Can I just gush about my players for a sec?
They’re so, so good! I actually enjoy DMing because they help make it fun for me! They’re also my first group of players to really work with me on their characters and how they fit in the world instead of doing that all away from the table. They also don’t need me to hold their hand and guide them through the world instead of driving the plot forward and being active in the world.
They’re also really supportive of me and my homebrew endeavors. I can just sit there and talk about how awesome things are for me creatively. They also have really good character ideas and stuff that almost instantly spawn new ideas on what to do with those characters within me. A warforged smith with a chest forge? Well Kovaud never mentions warforged anywhere, so now there’s lore and stuff for them in Kovaud! A goblin alchemist who learned alchemy from a journal they found? Well now I have a way for them to learn stuff about the inventions of the world! Dragontouched elf ranger? Someone is using a race I made and allowed me to run short free form session over Discord that explained how they got from their backstory to where the campaign takes place currently!
They’re also totally chill and are equal parts serious and entertaining to work with in the roleplaying department of D&D. I’ve also picked up on what they respond to positively as players. One of them likes loot, another likes lore stuff, the third also likes character development, and they all like combat especially when its done well!