• sbv@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    12·
    1 year ago

    Dungeon Master culture is knowing the next attack will almost definitely knock a PC, but making it anyway. While internally screaming and praying for a nat 1.

    • PhaseLocked@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Or doing your best to cut your PCs a break so they don’t get wiped, but they still can’t get a roll higher than a 6…

      • sbv@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        3·
        1 year ago

        As a player, I hate the feeling that the DM is nerfing an encounter. As a DM, I hate the feeling that I’m steamrolling the players.

        I’m a complicated person.

        • ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          3·
          1 year ago

          The DM trick that solves both problems is cheating but never getting caught.

          (You can tell that I’m the collaborative-storytelling sort of person. If the outcome of a dice roll would make everyone have less fun, why use that outcome?)

  • Corkyskog@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    Is there some place where I can watch funny DND videos? I don’t have friends so I have never been able to play : (

    • Lutz@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Ok, pet deaths are obviously off the table. I’ll gladly kill off a favoured NPC but I’m no monster.

  • Slarlath@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    I love playing up the idea that I’m being an evil DM hell bent on a TPK which my players always manage to overcome. They’re all good friends and know that’s not what I’m really like but it almost becomes my own in game character. This meta BBEG they are constantly fighting