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<blockquote data-quote="Storm Raven" data-source="post: 2240926" data-attributes="member: 307">So, you would toss people who expect that you will be playing by the D&amp;D rules when you said you would be playing by the D&amp;D rules? It seems to me that would make them the lucky ones. At the very least, they won't be feeding your megalomanical power fantasies any more. A common, and quite asinine attitude among DMs who just aren't any good. The players are showing up to play. They are as critical to the game as you are, and to expect that they will bow down to your magnificence because you are standing behind the DM screen is a sign of a DM who has no real confidence in his abilities.Yes, and the game runs nice and smooth with no rule disagreements when the DM isn't changing things mid-stream. You see, when you actually use the rules that people expect to be used, you have very few disagreements or arguments over random changes made on the fly.The only games I have been in where there were long nitpicking arguments about the rules were ones in which the DM ignored the rules as written on a regular basis without giving advance warning. The games where the rules were followed resulted in virtually no disagreements, arguments, or nitpicking.Using the rules as written unless otherwise specified has the effect of eliminating long nitpicking arguments about the rules. Try it some time.No. I had never even heard of dumpshock until your post.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Storm Raven, post: 2240926, member: 307"] So, you would toss people who expect that you will be playing by the D&D rules when you said you would be playing by the D&D rules? It seems to me that would make them the lucky ones. At the very least, they won't be feeding your megalomanical power fantasies any more. [i][/i] A common, and quite asinine attitude among DMs who just aren't any good. The players are showing up to play. They are as critical to the game as you are, and to expect that they will bow down to your magnificence because you are standing behind the DM screen is a sign of a DM who has no real confidence in his abilities. [i][/i] Yes, and the game runs nice and smooth with no rule disagreements when the DM isn't changing things mid-stream. You see, when you actually use the rules that people expect to be used, you have very few disagreements or arguments over random changes made on the fly. [i][/i] The only games I have been in where there were long nitpicking arguments about the rules were ones in which the DM ignored the rules as written on a regular basis without giving advance warning. The games where the rules were followed resulted in virtually no disagreements, arguments, or nitpicking. [i][/i] Using the rules as written unless otherwise specified has the effect of eliminating long nitpicking arguments about the rules. Try it some time. [i][/i] No. I had never even heard of dumpshock until your post. [/QUOTE]

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