Why I Almost Quit D&D Forever

[@Mr_Kiwi_the_Wizard]

Advice I would give to DMs is that npcs are not a hivemind. They are individuals with their own wants and desires. They're not your hand to make things happen they're your actors to fill a role. It makes interacting with npcs not only fun but also engaging and helps drive a story.

[@tba3625]

Or the npcs are literary a hivemind and that's the mystery the players have to solve.

[@ryansparks2131]

@@tba3625 okay that actually does sound quite interesting. I might try that

[@tylerkister4628]

Unless your dm is a ass and made a town of mind flares

[@erikburzinski8248]

Sometimes thay are a hive mind but that is usually to push a plot when the dm messes Something up

[@Mediados]

That reminds me of a session where the 3 syndicate leaders had to judge a player for their crimes. My anger threatened my guile in a heated argument while my reason was rubbing his temples.

[@rompevuevitos222]

"Never mix fun and work, unless you're a clown" - Jake the dog (i unironically think that's a good life lesson)

[@robertoaguiar6230]

I bet clowns hate being clowns.

[@rompevuevitos222]

@@robertoaguiar6230 I was friends with a pair of professional clowns (they used to act in my bday parties when i was a baby too) They genuinely enjoyed it, idk what they're doing nowadays but they said that they liked having fun and bringing smiles Point: it's ok to mix both if you're a clown, Jake was right

[@foxglove4814]

@@rompevuevitos222 on an unrelated note, have you played blueballs incident-

[@rompevuevitos222]

@@foxglove4814 no, i'm not even gonna google what that is

[@kratal122]

It’s all about how you balance it.

[@CallmeCotter]

mate, you seen like a great dm, in really glad you did not stop and are doing what you love, thanks for the vids and hope you have a great day

[@twentieswiredweird]

Although DND can make money, if you're not having fun & if those you're playing with aren't having fun, it's not worth it. Glad you came back. Glad you learned what was wrong on your end. Love your vids!

[@kaip310]

The one thing I learned from my own pay to play sessions (I run convention games which tend to have like a 2 dollar entrance fee for the booth duties) is that people who pay to play games usually have a reason why they don't have someone who will play with them for free; and that usually, this is never a good sign.

[@gmchris3752]

For many of us who've "professionally" DMed, it's a way to defray the costs of the hobby - not a net money-maker. I'm sure a more business-minded person could strategize things to turn a profit, but I think either the game or the DM's sanity might suffer.

[@Legohunter-uv1wc]

Just subscribed yesterday so I’m glad to see he already uploaded

[@massira_massmurder]

Your lucky

[@eventhorison5558]

Just wanted to say that I'm really glad you didn't quit, because your content is really hilarious, interesting and honestly makes me think more about the game and why I love it so much.

[@catface_q2123]

I was in chat plays dnd since season one, session three. From what i’ve seen, you are a great DM.

[@davidhodgson1011]

and then there's me, the kid who played 2E in HS when it was the current edition but is super shy and once I left school have been too scared to even attempt to find people to play w/ even though I know I want to, and now feel like I'm way to old to start and still to self conscious to try to join a R20 group even though I now have an obsession w/ collecting 5e books and living vicariously through various DnD KZbinrs and Twitch streamers all because a random dude at work said "hey man have you ever heard of Critical Role?" when they were like 2 dozen episodes into their 2nd campaign, now channels like this one, Puffin Forest, CritCrab, Jocat, Dingodoodles, etc. keep me going

[@TheFuriousBrother]

I guess you've headed this a thousand times, but there really is nothing to be scared of. We're all anxious when joining a new table and yes, sometimes it is a terrible expirience, but we all learn from it and try to improve for the next time. For new players I always recommend getting an experienced DM and one or two expirienced players (to help with notes and char sheets) with the rest being beginners. And never forget the first and most important rule of d&d: HAVE FUN! (it's even the first rule in the PHB)

[@commandercaptain4664]

This is probably so common, there potentially could be entire groups made up of shy veterans.

