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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 9618746" data-attributes="member: 23751">DM decision making equaling DM fiat renders DM fiat essentially meaningless.&nbsp; DM fiat is a specific kind of DM decision making that steps outside of the normal rule structure of the game.&nbsp; In D&amp;D it's basically rule 0 enacted when the rules don't cover a situation, cover it in such a way that the DM needs/wants to change it, or the DM wants to add or remove a rule.When the DM world builds, he is generally doing so within the rules of the game, so there's no DM fiat going on.&nbsp; If during world building he decides to change elves in some manner(such as happened with Athasian elves), that would be him engaging DM fiat as part of world building since he is altering game rules and assumptions.&nbsp; The same distinction applies with other DM decisions such as when he is making a decision for an NPC.&nbsp; If he isn't stepping outside the rules to figure out what the NPC is going to do, there is no DM fiat going on, only DM decision making.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 9618746, member: 23751"] DM decision making equaling DM fiat renders DM fiat essentially meaningless. DM fiat is a specific kind of DM decision making that steps outside of the normal rule structure of the game. In D&D it's basically rule 0 enacted when the rules don't cover a situation, cover it in such a way that the DM needs/wants to change it, or the DM wants to add or remove a rule. When the DM world builds, he is generally doing so within the rules of the game, so there's no DM fiat going on. If during world building he decides to change elves in some manner(such as happened with Athasian elves), that would be him engaging DM fiat as part of world building since he is altering game rules and assumptions. The same distinction applies with other DM decisions such as when he is making a decision for an NPC. If he isn't stepping outside the rules to figure out what the NPC is going to do, there is no DM fiat going on, only DM decision making. [/QUOTE]

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