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<blockquote data-quote="randomling" data-source="post: 1511908" data-attributes="member: 8432"><p>I haven't DMed in ages. Last time I tried seriously to start a campaign, I was stuck in a group of idiots who couldn't deal with a female DM and liked to make life as difficult for their DM as possible. The campaign lasted all of three sessions, and since then I've run only combat-oriented one-shots on very rare occasions. Which, to be fair, are about as far from the game I really want to run as I can get.</p><p></p><p>I'm now playing in a couple of fantastic groups, and there's one in particular - where the current DMs are S'mon and StalkingBlue - that I would really like to run for, perhaps after the summer when I'm done graduating and back from holiday and so on. I'm terrified of not measuring up, though, for a few reasons:</p><p></p><p>First reason is that I'm the least experienced gamer in the group, and by a long way the least competent with the rules. In a group like ours where the rules tend to be very important, this does not look like a good prospect.</p><p></p><p>Second reason is that this is a group with a record of <em>very</em> good DMing: both S'mon and StalkingBlue run fantastic games. I'm not very experienced as a DM, and I'm certainly not as slick as either of them; I'm worried about looking like an idiot in front of a group that's used to really skilled DMs (not to mention at least two people who could run the game fifty times better).</p><p></p><p>Third reason is that half the group is much much brainier than me.</p><p></p><p>Fourth reason is that I'm just not confident enough. :\ </p><p></p><p>The solution is probably not to DM for the group - but I have some great ideas that I'd like to play with and I think this group (well most of it!) would take really well to the kind of game I've got in mind. Does anybody have a magic potion of confidence, or failing that, some tips on how to bolster my self esteem, look slick when I'm not sure where to go next, or outwit players with law degrees and PhDs? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite9" alt=":eek:" title="Eek! :eek:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":eek:" /> </p><p></p><p>Thanks!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="randomling, post: 1511908, member: 8432"] I haven't DMed in ages. Last time I tried seriously to start a campaign, I was stuck in a group of idiots who couldn't deal with a female DM and liked to make life as difficult for their DM as possible. The campaign lasted all of three sessions, and since then I've run only combat-oriented one-shots on very rare occasions. Which, to be fair, are about as far from the game I really want to run as I can get. I'm now playing in a couple of fantastic groups, and there's one in particular - where the current DMs are S'mon and StalkingBlue - that I would really like to run for, perhaps after the summer when I'm done graduating and back from holiday and so on. I'm terrified of not measuring up, though, for a few reasons: First reason is that I'm the least experienced gamer in the group, and by a long way the least competent with the rules. In a group like ours where the rules tend to be very important, this does not look like a good prospect. Second reason is that this is a group with a record of [i]very[/i] good DMing: both S'mon and StalkingBlue run fantastic games. I'm not very experienced as a DM, and I'm certainly not as slick as either of them; I'm worried about looking like an idiot in front of a group that's used to really skilled DMs (not to mention at least two people who could run the game fifty times better). Third reason is that half the group is much much brainier than me. Fourth reason is that I'm just not confident enough. :\ The solution is probably not to DM for the group - but I have some great ideas that I'd like to play with and I think this group (well most of it!) would take really well to the kind of game I've got in mind. Does anybody have a magic potion of confidence, or failing that, some tips on how to bolster my self esteem, look slick when I'm not sure where to go next, or outwit players with law degrees and PhDs? :eek: Thanks! [/QUOTE]
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