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<blockquote data-quote="Serpenteye" data-source="post: 1963839" data-attributes="member: 1492"><p>Edena. I'm humbled by the quality of your posts but, but please remember that I am the DM. You are my inspiration and my role-model. The IR is your legacy. But right now, in this game, you are a player and I am the DM. You know what it means to be a DM, you handled that role masterfully in the past games, so you must understand my perspective on this.</p><p></p><p>You as players control the actions of your PCs and, within reason, the actions of your factions. You do not have complete control over the actions of your citizens, but your word weighs very heavily when I rule what they will do. Just like it was for us in the 3rd IR so is it for you now. You know this, and I think you understand me. Everything within reason.</p><p></p><p>Your faction is one thing. If you state that the Drow fall violently ill by withdrawal I'm not going to contradict you, that's fairly reasonable. But when you rule, like a DM would, on the reactions of NPCs who have no connection to your faction you're way out of line. (It would be like me having declared that the Wanderer swore fealty to the God-Emperor and placed his six million (non-existant) Treants under the control of the Union of Oerth.)</p><p></p><p>I hate saying this, because I have a tremendous respect for you. But if I begin to favoritize you, if I allow your rulings to stand, I have no business being the DM and you might as well take over. I am asking you, as politely as I can without demeaning myself, to respect my authority.</p><p></p><p>Oh, and one more thing. Take things one step at a time and wait for my ruling before you take another. Let me give you an example of how this could have worked. </p><p>1) You: -The sphere is closed and Lolth cut off. The Drow descend into chaos and pain, even Eclavdra is incpacitated. 2) Me: -Confirmation and ruling: The servitors of the Drow rebell, massacring their masters all but unhindered. Elistraee and the Devil embassy appears to offer their solutions. 3) Rikandur: -Iuz was visiting Eclavdra when it happened. He makes a grab for the jewels. 4) You: (perhaps) - Eclavdra tries to resist Iuz, but is unable because of the horrible pain. [OR] - Eclavdra tries to resist Iuz, trying to overcome the pain. [OR] -Eclavdra hands the regalia over the Iuz, feeling unworthy of it. [OR] etc. 5) Kalanyr: -Morwel scries the great City, managing to penetrate the spell-wards of the Drow. She assembles a strong force and intervenes. 6) Me: -Ok, Iuz was there, Rikandurs earlier posts confirm that. But Elistraee... etc. Morwel does manage to pierce the city's protections against scrying but... etc... etc...</p><p></p><p>In that example I was in control of the flow of events. Now I'm not, unless I reassert myself causing a lot of work to be, as you put it, wasted. </p><p></p><p>I'm going to let as much as possible of this stand, because I don't want to make a mess of the first four threads of the game and ruin everyones fun. But in the future please remember our respective roles.</p><p></p><p>If you want to discuss this please E-Mail me. I respect you and like you as a person and I know you only wrote your posts for all the best reasons. I'm not angry, I just want to be very clear so that this won't happen again.</p><p></p><p></p><p>---</p><p>The Time is still Out. I'll make another post to rule on the Drow-situation and other posts to adress other questions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Serpenteye, post: 1963839, member: 1492"] Edena. I'm humbled by the quality of your posts but, but please remember that I am the DM. You are my inspiration and my role-model. The IR is your legacy. But right now, in this game, you are a player and I am the DM. You know what it means to be a DM, you handled that role masterfully in the past games, so you must understand my perspective on this. You as players control the actions of your PCs and, within reason, the actions of your factions. You do not have complete control over the actions of your citizens, but your word weighs very heavily when I rule what they will do. Just like it was for us in the 3rd IR so is it for you now. You know this, and I think you understand me. Everything within reason. Your faction is one thing. If you state that the Drow fall violently ill by withdrawal I'm not going to contradict you, that's fairly reasonable. But when you rule, like a DM would, on the reactions of NPCs who have no connection to your faction you're way out of line. (It would be like me having declared that the Wanderer swore fealty to the God-Emperor and placed his six million (non-existant) Treants under the control of the Union of Oerth.) I hate saying this, because I have a tremendous respect for you. But if I begin to favoritize you, if I allow your rulings to stand, I have no business being the DM and you might as well take over. I am asking you, as politely as I can without demeaning myself, to respect my authority. Oh, and one more thing. Take things one step at a time and wait for my ruling before you take another. Let me give you an example of how this could have worked. 1) You: -The sphere is closed and Lolth cut off. The Drow descend into chaos and pain, even Eclavdra is incpacitated. 2) Me: -Confirmation and ruling: The servitors of the Drow rebell, massacring their masters all but unhindered. Elistraee and the Devil embassy appears to offer their solutions. 3) Rikandur: -Iuz was visiting Eclavdra when it happened. He makes a grab for the jewels. 4) You: (perhaps) - Eclavdra tries to resist Iuz, but is unable because of the horrible pain. [OR] - Eclavdra tries to resist Iuz, trying to overcome the pain. [OR] -Eclavdra hands the regalia over the Iuz, feeling unworthy of it. [OR] etc. 5) Kalanyr: -Morwel scries the great City, managing to penetrate the spell-wards of the Drow. She assembles a strong force and intervenes. 6) Me: -Ok, Iuz was there, Rikandurs earlier posts confirm that. But Elistraee... etc. Morwel does manage to pierce the city's protections against scrying but... etc... etc... In that example I was in control of the flow of events. Now I'm not, unless I reassert myself causing a lot of work to be, as you put it, wasted. I'm going to let as much as possible of this stand, because I don't want to make a mess of the first four threads of the game and ruin everyones fun. But in the future please remember our respective roles. If you want to discuss this please E-Mail me. I respect you and like you as a person and I know you only wrote your posts for all the best reasons. I'm not angry, I just want to be very clear so that this won't happen again. --- The Time is still Out. I'll make another post to rule on the Drow-situation and other posts to adress other questions. [/QUOTE]
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