#wtf is that server

[luvvsbian]

not a day goes by that i do not think about the sims 3’s disgusting moodlet icons

[unluckedtj]

“Twist thy head and watch them fall,”

[royalarchivist]

Pangi: [In chat] fit what team are you gonna join btw, or have you not thought about that

Fit: [Responding in chat] "I am a lone wolf"

Fit: [Deleting the message] No– that's not true, I have a Brazilian boyfriend on this server. In RP, so technically that's not true.

[potatounicoorn]

Either Lloyd has truly managed to keep all his cards very close to his chest or Frak is really bad at fangirling, cause WDM he went "Omg I wish I never meet those evil oni guys" next to Lloyd motherfucking Garmadon. Lloyd son of Garmadon, lord Garmadon, who is very much oni. Like THE oni for Ninjago I would think. The guy is like 3 meters tall, with very clear oni features, and he went around half a season screaming at Lloyd to release his oni form in public.

Like there is no way, not a single Ninjago citizen put two and two together when the oni army attacked Ninjago??? That shit would be all over Ninjago's edition Tumblr and conspiracy theorists, WHICH FRAK CANONICALLY FOLLOWS.

[cyath]

He’s so pretty

[gilmorenights]

Varian told the team about his crimes and Nuru’s first reaction is to crack a joke along the lines of “damn, I hope I’m not next in your hit list” and Varian just breaks down sobbing

[svtskneecaps]

honestly foolish's character walking the slightly meta line of "oo this'll be fun content" makes him feel like that marvel immortal character who is only immortal as long as he doesn't get bored (and was played by jeff goldblum in the movies). like idk why but the more i see of foolish's rp the more solidified the comparison gets in my mind.

like it's kinda cool for a headcanon ngl and also it means i'm not really surprised pikachu-ing when, say, he flips a coin to decide whether to rat out his son-in-law, or climbs into an incubator of corruption crystals, or doesn't ENTIRELY kick owen out of the kingdom. it's not that he doesn't CARE, but..... well, wouldn't it be interesting? don't you want to know what would happen?

[wtfforged]

wizard vacation

[lechelechaa]

En mi vida vuelvo a intentar hacer blender

[charlesemersonwinchesteriii]

I do really want to terrorpost but I don't feel qualified to be in that fandom man...... everyone is so smart and creative and they all have advanced degrees and I'm just sitting here like I think the lieutenants are in love :3

[wearysauce]

☆ How to play D&D together as a System ☆

Before you read on, here's some stuff to keep in mind:

⁎ This guide focuses on ways for you and your system to play D&D together ("solo"): not with any external players.

⁎ This might not work for you! Every system works differently, which means something like this might work differently for you personally. Feel free to read on for inspiration and ideas!

⁎ This guide assumes the reader understands the basics of D&D.

⁎ Please keep discourse/syscourse away from this post: this guide is for any system or collective to try if they're interested, regardless of origin.

⁎ Not every point in this post might apply to your situation!

⁎ No, we're not going to suggest using AI.

CWs: Touches on dissociation and switching in the context of how that might impact game sessions.

☆ Discussing ☆

Before you start running away with campaigns and character sheets, make sure you get a feel for how others in the system feel about playing D&D together.

Here are some questions that might help:

⁎ Is there an interest in the system to play together? Which members of the system are interested? How many players might there be?

⁎ Does everyone know the rules of the game? Are aspects of the game confusing or intimidating?

⁎ Are there any younger members of the system who might want to play, but find the rules confusing?

⁎ Will the game/campaign potentially deal with any triggering topics?

⁎ What kind of game does the system want to play? Serious? Laidback? Something in the middle?

If you can, try to deal with any concerns and questions early on.

In our experience, we've found that making a private discord server with PluralKit was incredibly useful for discussing the gameplay, character and plot ideas, role-play limits, etc.

You may also need to look into ways of simplifying the game: looking up D&D resources for new or young players may help! (I might make another guide for simplifying D&D/resources for that; let us know if that's something you'd like to see!)

