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<blockquote data-quote="EOL" data-source="post: 118897" data-attributes="member: 823">The way I see it is this.&nbsp; Yes the DM is the final arbiter of what happens in the game, but he has to compete for players.&nbsp; If a DM doesn't provide something that the players are looking for, then they're not going to play.&nbsp; In the most radical situations (which I have seen) the players all essentially rise up tell the person he can't be the DM anymore (because he's no good at it) and some other player takes the role of the DM.This is how it should work.&nbsp; Being the DM is a sort of constitutional monarchy yeah you have basically unlimited powers but if you don't use them in a way that makes everyone happy you're going to be dethroned.So the question I have is what do the other players think?&nbsp; I'm in a situation right now as a DM where I either make one person happy and all the other people less happy or I make the other people happy and the one person really unhappy.&nbsp; What should I do?&nbsp; Well I've decided to play in such a way to make the greatest number happy.&nbsp; Now if the other person decides to leave my game I totally understand and respect that.So if your DM does things the way you want him to is it going to make everyone but you unhappy?&nbsp; Or would everyone be happier if he changed his behavior.&nbsp; That is a powerful argument.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="EOL, post: 118897, member: 823"] The way I see it is this. Yes the DM is the final arbiter of what happens in the game, but he has to compete for players. If a DM doesn't provide something that the players are looking for, then they're not going to play. In the most radical situations (which I have seen) the players all essentially rise up tell the person he can't be the DM anymore (because he's no good at it) and some other player takes the role of the DM. This is how it should work. Being the DM is a sort of constitutional monarchy yeah you have basically unlimited powers but if you don't use them in a way that makes everyone happy you're going to be dethroned. So the question I have is what do the other players think? I'm in a situation right now as a DM where I either make one person happy and all the other people less happy or I make the other people happy and the one person really unhappy. What should I do? Well I've decided to play in such a way to make the greatest number happy. Now if the other person decides to leave my game I totally understand and respect that. So if your DM does things the way you want him to is it going to make everyone but you unhappy? Or would everyone be happier if he changed his behavior. That is a powerful argument. [/QUOTE]

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