If You Had to Take a Test to Become a Dungeon Master
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there are actually online courses to prepare you to be a dungeon master
You know, that test is far less difficult than the old RPGA one from when they required you to take one to qualify to run games for them...when they shifted from the RPGA to the Adventurer's League, they dropped the test portion of it. And they'd had a few variant tests that they'd been forced into adding due to the RPGA also covering other games than just D&D that used the same system (Originally D20 Modern and Star Wars, but several 3rd party ones...though those still required the basic test due to the books requiring the Players Handbook). The higher level ones were a pain in the rear to pass
Hey Duke! Any chance of you guys still going to GenCon? I know you were waiting on hearing back about your events!
"How much trauma do you want to give your players?"
"Yes"
Trauma…”YES”. I’m the forever DM even though I can name NPC…. if you give me a few hours I can. One of my players got fed up from dying over and over. She said I want to DM so I can make you suffer. I got so excited I was gonna get to play. No one in my group ever plays a bard, so I played one in her campaign. After 3 sessions the game was over and she gave up. My Bard of Elegance seduced and slept with everything and openly in public. My ten page backstory I gave her read like a black diary X rated romance novel and she was disgusted by the detail. All her violent planned out encounters were peacefully and lustfully rendered harmless. Yes I intentionally did it, and I know I ruined my shot at playing again, but to crush her soul from trauma as a player made it worth it.
My party is now accustomed to expecting trauma whenever I say “you all take long rest, dream sequence time!”
more like how much trauma do you wanna give the SCs and all your NPCs.... 😈
Oh, no worries... my players will bring their own personal trauma and drama both at the table and in the game.
Players: jokes on you I'm into that shit
"How's that book coming along?" made me actually shout "Oh, just call me out, why don't you?" at my computer. Well-played.
At least you started
So you are writing?
same! though I didn't shout it.
Same
Fucking same
I figured for the "teleport across the world" question the answer would be "I moved everything they skipped over to their destination."
Teleported exactly where I wanted!
That’s exactly what I said too. But Cry also works.
Ye olde quantum ogre
Just don't move things they know the locations of. You will break the immersion because now they know they didn't accomplish anything. Really I prefer to just start making things up on the spot. If you can try to create a simple puzzle that will stump them until next session.
Just change the names and possibly the aesthetics of every town you had planned for. Suddenly the European kingdom of Ferrion is the desert sultanate of Alabahd.
Failing to name a npc automatically makes you a DM
oh... i've made like 7...
I failed, I always have names, and their lore writes itself in mere seconds.
@cyan_wings5420 Nah, you are the chosen one.
Just had this happen on Friday. I introduced a wizard who specializes in the study of magic items to kick of a quest to make the weapon of one of my players stronger. When the party met him I realized that I didn't give him a name. I paniked and went through a list of fictional characters and actors in my head , and what popped out of my mouth in the end was "Spell Pacino"...
Everyone just needs to make a random names table to roll on or grab one of the ones provided online, or just use one of the many name generators ffs.
I have name tables for every region we play in, fore male names, female names and surnames. All I need to do is roll a D100 and voila, I've got a cool name ready in no time.
So that's why the DM is bald. Not age or wisdom, but the stress. Makes sense now.
There are medications that works. Like "Grimtooths traps" for instance, take 2 of those if your players stresses you out and you will feel a lot better.
If nothing else work, you need to get serious though... "Today we are playing a module written by Gary Gygax", that should tech them....
The best way for a DM to handle stress is to give it to the players instead.
“What do you do when your player says ‘fireball’?”
Stab
Ask if the player realy wants to cast fireball in such an enclosed space
@@MR-hk2qu The player says: "I didn't ask how big the room is, I say I cast fireball"
What do you do?
@@icarue993 check if they have bat guano
Counterspell
I love with the teleport one we both said "Cry" at the same time. Hahaha
I'm in a party where we have access to Wind Walk, Teleport, and Transport via Plants.
At least we have the decency of telling the DM *where* we're planning on teleporting to, so he can prepare.
Even if we end up spending the session not actually going there yet because we derail our own fuckin' plans.
Same here actually.
lol
Mine was "feign sickness (or tiredness if we're already playing) and postpone until next week so I can prep" 🤣
I said weep just before he answered 😅
“How’s that book coming along?”
