Advice on DMing in General

>>50639861
We need more specifics.

>>50639861
-Talk to the player about the mood you're trying to set. Say you respect what they want, but at the same time, it can't come at the detriment of other players' experiences. Tell us more about the behavior. Is it lol so randumb or to they try to make themselves the center of every scene?

-Ask yourself if it feels earned. Have there been hints of it throughout the campaign, or will it come out of nowhere?

-Try to have something for everyone if you can help it. It's the players part to act just as much as it is to react. Set up situations that they can interact with, let them make something for their characters to do, give them some agency.

>-Because of the plot I have in mind, how would you have the main antagonist(s) break the fourth wall in a major way without sounding incredibly cheesy/convoluted?

Play it 100% straight. They break the wall, that's it. Just throw it out there with no explanation as to how they're self aware.

>>50639861
>player
How are the actions "very 'Mary Sueish'" and how do they impair interest or atmosphere?

>Plot requires antagonist(s) break the fourth wall
Explaining impossible things in game is my wheelhouse, but I need to know how the fourth wall is broken. Is it just info or actions taken? Is the character fully aware, partially aware, or unaware of the game?

>Players drift off during the slower parts?
Why are there slower parts?
Why are the players not engaged?

In short:
>>50640000
>We need more specifics.
Quads here was right.

Figured it would be better to post here than bump off another thread.
If I ought to create one, I will.

I'm a newfag to ttrpg, and my group of friends wants in over the holidays. So I figured I'd have a few one shot games with something super easy to learn, but could cover anything from space pirates to 1920s detectives to something something horror.
I've played call of Cthulhu and some guy's d10 dicepool homebrew, so I currently have a preference for the d10 and d%, if that helps.


I'm looking for something simple and flexible enough that they can just learn one system and be done with the rules, move on to the different games.

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