Hi guys!
So i need a little bit of help... or like, advice.
I'm thinking about a charachter in a story i'm actively working on, and he's autistic. I'm trying very hard to make sure to give as authentic a representation as I can, but still, im not (atleast not diagnosed) autistic myself, and dont know anyone in my community who is. Even despite reading experiences and books of autistic people, i cant decide on my own whether what im thinking will do justice or be a horrible steriotype.
So I would request if any of you who have ASD themselves, or have a close friend or family member who has ASD, or have experience working with autistic kids, and are comfotable and willing to discuss their experiences and bare with me yapping about my OC a lil bit, I'd be very greatful.
Please DM.
Ok so I need someone neurodivergent with a special interest of hyperfixation on DND to explain to me exactly what it is, ok because I have seen a ton of videos, I really wanna know what it is exactly and how to play it, but sadly none of the videos are helpful and only someone's obsession fuelled monologue is gonna be interesting and detailed enough for me to understand, ok? please and thank you.
DnD is a set of game rules through which people can make stories involving events with random outcomes, primarily in a medeival european-esque fantasy setting.
Well, I say it's a set of rules, but there are like 5 editions, with two half editions in there. The version I'm familiar with is DnD 5th edition released in 2014, and the newest version is essentially DnD 5th edition released 2024, so most of what I'll be going on about is mostly accurate to the latest set of rules for DnD, but will be slightly different.
Broad Strokes
The game of DnD has people playing two different roles.
The Players: A group of 3-5 people who will make characters to explore and engage with the world. Each player's character has a different set of skills and abilities.
The Dungeon Master (DM): Usually one person who does the majority of the work. They choose or create a world for the player's characters to explore, and choose or create an adventure or plot for them to engage in.
You can think of the DM as the game's narrator and the players as the game's main characters. The DM describes the environment, side characters, and antagonists, and their actions, and the players decide what their characters do. The rules are there to resolve anything that has some element of randomness, such as whether or not a character knows an obscure element of lore, or whether or not a character resists the effects of a spell.
Specifics of DnD 5e for Players
I have made a guide for how to make a character in DnD 5e 2014 before as well as a rundown of how different rolls work for a player. Those can be found here.
đŹ 2  đ 11  â€ïž 12 · @the-devils-grave here is a guide I made to making a character and playing the game a while ago. I hope it helps!
As for the full rules themselves, you can find a DnD 5e Player's Handbook, just know that my guide is for the 2014 and the 2024 version is noticeably different. DnD also has something called the System Reference Document which contains most of the rules for the game for free, you can find on archive.org here
Dungeons & Dragons 5e System Reference Document (SRD)
Ok so I need someone neurodivergent with a special interest of hyperfixation on DND to explain to me exactly what it is, ok because I have seen a ton of videos, I really wanna know what it is exactly and how to play it, but sadly none of the videos are helpful and only someone's obsession fuelled monologue is gonna be interesting and detailed enough for me to understand, ok? please and thank you.
Challenge: Very incorrectly describe the plot of she-ra.
So... I did something ridiculous. for no reason. but it is funny. maybe you'll chuckle. Here we go:
A young soldier runs away from home because she realises her mum isnât her mum. She finds a shiny sword that gives her long hair, and then goes and joins a club of people with pretty hair. Then her pet kitten develops abandonment issues, and scratches the pretty hair club people with her claws. One girl from the pretty hair club- the one with sentient hair joins the kitty because people donât like her hair very much. The soldiers mum also leaves the kitty and goes to the pretty hair club. They keep her in prison cause she didnât have pretty hair, but she later gets out of prison when her hair gets better. Then the kitty gets mad cause the sentient hair girl has too much hair, and sends her away.
Now the kittyâs master made a button, and kitty loves to push buttons, so she pushes the button, and everyone becomes crazy. The leader of pretty hair club sacrifices her hair so people are no longer crazy. Now, her daughter becomes the leader, but is sad because she doesnât have hair as long as her mother. Now the soldier and new leader start having disagreements about who has prettier hair, but in the end, she has to break the shiny sword that gave her pretty hair. Also, the sentient hair lady came back.
Now the kittyâs master levitates, and enters a ship and takes the new leader and the kitty with him. Now kitty doesnât have her master, mum or soldier, so she misses the soldier, and throws the leader out toward the soldier. The soldier remakes her sword and kidnaps the kitty using her pretty hair. Then, they all use their flowy hair, to blow the ship away.
Iâm bored so Iâm gonna try to make my first tag game.
How to play:
Go on Pinterest and type the word âcolor.â
Then, pick the first color you see, or one that speaks to you the most.
Then, write what do you associate the color you chose. If you want, you can write whatever you want BUT your time limit is 2 minutes.
Iâll go first.
Autumn, blood, vampires, ruby, regal red, wounds, anemone flower, Aphrodite, Adonis, grief, Round 6 of ALNST, death, after the light in the eye of someone you love dies, bathtub murder, woman hood, forest leaves, that smell of leaves after it rains, gradually dying
i dunno man itâs kind of fucked up that the new year starts straight after this one finishes. canât we have a break. why does it have to be so relentless
