So I just had the thought that I want to get a little Christmas/New Year's gift for everyone in my party, something themed for their character. For example, get a spell slot tracker for the wizard. However, I'm not super great at coming up with gifts. Normally I'd ask my wife to help, but, alas, she is also one of my players. Can anyone maybe help out? Here's a list of PCs:
Naivara- Wood Elf Beastmaster Ranger
Khazdyleen- Tiefling Inquisitive Rogue
Felix- Human School of Conjuration Wizard
Lindhart- Half Elf Bard (don't remember the college off the top of my head)
All of the death. Not just a little, but quite a lot of death. Death in the coffee, death in the toast, and death in the jam they spread on said toast.
Or if you actually like these players then maybe not do that.
give the beast master a leather collar for his pet, have it embroidered with Celtic knot work.
Maybe a black pouch for the Rogue, that doesn’t make noise when you open it.
The Wizard gets a spell tracker to keep his spells straight.
Give the bard a crowd that’s heard of them and asks for an encore performance.
the Cleric Gets a big bag of nothing. Or, he gets a big bag of disappointment! Depending on how you look at it.
While those are all great ideas, I should clarify. I want to give the PLAYERS something themed after their character, like a physical spell slot tracker the wizard can bring with him to game night and use to track his character's spell slots remaining.
The Rogue would probably love a box of lots of small d6 for sneak attacks, and Bards should always have a few very fancy Inspiration dice to throw at other players.
Mmm... always difficult making suggestions for people you don't know... what their style preferences and stuff they already have that said... I've always drooled over the Dice sets from Q Workshop...(peeks at site) and oh they doing socks and a advent calendar!?!
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For my players, every campaign I give them custom cork coasters with their class (or main class) emblem on them. Super cheap on Amazon. Last year I also splurged and bought the GF9 token sets for each of them according to class as well.
Difficult to say without knowing how you play and what your players like.You also haven't given a budget.
For example minatures of each of their characters (such as from heroforge) might be an option but useless if you play on a VTT.
Dice, Dice towers, Dice trays might be enjoyed by your players but are not specific to their characters.
A custom sweatshirt that displays their character or a class based one like like this depends very much on the player some would love to turn up to the game it it some would never wear it. You could also do the same thing lots of other things such as with drinking vessels.
An easy thing to do is a D&D t-shirt for each player with their class on it.
Otherwise you can get creative. Buy a stuffed animal that’s the Beastmaster’s favorite animal companion. Buy a stuffed musical instrument for the bard. Buy a stuffed holy symbol for the cleric. Etc..
I have the privilege of having a pretty talented artist in one of groups so I may ask for one sort of "class portrait" of the party or "remember this moment" more candid rendering (my fave of a Sorcerer throwing open a door shouting "Who's Next!" while the rest of the party are all just out of reach of stopping her.
But, that said, while I disagree with the point that I think is somewhere in Seattle's work ethic flex, that the OP DM has it somehow backwards, (I mean, dude, their spouse is part of the table, there's some affection there and maybe among the rest of the table that you might not recognize within how you define table dynamics) I do also think DMs can sometimes default into a paternalistic role if the sorta social dynamics outside of "actual game time" lead to the DM making "taking care of" gestures. I would say if the DM is interested in gifting, maybe make it a yankee swap, or a gift exchange of some sort, where everyone's in on the act and no one, especially the DM is the centerpiece of the gift giving. Everyone should celebrate the holiday "on the same level" so to speak.
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My campaigns 5th anniversary is coming up end of this month, so I'm giving them statues of their characters. I bought stl files of their characters from heroforge and I've paid to have them printed at 6" size. I'm going to then paint them bronze and then use a games workshop technical paint (nihalakh oxide I think it's called) to give them a verdigris look. Fairly simple on my part, but I'm sure they'll love it.
I've also given them personalised mugs filled with colour matching dice.
worse, when they are unprepared with no story to tell that would draw the players in, allowing players to immerse (a flushed out adventure) - they waste time with minor and insignificant details of the scenery
1) There are a lot of people on this forum who advocate a great deal of 'winging it' every session, and will tell DMs not to over-prepare and instead just roll with what the party wants to do for a True Sandbox Experience
2) I'm very curious what your definition of "immersion" is, since it apparently doesn't involve describing a scene in detail
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Carric Aquissar, elven wannabe artist in his deconstructionist period (Archfey warlock) Lan Kidogo, mapach archaeologist and treasure hunter (Knowledge cleric) Mardan Ferres, elven private investigator obsessed with that one unsolved murder (Assassin rogue) Xhekhetiel, halfling survivor of a Betrayer Gods cult (Runechild sorcerer/fighter)
So I just had the thought that I want to get a little Christmas/New Year's gift for everyone in my party, something themed for their character. For example, get a spell slot tracker for the wizard. However, I'm not super great at coming up with gifts. Normally I'd ask my wife to help, but, alas, she is also one of my players. Can anyone maybe help out? Here's a list of PCs:
Naivara- Wood Elf Beastmaster Ranger
Khazdyleen- Tiefling Inquisitive Rogue
Felix- Human School of Conjuration Wizard
Lindhart- Half Elf Bard (don't remember the college off the top of my head)
Meloidae- Fallen Aasimar Life Cleric
I'd say pick a price range first. If you're getting all of them just a small token kind of gift, that can narrow down your options. Or, if you think of a cool idea for one of them (the toy or stuffie version of the beastmaster's companion that got suggested upthread, for instance, if the player is someone who would appreciate that kind of thing) then use that to gauge the range for the rest of them.
