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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Whizbang Dustyboots" data-source="post: 3674133" data-attributes="member: 11760">IT STILL SUCKS. It's an unfair usage of your power as a DM."Here, let me set the stage for the adventure, bring in all the cast members and, oh yes, I will be playing one of the main characters!" This is a half-step away from you just putting on puppet theater for your players and having  them watch.And "universally accepted" translates to, nine times out of 10, "the only guy willing to DM dictated terms to us, whether we like it or not."If you're looking to be a better DM, strike DMPC from your vocabulary. It can be successfully done, once in a while, but the vast majority of the time, it just makes an otherwise good game suck. A lot.If you want to be a player, be a player. There are plenty of good indie RPGs that don't require a DM at all.</blockquote>