https://www.csfriedman.com/what-is-the-dm-rule/ The Worlds of C.S. Friedman Fri, 16 Sep 2016 20:23:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://www.csfriedman.com/what-is-the-dm-rule/#comment-126 Fri, 16 Sep 2016 20:23:00 +0000 https://www.csfriedman.com/?p=1124#comment-126 Well, back in the old days of The Camarilla, Ren and I both played characters from short stories that we were writing, to see how those characters developed and grew over time, when exposed to the riggers of active gaming….
It was very helpful, and a lot of fun.

]]> https://www.csfriedman.com/what-is-the-dm-rule/#comment-53 Fri, 07 Jun 2013 20:51:00 +0000 https://www.csfriedman.com/?p=1124#comment-53 This is entirely true. I have run roleplaying games for 13 years at least, and they are wonderful crucibles for testing the limits of a system. Depending on the player, everything from ethical considerations to the physics of magic can be tested, and some wonderful stories can be told just by breaking the rules. I especially LOVE to find those “its not tradition” type limitations and break them, exploiting the chaos to drive the story. Thank you for affirming that roleplaying can be another tool in the author’s tool box.

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