[@thefun8900]

I'm not sure if anyone will see this, but I was just thinking on it and I feel like its really important. Always, always have a session zero and talk about expectations for the game, and if you're a player with a novice dm, tell them promptly if they're missing something. I've had so many games fail because I thought the session zero was unnecessary, or it was rushed. And in all those games, my players would see me making a mistake (like forgetting to include enough description or whatever), but not tell me until it had been many sessions and it amounted to a stream of complaints justifying why they don't like the game.

[@WolfBoy-om6dw]

5:58 I feel you Blaine I recently ran my first ever game as a GM the game I was running was monsterhearts 2 and people kept leaving the game campaign people have left 9 times throughout the campaign life cycle and the last person that left was really supportive and gave me advice and they left won't even telling me why a good chunk of the players that left didn't even tell me why they left they just left the server abruptly it really hurt me ending the campaign but after so many people kept leaving it felt like the campaign was cursed so I had to end it so kudos to you man and I hope you have more success as a DM in the future

[@commandercaptain4664]

It takes the rare group to finish a campaign, let alone continue one. It's best to just oneshot everything until the group becomes more concrete.

[@lyebatenkaitosofgluttony2452]

I love how Blaine showed flanking taking his rem body pillow when he talked about someone taking his wife, is he married to a body pillow lmao

[@commandercaptain4664]

pillow wife = "waifu"

[@darkishphoenix]

I got into pay to play when i first got into online via roll20 (been playing pen and paper for 30+ years) and I actually really like it. I've left a couple of groups after a couple of games because of not feeling the group dynamics, but I finished one campaign after a year and a half with more or less the same group from second month or so and am in a new campaign with one of the other players (we wanted to continue with same DM but health reasons stopped him DMing after the 4th session). I also have a queer group that was the first I joined and we're almost 2 years in and on our third campaign and we're all friends. I think one thing I like about pay to play is that there's consistency for the DM to keep the games regular as it's income for them. It's certainly been a lot more regular than playing with my friend group. Plus with playing online, there isn't a burden of one or two members of the group to always host

[@leshpar]

you are so young. XD My introduction to d&d was Pool of Radiance. You know, the 1st edition d&d game from 1988. So we have a very similar origin story.

[@ookamitsk8104]

Yeah it blew my mind when I found out Baldurs Gate and Icewind Dale were D&D, I LOVED those games when I was a kid, and diddnt discover the wonders of D&D until I was like 20, and diddnt even make the connection until I was like 22 LMAO.

[@nabra97]

Tried to play a sort of D&D game in the university, but my group failed after a few sessions (nobody wanted to play during study term). Then I lost interest in it for a few years. I'm really glad I can play now, 'cause it really helps with a pretty uncertain situation I'm now in.

[@assassincharizard]

Entertaining as always. But I get unreasonably excited when I get the notification for your videos because I hope each one is the next in the "do not play this class" series...

[@pepe-zj6cn]

From what I've experienced in the 600 players dnd you hosted, you are a REALLY good DM

[@InfiniteCheeseCrates]

One thing I've noticed with Roll20 or even D&D in general is the prevalence of homebrew and/or games that are far beyond what is advertised, with DM's that give minimal information of the lore or the rules and refuse to help players understand(especially new players). Or players will just bail mid-session and instead of finding a replacement or a solution, the game just falls apart, even if there's a party of 3 or more still playing. I've had this happen numerous times in roll20, but also in person at local game shops and, In my 11+years of trying to play D&D, I've NEVER had a campaign last long enough to get beyond level 3. I've given up on D&D and have moved on to other systems as a result and have found better communities in lesser known TTRPGS. My biggest piece of advice for DM's is get a group together and actually do a couple of session 0's and discuss EVERYTHING important to the lore/world, especially if the group is new to each other and get them talking/figuring out how their characters are involved with the plot and each other. Tossing people into a world with no context only works in video games and even then, only a handful have managed to pull it off.

