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Author:  The Great Tyrant [ Sun May 10, 2020 9:30 ]
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My group just finished the Lost Mine Of Phandelver. It was my first proper play through of DnD (we started pre-lockdown, before remote DnD got cool).

I play a Chaotic Good bard halfling with a gambling problem, exceptionally poor impulse control, and even poorer taste in men. The DMs sighing at my shenanigans is my applause.

We can switch up since the campaign finished, but I'm attached to this character now. If anyone has a good idea for a backstory I'm all ears.
Author:  Grim... [ Sun May 10, 2020 12:16 ]
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The Great Tyrant wrote:
The DMs sighing at my shenanigans is my applause.

This. This is the scale to know how well you're doing.

"And then we ram the trousers over the robot's head!"
"Why?!"
"They've got a signal jammer in them!"
"Why would your trousers have..."
"Because it's activated by doing pelvic thrusts in the direction you want to jam, remember?"
"..."
Author:  Grim... [ Sun May 10, 2020 12:25 ]
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In fact, Doccy G wrote all about it here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Shadowrun/comm ... _trousers/

I'd forgotten that after the fight Bobby "the slowest-reacting wizard ever" cast silence.
Author:  Pundabaya [ Sun May 10, 2020 12:37 ]
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Anyone ever played Paranoia?

In the right group it's glorious.
Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Sun May 10, 2020 13:20 ]
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Grim... wrote:
The Great Tyrant wrote:
The DMs sighing at my shenanigans is my applause.

This. This is the scale to know how well you're doing.

A naïf: “RPGs are the ultimate collaborative, co-operative games.”

A wise person: “RPGs are a ruthless competition and the winner is the first person to make the GM say ‘fuck you’.”
Author:  Trooper [ Sun May 10, 2020 13:54 ]
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Simplest way for a GM to get a player to commit to doing something? Respond to their request with "Really?" or "Are you sure you want to do that?"
Author:  krazywookie [ Sun May 10, 2020 18:06 ]
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Fuck yeah I am! In fact, I'm going to edge it!
Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Sun May 10, 2020 19:22 ]
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Trooper wrote:
Simplest way for a GM to get a player to commit to doing something? Respond to their request with "Really?" or "Are you sure you want to do that?"

GMing secret: you only ask this so you can be really mean to them as a result and still have a clear conscience. “Hey, I gave you a chance to back down...”

The reason they had to disable a droid with nothing but Shock Pants was because they had no weapons. That’s because the local crime lord they were supposed to meet to collect gear was pissed at them. That’s because they beat two of his goons to paste. Before they initiated that combat, I asked “are you sure?” And afterward they had to do the rest of the mission without any special equipment or decent guns.
Author:  Cras [ Mon May 11, 2020 1:11 ]
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It doesn't count as giving a chance to back down when you know the chance of backing down is below zero.
Author:  Doctor Glyndwr [ Mon May 11, 2020 9:13 ]
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Cras wrote:
It doesn't count as giving a chance to back down when you know the chance of backing down is below zero.

::laughs in evil GM::
Author:  The Great Tyrant [ Mon May 11, 2020 20:34 ]
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Grim... wrote:
The Great Tyrant wrote:
The DMs sighing at my shenanigans is my applause.

This. This is the scale to know how well you're doing.

"And then we ram the trousers over the robot's head!"
"Why?!"
"They've got a signal jammer in them!"
"Why would your trousers have..."
"Because it's activated by doing pelvic thrusts in the direction you want to jam, remember?"
"..."


I challenged a dangerous dragon to a rap battle, convinced a dungeon of goblins I was their ally and walked out with ALL their loot, and wasted one of a few limited questions asking a magical truth telling entity if it had a crush on me.

I also killed a man with my bagpipes. (Out of context DnD quotes?)

There's room for improvement (and pelvic thrusting) but I'm otherwise proud of my first play through.
Author:  myp [ Tue Nov 03, 2020 12:40 ]
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Yep
Author:  Mr Dave [ Wed Nov 04, 2020 9:01 ]
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Wut?
Author:  Cras [ Wed Nov 04, 2020 9:56 ]
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He was attempting, and failing, to direct Gilly's attention to this thread, I believe.
Author:  Grim... [ Wed Nov 04, 2020 11:23 ]
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If only we had a thing that would let us tell @sdg about it.
Author:  sdg [ Wed Nov 04, 2020 12:32 ]
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Ooh, fancy new feature!

If I were to attempt to DM via Zoom, would there be interest in playing?
Author:  Zardoz [ Wed Nov 04, 2020 12:34 ]
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Yeah, depending on time / day(s) etc!
Author:  TheVision [ Wed Nov 04, 2020 13:17 ]
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I've never played D&D before so I may not be the ideal candidate for this... but I'd be up for it as long as you're willing to put up with my new-ness!
Author:  sdg [ Wed Nov 04, 2020 13:22 ]
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I’m in a campaign right now that means fortnightly and that works well so could follow a similar model.
Author:  Zardoz [ Wed Nov 04, 2020 13:28 ]
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One night every two weeks sounds reasonable to me.
Author:  KovacsC [ Wed Nov 04, 2020 13:39 ]
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I was sorting the loft, and I found my 1st Edition D&D books.. these fellas are old.
Author:  myp [ Wed Nov 04, 2020 13:46 ]
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I’m up for this.
Author:  Mr Dave [ Wed Nov 04, 2020 13:53 ]
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Would be interested
Author:  sdg [ Wed Nov 04, 2020 15:47 ]
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I’ve used your eagerness as an excuse to buy some new D&D stuff. Any excuse! Has anyone played any of the existing 5th edition adventures including the Lost Mines of Phandelver?
I’ve just bought Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden which is an adventure for level 1-11 but I’d run anything. Super tempted to buy the new Curse of Strahd Revamped edition.

