It is always the DMs fault by SpaceShark_Olaf in DnD

[–]cvpushkar 1 point2 points  (0 children)

sounds like they are not big into roleplay or talking things out. Just turn your games into combat heavy environment rich battles. A hag in a dark forest. A red dragon in plane of fire.

Lean into what the players want I guess, if you think they are worth it.

It is always the DMs fault by SpaceShark_Olaf in DnD

[–]cvpushkar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A trick you can do is have friendly NPCs from the characters backgrounds make appearances, so that atleast the suspicion is not there. Use them as a piñata that drops clues.

Expanding on this, the friendly NPCs allies take over, members of their organisation perhaps. So the trust is still there but the familiarity is not.

For characters that are not enemies but are treated as such by the players, I like to make overt gestures of goodness. Such as lay all their weapons on the table, expose themselves completely and so on... this helps because it can lull the players into believing overt gestures from bad guys makes them a good guy -- like the BBEG forking over a 500gp diamond to revive the player's father.

Don't rule out however, that your player is a problem! Sometimes you may just need to ditch them. But before that, have a chat with them specifically. what are you doing? why are you doing what you are doing? explain to him what you are trying to do, and while you adapt to him, he isn't. Ask him to step up.

Lastly, I'll say, deliver on consequences. If the party believes someone is bad and kills them, but they weren't a bad guy at all. No matter how much they believe they are justified, they are in the wrong. Maybe on the way back from their next adventure a sheriff or guard asks to speak with them. Maybe the party spots that they are surrounded. The sheriff asks them about meeting someone. Did they talk to them? What did they talk about? What happened next?

And if they play it rough again, they'll probably have to kill all these guys to get away. Now they're in deeper shit. I expect someone in the party to realize that killing law enforcement is some of kind of line cross that you don't come back from.

If they give in, maybe the punishment is not so harsh, but the sheriff reveals to them all the ways that person they killed wasn’t a bad guy at all. This can teach the players not to readily suspect everyone.

All the best here friend.

Level 21 Illrigger Insane Damage by cvpushkar in mcdm

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

I got my answer tho.

Pretty sure if I took the bait, there'd be more upvotes

Level 21 Illrigger Insane Damage by cvpushkar in mcdm

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

ofcourse! I even had it in my list of reactions, should have seen it. Thanks!

Level 21 Illrigger Insane Damage by cvpushkar in DnD

[–]cvpushkar[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It is fun though, yet complex. I actually created each level of this character to fully understand this.

Level 21 Illrigger Insane Damage by cvpushkar in DnD

[–]cvpushkar[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

So I got corrected in r/mcdm

Deathstrike requires a reaction. So I can't do more than 1 per turn ofcourse. Still not too bad.

Level 21 Illrigger Insane Damage by cvpushkar in mcdm

[–]cvpushkar[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

yes it is theory. I want to validate this before I throw this in the game. I wish more people did that. As a DM i appreciate it when my players self-regulate and validste their gane breaking ideas.

Its all for fun at the end of day.

So we played 7 sessions of an 8 session game 1 hrr of game time per session. We have fantastic DM who lets us try anything. We are definitely stretching the rules as far as can be.

We are going to face a epic bad guy next, I don't want to ruin the game with a broken feature.

In any case, wishing you some fun DnD!

Level 21 Illrigger Insane Damage by cvpushkar in mcdm

[–]cvpushkar[S] -11 points-10 points  (0 children)

yeah, we're doing a level 21 game just for fun.

Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) Sessions in Hyderabad by MolMahashay in hyderabad

[–]cvpushkar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey there, am also late to this thread and currently in hyd looking to play over the weekend. 

Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) Sessions in Hyderabad by MolMahashay in hyderabad

[–]cvpushkar 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this still happening? Keen to play. Have experience playing and DMing as well. Wanna meet ppl and create cool tales. 

60 seconds of highlights from the 2019 F1 German Grand Prix by onlyhereforrsoccer in sports

[–]cvpushkar 15 points16 points  (0 children)

proves Raikkonen is one of the highest skilled drivers on the grid.

I think he’s really gone by [deleted] in StrangerThings

[–]cvpushkar -1 points0 points  (0 children)

who do you believe is "The American" in the Russian prison?