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<blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 8650102" data-attributes="member: 2629">I've been in groups where the players go out of earshot of the DM to strategize, but I think of that as a bit of a red&nbsp; flag.&nbsp; Well, not so much red ... orange flag?&nbsp; It shows that the players feel like the DM is the enemy, rather than the one facilitating the storyand that the players don't feel like the DM can separate what the DM knows from what the NPCs/monsters know.I tend to see this less with DMs that try to have the monsters act like the monsters rather than like their play pieces in a strategy game.&nbsp; If mindless undead act mindless, if hungry beasts act like predators, if intelligent enemies try to stay alive, etc... I tend to see it less often.&nbsp; It isn't a perfect correlation, but when I have seen it when I am DMing, it is usually something I subtly (or what passes for subtly for me) ask about with a few of the players to see if there is something I need to realign to address.&nbsp; Sometimes it is just the nature of the player.&nbsp; Sometimes there is a player that doesn't yet trust me as a DM.&nbsp; Either way, I usually take it as a sign that I can make them more comfortable.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jgsugden, post: 8650102, member: 2629"] I've been in groups where the players go out of earshot of the DM to strategize, but I think of that as a bit of a red flag. Well, not so much red ... orange flag? It shows that the players feel like the DM is the enemy, rather than the one facilitating the storyand that the players don't feel like the DM can separate what the DM knows from what the NPCs/monsters know. I tend to see this less with DMs that try to have the monsters act like the monsters rather than like their play pieces in a strategy game. If mindless undead act mindless, if hungry beasts act like predators, if intelligent enemies try to stay alive, etc... I tend to see it less often. It isn't a perfect correlation, but when I have seen it when I am DMing, it is usually something I subtly (or what passes for subtly for me) ask about with a few of the players to see if there is something I need to realign to address. Sometimes it is just the nature of the player. Sometimes there is a player that doesn't yet trust me as a DM. Either way, I usually take it as a sign that I can make them more comfortable. [/QUOTE]

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