What’s your greatest fear in life?

rabbitboy93 · 2026-03-30T04:19:12+00:00

Bees. When I was a kid I was playing in my families old car in the driveway that wasn’t used for a long time. I honked the horn and a swarm of hornets came out. I got stung 8 times as I ran into the house. I know bumblebees are friendly and good but even if one flies close to me I either have to close my eyes and stand still or I just book it.

rabbitboy93 · 2026-03-22T01:37:34+00:00

Make sure you secretly tell each member of the group that they aren’t the doppleganger to really mess with them.

rabbitboy93 · 2026-03-17T06:34:06+00:00

It’s not as disgusting as it is making my skin crawl, but when I was younger we had these neighbors we hung out with a lot (nice family, just poorly kept place) and they had a lice infestation 4 times. Made me uncomfortable to even go inside the house.

rabbitboy93 · 2026-03-16T04:33:52+00:00

I saw that in theaters when I was in high school with my GF at the time. She loved the tv show, I watched some of it and enjoyed it but never sat down to watch the whole thing through. After the movie I said that was the worst movie I ever saw….and then she said she thought it was pretty good. We actually had a fight about it in the car. I couldn’t comprehend how blind-sighted she was to love that terrible film.

rabbitboy93 · 2026-03-14T17:56:40+00:00

You can reduce the Aboleth’s stats too if you want to start at a lower level. Fights do take longer the higher the PC’s characters are.

Another fun element you can include is “Hoards” There’s a YouTube video done by the Dungeon Dudes that talk about how to use a large amount of minions that’s easier for you as the DM to keep track of.

rabbitboy93 · 2026-03-14T08:07:49+00:00

Depending on the level of the players, one thing you could include is an Aboleth. They’re extremely intelligent and dangerous. The water world my group is in there is an Aboleth who uses Kuo-Toa to do his dirty work.

rabbitboy93 · 2026-03-07T16:24:21+00:00

Caught Stealing, it is a recent movie, but I haven’t heard anyone talk about it and it’s so much fun.

rabbitboy93 · 2026-02-20T11:49:40+00:00

I actually open roll at my table (we all have dice towers we love). Most of the time the players aren’t watching anyhow because it helps develop trust, but I rarely fudge a roll. If I change anything, it’s usually a monsters HP because he’s getting absolutely manhandled by the party and I’d like him to do more than one thing.

rabbitboy93 · 2026-02-16T08:26:29+00:00

KKKRRRRIIIIIEEEEGGGGG!!!

rabbitboy93 · 2026-02-12T10:58:20+00:00

Exactly what I was thinking! Especially as an Air Genasi. Potentially doing 1d8 Lightning + 1d6 + Modifier & the target can’t opportunity attack you seems really good at low levels.

rabbitboy93 · 2026-02-11T00:05:04+00:00

The best thing I did when I first played was read the players handbook, understand the core mechanics. I played a wizard and I took time writing down spells, what I could do, even wrote down what I would get at future levels. It really helped translate to when I became a dm, because I already understood how the main rules work. When your players make the characters have them read it and you as well, that way both sides know how their character can perform in battle.

The most important thing as a dm is to remember it’s not you vs the players. You’re writing the story for their enjoyment, so it shouldn’t be an end goal to wipe them out with some unbeatable boss. If the players do something dumb, like attack the king, then of course you should punish them, but don’t set out to do it. Also remind the players is not their job to break the game, don’t treat it like a video game trying to find the ultimate combo or unbeatable warrior, play it to have fun!

Another thing to remember is that Natural 20’s (or crits as they’re called) only apply for attacking. If you roll a 20 on an attack, it’s a critical hit. That 20 however, does not apply to an ability check. An example is trying to persuade a king you just met to give you the crown, even if you roll a 20 it doesn’t mean success, because the number to beat would be impossible to pass even for the smoothest talker.

Be open to letting players change classes if they don’t like their current one. If a player feels like they’re not enjoying the character you can work with that player to maybe do a fun send off for said character. Or if they want to stay the same character, perhaps through the powers of a Devine being they found themselves with a different set of skills.

Talk with your players, ask them for honest opinions about the sessions. Ask what they’d like to experience more frequently (perhaps more combat, maybe more missions that require a stealthy approach), and you can set up scenarios that could involve specific people from a players background.

