Or we could go into the depths of unofficial classes.
It would be a bummer to be called a Furycrafter when you don't know what it is.
Oh, that's when you do outrage punditry about sensitive political issues, right? Kind of like a Bard, but usually without the charisma.
I thought it was when you create anthropomorphic animals.
That's Furrycrafter - this is Furycrafter. :D
That said - I think doing official classes is just fine.
It's all for fun, anyway.
And when I do the (shall we call it a story? I don't know what else to call it) - it's all for fun, and the classes and races mixtures are just in there quickly. So I don't mind multiple classes or races of anything for the sake of my own story thing, so for myself I am down with just official content without going off into the weeds of unofficial content.
But if ye wanna do unique classes for your own sake, AllMightyLordOfDND, go for it.
And my story is in progress. It’s an adventure set in my homebrew world that I’m actually putting into the lore because I think that I can make our little group fit in.
What are you just awful at when it comes to anything but the OGL?
in my case, it is names. I suck at names so much that I have a witch named Mirabella who has a familiar named Meow.
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I'm not sure I understand the question, but considering I've played with not one, but two people who have named their cat familiars "Cat," I think you're winning the creativity game, AEDorsay...
What are you just awful at when it comes to anything but the OGL?
in my case, it is names. I suck at names so much that I have a witch named Mirabella who has a familiar named Meow.
During a game I'm pretty occupied running it, so I don't take notes during the session. When it's over I don't always write down events either - family responsibilities trump note taking. So trying to remember everything that happened can be difficult. So yeah, noting all the details can be a problem.
Regarding names, write or print out a bunch. Then when you need a name the list is there and you can cross it out or make a notation next to it.
One trick I want to pull one day is have all of the XX vendors in the campaign be named the same thing. Like Bob the Bartender - the tavernkeeper in every town will be named Bob the Bartender. I'm hoping that the players will get a kick out of it.
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"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
Thorrison’s booming voice could be heard, “Manticore chasing me – incoming folks!” And the huge humanoid hippo burst through the bushes, followed by sixteen tail spikes hitting all around them!
AEDorsay shouted, “What is a manticore doing in the forest?”
Thorrison dove behind the trunk of a large tree. “Never said the blasted thing is in the forest. It’s above the tree line. But the campfire smoke over there,” everyone’s eyes turned towards the campfire, as the smoke drifted through the treetops and into the sky, “can be seen from the plains and definitely from the mountain just beyond. It’s like a beacon.”
“Did he say bacon?” Antonsirius asked. “Because I love bacon.”
“He said beacon,” Quar1on, the gnome warlock muttered.
“That’s not the same as bacon,” Antonsirius sighed wistfully. “I really wish he’d said bacon.”
“It’s a flying manticore, soon my comrades will be at death’s door! A shame, I don’t know most of their names! On their graves, I’ll lie and say that they were all brave! But undoubtedly they will be run through, and there’s nothing any of them can do!” IAmSposta began singing and playing his lute.
“What in Hades is that supposed to do?” Sirtawmis, the half-orc warrior growled.
“Inspire you,” IAmSposta said matter-of-factly (even slightly offended that it wasn’t clear what his song was supposed to do).
“How in the Hades is singing about our demise supposed to inspire us?” Sirtawmis growled.
“Well, I’ve read you mortals always feel super inspired when death is coming for you,” IAmSposta replied as he dodged the next wave of tail spikes from the manticore.
“You’re doing it wrong,” Sirtawmis growled, as he gripped his sword, wishing he had some form of a long distance weapon.
AEDorsay launched a volley of Firebolt through the trees, igniting leaves and branches as her spells tore through the trees, blindly flying what she believed was the manticore. “Aren’t you the one that just asked about the trees?” Amnon_Balderk asked, watching as the fire slowly spread.
“I come from the desert,” she shrugged matter-of-factly, “the plants there are far more durable than your fragile trees here, it would seem. You’d think a land that has more water beneath the soil would have plants filled with more water and not be so flammable.”
“Really?” Amnon_Balderk growled. “Is that what you would really think?”
