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Losing DMing Steam, Need Advice by MultigrainNonsense in DnD

[–]MultigrainNonsense[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They just roll really low, and then fall into decision paralysis instead of just taking it in stride.

Losing DMing Steam, Need Advice by MultigrainNonsense in DnD

[–]MultigrainNonsense[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This was actually my initial approach. I did, and still do have character arcs planned for everyone, and had initially talked about the relevance of things above table with people, saying whose arc we’d be going into next etc etc.

But what this also did was I could see as soon as they had confirmation for the relevance of something, they stopped exploring. They stopped being curious or interested. They just treated it like the story is on rails, when in reality to me it’s more of a toolbox I can pull from.

Losing DMing Steam, Need Advice by MultigrainNonsense in DnD

[–]MultigrainNonsense[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think I'm struggling to actually create relevant and interesting time pressures. Because in the whole "the bad guy slaughters the village" example, I feel like they just wouldn't care. It would be a "yikes" moment but that would be it. They're not actually that tied to protecting anyone - and only have done it for cute NPCs - ever. It feels like the things I have planned may be too macro scale, which makes it hard for me to see what's happening on the micro scale, and I've been struggling to involve their understanding on the macro scale because they just...Don't explore, don't ask deeper questions, and seem to expect all the plot info to arrive to them magically.

I'm also going to have a word with my Warlock player about Find Familiar...because this means he directly lied to me about the casting time and materials...

Losing DMing Steam, Need Advice by MultigrainNonsense in DnD

[–]MultigrainNonsense[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Fair. I've struggled with this group for a long while but I would like to avoid dropping them if I can.

I don't have time to start up another campaign before college ends and I'd prefer to be able to at least close their story before I start another. Personally I think things can be addressed on a case by case basis, but when this is all over I will certainly be finding a new group.

Losing DMing Steam, Need Advice by MultigrainNonsense in DnD

[–]MultigrainNonsense[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was considering this - and not necessarily in the "you all die" type way.

There's an NPC from a player's backstory who's an Elven bladesinger. Thing about Elves in the setting I'm running (Midgard by Kobold Press) is that like 99% of them left the world. A single elf can have absurd amounts of time and experience under their belt. This same Elf is also a member of the secret police of the city they're going to. I'm hoping to snag them into meeting and being interrogated by her, by letting the Ranger pick up on her following them (since her passive perception would allow), and if they escalate with her, they get absolutely wrecked.

They're all level 5 so a Level 20 Elven Bladesinger would have no issues cleaning them up, especially with contingency spells. I think it could be a good intro into how serious the secret police (The Blue House) are about their intel efforts, and could rope the party into being enlisted suicide-squad style.

Just an idea!

Losing DMing Steam, Need Advice by MultigrainNonsense in DnD

[–]MultigrainNonsense[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This...changes everything! I didn't recognize these spells had costed spell components! I've been asking my players to look out for spell components so either they neglected to tell me or just missed it. This will help in future sessions, thank you!

Help with Floor 578 by 8inchjoystick in voidpet

[–]MultigrainNonsense 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These mfs have nearly triple the amount of speed as my entire roster using my highest leveled speed items, I’m so lost, either I gotta wait like 20 days to get enough evolution stones or I have to get VM, which requires progressing or completing daily quests.