☆ Campaign ☆

Your next step will be to either choose a prewritten campaign or write your own.

Out of the two, prewritten campaigns save the most time.

You can find loads of campaigns; some for free; on websites like this!

☆ Memory ☆

Another thing to keep in consideration is how dissociative amnesia might play into all this.

For example, we forget things often and use that to its advantage (which, as a bonus, helps us deal with the otherwise unpleasant part of dissociative amnesia). We're writing our own campaign and usually forget what we wrote, which makes playing through our campaign surprising! In cases where we do remember what the campaign notes are, we just view that as following a basic script: and we let dice rolls bring in the element of surprise instead, or go off-script and improvise!

If your system forgets things easily, you might also want to keep session notes: jot down which players were present, character actions, discoveries, etc.

For systems who have low amnesia barriers, then I'd highly suggest reading the next section:

☆ Random Events ☆

Rolling for random events, NPCs and loot can spice up an otherwise predictable game.

As an example: if the campaign you're running puts players in a dungeon, you could have the next room they go to feature a random enemy, rather than anything prewritten.

(Keep challenge ratings and player levels in mind; otherwise you might be sending some poor Level 1 adventurers to fight a CR 13 Beholder.)

I highly recommend donjon for all your random generation needs. You can also look into random tables for DMs, here's a huge masterlist of all sorts.

This can make the game feel a little disjointed and incoherent at times, but that's when you can: make up lore explanations, dismiss any completely unworkable rolls, retcon, or anything else you can think of.

☆ Playing the Game ☆

We play D&D exclusively on our PC, but you could feasibly do all this on mobile or with paper.

First, you'll need character sheets: if you're playing 5e on PC/Mobile, you can find a form-fillable PDF sheet here.

You'll also need dice, maps, and all your other standard D&D equipment (we use online dice, random gens, and move tokens around maps on paint.net).

We also use our private discord server and Tupperbox to role-play as our characters and document our campaign:

(Our campaign is very serious, as you can see 💀)

We take turns playing the GM/DM: sometimes they're also acting as a player, other times they're solely being the GM/DM.

The GM/DM usually also records if rolls have been a success or fail; we used to record what the dice roll result was (we have a separate channel for rolling with the dice maiden bot) but we've stopped doing that as much because our sessions take long enough as it is.

If you decide to play how we do, my biggest advice is: save, save everything, and save often.

Our method also creates many tabs and windows, but luckily, we micromanage all that fine: if you struggle, try grouping tabs if you use Firefox, as well as closing tabs once you no longer need them.

If using discord isn't your style, then experiment with different ways of playing: in a document, in your notes app, with paper, etc.

☆ Scheduling ☆

Unless your system allows for voluntary switches/your D&D party are often co-con, you'll probably find some players will not be available to play when others are.

The way we handle this is by essentially splitting the party up, as well as playing for certain players when they're absent (with their permission).

So far, we haven't even left the starting zone (we're on Session 3), so we've yet to see how much trouble splitting the party might cause. Hopefully, we'll get back to you on that one.

In some cases, where there is only one of us fronting, we just get our character to explore an area alone whilst the rest of the party rests in-game.

Another way to play solo could be to play through a character backstory, or in a one-shot campaign.

☆ Warning + Our Experiences ☆

In our experience, we've found playing D&D together has been really fun, but the one downside is that it has caused a few crowded headspaces. We've got nine players total (not the system total, just nine of us are D&D nerds), and on one occasion six of us decided we wanted to play D&D. We had to step back because that made us incredibly dissociated and switchy.

If you're prone to that, then definitely consider that might happen.

Another problem might come from suddenly switching midway through playing solo, or you might switch out during a session: in that case, you can cut the session short/other players can either take your character with you, or your character can just go back to camp for the rest of the session.

(Or, like we do because we all find it funny: just leave the character where they were before the player switched out.)

