GM Authority (Edited For Clarity, Post #148)

[Thomas Shey]

A scenario presented like a loaded question (Do you prefer Coke like an adult, or are you a crude, uncultured, idiot that thinks they prefer Pepsi?) is not a valid scenario upon which to base a question.

I agree about the presentation. But I don't agree the scenario itself is particularly unrealistic. I've seen the equivalent before.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

I agree about the presentation. But I don't agree the scenario itself is particularly unrealistic. I've seen the equivalent before.

Meh. I disagree. Not gonna get into further than that.

 

[Thomas Shey]

Meh. I disagree. Not gonna get into further than that.

That's your choice, but when you say someone who's seen something "that unrealistic", you shouldn't be surprised to get challenged on it.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

That's your choice, but when you say someone who's seen something "that unrealistic", you shouldn't be surprised to get challenged on it.

I'm not surprised at all, I just disagree.

 

[Istbor]

That pitch could use some work, and I don't find that player as particularly realistic in this situation. So I can't really answer. It's an absurd reaction, and if it isn't that absurd from that player, why the heck did the GM think this idea was going to fly?

It is a weird scenario. If I was confronted with this, I would just be, alright, Elves are all the knock-off Bravosi. You are Dravosi now, you came to this strange land which is home to so very few of your kind.

 

[Thomas Shey]

I'm not surprised at all, I just disagree.

If you disagree I've actually seen something like that--well, that's an interesting statement, all right.

 

[BookTenTiger]

I agree about the presentation. But I don't agree the scenario itself is particularly unrealistic. I've seen the equivalent before.

The problem is that neither side is correct, but the OP presented is as an either-or decision.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

If you disagree I've actually seen something like that--well, that's an interesting statement, all right.

le sigh, whatever man. I'm not interested in word games of any kind.

 

[prabe]

The problem is that neither side is correct, but the OP presented is as an either-or decision.

Or that both sides are correct. Either way, yes: False dichotomy is false.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

The problem is that neither side is correct, but the OP presented is as an either-or decision.

That's one of the problems, yeah.

That and presenting it in a way that might as well be, "do you agree that option a is correct, or do you suck at life?"