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Distracted DM reacted to Celebrim's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with
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I have been mostly a forever DM. This past year we've had a lot of life disruptions - new kids, sick relatives, players getting in that... -
Distracted DM reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
It's both. Dungeon World is a "Powered by the Apocalypse" ("PbtA") game, so it is a more narrative game, but it was made by people...
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Distracted DM reacted to dave2008's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
Yes, that is about the age I started DMing. However, I just winged it and I was not good at it. Personally I don't think I became a good...
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Distracted DM reacted to Stormonu's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
DMing is taxing. It’s difficult in that manner as you are generally organizer, referee, encyclopedia, creator and playwright. I’ve...
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Distracted DM reacted to Benjamin Olson's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
Personally I find improvising things with consequences for a narrative I want to keep consistent, while also juggling a bunch of rules...
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Distracted DM reacted to touc's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
That plus this sums it up. Yes, fundamentally, it's actually easy to do. That's what D&D marketed to the 11-year-old me with a reprint...
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Distracted DM reacted to EzekielRaiden's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
I mean, those ads are wrong....but GMing is still hard. That a bunch of 10-year-olds have attempted a thing is not the same as saying...
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Distracted DM reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
More like adults are less tolerant of the learning process. DMing is a skill, and you can’t pick up any skill and immediately be good at...
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Distracted DM reacted to overgeeked's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
A few things. Work vs hard work. No, running games isn’t that hard. But it is work. A lot more work than most players realize. A lot...
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Distracted DM reacted to Whizbang Dustyboots's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
Grifters gonna grift and "you can't do this thing without giving me money" is a core precept of grifting. But the ratio of players to...
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Distracted DM reacted to TiQuinn's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
I don’t know that I agree, primarily because while you name the positive examples, I’m not sure what are the examples that tripped the...
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Distracted DM reacted to Zardnaar's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
Its harder than playing. Playing requires minimal effort. I put 20-30 hours or more into a new campaign. I dont chatge but current...
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Distracted DM reacted to schneeland's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
Disregarding for a moment that this is a rant, I'd say: yes and no. It's not hard in the sense that DMing is a skill like any other and...
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Distracted DM reacted to GMMichael's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
GMing varies. DMing is as hard as your players make it. Some expect you to know all the rules (like whether a Simulacrum is real or...
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Distracted DM reacted to Scribe's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with
Sad.
A product of our times, just like in online gaming, we are all now expected to be polished semi pros who have done our research.