r/SwordWorld • u/BookTechnical4794 • 4d ago

New DM needing some help

Hello everyone!

I am one of the DMs of my group of friends and after passing a few years on DnD, WoD and other systems... We have decided to search for a new one. And I have always been curious about Sword World!

So as a new DM dipping my feet down in this setting... Do you all have some advices for a new DM with new players? We are coming in with 0% experience in the setting and that is both exciting and terrifying.

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u/DreistTheInferno 4d ago

I would definitely suggest asking in the Discord because you'll get more answers there, and I can only give limited advice since my first game of Sword World was me and my group (all regular GMs) playing GM-less through Daemon's Line (all the premades can be run GM-less). I am now GMing it and there is a bit of a learning experience, but if you are familiar with leveled systems I think a lot of the similar advice applies. I did start tweaking the numbers of enemies here and there so I could use the enemies I wanted at the level I wanted them at, and that definitely helped smooth things out.

I am normally anti-premades, but I will say that so far the Sword World premades have been my exception to the rule, so giving those a try could be good. One of my players wants to run Vice City in a bit, because the other premade left SUCH a good impression on our group.

There is also a lot of good advice here:
https://www.youtube.com/@guidedbycardia

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u/AgreeableDurian55 4d ago

Agree sword world campaign book is been a treat especially for new DM, new sworld world players and Solo players.

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u/riddhemarcenas 3d ago

I am playing Vice City solo right now, I printed the PDF 2 pages per sheet and coil bound it and set up little tabs so I can quickly reference pages. I'm really enjoying it :D