Learn to be a DM for D&D 5e!
Want to create your own epic adventures and lead your friends on a journey through a world of your own creation?
$25.00
/ Session
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Once / Saturday - 3:00 AM UTC
Jul 11
Session Duration / 2–2.5 hours
0 / 10 Seats Filled
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About the adventure
Attention aspiring Dungeon Masters! Want to create your own epic adventures and lead your friends on a journey through a world of your own creation? But maybe you feel overwhelmed by the rules, the homework, and not knowing where to start? Then sign up for my seminar on how to be a Dungeon Master for Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition and learn 4 simple building blocks that help prepare you for being an effective Dungeon Master before you even open the rulebook! It's less about memorizing rulings or stat blocks and much more about a framework of safety and immersion! Led by an experienced Dungeon Master and professional Storyteller, you'll learn the main building blocks that can help you be prepared for any player choices! You will learn how to build your own worlds, how navigate through D&D official content, 3rd party content, or a combination of all three. You'll also learn essential tools for creating your own worlds and running games including special hands on experience with Foundry VTT! You will even get access to my Discord for submitting custom questions ahead of time, access to a trial of Foundry VTT, a comprehensive list of curated tools and resources, as well as a space to ask follow-up questions! I'll also teach you how to respond to unexpected player choices, ensuring that your game is always engaging and exciting. Whether you're a seasoned player looking to take on the role of Dungeon Master or a beginner interested in creating your own adventures, my seminar has something for everyone. Don't miss this chance to learn how create your own epic adventures in the world of Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition. Sign up now!
Game style
Rule of Cool (RoC)
Game themes
Meet the Game Master
5.0
(17)
4 years on StartPlaying
38 games hosted
Highly rated for: Beginner Friendly, Storytelling, Visual Aid
About me
Hello fellow adventure lovers and welcome to Quills & Quests, a tavern dedicated to the telling of stories! Bards, scribes, playwrights, and historians travel from all across the land to hear first-hand accounts of valiant quests from the heroes that also frequent our halls. We know that every hero has a story worth telling and we can't wait to hear yours! My name in Andru the Author and I'll be your guide. After years in IT Customer Service, I discovered my past experiences have actually been preparing me for the joys of being a dedicated Game Master. With a Communications degree in Film & Television I learned how to craft engaging stories, perform with immersive voice-acting, and communicate with honed precision. Then with over 10 years of experience in Customer Service, I gained experience as a personable problem solver that offered white glove experiences for every customer in need. However, my love of epic adventures started at a much younger age by playing games like the "Legend of Zelda" and reading books like "The Hobbit" and "The Lord of the Rings". It was my love for the stories in the lands of Hyrule and Middle-earth that drove me to leave my career and start my own business where, through fantasy writings and games, I explore heroism as a means of self-improvement, promote mental health awareness, advocate for fair play, and foster creativity. “Enchantment produces a secondary world into which designer and spectator can enter to the satisfaction of their senses while they are inside. But in it’s purity it is artistic in desire and purpose.” ~ J.R.R. Tolkien It is in journeying through the fantasy of these Secondary Worlds that we learn of the courage, kindness, hope, and justice it takes to face the difficulties of our Primary Worlds. “Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisioned by the enemy, don’t we consider it his duty to escape? If we value the freedom of mind and soul, if we’re partisans of liberty, then it’s our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can." ~ Ursula K. Le Guin
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Creating your character
Being a Game Master means you don't have your own character, but you get to help players build their characters and then you get to run dozens of nasty monsters! While that means you get a lot more options in cool attacks and spells you get to try out by running villains, it also means you must try and keep track of those enemies while also being mindful of your characters abilities and stats as well. The players will keep up with their characters for the most part but I'll help give you tips on how to keep track of their sheets as well to help build fluid and immersive encounters.
What to expect
Preparing for the session
You will only need a mic and Discord so we can voice chat during the session. I'll share my screen on Discord to show you my presentation and can optionally show you tools like D&D Beyond, Roll20 or Foundry VTT. You do not need any accounts for those other tools as I'll only be showing you them from my end.
What Quills & Quests brings to the table
I will be bringing a full presentation and demos of resources and tools. After the session, I'll be sending you a bookmark list of various resources and tools I find helpful for being a successful Dungeon Master.
Equipment needed to play
Internet
Computer
Microphone
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Safety
How Quills & Quests creates a safe table
You will get a link to my Foundry VTT game hosted on The Forge which has links to my Discord, Consent Checklist, and other important details.
Content warnings
Safety tools used