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I ran my first game of 5th edition! My first attempt at DMing anything since my campaign ended *mumble mumble* (I've legit forgotten, but it might be 4? Maybe 5?) years ago. And it went...well? Ish?
It was for a charity event, and one of the players was a young man who was clearly *incredibly* nervous about playing with a group of strangers, so I was a bit slack with the rules, but who really needs a rules lawyer anyway.? If the table is having fun and I don't need to remember my bizarre house ruling of things for more than a few hours, it's all good.
We played the pregen adventure "Heist at the Museum", which the venue provided, because while I enjoy the storytelling aspect of DMing, I *hate* coming up with maps and encounters. I'm not good at it and am generally just much happier if someone else does it for me.
The general set up is this group of thieves have been hired to steal The Tetrad Gems from the museum and deliver them to this posh dude in his house on the outskirts of town. They've been provided with Amulets of Escape to facilitate this. Use of these amulets will transport them to a predesignated teleportation circle. Easy life.
Problem was, the dice really seemed to want this poor party dead. The very first thing that happens is they knock over the Dinosaur statue in the museum, activating the automaton guards deeper within the exhibit hall, prompting them to have to retreat outside to hide until they've reset. Only thing is, they reset and went back into waiting mode right near the door they picked the lock for. So, they had to find another way in. Did result in some creative sleight of hand with a crowbar though, so that was fun.
They get the gems, load up on assorted other valuable trinkets on display, and then activate their amulets when a whole platoon of automatons turn up to investigate the break in.
The predesignated circle takes them to the middle of a port and cheese evening at the manor, where all the guests are wearing robes and having identical ornate daggers hidden upon their person. Because the game makers do not want this to be subtle and want the players to know they've been hired by a cult. Because handing over the stolen gems will be a Bad Idea and they want the players to be aware of this.
But this particular party, either due to youth (two of the players were children, with the oldest likely no older than 12 or 13) or inexperience (the nervous guy, who probably late teens at most tbh), were not genre savvy enough to truly take this in, and merrily handed over the gems and then hung around to wait for their payment.
This was good for me, because the part of the adventure I was most nervous about was how the posh dude was going to stay charming and attempt to get the players to hand over the gems without arousing suspicion before he finally got mad and ordered the cult to attack. But it was bad for them because it meant he could immediately disappear off into the back room and summon the Devlish Piper. A challenge rating 5 creature when the part couldn't have been higher than level 2.
There were, admittedly, many punches pulled during this fight. Because the Piper could have easily wiped the floor with all of them on his own. I had him roaming around, murdering the cultists rather than the players, had him smash a locked window to provide another escape route, and just pretended he didn't land a single blow on the last character left in the room (because the player was the youngest of the siblings and her brother's character had already escaped and there had been enough sibling bickering that I was not about to do that to their poor dad). I still had two of the players making death saving throws, only surviving by the skin of their teeth (and a lucky natural 20 where I may have elected to go by 4th ed rules), and the entire party had collectively less than 10 hp by the time they escaped.
But I think my favourite moment was the super nervous new guy looking at his inventory, spotting the firecrackers in their, and improvising it as a way to break a different window to make his escape easier. That's the sort of thinking that will help him go far in future games.
All in all, a fun few hours, and a very hard won but I still think well deserved victory.
