Sure, you've had your CPR class and you know a mishit when you see one but do you really know what it takes to be a GOOD Dungeon Monitor?

Can you spot a quick release that's been wrongly and dangerously set up? Sure, any fool can do so by walking right up and staring at it, but can you check that the quick releases are properly set up in a way that the participants never even became aware that you were checking?

Good DM's know a lot more than what to look for. They also know how to look for it in ways that don't disturb or disrupt the head space of the participants in the scenes that they check on.

We wear brightly colored vests so that we're easy to find... and yet the best of us know how to be invisible to those who are actively involved in scenes. If you think it's easy trying to remain invisible as you move into someone's scene space to check something while you're wearing a vest bright enough to blind people then I suggest you try it sometime!

This class goes over both bad and good examples of DM behavior...

There are the gawkers and the talkers who interrupt a scene to ask how to learn a technique, those who touch a bottom without being asked and even those well intentioned souls who interrupt a scene to hand the Top a Chux pad even though the dungeon equipment is covered in vinyl, the floor is concrete and the players have Cavicide and paper towels handy.

Then there are those who watch sight lines and inspect things without ever being noticed by the players, who quietly and politely ask if help is needed before coming within ten feet of the players themselves and know how to "suggest" that something be addressed in ways that are as non-intrusive as possible to preserve the sacred aspect of the personal space that has formed immediately around the paricipants.

It's one thing to show a Top that something need to be changed or adjusted... it's quite another do be able to do so in a way that the bottom never realizes that you were ever even there.

Most DM's from hell have alredy had DM training but there are many who lack either the technical expertise or the simple people skills to really be good DM's. Technical expertise may take years to acquire but one can learn to be mindful of the personal space of others while still getting the job done in one class... and that would be this class.

Don't let your prganization's DM's be the ones everyone is complaining about. By offering this class you can help them to learn how to get the job done in ways that are appreciated, not resented.