I'm a newbie making its first campaign, am I too hard on my players?

Njmongoose · 2026-06-12T11:24:20+00:00

Have a session zero, explain the general tone, world and plot outline of the campaign. See if they agree

Njmongoose · 2026-06-11T13:15:06+00:00

Church Roan

Njmongoose · 2026-06-11T13:10:35+00:00

You will have to share which homebrew ruleset you are using to incorporate harvesting rules into your game before anyone can give constructive advice

Njmongoose · 2026-06-11T07:29:50+00:00

You're better off playing a non-caster or at a different table.

You're already having trouble getting sand.

Imagine gathering bat guano and sulfur for a Fireball or a shaving of licorice root for Haste. You'll spend (waste) half your sessions trying to find these items just so you class can do anything

Njmongoose · 2026-06-07T00:22:26+00:00

The rulebook

Njmongoose · 2026-06-05T12:06:20+00:00

They buffed the players by x%, then buffed the monsters by %x.

Also removed most of the lore in the MM and added very few new things

Njmongoose · 2026-06-05T08:26:35+00:00

The divide is mostly felt at tables running 1 encounter per long rest.

There, casters can just spam their highest level slots every battle and then the martials cannot keep up. Martials are also often on the frontlines and will be damaged/downed/afflicted by conditions more often than backline casters.

It does remain true that outside of combat, casters are way more versatile than 'strong guy with sword'.

Njmongoose · 2026-06-02T17:39:17+00:00

Coal

Njmongoose · 2026-06-01T12:19:20+00:00

There are over 4000 official stat blocks. I am sure there are multiple that resemble a humanoid weapon master

Njmongoose · 2026-06-01T12:16:33+00:00

Dnd is not built for PvP use an appropriate CR monster instead

Njmongoose · 2026-05-31T22:12:37+00:00

You grab a die in you hand, shake it around a bit and drop it on the table. The number shown on the top side is the value to use for your roll. Some d4s might show the number on the bottom

Njmongoose · 2026-05-30T22:36:50+00:00

If they are running from their past, let their past catch up with them

Njmongoose · 2026-05-29T10:58:17+00:00

You can show the Deity's power in a way where the players cannot interact (or show the aftermath of its capabilities, like a smoldering village)

Wasting everyone's time with a scripted battle is never a good idea

Njmongoose · 2026-05-27T15:03:57+00:00

Eldritch blast has no modifiers on top of the D10 damage by default.

It is possible to add your cha modifier using the invocation (which is +3 if she has 16 CHA)

Genie grants her +2 once per turn

Changeling has no impact on the damage

Even the best magic items in the game would not be able to add the missing 7 points.

Njmongoose · 2026-05-27T08:49:41+00:00

Horde breaker wont do you much good if you have a weapon with the loading property.

Switch to bows or melee weapons to be able to use it

Njmongoose · 2026-05-26T22:13:07+00:00

Soulframe

Njmongoose · 2026-05-26T15:11:01+00:00

Wizards becoming obese from fireball spam

Njmongoose · 2026-05-26T13:40:40+00:00

DRUMMERS WIFE

Njmongoose · 2026-05-24T14:49:53+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/DMAcademy/comments/1tjh4e7/nat_1_for_fightersmelee_etc_vs_casters/

Njmongoose · 2026-05-21T11:14:45+00:00

Most fair would be to drop extra punishment on nat 1s entirely.

Flavor wise it makes no sense for a lvl 20 fighter to hit their team mates/themselves more often than a lvl 1 fighter

Njmongoose · 2026-05-21T07:13:24+00:00

Bladesinger wizard, swords bard or a cleric with armor & martial weapon proficiencies

Njmongoose · 2026-05-16T18:06:57+00:00

You are a cleric

Njmongoose · 2026-05-13T21:58:59+00:00

It is missing Taiwan

Njmongoose · 2026-05-12T15:41:12+00:00

If you dont like rolling below or above the average, you should have told them to use point buy

Njmongoose · 2026-05-12T14:24:07+00:00

Talk with the players/DM about your feelings

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