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Message: <blockquote data-quote="D1Tremere" data-source="post: 8247664" data-attributes="member: 61148">A couple of things. First, my statement had a comma in it that you missed (DM power trips, forced homebrew worlds). Second, the key word you seem to have missed in my comment on homebrew is the word forced. I think you also missed the part where I said there is nothing wrong with homebrew, etc., as an option. They simply shouldn't be a prison. It isn't based on me having a bad experience, the experience of having DMs that are more interested in crafting the novel they have in their head than running a fun game appears to be fairly wide spread when discussing the subject with those who played in the 80s and 90s. Looking at the examples you gave, both of which are products of the modern era by the way (Critical Role and Game of Thrones). I think that if George R.R. Martin was a 16 year old dungeon master running a D&D game in the 1980s and virtually the only person in his small town willing to do so, that his player would likely feel trapped in his personal power trip of creating the perfect story rather than having fun playing in a world they share with the DM. That is, of course, purely conjecture. As for Matt Mercer, his players have built the shared world with him, and the narrative is a group effort by professional actors. It would likely be very different in ye olden times. The point being, now there is more choice and more tools to find the game that is right for you. Because there are so many options there are fewer people willing to put up with bad DM power trips, and more DMs have had to start self reflecting and growing.</blockquote>

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