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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 9204148" data-attributes="member: 29398">Not playing favourites among players and-or characters is a key skill, to be sure.[USER=786]@GuardianLurker[/USER]I'd change your first #7 above to read: 7. Portraying NPCs and the setting as a whole in an engaging manner.#8 falls under &quot;creating and facilitating shared adventures&quot;.9 and 10 are table-specific.&nbsp; Spotlight management is IMO highly overrated; if the players want the spotlight, they'll take it; and if they don't want it, they won't.&nbsp; Focusing on character backstories and subplots only applies to a subset of games and, while important there, probably isn't general enough for a list like this.I can't think of a good way to word it, but something around giving the players freedom to play the game (i.e. a caution against talking too much, excessive railroading, etc.) could certainly fit as a subclass.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 9204148, member: 29398"] Not playing favourites among players and-or characters is a key skill, to be sure. [USER=786]@GuardianLurker[/USER] I'd change your first #7 above to read: 7. Portraying NPCs [I]and the setting as a whole[/I] in an engaging manner. #8 falls under "creating and facilitating shared adventures". 9 and 10 are table-specific. Spotlight management is IMO highly overrated; if the players want the spotlight, they'll take it; and if they don't want it, they won't. Focusing on character backstories and subplots only applies to a subset of games and, while important there, probably isn't general enough for a list like this. I can't think of a good way to word it, but something around giving the players freedom to play the game (i.e. a caution against talking too much, excessive railroading, etc.) could certainly fit as a subclass. [/QUOTE]

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