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<blockquote data-quote="LostSoul" data-source="post: 4842910" data-attributes="member: 386">The DM says, &quot;No, there were no trained dogs in town.&nbsp; You can still have the dogs, but they are noisy.&quot;If the player can't handling that ruling, then the game probably won't work.&nbsp; He hasn't agreed to give the DM the authority he needs to make judgement calls in the game, and that's a big feature of D&amp;D.The DM has the responsibility to remain impartial.&nbsp; He can't care if the dogs help solve whatever challenge the PCs face.&nbsp; He plays the world according to its inner logic, to keep it consistent and interesting.Are there trained dogs here?&nbsp; This is a poor mining town struggling to get by.&nbsp; They do have war dogs - very handy when you're constantly under seige by goblins and kobolds - but they don't have the luxury of a specialist who trains them.&nbsp; 

Gorm Hasag the woodsman might be able to - his dogs are well trained - but he's busy.&nbsp; The PCs might be able to hire him, if they pay him well enough and keep him happy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="LostSoul, post: 4842910, member: 386"] The DM says, "No, there were no trained dogs in town. You can still have the dogs, but they are noisy." If the player can't handling that ruling, then the game probably won't work. He hasn't agreed to give the DM the authority he needs to make judgement calls in the game, and that's a big feature of D&D. The DM has the responsibility to [i]remain impartial[/i]. He can't care if the dogs help solve whatever challenge the PCs face. He plays the world according to its inner logic, to keep it consistent and interesting. [indent]Are there trained dogs here? This is a poor mining town struggling to get by. They do have war dogs - very handy when you're constantly under seige by goblins and kobolds - but they don't have the luxury of a specialist who trains them. Gorm Hasag the woodsman might be able to - his dogs are well trained - but he's busy. The PCs might be able to hire him, if they pay him well enough and keep him happy.[/indent] [/QUOTE]

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