NWNP Episode 51: Carlos & Skunkeen - DMFI “So you wanna be a DM” Event.
Get ready for some more meows from the cat herd. Dave and Michele bring you episode 51 of only Neverwinter Nights Podcast!
Dave and Trey talk to Carlos One, of DMFI fame, and Skunkeen, Neverwinter Connection’s current DM of the year about the “So You wanna be a DM ” event we at NWNP sponsored.
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April 18th, 2008 at 9:59 am
And its great!
Listened to and found it apropriate. *runs to pester Carlo1 and skunkeen for RP sessions on NVC.
April 18th, 2008 at 10:21 am
Awesome interview guys!
Thank you Carlos and Skunkeen for a great addition to the show!
Until next time!!! have some Milk -n- Cookies
Liso
April 18th, 2008 at 10:24 am
Liso, great job on your first show as host and production. You did a great job.
Carlo1, Skunkeen, Trey, and Dave, you guys did an awesome interview. Thanks for putting on events for us, we love it.
April 18th, 2008 at 10:32 am
Thank you Jay. Also thank Jonny. he helped a lot! He is such a patient teacher too! hehe
April 19th, 2008 at 6:27 am
Another great show, guys. Thanks for all you do.
By the way, you now live on the front page at WarCry.
http://www.warcry.com
April 19th, 2008 at 9:08 am
Nice Chemistry. Good podcast.
There is something about getting a behind the scenes look at how dm’s operate. I don’t know what it is exactly, but there something about it. I understand the problem of people feeling you are out to get them. It’s a common reaction. One way, in Second God War, would be to have it be the gods that are helping, plaguing, the party. After all if someone is really role-playing there is no idea of a dm. Just some force that is, or they might feel is, directed against them. So next time someone expresses such a sentiment, play on it, magnify it, tell them yes, there is someone, something, out to get you. Increase their paranoia.
April 19th, 2008 at 11:31 am
the belief that DMs are out to get you I believe stems from alot of DMs out there not knowing how to combine story telling and the use of the client and tools. alot of PW’s often only accept new DMs on their teams from their player base. and a majority dont get the guidence from a experienced DM or a admin with time. droping monsters on the player from the client or DMs that go in character to show off and assult with their visual effects or changed appearences as being the extent of their DM knowledge has been very common in NWN.
ive encounted many dungeon masters who never heard of the DMFI or know that NWN is based off of Dungeons & Dragons and there are things you can do storywise to think outside of the NWN game mechanics usen simply the DMFI dice tools and story telling. making the possabilities of their imagination fully possable with NWN even if you have to turn the session into a text based one with limited visuals.
players are always going to have a degree of mistrust on Dungeon Masters no matter their experience for they represent the characters that get in your way be it villans or the uncopertive king that wont lift a finger to save their own kingdom. but in time youll gain a player base for yourself if you give the players good adventures and they will come to trust they will have fun gaming with you if they live or die.
im going to work out my schedule for next week and post up some links here to some more DMFM modules and also do a session to just discuss the DMFI tools and ill try to nab some more Neverwinter connections Dungeon Masters to share their experiences as well during them live.
April 20th, 2008 at 1:18 pm
sorry about posting stuff thats too long. feel free to remove the above. I tend to get long winded about DMing here. thanks for the show
April 20th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
No worries Skunk. It can stay
April 20th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Kalia: YES !! We noticed!! Thanks!!
Skunk: You can come expound here all you want! Funny when I read your post I can hear your distinct voice. Thanks!!
April 20th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
I very much enjoyed the “Desperate Measures” event, both the players and my fellow DM were outstanding and knew how to have fun. Glad people had a good time. Also got a lot out of the discussion afterwards, I always learn something talking to other NWN community members about their interests.
April 20th, 2008 at 7:10 pm
Thank you Kalia! I saw it as well., Nifty!
Trey!!! Welcome back! Catch a any fish? Did any big ones get away? :p
Liso
April 21st, 2008 at 9:57 am
Welcome back trey. Oh and Carlo. Will I be able to have my character for desperate measures continued in a way?
April 21st, 2008 at 6:15 pm
Yeah Skunk. I get what you are saying. You want to increase the pleasure people have in the game, and alleviate their fears, real or imagined, that you are out to get them. I think it is a noble and worthwhile effort to show people how to get the most out of the game. Sometimes you just have to make a decision in regards to how you interpret a particular action, or how npc’s might interpret it, and it sort of spoils it if people are whining or complaining about your treatment; but it is true that even with unfavorable decisions if the players are familiar with your overall style and generally fair rulings, they will be more likely to accept them. Good points. Sorry if I was a bit jaded in my comment.
April 22nd, 2008 at 6:28 am
Another great podcast. I am an old PnP player and think running the game multi player is the way to go. With a DM is even better. Unfortunately due to my personal schedule I have very little time to play a multi player or DMed game, but greatly appreciate hearing all about it.
April 22nd, 2008 at 9:20 am
*flops a fish onto the counter and starts to filet it
Yep we had a grand time!
When Carlos says “I imagine you (podcast) are an institution by now” I almost said, yeah we need to be IN an institution! ahahaha LOL!!!
April 22nd, 2008 at 9:31 am
You can not institutionalize me!! I was told I was ok now. They promised!! :p
“runs over and grabs Trey’s fish and feeds it to a stray cat”
April 22nd, 2008 at 12:06 pm
HEY! Dun waste it on stupid cats. Those stubborn things know how to catch their food. Feed it to the fox instead!
April 22nd, 2008 at 7:07 pm
Hey!! I’m back.. I know.. I know.. ya didn’t know I left.. but I did.. and I’m back.. good job puttin’ the show together, Michele… I’m amazed at how you imitated my voice to make those “bloopers.”… what program did you use??
April 22nd, 2008 at 7:37 pm
uh.. foxy.. are you saying that the fox can’t catch food?… are you saying that cats are smarter than fox… hmm.. stupid cats… hmmm..
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:14 am
Not had a chance to listen in to the podcast for the past 3-4 episodes - just done a big catch up all at once :/
thanks guys - great work!
April 23rd, 2008 at 11:21 am
Welcome back Dave. Oh I didn’t tell you? That was a special program. Imitate Dave v1.02 Beta. It works awesome don’t it? :p I can’t wait for the final version.
Thanks for listening Wyrin
Silly cats and foxes that can not hunt. hmm skeery! lol
April 23rd, 2008 at 6:53 pm
info on the upcomming events where this time on focus with the DMFI DM tools.
http://nwn.bioware.com/forums/viewtopic.html?topic=627367&forum=44&sp=0#5753650
April 23rd, 2008 at 8:39 pm
Thanks Skunk. We’ll mention these in the next podcast.