[@AVspectre]

One thing our DM does is start us at a higher level so we have more tools to face each situation.

[@davidmc8478]

Currently playing and dming with 1 and 2 person parties. No need to give up on a campaign just because a player or two drops out.

[@michamarkowski2204]

I don't mind not knowing the setting. I do mind however changing rules during the game (a new house rule on every meeting). It kills the game for me.

[@TDay-uk6dq]

i’m starting to do payed campaigns in a month from now super excited but this helps a lot thank you

[@starcloak]

Since you are able to handle D&D with the community in the streams with chat always going wild I would say you're doing perfectly fine bro 😁

[@justheretowatch1733]

You must be very entertaining since I don't even play DnD and I still greatly enjoy your videos

[@voltsiano116]

Everyone be sure to thank your DM and compliment the game they run.

[@MrChupacabra555]

Yeah, I could never consider making D&D (or any of my hobbies) my 'Job'. I engage in my hobbies in order to escape from the stress of my actual Job. Taking money for it would mean I have expectations to keep to my 'customers', thus making it a real Job instead of a past time.

[@harthroth]

gotta love getting a video uploaded 1 minute ago in your recommended

[@PORTALIAN_Makes_Bass]

I myself have quit Dm'ing, but not because of demotivation. I am a full time college student, and I also am known as "The Fun DM" in certain situations (Yes @Anime Boi, I am referring to you). It's a lack of time. I take 4 hours a day to plan a weekly campaign, and that leads to me spending about 24 hours to plan out a campaign that usually goes down the toilet after a certain character figures out how to make a saiyan in the game, destroying all possible balance between players and monsters. Heck, he killed the Tiamat monster from Fizban's BY HIMSELF, with no homebrew options at all. Honestly, I like to improvise, and recommend it to newer DM's who are struggling. Make up a monster in your head that fits the party, create a new race, etc. It all works. Some inside jokes and eventual homebrew came from improvising (such as the chicken breastplate armor lol).

[@goofygoober779]

To be quite honest, 50% of the success is on you, but the other 50% are determined by WHO the players are. If you want everyone at the table to have a great experience, you can't for example have one player who hates all roleplay and one who loves all roleplay. One persons fun is another's grief some times. I recommend if you dear reader ever do something like this choose carefully and find out first who these players are.

[@Phantend]

I'm from austria and I played the black eye sinche I was 8. It's like dnd but with more skill checks. Now I play dnd

[@J2982able]

Ya' know just the other day I considered DMing professionally, and came to nearly all these conclusions over a period of 3 or 4 days. Decided that I would never take something I do for enjoyment and turn it into a job.

[@kairon156]

interesting video. I like the apartment type setup you showed in the background at the end.

[@EnchantingSorcery]

I’m running two campaigns for Patrons, many of whom we all consider mutual friends, for two separate tiers. I recommend that as a model, because you can run a campaign (provide a service) that you know your Community has a vested interest in. Running a game like this with Patrons also usually means they already have an interest in your work and/or content. One game is available to all tiers, and the other (Wildemount) is the highest tier. You can also stack on all kinds of extra goodies with Patreon!! ❤️‍🔥

[@UndoubtedMist]

Sometimes I wish a random person like me could get the chance to D&D with Blaine here. But that'd never happen XD I'm glad he's still playing. You can feel the passion.

[@limbo3545]

Just come next time and participate in the Chat game on live stream. It's fun.

[@chaseallen7499]

I remember that in one fight my party and the enemy just created a flanking chain

[@justinjette1473]

I'm a forever DM who has been playing for a little over twenty years and finally started hosting pay for games after being hounded by my wife (who I met playing D&D) I must say it has been a mostly rewarding experience. I have six campaigns that meet at different schedules, from once a month, to weekly, and the people and groups I have meet are incredible. I only have one game left that is open to the public as all the others have a turned into a set group of friends. None of them even knew each other when we started, a few hadn't played in decades and a few were brand new. There have been some players that don't mix well with others and it is never fun asking a player to kindly leave but I would say 9-10 have been a great experience. I agree with FISTOproductions, if your curious about joining a session...... DO IT!!!

