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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.

Announcement Here

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

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.

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.

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.

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 ?

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/

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

My son and his friends are starting to get into DnD, and they're begging me to DM a campaign for them. The catch is I've never played, or so much as seen DnD played, and when I read about the gameplay I slightly feel like I'm having a stroke.

I don't think me DMing is a particularly good idea. But they're set on it, and I want to come through for these boys. Frankly, they're at an age where they won't be banging on my door to come play games with them much longer.

So what's the best crash course? Is it a book I should be reading? Should I be watching videos? Are there crutches for rookie DMs? (I have been thumbing through the Dungeon's Master's Guide in spare moments but haven't gotten very far yet.)

Many thanks!

So in my campaign, my son created his own weapon he calls the Titan. In game it’s a combination punching weapon and buckler. (Not a full glove, more like an oblong shield bent at a right angle and added ‘knuckles’).

1d8 bludgeon damage, chance to knock an enemy prone and +1 AC.

The full size version is cardboard, hot glue and paint. It’s his first cardboard project and he knocked (pun intended) out of the park.

Do you think the stats are fair?

Thanks for looking

The human barmaid, a half blood aarakocra pickpoket, a zombie rogue, an infected fly man, a nocturnal sorcerer with pink flame hair, a young fighter,a mage apprentice and a senior gunsmith.

I pretty much only work in pencil these days. Digital doesnt do it for me anymore, I need to feel the sketchy lines.

Each little sketch takes about 5 to 15 mins and it helps everybody remember the story elements for the next weeks session. I'm in the middle of a big dungeon crawl, and there are taverns in the dungeon for convenience. Its been fun to draw mare and more high level npcs the further down we go.

I will crop all of these out and post their full descriptions so they can pop up in your sessions too.