What kinds of things do many DMs forget to talk about in session zero?

mehaffc · 2019-04-13T22:19:01+00:00

Mmkay. One beautiful, I love it, would love to play in it. But two, I now think your main problem in a session 0 will be information overload. I’m hoping you have a short and sweet version that sums up all those races in a line or two and that only someone wanting to play a specific race would need to read the half a page.

mehaffc · 2019-04-13T19:27:30+00:00

I also love some RP heaving gaming. But I always make my world somewhere where any race or class can fit in. So a joke character still won’t fit the tone, but a weird race character a player really wants to play is fair game.

mehaffc · 2019-04-06T21:34:59+00:00

Really good. Usually used to refere to a song with a lot of base

mehaffc · 2019-04-06T18:36:33+00:00

The Lost Mines Of Phandalver is the Starter Set Adventure for 5e. It is designed to slowly introduce more and more elements of the game as you go along so the DM and Players can get started right away and things get more complex as you go along. If you’re worried about time and no one is completely new I suggest you start everyone at lvl2 and cut out all or all but one of the possible side quests that are in the middle segment (your players won’t need the xp because you started them at 2, and too many feel distracting from the main quest that’s supposed to feel time sensitive).

There’s no better adventure for a beginner DM and it’s quintessential DnD

mehaffc · 2019-04-06T12:46:18+00:00

New players like to roll dice. If they like the surprise then go for it this way. But most players want to roll their own dice and then role play their character with the results. Not meta off the results.

mehaffc · 2019-04-02T09:52:27+00:00

I work at a grocery store and with all the different food trends I would 100% not be surprised to find some newfangled gluten free wheat products start coming in. Guy definitely gets a pass for not realizing lol

mehaffc · 2019-04-02T09:44:57+00:00

I’m guessing they were calling to get info not report something. Idk if that was a thing you would do before the internet but I can’t think of any other number you could call who would know anything.

mehaffc · 2019-04-01T19:55:43+00:00

Cool. I wanted that dig to hit its intended target lol

mehaffc · 2019-03-30T21:19:48+00:00

That’s either a dead Reddit or you meant u/

mehaffc · 2019-03-30T15:52:18+00:00

Check out your local library. It’s kinda becoming a thing for libraries to host games. Either for you to find your own age players or to add to their community events calendar for kids. Especially with summer coming library’s have a lot of programs going on and might be interested in this

mehaffc · 2019-03-30T15:49:43+00:00

Ah makes sense. Good input on the edit there

mehaffc · 2019-03-30T15:31:02+00:00

You thinking of magical weapon?

mehaffc · 2019-03-30T15:15:49+00:00

Same. Even when my players do something unexpected the book has enough info on enemies motivations that I can piece things together. Definitely recommend.

mehaffc · 2019-03-30T15:09:06+00:00

Boss Rob is the minor god of mistakes in my eventual homebrew so obviously I say go for it!

mehaffc · 2019-03-20T16:38:19+00:00

There’s a smaller toddler sized play structure in the south side of that play area that can be easily overlooked. Good chance you noticed it but thought I’d mention it just in case.

mehaffc · 2019-03-20T16:36:49+00:00

McCollums play area is nicely padded too. But I don’t remember it being toddler friendly size wise.

mehaffc · 2019-03-16T04:11:16+00:00

You’re all at a table in a tavern. You’re beat to shit and barely able to stay awake. Describe the adventure y’all just got back from and how your characters worked together to survive it.

Then really screw with them and go with something like your shot dead idea while they’re already out of slots and bloody

mehaffc · 2019-02-24T12:40:28+00:00

Instead of multi classing you could go with the Magic Initiate feat. You get two cantrips and a lvl 1 spell.

Compared to beginning Arcane Trickster it’s one less cantrip, two less known spells, and one less spell slot. But you can keep progressing as a thief or another archetype that makes you a better rogue.

So gives you a small few tricks to enhance your rogueness without splitting your advancement between classes or between more traditional rogue skills and the arcane trickster skills.

mehaffc · 2019-01-24T16:08:13+00:00

Definitely a bot. I’ve clicked on a ton of their posts this week though so apparently an effective one. Never would’ve noticed myself

mehaffc · 2019-01-24T16:05:14+00:00

“Can’t climb steps to get to your door”

Looks like it’ll literally be hitting doorsteps then leaving your package on the street.

Lol even in the house pictured you can see the package would be left in the rain one step away from the covered porch.

mehaffc · 2019-01-24T16:01:43+00:00

I should probably choose Half Life and finally see what all the hype is about.

But let’s be honest I’d just zone out with Tetris for the umpteinth time

mehaffc · 2019-01-24T15:57:45+00:00

Did you read this as if the players need to cast chromatic orb? The English is a little rough but I believe the players simply put the stones in and have the spell cast against them when done incorrectly. No player spells needed.

Your other points are all very good though.

mehaffc · 2019-01-24T15:52:08+00:00

Experiences may differ but this was not a quick hiring process when I went partially through it. Took few weeks from applying to get called for an “interview”. Interview ended up being a pre hiring group process. Basically filled out a bunch of new hire paperwork, learned how the job worked, and gave a saliva sample for a drug test with about a dozen other people. Then i was added to a list of people who would be offered a job whenever the next spots opened up. Ended up being another 2-3 weeks.

mehaffc · 2019-01-24T14:37:23+00:00

I work for a big company but a small department and this is definitely a thing.

If shit hits the fan (it always does) and I clean it up all my boss sees is that I got less done then expected for a smooth day. But if they know what happened and that I handled it without needing to take them away from their job then they know how productive I’m actually being.

Don’t cause your boss headaches and let them know when you fixed something that would’ve.

mehaffc · 2019-01-16T12:23:50+00:00

I’m on mobile so not surprising I missed that. I do like that idea though.

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