However, though not her attention, the fire cleared a hole in the trees. Capitalizing on it, Drakenbrine fired off poison spray – which should have reached the manticore – had it not beat its wings furiously, sending the poison spray back in the form of a mist that fell on them all.
Midnightplat ran up to Sirtawmis. “Fighter, throw me.”
“My name is Sirtawmis,” the half-orc growled. “Not fighter.”
“Is now the time to argue this?” Midnightplat asked.
“Got to send boundaries early on, or people walk all over you,” Sirtawmis snarled.
“Fine! Sirtawmis, I have an idea. You’re a fighter – I am going to change into a Halfling and I want you to throw me towards the manticore,” he explained. “Ideally I grab it by the leg and cut its gut open, now that AEDorsay created an opening in the trees.”
“This seems like a horrible idea,” Sirtawmis muttered but grabbed Midnightplat by the scruff of his neck once he’d changed into a Halfling and threw him towards the manticore – it looked as if it was going to work until the manticore released more tail spikes – striking Midnightplat and destroying his momentum – sending the changeling crashing through the forest top, his chest full of manticore spikes.
Theology of Bagels quickly sprinted into action, dodging yet more discharged tail spikes as they made their way towards Midnightplat and began healing them.
Wysperra cast Thorn Whip and managed to ensnare the manticore’s left foot. “I’ve got him!” the Halfling cheered, but the manticore began to ascend higher, dragging Wysperra through the trees – the repeated, “Ow!”, “Ouch!”, “Ow!” over and over as the manticore dragged the artificer through the woods was heard for several minutes before the beaten and bruised Halfling decided to release his hold.
Quar1on, the gnome warlock, heard speaking behind him and though the kobold was going to cast a spell at the manticore who was circling back around, only to see that Antonsirius was apologizing to the trees for the actions taken by AEDorsay that burned their branches and leaves.
Suddenly, without warning, three figures burst onto the scene. One, a Tiefling Paladin, who held out her flaming blade and shouted, “You can not resist a fight – Manticore of the Grey Stone! But I am here to challenge you!” The magical words of the Tiefling’s Compel Duel flew from her lips and the Manticore felt an odd sensation wash over him as he suddenly dove through the hole, burned by the elf wizard, and landed in front of the Paladin. From the side, a humanoid turtle – known as a tortle – burst through the shadows surprising the Manticore, as the Dragonborn bard sang a song.
“Victory and death, to those who oppose the dynamic trio; So prepare to take your last breath, your horrid mix of bat and leo! For doom comes in the way of the Bloodhunter and the Paladin who confront you; And there is nothing you can do! So I pray you have said goodbye, for tonight, you will die!”
Sirtawmis looked over at IAmSposta, “THAT is how you inspire people!”
“Very bland,” IAmSposta critiqued.
Within moments, the manticore had been slain.
“Impressive,” Sirtawmis walked out to greet them. “Who are you?”
“We came to answer the flyer we saw,” the Tiefling woman said.
“Perfect, about time we got some capable people on our quest. What are your names?” Sirtawmis asked.
“ChoirOfFire,” the Tiefling Paladin replied.
“Choir of Fire, I like it,” Sirtawmis nodded.
“No, ChoirOfFire,” the Tiefling corrected.
“That’s what I said,” Sirtawmis replied, puzzled.
“No, you said Choir Of Fire,” the Tiefling replied.
“That’s what you said,” Sirtawmis looked confused.
“Yes, just now,” the Tiefling replied.
“Right. Just now,” Sirtawmis said. “When you said your name.”
“No, my name is ChoirOfFire,” she replied.
“That’s what I said, Choir Of Fire,” Sirtawmis retorted.
“No, you doing a small space between the words,” she explained. “It’s all one word.”
“Great,” Sirtawmis muttered.
“My name,” the tall Dragonborn bowed, “is BoringBard.”
“You’re not a boring bard,” Sirtawmis assured him. “Now that one,” he thumbed a gesture towards IAmSposta who looked indignant. “That one is a Boring Bard. Welcome to the group, Boring Bard.”
“It’s BoringBard,” the Dragonborn corrected.
