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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ruin Explorer" data-source="post: 8465327" data-attributes="member: 18">One might think so but my experience is that it's uneven. It is worth considering though. Numbers below are all for D&D, other RPGs vary widely.With say two players and a DM I often see the DM talking more than 50% of the time. The players only have a limited amount to discuss and the DM has to describe everything.With say seven players I also see the DM talking a lot, maybe still over 50%, as the players have more questions for the DM and there's so many players that they tend to be more brief in descriptions and have more time to prep turns so take less time.With 3-5 players is where I usually see the most intra-player discussion, most RP and description, and best questions (which you can usually answer once without anyone missing it or having to ask again or misunderstanding. It's easy for me.to hit 30% or less with this number.Different editions were different too. In 2E I had to speak a lot more because so much was DM-driven. In 4E I spoke less out of combat but maybe more in it.</blockquote>