An idea for a "thought that counts" gift that doesn't actually cost anything but time might be something like personalized Spotify playlists for each character
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Active characters:
Carric Aquissar, elven wannabe artist in his deconstructionist period (Archfey warlock) Lan Kidogo, mapach archaeologist and treasure hunter (Knowledge cleric) Mardan Ferres, elven private investigator obsessed with that one unsolved murder (Assassin rogue) Xhekhetiel, halfling survivor of a Betrayer Gods cult (Runechild sorcerer/fighter)
AntonSirius - I can't easily explain immersion and how it's conjured unless you've studied story structure and writing for visual media. Do that, then we'll talk... .
Advocating "winging it" exists because the mob pushes a narrative, and these mobs of Game Referees feed off each other, perpetuating their ignorance.
What Game Referees don't understand:
1) the work involved in being a DM (a storyteller, who should spend 20+ hours preparing for adventure), instead they "wing it" and become a GR (game referee): a GR have a few scrap notes for a "story", relies heavily on unnecessary details (the players have an imagination), bogs down in mechanics, with hour long fighting encounters (that should take minutes), fumbling over simple plot points (at best) with encounters, etc. and using a lot of what linguists call, "filler words", that make the whole narration clunky and erratic (i.e. um, uh, er, ah, etc.).
2) don't understand story structure and writing for visual media - that leads them back to 1)
AntonSirius, I advocate all potential DM's to study story structure, and the elements of writing. There are lots of great books on the subject, trust. Players and the game deserves better.
So, remember, if you have a solid storyteller who's thoroughly prepared - don't forget to tip the DM with gifts, else at least compliments, to show your appreciation.
I normally wouldn't do this, but you came to my thread, so I am.
If you don't like how a DM works, leave. It's not their, ow any other DMs, fault that you brought an offering and then were unsatisfied. Some players prefer that style of play. Your last post came off as nothing short of pedantic and asinine. If you want to complain about DMs, do it elsewhere, not on a post that I made that is completely unrelated to your gripes.
Trigojon, please don't high highjack the conversation
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I can't easily explain immersion and how it's conjured unless you've studied story structure and writing for visual media. Do that, then we'll talk... .
This is, disgustingly untrue. The inability to explain things in a way that others can comprehend without being an expert shows a lack of understanding of said material. Doubly so that the question was not how to create immersion (which is something that would require a greater conversation) but strictly a definition of the word and your personal definition at that.
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Wait a minute, you're telling me that this guy tried to tell me not to hijack MY OWN CONVERSATION? I'm glad it happened when I couldn't check DnDBeyond.
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So I just had the thought that I want to get a little Christmas/New Year's gift for everyone in my party, something themed for their character. For example, get a spell slot tracker for the wizard. However, I'm not super great at coming up with gifts. Normally I'd ask my wife to help, but, alas, she is also one of my players. Can anyone maybe help out? Here's a list of PCs:
Naivara- Wood Elf Beastmaster Ranger
Khazdyleen- Tiefling Inquisitive Rogue
Felix- Human School of Conjuration Wizard
Lindhart- Half Elf Bard (don't remember the college off the top of my head)
Meloidae- Fallen Aasimar Life Cleric
Give them death.
All of the death. Not just a little, but quite a lot of death. Death in the coffee, death in the toast, and death in the jam they spread on said toast.
Or if you actually like these players then maybe not do that.
give the beast master a leather collar for his pet, have it embroidered with Celtic knot work.
Maybe a black pouch for the Rogue, that doesn’t make noise when you open it.
The Wizard gets a spell tracker to keep his spells straight.
Give the bard a crowd that’s heard of them and asks for an encore performance.
the Cleric Gets a big bag of nothing. Or, he gets a big bag of disappointment! Depending on how you look at it.
just my .02$
While those are all great ideas, I should clarify. I want to give the PLAYERS something themed after their character, like a physical spell slot tracker the wizard can bring with him to game night and use to track his character's spell slots remaining.
The Rogue would probably love a box of lots of small d6 for sneak attacks, and Bards should always have a few very fancy Inspiration dice to throw at other players.
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Mmm... always difficult making suggestions for people you don't know... what their style preferences and stuff they already have that said...
