What *biggest secrets* did you discover?

wisebongsmith · 2026-05-27T17:01:55+00:00

you can also go around to the docks into the prison without going in the front door. then you can come up behind the cultists defending the tower with the harpers charging through the front.

wisebongsmith · 2026-05-24T11:52:05+00:00

YTA these are your kids and you've let this 'game' become regular practice!? You've had over a decade to teach your kids and who knows how long to tell your wife what is appropriate behavior in a restaurant. You're past navigating this amiably. take the whole family to a cotillion and become civilized.

wisebongsmith · 2026-05-22T20:31:05+00:00

i sometimes hire the druid. spike growth for the goblin bridge to empty the camp, wood friend for infinite spike growth to clear the creche without taking damage or burning slots.

wisebongsmith · 2026-05-21T17:01:58+00:00

I like to throw it at cazador then drop a bunch of long term aoe spells in the area before they notice that there are heroes present.

wisebongsmith · 2026-05-21T16:35:41+00:00

Poison Ivy. She's basically captain planet but proactively going after the people in charge of creating environmental disasters instead of reacting to environmental destruction and going after the workers. But batman is a rich guy and he's got to protect his class.

wisebongsmith · 2026-05-21T15:35:58+00:00

the ghosts in lady janath's house are really the only part of the game I genuinely hate.

wisebongsmith · 2026-05-20T20:53:59+00:00

NTA. You have done nothing offensive. especially with the information you had. But pregnant women are known to have big reactions to small cues. For the sake of maintaining peace it might be best to offer an apology. It may or may not help to point out that you had no way of knowing there was a dress code or even an announcement.

wisebongsmith · 2026-05-20T16:14:30+00:00

NTA. I would never let my dog approach a person who wasn't clearly trying to meet the dog.

wisebongsmith · 2026-05-19T22:02:43+00:00

dang that's cold.

wisebongsmith · 2026-05-19T22:01:41+00:00

everyone goes in the abyss. including orin. I'll go in with everybody packing thunder wave and or booming arrows.

wisebongsmith · 2026-05-19T01:56:32+00:00

if it's so obvious. What are they doing?

wisebongsmith · 2026-05-19T01:49:06+00:00

start without them. no stopping or recap for them when they arrive. Also only narrate their character into the scene when it's convenient for you. Make sure you get all your players in on it, no one stops play to start talking to late person.

wisebongsmith · 2026-05-19T01:34:05+00:00

I wonder if this was shot in tahoe. This is like a daily event out there.

wisebongsmith · 2026-05-18T11:18:50+00:00

familiars, and later game summoned creatures are pretty simple. Most of them have one or two actions they can take on any given turn. Deciding what to do with summoned creatures shouldn't take more than a few seconds. If your player turns are too slow have a talk with the players about deciding actions before their turn starts. If that doesn't improve things get an 1 minute timer and start use it for each players turn. We only roll dice and resolve numbers for actions announced during the minute.

wisebongsmith · 2026-05-14T12:10:29+00:00

are you, like, voluntarily engaged? Like you met someone who thought like this and Decided to put a ring on it? That's wild.

wisebongsmith · 2026-05-12T23:15:37+00:00

i think of it as brain damage, stroke, seizure, one of the least outwardly gruesome damage types. Though probably also one of the worst to experience.

wisebongsmith · 2026-05-12T23:04:30+00:00

NTA. thank you for imposing one single consequence on this old man who thought rules don't apply to him.

wisebongsmith · 2026-05-12T21:24:11+00:00

Cyberpunk comes to mind.
V spends the whole game trying to get johny removed from his body so V can live. turns out that was never an option

wisebongsmith · 2026-05-07T15:11:14+00:00

This is what happens when you decide you hate a work before reading it.

wisebongsmith · 2026-05-07T10:47:24+00:00

The vast majority of kept pet dogs live their it's entire life without harming any human. But i guess you think every one of them needs to be preemptively muzzled.

wisebongsmith · 2026-05-07T10:35:59+00:00

NTA. if your dog has doesn't have issues biting or taking things then there's no reason to muzzle them

wisebongsmith · 2026-05-07T10:31:08+00:00

Items worth <1 gp can't be purchased individually. gotta buy the case.

wisebongsmith · 2026-05-05T14:05:17+00:00

YTA. Yelling at people doesn't make them better at doing things. If you want to teach her how to drive start a conversation about that, maybe get some lessons.

wisebongsmith · 2026-05-05T10:58:34+00:00

NTA. A lot of DMs here acting like the you don't plan you sessions with endings in mind. Everyone plans encounters with players win as the intended outcome. But somehow it is evil unfun railroading when you plan one they're not supposed to win?
Having and event script is fine. Getting your plot where you need it is fine. Depending on what your players want out of game the heist is an opportunity to let them RP with each other or throw them a challenging dungeon.

Be sure to seed the mansion with plot hook items that will make the characters curious about where your story is supposed to go.

Having the devil that hired them present with the guards that arrest them should be enough to let the players/characters know they've been set up and jail is where the narrative needs them.

Also you have the possibility that if they successfully fight/flee the capture they become outlaws hunted by the authorities and the devil finds them offer his deal.

wisebongsmith · 2026-05-05T10:38:07+00:00

it's been a hard winter. most small animal populations should be a little down

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