Little does he know I do BOTH. Yes it severely stunts my ability for social interaction
Eh social interaction is overrated xD
Wait... you have social interaction that isn't D&D?
Well look at you, Mr. Both-y McBothington! Goooood fer YOU!
*cries in Sign **#48234759837917** that I need to finish my book*
@@monkibro u got this bro get that book
I do just DMing (and playing)
I’ve had enough people ask me to train them to DM that I could call it my own Dungeon Master Bootcamp. Funnily enough…there is a final test. I also give a test to new players to figure out what class they want to play, almost like an aptitude test.
Whats your class test
Lol
Yeah, that sounds awesome
@@BenisMannn I wanna know what the class test is, might be a good resource.
I would like to know more about Dungeon Master Bootcamp
And my players keep getting angry at me and telling me I don't prepare enough just because I don't know the name of the goddamn npc they are never going to refer to using their name
Aw, I had to name NPCs because the players adopt them like pets.
That's when you tell your players to each submit a list of names for you to choose from.
And another list next week. Like it's homework. That is graded.
@@deeps6979lol
there's one specific guy on my group who asks the names, and them when I go "uhhhhhhhhhh" trying to think of something, other guy complains that I don't prepare stuff ( and then when he is DMing and we ask him for names he just says a really common modern name that sound completely off from the setting. Love that guy )
But yeah, stuff like your case hasn't happened yet
@@MonkeyJedi99 xD that actually sounds like a good idea, I might do just that
Def agree with Jedi, when they ask for a name, look to them and ask. "You tell me, what is thier name"
Either it'll backfire and they'll call you out for it, or they'll feel they have more relevance in the game. Either way, bring snacks and have fun~
"How much suffering can you take?"
"Well, I am the middle child."
I feel called out XD
'How's the book coming along?'
'...which one?'
Npc's name is Ready McRedshirt the third. He comes from a long family line of being disposable.
the amount of times I said the answer to the question out loud and you said the same answer was enough to make me question my mental state.
😂😂😂😂😂
The level of relatability on the math questions though!!!
I got 144
I literally just started making my players calculate their own damage(they’re all honors level maths student and I’m an idiot tho so it’s very fair)
@@Edahs_exists Extremely fair
@@Edahs_exists That seems mean. We all know that math students can only calculate with letters and hiroglyphs.
@@SGast or calculators. I swear once you get far enough a long in being a maths student your mental mathematics takes a sudden decline... only to eventually return if you go even further.
I laughed probably waaay more than I should have at, “Wait you can win?”
As a forever dm this is very accurate
5% plan, 80% improv, 15% waiting for my instigator player to get bored.
NPC names are easy. I have a name generator that I use for the campaign setting (usually superhero, but there are other ones for sci-fi, fantasy, etc...) and have a sticky note with several names ready-to-go. When the players want to ask the name of the pizza delivery guy, consult a tax attorney, or find a fence for exotic jewelry: I just grab my list and pick the first name that sounds like a decent fit (I have 5-6 on the list, some sound appropriate for drug dealers and some sound like stockbrokers).
Cross the name out when you use it. Also, edit it into the GM notes on your computer (the ones you printed for the session wouldn't have it, but you can check your computer if you need the name for a future session).
I'm utterly terrible at coming up with names on the spot, so I plan ahead for it.
Yesterday I literally informed my players that human names for a specific region follow FFXIV midlander conventions, because I'm using a name generator for that part
"what's the name of that NPC"
skip
well that works
I'm convinced that the Aarakocra's name in D&D Honor Among Thieves was a reference to DMs who have to come up with NPC names and say the first thing that pops into their head.
"Oh, there's an Aarakocra council member? What's his name?"
"..... Uh.... Jarnathan."
Skippy McSkip
Lately, I've been outsourcing the names of my NPCs to my players. Heck, I've been outsourcing whole descriptions to them. Works wonders!
I shall avoid being one of your players, then, because everyone would be called "Steve" if I had my way
I cheat and have a list of random names. Sometimes I use a name generator or takes popular historical names, sometimes I just make them up or whatever but I try to have 50 names.
