Talk:Dungeon monitor

New section
I made a few edits to this page today, some minor, some significant. "Dungeon Monitor is a title and should thus be capitalized throughout the article, which has been done. Both words really should be capitalized in the page title as well, but I'm reluctant to create a whole new page over a simple error like that.  Who knows what links might be lost as a result?

The addition of Chief Dungeon Monitors to the article is based upon my own fairly extensive experience as a Dungeon Monitor and occasional event organizer, but I believe that it is general enough to be acceptable. In fact, it's such common sense that I don't think there's anything questionable about the addition.

CDNRopemaster (talk) 19:55, 31 July 2012 (UTC)

Removed erroneous information
As soon as I finish typing this, I'll be removing Dungeon Monitors are normally not permitted to engage in a scene themselves so that they will always remain an outside and objective observer of other players' scenes from the article. I have been a Dungeon Monitor (DM) for the past 5 years and have reviewed the rules of conduct for DMs, DM Training Manuals and similar documents of a large number of organizations and clubs over the past decade and I have never seen such a restriction. Obviously DMs are not permitted to engage in a scene themselves while they are on duty, but a typical DM shift is 1-2 hours out of the 4 or more hours a typical event or club night lasts. The only time I can envision such a rule being in place is if there are not enough DMs available to split up the duty or if the DM team is entirely made up of paid staff.

CDNRopemaster (talk) 20:03, 31 July 2012 (UTC)