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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CherubKid" data-source="post: 5859484" data-attributes="member: 21687">I'm a rabid multi-tasker, and I *need* to keep my hands busy - usually sketching but often reviewing my spells and abilities.  The DM always has my full attention, but I can-not-be-still.  Can't do it.  But I'm usually the most active & engaged PC.  As a DM, I've had Dreamers, who need to be snapped to attention and "recapped" frequently.  This requires patience, but it's not an intentional slight. There are (web) Surfers (and before that Readers) who zone out indiscriminately, but others who hang on my every word as they fill in the empty seconds with keystrokes.  And there are Multi-Taskers, like me, who need to paint minis or flip through Google Images while they play and fight.  And then there are Non-Stop Talkers, who take every opportunity to run their mouth, whether or not the DM is mid-sentence.  Two of these in one game can be a killer.  (If there's only one, they are usually shouted down!) Ultimately, it's not the additional activities that disrupt a game... it's the level of attention given during those activities that shows either respect or disrespect to the DM and other Players.</blockquote>