#dungeons and dragons#d&d#dnd#rp#roleplay#d&d 5th edition#5th edition#the dice are not your friends#the dm is though
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IT'S BUNNY TIME EVERYBODY
(feat. Dilla)
(bugle accompaniment by Yuu)
#art#twisted wonderland#twisted wonderland spoilers#white rabbit festival#ah...the eternal dilemma of 'is it hair dye or whimsical anime hair'. and so we roll the dice again.#so it's canon now that yuu is inexplicably great at bugling. everybody get ready to incorporate that incredible trivia into your characters#anyway HELLO THERE madam spade#i think we have enough evidence now to say that you're not allowed into nrc unless you have an absolutely smoking mom#(riddle's mom has a smoking crater where her heart should be but we digress)#dilla likes two things: BIG VANS and also telling her son's friends all about how he used to literally refuse to not dress like a bunny#and yet now he does not wish to dress like a bunny. :( deuce what HAPPENED#meanwhile epel is too polite to whine at his best friend's mom so he's just hoping vil never finds out he wore a bonnet#silver is like 'i'm the handsomest little marching band boy. i'm taking this outfit back to show everyone.'#and ortho put all his points into POWERFUL THIGHS#he minmaxed leg day and is going to go kick a tree in half#can't wait for part 2 to see if they resolve the exciting cliffhanger of whether or not silver finds an alarm clock
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RAMUDAS SOLO IS CALLED ONE AND ONLY
GENTAROS SOLO IS CALLED LIES
DICES IS CALLED GOD IN THE DICE
AND THE TRACK IS CALLED JUST FRIEND
#this is vee speaking#MAYHAPS JUST FRIEND IS THE OPPOSITE OF FLING POSSE?????? MAYHAPS??????#GOD IN THE DICE AND NOZU SAID HE AINT CATCH A BREATH WHILE RAPPING ITS ABOUT TO BE SO FIRE WHAT GAMBLING BARS HE BOUT TO SPIT OUT#GENCHAS FIRST SOLO WAS A COMPLETE LIE WHAT IF THIS ONE IS HIS COMPLETE TRUTH#ONE AND ONLY?????? LIKE TRUE POSSE OR THERE IS ONLY ONE RAMUDA AND ITS HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIM AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH#LETS GO RAMUDA ASSERT YOUR ORIGINALITYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY#ITS ABOUT TO GET LIT LIT LIT AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH
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"Me? I don't care about that nonsense.. face me to the west, so I can watch the setting sun and remember all the fine times we had that way"
#I hope the final rays of sun warmed you on your way to the great beyond arthur#dice is waiting for you#hosea and all your friends are waiting#they missed you so much#I'll miss you so much#rest now arthur for you are in pain no more#arthur morgan#rdr2#red dead redemption 2#mick squeaks#liveblogging#from last night#spoilers#micks pics
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Tag drop: Aventurine.
#aventurine. [ mr. cavalier gambler: uptight. overcautious. inferiority complex. you've won so much but you're still so afraid of losing. ]#aventurine: ic. [ they see only the straight flush. they don't know the other hand below the table clutching your chips for dear life. ]#aventurine: inquiries. [ time to make a move my friend. say goodbye before you shuffle off. it's… best to die without regrets. ]#aventurine: countenance. [ now go. and pick the clothes that you like. then choose your desired identity and use them well. ]#aventurine: introspection. [ “sleep is the rehearsal of death”? why does life slumber? because we are not ready for the final rest. ]#aventurine: meta. [ the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason. but you've never gone in any other direction. ]#aventurine: little notes. [ you will keep winning; having never lost before. but why you? why... must it be you? ]#aventurine: wishes. [ even if the chance of winning is close to zero. well... you can't win if you don't play; right? ]#aventurine: etc. [ the chance… no matter how small: the potential is what you hang onto. that is what justifies the gamble. ]#aventurine: ipc. [ … i'll give you that and much more than that. the ipc will give you whatever you want. even what you don't want. ]#aventurine: trio. [ three cornerstones who for a measly penacony... offered their everything. you're more united than the family. ]#aventurine: astral express. [ friends: the game has commenced and you cannot choose to decline… nor do you have grounds to. ]#aventurine: fate. [ if the dice of fate are always weighted then that is our destiny. why then... do we struggle against it? ]#aventurine: past. [ our paths will cross again beneath kakava's shimmering auroras. farewell: kakavasha. ]#aventurine: luck. [ he's only drunk on the moment that makes his very life quiver. hell is only one decision away from heaven. ]#aventurine: topaz. [ i never expected the beautiful and kind-hearted director topaz to resort to distorting concepts like that. ]#aventurine: topaz. [ but since i survived i realized: wherever you go that's where i'll follow; nobody's promised tomorrow. ] immobiliter.#aventurine: jade. [ it's often used as a counterfeit for jade. but it looks like jade… can be substituted for aventurine too. ]#aventurine: veritas ratio. [ unfortunately for him; i make for a more competent conversationalist than the other dimwits around here. ]#aventurine: black swan. [ nothing remains hidden from you… does it? i will find my place in the web of your schemes; memokeeper. ]#aventurine: sunday. [ is this what the harmony represents? is it built upon constraint and coercion? ]#aventurine: acheron. [ only by casting aside reason does one truly gamble. “emanator” — I know you'll match my wager. ]#aventurine: v. youth. [ but the sun could not kill me and the quicksand sent me back to the embrace of the guild and the ipc. ]#aventurine: v. penacony. [ i seem that way because i am nervous. maybe you can help. what do you say; put our palms together a last time? ]#aventurine: v. future. [ the once falling die has at last landed on its earthly rest. quietly… peacefully: it at last landed. ]#tag drop#[ ... i wanted to add in a tag for robin. but i think that may have to come personalized. ]#[ /rubs hands together. lets see if any of these are broken. ]#aventurine: robin. [ so she sings; but does she dance? ] avaere.#[ okay i changed my mind-- there's a robin tag. ]
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Eventually got off my butt and finished the miniature of Jack Page that I promised @mer0vech.
