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Hi guys! Sorry if this isn’t allowed, I’m not quite sure where else to reach out to. If there’s anywhere else I can post this, let me know.

My name is Emily and I’m very curious about the DnD community during the late 70s/ 80/ early 90s. If you’ve played around that time, please comment! I’d love to interview you.

I’ve heard the DnD community had a lot of hate towards it back in the day and I want to know more about it. I’ve been playing different table top roleplay systems for around 5 years.

I wanna make a YouTube video with accounts of the early community. The interview could be through DMs or on discord, you could also be anonymous.

If you or anyone you know played durning this time, please feel free to contact me.

Background: I ordered a player's kit and notes packs totaling around $90 USD back in March 2024. Since Feb. 2025, my order has been "At Distribution Hub" with no movement since. I reached out to their email in July 2025 inquiring about my order after their website removed the "Track My Order" button. That button was restored after my email. But then radio silence for months on end, again.

I've now asked for refunds multiple times via email, and those requests have been ignored. I've opened disputes with PayPal and my credit card company.

And now they send an email saying, "For orders that had already been shipped to the U.S., we've already dispatched every order that we were able to. The remaining orders that had previously been confirmed to be at a U.S. distribution hub, were orders that were stored at an Amazon-managed warehouse. We have not been able to dispatch those remaining orders. We cannot get a straight answer whether they were damaged, lost, or destroyed, but at this time we are considering them lost in transit" despite a previous email clearly stating, "Our warehouse has confirmed that they have your package in-hand and that it has been successfully processed." So which is it? Was it successfully processed, or was it lost in transit?

To top it all off, despite admitting they consider these orders "lost in transit," they still say, "Lastly, many of you have asked about canceling your order and getting a refund. The short answer is that we are not able to provide refunds at this time."

That's theft, plain and simple.

Let this be a warning to the internet. Do not do business with this company. Do not even think about ordering something from here. You will get nothing but endless emails with excuses. And trust me, they aren't worth the money I paid. Do not order from this company. There are several other excellent indie TTRPG retailers out there who will actually give you a quality product and won't make you wait two years and just keep your money.

Was just watching a Short from Zachthebold on YouTube, where the players opened a box that was clearly evil, and triggered a massive amount of damage (the ending being that the DM needed to use an app for the roll).

Now, I’m curious to hear other stories that are out there.

I’m a beginner DM, and a few days ago I was talking with one of my players about his character’s backstory (I call it “bio” because I play on Roll20, and that’s what the page with background, personality, etc. is called there).

He explained that his character hates criminals, vandals, and the like because his village was destroyed by criminals whose faces or appearances he never saw. At some point while he was talking, he mentioned the rogue in the party, who used to be a criminal as a teenager.

He then said that when his character finds out about her past, he would leave the group because of it and become some kind of anti-hero. I tried to convince him not to do this, but he insisted that this was the “right path” and that his character would definitely do that. So far, I haven’t given a final answer to this conversation.

So what should I do or say to convince him not to go down this route? I don’t want him to do this because it would double my workload as a DM.

Please forgive any grammar mistakes; this text was translated because I don’t speak English.

Tonight I had an incredibly fun night with my players fighting this amazing model of Cthulu. While the creature wasn’t Cthulu in game it still was a perfect representation of a home brew spirit of the deep.

After a long and rough battle the players were victorious and luckily had enough supplies to recover their downed team mates.

It’s my first time positing here but I’m just very thrilled with how it came out and even did a small quick video for it as well which I posted on tiktok :) (same username lol)

Can’t wait for more wild and epic adventures :) thanks for taking the time to enjoy this moment with me after an epic triumph!

I was thinking back to a couple of times recently that my groups have been hanging out just a bit too long, discussing plans or tactics, and realized that I kinda have a couple of ways I try to move the story along when it feels like the players are stalling.

Using NPCs: if the PCs are having an extended conversation in front of an NPC, especially if it's somewhere the party would not be welcome to just park and chat, I have NPCs get fed up with them and tell them to leave.

