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<blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 7762818" data-attributes="member: 15700"><p>Maybe Hussar does have every single member of his group want to DM, but that's certainly not the norm. The fact is, is that DMs are in high demand. Most people don't want to for various reasons (they feel intimidated, they don't enjoy it, they don't want to put in the work, they don't feel they know the rules well enough, they think they will be bad at it, etc). That's indisputable. So knowing how there are a shortage of DMs, the attitudes displayed by some there that the DM must cater to the players really strikes me as odd. The reality is this. Any DM can ban things, limit things, and otherwise run their game world as he or she wants and still have plenty of players who want to join, and have fun while doing so because those players don't demand that they be the snowflake everyone else should cater to. Does it sound harsh? Maybe. But it's reality. That's the incentive for being a DM. You put in a ton more work than anyone else, so you get to run the game how you want. That doesn't mean you should be a tyrant (because then don't complain when no one wants to play with you), but it does mean you have control over your game world.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sacrosanct, post: 7762818, member: 15700"] Maybe Hussar does have every single member of his group want to DM, but that's certainly not the norm. The fact is, is that DMs are in high demand. Most people don't want to for various reasons (they feel intimidated, they don't enjoy it, they don't want to put in the work, they don't feel they know the rules well enough, they think they will be bad at it, etc). That's indisputable. So knowing how there are a shortage of DMs, the attitudes displayed by some there that the DM must cater to the players really strikes me as odd. The reality is this. Any DM can ban things, limit things, and otherwise run their game world as he or she wants and still have plenty of players who want to join, and have fun while doing so because those players don't demand that they be the snowflake everyone else should cater to. Does it sound harsh? Maybe. But it's reality. That's the incentive for being a DM. You put in a ton more work than anyone else, so you get to run the game how you want. That doesn't mean you should be a tyrant (because then don't complain when no one wants to play with you), but it does mean you have control over your game world. [/QUOTE]
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