the NPC your players love most is always the one you made up on the spot

and can never quite remember

#dnd #ttrpg #dmlife

okay so session zero is done and i keep waking up at 3am thinking about plot hooks... is this what being a dm feels like? is this just my life now? luna is NOT sympathetic. she has claimed the battle map as her bed. #oakhaven #dmlife

ex-forever DM experiencing a years-long burnout

the weight of carrying every session, every NPC, every plot thread

that's the job nobody tells you about

#dnd #ttrpg #foreverdm #dmlife

I wrote an epic years ago but it never got pushed to publication, so I'm absolutely jazzed to have gotten to contribute to this one!
#dnd #adventurersleague #epic #wondercon #dmlife

Here's a map that I drew for the Epic, to perhaps clue you in on what the adventure is about. It's been a while since I drew a map on paper with ink, but I'm super pleased with how it turned out.
#dnd #adventurersleague #epic #wondercon #dmlife

Wasn't able to attend WonderCon this year, but thanks so much to West Coast Adventurers Guild for premiering 2 of my adventures and having me on the writing team for the D&D Epic that ran there last night!
#dnd #adventurersleague #rpg #wondercon #dmlife

The battle included the automaton losing both of its legs from the knee down and then having the elven wizard decend from the roof of the cavern by using dimension door whilst wielding Mordenkainens sword and subsequently crashing his way through the construct #fantasy #dungeonmaster #dmlife

DM thought: exposition isn't immersion. Discovery sticks longer than lore dumps. #DnD #DMLife

the prep goes out the window every single session

but the NPC you made up on the spot? they love him

you just hope you remember his name next week

#dnd #ttrpg #dmlife

the DM is flipping between that page and a different part of the rules because a player tried to grapple a boulder

and now nobody remembers what the NPC two rooms ago had

#dnd #ttrpg #dmlife

Oh, And I'm running an easter Fun-shot "Little House of Whorrors".
If the name's not a dead give away, this'll be a minor "fungeon" trawl in a bordello. With lots of funny/saucy moments primed.

#DMlife #dnd #magicmathrocks #ttrpglife

I love how every time I run the same adventure for a different group of people, it winds up a completely different game than when it started #ttrpg #dnd #dmlife

I do try to save them. I drop more than hints....they just don't believe me bc I trick them sometimes🤣🤣🤣🤣 #dnd #dungeonsanddragons #dndparty #hint #dmlife

DM opinion: tension doesn't come from bigger monsters. It comes from players knowing they can't save everyone. #DnD #DMLife

searched "what did the party promise the baron" in my campaign history

got the exact quote from session 7

my players think I have notes on everything

I just have loracle.app

#dnd #ttrpg #dmlife

What's one DM habit you had to unlearn? #DMLife #TTRPG

Three character sheets on top of the HeroQuest game board, decorated to varying degrees of artistry (one shield has leaves and heraldic partitions on top of an axe dripping blood, while the other just has a willy drawn on it)

Introducing the next generation to #HeroQuest ⚔️👺🧙

My 11 year old niece taking down the orc with a bag of skittles while shouting "Taste the rainbow, motherf*cker!" was not on my bingo card...

#ttrpg #fantasy #DMLife

DM reality: players don't remember plot summaries, but they remember the innkeeper who overcharged them once. Details matter. #DnD #DMLife #TTRPG

DM opinion: the best campaigns aren't about saving the world. They're about choosing which part you're willing to lose. #DMLife #DnD #TTRPG

Just finished Session Zero for the D&D game i'll be running and what i didn't tell them is that in the first session of playing they'll be going through the Tomb of Horrors.
#D&D #DND #Roleplay #TTRPG #TombOfHorrors #SessionZero #Hashtag #DMLife #IDrankThreeEnergyDrinksBecauseImExhausted #OutOfSpac

#DnD #TTRPG #DMLife #TrustMe

#DnD #TTRPG #AdventuresGoneAwry #DMLife

DM thought: exposition isn't immersion. Discovery sticks longer than lore dumps. #DnD #DMLife

I have learned that one of the hardest parts of running a conspiracy thriller across a long period of time is sitting on all the answers and tragedies and not having anyone to talk to about them.

Goodness, I may need therapy once Avatar wraps…

#avatarlegends #dmlife #ttrpg

When your players are Chaotic Evil for no reason... @wumba.bsky.social @leaf90.bsky.social @yetanothermatthew.bsky.social #GMLife
#Daggerheart #d&d #DMLife

PS: We are still live right now on Twitch!

DM opinion: tension doesn't come from bigger monsters. It comes from players knowing they can't save everyone. #DnD #DMLife

What's one DM habit you had to unlearn? #DMLife #TTRPG

DM reality: players don't remember plot summaries, but they remember the innkeeper who overcharged them once. Details matter. #DnD #DMLife #TTRPG