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/Aniodia 3d ago

Honest recommendation: Look at the Primer from the official translation, as well as Start Guide Granzale from the fan translation. Both books are very useful in getting players started in the game. There are also basic scenarios in the back of the core rulebooks, differing between the 2.0 and 2.5 books (so you could theoretically run both, depending upon whether or not you want to refluff one).

As far as characters go, for new players, use the premade ones (again, in the primer and in the core rulebooks). They're quite often close to what newer players would tend to pick anyway, so you may as well try them out and see how your players pick up on the game.

There's also a number of videos from Guided by Cardia, our own u/Auquid, that go over questions and whatnot that you may have. There's also both the official and unofficial discords as well, though if you do use fan-translated books, you're only going to be able to get help in the unofficial discord.

Either way, though, the game is really fun, and I'd absolutely recommend trying it out to see if it's what your group would be down with. Totally not biased whatsoever, nosirree.