The watercooler: a place to chat

[nathanKmcwilliams]

I finally get to play DnD in a room with people again. So excited. But not looking forward to doing all the math and dice rolls by hand again xD

[ratique]

It was more:

We want to play but never have played before but someone has to be a DM either way.
Being a DM and not knowing the game is a disaster waiting to happen.

(but nobody died, no worries)

[skicoak]

I finally get to play DnD in a room with people again.

I just left the Roll20 game I was in. I was getting punished, in and out of game, for being too much of an old school RPer.

[skicoak]

Being a DM and not knowing the game is a disaster waiting to happen.

Even knowing the game is no guarantee. DMing is a whole different beast.

[nathanKmcwilliams]

That sucks.

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[DiegoPalacios]

Being a DM and not knowing the game is a disaster waiting to happen.

This is the reason why me and my friends played a simplified version based on the parts we understood of D&D i made up named "dungeons and legos". I was the gm and they were the pc`s. We used legos as the figurines.

Each player gets a "character sheet" with their stats and a lego character designed by them. They chose race and class.

When we learned better the D&D rules, we started playing officially. (and i started GMing D&D oficially)

[nathanKmcwilliams]

My first attempt at DMing was 90% inprovised. I had a little experience with playing. The 10% of planning I did was... definitely not enough XD and I almost killed my players the second session of it.

[skicoak]

That sucks.

Eh...just what it is. A lot of current parties I run into have evolved into something with more video game type mechanics instead. No sense sticking around and dragging down their fun just because I am a living anachronism.

[DiegoPalacios]

Even knowing the game is no guarantee. DMing is a whole different beast.

DMing is an art......

Is a balancing act of planification (players need a world to interact), flexibility (because players often defy expectations), storytelling (to make the canpaign compelling so it lasts more than one sesion), game design (to create interesting challenges) and acting (to get players invested in the characters and make the campaign feel alive)

Is not easy, but if you pull it of, you deserve the title of "master" the DM title contains XD

[Random_Guy]

9690/10000.
310 more.

[Kann]

[Rodimus13]

I hope everyone is well. First day off the job I am hiding in my fort for the day.

[ratique]

Is not easy, but if you pull it of, you deserve the title of "master" the DM title contains XD

I think I was more of a Dungeon Person then.

[skicoak]

I am hiding in my fort for the day.

Let's hope it's not the Alamo.

[Kann]

I'm claiming post number 9696!

[aqua03]

We're in the final lap of the Tapas-apocalypse, so hold on tight and enjoy the ride everyone!

(I just wanted an excuse to post the Spy Kids 3 soundtrack because it goes surprisingly hard.)

[skicoak]

I think I was more of a Dungeon Person then.

What are you gonna do with all of your free time when The 10K Killah crashes this thread/forums/internet?

[rajillustration]

So...who's gonna take the 10,000th post?

[ratique]

I have no idea what that is, but without internet, I'll have some severe withdrawals.

(Let it have the forums, less work means more actual work gets done ;D)

Edit: Oh you mean we're reaching 10k and everything will blow up? OH WELL!

[Kann]

We'll fight for the right to take it. Things gonna get ugly.

(But not too ugly,)