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Message: <blockquote data-quote="I'm A Banana" data-source="post: 5092749" data-attributes="member: 2067">...and for the record, the only people calling this horrible DMing seemed to have disappeared by page 2 of the thread.I personally think the call could've been better, that it's an experience to learn from and to try and not repeat, but I've also mentioned that DMs always goof up, that any video is going to catch them, and that it certainly wasn't a game-breaker (though it might've been lame, and if it continued, it might've been more lame). I'm not gonna bash the DM in this case. Though I do think that it was actually a mistake, I don't think it was a major one by any stretch of the imagination. I've done worse things without even realizing they were mistakes. I think it's a mistake because the ruling hurt creative power use, just like the OP presumably did. I thought that a clearer name could help with the confusion, which spiraled off in its own direction for a few pages. I'm personally more interested in the idea of using video and audio to capture what's going on at the table and find ways to correct it. I noticed a lot of subtleties in watching the video that it's easy to miss when actually doing the running of the game. I think the game could go through a pretty major overhaul if we looked at the way people react to the things they have to do to play D&D, and how we could maximize their engagement and minimize their deep sighs and confusion.</blockquote>