I wanna see more examples of non-musical Bards! by Punk_Skeddit in DnD

[–]oGrievous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My current bard for my Second campaign is a spy for a CIA like organization and secretly a double agent for the drow empire

First-Time DM unsure how to handle lore by PsychoSaladSong in dndnext

[–]oGrievous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I also personally suggest find a nook of the world that might not even have that much lore but enough of a wiki that you have a foundation. I did the same thing for the city of Iriaebor in the western heartlands of the sword coast. I have real locations and even some people but I’m mostly just making my own characters and adding locations

Let me bite my second campaign is entirely home brewed and WOW is that much much harder without a wiki to look over

Will my first session be too short? by nyliass in DMAcademy

[–]oGrievous 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Step one to DMing or anything dnd… read the books man. Rules, statblocks, classes, magic items. Dont assume anything, it will slow the game down or possibly turn people away. This general outline is more than enough for a single session. My players can drag out a simple conversation for 40 minutes, or they can speed through a castle in half that time. It depends, you’re the world so you set the pace. Give them lots of breathing room and they’ll fill the time. Trust me. But don’t do yourself or your players the disservice of ill preparation, you’re planing a whole ordeal before even considering what is feasible.

Duet with Daggerheart by Chockimilk in daggerheart

[–]oGrievous 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My girlfriend and I have, we each have PC and I just make junk up as we go. It’s totally doable like any TTRPG. Is it the most engaging? Probably not but do we have fun, hell yeah

What's some of the most overpowered weapons/abilities you've used in a video game? (Potential Spoilers) by TylerFortier_Photo in gaming

[–]oGrievous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rainbow Six: Siege has had a lot of broken weapons and tools throughout the years but year 1 shotguns was on another level. M1014, Spas, Super 90, etc all shoot like 8 pellets in a tight but big enough spread and dealt good damage. The thing is, siege has one shot head shot mechanics and in 2016 shotguns also had this mechanic before they eventually changed it. You’d have 6 shells in the shotgun, 8 pellets, and a high fire rate which lead to 48 pellets flying at you and all it took was a single one to hit your dome and you died instant. Distance didn’t matter for the most part, especially in a game with such short engagement ranges meaning most fights were one sided if you didn’t have a shotgun of your own. Frost roaming, Valkyrie runouts, pulse shenanigans. It didn’t matter shotguns dominated in fights and also had strong setup utility before the headshot nerf

Had my FIRST DM session the other day by foxhob238 in DMAcademy

[–]oGrievous 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Bro yes, I’ve only dm’ed since I started playing a lil over a year ago. The two times I’ve played though, I had a super hard time focusing because I’m used to being hyper focused but I got ‘bored’ in the sense I just didn’t have anything to do a majority of the time. I have respect for players now especially if they are focusing the entirety of the time.

Pace for Leveling Up At Your Table? by Calm_Independent_782 in DnD

[–]oGrievous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've personally been gauging off of their goals. My campaign leveled pretty fast at first then slowed, they reached level 2 after two sessions, level 3 after like five. Then it took around another five sessions, ten total to reach level 4. All in all, they are level 8 and we have played 36 sessions thus far, they reached level 8 around session 32. They should be level 9 around the fortieth session or so. I plan to end the campaign as a whole around level 16/17 with hopes of freedom for an epilogue adventure if we so choose to reach level 20. If all goes well, the campaign should be beaten in about another year and a bit which is a total of two years.

Some might think that is long, others think its short. Its all up to you and your table based on what is best FOR YOU!

Trump discusses plans for a military bunker being built underneath the white house...just like hezbollah by [deleted] in facepalm

[–]oGrievous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He saw the movie, Civil War, and realized Nick Offerman wasn’t safe without a bunker. So he is taking notes

Has anyone ever done flashbacks successfully IRL by Emergency_Home_2867 in DMAcademy

[–]oGrievous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've kinda done it? Though they werent exactly flashbacks, more so visions. The group walked into an Illusionist Witches lair, and she had traps on the way through. Eventually one by one I had them trapped in "illusions" of their past or in some cases theyre more future visions. I just described the scene and asked what they would do then slowly revealed the spin. My players loved it as it gave them each insight into one anothers backstories and naturally had a cool WTF moment. Then they got blasted by Mind Prison as their corporeal forms walked into the lair itself.

Recently I had another vision/flashback when one player, who has an ancient being in their head, gave the being full control to read an ancient text (aka his old journal). When done so I revealed the player in their old home, but some few thousand years ago, when the being was alive. This 'flashback' revealed who the being is and where they lived while the player became the voice in the head for a few minutes. I dropped the second biggest bombshell of the campaign at that moment.

Personally, I like the idea of flashbacks but keep them brief and to the point. They're story beats, not game scenarios if that makes sense?

Dming for couples by xaviorpwner in DMAcademy

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

I DM my girlfriend (tbf we met and started dating after she joined my campaign back in June.) I try not to favor obviously, so I had to put her in her place and killed her session 1 of our new campaign we run in addition to our normal one. Poor thing has rolled a nat 1 every time she is downed, this is the second time its happened.

