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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ForceUser" data-source="post: 96969" data-attributes="member: 2785">My greatest strengths: Improvisation. I can whip up interesting and relevant NPCs on the spot. If something unexpected happens, I can make my players believe that I meant for that to happen, and that it's all part of the overall adventure. DMing is a lot like playing poker.Pace. I can keep the story moving along. I allow players their moments, I allow roleplaying to occur when it's appropriate, and then I insert what the NPCs are up to and allow players the appropriate time to react given the scenario. I usually have a goal for the session and I can usually progress the story to that point without making it seem forced. Scenery. My worlds have a certain feel to them because I put effort into describing them using all five senses. I also describe things from the cultural perspective of the player characters. Flexibility. I don't sweat the small stuff. I allow players to get away with little things that are important to them but don't much affect the game overall. Yes, Bob, we can say you bought the +2 rapier, not the +2 shortsword. Yes, Bob, you can change your action. Yes, Bob, we can assume you dropped your 50 lb. backpack on the sidewalk before you dove into the canal. Stuff like that.Roleplaying. This may seem like a redundant one, but I'm surprised by the number of DMs who don't roleplay well. For me, roleplaying consists of first-person, in-character interaction and socialization with the player characters. Nothing annoys me more than a DM (or player) who roleplays in the 3rd person perspective. When I play my NPCs, I get in character. The flaming homosexual baron is, well, gloriously homosexual, the schoolmarm is properly subdued and fearful of the PCs, the maniacal tyrant rants and raves, the sultry courtesan coos and woos the players. I get into my NPCs.</blockquote>

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