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Message: <blockquote data-quote="seasong" data-source="post: 292687" data-attributes="member: 5137">Reason #1I derive immense satisfaction from a well run session. IMMENSE satisfaction. So immense, in fact, that I roll around in it afterwards, when the players can't see me. So immense that I feel stuffed and fat and happy from the bubble of satisfaction blowing up inside me.A well run session is one in which the players enjoyed themselves, whether from excitement, terror or simple completion of a story element. A well run session possesses attributes of a climax AND a cliff-hanger. A well run session allows the players to explore a new aspect of the world, their characters or themselves. And a well run session is punctuated with character immersion, gleeful conflict and sobering events.Lesser Reasons2. I spend 20+ hours per week creating entire settings, jotting down story ideas, refining this or that rule and thinking about character motivations. I would do this anyway.3. I'm good at it. The players want me to. They are the wind beneath the wings of my great bald ego.4. Control Freak. Guilty.But mostly, the IMMENSE stuff.</blockquote>