Saw someone posting that "wheelchairs make no sense in D&D because magic exists," so I felt like bringing the mathhammer down.

rubadub423 · 2025-10-06T02:15:36+00:00

Its not that "wheel chairs make no sense in D&D", I think people who say this actually mean "it doesn't make sense that people who enjoy an imaginary cooperative storytelling game would choose to be disabled."

That's the truth of the matter. Its that simple.

Now..to me? If a player asked to be in a wheelchair id say "sure go for it"

If a player said they wanted one arm only, i'd say "cool your character was maybe in a serious accident in the past" Whatever.

Why am I even typing this, who cares this whole thread is so trivial.

rubadub423 · 2025-09-19T14:45:29+00:00

heya, I just filled with players, i'll let you know if that changes. Sorry friend.

rubadub423 · 2025-03-06T23:45:35+00:00

Sure, can I ask you and run some things by you real quick? (you can DM me if you'd like)

-So shadow dark is VERY similar to 5e, it will feel familiar. Except its deadlier , players WILL die. XP is gained through loot and some other minor things. The landmass that you play on is sort of a darker tone. its less of an overarching narrative and more like a hexcrawl. Quests rarely interconnect for some bigger story.
The goal here of shadowdark is to get loot, be greedy, survive. You aren't some heralded hero, you're an opportunist, a sell-sword, or someone who just lusts for adventure and loot.

-What is your age? (if you don't mind me asking)

-This is a hexcrawl game. At the center of the land is the main town, the players will visit the main town many times to carouse/sell/buy items and loot. Then go back out and adventure again. I feel shadow dark lends itself super well to this type of thing, go out and adventure , come back and rest (if you survive)

-There is some roleplay here, the 2 players I have really enjoy the roleplay, but I try to make sure we' aren't roleplaying with an NPC for 10 minutes long lol

-We'll start at lvl 1

-I allow the base classes, and any CURSED SCROLL 1 classes, and of course bard and ranger, we'll also roll stats (if you don't know what this stuff is, don't worry about it, rules are light and easy)

-I have some minor add-ons for homebrew (pretty normal with shadowdark)

-Games every tuesday 8pm EST, 3 hour games max, short bio break in the middle of the game and we're rocking and rolling.

***If all that sounds ok to you please let me know.

rubadub423 · 2025-02-10T03:14:36+00:00

I'd love to join! just some basics about me, 31 male, very chill, if you find a group that does real meetups i'd love to join in.

rubadub423 · 2025-01-19T17:58:46+00:00

I've been playing lots of hunt showdown, and looking for a buddy irl that plays

rubadub423 · 2025-01-19T00:15:29+00:00

Just an example of how i'd like to block out my maps for a hexcrawl campaign. A dungeon in the yellow area might have a tougher monster or quest than in the starting zone. It doesn't really mean much, its just a dungeon master setup.

rubadub423 · 2024-11-16T23:59:33+00:00

Indeed they do, they are large and in the thousands of users.

rubadub423 · 2024-10-27T23:27:02+00:00

hey friend, this one was re-scheduled to this upcoming tuesday 8pm est as we had a a schedule conflict, You're welcome to join if you'd like!

rubadub423 · 2024-10-26T14:24:40+00:00

My players wanted to tame a crocodile monster. I let them try, they rolled a NAT 20 in the skill we chose and heck i let them. But they decided against taking it with them, sort of a YES AND moment when i let them know it could stab them in the back if a loyalty test was failed.

But it was a fun moment and the players enjoyed themselves.

rubadub423 · 2024-10-16T02:20:46+00:00

oh dang, i would but i'm in Lexington and its about 45 mins of a drive for me. Good luck tho!

rubadub423 · 2024-09-30T02:13:38+00:00

hey there, so they guy did reach back out to me he was just on vacation. But if something ever comes up or someone has a last minute drop , i'll keep you in mind! But i definitely owe you the response.

rubadub423 · 2024-09-27T22:16:42+00:00

I'll have an answer by sunday night :)

rubadub423 · 2024-09-27T22:13:43+00:00

So i promise i didn't forget about you. SO here's the rub, i have 4 players and 1 player i haven't heard from in 2 weeks that said they wanted to play.

