Once I was playing a dinosaur campaign at level one, I went tramping through the forest looking for a challenge rating 14 monster (Indominus Rex), I found him and prayed for god to smite him, it worked, he then used legendary resistance, I prayed again and this happened until he used up all his legendary resistance, I prayed one last time and finally 1 shot him. The dm then banned praying for things to be smite.
We had a DM who added 2 NPCs to our party, who were almost exactly the same as our characters but more powerful, so our characters had no reason to be there
Both were also home-brewed, very overpowered, and in an annoying relationship with each other. It was like it was their campaign, and the players were just side characters
It was dumb. The DM had never DMed before, and was home brewing everything. In the end, nobody really found it much fun, as there was no plot hooks, just 'There is an evil organisation- do something'. In the end, we kinda just wandered from tavern to tavern, trying to do bits and bobs but nothing ever happened. There weren't even any real encounters, just 'there is a road, there are some fields, there are some trees'
I know! We were all new players, new DM, I think we all just wanted some guidance, but it never came. Plus, it was all over WhatsApp, so one of the players kinda switched off, and with no plot motivation whatsoever, I tried to drive it along with a basic revenge motive, as there was literally no reason for anyone to do anything at all
I'm no DMing expert, just know the basic pitfalls- no plot motivation, nothing interesting happening, settlements all the same as each other, annoying NPCs that make the characters redundant or constantly rick roll them for the 100th time until it's not funny any more (this happened. Stupid bard npc. The other players tried to kill him, the DM kept resurrecting him. not getting the tone)
My entire party got knocked unconcious except the frickin cleric, and me, who was tied to an alter. The cleric was on 1hp and dying from poison damage but somehow they had a flame spell cantrip of somekind, and they freed me. My dm was so astonished at how trash we were they just kinda decided that they would let me be really overpowered and basically said: “you defeat all of the drow and find a sacred whatever to ressurect your party”
Pretty straight forward, I’ll start.
Once I was playing a dinosaur campaign at level one, I went tramping through the forest looking for a challenge rating 14 monster (Indominus Rex), I found him and prayed for god to smite him, it worked, he then used legendary resistance, I prayed again and this happened until he used up all his legendary resistance, I prayed one last time and finally 1 shot him. The dm then banned praying for things to be smite.
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Faelin Nighthollow - 7th Sojourn
I just 'made up' a legend for the other players, it was heavily based off Minecraft and nobody noticed!
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One time I shot mordecain(?) while he was on mars drinking a cup of tea because he cheated in a magic chess game against Tasha.
Characters (Links!):
Faelin Nighthollow - 7th Sojourn
In my campaign the rogue now cannot roll below a 23 on stealth. Sonet8mes I wonder why I allow it.
Characters (Links!):
Faelin Nighthollow - 7th Sojourn
We had a DM who added 2 NPCs to our party, who were almost exactly the same as our characters but more powerful, so our characters had no reason to be there
Both were also home-brewed, very overpowered, and in an annoying relationship with each other. It was like it was their campaign, and the players were just side characters
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It was dumb. The DM had never DMed before, and was home brewing everything. In the end, nobody really found it much fun, as there was no plot hooks, just 'There is an evil organisation- do something'. In the end, we kinda just wandered from tavern to tavern, trying to do bits and bobs but nothing ever happened. There weren't even any real encounters, just 'there is a road, there are some fields, there are some trees'
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I know! We were all new players, new DM, I think we all just wanted some guidance, but it never came. Plus, it was all over WhatsApp, so one of the players kinda switched off, and with no plot motivation whatsoever, I tried to drive it along with a basic revenge motive, as there was literally no reason for anyone to do anything at all
I learned a lot about how not to DM though
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I'm no DMing expert, just know the basic pitfalls- no plot motivation, nothing interesting happening, settlements all the same as each other, annoying NPCs that make the characters redundant or constantly rick roll them for the 100th time until it's not funny any more (this happened. Stupid bard npc. The other players tried to kill him, the DM kept resurrecting him. not getting the tone)
*gtg*
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Nup
Characters (Links!):
Faelin Nighthollow - 7th Sojourn
My entire party got knocked unconcious except the frickin cleric, and me, who was tied to an alter. The cleric was on 1hp and dying from poison damage but somehow they had a flame spell cantrip of somekind, and they freed me. My dm was so astonished at how trash we were they just kinda decided that they would let me be really overpowered and basically said: “you defeat all of the drow and find a sacred whatever to ressurect your party”
BEANS
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One of the players in my campaign has died like 10 times
Characters (Links!):
Faelin Nighthollow - 7th Sojourn