I also have some random pictures (taken from wherever) so I can dish out a name and a picture for a random NPC, both making my players think I am well prepared and suspect there might be more to the random NPC they ran into.
You don't want a situation where players realize you only have a couple important NPCs worked out, they will quickly realize who of them are the big bad, the disguised princess or whatever else you are trying to hide from them that way and it will impress them for how well prepared you are even if you just spent a few minutes of doing that before the campaign started.
I am also making a few somewhat important NPCs that can show up in most places in the campaign, so I can insert them whenever I need to spice things up. They might also help the PCs if they are stuck or sabotage them if things go too easy. Anything that makes the game run smoother and be more memorable.
I don't recommend letting your players make the names for unimportant NPCs because it tells them just that. Unless you are sneaky of course and have them name the hidden big bad or the assassin that have a contract on them once they think whoever they named are unimportant.
Generally, I try to have a theme for the naming in any area. Like maybe this city have mainly Saxon names, Icelandic names, Egyptian names or whatever. Adventurer stands out with more colorful names since it is a marketing strategy so they would call themselves names easy to remember and competent sounding even if they are actually baptized to "Jim" and "Nelly".
I think the players should suspect where someone is from by just hearing their name and there plenty of sites to just pick names from making that easy. That doesn't mean everyone born in a certain region must follow this convention but enough to give the players a feeling of a real place.
I also only gives last names to nobles, it is of course for historical reasons and not since I am lazy, right? Anyone else have their last name from what they work with or after where they live if they are from a small place. The smith named John would be John Smith if someone actually demanded their family name. Unless they are based on vikings, then I take their fathers name and add "son" at the end of it for males and their mothers name and end it with dottir for females, simple.
Gudrun who have the Parents Thor and Freya would be named Gudrun Freyadottir while her brother Wulf would be Wulf Thorson.
But that is just when a last name is needed, so the players know which of the 2 John is the barber and who is the smith. Usually I just have the nobles go on about their family name and everyone just give then their first name. It is super important to nobles though since their authority comes from their family.
Actually, I've found that players empathize more with npcs that they've named rather than thinking of them as unimportant. That helps when I inevitably leverage them in plot hooks and scenarios since I am currently running a sandbox.
@@moonsoft6601 That's odd... I wonder if that is something specific to your group or some kind of general rule?
I have noticed that having a picture make a huge difference that makes them remember and care about the NPC better and that seems to go for all players I had at least. Depending on the picture it will also influence how they see the NPC, someone that looks shifty will be seen as suspicious and for some reason do they tend to treat attractive people of both sex better then unattractive.
In any case, having some random pictures to show them helps them but if you do, they will demand you continue with it. If I don't have one for a specific NPC, they force me to find one now no matter which group it is.
One group I used to run tended to make nicknames for the NPCs but I don't think that one is something for everyone.
@@loke6664 I'm not sure myself. I'll try it out with other groups and see how it goes.
The idea with pictures sound interesting. I might do that when playing online.
I usually just go off of descriptions and voices for fully offline games (without any screens).
Thats the good part about having a big group of friends, with halve of them being DMs. There is no forever DM for me, because I am part of 7 Campaigns at a time😂
Jealous
We are all DM in my group, chtullu DM, ravenloft DM, Witcher DM, Vampire DM and sometime we DM the thing the other do for him to play in his favorite universe ^^.
Me right here, this is me
Do you play 7 different characters or just the same one in 7 different hats?
@@Merilirem just 5 different Characters... The other 2 Campaigns are the ones I am DMing😂
"Do you have ADHD?"
"What?"
as an ADHD person trust me its better to assume rather then give them the opportunity to talk about it
If there is a test I’d either have a d or c
Perfect, you pass, those with an A or F fail, those with a B, we've got our eyes on you so cut the crap.
“Enjoy never getting to be a player again!”
Other forever GMs: NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Me: 😊 yey.
Hooray, someone actually cut out for the job! Have fun. 🤝
@@benjaminoechsli1941 thankies!!! :) i love being the GM
It's loads of fun but also really difficult and I can't always manage. But when I can manage, I love DMing. Always need a bit of help though. Has to be an understanding group. So I prefer playing in general, but I wouldn't say it's bad to DM either.
