D&D Dungeon Masters, Part 3

The job of the Dungeon Master can be a demanding one, we know, encompassing the role of director, storyteller, and (as some might see it) thankless antagonist pitted against the heroes. In the following video, we explore the gaming lives of five DMs running campaigns in Seattle and New York—looking at how they got their start and how they DM now.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• D&D
• Dungeon Master
• DMs
• 4th Edition
• seattle
• new york
• DMing
• RPGs
• roleplaying games

[Fluffymoogle]

@Arakaiscladdath There are three types of players, in my opinion. The old school D&D players such as yourself who say 1st and AD&D are superior, then the players who live to abuse 3.5's broken spell mechanics and think it's best. Then there are players who love 4.0 for the gaming aspects, and the fact that with a good DM the RP experience isn't lost.

None of them are wrong.

[sirurza55]

Amusing this is a 4e edition video and I've seen more then 1 paizo 3.5 product being used.

[ZenCodeMonkey]

@dplehwalder The fact that you call anyone who doesn't like just what you like, Idiots says all i need to know about you.

[Prodigy8521]

Enjoyed the series alot. I DM a game weekly and have a ton of crafted terrain and miniatures. Love the game and I am happy to see that there are still alot of people out there that find alot of enjoyment in it.

[NikSantSurvivedEndor]

and this is the part of the documentary where i ask myself if it is endorsed by wizzard...-.- but its still nice...

[Mk101T]

@Jumbif A pre-made map is merely someone elses map that ended up in marketing.

There just a good place to start if you new to DM'ing.

But by all means if youve got desire and are comfortable with your knowledge and imagination in said subject. Then making your own dungeons is fun in and of its self. Atleast IMO.

Back in the day I used to even make my own manuals for various game theme's.

[CharlieSmurffy]

1E=Everquest Classic 3.5=Recent Everquest Expansions 4E=World of Warcraft.

[koopaatroopa]

I've never played before but I'm definitely going to get 4th. My group of friends are very creative and won't be sticking to pre made maps and encounters once we learn the basics.

[Jumbif]

Whoa! I've gotta get D&D. Although looking at what's in Red Box (which is cheap so I'm getting it) I'm a bit confused. Like WHY THE HECK WOULD YOU GET A PREMADE MAP?! THIS AIN'T NO BOARD GAME!

[allabtMando]

I enjoyed this, thanks for uploading it.

[Xsilence87]

@dplehwalder

to each their own.

I'm sure there are people out there that think v3 and 3.5 sucked and only like 1st or 2nd edition.

I like 4th better mainly because a) it has WAY more options for building your character (races/classes) and b) skills, feats & spells in 3rd were all the same - you could play a wizard and then sorcerer and if you otherwise made the same choices, they'd play exactly the same.

as for skills, since 'heal' doesn't restore any HP, its usefulness is very limited.

[dplehwalder]

Wow these are a bunch of 4e idiots. 4th is for people who are not creative, and cant play as a team. 3.x is creative and rewards players to work together. Are you creative and intelligent then 3.x. If you want to play a generic character and have everything be safe and balanced then 4e.