http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/improv-part-3 The D&D Blog Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:54:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/improv-part-3#comment-9764 Steve Sat, 05 Dec 2009 22:53:29 +0000 http://www.dungeonmastering.com/?p=2762#comment-9764 That's a good point, Kath! Unfortunately, I didn't have a choice when I DM'ed for the first time. We were doing a rotating turns thing, and when my turn came up I had no option other than to be as awesome as the other guys. So, I studied about it, and the first time was not so awesome... But it got better over time, and now I enjoy it. (Not as much as I like playing the game...) So who knows? You might be great at it BECAUSE you don't want to decide for the PCs. That’s a good point, Kath! Unfortunately, I didn’t have a choice when I DM’ed for the first time. We were doing a rotating turns thing, and when my turn came up I had no option other than to be as awesome as the other guys. So, I studied about it, and the first time was not so awesome… But it got better over time, and now I enjoy it. (Not as much as I like playing the game…) So who knows? You might be great at it BECAUSE you don’t want to decide for the PCs.

]]> http://www.dungeonmastering.com/tools-resources/improv-part-3#comment-9763 kathulhu Sat, 05 Dec 2009 15:47:54 +0000 http://www.dungeonmastering.com/?p=2762#comment-9763 it takes a lot of guts to be a DM. Doing the different voices & pantomiming can make a lesser man (or woman) just look silly. This is one of the reasons, I don't DM. I just don't have the confidence to do those things in front of other people!!! I also don't like being so in control of the PC's fate. I get nervous when, as a PC, I have to make a life or death decision for the party - that's why I never, ever play a paladin (aside from that whole lawful good requirement). it takes a lot of guts to be a DM. Doing the different voices & pantomiming can make a lesser man (or woman) just look silly. This is one of the reasons, I don’t DM. I just don’t have the confidence to do those things in front of other people!!! I also don’t like being so in control of the PC’s fate. I get nervous when, as a PC, I have to make a life or death decision for the party – that’s why I never, ever play a paladin (aside from that whole lawful good requirement).

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