Does Your Campaign SUCK, or is it Just Your Players?

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Runesmith

Runesmith

3 ай бұрын

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There are just about a billion things that can tear apart a TTRPG campaign, as it turns out scheduling is just the beginning. So in this video I wanted to run through a bunch of the widest pitfalls and the landmines with the biggest charges.
Stuff like player fighting, nobody paying attention, players leaving, burnout from over prepping, character fighting, players walking all over the game, all the evidence you need that table top role playing games like DnD are a fun experience.
But I do want to share the game and not spread hatred between you and your friends so I did my best to be gentle. blows kisses
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@FilmAcolyteReturns
@FilmAcolyteReturns 3 ай бұрын
When in doubt steal your ideas from movies, comics, video games. By the time they realize you took the plot from Darkest Dungeon it’ll be too late.
@Delmworks
@Delmworks 3 ай бұрын
Better advice- steal from more obscure media whenever you can. They can call you on a JoJo reference but they'll never pick up on Aura Battler Dunbine- and if they do, hey, you found a Person of Culture to talk with. Secondary advice- don't put your waifu/husbando in your game. Even putting aside the risk of ending up on a DM horrorstory, be well aware that you must kill your darlings-and if you don't the players sure as hell will.
@luvhair255
@luvhair255 3 ай бұрын
@@Delmworks Luckily only one player we game with would know Jojo references. ABD, you sound like a man of culture haha. I think it depends on what is obscure to them in particular. We have friends that have wide knowledge of media, but less so in anime, comics and specific video games. The key is to Frankenstein the references to create something unique and executed well. Some people can string people along for a years-long campaign before it dawns on them what has been referenced all along. I'm lucky that my husband is super good at being subtle and great at making me think I have no idea what he's referencing. Only a couple times do we exchange a knowing glance while the rest of the table is oblivious. I end up feeling pranked when he tells me and I totally should've caught it. But he thinks waaay outside the box, despite liking to appeal to his players.
@ZelphTheWebmancer
@ZelphTheWebmancer 3 ай бұрын
Steal from as many places as you can and mash them together. They can't tell you are using a plot from Bloodlines, New Vegas, or Baldur's Gate if it's a mix up.
@azathoththe3rd
@azathoththe3rd 2 ай бұрын
Ruin has come to our campaign
@Matti2ooo8
@Matti2ooo8 2 ай бұрын
my campaigns are taking a direction based on whatever I've just been doing that can fit the campaign. Been playing Resident Evil 4? The next scenario was set in a remote village and had an enemy with a chainsaw. Just watched Overlord? The players investigate a bunker with unethical monster experiments. Last Night in Soho? We're doing a haunted hotel sidequest that also steals stuff from Romeo and Juliet because why not, Shakespeare is awesome. Now that I think about it, I should do a Macbeth one day.
@kneeofjustice9619
@kneeofjustice9619 3 ай бұрын
As a DM whose players always destroy the world and ruin the NPC’s lives, I felt this.
@azathoththe3rd
@azathoththe3rd 3 ай бұрын
Threw a Nalfishnee at my level 6 party. They almost killed it in two turns
@diredm3889
@diredm3889 3 ай бұрын
Have you talked to them about how that makes you feel? did you tell them that it upsets you? Do you need help finding new players who won't be muder hobos?
@miserablepumpkin9453
@miserablepumpkin9453 3 ай бұрын
Murderhoboing can be fun, but if they do that ALL the time? Then it's no longer fun
@arcaneTempest1
@arcaneTempest1 3 ай бұрын
look up Blades in the Dark
@kryptnknight
@kryptnknight 3 ай бұрын
dude.... same...
@Nyaarys
@Nyaarys 3 ай бұрын
The thought of Homer's ghost coming back after 2800 years to shout at you for not appreciating their book properly amuses me greatly for reasons I can't quite explain...
@whatsreallythepointthough4048
@whatsreallythepointthough4048 3 ай бұрын
bro time traveled
@Ryan2K900
@Ryan2K900 2 ай бұрын
*A dark, ghastly shadow in the form of a man appears in the corner of your room. An ethereal voice bellows “Everyone’s a critic” and sighs, then fades away…
@TheMariosack
@TheMariosack 3 ай бұрын
This is honestly really good advice that I feel more people should consider. As a DM I do tend to put a lot of effort into my weekly games, but I know thats more for me since I enjoy that. My players may not honestly care that much about what the plot is of the game and that’s alright because in the end I cant just force them to care. We’re all here to have fun so I just try to focus on their fun, because if my players are enjoying the game then I’m enjoying it too.