Using dice: sometimes if they're hemming and hawing too much I'll just roll a die for no reason. This usually gives them a bit more urgency.

I was just curious what other methods other DMs are using to keep the story flowing smoothly when the party is lingering too much.

...proceeds to describe very specific circumstances that could have only been from your table. Very detailed descriptions of the location, system, who does/not have a car, who is/not a drunk, characters, who said what, the drama, screen captures of discord, and the fallout. The opinion and perspective could only be from one person.

"...the main players are, A, B, C and I used fake names..."

Well I guess that makes it all mysterious, then.

Hello! First time here (plz be nice lol.) If this is Amber or any of my players, scram. So I’m about to run a new dnd campaign where the bbeg is a dark God the other two villains are patrons of her. I told my players about this God but only that she was widely supported throughout the nation. So one of my players decided to be a cleric and worship her.

This is a super cool thing since she and her player have no clue this God is the bbeg. Story wise I think it’s cool and it’ll be super cool when they find out Celra is actually behind all the evil stuff happening but mechanically I’m lost. If this God finds out one of her followers is using her power against her she will strip her of her power and that sucks.

So anyone got any ideas?

So this is really more to just get discussion going rather than seeking advice for a current situation.

Do you ever feel like dnd parties, aren't really 4 adventurers who become friends and invest and interest each other but rather 4 individuals who are only together to...give players a reason to play the campaign?

Often it seems like, a lot of times the characters rather keep their story beats and developments to themselves rather than share with the party. Its almost like if they share it with the party it somehow diminishes the value of whatever their dealing with.

There usually is an exception to this though, if its light hearted or funny, its quickly shared. But if its ever impactful or serious, they keep it hidden to either handle on their own or just never bring it up. Which imo is a shame.

Hypothetical Example: Cleric finds the thief who stole an ancient artifact, and is hiding somewhere in the city, the artifact is very meaningful to the cleric. Doesnt tell anyone and handles it on their own.

Or a Paladin who learns of the man who killed his father and understands that very soon he will get the opportunity to seek revenge. Keeps it to themselves and rather finds NPC's to tell rather than the party. Rather than share in the grief and pain this knowledge would bring on and the questions, they keep it to themselves and only involve the part if a dangerous combat would happen.

A wizard who learns their true mother died giving child birth and the necklace their adoptive parents gave them the day they graduated was actually the spell focus of the mother who happened to be a sorcerer. Rather than share this discovery with the people they've been traveling with for who knows how long, the people they sleep with, bleed with and eat with, they keep it to themselves or tell....NPC's.

It often seems that, whenever a characters development arc introduces new, I guess you could call them phases of the story. Players tend to keep them to themselves and for themselves rather than share them with each other so all can experience it together. Its almost like its trauma in a vacuum, despite the fact adventuring parties at least to me are supposed to be like Fellowship Of The Ring type of bonds.

Ive seen this from the seat of the DM at times, from a fellow player perspective and even just as a spectator in a few different groups when I just want to watch. So I am curious for the wider opinions of the community at large.

Do you think parties behave like their forced together and really they just want solo adventures or, do you think its better/normal to keep developments to yourself and everyone should keep to a "stay in their own lane" type of environment?

This is not intended to call anyone out, as again im just wondering if I am witnessing events that are in the minority or if its more common/normal than I thought.

Name: Zaen Madspire Race: Human Variant Class: Artificer Subclass: Alchemist

"Please let me taste all poison in the world poison"

Zaen Madapire comes from a noble family known for their scholars, but he was always strange obsessed with poisons and dangerous experiments. Even as a child, he tested toxins on himself and laughed while writing down the results. Hoping he would change, his family sent him to a magic academy, but there he caused explosions and once poisoned an entire lab. To avoid scandal, the academy sent him away with a “research mission” to study poisons across the world. Zaen happily accepted, now traveling with a smile and his strange mixtures, searching for the perfect poison.

I always love play as him. Being mad Sciencetist and roleplay to always taste any poison that appears in the campaign.

Also dm make every potion that Zaen made have some crazy effectt and make any player who drink it need to roll 1d100 😆