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<blockquote data-quote="macd21" data-source="post: 7919940" data-attributes="member: 6683793"><p>What you consider choices are what other people consider inherent elements of playing an RPG. If I take copious notes as a DM, it’s because I want/need those notes. Eliminating them from the game will reduce my enjoyment of the game, not make it easier. A lot of people play RPGs because the can ‘turn their brains off,’ ask them to do a lot of work and it stops being fun and turns into a chore.</p><p></p><p>You keep insisting that DMing is easy and that more people would do it, if only we changed how we play games. But we play games the way we do because it’s enjoyable this way. Change all that and the game becomes less enjoyable.</p><p></p><p>The reason the DM is the most important person at the table is because not everyone likes DMing. Some people find the work involved enjoyable, others do not. Some people get a kick out of running a game, others do not. Even if you reduced the workload, you wouldn’t see much of an uptick in DMs, because most players just don’t want to DM.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="macd21, post: 7919940, member: 6683793"] What you consider choices are what other people consider inherent elements of playing an RPG. If I take copious notes as a DM, it’s because I want/need those notes. Eliminating them from the game will reduce my enjoyment of the game, not make it easier. A lot of people play RPGs because the can ‘turn their brains off,’ ask them to do a lot of work and it stops being fun and turns into a chore. You keep insisting that DMing is easy and that more people would do it, if only we changed how we play games. But we play games the way we do because it’s enjoyable this way. Change all that and the game becomes less enjoyable. The reason the DM is the most important person at the table is because not everyone likes DMing. Some people find the work involved enjoyable, others do not. Some people get a kick out of running a game, others do not. Even if you reduced the workload, you wouldn’t see much of an uptick in DMs, because most players just don’t want to DM. [/QUOTE]
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