@@Torthrodhel yeah I don’t think I’d be as into GMing as I am now if my first group wasn’t as awesome as it was.
I also see this as a win. I really don't like being a player in D&D, I much prefer DMing.
"How's the book coming along"
I've been a paragraph in for the past year, thanks for asking
omg the "is it ok to railroad" one had me WHEEZING!
Questions:
1. Viviene Sinclair, villainous Mother of the main love interest of my own Character
2. I’ve always wanted to try
3. What is that? I haven’t learned what “Sleap” is in college.
4. I endured an AP Psychology class in the 11th grade that relied on reading 50-60 pages of an in-depth textbook for weekly tests and that was crammed into 1 semester.
5. Usually quite… unless it’s *Redacted* who’s found his main goal in life to ruin every game we play together.
6. Yes.
7. …f*** off.
8. Again f*** off.
9. I wasn’t actually.
10. Proba- ooo kitty 🐱.
11. I’ve come up with vivienes husband, Dylan Sinclair!
12. Yeah…
13. Depends on the day.
14. I think so. I have theoretical conversations with myself in perorations for reactions I get from people as well as to help with dialogue for the books I keep procrastinating to write… why can’t I finish them…
15. Proceed with caution and have a plan to out chaos their chaos.
16. Cry.
17. If they f*** with the god of their world, there are consequences. I will be fair and give them chances, but we are going to follow my path as well as we can while still having FUN! 😡
18. Yes
19. Congratulate them, tell them to take a break, get some snacks, use the potty because it’s just beginning… then proceed quickly throw something together.
20. It is my job to tell a story… that fits to the unpredictableness of the players despite being the creator of their world…
21. s*** couldn’t math fast enough.
22. 142
23. Rosetta Sinclair, the daughter of the previous mentioned NPCS!
Do I pass? :D
22. I got144...?
Yes. Enjoy
@user-ug4lt3yr5w 125+48-43+12
As there are no brackets and addition and subtraction are the same step in priority for math.You cheat and subtract first giving you:
125+5+12
130+12
142
@@DLOFT002 whooo!
Imagine not having CASIO calculator with you at all times
I relate to this on a psychological level
Why did i immediately think of Gilbert for the NPC name and tavern first move is point out a shady old man in the corner
"How much sleep are you willing to give up?"
"Yes."
Sounds about right.
(Also I actually happen to be writing a book. Guess I'd be a perfect dungeon master lol)
1:michael azurin
2:sure may be fun
3:none i'll use time management skills
4:no amount high enough to accurately list
5:as patient as i'm needed to be
6:I know
7:decent i guess
8:not that much....hey is that the sun coming up?
9:no
10:no
11:desmont alastair
12:yes
13:kinda
14:yes very
15:set the scene to make it seem more interesting than it is
16:internally scream but remain calm and supportive on the outside
17:no not ever
18:it depends on who is at the table
19:pull out phase 2 and 3 complete with dramatic speeches about how he's NEVER going to be defeated
20:no
21:idk
22:*after using a calculator for 10 seconds*142
23:avalon morlox
The book is doing great ive only given up on it 47 times this year alone 😊
...We're only ~30 weeks in; that's a level of giving up so consistent that it's nearly wrapped back around to a full-time commitment. Impressive!
@@LordJazzly i am a professional and often give up multiple times a day
The bald cap mimicking Dungeon Master from the D&D cartoon was a nice touch. If only you could have been given the new book with Venger on the cover.
The fact this test was put on the back of a character sheet is a detail I bet most people wouldn't catch and sign they shouldn't be a DM.
'How much suffering are you prepared to take?"
"Well, I *AM* the middle child..."
Priceless! 😆
One of my NPCs is a local noble of a town that my players had met during a coronation at the capital a few sessions prior. At the time of the coronation I couldn't come up with a name and told them I'd get back to them on it when they met him again.
After 3 sessions of them interacting with him in his town and them asking every session for his name and me continuing to forget, we all just settled on Locà Noblé.
Calculating Damage had me in stitches, it's so true 😂
As someone who had been a player and a DM, here is a list of things to know:
Players - try to use the available resources to always have the upper hand.
DMs - always have a counter for every weird action your players might do.
