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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hussar" data-source="post: 5603849" data-attributes="member: 22779">I disagree.  I don't think that the player(s) determining what is plausible in the game in any way detracts from the DM's authority.  Sure, things are going to be filtered through the DM, but, by the same token, it can get taken too far where the DM's sense of what is plausible or not is based purely on his or her own gut reaction and completely ignores what the players themselves might consider to be plausible.Note, I'm not saying that the player should be dictating DC's here.  That's too much.  But, by the same token, the DM should not be dictating plausiblity either.  If the player is taking an action that he honestly believes is plausible, and there are no overriding concerns, such as charms or possession or the like, then why start monkeying with the rules?  Who is being served here?Now, imagine for a second that you take an action which, based on everything you currently know, should be perfectly plausible (not a guaranteed success of course, but, still possible) and the DM simply says, "nope, sorry, I don't think that works, you can't do it."  Is that serving the game and the group?  Or is it simply serving the DM?I've seen far, far too many times the DM uses his or her "reality filter" to screw over players in situations where the DM is flat out wrong.  Granted, it's not always, but often enough that I'm much, much more willing to give the players the benefit of the doubt and trust that my players want to have a good game and don't need me to play school teacher and lay down the law on what is plausible or not.I find trusting the players to be far, far more rewarding than any amount of trying to satisfy my own personal verisimilitude.</blockquote>

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