@FinalParadox
@FinalParadox 3 ай бұрын
Honestly, there is a limit to what you can force yourself to do till you stop having fun yourself. I think there is too much preassure on the DM and almost none on the players and there should be more leniancy on both sides. I can understand this approach with newrer players, but with vererans... Let them try DMing
@fraqtl.
@fraqtl. 3 ай бұрын
I wish I had these problems, then I'd actually have a group. And friends.
@arthurgomes3227
@arthurgomes3227 3 ай бұрын
In my experience, most of these issues get resolved with patience and communication. I've been a DM for almost 15 years now, and in my current group ( on an ongoing campaign of 4 years) we've implemented various systems to communicate better. Mainly doing a feedback of the session for like 10 minutes afterwards, using the "stars and wishes'” system. We also use the "flags" system, so we can avoid certain triggers for people. And at the end of every major story arc, we do a full feedback session to talk about the characters, the encounters and the story as a whole. It helps a lot to have people who are willing to communicate openly about these thing and are actually interested in everyone having a good time,and who also trust that you as the dm has the same objective, but honestly this is the best table i've ever had and we attribute most of it to doing these things. TALK TO EACH OTHER. (great video btw)
@ZenFr0g
@ZenFr0g 3 ай бұрын
Tell me more of these stars and wishes
@chukyuniqul
@chukyuniqul 3 ай бұрын
I always urge DMs who find themselves displeased with the players pulling the campaign away from its plot to straight-up ask the party if they did sign-up for the advertised game or just to fuck around. The kinda players who fish up dio's coffin but just throw it back overboard when I told them the campaign will be about facing ancient evils. There is such a thing as griefing players. But whether it's on purpose or by accident, or if they do it cuz they wanna fuck with the other players (DM included) or just because they don't understand the hooks you throw out OR because they didn't even notice the hooks are all important things to understand when making your decisions. Also idk what the flag system is for triggers, I just ask my players during session 0 and if something does come up that bothers them (either because they weren't expecting it to bother them or because I was careless for a bit) I expect them to be adults about it and just reach out after the session (or ask for a short break to talk to me about it).
@markmurex6559
@markmurex6559 3 ай бұрын
Wut is the flags thing?
@chukyuniqul
@chukyuniqul 3 ай бұрын
@@markmurex6559 presumably saying yellow flag when a topic is broached that you aren't inherently bothered by that much but where DMs and fellow players should tread carefully and red flag when a line for you has been crossed and the scenario should be dropped immediately. I find it...okay-ish when tackling more grim suvject matter, since for someone freaking out it's helpful to have a specific phrase to quickly encompass what they're feeling. And it still uses communication, so it's way better than the x card, especially because I don't remember the flag system's creator blowing smoke up his arse for creating a system that takes communication out of the collaborative storytelling experience.
@arthurgomes3227
@arthurgomes3227 3 ай бұрын
@@ZenFr0g at the end of the session, we take a few minutes to discuss what happened. We go around the table and each player talks about the things they enjoy or didn't enjoy in the session, and they give a "Star" to a specific thing they really liked , being a description, how you handled something or an interaction for instance, and they also give a "wish" which is something they'd like to see more of or less of.and these can be for each other as well, so it's great to resolve inner party conflict too, and to support each other. Like a star could be " i really loved the whole encounter in the tavern, especially the who player x interacted with npc y" and a wish like " i think we need to work more on making combat more efficient" . Its important to note that you as the dm wait for everyone to express themselves, and at the end you give your own feedback and respond to theirs. It's a few more minutes at the end of a session that makes a huge difference.
@FinalParadox
@FinalParadox 3 ай бұрын
To be fair... this applies to newer DMs. When you've been DMing for so long, you started before the ozone layer has formed, the dinosaurs evolved and died during your campaign or smth, you start to realize that some faults can indeed be that of players. There is so much pressure on the DM to keep the game going, but almost none on the player. And it is kinda expected of them to adapt to their group for them to have fun. DMing is indeed hard. Yes, DMs should addapt to players but there should be more leniancy on both sides. This shows, as in my experience, players that have tried DM ing are usually more likely to work with their DMs.
