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<blockquote data-quote="Ariosto" data-source="post: 4872540" data-attributes="member: 80487">I agree that a looser approach can be horrible when one depending more on the interest provided by manipulating rigid rules might be but mediocre. One thing I would observe is that, when so much depends on participant quality, it can help if the burden is shared.As a DM, I am mindful that not everything needs to be kept from the players' purview. Often, a situation by its nature has nothing pertinent withheld; the players are in as good a position as I am to consider how it ought to be adjudicated. Their bias toward their characters can be partly offset by (among other things) the principle that rules will be applied even-handedly; what's good for them is good for the monsters, too! Keeping as much as possible above board, showing the degree to which the DM's rulings meet with the wider consensus, helps to build trust for the occasions when trust is necessary.As a player, I appreciate being able to keep &quot;in the shoes of&quot; my character as much as possible; it's the referee's job to handle rules. However, I also like knowing that the DM is fair rather than fudging, and I prefer the open consideration of controversial questions to cryptic judgments from &quot;on high&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ariosto, post: 4872540, member: 80487"] I agree that a looser approach can be horrible when one depending more on the interest provided by manipulating rigid rules might be but mediocre. One thing I would observe is that, when so much depends on participant quality, it can help if the burden is shared. As a DM, I am mindful that not everything needs to be kept from the players' purview. Often, a situation by its nature has nothing pertinent withheld; the players are in as good a position as I am to consider how it ought to be adjudicated. Their bias toward their characters can be partly offset by (among other things) the principle that rules will be applied even-handedly; what's good for them is good for the monsters, too! Keeping as much as possible above board, showing the degree to which the DM's rulings meet with the wider consensus, helps to build trust for the occasions when trust is necessary. As a player, I appreciate being able to keep "in the shoes of" my character as much as possible; it's the referee's job to handle rules. However, I also like knowing that the DM is fair rather than fudging, and I prefer the open consideration of controversial questions to cryptic judgments from "on high". [/QUOTE]

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