The Dungeon MASTER Has Become The Dungeon SERVANT! http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/topic/9442/t/The-Dungeon-MASTER-Has-Become-The-Dungeon-SERVANT-.html en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:26:27 GMT Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:42:29 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Yuku http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/topic/9442/t/The-Dungeon-MASTER-Has-Become-The-Dungeon-SERVANT-.html Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ Re: The Dungeon MASTER Has Become The Dungeon SERVANT! ]]> http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/reply/134482/t/The-Dungeon-MASTER-Has-Become-The-Dungeon-SERVANT-.html#reply-134482 Level 2 DM wrote:
I'd as for character background and get one person who is a noble prince on the run, another who "just wants to get more skills" and yet another who wants to get revenge for such and such reason. And everyone it pulling the game in completely separate directions.

The trick, IMHO, is for the DM to take these disparate elements and weave them together into a reasonably, if... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Amphetryon) http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/sreply/134482 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:42:28 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: The Dungeon MASTER Has Become The Dungeon SERVANT! ]]> http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/reply/134405/t/The-Dungeon-MASTER-Has-Become-The-Dungeon-SERVANT-.html#reply-134405 It's really opened my mind when it comes to games. The person running the game should NOT be a servant! They are a player too. What it takes is communication really. Before I start any sort of RPG (char gen, world creation, story lines) I take the advice from Burning Wheel and sit down with... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Level 2 DM) http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/sreply/134405 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:19:38 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: The Dungeon MASTER Has Become The Dungeon SERVANT! ]]> http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/reply/82180/t/The-Dungeon-MASTER-Has-Become-The-Dungeon-SERVANT-.html#reply-82180

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make them parley with an anthropomorphic pig in a blue vest and spectacles.


Oh, man... I just GOT to use this in an adventure somehow... :)

Benoist Poire
Iron... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Benoist Poire) http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/sreply/82180 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 13:11:32 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: The Dungeon MASTER Has Become The Dungeon SERVANT! ]]> http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/reply/82179/t/The-Dungeon-MASTER-Has-Become-The-Dungeon-SERVANT-.html#reply-82179
Running the game YOU want to run is not as important as getting together with friends and all having a good time.

Compromise in the service of fun is not detrimental. In fact, it's essential.

-Thrommel, who still reserves the right to shoot PCs with blue lightning bolts. And make them parley with an anthropomorphic pig in a blue vest and spectacles.
feeds@yuku.com (Thrommel) http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/sreply/82179 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 12:36:25 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: The Dungeon MASTER Has Become The Dungeon SERVANT! ]]> http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/reply/82178/t/The-Dungeon-MASTER-Has-Become-The-Dungeon-SERVANT-.html#reply-82178
At one point we played Pophery House Horror (or however it's spelled) and my players decided to investigate by using the house of ill repute for themselves.

The request one of my players gave, paraphrased:

"I want my father/brother and my sister/cousin doing intense acts of sexuality on each other while I get to whip them and the family dog... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (arnoldnido) http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/sreply/82178 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:59:23 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: The Dungeon MASTER Has Become The Dungeon SERVANT! ]]> http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/reply/82177/t/The-Dungeon-MASTER-Has-Become-The-Dungeon-SERVANT-.html#reply-82177 "Ok guys, Tendriculous on Kedric, touch AC with no AO? Ok, Grapple... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (nostantine) http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/sreply/82177 Mon, 12 Nov 2007 16:01:31 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: The Dungeon MASTER Has Become The Dungeon SERVANT! ]]> http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/reply/82176/t/The-Dungeon-MASTER-Has-Become-The-Dungeon-SERVANT-.html#reply-82176 feeds@yuku.com (Wiz of Ice) http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/sreply/82176 Sat, 10 Nov 2007 10:39:59 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: The Dungeon MASTER Has Become The Dungeon SERVANT! ]]> http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/reply/82175/t/The-Dungeon-MASTER-Has-Become-The-Dungeon-SERVANT-.html#reply-82175
In each game session ...

Try to let a character shine by having some aspect of the game rely on something for which they spent Skill Points (like Craft: clay pots or Skill: dance).

Try to link something to a character's back-story, in a way that makes coming up with a back-story worthwhile.

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]]> feeds@yuku.com (Eric of Ptolus) http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/sreply/82175 Sat, 10 Nov 2007 09:52:25 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: The Dungeon MASTER Has Become The Dungeon SERVANT! ]]> http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/reply/82174/t/The-Dungeon-MASTER-Has-Become-The-Dungeon-SERVANT-.html#reply-82174 ;)

Anymore, i think I actually like DMing. It's a creative outlet for me. It lets my right brain get out there and do it's thing while my left brain has work all day.

One of my players offered to help with the cost of the terrain I was making. Another one actually just went and bought me a... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (raleel) http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/sreply/82174 Sat, 10 Nov 2007 06:33:03 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: The Dungeon MASTER Has Become The Dungeon SERVANT! ]]> http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/reply/82173/t/The-Dungeon-MASTER-Has-Become-The-Dungeon-SERVANT-.html#reply-82173
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Sooooo many cool products, soooo few cool people to play with :(


Heard. I am pretty picky about who I game with, so my options are few, and my friends who I've converted to gaming have lives.

Gr.

