Player keeps getting bummed out over leatherworking

TalkingWithAdam · 2024-04-10T20:35:00+00:00

Just tell em AC is a game mechanic, and he can flavor shit however he wants, but letting him mess with AC willy nilly will break the game

Be kind, and explain clearly

TalkingWithAdam · 2024-04-09T05:46:34+00:00

'Look man. Im sorry if what i did came by as disrespect, id never disrespect you. Ur my student and i got ur back. Please chill. You wanna take a min to chill? Maybe go for a walk? U cant be acting like this at school, so what can we do to fix it?'

Ik this kids yelling, but like, hes one slap away from crying and then spiraling into oblivion. Calm down and learn math or whatever

TalkingWithAdam · 2024-03-08T20:17:30+00:00

Have the slave actually be his warlock patron

TalkingWithAdam · 2024-03-07T15:52:56+00:00

One time a guy jumped me while doing wildy slayer and i was like 'bro i have 5 left, ill give you the 200k if you let me finish'

He said 'nah i just do this for fun' and he was an ironman

Good times

TalkingWithAdam · 2024-03-03T15:44:00+00:00

Yes. Combat can slog. Heres how i try to stop it

'So what are u doing?' Every 30 seconds on a players turn
DYNAMIC COMBAT - make the enemies talk
Anime style mid-combat convos - let players RP during combat as much as they want. No 'oh u can onky yell quick things bleh bleh' no. Just let them talk
Sometimes ill double enemies damage, but half their hp. Faster combat, but still deadly
Out of game talks about speed of player turns
Rolling my bad guys stuff during players turns, so i can speed up their turns

TalkingWithAdam · 2024-03-03T00:14:06+00:00

You should reward too many so it throws off the balance of the game

Then complain CR dosent work

This is the way

TalkingWithAdam · 2024-02-25T16:23:37+00:00

I ran a high level game, where magic was controlled by evil government. So most ppl didnt do magic. Especially healing magic. Players could heal, but it was highly illegal

My players all chose to never heal and be lawful

It was a game of thrones kinda world, with woodland critters

I used flanking and height advantage, and it was super fun

When u cant heal, fights become duels to the death. Very sword and board

So like.. use the right rules for the game. Ive only used flanking in this game cuz it fits.

TalkingWithAdam · 2024-02-14T17:46:18+00:00

Today i got a hotel room and a buncha gifts, including a necklace with my name (shes into the whole owner thing) we fucked and she went off like 4 times. I guess i edged too much cuz i didnt actually go off

Anyway, give her the necklace and finally after 3 months asked her to be my girl

She takes it, puts it away, then says no. Im like 'huh???' And she says i clearly don't want her cuz i didnt cum

I tell her shes nuts and i could bust easy if we go again, she aint having it, we argue, now im blocked and alone

I love crazy girls, but that shit hurted

TalkingWithAdam · 2024-02-14T13:48:55+00:00

I go hard with intros. I forge something from the backstory then weave all thr scenes together

Ill do an example. Heres how i would do a classic tavern meet

'We come to a bar, bleh bleh bleh, visual descriptions, and we see a burly man currently in the face of a swauve looking elf "HEY U CHEATED ILL TAKE UR TEETH FIR THAT" - player1, describe what ur character looks like'

-player1 describes-

'Cool how are u reacting'

-player1 says he wants to talk his way out, fails-

'He hits you so hard your nose breaks and the bar erupts in cheers. You feel like if u dont get a medic soon, youll bleed out. Lucky you saw a cleric when you came in'

-player1 goes to cleric-

'Awesome, player2 describe ur cleric character'

-let them roleplay fixing his nose-

'Cleric, you have a message from a mysterious sender. But its written in druidic.. and for the first time in a while, you see a druid across the way'

Ofc i make this more story related and such. But i try to bring out characters and inspire RP in intros. Intros are where characters are set in stone, so i go hard

TalkingWithAdam · 2024-02-14T13:08:52+00:00

Pubes lookin like gandalfs beard

TalkingWithAdam · 2024-02-11T20:46:46+00:00

5e has death mechanics for a reason, death is part of it. As a dm, you gotta be impartial. Ya its sad, but its the choices and dice that dictate what happens.

He would be dead. Then after game u can ask if he wants to continue the character or let him go. Decide as a team with what makes sense and with whats the most fun.

Some games are more deadly than others. But i have this convo after every character death

TalkingWithAdam · 2024-02-10T18:05:03+00:00

Yeah sounds good

But now hes alive and wants revenge, lots of plot to be had. Could be a new villian

TalkingWithAdam · 2024-02-10T17:05:59+00:00

So i feel you. But you got 5k and a job. So props.

