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Message: <blockquote data-quote="bloodtide" data-source="post: 9613830" data-attributes="member: 6684958">Yes, you play the game very differently.  I would say I actively alter the game reality in any way I feel like it on a whim to make the game more fun for all.  I would guess you say you don't do that?I alter, change or ignore rules..even whole rulebooks...on a whim, again to make the game more fun for all.  I would guess you say you don't do this?I don't care what the players or anyone else thinks about anything ever, as I on a whim make the game more fun for all.  I would guess say you don't do this?Randomness.  If I at any time on a whim feel like it, I will let the dice decide something and maybe or maybe not go by it.  But I firmly am the sole power in the game and the dice are only rolled and followed if I so wish it.So much here is wrong and I disagree with so much.  But it is typical of someone, a non gamer type, just writing about "that RPG game thing they heard about".So we start with: The DM is writing a Novel.  Hahahaha.  And game play is specifically solving riddles.  Wow....While I'm all fine for the 'Novel DM', this is a big problem as it is very, very limiting.  By saying here the game "must be like a novel" (or TV show or movie) with a "specific goal" is a huge part of the problem.  This gives you tons of gamers that think RPGs can only be "novel/tv shows/movies".  Like say in a robot voice: "beep, in this game we will steal the Death Star plans. beep" and nothing else is even considered.Hummm...so the dice just assist the DM and the DM should ignore the dice on a whim......nice.So the DM can do whatever they want on a whim.....nice.Humm, so don't be a fan of the players/character?  Don't be a DM best buddy?  Don't just give the players Easy Buttons to press?   Wow....      And the touch of a good DM is invisible!Woah...."choreographed novel" sure sounds like a Railroad!  And then they say it should be an Invisible Railroad too!  Well, this is just poorly written scribble.  It is typical of a lot of books, that after all just written by "someone" for a paycheck.</blockquote>

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