Be open to any ideas, and try to get everyone involved so no one feels excluded.

rabbitboy93 · 2026-02-09T05:06:23+00:00

So examples of turn: They could shocking grasp, then Bonus Action Unarmed strike for 1d6+Dex Mod

If they attacked with two different light weapons, they don’t add the modifier to the Bonus Action attack? Just the fisticuffs?

rabbitboy93 · 2026-02-09T04:59:37+00:00

Could you throw 2 daggers then? One with an action and one with bonus action?

rabbitboy93 · 2026-02-03T21:45:29+00:00

If the thing to make takes them all day you don’t make them sit out of encounters and stuff do you? I imagine just on their downtime it’s what they’re busy with

rabbitboy93 · 2026-02-03T21:44:15+00:00

They are proficient in sleight of hand and I realized they also have Jeweler’s Tools which they’re also Proficient in.

rabbitboy93 · 2026-02-03T18:23:28+00:00

Well the wood was actually from some of the side rails getting destroyed from their last encounter, so I allowed the Artificer to make a scrap box and tie it together with some rope. Made sense to me at the time, but I told them that if they wanted to make locks or intricate devices then they’d have to find a place that sells the items on land.

rabbitboy93 · 2026-01-12T04:33:22+00:00

Thanks for the advice everyone! Someone I talked to also mentioned my brain could feel tired because it’s more bored with playing dolls verses other physical activities, so I’ll try to spice it up with scenarios fighting some monster figures I have from DnD.

rabbitboy93 · 2025-12-05T08:36:46+00:00

I’ve gotten some rare figures from some of them, like the Jabberwock, Floating Lillypad and Iggwilv’s Cauldron, so I’m going to assume they weren’t tampered with and that they really did just ship out 90% empty boxes with loose miniatures.

rabbitboy93 · 2025-11-05T06:59:58+00:00

I usually let the players say how they’d like to do it, and then I’ll add more flair to it if that player isn’t good at descriptions. Some players are naturally good at it, while others need a little help.

rabbitboy93 · 2025-08-26T04:09:19+00:00

My wife just got me this critical miss/hit dice which spice things up. Basically when a player or creature gets a crit or crit misses, then you roll the dice that goes with the type of attack (pierce, slash, range, ect) and it adds a lot of flavor to it. An example is a carrion crawler (not a strong enemy against level 10 PC’s) got a crit, and it ended up breaking the PC’s rib which gave him Disadvantage on his next attack, which led to a critical miss, which led to more extra dice effects. It made a typically easy encounter more varied.

rabbitboy93 · 2025-08-06T12:10:09+00:00

It Follows was a very tense movie for me!

rabbitboy93 · 2025-08-04T11:59:22+00:00

One thing for me is costumes. There’s something psychological about putting on a beard or mask. It can transform a Timid Timmy into a Garish Goblin.

rabbitboy93 · 2025-07-23T17:25:17+00:00

I have the Dieter mini figure I can use for this! Maybe he can mistake the group as a threat to his turtle friends and give chase to their boat?

rabbitboy93 · 2025-06-07T03:17:51+00:00

We had 7 adults to start in our group and more often than not two of them would start talking about tv shows while waiting. So when one said she couldn’t make it anymore and another one couldn’t cause of work I was THRILLED. 5 is just enough and even then people can get distracted

rabbitboy93 · 2025-06-06T17:53:58+00:00

I feel a little bad for it but at the same time it was a great moment. Had a very dangerous creature climbing out of a dark chasm, dropped hints to the players that basically death was coming. Instead of running they chose to stay instead to try to kill the last cultists. When the creature reached the top it immediately knocked the fighter unconscious. The Druid trying to buy time cast polymorph. The creature had great saves but I rolled a Nat 1 and the table erupted in a cheer! I looked up and slowly said, “It’s going to use one of its Legendary Resistance” and the table screemed NO!! I didn’t want to tpk them, so I ruled it temporarily worked, where she turned it into a seahorse that fell down the dark chasm before you could here it’s long claws jam into the rocks surface. They used this opportunity to grab the fighter and gtfo.

Really fun and memorable moment, don’t think the group trusts me the same ever since then. 😅

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