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<blockquote data-quote="EzekielRaiden" data-source="post: 8639449" data-attributes="member: 6790260"><p>Because "trust" is a process, not a toggle?</p><p></p><p>Because "just <em>trust</em> me, it's for your own good" is one of the least trustworthy things people can say?</p><p></p><p>Because I play online games where I don't know the DM well, due to being extremely shy?</p><p></p><p>Because "fair" is in the eye of the beholder, and there's several things I think are completely and totally unfair that others think are so acceptable they shouldn't be discussed in advance (ear seekers, or cloakers, or rust monsters, or any of dozens of other "gotcha" monsters deployed out of context specifically to dick over ignorant players who have been "doing too well")?</p><p></p><p>Because so many DMs out there reserve the right to do things that violate trust, like fudging rolls or retconning established facts or secretly changing a creature's stats mid-fight (again, "trust me, it's for your own good, that's why I won't ever let you find out I do it!")</p><p></p><p>Trust is not given. It is earned. Responding to "DMs need to earn my trust" with "why do you play at a table where you don't trust the DM?" is putting the cart before the horse. Even if I already know the DM as a person beforehand, unless I actually see them perform as a DM, I have no basis on which to trust them as a DM. They must earn that trust. You might as well say "why do you eat at a restaurant you don't trust?" in response to someone saying they want their restaurants to pass inspection before they'll eat there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EzekielRaiden, post: 8639449, member: 6790260"] Because "trust" is a process, not a toggle? Because "just [I]trust[/I] me, it's for your own good" is one of the least trustworthy things people can say? Because I play online games where I don't know the DM well, due to being extremely shy? Because "fair" is in the eye of the beholder, and there's several things I think are completely and totally unfair that others think are so acceptable they shouldn't be discussed in advance (ear seekers, or cloakers, or rust monsters, or any of dozens of other "gotcha" monsters deployed out of context specifically to dick over ignorant players who have been "doing too well")? Because so many DMs out there reserve the right to do things that violate trust, like fudging rolls or retconning established facts or secretly changing a creature's stats mid-fight (again, "trust me, it's for your own good, that's why I won't ever let you find out I do it!") Trust is not given. It is earned. Responding to "DMs need to earn my trust" with "why do you play at a table where you don't trust the DM?" is putting the cart before the horse. Even if I already know the DM as a person beforehand, unless I actually see them perform as a DM, I have no basis on which to trust them as a DM. They must earn that trust. You might as well say "why do you eat at a restaurant you don't trust?" in response to someone saying they want their restaurants to pass inspection before they'll eat there. [/QUOTE]
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