Reynard
aka Ian Eller
This is counter to my experience. Trying to fill seats in a 5e game is an order of magnitude (at least) easier than trying to fill seats in any other game.
D&D 5E (2024) Not enough DMs / new edition
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Reynard
aka Ian Eller
What is "OC play"?
Ry
Explorer
oh yeah, I’ve played apocalypse world, fate, in a wicked age, a bunch of old Forge games, 4 different editions of D&D, some homebrew stuff. There are games that support the GM better and games to support the GM worse, but mostly games expect the GM to be rules expert, social moderator, host, have all the story, and be the creative director. Knowing that it can be different, even if it’s just using The Lazy DM to do it more procedurally, I’m surprised WotC isn’t at least trying to improve.
LordEntrails
Legend
That's not technical jargon. But anyway, how about you let the dead horse lie? At least in this thread?
No there doesn't. A "solid, reliable" way would require combat to be monotonous or the system so complex that it would be useless. Either you drive every character choice to be perfectly combat balanced, or you require a 10,000 variable system.
But how many people complain 5E doesn't have enough crunch? Don't we have another big thread all about having ~75 features is not enough?
overgeeked
Open-World Sandbox
It's a play style described in the Six Cultures of Play. The short version is Critical Role. The PCs all have wildly over-the-top backstories where they're destined to save this or that. Play is all about the PCs and their amazing backstories.
Sorcerers Apprentice
Hero
The key to getting more people to DM is probably to make DMing more fun. Lightening the cognitive load is one way to help that.
The one area where I really think DM fun could be improved is in combat. In 5e combat the DM is basically putting on a performance where the monsters pretend to put up a fight, since if the DM tries too hard to win then it's likely to end in a campaign ending TPK. If the game was set up to allow the PCs to lose a combat without necessarily being wiped out, combat could also be challenging and fun for the DM.
The one area where I really think DM fun could be improved is in combat. In 5e combat the DM is basically putting on a performance where the monsters pretend to put up a fight, since if the DM tries too hard to win then it's likely to end in a campaign ending TPK. If the game was set up to allow the PCs to lose a combat without necessarily being wiped out, combat could also be challenging and fun for the DM.
Vaalingrade
Legend
Interesting and thought out with a story meant to integrate with the DM's not be absorbed by it.
Which is bad and wrong.
Vaalingrade
Legend
Not if they scrape this site for training!
We can kill the demon from inside is stomach!
Reynard
aka Ian Eller
One way to do that may be not presenting the GM with a 250 page adventure they are required to learn before session 1 while also committing to for the next 18-24 months.
Ad more short adventures. Very short. 2 pages.
Normalize improv.
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