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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Campbell" data-source="post: 7641525" data-attributes="member: 16586">I did not say nobody influences the fiction. All players (including the GM) should have an impact on the fiction. I am saying that nobody should seek to take control of it or decide how it should go ahead of time. I am emphatically not talking about distribution of authority here. I am talking about everyone at the table making a principled decision to avoid story advocacy, play to find out what happens, be a fan of all the characters, and being curious explorers of the fiction. I am talking about the principles behind player (including the GM) decision making here.I have no issues with a strong GM role. Most of the games I play and run assume a strong GM. Apocalypse World, Sorcerer, and Blades in the Dark all have a strong GM role. I think GM judgement is important in roleplaying games. I even run some more traditional games like Demon - The Descent, Exalted 3e, FFG Legend of the 5 Rings, etc. I have to ignore the story advocacy stuff there, but they all have a strong GM role. What's far more important to me are the principles behind the decisions the GM makes. Are they providing honest adversity? Are they trying to push the characters in a particular direction? Are they curious and excited about the fiction? Are they fans of the PCs?It is my earnest opinion that a game that is centered on character advocacy and playing to find out what happens is a difference in kind and not degree from one that is focused on story advocacy from either the GMs or players and it mostly comes down to the principles of play rather than divisions of authority.</blockquote>

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