do you think I'm a tough, devious GM?
How about this guy?
The game was simple, get one of the player's character hitched to his true love.
Star crossed lovers though. She was from a different clan that was feuding with the players clan. She was also a worshipper of a nasty, women-only, Earth Protector cult called Babeester Gor that specialises in axes, hating men and NOT getting married. Her father was the clan chief that hated the player characters on sight. Her boss was the High-Priestess of another nasty, women-only, Earth Quake cult called Maran Gor that specialises in huge earthquakes, bigger axes, hating and mutilating men, growing obese. :O
What followed was a comedy of errors as they tried to get some nice 'gifts' to placate all parties concerned. Including getting a dinosaur across the River, past the Dragonewts, through the Haunted Forest to the enemy village while bringing along a white ram badly dyed black [and not colourfast either].
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Greetings,
I'm not sure what that quote was about, but I think that if holding characters accountable for their actions (or inactions) is tough than you are a tough GM. No more tough than what life has to offer us in reality. I say this as compliment. It's also got to be tough for the GM, as well, to be aware of cause and effect, so as to bring realism into a fantasy. Devious? Only when playing tricksters.
Jonathan