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<blockquote data-quote="ExploderWizard" data-source="post: 4897050" data-attributes="member: 66434">The primary goal is what (besides a good time) the participants want most out of the game. &nbsp;&nbsp;If the role of storyteller/editor is distributed among the group then there really isn't a need for a player to play just one character at a game session. The DM and players can just share the actions of all the characters and contribute to the story where appropriate.&nbsp;I don't think that would go over very well with some players. Part of the appeal of roleplaying is identifying with a character, making it your own, and playing that role on a semi-continual basis. Without a sense of ownership of that character the energy and interest in playing that character just wouldn't be there.&nbsp;The players have good cause to complain when the DM tries to control/make decisions for thier characters. A DM should never do this.&nbsp;The DM does not have a character to identify with. The world apart from the PC's is the DM's &quot;character&quot;. Is it really fair to say that the players have a right to jump in and make decisions for the DM's &quot;character&quot; but take offense if the DM does likewise?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ExploderWizard, post: 4897050, member: 66434"] The primary goal is what (besides a good time) the participants want most out of the game. If the role of storyteller/editor is distributed among the group then there really isn't a need for a player to play just one character at a game session. The DM and players can just share the actions of all the characters and contribute to the story where appropriate. I don't think that would go over very well with some players. Part of the appeal of roleplaying is identifying with a character, making it your own, and playing that role on a semi-continual basis. Without a sense of ownership of that character the energy and interest in playing that character just wouldn't be there. The players have good cause to complain when the DM tries to control/make decisions for thier characters. A DM should never do this. The DM does not have a character to identify with. The world apart from the PC's is the DM's "character". Is it really fair to say that the players have a right to jump in and make decisions for the DM's "character" but take offense if the DM does likewise? [/QUOTE]

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