POLL: DM or Player?

[Brown Jenkin]

I voted player because I am mostly a player. I do occaisionally DM though.

 

[kenmarable]

Right now I prefer DMing, but it actually goes in cycles for me:

DM for a while, and then start to really miss getting into a particular PC and having the plot unfold in front of me rather than constantly leaping between NPCs as well as the juggling act of keeping the plot coherent, which leads to...

Being just a player for a while, but then I eventually come up with some fun adventure ideas or read some of Paizo's latest, and really miss guiding the story and realizing these fun encounters and situations, which begins the cycle all over again.

If I play regularly, I typically have about a year before I need to flip to the other side of the screen. Right now I am co-DMing where we trade off about every level or so. So we'll see how well that appeases my conflicting preferences.

 

[avin]

DM almost all the time... would rather be mostly a player, tho...

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Which are you? If you are both, then which do you prefer?

One of the reasons I ask is to get a feel for the community here... I am going to guess DMs outweigh Players... but we'll see.

I am both a DM and a player, but I wouldn't want to do either exclusively. Considering that everyone in my group also DMs his own campaign, I'd say I am more a player. But when I am visiting this board, I am often more interested in the DM perspective stuff.

 

[Knightfall]

I've been a DM, and I've been a player. Both are great but I prefer to be the DM.

 

[Man in the Funny Hat]

I voted "player" but it REALLY just isn't that simple. I enjoy DMing and often in the past playing in someone elses campaign simply gives me the itch to be running my own. But I do get burned out on DMing if that's ALL I ever get to do. I enjoy playing just as much and it's a significantly different experience. Worse, I have not been able to BE a player for 6 years or so and it's getting to where I want to roll dice so bad I can TASTE it.

If the Gaming Police put a gun to my head and told me I had to choose forever between DMing and being a player I'd choose player - I can get something of a fix for the DM jones just by working on stuff that will never see the light of day. That's not far different from where I'm at right now anyway. But if I had my druthers I would never say one is more preferable to me than the other overall.

 

[Aluvial]

Thanks for the responses... for those of you who want the both option, I didn't put it there, because I wnated to know which you prefer...

That's what is important to me with this poll.

Aluvial