As a cerified control freak, I can never go back to being a player. I need to hold the strings haha
Your inability to say no….so much attack damage in one sentence 😅
GMin Deathwatch, in WH40k, was one of the more fun... cohesive roleplaying experiences I've had. All the players have their flavor, but we're all mostly on the same page. And warp bs is a great lubricant for the railroad into Awesome-town. Especially psyker 'perils of the warp' tables. Now THOSE are some negative consequences.
"How much beer did you drink while watching anime instead of planning?"
"Yes."
The *Quick math* version of the damage
Even my brain calculated 142 😂😂😂
Why is it so accurate ?!?
I almost feel targeted
My refusal to become a "forever DM" is absolute. It has also cost me, over the past 40 years, one ... two ... three ... about a half-dozen groups of players. Or rather, it cost *THEM* their DM. 🤣
“How much suffering can you take?” “Well I am a middle child.” That reply is wild but so true.
Here’s my attempt at answering every single one of these questions
1- Michael
2- Yes the rest of my life is nothing but misery and only THIS brings me joy anymore
3- I don’t need to give up any, I have way too much free time that I can devote all day to setting and preparing a campaign
4- Only so much, I’m only human
5- My friends- pretty patient since I know them and am used to their shenanigans. Strangers- Depends on how exactly they behave
6- Buddy believe me I’ve tried before
7- Very slow
8- Trick question, I don’t watch Anime
9- Actually my mom did make me take a theatre class in high school and I loved it
10- Biggest pain in my ass
11- Michael but for you smartass Bob works too
12- This game actually made me an Extrovert
13- Depends on the people
14- yes but I still make awkward mistakes every now and then
15- Prepare the bartender and 2 NPcs for chatting, have at least 1 encounter ready to go if necessary to move the plot along and psych myself up for whatever happens next and make it work
16- Ask myself how the Fudge were they even able to do that, maturely let them know I did not have something prepared for this, but respect the groups creativity for somehow getting here and start making Shishkebab up
17- If you’re playing a module yes cause that’s the point but if it’s pure sandbox, only the tiniest amount.
18- YES
19- Either accept that my players are just that strong or make a second, third, fourth, and so on phase until I feel I’ve dealt enough damage to their characters without killing them.
20- No my job as a DM is to make this game fun and exciting for my players and in doing so it will be fun and exciting for me as well.
21- 142 (took me 15 seconds to get that though)
22- same as above but I was worried for a second I might’ve gotten it wrong
23- Gilgamex, cause screw it I can put letters together and call it a name so HAH!
How much homebrew? Just enough to call it DC20 =D
I’m one of those who put together an adventure because I wanted to play and no one else would GM. Then I discovered that I actually love it! I wasn’t jealous or annoyed or tortured or any of those things (although we only play once a month, so that could be part of it).
And now my husband (a player in my current game) has caught the GM bug and is running a solo campaign for me. So I get the best of both worlds.
Yeah, first time I played my DM had a name and backstory for every single NPC. Even ones we never actually met. This just meant that he was even WORSE at saying no. Literally, he gave my character the ability to just... leave the group and go off on their own adventure for the next dozen sessions because I rolled high. I didn't know there was a way to leave before that! He didn't need to tell me!
This video came out right when I was about to start DMing. Having answered the exact same answers and Duke, I now feel ready
My first experience as an accidental forever DM (despite only running 2 campaigns so far from how little I truly play D&D) was when I was in a D&D school class thing, and the teacher was like “We need about three DMs” and two people raised their hands and were like “I’ll DM this group,” and I just went “Welp, I WAS going to be a player, but…” and raised my hand.
The fact that his wife participates without laughing in the background if amazing 😂 I was dieing the entire time
1:17 - I have absolutely had this one happen before. Let's just say it was a good time to end the session.
Tip for NPC naming: Make a random sound and hope it isn’t questioned.
When the name question first appeared, I named him "Bob the Fourth". Not "Bob IV", but his last name is The fourth. I was so close.
"How's that book coming along?" - it's not a book it's backstory... page 58
Literally my group was trying to teleport instantly to a destination instead of walking there. The DM tried to make SO MANY EXCUSES. "You have 1000 people you have to escort so you can’t, teleport only works for a limited amount, you gotta escort, etc. it came to a point where every ending someone would try to do it. At one point I just straight up asked "you want us to not miss out on the stuff you planned right?" And he fessed up and said yeah. We finally stopped attempting it after that
"What do you do if your players skip your plans and story?"
