QOTD: what is your main "overarching conflict" of your games. the War between the Dwendalian Empire and the Kryn Dynasty in Wildemount, for example in Crit Role, but also stuff like the thing in dragon-lance that sunk Istar (Tawmis, you probably know) I think it was the cataclysm or something along those lines, where the gods forsook the world.
I don’t really do the whole “overarching plot” thing for a whole campaign. I like to present smaller adventures to my players and let them choose the one(s) that interest them the most. So each adventure will have a “plot(ish),” but over the course of a 1-20 campaign they may go one a dozen or so of those adventures. So far the biggest, longest adventure I’ve run took 2½ years IRL and got the party from 10th — 14th levels. That’s as close to an overarching plot line as I typically get.
Now, for my own personal homebrew world the “major source of conflict” is progressive v conservative values, or chaos v order depending on how you look at it. And for the “setting” I’m developing with a friend it’s literally a great war along the urban/natural divide. It’s about how neither side is wholly right or wrong, and that the only really wrong part about it all is the war that’s been going on since forever, and about how the only true answer is peace through mutual respect and coexistence, but some of that’ll probably go over some people’s heads.
QOTD: what is your main "overarching conflict" of your games. the War between the Dwendalian Empire and the Kryn Dynasty in Wildemount, for example in Crit Role, but also stuff like the thing in dragon-lance that sunk Istar (Tawmis, you probably know) I think it was the cataclysm or something along those lines, where the gods forsook the world.
For Dragonlance it was indeed the Cataclysm. But it wasn't the gods who abandoned, but mortals (who through vanity, pride, and a mess of other things that the gods tried to warn them and give them a chance to redeem themselves - I'm looking at you, Lord Soth! - that they failed, and were punished).
For my world - I run several games that all intertwine, really.
So there's the "Work Game" (named such, because when it started, it was mostly people from work - ironically, no longer the case). Their main story is chasing down a Beholder who has gotten a hold of a relic that bestows endless - nonstop - secrets - in doing so, it drives the bearer insane - because the secrets it unfolds escalate - and the Beholder has learned how to ascend into godhood - and that has to be stopped.
There's the "Ben Game" (named after the brother of one of my players in my Work Game, who had asked me to DM for him and his friends). Their current main story is learning that dragons are amassing - and that recent events (from the various other games) - has caused the scales to tilt in the favor of evil (a very powerful dryad killed, a fallen angel of dark power released, etc. etc.) - and they've uncovered that the "Dragon Goddess" is on the verge of awakening. All she needs is a foolish Beholder to open the portal between the mortal realm and the realm of the gods and she will rise to great power - in the meantime, she's amassing her dragons to be ready for war.
In the "Off Week" game (which is a very small group from my work game) - this game takes place in an undisclosed amount of time in the future. They're stranded on an island, that's cloaked in eternal darkness (by a magical cloud that blots out the sun). They discovered that on the island once you reach 'mature age' - you simply cease aging. They also discovered that ships - if they get too close - are magically drawn by the tide to crash into the jagged rocks around the island. Once on the island, there's a magical riptide that pulls you back to the island. They've learned the 'new' lord of the land murdered the previous lord (who was well loved) - and are uncovering that the new lord is a vampire - this is why he keeps it eternally dark, has magic to pull the ships to the island (more food), and magic to keep everyone eternally young (no one dies of old age... they simply ... disappear).
In a game that's mostly a one on one (it's mostly when me and one of the folks from the work game are bored for the night, or just need to get our mind off something) - that one is rarely run. So no real big picture there yet - other than so far a coven of hags has been at work on this island that's ripe with magic (story goes a Storm Giant was attacked by a red dragon - and all kinds of power and magic was unleashed creating instability in the magical energies on this island - so various portals to the various realms will mysteriously open and close randomly, all over the island).
In the new face to face game, we're only about six sessions in - and haven't figured out their big story yet. But I've alluded (as it's leaked in the other games as well, Work Game, Ben Game) - that the giants see the dragons amassing - and at the Echelon - the giants are demanding action by the King and Queen of the Echelon - they need to strike at the dragons before the dragons strike at them. So there's rumblings of a war - not only between giant and dragon - but among the giants themselves. (It has a bit of a Storm King's Thunder vibe to it, in that regard that it's centered on giants).
