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the-artificier-guild:

naewarrin:

the-artificier-guild:

gservator:

A GMs job is to create a compelling story, make a world, make characters and plot and allow the player characters to interact with the story and world as they see fit, what a GM is not to do is dictate the mindset of the player, dictate what the player is allowed to say and not say, dictate what the player is allowed to think.

A GM is a story teller, the players are the audience and actors, how would people feel if Shakespeare said that only those who agree with him Politically could enjoy his play?

A GMs job is not to drive people away but attract different people of different or similar backgrounds to enjoy and take part in the story they crafted.

If you a GM cannot get past someones beliefs, mindset or jokes then you shouldn’t GM, give that job to someone else.

For you are not a Game Master you are a child.

A GM doesn’t have a job. This is a game, with rules made up in the 70s.  This isn’t a ‘job’. This is a hobby, for fun.  Being a GM, creating a story and a world and NPCs and quests and creating magic items and magic and running the game isn’t a job. It’s a hobby. Lets get that straight.

If a GM runs a game, they 100% have absolute control over who can play- As do the other players. If the  majority of the table isn’t comfortable with another player due to their personal beliefs, they are 100% not obligated to keep that player around.  

We’re not writing plays, dude. We’re running a game. That’s it. It’s like if the school bully who picked on you through all elementary school came up to you at recess one day and said “You’re going to let me play tag with you”. Would you be comfortable letting the person who treated you terribly enjoy a game with you and your good friends? Probably not. And if you did, you probably wouldn’t have a fun time, because you’d always know that this is the bully- sure, they may just be playing a game with you now, but when it’s over, it’s back to being picked on. You wouldn’t force a child to interact with their bully, would you? Why are you trying to say this is any different?

As a GM who’s RL table is 100% full of LGBTQ individuals, I would never, ever in any capacity invite someone to my table who were prejudice or harbored ill intent for LGBTQ people. Why would I? I have a table full of friends I appreciate and care about, and I myself wouldn’t be comfortable knowing the person at my table hated me for who I am.  It’s nice and all to want ‘diversity’ at your table, but you have to draw a line, and for me and many other GMs, that line is “I don’t want Racists, Right-Wingers, Anti-feminists, or other inherently vitriolic individuals at my table”.  

Don’t romanticize D&D, my friend. It’s not this big, all-encompassing, important thing. It’s a fucking game. For fun. With friends.  If you want to run a game where you take everyone in, fine, good for you, but don’t be a pretentious, elitist dunce about it.

“If you can’t handle that there might be someone playing the game with you who thinks your very existence is wrong, you’re a child” what absolute bs

Blammo. You nailed it, my friend.

Dnd, and other table tops, are games. You play games with friends. Not your foes.