Nothing sucks like being a... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (manifold2) http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/sreply/82173 Sat, 10 Nov 2007 04:12:38 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: The Dungeon MASTER Has Become The Dungeon SERVANT! ]]> http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/reply/82172/t/The-Dungeon-MASTER-Has-Become-The-Dungeon-SERVANT-.html#reply-82172
Another realization from this thread is that with my Ptolus campaign, I really took it easy on them from levels 1 to 7 and slowly ratcheted up the threats. They have taken to being frozen,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Wiz of Ice) http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/sreply/82172 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 14:47:32 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: The Dungeon MASTER Has Become The Dungeon SERVANT! ]]> http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/reply/82171/t/The-Dungeon-MASTER-Has-Become-The-Dungeon-SERVANT-.html#reply-82171
Maybe I'll go back to choose your own adventure books, or games that have few rules that can be argued (BANG! comes to mind), or just become a hermit.

Sooooo many cool products, soooo few cool people to play with :( feeds@yuku.com (Ampherion) http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/sreply/82171 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 14:42:28 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: The Dungeon MASTER Has Become The Dungeon SERVANT! ]]> http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/reply/82170/t/The-Dungeon-MASTER-Has-Become-The-Dungeon-SERVANT-.html#reply-82170
That would be awesome.
- D
Homo Homini Lupus "Man is a wolf to Man" - Plautus
]]> feeds@yuku.com (durendal) http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/sreply/82170 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:33:11 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: The Dungeon MASTER Has Become The Dungeon SERVANT! ]]> http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/reply/82169/t/The-Dungeon-MASTER-Has-Become-The-Dungeon-SERVANT-.html#reply-82169 :)

Now having players standing in those chairs after you are done doing all this character smiting is another issue...

But reading Gygax saying you could and should do it brought a smile to my face... Ah DMing in the 80's... I was a teenager at the time... Ceiling Falls, everybody dies! Good times.... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (The Chatty DM) http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/sreply/82169 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 09:26:06 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: The Dungeon MASTER Has Become The Dungeon SERVANT! ]]> http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/reply/82168/t/The-Dungeon-MASTER-Has-Become-The-Dungeon-SERVANT-.html#reply-82168
Say it ain't so!
Hans, the Original JediSoth
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I have a blog: The Dark Side of My... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (JediSoth) http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/sreply/82168 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 09:12:15 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: The Dungeon MASTER Has Become The Dungeon SERVANT! ]]> http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/reply/82167/t/The-Dungeon-MASTER-Has-Become-The-Dungeon-SERVANT-.html#reply-82167
Old school: The player's jobs are to entertain the DM. Keep the DM entertained and you won't die horribly at the bottom of a 100' pit (All of Gygax's work is permeated by this philosophy). Zap players who whine or act as jerks with bolts of lightning (I am not making this up) or by taking... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (The Chatty DM) http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/sreply/82167 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 06:04:12 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: The Dungeon MASTER Has Become The Dungeon SERVANT! ]]> http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/reply/82166/t/The-Dungeon-MASTER-Has-Become-The-Dungeon-SERVANT-.html#reply-82166
I don't know whether this is good or bad. I do know that the more I read about GM's and GMing, the more I appreciate my group. No one whines (but me) and no one has temper tantrums (but me) and no one complains about the game (but me.) I am my own worst player. I really wish I were a better GM so that I could give my players the experience they deserve. feeds@yuku.com (manifold2) http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/sreply/82166 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 18:24:03 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: The Dungeon MASTER Has Become The Dungeon SERVANT! ]]> http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/reply/82165/t/The-Dungeon-MASTER-Has-Become-The-Dungeon-SERVANT-.html#reply-82165
Now everyone of my players has fun, I have always had more players wanting to be in my game than I could allow to be in my game. So I don't know how much advice that i can give.

If you have a player whose play style you don't enjoy then get a new player plain and simple. I am not saying you should never catter to a player's style. I am saying that if the style... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Qwilion) http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/sreply/82165 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:43:11 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: The Dungeon MASTER Has Become The Dungeon SERVANT! ]]> http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/reply/82182/t/The-Dungeon-MASTER-Has-Become-The-Dungeon-SERVANT-.html#reply-82182
I just drink heavily now.

Eric
"I am Providence"
]]> feeds@yuku.com (arnoldnido) http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/sreply/82182 Thu, 08 Nov 2007 11:36:37 GMT <![CDATA[ Re: The Dungeon MASTER Has Become The Dungeon SERVANT! ]]> http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/reply/82181/t/The-Dungeon-MASTER-Has-Become-The-Dungeon-SERVANT-.html#reply-82181
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-Thrommel, who broke a bottle of vodka one summer back when he was 18. And probably saved Glog's life.


Blah, blah, blah. You tossed it 'cause you were scared of the river cops. Plus, we wouldn't have had time to drink the vodka AS WELL before swimming across the river anyway.

I mean, good god man, we were out of smokes!

I now return... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Glog) http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/sreply/82181 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 22:54:46 GMT <![CDATA[ The Dungeon MASTER Has Become The Dungeon SERVANT! ]]> http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/topic/9442/t/The-Dungeon-MASTER-Has-Become-The-Dungeon-SERVANT-.html
As the DM, you think you have a lot of power. After all, you create the world, you craft the storylines, you design all the combats and challenges that put your party to the test.

But the truth is: you have very feeds@yuku.com (Thrommel) http://okayyourturn.yuku.com/topic/9442 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:26:27 GMT