsp; Despite, as RC points out, the clarity of rule 0, some people completely ignored it and attempted to bring in all sorts of things into the game from a variety of sources.&nbsp; The problem I have with the quote of rule 0 that RC provided is that this didn't apply to a great number of groups.&nbsp; This rule 0 makes it impossible to share DMing duties.&nbsp; It assumes that every group will have one and only one DM.&nbsp; That was never my experience.&nbsp; Every game I've run or played in has included other DM's in all editions.I'm not even really sure that rules uncertainty leads to better gaming experiences.&nbsp; IMO, it leads to confusion at the table with the player constantly asking, &quot;Can I do this?&quot; And, really, the whole issue becomes very moot after a very short while.&nbsp; It doesn't take all that long for a player to become cognizant of most of the rules governing his character.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hussar, post: 3440713, member: 22779"] See, now, that wasn't hard. I have no problems with someone not liking things. My beef was with presenting it in such a way that it appears to be incontrovertible fact, rather than opinion. I actually agree with much of what you say here. Now, I do disagree with that last bit. ((Shock and surprise)) DM's being over run by players is a player problem, not edition. It happened in every edition. Despite, as RC points out, the clarity of rule 0, some people completely ignored it and attempted to bring in all sorts of things into the game from a variety of sources. The problem I have with the quote of rule 0 that RC provided is that this didn't apply to a great number of groups. This rule 0 makes it impossible to share DMing duties. It assumes that every group will have one and only one DM. That was never my experience. Every game I've run or played in has included other DM's in all editions. I'm not even really sure that rules uncertainty leads to better gaming experiences. IMO, it leads to confusion at the table with the player constantly asking, "Can I do this?" And, really, the whole issue becomes very moot after a very short while. It doesn't take all that long for a player to become cognizant of most of the rules governing his character. [/QUOTE]

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