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Kind of a shower thought, and maybe it's just how I run campaigns, but it feels like there's a lot of parallels between DMing and that guy who has a great idea for a book/movie but will never write a single page.

The DM comes up with "So what if there's this guy with this magic power, and the only way to beat him is through a very specific process." And then all the Players decide: who are the characters? What do they do? What do they say? How's it all work out?

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[–] catloaf@lemm.ee 8 points 3 hours ago

It's not just you, but it's also not most DMs. TTRPGs are collaborative storytelling. Books are single-author and have a consistent plot (generally, anyway).