Dungeon Masters… It is NOT your story. It is all your story.

— Todd Kenreck (@ToddKenreck) August 17, 2020

Your players are every bit the storyteller as you.

— Todd Kenreck (@ToddKenreck) August 17, 2020

I agree! I will also add: Dungeon Masters, its not your job to make sure everyone else has fun. D&D is a collaborative game and it is everyone’s job to make sure the game is fun for everyone. The whole table wins or the whole table loses.
Lift each other up. If the game isn't fun that is not any one person's fault. I feel too often people are afraid to DM because they are afraid of shouldering the burden of making every player happy. That is the whole tables job, not any one person's.

— ThatBronzeGirl (@ThatBronzeGirl) August 18, 2020

Every actor talks about sharing energy, sharing time, seeing a moment even if it isn’t theirs and making room. @samriegel for all their bombasticness on the outside will step aside and even hold others back for a moment, for a fellow player, for story. I'd say @CriticalRole is a standard in sharing. No one character stands out. They all set each other up. They all take front in center. That's friendship. That's theater. That said… The DM invests so much. What they want to say. That's the backbone.

— Todd Kenreck (@ToddKenreck) August 18, 2020