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<blockquote data-quote="Obryn" data-source="post: 4469883" data-attributes="member: 11821">It's my job as a DM to create and run a game that my players and I will enjoy, so that we all look forward to coming back next week.&nbsp; It's also my responsibility to create adventures which will have sufficient hooks for my players, keep them interested, keep things &quot;fair&quot; (in whatever definition you wish), and to referee fairly.It's my players' jobs to play their characters well, contributing to the fun of the whole group.&nbsp; It's their responsibility to (1) create characters who would have some reason to play nice in a group, and (2) create characters, the roleplaying of which will not ruin other players' fun.&nbsp; I lay these expectations out for them before they make their first character.My players have a ton of latitude about what character to make.&nbsp; However, I put the onus on them to figure out why they're hanging out with the rest of these bozos.&nbsp; Maybe they're relatives, maybe it's a business relationship, maybe they happen to be on a similar quest and meet up, but there should be a reason.-O</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Obryn, post: 4469883, member: 11821"] It's my job as a DM to create and run a game that my players and I will enjoy, so that we all look forward to coming back next week. It's also my responsibility to create adventures which will have sufficient hooks for my players, keep them interested, keep things "fair" (in whatever definition you wish), and to referee fairly. It's my players' jobs to play their characters well, contributing to the fun of the whole group. It's their responsibility to (1) create characters who would have some reason to play nice in a group, and (2) create characters, the roleplaying of which will not ruin other players' fun. I lay these expectations out for them before they make their first character. My players have a ton of latitude about what character to make. However, I put the onus on them to figure out why they're hanging out with the rest of these bozos. Maybe they're relatives, maybe it's a business relationship, maybe they happen to be on a similar quest and meet up, but there should be a reason. -O [/QUOTE]

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