Brother Mortimer |
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I go to McDonalds with six people from organized play. I offer them a choice: We can eat here, and you know what you will get. Or across the street is this nice diner, where the food will be much better. But it is up to you, we will only get the diner burgers if we all vote to do so.
This is the better analogy. It would be an agreement between consenting adults. At this point it is not legal. But for the sake of many of the older scenarios I hope it eventually becomes legal.
OK, allowing GMs to make any modification that comes to mind is too much, I see the problem. But add one additional mook for each player above four, and use the advanced template for monsters if the group is playing down - rules of this nature would be an easy way to add to difficulty. I would love to see organized play develop rules guidelines of this sort. And if as a GM that is what my players want, I fail to see where there is a problem.
My impression is that Mike and Mark have given this problem plenty of thought, and at this point don't see a good way to create such guidelines, and have plenty of more pressing deadlines to meet. However part of the purpose of the forums is to air issues like this, in the hope that they will pay off in the future.
And for those of you arguing that PFS should be like fast food, ie of dependably mediocre quality, is that truly all you want for the society? I find it unlikely, and I suggest that there is perhaps a middle position in between the chaos of unlawful, rule breaking GMs and the rigidity of zero flexibility.