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<blockquote data-quote="Aldarc" data-source="post: 8240365" data-attributes="member: 5142">It's much as Fenris says. I do agree with your sentiment that GMing is being demystified, though there is also some degree of backlash against that process. Plus, I don't think that anyone makes a video with the idea that they are advocating for &quot;GM as a mystic.&quot; However, there are a number of GM advice videos that typically raise some red flags of this approach regarding how they envision the GM's role, their (power) relationship with players, fudging the dice, their &quot;responsibility&quot; as the GM to author a good story/world, and framing GM advice as &quot;secrets,&quot; which treats GMing as a hidden gnosis.Incidentally, in regards to this wider topic, Runehammer posted a video recently (Apr. 3) on &quot;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjkY2QKeS4Y" target="_blank">Demythifying Prep</a>.&quot; Wherein he talks about using notes, planning scenarios not plots, avoiding pre-written outcomes, etc. (It's from a stream, so he does jump around, and by the second-half he focuses on showing how does hand-drawn character sheets.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aldarc, post: 8240365, member: 5142"] It's much as Fenris says. I do agree with your sentiment that GMing is being demystified, though there is also some degree of backlash against that process. Plus, I don't think that anyone makes a video with the idea that they are advocating for "GM as a mystic." However, there are a number of GM advice videos that typically raise some red flags of this approach regarding how they envision the GM's role, their (power) relationship with players, fudging the dice, their "responsibility" as the GM to author a good story/world, and framing GM advice as "secrets," which treats GMing as a hidden gnosis. Incidentally, in regards to this wider topic, Runehammer posted a video recently (Apr. 3) on "[URL='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjkY2QKeS4Y']Demythifying Prep[/URL]." Wherein he talks about using notes, planning scenarios not plots, avoiding pre-written outcomes, etc. (It's from a stream, so he does jump around, and by the second-half he focuses on showing how does hand-drawn character sheets.) [/QUOTE]

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