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<blockquote data-quote="JoeGKushner" data-source="post: 1887501" data-attributes="member: 1129">Henry, you've got it straight on the head! The game master must be fluid to game. He must allow the players to USE their abilities that they've fought long and hard to earn.I'm a DM most of the time. The scnearios I'm talking about aren't those that I've created, they're ones I've GMed where the players in essence took over a few small towns and created an alliance of small towns and forged a small country. They had to take out the corrupt leaders (and they just walked up to the door basically) and fight them, and their assassins, and their minions, and gain the alliances, which often called on them doing quest X, Y, or Z, or in some instances, just outright buying them.At some point, a character is going to stand up on his own. If you try and force them not to, why should they play? &quot;Dude, I'm 20th level. I'm not going to retrieve the scepter for the king. I'm going to get it for myself.&quot; &quot;Uh... the king commands you to or he'll have you're family executed.&quot;&quot;I use Power Word Kill on him for daring to even suggest that!&quot;&quot;Roll initiative!&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JoeGKushner, post: 1887501, member: 1129"] Henry, you've got it straight on the head! The game master must be fluid to game. He must allow the players to USE their abilities that they've fought long and hard to earn. I'm a DM most of the time. The scnearios I'm talking about aren't those that I've created, they're ones I've GMed where the players in essence took over a few small towns and created an alliance of small towns and forged a small country. They had to take out the corrupt leaders (and they just walked up to the door basically) and fight them, and their assassins, and their minions, and gain the alliances, which often called on them doing quest X, Y, or Z, or in some instances, just outright buying them. At some point, a character is going to stand up on his own. If you try and force them not to, why should they play? "Dude, I'm 20th level. I'm not going to retrieve the scepter for the king. I'm going to get it for myself." "Uh... the king commands you to or he'll have you're family executed." "I use Power Word Kill on him for daring to even suggest that!" "Roll initiative!" [/QUOTE]

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