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The Neutral Referee, Monty Haul, and the Killer DM: History of the GM and Application to 5e
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<blockquote data-quote="Fanaelialae" data-source="post: 8707963" data-attributes="member: 53980"><p>While I do think there's some truth to what you're saying, I don't think it's entirely accurate.</p><p></p><p>For example, say that in my prep I establish that the king always has Stoneskin. It's still subjective. Heck, I would say that the DM thinking to add that detail suggests that they may have the type of player who might just try to stab the king.</p><p></p><p>Whereas, let's say that the players do something completely unexpected. They find a scroll of teleport and on a whim decide to use it to visit the king (who is on the other side of the continent). All the rolls for teleport work out and now the DM needs to improvise because they figured that the PCs were still several sessions from their first potential visit to the capital.</p><p></p><p>The DM decides to roll a d20. On a natural 20, it's the most severe possible result (a polymorphed dragon) and on a natural 1 it's the best possible result (a 4 HP weakling). They roll and whatever the dice decide is the outcome. Now, I certainly won't claim that there's no subjectivity involved. However, I do think that there's arguably less subjectivity involved in rolling an improvised result than in choosing a result during prep.</p><p></p><p>That said, I do think that improvising the result when a player declares they will stab the king and choosing that he has Stoneskin, is extremely subjective and quite far from neutral.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Fanaelialae, post: 8707963, member: 53980"] While I do think there's some truth to what you're saying, I don't think it's entirely accurate. For example, say that in my prep I establish that the king always has Stoneskin. It's still subjective. Heck, I would say that the DM thinking to add that detail suggests that they may have the type of player who might just try to stab the king. Whereas, let's say that the players do something completely unexpected. They find a scroll of teleport and on a whim decide to use it to visit the king (who is on the other side of the continent). All the rolls for teleport work out and now the DM needs to improvise because they figured that the PCs were still several sessions from their first potential visit to the capital. The DM decides to roll a d20. On a natural 20, it's the most severe possible result (a polymorphed dragon) and on a natural 1 it's the best possible result (a 4 HP weakling). They roll and whatever the dice decide is the outcome. Now, I certainly won't claim that there's no subjectivity involved. However, I do think that there's arguably less subjectivity involved in rolling an improvised result than in choosing a result during prep. That said, I do think that improvising the result when a player declares they will stab the king and choosing that he has Stoneskin, is extremely subjective and quite far from neutral. [/QUOTE]
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