Quote Originally Posted by Cheesegear View Post
Anything the DM prepares...Has well, by definition, been prepared by the DM. It's railroads all the way down. People have to come up with even more bulls* labels to differentiate what and when the DM does what they do and why it's okay and when it's not, and it's a spectrum and also it's the intent that matters and-

DMs are gonna do what they're gonna do. They have overt - and covert - control over the entire world. Some DMs don't know how to use that power appropriately. They haven't yet learned how to hide their power level...Those DMs are often called 'Bad DMs'.

I've also learned that Good DMs, teaching Bad DMs, how to hide their power level...Makes players **** themselves with rage.
Again, this whole thing about what is okay or not for DMs to do, whether something is Good or Bad DMing, that's all irrelevant to this thread and irrelevant to the Authored/Emergent distinction. At this point it's basically entirely coming from you.