fanboy2000
Adventurer
I to much of a contol freak to be a good player. You would think that DMing would make me a better player, but all it's done is feed my ego.
Kid Socrates said:The question pretty much says it all. Five, six years ago I was pretty good at role-playing, and could really get into a character, his motivations, desires, all that. I wasn't world-class or anything, but I was really good.
Then I started running games......
Kid Socrates said:The question pretty much says it all. Five, six years ago I was pretty good at role-playing, and could really get into a character, his motivations, desires, all that. I wasn't world-class or anything, but I was really good.
Then I started running games. I'm running two now, at the same time in the same world. It takes a lot of my time, but it's a whole lot of fun. (That said, trying to run TWO weekly games that are plot-heavy and deep with character background is not something I think I'll do again. If not for one being online-only and the other being in person, I'd try to combine them.)
I've played in four or five games since I started these two, usually shorter ones or campaigns that didn't quite get off the ground. In each one, my character concept might be fine, but then I can't get a handle on him role-playing-wise. Or I'll make a character that then just doesn't seem to fit into the campaign at all, or I'll feel really out of place. I don't feel natural being on the player's side of the table anymore. I don't feel like I put enough into my characters.
Does this happen to other people that run a lot, or end up focusing on running? Or is this just me? And is there anything I can do?
Matt
wolf70 said:Ever since then, I am just more comfortable behind the screen. I have played less than a dozen sessions as a player and probably thousands as a DM over the past 23 years.
At any rate, I have seen players who have trouble being a player after they start running their own game. It is just difficult to eliminate the metagame thinking and other aspects of DM'ing.
Just my 2 cents though.
DM
Ravellion said:DMs that show a light lack of self confidence, especially with the rules... its not pretty. I'll be second guessing them constantly, and will often say stuff as "come on!" etc. I simply can't stand a rules-based DM who doesn't know the rules as well as I do.