#dming is fun

[meep-had-a-beep]

My D&D parties reaction whenever I drop a hint about the next session:

[walnutsupreme]

Whats the yaoi check???

so in the game i'm currently running we've had this ongoing thing about a romance novel called star-cursed lovers.

it's a subplot that advances every so often, where this romance novel appears in different volumes & rarities, but the covers, characters, and even some content of these books vary from person to person. my players are still well into the beginning of this plot

i should note that the first appearance of star-cursed lovers was to a solo pc. the cover & content they saw was of themselves and another pc 😭

yaoi rolls (1d20 + charisma modifier) are done during flirting or romance scenes, for the most part, and they affect not only how well the character does in that particular check, but all rolls add up towards the advancement of the scl quest.

it's all completely based on the fact that we find that shit hilarious

[the-goblin-dm]

If you're the kind of DM who absolutely loves worldbuilding and lore but struggles to write up an actual plot*, have you considered just, not writing one?

There are lots of great prewritten adventures out there that you can plug into your setting. And I don't just mean locations. You can ask "What does this look like if the cultists serve [your hombrew evil entity] instead?" odds are the only adjustments will be flavor, and hey, you rock at flavor!

Here's a tool you can use to search adventures by environment, types of monsters, and more.

[admiral-rakkani]

Long story short: in my current dnd game, the players ended up charming the half devil leading the attack of the armies of hell on their town, deceiving him by convincing that he needed to go back to hell to deliver an important message. They also convinced him to take his pack of hellhounds with him, as he would need them to protect him. Confused, but determined, he vanished, taking all his dogs but one with him.

Instead of fighting the one remaining hellhound, they tried to befriend him...

Several successful animal handling checks later, the party managed to adopted the giant firebreathing hellhound...

They named him Mouse...

It was later communaly decided by the players that Mouse was non binary...

Since then, I can't get the image of Mouse holding a non-binary pride flag out of my head, so here it is:

[howluckyihavebeen]

When you’re the forever dm and one of your players is going off to dm their own campaign

[chaotic-tiredtm]

[dingusandsmartypants]

Me letting my players get away with things most DMs would say no to because "what the fuck? No.":

[peanutcheesecake579]

Adventures in me dming!

Me: "Ok, in the current dnd games were all apart of things are very serious and dark, so I've made a fun, light hearted game for yall involving a boat race. What are your characters?"

Players: make 2, grizzled war veterin paladins, a kobold sorcerer whos life is absolute shit, and rogue who just escaped their abusive ex.

Me:

...

Toot, toot! Its time for wacky races on water! (I'm going to stab y'all in the guts with your own back stories later)