@Cassapphic
@Cassapphic 3 ай бұрын
As a DM who's campaign recently started bouncing back from a lull that I wasn't sure what was causing the issues until we made it past and realised it was a mix of poor pacing and the players being overwhelmed with branching interweaved choices, that managed to pick abck up once most of those choices got exhausted and the party refocused back onto the major objectives being able to properly execute them, be prepared to have your story come for the players, if it feels like you have too much stuff saved for the right moment that never coems, its the right moment for something right now.
@harley8047
@harley8047 3 ай бұрын
>a rural farm boy. > becoming a *Grand Wizard* Guys... He...He didn't...This was a slip of the tongue... Yeah?
@BigusGeekus
@BigusGeekus 2 ай бұрын
Yeah, I hope not.
@garloo
@garloo 3 ай бұрын
I really needed to hear this, been in a rut as a DM lately since some groups I run for have been too judgy and rude. Thank You.
@beholderborn2561
@beholderborn2561 2 ай бұрын
You got this bro, always hardest getting off the ground, but stick to your guns, keep learning, and good luck!!
@skeldrakus
@skeldrakus 3 ай бұрын
The devil of my campaign was miscommunication and lack of direction. It felt like I was assumed to know certain niche lore, like the origination of owlbears, just because I thought the monstrosity was fitting for what I needed, or just misinterpreting information in general. It was my first campaign, and a custom world which I was already building so when the opportunity came around I went for it. Estimated about 18 sessions, I lead them to a couple places, twist comes in, mystery through the while to keep intrigue. Although I admit some bad decisions, player output was pretty bad. As in, one player is supposedly cursed, delirious, and from a hidden civilization that by every source otherwise has said it to not exist. The players believed everything he said from everything I told him, whether true or not. Went to nearly 40 sessions. They're only halfway. That's how much delay there's been. It's a long story. Like telling everyone that their backstory will have a side quest in one of the areas each as to give so resolution. And then two players built their characters around avoiding their backstory locations.
@Smeelio
@Smeelio 3 ай бұрын
In Homer's defence, the Iliad was never meant to be written down, only memorised and performed Also, great video, I've been worrying about this stuff with the Call of Cthulhu game I've been running
@RenoKyrie
@RenoKyrie 3 ай бұрын
Clearly this Dog i found is at fault THE FAULT LIES WITH YOU AS ALLWAYS
@crboreas7869
@crboreas7869 3 ай бұрын
The fault líes with you Ishmael
@nombregenerico4944
@nombregenerico4944 3 ай бұрын
The fault lies with you Ishmael
@666PlagueBlack
@666PlagueBlack 3 ай бұрын
Aww man, I had a pretty awful session a few days ago with some friends, and this video really resonated with me. This video helped me feel a lot less demoralized as a DM.
@purpleblah2
@purpleblah2 3 ай бұрын
I haven't thought about Tales of Aletherion in like a decade.
@edwardpurwanto7787
@edwardpurwanto7787 3 ай бұрын
My #1 takeaway from this video: "I reject your reality and substitute my own" is not an Adam Savage original quote.
@MHWorldManWithFish
@MHWorldManWithFish 3 ай бұрын
My players always spend the first hour of each session having in-character arguments. Last one was about bread, while they were having an out-of-character discussion about the existence of bagels. Two sessions before produced the quote "your books are weak and feeble and will die if they ars washed!" I will not elaborate. It's a glorious disaster of a campaign. But somehow, it works. I just give the players a big open area to run around in, and occasionally improv encounters that I want to happen. Sometimes that just means planned NPCs appear a little early. Sometimes that means PCs have in-world connections to NPCs. Sometimes that means... oh god they were supposed to fast travel through the woods and not have another deranged conversation about the Fathomless Warlock's Kraken-slaying patron and Yuan-Ti reproduction that lasts longer than the in-game travel time.
@BanjoSick
@BanjoSick 3 ай бұрын
I really think preparation is undervalued. The more you know, the more ideas about what happens come to your mind, because your basic knowledge is solid.
@theraginggamer5809
@theraginggamer5809 3 ай бұрын
You just described an ongoing situation for my group better than I've been able to understand myself. This video is perfect timing for me as I've been worried about a session later this week, since last session had ended in a disaster.