#dice shame#Jack Page#fan art#minatures#Is it true fan art if you’re making it for your partner asking for a friend
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#amnesia the bunker#listening back to the audio from the game and that part from their little bar dice game...#I /know/ most of the dudes were probably drunk as skunks and some were 100% taking bets and my heart is a soft animal etc.#but I /do/ find it a little endearing that there's a crowd of little guys audibly invested in Henri and Augustin's little match :')#they don't have to know about [redacted]. they'll find out soon enough. :'')#also fun(?) fact! Henri has an unused line after Augustin says ''c'est la vie'' where he says ''aww not your lucky day my friend 🥴''#ohhh henri the additional guilt complexes we could saddle you with....#shakespeareomnibus#amnesia
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I'm sorry, I was bored and I did this, so I'll show it to you fidnksnsl
AHHHHHHHHSKDLEDYK—
I love this so muchhhhhh thank you so much ^^
I’m glad Eve and Luci can remain friends despite their parents not getting along (Luci is such a drama queen like that lmao).
The Demon Trio is about to be reunitedddddd :]
Here’s the order they’re supposed to be in ^^
I guess tumblr did something to mess it up, it’s ok it happens ^^
#i love your art smmmm#u r so talented my friend#cuphead au#welcome back to the casino au#my au#friends au#my oc#everette morningstar#friends oc#lucifer dice#not my art#friends art#other people's art#mutuals art#thanks for the ask!#ask
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Personally i am just so impressed that the cast was able to navigate those paths blindfolded because my no-spatial-awareness-ass would have been over the edge so fast
#i love that this was a challenge matt gave them and trusted them to succeed in!#talk about knowing your friends!#and the only failure was because of bad dice rolls!#HE EVEN GAVE THEM A TIMED CHALLENGW AND THEY KILLED IT#love how their actual years of friendship got them through it#cr spoilers#critical role
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Some of my friends and family members have never rolled on a table to see what terrible thing befalls their character as a result of their choices, and it shows. (In their willingness to risk repeated COVID infection for picayune payoffs.)
#the dice are not your friend#covid isn't over#covid is airborne#covid cautious#trusting our health to the random number gods#TTRPG lessons
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still working on replies/everything but adding events to discord has been the best thing to me bc
what a great way to meme
#» time to roll the dice ( ooc )#i say meme like i wont actually take this seriously#when you're the primary jungler out of all your friends#saluting my way out
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sometimes your home is you, the massive golden shrine dedicated to your likeness, your 4 spouses one of which used to be god, your crowd of 20+ adoring followers where one of them at any point in time is contemplating eating poop, and the funky little (sentient?) crown that gives you unspeakable powers
#cult of the lamb#cotl#I love silly animal cult game so so much#honorable mentions:#evil fox creature who ate your dad figure#old man who is bad at dice games but still keeps playing them with you#high off their ass mushroom friend#spider fella who literally sells you people#sad rat uncle with his chest ripped open#large cat mama who definitely makes good soup#and rainbow caterpillar who married a snail#(for sure missing some people in here sorry it's late)
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hey there's a lot of shit out in the world but like. there's also 300k fanfics written as labours of love and exuberant comment threads on art that point out and gush over little details and there's people who spend hours sewing tiny details on their cosplays and there's fragments of poetry that get shared over and over and bring emotions over and over and there's entire communities of people built around 'we loved a story together' or 'we made a story together' and there's people poring over every line in a work and building theories together and there's getting together with your friends to have ridiculous fantasy adventures every week and yeah. there's some good stories here too yknow.
