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Message: <blockquote data-quote="spectre72" data-source="post: 3029624" data-attributes="member: 18885">RBDM RantSeveral people have thrown around the term RBDM in these fairness threads.I am a RBDM, and proudly admit such.Being a RBDM does not mean I am out to get my players, or that it is me against them.I provide a game world where bad things happen to careless people.  Traps exist, and will get you.I use all of the things that a PC will use on the enemy and give the same things to their enemy's to use against them.If the characters triumph then we cheer, but if they don't then hopefully the same mistake will not be made by the rest of the party next time.Not every encounter is level equivelent, and sometimes characters have to run away <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/laugh.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing    :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /> In the game I provide the rope, and it is up to the player to use it as a lifeline or to hang their character.While doing this the number one concern is making sure they have fun and want to come back, and this has never been a problem.A number of people have said that they would not want to game with me because of this, and that is their right.I have always had people to game with, and I have been the GM more often than not.And out of our group of 20 people or so all 4 GM's follow the same philosophy about fairness.All 3 topics being discussed - the lever, the map, and the giant would all be considered fair.In none of those situations was there the implication that the GM was out to get the characters.They made choices and had to deal with the consequences.I guess in our group being a RBDM is not considered a bad thing.</blockquote>

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