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<blockquote data-quote="Mort" data-source="post: 8387388" data-attributes="member: 762">I'm not [USER=86653]@overgeeked[/USER] , but, respectfully, that's not his problem at all.There is no problem with &quot;doing things differently&quot; especially if as you say &quot;the players are all having a good time.&quot;But there are a few things that really are bad DMing regardless of taste, and the argument made was that bullying and belittling your players rises to that level - that's the fly in the ointment.Now, this actually is quite relevant to [USER=7023840]@Snarf Zagyg[/USER] 's post - because this isn't necessarily a live streamed gaming session - it's entertainment and meant to be consumed by an audience not necessarily the players. The one episode of EXU I did see bears this out because the DM, on at least one occasion, paused and addressed the audience with (paraphrased) &quot;and here's what's happening that the players are not aware of...&quot;&nbsp; It was quite apparent that the DM was treating this as a story to tell and entertain first and a game session second.To sum up: I agree with much of what the OP wrote (though, I kind of disagree that Critical Role isn't a good model for a new DM and can expand on that) I would classify EXU as entertainment vs. a gaming session and if you DID classify it as a gaming session (which, as I said I wouldn't) I would put it in the &quot;don't do it that way...&quot; column.My 2 cents and all IMO of course.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mort, post: 8387388, member: 762"] I'm not [USER=86653]@overgeeked[/USER] , but, respectfully, that's not his problem [b]at all[/b]. There is no problem with "doing things differently" especially if as you say "the players are all having a good time." But there are a few things that really are bad DMing regardless of taste, and the argument made was that bullying and belittling your players rises to that level - that's the fly in the ointment. Now, this actually is quite relevant to [USER=7023840]@Snarf Zagyg[/USER] 's post - because this isn't necessarily a live streamed gaming session - it's entertainment and meant to be consumed by an audience not necessarily the players. The one episode of EXU I did see bears this out because the DM, on at least one occasion, paused and addressed the audience with (paraphrased) "and here's what's happening that the players are not aware of..." It was quite apparent that the DM was treating this as a story to tell and entertain first and a game session second. To sum up: I agree with much of what the OP wrote (though, I kind of disagree that Critical Role isn't a good model for a new DM and can expand on that) I would classify EXU as entertainment vs. a gaming session and if you DID classify it as a gaming session (which, as I said I wouldn't) I would put it in the "don't do it that way..." column. My 2 cents and all IMO of course. [/QUOTE]

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