[@Lukos0036]

It is extremely hard for me to find people I get along with. At all. So being tossed in a chat with a bunch of randos and made to pretend like we are all the kind of friends that only come from being a group of repeat offending serial killers is a nightmare scenario to me. Not because of the murder mind you, I'm good with that.

[@lumberluc]

You did what any good DM does, take failure as a critique, step back, redo.

[@conflictisnear]

How many times has that been said, but never been true?

[@queenskelaton6507]

Your story reminds of when before I played I loved this book Knight of the Black Rose and imagine my face when I first cracked open the MM and made my way to the Death Knight section

[@englishwithdnd]

I made DnD my main and only income about 2 years ago or so. There are downsides to that as I also feel sometimes that my players are my customers and "a customer is always right". But 98% of the time all of them are really nice and understanding.

[@LostTheNecromancer]

I remeber falling in love with dnd when i played baldurs gate 1 for the first time when i was about 12. Hard but awsome.

[@BaphoMettbroetchen]

I'm dming for 24 years now. From D&D to Vampire to Shadowrun to Starfinder(and a lot more). And I still don't think that I'm good enough to dm professionally. I'm no Matt Mercer. Also being paid makes my players my customers. And I reaaaalllly don't want that. As you found out the hard way.^^ The time I need to prepare a campaign suited to my players can't be monetized. Otherwise players would need to pay me a lot more than 10bucks a session. If you add time and money for buying/printing minis/terrain/maps....oh boy, that would be insane. And don't get ne started on books. But I'm oldschool and running a premade campaign for strangers is really not my thing. Same goes for this weird "adventure league" stuff. Imho there is no time for roleplay or character developement outside of pure stats in there. Just not my cup of tea.

[@Amanoob105]

My granddad once said "If your hobby becomes your job, what's your hobby?". At the time I just though it was a fun sounding saying. But now, years later? I think he got it in one.

[@BlackRainRising]

bruh I feel you, I get the burn out running in-person games for my friends, we all have fun but I feel the burden of making it interesting the whole time and it's a struggle for sure. I've toyed with the idea of making a roll20 campaign see if I could have fun for a little side $$ with faces that you'll never see in person so anger cause blah blah reason has little to no consequence to you, but... I dunno, the dedication it would take to keep that going sounds like it'd be tiring real fast and would ruin the game as a whole for me. Games are fun until they become chores, then... it's dead. Don't let it take you down man, I personally, and I'm sure many others here, enjoy your content, from gaming experience or just ramblings about stuff you've learned along the way... we enjoy and appreciate what you do.

[@Firefocus-fz2we]

Looking at how You handle all the bulls*it we do during the Chat Jr. sessions, You are a great DM, keep it up 😊

[@victor_creator]

Here's a rather random request: could you make a tank? I don't mean a really tanky character, I mean a character who is literally a tank, bomb shells and tank treads and all.

[@Cubics_Rube]

I admire your bravery, though it was certainly rushed. I don't consider myself a noob DM anymore, but this is through some hard lessons and experience, and yet I still wouldn't dare asking money for my endeavors. I am at the point where if I were to suggest that "I can improve this game with some small donation, by buying assets and animation packs and maybe commission some art." then people maybe wouldn't outrage right away, yet I'm still afraid of taking that step. Plunging right into P2P D&D is certainly another level. But it's a good thing you shared it, it's a fine lesson for newer DMs who toyed with the idea of going P2P.

[@AzureIV]

I ran D&D games at a game store for a few years. It is difficult to say the least to be an entertaining DM. And you need good time management to get satisfying games down to about two hour blocks. And you need to be able to juggle the experiences of a cast of people that could be between newbies to veterans. Needless to say, it eventually burned me out.

