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<blockquote data-quote="rogueattorney" data-source="post: 5629661" data-attributes="member: 17551">I agree with you and Williams to a point.&nbsp; The players need to have a general idea of the odds when making a decision.&nbsp; But instead of wanting the system to take care of things, I take absolute pains to make sure players (especially new ones) have an idea of the mechanics involved in their decisions, especially in areas in which I as DM have a lot of leeway to decide the odds.&nbsp; I make extra sure that I'm receptive to player input on how to make these kinds of decisions.&nbsp; To a large extent kibitzing with my players is a great deal of the fun I have in DMing.&nbsp; I want them to come up with crazy crap not covered in the rules and have to figure out what to do with it.&nbsp; And I get that way more often when playing something like B/X D&amp;D than something like 3.x e.The Williams quote seems to be operating on the assumption that if a player doesn't know how something is going to work either he won't ask the DM or the DM won't tell him.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="rogueattorney, post: 5629661, member: 17551"] I agree with you and Williams to a point. The players need to have a general idea of the odds when making a decision. But instead of wanting the system to take care of things, I take absolute pains to make sure players (especially new ones) have an idea of the mechanics involved in their decisions, especially in areas in which I as DM have a lot of leeway to decide the odds. I make extra sure that I'm receptive to player input on how to make these kinds of decisions. To a large extent kibitzing with my players is a great deal of the fun I have in DMing. I want them to come up with crazy crap not covered in the rules and have to figure out what to do with it. And I get that way more often when playing something like B/X D&D than something like 3.x e. The Williams quote seems to be operating on the assumption that if a player doesn't know how something is going to work either he won't ask the DM or the DM won't tell him. [/QUOTE]

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