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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guillaume" data-source="post: 513284" data-attributes="member: 8052">Re: Re: Is it inherently harder to be a female DM?I'm not the first one to say it in this thread, but this is just plain sad.  From what I read, you have a lot of confidence in your creative abilities and that in itself is a huge chunk of the DMing job.  As for the rules... there is always a book close by or a good mind to give you a hand (maybe your husband, since he plays in the group).I've been gaming for the past 20 years.  Most of that time, I've been playing the role of the DM, not necessarily because I wanted to, but because I was the most experienced.  Now, a little more than 5 years ago, I met my wife (she goes by the handle of Julie on these boards).  To my greatest pleasure, she got really hooked onto RPGs.Next weekend, she's probably trying her hand at DMing for the first time (well second if you count a few simulations on The Burning Plague, which we had both played before).  For us these days, it's one-on-one gaming, as Rimouski seems a little to small a town and we haven't been able to find a serious group.  Anyhow, I'm happy to see that she's interested in giving it a try.What has this got to do with your problem and the one that Randomling have? First, I am convinced that DMing, just like gaming, is not and should not be a question of gender.  If the group is acting like jerks, whether they are friends or not, is totally inappropriate.  Whether they are being malicious or not is beside the point.  True gamers should encourage all to participate in our hobby at every level, player or DM.  When they act to discourage anyone (female or male) they are doing a disservice to the game, and need a good kick in the shins (or higher?)<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> My advice to both of you, stick to your guns.  If you want to DM, please do, we need more DMs (female or not) to perpetuate the hobby.Good luck,Guillaumep.s.: Ziona, from what I understand, your husband wasn't very supportive.  This is totally surprising to me.  Personally, I consider it my duty to try and be supportive of my wife's endeavours.  I don't know, maybe I have to much chivalry in me ?<img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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