Pvt. Winslow's latest activity
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Pvt. Winslow reacted to dave2008's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with
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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... -
Pvt. Winslow 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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Pvt. Winslow reacted to overgeeked's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
Exactly. And if the prevailing attitude is “no gaming is better than bad gaming,” then new referees never get the time they need to suck...
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Pvt. Winslow reacted to Shiroiken's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
DMing is easy. As you point out, even 10 year olds can do it. Being a good DM, however, is actually hard. It takes a lot of work to...
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Pvt. Winslow reacted to Seramus's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
I think it is medium. The amount of soft skills necessary to become good at DM'ing is far higher than a wide variety of other games. And...
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Pvt. Winslow reacted to Hussar's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
But, how many tried gaming and then bounced off/quit after a fairly short time? IME, LOTS. Of the gamers I played with into high...
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Pvt. Winslow reacted to HatWearingFool's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
Wow I’m really surprised there aren’t more people here (speaking up anyways) who have experienced some really bad sessions. Maybe I’ve...
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Pvt. Winslow reacted to MichaelSomething's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
We need to compare this to a thread where people complain about terrible DMs.
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Pvt. Winslow reacted to overgeeked's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
Yep. The mantra of “no gaming is better than bad gaming” utterly kneecaps new referees. A lot of players expect Mulligan, Mercer, and...
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Pvt. Winslow reacted to Zardnaar's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with
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I tend to inherit players from other games that fall apart. 2 somewhat recent ones DMs were a bit A hole. 2 more groups that self... -
Pvt. Winslow reacted to HomegrownHydra's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
Perfection shouldn't be the standard, but neither should what 10-year olds do be the standard either.
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Pvt. Winslow reacted to bloodtide's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
It is like any other skill. But you can't just "do it a lot" and get better by only randomly doing it a lot. You need to actively take...
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Pvt. Winslow 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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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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Pvt. Winslow reacted to Cadence's post in the thread D&D General A Rant: DMing is not hard. with Like.
Finding people who can schedule you in and allow you to do that as much as needed, feels like it might be hard though...