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<blockquote data-quote="iserith" data-source="post: 7461967" data-attributes="member: 97077">I would add that in my view the DM needs to be very careful about making statements about how a character thinks or feels about something. The DM's role is to describe the environment and narrate the results of the adventurers' actions; however, this also has to jive with the player's role which is to determine what the character does, says, or thinks. So the DM needs to walk that fine line by stating the facts of the environment or the result of the action taken, but not establish anything other than that.An easy way I have found to stay on track is to try to avoid starting off descriptions with &quot;You...&quot; in addition to making sure the player has performed his or her role adequately by stating a clear and reasonably specific goal and approach. In doing so, the DM doesn't have to fill in any blanks on what the character does, says, or thinks and can simply state the result of the action from the perspective of the environment rather than from the character.This may seem like a minor point, but it really changes the nature of the game in my view when the DM oversteps his or her role. It's one of those small things that has a big effect on the play experience over time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="iserith, post: 7461967, member: 97077"] I would add that in my view the DM needs to be very careful about making statements about how a character thinks or feels about something. The DM's role is to describe the environment and narrate the results of the adventurers' actions; however, this also has to jive with the player's role which is to determine what the character does, says, or thinks. So the DM needs to walk that fine line by stating the facts of the environment or the result of the action taken, but not establish anything other than that. An easy way I have found to stay on track is to try to avoid starting off descriptions with "You..." in addition to making sure the player has performed his or her role adequately by stating a clear and reasonably specific goal and approach. In doing so, the DM doesn't have to fill in any blanks on what the character does, says, or thinks and can simply state the result of the action from the perspective of the environment rather than from the character. This may seem like a minor point, but it really changes the nature of the game in my view when the DM oversteps his or her role. It's one of those small things that has a big effect on the play experience over time. [/QUOTE]

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