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Make Me a Better GM

Started by joewolz, October 19, 2006, 03:18:00 PM

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David R

#45
October 20, 2006, 08:49:25 PM
Quote from: joewolzThat's about as general as I can get folks.  I'm more than willing to answer questions/clarify positions.  Make me a better GM folks!

There is some interesting advice here:

http://www.therpgsite.com/forums/showthread.php?p=21315#post21315

For me it's all about the atmosphere I'm trying to establish. If my players get and like what I'm trying to establish, they contribute towards it through their characters.The players must have an investment in the setting. They must feel that what they do has an impact on their enviroment. Most of my time as a GM is spent trying to realize this goal.

Another aspect that I feel at times some GMs overlook is the need to encourage the pcs to interact with each other more. We get caught up in trying to create more believable npcs and forget that a source of great drama and conflict is within the player characters themselves and how they interact with each other.

Regards,
David R

KrakaJak

#46
October 21, 2006, 12:40:00 PM
My style,
 
I only play with friends, or friends of friends.
 
I don't care what kind of campaign THEY want to play. I let people know my idea for the campaign I will be running and invite people over.
 
At the first session or before (if I have the time) I let people know my character creation limits. Sometimes this is just a power level (no godlike characters, make methusalahs, Celestial Exalts only,), although sometimes it's a concept or two (slaves on the run, high school kids, the Prince and his advisors,) when their charcters are finished I work with them to iron out any kinks in their stats or concept.
 
I try to give them all the freedom I can, short of killing my campaign ideas.
As far as the game goes, I just come up with the situations. I try to avoid railroading people in to plotline. I love dice, because then even I don't know what's really going to happen.
 
Problem players (usually a friend of a friend, sometimes not). I'll tell them what our problem is, and give suggestions on what to do about it. Really big problem players I don't invite back.
-Jak
 
 "Be the person you want to be, at the expense of everything."
Spreading Un-Common Sense since 1983
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