[@luny8542]

"THis video *WAS* sponsored by sunken Isles." That is the funniest sentence I've heard in a while lol

[@CactusJackIV]

Way to stick with it, I have enjoyed from afar for a long time. I haven't played a game since I was 20ish(started when I was in middle school) But my buddy that was the DM kind of played fast and loose with the rules, which makes me a total newbie when it comes to actual D&D.

[@heartlessnobody1143]

I can count with my fingers the number of dnd sessions i have been to, i still want to dm Just só i can have someone to play dnd with me

[@Chef-Juice]

Bruh being a host is hard I can get that also I am glad you didn't lose interest in what you love. Having to lose something you love because of bad experiences which is a normal feel.

[@mrkeller8000]

To my experience, doing other activities with the new players helps keep them retained. For example, a good one that has worked for me is Minecraft; I would open up a server once in awhile and just play with them.

[@piketheknight2581]

No one Every DnD channel: SUNKEN ISLES!!!

[@Benusr]

Here's an idea for a campaign if anyone wanted to steal it... Imagine players are in a town of your choice, they have lived there for quite a while... Then they get a letter from a man in uniform, they go to the location and it turns out the letters have some writing on the back that when put together make a sentence which the players must speak to transport onto an island... This then leads to a few fights, notably with a pirate character; A prospector/Miner; A giant man and the king's piece on a chess board. They each have their own mechanics when fighting, for example the chess battle acts as normal chess but when a piece is captured they fight the other captured pieces and get to go back on board if they slay one... After beating each boss the island expands by making different parts rise... Along the way different story elements would be implemented but I'm just outlining it. Then this all leads up to final battle against an all powerful being that breaks the forth wall, addressing the characters by the names of their players (if you know them)... Then when the battle ends they make a choice to save the end boss or leave him on the island powerless as a death sentence. A mechanic I wanted to add but didn't was conscience. Conscience is d20 - wisdom mod. That is the role you must pass when making morally incorrect decions, like murdering a stranger or stealing...

[@bhupendragurram3026]

I also went to roll 20 and tried to host a campaign but 2 players and the second one flaking was hard to balance

[@jonathanbaughman3691]

i've wondered about dm'ing professionally before, but getting people to show up every week seems next to impossible. And that's not because i'm a horrible dm or something, its just people schedules are hard to deal with, and getting people to commit to a long term campaign can be difficult. This whole video just brought me flashbacks of trying desperately to make a game work with a group of friends who weren't all that interested (or healthy to be around if i'm honest). Maybe its something i should still try, but i've been burned to much before to really give it a chance.

[@insertnamehere4088]

What a quiet interesting video!

[@bhupendragurram3026]

Nice vid, hope you make more quality content, love you

[@RandomAttemptGaming]

As A Newish DM, I have to say, the best advice I have to give DM's Is this: The Role of Dungeon Master can be Nerve Racking, but calm down, remember that it's a game and everyone is there to enjoy a collaborative Story telling experience. They are not there to Judge you, be kind to yourself and try to relax and have fun. If you don't know something it's ok to Panic shuffle your notes and make some shit up.

[@137terra]

I... I wanna talk to the little green wiggly worm. I'm fascinated by this creature

[@GeneralGob]

I have had an idea for a campaign with the same name as sunken isles the campaign is about you waking up in a ship dependig on the alignments of my players they will begin in a rusty cell or in a small room with beds the ship whould be abandoned but contained some stuff (the starter gear you chose and some old worn out gear) the point of the campaign was to find and defeat the defender of the sea (homebrew creature) which will let you get to the tresure not everthing is planned yet so it will probably change a litle and im still searching for players

[@guuskramer5842]

when will you continue the don't play {class} series?

