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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zelda Themelin" data-source="post: 24627" data-attributes="member: 167">Neither was my meaning, though both can be true. I meant, that people IRL aren't social shapeshifters. It is hard to potray somebody's elses (and imaginative person's at that) social power, if that's all the 'magic' there is. DM can impress people, that's not the same thing.Good DMing I think has a lot too do with people's tastes. Some have thought I am good dm, and I know how greatly I suck at DMing. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Yep, true to rest what you said. Though IMO movies and books can be effective in causing emotions in ways rpg can not, and vice verse.What comes to your red dragon example, lack of description has nothing to do with lack of metaphors. And of course villain with personality and prior personal involtment into character's life has more emotional impact than 'end of level monster without introduction'. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />What comes to myths and symbols, some have been overused so much they actually make some people go 'yawn, I don't care' and have quite the non-impressive effect when used, especially that mentioned vampire-thing happens to one of those.</blockquote>

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