The Vision, no issues with newbies at all and it’s an easy game to get into!
Author:  Zardoz [ Wed Nov 04, 2020 17:45 ]
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I haven't played any apart from Iceland Dale on the Apple Macintosh home computer.
Author:  Zardoz [ Wed Nov 04, 2020 17:46 ]
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Do we need to have anything prepped at our end(s)? Character sheets etc?
Author:  Pundabaya [ Wed Nov 04, 2020 18:13 ]
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Iceland Dale sounds like an urban-fantasy epic.
Author:  Zardoz [ Wed Nov 04, 2020 19:28 ]
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The epic quest to get mum back.
Author:  Dr Zoidberg [ Wed Nov 04, 2020 19:37 ]
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KovacsC wrote:
I was sorting the loft, and I found my 1st Edition D&D books.. these fellas are old.


Mine are under the bed. Got the 5th Ed Players Handbook and DM’s Guide too, but not played it.
Could be tempted to join in.
Author:  Grim... [ Wed Nov 04, 2020 19:54 ]
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http://roll20.net is good for managing the dice and character sheets and stuff.
Author:  sdg [ Wed Nov 04, 2020 21:18 ]
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Zardoz wrote:
Do we need to have anything prepped at our end(s)? Character sheets etc?

If I ran Lost Mines, there are pregens available. I think for most others you’d be better making your own character and even got Lost Mines, that’s still an option.

Does anyone have a preference on adventure, from any of the published 5e hardbacks (except Tomb Of Annihilation, it’s brutal!)

For a lot of the hardbacks, the adventure could easily last 6months +.
Author:  sdg [ Wed Nov 04, 2020 21:21 ]
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DnDBeyond is also a great site for managing characters. You can create character sheets on there, roll your dice virtually and have it calculate scores based on your abilities etc, and get cheaper digital copies of the source books like the player handbook.

I use DnDBeyond for my character sheet in the Eberron campaign I’m in but I have the physical copies of the book so I’ve not bought the digital versions.
Author:  Zardoz [ Wed Nov 04, 2020 22:28 ]
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You just lead the way! Whatever you think would be best for a bunch of noobards :D
Author:  sdg [ Wed Nov 04, 2020 23:06 ]
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So far I’ve got:

Zardoz
Vision
Myp
Dave
Zoidberg

Anyone else? I think six is probably the max party size to keep it manageable.

Are you free on a Thursday evening, fortnightly, 7pm-10pm ish? Session one date TBC.
Author:  sdg [ Wed Nov 04, 2020 23:09 ]
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Might go for Lost Mines to give the new players a chance to get used to D&D and then if there was appetite for more, everyone could roll new characters with a better idea of how they like to play and what characters might suit them and we could start a longer adventure like Strahd or Waterdeep or something.
Author:  Zardoz [ Thu Nov 05, 2020 0:14 ]
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Yeah sounds good.
Author:  Mr Dave [ Thu Nov 05, 2020 0:18 ]
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I can do that time.
Author:  TheVision [ Thu Nov 05, 2020 0:42 ]
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That should be good for me!
Author:  Dimrill [ Thu Nov 05, 2020 4:44 ]
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I would say yes, but am hampered by 1) No webling cameraing 2) broken brain can't be relied upon for schedules.
Author:  myp [ Thu Nov 05, 2020 8:10 ]
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I cannot do Thursdays as it’s family quiz night but have fun!
Author:  Zardoz [ Thu Nov 05, 2020 9:14 ]
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Dimrill wrote:
I would say yes, but am hampered by 1) No webling cameraing 2) broken brain can't be relied upon for schedules.

You could be my haunted knapsack.
Author:  Goddess Jasmine [ Thu Nov 05, 2020 10:50 ]
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If there's space, I'd love to have a go! :)
Author:  Zardoz [ Thu Nov 05, 2020 11:27 ]
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I only need one Knapsack, sorry.
Author:  Goddess Jasmine [ Thu Nov 05, 2020 13:59 ]
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Zardoz wrote:
I only need one Knapsack, sorry.

:P
Author:  Squirt [ Thu Nov 05, 2020 14:11 ]
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We've used Syrinscape Online to pipe spooky music and noises from the DM, which is quite cool. I think you can get it free.

I'd be up for this, but it looks like you've got a full party! I'd be happy to go on the reserve player list / haunted knapsack rota.
Author:  Zardoz [ Thu Nov 05, 2020 14:33 ]
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I think there’s room as Stan can’t make Thursdays.
Author:  myp [ Thu Nov 05, 2020 15:12 ]
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Giphy "sad eminem":
https://media0.giphy.com/media/e6RKl5gof6gTK/giphy-loop.mp4
Author:  Trooper [ Thu Nov 05, 2020 15:33 ]
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If that's him sad, i'd like to see him happy... let's find out

Giphy "happy eminem":
https://media0.giphy.com/media/3o6ZsYR9rlfRmYuJ68/giphy-loop.mp4
Author:  Dr Zoidberg [ Thu Nov 05, 2020 22:52 ]
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I couldn’t do Thursdays either, I’m afraid. If it suits others, don’t worry about shifting to accommodate me.
Author:  Mr Dave [ Thu Nov 05, 2020 22:59 ]
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I'm generally flexible.
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