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Hey nerds! Im #DM -ing a #dnd5e campaign for the first time. We're on session 10 and i still feel like a total noob. How do I stop feeling like I have no idea what I'm doing?

My players are super excited to come back to the table every time, but I still feel like I'm not doing enough to plan for what might happen and therefore make it coherent and interesting for them.

I dont have a lot of time to sit and plan (freelancer running my own business from home) and I try to "lazy dm", but most sessions, I feel like I am relying on lessons learned in yr 8 drama class about improv, and then having retroactively change my whole idea about what is happening in the world because I made up something daft in the moment and now that is canon for the story in my players minds.

Is this normal? Am I doing this right?

Seriously, DMs and #GameMaster 's who have been doing this for years... I salute you!

I just realised that being a DM for a group made up entirely of real life archaeologists means that getting their characters to do dungeon delves in ancient ruined temples is just making them roleplay that they're at work.

May as well just give them quests where they're digging test trenches and tell them they have to report on the cross sections.

Okay DMs:

The game is done, all the prep was worthwhile, your players had fun. Now they've gone home, and all that energy you built up before that has just been spent.

How do you relax? Recuperate?

#ttrpg#dnd5e#dnd

Welcome to Advent's Amazing Advice! The series where I take popular One-Shots, Adventures, Campaigns, etc. and fully prep them for both New and Busy DMs. This prep includes notes, music, ambiance, encounter sheets, handouts, battle maps, tweaks and more so you can run the best sessions possible with the least stress possible!

Enjoy The LMoP Part 3b (Updated for the Visually Impaired) prepped here:

patreon.com/posts/lost-mine-of

#dnd5e#ttrpg #dnd #5e #dungeonsAndDragons #dungeonmaster #DM #rpg #oc

Welcome to Advent's Amazing Advice! The series where I take popular One-Shots, Adventures, Campaigns, etc. and fully prep them for both New and Busy DMs. This prep includes notes, music, ambiance, encounter sheets, handouts, battle maps, tweaks and more so you can run the best sessions possible with the least stress possible!

Enjoy White Plume Mountain(Visually Impaired Update) prepped here:

patreon.com/posts/white-plume-

#dnd5e#ttrpg #dnd #5e #dungeonsAndDragons #dungeonmaster #DM #rpg #oc

Gestern hatte ich ja unsere erste Session im Kampagnen-Neustart von "Ghosts of Saltmarsch" geleitet. Es war soweit ganz cool, nur das Reisen.
Reisen in DnD ist super langweilig und langatmig. Wir würden als Gruppe gerne das Reisen behalten, aus RP-Gründen, aber wow ist das langweilig. Ich habe Blogposts gelesen, Youtube geschaut, mich von "großen" DM inspirieren lassen, aber irgendwie unktioniert nichts so richtig gut. Also jetzt die Frage an die DM unter euch: Wie handelt ihr größere Reisen? Also Tagelange Märsche durch die Wildniss, auf einer Straße oder über See. Wie haltet ihr eure Spieler bei Laune?
#pnpde #dungeonmaster #spielleitung