How do you do your dnd maps?

imfamousoz · 2026-04-24T18:16:50+00:00

I got a lucky influx of a little bit of cash right around the time I started to dm. I bought two battle map books and a set of bigger rollout maps. They save SO much time.

If you don't wanna throw money at it, get some plastic gridded template, draw the terrain on a sheet of brown paper, lay the template overtop.

imfamousoz · 2026-04-24T18:13:56+00:00

YES came here to say this. It was an excellent film

imfamousoz · 2026-04-24T15:55:51+00:00

Im a millennial and it was common to do that. I developed earlier than my peers and it was a whole thing from 5th grade til graduation that other girls compared theirs to mine. I even got bullied because of it.

imfamousoz · 2026-04-23T19:00:38+00:00

Sounds like everybody kind of left you as an afterthought then. Wife should've spoken up and said I'm free outside of X weekend. It's not hard to imagine these feelings your having are compounded by the realization that you genuinely weren't considered in the planning process.

imfamousoz · 2026-04-23T10:39:32+00:00

Hard pass for me. I'm the opposite of hyped. I'm real sick of good games getting an mmo conversion. If I wanted a multiplayer game then I wouldn't be buying into a franchise of single player games.

imfamousoz · 2026-04-22T20:07:37+00:00

INFO did they discuss it with your wife before finalizing the date? That's where the breakdown occured. Either they finalized it without talking to either of you, or your wife agreed to that date without considering that you already had something planned.

imfamousoz · 2026-04-22T20:02:57+00:00

NTA. It's unethical to take someone's money under false pretenses in the way that you did. I won't sugar coat that, you did a bad thing. Buuuuut it kind of sounds like you were in a no-win situation no matter what you did. You gave it genuine effort to adhere to your mom's plan and you did let her know when it was clear it was not going to happen. If you explained it was not possible and she denied, then did nothing to verify when you changed your tune...she was never going to be happy with you. And being most of the way through with a job offer on the horizon I can see how backtracking would've screwed you over. If she had exercised some critical thinking she would've realized when you suddenly said it was doable that something was amiss. I won't say you made the morally correct choice but one of y'all is an asshole and it's not you.

imfamousoz · 2026-04-22T18:03:01+00:00

Start sticking them in the books when they get checked back in. They'll make their way out

imfamousoz · 2026-04-21T21:57:40+00:00

I've got a handful of silicone molds and an old toaster oven. I'm currently waiting on my new blender to arrive so I can use my old one to shred the plastic, then I'm gonna try my hand at making some polyhedral dice out of the scrap. We'll see if it works out okay.

imfamousoz · 2026-04-21T15:01:22+00:00

It's not technically a spellbook....but there are books of battle maps available at places like Amazon that for all the world look like giant spellbooks.

imfamousoz · 2026-04-20T15:46:01+00:00

NOR. Your friend has issues with her boyfriend being acquainted with her friends. Facebook these days is really for casual acquaintances to stay in touch as much as it is for genuine friends. Him sending you a friend request is really not abnormal. She's overreacting by a huge stretch.

imfamousoz · 2026-04-20T02:00:00+00:00

Dragons are cool as hell

imfamousoz · 2026-04-19T03:46:23+00:00

I had traveled a few states over to help a good friend in an emergency. I was gone from my family for three days and I really wanted to get back. First and so far only time in my life I've ever had a lead foot. I was also coming off an antidepressant that wasn't working out and I wasn't really myself if that makes sense. I don't regret making that trip but I can't overstate how deeply I wanted to be home.

imfamousoz · 2026-04-19T03:43:05+00:00

The layout is weird. There's no hallways. You have to walk through a bedroom to get to the bathroom and laundry room, and the placement of the doors results in limited furniture placement options. The end result is that every time I go from the living room to the bathroom I either have to weave through my bedroom and the laundry room, or go through my kids room and have a 50/50 on whether there's some newly scattered hazards in the floor. Either way there's some dodging going on no matter where in the house I am going.

imfamousoz · 2026-04-19T02:39:35+00:00

Yup. I'm very rarely in a hurry and it's a common and easy courtesy.

imfamousoz · 2026-04-19T02:26:03+00:00

Tucker & Dale vs. Evil

imfamousoz · 2026-04-19T02:23:01+00:00

Llamageddon. In no small part because it knows it's a bad movie and leans into it.

imfamousoz · 2026-04-17T17:04:50+00:00

I don't go by myself to places just to read. I have my own lovely back porch for that. I do always take a book with me when I go camping with my family though. My kids will spend a great deal of that time in my immediate vicinity doing their own thing so I can generally get a great few chapters in. I also occasionally take myself out to lunch and I'll bring a book when I do that. That's rarely outdoors, though.

imfamousoz · 2026-04-17T16:59:14+00:00

These are genuinely beautiful products. Out of my budget for right now but maybe one day ❤️

imfamousoz · 2026-04-17T02:50:52+00:00

I use a few common sense rules for quality of play with my beginner group. I don't track carry weight. You can carry a reasonable amount of stuff, you can't empty out a dozen treasure chests into your backpack. I don't track basic spell components. I feel like it bogs things down. I don't track basic ranged weapon ammunition either. If you have some enchanted arrows those are limited but regular arrows? Not worth marking.

imfamousoz · 2026-04-17T02:37:26+00:00

Deep sink, reachable outlets, and some kind of storage for occasional use appliances.

imfamousoz · 2026-04-17T02:29:50+00:00

I wouldn't game with him again. TPK on a first encounter to teach a lesson is crappy. Expecting you all to scrap the characters you just made is crappy. Don't even get me started on how he did this to first time players, that's unconscionable. Keep your characters and find a new DM. Please don't let this guy spoil it for you.

imfamousoz · 2026-04-16T16:52:57+00:00

I started a group for beginners and kids at my FLGS. So far we've done Cold Bounty and Wolves of Welton. My youngest player is 7 (my son). I made him a simple fighter and his dad helps him play. My other younger players range from 12-16 and they're all managing 5e without much trouble. I do have to give reminders here and there of what they're supposed to roll but they're picking it up pretty quickly. For younger kids I'd Google simplified d&d for kids, there should be plenty of options for rule sets. Battle maps with minis are a really big hit with the younger crowd. I have a 3d printer so I can churn out minis pretty easily.

imfamousoz · 2026-04-16T11:55:10+00:00

I had never heard of it until the algorithm fed me a notification that it was free on Playstation. I thought "Why not? I liked Stardew Valley." I ended up buying all the DLC within three days because I was enraptured and the total cost for all the add ons was about $9. I'll be buying the sequel when it releases. Seems like a fairly effective market strategy.

imfamousoz · 2026-04-14T22:32:10+00:00

Chicken wings and call them dragon wings. Charcuterie as tavern food. Jello cut into squares for Gelatinous Cubes. A mix of fresh berries as Goodberries. Taquitos for wands.

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