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<blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 7762654" data-attributes="member: 15700"><p>That is <em>literally </em>the job of the DM: to set the ground rules, expectations, and which of the dozens of optional rules will be used in the game. LOL. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>As a surprise to no one, you are wrong yet again. I am positive Matt would not completely change his style and refrain from what he is famous for and good at (narration and role play) in favor of a strictly tactical grid based game with no narration at all. I would bet you money that his response would be closer to "Then maybe you need to find a different DM, because you're asking me to do the opposite of what I'm the best at." Actually, check that. He'd probably say, "Well, let me do what I'm really good at, and then you can see how fun it is."</p><p></p><p>Either way, I'm sure Matt's fun would be pretty much eliminated if you forced him to run a game that is the opposite of what he likes and what he's very good at. But more to the point of what you, Hussar, and twosix have argued, him declining to DM in that situation doesn't make him a bad, failed, or otherwise entitled DM.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sacrosanct, post: 7762654, member: 15700"] That is [I]literally [/I]the job of the DM: to set the ground rules, expectations, and which of the dozens of optional rules will be used in the game. LOL. As a surprise to no one, you are wrong yet again. I am positive Matt would not completely change his style and refrain from what he is famous for and good at (narration and role play) in favor of a strictly tactical grid based game with no narration at all. I would bet you money that his response would be closer to "Then maybe you need to find a different DM, because you're asking me to do the opposite of what I'm the best at." Actually, check that. He'd probably say, "Well, let me do what I'm really good at, and then you can see how fun it is." Either way, I'm sure Matt's fun would be pretty much eliminated if you forced him to run a game that is the opposite of what he likes and what he's very good at. But more to the point of what you, Hussar, and twosix have argued, him declining to DM in that situation doesn't make him a bad, failed, or otherwise entitled DM. [/QUOTE]
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