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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Rechan" data-source="post: 4960885" data-attributes="member: 54846">The first thing that really offended my sensibility is that this guy describles your character's reactions and emotions and such. That, to me, is Out of Bounds for a DM. Whether my character recoils from something disgusting or just grunts and wipes his hand, that's my choice. Saying my character does x when a trap misses is fine, or how my character avoids a blow, but when he starts dictating my own character's reactions in and of themselves, that's where I draw the line. As to the issue of STorytelling vs. Roleplaying, I actually don't make much of a distinction. Many indie roleplaying games have group storytelling. Not "we pass the stick and I tell you how your character reacts", but instead players can influence the narrative (rather than characters merely react to what the DM has given them, the players can also react to changes the Players have made). A very off-the-top-of-my-head example would be, "Ok, we need to get out of dodge? I spend a plot point. DM, I once got this guy out of a jam, and he owes me a favor. I call in my favor, hit up Fast Tony, and get him to hide us." The DM then gets to 1) veto it if he feels it's out of bounds for, say, a plot point, or then 2) gets to include any complications or narrate anything or whatnot - for instance Fast Tony might be monitored by the FBI, and the Pcs conversation at Fast Tony's was picked up on the planted bugs.To me, Roleplaying is "This is my character being my character", storytelling is "This is something happening outside of my character". What the DM in the OP is doing is reading a script with (Insert Die Roll Here) interspersed.</blockquote>

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