D&D 5E Do you DM?

[Sacrosanct]

Other thread prompted me to wonder something. Pretty self-explanatory poll.

 

[Sacrosanct]

I am mostly a DM with a rare opportunity as a player. Most of the people I game with (and have for decades) don't DM because they don't see the appeal, or the amount of work is too much (heck, one player can't be bothered to read his own class between sessions let alone DM )

 

[Charlaquin]

I started DMing because no one else wanted to (one of my friends did it, but to be frank she wasn’t great at it, and a big part of that was because she really didn’t want to be doing it.) But I soon realized that I enjoyed it quite a bit, and at this point prefer it to playing. I do still play from time to time, and I do enjoy it, but not as much.

 

[Nebulous]

I DM and prefer it to playing. But I would like to be a player time to time to learn a new system. But if i liked it enough I would want to run it.

 

[Prakriti]

There doesn't seem to be any meaningful difference between "DM only, by preference" and "DMing only, because being a player has no appeal."

 

[Lanefan]

I wonder if there's anyone out there who could honestly vote for one option I notice to be missing:

DM only, never played.

(I couldn't vote for this either!)

 

[Morrus]

I by far prefer DMing. I much prefer it to playing.

 

[Sacrosanct]

There doesn't seem to be any meaningful difference between "DM only, by preference" and "DMing only, because being a player has no appeal."

I prefer burritos to tacos, so I eat burritos a lot more. But there is still appeal to tacos.

 

[iserith]

Nowadays I DM about half of the time and play half the time. It wasn't always this way, but I've surrounded myself with great players who later become great DMs which affords me more opportunities to play.

 

[Bacon Bits]

I am forced to vote "Other." There is nothing closer to "Usually player, sometimes DM". We have 5 people in our group and rotate DMing so I DM like 20% of the time in aggregate.

I hate to be the guy complaining about missing poll options, but I'm surprised that the poll includes player always, DM always, mostly DM, and 50/50 were present... but the fifth option for mostly player and occasional DM is missing.