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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oryan77" data-source="post: 5120785" data-attributes="member: 18701">That's true if it is just a short lived game. But a DM would get bored over time if he wanted to run a long term game but was always forced to hack-n-slash when he wants more in depth roleplaying situations. And a bored DM can lead to being a bad DM.I've DMed groups filled with players that wanted to hack-n-slash when I wanted to focus more on roleplaying. What I've realized is this:1. A DM is sometimes expected to cater to players by DMing a style of game that he may not really want to DM. If he does this, he's a good DM.2. A player is sometimes expected to cater to the DM by playing in a style of game that the DM wants to run, but the player may not want to play in. If the DM does this, he's a bad DM.So players may think a DM is a bad DM, but other DMs may not think he's being a bad DM. But then it's the players opinion that sorta matters more, right? It's situations like this that make me question my DMing ability because I have no problem refusing to DM a game I don't want to DM. But I've had plenty of players make me feel like scum for not letting them get what they want 24/7.Sometimes people make it seem like you have to be a huge pushover in order to be a good DM. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /></blockquote>

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