#Ask theGmScreen

[thegmscreen]

Asking this as an anon but how do you suggest handling a dm that's railroading both you and the party because of his religion?

He practices neo-paganism (the Norse one) and he was bullying the person in our party who was playing as an artificer because "This god doesn't like technology" and then tried force my character who is an outlander to become a noble girl after trying to for my character to marry an npc before he got yelled at by the other players about the marrying thing.

Some advice would be greatly appreciated...

Howdy Anon! Apologies taking this long to get to your reply but yeah we at the Gm screen have a few thoughts on the matter.

While personal perspectives and beliefs are an important source for someone to pull from when creating campaigns for a game to be functional there needs to be compromise between Players and Gm. It’s been our experience that the best games are when the Gm and players are a team working together to create a story where everyone is having fun and it sounds like your Gm is making you and possibly the other players uncomfortable.

Our advice would to be talk to the other players and approach the Gm about the railroading and get their reaction. If that conversation doesn’t inspire confidence based on your Gm’s reaction to feedback then we would highly recommend finding another group. Tabletop is an amazing hobby but it shouldn’t make anyone feel uncomfortable or be a one man show. Bad Tabletop is worse than no Tabletop after all.

[xanth-the-wizard]

Rad D&D/Tabletop Blogs

I’ve been wanting to make a post sharing my favorite D&D/Tabletop blogs on Tumblr! I have a lot of favorites but I figured I’d try to trim it down as to not make this list go on for miles and miles! This list is in no particular order and I tried to share blogs that post semi-regularly. I encourage you to reblog this and share your favorite blogs!

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@wizardladiesdice I have been following them for only a few months and they have quickly become one of my favorites! Wizardladiesdice is always sharing really great art and tabletop content. I highly recommend giving them a follow!

@noblecrumpet-dorkvision Some of the best D&D homebrew comes from noblecrumpet. Everything is really detailed and well thought out. Their posts are very professional and they always offer great advice.

@basalt-dnd Another really great blog that offers fun and consistent homebrew content. I always look forward to their next post and queue it up as soon as possible. Their posts are also really professional and wonderfully inspired.

@dare-to-dm, @thegmscreen, & @dndmusings These blogs represent the Holy Trinity of tabletop content (at least if you ask me). They were the first tabletop blogs I followed and they’re always sharing the best content out there. I recommend giving each of them a follow!

@probablybadrpgideas Great bad ideas that make you say, “That’s terrible, I can’t wait to do this.” One of the funniest D&D blogs around with a combination of original and submitted posts.

@outofcontextdnd A classic D&D blog that you can enjoy even if you don’t play Tabletop games. It’s fun, ridiculous, and anyone can submit their own out of context situations.  Some of my absolute favorite posts have come from here.

@dungeonsanddrawings This blog is dedicated to reimagining D&D monsters that has been running since 2010! The illustrations are colorful and sometimes downright adorable. Seeing their art always makes me want to draw!

@bipson Artist that creates really amazing and fantastical illustrations. The variety in designs and ideas are full of life and never fail to inspire my imagination! Their sketch work is like eye candy that you have to check out!

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