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<blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 7174751" data-attributes="member: 2011"><p>Who's obfuscating now? There is a obviously a difference between DMs and players, but stating that a DM is not a participant in a game is not accurate. Words matter. I've twice asked you to give me some terminology which would be more applicable and twice you have just complained about the terminology that I used.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Yes, he is. He's playing the game too. He has a special role, but he is still playing the game. He is not just a referee. He is not just the drawer of maps. He is not just an impartial adjudicator.</p><p></p><p>Players roleplay their PCs. DMs roleplay the NPCs. Both participate in the conversations and interactions, not just the players. Sorry, but DMs are participants in their games. They are investing their time at the table like every other player. They are eating food like other players. They are telling jokes like other players. They are roleplaying like other players. They are influencing the story like other players. They sometimes have a great time like other players, and they are sometimes frustrated like other players. They are basically doing everything that other players are doing, they just do a lot more on top of what the other players are doing.</p><p></p><p>The only thing that a DM does not do is roleplay an individual PC, but that's semantics. Instead, he roleplays hundreds of NPCs. He's playing the game too.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Put another way, the DM is there to have fun playing the game too. The DM plays the game to have fun just as much as every other person sitting at the table.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Now you can reply that I am obfuscating the term player in the game, but the term basically means "a person taking part in a sport or game". The DM falls under that category.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KarinsDad, post: 7174751, member: 2011"] Who's obfuscating now? There is a obviously a difference between DMs and players, but stating that a DM is not a participant in a game is not accurate. Words matter. I've twice asked you to give me some terminology which would be more applicable and twice you have just complained about the terminology that I used. Yes, he is. He's playing the game too. He has a special role, but he is still playing the game. He is not just a referee. He is not just the drawer of maps. He is not just an impartial adjudicator. Players roleplay their PCs. DMs roleplay the NPCs. Both participate in the conversations and interactions, not just the players. Sorry, but DMs are participants in their games. They are investing their time at the table like every other player. They are eating food like other players. They are telling jokes like other players. They are roleplaying like other players. They are influencing the story like other players. They sometimes have a great time like other players, and they are sometimes frustrated like other players. They are basically doing everything that other players are doing, they just do a lot more on top of what the other players are doing. The only thing that a DM does not do is roleplay an individual PC, but that's semantics. Instead, he roleplays hundreds of NPCs. He's playing the game too. Put another way, the DM is there to have fun playing the game too. The DM plays the game to have fun just as much as every other person sitting at the table. Now you can reply that I am obfuscating the term player in the game, but the term basically means "a person taking part in a sport or game". The DM falls under that category. [/QUOTE]
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