Read This to NOT Suck as a Dungeon Master

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@razorchuckles 10 ай бұрын

My wife has already told me she's getting me this book for Christmas because she knows I'll buy it myself before then. Can't wait!

@FablesD20 10 ай бұрын

Well, Merry Christmas! 😊

@TwinSteel 10 ай бұрын

Appreciate including the nontraditional senses like balance and proprioception - telling a player the room makes them feel like gravity is pulling them sideways or time is moving ever so slightly faster than usual are great ways to expand beyond classics like how a room smells and sounds

@MemphiStig 10 ай бұрын

This really does look like one of the best gaming books to come out in a while. Justin's got great ideas and a deep understanding of the game.

@lukecolling13 3 ай бұрын

So I remembered hearing you mention fables in a Son of a Dungeon bts video, been a heavy corridor fan from the start and just started my first campaign as a DM, finding this resource and your channel has made my week, a creator I respect with the exact information I need. Subscribed and sticking around 👍

@FablesD20 3 ай бұрын

@@lukecolling13 thank you! Im currently in hardcore editing mode and have a lot filmed in the can. And our curse of amity island game got into 2 film festivals, so you’re jumping in at the perfect time!

@edwardromero3580 10 ай бұрын

Great review for a great book. I’m currently working my way through the book. It is truly the best thing I’ve read on DMing since “How to Write Adventure Modules That Don’t Suck.” And I’m only 140 pages in.

@FablesD20 10 ай бұрын

every few pages i have to stop and think about what i've read, because i feel like im cheating haha

@the_blueraja5941 10 ай бұрын

I absolutely love this helpful content. It feels like talking with a friend about a shared hobby. Cmike you are amazing.

@DelCoSkoal 10 ай бұрын

The best thing I’ve found with introducing people to D&D is the wow factor of “oh shit I can literally do anything!” the lights in their eyes always harken back to the playground when we were kids playing pretend and the group acceptance of whatever is said goes! The annoying “no” people are the same as the kids who did “shield!” When you got the drop on them.

@bearnaff9387 10 ай бұрын

Augh on how important not using "no" when players are describing what they want to do and there's no dice involved - this should be in every gamemaster's guide for all systems. One of the most unforgivable table-sins I've ever personally witnessed was when a friend shitcanned an idea a fellow player had come up with to shine a light down an oubliette that she was curious about. Now, the friend understood the situation perfectly. There was nothing but fossilized kobold shit and corpses own there, and he knew from the way I described things that he could ignore the hole. The other player was new to gaming and hadn't gotten the hint, but HAD remembered a simple utility magical item that the party had with them that could refocus light. She saw tool and puzzle and put them together. I hadn't actually put a serious puzzle there, but you bet your ass I was ready to rewrite that entire section of the dungeon to reward the kind of lateral thinking.... And my friend, the experienced-as-hell player, shitcanned the idea as a waste of time and argued with her when she wanted to try it anyway. I mean, I was already going to rewrite things so that the curious player would find _some_ kind of reward for easily solving a problem I hadn't really intended the players to solve, but it left me flabbergasted that a guy with 30+ years of gaming experience cared so little for _his_ part in making the collective story go that he wasn't willing to let a new player fuck around and try things.

@mikeb.1705 10 ай бұрын

What I think is awesome is seeing new players discover tricks that a LOT of us older gamers learned from Dragon Magazine, or other "old school" sources (pre-social media). Welcome to the DM club, where we do the things that make the games amazing and unforgetable ;-)

@FablesD20 10 ай бұрын

I love discovering this stuff! Sharing exciting parts and tools while recommending the sources hopefully can help other newer players too 😇

@mikeb.1705 10 ай бұрын

@@FablesD20 something I think is very cool about "modern gaming" is that newer players can find "all" of the tips and tricks in once place anymore. There are multiple books or guides that expand on the "old" tips and tricks that we had to learn through trial and error, or through small doses over time >.< I wish I had a book like this (or Sly Fourish's book) back in the 80's! Yeah, the 1E DMG had a ton of great stuff, but it was spread out through a very large tome that took a lot to digest. Anyhow, thanks for the great video! Subbing now ;-)

