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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ExploderWizard" data-source="post: 6582288" data-attributes="member: 66434">Unless of course those interests include playing a game.Jeebus. What you DON'T know about rule zero could barely fit in the Astrodome. Yes, it is true that the DM is in charge of the game and not the rulebook. There will be situations that require judgment calls and the DM is expected to make fair decisions. There may be factors involved in situations that the players are unaware of, that the DM needs to account for.  Rule 0 does not mean that the DM decides everything on a whim. Again, there is wide excluded middle between playing strictly by the written rule and just going with whatever you feel like at the moment. Serious question-If you can ignore anything you like whenever, for whatever reason, why bother with dice? Don't they just get in the way if they can produce unwanted results? Likewise, the DM should respect the players (without which there is no game) and not advertise one style of game then secretly run another. A person's time is valuable. Wasting it because you think that you know what they want better than they do is arrogant enough to warrant a walkout. There is no easy way to say this so I won't sugar coat it. If you have to lie to a player to convince him/her to play in your game than you suck as a DM. Full stop. So above you say that lying in order to retain a player is fine and here you say that running a game opposite of the one proposed is a breach of trust, then in the same breath say that a complete fudge-fest  ISN'T a breach of said trust. Oh Wow.</blockquote>

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