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If you are a Game Master... - robkelk - 12-17-2017
...read and take to heart aurilee's comments on this strip.
RE: If you are a Game Master... - Spoilsport - 12-18-2017
I have played with a couple of very, very intelligent and (perhaps more important) witty GMs, and from them learned some important things:
1) Learn to wing it, and think on your feet (if you can't stay on your feet at "full scale", scale down)
2) Play it down if it honestly doesn't matter (if you're feeling evil, ask them if they'd like to roll for how many rounds they'll need to take "to work that out" while the explosion keeps coming at them.)
3) Never randomize the world, randomize the success or failure of actions
Related to K-2SO4's response, when my wife asks, "do you like option A or option B?" My answer is always "Yes".