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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 7599761" data-attributes="member: 4937">Since Gandalf is the most overtly powerful character on the side of the forces of good, this seems like a terrible choice for a DM PC - if indeed there is ever a good choice for one.  Only in the sense that the GM wants the game to be fun for himself and for their players.  I'm not suggesting the GM ought to be sacrificing their enjoyment.  I am suggesting that if the DM's enjoyment is predicated on achieving a particular ending, plot, or outcome, they have absolutely no business being behind the screen.Yes, exactly.  But if the DM's enjoyment of the game comes from overcoming it, then they are on the wrong side of the screen.  A game is dysfunctional if the same participant introduces the conflict is tasked with overcoming it.</blockquote>