#DM stuff

[keplercryptids]

related to my last post, but a bit snarkier: i think a lot of ttrpg players confuse "my character has a lot of secrets" with "my character is interesting." and it often plays out in an opposite way. keeping secrets means that your character is only interesting to you. other people can't be interested in your character if they don't know anything about them! furthermore, your character is only as interesting as what plays out at the table, and way more can play out if the players aren't keeping narrative secrets from one another.

[tehjleck]

Guess who has pondered that orb and will be running the funball on sunday

[jellisdraws]

This is how I show my players I care 🥹 even when we can’t be together.

[scarabies-real]

Bad dnd opener idea: your party meets at the gallows of the city, curiously watching as someone waits for their execution. A long list of crimes is read out, including some specific instances that are infamous across the lands.

One by one the party grows uncomfortable as they each realize an innocent man is being accused of their crimes.

Will they let the man die and live with the guilt? Will they recognize the reactions of each other and know who is truly guilty? Will they confront one only another after the man is already dead? Will they try and plead his innocence? Or will they fight and try to save him?

So many horrible little choices!

[shatteredreliccampaign]

No, I don't have a thing for suspended boss arenas. what do you mean.

[thetragicallynerdy]

Doing DnD prep and making more hilarious hand drawn tokens and

Rust monster #1 vs Rust monster #12

[ID: My hand holding up two handmade DnD combat tokens. They are cardboard squares with rough drawings of DnD rust monsters on them. The one on the left is more detailed with a bug like face and large plate scales, while the one on the right is smaller and very simple and cute, and has a small smiley face instead of a bug like face. End ID.]

[theeldritchcorvid]

Genuinely using flow charts for dnd combat has made it so much easier for me. aabria iyengar I salute you.

because seriously. Not only does it help you to devise useful tactical scenarios ahead of time it also lets you think 'what would a character do in combat' both as a DM and a player (esp as someone who really prefers RP)

Because how a swashbuckler pirate fights is gonna be way different from say a swashbuckler who's a duellist and a bit of a braggart. Pirate for example might hide and chuck some knives or get in, stab, get out, but an arrogant duellist will want to remain in combat and stay on the offensive because they want glory.

Both are really interesting as PCs for RP reasons, but as bad guys they're also fun - different methods are required to fight them. This got away from me bc I went into a DM spiral of 'ooh fun swashbuckler bad guys'

but my point is thank you aabria

[casual-comedy-enjoyer]

I love watching my players slowly realize they're fucked.

[irlactualhuman]

Yall I got fully six pages of notes for the session tonight. I usually have less than one. This is not normal and does not need to happen to me ever again.

[behaemoth]

The word doc for my curse of strahd ravenloft dinner prep just passed 10 pages 😌 I am going to terrorize these players

[dreadandbread]

The most evil thing about my body is anytime my dnd campaign starts to get good (eg my characters start rp-ing and having a great time) my body makes me have to poop. Why

[javaaddiction]

I was complimented once on my storytelling and now I'm crying send help

[twopoint99]

I am late to the NADDPOD party, on episode 5. There is so much joy in this, but my absolute favorite is when Murph sighs before saying, “Roll for initiative.”

As a DM, I feel that sigh in my very bones.

[reckless-glitch]

I think I want to run a session where the dungeon is a power point presentation

[lc20-official]

Random thought but just look at how happy she is here:

[occultgrimoiree]

Going insane at 1 am and starting to build an entire merchant ship to use as a battle map in my dnd game

This is what DMing is all about. I love crafting