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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Emerikol" data-source="post: 6394536" data-attributes="member: 6698278">I'm in the DM empowerment camp on this issue.  I am aware of the trust issue as a major one only through online discussion forums.  I'm not doubting it but personally I don't have that issue nor have I seen it as a DM or player.   I believe part of it is the ingrained philosophy around where I live that is very strongly in support of DM authority.  If the DM isn't benevolent in the way he runs his games then just find another DM.  It's not a broken system.  It's broken assumptions.   If the DM needs to be restrained by the rules then the game is already lost.  Just kill it and move on.That doesn't mean I'm not sympathetic with many of you who've had problem DMs.  I do though think in many instances it is you and not your DM that had the problem.  Learn how your DM rules and operate in that universe.   There is no sense in arguing about gravity.  If your DM though is unfair or biased in his application of the rules that is another matter and when that happens I say fire that DM.  I know that I am always striving to make the game fun for my players.  I build the world to be fun.  I adjudicate fairly because for us that is what is fun.  I fun the NPCs according to THEIR personalities and not according to some DM agenda.   I figure out their personalities in advance of the playing sessions as much as humanly possible.In the case of stealth, you will have DMs that lean one way and others that lean another.  Just figure out how they interpret the rules and make your plans based on how they rule.  It is pointless to argue.  It's just your opinion versus theirs and they are the DM for their campaign.  If you want to run a game and do it differently then do so.  I encourage it.</blockquote>

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