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<blockquote data-quote="LiL KiNG" data-source="post: 5738610" data-attributes="member: 83799"><p>Yes, we have 3 DM's now (had 4 at one point) that rotate, and we all abide by the same rulings.</p><p></p><p>Typically we refer to the books (it's funny because at least a couple times a night we run into the "I wanna do this!" situation, they everyone grabs their PHBs to figure out how the rules work for lol), or our 3 rotating DM's come to an agreement, majority rules but unanimous preferred.</p><p></p><p>Right now we have 5 players, 3 of which rotate DM'ing.</p><p></p><p>Current DM handles it, but depending on the situation a quick DM discussion may take place to find an agreeable solution.</p><p></p><p>We try to switch it up by adventure, or module or whatever. Sometimes this will run over the course of several gaming sessions - right now our group can only get together every other weekend, sometimes longer, so running one adventure may take 2-3 different nights to complete.</p><p></p><p>We decided early on when we all met and started playing that each of us liked to be a player and no one wanted to be a full-time DM, so yes we keep our PC in game during our turn to DM, however they are treated more as an NPC or cohort during this time; the DM's PC should and will do things normal of them, but they don't usually act as the party 'face' or run tactics unless asked by the other party members specifically and only for things that would make sense for that character to do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="LiL KiNG, post: 5738610, member: 83799"] Yes, we have 3 DM's now (had 4 at one point) that rotate, and we all abide by the same rulings. Typically we refer to the books (it's funny because at least a couple times a night we run into the "I wanna do this!" situation, they everyone grabs their PHBs to figure out how the rules work for lol), or our 3 rotating DM's come to an agreement, majority rules but unanimous preferred. Right now we have 5 players, 3 of which rotate DM'ing. Current DM handles it, but depending on the situation a quick DM discussion may take place to find an agreeable solution. We try to switch it up by adventure, or module or whatever. Sometimes this will run over the course of several gaming sessions - right now our group can only get together every other weekend, sometimes longer, so running one adventure may take 2-3 different nights to complete. We decided early on when we all met and started playing that each of us liked to be a player and no one wanted to be a full-time DM, so yes we keep our PC in game during our turn to DM, however they are treated more as an NPC or cohort during this time; the DM's PC should and will do things normal of them, but they don't usually act as the party 'face' or run tactics unless asked by the other party members specifically and only for things that would make sense for that character to do. [/QUOTE]
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