How To Run your FIRST D&D Session - D&D 5e

[@nateelliott9270]

DM of 10 years, great video guys. I love "new dm" videos, always more to learn

[@rileydiehl6026]

Came over from Reddit as well. Awesome advise in here, I just recently started DMing a game with my parents and siblings. Really excited to bring some of this into our next session.

[@josephjacobsonfilms]

Thanks so much riley! Subscribe for sure, and share with some friends. Thank you so so so much

[@rafaelpeixoto9065]

came from reddit and this was a lot better than i expected. keep up the good work.

[@josephjacobsonfilms]

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[@rafaelpeixoto9065]

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[@darksider111]

i am an old DM; I started with the D&D basic books in the 1981 (yes the red one) and then got into advanced and went on from there, and am trying to get into it again but i think if you think you a an expert you have lost the plot but if you constantly think well what can learn here you learn so much

[@SirDiamondNips]

My DM uses passive perception constantly, but lately hasn't had us do any skill checks. Leading up to my first forray as a solo dm in my own homebrew, I find myself taking note of everything I don't like about his style. I feel bad about it, but I don't have any other opportunities to observe another dm in game.

[@ivana2609]

This isn't even just good for DMs, this is some advice I can take for other creative endeavors! Really awesome and insightful advices!

[@mixablemanager2332]

Thank you for sharing! I'm a new DM I've been wanting to gather my friends up to play but I've been afraid to mess it up and bore them. This video had good advice thanks so much

[@bobbyhall994]

This was an amazing conversation. Amazing advice. Surround yourself with good people, but even that isn’t enough. You’ll always get a little better.

[@LyeeVixen]

I came from reddit as well! This is great. As a dm usually because no one else can I appreciate this and will show my group maybe it will make someone else confidant

[@josephjacobsonfilms]

That sounds amazing!! Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a comment. Best of luck with your group! You got this.

[@isgood6267]

Great advice and great production quality, hope to see you guys keep gaining subscribers!

[@josephjacobsonfilms]

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[@alextrollip7707]

From reddit. The first 5 seconds secured you my sub.

[@josephjacobsonfilms]

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[@JNevile]

Thanks for the tips, love the bit on handling players, which can be tricky. Keep up the great work :)

[@josephjacobsonfilms]

Thanks so so much for the encouragement!

[@enxichen9148]

Came over from reddit. Awesome advice, practically removed my fears.

[@josephjacobsonfilms]

Love love love to hear this. I really hope you'll keep following along with us, we have plenty more to talk about

[@enxichen9148]

@@josephjacobsonfilms Sure will follow you for my entire time as a DM!

[@worthasandwich]

So one of my recent games I ran through a character the whole plot of Twin Peaks. He had no idea. My advice for first time players is bring extra pencils.

[@BigHeartedPessimist]

Came from reddit. I'm DM'ing for the first time next weekend. It feels like I found ya at the perfect time. Really really excited to see more. Keep it up!

[@MeggieLongoMusic]

IM SO EXCITED, I’ve been playing for a couple of years now and am actually starting a business with a bunch of other ladies, several of which watch Dimension20, listen to Naddpod, have made characters for fun but haven’t played in a campaign before, so I’m FINALLY planning my first campaign for them and I’m so excited! I’m planning a “backyard critter campaign” where everyone is playing little forest critters who play in an epic story of finding fortitude, solace, and companionship in the mask of tiny critters in a vast expanse of…. Suburbia? Idk still working through it but either way, v stoked

[@zenmachina6735]

That's cool I was thinking of something similar!

[@anubis-is-my-pet2993]

Played my first session last week had how the characters meet all mapped out only for the first person to instantly turn around walk out of the building I planned and rob the next door baker

[@laminutedom5616]

Came from reddit too thanks for the vids

[@josephjacobsonfilms]

You're the best. would love so much for you to stick around, we appreciate it more than you know

[@Reanimatedself]

Really happy I found this. I used to work at a game store and my first introduction to d&d was with a problem player. The group asked me if I wanted to play after my shift and I sat there for about 15 minutes. The entire time this player kept interrupting the group and rping their character. Didn’t help in the combat that started or anything. It was incredibly annoying and I didn’t end up playing for years because I assumed it was always like that. Glad I learned otherwise but toxic players are not a good fit for a cooperative group game.

[@simondimock]

This video is super good and insightful!

[@ardagne3204]

i am not a new dm but was lookinh for a guide to dnd since i mostly played cyberpunk red, an yet this video was useful

[@M_of_the_U]

Thank you for your video got my sub

[@Fleewood52]

Essentials kit is better

[@josephjacobsonfilms]

I would be tempted to agree, but for a first time DM with little context about the game I think there is some value to the simplistic starter set. Nothing to overwhelm you, and the essentials kit is a great second purchase

[@crumpetmuncher69]

I think the entire concept of a "problem player" is one of the most toxic aspects of the dnd community, people use the label and simplify others behavior based on what they perceive. In truth all a dm (new or otherwise) has to do to remedy the situation is communicate. You describe the identifying process as centered on behavior, and yet seem not to gather that all behavior has a cause and a purpose. Instead of shrinking away in fear of people's behavior, it's healthier to address them as a person (separated from their behavior) and find out what's causing the behavior in the first place. Additionally I completely disagree that playing dnd is a skill, I think to most it's a form of entertainment (and by extension media.) And you wouldn't say watching a film takes skill, would you? In general it's my opinion that there's too much pressure put on storytelling within dnd campaigns. What I mean by this is the player's involvement in the narrative, all contribute and all have their own preferences and passions. This is often talked about as a problem, but I don't think it is at all?? Dnd has more than enough creative space (or room) to be collaborative under agreed conditions. TLDR: anyone can play dnd, no player is a problem, dnd is something innately shared and the over pursuit of various things (realism or character motivations or detailed setting or any specific style) is what hurts the game most. Collaboration is give and take, and is founded on communication. Without the fundamentals in place you can call anything you like a "problem" and leave it up to others, as if you have no responsibility as a member of that dnd group or party. To any dm or player that has read this far; before deciding something or someone is a problem, talk to them as an equal, ask them questions and get them involved! That way THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS!!!!

[@Sickolas7]

lmfao

[@FlameHidden]

This is exactly something a problem player would think lol There are absolutely players that are a problem for everyone's fun, who simply dont know how to act socially or that can't read the room in respect to how the majority of the group want thwir experience to go like

[@crumpetmuncher69]

@@FlameHidden and is not knowing a crime? Is it so inconceivable to reach out and communicate your problems rationally? I left this comment because I was a problem player your right, but I was also young and autistic and needed to hear what was going on. People talking behind others backs and refusing to communicate because "they're just a problem player" are worse than the 'problem player' ever was. It's another stupid label that lets people justify bad behaviour and hierarchical BS so they don't have to step outside their own comfort zone.

[@ameizingzarya160]

I look back at my past self and cringe at how toxic of a player I was