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<blockquote data-quote="Mark" data-source="post: 5234643" data-attributes="member: 5"><p>IME, the caller isn't interceding for the DM, he is simply streamlining the general actions of the group for the group, though any group member could jump in at any time if something is not being done in their interest.&nbsp; There seems to be this idea that the Caller is taking something away from the other players rather than being of service to them (acting on their behalf), and that was never the case.&nbsp; Again, IME, as a gamer since the pre-D&amp;D Seventies who played in Gencon tourneys in those days like the D&amp;D Open where having a Caller was one of the few ways to get through those extensive modules (and still few groups managed to get all the way through).&nbsp; You can see from the excerpt above how swiftly exploration can be handled using that method and no one feels left out because everyone is listening and planning and putting in their two cents when it is useful.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Mark, post: 5234643, member: 5"] IME, the caller isn't interceding for the DM, he is simply streamlining the general actions of the group for the group, though any group member could jump in at any time if something is not being done in their interest. There seems to be this idea that the Caller is taking something away from the other players rather than being of service to them (acting on their behalf), and that was never the case. Again, IME, as a gamer since the pre-D&D Seventies who played in Gencon tourneys in those days like the D&D Open where having a Caller was one of the few ways to get through those extensive modules (and still few groups managed to get all the way through). You can see from the excerpt above how swiftly exploration can be handled using that method and no one feels left out because everyone is listening and planning and putting in their two cents when it is useful. [/QUOTE]

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