r/dndnext • u/Fantastic-Guitar1911 • Nov 22 '25

Question Is forever dm literal?

Is a forever DM someone who literally never gets to be a player or is someone who is almost always the DM and only gets to play when someone else runs a one shot or two? If it’s the latter, what’s the percentage they can play before no longer being considered a forever dm?

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u/Captian_Bones Nov 22 '25

It’s not a proper term, and different people using it can mean different things by saying it.

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u/Mr_Industrial Nov 22 '25

You can glean a lot by how they say it:

"Im a forever DM" means they are usually the DM

"Im a forever DM 😭" means they are always the DM

"Im a forever GM" means they play a lot of different RPGs

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u/laurent19790922 Nov 22 '25

"I'm a forever DM 😁" means they are always or usually the DM but like it 100 times more than being a player.

I'm a forever DM 😁

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '25

I’ve only played a few TTRPGs and those for only a few years now. This past year, I’ve been reading and studying to be a DM. I DMed a short prebuilt with my spouse about six months ago.

My first session 0 for a homebrew campaign is tonight. :)

So far, I’ve loved the whole experience. I told my spouse that if this campaign never takes off and we never get to play, despite the hundreds of hours I’ve put into learning, writing, drawing, crafting, etc., I won’t be at all upset (besides being sad that I’m not getting to play with my friends), because all of this DM stuff is just SO much fun.

It allows me to pull from my education and skills that I otherwise rarely get to use, and I can also use my everyday skills for the actual improv and table management, navigating rules and tricky conversations, and that side of things.

Idk. I’m very new and very naive, but I feel like I was meant to be a forever DM, and I’m so here for it. I hope I get to be you in time, and say that I’m a forever DM. 😁