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Ah, travelers! We don't get many such as you in these parts, not since the Marquis' men took control of the pass. I suppose you're wondering why you can't post images or links on this Fifthday?

Thursdays are Text-post Only Days on /r/DnD. We're disabling picture and link posts for 24 hours to encourage discussion posts.

We originally began this trial about six months ago and the response has been overwhelmingly positive. I've personally enjoyed a lot of the conversations that have sprung up on these days (and a smarter mod would have bookmarked some of them to use as examples* in this post).

As of now we're planning on keeping the experiment running indefinitely. We're always looking for feedback, so please let us know of your experience. Have you been enamored with a discussion post that arose one Thursday? Have you mourned having to wait one more day to see your comic update? We welcome all takes.

The switch is still happening manually, so it will happen around about midnight Eastern US time. If anyone is aware of a way to automate the process, please message the mods.

Perhaps you could discuss this...we've heard tale of a path through the eastern ridge. If such a trail exists we could circumvent the Marquis' blockade and supply this rebellion. Won't you help us, strangers!?

* The first Thursday after making this post, someone posts the most classic question imaginable. This is what it's all about.

So I bought the Dragon’s of Stormwreck Isle starter set because I’ve been getting interested in DnD and I wanted to host it with my friends for the first time (5 including me). I’ve done a ton of prep, watched DM guides and taken notes on the story and game mechanics. I’ve never played before, and neither have 3 of the others so we’re all learning along the way and having fun. I don’t know if this is the right move, but I asked them all for a copy of their character sheet so I could help them out/keep track of what they have. The other guy though, is my issue.

He’s played DnD before and seems sort of weird about the whole thing? He won’t say anything about his character, keeps saying “You’re not ready” for his gameplay/“I’ll go easier on you since you’re new to this” and seems like he knows something I don’t. And obviously he hasn’t given me his character sheet. Everyone else has completed characters, has made art/lore for them, and we haven’t started yet because of his refusal.

Everyone else loves this guy and so do I, but he’s been really weird about DnD in particular and I’m debating if I should just not let him play. Please help.

Announcement Here

Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7T2CcrKjzA

All the classes and species from WOW are coming to DnD.

13 Classes and 16 species is a lot of new things.

I'm really curious with the Demon Hunter for exemple.

What are you guys waiting for ?

https://youtu.be/3xd5WVr_Ihc

Highlights include:

• Luke Gygax will be curating the new Greyhawk setting content going forward

• Tracy Hickman will also be curating the return of Dragonlance to the franchise

• R. A. Salvatore will be also taking part with Legends of Drizzt

• All three are involved with a new initiative dubbed D&D Icons

• Greyhawk: Crown of the Witch Queen will be a full length adventure going more into Drelnza's ascent into the new Witch Queen of Oerth

• Dark Sun will be making is proper 5e debut. Two new books, Blood & Power and Edge of Oblivion will detail the setting. They emphasized the brutality and hyperviolence of the setting.

• Changes to D&D Beyond will be coming. A new LFG service will be launched as well as improved site search. There is a overhauled mobile app in development.

• More information on Warlock as well as the announcement of the gameplay reveal on Aug 25th at Opening Night Live @ Gamescom

• World of Warcraft collaboration as well as a new initiative called D&D Universes Beyond, a multimedia collaboration initiative not unlike MTGs Secret lairs.

• Dungeon Masters: Adventures in Faerûn series announced

• Star Wars was also announced as part of their ongoing collaborations.

I DM a game of 5E for all my friends online because life and we are living in different areas. To cut to the chase, one player constantly leaves, returns or is not present during sessions because his girlfriend constantly asks him to do things that makes him leave the call for upwards of 10 minutes at a time, sometimes actually just pouncing on him to make-out, multiple times a session, usually ending up with him leaving the session early.

All of us are around 25-30. It's not like this is a new relationship either, they've been dating since they were 20. I don't want to sound like an absolute incel - "stop hanging out with your girlfriend, its time to roleplay!" - but when we have 4 hours of our designated time to hang out each week constantly interrupted, it gets a little disheartening as a DM who has to work around it to minimise the disruption.

I've tried to talk to him about it privately, but it always ends up being something along the lines of "Sorry I obviously love my girlfriend". So I don't think things are going to change very much since he sees no problem in it.

How do I make sure things keep going smoothly for the party, and his character's story?

EDIT: To reiterate, we are not just DM and players. We've been a close knit group of friends for years.

For me, all players start at level 3 with one free feat and one free uncommon or lower magic item. Does a lot to reduce early game tedium and I actually saw people making some unique builds when taking a feat didn't mean passing up on a stat boost.

Nat 1's also mean a success, but in the worst way possible. Like, you still hit the foe, but your sword gets lodged in them. Or you try to lockpick and the doors hinges fall off causing it to fall backwards with a mighty crash. I know that can be a bit divisive, but I found it tends to lead to more unique things and make them feel less like your master swordsman suddenly forgot how to wield a sword and more like something really bad and unexpected happened. Maybe I just had a good GM with this rule though.

We have a player who completed one previous campaign with us, and we are now about 20 sessions into our current one. They are enthusiastic, everyone likes them, and this is not a “problem player” post.

The issue is that they consistently struggle with collaborative roleplay, especially during important social or political scenes.

Our current campaign is complex, with each PC pursuing different goals. Before the last session, we talked through exactly what everyone wanted from an upcoming faction negotiation so we would all be aligned.

This player volunteered to present the proposal, but paraphrased key points in a way that changed the meaning and confused the DM. What should have been a quick exchange became several minutes of circular conversation.

Eventually, another player stepped in, restated the proposal clearly, and the DM immediately understood. The player then kept trying to negotiate something we had already secured, became frustrated when the table pointed that out, and withdrew for a while.

To their credit, they later had a genuinely great moment in the same session.

This has been a recurring pattern since the previous campaign. They often play their character very broadly, but without a clear objective, and I do not think they are trying to derail anything. I think they genuinely struggle to communicate their intentions or understand what a scene needs.

I am wondering if high complexity of the campaign is too much to track for some folks even when it’s distilled. Oftentimes the DM seems to track their character better than they do.

How do you support a player who wants to contribute but consistently struggles to advance roleplay scenes?

Has anyone successfully helped someone become a stronger collaborative roleplayer after a full campaign and 20 sessions into another, or do you eventually accept that this is simply how they play?

Modeled in Blender, 3D printed in resin, and painted by me. This was a mimic idea chosen by my Patreon members, and it was super fun to create!

Without having ever seen a lawn flamingo "in the flesh", I have no idea how large one is meant to be. But after some guess-timations based on Google searches, I think this sculpture is almost as big as a typical lawn flamingo. The metal poles I purchased to stand them in the lawn are 18 inches long, if that helps you visualize how big they are.

I have a video going into a little more detail on the design process on my social media:

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@too.many.mimics

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/toomanymimics

YouTube: https://youtube.com/@toomanymimics

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/TooManyMimics

Website: https://toomanymimics.com/

I genuinely have no idea what to do. I'd been working late yesterday and pulled an all nighter thinking I could stay up, I didn't, and both the DM and other players were asking me where I was when I was just passed out.

How the hell do I tell my DM that me falling asleep wasn't a knock at him or his story because I was GENUINELY excited to play, and it was instead because I was just super sleep deprived. Please help y'all this is incredibly embarrassing

Like Brennan Lee Mulligan calls his players "Intrepid Heroes", do you have a pet name for your players?