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<blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 1332341" data-attributes="member: 151">Like Mark pointed out, not all of us view the relationship of DM and player as a contentious, adversarial one.&nbsp; My players correct me on rules changes regularly, but usually in the context of 'Did you remember...?'.&nbsp; With 23rd level characters, 20+ spells in operation, 6 players, dozens of feats, magic items and skills all in use...there's a lot to keep track of.&nbsp; 6 players are intimate with their facets of the system, but the DM needs to know all of it, and it can be a lot to manage.&nbsp; Ask the cleric player how turning checks work, and he'll have your answer from memory.&nbsp; Ask the rogue's player, and she'll stare at you and reach for the PHB.&nbsp;If I tell a player, 'Yes, I know that, he has a feat or spell that compensates for that', then we move on.&nbsp; We have several running jokes in the game, and one of them is the arcane archer asking if there 'are any invisible mooncalves in the room?'.&nbsp; I had forgotten in one adventure that she had See Invisibility running constantly, and we reversed the beginning of the combat, as he would have seen the creature otherwise.&nbsp; &nbsp;DMs are not infallible, and hopefully everyone's having enough fun together that they can decide where the proper mix lies.&nbsp; In my game, speed is of the essence, so we keep rules decisions to a strict time-limit.&nbsp; I enlist players for specific rulings research in-game, and I make the most logical guess at that time.&nbsp; later, we review and decide what the right decision should be from that point.&nbsp;My players correct their own mistakes as much as mine, too.&nbsp; We're all friends, and with several children spread out amongst us, full-time careers and limited time to play, we don't have time to waste on lengthy in-game rules discussions.&nbsp;That's what we have forums for. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="WizarDru, post: 1332341, member: 151"] Like Mark pointed out, not all of us view the relationship of DM and player as a contentious, adversarial one. My players correct me on rules changes regularly, but usually in the context of 'Did you remember...?'. With 23rd level characters, 20+ spells in operation, 6 players, dozens of feats, magic items and skills all in use...there's a lot to keep track of. 6 players are intimate with their facets of the system, but the DM needs to know all of it, and it can be a lot to manage. Ask the cleric player how turning checks work, and he'll have your answer from memory. Ask the rogue's player, and she'll stare at you and reach for the PHB. If I tell a player, 'Yes, I know that, he has a feat or spell that compensates for that', then we move on. We have several running jokes in the game, and one of them is the arcane archer asking if there 'are any invisible mooncalves in the room?'. I had forgotten in one adventure that she had See Invisibility running constantly, and we reversed the beginning of the combat, as he would have seen the creature otherwise. DMs are not infallible, and hopefully everyone's having enough fun together that they can decide where the proper mix lies. In my game, speed is of the essence, so we keep rules decisions to a strict time-limit. I enlist players for specific rulings research in-game, and I make the most logical guess at that time. later, we review and decide what the right decision should be from that point. My players correct their own mistakes as much as mine, too. We're all friends, and with several children spread out amongst us, full-time careers and limited time to play, we don't have time to waste on lengthy in-game rules discussions. That's what we have forums for. :D [/QUOTE]

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