D&D 5E (2014) "I’m that DM. . ."

[Maxperson]

I'm that DM who doesn't prep properly because I kept procastinating, but manages to nonetheless convince the players that the entirely winging-it course I've sent them on is some sort of in-depth ultra-detailed deal I spent days on. They still think some stuff I made up on the spot involving a tower in a forest and alhoon was part of an elaborate subplot.

This. I do the same thing. Including having thrown in an Alhoon this campaign!

 

[Dioltach]

I'm that DM who gives NPCs and places names that are secret puns, and doesn't tell the players because it's my secret.

 

[prabe]

I'm that DM who runs for 3+ hours on no written prep. Like @Ruin Explorer my powers of procrastination are mighty.

I'm also that DM who spends hours prepping a scenario, just so the PCs can ignore it entirely.

 

[Benjamin Olson]

I'm that DM who is pretending to pay no attention to the players' tabletalk about what they are predicting will happen next, as I poach it for better ideas.

 

[J-H]

I'm that DM who has 200+ pages of typed notes for my current campaign (it'll go on the DM's Guild eventually like Castle Dracula did). If the party has a choice, I usually have something prepped for the top 3 most likely choices they'll make.

I've been told I'm "hyper-prepared."

Next game I'm hoping to back down to <50 pages of notes for the entire campaign including magic items.

 

[James Gasik]

I'm the DM who makes custom magic items that I think are cool, then laments about how easily the players defeat encounters.

 

[Shiroiken]

I'm that DM with the evil reputation. I don't hold back, and I don't do "encounter design." I build a realistic setup that can be well harder than the player's expectations and abilities. Conversely, I'm also that DM who lets good ideas work, allowing the PCs to entirely bypass challenges and sometimes even the BBEG.

I think this says it all

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This completely threw me off because of an incident back when I first started as a DM, but it's the same kinda thing I'd do. My incident involved DMing a PvP duel where one player was allowed to use a useless NPC that had no abilities or attacks. That player had a mech, and put the NPC in it to use the mech's attacks. That player's name was Steve...

 

[payn]

I'm that DM that has the PCs meet the BBEG in the first session but they dont know it until they reach level 10+.

 

[prabe]

I'm that DM that has the PCs meet the BBEG in the first session but they dont know it until they reach level 10+.

In my games, if they find out at level 10, I figured it out when they were like level 8. That's not criticism, I promise.

 

[Lidgar]

I’m that DM that still manages to make mistakes and forgets about all the cool abilities that the monsters have even after doing it for over 40 years.