We dreamed of this age in the 80s... After DMing for the first time 38 years ago (flex?), and dozens of fluid campaign groups (and the ptdmsd that comes from that)... I've been more than tempted to try. But I'd want to keep the home games... Homey... I'd like to give an amazing, but canned/expected, experience to the paid ones. As a forever dm I pay to play and that's nice. I think I'm almost there for in person games with terrain and (confidence oozing) online I need more vtt management chops. I am intrigued!!!

I have no other way to find you congratulations on your wedding I'm sorry for the things I did you deserved better.

Great video. I've been there several times. But this perspective was a lot offun.

What is your out productive place to find players online?

Wonderful video. Purchased this and very excited to run it as my first RPG

Great video, Being a paid GM is just like being a normal GM and shouldn't really involve more touching in with players and open communication then a normal game. I've done games for Brick n Mortar stores, Game companies, Game Cons, Roll20 and for Patreon only games and it is super important to have a session 0 and a session 0.5 as you have anyone new join or when the story starts a new chapter so everyone know the score, plus as the Paid GM you really should publish some splash sheet for the players to keep everyone on track (or like me podcast or stream the games so the players and GM can rewatch the game for notes and pregame recap). Again great video!

I saw this book on sale in a charity shop. £30!

I sooo want to buy this book soon! I found a solo rules supplement I want to get. I love this genre!

DM for over 40 years... I'm actually considering going pro. The shortage is real. I'm just not sure we solve it by becoming professionals

Great video, but for me at least, the title was misleading. This is more of "should you be a pro DM?" And less "should you pay for a pro DM?" The title feels framed from a player/customer's perspective, but the video presented is almost entirely from the budding pro DM's perspective. Just some constructive criticism. Again, awesome video, just not what I was looking for. ❤

Finally listen to The Lost Mountain Saga season 1. The running gag of calling the castle Jake Gyllenhaal always made me laugh as Gyllenhaal is a Swedish nobla family and Jake and Maggie is part of the american branch of the family.

Awesome video! Please do more vaesen vids!!

For new players I usually just ask what sort of powers etc they would like, what sort of fantasy they wanna explore, or what sort of archetype/role they want to play within the party (social or combat)

This was so helpful. Thanks. I'll be checking out your podcast for sure.

This was fun! Like a dramatization. Was a third video/session ever done? I am glad this story had a conclusion, so another video isn't needed, but it would be great to have a cat adventure again.

I am seriously disappointed with this video. The title makes it sound like you're talking to players who would be making the payments but instead the whole video is about dungeon Masters and whether they should do DM for money. This video is totally not what I was looking for this video is totally not what I was looking for and I imagined the people who would want to watch this video with skip it because of the title.

Ironic that you want to kill certain Star Wars fans for liking Star Wars the wrong way… their crime: telling people that they like Star Wars the wrong way.

I am just getting into paid DMing and this helped a lot in my motivation.

Great video! Very informative

thank you so much for this guide/exploration! i'm not usually one for TTRPG with less combat but this seems like a really cool way to play

Make friends with a woodworker. They’ll be able to make more cup holders for you for $30 apiece while taking in $20 profit from each one.

Going to start my first mystery this weekend hopefully and I find the academic very interesting!!!

i was looking for a system , i think this will be a perfect for the idea i have

Thanks for the input, I've been told quite a few times that I should go pro, and people always seemed to want more and willing to pay for it, to a point that some of my groups purposely grind campaigns to an halt in order to make it as long as possible with more RP and side-quests. Now I am at an age where I have a family and a full-time job, and the few times I had to run several games in a week has completely grinded me and I ultimately finish in a burnout-DM mode where DnD is becoming more and more of a chore. I am now at 20 years of DMing, I've ran fabulous and memorable campaigns, but this always come at some point or another at various points in almost all of my games (sometimes after a few months, other times years). So I am now very careful to what I take as "jobs", and it would be worse that if I start to charge people, I feel I would be obliged to run a campaign to a finish and things never go that smoothly. At least now, I can take a break and borrow something for a few months if I do not want to do it anymore.

This has been incredibly helpful! I have been a DM for 40 years, and until recently, I never thought of doing this. My players, though, have been urging me, so your video has helped disperse the fog of confusion.

You charge 200 per person or per session total?

Thank you, this was exactly what I was looking for on deciding whether or not to get one! Doesn't say they come w/ adventures, but that makes it a no-brainer! Appreciate you so much!

3:51 so it is a lot like being a sex worker after all I guess? lmao, just gotta have the helping hands

My friend (and dm) found the book in a used bookstore and I felt a draw to it but adhd was freaking out so we just bought it. I actually sat down and opened it today. I'm so FREAKING EXCITED! It's right up both of our alleys. Thanks for the helpful video. 💜

One wish I have is to be able to adjust the difficulty PR MONSTER so if the baseline for Harpy is 1, I'd like to add lets say two "1/4" harpies and one "1" harpy

Great vid

Thank you so much !! I'm a new dungeon master and trying it out with my friends and when I saw the 50 minute video dndbeyond posted as a tutorial I was so confused and upset but thank you for this quick and informative video!! 😭😭

Just found out about The Lost Mountain Sage thanks to Free League announcing The Lost Mountain Sage campaign book. As a swede that learned about vaesen from my grandparents it is a fun to listen the podcast.

Thank you Annie, I will look for your Season Two Campaign

Did an AMA ever get made? I'm not finding one.

The song at the end got me!!! I’m subscribed! Excellent video!

Subbed

You english speakers pronounce it wrong 😅 It's Væsen/Vaesen. The "æ" or "ae" sound is like the sound in the word "Veil." 😊

The wolves are at the gates

I wish it was more interactive

How do I end it, and is there a way to automatically give the XP?

I remember enjoying your video before and my wife and I just backed the recent KA. Can’t wait to join you in not playing D&D all the time but enjoying that little flame of excitement every time we eat on it!

I love the little touch of the skull floating in the gelatinous cube. Not only are the effects really well done, but there was some great attention to detail.

Opening up the game by taunting the DM... oooohh, bad juju.

Is there a Cracker Barrel in the Fewyld?

The Salt n Peppa remix, got you a like.

I personally think there are only three scenarios that should lead to a POTENTIAL (and only potential) TPK: 1) Your players have taken remarkably bad decisions that put them on the bad side of the encounter. 2) Players started getting extremely cocky against everybody, with a "We are gods!" attitude towards the world. 3) Their decision making is noticeably skewed under the notion that death is not an option to them. A TPK in these situations can even be beneficial and will improve the game in almost every respect. But on the other hand it should not be something to do on purpose. It should be something to ponder after the encounter has started, when you start thinking "should I help them out somehow?" and you have the choice of saying "Not this time".

I paid a professional dungeon master 5$ for a few reasons: 1 to see how that works 2 to see if it's worth it 3 because I wanted to have more RPs 4 I wanted to play test a character 5 I am the DM for every single ongoing campaign in the moment... It was 5$ because I was the only player and I guess they gave me a discount for loneliness...

Though I love the story I'd also like to take a minute to show some appreciation for you taking the time to swap the characters for the audio. I very much appreciate the small touches like this and the sound effects you've taken the time to add.

Fantastic so far! Yall make late night walks in the trees so much more enjoyable!