@James_Ma11hewsLIVE
@James_Ma11hewsLIVE 3 ай бұрын
God, I miss JoCat so much already.
@FantasticMrLP
@FantasticMrLP 3 ай бұрын
I felt for a while that my group of players are just drifting apart with the game style I want to run and what/how they want to play. I respect their tastes, but I can't run as a DM for them anymore because if I run in the style, THEY like... then I'M not having any fun after like... 2 sessions.
@danielcarty6057
@danielcarty6057 3 ай бұрын
Honestly, I really needed this video - I had a 3 year campaign that ended a few months ago and by the time the final nail hit the coffin, I’d left such a bad taste in my favorite player’s mouth that he lost trust in me as a person and cut ties with me. I did a lot of things wrong in the game but I didn’t really understand why he left so completely; and it hurt, despite that not being his intention. It hurt then, and it still does, after 3 months without any word. But this reminds me that the game is what it is and I don’t have to stay in this place of depression and shame.
@remingtonwright6796
@remingtonwright6796 3 ай бұрын
I'll be big enough to say I've done the "shame the players" angle. Both with my last group and my current one, but I've learned from those mistakes, and I can't throw too much blame around because one of my players is high-functioning and most of us (myself included) have ADHD. I've since learned what to expect and not expect and to roll with the punches. Our sessions have been improving ever since, and I think I speak for the party when I say we're all psyched for my next campaign
@worthasandwich
@worthasandwich 2 ай бұрын
My biggest issue early on in GMing was the players not knowing what to expect from my games. My games were mysteries but my players didn't know that so the were treating them like beat-em-ups, showing up, fighting everything then leaving without doing any investigation. We all would have had a much better time if I had just told them what genre of game they were playing.
@grexion2633
@grexion2633 3 ай бұрын
6:52 I needed this. Thank you
@Mistwolfss
@Mistwolfss 2 ай бұрын
7:37 I LOVE WHAT YOU DID THERE!
@cliftonhunt1185
@cliftonhunt1185 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video Logan.
@TheXell
@TheXell 3 ай бұрын
Both the cause and solutions of most problems at the table are social skills (or the lack thereof). This goes double for the DM, running any sort of group activity is difficult if you're bad a dealing with people.
@emmy_is_fluffyvods8456
@emmy_is_fluffyvods8456 Ай бұрын
The last line of the video is the most relatable thing ever, was literally me earlier today
@jakewhlr117
@jakewhlr117 3 ай бұрын
WOW I'm going through this right now. I'm the DM, and I'm at the part where a 5 year game just hit a social dead end in a real weird way. Totally sucks but leaving and being done is starting to feel like a mercy to me.
@darienb1127
@darienb1127 3 ай бұрын
One thing I wanna add is that if you wanna try a new system but your players don't, that's perfectly fine. You can't force people to jump ship like that and if you do, they'll just be disinterested. You might need to find new players for this new system, or just give them time. People can change their minds, but it can take a long time. If you ARE looking for a group for something this isn't 5e however... good luck. You'll need it.
@seymourfields3613
@seymourfields3613 3 ай бұрын
Legend in the Mist sounds awesome! I had a rags to riches campaign I ran that was a lot like this. It's hard to balance at first 😅
@BorksBonur
@BorksBonur 3 ай бұрын
As someone delving more and more into dming games I know theres always room for improvement on my end. I rarely write anything down, but thats more bc im using prewritten campaign books, anything the party does I have noted tho. Always communicate expectations as a player and a dm, it makes the game run smoother.
@khaicoleman1891
@khaicoleman1891 3 ай бұрын
This video is very convenient. I was sitting in a room dark and empty, thinking “that was the worst session I’ve ever been a part of” literally yesterday. This video was made for me.
@pzalterias5154
@pzalterias5154 3 ай бұрын
Gnomes is indeed the best book ever. Made me dream all my childhood.
@Lenny-ue8hk
@Lenny-ue8hk 3 ай бұрын
Highly recommend the podcast Dungeons & Daddies for great "yes and" improv.
@yamato9753
@yamato9753 3 ай бұрын
1:15 I love this reference
@rgold9329
@rgold9329 2 ай бұрын
I wish I had problems like this. I can’t get players to respect my time at all, and I can’t find other players.
