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I'm not one of them, but I empathize with all the GMs that are just sick of dealing with those particular kinds of misconduct that crop up with new players.

Mimics can be very scary. in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago

Cover your phb in spray adhesive and leave it sitting on the table. As soon as someone touches it, shout "ROLL INITIATIVE!"

Actually, apply this to other random objects at the game table. A bag of chips, 1 can of soda in the fridge, every 3rd pencil, whatever.

Or insert the captain of your choice in c/tenforward

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

I'm not confident I'm remembering correctly, but didn't she have a line to the effect of "They can courtmarshall me if we make back"

How We Lost Faction Play, and Why it is Valuable in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Not a very high quality article. Makes constant reference to "faction and domain play" without adequately defining the terms for someone that didn't grow up with them. (Presumably, the target of the article.) And a lot of typos.

There's a time and a place in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Addl wisdom: some people make jokes when they're uncomfortable, as a defense mechanism. If you have a player or players constantly trying to lighten the mood, consider that the atmosphere you're trying to create may not be a good fit for your party, and/or parts of your party may not be a good fit for your game.

Moderation philosophy regarding political content in this community in c/tenforward

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

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In castle/fortress design, what do you call the wall placed immediately inside the gates that prevents the enemy from having a straight shot into your fortress? (imgur.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/tipofmytongue

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You see something similar in the entranceway to public bathrooms that don't have doors, where it kind of zig-zags for privacy. I'm trying to figure out what this kind of architectural feature is called. Thanks!

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It's not Critical Role, it's Podcasting Itself (ttrpg.network)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I recently started a new campaign. Two players (one who has played in my games before and their SO, who has been begging me for a spot for years) unexpectedly dropped out, moments before our first session. Their reason was somewhat baffling; they said they didn't want to spend "all day" on this, despite the game only going from noon to 3PM. They seemed to think this was a totally unreasonable expectation on my part, despite them previously having stated they were available during that time. This puzzled me.

I've been musing on this, and the strange paradox of people that say they want to play D&D but don't actually want to play D&D, and I've had an epiphany.

A lot of people blame Critical Role or other popular D&D shows for giving prospective players misplaced perceptions, often related to things like your DM's voice acting ability or prop budget, but I don't think that's what's going on here. My realization is that, encoded in the medium of podcasts and play videos, is another expectation: New players unconsciously expect to receive D&D the way they receive D&D shows: on-demand, at their house, able to be paused and restarted at their whim, and possibly on a second-screen while they focus on something else!

I don't know as this suggests anything we as DMs could do differently to set expectations, but it did go a long ways to helping me understand my friends, and I thought it might help someone here to share.

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I need 1 more thing an evil necromancer dictator would have in his garden (ttrpg.network)

submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I've got an unholy-water fountain, a human chessboard, and an evil hedge maze. I need 1 more thing to put in the last corner of the square courtyard/garden thing. Any suggestions?