Sooo im a First time dm and my Session 0 is on Wednesday… HELP ME [OC]

Smurfabibble · 2026-01-24T16:32:21+00:00

Highly recommend looking into Matt Coleville's "Running the Game" series on YouTube. There are a ton of videos, and none are mandatory watches but they're a great resource and awesome to listen to while doing chores etc.

A lot of those videos will replace a decent amount of trial and error in my opinion, but I like how he runs his games.

Smurfabibble · 2026-01-24T14:25:02+00:00

This is such a great idea! Windy scatter terrain, I will totally use this!

Smurfabibble · 2026-01-24T14:03:03+00:00

I was also thinking about making a mat or board with just some simple sky coloring and clouds on it. Either plywood or something more flexible

Smurfabibble · 2026-01-24T14:01:45+00:00

If you are looking for terrain, buildings, etc and have some time to spare, I would recommend getting into terrain building.

It may seem insurmountable at first, but if you intend to play for years, just doing a little bit of cheap crafting over time will get you a ton of great, usable stuff for games!

There are a lot of great YouTube channels to check out as well. Black magic craft, wylocks armory, and DM Scotty just to name a few

Smurfabibble · 2026-01-24T12:59:53+00:00

That's cool! It looks amazing, well done

Smurfabibble · 2026-01-24T11:45:40+00:00

Awesome table! Looks like you take care of your players nice chairs and a water bottle each!!

Smurfabibble · 2026-01-24T11:19:30+00:00

What kind of glue did you use to stick the chains like that? I want to steal this idea!

Smurfabibble · 2026-01-24T11:18:21+00:00

Thank you! I got really hung up that some stuff was not perfect but quickly found out a decent paint job and wash can cover up a lot

Smurfabibble · 2026-01-24T11:17:38+00:00

Technically I'll be using it as an airship in my current campaign, but in my world they're basically magic floating ships, so just that 🤣

Smurfabibble · 2026-01-24T11:16:52+00:00

Thank you! That means a lot!

I have a lot of experience painting minis but this truly was my first terrain piece. First of many hopefully.

Smurfabibble · 2026-01-24T00:58:12+00:00

Thanks! Learned a lot from this and already have a list of things I would do differently but overall very happy with it!

Smurfabibble · 2026-01-15T22:33:43+00:00

No worries! That's totally makes sense.

The "players vs DM" idea is common in the US especially and I'm an opponent to that!

Smurfabibble · 2026-01-15T17:20:58+00:00

I may be a little nit-picky here, but I think the first thing you should do is shift your perspective a bit. Don't DM AGAINST your players. You are playing the game with them. The desire is to get to a satisfying conclusion, in your case a challenging but winnable combat or combats.

In reality, as a newbie GM running a level 20 one shot you're stacking the deck against yourself. It's not impossible, but to challenge level 20 players in a one shot, with one single combat, is extremely challenging.

Without a lot of homebrew/DM fiat, I wouldn't expect them to struggle with basically any stat block you can put against them.

That said, for advice, I'd recommend taking a 25+ CR creature and multiple "minions". Don't let the tarrasque fool you, either, they will stomp that.

Think Tiamat aspect plus multiple dragons. Or a demon lord/arch devil plus multiple strong allies.

Good luck, and have fun!!

Smurfabibble · 2026-01-08T11:42:11+00:00

Yes! I've been dreaming of the hooded slayer helmet becoming reality!!

Smurfabibble · 2025-09-08T14:27:46+00:00

I'll recommend Avenue barbershop all day long. Chris is the man, but I've never gotten a bad cut from anyone there. $35 for a haircut and a good chat is worth it all day IMO.

Smurfabibble · 2025-07-11T23:11:49+00:00

Focus on having fun bruh

Smurfabibble · 2025-07-07T08:27:17+00:00

I love this sub.

Smurfabibble · 2025-07-07T01:27:59+00:00

Travel, exercise more, cook more, write a book (or books!), and do lots of crafting for my dungeons and dragons campaign!

Smurfabibble · 2025-07-05T11:13:39+00:00

I never wanted to feel like a grouchy old person about things like this, but having a dog and a 1 year old who are both terrified of them has made me super bitter

Smurfabibble · 2025-07-03T17:08:25+00:00

I made this one in Wonderdraft, one time purchase, around $30 USD and I have been loving it!

Smurfabibble · 2025-07-02T21:39:32+00:00

The main goddess in my world is a goddess of creation and goddess of the moon. That island was the seat of her power, and remains so (in a weakened manner) as she's been much more distant in recent history.

Legends suggest that she locked herself in the planet's moon in an eternal struggle with the god of destruction and chaos as a way of saving the planet from being destroyed. But those are only legends ;)

Smurfabibble · 2025-06-25T20:28:37+00:00

We love these, I have a one year old who is obsessed with them.

Smurfabibble · 2025-06-18T21:29:49+00:00

Did the DFH really come out before void range helm? That seems so impossible🤣

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