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My players made a rookie mistake /u/BrunesOnReddit DnD: Roll for Initiative!

My players made a rookie mistake /u/BrunesOnReddit DnD: Roll for Initiative!

So I’m homebrewing a massive magical murder mystery for my closest friends where I live, and they had their first session, which ended with a big combat to make them feel all cool and see if they could work together we’ll. They did, decimating my cultists and dogs and even convincing a caustic slime dragón to simply let them rip the skull off of the dragon skeleton that was controlling it so it can be set free.

The mistake, though, was that they left one cultist alive.

Sure, they knocked him unconscious, and they left him bound and with his tendons injured so as to not run away, but they fully forgot about him in the sewers after the slime was liberated and they left him down there with a full set of dragon bones.

You better believe as a DM I’m making this guy come back to haunt them with a full set of dragonbone armor and weapons in the late game. I’m gonna let cultists number four take his revenge.

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​r/DnD So I’m homebrewing a massive magical murder mystery for my closest friends where I live, and they had their first session, which ended with a big combat to make them feel all cool and see if they could work together we’ll. They did, decimating my cultists and dogs and even convincing a caustic slime dragón to simply let them rip the skull off of the dragon skeleton that was controlling it so it can be set free. The mistake, though, was that they left one cultist alive. Sure, they knocked him unconscious, and they left him bound and with his tendons injured so as to not run away, but they fully forgot about him in the sewers after the slime was liberated and they left him down there with a full set of dragon bones. You better believe as a DM I’m making this guy come back to haunt them with a full set of dragonbone armor and weapons in the late game. I’m gonna let cultists number four take his revenge. submitted by /u/BrunesOnReddit [link] [comments] 

So I’m homebrewing a massive magical murder mystery for my closest friends where I live, and they had their first session, which ended with a big combat to make them feel all cool and see if they could work together we’ll. They did, decimating my cultists and dogs and even convincing a caustic slime dragón to simply let them rip the skull off of the dragon skeleton that was controlling it so it can be set free.

The mistake, though, was that they left one cultist alive.

Sure, they knocked him unconscious, and they left him bound and with his tendons injured so as to not run away, but they fully forgot about him in the sewers after the slime was liberated and they left him down there with a full set of dragon bones.

You better believe as a DM I’m making this guy come back to haunt them with a full set of dragonbone armor and weapons in the late game. I’m gonna let cultists number four take his revenge.

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[link] [comments]  So I’m homebrewing a massive magical murder mystery for my closest friends where I live, and they had their first session, which ended with a big combat to make them feel all cool and see if they could work together we’ll. They did, decimating my cultists and dogs and even convincing a caustic slime dragón to simply let them rip the skull off of the dragon skeleton that was controlling it so it can be set free. The mistake, though, was that they left one cultist alive. Sure, they knocked him unconscious, and they left him bound and with his tendons injured so as to not run away, but they fully forgot about him in the sewers after the slime was liberated and they left him down there with a full set of dragon bones. You better believe as a DM I’m making this guy come back to haunt them with a full set of dragonbone armor and weapons in the late game. I’m gonna let cultists number four take his revenge. submitted by /u/BrunesOnReddit [link] [comments]

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First Ever Map! [OC] /u/Top-Ramen-Boy DnD: Roll for Initiative!

First Ever Map! [OC] /u/Top-Ramen-Boy DnD: Roll for Initiative!

The continent of Thaloria is my first ever map, decided to make it by hand figured it look cooler and it came out great imo!! lmk what u think!!

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​r/DnD The continent of Thaloria is my first ever map, decided to make it by hand figured it look cooler and it came out great imo!! lmk what u think!! submitted by /u/Top-Ramen-Boy [link] [comments] 

The continent of Thaloria is my first ever map, decided to make it by hand figured it look cooler and it came out great imo!! lmk what u think!!

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[link] [comments]  The continent of Thaloria is my first ever map, decided to make it by hand figured it look cooler and it came out great imo!! lmk what u think!! submitted by /u/Top-Ramen-Boy [link] [comments]

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The poison saved him /u/stormer454 DnD: Roll for Initiative!

The poison saved him /u/stormer454 DnD: Roll for Initiative!

