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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 7169000" data-attributes="member: 29398">In my experience this is almost universal.Maybe not a mile, but that inch will slowly grow if given any chance at all. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />And from earlier in the thread, I think it was  [MENTION=54690]outsider[/MENTION] asking why the DM is allowed to be the only one who knows all the rules, or something like that - and the answer is quite simple: many players (including myself) like it that way.When I'm playing, I don't really want to know what's going on behind the screen.  To me, it's just part of the mystery.  Just let me roll the dice, then you consult whatever arcane tables you need to consult and tell me what happens.  Let me play my character(s) based on what they would do as quasi-real people, and be ready to react to it...and whether that reaction is fully prepared or dreamed up off the cuff matters not, as long as it's consistent and reasonable and fair.Unfortunately, because I'm also a DM I know far too much of what goes on behind the screen whether I want to or not, which kinda spoils the game somewhat for me as a player.  But, c'est la vie.Don't worry, we'll flog it dead for you. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Er...we can't.  It doesn't show on your posts.Lan-"a signature only shows up if you're a subscriber"-efan</blockquote>

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