u/DM_ChosenUndead

Hi folks,

I'm a pretty new 5e DM, about to run the 5th session of my homebrew campaign. It has been a blast, and I would say very successful overall so far. There are 3 PCs, all effectively new to the game (one played AD&D in the early 90s for 7 years but was a kid and took 25+ years off). All have interesting characters who they are growing into, and have taken the bait and are bought into the story.

2 sessions ago I made a rookie DM mistake and the content I prepped for a 3 hour session is likely to take 3 such sessions for them to get through. Sweet! It's taking longer because they're being curious, investigating things, trying to put together the crumbs of lore I've sprinkled around and are generally pushing me to provide answers for questions I never anticipated as though I had those answers the whole time etc. It's sweet.

Flip side is I've had a few weeks to think about how the game is running with a wider lens. Not to "fix" it, just to make it even better. The one thing I keep landing on is inter party roleplay, and I could use some advice.

In a nutshell, I proactively encourage role-playing and getting them to narrate their own actions with a bit of gusto in some common ways. So when they tell me what they want to do I'll kick back and say "great! I love it. What does it look like when X does that?" Etc. It's starting to work because I think they anticipate that I'll ask them to dig a little deeper and sometimes will just do it on their own now. But when it comes to the pure role-playing, unless it's with an NPC I'm voicing, or unless I ask them, they tend to fall back on a meta style of advancing things, and so far, none of them has roleplayed in character with another PC.

Is this just a case of keep nurturing and encouraging it, and eventually they may get more comfortable and it will happen organically? Are there things a more experienced DM would do in this situation to help with this? Am I off base for feeling like I want it to happen in the first place?

Again, I have next to no complaints about the group or the campaign. I just want for their characters to blossom a bit. I imagine a time down the road where they just go for it with each other and I can watch and enjoy so it feels less like I'm the guy in the big chair, there to entertain them. If that makes sense.

Anyway, this subreddit has been awesome so far. I'll be very interested in any wisdom the hive has to offer me. Being DM has been hugely rewarding and I just want to make the setting I built the most fun that it can be. I have a feeling this group will survive for a good while.

Thanks!

Hi folks,

I'm a pretty new 5e DM, about to run the 5th session of my homebrew campaign. It has been a blast, and I would say very successful overall so far. There are 3 PCs, all effectively new to the game (one played AD&D in the early 90s for 7 years but was a kid and took 25+ years off). All have interesting characters who they are growing into, and have taken the bait and are bought into the story.

2 sessions ago I made a rookie DM mistake and the content I prepped for a 3 hour session is likely to take 3 such sessions for them to get through. Sweet! It's taking longer because they're being curious, investigating things, trying to put together the crumbs of lore I've sprinkled around and are generally pushing me to provide answers for questions I never anticipated as though I had those answers the whole time etc. It's sweet.

Flip side is I've had a few weeks to think about how the game is running with a wider lens. Not to "fix" it, just to make it even better. The one thing I keep landing on is inter party roleplay, and I could use some advice.

In a nutshell, I proactively encourage role-playing and getting them to narrate their own actions with a bit of gusto in some common ways. So when they tell me what they want to do I'll kick back and say "great! I love it. What does it look like when X does that?" Etc. It's starting to work because I think they anticipate that I'll ask them to dig a little deeper and sometimes will just do it on their own now. But when it comes to the pure role-playing, unless it's with an NPC I'm voicing, or unless I ask them, they tend to fall back on a meta style of advancing things, and so far, none of them has roleplayed in character with another PC.

Is this just a case of keep nurturing and encouraging it, and eventually they may get more comfortable and it will happen organically? Are there things a more experienced DM would do in this situation to help with this? Am I off base for feeling like I want it to happen in the first place?

Again, I have next to no complaints about the group or the campaign. I just want for their characters to blossom a bit. I imagine a time down the road where they just go for it with each other and I can watch and enjoy so it feels less like I'm the guy in the big chair, there to entertain them. If that makes sense.

Anyway, this subreddit has been awesome so far. I'll be very interested in any wisdom the hive has to offer me. Being DM has been hugely rewarding and I just want to make the setting I built the most fun that it can be. I have a feeling this group will survive for a good while.

Thanks!

What the title says really. Looking for free to download (specifically to download) cinematic audio backing tracks. I.e. not pocketbard or dnd specific soundboards. Any good leads welcome!

What the title says really. Looking for free to download (specifically to download) cinematic audio backing tracks. I.e. not pocketbard or dnd specific soundboards. Any good leads welcome!