So I’m DMing tonight for a 1 on 1 session. Some sessions I had split the party as I had wanted to know the character’s character … what kind of person they are when the world around them starts getting tough. I was DMing for the cleric that had gotten split up and I’m sort of asking “how far can I push a lower level cleric”. To my surprise you can push a lvl 5-6 cleric pretty far, but tonight he nearly died well actually he sort of did. He was just about to escape when the last Giant spider got him on an opportunity attack. He had 8 HP left!! And then the spider did 7 points of piercing damage … and then did the extra 3 poison damage. Because of the way the giant spider bite works “if the poison reduces the target to zero the target is STABLE” … he fell into the underground river and floated away (face up, he got a nat 20) before the other spider could get him

Had the piercing damage done 1 more he would have just died.

(Granted if he had been reduced to zero there would have been a chance that the werewolf in him could have saved him but it’s not a great chance)

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​r/DnD So I’m DMing tonight for a 1 on 1 session. Some sessions I had split the party as I had wanted to know the character’s character … what kind of person they are when the world around them starts getting tough. I was DMing for the cleric that had gotten split up and I’m sort of asking “how far can I push a lower level cleric”. To my surprise you can push a lvl 5-6 cleric pretty far, but tonight he nearly died well actually he sort of did. He was just about to escape when the last Giant spider got him on an opportunity attack. He had 8 HP left!! And then the spider did 7 points of piercing damage … and then did the extra 3 poison damage. Because of the way the giant spider bite works “if the poison reduces the target to zero the target is STABLE” … he fell into the underground river and floated away (face up, he got a nat 20) before the other spider could get him Had the piercing damage done 1 more he would have just died. (Granted if he had been reduced to zero there would have been a chance that the werewolf in him could have saved him but it’s not a great chance) submitted by /u/stormer454 [link] [comments] 

So I’m DMing tonight for a 1 on 1 session. Some sessions I had split the party as I had wanted to know the character’s character … what kind of person they are when the world around them starts getting tough. I was DMing for the cleric that had gotten split up and I’m sort of asking “how far can I push a lower level cleric”. To my surprise you can push a lvl 5-6 cleric pretty far, but tonight he nearly died well actually he sort of did. He was just about to escape when the last Giant spider got him on an opportunity attack. He had 8 HP left!! And then the spider did 7 points of piercing damage … and then did the extra 3 poison damage. Because of the way the giant spider bite works “if the poison reduces the target to zero the target is STABLE” … he fell into the underground river and floated away (face up, he got a nat 20) before the other spider could get him

Had the piercing damage done 1 more he would have just died.

(Granted if he had been reduced to zero there would have been a chance that the werewolf in him could have saved him but it’s not a great chance)

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[link] [comments]  So I’m DMing tonight for a 1 on 1 session. Some sessions I had split the party as I had wanted to know the character’s character … what kind of person they are when the world around them starts getting tough. I was DMing for the cleric that had gotten split up and I’m sort of asking “how far can I push a lower level cleric”. To my surprise you can push a lvl 5-6 cleric pretty far, but tonight he nearly died well actually he sort of did. He was just about to escape when the last Giant spider got him on an opportunity attack. He had 8 HP left!! And then the spider did 7 points of piercing damage … and then did the extra 3 poison damage. Because of the way the giant spider bite works “if the poison reduces the target to zero the target is STABLE” … he fell into the underground river and floated away (face up, he got a nat 20) before the other spider could get him Had the piercing damage done 1 more he would have just died. (Granted if he had been reduced to zero there would have been a chance that the werewolf in him could have saved him but it’s not a great chance) submitted by /u/stormer454 [link] [comments]

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Something unbelievable happened… /u/ferdarakanec DnD: Roll for Initiative!

Something unbelievable happened… /u/ferdarakanec DnD: Roll for Initiative!

We were playing DnD with boys last night and our squad got lost in a forest. So i (PC) said: “You know what, i’ll climb this freaking tall tree, look around and see what i see, right?” “Allright,” said the DM, “that’s an acrobatics check.” So i rolled the d20 and 1 happened. Gosh! But! I am halfling, right, so i’ve got this lucky halfling thing when you can reroll the 1. So i did that and i rolled 20! Amazing! From zero to hero.

I climbed that freaking tall tree easily like a freaking monkey, looked around and found the way.

So we continued in our journey, some encounters happened, we were fighting, etc, many d20 rolls happened… and we lost our track again. So i said: “You know what, i’ll climb this tree, look around and see what i see.” “Sure, that’s an acrobatics check.” So i rolled the d20 and 1 happened again! No way! But the lucky halfling thing, sure, okay, let’s reroll… and i rolled 20! It happened again! Exact same situation, exact same rolls! It happened twice, we couldn’t believe it. Laughed for 10 minutes straight and joked around that like freaking kindergarden kids.

