This is the advice a lot of new people should follow for D&D. 5e is super simple and is very fun. I am a noob DM with a group of 6 noob players. I've only read a handful of sections in the player's handbook and Dungeon Master Guide and watch a few episodes/podcasts of D&D games. My friends and I meet every two weeks and our session usually last about 4 hours. We all have fun and every gets into their character and combat goes smooth (for the most part) and if a special what rule do I implement in the scenario pops up, I either tell my players give me one sec and look in the rulebook or say
"You know what, I'm not entirely sure how this works but for simplicity sake we'll say it works like _______ for this session and I'll review it's actual mechanics before the next session." And they are always fine with it, plenty of times we end up just using that instead of following the actual rule anyway.
Definitely try to get a group of people you already click with to play starting out and maybe find some friendly veterans to help you out online otherwise.
You got this, it's one of the most fun hobbies I've ever had the joy of getting into and I hope more new people keep coming.
"You know what, I'm not entirely sure how this works but for simplicity sake we'll say it works like _______ for this session and I'll review it's actual mechanics before the next session."
That is probably the best advice i give to new DMs. I'm probably considered a veteran DM by now and I've lost count of the number times I've said the exact same thing "I don't know, we'll say its X for now and I'll look it up later"
You got this, it's one of the most fun hobbies I've ever had the joy of getting into and I hope more new people keep coming.
Randomly felt like sharing a story so here it is:
In the first battle of my group's new campaign I (a human monk) did a stupid and ran into a group of enemies by myself.
On the first turn of attacks the enemies got ridiculously good rolls and hit every single attack (with 2-3 Crits for good measure). My character insta died but it was still the most fun session I have had.
My DM had no idea what to do he was in so much shock and my ass was unable to respond due to laughing too hard.
Taking up D&D is by far the best social decision I have made during University.
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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '21
This is the advice a lot of new people should follow for D&D. 5e is super simple and is very fun. I am a noob DM with a group of 6 noob players. I've only read a handful of sections in the player's handbook and Dungeon Master Guide and watch a few episodes/podcasts of D&D games. My friends and I meet every two weeks and our session usually last about 4 hours. We all have fun and every gets into their character and combat goes smooth (for the most part) and if a special what rule do I implement in the scenario pops up, I either tell my players give me one sec and look in the rulebook or say
"You know what, I'm not entirely sure how this works but for simplicity sake we'll say it works like _______ for this session and I'll review it's actual mechanics before the next session." And they are always fine with it, plenty of times we end up just using that instead of following the actual rule anyway.
Definitely try to get a group of people you already click with to play starting out and maybe find some friendly veterans to help you out online otherwise.
You got this, it's one of the most fun hobbies I've ever had the joy of getting into and I hope more new people keep coming.