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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.

If you have ran a campaign for six months and your players are above level 5, let them acquire griffons! I tried that in my weekly game and it was a great experience. Being able to fly around the kingdom gave my players so much freedom, and some of them really connected with their pets and crafted special armor and Horseshoes of Speed for them, which enhanced their roleplay and character customization options. They still can't feasibly take them into dungeons, so it doesn't really matter for game balancing when we are dungeon crawling, which is the juice of the gameplay challenge of D&D.

In my case, my PCs became high ranking agents of the Zhentarim a received their griffons as a perk when they were level 7, but in a different party you could allow a druid to befriend a group of wild griffons, or a barbarian to save a group of captured griffons from being sent to the City of Brass where they will be forced to pull flying chariots, or a bard to save a bunch of griffons forced to perform in a circus. If you are in Waterdeep, griffons are already quite easy to obtain, so the Lord's Alliance could give them as reward. Up to you! I'm certain your players will be excited with the freedom it will allow them, and I don't think it can do any harm to a game! And let me know if you already did something like that and how it went down in your campaign.

I need a funny, memorable name for a kobold butler who is currently serving a Gold Dragon. I'm thinking his first name could be Archibald but im lost on what his last name would be.

Hey folks! It's been about a season since the last time I answered all your questions. I had to cancel a game this afternoo, so I thought it might be time once again to ask r/DnD what your questions are about the profession. Here's a quick copy-paste from the last time I posted:

• The vast majority of my work is online, with clients who have been with me for years.

• Most of my campaigns are completed, with an average of ~80 sessions per adventure, all weekly. Many of my clients have been with me through multiple campaigns. My D&D/PF2e games have all been levels 1-20.

• Right now, I am running 8 regular campaigns. They include D&D 5e, PF2e, SF2e, ROOT, Draw Steel, Daggerheart, and Slugblaster. I have run over a dozen other systems successfully in the past. A few are for private groups that reached out to me for bespoke campaigns.

• I also do birthday parties, bachelor parties, etc. But the income from that is negligible.

• I charge $30 per seat per session, although I started 6 years ago at $10 per seat. Table max of 5 players, 3 hours per session.

• It's enough to make a living! This has been my main source of income for over 5 years. I live on my own in a one-bedroom with my partner in an apartment with my own office, go out and eat with friends, even take vacations occasionally. I am Canadian, but I do have many colleages in the US with the same deal.

• There are dozens of us! Dozens! Well, probably more than even that. According to Startplaying, over 500 GMs have run over 1000 games each since the site has been up.

• My client base is relatively diverse, and quite progressive. Most of my players are just people who want to play more games at a level of commitment/consistency you can't get with friends.

• I do know some full-timers that make 6 figures. No streaming or amazing social media gimmick. They just absolutely bust their asses doing 60-80 hour weeks.

What do you got for me this time Reddit? Want to get into the industry yourself? Or do you just want me to tell your DM he's wrong about Bonus Actions?

Hello! I like to make miniature scenes, and am super proud of this one. I carved the lute and staff from basswood, the daggers are coffee stirring sticks. I used an old earring for the sword that I added detailing to and used fabric scraps for the pack and quiver. The fire comes out so it can turn on and off.

Thanks for taking a peak at my little hobby! I’m going to try to sell this and others at a local craft show in November, but this one might get priced ridiculously high so it comes back home with me… hahaha.

Basically just the title. 5 players in 5e at first level. My party wants to do it for a one-shot but haven't thought much beyond that. They've asked me (the DM) for recommendations on which domains would be a good idea.

Bonus points if you can think of a god they could all share and still have the domains make sense. Looking at a fairly generic fantasy setting, happy to work it around good ideas as needed.

Dragon punchy boy that I drew a few months ago Not much backstory behind this guy none at all really lol. I think I was just going through subclasses to draw and the one with the dragons always gonna stand out. I put him on a mini stand which is fun but I’ll prolly put more effort into the stand next time I do one of these.
I’m happy with how the dragons and upper body look but I’m whatever about the rest.
Uuuh if you’ve got any ideas for him or some name suggestions let me know below,
Thanks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Obviously I know it depends on the DM. But I want to know what to look for besides good reviews. I always thought payed d&d games were a scam. But a few good friends said it was a good option. I just want to know if it would be worth paying for a d&d session every week or just saving the money for lunch at work 😅. I've been struggling to find a actual online campaign that doesn't die within session 3 due to scheduling issues or the DM making it a novel about their own OCs

(Reposting because I got heated and failed the Chill Check horribly. Sorry about that.)

"Don't blame me! My character just does whatever she wants half the time!" Said our Druid after she openly and maliciously tried to abandon our party in an ambush that got our Artificer and Rogue kidnapped by mage cultists.

I didn't PK her right then and there because I played a Lawful Good Fighter, a PSI Warrior to be specific. I was determined to stay the goodiest-goodie-good a goodie-good can be and I was not about to break character.

After ignoring her many pleas for us to come up with a plan, because we either rescue our friends now or they get carted away to parts unknown, we barely saved them in time with the Wizard surprising the cultists with a carpet bomb of fireballs (our Wizard has a dark sense of humor and yelled at the cultists to "Get Nagasaki'd!!") and me smashing the backwheels while the cultists were spooked. Our Druid, despite being mad at us for refusing to listen to her, did participate by turning into a bear and maul the cultists while the Wizard and I freed the Artificer and Rogue and let them get their payback.

We won with a fabulously one-sided fade ran in our favor, but the damage was done and everyone above game was not happy with the Druid. I don't know how our Druid managed to do worse than say "It's what my character would do!" But she did.

Just wanting to confirm if this is within the rules…

My Arcane Trickster Rogue wants to use short swords on those occasions when he can’t avoid melee. He normally hangs back and uses his shortbow with True Strike.

Is it within the rules (2024) to:

Attack with short sword and Booming Blade as his Action. If he misses, he Disengages as a bonus action and moves behind another player character for safety, ready to try again next turn.

If he hits, he then attacks again as a bonus action (using the light property of the short sword) at Advantage (Vex weapon mastery). If he hits with this attack, he gets sneak attack damage, (due to Advantage) less one die to Disengage and move away behind another player character, to swoop in next turn to attack again (at Advantage).

If he misses with the second attack, he will just have to brace himself for any comeuppance his target may wish to lay on him.

He does not have Duel Wielder feat.

Any comments appreciated.

Recently, I visited a close friend who had a brief stay in our local inpatient psych facility. I brought their Magic cards to them and we had a great time playing, though I am not the biggest Magic fan. I noticed the besides my friend and I, a lot of the patients and staff seemed really excited about this game and joined in to play. Some patients also mentioned that they enjoyed DND. This experience has left me thinking about if it would be feasible to try running DND one shots at my local hospital, as this game has such amazing benefits for mental health.

I have been playing for some years now and have dmed a couple times (though I’d still consider myself a beginne dm). I’d love to know if anyone here has done something similar or works at a hospital and has any advice :)