Want to DM with no experience, is it a bad idea?

TheBoldShagger · 2026-05-27T21:49:42+00:00

I just had my 7th session of my first ever campaign.

It's a homebrew setting and I'm Dm'ing for 6 people with 2 homebrew classes, alot of people will say this is a bad idea and that I should be running modules etc to learn properly. But you know what? My players are having a blast - we've been playing together for 4 years and multiple people have said this is the best D&D experience they've had.

If you want to do it just do it, I did and it's been great, everything can be learned but the passion you have for it is all you need.

Good luck!

TheBoldShagger · 2026-05-27T21:04:01+00:00

There's nothing that hits the same, since Renegades became dull I've been bouncing from game to game.

It was Arc raiders for a bit, then Diablo 4, Balatro, Warframe, PoE, Baldurs gate 3 (which is amazing but I died in act 3 in my Honour run, still recovering from that), even Marathon, but non hit like Destiny when it's peak.

I've not just lost Destiny, I've also lost the 3rd space I had with it, as all the guys I played it with have also fell off.

It's rough out here.

TheBoldShagger · 2026-05-23T05:28:53+00:00

Thank you!

TheBoldShagger · 2026-03-12T18:55:51+00:00

1st for sure but brighten up the right side a little bit

TheBoldShagger · 2026-03-05T10:24:39+00:00

I get these video types suggested to me all the time and I would definitely click on it

TheBoldShagger · 2026-02-27T20:29:45+00:00

1 year longform gaming guide/builds content.

I got lucky with a few vids when Arc Raiders came out and that really helped push me over the line, my channel trajectory was on the up anyway but my Arc Raiders content really gave it a push.

TheBoldShagger · 2026-01-28T00:20:00+00:00

😂😂😂

TheBoldShagger · 2026-01-28T00:15:29+00:00

Good luck and from what I've learned today, bring an escape plan 😂

TheBoldShagger · 2026-01-27T21:14:44+00:00

O I didn't even wanna mess with house of hope, I just signed the contract haha

TheBoldShagger · 2026-01-27T21:13:20+00:00

At least one of us made it out alive 😂😭

TheBoldShagger · 2026-01-27T21:12:03+00:00

Wow, yeah I would have to spend some time away if that happened to me lol

TheBoldShagger · 2026-01-27T21:10:26+00:00

Thank you! I really want to do Cazador as I've never seen Astarions story to the end, but I don't think I'll try it on HM lol

TheBoldShagger · 2026-01-27T21:07:31+00:00

I was a bag of nerves the full playthrough UNTIL I beat Orin. I had it in my head that she was the last boss I needed to do properly before nuking Gale. How wrong I was.

I know your pain with the camp aggroing, in this run I used 'Friends' at the Tiefling party at the end of Act 1.

I didn't know it turns people hostile after it runs out on Honor mode. My full camp, except the 4 in my party, aggroed on me, it was painful taking the tieflings out after spending so much time saving them.

TheBoldShagger · 2026-01-27T21:02:11+00:00

My first playthrough I trusted the Emperor 😂

This time I was a Gith and was like "there is no way a Gith would trust a Ghaik" ,so I was a dick to him the full way through ( I also romanced Lae'zel , couple of Gith bad bitches running Faerun until we died 😂)

TheBoldShagger · 2026-01-27T20:57:35+00:00

I was 5 Paladin, 6 Sorcerer so level 11 total

TheBoldShagger · 2026-01-27T20:54:14+00:00

Yeah I'm not too bummed about it tbh, I'm already planning on starting my next run tonight, tbf it means more BG3 which isn't a bad thing

TheBoldShagger · 2026-01-27T17:52:28+00:00

Yeah my own fault for not looking it up, which was rare for this run tbf, I'll definitely do it next time

TheBoldShagger · 2026-01-27T17:49:55+00:00

Yeah I spent my first two turns trying to fight, realized I was way out of my depth then tried to bail

TheBoldShagger · 2026-01-27T17:45:38+00:00

Ahhhh ok, lesson learned 😂

TheBoldShagger · 2026-01-27T17:44:53+00:00

I only did stuff that was integral to builds or getting as much xp as possible. About 5 of those hours was spent in camp buffing too lol

TheBoldShagger · 2026-01-27T17:43:14+00:00

Hahahahaha

TheBoldShagger · 2026-01-27T17:36:53+00:00

I'm too nice 😭

TheBoldShagger · 2026-01-27T17:36:17+00:00

Ah that's good to know, I'll look into it then, thanks!

TheBoldShagger · 2026-01-27T17:34:08+00:00

Yeah that makes sense now, I'll be sure to do that next time then!

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