“I just said –…” Sirtawmis began. “Wait, all one word?”
“Yes,” BoringBard smiled.
“Well at least we don’t have underscores in your name,” Sirtawmis smiled. He turned to the impressive tortle bloodhunter. “What is your name?”
“The_Summoning_Dark,” he answered.
“Son of a…. you have two underscores?” Sirtawmis muttered.
“My people talk slowly,” the tortle explained. “It’s for emphasis.”
Sirtawmis sighed. “I take back what I said about competent people…”
What are you just awful at when it comes to anything but the OGL?
Math. Absolutely horrible at math. My mind is way, way, way more illogical and creative and despises logic. So, my brain despises math.
If it's anything beyond algebra - forget about it. I got through Trig in high school - but I clawed my way through those classes.
In a strange twist of fate, my passion involves a game that relies on numbers...
I, too, have an intense dislike for math. Note that my passion and profession sorta require it, in detail and depth, however. predictive sociological modeling? Without math? they call that fortune telling and you can get it down at the sideshow, lol.
Waaaay back when in ye olde undergraduate days, I had a prof drop in on one of my games, where I was using a peculiar tale that allowed me to deal with the heat of any fire from a match up to a star. He died early, but was so taken by the idea of the way I had set up the scaling and the underlying mathin the fire table that he made me give a lecture on the process I used to get it. It was short Let me give it to you right now:
I looked up the relationship to light output, heat output, and size of fire for a match, a campfire, and a star, wrote them down, and then put in numbers in between. What I didn't know was that to do it I ended up having to think through some calculus so that their different weights and what came in between them would work out, which so happened to be the class that he taught and I was failing .
In short, I *felt* my way through it, rather than sit down and do complex equations, i just thought my way through it across three different measuring systems because I understood how game mechanics work, but not how the freaking bleep X squared could possibly end up as E cubed.
He gave me a C for that alone. I had done it like five years earlier. It saved my ass in that class, lol.
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“I come from the desert,” she shrugged matter-of-factly, “the plants there are far more durable than your fragile trees here, it would seem. You’d think a land that has more water beneath the soil would have plants filled with more water and not be so flammable.”
good thing I had a tab open to Amazon to order a new keyboard. That is totally how i think.
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No idea. Just whatever comes to me. I have zero of this planned in my head. Just if I happen to be bored and some stupid idea, dialogue, whatever, comes to me - I start writing this silliness. So there's no levels in my head, as to what everyone (or anyone is). Just whatever makes it fun(ny). So if it seems like everyone's level 1 and suddenly someone drops a fireball because it would make the story funny, it's gonna happen. :D
“I come from the desert,” she shrugged matter-of-factly, “the plants there are far more durable than your fragile trees here, it would seem. You’d think a land that has more water beneath the soil would have plants filled with more water and not be so flammable.”
good thing I had a tab open to Amazon to order a new keyboard. That is totally how i think.
Heh - in one of the posts in this thread, you mentioned all the education ye had and it's in your signature - so I love writing you as this super intelligent (especially compared to the lot around you, and yet flawed like everyone for comedy's sake). :D
Q: What's the best letter in the English alphabet? Also, what's the best letter in the Dethek (dwarf) alphabet? Are they the same? (Dethek is basically a font.) For me, it's probably... T, and "J." (Idk how to show the letter here.)
I'm running my first session zero on Monday. (I've done session zero questions before in PbP format, never a dedicated pre-campaign meeting.) Naturally, I've been thinking a lot about how to guide the conversation and orient my new players to the group, and it got me wondering:
Is there anything fun or unusual you do in a session zero? Assume all the house rules/character design/expectations/table etiquette/scheduling is already accounted for.
Q: What's the best letter in the English alphabet? Also, what's the best letter in the Dethek (dwarf) alphabet? Are they the same? (Dethek is basically a font.) For me, it's probably... T, and "J." (Idk how to show the letter here.)
I don't know any fantasy alphabets, but I love me the English Z because I draw a line through it and it looks fancy.
