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The mod team of /r/DnD is excited to announce a special joint AMA this Friday, December 5 (5 p.m. - 7 p.m. GMT)!

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So, my DnD group recently had a campaign, and the DM had originally planned to have a bunch of rats be mob enemies to fight, but our party decided to tame the rats and got ourselves a rat army. In the same adventure, I attempted and failed to tame an undead dragon that I named Sapphire. So, after we killed Sapphire, I took a scale that was the size of a shield and worth like 1000 gold, as a memorial for Sapphire.

My character, Dem, was a runaway aristocratic heir who had a bounty for his safe return, but every time we had a potential bounty hunter or guard come after us, we just sent our army of man-eating sewer rats after them and scared them off.

We got to this miniboss, and he asked for Sapphire's scale as payment for information we NEEDED to get through. So, not wanting to give up my memory of Sapphire, I rolled for intimidation and got a 20. My party mates did the same, and they got 18 and 20, then we rolled for the rat army's intimidation, and the RATS got a 20.

Dem walked up to the miniboss in an unsettling way and just said thank you after he pointed at the door we needed to go through. After that, the DM rolled (jokingly, I should add) to see if the miniboss was so scared he'd die of a heart attack. The DM rolled a ONE on the saving throw for the miniboss, and he died.

No one attacked anyone during the miniboss 'fight.' We just rolled for intimidation, and we all got higher initiative than the miniboss, so we all got to go and ended up killing him before he could attack us.

And if that isn't the most DnD thing ever, idk what is.

edit: Changed the flair because I was told to

The past year, I've been playing a campaign with a bunch of old Gygaxian wargamers that have been around since the beginning. We're running through Tales From the Yawning Portal to dip their feet into 5th edition (2014 rules) while keeping to an old-school sort of adventure. Super great campaign all around: three PCs with one or two hirelings in tow, a D&D Greatest Hits of dungeons and monsters, and a canny old bastard of a DM who's made us work our asses off for our victory.

The one main detraction to my tastes are the DM's NPCs, and his general use of women. Now I'm no prude, and if his idea of a good time is waving big make-believe bazongas around in front of my little make-believe teenaged wizard's face, far be it for me to ruin his fun. I think its only fair, though, that I get to thoroughly take the piss out of him for his proclivities.

So, to you I pose the hypothetical: imagine your DM makes every notable female character in your campaign a voluptuous seductress (described at length, with measurements!) dressed in what usually amounts to a Princess Leia slave outfit, who just can't go more than two sentences without pressing themselves up provocatively against a pimple-faced youth and giggling at his discomfort. How does one adequately ridicule their friend for wanting to roleplay this out? The allegations, the grooming, the Epstein Island jokes have all been made, where else can I go from here?

Getting varied answers on this via Google, due to the many different editions of D&D.

Question #1: Do adamantine and silvered weapons count as magical?

I am told that RAW, because adamantine and silvered weapons are listed under Magic Items in the DMG, they are magical. However I see some folks say it should be "common sense" that silvered weapons are alchemical and adamantine is just a super strong metal, so do not have inherent magic in them.

Question #2: If RAW dictates adamantine and silvered weapons are magic items, does this mean Detect Magic works on them RAW?

Hey there!

I thought I'd share this one with the class.

We started a campaign in a homebrew setting about 5 years ago, and I have been keeping track of all the rolls along the way. We just finished the campaign yesterday in an awesome 5-hour combat against a titan.

What a blast!

I know there are some statistic fanatics out there, and this might be of interest to them. I pulled together some quick stats, but I will probably, at some point, update and make them fancy, so they're easier to read. Suffice to say, taking every roll during a session down and its effect has been challenging, so analysis has been cut a little short.

Maybe one of you can spruce the sheet up and show some interesting things?

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Bszhn6VJX_gUJkfU3sxEA3LmpezMzmp2zOL_xp_BQPg/edit?usp=sharing

I’m looking for advice from both GMs who’ve run games for players with aphantasia and players who experience it themselves.

One of my players has aphantasia, which (briefly) means they don’t form mental images. Long, cinematic visual descriptions or highly detailed scene-setting don’t translate into pictures for them the way they do for most players. They still enjoy D&D, but I want to make sure the game is as engaging and accessible for them as possible.

Other than literal tabletop aids (maps, minis, props, etc.), I’d love to hear:

For DMs:

-What kind of language do you use to describe scenes when visual imagery isn’t effective?

-Do you focus more on sound, texture, movement, emotion, or cause-and-effect?

-Are there phrasing styles you’ve found work especially well?

From players with aphantasia:

-What kinds of descriptions or moments help you feel most immersed?

-What doesn’t work for you, even if it’s common GM advice?

-Are there things you wish your DM did more (or less) of?

Any examples like how you’d describe a dungeon room, NPC, or combat moment without relying on visual imagery.

Here's the thing: I'm a newbie and this is my first D&D group. I created a Cleric of Life Domain. He's the son of a farmer was adopted by Mishakal believers after his village was destroyed, for the PTSD, he always carries a potato while preaching.

In a recent encounter with an enemy—to persuade one to join us - he said, "The light of God will shine upon us!" while taking out a potato, and casting a Light spell on it.

The potato's gentle light enveloped everything in the dark sewers, illuminating the enemy's heart as well too. He looked at the potato in utter astonishment; "it was a miracle!"

In the end, he decided to join us.

I love potato.

For me it was when the rogue decided not to backstab the high-level enforcer even though he had the drop on him. Instead, he picked up an empty crate and slammed it down over his head and shoulders. Sure he sacrificed some easy sneak attack damage but gave the party a chance to bum-rush the dude while he was incapacitated, and they won without a scratch!

So, I've been messing with the idea of "Realms of Dread" like what happened with Strahd and Barovia and I'm just wanting some outside input. How would you make a realm of dread a 1-20 adventure? The biggest flaw I've seen so far in this that spells like plane shift exist, meaning they can just go back to the material plane and leave behind the nightmare pocket dimension.