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https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/1hkv6z2/other_player_wants_to_roll_dice_instead_of_point/

A while ago I made a post about our new campaign where one player, “Seth,” was upset that our first-time DM, “Jeff,” wanted to use point buy instead of rolled stats. Click the top link he you want to read about that.

Well, here’s the follow-up.

Our group had six people: Jeff the DM, Seth the Paladin, Shay the Fighter, Blake the Rogue, Josh the Wizard, and myself playing a Druid.

We all sat down and discussed the stat issue. Since the module was supposed to be more roleplay-focused than combat-heavy, Jeff wanted point buy to help keep encounters balanced. Eventually we reached a compromise where everyone got 4 extra points for point buy, and we could spend 3 points to raise a 15 to a 16. Everyone agreed, including Seth.

Then somehow Seth also started with a feat because he was using a “homebrew Dragonborn.” When I checked it, it was basically just normal Dragonborn with a free feat attached. Jeff clearly didn’t want to argue about it anymore, so he allowed it.

Despite that, the campaign actually started off great.

Jeff was inexperienced, but he handled things really well. If we tried something creative, he usually rolled with it. If he made a ruling someone questioned, he’d openly check the books instead of pretending he knew everything. He admitted when he didn’t know rules, and honestly I respected that more than someone bluffing.

Meanwhile Seth seemed checked out almost immediately.

He was constantly on his phone, even during combat. Every turn he had to ask what was happening because he hadn’t been paying attention. Then he’d spend several minutes rereading abilities and spells just to say, “I attack with my greatsword and Divine Smite.”

A few weeks in, Seth also started missing sessions frequently. Usually he wouldn’t tell us until a few hours beforehand, sometimes less. The problem was that Shay didn’t want to play unless everyone was there, and Blake didn’t want to play with only three players. So the campaign slowed to a crawl. We went from weekly sessions to maybe once a month, and every session started with long recaps because so much time had passed.

At the same time, Seth became more openly critical of Jeff’s DMing. He kept saying the module should’ve been finished already and constantly talked about how his future campaign would be “better.” Eventually he started interrupting sessions to call Jeff out for not knowing certain rules or lore. Josh and I were usually the ones defending Jeff.

Finally Jeff told us we were entering the final stretch of the campaign and probably only had two or three sessions left.

Then Seth cancelled four sessions in a row.

After the fourth cancellation, he posted a huge message in Discord saying the campaign was boring, Jeff was too inexperienced to DM, and he was quitting. He ended it by inviting everyone to join his future campaign instead.

Right after that, Shay quit because she didn’t want to continue without Seth, and Blake quit because he didn’t want to play with only three players.

That was basically the end of the campaign.

I called Jeff afterward because he was genuinely devastated. I told him I had been having a great time and that Seth was completely out of line. Honestly, I still think Jeff did a good job, especially for a first-time DM.

I liked playing with Shay, Blake, and Josh, but looking back I honestly think the campaign might have survived if Seth had left earlier instead of slowly dragging the whole thing down.

TL;DR: One player didn’t enjoy the campaign, became increasingly disruptive, and eventually quitting caused the entire group to collapse.

During my last session, a player privately dm'ed me asking me to kill his character because they thought it would be funny. I obliged the request and his character got consumed by the big boss slime. That player now seems upset that their new character doesn't get their own seperate rewards for their other character dying on the quest. Their new character would be introduced at the same level as their previous character and receive 5d6x50 starting gp as a house rule.

The quest reward was the big loot pile the big boss was guarding, 17,900gp and a couple of magic items. The remaining party proceeded to civily divide the loot amongst themselves, absolutely no arguments. The dead player left before the boss was killed, so they weren't present to put in their claim. I explained to this player that they can still have a discussion with the rest of the party and stake thier claim on a portion of the loot, and we can write some silly narrative as to why their new character is getting a portion. Problem is, this player views this as begging the party for scraps. Again, they haven't even tried having that discussion with everyone. My table is super chill and would totally be in on giving him some loot, they straight up told me they would. If I give their new character some separate loot, that would make dying actually more rewarding than surviving the quest. I don't want to set a precedent at the table that dying is a net positive.

The player is telling me that they wasted hours of their life over this, which kind of hurts. Thats telling me that all the fun and laughs we were having with everyone was a waste of time. Was the session I crafted and the story we were all making together so insufferable that only loot made it worth it? I really enjoyed how this player interacted with the game world. I would hate to lose them because I think they're a great benefit to the team and developing the narrative. Am I being overly harsh? Suggestions are welcome.

Edit: Also guys, I'm not looking for "your player is a piece of shit". That's my friend. They've been wonderful in every other reguard

Edit 2: Resolution! The player said they got hot headed about it and over reacted. They also explained their perspective and pointed out why some of my delivery on explaining the situation and consequences left a bad taste. I completely understand his pov of the situation and will work at adjusting how I handle and deliver information in the future. Happy ending!

