Friendship is Dragons
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How many different ways can a DM warn someone that what they are about to do is a bad idea?
"Just to be clear: you want to attack the guy who is surrounded by the corpses of the king's finest guards?"
"... Hypothetically. How's your evasion?"
"Your character came from this town, so they would know [important details about holy shit what are you doing]."
(Long, awkward silence, followed by) "... Okay. Give me five minutes to roll for damage."
(Visibly drop three binders of notes into the bin.) "Right then, won't be needing these anymore. What's that, plot armor? Of course the important NPCs won't survive, you are literally setting the town on fire."
"Hold on, let me find his/her stat sheet..." (Page through a binder labeled "End of Campaign Notes, No Peeking".)
"Your attack had no visible effect. Elsewhere in the room, an innocent prisoner dies, hanging limply from their chains. The countess looks bemused, as if she were expecting more from you."
"Your NPC follower advises you that, in their culture, it is generally considered rude to send dragons to 'diplomatically' greet princesses on their wedding day. Yes, even if the dragon is extra polite. No, the magically-induced aura of terror will probably not make them more receptive to your advances. Yes, it might help if the dragon were 'a little less undead', but that's hardly the problem here."
"Please don't actually crash the wedding."
"No, you can't elope with the bride. It isn't even your wedding!"
"You could, technically speaking, do that. If I were willing to spend a week rewriting this into a villain campaign."
"What was your roll? Okay, you failed the spot check. Jimmy, your turn."
"Yes, you can roll for seduction. But if you make the check, I'm locking you in the guest room with a copy of 50 Shades of Grey for the next three hours, because there's no way in hell I'm RP'ing that."
"... Hypothetically. How's your evasion?"
"Your character came from this town, so they would know [important details about holy shit what are you doing]."
(Long, awkward silence, followed by) "... Okay. Give me five minutes to roll for damage."
(Visibly drop three binders of notes into the bin.) "Right then, won't be needing these anymore. What's that, plot armor? Of course the important NPCs won't survive, you are literally setting the town on fire."
"Hold on, let me find his/her stat sheet..." (Page through a binder labeled "End of Campaign Notes, No Peeking".)
"Your attack had no visible effect. Elsewhere in the room, an innocent prisoner dies, hanging limply from their chains. The countess looks bemused, as if she were expecting more from you."
"Your NPC follower advises you that, in their culture, it is generally considered rude to send dragons to 'diplomatically' greet princesses on their wedding day. Yes, even if the dragon is extra polite. No, the magically-induced aura of terror will probably not make them more receptive to your advances. Yes, it might help if the dragon were 'a little less undead', but that's hardly the problem here."
"Please don't actually crash the wedding."
"No, you can't elope with the bride. It isn't even your wedding!"
"You could, technically speaking, do that. If I were willing to spend a week rewriting this into a villain campaign."
"What was your roll? Okay, you failed the spot check. Jimmy, your turn."
"Yes, you can roll for seduction. But if you make the check, I'm locking you in the guest room with a copy of 50 Shades of Grey for the next three hours, because there's no way in hell I'm RP'ing that."
"Please don't actually crash the wedding."
I find myself hoping that the wedding is taking place on an airship.
I find myself hoping that the wedding is taking place on an airship.
Apparently, "not enough", if our DM trotting out the dungeon's entire first floor's worth of frost giants and remorrazes is any indication. It took a high-level drow mage using Disintegrate on our Temple of the Gods before we finally bamfed out of there.
So now our Dwarf Cleric is trying to buy a portable ballista to take back up there, while I'm looking for a spellcaster to Geas said Cleric so he WON'T shoot a Guiding Bolt at a passing guard and so trigger everything like last time.
So now our Dwarf Cleric is trying to buy a portable ballista to take back up there, while I'm looking for a spellcaster to Geas said Cleric so he WON'T shoot a Guiding Bolt at a passing guard and so trigger everything like last time.
I've been running Gateway for fairly young kids at work. So far, they've had to be coaxed into climbing a ladder to escape a giant crocodile, and reminded NOT to stand right in front of a fire-breathing salamander.
"So just to be sure. You're going through the giant, imposing, ornate door... while your frontline tank is on the other side of the dungeon with your hostage....Alright then..."
GM: "Are you going to attack the dragon that just breathed on the party, or the one that is about to?"
PC: "The one that just breathed"
Rest of Party: <GROAN>
If I recall, the PC was a thief (with some assassin tendencies) and could have disabled the second dragon before it could use a breath weapon.
PC: "The one that just breathed"
Rest of Party: <GROAN>
If I recall, the PC was a thief (with some assassin tendencies) and could have disabled the second dragon before it could use a breath weapon.
"You are pretty sure that you can not kill that opponent in one hit, or even a hundred hits, while he can kill you effortlessly."
"You get a telepathic ping from your god, saying that his powers can not be seen opposing that foe just yet. So if you attack now, you do it without magic."
"Okay, so, remember that macguffin scanner you have that lets you see someone's general capability, which we used to justify being able to 'see' someone's level off their character sheet? As you know, this system has player characters going from levels 1 to 20, up to 30 for epic. Now, would anyone who has heard of Dragon Ball Z care to guess what the scanner says about his power level?"
