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Topic	I watched this video and it kinda made me want to play D&D
ParanoidObsessive 10/11/19 5:53:51 PM #10:	AllstarSniper32 posted... hypnox posted... The DMs role is to create a world and narrative for the players to play in. Not to play ring leader for the group of players. The DM is also supposed to make sure the game is fun for everyone so that they can play how they like. Which is part of creating a world and narrative. There's a section about it in the DM guide. the DM needs to know what kind player the players are so that they can adjust the campaign accordingly. The DM is also a player, in a way. Unless they're being paid, they're under no real obligation to run a game they don't enjoy running. A narrative, world-building DM who wants to craft a political mystery with tons of social interaction and faction-influence is going to come to loathe their regular session if all of their players are combat wombats who don't even ask NPCs their name before stabbing them. Conversely, players who want an awesome story and emotional peaks (ie, the kind of players who bring 47 pages worth of character backstory to the first session) are going to start hating a game run by an oldschool grognard DM who views the game as the DM having the obligation to murder the players while the players must min-max/optimize every stat and ability synergy just to survive. If a DM isn't having fun running a game, then that DM should find a different group, and that group should find a different DM. Yes, it IS the DM's role to run a game that players want to play, but different DMs specialize in different types of games, and different groups do better (or worse) with different DMs. Personally, I've run games that have gone dozens of sessions without a single die roll or combat of any kind. The people I ran those games for loved them. Other players would absolutely hate them. And no one is objectively "right" or "wrong" about what a game SHOULD be. If players are having fun, then the game is being played correctly. If some or all of the people sitting at the table are bored or miserable or outright dread game night, then that game is absolutely being played wrong, even if you're following every rule written down in the book to the letter. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family <cite>ParanoidObsessive posted [p:928645158] in I watched ... [t:78073666]...</cite> <quote><cite>AllstarSniper32 posted...</cite> <quote><cite>hypnox posted...</cite> <quote>The DMs role is to create a world and narrative for the players to play in. Not to play ring leader for the group of players.</quote> The DM is also supposed to make sure the game is fun for everyone so that they can play how they like. Which is part of creating a world and narrative. There's a section about it in the DM guide. the DM needs to know what kind player the players are so that they can adjust the campaign accordingly.</quote> The DM is also a player, in a way. Unless they're being paid, they're under no real obligation to run a game they don't enjoy running. A narrative, world-building DM who wants to craft a political mystery with tons of social interaction and faction-influence is going to come to loathe their regular session if all of their players are combat wombats who don't even ask NPCs their name before stabbing them. Conversely, players who want an awesome story and emotional peaks (ie, the kind of players who bring 47 pages worth of character backstory to the first session) are going to start hating a game run by an oldschool grognard DM who views the game as the DM having the obligation to murder the players while the players must min-max/optimize every stat and ability synergy just to survive. If a DM isn't having fun running a game, then that DM should find a different group, and that group should find a different DM. Yes, it IS the DM's role to run a game that players want to play, but different DMs specialize in different types of games, and different groups do better (or worse) with different DMs. Personally, I've run games that have gone dozens of sessions without a single die roll or combat of any kind. The people I ran those games for loved them. Other players would absolutely hate them. And no one is objectively "right" or "wrong" about what a game SHOULD be. If players are having fun, then the game is being played correctly. If some or all of the people sitting at the table are bored or miserable or outright dread game night, then that game is absolutely being played wrong, even if you're following every rule written down in the book to the letter. --- "Wall of Text'D!" --- oldskoolplayr76 "POwned again." --- blight family</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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