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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Luce" data-source="post: 6194693" data-attributes="member: 29760">The role of DM? Make it fun for everyone participating (including himself, for if the DM is not having a good time chances are neither will the players).Now I am of the opinion that there is a lot of variation and different way to have fun. Fighter VS Magic User is not a problem seen at every table/campaign. If the party rarely goes to high levels, where magic spells are both plentiful and powerful/ If the group is very interested in RP vs. combat all the time [both can be fun for different groups]. IF the DM knows his players very well and offers each a chance to interact with the game in a meaningful way. In those and many other cases beside the problem may be nonexistent. Let me harken to previous editions. Fighters got followers  at or around 9th level. The focus of the game turned more political or at least added that element to play. Level progression was slower 2e DMG suggests 4 to 6 adventures to gain a level (and judging from the modules published in Dungeon magazine at the time that was not far off the way at least some people played). During those 20+ adventures needed for the Magic user to get his second fireball a rapport and  sense of camaraderie usually developed. 10 level was considered high level (as stated in High level handbook). Magic resistance (MR) due to the low non easily replenishment amount of scrolls and wands/rods/staff had greater effect on spell users. My point is that different groups have their own ways of playing, and the fact they continue  playing suggest that they are having fun.What I have seen is change in group dynamics. During older editions the hobby was how should a put it, one one hand more reviled and niche, groups started as friends who begun gaming together and long lasting groups prevailed. Nowadays, more groups are pick up and accidental- e.g. "we met at a game shop" type. In this latter situation even a long experienced DM might have trouble picking individual eccentricities. Not saying that type of game cannot be fun, just it is much like a con game. That is RAW is much more prevalent then house rules  or individual tailored plot lines. Also in those situations individual play style preferences can clash sharply. Not to mention the discrepancy in power level styles. Ok, tangent aside. In 3e to my understanding sell casters do not  automatically get access to every spell in the source material. Wizards have to both find a genuine copy of the spell (depended on the DM) and pay for scripting it in both time and money. Books can be stolen or destroyed. Divine users are a bit more problematic, but I feel justified to rule in my game that not every god grands every spell, or at least require the PC to get somehow exposed to the new spell (taught by another, find a prayer book describing it ...etc) I am not sure that is very helpful, but wanted to add my two copper.</blockquote>

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