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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shiroiken" data-source="post: 8707320" data-attributes="member: 6775477">It's funny how definitions change. I'm considered a Killer DM because I'm a neutral referee, since I don't hold back to save the PCs. I've probably had about two dozen PC deaths in 6 years, but about half of them were overcome with Revivify, Raise Dead, and Wish.I ascribe to the 3 Hats philosophy: the DM is an adversary, storyteller, and judge at different times. The DM takes up the adversarial role when designing adventures, devising challenges that the characters need to overcome. During the game, they are a storyteller, describing the world they've built via the adventure. Whenever the players interact with the rules of the game, the DM needs to be as neutral as possible when judging the outcome. Obviously there's a lot of leeway, since a DM could design an adventure to counter the PCs abilities, or to highlight them, but IMO the ideal is the design for the world itself.</blockquote>