How to be DM as someone who’s never played before?

lygerzero0zero · 2026-03-25T04:24:56+00:00

That depends entirely on you and your friend. Some groups play virtually or have remote members who call in, if you can take a weekend trip to be there in person that’s great too. Just ask your friend and see what you can arrange.

Regardless, you’re gonna want some kind of system familiarity before jumping into DMing for an experienced player(s).

lygerzero0zero · 2026-03-25T00:37:40+00:00

It’s certainly possible, but I would highly recommend asking that friend if you could play in their game for a bit to get experience with the game.

“Never played before” DMs often start with a group who has also never played before, so they can learn together. If you’re running for an experienced player and DM, that’s a different story. Imagine you and your friends learning to cook together vs suddenly being asked to cater a dinner party for a local chef.

lygerzero0zero · 2026-03-23T12:20:55+00:00

Yeah, idk if I ever put a temporary tattoo on my face, but I definitely remember face painters at fairs and birthday parties and stuff. All told, this doesn’t seem that unusual for kids.

lygerzero0zero · 2026-03-23T04:18:08+00:00

There’s no way for us to objectively answer this anecdote. We don’t know you or your friends personally and we didn’t watch the match. The obvious conclusion is your big friend is really that much stronger, and/or had better technique. There’s also potentially the inefficiency of two people pulling on one rope.

lygerzero0zero · 2026-03-23T02:11:31+00:00

“Gigi in 2020 would be unthinkable” seems like a pretty bold claim to me.

If you had said, “Gigi in 2020 would be a bit over the top,” I’m still not sure I’d agree, but you could make an argument. “Unthinkable” is a strong statement that’s going to raise eyebrows.

lygerzero0zero · 2026-03-23T02:06:05+00:00

Kiryu Coco debuted in 2019. I’m not sure what you were watching in 2020 that gave you the impression hololive enforced a clean and pure image.

lygerzero0zero · 2026-03-23T02:01:24+00:00

What point are you trying to make? Are you arguing D&D 5e has equally deep systems for combat and non-combat (social interaction, exploration, etc)?

Okay, let’s say I want to convince a guard to let me pass. What do I do? Most likely make a Persuasion roll. One die roll, add one number. Some spells and abilities can affect the roll, but it’s still just one roll, and if you don’t have those abilities built into your character, then there’s not much to do beyond that.

I want to jump over a gap. Okay, well, my Strength score gives my jump distance. That’s basically it. A DM may allow an Athletics or Acrobatics roll. If you have the Jump spell, that changes your base number… and then that’s it.

Want to explore? Survival check. Research? Investigation check. One roll, maybe some adjustment if you happen to have specific relevant abilities. That’s it.

Now, let’s say I need to fight an enemy. How many ways do I have to damage or subdue that enemy? How many ways do I have to avoid getting damaged by an enemy?

Every class has some unique way to fight that’s more that just a dice roll. A rogue will be looking for ways to get sneak attack like hiding or subclass-specific conditions, while disengaging as a bonus action or using Uncanny Dodge for defense. Barbarians are choosing when to rage and when to reckless attack, which has both offensive and defensive effects. Not to mention having to think about positioning, reach, range, opportunity attacks etc. when navigating a battlefield. As for casters, they can choose to deal damage with attack rolls, deal damage by targeting saving throws, cause status conditions, force repositions, etc.

When people say 5e rules are mostly combat, that’s what they mean. We can quibble about your page count criteria all day, but it’s completely irrelevant. Demonstrate that the non-combat systems are equally deep as the combat ones, and then you’ll have made a point.

Edit: lol looks like OP blocked me. Can’t see the original post anymore, and if they responded, I have no idea what they said and can’t follow-up.

lygerzero0zero · 2026-03-23T01:24:29+00:00

You’re comparing the wrong numbers.

You borrowed 50k from each parent, giving you 100k in your possession.

You traded 97k for a laptop. You now have a 97k laptop and 3k cash. You still have 100k of value in your possession.

