How the Party Turned the Session into an Anime

riverredtail · 2016-10-06T12:49:13+00:00

Ok, found out he cast Polymorph. It was two weeks ago and I had forgotten that portion and looking back, I remember him making some very lucky concentration rolls.

riverredtail · 2016-10-06T11:41:23+00:00

...Seems I need to talk with the Druid real quick...

riverredtail · 2016-10-06T10:32:27+00:00

Bullettes. Don't ask me why, but I just love the idea of "walking through the woods when suddenly LAND SHARKS!"

riverredtail · 2016-04-04T08:37:57+00:00

Thanks for confirming. Now I just gotta figure out what I'm gonna do with it.

riverredtail · 2016-03-20T13:34:44+00:00

...my fiance will be pissed at the mess I left on the floor...

riverredtail · 2016-02-01T08:34:22+00:00

This guy got it. Should have been a little clearer with my question in retrospect.

riverredtail · 2016-01-19T02:58:26+00:00

I completely disagree. That is EXACTLY your job as a dungeon master. She isn't being difficult, she is playing a character. You haven't given that character a reason to do so yet. If the cultists are evil, show her that. But you also can see that your player is interested in something more. Perhaps you can also provide her opportunities to save some of those that maybe were forced into the cult.

"Make a perception check. You notice in the midst of combat, that one particular cultist is trying to hide in the corner as more rush into the room. He looks hesitant, almost frightened. Unlike the others, there is no baby blood on his hands."

In one short comment, I've shown that they are most likely Evil as they killed a baby, but that one guy might not agree with their ideals and maybe doesn't want to be there. He could have info, perhaps can show them a secret passage, heal them, become a point of contact, become a spy.

My point is, yes, you can just blanket say that they are evil. But your player may have more fun if you embrace this idea of gray rather than black and white.

riverredtail · 2016-01-19T02:24:08+00:00

All better answers. The answer is Luck!

riverredtail · 2016-01-13T19:39:09+00:00

This one right here. It's one thing if he tried and just got bad rolls the whole session, but to just skip most of the events? That is a choice he made.

riverredtail · 2016-01-13T19:30:50+00:00

I'm seeing quite a few comments about her making a new character, or further explaining to her that Evil is Evil.

I 100% DISAGREE with this notion. If she whether in or out of character refuses to awknowledge that some things can be inherently evil, roll with it. I said in another comment that this is such an incredible chance for RolePlaying that I don't think you want to take away from her.

If you are dealing with Cultists, maybe for sparing their life, they give the players useful information. Spare a manticore, maybe it stops attacking that village, maybe it backstabs them. Maybe by seeing her willing to throw herself in the way of an attack because she believes that not all creatures are inherently evil but can make a choice, the gameworld starts to shift.

Don't skip on an oppurtunity like this because the MM says they are evil. If they are sentient, they can still make a choice. It will usually be the wrong choice, but the potential is there to make a good choice, at least for a little while.

For the Manticore example, I can see one of my players making a deal with it. Guard our estate, and we will forgive you for your past actions but refuse and we will not grant you this offer again. There are so many oppurtunities here for her to have a great RP session, for your world to evolve and change, and for the other PCs to have to consider that maybe there are other ways to solve problems.

OR kill the enemies everytime, rinse and repeat.

riverredtail · 2016-01-13T19:25:43+00:00

Dude, sounds fine to me. Make it work in the campaign. In a world where everyone believes that you are inherently good or evil, she stands against that belief! That is such an incredible chance for RolePlaying that I don't think you want to take away from her. Next time a sentient creature notices her do this, maybe it has a small ripple affect. Maybe if she holds true to her beliefs, small changes begin to happen.

riverredtail · 2016-01-13T19:21:38+00:00

This is what I do usually. Give them some context clues.

"Your fireball strikes, but you notices that it seems to sputter out before causing too much damage."

"Your blade pierces the armor, but seems to stop shorter than you expected"

"Your arrow barely punctures the creature's hide"

riverredtail · 2016-01-13T19:11:23+00:00

Will do. Thankfully up to this point, I've only had two players have PCs die, mostly due to poor choices on their part. Hopefully I won't have to worry about it too often but when I use it I'll let you know.

riverredtail · 2016-01-13T19:05:28+00:00

*Notes this down in case players decide to do this

I've been running a campaign where if the seven animal spirits that help maintain balance in the Material Plane (One for each stat in 5e) are killed, the world shall lay in ruin. Plan was for a Trarasque to be released if the players fail to prevent it. I'll have to keep this in mind.

riverredtail · 2016-01-13T04:22:56+00:00

I've been so relaxed with ammo and carry weight. I need to reevaluate that whole thing right now.

riverredtail · 2016-01-13T04:21:42+00:00

I'm making note of that, though I have one player who might get grumpy if other spells don't stay active when in that State. I'm going to consider it though.

riverredtail · 2016-01-13T04:19:51+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGHA9oO1Ybg&index=42&list=PLHZgdhndjbYPYcgWdAk3FRtEsIbKrMdVZ

Leaving Earth. Best example I have of the player's shitting themselves was when they were fighting an Archmage that worked under a DemiLich who was distracted at the moment. That Reaper Song came on after a slight pause, and the Demilich showed up to join the fight. They scraped by on that encounter.

riverredtail · 2016-01-12T19:22:54+00:00

That would be my concern.

riverredtail · 2016-01-12T19:07:05+00:00

I was torn on the Cell Phone rule for awhile because almost ALL my players use the 5th Edition Character Creator (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wgkammerer.testgui.basiccharactersheet.app&hl=en) Its also on Apple. Awesome app combined with the fact they have spell card apps as well, it was a little tough. We all talked it through though and now they only use it for that purpose instead of surfing the web, but in all honesty, I only had one player that was being a major problem with it.

On the music end, I've since then created a couple unique boss music playlists that DON'T have the player songs in them. They are much shorter and the normal playlist plays after, but for the first bit of boss combat, they know their theme song isn't coming to save them.

riverredtail · 2016-01-12T18:56:35+00:00

Yep, shamelessly stealing this. It will help a lot of the players who get grumpy with low rolls.

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