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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 7052723" data-attributes="member: 23751"><p>You're missing the point.  The point is not that the DM is not allowed to set things up.  It's that he shouldn't force things down the path HE wants.  Let's go back to your LotR example.  Frodo was given the ring to carry the entire way to Mt. Doom.  However, Sam took the ring when he thought Frodo died.  That was a change of plot.  The DM could have railroaded Sam's player and refused to let another PC take up the ring, since he knew Frodo wasn't dead, but chose not to allowing the plot to change.</p></blockquote><p></p>