tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post5353332621202164997..comments2023-10-14T03:58:59.333-06:00Comments on The Tao of D&D: A Harmless Bit Of DeceptionAlexis Smolenskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-6435884846775797342010-09-22T12:35:20.469-06:002010-09-22T12:35:20.469-06:00Like many here, I am both a player and a DM.
As a...Like many here, I am both a player and a DM.<br /><br />As a player, I often mention things that the DM has overlooked, even if it's to the detriment of the party. This is not to ingratiate myself with the DM. His job is harder than the players' and sometimes requires help (I feel).<br /><br />In the smoke-filled room example, I would not have mentioned the DM's oversight directly. But my PC would have held his breath or covered his lower face with a wet cloth, which amounts to tipping off the DM anyway. In fact, my PC's preparations would occur before going in, so unless another PC had already entered the room, nobody would have known that the DM would have otherwise forgotten about the ill-effects of smoke inhalation.Steve Lalannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12257236994766166129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-58183177499637430512010-06-22T13:58:15.895-06:002010-06-22T13:58:15.895-06:00All joking aside, would it have been truly better ...All joking aside, would it have been truly better for Alexis to have pointed out the possibly flawed ruling at the table, undermining his daughter's position as the referee? As he pointed out himself, she may have chosen to ignore what seemed like an inconsistency for a reason... there's a fine line between being helpful and disruptive when you're the regular DM of the group but you're at the table as a player. <br /><br />As a further aside, I would describe my DMing style as less advesarial than what Alexis describes as his. As a player in his online campaign, however, he has never struck me as an advesarial DM. More tough but fair than arbitrary or advesarial. of course in pointing this out I may be courting his ire...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-77431454135402538622010-06-22T08:43:19.811-06:002010-06-22T08:43:19.811-06:00I also beat my wife and skewer innocent babies whi...I also beat my wife and skewer innocent babies while in my cups.Alexis Smolenskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539170107563075967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-47132867449585086302010-06-21T16:42:01.347-06:002010-06-21T16:42:01.347-06:00I agree w/shlominus, it sounds to me like you chea...I agree w/shlominus, it sounds to me like you cheated. (And you try to justify it with the old line that "we all" do it. Wrong. We all make mistakes; we do not all cheat.)<br /><br />And you did this because you wanted to "win" (as if "win" has any serious meaning in a cooperative social gaming context)? Because you wanted to "get away with shit"?<br /><br />Wow. Seriously, I do not relate. At all.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3871409676946408069.post-89801408701786712602010-06-21T13:36:26.763-06:002010-06-21T13:36:26.763-06:00seems to me like you were cheating (against your o...seems to me like you were cheating (against your own daughter!).<br /><br />because you like to "win"?<br /><br />i don't get it. i really don't.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com