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There’s a certain aspect of DMing that makes you want to go, “Dance, players, dance for my amusement! Mwahahahahaaa!” (Un)Fortunately, players are pretty much trained from the get-go to watch out for such behavior, so it’s never as easy as it seems.

Indeed, making the players actually dance, dance for your enjoyment without realizing it takes a lot of work and is the subject of much discussion in the tabletop RPG community.

DM: That’s just too perfect. You should all play out your curses in-character! Put your hair in front of your face… stick your tongue out… take away your chair and sit on the floor… keep speaking in that really deep voice… and… uh…
Twilight Sparkle: Go on.
DM: Nevermind.