In all my campaigns, I've mentioned this before, I like to flesh out things I've really not delved into. In the work game, there was a ... I think it went for 16 to 20?... session bit with the Drow and the Dwarves. A whole war between them I developed - which then went on to spread into the current (work game story) where after a long time of not encountering them - they find them on the Plane of Earth, at war with the Earth Genasi... when a new enemy is brought in, the Githyanki (which in my world, are elves who worship an evil serpent god whose destiny is to squeeze the world, once the gods are slain... so the serpent god has sided with the Beholder, on its quest to godhood - to weaken the gods).
So things like giants, I never explored really. Drow, never explored until that long Drow/Dwarf war I did. I have introduced Illithid as a potential enemy to the "Ben" game, alluding to that the Illithid have something to do with one of the monk's backgrounds (because I never touched Illithid in any of my games). I've never used Lycanthropy, or horror-type themed monsters, but the Off Week is full of it - so many people on the island are infected with Lycanthropy - but many have learned to control it.
So I am looking to use monsters I've not used and create some lore and story along the way.
QOTD: what is your main "overarching conflict" of your games. the War between the Dwendalian Empire and the Kryn Dynasty in Wildemount, for example in Crit Role, but also stuff like the thing in dragon-lance that sunk Istar (Tawmis, you probably know) I think it was the cataclysm or something along those lines, where the gods forsook the world.
can’t say very much about my own campaign here because I run it on the Forums, but for my game Oak Road and Stone, set in the Ebon Tides, which is like a spooky feywild, the main thing that starts the conflict is the attempted assassination of the fey lady Yleira the Swift. So that’s gonna cause a whole lot of stuff to happen.
Question of the Day since the thread is sliding...
As a DM: What keeps you playing D&D, when there's so many other role playing games out there?
For Players: What keeps you playing D&D, when there's so many other role playing games out there?
For Lurkers: What keeps you lurking, when there's so many good posts here to reply to?
DM - Two things really. The people I DM for don't actually know how to play all that well, so I use the time to teach them, and I enjoy making my own stories.
Player - I like creating characters to test out mechanics I learn or created.
Lurker - I don't think there's a Call of Cthulu website. All I know is this one.
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As a DM: What keeps you playing D&D, when there's so many other role playing games out there?
For Players: What keeps you playing D&D, when there's so many other role playing games out there?
For Lurkers: What keeps you lurking, when there's so many good posts here to reply to?
DM-- I mean, I'm not really that familiar with the other RPG systems anyways. I just remember some family members of mine thinking, 'You might like D&D', so they introduced me to it and I enjoyed it so I kept going. I know nothing about other systems and I'm not really interested in learning them as of now, especially since I'm starting to get the hang of D&D.
Player-- null, since I haven't gotten to be a player for a while.
Lurker-- I know I'm not a lurker on this thread anymore (though I still don't post here much tbh), but I'd say they're probably just nervous to post or something similar to that.
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I'm fry, and I make doodles. That's why they call me FRY DOODLES. Also no pressure but check out my YouTube channel (Fry Doodles) Soli Deo Gloria(Sed servus eius crustulum vult) I'm a disabled, neurodivergent, artsy dumpster fire, and somewhat of a clown. But, I'm also god's favorite princess and the most interesting girl in the world. Crafter of Constellations, vocaloid enjoyer, waluigi’s #1 fan, space alien, your favorite pretty boy, and certified silly goose
DM- I’ve never really played any other rpgs, my dad told me about it and my classmates sucky DM brother was my first DM, then I started DMing myself and it was fun, and I’ve never really wanted to try any other role playing games, because dnd covers a lot of stuff.
PLAYER- same answer. I’ve always enjoyed being a player more than a DM, though.
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As a DM: What keeps you playing D&D, when there's so many other role playing games out there?
