D&D General Worst D&D advice

[payn]

You must purchase every supplement and allow them at your table always with no restrictions.

 

[Sacrosanct]

You don't need to bathe as long as you say your character does.

 

[Jer]

Attack every NPC in the village you come across - one of them is bound to have treasure!

 

[Minigiant]

When a bard casts a spell, you should play a song at the table for the duration of the spell. It makes it more immersive. Trust me.

 

[Sorcerers Apprentice]

DMs, you should kill a character in the first encounter of a new game, to show the players who's the boss.

(Someone gave me this piece of "advice" for real, way back in the day)

 

[soviet]

Make play more immersive by inflicting every injury a PC receives onto the player as well.

 

[Tutara]

"It is a competition."

 

[soviet]

DMs, you should kill a PLAYER in the first encounter of a new game, to show the players who's the boss.

(Someone gave me this piece of "advice" for real, way back in the day)

FTFY

 

[Umbran]

The only way to play D&D is your way; everyone else is playing WRONG!

... and let me tell you what your way is....

 

[Minigiant]

If a nonhuman isn't a translator or merchant, there is no reason they speak Common. They would only speak the dominant and racial languages of their area

It's the players' fault if they make poor language choices. It's part of the game. If they can't speak to any NPCs, too bad.