D&D General JMISBEST's questions. Most of them about campaign ideas that either he or A GM he knows has and wants to know what people think

[FrozenNorth]

How does The GM not have any respect for players’ agency? the scene I described has nothing to do with party agency, it simply provides background and backstory to the campaign and is a scene the players read not take part in

The scene you described has nothing to do with the party, period.

That’s a problem. The party isn’t even a viewpoint character, Hermione is.

You're not providing background, you’re deluging the characters with a 15 minute monologue that includes information the characters couldn’t possibly know. Unless they have detect thoughts active, they couldn’t possibly know what Hermione thinks of the death of Harry or Ron.

 

[Bill Zebub]

JMISBEST should compile all their posts and Kickstart a book. I'd back it.

 

[Ancalagon]

Your thoughts on the opening scene from A Harry Potter themed Dnd Campaign of mine,

My thoughts is that I would refuse to play such a campaign. On top of the "this is fanfiction" aspect, ever since the author had decided to become a fountain of transphobia I want nothing to do with this IP.