You see, there is this thing in D&D; there are DMs who think that it is indeed a shared story (like Jesse who wrote the article) and others that think that the story is theirs and the players just play ball on the field you’ve set.

Obviously, you are on the latter group.

NickGC – well said. Thanks for all your comments here… adding to the discussion in a positive way.

Some people are definitely missing this point. This isn’t “censorship,” this is a group deciding together what they want in their art and what they don’t.

This is certainly true, but role-playing games are a special kind of art. They’re collaborative story telling. The group of artists involved in an RPG should be able to decide, as a whole, what themes they want to explore and which would ruin the fun.

Role-playing games, by their very nature, are something of a “safe space” for behavior that would be considered strange or mocked under other circumstances (doing funny voices, pretending to be elves, etc.). Games are an escape for many people. It’s easy to see how that sense of fun and safety and escape could be ruined by the intrusion of certain themes.

This isn’t about a GM being REQUIRED to do anything. This is about a Game Master who is a decent and compassionate person who is interested in making his or her games fun and enjoyable for different players.

This is his website, he’s under no obligation to allow comments he doesn’t like. This isn’t a public square.

Your conclusions can only stand up because you are censoring crucial contrary information. Hang your head in shame, human progress does NOT come from rigged debates..

I’m confident that whatever type of space/table you are providing, I would not be interested in.

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