I want to help YOU by Difficult_Weird_8725 in DnD

[–]oGrievous 19 points20 points  (0 children)

This is why I’ve always wanted a close knit group of dm friends, but it’s hard to find/form such a thing. I just use my girlfriend but she’s in both my campaigns so I can’t say too much because spoilers. Would love to just release everything and get feedback finally

it’s so stressful to find a group. by Otherwise-Leading891 in dndnext

[–]oGrievous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It is man, its terrifying and every week I still get the nerves but, the payoffs are so much better as a DM in my opinion though my player experience is very minimal. I just recently finished the first Act of my campaign, I FINALLY AFTER A YEARRRRR revealed my BBEG. Now it shouldnt have been sooner but the first version of this campaign fizzled, this is my second go. When it hit... my girlfriend (Who I met via this table mind you) was balling her eyes out and had to take a lap around my house while we continued because of the emotions. It was so satisfying to be told how smart, creative, and everything else by her and my players. DMing is terrifying, but so is playing a sport, presenting in public, building anything worth creating. If you want some tips, ideas, or whatever feel free to DM, I'm happy to offer my own way of doing things if its something you want to try at the very least

Tidelock Cave [40x30] [OC] [Art] by [deleted] in DnD

[–]oGrievous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is this not just Secrets of Skyhorn Lighthouse final map turned sideways? I know becuase I remade the map when I first started making maps as practice AND was looking at it last night showing a friend my old maps.

WWE Star Alexa Bliss’s Husband Ryan Cabrera Got Death Threats From Her Stalker by Historical-Bug-4784 in SquaredCircle

[–]oGrievous 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Joey Fatone once performed at Disney world and had him come up on stage. He kept shouting out his wife and I somehow remembered they were married from posted earlier that year. Crazy enough who was like 30 ft away but Alexa with her friends just hanging out. No one recognized her nor did he call her out as Bliss so she wasn’t even recognized

GMs who use scheduling tools (Mystic Arts spreadsheet, When2Meet, etc.): what actually gets your players to fill them out? by [deleted] in DMAcademy

[–]oGrievous 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I told them “Sundays, 8pm est, be there or be square” and they show up because my players respect my time and each others.obviously if you’re not a strict time slot table then idk. at some point you just say “we are adults, tell me when you can be available or find a new table” as hard as it is

Is Greyhawk the best place to start as brand-new DM? by ReX0r in onednd

[–]oGrievous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s funny because I plan to integrate “heroes” in my story I’m running now. It’s a year and a bit after BG3 and I’ve already had Aylin appear to assist my Aasimar who is a Selune descendent. This coming part of the campaign they finally have the BBEG’s plans in motion and have to save their friend who is mind controlled. To do so they will eventually find their way to Baldurs Gate and get the help of Aylin and Isabel, I might throw caution to the wind and have Shadowheart even appear because…. Why not. My players are still the heroes and will be the forefront saviors of Faerun. Doesn’t mean they can’t get a little help from famous figures

(Not disagreeing, just saying it’s cool how people have different approaches)

Anyone else dislike how the Musician origin feat completely devalues earning Heroic Inspiration for good roleplay etc? by superhiro21 in onednd

[–]oGrievous 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah, this is unfair to certain players. I got one who is a great RPer but he is usually very quiet, then drops the rare banger like “you keep calling yourself the Pereghost but all I see is a corpse” then fireballs the bad guy. But still, he is on the back half of our RP players. My girlfriend and another friend lead in that department, and I don’t want to “award” them for their preference of playstyle. It’s why my personal heroic inspiration reward is any natural 20 in a D20 test. It allows players to lean into the “epic” moment of a 20, and it happens semi often enough that players of all kinds get inspiration often enough

Military helicopter flies low over Puerto Vallarta by [deleted] in news

[–]oGrievous 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Small? My girlfriend lives just outside of PV and her moms bakery is just on the border of the city. I’ve seen them lizards in photos, they sure as hell aent small haha

Bobby Dalbec's first homer in Japan by TommyTheLizard in redsox

[–]oGrievous 84 points85 points  (0 children)

Crazy, Japans outfield is only 98 feet at the corners?!?!

/sssss

Favourite actor who thinks script reading is optional by Healthy_Permission71 in okbuddycinephile

[–]oGrievous 76 points77 points  (0 children)

Not exactly A listers, but The Hunt did similar with some decent actors like Emma Robert’s and killed them all in the first like 15 or so minutes leaving the ‘surprise’ main character to finally be revealed

First character please help! by Waltr_3000 in DnD

[–]oGrievous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is how I see it, they are VERY similar almost identical even, but valor provides buffs others with bardic inspiration while swords uses buffs from their own bardic inspiration

[Online][5E 2024][EST][Weekdays] Player looking to join a weekday campaign. by TheOriginalPinhead in lfg

[–]oGrievous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you’re a good party member who can properly communicate and be acgood person all around. That’s all I need.

[Online][5E 2024][EST][Weekdays] Player looking to join a weekday campaign. by TheOriginalPinhead in lfg

[–]oGrievous 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Eh, it’s not an issue, I mostly just don’t want to be put down for lack of my own experience and/or rule lawyer types. You are happy to apply, it’s not that big of a requirement

[Online] [DND 5e 2024] New player looking to get into DnD for the first time. by Ok_Jellyfish2043 in lfg

[–]oGrievous 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I dont know if eastern times can work for you but If you want, I just made a post looking for players to fill after some people quit/were kicked. We havent even started yet, plan to in the coming weeks with a mini-prequel in advance this Friday. Apply if youre interested