RE: Why D&D Feels Stressful Now (Ginny Di)

[@spooderous]

It's an entirely player focusd game where all the pressure is on the GM to create the experience and who, up until very recently, have had very poor tools to support them.

[@rosieo5875]

And even now - like a lot of the wording around 2024 bastions is how GMs can’t “use them against the player” or whatever, like the poor players need to be protected from their big, mean GMs

[@RoguesRollCall-Cam]

I definitely have to agree there that a lot of the tools we end up relying on as DMs can be... lackluster to say the least

[@rock00dom]

I agree very much with your point about some players just not wanting to talk as much. As DMs we have to account for players that just like to roll dice & see how the story unfolds. For a very long time I was (misguidedly) ashamed that I had some players like that, but the truth is, they turn up every session for a reason.

[@alexanderwalker7718]

Yeah but to a degree if that is the kind of game you want to play with people roleplaying and getting deep and emotional or doing bits and all telling the story you gotta make that clear in the beginning.. the game my friends and I run we make it clear in session zero we roleplay at this table and get really into it, so if that’s not something your comfortable getting into you probably won’t enjoy playing at our table maybe a different game is better suited..

[@rock00dom]

@@alexanderwalker7718 True indeed, that works for groups that are focused on roleplay. I'd add that a lot of us play with friends rather than searching for specific types of players & there you have to be more lenient.

[@RoguesRollCall-Cam]

That's a great way to put it!