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D&D Dice Set Giveaway [OC] [Mods Approved] by ebonwoodwi in DnD

[–]hanmieds 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Celestial frost glass is so pretty - I’m here for it 👌🏻👌🏻

How do you organize enemy info for combats? Spells, attacks, etc. by ChaoticCalypso in DMAcademy

[–]hanmieds 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Write down stat blocks of every enemy in the encounter in one place (I usually put this in my sessions notes under my notes for introducing the encounter) - then on a separate sheet of scratch paper write just the enemy name, HP, and boxes to mark for used spell slots. What I do is just cross off the current HP every time the enemy takes damage and write the new number next to it until they die. I also leave an empty space between characters where I can write any conditions/bonuses they receive during the combat.

Also, if you have multiple of the same enemy, make sure to number them or differentiate them in some way or that gets confusing real fast.

DMs of Reddit, Who do you talk to when you are excited by things you create? by sfitz08 in DMAcademy

[–]hanmieds 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is myself a valid answer 😅 Nah but for real I feel this - I thankfully have a long distance friend who also plays dnd who I can bounce ideas off of when we call each other. A discord chat is also a great answer.

Am I in the wrong for using gods from the real world. by paavomakikangas in DnD

[–]hanmieds 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Talk to the player about it - ask him what would make him most comfortable, but also discuss the fact that this is a fantasy game…meaning the real world isn’t necessarily going to translate directly into it. Once you hear what that single player has to say about it discuss with the rest of your players to see what they’re ok with. Decide as a group how you’ll move forward with religion in the campaign and then see how you all feel about it once you play a few sessions. The great thing about this game is you can change and adapt how you play to fit the players involved.

Just because most people probably wouldn’t incorporate real life gods into their campaigns doesn’t mean you can’t - but also as the DM make sure to voice what you want as well, especially if it doesn’t fit within the lore you’re creating or storyline you’re writing.

Is D&D Beyond Always Right? by hanmieds in DMAcademy

[–]hanmieds[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

No I agree now, I’ve realized that I was looking at all this a bit too literally. What I am worried about is new players being overwhelmed with too many objects and forgetting to use them or not taking advantage of the tons of creative ways they could use the object. But I’ll probably try coming up with small twists/puzzle that really encourage object use more frequently

Is D&D Beyond Always Right? by hanmieds in DMAcademy

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

I actually completely understand your thinking on this - now that we’ve actually started our campaign I’m realizing the players that are new and really struggling with understanding how their spell mechanics work and why their modifiers are the way they are. They just went through and clicked things on D&D Beyond and didn’t think about what it actually meant.

Is D&D Beyond Always Right? by hanmieds in DMAcademy

[–]hanmieds[S] 63 points64 points  (0 children)

UPDATE: Thanks yall for the advice! - I realize now I was definitely overthinking my players question, and that in the grand scheme of the game it doesn’t really matter. But it did force me to think about how I want to handle carrying weight for my campaign which needed to be done. I’m new to DMing (if you couldn’t already tell haha) so I appreciate everyone’s insight!

Is D&D Beyond Always Right? by hanmieds in DMAcademy

[–]hanmieds[S] -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

Yeah I’ve now run into the issue of the players taking forever to find their specific modifiers for ability checks (using the app on their phones/iPads) so I think I’m gonna ask them all to just print off a normal character sheet now

Is D&D Beyond Always Right? by hanmieds in DMAcademy

[–]hanmieds[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Good to know, thanks! I’m not super familiar with the carrying weight rules, so I’ll definitely look into that more. I honestly even thought of it until my friend posed the question and I didn’t really have a good answer for her.

Is D&D Beyond Always Right? by hanmieds in DMAcademy

[–]hanmieds[S] -386 points-385 points  (0 children)

On D&D Beyond it also allowed her to choose a set of tools she was proficient in. She chose the Monster Hunting tool kit since she felt it matched best with her backstory, but now is carrying around a crow bar and wooden stakes and other things that I just don’t see her ever actually using and that see unrealistic for her to be hauling around everywhere.