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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Glyfair" data-source="post: 3699015" data-attributes="member: 53">I consider these different things.  A storytelling player* is one who wants to have dramatic events happen.  Typically they prefer the cinematic devices including foreshadowing, climax, etc.  They want to look back at the game and see the story the group told together.The "roleplaying" player (I think "character immersion" player is probably a less confusing term) is the one who wants to immerse himself in his character and the world.  They tend to be closely related, and usually player that fits one type has elements of the other.  However, I find that each type dislikes things the other type does.  For example, the "character immersive" type will do what he feels his character will do, often to the detriment of the group story.  The storytelling player tends to get irritated by this and considers it selfish behavior.* I'm not using this term as one excluding DMs.  DMs are playing at the table as well.</blockquote>