So I run a DnD discord server. And we have had a few DM's that host a campaign, get two/three sessions in, then decide they don't wanna do it anymore and end the campaign abruptly. I know the active players are getting ticked. I think I'm gonna throw my hand into the ring and attempt to DM (if and when our current one decides to give up lol). but regardless: I know about all the guides. I'm using a beginners' premade layout for my campaign - http://anyflip.com/eypv/krom - I have a whole Pinterest board for DnD and DM/campaign tips. I do semi-professional writing stuff so I know I'll have no problem with storytelling. But I have one problem: I'm way to new at this and I know I'm in over my head. So what I'm asking for is I would like someone to contact me on discord and be willing to let me bug them with questions and stuff. I want to be able to share my ideas, have them look over it, and see what is right or wrong. Example: Is this the right check for this situation, what should the passing number for that check be, how to calculate damage after making a successful attack.
Thanks in advance and feel free to share stuff or advice here.
My discord username is Oops (Ez Quinn)#2348
p.s.
If you're looking to play or DM yourself in an online setting feel free to hmu for the discord server link. Always great to meet new peeps.
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🎶Oops, I did it again! I played with your heart, got lost in the game! Oh baby, baby! Oops, you think I'm in love, That I'm sent from above, I'm not that innocent!
Don't be afraid of doing it "wrong". Make a call, ask for the check you think is right. Use the difficulties laid out by the game (15=moderate/standard, hard=20 etc). Don't mind to much about modifiers to this in the beginning, just try to be fair. ake the tracking DC-table on the DM-screen. That's (in my opinion) not very necessary. Ask yourself, how difficult is it to follow a persons track on bare stone? Sounds hard to me? If it's a week old and it's been raining? Sounds impossible.
You'll get a lot of good answers here if you after a session post a question about a concrete test or situation, then you can adjust your game afterwards. I think that's a lot easier way to start to run the game, then try to do it all perfect on the first take.
And don't be afraid to try - DM'ing is a lot of fun. You'll do mistakes, but you'll also do a lot right :-)
I just started myself. And I definitely don't do things perfectly on the first go. Sometimes, it's important, and either my players stop to ask me, or I tell them "I'm not sure if that's how this works; we're going to run it this way today, and I'll look it up before next session." And it's a good group, so they're super patient. And sometimes, I don't do the right check, and it's not a big deal, and we just coast past it and I make a note to do it better next time. It's a learning experience, and you only improve through doing.
Best of luck to you, though! I bet you'll do great. I was terrified to do it, but I'm having so much fun.
I tell them "I'm not sure if that's how this works; we're going to run it this way today, and I'll look it up before next session." [...] sometimes, I don't do the right check, and it's not a big deal, and we just coast past it and I make a note to do it better next time. It's a learning experience, and you only improve through doing.
This is just the most excellent advice you will ever get! It basically sums up what it is to be a good DM. Make a choice, make a "ruling" (and just try to be fair), it's completely OK to come back and say you were wrong. Go for a nice flow in the game rather than being obsessed by the rules. Just tell your players that you are all learning and you'll be OK. And as Katia is saying: being a DM is a lot of fun :-)
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So I run a DnD discord server. And we have had a few DM's that host a campaign, get two/three sessions in, then decide they don't wanna do it anymore and end the campaign abruptly. I know the active players are getting ticked. I think I'm gonna throw my hand into the ring and attempt to DM (if and when our current one decides to give up lol). but regardless: I know about all the guides. I'm using a beginners' premade layout for my campaign - http://anyflip.com/eypv/krom - I have a whole Pinterest board for DnD and DM/campaign tips. I do semi-professional writing stuff so I know I'll have no problem with storytelling. But I have one problem: I'm way to new at this and I know I'm in over my head. So what I'm asking for is I would like someone to contact me on discord and be willing to let me bug them with questions and stuff. I want to be able to share my ideas, have them look over it, and see what is right or wrong. Example: Is this the right check for this situation, what should the passing number for that check be, how to calculate damage after making a successful attack.
Thanks in advance and feel free to share stuff or advice here.
My discord username is
Oops (Ez Quinn)#2348
p.s.
If you're looking to play or DM yourself in an online setting feel free to hmu for the discord server link. Always great to meet new peeps.
🎶Oops, I did it again!
I played with your heart, got lost in the game!
Oh baby, baby!
Oops, you think I'm in love,
That I'm sent from above,
I'm not that innocent!
Don't be afraid of doing it "wrong". Make a call, ask for the check you think is right. Use the difficulties laid out by the game (15=moderate/standard, hard=20 etc). Don't mind to much about modifiers to this in the beginning, just try to be fair. ake the tracking DC-table on the DM-screen. That's (in my opinion) not very necessary. Ask yourself, how difficult is it to follow a persons track on bare stone? Sounds hard to me? If it's a week old and it's been raining? Sounds impossible.
You'll get a lot of good answers here if you after a session post a question about a concrete test or situation, then you can adjust your game afterwards. I think that's a lot easier way to start to run the game, then try to do it all perfect on the first take.
And don't be afraid to try - DM'ing is a lot of fun. You'll do mistakes, but you'll also do a lot right :-)
Ludo ergo sum!
I just started myself. And I definitely don't do things perfectly on the first go. Sometimes, it's important, and either my players stop to ask me, or I tell them "I'm not sure if that's how this works; we're going to run it this way today, and I'll look it up before next session." And it's a good group, so they're super patient. And sometimes, I don't do the right check, and it's not a big deal, and we just coast past it and I make a note to do it better next time. It's a learning experience, and you only improve through doing.
Best of luck to you, though! I bet you'll do great. I was terrified to do it, but I'm having so much fun.
This is just the most excellent advice you will ever get! It basically sums up what it is to be a good DM. Make a choice, make a "ruling" (and just try to be fair), it's completely OK to come back and say you were wrong. Go for a nice flow in the game rather than being obsessed by the rules. Just tell your players that you are all learning and you'll be OK. And as Katia is saying: being a DM is a lot of fun :-)
Ludo ergo sum!