Hello Veeky Forums, I need some help. I have a group of friends who never played tabletops that have decided they want to play D&D and they asked me if I could be the DM of the game and help them with the rules and everything else. The problem here is that I only ever had experiences as player and never as DM (and only with 3.5 and Pathfinder).
So I ask you: what's the fastest way to learn how to DM in D&D? Do you have any tips? Do I have to memorize the DMG?
Hello Veeky Forums, I need some help...
Ayden James
Gabriel Bennett
>what's the fastest way to learn how to DM in D&D?
Just do it.
>Do you have any tips?
Get a better system.
>Do I have to memorize the DMG?
Not if you can convincingly pretend that you do.
Parker Turner
>Not if you can convincingly pretend that you do.
I'm kind of shit at lying.
It's the only systems I currently know
Colton Howard
Then read a few other systems. Preferably ones that don't work against the GM every step of the way. It's not exactly rocket science.
Elijah Perez
Which ones would you suggest? My tabletop knowledge is really limited
Blake Thompson
Fantasy Craft, Apocalypse World, Ryuutama, Make You Kingdom, Maid RPG, Tokyo Nova, 13th Age (to an extent), Dungeon World (to an even lesser extent), D&D 4e, Beyond the Wall, Dungeon Crawl Classics, Dungeonslayers
Andrew Bell
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Jaxon Perry
I'll check those out, thanks. Probably checking D&D 4e first because is more similar to what I already know.
Bentley Thomas
It is not.
Why do you think 4e is so widely reviled?
Xavier Perez
I can't help but wonder if this thread pops up every week because of the same person.
Also
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