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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 7631618" data-attributes="member: 23751"><p>There is no such rule. The DM has a rule that allows him to narrate MY actions, but he cannot alter those actions. If I declare that my PC is running across the courtyard, he cannot narrate it as, "You run across the courtyard jumping and skipping while singing a little ditty about Jack and Dianne." He can alter things through in game fiction though, such as "While you run across the courtyard, your back sprouts 20 arrows from archers along the wall. You make it halfway before you black out." In no case can he determine how my character feels without magic or some other supernatural power.</p><p></p><p>When it comes to NPC actions, he has a section in the DMG about social interactions. In that section it talks about how to influence NPCs and PC altering NPC attitudes, but says nothing about NPCs(or the DM) being able to just play a PC and choose the PCs thoughts and feelings.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Sure. The DM can come up with house rules on the fly. That doesn't change them into anything other than house rules, though, and a house rule created on the fly is still not relevant in a discussion about the rules.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 7631618, member: 23751"] There is no such rule. The DM has a rule that allows him to narrate MY actions, but he cannot alter those actions. If I declare that my PC is running across the courtyard, he cannot narrate it as, "You run across the courtyard jumping and skipping while singing a little ditty about Jack and Dianne." He can alter things through in game fiction though, such as "While you run across the courtyard, your back sprouts 20 arrows from archers along the wall. You make it halfway before you black out." In no case can he determine how my character feels without magic or some other supernatural power. When it comes to NPC actions, he has a section in the DMG about social interactions. In that section it talks about how to influence NPCs and PC altering NPC attitudes, but says nothing about NPCs(or the DM) being able to just play a PC and choose the PCs thoughts and feelings. Sure. The DM can come up with house rules on the fly. That doesn't change them into anything other than house rules, though, and a house rule created on the fly is still not relevant in a discussion about the rules. [/QUOTE]
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