fullyrealized:

DM Culture

• Snark about crit fail perception checks, e.g. “I go into the cave” “Roll a perception check” “Nat 1” “You suspect you may be in a cave”
• “Are you sure you want to do that?”
• The eyebrow raise and weary “Okay” when they say yes
• The constant battle to stop your players from flirting with every NPC
• The constant battle with that one player who thinks all the monsters are REALLY hot
• “You can certainly try!”
• The weary sigh and scramble to come up with stats when they initiate combat in a moment that was supposed to be completely calm
• The utter shock and secret pride when they solve what was supposed to be a combat situation completely nonviolentlently
• The utter fucking DELIGHT of writing a moment that lands really well and that the players all love
• That moment of sheer panic and desperate scrambling when they do the one fucking thing you didn’t plan for
• Just, when you’re in the middle of a session and you look around and realize everyone is really into it and all these people you care about are having a really really good time because of something you organized and your heart swells a little

pls add more!!!