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Message: <blockquote data-quote="James Heard" data-source="post: 1517935" data-attributes="member: 7280">That, but moving around is more like acting (which I'm comfortable with) and gives me a greater range of of intimacy with my players, I can control my voice by relative position as well as by pitch and such. Basically though, it's how well you pull it off. I mean, I could care less if my players thought I was being silly because in general they won't stay that way. I've seen some GMs over the years that couldn't pull it off, without the extra focus of a fixed position you sometimes have to actively persue your audience really. But these guys weren't overachievers in the charisma department anyways. I think the worst mistake you can make when you're standing up and GMing is when you turn your back on the players, because it's not hard to do if the group is sprawled around in certain formations and you've still got to somehow maintain the notion that 'all eyes are upon you' in a game to manage it I think.</blockquote>