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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sacrosanct" data-source="post: 7283633" data-attributes="member: 15700">In my observations, when I hear people talk about easy mode, it’s usually also tied to player agency overriding DM agency. I’m not saying player agency is bad (every table should play in the style they find fun). Only that if players dictate the story, dictate when and how often they always get to rest, etc, then some of the challenge is eliminated. There are many times where I’ve seen the attitude that if any PC actually dies for whatever reason, then it’s because the DM is unfair and horrible. And ive seen often the attitude from DMs that they will even cheat to avoid killing a PC if that’s how the die falls because no one wants their PC to die. Well, if you remove the risk and threats, of course it’s gonna feel like easy mode. Probably the oddest thing I’ve seen in the past is someone who touts how good of an optimizer they are, but then play the monsters when they are the DM extremely incompetent. And then complain how the game is too easy. Shrug. Ultimately, it’s only easy mode if the DM allows it. We as DMs have a plethora of tools at our disposal to keep it from feeling like easy mode if that is in fact a problem.</blockquote>