You should definitely read this
The goal here is to give MCs a series of five linguistic diagnostic tools they can utilize to better understand what the hell the players are talking about. These tools work exactly the same at the gaming table as they do in my office, to enhance the quality of communication and put everyone involved on the same page in our imagined space.
This teaches you to ask better questions and get way more out of your first session.
Urban Shadows has a whole subchapter about this and it is great. If you don’t add this to your repertoire you are doing your game a disservice.
Great stuff!
P.S.
What stuff?
“Enlightening text that brings great knowledge to me and all those who read it”
To everyone? To what kind people does it not bring great knowledge?
I see what you did there.
How specifically are you seeing it?
For the first time. The questions sound like a useful technique!
I found a synthesis of these in Urban Shadows.