So little interest, and every attempt to play a better game falls apart. D&D is hardly my favorite RPG — it’s barely even top ten. I just stick around ‘cause I love the community and roleplay.
For Players: What keeps you playing D&D, when there's so many other role playing games out there?
In my experience, most players haven’t even considered playing others RPGs. They generally go with what their DM wants, and their DM usually only cares about D&D.
For Lurkers: What keeps you lurking, when there's so many good posts here to reply to?
For a while, I just wasn’t confident. I worried that no one would care about or even notice anything I said. I initially only posted in articles, and I still don’t venture out of the Kitchen often — I only do so when I’m bored and want to help someone else out. Or, y’know, when I wanna yell at someone because their orcs are different from mine.
QOTD: what is your main "overarching conflict" of your games. the War between the Dwendalian Empire and the Kryn Dynasty in Wildemount, for example in Crit Role, but also stuff like the thing in dragon-lance that sunk Istar (Tawmis, you probably know) I think it was the cataclysm or something along those lines, where the gods forsook the world.
It depends on where the party is. It starts out in a sort of post-apocolypse discover the world, then turns to more natural save the towns from the wild natives, to stop the invasion of those who think they really own the neighborhood, to apocolypse from happening again...
Some of my groups are running concurrently through the same areas and they suffer or discover what the other groups did or did not do.
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"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
-Vedexent
"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
Question of the Day since the thread is sliding...
As a DM: What keeps you playing D&D, when there's so many other role playing games out there?
For Players: What keeps you playing D&D, when there's so many other role playing games out there?
For Lurkers: What keeps you lurking, when there's so many good posts here to reply to?
D&D was the game I started with, and it is also the one that my group knows the best, so I find it easiest to run short games and one-shots with this system. I still love to play games in other systems though, and my group does occasionally go for it!
As a player, I love D&D because of the variety of options and the flexibility of the core rules that allow me to design custom character options. Still, I love to get out of D&D and play new games.
Not lurking, but I was gone for a while because of work and a really complicated life situation that left me with no free time and I cut almost all technology and screens out of my life. I’m back though!
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As a DM: What keeps you playing D&D, when there's so many other role playing games out there?
For Players: What keeps you playing D&D, when there's so many other role playing games out there?
For Lurkers: What keeps you lurking, when there's so many good posts here to reply to?
D&D is what I started with, what I know, and what my friends continue to play. The notion of having to learn another system and find more people to play with just doesn't appeal to me.
As for lurking, sometimes I start typing a reply and don't feel satisfied with what I'm saying, or feel like it's taking too much work to express what I want, so I don't bother. When I see something and immediately feel like I have a response, I'll reply.
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As a DM: What keeps you playing D&D, when there's so many other role playing games out there?
For Players: What keeps you playing D&D, when there's so many other role playing games out there?
For Lurkers: What keeps you lurking, when there's so many good posts here to reply to?
DM - Well, the only place where I can currently DM games is here on DBB, so I can't really play others since they often have much smaller online platforms
Player - The only games I can ever find to play are DND, though if someone knows of a game I can join that uses a different system, tell me about it. I would love to try new things. Im in the process of convincing one of DMs to start a Cypher game. Fingers crossed.
Lurker - I don't lurk anymore, but I used to. I think it was like page 50 of the first thread when I posted my V1 of what I thought everyone was as a Character. since then, I haven't turned back. If you think that no one will care, you are utterly wrong. The great thing about the Anything But community is that we love to hear toher ideas. Even though we throw a lot of things out there that may make you think "wow. these guys are so awesome." (which is how I felt as a lurker) in reality, most of us (at least me) are just a bunch of nerds who roll weird math rocks. we don't judge.
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Hi, I'm Raccoon_Master, a young genderfluid actor, writer, explorer, and bass vocalist. Pronouns They/Them/Theirs
My Characters:Brorminthe Devout Crusher; Ellorathe Romantic Rookie
Question of the Day since the thread is sliding...
As a DM: What keeps you playing D&D, when there's so many other role playing games out there?
For Players: What keeps you playing D&D, when there's so many other role playing games out there?