It was a good laugh.

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​r/DnD We were playing DnD with boys last night and our squad got lost in a forest. So i (PC) said: “You know what, i’ll climb this freaking tall tree, look around and see what i see, right?” “Allright,” said the DM, “that’s an acrobatics check.” So i rolled the d20 and 1 happened. Gosh! But! I am halfling, right, so i’ve got this lucky halfling thing when you can reroll the 1. So i did that and i rolled 20! Amazing! From zero to hero. I climbed that freaking tall tree easily like a freaking monkey, looked around and found the way. So we continued in our journey, some encounters happened, we were fighting, etc, many d20 rolls happened… and we lost our track again. So i said: “You know what, i’ll climb this tree, look around and see what i see.” “Sure, that’s an acrobatics check.” So i rolled the d20 and 1 happened again! No way! But the lucky halfling thing, sure, okay, let’s reroll… and i rolled 20! It happened again! Exact same situation, exact same rolls! It happened twice, we couldn’t believe it. Laughed for 10 minutes straight and joked around that like freaking kindergarden kids. It was a good laugh. submitted by /u/ferdarakanec [link] [comments] 

We were playing DnD with boys last night and our squad got lost in a forest. So i (PC) said: “You know what, i’ll climb this freaking tall tree, look around and see what i see, right?” “Allright,” said the DM, “that’s an acrobatics check.” So i rolled the d20 and 1 happened. Gosh! But! I am halfling, right, so i’ve got this lucky halfling thing when you can reroll the 1. So i did that and i rolled 20! Amazing! From zero to hero.

I climbed that freaking tall tree easily like a freaking monkey, looked around and found the way.

So we continued in our journey, some encounters happened, we were fighting, etc, many d20 rolls happened… and we lost our track again. So i said: “You know what, i’ll climb this tree, look around and see what i see.” “Sure, that’s an acrobatics check.” So i rolled the d20 and 1 happened again! No way! But the lucky halfling thing, sure, okay, let’s reroll… and i rolled 20! It happened again! Exact same situation, exact same rolls! It happened twice, we couldn’t believe it. Laughed for 10 minutes straight and joked around that like freaking kindergarden kids.

It was a good laugh.

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[link] [comments]  We were playing DnD with boys last night and our squad got lost in a forest. So i (PC) said: “You know what, i’ll climb this freaking tall tree, look around and see what i see, right?” “Allright,” said the DM, “that’s an acrobatics check.” So i rolled the d20 and 1 happened. Gosh! But! I am halfling, right, so i’ve got this lucky halfling thing when you can reroll the 1. So i did that and i rolled 20! Amazing! From zero to hero. I climbed that freaking tall tree easily like a freaking monkey, looked around and found the way. So we continued in our journey, some encounters happened, we were fighting, etc, many d20 rolls happened… and we lost our track again. So i said: “You know what, i’ll climb this tree, look around and see what i see.” “Sure, that’s an acrobatics check.” So i rolled the d20 and 1 happened again! No way! But the lucky halfling thing, sure, okay, let’s reroll… and i rolled 20! It happened again! Exact same situation, exact same rolls! It happened twice, we couldn’t believe it. Laughed for 10 minutes straight and joked around that like freaking kindergarden kids. It was a good laugh. submitted by /u/ferdarakanec [link] [comments]

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[OC] Dual Nat 20s? Well I got Dual Nat 1s… /u/wmartin2014 DnD: Roll for Initiative!

[OC] Dual Nat 20s? Well I got Dual Nat 1s… /u/wmartin2014 DnD: Roll for Initiative!

Our companion was pulled into the plane of fire and possessed by a spirit that manifested them as a giant monster the rest of us had to fight. As the battle went on, we felt victory was near. My druid, in an attempt to finish the fight, conjured 8 wolves (that looked like flame wolves because it’s the plane of fire, why not?). With pack tactics they all get advantage on attacks. Well one of them was a real moon moon. Double nat 1s. Only 3 of my wolves hit but two got nat 20s. Was a fun fight!

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​r/DnD Our companion was pulled into the plane of fire and possessed by a spirit that manifested them as a giant monster the rest of us had to fight. As the battle went on, we felt victory was near. My druid, in an attempt to finish the fight, conjured 8 wolves (that looked like flame wolves because it’s the plane of fire, why not?). With pack tactics they all get advantage on attacks. Well one of them was a real moon moon. Double nat 1s. Only 3 of my wolves hit but two got nat 20s. Was a fun fight! submitted by /u/wmartin2014 [link] [comments] 

Our companion was pulled into the plane of fire and possessed by a spirit that manifested them as a giant monster the rest of us had to fight. As the battle went on, we felt victory was near. My druid, in an attempt to finish the fight, conjured 8 wolves (that looked like flame wolves because it’s the plane of fire, why not?). With pack tactics they all get advantage on attacks. Well one of them was a real moon moon. Double nat 1s. Only 3 of my wolves hit but two got nat 20s. Was a fun fight!