[@Thetb93]

these white lies really get on my nerve. i know it is difficult to find the right players. i searched for quite some time. and we were like 4 people set in stone but including GM. but we wanted like 5 so if one is missing we cna still play. we ruled when 1/4 of the grouo isnt there. the story cant meaningfully continue. so i talked to like 20 poeple over a few weeks and told every time. if they dont like it they should just say it so and dont worry about it. and I got mostly honste replys if they left... i think at least.

[@FenrirWolf203]

3:19 Being honest, flanking can be too easily exploitable, by the players and by the enemies, but still, it's not something to react in such a harsh way. I mean, I remember one time where both my abjuration wizard and our rogue got into a deep trouble because of flanking, because I said, hey, I'm going to prepare mage armor and put myself in a place where I can help the rogue get advantage through flanking, only to get myself into that sittuation with the enemy, and when the rogue flanked said enemy too, he failed the attack roll (we had a lot of bad luck that day), and then, we were basically both binded in place because whoever moved would probably get two opportunity attacks and instantly fall unconscious (I think the rogue forgot the cunning action, because now that I'm reading it, I'm like, why didn't we do that to avoid the trouble? And I guess I could've disengaged, but forgot too about that, since we were kinda new). We basically made a flanking train, and we were the ones that got the worst trade because of really bad luck in the attack rolls (we didn't hit a single attack with advantage during the whole thing. We still remember it as the day that we were almost mauled to death by stray cat-like creatures)

[@dluxajalt]

I was with my brother and his friends, it was chaos and fun

[@guilhermegaspar752]

Roll a D20, that is The inspiration that I give to you! And thanks for The vídeo

[@n0etic_f0x]

I found D&D beacuse as an autistic gay furry nerd in Texas on the early 00's I was already an outcast, but I was in nowhere's vill USA and the internet was a thing but Google was only barely a thing so finding any books was almost impossible. Freinds and I had scraps of 3e and no real idea how to play, so 40-60% of the stuff was totally made up. Then I moved to just outside of Houston and D&D Next (what would become 5e) launched. I got what i needed to start and at my first real game store was told "Wow you are young for such cool homebrew" and I had no idea WTF that meant and when that became apparent everyone was confused. I played with this. I said presenting very little 3e books. Uhh... I make up most of it. It is more of a story than a game because holy balls this game was to complicated for me, this version is far easier and I have real books! I then got 150 dollars store credit if I just spent a few hours coming up with some games. I came up with... a lot of games and ran two intro sessions for the store but I had other stuff so I could not work at the store, but I did get a ton of stuff for free as I promoted the game and ran it as a hobby and giving me a free book means 4 other players would buy one so yeah that got me addicted AF as they now say and I finally had a freind group.

[@FelixArgyleAUS]

I almost quit D&D when I found out that WOTC also made Magic the gathering...

[@emilygordbort7300]

Am I missing something?

[@JKRavenBlood]

Also...? Magic is their base bread and butter. When TSR bankrupted, Wizards o.t.C. stepped in and bought all their D&D stuff.

[@FelixArgyleAUS]

@@JKRavenBlood Magic Bad and stinky.

[@Vekcrazah]

@@FelixArgyleAUS wut

[@FelixArgyleAUS]

@@Vekcrazah Magic is stinky.

[@scientist368]

i had thought of pay to play dming but it just deosnt work. even if i hosted 6 games per week with lets say 6 players for 4 hours each to say to a total of 36 players and 24 of action (plus i would need like at least 24 more hours for preperations) 36 players to pay 10 bugs a month doesnt cut it. so i made some math for my personal expenses + some money i would like to put aside and the minimun they would have to pay would be 50 bugs per month. that ofc if i hadnt any plans for the future other than this being me permament job in which case if i ever met some nice girl and had kids i would need to ofc increase it. and i bdoubt any1 would pay that much or that i would manage to find 6 teams of 6 players that would be able to play in the avaible hours. hell i even have a bunch of homebrew settings and words and i cant find people to play for free :P

[@CallmeCotter]

number 3 baby

[@johnletsgame]

I’m trying to learn how to be a good DM The only problem is I have are with knowing what to do Specifically with health and characters

[@thethalamusguy7212]

What do you use to create your online dnd maps I would like to know?

