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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Journeyman" data-source="post: 2695945" data-attributes="member: 9958">Am I hard on myself?  Vs. Am I a good DM?It seems the thread has blossumed into two distinct questions.  Are we, as DM/GM's too hard on ourselves matched with the natural extension of are we good or bad DM/GM's.I'll throw my two cents in on both thoughts.I am quite hard on myself.  This is because I have chosen to run my sessions in order to develop my novel's world.  I strive for the perfection I see in my mind's eye.  I strive to produce and display this for my players to enjoy and walk through.  It is when they redevelope this world, and make it better, that i again repeat the cycle.  Being hard on myself, and demanding good sessions in my mind allows for good sessions.Am I a good DM/GM?  I suppose that all centers on what I believe a good DM to be counter balanced by what my many players have told me I actually am.In my mind a good DM/GM has the following traits, or is in the process of developing them.1:  He/she builds the house's framework, and allows the PC's to place doors, windows, walls, furniture, etc where they will.  A PC group that feels they control their destiny in a backdrop of realitive realism is a happy group.  Should my PC's decide to become pirates and sail the open seas...I will be right there too.2: Which means a good DM/GM is adaptable.  Gotta be.3:  He/she uses interesting tools to highlight or amplify the gaming experience.  Music, writing utensils, miniatures, whatever.4:  He/she knows why their players play the game, what they want, and makes sure they know why he/she is there to DM/GM.5:  Finally a good GM/DM knows when to say yes, and when to say no, but to obfuscate said decision through the plot of the game.  Don't like gnomes?  Rather than say no, make a reason in game why there are no viable options for them.  If the player comes up with a wicked cool reasoning for one...well damn...your game just got better.So, in all, yea I am hard on myself, but every player i have had grow me and make GM/DM'ing fun for me, or a horror (lol), have said i am damn good at it.  So i'll not look a gift horse in the mouth!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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