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-I might want to look at rewriting this for tone and also separating bits of it out and including it directly 
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 ====== DMing style ====== ====== DMing style ======
  
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 Nobody likes gaming with a jerk.  //Nobody.// Nobody likes gaming with a jerk.  //Nobody.//
  
-I’ve gamed with enough jerks that there’s actually a [[gameinfo:table_ettiquette|document for table etiquette]] for games.+I’ve gamed with enough jerks that there’s actually a [[gameinfo:table_etiquette|document for table etiquette]] for games.
  
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 == I like to tinker == == I like to tinker ==
 {{:user:gmmeritbadges:meritbadge_tinker.jpg?direct&50 |I like to tinker}} {{:user:gmmeritbadges:meritbadge_tinker.jpg?direct&50 |I like to tinker}}
-I am an inveterate rules tinkerer.  I love making new rules, monsters, spells, etc, and changing the old ones.  Don’t expect everything to be like you know it from the published book.+I am an inveterate rules tinkerer.  I love making new rules, monsters, spells, etc, and changing the old ones.  Don’t expect everything to be like you know it from the published book, but I am cataloging changes in [[rules:|the rules section]].
  
  
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 {{:user:gmmeritbadges:meritbadge_run.jpg?direct&50 |Be prepared to run!}} {{:user:gmmeritbadges:meritbadge_run.jpg?direct&50 |Be prepared to run!}}
-Sometimes you have to be ready to cut bait and fight another day!  Not every monster can be defeated, and not everything is "level appropriate."  If you live by the phrase "death before dishonor," be ready to roll up a lot of [[gameinfo:rules:part_2_player_character_information:character_death#hi_i_m_the_new_party_member|fresh first-level characters]]... I think a more apt phrase may be "live by the sword, die by the sword."+Sometimes you have to be ready to cut bait and fight another day!  Not every monster can be defeated, and not everything is "level appropriate."  If you live by the phrase "death before dishonor," be ready to roll up a lot of [[gameinfo:twenty_quick_questions_rules#how_are_replacement_pcs_handled|fresh first-level characters]]... I think a more apt phrase may be "live by the sword, die by the sword."
  
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