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<blockquote data-quote="Iosue" data-source="post: 6319711" data-attributes="member: 6680772">Again, I'm not talking about Universal GM Best Practices.&nbsp; I'm talking specifically about playing D&amp;D as a game of exploration, and in this case making a contrast with Pemerton's style of &quot;When my players are planning I pay attention, and frequently get&nbsp; involved (eg to egg them on one way or another, whether by encouragement&nbsp; or (gentle) mockery; perhaps to remind them of some salient backstory&nbsp; that they seem to have forgotten; etc).&quot;Of course I pay attention to what the players are saying, and of course I correct blatant player misconceptions the character could not be expected to have, e.g., layouts of rooms, etc.&nbsp; Nor am I saying that &quot;turning gargoyle&quot; will be appropriate for all kinds of campaigns/playstyles/games or people.&nbsp; And the free flow of information is vital.&nbsp; All I am saying is that when the players huddle to discuss their next course of action (in an exploration game, so this generally involves the next area to be explored), I take no part, aside from answering questions and making clarifications.Umbran, I'm a little confused.&nbsp; Is there a reason you keep taking examples of me saying, &quot;Well, in my specific game, this is what I do...&quot; and extrapolating them into generalized discussions of what GMs do or should do?&nbsp; I mean, I get that the style I use to run B/X D&amp;D may not be best suited for how you run Shadowrun, but what does that have to do with Callers and Mappers in D&amp;D?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Iosue, post: 6319711, member: 6680772"] Again, I'm not talking about Universal GM Best Practices. I'm talking specifically about playing D&D as a game of exploration, and in this case making a contrast with Pemerton's style of "When my players are planning I pay attention, and frequently get involved (eg to egg them on one way or another, whether by encouragement or (gentle) mockery; perhaps to remind them of some salient backstory that they seem to have forgotten; etc)." [i]Of course[/i] I pay attention to what the players are saying, and [i]of course[/i] I correct blatant player misconceptions the character could not be expected to have, e.g., layouts of rooms, etc. Nor am I saying that "turning gargoyle" will be appropriate for all kinds of campaigns/playstyles/games or people. And the free flow of information is vital. All I am saying is that when the players huddle to discuss their next course of action (in an exploration game, so this generally involves the next area to be explored), I take no part, aside from answering questions and making clarifications. Umbran, I'm a little confused. Is there a reason you keep taking examples of me saying, "Well, in my specific game, this is what I do..." and extrapolating them into generalized discussions of what GMs do or should do? I mean, I get that the style I use to run B/X D&D may not be best suited for how you run Shadowrun, but what does that have to do with Callers and Mappers in D&D? [/QUOTE]

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