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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ExploderWizard" data-source="post: 5898741" data-attributes="member: 66434">I don't quite understand what "making the game a democracy" means. A good DM should always be asking the players for input. It means that neither the DM nor the players simply dictate what happens next. What happens is a result of PC's and the campaign interacting.  As the DM, I am not there to tell a story in my words or anyone elses. I am there to referee the game. The story ends up being what the players make of interacting with the campaign world.  Far from a democracy, a great campaign is wonderous chaos. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> Also, asking for general feedback about whether the players are enjoying the campaign isn't spoiling any mystery. They will be telling you things that might be good to know. This doesn't mean you have to discuss campaign specific details with them. Knowing what is engaging for your group, what bores them, and what is especially exciting to them are good things to know.  Last but not least, a DM should be confident with his/her gaming style, especially if the players are satisfied, but should never stop trying to find ways to make the game better for the group. I have been running games going on 32 years and still enjoy collecting tidbits of wisdom from other DMs. You never know when you will find something very valuable to add to your game or where it will come from. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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