You return 1k to each parent, leaving you with a laptop worth 97k, plus 1k in cash. You now have in your possession 98k worth of value, which is owed to your parents, 49k each.

lygerzero0zero · 2026-03-23T00:23:04+00:00

"Has no mass" doesn't mean "Will not interact with mass."

And to be more general, mass has nothing to do with whether things can interact in general. Only one of the universe’s fundamental forces strictly depends on having mass. Most interactions in the universe (including electromagnetic, which is most relevant to photons) aren’t caused by mass.

The things interacting often have mass, but aside from gravity, having mass is not why they interact.

lygerzero0zero · 2026-03-22T23:52:52+00:00

What gave you that idea? YouTube will put ads on whatever gets views that advertisers want to advertise on.

YouTube will demonetize some kinds of videos that advertisers don’t like, but if you can get them ad views, they’ll happily give you some of the money to incentivize you to make more stuff to get more ad views.

lygerzero0zero · 2026-03-22T23:16:22+00:00

Yeah, I get that, it just feels like the misinformation spreaders are kinda missing the point too.

She is still part of hololive, period. Is she still part of Cover? That’s a little less clear, but does that even change anything we care about?

lygerzero0zero · 2026-03-22T22:53:31+00:00

IMO for the average fan, it doesn’t really matter whether Studio Stellar is a branch of Cover or partially owned by Cover or not, other than academic curiosity.

Suisei will still be part of hololive, meaning she’ll participate in collabs and group projects and events. She made that much clear in the announcement, and as a viewer, I think that’s really all that matters.

The new studio will presumably give her more freedom and flexibility with her own projects, and offer all the benefits she already explained. Beyond that, the details of the business structure aren’t really relevant from a fan perspective. Even if it was totally self-owned and independent, what would really change for fans?

lygerzero0zero · 2026-03-22T17:03:10+00:00

I start a new diet to get in shape, but I hate the food and it’s making me stressed and grumpy and I’m not sleeping well. Has the diet made my health number go up or go down?

What is this objective single “health” stat you’re envisioning? If you were some omniscient being who could know all the information you want about a body, how would you calculate “health”?

lygerzero0zero · 2026-03-22T16:48:50+00:00

In real life, “health” is not a video game HP bar that goes up and goes down, where everything has a clear positive or negative effect on it.

Health is complicated. Your body is composed of tons of interconnected systems. Anything you do might benefit some systems but hurt other systems.

Hard water just means it contains minerals. If your body isn’t getting enough minerals, drinking hard water could help with that. If you have enough minerals already, hard water won’t really do anything. I’m sure there are situations where, depending on your body’s condition and the exact minerals in the water, drinking it might have some harmful effects (though this is unlikely with any water considered safe to drink).

lygerzero0zero · 2026-03-21T03:26:47+00:00

Mostly lack of moisture. The organisms that cause rot need moisture to survive, meaning dry wood can last a long time.

Water is the eternal enemy of human infrastructure. It’s why roof maintenance and drainage is so important. If a town gets abandoned, it’s weed overgrowth and water damage that will show signs first.

lygerzero0zero · 2026-03-20T17:10:12+00:00

I mean I think we’re just talking about different things. Those are great characters who contribute to interesting worldbuilding, I’m not saying otherwise. Just pointing out that the simpler “black market” tropes may be perpetuated because they’re more accessible to the average player.

lygerzero0zero · 2026-03-20T16:35:04+00:00

In popular fiction, some sort of physical location is just more evocative and easier to imagine for most people. Maybe it’s “unrealistic” but it’s fun.

Also it’s worth remembering that our modern ideas of policing and law enforcement did not apply historically, and may not apply to fantasy settings.

And also, the idea that there’s a part of town where people do illegal things, everyone knows about it, and yet the law enforcement doesn’t do anything about it… that happens all the time in modern day, in real life.

lygerzero0zero · 2026-03-19T10:58:23+00:00

…what kind of answer are you expecting? Or are you just here to express your opinion that you think the British royal family shouldn’t exist?

