Post originally by Evan Waters at 2004-08-24 20:26:54
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Jeff Rients wrote:
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Am I the only one that sees the genius in the crazy Fate rules that bind the GM to the rules and his adventure notes? By doing this, McCracken makes the GM run his game without a net. With no GM fiat and no rule fudging Fate has just as much on the line as the players.
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The problem with this is, you might as well be playing with a computer at that point. One of the things that defines RPGs is that there are rules which are continuously interpreted via a human GM or referee, who determines exactly what all those numbers mean in terms of the game world. Letting him be flexible and occasionally bend things is part of the nature of the beast.