For me, I have a way of being able to tell my players if what they're about to do is gonna get them killed or is really stupid.
All I have to do is just pause for a moment for everyone to register what one player or all of the players are planning on doing. Then I just lean forward and in the most serious tone, I'll ask them, "... Are you SURE...?"
That tends to stop them. If they continue, they quickly learn that me saying that means "this is going to get you killed. I can't say it will for certain, but its a 99% chance and you void any right to be angry or upset if your character dies because of it."
All I have to do is just pause for a moment for everyone to register what one player or all of the players are planning on doing. Then I just lean forward and in the most serious tone, I'll ask them, "... Are you SURE...?"
That tends to stop them. If they continue, they quickly learn that me saying that means "this is going to get you killed. I can't say it will for certain, but its a 99% chance and you void any right to be angry or upset if your character dies because of it."
As the disclaimer in the 5e PHB states:
'Wizards of the Coast is not responsible for the consequences of splitting up the party, sticking appendages in the mouth of a leering green devil face, accepting a dinner invitation from bugbears, storming the feast hall of a hill giant steading, angering a dragon of any variety, or saying yes when the DM asks, "As you really sure?"'
'Wizards of the Coast is not responsible for the consequences of splitting up the party, sticking appendages in the mouth of a leering green devil face, accepting a dinner invitation from bugbears, storming the feast hall of a hill giant steading, angering a dragon of any variety, or saying yes when the DM asks, "As you really sure?"'
I took out a mob hit on my school spirit for the safety of the rest of the student body. Not my best financial decision, but it was the only way...
I'm one of those rare people that didn't have a traumatic high school season. Like, I had to deal with a couple bullies and that one girl you want to ask out, but things worked out decently in the end. Mostly. XD
I also had a fine high school experience.
In some ways it was even better than college.
In some ways it was even better than college.
I was homeschooled, so I skipped that nightmare. Given what elementary was like, I'm pretty sure I'd have a serious case of PTSD. Or ended up in one of those padded rooms.
The closest thing to 'school spirit' I encountered was in college. Especially during football season. So we're supposed to be full of school pride and root for our team and aren't we cool and...
I actually got dragged to one of their games. I know next to nothing about football and even *I* could tell our team sucked. Pretty sure one player managed to throw the ball straight to someone on the *other side.* (facepalm)
Maybe if this 'school spirit/pride' thing wasn't so heavily tied up in sports it'd be less of a disaster.
The closest thing to 'school spirit' I encountered was in college. Especially during football season. So we're supposed to be full of school pride and root for our team and aren't we cool and...
I actually got dragged to one of their games. I know next to nothing about football and even *I* could tell our team sucked. Pretty sure one player managed to throw the ball straight to someone on the *other side.* (facepalm)
Maybe if this 'school spirit/pride' thing wasn't so heavily tied up in sports it'd be less of a disaster.
School spirit is the worstttt thinggg. I always hated assemblies like this with a passion. My high school experience was actually pretty good, I just always have felt uncomfortable when in a setting where I'm pressured to be loud or part of chants, or something similar.
I was always suspicious of pep rallies. My high school had a terrible team (one winning season in about 35 years) and I noticed that after a pep rally we tended to lose even worse than usual. Plus, of course, it seemed a waste when we could be studying - not that I wanted to, but I liked it more than sitting in the gym shouting for no apparent reason.
Thanks Celestia, we don't have 'school spirit' in France. My only contact with that kind of weird thing was in American TV shows.
It was weird when many years later, I realised that American TV shows was written based on real American school experience.
It was weird when many years later, I realised that American TV shows was written based on real American school experience.
So, why didn't they mention which Background and Subclasses they selected?
Those are kinda a big deal.
Those are kinda a big deal.
"I haven't seen you in a single class session this semester."
"So I get an A, right?"
The subclasses, at least, can probably be guessed.
Ocellus - Circle of the Moon (more focus on the shifting)
Gallus - Thief (the more skill-based Rogue)
Yona - Totem Warrior (Bear) (because toughness)
Silverstream - Tempest Domain (maybe nature, but her energetic attitude feels more Tempest to me)
Sandbar - Monk - Way of the Open Hand (the vanilla Monk, though Shadows would fit a character that describes themself as average)
Ocellus - Circle of the Moon (more focus on the shifting)
Gallus - Thief (the more skill-based Rogue)
Yona - Totem Warrior (Bear) (because toughness)
Silverstream - Tempest Domain (maybe nature, but her energetic attitude feels more Tempest to me)
Sandbar - Monk - Way of the Open Hand (the vanilla Monk, though Shadows would fit a character that describes themself as average)
My HS's PA used to randomly come on during the day and have someone going "Test one, test one two."
They'd usually repeat that again immediately. Seriously it happened randomly and at one point (I guess they had upgraded the system or something) happened at least once a week.
They'd usually repeat that again immediately. Seriously it happened randomly and at one point (I guess they had upgraded the system or something) happened at least once a week.
Got a you-don't-want-to-miss-it Engine Heart one-shot for you all today! Xencarn ran it for us and it was a ton of fun.
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