[@MrKoalaburger]

Idk how DM's do it, every time I've tried to gather a buncha strangers into a game they all have different ideas of what Dnd should be. Last one, the guy loved session 1 and was so excited to explore the intrigue I had developed. Another guy, refusing to RP the whole session, informed me that he just wants to kill monsters, not spend 1/3 of the session talking. Another player wanted to fulfill some disturbing serial killer power fantasy, and was upset that everyone thought his character was deranged when he started collecting random body parts from the bandits they fought. Yeah it kinda goes like that every time lol.

[@AlbertoRodriguez-zb3iu]

Treating the game as a business...that's so true, the same happens to writers.

[@shayanms1605]

I would love to start playing D&D but I dont know where I can find people, and how it would be since I have never played a round before

[@Closer2Zero]

The feeling you should or need to turn your passions into money making job is just a fantasy and a lie told to you by then people who have all the money in this county to convince you that anything you enjoy isnt good enough to enjoy alone.

[@grimarcher872]

I actually do pay to play D&D games IRL in a Cafe. I'm not very good as a dm, the players just pay for their food and my DM fee. I usually end up spending my money on the Cafe's food haha

[@heathermorton3598]

Baulders Gate is made by the same people as DND? I did play that game, and love dnd. But I never knew that.

[@Zarkness25]

Btw Blaine, I know you do a lot of anime into d&d stuff. I’ve been working on a hunterxhunter home brew class for nen users. I would love to cooperate!

[@IRChere]

This kinda has to do with the vid but I used to play dnd but then I moved to a country that where ever you look you won’t find dnd players and I can’t find any online campaigns because my time zone is … any advice?

[@coyoteink]

I will admit I run a couple pay to play games on roll20....to pay for pay to play games im in. You actually applied to one of my games and ghosted me lol

[@gamershadow8]

i've not really played a proper session and i get anxiety just thinking about joining a group..i came up with a character which is a goblin housewife but idk..i feel like the DM would veto it if i bring it up

[@seeinred]

5:14 You have no idea how right you are.

[@chaoticclonestudios]

I have the DND starter set and I'm ready to go I'm just missing friends ;-;

[@reiteration6273]

I'm glad things worked out for you... But I'm also glad you hated trying to run pay-to-play D&D. I've DM'd a bit, but as someone with a lot more experience as a player, I hate that some DMs want to charge people for taking part in their games. I'm not really a fan of trying to find games on Roll20 at all, tbh. Though I'll use it if a DM wants to, I prefer to join D&D Discord servers and find games through them.

[@sqoody7invegas625]

Great video

[@Veran42]

I almost quit when not a single player turned up to one of my first sessions.

[@dylanthomas4237]

The chat game is fun so your great any way

[@Bjoc]

I'm a new DM and need help learning how to calculate damage any tips.

[@billygoat5944]

Ok understand the video but i think that it would be a good idea to tell more stories of your game "The Hollow"

[@baseupp12]

Hey we hit the like goal for infinite money when do we get that next video.

[@Sorenzo]

People don't know what BG2 is? :( BG1 was the first real game I ever had and it got me permanently addicted to everything Forgotten Realms. Sadly I have rarely gotten a chance to play D&D but I finally found a group recently. Everyone - go buy and play BG1+2!!!!

[@asheronwindspear552]

Boo is best Miniature Giant Space Hamster

[@jeremyszpicki491]

When do you run games

[@erikwilliams1562]

for me it’s over saturation. And Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons

[@rouger-or1ko]

Hay what is your outro music

[@martinzemanek2257]

Just one thing game being fun and game being entertaining are two different metrics...

[@evankrueger7321]

why is this video in 4k what is this acomplishing? I'm enthralled

[@olehart5850]

NOOT NOOT