Welcome!

Disclaimer: I am scared nigh-witless by the thought of DMing.


Yet here I am, gathering together people to play Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition with.  Not just playing with them, but being the Dungeon Master for them.  Why?  Becuase I want to game, and someone has to step up and take that extra responsibility.  Because, despite the things that frighten me, I know it can be a hell of a lot of fun.  Because 4E makes running the game so much easier.  Most of all, though, I want to challange myself, and hey, make some fun for people in the process.


Thus, I welcome you to Watch Me DM, a blog about the process and experience of creating and running this game of D&D.  The intent is not to be an actual play log - though you will undoubtedly get plenty of reports of action from the table - but to share the behind-the-scenes, off-the-table side of Dungeon Mastering.  Herein I will share the adventure design, story concepts, and encounter building.  I will talk about how I got a great idea from an NPR story, how flipping through a book catalyzied elements that were floating through my mind.  I will take my players' thoughts and backgrounds, and here examine them, ponder them, and weave them into the greater fabric of the game.


And shy, stage-fright me, I am not only going to be running a game, but sharing all this with you.  How hard can it be?  More importantly, how fun will it be?


Let's roll for initiative and find out!