#bad dnd idea

[azzydoesstuff]

dnd idea: have your players be ambushed by a creature when it's really dark and they can't see

so you DONT tell them what they're fighting and they just have to guess based on the enemy's attacks and resistances and shit

and you use vague language like "SOMETHING gets a SUPRISE ROUND..."

[quinnyyyleft]

Our DM gave us a shared bag of holding.

It's called the "Bag of Sharing" and we each got a fanny pack type bag that meets the big one that one of us carries. So all of our items and supplies can get shared.

Today, one of our party members stored a martini in her bag, and another party member dipped his hand in it.

10/10 Magic Item

[the-gnomish-bastard]

Bad DnD character idea:

A green-furred bugbear thief rogue who really, really hates his neighbors because every winter they make a shit ton of noise. So he devises a plan to steal all of their stuff by dressing up as a mythical gift bringing man, but instead he takes. Also has a dog, and he lives on a mountain.

[b4kuch1n]

siren

[miurenne]

List of known bugs with Minthara

Calling all Minthara fans and everyone who wants to see her fixed.

As of the latest update, Minthara is (sadly) still the buggiest companion in the game. And so I thought, what would be an easy way to gather more information about her bugs? Evidently, a lot of people are still clueless about them 🤔

I decided to make a Google Sheets document to compile all of Minthara’s bugs, old and new. Don't hesitate to leave a comment if you found a mistake or something that is not yet on the list!

Here's the link and a little preview:

Please reblog and share this to help out any confused players (which is most of us, half the time) and be sure to report the bugs you encounter in your game. This table will be updated periodically to bring you the latest info 🤞

[sadmages]

Blacked out and drew Alphonse Mucha's 'Flirt' but with my divorced clowns. for some reason!!!! (ref under the cut)

[bad-traffic-smp-ideas]

Lich Life. Upon reaching red, your final life is contained in a phylactery. If it is destroyed, you stop respawning. Imagine the WAR that would break out over Jimmy's phylactery. "Destroy it for the bit" vs "come on let him live SLIGHTLY longer for once". (Bonus: someone accidentally destroys their own phylactery.)

Hang on I have to google something.

Yeah this is a good idea.

[monerelluvia]

Iri'thiel reference sheet for lvl 10 (2023/2024)

---------- I post her often but if you're new here - she's a character from a homebrew The Revenants (Awakening) game that started as our first DnD one-shot 4 years ago. Today the game is separated into 3-4 different groups of players in different places around the world and time, trying to prevent it all from collapsing to an anti-magic calamity.

Iri is a customized Fey Wanderer Ranger that is based on slashing and psychic damage, blade dancing, misty stepping and invisibility. She's a good investigator and has the Observant feat that lets her see things others wouldn't. She also has more and more issues with having her mind safe from exterior influence and dangerously growing number of people to care about.

[c-kiddo]

at one point i didn't like caduceus' epilogue, that he just stayed home for a long time and eventually travelled again and eventually calliope joined him too. but i think actually i love it. something so gentle about him returning home to a temple that was once empty and lonely but is now healing and full of family who he loves so much. and to not have anything particularly asked of him apart from tending the garden and his small routines. especially thinking about how tired and sad he is by the end of the campaign, compared to the beginning when hes so giddy to just be interacting with people and seeing things he's never seen before and to have guidance from the wildmother. and then later, after aeor and so many more horrible things have happened, he admits to calliope that its too much and the outside world is scary and big and he's so so tired and he keeps saying how tired he is. so basically ideal ending that he gets to go home and get better and heal enough to be excited when he heads out into the world again

[eldritchwaffless]

A couple of months ago I came up with a campaign idea/concept, a sort of isekai/Meta Game (a game within a game sort of deal) mainly inspired by Solar Opposites C Plot "The Wall".

Essentially the plot of the game would be that a group of player joined a weird DND via like an online LFG, and once they joined and met at the location they all faint. They wake up in a medieval fantasy tavern as their characters, isekai style but every NPC is acting strange... Suddenly the roof gets grabbed by some giant hand, which turns out to belong to the GM who is a witch that shrunk the player and turned them into their characters so that they could play DND. All the NPC are also some random people that she shrunk and turned into characters and the whole map is like a huge series of interconnected terrariums that she as made. At first the game would be quite meta, with the players literally "Larping" while the "in game DM" throws the dices and narrates. I would personally allow metagaming in situations were the PCs are playing because they might know rules and such but they'd need to roll to make sure that the "in game DM" does not noticed that they're meta gaming. Each encounter could have some meta like

Bandits: Give me all your gold or I'll gut you like a chicken!

DM From above: Like a fish

Bandit: *sight* like a fish...

Other situations could be like;

DM: Suddenly a dragon appears! *drops gecko in the terrarium*

Players: *genuinely panicking*

DM: Guys chill. Guys. Guys! I won't let it actually attack you!

Gecko: *grabs some random NPC and shakes them around*

DM: Kiwi! Kiwi let go! LET GO!!

Eventually the game could become about the PCs trying to escape and find help and this becomes like a Borrowers style campaign!

Edit: I just thought of that, alot of the NPCs could have been players that she didn't like, like edgelords or "That Guy" or just people she didn't like. So you could have that random quest giver NPC trying to take the spotlight or the bartender being this overly edgy brooding dude, etc

[moonstruck-stormy]

Bad dnd idea: necromancer that only animates badly designed chain store plastic skeletons

Why does the octopus have bone in it!??? Cries the fighter as they are torn asunder

[can-of-slorgs]

The other researchers are also here! (magical edition!)

[the-gnomish-bastard]

Bad dnd character idea:

A ruined background (take alert) custom lineage human gloomstalker Ranger with the gunner and sharpshooter feats. He uses a flintlock pistol or revolver as his main weapon. His goal is to find an outlaw with a bounty on his head. He comes from the far away town of Arizona.

[owlsinleatherjackets]

regular D&D game except every time I’m about to roll a d20, I break into a full rendition of “Luck Be A Lady” from the 1950 musical Guys and Dolls, complete with choreography (backup singing from other players optional)

[dexos-thoughts]

here, have a bad writing prompt

imagine this, it’s one of those hero-chasing-villain-on-a-rooftop scenes, and of course, the villain eventually reaches the end of the rooftop. One step forward, one step back. You know how it goes, the villain flashes their signature smile, gives a salute, and jumps off.

not expecting anything, the hero looks down

oh no

there lays the villain, flattened onto the pavement, a pool of their own blood surrounding them.

the hero scoffs, thinking this another elaborate prank, going down to check on the poor “dummy”

except, it’s not a dummy.

the villain is actually dead, no take backs, no shapeshifts, no nothing.

they’re actually gone. Forever.

[thotofwaterdeep]

Bad DnD Ideas: Childhood Classes

An 8 year old Bard with a recorder. No he’s not good at it

An 11 year old Ranger from Fantasy Mississippi™️ who’s animal companion is the possum they found on the porch

A 5 year old Barbarian who rages when her comfort item is touched. Teeth may or may not be involved, you’ve been warned

A 10 year old Rogue who’s REALLY dedicated to their “secret” club and “secret” treehouse hideout. Thinks they’re a ninja but they’re humming their own theme music

A 7 year old Paladin with light up sneakers who wears a cape and a foam sword everywhere, because they’re the hero and they’ll protect you. From what? The invisible monsters that adults can’t see. Duh