THIS is how to make money as a DM online FAST: Professional DM Guide - Episode 1

The guy convinces me he is a fool.

I dont feel like im a very good role player as a DM

Hoping you are okay

Hey! Really cool video!! I really want to explore this more and will be watching the rest of the series but I have a question for you: do you think you can charge people if you only just started DMing? For context, I'm a forever player, of several decades, who is starting to DM games

Wow never knew you could make this a profession! I would love to do this again and get paid for something I love doing! been a while since I’ve DM so need to shake cobwebs off.

OMG you are so boring. I hope you do a better job as a DM because this was maddening and pointless

I'd like to start a professional DM side gig. I love public speaking, reading, writing, doing various accents for a laugh, and so on. I was reading at a college level in 7th grade and then during high school i just read the books i wanted to read and didnt study. Did great in college though; I loved debating the professors regarding history, psychology, finance, writing, art, you name it.

It's great for struggling writers. Fantasy books aren't selling great nowadays because kids are absorbed entirely by video games, social media, and streaming services that lower their attention spans and a school system where you are forced to read books most kids find boring af.

Thank you for this. This is becoming a real thing huh

I've been thinking about doing this. My current job is ending the contract and I'll be going into a pool to, well, look for another job. It wasn't my favorite job, but it was stable until now. I'm tired of job hunting, and it's burning me out.
Currently, I'm running a third party campaign going from levels 1-5. It's been a lot of fun, and has taught me how to play and run 5e.
I do have a background in other game systems like AD&D, 3.0, and Pathfinder.
As a starter I was going to try running a free or $5 game on the hosting site you mentioned. VTTs are not unfamiliar to me. I ran a hybrid game using RPTools with a player who lived out of town. Also ran a game of Starfinder with friends using Astral VTT.

The content you are making is juts amazing! I wanna try it out, but im not a native speaker, i think that i will run some sessions for free to see if im good enough with the idiom. I have 15 years of DM experience, including online games, and my "problem" is too many people searching me to play, but never a paid game nor in english.

Thank you for this starting video, im looking to do some pro DMing and didnt know where to start! I've got my note pad at the ready im looking for games on startplay RIGHT NOW

Do you know other platforms to find paid games that include other languages like spanish?

Thanks for making this video. I am nearing retirement and have been thinking of running some games to supplement my income. I have played/DMed a multitude of games in the past 40 years for my friends. What I need to do is become more familiar with a VTT to have confidence while running a session. Also, looking forward to the marketing aspects as well in future videos. So happy that you are making this series. :)

I wish you would split up your post by category ie. this is tip A, tip B, etc. Bc you're a bit verbose and go off topic here and there (apologies if you find this offensive, I'm attempting to be frank and it is just my op), it's difficult to find where each section of your breakdown is and it would be nice to TL;DR the topics for review after I've already watched the vid (and having ADHD means reviewing can help me remember your advice!). Cheers and thanks for making these.

I run a bunch of home games, and have for years. I'm in a really dire situation in life... Honestly turning Dming into a job is something I've never considered because I don't know if I'm good enough, but I think the investment of finding out like you've recommended, and the story you've told with the things I've done in my own games for players really motivated me. I'm going to try it.

Hello! Thank you for making this video. I’ve been wanting to try this for so long but am lacking the courage to do so. I hope by watching the rest of your videos I can learn what I need to push forward with this new endeavor.

My first challenge I need to overcome is that I like to play with alot of house rules. I am very good at giving these out to players in ways they can understand. But people can be turned off, when things can be drastically different than standard 5e... even if those drastic differences make sword and board fighters and two weapon fighters far more interesting and appealing compare to GWF/Sharpshooters. So I've considered running one shots as 5E core to build a reputation. Or maybe I should not do that and just play how I've always ran things and entice players with unique concepts they can play in my game and no where else. That I will go out of my way to design subclasses, races, spells and feats for unique character concepts, I can have anything like that ready in a couple days.

Genuine question, maybe this is just because of my own influence. What does it mean to have an LGBTQ friendly table? Are tables not all friendly towards LGBTQ+? Or does it mean that the table with have LGBTQ influences? I'm genuinely just not sure what the term means cuz I feel that all tables at least that I've been to are fairy inclusive.

I've already got so much work done related to DMing, so I will definitely try it your way and see what the other paid services are like. I was playing Call of Cthulhu and D&D with my high school friends recently. I had compiled a lot of research and published modules for those campaign settings, so this is a great way to turn my passion into a career. I'm just so glad that the timing is right!

"I think I can run the game better." The last words of any player before becoming the forever dm.

Thank you for your video series. I like your style! Having DMed for a few years now, and having a couple of months off work, I am ready to make my foray into starting a paid game. It is, as you say, the belief that I can do a better job than many of the games I see that prompts me to do this. (My forte is cinematic audio effects.) However, I may encounter difficulty in that I am a 51 year old woman soliciting business from a largely young, male demographic. I dunno. I hope I can make a go of it!

My question is, when you get players to pay $10 - $40, is it a monthly suscription? how long does a campaign should last for the price they pay? are they paying weekly? per session?

What a wonderful discovery. I would like to thank you up front for being so generous with your information. I've been playing d&d and running games since the '80s. I look forward to watching all these episodes but first I'm going to do the first assignment.

wow! good video, this should get way more views((( thank you for sharing your expirience
im looking forward to become a paid too, hope ill make it

It's great to stumble across this series of videos. I've been trying to get started on running paid games to alleviate some financial hardship I'm facing but so far it's only gotten me one serious inquiry and a few timewasters hoping to play in my free oneshot that I offered as a sort of test run for prospective players.
This first episode is a small light that helps guide the way

Ugh. I knew it. You have to do official modules. Fuck that.

Hi! Very stoked by your videos. Looking into Becoming a part time paid DM. I went to go play some games on startplaying, but nothing I want to play or run has sessions on the site! MORK BORG, Warlock!, WFRP, OSE, Basic Fantasy, Star Wars d6 (West end games), Five torches Deep. So funny and sad. On the upside there may be folks who are underserved looking to try some off the wall or OSR influenced games who cannot find anyone to run a game. On the downside, there may be no interest in the pay to play model. I’m going to keep watching, as I’m learning quite a lot. thank you.

I am so happy for you getting there! Good work!

Solid intro there, but one note, you seem to imply that there is a single difference between paid and free games. As a fellow professional GM, I actually ask each prospective client over the past 6 ish years, what their expectations are for the differences between paid, and free games. There is definitely more than one common answer. I'm very curious what your answer is to this question.

Should I gather my answers into a spreadsheet?

Sadly for latam this id just a dream😅

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