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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sadras" data-source="post: 6457762" data-attributes="member: 6688277">[MENTION=5143]Majoru Oakheart[/MENTION], having read your roleplaying frustrations through your numerous posts, I think its best you don't take everyone's 'criticism' here too harshly, we each have different groups of varying people and different playstyles - our playstyles have evolved differently. I believe what is critically important though is to have been fortunate to experience different DMing styles as I was growing up through the years and not have had a closed homogenous group whose growth becomes severely stunted. I know it benefited me greatly as player, but most significantly as DM.Enworld also helps in this regard. Some groups have not been fortunate in this regard, I have had the displeasure of experiencing that first hand.It is my opinion that should you wish to change the playstyle of your players, given all that you have said about your group, then you yourself as primary and most knowledgeable roleplayer of the group have to show them the way and that can only be done by altering your DMing style as it doesn't sound that they are exposed to anything/anyone else to broaden their minds. You, as member on Enworld, are! Try loosening the DM reins and see where the players take you. I'm not saying you do this for your Alpha Campaign but as a side project in a rules-light setting, it might help and alleviate some of the responsibility and weight you bear as a DM in your group's usual playstyle.I'm only posting this because I feel sometimes we judge to harshly on these boards with sharp words, which I'm often guilty of, and 80 pages of what may be misinterpreted as "You're doing everything wrong" is a difficult pill to swallow for anyone, and instead we should be encouraging you to attempt a hopefully less-stressful and more enjoyable roleplaying style for both you and your group. Admittedly a lot of the posters here have done that already and far eloquently, I'm just not convinced 80 pages in that it sunk home amongst all the 'noise' and 'garbage' given your last few posts.I'm only encouraging you to explore these other styles and take from them what you (as a group) like.Apologies if I come across as sanctimonious in this post, that is not my intention. It is just that I recognise your playstyle all too clearly and the heavy burden that you have identified with being a sole DM in your group.</blockquote>

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