Tips for a New Dungeon Master
This is what I am most excited to speak about. I have been a Dungeon Master or DM for a group of my friends over the course of a year. We have never finished playing, but we have taken a extended brake due to everyone's schedules no longer working together. When playing Dungeons and Dragons, there are two roles that need to be fulfilled: The players/player characters, or PCs; as well as the DM. The DM is a story teller of sorts, one that sets up a plot and engages those playing in all sorts of quests and activities to do and explore. Bringing their imaginations to the table with events that are going on as well as characters that are non playable (NPCs) to interact with the PCs. It has been debatable as to how a DM should be, and most people would rather be in the world that someone creates, than being the "entertainer" for everyone else. I became a DM so my friends and I could gather around a table weekly and do something we all had interest in and just bond. Everyone ha...