Editing The Monolith From Beyond Space and Time (section)

==How NOT to DM==
The module incorporates the single worst aspects of LotFP, and thankfully it's nice enough to distill them into one perfect example of why this shit isn't fondly remembered by a lot of people who've played it:

<big>'''An Example of Travel Within the Monolith'''</big>
:'''Bob (playing Jake the Fighter):''' "So we both see this featureless tunnel?"
:'''Referee (playing [[That Guy]] the DM):''' "Yes."
:'''Sarah (playing Veronica the Specialist):''' "I look at the wall to my left."
:'''Referee:''' "There is no wall. It's just a passage going forward."
:'''Bob:''' "I have an idea! We get back to back."
:'''Referee:''' "OK..."
:'''Bob:''' "Now we will both walk forward, away from each other."
:'''Referee:''' "Sarah?"
:'''Sarah:''' "Yeah, I'll do it.
:'''Bob:''' "After I walk ten paces, I turn around.
:'''Referee:''' "You see a featureless white tunnel going forward into infinity.
:'''Bob:''' "But do I see Sarah's character?
:'''Referee:''' "Oh yes, she's right in front of you. Looking at you.
:'''Bob:''' "What?"
:'''Sarah:''' "What do I see?"
:'''Referee:''' "You were still walking down the passage, right? You don't see anything, but the passage."
:'''Bob:''' "What? She's right in front of me though?"
:'''Referee:''' "Yes."
:'''Sarah:''' "I don't see Bob in front of me?
:'''Referee:''' "Well you do now. You are looking at each other now face to face."

Everything about the above is wrong. Interpreting player questions as character thoughts or actions, screwing with them for express purpose of frustrating them, forgetting your own rules and descriptions only to pretend you meant to do that when you were reminded of them, hardcore railroading your players, needing the players to have to read the script and spoil the entire adventure just so they know what the fuck they're doing (or drop so many hints you're spoiling them on it yourself), the list goes on. In short, if the above for whatever reason is happening then something has gone wrong with your group, and the DM running it needs to practice a lot more before they run another.

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