I have never- in the same beat- had the exact same answer as the video before.
It is, and will always be, cry every time...
... anyway, now for phase 2! The Beholder's tears came to life, after it got beat down before getting its first turn-
"How's that book coming along?"
Ha, joke's on you, just finished writing short story number 3 today! I mean, it sucks, so... not coming along that well, but it's the thought that counts, dangit, that's what first drafts are for!
I just had a brilliant idea: someone needs to take the generative AI tech and create a DM/GM/whatever simulator game where you are DM/GM controlling all the NPCs and the AI are the players. This is especially needed after BG3's release lol
The I in AI stand for intelligence but it isn't the intelligent player actions that are a problem for the DM, it is the stupid ones. I don't think an AI could simulate those.
So yeah, it doesn't work.
@@loke6664I guess that means AI players would be perfect for baby Dungeon Masters, but not so much for Dungeon MASTERS.
Actually with some good prompting, gpt 4o may be able to mimic a player.
@@taxitag_yt4139 I have doubt it can replicate my weird players, they can be brilliant one moment only to get themselves TPKed in the dumbest way the next.
I been accused of setting deadly traps just because they did things I couldn't even imagine while the easily defeat my actual deadly traps.
AI still can't think like a human being, it can mime known player tactics but if that was all to it, we DMs wouldn't have to scrap so many campaigns because the players did something totally unexpected.
10 years from now, AI might be able to do it but I don't think it can today.
@@loke6664 Yeah I agree, this might be the only flaw, the lack of inconstancy of the AI, you're right, but that still might be interesting to test, I will try to create a prompt for fun and I will update my comment depending of the result.
Tbh I don't think the AI will be able to be your perfect weird player
glad to see my input made it into the video :) love the whole video!
if all the npcs in the tavern have the same name you dont have anything to worry about player.
what ever you think up will be the reason.
How much suffering can you take?
"well I am the middle child"
HIT ME LIKE A TRUCK OMGGGG
I RELATE SO MUCHH
Being forever DM reminds me of playing support in MMOs... you think you actually have friends, but once you try to respecc, you find out they all just needed a healer :(
That´s exactly how I feel as a DM. Just more panicking ...... a lot more panicking!
Participating in the questions.
1. Name of NPC?
Dog Hollow (from a book I am writing)
2. Do you want to run a role-playing campaign?
Yes. Next.
3. How much sleep do you want to give up?
A lot. I am a night owl.
4. How much suffering can you take?
Depends on the type of suffering.
5. How patient are you with friends?
I have no friends but I can explode if the story is getting too far out of my outlined plan.
6. Should I write a book instead of DMing?
I Am! But the Chaos is un-resistible!
7. How is the book coming along?
Making good progress but still more to do for me to feel happy with it.
8. How much Anime did you watch instead of planning?
A bit. Depends on my mood. The plan is mostly staying in my brain though.
9. Are you a theatre kid?
I want to be.
10. Do you have ADHD?
Recently diagnosed with it!
11. Name for that NPC?
Clay Golem! Friend of Dog Hollow!
12. Are you introverted?
Yes. Next.
13. Do you enjoy being with people?
Depends on my mood.
14. Are you good at Improv?
Not sure.
15. Party enters the tavern. What do you do?
A party is in full swing. With bards in the corner singing a number of regional hits and the half-elf bar tender serving drinks at half price if you can give him a good story.
There is a lot to do here!
16. You spent a lot of time building the world and the Party teleports across the world. What do you do?
Jokes on you! I built that part of the world ages ago. Now people can see it in all its glory!
17. Is it okay to railroad your players?
Depends but I try to keep those rails in sight.
18. How much homebrew do you need to play D&D?
Depends on the campaign and its needs.
19. The Party defeats the BBEG. It was considered too easy. What do you do?
Congrats them on the achievement but tell them the BBEG had a devoted assistant who will follow in his master’s footsteps no matter what.
20. Is it your job to win D&D?
No. That is for the players to do.
21. Math. What is 125 + 48 - 43 + 12?
Had to whip out a Mummy calculator for this but it is apparently 142.