@bomba1905
@bomba1905 3 ай бұрын
5:43 I have that book! 10/10 will read again
@bookbagfox
@bookbagfox 3 ай бұрын
0:34, a grand wizard? 🤨
@ImmortalLemon
@ImmortalLemon 3 ай бұрын
Dude some of the most fun games I’ve ever had were like 80% improv games. Because my friends and I are really in tune with each other, I will come up with a general premise and they’ll make characters. And then I will just run a cause and effect style improvisation for 4 hours and we all leave the table dying laughing because the barbarian arm wrestled a giant crab monster while the bard was trying to rig all the carnival games and cause a carney revolt
@jonathanmanard7797
@jonathanmanard7797 2 ай бұрын
As a dm my big pet peeve is phones at the table, but its also a great litmus test for attention. If nobody even looks at their phone for the whole session i get really jazzed up
@Pistonrager
@Pistonrager 3 ай бұрын
Good work on the spetrum joke.
@talksickraider4646
@talksickraider4646 3 ай бұрын
I’m a first time DM and I’m attempting to run a Theros campaign from scratch using the ‘No silent secret’ 1st level adventure to guide them into it, and sometimes I feel like I bit off more than I can chew and should’ve just bought a module to play. But at the same time I feel that I’m fairly decent at improv and world building that I could just read a good chunk of the Theros source material and just roll with it. Idk, I’m a little nervous but excited to see where it goes. Oh and hey Runesmith, if you see this, can you do a video on some of the Theros playable races please?
@chip8167
@chip8167 3 ай бұрын
Wow! I relate to most of these :') I'm still pretty satisfied with my campaigns because I'm very new to TTRPGs and I'm doing great all things considered, but MAN i prepare too much. And i cant do improv well. And my players seem to get bored and lost in outside conversation bc no one knows the rules very well (we're doing a different system, not d&d) I'm trying to get better at my job as DM though, while also finding players that work best for my style and are willing to work with the new system as well as me as a DM
@aionicthunder
@aionicthunder 3 ай бұрын
5:04 Nice! Dungeon Master!
@weezact7
@weezact7 2 ай бұрын
I love that the Spectrum joke.
@Mewchu14
@Mewchu14 3 ай бұрын
the biggest take away here is honestly: Adam Savage was QUOTING when he said “I reject your reality and substitute my own”?????
@selensewar
@selensewar 3 ай бұрын
Eyy, 3 second clip of Ferngully!
@ChrisTomalty
@ChrisTomalty 3 ай бұрын
Thank you for making a video just for me, specifically
@ultimateninjaboi
@ultimateninjaboi 3 ай бұрын
The most freeing lesson ive learned is that i can just verbally explain the way my character says something if i cant or dont feel comfortable making it a part of the "performance."
@Zamun
@Zamun 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for the content.
@PSroka
@PSroka 3 ай бұрын
This video is a masterpiece! thank you!
@Czarewich
@Czarewich 3 ай бұрын
Both the rules issue, and the improv problem can be handled with a good GM screen and binder. I also use Google Docs and have documents of random ideas organized in a way that makes sense to me so I can pull them up when I need.
@jackcassidy7317
@jackcassidy7317 2 ай бұрын
I feel like a really good way to build confidence as a DM is to run one shot games. You don’t need to have a huge plan for the game, you don’t need to worry about improv decisions bleeding over into future games and you just need to worry about making that game as fun as you can. And if something goes wrong you can take notes and do better next time
@lukasz88888888
@lukasz88888888 3 ай бұрын
Once played session with 5 GM's on the break, it was like herding cats. In the end even players cat died in front of us, that bad was this session.
@IzzetNilson
@IzzetNilson 2 ай бұрын
I might make use of the break rule considering I run games during after work hours. My party gets so tired at some point that I think a 15 minute break could really help. Also casual talk is an issue I realize I have. I don't know if there's enough of it 😬 I'll experiment next time
@ObtuseToad
@ObtuseToad 2 ай бұрын
Thank you for this.
@baxskopog2375
@baxskopog2375 3 ай бұрын
I'll always remember how my group of "friends" from high school would spend more time on salty bet than actually paying attention to the game, dropping them was one of the best decisions of my life
@omargerardolunamorales217
@omargerardolunamorales217 3 ай бұрын
As a DM I could feel empathy in this, its common to feel that your players don´t like what you are doing, because in the you just only want that they enjoy your game.