For us, that is part of the appeal: we've played with others outside our headspace and have switched midway through playing, where we've then had to figure out what we're doing, what our character was just doing, and who we're in call with. That used to stress us out, whilst this way we can literally just step away/stop playing.

A less serious note is that, like any D&D session, they tend to drag for hours: keep that in mind and don't stay up too late like us! And always hydrate, eat, and take breaks every so often!

☆ Bonus Resources!! ☆

Simple D&D 5e Guide, including tips for DMing: https://easydnd.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/easy-dd-v0.0.pdf

The best generator and D&D websites ever: https://www.fantasynamegenerators.com/ and https://rollforfantasy.com/

5e Wiki: https://dnd5e.wikidot.com/

Homebrew: https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/5e_Homebrew

[starfish-spencer]

Lassie would be going crazy for these, I just know it:

Tell me this man wouldn't love a gun air freshener

They're called "Pow-fumes?" He'd buy out the whole stock in a second

[m4gp13]

you know what, while we're at it I might as well talk about the tartarus ethan au

The main gist is that Kronos was just really pissed about the betrayal thing and when he opened up that hole in the ground, he wasn't just sending Ethan to go splat on a pavement, he was sending him straight down to Tartarus. Luckily, Ethan landed in the Phlegethon so his body shattered on impact and then immediately got fixed up again. He stays in Tartarus for a full year, during which he survives by masking his scent with war prizes from the monsters he kills and from just sticking close to the Phlegethon so that if he gets too roughed up he can just hop in the water, splash about for a wee bit, and then hop back out right as rain.

He runs into Nico while Nico is looking for the doors of death and is half relieved to see another demigod for the first time in almost a year and the other half of him is horrified at the thought of a tiny squishy kid like Nico wandering Tartarus on his own. Ethan volunteers to be Nico's guide since Ethan knows the place pretty well (and because he's lonely and also because he doesn't want Nico to be on his own). They have a pretty decent time mostly because Ethan quickly clocks Nico as a closeted gay kid and decides to take him under his wing like a wizened queer mentor he is. Anyway, the thing with the giants happens and the two get separated when Nico gets jarred and Ethan is sent floating face-down in the Phlegethon. When he gets back on his feet he has no idea whether or not Nico's even alive which is. concerning.

Luckily for him, just when he thought his hellish Tartarus life is getting back to normal, Percy and Annabeth come dawdling along like a pair of zombies. Ethan can't just leave them so he drags them with him and offers to help with whatever bullshit they've been up to (he also gets the chance to ask about Nico and is very relieved when they let him know he's okay). No one in this situation is having a great time at the start because while Ethan did try to kill Kronos, the three of them still aren't on the best of terms. These terms don't get particularly better when Ethan stands off to the side watching the whole Akhlys thing go down and a significant part of him is wishing he hadn't kept them alive because OH MY GOD these bitches are so high maintenance! After the poison thing Annabeth and Percy are pretty tense with each other and Ethan, to his horror, realises that he needs to be the mediator so he just pulls them aside and tells them as gently as possible to get their shit together until they're not in hell anymore (not in so many words, he tells Percy that Annabeth might be a tad hesitant around guys she's close to suddenly developing a violent anger that causes them to lash out a people all things considered). Anyway, he brings them over to Damasen, who he's been pretty chill with over the past year, and then they get to the doors of death and Ethan finally gets to leave Tartarus (also Nico is very surprised and relieved to see Ethan no longer floating face-down in a river of fire).

[loafthecat]

Ah yes- I love listening to suffering from EPIC: the musical and just going

Mmmmm- panprice.

I am cringe but I am free.

[queen-of-bad-opsec]

discord should rlly hire somebody, anybody; just a single person that knows half a thing about ux

[qoldenskies]

are dms allowed instead of asks to talk to you (just chat)? or is that just mutuals /genq

its only open for mutuals for now! just out of worry of getting anything rude (i have already gotten a few aggressive asks before lmao) + im very easily overwhelmed and would rather stick to a small pool of people at the moment