22. More Math. Uses the same equation as before.
Mummy Calculator said it was 142
Last question!
23. What is the name of this NPC?
Seaweed Brain! Friend of Dog Hollow and Clay Golem.
Also Doubles As My Walking, Talking Pop Culture Reference!
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Time for a nap right after my story rant of the day.
Good Night everyone.
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A friend sent me this video. I did this back to him.
Question 1: Jake the Tavern Owner.
Question 2: Yes.
Question 3: I already struggle to get a full 8 hours...so nothing changes.
Question 4: Oldest child, born with a social disability, who puts himself out of his way for others. So, suffering, Yes.
Question 5: Very patient. Not saint levels, but I don't give in to provocation too easily.
Question 6: No. Because books require a ton more work, being a DM is easier because we steal elements from writing and don't adhere to the rules that literature writers have to.
Question 7: Not writing one, so it isn't "coming along".
Question 8: Don't watch anime, but I do watch RUclips videos when I don't feel like working on planning as much.
Question 9: I was never a theater kid.
Question 10: No, but I was diagnosed with other things. (Asperger's Syndrome, minor OCD, and minor depression.)
Question 11: Still Jake the Tavern owner, he now has a daughter named Jill. I felt a son named "Jack" was too obvious.
Question 12: Normally yes. With my friend group I am bit more extroverted.
Question 13: Sometimes, depends on the people.
Question 14: I am okay at improv.
Question 15: I describe the tavern scene, setting the stage for the NPCs there, and the general mood. Then draw a map if/when combat ensues.
Question 16: This is never a problem as before a session, or in-between sessions I try to get an idea of what players want to do. I only make thought out plans if I know they are dedicated to a specific task.
Question 17: Railroading is only okay if you need to get side-tracked players back to the plot. The trick is make them think that doing said plot was their choice, on their terms.
Question 18: Don't play D&D, I play Pathfinder 1e. I only homebrew rules when I want to bend rules in service for the story being told.
Question 19: I threw a lot of tougher minions to soften them up, only for them to early rest with provisions for raids, night ambushes, and other means of handling them. So the meticulously put together boss fight was easier, and I congratulate them for not being careless and overconfident. And for the reader, no, this is not the first time.
Question 20: No. My job is to have the players win, but I cannot make their victory easy. They have to earn a happy ending.
Question 21: 142 I think, math is my weakest subject.
Question 22: 142, if the minus in the Formula was already accounting for DR, Energy Resist, or both.
Question 23: Jake, Jill, and I am thinking of a dead wife and mother. Name I am going with is "Terra" maybe? Still in the process of thinking it out.
I’d take this test and fail even though I’m a DM
1: Joe
2: kinda
3: all
4: all of my players suffering
5: eh
6: no I suck at writing
7: no
8: not at all
9: eh
10: no?
11: Joe
12: YES
13: not really
14: probably not
15: tell them it’s closed
16: don’t tell the players
17: no
18: allll of it
19: give it more health
20: no
21: I can’t math
22: still can’t math
23: Joe
Back in the day, DMs would test those interested in running the game for general rule knowledge, time taken to write up a combat encounter, tracking damage for all monsters, and how well they had catalogued the players' character sheets (with an eye for 'discrepancies').
I feel so called out and so seen at the same time! Brilliant skit sir!
Having a pre made list of NPC names I could pull from and write in where the party met them was a great idea that I stole from someone else.
I thought about running a campaign once. Instead I write books I don't have the confidence to share with others.
Am... am I the only one who enjoys DMing more than playing?
I wish you great fortune on your dice rolls, against your players.
Not alone. I am quite fond of being a DM. Having others in my friend group who DM different games, and me being a player in them lets me see things from the player perspective and mind set.
In the Knights of the Dinner Table comic series, there is certification tests needed to become a Dungeon Master of their RPG Hackmaster. They even had an issue where one of the players was getting trained in encounter balancing in the back of a bar, showing examples like making the fights too easy or too hard. The character getting trained, Crutch, was a biker who got into the game and wanted to GM his own stuff after he ran a great Crime City game by playing on real life experiences. They were even overheard by a criminal friend of Crutch's who heard the trainer, Eddie, an overweight stereotypical gamer talking about "What I'd do is gas the guards, slit their throats, steal everything and get away" and took it to mean they were planning a crime so now thought the guy was a stone cold killer.