@TheTaria05
@TheTaria05 2 ай бұрын
I had the unfortunate circumstance of trying to run games when I was really young and my “friends” telling me my games suck and they just played withe to have something to do. It took me a long time to recover from that and even now I worry about not doing enough to keep people engaged
@-Plot-
@-Plot- 3 ай бұрын
My favorite character I ever played was an old man who had memory issues. It was my excuse for ignoring all the lore, story, background, or names of anyone. It was hilarious and glorious.
@seawurm
@seawurm 3 ай бұрын
I tend to try and railroad my party. But if I don't give a clear path my group will decide to go on a four hour shopping trip in the game.
@Music_Engineering
@Music_Engineering 3 ай бұрын
The only sound effect I do is when skin is being torn off something :D (I GM CoS)
@Mansfiery
@Mansfiery 2 ай бұрын
I’ve only ever been a DM for one group and was always worried that I was a bad one. I have an “encyclopedia” player in my group who knows the game much, much better than I do and frequently corrects me when it comes to games mechanics. His critiques are well intended but I have nevertheless felt cowed or embarrassed more than a few times at the table. It wasn’t until I joined a game where he was DMing that I realized that being a good DM is not down to any one thing. He, as an expert, is incredibly good at running combat and guiding us through questions about leveling and mechanics, but he isn’t very adaptable when it comes to players making unpredicted decisions or going off the beaten path. If I can say anything for myself, I started DMing because I love improvising and setting up scenes and lore, and I’ve realized that I’m pretty darn good at it too.
@TheFoxClaws
@TheFoxClaws 3 ай бұрын
As a guy who grew up on Newgrounds animations, finding out Logan is an Alethrion fan brings me so much joy
@SuperParkourio
@SuperParkourio 3 ай бұрын
0:50 I recognize that song from Quest for the Golden Candelabra. What's it called?
@spagettysylph2033
@spagettysylph2033 2 ай бұрын
I'll be honest as a player I much prefer when a GM is upfront about the kind of fun they're hoping to have. If the kind of game they want to run is one where player curiosity leads to interesting story moments, then that's the game I wanna play, that's the game I'm *signing up* to play! I don't want the GM to have to change what makes running the game fun to them just to accommodate whatever the players' whims happen to be. Obviously it's not a binary, it doesn't have to just be "the players adjust to the GM" or "the GM adjusts to the players" it should ideally be discussed beforehand so that everyone gets a say and everyone's on the same page about what kind of fun is being had. I'm just saying I wouldn't be offended if a GM asked the table "could you guys please take the game a little more seriously?"
@Marcus-ki1en
@Marcus-ki1en 3 ай бұрын
Cure for too many Doritos? Obviously a 2 Liter Bottle of Mountain Dew. Good Vid, & Good Advise from a Grognard of 45 years. That is how we have always done it.
@strangershero7207
@strangershero7207 2 ай бұрын
Things I’ve been saying for years thank you rune smith
@SpriteAndSmite
@SpriteAndSmite 3 ай бұрын
Its wild how many of these problems can be prevented by a session 0 or just talking to the people you plan to invite to a game. Without compatibility between players and the DM its kind of pointless to even have a session. Throwing a powergamer in with a crowd of theatre kids is bound to become a frustrating experience.
@crassiewassie8354
@crassiewassie8354 2 ай бұрын
From how I understand it Over prep and under prep are both problems you can face but whichever one you lean towards is personal (Or everyone should just underprep lmao)
@wahoobidy4912
@wahoobidy4912 3 ай бұрын
Yooo more dm stuff? Im very greatful because im trying to cook a punk punk themed campaign. I need all the advice i can get so i can hopefully give my players truma from the consequences of there actions. And the feels
@Daktangle
@Daktangle 3 ай бұрын
Not sure whether to be happy or sad that the objectively superior G-type plug'n'socket wasn't included. >.>
@Crocogator
@Crocogator 3 ай бұрын
"Infinite enough to piss off a calculator" taking that.
@DerUnglaublicheFrank
@DerUnglaublicheFrank 3 ай бұрын
I am currently waiting for my party to decide where the hell they wanna go, they have three choices and within 13 days I have gotten exactly 0 responses. Waiting to see what will happen tomorrow during session time (which is now party prep time to for exactly this stuff) while I am not there. Its real fun just doing nothing for weeks because none of 5 people is able to write a single sentence.
