Meta-fluff
Random thoughts
I’m back from vacation and I’m more tired than I was 10 days ago! But it’s a good kind of tired. It’s time to get back to business and I’m definitely pumped / intimidated by everything happening on Dungeon Mastering.
Fluff and Crunch
Phil – the infamous Chatty DM – has been spewing great content non-stop for the last 2 months and I especially enjoyed his article on fluff and crunch. In a nutshell “crunch” is a cooler word for game mechanics and “fluff” refers to game mood and atmosphere.
So I was wondering. Am I fluffy or crunchy?
Expy the dragon says:
DMs taste better
when they’re roasted
to a crisp crunch.
I’m not crunchy
I don’t like rules. You might have noticed that I never really get into the game mechanics of D&D. I know the rules very well – I must have read the whole PHB at least 5 times – but I often choose not to use a rule to keep a game flowing. So I’m definitely not a crunchy DM.
I’m not fluffy
I’m not a fluffy DM either. I’m not a very good actor and my ongoing campaign is very laid back. We switch from in-character to out-of-character frequently and I enjoy it because I don’t get to hang out with my buddies often enough. I can instill some atmosphere in important scenes anyway and it’s usually good enough.
My superhero weakness
Bringing great fluff concepts to life and sustaining an intense atmosphere for a whole game is actually my superhero weakness. I’ve tried to pull it off many times. It’s never quite right.
Meta-fluff
So I’m neither fluffy nor crunchy! What am I? I’m a meta-fluffy DM! I like to entertain and show everyone a good time. I used to throw huge parties at my place when I was in college and I also held a few RPG conventions and other big events. I’m just a social DM who likes to have fun, hang out, tell and create a good story.
An you know what? Playing D&D has always been a lot of fun… except when I wiped out my party!
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Lol! My super weakness is Fluffyness also, if ya didn’t see it in my 2 months of blabbering. But I’m working on it!
So if I get your DMing style, your’re a GO! :)
He really does a good job of entertaining his players. Never saw someone do as much hip thrust during a game!!!
Oh well. The Hip thrusting is all for good clean fun. At the worst it’s rated PG-13.
When Yax is in Montreal in the next few weeks I would love to DM a one-shot (or short campaing) with you all.
The Pathfinder adventure could be an other option…
Count us in!
You all being???
Tous les chums de Yax qui jouent avec lui… (All of Yax’ friends that play with him)
Good I didn’t want to miss on a good game
I was thinking of the “metafluff” term… but more like “even my fluff is meta”…