I also didn't realize until you asked this question that I have favorite letters in Russian, and I like them more than English. Which...tracks for me, lol.
Q: What's the best letter in the English alphabet? Also, what's the best letter in the Dethek (dwarf) alphabet? Are they the same? (Dethek is basically a font.) For me, it's probably... T, and "J." (Idk how to show the letter here.)
In English - if I am writing cursive, my favorite is "A" - because I do a long ass tail, at the bottom and loop it around to the top.
And I googled the font - https://www.dafont.com/dethek-stone.font - if that's it, I'd say my favorite is "D" because it looks like the first letter of my first name.
Is there anything fun or unusual you do in a session zero? Assume all the house rules/character design/expectations/table etiquette/scheduling is already accounted for.
In all of my games, 99% of the players have been brand new to D&D.
So my session zero is often discussing what classes do what, what races have what benefits, so they're aware.
Rules, I am very light on - just explain the basics, "If I ask for a Strength Check, you look here; which is different than a Strength Save, which is here. And here's your 'to hit' if combat comes." etc etc.
Table etiquette has never been an issue, so I've never had to discuss it. I always let it go unless something arises. Which, to my good fortune, has not been the case. But in all my games, everyone tends to already know one another, so everyone already knows how each other acts.
House rules are a good thing to go over, especially if they've played D&D somewhere else - where there they may have played one way, but you do it differently.
And always be open to questions before, during, and after each session.
I love that Ambon’s only contribution was questioning AED. It feels very in-character. He’ll just never use his monk abilities and it’s fine lmao. He’s roleplay only
Q: What's the best letter in the English alphabet? Also, what's the best letter in the Dethek (dwarf) alphabet? Are they the same? (Dethek is basically a font.) For me, it's probably... T, and "J." (Idk how to show the letter here.)
Define "best" in this case, lol. My favorite is actually the letter T, the most useful is the letter E, and the weirdest is V.
I'm running my first session zero on Monday. (I've done session zero questions before in PbP format, never a dedicated pre-campaign meeting.) Naturally, I've been thinking a lot about how to guide the conversation and orient my new players to the group, and it got me wondering:
Is there anything fun or unusual you do in a session zero? Assume all the house rules/character design/expectations/table etiquette/scheduling is already accounted for.
infamously, have a hellacious dinner party consisting of at least nine courses, with goodie boxes that are all themed to the inner party. I did a "mid campaign" one last year and spent like 200 bucks on the goodies alone. Cooked for a week straight (while working), so it was all prepped and ready to go in sequence. I came to hate my melon baller, but I got the almost last laugh when it broke.
Almost because I had to buy a new one.
Was a huge pain for the gazpacho, too -- I made "eggs" from gelled cucumber juice with yolks of dyed juice, and the noodles were all vegetables. I basically made it look like a dish of ice cold ramen, but it was actually gazpacho. Second time I'd ever made that particular way, and it was the hit of the party. (theme was "don't always believe what you see")
That was also when I learned that quail eggs don't make very good deviled eggs.
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And my story is in progress. It’s an adventure set in my homebrew world that I’m actually putting into the lore because I think that I can make our little group fit in.
I warned you…
Question of the Day:
What are you just awful at when it comes to anything but the OGL?
in my case, it is names. I suck at names so much that I have a witch named Mirabella who has a familiar named Meow.
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I'm not sure I understand the question, but considering I've played with not one, but two people who have named their cat familiars "Cat," I think you're winning the creativity game, AEDorsay...
During a game I'm pretty occupied running it, so I don't take notes during the session. When it's over I don't always write down events either - family responsibilities trump note taking. So trying to remember everything that happened can be difficult. So yeah, noting all the details can be a problem.
Regarding names, write or print out a bunch. Then when you need a name the list is there and you can cross it out or make a notation next to it.
One trick I want to pull one day is have all of the XX vendors in the campaign be named the same thing. Like Bob the Bartender - the tavernkeeper in every town will be named Bob the Bartender. I'm hoping that the players will get a kick out of it.
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Math. Absolutely horrible at math. My mind is way, way, way more illogical and creative and despises logic. So, my brain despises math.
