#first dnd game

[scourgeofshadows]

When my first DnD game ends up with my character being mentally ill & I have fun making him suffer

[forevercafe]

The Dreaded Isles of Pandakorr: Session 1

[charismaticalpaca]

Top Tips for your First DND Character!

I’ve been playing for a few years now, and my three characters so far have each built on what I learned in the previous game. But my DM told me my most recent one is “on a new level” (HELL YEAHHH) and I wanted to share what I did differently making him!

Be good at one thing - negatives elsewhere are fine

With my first character, I put my ability score increases where I had negative modifiers rather than actually making him better at things that mattered. He’s a rogue, he doesn’t need to be strong! It’s okay to be bad at some things (even REallY BaD) if you’re good at your class-specific skills. A noodle-armed, wise druid is an effective druid.

Don’t make them you

My first two characters’ morality aligned pretty closely with mine; my newest one does not. It’s easier to separate myself from him and his decisions and have more fun playing the game. Fights between characters are just fights between characters that way; it doesn’t feel like they’re yelling at you!

Give them a goal

This is the biggest difference between my first two characters and my newest one. My first character wants the party not to murderhobo everywhere, my second wants sort of nebulous world peace; my third is in the Feywilds seeking his best friend who vanished, and will do anything to accomplish his goal. He’s got a hypocritical streak because of that, and he doesn’t think things through (he made a rash promise to an archfey last session that is definitely going to come bite him, all because she said she might have information to help him find his friend). Again, it’s helping me separate myself from any consequences he might bring on himself, but it also makes it easier to play him and make decisions for him, and to give the DM some good good drama buttons™ to push in the game.

Feel free to reblog this with your own tips! Making characters can be really daunting, and these are easy strategies to work towards in the process.

[ivykrystos]

My Gnome Artificer I started playing in my first campaign tonight!

Her Name is Fenika :3 Fenny for short

[marvalouslynerdish]

attending a d&d game (first time)

session zero: we all introduced ourselves and everyone was nice we cracked some jokes, made some references to things,  at some point the dm talked about this item that was a magical tattoo(you need a specialist for it) and a lot of the group talked about maybe there is or making a black market on skinning people and taking their magical tattoos. (so this the kind of dnd group people tell tales about)

[i-had-bucky]

very first dnd game tonight and it went pretty well, i think! :D

[gay-galactic-goth]

adventures in my first DnD game pt 3

DM: there is one skeleton left. he has 9 hp. Gurdirk, what do you do? orc fighter (who is a pacifist): i invite him to meditate with me

DM: roll 40 charisma

orc fighter: *rolls 60*

DM: the skeleton meditates and calms down. he is now Gurdirk’s ally

bard: WHAT THE FUCK

[queen-anna-maree]

First Game I've Ever DMed was interesting....

So because I am so new I opted to use the starter kit for this adventure. Out of my friends opted to join me, they themselves had no DnD experience so I explained everything to the best of my abilities and off we went.

They ended up with the folk hero, human fighter (Aragon) driving with the Dwarf cleric (Gimli) riding shotgun with her battle axe. The elven wizard (Legolas) standing upright as high as she could be on the cart to “scout” and our halfling rogue (Osbourne funnily enough) was asleep in the cart. When it came to the goblin ambush it predictably went a tad awry.

Legolas upon spotting the dead horses: Aww are they alright? DM (Me): No

The details get a little fuzzy in my excitement but basically we end up with both Aragon and Gimli severely wounded, and Legolas still standing proud on top of the cart only with the addition of two arrows in her arm. One of the four Goblins is dead and I genuinely fear that my party may follow. It finally arrives at Osbourne’s turn.

DM: You wake up to the pained filled cries of your party and goblin warcries Osbourne: Can’t these goddamned younguns just let an old man nap. Have the goblins noticed me yet DM: no

So Osbourne attacks, rolling a natural 20 and dealing max damage. Killing one goblin in mere moments when it took a fighter, a cleric and a wizard to do the same. When another round goes by there is only one Goblin left that has been weakened by Osbourne. Gimli however as she bleeds out is desperately trying to stabilise Aragon. So Legolas instead of opting to aid Gimli takes a running jump at the goblin attempting to kick him in his face. Suffering from an injured arm and a lack of a athletic ability she somehow manages to land on him with enough force to kill him. This ending what should have been a relatively easy encounter with the only one left standing being the elderly halfling.

Osbourne: can I go the fuck back to sleep now? DM: yes, yes you can