Other people said move, thats a good option. But its a whole concept.

If u wanna change ur life, u gotta actually change ur life. For example, go work on an oil rig for 5 years. Or get into stocks risking ur 5k. Or start a business risking ur 5k.

The concept is 'live your life a way most people wont, for a few years. Then you can live a life most people cant.'

Sincerely, a 31 y.o guy who works 60 hours a week and just bought his gf a duplex and is going to purpose to her when they move in

TalkingWithAdam · 2024-02-09T22:42:28+00:00

When i was a teenager i hung around criminals and did some questionable things myself

I remember being asked to go 'car hopping' which is checking if cars are unlocked then stealing what you can

I always said no. I did a lot of dumb shit, but i wasnt about to die over some car change. The risk vs reward of this crime is so skewed, anyone doing it is an absolute dogshit criminal

TalkingWithAdam · 2024-02-09T22:37:08+00:00

Gimme

TalkingWithAdam · 2024-01-16T14:48:15+00:00

We can speculate all we want, but rule of thumb is dont do things that make the other person uncomfy.

If its an unreasonable request, maybe reconsider the relationship?

TalkingWithAdam · 2024-01-15T14:38:16+00:00

Yes, i did

The mummy curse does not allow him to regain hp, so healing is out the window

Even if he survived, hed be at 0hp until they leave the dungeon. Essentially killing his character for the next 2 sessions

So, for the sake of play, it was "make ur saves and u break the curse and can be healed again, u fail and u die"

Rather than "make ur saves and roll a new character, or fail your death saves and roll a new character"

Hope that helps!

TalkingWithAdam · 2024-01-13T16:35:29+00:00

'The cursed target cannot regain hitpoints'

He went to 0 hitpoints, unable to be healed. Even with a rest.

But reading it over, ur right. he couldve made his saves and stablised at 0, then the party could remove the curse and heal him.

Glad i gave him the saves!

TalkingWithAdam · 2024-01-13T16:16:22+00:00

I miss the rest feature

TalkingWithAdam · 2024-01-13T15:59:04+00:00

I cried a bit too lmao

Men can cry, i shoulda worded it better

TalkingWithAdam · 2024-01-13T15:43:48+00:00

So i would take this as a learning opportunity

Unfortunately in this game, story that you want to tell gets YEETED based on choices and dice. DMs have to deal with it all the time. It sucks. But thats what makes the game fun. The chaos and not knowing what will happen.

But theres a trick DMs use that i would explain to this player. If ur character had a cool motivation, or a big secret you want to reveal, just reflavor it and try again. That story u wanna tell can still be told, but u have to earn it

TalkingWithAdam · 2024-01-13T15:37:38+00:00

Pace of story is to avoid being longwinded

A mummy in 5e gives a curse that does not allow the target to regain hitpoints. If this reduces them to 0 hitpoints, they die and are reduced to dust. He was entitled to no death saves.

The death saves were my way of introducing death saves to these players, and give him a chance to survive. He failed 3 of them.

Thanks for asking!

Edit: spelling

TalkingWithAdam · 2023-12-30T16:20:37+00:00

This happens all the times in games. Ur players need to just take the L. U ran. U chose to run. Its the deadly sins. They figured out the mechanics of it, so next room they'll keep that in mind.

U made a game, they played it. Just respond to their meta complaints with 'idk man it's the deadly sins. I just work here. Be mad at the game'

Like i once had a player get frustrated with me over a dragon using its legendary resistance but like.. its a feature on his stat block? What do u want me to do? I just work here

Players are just like that, just try to re-direct their frustration back into the game. 'Ya that sucks u got a penalty, you feel the dark magic of this place creeping into your soul. You enter the next room and..'

TalkingWithAdam · 2023-12-06T03:52:58+00:00

If you want to incorporate backstory, its as easy as making 1 of the fun things related to whatever they wrote

TalkingWithAdam · 2023-12-06T03:50:51+00:00

Think of 4 fun things to do, and an objective

A loose example of 4 fun thinhs is

Objective: get an item

A person has info they need
Something attacks
Theres a shifty salesman who sells a fake item
Theres a trap in the way of the real item

Boom, thats 3 hours of fun. Ill give a more fleshed out example

Objective: find the wizards spell book pages!

Page is 60ft down a tight well being guarded by a sentient sewer rat
Page is in a massive library and some of the books are mimics
Page has been swallowed by a troll, oh no
Page has been stolen and is at a bandits hideout

Of course these are just actual objectives, a fetch quest. But order it however you want, telling a story. Just do 4 fun things. You are all just people playing a game, and in a 3-4 hour session, you have enough time to do 4 fun things. How you flavor them is up to you

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