@ars.carminis: 1.) They ask what your character's name is. Not a new character. Your character. The one you've been playing for 30 sessions. Called my warlock "your guy" for three straight weeks. 2.) NPCs change names between sessions. Aldric becomes Aldris becomes "the blacksmith." 3.) Session recaps are verbal, take 20 minutes, and are different every time. This is someone reconstructing from memory in real time and it's rough for everyone at the table. 4.) Quests just disappear. You were definitely supposed to deliver something to someone and that plot thread hasn't come up in two months. Nobody mentions it. It's just gone. 5.) "Oh yeah, I forgot about that" when you bring up something your character did. That one stings more than it should honestly. Like the world doesn't remember you exist. 6.) Prep is visibly happening 10 minutes before the session. Not always a red flag but combined with the above, your DM doesn't need to try harder. They need a system. Here's what you can actually do as a player instead of just suffering through it: 1.) Take your own notes. Even just names and places. Your DM is running the entire world in their head, they literally cannot also be the group's secretary. A shared Google Doc where anyone can dump notes after a session takes 5 minutes and changes everything. 2.) Volunteer for the recap. Offer to do the "last time on our campaign" bit at the start of each session. Takes pressure off them and honestly you remember different stuff than they do. 3.)Write down what your character cares about. What NPCs matter to you, what promises you made, what you're trying to do next. Then tell your DM. They're not mind readers and half the time they're guessing what to prep based on nothing. 4.) After a session just text your DM one thing that happened that you thought was cool. That's it. It helps them remember what landed and it takes ten seconds. Most DMs aren't bad at this. They're just doing it alone. By the way that's why I built Loreify. It's an app that records your session and transcribes it and creates the notes, NPC tracking, quest tracking, all of it automatically. Nobody has to write anything. I just wanted the part after the session to stop being a chore for everyone. If you're interested in learning more feel free to search "Loreify DND" on Google, it should be the first thing to come up! #DungeonsAndDragons #DMTips #DnDTikTok #TTRPGCommunity #DungeonMaster

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