If it's anything beyond algebra - forget about it. I got through Trig in high school - but I clawed my way through those classes.
In a strange twist of fate, my passion involves a game that relies on numbers...
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Socialization. And remembering things.
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IAMsposta: satyr bard
AEDorsay: elf wizard
Sirtawmis: half-orc fighter
deadpanC_C: leonin barbarian
theology of bagels: goblin cleric
drakenbrine: dwarf sorcerer
Amnon_Balderk: orc monk
midnightplat: changeling rogue
Wysperra: halfling artificer
quar1on: gnome warlock
Antonsirius: kobold Druid
thorrison: Giff Ranger
And introducing...
ChoirOfFire: tielfing paladin
The_Summoning_Dark: tortle bloodhunter
BoringBard: Dragonborn bard
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Thorrison’s booming voice could be heard, “Manticore chasing me – incoming folks!” And the huge humanoid hippo burst through the bushes, followed by sixteen tail spikes hitting all around them!
AEDorsay shouted, “What is a manticore doing in the forest?”
Thorrison dove behind the trunk of a large tree. “Never said the blasted thing is in the forest. It’s above the tree line. But the campfire smoke over there,” everyone’s eyes turned towards the campfire, as the smoke drifted through the treetops and into the sky, “can be seen from the plains and definitely from the mountain just beyond. It’s like a beacon.”
“Did he say bacon?” Antonsirius asked. “Because I love bacon.”
“He said beacon,” Quar1on, the gnome warlock muttered.
“That’s not the same as bacon,” Antonsirius sighed wistfully. “I really wish he’d said bacon.”
“It’s a flying manticore, soon my comrades will be at death’s door! A shame, I don’t know most of their names! On their graves, I’ll lie and say that they were all brave! But undoubtedly they will be run through, and there’s nothing any of them can do!” IAmSposta began singing and playing his lute.
“What in Hades is that supposed to do?” Sirtawmis, the half-orc warrior growled.
“Inspire you,” IAmSposta said matter-of-factly (even slightly offended that it wasn’t clear what his song was supposed to do).
“How in the Hades is singing about our demise supposed to inspire us?” Sirtawmis growled.
“Well, I’ve read you mortals always feel super inspired when death is coming for you,” IAmSposta replied as he dodged the next wave of tail spikes from the manticore.
“You’re doing it wrong,” Sirtawmis growled, as he gripped his sword, wishing he had some form of a long distance weapon.
AEDorsay launched a volley of Firebolt through the trees, igniting leaves and branches as her spells tore through the trees, blindly flying what she believed was the manticore. “Aren’t you the one that just asked about the trees?” Amnon_Balderk asked, watching as the fire slowly spread.
“I come from the desert,” she shrugged matter-of-factly, “the plants there are far more durable than your fragile trees here, it would seem. You’d think a land that has more water beneath the soil would have plants filled with more water and not be so flammable.”
“Really?” Amnon_Balderk growled. “Is that what you would really think?”
However, though not her attention, the fire cleared a hole in the trees. Capitalizing on it, Drakenbrine fired off poison spray – which should have reached the manticore – had it not beat its wings furiously, sending the poison spray back in the form of a mist that fell on them all.
Midnightplat ran up to Sirtawmis. “Fighter, throw me.”
“My name is Sirtawmis,” the half-orc growled. “Not fighter.”
“Is now the time to argue this?” Midnightplat asked.
“Got to send boundaries early on, or people walk all over you,” Sirtawmis snarled.
“Fine! Sirtawmis, I have an idea. You’re a fighter – I am going to change into a Halfling and I want you to throw me towards the manticore,” he explained. “Ideally I grab it by the leg and cut its gut open, now that AEDorsay created an opening in the trees.”
“This seems like a horrible idea,” Sirtawmis muttered but grabbed Midnightplat by the scruff of his neck once he’d changed into a Halfling and threw him towards the manticore – it looked as if it was going to work until the manticore released more tail spikes – striking Midnightplat and destroying his momentum – sending the changeling crashing through the forest top, his chest full of manticore spikes.