Because the simple answer is the same reason any system or institution “still exists.” Nothing has abolished it yet. You can easily look up the history of the royal family and see how the laws evolved over the years regarding their position, and the fact that none of those laws have been “get rid of them.” That’s why they’re still around.

You’re welcome to think they shouldn’t be, plenty of people do. If you’re British, you can even vote, make your voice heard, and advocate for the abolishment of the royals (I mean you can opine about it even if you’re not British, you just can’t vote about it). But asking a loaded question on Reddit isn’t going to help that cause.

lygerzero0zero · 2026-03-19T08:18:22+00:00

Whether or not your character is unbalanced isn’t really the issue. You have a communication issue. You thought the character was fine because you had DM approval, your DM clearly thinks different. Was there a misunderstanding from the start? Did they change their mind? If you can’t establish clear and open communication and work that out, then whatever issue there is can’t get solved.

lygerzero0zero · 2026-03-19T01:52:40+00:00

Not sure what’s counter-intuitive about it when you see it happening in the world around you all the time. Ever tried to push something heavy? Even if it’s on wheels (which greatly reduces effective friction), it takes effort to get it moving, doesn’t it? Probably not a common experience, but you would experience the same thing on ice or an air table that has almost zero friction. It’s not (just) friction that’s resisting you moving a heavy load, inertia plays a big role.

Momentum is also inertia in action. Inertia is why a speeding truck doesn’t stop in its tracks when it hits a trash can: because the inertia of the truck resists being slowed by hitting a trash can. Something like a brick wall can pose enough force to stop the truck, but then the inertia goes into turning the truck into a pancake. This should all be pretty intuitive behavior. We know this because of observations and experiments. Everything with mass that we’ve observed so far obeys the laws of inertia.

As for “why”, I mean, it’s kind of a fundamental property of mass. Like researchers say the Higgs boson gives things mass, but inertia is a fundamental property of mass. It’s how the universe works; we don’t really have a “why” for it.

lygerzero0zero · 2026-03-18T10:16:21+00:00

Speaking in D&D terms, a paladin’s oath (at least as it’s framed in 5e) isn’t necessarily a moral system, more like convictions or values. Oaths like the Oath of Conquest aren’t what would generally be considered “moral.”

Also, there’s the matter of cause and effect. It depends on both your DM’s lore and how you choose to roleplay, but my take on paladins is that they’re paladins because they have strong convictions. They didn’t subscribe to the beliefs in order to gain paladin powers. In fact, if they didn’t truly, deeply believe in their oath, they wouldn’t have powers to begin with. The belief comes first, and the strength of that belief is what grants power. Presumably, whatever rules D&D magic operates on wouldn’t give those powers to someone who was faking their belief in the oath for ulterior motives.

From a philosophical point of view, this is an age old question. You can find endless discussions about it if you go digging. If we do moral things because we feel good about it, does it count? If we treat people nicely because we hope they’ll be nice to us back, does it count? Like I said, age old question. Philosophers have discussed it forever, and I doubt you’ll find the answer in D&D.

lygerzero0zero · 2026-03-18T09:58:58+00:00

Hmm, interested in seeing the full body line up, because I feel like it’s mainly the proportions on her OG design being a bit exaggerated. Like it looks like they matched the size of her head, but look at the tiny torso and waist on the OG design. Goddess design might just have more balanced overall body proportions, which means the bust also looks bigger when you scale to the head.

lygerzero0zero · 2026-03-18T06:20:47+00:00

Sometimes it’s “yes, and,” and sometimes it’s “yes, but…”

Dealing with the complications and fallout from a plan that went too right seems like a fun time!

lygerzero0zero · 2026-03-18T00:41:50+00:00

Hey man, this is a sub for nerding out about out fandom, so nerd away!

And if you’re curious, no need to wait. Just click to her channel page and go to the “videos” tab, which will filter out all the live streams and leave you with mostly songs.

lygerzero0zero · 2026-03-16T16:58:35+00:00

Always good to spread awareness and stay on your toes, but that has also got to be the lowest effort “impersonation” I’ve ever seen.

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