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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Scotley" data-source="post: 5191440" data-attributes="member: 11520">Great Thread!AWorld Building--This is one of my favorite things. I love to do it. I spend a lot of time thinking up settings that leave plenty of room for exploration, plot hooks and wheels within wheels. I like to use campaign notebooks and wikis. The problem here is that I lack the time to do as much as I would like.  BRules Knowledge--This one comes with a caveat. I'm pretty well versed in 3.5. However, I still have a lot to learn about pathfinder and even more to learn when it comes to 4e. I'm trying and I hope my 4e game will be a learning experience. Since most of my games are still 3.5, I can still claim a 'B'. With a little luck and persistence I hope to maintain this as I play other systems more frequently. CEncounter Building--I only rated this one an average grade because there is a flaw in my encounter design. I build challenging encounters with interesting and often memorable monsters and terrain. The flaw comes when the players don't always get to shine. I have a bad habit of building encounters that limit the value of some of their coolest powers and abilities. I'm going to try hard to do better here with my next game. I hope that 4e will help me with this problem. DConsistency, Reliability and Practice--I only get DM in front of a live player maybe once or twice a year if I'm lucky. Even with my play by post games, it is not uncommon for real life distract my from the games for days at a time. Sometimes even when I have time to post I'm distracted and forget important details or plans. I do plan to run the best damn games at the retirement home someday, but for the next half dozen years or so, until my youngest gets old enough to entertain himself or become an avid player I don't expect to have time to do much more. FActing--I flat out suck. I don't do voices or gestures or facial expressions worth a damn, or on those rare occasions when I do it right I often have trouble remembering to do it consistently. I mostly play by post these days and that covers this flaw a little, but even then I find myself writing dialogue that doesn't really do justice to the npc in question. It is hard for me as both a player and a DM not to sound like myself. My players are welcome to PM me with different opinions. I'm always interested in getting better. Indeed that would make a nice bonus category. I'm always trying to do better, reading, watching others, getting feedback and looking at what I've done.</blockquote>

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