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Originally Posted by haakon1  The whole DM v. player dynamic makes no sense to me -- aren't you all just friends?
I get that people seem to a union rule or an allergy against the DM having a character, but I don't get the passive-aggressive stuff between DM and players, in either direction. |
I think you might be misinterpreting the situation a bit. We were all good friends and had a great time. I was a lot younger then (by about 16 years!), so maybe it irked me more than it would have these days.
Thing is, the player characters should be the stars. NPCs shouldn't overshadow the player characters. I have no issue with the DM having a character tag along, as that's their "voice" in the game. I do it all the time. However, the DM's character should be there to give the players a boost, not to take center stage.
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Originally Posted by DarwinofMind He then congratulated us on a such a good job, and we all went home.... I realized that just becuase we're freinds doesn't mean we can all game together. |
There's a certain truth to this. I have a group of friends who I used to game with. They tend to play more mecenary games. I tend to play heroic games. Good friends, but our gaming styles just don't mesh.
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