@FablesD20 10 ай бұрын

@@mikeb.1705 thank you! Yes, Lazy DM books are fantastic and i have plans for videos talking about them too 😇

@nrais76 10 ай бұрын

This is interesting to me, as a veteran gamer. I've always been picking apart 2nd edition for its missing pieces and the obvious assumptions on the part of the authors that you had already been playing the game for awhile (or they're too close to their own work). It hadn't occurred to me that some of the things you mention in this book are things that didn't make it into the 5e DMG, I just didn't notice because I've been doing this so long. It makes sense that if everyone in your group is totally new - which happens a lot with 5e, I would imagine - no one tells you this stuff. Seems like this book could be a real life saver, and once again the rules writers have taken some things for granted. Some of these of course are cool little tips you can use, even if you're an OG, especially for dealing with the pace of 5e contrasted with old skool.

@MrSilvanous 10 ай бұрын

So in my formative D&D years a turn meant as you described (everyone takes a turn at doing something) - what I believe in 5e is called a round (everyone takes a turn) but there are 10 rounds in a turn (each round is 6 seconds) which is 1 minute. For me, that over complicates things in a dungeon atmosphere (hell even not in a dungeon) because out of this round counting during combat, there are random encounters, and other activities occurring where time matters but there's no sense of time in 5e. Spells say durations - 1 minute. That's 10 rounds. A lot can happen in 10 rounds. So when I GM, we use turns - full stop.

@FablesD20 10 ай бұрын

I often refer to this as high resolution vs low resolution tracking. Low resolution has less detail, but is faster and easier to take in.

@tyler_puryear 10 ай бұрын

Very handy breakdown!! I particularly like the helpful tip on the "Yes, and - Yes, but - No, but" as it is very, very similar to discovery plotting in books. It's called the "Yes, But...No, And" writing method and authors like Steven King and George R.R. Martin are known to use this a lot to escalate the writing in a way that keeps the story at a good pace! Love "The Fortress of Memories!!" and the 3-x-3 rule is very handy to know!

@prism3413 10 ай бұрын

The Dungeon Turn sounds very similar to PF2's Exploration mode and the 10m activities like treat wounds and repair a shield

@FablesD20 10 ай бұрын

I havent had a chance to read or play PF2 yet, but thats cool that they have a similar system to the OG crawling

@prism3413 10 ай бұрын

@FablesD20 idk if I can post links, but check out the Archives of Nethys and look for Running Exploration

@wilmartinez1 10 ай бұрын

So Professor Dungeon Craft start it and everyone else finishes it off 👍 good video

@Atmoseeker 10 ай бұрын

Yeah i've heard great things about this book. What the 5e DM's guide shoulda been!

@FablesD20 10 ай бұрын

I literally wrote a whole video before breakfast off of 3 pages in this book this morning lol

@DragonsinGenesisPodcast 10 ай бұрын

I’ve been playing TTRPGs since 1988 and I must say that the 5E DMG is the only rpg book I’ve seen that’s completely useless. If you’re interested in running a game, don’t bother buying that book. Older editions and other games understand what that book is for but WotC doesn’t.

@adamwalker4889 10 ай бұрын

4:35 Hold on are we skipping past that fun fact? lol

@walterstarr1588 10 ай бұрын

I started DMing 46 years ago with the White Box set. I bought it so I had to DM.

@FablesD20 10 ай бұрын

You honer us! We are not worthy!

@walterstarr1588 10 ай бұрын

@@FablesD20 LOL! Lots of changes in those years.

@1R0QU012 10 ай бұрын

Nice, I’ve always wanted to Play DnD as a character but I have a feeling I’m going to end up being a DM. Thanks for making me aware of this resource.

@FablesD20 10 ай бұрын

Well i have many more videos that will help coming!

@TheEmmaHouli 10 ай бұрын

If you are brining the game to friends, then yes, you will have to be the DM - sorry! But don't worry being a DM is loads of fun, and not as complicated as what most KZbin videos make it out to be :)

@FablesD20 10 ай бұрын

agreed! @@TheEmmaHouli