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<blockquote data-quote="Scott Christian" data-source="post: 8469587" data-attributes="member: 6901101">Not judging (judgement free zone), but I think this speaks volumes and is something to take a closer look at. It implies that you just care for playing a character less, and therefore, your patience, time spent outside the game, prep, and concentration are less devoted than when you DM. You have the ability to be a player just as well as you DM, but the interest level prevents you from doing so?Just a thought. This - so much, this. <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="☝️" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/261d.png" title="Index pointing up&nbsp; &nbsp; :point_up:" data-shortname=":point_up:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" />&nbsp; I am always amazed at people who expound on game design, RPG philosophy, etc. and then find out they have only DMed the last five or ten years.This, so much, this. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f44d.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs up&nbsp; &nbsp; (y)"&nbsp; data-smilie="22"data-shortname="(y)" />I want to reiterate the above. It is that important. What makes me a decent player is what I learned from DMing: following DM cues, listening, using spotlight appropriately, reinforcing the DM's rulings, accepting the occasional railroad, humoring with a laugh, etc. When I compare the two skill sets directly, I think it depends on what game is being played. I think I am a better player for 5e or PF1 or 2. I am a better DM for games with a more refined or reigned in lore-set or a ruleset that is a bit grittier. That might also just be an interest level like above. As I have never been a fan of a tit-for-tat DMing style. For example, once the wizard gets fly then suddenly the DM pulls out things that counter it: flying creatures, weather events, archers everywhere; or the DM removes the obstacles like no more rivers full of crocs to cross.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Scott Christian, post: 8469587, member: 6901101"] Not judging (judgement free zone), but I think this speaks volumes and is something to take a closer look at. It implies that you just care for playing a character less, and therefore, your patience, time spent outside the game, prep, and concentration are less devoted than when you DM. You have the ability to be a player just as well as you DM, but the interest level prevents you from doing so? Just a thought. This - so much, this. ☝️ I am always amazed at people who expound on game design, RPG philosophy, etc. and then find out they have only DMed the last five or ten years. This, so much, this. (y) I want to reiterate the above. It is that important. What makes me a decent player is what I learned from DMing: following DM cues, listening, using spotlight appropriately, reinforcing the DM's rulings, accepting the occasional railroad, humoring with a laugh, etc. When I compare the two skill sets directly, I think it depends on what game is being played. I think I am a better player for 5e or PF1 or 2. I am a better DM for games with a more refined or reigned in lore-set or a ruleset that is a bit grittier. That might also just be an interest level like above. As I have never been a fan of a tit-for-tat DMing style. For example, once the wizard gets fly then suddenly the DM pulls out things that counter it: flying creatures, weather events, archers everywhere; or the DM removes the obstacles like no more rivers full of crocs to cross. [/QUOTE]

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