D&D 5E REALLY REALLY BAD DM ADVICE

[jasper]

Ok let put up some advice which is will cause the DM's campaign to crash and burn quickly.
1. Have an epic story built around one PC. Make sure the player has a busy work/study/life load so they will miss every other session.
2. Add lots of homebrew rules. Even if you have finish reading the core books.
3. Schedule games opposite of other major activities. Bob can skip his wedding just to play.
And take it away.

 

[Fenris447]

Reward players that play how you want them to with extra levels, items, and powers. The others will get the picture and try harder for sure!

 

[Theo R Cwithin]

Be sure to have a powerful DMPC accompany the party everywhere and do all the talking to important NPCs.

Constantly change homebrew rules and rulings from session to session. (It is most important to do this just when newer players are starting to understand the system.)

 

[Prakriti]

Don't show up.

Cancel every other game.

You don't need to be reliable to be a DM.

 

[DemoMonkey]

Remember, it's not important that you have fun too!

 

[Esker]

Make sure you spend as much table time as needed to have a dialogue with that one rules-lawyer player to reach an agreeable compromise for each and every point of disagreement. Don't assume that this is something that can wait until after the session; it's critical that the game not continue until everyone is satisfied that the rules are being applied correctly and consistently.

 

[Don Durito]

It's important to challenge the PCs. If they get what they want the game is no fun.

This means if Bob is playing a Fighter put him in lots of situations where he never gets to Fight. If you have a Wizard, put the Dungeon in an anti-magic zone. If you have a Cleric make his god mysteriously disappear early in the campaign so that it is no longer able to answer prayers and grant spells. This one has a double benefit - not only does it challenge the Cleric, but it also provides a great hook for an epic campaign as the Cleric spends 20 levels trying to find out what happened to his god.

 

[uzirath]

Kill the party! Every time!

 

[Charlaquin]

Only the plot matters. Fudge dice rolls, change monster HP on the fly (or better yet, don't even use HP for monsters. You can just have them die whenever it "feels right.") Whatever you need to do to get the in-game events to line up with the plot you wrote ahead of time.

 

[Oofta]

Advertise a horror based D&D game. When the players get there let them know there will be no combat, no spells, home brew classes such as "athlete" and "scholar". Oh, and it's going to be set in modern times, there is no magic and you have your own skill based resolution system.

Too soon?