‘Why can’t anyone make a decision?’ My first time as a D&D Dungeon Master | Games | The Guardian

‘Why can’t anyone make a decision?’ My first time as a D&D Dungeon Master | Games | The Guardian

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  • Up on top of the jagged cliffs, there is a cloister populated by humanoid lizards and their religious leader (whom I imagined as Cate Blanchett in Lord of the Rings, but a lizard)
  • This was like trying to play The Witcher 3 with the Oxford University debating team.
  • 3. Be prepared but don’t panic. Part of the fun is learning to improvise and tell emergent stories. As Eurogamer’s Aoife Wilson told me on Twitter, “every DM will massively over-prepare their first session. Do everything you feel you need to, then throw it all out the window and just enjoy the chaos.”