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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Helldritch" data-source="post: 7986461" data-attributes="member: 6855114">I have the same general feeling as Oofta on this one.A DM is not cheating. He could be adversarial, but it would be detrimental to his game. Any DM which act this way is going a self defeating path. On the other hand, a DM is there to make rulings. A player might not always appreciate a ruling, but it is the DM's prerogative to rule. This is what is expected from him.The ultimate protest a player can make is stopping to play with a DM. Other than that, the player should abide by the ruling the DM made.But as Jaelis said:A bad DM is a DM that do not warn the player about a perticuliar rule or ruling. He will not give the chance to make up his mind and change his stance. That would be a bad DM. If the above was done. The DM is doing his job. Maybe not as you like it. But he is doing it and he is fair.But a bad player will do exactly that. He will do as he damn please and will then say: " Bad DM. The rule says I have 201 HP. I can't die from that fall. NO way. Bad DM!" No, it is the player that is missbehaving. He voluntarily ignored the DM's warning to have his way and then, got frustrated when said DM ruled as he was entitled to do. Again, you may not agree. But you were warned.</blockquote>