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<blockquote data-quote="Joshua Randall" data-source="post: 2389940" data-attributes="member: 7737">Edit -- please vote regarding your personal player traits, not the traits of other players.&nbsp;The Dungeon Master's Guide II has a section (p. 8 ff.) on Player Traits and Incentives -- &quot;particular emotional impulses that give your players a sense of reward.&quot; I thought it would be interesting to see how the people of EN World rate themselves.&nbsp;Brief explanation of each:&nbsp;Accumulating Cool Powers -- appeals to one of the most reliable human motivators: ambition; &quot;power-gamers&quot;.&nbsp;Kicking Butt -- the simplest, most primal fantasy of vented frustration: laying a thrashing on a horde of deserving bad guys.&nbsp;Brilliant Planning -- hope to be rewarded for clever, careful play, in which the group gains maximum advantage while exposing itself to minimum risk; [often] historical or military buffs.&nbsp;Puzzle Solving -- not only the opportunity to demonstrate one's cleverness, but also our deeply rooted impulse to make patterns out of apparent randomness. [&quot;Puzzles&quot; also encompass mystery stories, here.]&nbsp;Playing a Favorite Role -- many players like to play the same type of character over and over.&nbsp;Supercoolness -- the fantasy of being icy cool and in command [like James Bond].&nbsp;Story -- the game is like a movie or television show, but one in which they're taking part in the story.&nbsp;Psychodrama -- want to explore the psychology of their characters from the inside out.&nbsp;Irresponsibility -- fantasize about being able to flout authority and live by their own rules.&nbsp;Setting Exploration -- linger in fascination over large-scale maps; chomp at the bit to head off to the far corners of the world.&nbsp;The Outlier -- get their charge by subverting [the typical PC group] dynamic; revel in being different; love to play oddballs.&nbsp;Lurker -- show up and participate to a degree, but don't distinguish themselves; might attend your games chiefly because the rest of their friends are there.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Joshua Randall, post: 2389940, member: 7737"] [i]Edit -- please vote regarding [u]your personal[/u] player traits, not the traits of other players.[/i] The [b][i]Dungeon Master's Guide II[/i][/b] has a section (p. 8 ff.) on [b]Player Traits and Incentives[/b] -- "particular emotional impulses that give your players a sense of reward." I thought it would be interesting to see how the people of EN World rate themselves. Brief explanation of each: [b]Accumulating Cool Powers[/b] -- [i]appeals to one of the most reliable human motivators: ambition; "power-gamers".[/i] [b]Kicking Butt[/b] -- [i]the simplest, most primal fantasy of vented frustration: laying a thrashing on a horde of deserving bad guys.[/i] [b]Brilliant Planning[/b] -- [i]hope to be rewarded for clever, careful play, in which the group gains maximum advantage while exposing itself to minimum risk; [often] historical or military buffs.[/i] [b]Puzzle Solving[/b] -- [i]not only the opportunity to demonstrate one's cleverness, but also our deeply rooted impulse to make patterns out of apparent randomness. ["Puzzles" also encompass mystery stories, here.][/i] [b]Playing a Favorite Role[/b] -- [i]many players like to play the same type of character over and over.[/i] [b]Supercoolness[/b] -- [i]the fantasy of being icy cool and in command [like James Bond].[/i] [b]Story[/b] -- [i]the game is like a movie or television show, but one in which they're taking part in the story.[/i] [b]Psychodrama[/b] -- [i]want to explore the psychology of their characters from the inside out.[/i] [b]Irresponsibility[/b] -- [i]fantasize about being able to flout authority and live by their own rules.[/i] [b]Setting Exploration[/b] -- [i]linger in fascination over large-scale maps; chomp at the bit to head off to the far corners of the world.[/i] [b]The Outlier[/b] -- [i]get their charge by subverting [the typical PC group] dynamic; revel in being different; love to play oddballs.[/i] [b]Lurker[/b] -- [i]show up and participate to a degree, but don't distinguish themselves; might attend your games chiefly because the rest of their friends are there.[/i] [/QUOTE]

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