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<blockquote data-quote="Solomoriah" data-source="post: 4873613" data-attributes="member: 10663">I re-read what I wrote, and I realized that not everyone here may agree on what &quot;DM Fiat&quot; means.In a game with &quot;incomplete&quot; rules, the DM/GM/Referee/whatever must rule on what happens in any case the rules don't cover.&nbsp; This means the GM must decide on a mechanism for the situation... not that the GM should just decide what happens.To me, &quot;DM Fiat&quot; means this:&nbsp; &quot;You want to do X with your sword, but it's not in the rules? I think that calls for a penalty of -4 on the die roll.&nbsp; Go for it if you want!&quot;Or, &quot;Dang, Joe, that sounds like a pretty tough maneuver.&nbsp; I'll let you try it, though... if you can roll percentiles equal to or less than your character's Dexterity, it'll work.&quot;A major part of my preferred style of play is to let the dice decide.&nbsp; Even in my story-oriented TSGS game, I roll the dice and then interpret the results.&nbsp; For instance, Joe lies to Bob.&nbsp; Joe has to roll an opposed roll against Bob to decide if Bob realizes he's being lied to... and then, if he does figure it out, Joe gets another roll against Bob to see if he can tell he's been &quot;made.&quot;&nbsp; I make these rolls (not the players) and I then interpret the results for them.&nbsp; But whatever the dice decide, I live with it.Almost exposed the man behind the curtain once.&nbsp; If it had, I'd have lived with it... I don't write story.&nbsp; Story is what happens when the players walk in and the dice start rolling.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Solomoriah, post: 4873613, member: 10663"] I re-read what I wrote, and I realized that not everyone here may agree on what "DM Fiat" means. In a game with "incomplete" rules, the DM/GM/Referee/whatever must rule on what happens in any case the rules don't cover. This means the GM must decide on a mechanism for the situation... not that the GM should just decide what happens. To me, "DM Fiat" means this: "You want to do X with your sword, but it's not in the rules? I think that calls for a penalty of -4 on the die roll. Go for it if you want!" Or, "Dang, Joe, that sounds like a pretty tough maneuver. I'll let you try it, though... if you can roll percentiles equal to or less than your character's Dexterity, it'll work." A major part of my preferred style of play is to let the dice decide. Even in my story-oriented TSGS game, I roll the dice and then interpret the results. For instance, Joe lies to Bob. Joe has to roll an opposed roll against Bob to decide if Bob realizes he's being lied to... and then, if he does figure it out, Joe gets another roll against Bob to see if he can tell he's been "made." I make these rolls (not the players) and I then interpret the results for them. But whatever the dice decide, I live with it. Almost exposed the man behind the curtain once. If it had, I'd have lived with it... I don't write story. Story is what happens when the players walk in and the dice start rolling. [/QUOTE]

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