Theology of Bagels quickly sprinted into action, dodging yet more discharged tail spikes as they made their way towards Midnightplat and began healing them.
Wysperra cast Thorn Whip and managed to ensnare the manticore’s left foot. “I’ve got him!” the Halfling cheered, but the manticore began to ascend higher, dragging Wysperra through the trees – the repeated, “Ow!”, “Ouch!”, “Ow!” over and over as the manticore dragged the artificer through the woods was heard for several minutes before the beaten and bruised Halfling decided to release his hold.
Quar1on, the gnome warlock, heard speaking behind him and though the kobold was going to cast a spell at the manticore who was circling back around, only to see that Antonsirius was apologizing to the trees for the actions taken by AEDorsay that burned their branches and leaves.
Suddenly, without warning, three figures burst onto the scene. One, a Tiefling Paladin, who held out her flaming blade and shouted, “You can not resist a fight – Manticore of the Grey Stone! But I am here to challenge you!” The magical words of the Tiefling’s Compel Duel flew from her lips and the Manticore felt an odd sensation wash over him as he suddenly dove through the hole, burned by the elf wizard, and landed in front of the Paladin. From the side, a humanoid turtle – known as a tortle – burst through the shadows surprising the Manticore, as the Dragonborn bard sang a song.
“Victory and death, to those who oppose the dynamic trio; So prepare to take your last breath, your horrid mix of bat and leo! For doom comes in the way of the Bloodhunter and the Paladin who confront you; And there is nothing you can do! So I pray you have said goodbye, for tonight, you will die!”
Sirtawmis looked over at IAmSposta, “THAT is how you inspire people!”
“Very bland,” IAmSposta critiqued.
Within moments, the manticore had been slain.
“Impressive,” Sirtawmis walked out to greet them. “Who are you?”
“We came to answer the flyer we saw,” the Tiefling woman said.
“Perfect, about time we got some capable people on our quest. What are your names?” Sirtawmis asked.
“ChoirOfFire,” the Tiefling Paladin replied.
“Choir of Fire, I like it,” Sirtawmis nodded.
“No, ChoirOfFire,” the Tiefling corrected.
“That’s what I said,” Sirtawmis replied, puzzled.
“No, you said Choir Of Fire,” the Tiefling replied.
“That’s what you said,” Sirtawmis looked confused.
“Yes, just now,” the Tiefling replied.
“Right. Just now,” Sirtawmis said. “When you said your name.”
“No, my name is ChoirOfFire,” she replied.
“That’s what I said, Choir Of Fire,” Sirtawmis retorted.
“No, you doing a small space between the words,” she explained. “It’s all one word.”
“Great,” Sirtawmis muttered.
“My name,” the tall Dragonborn bowed, “is BoringBard.”
“You’re not a boring bard,” Sirtawmis assured him. “Now that one,” he thumbed a gesture towards IAmSposta who looked indignant. “That one is a Boring Bard. Welcome to the group, Boring Bard.”
“It’s BoringBard,” the Dragonborn corrected.
“I just said –…” Sirtawmis began. “Wait, all one word?”
“Yes,” BoringBard smiled.
“Well at least we don’t have underscores in your name,” Sirtawmis smiled. He turned to the impressive tortle bloodhunter. “What is your name?”
“The_Summoning_Dark,” he answered.
“Son of a…. you have two underscores?” Sirtawmis muttered.
“My people talk slowly,” the tortle explained. “It’s for emphasis.”
Sirtawmis sighed. “I take back what I said about competent people…”
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I, too, have an intense dislike for math. Note that my passion and profession sorta require it, in detail and depth, however. predictive sociological modeling? Without math? they call that fortune telling and you can get it down at the sideshow, lol.
Waaaay back when in ye olde undergraduate days, I had a prof drop in on one of my games, where I was using a peculiar tale that allowed me to deal with the heat of any fire from a match up to a star. He died early, but was so taken by the idea of the way I had set up the scaling and the underlying mathin the fire table that he made me give a lecture on the process I used to get it. It was short Let me give it to you right now:
I looked up the relationship to light output, heat output, and size of fire for a match, a campfire, and a star, wrote them down, and then put in numbers in between. What I didn't know was that to do it I ended up having to think through some calculus so that their different weights and what came in between them would work out, which so happened to be the class that he taught and I was failing .
