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So I was playing with this group, (all guys, idk their races) and the dm pulled me aside a couple days ago to tell me my accent was making the other players uncomfortable. For context, I’m black and creole (from Louisiana), and I use AAVE rather liberally, but can code switch and I typically do depending on my comfort level. Normally I DO code switch around these guys bc I don’t really know them.

The thing is, I made a black, voodoo based character and I really wanted to lean into my own culture for inspiration, I didn’t make some hip hop caricature, he was just very clearly black and kind of a self insert. It’s the first time I’ve ever done something like this, so I was kinda excited.

Two sessions down and the dm pulled me aside to say the way I was talking was breaking immersion for everyone and making them uncomfortable bc it felt like I was mocking black people, so they asked if I could “just speak normally”.

I told him “this is actually way more normal for me. The accent you experience is whitewashed bc I don’t really know you, but the way I speak in game is truer to my actual accent” to which he responded,

“Look, I don’t really care. At this rate, I’m kinda doubting you even are black because black people just don’t really talk like that outside of movies and things. And I’d know, I’ve had plenty of black friends in my life, Ebonics is real, but not the way you’re doing it. You need to drop the voice or find a different table.” I swear to god, verbatim.

I was definitely in shock but ultimately, after sending a pic of a certain black finger, decided to just dip out. It was pretty clear that table wasn’t a match for me.

It was pretty shitty but ultimately, I’m just glad I left sooner rather than later.

Sample sentences of the “fake” AAVE

*to a scamming merchant* ”I’ma be real with you, that just might be the dumbest shit I ever heard.”

*to a player* “You really gon try that? Aight well I’m finna stand back here, you can do what you gotta do.”

*to player during combat, my turn* “Boy if you don’t take the n*gga head off!”

**EDIT: I’d just like to note, my usage of the n word was NEVER discussed at any point, even during the conversation when the DM asked me to drop the accent**

Drew this for my friend's birthday. Its one of their big characters in their world!

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Selene never imagined herself upon her nation's throne, and yet the crown on her head and fire from her hands meant that she was the last of the royal Val San bloodline. She was determined to serve her nation well, but the power and responsibility was crushing and slowly chipped away at her sanity. A soothsayer once told the princess, "Sunspeaker, you will be worshipped. You will be praised. You will be adored. But know that you will not be loved."

Hey everyone,

I wanted to share a story and ask for some wisdom from this amazing community!!

Almost 20 years ago, my friends and I rolled our first characters for a D&D 3.5e campaign. We were in our twenties nd that game became the constant thread that has run through our entire adult lives and let us keep in touch on a regular basis

We kept playing through college, even when we were in different cities. When life got serious with jobs and moves across the country, we refused to let the game die. We migrated online when not possible IRL, and our sessions became the anchor point for our friendship. Through breakups, career changes, and even the isolation of the pandemic (thanks discord ahah), our game was always there.

Tfor two of our players, it was where they met and ...fell in love! . In a few months, I'll be standing at their wedding as the best man, watching the friend who has played our steadfast paladin for two decades marry the woman who has been our clever and chaotic Rogue since day one. It’s the best quest reward I could ever imagine as a DM

Now, for my task as best man: the bachelor party. I want to honor the journey that brought them here (and he is really excited about it). I want to organize a special D&D inspired event for the groom and our friends. It can't just be a regular session (some invitees never played); it needs to be a celebration!!

I've brainstormed a few rough ideas, but I'm struggling to make them feel special:

• oneshot Arena: A high-level battle where the players fight iconic monsters from our past campaigns, sort of a "greatest hits" of our adventures, but i'm afraid people with no experience will be a bit lost (maybe I could do a training session with them beforehand, idk yet)
• A real life "Tavern" Crawl: A pub crawl where each bar has a different theme, and maybe some light puzzles or challenges to complete before we can move to the next one.
• A Murder Mystery Night: A D&D-themed whodunnit where the groom is the lead detective trying to solve a crime and other invitees are playing as characters (or investigating too)

This is where I need your help. Has anyone ever done something like this? How do you capture the spirit of D&D in a party setting without getting bogged down in rules? I'm looking for any and all advice: game ideas, logistical tips, ways to make it memorable, anything really

How do I give this Paladin the legendary send-off into marriage that he deserves?

I am new to dnd and we are nearly at the end of our first campaign. One thing I noticed was that other players at our table do refuse to say what subclass they chose for their character. I asked one of the PCs players and they were just like, “I’m not telling you that”.

I kinda thought this was a little weird? Is it normal for dnd? I am playing with my brother and his friends (we are an equal mix of girls and guys) so I’m not super close with the people at the table. I have always been open with my character choices. People are also keeping things like their species and backgrounds secret from everyone else.

