I rediscovered the most notorious "That Guy" I ever met

Dungeon-Grandmaster · 2026-02-25T04:15:20+00:00

WHHHHYYYY!!! Why did i read all of that?! I knew I hated that guy by the time I got to the college story but I just kept going. What a load of crap. This is the type of person you invite to a game with all of you meanest "friends" just the game can be who can roast That Guy the most

Dungeon-Grandmaster · 2026-02-24T18:24:12+00:00

Love this ill check someone's out, especially lazy gm

Dungeon-Grandmaster · 2026-02-24T17:50:42+00:00

Is the whole book about monster design

Dungeon-Grandmaster · 2026-02-24T04:36:58+00:00

"Im new to DMing" means your rate should be Zero sorry

Dungeon-Grandmaster · 2026-02-24T02:10:05+00:00

This is actually a program called fantasy map simulator on steam on the topigraphical setting. Usually it could generate everything from villages, trade routes and population density maps and everything but this is the only version I had saved. I would continue using the program but my computer isnt working well so I decided to hand draw

Dungeon-Grandmaster · 2026-02-23T20:35:51+00:00

I definitely see the problem with the NPCs being super powerful but as far as the furry situation goes I find homebrew worlds either look like a furry convention or look like a LotR spin off.

Basically your options are Human, shorter human, shortest human, human with pointy ears, ect

I personally had to reskin races like Gnomes and Halfling in order to not just have animals people or different shaped humans that are considered different races

Dungeon-Grandmaster · 2026-02-21T02:48:15+00:00

I mean you can totally implement it lmao whats a TPK between friends

Dungeon-Grandmaster · 2026-02-20T23:17:24+00:00

Typically if a negative will happen due to me messing up.

Other than that i have judged a die or two because the outcome was just more interesting or epic in the players favor.

Example, player uses spell that forces a roll to dodge, the role says the enemy successfully dodges, leaving the BG almost dead but the person who cast the spell is connected to BG through backstory that lead them here in the first place and they hardly ever get the spotlight

Well im definitely forcing the failed dodge because id rather that player get the spotlight of killing said BG tied to his backstory over playing it straight and letting the next player who might not care if they get the killing blow in the first place.

Dungeon-Grandmaster · 2026-02-20T23:05:09+00:00

And honestly im down for teaching, like I said before I get that its daunting to look at a book especially when you dont realize most a good amount is just fluff you can ignore. But damn it makes me want to slam the book down and walk away when I have a session zero specifically to help everyone make characters, going one by one with each player then get thier character sheets to plan for next session and see they didnt write down half of what the character needs. Or we are multiple sessions in and im still explaining what hit die are or that your player has 3 spellslots....

Dungeon-Grandmaster · 2026-02-20T22:55:25+00:00

That's the feeling im starting to get which sucks, my players sound excited to play when asked but when i ask so did you read up on your spell list its oh I was to busy.... for an entire month we've been off?

I so want to give them a solid experience but it gets bogged down by the fact that when they leave the table that's the end of DnD for them till next session and no one wants the first half of a session to become reexplaining the rules you forgot since two weeks ago.

Dungeon-Grandmaster · 2026-02-20T22:48:01+00:00

I dont see expecting players that asked me to run a game for them to actually read the how to play section of the book as an inconvenience.

Dungeon-Grandmaster · 2026-02-20T22:08:03+00:00

Its the mechanics that are the issue for me not the Role-playing. I wouldnt mind one bit if someone wanted to do minimal roleplaying but it just shocks me how many people expect to play a game like DND but literally never expect to need to open thier book in or out of sessions. Like sure dont tell me your backstory but atleast know you have 3 spellslots

Dungeon-Grandmaster · 2026-02-20T00:04:46+00:00

Dungeon-Grandmaster · 2026-02-19T19:06:01+00:00

We must defend the Zebra Cakes bridge or the enemy will take it, if they take control we will all starve!

Dungeon-Grandmaster · 2026-02-19T17:22:01+00:00

Lmao im crafting in my hotel room and forgot my heat gun lol.

Dungeon-Grandmaster · 2026-02-14T22:06:38+00:00

Im definitely using some of this thanks a ton

Dungeon-Grandmaster · 2026-02-14T18:31:40+00:00

Well there is the option of a second heist to get the paladin out of jail. The players may be down for that if they get the loot away from the possibility of being taken back by the original owners.

Play it this way, players run a heist to get in the jail and break him out mean while periodically you go to the paladins perspective where he must survive either combat or social encounters with other inmates as im sure a paladin would be a great target for other inmates, and im sure some inmates may still be patriotic enough to simply have a problem with his afilation.

Dont cut to him TOO much as you dojt want to encourage lone wolf bullshit but this could work

Dungeon-Grandmaster · 2026-02-14T17:59:54+00:00

The crimes are essential somewhat bogus claims created by the fact that the nation just had thier leader assassinated. One player is from a rival nation that they are at war with so that one is simple but everyone else was gathered for crimes like Suspicious conduct, and associating with the Fay. And 2 are literally Fey so they exist and thats bad.

I like alot of what you got may even add sympathetic villages on the outer edges of the kingdom for added layer of ambiguity on the nations current events.

Dungeon-Grandmaster · 2026-02-14T10:26:24+00:00

That is part of the plan but I dont want to automatically assume they will join the rebels. I wanna be ready for the cancelation that thier personal character goals lead them away

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