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<blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 8465412" data-attributes="member: 6801845">But the implication is simple: DMs speaking less is always better.&nbsp; That's what I disagree with.&nbsp; It's too broad a statement and without context is meaningless.If a person is fun to play with even if, heaven forbid, they aren't into long dialog expositions then I'm not going to try to force them to play the way I want them to play.&nbsp; Are they paying attention outside of combat? Are they contributing at least now and then, even if it's minimal?&nbsp; Then good on them.&nbsp; I'll give them opportunities to speak out, but I will never push it.&nbsp; The hypothetical &quot;dice bot player&quot; has never existed in any game I've ever run.&nbsp; YMMV of course, but just because someone is there for different reasons doesn't mean I'm going to kick them out for that reason alone.&nbsp; Some people just aren't comfortable with in character dialog, some people just want to play a PC that's not talkative. You sure as heck seem to be pushing one true way of playing for your players.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" alt="🤷‍♂️" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f937-2642.png" title="Man shrugging&nbsp; &nbsp; :man_shrugging:" data-shortname=":man_shrugging:" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Oofta, post: 8465412, member: 6801845"] But the implication is simple: DMs speaking less is [I]always [/I]better. That's what I disagree with. It's too broad a statement and without context is meaningless. If a person is fun to play with even if, [I]heaven forbid[/I], they aren't into long dialog expositions then I'm not going to try to force them to play the way I want them to play. Are they paying attention outside of combat? Are they contributing at least now and then, even if it's minimal? Then good on them. I'll give them opportunities to speak out, but I will never push it. The hypothetical "dice bot player" has never existed in any game I've ever run. YMMV of course, but just because someone is there for different reasons doesn't mean I'm going to kick them out for that reason alone. Some people just aren't comfortable with in character dialog, some people just want to play a PC that's not talkative. You sure as heck seem to be pushing one true way of playing for your players. 🤷‍♂️ [/QUOTE]

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