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<blockquote data-quote="Maxperson" data-source="post: 9040327" data-attributes="member: 23751">Calling it the DM's agenda implies that DM has decided that the campaign will be about goblins attacking the party.&nbsp; If the DM is trying to force what he wants to happen, then yes it's an agenda.&nbsp; That's not what simulation does.&nbsp; Simulation looks at the area and if the party is walking two miles away from a goblin village that the DM knows is there when a random encounter is rolled, it's realistic/simulation to choose goblins to encounter.&nbsp; It's not some agenda of the DM's.&nbsp; He doesn't care if it's goblins, rats or rust monsters.&nbsp; He's picking the encounter not because he wants goblins(he may not want goblins at all), but rather because goblins make the most sense for the region.This flaw you guys keep touting isn't a flaw at all.&nbsp; It doesn't matter if the DM established the foundation for what he later uses for his reasoning.&nbsp; So long as the DM has a reason(prior foundation in this case), it cannot possibly be arbitrary(chosen on a whim).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Maxperson, post: 9040327, member: 23751"] Calling it the DM's agenda implies that DM has decided that the campaign will be about goblins attacking the party. If the DM is trying to force what he wants to happen, then yes it's an agenda. That's not what simulation does. Simulation looks at the area and if the party is walking two miles away from a goblin village that the DM knows is there when a random encounter is rolled, it's realistic/simulation to choose goblins to encounter. It's not some agenda of the DM's. He doesn't care if it's goblins, rats or rust monsters. He's picking the encounter not because he wants goblins(he may not want goblins at all), but rather because goblins make the most sense for the region. This flaw you guys keep touting isn't a flaw at all. It doesn't matter if the DM established the foundation for what he later uses for his reasoning. So long as the DM has a reason(prior foundation in this case), it cannot possibly be arbitrary(chosen on a whim). [/QUOTE]

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