D&D 5E Dexterity and Dragons

jgsugden

Legend

• Dec 10, 2021

• #1

I want to run a one shot with physical tasks replacing die rolls. For example, throwing darts at a dart board to generate die rolls, using a jenga tower to determine if a skill check fails, Flick em Up for a combat, etc... I'll use pregenerated PCs designed to accommodate the rules from a mechanics and balance perspective.

What other physical/dexterity challenges would you suggest for this type of game?

 

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aco175

Legend

• Dec 10, 2021

• #2

The folded piece of paper to play football with.

Walking on soup cans with string.

Walking with an egg on a spoon.

Jumping frogs.

Mousetrap

 

billd91

Not your screen monkey (he/him) 🇺🇦🇵🇸🏳️‍⚧️

• Dec 10, 2021

• #3

Paleo-parkour

 

iserith

Magic Wordsmith

• Dec 10, 2021

• #4

Knife game for sure.

 

Tonguez

A suffusion of yellow

• Dec 10, 2021

• #5

Jelly wrestling

 

J.Quondam

CR 1/8

• Dec 10, 2021

• #6

Sounds like a few classic kids games might work?

• jacks
• tiddlywinks
• beanbags/cornhole, washers, or ring toss
• hopscotch

If you've got access to the equipment,

• air hockey or foosball
• bumper pool or carroms
• rock'em sock'em robots!

 

Fenris-77

Small God of the Dozens

Supporter

• Dec 10, 2021

• #7

Oh, I thought the thread title was an apropos suggestion for changing the name of the game to reflect what's actually important.

 

Ralif Redhammer

Legend

• Dec 10, 2021

• #8

There've been a number of games that have used Jenga stacks for resolution mechanics.

At the D&D Epic at Origins one year, there were physical challenges in a breakout room. The three options were stacking dice, guessing letters on chits in a bag, and a nerf crossbow shoot (which, whether accidentally or on purpose, the target was placed right beneath an air vent, meaning that when the AC kicked on, shots got a lot harder).

If you're looking for something more strength and endurance based, you could use opposed planking contests or push-ups.

 

jgsugden

Legend

• Dec 10, 2021

• #9

iserith said:

Knife game for sure.

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If I played that again I couldn't type.

Tonguez said:

Jelly wrestling

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Nobody wants to see me, as a DM, "roll" this way.

Ralif Redhammer said:

....If you're looking for something more strength and endurance based, you could use opposed planking contests or push-ups.

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I want to avoid physical strength and endurance in favor of skill/dexterity. There needs to be luck involved, at least to an extent, to give everyone a feeling they could do well.

A lot of other good suggestions, there.

 

jayoungr

Legend

Supporter

• Dec 10, 2021

• #10

How about the game Operation, where you have to take items with tweezers without touching the wrong part of the board, and if you do, a buzzer sounds? Looks like it can still be found and is not too expensive.

Also, how about a bean bag toss? Or for a similar idea that needs less specialized equipment, pitching poker chips into a bucket some distance away?