The DM (or GM, your choice) is the leader at the table and facilitates the action. They also are the arbiter of what happens, and in the end their word goes. They also come up with adventures and keep people on track in a "herding cats" kind of way.
In our AD&D 1e campaign, I hope we don't make the DM facepalm too much. From Tumblr. |
I've had DMs who think like this. And people wonder where my paranoia comes from. From Tumblr and ifunny.co. |
Ah, genial Bob Ross, whose Joy of Painting was a secret love of millions of college aged students back in the 80s. |
I've never had a DM actually say "Whoops", but this is the scenario I think of. From allthingsdnd. |
And one bonus meme for those of us who grew up with Mr. Rodgers:
From litrpgreads. |
*Anybody who lived through the disaster that was the original D&D movie back in 2000 would be shocked as well. It was so bad that comparisons to the Star Wars Holiday Special are not totally unwarranted. Based on that movie I was mightily concerned about what would happen to The Fellowship of the Ring when it released a year later in 2001, but thankfully that turned out okay.
EtA: Just a note that my AV software flagged allthingsdnd.com as using a certificate not meant for that site.
I got the best giggle out of the Mr Rogers one at the end!
ReplyDeleteI could even hear him saying that!
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