I've always drooled over the Dice sets from Q Workshop...(peeks at site) and oh they doing socks and a advent calendar!?!
https://q-workshop.com/en/
“It cannot be seen, cannot be felt, Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt, It lies behind stars and under hills, And empty holes it fills, It comes first and follows after, Ends life, kills laughter.” J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
For my players, every campaign I give them custom cork coasters with their class (or main class) emblem on them. Super cheap on Amazon. Last year I also splurged and bought the GF9 token sets for each of them according to class as well.
Difficult to say without knowing how you play and what your players like.You also haven't given a budget.
For example minatures of each of their characters (such as from heroforge) might be an option but useless if you play on a VTT.
Dice, Dice towers, Dice trays might be enjoyed by your players but are not specific to their characters.
A custom sweatshirt that displays their character or a class based one like like this depends very much on the player some would love to turn up to the game it it some would never wear it. You could also do the same thing lots of other things such as with drinking vessels.
An easy thing to do is a D&D t-shirt for each player with their class on it.
Otherwise you can get creative. Buy a stuffed animal that’s the Beastmaster’s favorite animal companion. Buy a stuffed musical instrument for the bard. Buy a stuffed holy symbol for the cleric. Etc..
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Dice. So many dice.
Only spilt the party if you see something shiny.
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Dice are always an option.
I have the privilege of having a pretty talented artist in one of groups so I may ask for one sort of "class portrait" of the party or "remember this moment" more candid rendering (my fave of a Sorcerer throwing open a door shouting "Who's Next!" while the rest of the party are all just out of reach of stopping her.
But, that said, while I disagree with the point that I think is somewhere in Seattle's work ethic flex, that the OP DM has it somehow backwards, (I mean, dude, their spouse is part of the table, there's some affection there and maybe among the rest of the table that you might not recognize within how you define table dynamics) I do also think DMs can sometimes default into a paternalistic role if the sorta social dynamics outside of "actual game time" lead to the DM making "taking care of" gestures. I would say if the DM is interested in gifting, maybe make it a yankee swap, or a gift exchange of some sort, where everyone's in on the act and no one, especially the DM is the centerpiece of the gift giving. Everyone should celebrate the holiday "on the same level" so to speak.
Jander Sunstar is the thinking person's Drizzt, fight me.
This DM is always planning. I probably spend more time planning my sessions than actual work. LOL.
My campaigns 5th anniversary is coming up end of this month, so I'm giving them statues of their characters. I bought stl files of their characters from heroforge and I've paid to have them printed at 6" size. I'm going to then paint them bronze and then use a games workshop technical paint (nihalakh oxide I think it's called) to give them a verdigris look. Fairly simple on my part, but I'm sure they'll love it.
I've also given them personalised mugs filled with colour matching dice.
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1) There are a lot of people on this forum who advocate a great deal of 'winging it' every session, and will tell DMs not to over-prepare and instead just roll with what the party wants to do for a True Sandbox Experience
2) I'm very curious what your definition of "immersion" is, since it apparently doesn't involve describing a scene in detail
Active characters:
Carric Aquissar, elven wannabe artist in his deconstructionist period (Archfey warlock)
Lan Kidogo, mapach archaeologist and treasure hunter (Knowledge cleric)
Mardan Ferres, elven private investigator obsessed with that one unsolved murder (Assassin rogue)
Xhekhetiel, halfling survivor of a Betrayer Gods cult (Runechild sorcerer/fighter)
I'd say pick a price range first. If you're getting all of them just a small token kind of gift, that can narrow down your options. Or, if you think of a cool idea for one of them (the toy or stuffie version of the beastmaster's companion that got suggested upthread, for instance, if the player is someone who would appreciate that kind of thing) then use that to gauge the range for the rest of them.
An idea for a "thought that counts" gift that doesn't actually cost anything but time might be something like personalized Spotify playlists for each character
Active characters:
Carric Aquissar, elven wannabe artist in his deconstructionist period (Archfey warlock)
Lan Kidogo, mapach archaeologist and treasure hunter (Knowledge cleric)
Mardan Ferres, elven private investigator obsessed with that one unsolved murder (Assassin rogue)
Xhekhetiel, halfling survivor of a Betrayer Gods cult (Runechild sorcerer/fighter)
Props. Artwork. Cosplay. Miniatures. Trackers. A set of character themed dice.
Pretty much anything that you would enjoy receiving as a player.
I normally wouldn't do this, but you came to my thread, so I am.
If you don't like how a DM works, leave. It's not their, ow any other DMs, fault that you brought an offering and then were unsatisfied. Some players prefer that style of play. Your last post came off as nothing short of pedantic and asinine. If you want to complain about DMs, do it elsewhere, not on a post that I made that is completely unrelated to your gripes.
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Thank you.
This is, disgustingly untrue. The inability to explain things in a way that others can comprehend without being an expert shows a lack of understanding of said material. Doubly so that the question was not how to create immersion (which is something that would require a greater conversation) but strictly a definition of the word and your personal definition at that.
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Wait a minute, you're telling me that this guy tried to tell me not to hijack MY OWN CONVERSATION? I'm glad it happened when I couldn't check DnDBeyond.
i have a player that is called naivara and is also a wood elf beast master ranger