@azurewraith2585
@azurewraith2585 3 ай бұрын
The advice I’d give is simple; before you focus on your plot or world building or anything focus on making sure you can make your players laugh. the most basic goal of a dm is to entertain and engage. once you know how to do that you can experiment with everything else freely because you will always be meeting the base needs of your table.
@CaptainPrincess
@CaptainPrincess 3 ай бұрын
honestly my biggest problem as DM is just remembering rules remembering notes remembering that one thing a character said 5 sessions ago thats suddenly relevant and prep-work I hate prep-work setting up maps, organizing who goes where Its awful I hate it if I werent steadfastedly anti ai for artist related reasons Id want its help with exactly that
@skywolfbat
@skywolfbat 3 ай бұрын
As someone who has a chronic, minor depression and questions what I'm doing half the time when I'm writing stuff for campaign notes, one of the biggest things I can suggest as a DM is that more than anything you just have to be confident with yourself. If you feel silly talking to your players in voices, try talking to yourself in a mirror or read a book/script aloud and asign voices to the characters.
@Conmaan
@Conmaan 3 ай бұрын
That Spectrum bar saved my marriage.
@Pendragondnd
@Pendragondnd 3 ай бұрын
Keep in mind your degree of performance doesn't have to stay at a constant level. If you like funny voices, but have difficulty handling more intense/emotional scenes,like the party trying to interrogate an npc, you can change up your style from scene to scene.
@AmonDevilman
@AmonDevilman 3 ай бұрын
My player's group was a mess. It was the very definition of a dead end. I wondered if for years it was my fault. Turns out it was just a group of incompatible people who didn't even want to play DnD. In the end I had to leave despite being the DM because of real life problems but it ws a relief.
@shiningpoultry4745
@shiningpoultry4745 3 ай бұрын
The reason my campaign died was because my players kept not showing up to sideways mambo
@maximillionchaoswolf
@maximillionchaoswolf 3 ай бұрын
that Homer joke was hilarious.
@hiddenicolay2008
@hiddenicolay2008 3 ай бұрын
man shows up in time to a problem that recently occoured.
@tslfrontman
@tslfrontman 3 ай бұрын
Woot Legal Eagle for some reason 👌
@Dudae_
@Dudae_ 3 ай бұрын
Something something, expectation management and session 0
@joshuabrown6461
@joshuabrown6461 3 ай бұрын
Problem is i feel like a bad guy if i ever tell the players no.
@oscarwilson7591
@oscarwilson7591 2 ай бұрын
“Maybe your party just fuckin’ sucks” my cackle gave you a like for that
@n0etic_f0x
@n0etic_f0x 3 ай бұрын
You know... sometimes it is fun to play with people who like to blow up the world. I am very good at just improvising everything. I once let my players throw a moon at a massive monster. It is a dumb idea and one of the coolest things I have ever done in a TTRPG.
@FanOfMostEverything
@FanOfMostEverything 3 ай бұрын
To be fair, _Gnomes_ is an amazing book.
@trexdrew
@trexdrew 3 ай бұрын
Cool ranch Doritos are inferior to original nacho cheese in every way tbh. They’re also both playing for second place when compared to spicy sweet chili Doritos 🌶️
@dane3038
@dane3038 3 ай бұрын
Knowing that last statement is a pretty good gauge of a true veteran GM.
@RoryRose_
@RoryRose_ 3 ай бұрын
it's true. no new gm gets sick from doritos like a veteran does
@NerdMafiaSV
@NerdMafiaSV 3 ай бұрын
I'd absolutely watch a dnd game played by the cast of whose line. Brady would be a bard.
@volosguidetomonsters3440
@volosguidetomonsters3440 3 ай бұрын
Yeah so my DM tpk'ed us to teleport us to the underworld but I bribed Charon from Greek mythology so we'll be fine
@iceborned2019
@iceborned2019 3 ай бұрын
from an apple picker to a what 0:30
@dtczyk8976
@dtczyk8976 3 ай бұрын
Doesn’t matter I don’t have the will to prep anymore.
@MalloonTarka
@MalloonTarka 3 ай бұрын
Oh, you read the Gnome book!?! :D There's a sequel, you know?
@Itachi45481
@Itachi45481 3 ай бұрын
DMs are rare try to have fun
@TwinSteel
@TwinSteel 3 ай бұрын
To be fair, Gnomes is the epitome of what a book can be
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