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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 4644866" data-attributes="member: 2209">Nature: This is generally a pre game decision. Are we playing star wars, D&D, Cthulhu, high magic, no magic, hidden magic, fantasy, modern, sci-fi, etc. IME DMs generally say I want to run a game of X and players either say yes or no. Players asking DMs to run something specific and getting them to agree is much less common IME.Tone: Players can impact a lot by how they roleplay and interact. Things can be deadly serious, freewheeling and spontaneous, lots of jokes, etc.Events: Players have to be proactive to have a significant say in a game's events. DMs generally say what events happen, what encounters the players must react to etc.I'd say players should have an equal opportunity to have a say as compared to each other, but the roles of DM and players in running a game mean they are in different positions for actually determining the nature, tone, and events of a game.Tone is probably the area the players can have the most say in.</blockquote>