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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ahnehnois" data-source="post: 6201642" data-attributes="member: 17106">Well, fine. If you want to look at it that way. Some people playing D&D use the social structure as intended. The players play, the DM DM-s. Others alter the structure and move responsibilities. The players play and self-DM to some extent, and the DM does only part of the DMing. The latter style is a move towards an "indie" or "storygame" philosophy.The point here is that the role of the players and DM is far more fundamental to the game experience than things like classes or spells. If you alter it, you have to be prepared for consequences. One of those consequences is likely to be that the balance of the game gets screwed up. Another is that the balance takes on a different meaning when the player of a single character can dictate the laws of the world and the behavior of other characters in addition to his own.None of which is to say that you can't or shouldn't run a game that way if it works for you. Merely that the game under discussion was not made for that.*Also, unrelated note, it's "vegetarian is simply an omnivore who hasn't eaten any meat yet". People get this wrong all the time. The idea of a carnivorous human is ludicrous.</blockquote>