For Lurkers: What keeps you lurking, when there's so many good posts here to reply to?
As a DM: Nothing. My at home game has currently switched to Cyberpunk for the time being. We still play D&D too, for like, one-shots and stuff, but we’re not married to D&D. In fact it’s not even everyone’s favorite game. But D&D was my first TTRPG, so it’ll always have a special place in my heart.
As a Player: ibid.
As a lurker: I typically lurk on a QotD either because I‘m too busy to answer, I don’t have a strong enough opinion on the subject to interject and would rather let those with stronger opinions have the spotlight, or because I asked the question and don’t want my opinion to influence others’ responses.
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As a DM: What keeps you playing D&D, when there's so many other role playing games out there?
Most of my players don't care to learn another system. I have been interested in other role playing games, but I don't have the time or money right now to learn a whole new system.
For Players: What keeps you playing D&D, when there's so many other role playing games out there?
I need a DM to play and all my DMs stick to Dnd. I am in a Pathfinder 1e game though, so I will play other systems if I get the chance. I ain't married to Dnd.
For Lurkers: What keeps you lurking, when there's so many good posts here to reply to?
I don't really lurk anymore. However I used to lurk on the forums more than the average bogeyman. I read through all the threads for about a year before I ever posted. I was content to be an onlooker for a long time.
I Never have run a murder mystery or played in one, sadly.
Once, I particapte in a fantasy hockey game with penguin people. I don't remember much, except that the party destroyed them. not literally, of course, we were just better than them at hockey.
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Hi, I'm Raccoon_Master, a young genderfluid actor, writer, explorer, and bass vocalist. Pronouns They/Them/Theirs
My Characters:Brorminthe Devout Crusher; Ellorathe Romantic Rookie
I tried to run one once. I made it way too complicated and none of my players wanted to play anyways.
I played in one once. It was the opening adventure for Icewind Dale: RotF. It was fairly straightforward. He just followed the trail of clues in a pretty straight path until we found the murder.
I ain't ever done none of that. I do have Strixhaven though and I've read a lot of what is in there. The mechanics for the different events were practically all the same and they didn't interest me much.
I don’t really do the whole “overarching plot” thing for a whole campaign. I like to present smaller adventures to my players and let them choose the one(s) that interest them the most. So each adventure will have a “plot(ish),” but over the course of a 1-20 campaign they may go one a dozen or so of those adventures. So far the biggest, longest adventure I’ve run took 2½ years IRL and got the party from 10th — 14th levels. That’s as close to an overarching plot line as I typically get.
Now, for my own personal homebrew world the “major source of conflict” is progressive v conservative values, or chaos v order depending on how you look at it. And for the “setting” I’m developing with a friend it’s literally a great war along the urban/natural divide. It’s about how neither side is wholly right or wrong, and that the only really wrong part about it all is the war that’s been going on since forever, and about how the only true answer is peace through mutual respect and coexistence, but some of that’ll probably go over some people’s heads.
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For Dragonlance it was indeed the Cataclysm. But it wasn't the gods who abandoned, but mortals (who through vanity, pride, and a mess of other things that the gods tried to warn them and give them a chance to redeem themselves - I'm looking at you, Lord Soth! - that they failed, and were punished).
For my world - I run several games that all intertwine, really.
So there's the "Work Game" (named such, because when it started, it was mostly people from work - ironically, no longer the case). Their main story is chasing down a Beholder who has gotten a hold of a relic that bestows endless - nonstop - secrets - in doing so, it drives the bearer insane - because the secrets it unfolds escalate - and the Beholder has learned how to ascend into godhood - and that has to be stopped.
There's the "Ben Game" (named after the brother of one of my players in my Work Game, who had asked me to DM for him and his friends). Their current main story is learning that dragons are amassing - and that recent events (from the various other games) - has caused the scales to tilt in the favor of evil (a very powerful dryad killed, a fallen angel of dark power released, etc. etc.) - and they've uncovered that the "Dragon Goddess" is on the verge of awakening. All she needs is a foolish Beholder to open the portal between the mortal realm and the realm of the gods and she will rise to great power - in the meantime, she's amassing her dragons to be ready for war.
