#d&d help

[tristansfreezingtheirbrain]

Dm just said something had been following me in the forest. He won’t tell me what but he says it’s Tma related. Any theories? ( I’m so scared help me )

[numbdnd]

Does anyone have any fun D&D encounter ideas? I’m running a game in an Arctic/Forest setting and having some trouble finishing my travel rolling table.

I’m mostly looking for encounters that will benefit the players— whether it be a helpful npc, magical loot, or just a cool place to visit.

I’ll share the table here when I’m done, since most of it is my original ideas (and I’m just having trouble with the beneficial encounter table)

[ithinkthiswasabadidea]

Hm. Well, that was definitely a dnd session with my group from work. Felt good (mostly), had fun, and it felt like everyone else did too

But. I think I have a problem player on my hands now.

He is a newbie, this is his first dnd 'campaign' and he plays a goblin barbarian. From the get-go he was very chaotic, always trying to run ahead blindly without waiting for the party, doing his own thing without thinking of consequences

We've played four sessions and in every single one, someone will have to try and physically restrain him or put a rope around him so he doesn't run off, multiple times per session

On the other side of the coin is that he is almost never engaged in what's happening unless it's the shenanigans that he is specifically getting into. Combat? Doesn't pay attention. Inter-party roleplay? Doesn't pay attention. Npc encounter? Doesn't pay attention. Doesn't know his character, or what he can do, doesn't try to learn his character sheet

And I think now, the other players are getting sick of it too. I thought, 'okay, well maybe if I try to match the chaos, it'll help him feel engaged'. So I introduced the 'Nilbog' spirit at the beginning of tonight's session that possessed him, giving him like a silly little devil on his shoulder, and also a feature that gives him one free portent roll per day

What does he do? Uses the portent roll to kill a monkey that was stealing something from the group, and then in a later combat, his 'new voice' literally just decided not to do anything at all besides skip rocks on the river, for two whole rounds, until the final round where he hit the monster once. The monster hit back, hard. 28 damage. Because I was annoyed 🙃 and because he still doesn't remember what Rage is, he took the entirety of the damage

Finally, the group moves on, sees some funny footprints near the path to their destination but as a collective, decide that they want to continue on. Not him. Upped and followed the footprints. Someone literally made a makeshift harpoon to stop him and bring him back. At least two or three players literally said they would kill him if he did that shit again

When I gave him the Nilbog spirit, it wasn't meant to be malicious at all, just fun and silly, but now I regret that because he'staken it to mean that he can just do anything and everyone else will deal with it. Apart from serious, in-world consequences to his actions, or a chat with the player about this being a team game....... I don't know what else I can do

[frenchiefitzhere]

What should I play???

I'm still pretty new to D&D, but my Adventurer's League group is training new DMs in a couple of weeks and so we've been asked to come up with some new level 1 characters I've already played:

human fighter

gnome rogue

sea elf ranger

gnome druid (in BG3)

half-elf cleric (but I barely knew wtf I was doing)

Looking to play a character who:

doesn't suck at level 1

I haven't already played

is 100% in the PHB (required)

[dnd-ideas-n-memes]

Been thinking about Hexbloods and their eldercross/witch’s turn.

Some of them are pretty straightforward on possibilities:

Annis-metal

Bheur-ice

Bog-vines etc

Green-wood/flowers/leaves etc

Hannya-snakes

Night-demon/nightmare/horns/bones

Sea-coral/shells etc

But 2 of them I have no ideas for

Shrieking

Silat

Any ideas?

[goopgooping]

someone tell me funny names for NPCs please I need a funny female NPC name. Something for a small child that is from France but now lives in brisbane australia.

Her father’s name is Francis

[housesunstone]

im honestly considering putting a call out on here to start looking for a d&d group or to form one. D&D and beyond hasnt been much help and im a newbie so ya know. 

[blazestar345]

Hey! So I'm building a D&D character and I wanted to go with some Fae nature vibes on the fact that they're an Eladrin with that whole seasons dynamic. Problem is I really wanna try Hexblade Warlock and my brain is unable to figure out how to flavor Hexblade to those aesthetics. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[ipromiseimawriter]

i've played D&D on and off for years now and it occurs to me that i never actually got good at it, or never kicked that stupid little internal habit like i need to Be Good and Successful at D&D

(and that almost guarantees that i'm fucking the experience up for myself and someone else too) (i'm also not trying to be self-deprecating this is just how i talk like 90% of the time)

so i guess if anyone sees this?????? what do, it's something that i genuinely like and want to do more, but also how do you just like -- learn how to enjoy yourself more? and also remember the fucking rules gejkhgje

MUCH TO THINK ABOUT

[bruhstation]

you’re just like the rest of them

[owldart]

New Miku trend?? Sign me UP

People are drawing Hatsune Miku in some of their culture's most iconic looks and I couldn't resist drawing Tlingit miku!!

[mo-mode]

AU where Mr. D claiming to be Percy’s dad accidentally counts as Claiming according to Greek god law or whatever and now all the other gods legitimacy believe Percy is his son, but if Mr. D corrects it, he has to explain to Zeus why he pretended he was Percy’s dad so now he’s like “YEP ol’ Perry Johansson is MY child wowie just look at the little fry, you have your mother’s eyes. Please stop standing next to water or you will blow my cover”

Meanwhile Poseidon is just standing off to the side like “how on earth did I dodge THAT bullet”

[ymorii]

I’ve been thinking about something, since Tieflings are sometimes the result of a cursed bloodline, could a Tiefling be born from any race? Like tabaxis, orcs, or fairies? Would they have to fit the height requirements of the race of their parents or would they stick to typical Tiefling height?

I’m not making an actual campaign, just a story, so I guess I’m technically the DM? But I wasn’t sure and I’ve tried searching but I don’t really get a clear answer besides “ask your DM lol”

[punkitt-is-here]

the gang gets snacks

[zzoupz]

developing a transfem hc for a character most of the fandom see as transmasc

[violinfantasy]

when the academic article is so good it has you giggling and kicking your feet