| From: | Doctor Doom <JCH8169@*****.TAMU.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Essence Drain...with NEW, color-safe bleach! |
| Date: | Fri, 3 Sep 1993 16:49:55 -0500 |
> One more counter to Jason's argument, a very simple on that's universal to all
>role-playing games: THE RULEBOOK IS NOT THE FINAL AUTHORITY IN ANY CAMPAIGN.
>THE GM IS.
True. However, a learned and thorough Game Master should avoid being wholly
arbitrary in dismissal/negation/ignoring rules and regulations. If there is
going to be a modification to the rules present within the Manual and
supplementary texts, there should be a cause, a reason for it.
So-called "House Rules" should not have their origins or be instigated by the
mere virtue of the Game Master's desire, rather, by a thoughful explanation of
the different or altered approach to a aspect of the game system.
The above opinions should not be interpreted to mean that I claim a Game Master
is bound to justify all his actions to the players, but there should be
limitation upon exactly how arbitrary he may be.
Colonel Count von Hohenzollern und von Doom, DMSc, DSc, PhD.
Doom Technologies & Weapon Systems -- Dark Thought Publications
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