In the "Off Week" game (which is a very small group from my work game) - this game takes place in an undisclosed amount of time in the future. They're stranded on an island, that's cloaked in eternal darkness (by a magical cloud that blots out the sun). They discovered that on the island once you reach 'mature age' - you simply cease aging. They also discovered that ships - if they get too close - are magically drawn by the tide to crash into the jagged rocks around the island. Once on the island, there's a magical riptide that pulls you back to the island. They've learned the 'new' lord of the land murdered the previous lord (who was well loved) - and are uncovering that the new lord is a vampire - this is why he keeps it eternally dark, has magic to pull the ships to the island (more food), and magic to keep everyone eternally young (no one dies of old age... they simply ... disappear).
In a game that's mostly a one on one (it's mostly when me and one of the folks from the work game are bored for the night, or just need to get our mind off something) - that one is rarely run. So no real big picture there yet - other than so far a coven of hags has been at work on this island that's ripe with magic (story goes a Storm Giant was attacked by a red dragon - and all kinds of power and magic was unleashed creating instability in the magical energies on this island - so various portals to the various realms will mysteriously open and close randomly, all over the island).
In the new face to face game, we're only about six sessions in - and haven't figured out their big story yet. But I've alluded (as it's leaked in the other games as well, Work Game, Ben Game) - that the giants see the dragons amassing - and at the Echelon - the giants are demanding action by the King and Queen of the Echelon - they need to strike at the dragons before the dragons strike at them. So there's rumblings of a war - not only between giant and dragon - but among the giants themselves. (It has a bit of a Storm King's Thunder vibe to it, in that regard that it's centered on giants).
In all my campaigns, I've mentioned this before, I like to flesh out things I've really not delved into. In the work game, there was a ... I think it went for 16 to 20?... session bit with the Drow and the Dwarves. A whole war between them I developed - which then went on to spread into the current (work game story) where after a long time of not encountering them - they find them on the Plane of Earth, at war with the Earth Genasi... when a new enemy is brought in, the Githyanki (which in my world, are elves who worship an evil serpent god whose destiny is to squeeze the world, once the gods are slain... so the serpent god has sided with the Beholder, on its quest to godhood - to weaken the gods).
So things like giants, I never explored really. Drow, never explored until that long Drow/Dwarf war I did. I have introduced Illithid as a potential enemy to the "Ben" game, alluding to that the Illithid have something to do with one of the monk's backgrounds (because I never touched Illithid in any of my games). I've never used Lycanthropy, or horror-type themed monsters, but the Off Week is full of it - so many people on the island are infected with Lycanthropy - but many have learned to control it.
So I am looking to use monsters I've not used and create some lore and story along the way.
Check out my publication on DMs Guild: https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=Tawmis%20Logue
Check out my comedy web series - Neverending Nights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wr4-u9-zw0&list=PLbRG7dzFI-u3EJd0usasgDrrFO3mZ1lOZ
Need a character story/background written up? I do it for free (but also take donations!) - https://forums.giantitp.com/showthread.php?591882-Need-a-character-background-written-up
can’t say very much about my own campaign here because I run it on the Forums, but for my game Oak Road and Stone, set in the Ebon Tides, which is like a spooky feywild, the main thing that starts the conflict is the attempted assassination of the fey lady Yleira the Swift. So that’s gonna cause a whole lot of stuff to happen.
Question of the Day since the thread is sliding...
As a DM: What keeps you playing D&D, when there's so many other role playing games out there?
For Players: What keeps you playing D&D, when there's so many other role playing games out there?
For Lurkers: What keeps you lurking, when there's so many good posts here to reply to?
Check out my publication on DMs Guild: https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=Tawmis%20Logue
Check out my comedy web series - Neverending Nights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wr4-u9-zw0&list=PLbRG7dzFI-u3EJd0usasgDrrFO3mZ1lOZ
Need a character story/background written up? I do it for free (but also take donations!) - https://forums.giantitp.com/showthread.php?591882-Need-a-character-background-written-up
DM - Two things really. The people I DM for don't actually know how to play all that well, so I use the time to teach them, and I enjoy making my own stories.
