I’ve got a new group going with a friend from work and a few friends of his I’m not too familiar with. I’m DMing them in DnD 5e over discord. I put them through a modded version of ‘The Witchfire Curse’ from the DM Guild, to start with, before just beginning to lead them into The Lost Mines Of Phandelver - aka the starter kit adventure. They’re just about to hit the starter town, and I’m getting really anxious - it’s the first time I’ll have to learn how to run an entire town’s worth of NPCs.
It helps that two of the three have given me good layered backstories to weave into the narrative, and I’m enjoying DMing, but I would be grateful for any tips/advice from long term DMs here.
(One thing I had to learn through pain is that you WARM UP YOUR VOICE before DMing for five and half hours straight with only a single can of cola to moisten your pipes with. I sounded like a zombie that died by gargling granite for a few days afterwards.)
It helps that two of the three have given me good layered backstories to weave into the narrative, and I’m enjoying DMing, but I would be grateful for any tips/advice from long term DMs here.
(One thing I had to learn through pain is that you WARM UP YOUR VOICE before DMing for five and half hours straight with only a single can of cola to moisten your pipes with. I sounded like a zombie that died by gargling granite for a few days afterwards.)
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