My tiefling cleric, Maiev :^)

She was raised by a retired Painbearer within a small Ilmatari church in Baldur's Gate. Given that she was found abandoned there as a baby, the clergy saw her as a blessing from Ilmater Himself, and she was brought up with His ideals ingrained deeply within her - taught to carry the burdens of others, and that to take on another's suffering was truly holy. The scar on the side of her face is from her First Suffering.

Hello! wanted to share an art commission i did for my client's campaign!

"The world's first lich and the original creator of blood magic. Long before his soul was bound to an opal skull for 50,000 years, he was a living formidable saurian humanoid manipulating the life force of the fallen."

Sadly there is not much to say of his name.

If youre interested, youre welcome to send me a message!

https://vgen.co/Kylene

https://www.artstation.com/kesyaar

Due to a player leaving, and a replacement player not being available until the end of the month, I planned a short session abreast of the main story, focused around hunting a Werewolf terrorising a village.

Cut to the main fight: our Paladin, a Goliath, successfully grapples the Werewolf. The fights been really protracted, as to balance action economy I ad-libbed resistance to physical attacks (the party were given silver knives, but didnt use them or even ask what they were.)

Ive implemented a house rule of Called Shots (specific attacks to body parts or targets to get a unique outcome). The Goliath had grappled the target from the front, like in a giant bearhug. Declaring an Unarmed Attack, he said he'd bite the Werewolf on the neck, aiming for the jugular.

And Critted.

The damage was enough to kill the Werewolf. Describing the attack, he explains how he tears out the throat and windpipe with his bare teeth, his mouth filling with the werewolf's blood and he accidentally swallows a bit in the heat of the attack.

*Lightbulb moment*

After the session, I ask him to roll me a Constituion Saving Throw away from the other players, and because he swallowed blood ive said its at Disadvantage. Due to his Con score, hes got a high modifier, and i set a mid-low DC of 8, and he fails it. Cue, a Goliath Paladin with lycanthropy, who doesnt know he has lycanthropy (the player does, but hes a great player of acting the part so hes really excited about having his character discover his new-found curse.)

We've discussed how it's going to manifest, if he ever rolls a Crit Fail or Crit Success it pops off. We'll describe it as emotions bubbling up or rage of an attack triggering it (idea came from a DnD Beyond thread)

TL:DR; my Paladin PC reverse chuck-norris'ed a Werewolf, bit it and became a Werewolf himself.

I live in Iran and the situation here is really terrible so I wanted to know if there is a way for me to play dnd alone to pass the time. I also should mention with the current situation everything is banned every website that doesn't use my countries ip is banned here even google and there is no such thing as a game shop here it just doesn't exist and due to war statues every other shop is closed and if you are caught walking streets at night you are shot on sight also I barely managed to get a VPN to post this and I might not be able to even answer some comments because by doing this I'm putting my neck on the line and if I'm caught using global internet they will sentence me to death

Ive made these Pokemon-like icons for Creature Types.

This is a small project mostly made for fun. I rushed it recently because i was losing motivation and just wanted to finish it, so the quality for all the icons are definitely not equal between all of them.

Though i do intend to use them for coins or something in my world, and I hope it can inspire some people who are a bit lost in their own journey for their own lil icons.

I also made a type chart but didn't include it because I barely put any effort into it.

i like to help my players imagining locations with some artworks i make during the campaign, i enjoy making this stuff a lot.

In our world, water is sacred. Since the continent is set in a vast desert, this ancient temple was built around a natural spring, the party needed to entre the temple to start the journey in the final dungeon of our campaign and restore the strenght of the water god.

soon i'll post the enemies design too

Hey, so I'm at a bit of a loss about what to do. Our group consists of five friends, most are some flavor of neurodivergent, and we've been meeting for about 2 years.

One player in particular has had a lot of trouble paying attention to the story and honestly seems like she's not really interested in the game. She's on her phone more often than not and even naps during sessions. Two of our players really feel disrespected, especially when a lot of time and energy is put into the story. We've tried speaking with her and trying a few different ways to help but it's starting to split the group and make sessions really tense.

We've all tried speaking with her at one point or another to ask if she actually doesn't like the game but just wanted to play to be social with us, which is totally fine. None of us have a problem if she just wants to be at the table eating snacks and making jokes without having a character. She insists she likes the game and wants to play it's just confusing for her to follow along. But it makes things very difficult when she hasn't read the book and still can't find her AC after 2 years, you know?

I've tried starting a separate group with just her and family to give her a different environment but it hasn't really helped. We've tried a few different types of character sheets to see if it makes a difference and we haven't found something that works. Currently the DM doesn't want to prepare the next session if she's not going to put in effort.

We're going to be giving it one last shot with the next session and I'd like some ideas to try and make it fun for everyone and easier to manage for her.

I'm also very bad at explaining things and tend to either give too many or not enough details, so I'm sorry if I'm all over the place.