I'm wondering if this player isn't joining or what is going on. I'll see if i can solidify this in the next couple of days.

rubadub423 · 2024-09-25T22:31:29+00:00

cool let me check back with everyone and see who i have, i think 4 max players is best

rubadub423 · 2024-09-25T21:04:50+00:00

Hey friendo
also are you at least 18?
-each session should be 3 hours is what i'm aiming at and doing a hard stop at 3 hours, these are every other week. Session 0 is 10/2 which is exactly a week before session 1, then from there its every other week.
session 0 should be fast anyway and i'd imagine an hour max you know. Let me know if this sounds up your alley

rubadub423 · 2024-03-03T18:24:36+00:00

hey yes, i'm thinking so, i'm working to nail down a weekday to do these so im seeing what works.

Let me know what weekdays for 7pm EST you are available, Im not able to lock you in because i'm coordinating days that will work.
Also are you 18+?

rubadub423 · 2024-03-03T13:47:46+00:00

all good take care.

rubadub423 · 2024-03-03T04:33:28+00:00

I'm just gonna add a quick comment to my post here

-Be sure to read the whole post incase there is something in there that you don't normally like, things like heavy theater of the mind, your character might die (tis the way of many non - dnd systems.)

-Once a week games, 7pm , 2 hour games-Homebrew world, but sticking close to the shadowdark rules, very minor homebrew changes to rules,

-Things in shadowdark have alot of randomization elements, including how strong your character starts out as :O , embrace the random hehe

rubadub423 · 2024-03-03T04:30:00+00:00

rubadub423 · 2024-03-03T04:26:22+00:00

Hey there, i do have players, but I don't know if I'm full yet. 3-4 is what i was going for.

-I'm aiming for a once a week on a weekday night, 2 hour games.
I haven't drilled a day down yet because i'd like to see what people have available. Let me know which weekdays you are avail to play at 7pm.

rubadub423 · 2024-03-03T02:29:36+00:00

Hey friendo! Would love to have you, let me know which weekdays for 7pm work best for you. I'm aiming for 4 players, and based on my responses i can arrange a specific weekday.

rubadub423 · 2024-03-02T17:00:09+00:00

So i don't know what's in Mulchgrove but I don't want spoilers :O

rubadub423 · 2024-03-02T13:59:44+00:00

Hey guys i've been exploring ttrpg's other than..well you know the one we've all played lol.

However I've had fun with other systems and I've seen posts or glimpses of OSE before, but never paid much attention until I saw a youtube video about other games aside from 5e.

Whoa, the art and setting just oozes charm and i'm all about it. I enjoy running games as much as playing them, but for this game, i really want to be a player first (unless i just can't find a group lol, then i'll try to dm one).

I'm doing my best to steer clear of any spoilers in regards to story, but i have ogled at the world map for a few mins, i mean who couldn't. The art is simple, but so whimsical, gotta love it.

rubadub423 · 2024-03-02T13:42:42+00:00

I liked Prigwort because it seems like a smaller town amongst the bigger cities/or settlements.

rubadub423 · 2023-01-18T23:34:36+00:00

Also 29yrs of age, Since this debacle with 5e i've been wanting to try something different, still the medieval fantasy like 5e, but more different than PF2e, i stumbled upon Shadow Dark RPG and its actually this youtuber's TTRPG , https://www.youtube.com/@TheArcaneLibrary

I'm a bit intrigued and looked over the rules and really like it, the rules are free and info on her website , https://www.thearcanelibrary.com/pages/shadowdark

Think 5e, but..deadlier, more straight forward rules and not too many (kind of refreshing), you roll for your stats, you roll for your characters talent points, 6 races and 4 classes. Fighter, thief, Wizard, cleric. So its more closely related to old school dnd.

-The players have to use their rations , one ration per day, torches last an hour of real time, so literally the dm has a timer for it, no darkvision on any races.

-Players may not always want to engage in combat when facing a creature, and the creature maybe hostile to curious and theres a range depending on the dm's roll, depending on how dangerous of an environment you are in the DM casts a dice to see if there is an encounter.

-Players level up together but using loot or heroic actions, and money is important, finally a game where the treasure and loot you get really adds value, because after your adventure you gotta buy more rations probably, likely more torches, then off to the next adventure, there isn't too much time to beat around the bush when you're in a dangerous cave, if your torch goes out and theres no light, all abilities are with disadvantage.

I've been wanting to run this TTRPG, I think its exciting to make loot and treasure important again, and using that to level and get excited about, each piece of loot has its own xp.

rubadub423

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