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<blockquote data-quote="Of Horrors &amp;amp; Heroes" data-source="post: 9386549" data-attributes="member: 7040855">What should the balance be between a &quot;tough&quot; GM/DM (&quot;These are the rules!&quot;) vs a &quot;soft&quot; GM/DM (&quot;Forget the rules if they get in the way of player fun&quot;)?&nbsp;The reason for the question is that last night in our game this issue was a key theme. Background: 16 Episodes ago (E102) a PC was sadly killed in a fight. For the 1st time in my ~35 years of GMing, the player wanted to try to bring their character back to life. As the GM I said “Go for it as the rules as written (RAW) do allow this to happen, but it’s hard to do, expensive &amp; there is a strong chance of permanent, non-repairable, damage”.&nbsp;Last night the character was brought back to life, but as expected there was some permanent damage …. &amp; it was NASTY! The RAW do specifically state the risk of permanent damage &amp; how to handle it but the table &amp; the results that the player rolled on were homebrewed by me.&nbsp;One argument in this hobby is “this is just a game, so just throw the rules away if people aren’t having fun” vs “if the rules are meaningless and the PCs are invincible then it's just boring. Rules, and possible PC death/injury should mean something”.&nbsp;What do you think? Did I, as the GM, do the right thing? Was I fair? What could/should I have done differently?&quot;&nbsp;My one request is, if you are going to criticize, is please watch a little of the video before you comment.&nbsp;If of interest key moments in the episode include:2:23:00 Start of the healing2:29:00 Character brought back to life2:33:00 Permanent damage rolled by player&nbsp;Thanks.&nbsp;Rolemaster Actual Play episode: (E118) Ain’t no place for a Hero “The Pain of Reanimation”&nbsp;[MEDIA=youtube]rTp6L6KIr0c[/MEDIA]&nbsp;May the dice roll in your favor![ATTACH=full]369520[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]369519[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Of Horrors & Heroes, post: 9386549, member: 7040855"] [B]What should the balance be between a "tough" GM/DM ("These are the rules!") vs a "soft" GM/DM ("Forget the rules if they get in the way of player fun")?[/B] [B]The reason for the question is that last night in our game this issue was a key theme. Background: [/B]16 Episodes ago (E102) a PC was sadly killed in a fight. For the 1st time in my ~35 years of GMing, the player wanted to try to bring their character back to life. As the GM I said “Go for it as the rules as written (RAW) do allow this to happen, but it’s hard to do, expensive & there is a strong chance of permanent, non-repairable, damage”. Last night the character was brought back to life, but as expected there was some permanent damage …. & it was NASTY! The RAW do specifically state the risk of permanent damage & how to handle it but the table & the results that the player rolled on were homebrewed by me. One argument in this hobby is “this is just a game, so just throw the rules away if people aren’t having fun” vs “if the rules are meaningless and the PCs are invincible then it's just boring. Rules, and possible PC death/injury should mean something”. [B]What do you think? Did I, as the GM, do the right thing? Was I fair? What could/should I have done differently?"[/B] My one request is, if you are going to criticize, is please watch a little of the video before you comment. If of interest key moments in the episode include: 2:23:00 Start of the healing 2:29:00 Character brought back to life 2:33:00 Permanent damage rolled by player Thanks. Rolemaster Actual Play episode: (E118) Ain’t no place for a Hero “The Pain of Reanimation” [MEDIA=youtube]rTp6L6KIr0c[/MEDIA] May the dice roll in your favor! [ATTACH type="full"]369520[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full"]369519[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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