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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bagpuss" data-source="post: 415238" data-attributes="member: 3987">I'm about 50/50 on being a DM or a Player, basically I prefer being a DM but I'm lazy and being a DM is a lot of work.Main appeal of being a DM is as a Player you might be playing a great character in a video game, but as DM I get to make the game you play in.You get to ride the rollercoaster but I get to build it, I put all the ups, downs and twists in it and get to see the joy, gloom, and fear on the player's faces.Besides as a player I can find myself thinking it would have been better if he'd just done this little touch, twist or flourish, and I pick up ideas from other DM's I want to incorporate into my ideas.I can see the advantages as a player, its much less work, and you can put more effort in making one outstanding character. But as a DM you have much more control and greater range of 'toys' to play with.Also its really rewarding to see players enjoy a good game, and know you are responsible for it. I imagine its a bit like the kick an actor or stand-up comic gets from a live audience.Its great when you have the players by their balls, so to speak and they are hanging on your every word... erm its a bit of a power trip at its best.At its worst however is when you realise you have a game the next day and your up to 3 am working on it and it still looks like a series of pointless combat encounters linked by the weakest plot you've ever thought of. You know all the players are expecting you to match that last great game you had and you know what you have planned doesn't even come close.That's responsiblity for you.</blockquote>

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