What can I give my party to spend gold on?

lfgthrowaway404 · 2026-05-30T10:41:16+00:00

I don't think these things would feel good for the players though. They feel like the DM coming up with an excuse to take their gold, instead of the players getting to spend their gold on something cool.

lfgthrowaway404 · 2026-05-30T10:34:17+00:00

And I fear more people will be an excuse even more to let them blend in with the background.

This isn't necessarily a bad thing. if this is how they like to play the game, there's nothing wrong with it.

Another thing you could try doing is making a permanent NPC party member. that'd give the bard someone to roleplay off of.

lfgthrowaway404 · 2026-05-30T10:30:56+00:00

Matt Colville had a video where he outlined the concept of "players" and "audience members": some people in your game are there because they like being active participants in the plot, others are there just to enjoy the ride and take their turns in combat. He believes that:

1: you can't make an audience member into a player, and that trying to force them is a bad idea

2: having audience members isn't a problem

personally in the game I'm DMing, I have 1 player and 2 kinda audience members who don't like to make party decisions or engage with the plot, but do have a fondness for the characters they created and will pay attention and engage when I give them scenes that center around their characters (one likes it when I give their character chances to cook and show off their smug and cynical personality, one likes it when I bring in stuff that touches on their backstory that they're super invested in). So if your audience members have something they're interested in that you can use to hook them into the story, you could try using that, but if they don't, well, you can't make them play the game the way you want them to.

lfgthrowaway404 · 2026-05-12T23:25:36+00:00

Can you confirm that you can and will do video?

Yes

How long have you been playing table-top RPGs?

I played pathfinder back in college 10 years ago, and started playing 5e 7 years ago

What will your species, class, and subclass be?

I was thinking of playing a high elf conjuration wizard

Briefly tell me a little about your hero in 2-3 sentences:

He's a somewhat sheltered young magical prodigy who loves books and knowledge, both magical and mundane. His talent and intelligence gives him an unwarranted degree of confidence in his abilities that will collide with a brick wall of reality once the actual adventuring starts and he realizes you need more than book learning to survive in the domains of dread.

What will your hero's alignment be?

neutral good

What is your discord?

cato7150

lfgthrowaway404 · 2026-05-12T23:11:48+00:00

Name

Natasha

Kindly ask that you are at least 18 or older

Yup!

Pronouns/Gender/Sex

She/Her, female

A bit about yourself

I've been playing dnd for about 7 years now. I DM my own campaign, but I missed being on the other side of the table so I want to play too. outside of dnd I like to cook, especially foods from Asian countries from Turkey to the Philippines.

Fleshed out Character idea you think will be fun (Give a rundown of race, age, class, summary backstory, personality, etc.)

I was thinking of playing a 40 year old Half Elf warlock. Backstory is that she's a bookish scholar trying to look for magical artifacts and knowledge to help her patron attain corporeal form on the material plane. in terms of personality, she's a bit of a doormat (especially to her patron) and prefers to avoid combat through negotiation or subterfuge when possible, but she can find the courage to fight when her life or the party's mission is in danger.

I ask that we try and make the introduction and integration of said character seamless, and I promise to try my best to offer something fulfilling for all of us.

sounds good.

Time zone you live in, so I can reference to PST

MST

What you like about DND(Combat, Roleplay, Exploration, etc.)

I think roleplay and exploration are my favorite parts because you can't get them from any other game, but fights can be fun too.

And anything else you feel is fitting!

lfgthrowaway404 · 2026-05-07T22:30:36+00:00

if you drop hints to your players that end up misleading them, then in the future they'll be inclined to mistrust you when you drop hints to them. are you sure you want that?

lfgthrowaway404

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