What does a dm do?
Basically, the DM (or GM) runs the game. There is no winning or losing in Dungeons and Dragons, even if your character meets an unfortunate (and sometimes hilarious) end. The goal of the game is to tell a story together, and use rules to make it fun and fair. The DM builds the world with cities and deities, fills it with interesting people to meet and dangerous creatures to fight (or vice versa), and interprets player’s actions using the setting and rules to decide whether you did kick that skeleton in the head or whether you fell on your rump. Additionally, the DM serves to teach new players the game and make sure that everyone has the chance to participate and have a good time.
Erik Cheski
Having played Dungeons and Dragons (and many other tabletop RPGs) for nearly 20 years, I’ve been bringing my wealth of experience and imagination to teach new players of all ages how to enjoy fantasy role playing games. I believe that we learn so much about ourselves and our world through play, it can be a window into who we are and how we face our circumstances. Playing Table-Top Role Playing Games requires math, logic, communication, and cooperative skills from all the players. Not all have to excel in them, but every group I’ve ever run has bonded and helped over not only how their characters worked together in the story, but how the players worked together at the table as well.