![]() ![]() I tagged this with D&D 5e, as the mechanics of D&D have some impact here, but a general answer that is not specific to 5e would also be welcome. Here, I am concerned with dealing the psychological challenges of continued DMing. PS: There is the similarly worded question " How do I deal with DM burnout", but that seems to be focused on the DM just in general having too much on their plate and getting tired of associated real-world hassles like scheduling, hosting, cleaning up afterwards etc. What self-talk, or what line of thinking that we might be able to share with our DM has helped you or worked for you to overcome this kind of side-taking or DM fatigue? I am looking for good-subjective, practical experience based advice. Our current DM seems to struggle with the same things. At least that was my experience, and I had to consciously remind myself to not fall into that trap. It can be hard to not start identifying to them as "your" team. Sure, you should be an impartial referee, but it can be hard to remain neutral or a fan of the PCs, when you are the one running the monsters. You begin to want to make some dent into those player character HPs. Because if you don't: end of campaign, or at least major demoralization event. So your job as the DM is to have the guys you run lose, pretty much every time. As a DM, you may be all-powerful and godlike in what you can present to the players, but in the end, the game should be fun and in my experience players rarely feel being overmatched, powerless, or TPKd is much fun. ![]() I used to be the DM for our group for about a decade. The DM in response complained that it's no fun for them having the monsters be defeated all the time, without posing a real challenge to us, or taking anyone down once in a while. I recently had a conversation with our DM about us players feeling it was both immersion-breaking and less fun that the DM plays all the monsters with optimized, coordinated tactics, even if the monsters are reckless or stupid, and often leveraging knowledge about our abilities the monsters do not have. ![]()
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