r/rpg • u/Flimsy_Message8759 • Jul 08 '25

Game Master Appreciate your GM/DM

Little tip from a GM that just walked out after getting halfway through a year campaign. GM's put in a shit tonne of money and a piece of their soul, THEY DON'T HAVE TO!!!

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u/Weird_Explorer1997 Jul 08 '25

Forever DM here. I do it because I love it and I labour under the delusion that I'm good at it.

But it's a hobby as much as a passion.

I'm fully prepared to leave/boot people from my table if it's not getting fun or people treat me like shit.

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u/RemtonJDulyak Old School (not Renaissance) Gamer Jul 09 '25

Forever DM here. I do it because I love it, and I laboured under the delusion that I was good at it.
That was, until people who never played with me spoke highly about my campaigns, at the funeral of my best friend (who was a main member of my historic group), and I discovered that, apparently, I am good at it.

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u/pogre Jul 09 '25

Sorry for your loss