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<blockquote data-quote="bloodtide" data-source="post: 9609877" data-attributes="member: 6684958">It should be very clear to all.1. A unique role playing game experience simulating reality like nothing else2. Like a board gameAs a member of the other side, I can show this.In Touchbearer nearly everything that happens is framed or controlled by the rules.&nbsp; So the GM, exactly like a player in any game, just does what the rules tell the GM to do.&nbsp; The GM can't really just do &quot;anything&quot;.&nbsp; If the rules tell the GM that they can make a &quot;tough encounter&quot;, then the GM is free to make that encounter under all the framed strict encounter rules.&nbsp; And the rules are written, and interpenetrated so the GM has very little freedom, in a general sense.D&amp;D has very little rules outside of combat adventure rules.&nbsp; A DM can do whatever they want or wish on a whim.&nbsp; There are just about no real rules that say what a DM can or can not do.&nbsp; And the few in print often say things like &quot;it's not a good idea to just kill off the PCs for no reason.&quot;&nbsp; Note there is no rule that says a DM CAN'T do that, for example.So for TB(generically as I don't know the game rules), it is just following a chain of rules for Camp-&gt;Alarm spell-&gt;camp actions-&gt;camp events-&gt;encounter. All by dice rolls. Both the GM and players can be on the same page of the rules and know what will happen.&nbsp; The rules and dice rolls will tell the GM &quot;a bad event happens&quot;, and the GM is free to make any 'bad event' they want, under the strict rules of 'a bad event'.For D&amp;D: The DM just does whatever they want on a whim.&nbsp; And for many the direct above is a problem.&nbsp; The DM can &quot;just say&quot; anything happens.&nbsp; There is no real limit as to what the DM can &quot;just say&quot; happens.&nbsp; Maybe a some DMs care about &quot;fair play&quot; or &quot;balance&quot; or something like that: but they don't have too...To the TB player, they would say they can't play a game where they have to follow the rules vs a GM that can just 'do anything' on a whim.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bloodtide, post: 9609877, member: 6684958"] It should be very clear to all. 1. A unique role playing game experience simulating reality like nothing else 2. Like a board game As a member of the other side, I can show this. In Touchbearer nearly everything that happens is framed or controlled by the rules. So the GM, exactly like a player in any game, just does what the rules tell the GM to do. The GM can't really just do "anything". If the rules tell the GM that they can make a "tough encounter", then the GM is free to make that encounter under all the framed strict encounter rules. And the rules are written, and interpenetrated so the GM has very little freedom, in a general sense. D&D has very little rules outside of combat adventure rules. A DM can do whatever they want or wish on a whim. There are just about no real rules that say what a DM can or can not do. And the few in print often say things like "it's not a good idea to just kill off the PCs for no reason." Note there is no rule that says a DM CAN'T do that, for example. So for TB(generically as I don't know the game rules), it is just following a chain of rules for Camp->Alarm spell->camp actions->camp events->encounter. All by dice rolls. Both the GM and players can be on the same page of the rules and know what will happen. The rules and dice rolls will tell the GM "a bad event happens", and the GM is free to make any 'bad event' they want, under the strict rules of 'a bad event'. For D&D: The DM just does whatever they want on a whim. And for many the direct above is a problem. The DM can "just say" anything happens. There is no real limit as to what the DM can "just say" happens. Maybe a some DMs care about "fair play" or "balance" or something like that: but they don't have too... To the TB player, they would say they can't play a game where they have to follow the rules vs a GM that can just 'do anything' on a whim. [/QUOTE]

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