Welcome to The Gilded Lily.

In this first installment of our new segment, “Round the Table,” I’m joined by Static Cling to tackle one of the oldest debates in the hobby: How much authority should a DM actually have over character choices?

Where is the line? Does a DM’s right to curate their world override a player’s agency to build the hero they want? We sat down at the table to hash it out

This conversation, where Static asked me 3 questions (and I asked him one) actually ran for nearly two hours, so we’ve broken the full discussion into four parts to make sure we don’t keep you at the bar all night. This is Part 1.

Be good, or be good at it. You got the juice.

-Bob