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Message: <blockquote data-quote="steenan" data-source="post: 6138708" data-attributes="member: 23240">While I suffered a burnout once and had to stop GMing for about half a year, it was definitely not because of the style of play you describe.Really, it is easier for me to run a game where players engage in relationships with NPCs and care about what happens to them. Players push forward and direct the plot, taking a lot of work off my shoulders. I probably spend a little more time making sure that various NPCs are interesting, but I definitely save a lot of effort compared to creating the whole plot by myself and then motivating the players to follow it. Also, the input from engaged players is really inspiring. Instead of basing everything on my own creativity, I take players' ideas - their PCs' goals, beliefs and actions - and build on that. It makes this play style more natural for me than "some action and some dice".</blockquote>