In short, I *felt* my way through it, rather than sit down and do complex equations, i just thought my way through it across three different measuring systems because I understood how game mechanics work, but not how the freaking bleep X squared could possibly end up as E cubed.
He gave me a C for that alone. I had done it like five years earlier. It saved my ass in that class, lol.
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good thing I had a tab open to Amazon to order a new keyboard. That is totally how i think.
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Might I ask what level we are?
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I am The Grand Envisioner!
No idea. Just whatever comes to me. I have zero of this planned in my head. Just if I happen to be bored and some stupid idea, dialogue, whatever, comes to me - I start writing this silliness. So there's no levels in my head, as to what everyone (or anyone is). Just whatever makes it fun(ny). So if it seems like everyone's level 1 and suddenly someone drops a fireball because it would make the story funny, it's gonna happen. :D
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Heh - in one of the posts in this thread, you mentioned all the education ye had and it's in your signature - so I love writing you as this super intelligent (especially compared to the lot around you, and yet flawed like everyone for comedy's sake). :D
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Simply delightful.
Q: What's the best letter in the English alphabet? Also, what's the best letter in the Dethek (dwarf) alphabet? Are they the same? (Dethek is basically a font.) For me, it's probably... T, and "J." (Idk how to show the letter here.)
I'm running my first session zero on Monday. (I've done session zero questions before in PbP format, never a dedicated pre-campaign meeting.) Naturally, I've been thinking a lot about how to guide the conversation and orient my new players to the group, and it got me wondering:
Is there anything fun or unusual you do in a session zero? Assume all the house rules/character design/expectations/table etiquette/scheduling is already accounted for.
I don't know any fantasy alphabets, but I love me the English Z because I draw a line through it and it looks fancy.
I also didn't realize until you asked this question that I have favorite letters in Russian, and I like them more than English. Which...tracks for me, lol.
In English - if I am writing cursive, my favorite is "A" - because I do a long ass tail, at the bottom and loop it around to the top.
And I googled the font - https://www.dafont.com/dethek-stone.font - if that's it, I'd say my favorite is "D" because it looks like the first letter of my first name.
In all of my games, 99% of the players have been brand new to D&D.
So my session zero is often discussing what classes do what, what races have what benefits, so they're aware.
Rules, I am very light on - just explain the basics, "If I ask for a Strength Check, you look here; which is different than a Strength Save, which is here. And here's your 'to hit' if combat comes." etc etc.
Table etiquette has never been an issue, so I've never had to discuss it. I always let it go unless something arises. Which, to my good fortune, has not been the case. But in all my games, everyone tends to already know one another, so everyone already knows how each other acts.
House rules are a good thing to go over, especially if they've played D&D somewhere else - where there they may have played one way, but you do it differently.
And always be open to questions before, during, and after each session.
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I love that Ambon’s only contribution was questioning AED. It feels very in-character. He’ll just never use his monk abilities and it’s fine lmao. He’s roleplay only
Define "best" in this case, lol. My favorite is actually the letter T, the most useful is the letter E, and the weirdest is V.
The dethek gets complicated, but I like Eth.
infamously, have a hellacious dinner party consisting of at least nine courses, with goodie boxes that are all themed to the inner party. I did a "mid campaign" one last year and spent like 200 bucks on the goodies alone. Cooked for a week straight (while working), so it was all prepped and ready to go in sequence. I came to hate my melon baller, but I got the almost last laugh when it broke.
Almost because I had to buy a new one.
Was a huge pain for the gazpacho, too -- I made "eggs" from gelled cucumber juice with yolks of dyed juice, and the noodles were all vegetables. I basically made it look like a dish of ice cold ramen, but it was actually gazpacho. Second time I'd ever made that particular way, and it was the hit of the party. (theme was "don't always believe what you see")
That was also when I learned that quail eggs don't make very good deviled eggs.
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