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<blockquote data-quote="jgsugden" data-source="post: 8565865" data-attributes="member: 2629">DMing is a unique experience.&nbsp; For the most part, so is each campaign in which I play.&nbsp; My games, the games DM 1 runs, the games DM 2 runs, etc... are all very different experiences and I enjoy aspects of each.So as to the question of what I enjoy when I DM: When I DM, I enjoy creating fun for others.&nbsp; My goal, as a DM, is to see those moments on my players' faces when something hits them emotionally and it really pops.&nbsp; That is the best part of being a DM - the payoff when the players really cross a threshold.I also enjoy world crafting.&nbsp; I have spent 40 years in my homebrew.&nbsp; It has evolved - a lot.&nbsp; I can mentally walk down the streets of some of my cities and remember things that took place in the 1980s.&nbsp; I enjoy when an NPC drops a story hook based upon something that took place 20 years ago with other PCs.&nbsp; I like that I've built up a world with so many layers of lore built upon each other that if a player inspires an idea in me for where to set a story before them, I usually have multiple options using established and well known tools to bring that story to life.I also enjoy the world I crafted.&nbsp; It is different than any other campaign setting, and it provides a lot of fun options.&nbsp; My campaign world has a surface that is 12 times larger than the earth.&nbsp; It has a roughly 1000 mile thick crust that then opens up into a Dyson Sphere like massive Underdark (with a purple 'sun').&nbsp; It has 2.5 billion square miles of surface (mostly water), with a circumference that is 90,000 miles.&nbsp; The radius is roughly 14,000 miles.&nbsp; However, the interior is hollow, surrounding the second ‘dark sun’ in a Dyson Sphere style interior.&nbsp; This underdark surface is nearly 2.1 billion square miles of surface (a little over 10 times the size of earth's surface area) and is constantly lit by dim light from the interior purple sun.&nbsp; Gravity ‘flips’ roughly 500 miles down beneath the true surface (and above the Underdark surface).&nbsp; The star at the center is roughly 500 miles across and over 12,000 miles from the surface of the Underdark.&nbsp; Players have explored my campaign world for 40 years and so much of it has only the vaguest of descriptions.&nbsp; I am constantly able to play with the never endingly innovative toys of my setting and add to the lore.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jgsugden, post: 8565865, member: 2629"] DMing is a unique experience. For the most part, so is each campaign in which I play. My games, the games DM 1 runs, the games DM 2 runs, etc... are all very different experiences and I enjoy aspects of each. So as to the question of what I enjoy when I DM: When I DM, I enjoy creating fun for others. My goal, as a DM, is to see those moments on my players' faces when something hits them emotionally and it really pops. That is the best part of being a DM - the payoff when the players really cross a threshold. I also enjoy world crafting. I have spent 40 years in my homebrew. It has evolved - a lot. I can mentally walk down the streets of some of my cities and remember things that took place in the 1980s. I enjoy when an NPC drops a story hook based upon something that took place 20 years ago with other PCs. I like that I've built up a world with so many layers of lore built upon each other that if a player inspires an idea in me for where to set a story before them, I usually have multiple options using established and well known tools to bring that story to life. I also enjoy the world I crafted. It is different than any other campaign setting, and it provides a lot of fun options. My campaign world has a surface that is 12 times larger than the earth. It has a roughly 1000 mile thick crust that then opens up into a Dyson Sphere like massive Underdark (with a purple 'sun'). It has 2.5 billion square miles of surface (mostly water), with a circumference that is 90,000 miles. The radius is roughly 14,000 miles. However, the interior is hollow, surrounding the second ‘dark sun’ in a Dyson Sphere style interior. This underdark surface is nearly 2.1 billion square miles of surface (a little over 10 times the size of earth's surface area) and is constantly lit by dim light from the interior purple sun. Gravity ‘flips’ roughly 500 miles down beneath the true surface (and above the Underdark surface). The star at the center is roughly 500 miles across and over 12,000 miles from the surface of the Underdark. Players have explored my campaign world for 40 years and so much of it has only the vaguest of descriptions. I am constantly able to play with the never endingly innovative toys of my setting and add to the lore. [/QUOTE]

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