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<blockquote data-quote="Asha'man" data-source="post: 4579276" data-attributes="member: 52424"><p>Sometimes &quot;Go write a book&quot; is quite warranted, yes, as with the sewer example above. But not always. In my original post, it was meant as shorthand for the hostility sometimes (I suppose on reflection it's not as often as all that, but still noticeable.) displayed against plot-happy DMs. I'm not talking about hard railroaders here, but people who unashamedly use techniques such as Ydars describes. And I suppose trying to write out what motivates DMs in general was rather presumptive, I'm only working from my own experience. Nor am I saying that the DM is entitled to control the course of the game without taking into account the wishes of the players or the actions of their characters. I've only meant to say (perhaps I haven't done so clearly enough) that the DM most often, in my experience, has some wishes regarding how the game is going to play out and where the plot (whether intended or just emergent) is going.&nbsp; And unless he's being obnoxious, don't fight the DM, play along. Chances are the game will be more enjoyable for it.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Asha'man, post: 4579276, member: 52424"] Sometimes "Go write a book" is quite warranted, yes, as with the sewer example above. But not always. In my original post, it was meant as shorthand for the hostility sometimes (I suppose on reflection it's not as often as all that, but still noticeable.) displayed against plot-happy DMs. I'm not talking about hard railroaders here, but people who unashamedly use techniques such as Ydars describes. And I suppose trying to write out what motivates DMs in general was rather presumptive, I'm only working from my own experience. Nor am I saying that the DM is entitled to control the course of the game without taking into account the wishes of the players or the actions of their characters. I've only meant to say (perhaps I haven't done so clearly enough) that the DM most often, in my experience, has some wishes regarding how the game is going to play out and where the plot (whether intended or just emergent) is going. And unless he's being obnoxious, don't fight the DM, play along. Chances are the game will be more enjoyable for it. [/QUOTE]

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