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<blockquote data-quote="Simon T. Vesper" data-source="post: 7410561" data-attributes="member: 6949304"><p>Am I the only one who finds this insulting? Someone puts forth the effort to write for a forum, to contribute to a conversation on a topic that we all (clearly) care about, and the audience can't be bothered to take a few minutes to read the work?</p><p></p><p>Not meant as a personal knock against you, Riley, I'm just airing a pet peeve...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>The failure in this example isn't the methodology the GM used, it's being obvious about the process and the presentation. While I don't advocate hiding dice rolls from the players, it's not necessary for them to see every single step involved when generating an encounter (or a dungeon, or a town, or an NPC, etc.).</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>No, but playing by the rules is considered good sportsmanship. If the rules or the process fails you during a game, then fix it, but do so in-between sessions. The players have a right to know that you're going to play fair. Their ability to <em>play the game</em> successfully is affected by your willingness to <em>follow the rules</em>. (Mind you, this is not to say that a GM can't make things up. Indeed, she must do so all the time, but where making things up comes into direct conflict with a known rule, it's better to employ the rule, lest she erode her players' trust in her.)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It's not a matter of style preference.</p><p></p><p>I'll say it again, for everyone who doesn't seem to be paying attention: the term "advanced" has been clearly defined. I appreciate that others may disagree with the term as I'm using it (even though I didn't make it up out of thin air), but so far, no one has offered a better definition.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Simon T. Vesper, post: 7410561, member: 6949304"] Am I the only one who finds this insulting? Someone puts forth the effort to write for a forum, to contribute to a conversation on a topic that we all (clearly) care about, and the audience can't be bothered to take a few minutes to read the work? Not meant as a personal knock against you, Riley, I'm just airing a pet peeve... The failure in this example isn't the methodology the GM used, it's being obvious about the process and the presentation. While I don't advocate hiding dice rolls from the players, it's not necessary for them to see every single step involved when generating an encounter (or a dungeon, or a town, or an NPC, etc.). No, but playing by the rules is considered good sportsmanship. If the rules or the process fails you during a game, then fix it, but do so in-between sessions. The players have a right to know that you're going to play fair. Their ability to [I]play the game[/I] successfully is affected by your willingness to [I]follow the rules[/I]. (Mind you, this is not to say that a GM can't make things up. Indeed, she must do so all the time, but where making things up comes into direct conflict with a known rule, it's better to employ the rule, lest she erode her players' trust in her.) It's not a matter of style preference. I'll say it again, for everyone who doesn't seem to be paying attention: the term "advanced" has been clearly defined. I appreciate that others may disagree with the term as I'm using it (even though I didn't make it up out of thin air), but so far, no one has offered a better definition. [/QUOTE]
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