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  • RegularBard@kbin.socialtoDungeons and Dragons@lemmy.world•Any tipps for soon-to-be DM with very little experience
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    1 year ago

    Hey! It sounds like you’ve prepped a lot with the books and DM screen, which is a good sign!

    As a DM, I jumped into running a full year long campaign after just running a couple one shots. It really IS easier than you think!

    All you have to do is help your friends interact with the world in the books. That’s your only job.

    The only tips I have are these:
    Make sure both your players AND yourself are having fun! It can be easy to stress and bend to your players every whim so they have as good a time as possible - don’t do that. Make sure YOU’RE having fun, too! It’ll improve your ability to run the game and everyone will be able to tell.

    Don’t worry about the tabletop aspect too much. I ran a game for over a year with nothing but my laptop and a map I drew with my friend that had the names of cities on it. I hid my dice behind my hand because there was no room for a DM screen - it really just comes down to you and your players having fun. The objects aren’t necessary. Don’t worry about not having them.

    Have fun! Let us know how it went!

  • RegularBard@kbin.socialtoMoving to: m/AskMbin!@kbin.social•The worst physical pain you've ever experienced ?
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    1 year ago

    I have scoliosis, and it was not noticed when I joined the USA military. Then, during a training exercise, I fell down a flight of stairs while carrying >100 lbs of gear.

    After medical and a discharge, I was at home and I stood up from my couch only to hear a loud crack and suddenly realized that when people see stars they LITERALLY see stars

    My lower back felt like someone had jammed a needle between two vertebrae, and I could see pulsating waves of red and blue over my vision. 0/10, do not recommend. Don’t join the military 👍

  • RegularBard@kbin.socialtoMoving to: m/AskMbin!@kbin.social•You are now an RPG character, what does your character sheet say?
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    1 year ago

    Regular Bard

    Ancestry: Northern European
    Advantage on Con saves against weather affects and immune to Exhaustion caused by Cold

    Background: Dissilusioned Millennial
    You gain the starting benefit of the last 5 classes you have made progress in, as your inability to decide on a career path has led you to many business ventures which, while failures, have still taught you something.

    Class: Mechanical Engineer 1/ Physicist 1/ Teacher 1/Technical Writer 3/Machinist 5
    Proficiency in Drafting, Proficiency in Abstract Thought, Proficiency in Patience, Proficiency in 1 additional Language of your choice, Proficiency in Persuasion, Proficiency in 3 sets of tools of your choice, Proficiency in Crafting

    Class Features:
    It’s not due until tomorrow
    You gain a +5 instead of a negative modifier to any check made to write on a subject you haven’t prepared for.

    Dimensional Metrology
    You instinctually know when a design you have seen will result in a good part or a bad one.

    Operational Parameters
    When making a crafting check for any tool you are proficient in, you can add double your proficiency bonus.

    Emergency Modifications
    You gain the ability to add a +5 to any crafting check you make, up to a maximum of your INT mod times per day.

    Feats:
    One With Sleep
    You gain a +3 to any skill you have no positive modifier in after an 8 hour bout of sleep.

  • RegularBard@kbin.socialtoAndroid@lemmy.world•What are the best phones with headphone jacks?
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    1 year ago

    As a phone repair tech, Samsung phones are some of the easiest to repair. Especially for batteries or (if you can get Samsung OEM parts) screens.

    I highly recommend you take a look at installing the new battery yourself if you’re able to be precise with a screwdriver. All it takes is the aforementioned screwdriver, a hair dryer/heat gun, and an old credit card.

    The only parts you’ll have to buy are the battery and the water resistant seal for the back glass.

  • RegularBard@kbin.socialtoDungeons and Dragons@lemmy.world•After holding out for almost 10 years, I finally got 5e books.
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    1 year ago

    As someone who’s first TTRPG was 4e: people just like to complain. 5e is a perfectly fun game, as is 3rd, 3.5, PF, or PF2e

    The real issue I noticed is that people tend to expect D&D to be the "best " system for THEIR game. And D&D (and by extension Pathfinder) have never been the “best” system at anything besides BEING D&D and Pathfinder.

    I look at it as the traditional system. D&D has a ton of old, basically unusable rules that simply exist because… We expect them to exist. We remember these rules existing in old editions so they basically HAVE to exist in the new edition. And this expectation has led to a system that is just really good at emulating itself and not much else.

    People who expect D&D to be the best for their horror game, or their survival game, or their political game often complain because that’s not what it’s for. People who expect D&D to be the best for their old 1st edition game complain because it’s that’s not what it’s for.

    It’s just meant to LOOK like the old edition.

    You’ll definitely enjoy playing 5e! A good group of friends and a solid starting adventure will get everyone rolled back into the swing of things quickly.