#text post#my post#yes this post was made immediately after d&d when i am emotional about the absolute fucking luck and joy of getting to do this regularly#but like#yknow not to quote the 11th doctor on you but it's TRUE we are all stories in the end#anyway i've been listening to lilli furfaro's stories a lot can you tell#just like. art and people and shared story and yeah#i got like three ao3 comments from the same person last week cause i'd left a comment on their work#and like. we don't know each other we've never met but now we've gone through each other pages and realised we feel the same way about this#and we have made each other smile with comments multiple times over the last week. that's fucking wild#like you know you watch a cosplay video and you see how many people and how much love and how much togetherness has gone into it#you recommend a book to a friend with your favourite passages underlined#you take part in a fic exchange and you make each other cry with words#you watch your friends roll dice and have emotions and fight and succeed and fail and you build a world together#idk idk i'd say i'm too emotional about this but i think i am the right amount of emotional actually#as lilli furfaro said. stories stitched together are how families are born
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY @sluttysampo
#for real happy birthday bestie#wouldnt want any other best friend#and i promise i wont sell you for bts concert tickets#sluttysampo#hsr rp#im just tagging it as rp even tho it kinda isnt even if my account is LOL#I DONT WANT TO TAG THIS AS HSR?#kjvgnkjdsgns#anyways ill get you those dnd dice just little later i promise#ENJOY YOUR DAY
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i had every intention to sit down and write tonight but holy fuck i am exhausted and the metal in my brittle hag bones is hurting so much. rip me.
i'll be around replying to dms at least if u wanna come say hi and plot 🩷
ALSO if any of you are dice goblins show me how you store your dice
#when i say the metal in my bones i mean that very literally. like. there's a specific screw that hurts and i don't know why#anyways show me your dice storage it's very important that you do#˗ˏˋ 🩷 ˎˊ˗⠀ooc.#// medical cw#tagging just in case#if we're friends u know my bone history probably
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Re-tag drop: Yelan
#yelan: ic. [ that's a worst-case scenario. but all too often; the most pessimistic speculation turns out to be the closest to the truth. ]#yelan: inquiries. [ oh? you'd like to know more about me? what will you give in exchange then? ]#yelan: countenance. [ an old friend of mine once privately commented to me that yelan “is always smiling; but never with her eyes.” ]#yelan: introspection. [ like a phantom she appears in various guises at the center of events; and disappears before the storm stops. ]#yelan: meta. [ the chances are if i open this door; there can be no witnesses left alive. is that a sufficient reason for you? ]#yelan: little notes. [ how can things ever be the same again: knowing your life was saved when others weren't? salvation can be a burden. ]#yelan: wishes. [ that which hides inside her… that constant calling; it is the blood of heroes which has been howling for 500 years. ]#yelan: etc. [ every round of finger-guessing is a tiny adventure; and every roll of dice sends sporadic thrills down her spine. ]#yelan: home. [ i'm guessing you've fallen for the rumors about me being very wealthy; having high demands for my standards of living? ]#yelan: yanshang. [ the teahouse has really brightened up after the boss took over and kicked the fatui and gamblers out. ]#yelan: lantern rite. [ every year on this day; the lanterns light up the night. may the fire never die and may humanity endure. ]#yelan: chasm. [ perhaps she will plunge into that darkness one day; and the ill fate that once befell her ancestors shall find her too. ]#yelan: scope. [ i serve ningguang. the tianquan of the qixing. the scope of my work includes some of liyue's biggest secrets. ]#yelan: weaponry. [ water. divided it is as streams uncounted: close yet untangled. united it is as a giant wave: inexorable; unstoppable. ]#yelan: uncle tian. [ there's nothing wrong with wanting to win other people's respect. but when has uncle tian looked down on anyone? ]#yelan: ningguang. [ we both made a mistake: we shouldn't have involved ordinary folk in what we do. / ordinary folk? ]#yelan: xiao. [ you think you're oh-so cold and ruthless. i'm not buying it. - losing one of us so the rest can escape? some victory that is#yelan: keqing. [ if something happens that they didn't anticipate; it throws their plans into oblivion. but the yuheng is different. ]#yelan: ganyu. [ i could never work non-stop like she does. certainly not at that level of efficiency. i guess being half-adeptus has its pe#yelan: yanfei. [ when i help her out; i always get some invaluable leads in return. gotta say though: i think she respects me a little much#yelan: traveler. [ you don't have to be on guard around me. i never scheme against people who have my stamp of approval. ]#yelan: v youth. [ you're still young. be patient. believe in yourself; and don't look outside yourself to prove your value. ]#yelan: v. pre-qixing. [ i don't do these things to help the powerful or mighty get rid of dissident forces. but because water too has a sou#yelan: v. qixing. [ seeing isn't always believing. and if you can't trust your eyes; you certainly can't trust rumors. ]#yelan: liyue. [ liyue will never plunge into disaster without clue of the danger like it once did. she will see that it is not unprepared.#yelan: wriothesley. [ don't fight over fleeting gains or losses. focus on where your heart is leading you and move forward. ] delusionaid.#yelan. [ i can't change the facts. but if it's a choice between the cold; hard truth and blissful unawareness: i'll take the former. ]
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