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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 6308442" data-attributes="member: 7006"><p>However, therein lies the biggest potential problem 5E is going to encounter... because as you say, "if the DM is good..."</p><p></p><p>Less rules means more freedom... but it also means more responsibility on the part of the DM to make smart, fair, and interesting decisions. And if you DON'T have a good one, the game is more likely to be less than you want it to be.</p><p></p><p>The advantage of "more rules" or "codification" is that a DM can be just a "rules arbiter" if that's all they're capable of... and the game can still turn out okay. Even a not-so-great DM can still run pretty okay games.</p><p></p><p>But in 5E, we're going to ask more of our DMs. And we have to hope that after all this time of playing two editions that allowed DMs more of a security blanket in how they performed... that they've absorbed enough to now move onto a role that requires more responsibility and that they can accomplish it.</p><p></p><p>Because if not... we're going to hear a lot of stories of bad games because of bad DMs.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 6308442, member: 7006"] However, therein lies the biggest potential problem 5E is going to encounter... because as you say, "if the DM is good..." Less rules means more freedom... but it also means more responsibility on the part of the DM to make smart, fair, and interesting decisions. And if you DON'T have a good one, the game is more likely to be less than you want it to be. The advantage of "more rules" or "codification" is that a DM can be just a "rules arbiter" if that's all they're capable of... and the game can still turn out okay. Even a not-so-great DM can still run pretty okay games. But in 5E, we're going to ask more of our DMs. And we have to hope that after all this time of playing two editions that allowed DMs more of a security blanket in how they performed... that they've absorbed enough to now move onto a role that requires more responsibility and that they can accomplish it. Because if not... we're going to hear a lot of stories of bad games because of bad DMs. [/QUOTE]
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