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<blockquote data-quote="gizmo33" data-source="post: 2226421" data-attributes="member: 30001">IMO anyone that posts on these boards can expect to have their post taken seriously.&nbsp; RangerWickett's side of the story was the only side at the time.&nbsp; The degree to which it was accurate is the degree to which anyone's responses should be taken seriously - and most still stand on the principle.&nbsp; If I described a game session where one of my players tried to stab me because I wouldn't give him a +13 sword, then it would be the same issue.&nbsp; A bunch of people would post and say &quot;you shouldn't stab people that don't give you magic items&quot;.&nbsp; And then later the offending player posts and says &quot;well, I really just threw a spit ball at him&quot;.&nbsp; No one is going to retract their statements or feel bad about saying that you shouldn't stab DMs.&nbsp;So here's how I see it:&nbsp; DMs IMO should not railroad PCs to the degree that their actions have no significant effect on the flow of the game.&nbsp; To what degree this applies to RangerWickett/Scipio is up to them - none of us were there.&nbsp; It's up to them to match our advice to what actually happened.&nbsp; They're just a couple of screen names, and they could be the same person for all I know.&nbsp; If the person using the Scipio screen name doesn't agree with the facts as presented by RangerWickett, then our comments should have little meaning.&nbsp; I would advise Scipio to see this as us criticizing a DM who doesn't exist - because if RangerWicketts assessment is not accurate - then that's pretty much the situation.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gizmo33, post: 2226421, member: 30001"] IMO anyone that posts on these boards can expect to have their post taken seriously. RangerWickett's side of the story was the only side at the time. The degree to which it was accurate is the degree to which anyone's responses should be taken seriously - and most still stand on the principle. If I described a game session where one of my players tried to stab me because I wouldn't give him a +13 sword, then it would be the same issue. A bunch of people would post and say "you shouldn't stab people that don't give you magic items". And then later the offending player posts and says "well, I really just threw a spit ball at him". No one is going to retract their statements or feel bad about saying that you shouldn't stab DMs. So here's how I see it: DMs IMO should not railroad PCs to the degree that their actions have no significant effect on the flow of the game. To what degree this applies to RangerWickett/Scipio is up to them - none of us were there. It's up to them to match our advice to what actually happened. They're just a couple of screen names, and they could be the same person for all I know. If the person using the Scipio screen name doesn't agree with the facts as presented by RangerWickett, then our comments should have little meaning. I would advise Scipio to see this as us criticizing a DM who doesn't exist - because if RangerWicketts assessment is not accurate - then that's pretty much the situation. [/QUOTE]

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