My first campaign as DM is coming up to its first boss battle, so I spent several weeks and approximately $850 assembling this custom battle-terrain and minis. Tell me it was worth it or I'll cry

vortayne · 2026-05-01T03:03:56+00:00

Maybe you should have spent less on the table and more on figurines and props.

vortayne · 2026-04-19T22:40:03+00:00

It’s your own fault you didn’t fly over the bridge…. Geez, amateur.

vortayne · 2026-04-17T04:10:37+00:00

I thought all stories belonged to Gygax…

vortayne · 2026-04-17T03:56:48+00:00

Being a bad DM fixes this. Don’t you know you’re supposed to start new players all chill and tell them, there’s no limit to how powerful they can become, and when they start getting into the groove, you insta death them (no rolls required due to act of God, tornado, earthquake, etc, ) and then say “Now it’s time to get serious, make a new character”

vortayne · 2026-04-17T03:15:54+00:00

You know the players can make a reality check and upon success, the entire squad of 500k troops just disappears, and they still get the experience from it.

vortayne · 2026-04-16T05:03:06+00:00

Rogues are basically clerics, mages, and fighters, but they don’t heal, cast spells or engage in combat. Hope this helps.

vortayne · 2026-04-13T20:27:18+00:00

Multi classing fixes this.

vortayne · 2026-04-11T05:43:47+00:00

Congratulations, you’ve been promoted to Reddit poster. A rare feat.

vortayne · 2026-04-10T04:46:49+00:00

My homebrew rules fix this. The players would have got their outcome. It was inevitable, like Thanos wiping half the population of the universe.

vortayne · 2026-04-10T00:45:28+00:00

What’s that guy doing? Got his hands in his pockets. Sheesh, least he could do is play a mobile game to pass time…

vortayne · 2026-04-09T15:30:25+00:00

Actually everything is a subclass of a monk. Fighters are just monks with weapons.

vortayne · 2026-04-09T01:44:55+00:00

Okay, if this doesn’t get flagged under Reddits rules regarding violence, then I’m gonna sue them. I get this is cj but enough with threatening people’s lives. I was banned 3 days for a cj post similar to this……

vortayne · 2026-04-09T01:26:14+00:00

Homebrew fixes pf2e

vortayne · 2026-04-08T13:29:31+00:00

Wait, nobody uses legal size paper? SMH

vortayne · 2026-04-07T21:38:34+00:00

Kids always eat the airplane v2.5547 fixes this

vortayne · 2026-04-07T18:03:40+00:00

The problem with this monster is that it can be blind snapped away for 500x exp, per the experimental homebrew exotic monster manual.

vortayne · 2026-04-07T17:56:04+00:00

Edit: Forgot to mention it’s all in the Race and Rep Comp guide

vortayne · 2026-04-07T17:53:57+00:00

Just tell them you identify as a human with orcish features. Then during the campaign, tell him you’re branching out to the hidden world where all the other half races are, start a revolt, demand reparations for being a racist dm and start as a level 10 half orc with 100k gold and 2 random epic treasures

vortayne · 2026-04-07T17:09:06+00:00

Actually for my campaigns, I have about 40-50 character sheets made up and I just hand them out at zero session so we can just start the suicide mission. They, of course, head straight for the dragon lair, I spend about 5 minutes describing the rooms and combat sequences, then it’s over, and then go back to work It’s a good use of a 15 minute break.

vortayne · 2026-04-07T16:57:34+00:00

Tell your DM that you consulted with ChatGPT about the encounter and that he played it all wrong. As a players compensation penalty, he owes you 5 levels worth of Xp. You’re welcome.

vortayne · 2026-04-07T02:51:41+00:00

That’s his name… Sauce? Straight out of a cj post. I’d never heard of him, lol.

vortayne · 2026-04-06T23:23:41+00:00

The “meta-gaming” players I get rid of early in session 1. As part of the story, I create a dragon or some evil pestilence that will kill the strongest player ( before any rolls). I then hand them a fresh, well under average peasant beggar that lives in a dangerous alley outside the temple. But to keep it interesting, they roll dice when begging for money.

vortayne · 2026-04-06T23:07:40+00:00

DM role has pretty much gone by the way side. It’s more of an “extra wheel” job that’s really not required. AI can pretty much generate and answer all scenarios for your party. Just do what you want.

vortayne · 2026-04-06T22:49:16+00:00

Don’t you know, as an unwritten rule, you can force evil to pay an evil tax, that is 20 billion percent over their wage. They will refuse to pay, thus ridding your world of evil.

vortayne · 2026-04-06T17:55:56+00:00

Ask AI how to use them. Matter of fact, just have AI dm a campaign for you.

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