😂😂😂 I feel ATTACKED! First name that came to mind at the end was “Bob”
"Oh boy, I can't wait to get this done and be a player again... This campaign is going to take 8-10 years, isn't it?"
"So that party also cancelled as a whole. But don't worry, the campaign I DM in is still there... for a long while."
I had to take a test to become a DM once. Specifically, a Herald-level RPGA-certified DM. It was easy, mostly just about your ability to look up and interpret rules.
This reminds me of the qualifying to be a supervisor process at work
a good dm is a hero and meant to stay a dm even if they dont want to.
This test makes me cry and scream... And I said "Bob" in tandem with the video without meaning to 😭
The damage calculation is so real.
OOoh boy, oh boy!
I'm getting bald?! I know I was never playing again... but mid-bald?!!
This is so funny 😂😂😂
I think my best has been the random beagle butler I added into the game last minute and I named him "Spot" on the spot.
I just enjoy telling stories, and having players pick it apart like southern families in a golden coral
I'm gonna answer these questions along with the video because it's 11pm and it sounds fun to me, open grading i guess?
1: Frankilin
2: Yes
3: I don't sleep anyways
4: middle child too lol
5: frustrations come back through the BBEG, don't worry
6: I don't like writing books
7: see above
8: anime is planning
9: no
10: who doesn't?
11: frankilin
12: yes
13: friends yes
14: sometimes
15: describe the tavern, and wait for them to either assault a random patron, hit on the barmaid, or get drunk
16: i make generic maps, who said that town map can't be used somewhere else instead
17: sometimes
18: none
19: let them enjoy the victory, and reveal later that he was just a part of the problem
20: no
21: 142
22: 142
23: FRANKILIN
I'm so glad our party switches out DMs! Now no one is forced to be the 'Forever DM"!
Literally in my mind I went "Phase TWO" for the BBEG question
Duke decided to directly and personally attack me with this one 😂
The funniest part about this skit is the implication that I could be a Dungeon Master.
You can, in fact I think you could really do it. You should really do it. Please?
I have wanted to get into this game for a long time, and I've finally been able to arrange a one shot with my friend who's also played dnd.
It won't be a while until we get to play it, but I'm super stoked, and I've been watching your videos to heighten my hype for it. And to understand the rules better because I struggle to take in info just by reading words.
Funny videos and memes explaining the thing helps me out a lot
I was once a part of a discord west march server that required you to take a test to become a DM. it was horrible bias. People who were friends with the DMs had an easier time passing the test, even with insanely simple adventures. But if you weren't that close to the people judging the adventure, they suddenly became insanely nitpicky over every aspect of the adventure.
"The party enters a tavern. What do you do?" Eeeeeeverything is a Mimic!
I'll take a stab at it.
1) Rufus Bonaparte
2) Roleplaying with possible tactical combat, but yes
3) I'll check the budget
4) I have alcohol
5) Depends on how quickly and violently they deviate from their own plan that they came up with 5 minutes ago.
6) Yes
7) It's not
8) I was working. :cry:
9) No
10) No
11) Donovan Persimmons
12) Yes
13) Depends on the people
14) Unironically no
15) My taverns stock hallucinogens, so I prepare for things to get real weird
16) I would make the teleport spell fail due to plot reasons, or something
17) Don't railroad them. Just make all railways lead to the same station at varying points
18) I either do no homebrew, or play a different system
19) Let them celebrate? If they survive the early parts of the campaign, they deserve a little bit of an award.
20) It's not my job, but I am sure failing to do it
21) 142
22) 142
23) Larry
I'm feeling personally attacked 😂
"How's that book coming along?"
How dare you say something so cruel. I'll have you know I added one sentence to my book last month.
When the players teleport across the world, the secret is if they don't see any of that crap first, you can still use it all.
And the NPC is Waldo Butters. Never be afraid to use the hard work of others.
panic about the chaos that is about to ensue is justified, i've had more than one game where the party ends up burning down the tavern they meet in it's uncanny
the npc's name doesn't matter because none of the players will remember them