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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.

I was buying 25gp worth of diamond dust for spell components and my dm stopped for a moment like. "I was going to have this guy upcharge you. But your spell just says 25gp worth? Thats not really a fixed amount... fuck."

And we got to spend the next far too long laughing at the idea of spellcasters having to lug around more or less of a spell component depending on its current ask price, thinking up Fiatmancers, who realize spell components are fungible and tosses piles of money into the air in place of any spell components.

Wanted to share my low budget setup for in-person dnd. There's always paper lying around somewhere so why not recycle it into dnd pieces? Some coloured markers to personalise the player pieces and boom!

There are plenty of youtube tutorials for all sorts of things like dragons and animals but my go-to channel is Jo Nakashima (not promoting).

For maps I have paper that I drew a grid on and laminated so I can use dry erase markers (I made four so in case I need a bigger map). I used to have origami trees for the maps but I stopped using them because they kept falling over.

It's easy enough to find out what different Human cultures promote as attractive, thanks to Google, but what do you think other races would, as a culture, view as attractive? I know that beards are definitely on the list for Dwarves, but what else? And what about other races?

^{Note: I tried asking something similar to this before, but I edited the phrasing for this question based on someone else's comment on my previous one, in the hopes of getting more satisfactory answers this go around.}

I a Samurai fighter and my friend is a circle of the moon druid, and we tried to do this but our DM was uncertain if it was allowed but he let us anyway.

“Wither & Bloom”
Finally done with this piece. “D” a dullahan (fey subrace), and Sirona a satyr.
(Cavalier fighter and Divine Soul sorcerer)

Backstory:
Sirona chanced on a dying elven knight in the feywilds. Despite pulling Daegmund back from the brink of death with her healing powers, fey magic proved too unpredictable and changed him instead.

He is brought back as a dullahan going by the moniker “D”. Believing his death to be an atonement and redemption by Sirona’s hand, he pledged himself to her cause. In turn, Sirona bestows on him the title of champion and first faithful. He now fights by her side as she navigates the long path to ascension.

Last session, my players fought a major villain. I didn't really expect this, but they managed to predict his movements and confronted him. The fight took a long time, a few hours, but they managed to drop his hp to 0. Ot was very late by then, so I just how he was killed, how they managed to get his body out of battlefield and ended the session. It was two days ago and only now I realised that there were still minions who could have saved him and that he was on his mount that had a chance of carrying him to safety.

I was very tired then and didn't realise all those oppourtunitues and I regret that. It was an important character for the story, which doesn't mean he cannot be killed, but I think I made it easier for the players which didn't make sense in that situation. I am considering retconning the ending of the last session, because I think things could have played out differently which would make the game more interesting. I usually allow players to retcon their desicions if they overlook something obvious. On the other hand, I know that this was a victory in which they used all their resources and they are very happy about defeating this character.

What should I do? Do you think I should do a minor retcon to see how the ending of the battle would play out the villains minion and mount or should I just accept my mistake and go on, trying to make the story interesting with the death of that character?

What class and race did everyone play first time round?

What memorable things do you remember from it and what’s your favourite class and race to play as now?

EDIT: My first playthrough was a Wood Half-Elf Moon druid and my current favourite is a Dragonborn Sorcadin

What is one thing you say no to?

We're not talking about saying no to unsolicited PVP, saying no to unwanted NSFW stuff, saying no to OP homebrew.

We're talking about the smaller nos, the ones that is less about rules or good player etiquette, but rather, lack of preference, lack of experience, or you don't just want it in your game.

This question came up in my mind when I joined a homebrew campaign a few weeks ago and the DM told me that he doesn't want to implement player character backstories, not because of animosity but because he struggles to do it. I respected his decision because he was willing to admit fault, he knows his comfort zone.

For myself, I personally don't do downtime activities, unless the party asks for it specifically but even then I'll keep it short and simple, I just don't find it that interesting and I see it as filler.

Context: I am a high school football player who also loves dnd. I’m definitely considered the “nerdiest” person in my football friend group, and I’ve been talking about dnd with my football friends during lunch. After I while I convinced them to let me DM them. It’s important to mention the fact that I am the only white person in my friend group, and everyone else is black. This will come into play later trust me.

My friends asked me if they could name their character whatever they wanted; and wanting to be the cool, lax DM I always want to be: I said “of course.” There is one issue that has occurred however.

I didn’t expect 4/9 characters to include the n-word in their name. In fact, there are two characters whose schtick is that one of them can only communicate through the n-word like they’re a Pokémon, while another PC translates for them.

The worst part is that they seem genuinely so excited to play this game, and I don’t want to do anything that could hamper their enjoyment. What I love about DND is being able to make whacky characters like this, and if it were literally any other word I could care less.

My issue stems from not feeling comfortable saying that word (obviously), while also wanting to allow the freedom to let my PCs make whatever character they want. Any advice is welcome!

Edit: Thank you all for the great advice! I’ve talked to the pcs in our group chat about changing their names and all seem ok with it!

Now I have another issue. 9 is probably too many. I’ve successfully ran a 7 person campaign with my friends from theater, but due to the general difference in character and in numbers, 9 is too much to handle for a group of football players. How should I go about thinning the herd if all players are willing to play?