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<blockquote data-quote="Christopher Bixby" data-source="post: 7863890" data-attributes="member: 6996142"><p>So I'm a new DM when it comes to D&D and would like to know if anyone else as a DM had the issue of feeling unprepared during a first time campaign as far as set up goes and wanting to be the right person for the job. Last night was my first time doing any kind of DMing for a campaign and I feel like I blew it when it came time to start. I hadn't looked over the campaign good enough to reali,ze that the players might investigate a certain part and had forgotten to add my own little touches to the campaign that might make it feel to them that i knew what i was doing. We ended up using the campaign that i have been working on for the last few months but by that time everyone was getting tired and it didn't seem like anyone was having fun with it. I guess what I'm asking for here is a bit of advice on how not to feel like a failure as a dm but to my party members that are playing.</p><p></p><p>Update: I will be going through all of the bools today that i have and marking things down on sticky notes that stick out of the books for a quick guide for myself and when we get together tonight to continue with the campaign that i have been working on i am hoping to be better prepared for the players the one thing I'm have a bit of difficulty with now is trying to figure out prices for the weapons and armor as well as health potions at shops and things like that i do have a few notes marked down for locating things in the books if i have to. However i would like to get feed back from my fellow DMs here as well as the groups that i am a pert of through Facebook on those prices just to see what the other Dms out there have done during their own first sessions and will more than likely go off of those with a slight variant.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Christopher Bixby, post: 7863890, member: 6996142"] So I'm a new DM when it comes to D&D and would like to know if anyone else as a DM had the issue of feeling unprepared during a first time campaign as far as set up goes and wanting to be the right person for the job. Last night was my first time doing any kind of DMing for a campaign and I feel like I blew it when it came time to start. I hadn't looked over the campaign good enough to reali,ze that the players might investigate a certain part and had forgotten to add my own little touches to the campaign that might make it feel to them that i knew what i was doing. We ended up using the campaign that i have been working on for the last few months but by that time everyone was getting tired and it didn't seem like anyone was having fun with it. I guess what I'm asking for here is a bit of advice on how not to feel like a failure as a dm but to my party members that are playing. Update: I will be going through all of the bools today that i have and marking things down on sticky notes that stick out of the books for a quick guide for myself and when we get together tonight to continue with the campaign that i have been working on i am hoping to be better prepared for the players the one thing I'm have a bit of difficulty with now is trying to figure out prices for the weapons and armor as well as health potions at shops and things like that i do have a few notes marked down for locating things in the books if i have to. However i would like to get feed back from my fellow DMs here as well as the groups that i am a pert of through Facebook on those prices just to see what the other Dms out there have done during their own first sessions and will more than likely go off of those with a slight variant. [/QUOTE]
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