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<blockquote data-quote="iserith" data-source="post: 7600068" data-attributes="member: 97077">A DM failing to adequately describe the environment and present the basic scope of options invites questions from players.A DM failing to repeat the play loop and describe the environment again as appropriate (reminding of the major points, plus anything that has changed or been revealed by previous action), including in combat challenges, does the same.A player failing to adequately describe what he or she wants to do invites the DM to fill in the blanks with assumptions to which the player might then object, especially if it flies in the face of how he or she imagines the character or if there is an undesirable consequence as a result of the assumption.Which goes back to my point in this and other threads: Everyone shares the same goal - to have fun and to create an exciting, memorable story as a result of play. But the DM and players have different roles and responsibilities in pursuit of that goal. Know your role and responsibility and perform it to the utmost of your ability and a lot of the sorts of problems you imagine go away. Fail to do so, or attempt to perform someone else's role, and that's when we may see these problems appear.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="iserith, post: 7600068, member: 97077"] A DM failing to adequately describe the environment and present the basic scope of options invites questions from players. A DM failing to repeat the play loop and describe the environment again as appropriate (reminding of the major points, plus anything that has changed or been revealed by previous action), including in combat challenges, does the same. A player failing to adequately describe what he or she wants to do invites the DM to fill in the blanks with assumptions to which the player might then object, especially if it flies in the face of how he or she imagines the character or if there is an undesirable consequence as a result of the assumption. Which goes back to my point in this and other threads: Everyone shares the same goal - to have fun and to create an exciting, memorable story as a result of play. But the DM and players have different roles and responsibilities in pursuit of that goal. Know your role and responsibility and perform it to the utmost of your ability and a lot of the sorts of problems you imagine go away. Fail to do so, or attempt to perform someone else's role, and that's when we may see these problems appear. [/QUOTE]

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