Player - I like creating characters to test out mechanics I learn or created.
Lurker - I don't think there's a Call of Cthulu website. All I know is this one.
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I am The Grand Envisioner!
DM-- I mean, I'm not really that familiar with the other RPG systems anyways. I just remember some family members of mine thinking, 'You might like D&D', so they introduced me to it and I enjoyed it so I kept going. I know nothing about other systems and I'm not really interested in learning them as of now, especially since I'm starting to get the hang of D&D.
Player-- null, since I haven't gotten to be a player for a while.
Lurker-- I know I'm not a lurker on this thread anymore (though I still don't post here much tbh), but I'd say they're probably just nervous to post or something similar to that.
Hello! I am a perfectly sane gibberer. Hi! :D
Locations are dead, the Temple of Potassium has fallen but its ideals live on
A mysterious link of chain... (Extended signature). PRAISE JEFF THE EVIL ROOMBA! REALLY cool video.
One of the Warlock Patrons on the forums. Low, low price of your soul, your firstborn child and your liver!
Titles: The Echoing Story Spewer from Drummer, the Endless Maws from Isis, the Mad Murderer from PJ
I love playing a lot, but sometimes I hyperfixate on a thread when I have a really good character for it
I'm fry, and I make doodles. That's why they call me FRY DOODLES. Also no pressure but check out my YouTube channel (Fry Doodles)
Soli Deo Gloria(Sed servus eius crustulum vult)
I'm a disabled, neurodivergent, artsy dumpster fire, and somewhat of a clown. But, I'm also god's favorite princess and the most interesting girl in the world.
Crafter of Constellations, vocaloid enjoyer, waluigi’s #1 fan, space alien, your favorite pretty boy, and certified silly goose
DM- I’ve never really played any other rpgs, my dad told me about it and my classmates sucky DM brother was my first DM, then I started DMing myself and it was fun, and I’ve never really wanted to try any other role playing games, because dnd covers a lot of stuff.
PLAYER- same answer. I’ve always enjoyed being a player more than a DM, though.
LURKER- well I’m posting right now, aren’t I?
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Maybe I will return. Perhaps not.
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So little interest, and every attempt to play a better game falls apart. D&D is hardly my favorite RPG — it’s barely even top ten. I just stick around ‘cause I love the community and roleplay.
In my experience, most players haven’t even considered playing others RPGs. They generally go with what their DM wants, and their DM usually only cares about D&D.
For a while, I just wasn’t confident. I worried that no one would care about or even notice anything I said. I initially only posted in articles, and I still don’t venture out of the Kitchen often — I only do so when I’m bored and want to help someone else out. Or, y’know, when I wanna yell at someone because their orcs are different from mine.
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As a DM and a player, D&D is the first game I ever tried and I still like it the best. Plus it’s what all my friends play.
I really like D&D, especially Ravenloft, Exandria and the Upside Down from Stranger Things. My pronouns are she/they (genderfae).
It depends on where the party is. It starts out in a sort of post-apocolypse discover the world, then turns to more natural save the towns from the wild natives, to stop the invasion of those who think they really own the neighborhood, to apocolypse from happening again...
Some of my groups are running concurrently through the same areas and they suffer or discover what the other groups did or did not do.
"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
-Vedexent
"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
-Ilyara Thundertale
D&D was the game I started with, and it is also the one that my group knows the best, so I find it easiest to run short games and one-shots with this system. I still love to play games in other systems though, and my group does occasionally go for it!
As a player, I love D&D because of the variety of options and the flexibility of the core rules that allow me to design custom character options. Still, I love to get out of D&D and play new games.
Not lurking, but I was gone for a while because of work and a really complicated life situation that left me with no free time and I cut almost all technology and screens out of my life. I’m back though!
You guys, DUH.
"Sooner or later, your Players are going to smash your railroad into a sandbox."
