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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Celtavian" data-source="post: 512480" data-attributes="member: 5834">ReYou really have to be assertive as a DM or you won't get much respect from your players. You don't necessarily have to be mean or a discipinarian to be assertive.The best way to be assertive is to be consistent. If you can keep the campaign consistently going forward, and make sure your rules arbitration is consistent, your players should become more comfortable with you. Consistency has two aspects: 1. No favorable treatment for individual players.2. Always try to remember how you arbitrated a prevous situation, and apply your previous judgement to the current situation.For a woman, you have to be comfortable with male aggression. One thing I can tell you from experience DMing is that male players get mad when something bad happens to their character, and male players will often try to find some loophole to get them off the proverbial hook. Sometimes it comes down to just straight arguing with the DM to get their way.As the only woman in an all male group, this can make you feel real uncomfortable. Heck, I imagine it can be annoying and uncomfortable for a great many male DMs. If you learn to be assertive in a game rules situation and you stay consistent, your players should eventually relax and become comfortable with your style of DMing. (An entertaining campaign is also important, but it seems you already have that covered.)DMing is very much about style. Players may be used to a certain type of DM, and it sometimes takes them awhile to get used to a different DM's style. Hopefully, you stick with it. DMing can be quite fun because it is the most creative part of a roleplaying game.Ziona,I can't believe you don't DM. I would have thought you DMed before the way you like to write.Tell those Unusual Heroes to let you DM a few games. I am sure you would do well. Just takes some time to learn pacing and get comfortable in the DM chair, which you can't learn unless you practice DMing.</blockquote>

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