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based on how it happened and what it meant I don't think it would have been noticeable when we entered. We entered a cave thinking we were following a thief. We encountered a very obvious make shift trap by passed it and kept going, but in the next area (I almost said room but these were...

okay, now we are on the same page... the way the DM handled it was to describe the room, our note taker took basic notes (that let us figure out what happened, it was cool but I will not babble on about...she says after backspaceing 100 times) then we would ask if we should search (a term we...

Also I was SOOOO off on the time line I guess Braunstein (Dave Wes game) was 60s and D&D wasn't until the 70s. For some reason I always thought Gary was running games in the 50s and it just didn't see print as basic until 60s and this '50th anniversary' was of AD&D 1e... SO I looked it up and...

yeah I already have hit google and am reading it and a few other things now

thank you, will that also tell me about the two daves?

warlock is just as fast. and the Hexblade warlock can be everybit as cool as a champion and have more options that are limited to situational as to not bog down round by round... same with artificer. um, why would a spell caster not be able to come up with a creative out of the box idea? no...

wait who is Lorrain WIlliams? was there a woman involved in the creation of D&D? if so why don't we talk about her more?

I have never heard of David Wesley, and I though Dave Arneson was like some side player in Gary's game?!? I have always heard Gygax created the game. In fact my brother played before me and so when I first tried D&D a few years ago I already knew the name Gary Gygax in passing. Is there...

Yeah that's the other thing that weirds me out. The "Dm narrates how you fail/succussed" can be cool once or twice, but isn't it if done repeatedly going to make THEM decide on how your character does something. Something as simple as jumping down and making an acrobatics check, does your...

here is an example from a few weeks ago. We were in a cave not a room, and something was off and we all knew it. The rogue/Druid asked to use perception or insight, the DM said use perception... he made a high roll but not like a nat 20 or anything. The DM told him "You smell something that at...

good advise yeah, the reason for the question is we have had people run games with over powered artifacts before and it never blew up the game. I am off to google rod of 7 parts, thank you

I have played in, and I think the DM that I am currently under has run, games where no matter how big you get the rest of the world is too big for you. I know I once had a 11th level character get harassed by a town guard just to find out they where a legendary CR 15 stat block. I don't plan...

One week from tomorrow is session 0 and I have some more info Human Paladin of Hextor (already questioning) Half Elf Bard Dwarf Wizard Human Druid 2 unknowns, but one of them asked about being an artificer, and the other wont settle on anything until she rolls for stats at session 0 Some...

right, and like most things I am sure luck and skill go hand in hand... but if you lay 12 seeds you may only get 1 sprout. As I have looked back over the last 5 years of gaming more and more of the best stuff DMs did I wonder if it was by accident or maybe coincidence? what I am thinking is I...

that is amazing, and that is totally what I mean. I need to work on this

oh I have more, and building more every day... https://www.enworld.org/threads/help-with-new-dm.698265/ this is what I started with... and real gods/avatars no brain snakes

okay, the first time I played a bard I was stuttering and tripping over my own words. IF I was told I couldn't default to character skill over my own speaking I don't think I would still be playing today.

Cool idea, I JUST posted my next one I will try to remember to add this one in on my "last time on" part of my thread. I never played other editions, although I totally know people who have. I even played a homebrew warrior based on older editions, and I played in a game where someone made a...

So I asked for general DM advise, because hello I am new to Dming. However I would like to start a series of specific posts asking about different parts of world building. This isn't a plus thread per say, but if you think I should not world build that is not very helpful. Also Warning, I...

off the top of my head things I have said when looking into rooms "toss it" "Wait, can I check it for more details" "Can I make a perception or insight check here?" "We know the key is here somewhere, can I roll to find it" "Hu... oh I mean Is this perception or investigate to look?" "Can...