-Vedexent
"real life is a super high CR."
-OboeLauren
"............anybody got any potatoes? We could drop a potato in each hole an' see which ones get viciously mauled by horrible monsters?"
-Ilyara Thundertale
D&D is what I started with, what I know, and what my friends continue to play. The notion of having to learn another system and find more people to play with just doesn't appeal to me.
As for lurking, sometimes I start typing a reply and don't feel satisfied with what I'm saying, or feel like it's taking too much work to express what I want, so I don't bother. When I see something and immediately feel like I have a response, I'll reply.
DM - Well, the only place where I can currently DM games is here on DBB, so I can't really play others since they often have much smaller online platforms
Player - The only games I can ever find to play are DND, though if someone knows of a game I can join that uses a different system, tell me about it. I would love to try new things. Im in the process of convincing one of DMs to start a Cypher game. Fingers crossed.
Lurker - I don't lurk anymore, but I used to. I think it was like page 50 of the first thread when I posted my V1 of what I thought everyone was as a Character. since then, I haven't turned back. If you think that no one will care, you are utterly wrong. The great thing about the Anything But community is that we love to hear toher ideas. Even though we throw a lot of things out there that may make you think "wow. these guys are so awesome." (which is how I felt as a lurker) in reality, most of us (at least me) are just a bunch of nerds who roll weird math rocks. we don't judge.
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"I don't make sense to you, and I don't make sense to myself. Maybe the only one I make sense to is God" ~ Me, trying to sound smart
As a DM: Nothing. My at home game has currently switched to Cyberpunk for the time being. We still play D&D too, for like, one-shots and stuff, but we’re not married to D&D. In fact it’s not even everyone’s favorite game. But D&D was my first TTRPG, so it’ll always have a special place in my heart.
As a Player: ibid.
As a lurker: I typically lurk on a QotD either because I‘m too busy to answer, I don’t have a strong enough opinion on the subject to interject and would rather let those with stronger opinions have the spotlight, or because I asked the question and don’t want my opinion to influence others’ responses.
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Most of my players don't care to learn another system. I have been interested in other role playing games, but I don't have the time or money right now to learn a whole new system.
I need a DM to play and all my DMs stick to Dnd. I am in a Pathfinder 1e game though, so I will play other systems if I get the chance. I ain't married to Dnd.
I don't really lurk anymore. However I used to lurk on the forums more than the average bogeyman. I read through all the threads for about a year before I ever posted. I was content to be an onlooker for a long time.
QotD from recent D&D Beyond Articles:
Have you ever run (as a DM) or played in (as a player) a Murder Mystery for a D&D Session? If so, what was it, how did it go, etc?
https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1654-how-to-run-murder-mysteries-in-d-d
I know Strixhaven is very much like a D&D Harry Potter type setting - have you ever run any sports games (as a DM) or been in any (as a player) in D&D? If so, how was it, how'd it go, etc?
https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/1657-the-fantasy-league-a-guide-to-running-sports-in-d
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I Never have run a murder mystery or played in one, sadly.
Once, I particapte in a fantasy hockey game with penguin people. I don't remember much, except that the party destroyed them. not literally, of course, we were just better than them at hockey.
Hi, I'm Raccoon_Master, a young genderfluid actor, writer, explorer, and bass vocalist. Pronouns They/Them/Theirs
My Characters: Brormin the Devout Crusher; Ellora the Romantic Rookie
Check out my EXTENDED SIGNATUR (hasn't been updated in forever, fyi) and don’t forget to join the Anything but the OGL 2.0 Thread!
"I don't make sense to you, and I don't make sense to myself. Maybe the only one I make sense to is God" ~ Me, trying to sound smart
I tried to run one once. I made it way too complicated and none of my players wanted to play anyways.
I played in one once. It was the opening adventure for Icewind Dale: RotF. It was fairly straightforward. He just followed the trail of clues in a pretty straight path until we found the murder.
I ain't ever done none of that. I do have Strixhaven though and I've read a lot of what is in there. The mechanics for the different events were practically all the same and they didn't interest me much.