*edit. Sorry, I’m still new to ttrpg language. To clarify, I asked a player this question after our session. We weren’t in character when I asked this.

I have little kids who have really gotten into D&D. It’s not structured in anyway, and it’s mostly made up on the fly. We keep d20s all around the house for spontaneous games.

Lately bedtime has been an issue, so I started what I call the Bedtime Campaign. They start off in a generic dream world and then each night I have them roll and whoever gets the highest, and I include my roll, will have a dream created catered to their interests. They fight cloud monsters in the dream space too.

Last night’s dream was fighting a mummy in ancient Egypt. It’s like they get to tell their own bedtime story. And once the dream ends, it’s time for bed for real.

It’s just something fun to do with littles, especially if they try to resist bedtime. And I’m happy to raise the 3rd generation of D&D players in my family, they are just so creative!

Hi there, I’m a relatively new dm and I’m currently running an online 2014 5e campaign with four players, a sword bard, an oath of vengeance paladin, a drakemaster ranger, and my current problem player, a great weapon master fighter… named Sir Reel.
We are three sessions into the campaign right now, minus session 0 which they vanished from halfway through. Their characters background is fisher! Awesome- they can feed the party and tell fishing stories, right? Maybe they’ll fish while the party camps, right? Wrong. Every time they see any pixel of blue on any map that could possibly be water they immediately ask to fish. It was funny at first because the party was traveling along a river, they’d pull out their fishing rod, announce their intent, and when I gave them the go ahead they’d fish and I’d pull out some random fish name for them to catch.
However, it’s gotten old very fast. The party is renting an apartment in the town they’re staying in for a while and every day they’re asking to fish in the sink or the tub. The first time it was funny, describing how they accidentally fished up a climb of hair from the tub. But they keep interrupting people to ask to fish every five minutes. They see there’s a pond on the map behind the guild their character couldn’t possibly see? ‘I sense the water and go to fish.’ I tell them no? They move their token. I mask out that area of the map? They beg.
Then, the party was chasing down ghouls. They’d killed two after a guild member was attacked and were chasing more into the woods.. and I made the mistake of choosing a map with a stream through it. Mid chase, they stop. ‘Can I fish?’ I tell them no. They roll anyway. I tell them they’re too stressed to catch anything. The party progresses and defeats the enemy. As they’re returning to the guild, carrying an unconscious attacker. They. Stop. To. Fish.
The second they’re back by the guild. ‘I can see the water now. I go to fish.’ I want them to have fun, but they won’t stop. They’re constantly interrupting serious moments to fish, derailing travel because they saw water.
I’m sick of it, the party is sick of it. But I don’t know how to tell them to stop fishing. It seems like whatever I say they won’t listen.

So, edit for some important clarification:
The character was not originally written as a bit character and their name was not originally sir reel. Their character originally was supposed to be a fisher that was pulled off course by a sea monster and crashed, landing them in the area the party had started. Since they started leaning into the bit more than being an actual character I have tried to work with them about fleshing out their character as a person. I’ve tried to ask more questions about their backstory and what their goals are but they are notoriously bad at responding to people.
They are also a new player so I think some of this can be attributed to them just being excited but I don’t know.
Unfortunately kicking them straight up is a bit difficult as they are my fiances best friend and friends with the rest of the party so we WANT to keep them.
However, I have messaged them and tried to speak to them. I told them it was getting out of control and that it was interrupting the rest of the players and taking away some of the fun from the game. Of course I told them they didn’t have to stop fishing entirely since it’s still a part of their character, but that it should remain a downtime activity and that fishing realistically takes time.
Unfortunately it seems they’re not going to reply. I kinda expected they wouldn’t, they tend to be bad about that stuff which is why I was looking for advice around it. More than likely speaking to them will have to happen during or after an actual session or if I happen to catch them on the phone at some point. Though, I have resolved to kick them from the game if this continues after attempts to resolve it next session and my fiance told me he will back me up next time act like that but he doesn’t want to immediately resort to kicking them unless it is absolutely necessary.
I’ve spoken to other members of the party since posting and we have agreed that we would stop pausing and addressing it even when they would try and stop the rest of the party or beg and simply let them sit there and fish until they decide they want to play dnd and follow the party.

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As title says; what's some little shit you realized about D&D after playing it for entirely too long that you had been getting wrong? Obviously there's stuff like "Oh so that's how Wish works. Huh." where it's some often misunderstood or overlooked complex feature interaction or whatnot.

I'm talking "Oh, apparently Elves are like 4 to 5 feet tall on average plus or minus a few inches." when I've been assuming they're these tall, thin, imperious looking figures like from LOTR the entire time BECAUSE THAT'S HOW THEY'RE FUCKING DEPICTED IN OFFICIAL ARTWORK TOO.