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[link] [comments]  Our companion was pulled into the plane of fire and possessed by a spirit that manifested them as a giant monster the rest of us had to fight. As the battle went on, we felt victory was near. My druid, in an attempt to finish the fight, conjured 8 wolves (that looked like flame wolves because it’s the plane of fire, why not?). With pack tactics they all get advantage on attacks. Well one of them was a real moon moon. Double nat 1s. Only 3 of my wolves hit but two got nat 20s. Was a fun fight! submitted by /u/wmartin2014 [link] [comments]

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Players spend 1.5 hours planning how to assault a pirate ship, get swallowed by sea monster on the way /u/Lagom1s DnD: Roll for Initiative!

Players spend 1.5 hours planning how to assault a pirate ship, get swallowed by sea monster on the way /u/Lagom1s DnD: Roll for Initiative!

Context: I play in a pirate campaign, our DM is fairly new to DMing. Party gets information about a ship carrying Mcguffin we need. Players then spend 1.5 hours discussing how we should steal Mcguffin from a pirate ship. Once we form a plan that looks the least suicidal, we begin making it the reality. We then get swallowed by a sea monster, obviously the DM intented for us to not spend so much time thinking about it.

We all agreed that it would’ve been a bit stupid and immersion-breaking to not spend at least some time thinking about it, but it still feels weird to make so big of an effort planning for something for it to just be in vain.

If you were the DM in this position, what would you do? Do you hint the party that desinging a complex plan in unneccesary? Do you roll with it and consider planning time to be cool roleplay moment?

And what do you think about the situation as a whole? If this happend at your table, how would you react?

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​r/DnD Context: I play in a pirate campaign, our DM is fairly new to DMing. Party gets information about a ship carrying Mcguffin we need. Players then spend 1.5 hours discussing how we should steal Mcguffin from a pirate ship. Once we form a plan that looks the least suicidal, we begin making it the reality. We then get swallowed by a sea monster, obviously the DM intented for us to not spend so much time thinking about it. We all agreed that it would’ve been a bit stupid and immersion-breaking to not spend at least some time thinking about it, but it still feels weird to make so big of an effort planning for something for it to just be in vain. If you were the DM in this position, what would you do? Do you hint the party that desinging a complex plan in unneccesary? Do you roll with it and consider planning time to be cool roleplay moment? And what do you think about the situation as a whole? If this happend at your table, how would you react? submitted by /u/Lagom1s [link] [comments] 

Context: I play in a pirate campaign, our DM is fairly new to DMing. Party gets information about a ship carrying Mcguffin we need. Players then spend 1.5 hours discussing how we should steal Mcguffin from a pirate ship. Once we form a plan that looks the least suicidal, we begin making it the reality. We then get swallowed by a sea monster, obviously the DM intented for us to not spend so much time thinking about it.

We all agreed that it would’ve been a bit stupid and immersion-breaking to not spend at least some time thinking about it, but it still feels weird to make so big of an effort planning for something for it to just be in vain.

If you were the DM in this position, what would you do? Do you hint the party that desinging a complex plan in unneccesary? Do you roll with it and consider planning time to be cool roleplay moment?

And what do you think about the situation as a whole? If this happend at your table, how would you react?

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[link] [comments]  Context: I play in a pirate campaign, our DM is fairly new to DMing. Party gets information about a ship carrying Mcguffin we need. Players then spend 1.5 hours discussing how we should steal Mcguffin from a pirate ship. Once we form a plan that looks the least suicidal, we begin making it the reality. We then get swallowed by a sea monster, obviously the DM intented for us to not spend so much time thinking about it. We all agreed that it would’ve been a bit stupid and immersion-breaking to not spend at least some time thinking about it, but it still feels weird to make so big of an effort planning for something for it to just be in vain. If you were the DM in this position, what would you do? Do you hint the party that desinging a complex plan in unneccesary? Do you roll with it and consider planning time to be cool roleplay moment? And what do you think about the situation as a whole? If this happend at your table, how would you react? submitted by /u/Lagom1s [link] [comments]

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