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My first time as a dungeon master
It went better than I expected
I play D&D every other week. The group is great. We love the game and we like to keep it balanced — we don’t want to just churn through battle after battle but we also don’t want to spend the entire time role-playing. We like a good mix of both. This allows us to develop complex, interesting characters while still building up our stats and gaining levels.
One thing that makes this group unique — unlike most D&D groups I’ve played with, it has more women than men. In fact, the DM is a woman. It’s also a diverse group. I am of Indian descent, the DM is biracial and the cleric is black. The other 4 players are white. We work well as a team.
Over the holidays, with people traveling, we decided to have a couple of one-off campaigns. This also gave the regular DM a break and gave other people a chance to DM.
When it was my turn… I was nervous as heck. I’d never done it before and was not sure I could.
Fortunately, my group was incredibly supportive. The regular DM sent me links to a bunch of resources. The guy whose house we meet at also offered input — he used to DM regularly and had some good insights. When we actually played, the players all offered me help when I needed to look something up or verify stats.
