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<blockquote data-quote="Lyxen" data-source="post: 8429552" data-attributes="member: 7032025"><p>Good for you if it's what your players want and are prepared to give to them. But once more it's not the standard way of playing, and just playing characters as you want with a total disregard about what other people at the table want, including the DM is acting like a wangrod.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Thanks for that immense strawmanning that just proves that you were wrong initially and hoe much you are lacking any sort of proof.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Prove it. Because the reverse is also true, players totally disregarding what the DM has prepared is disrespecting his work (which is much worse than disrespecting players' whims) and a much worse violation of the social contract.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>No, sorry, if it's not the type of game that the DM wants to run (because he wants a more epic story, for example), then no one will be having fun because the DM will not run a game for that group. Which does not make him a bad DM, just someone with different expectations. Are you badwrongfunning a DM who wants to run a story with an actual scenario ?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Exactly, see above.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Fine for you, but most of these modules of old are still based on some overall scenario. If the players totally go in the opposite direction, the scenario simply does not exist anymore.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lyxen, post: 8429552, member: 7032025"] Good for you if it's what your players want and are prepared to give to them. But once more it's not the standard way of playing, and just playing characters as you want with a total disregard about what other people at the table want, including the DM is acting like a wangrod. Thanks for that immense strawmanning that just proves that you were wrong initially and hoe much you are lacking any sort of proof. Prove it. Because the reverse is also true, players totally disregarding what the DM has prepared is disrespecting his work (which is much worse than disrespecting players' whims) and a much worse violation of the social contract. No, sorry, if it's not the type of game that the DM wants to run (because he wants a more epic story, for example), then no one will be having fun because the DM will not run a game for that group. Which does not make him a bad DM, just someone with different expectations. Are you badwrongfunning a DM who wants to run a story with an actual scenario ? Exactly, see above. Fine for you, but most of these modules of old are still based on some overall scenario. If the players totally go in the opposite direction, the scenario simply does not exist anymore. [/QUOTE]
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