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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Missouri
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If you want a one shot, another friend told me about a funny module he played with a group at a Con and ended up running in his first time DMing called "The Wild Sheep Chase" that is made by a indie group. He thought the nature of the one-shot helped ease him into not taking it too serious. Its also FREE!!! https://winghornpress.com/wp-content...p_chase_v2.pdf I haven't gotten to look too much into it in all honesty, but he recommended it a lot to me. ALSO: If you haven't found it (I'm sure you have, but sometimes I meet people who haven't heard of it), 5eTools will be your best friend while Dming https://5e.tools/ |
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#17 |
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Join Date: Jan 2018
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[QUOTE=kcgreene;17568288]I don't run a lot of pre-made modules unfortunately (I tend to make my own big stories and such and run out of my own world so I control the Lore, as there's too much D&D lore for me to memorize it all, and one guy at my table is that guy who has memorized EVERYTHING in D&D Lore), I can tell you that a friend of mind said that he found "Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus" to be relatively new player friendly... (Someone can correct me if they've DM'd it and found otherwise by all means)
If you want a one shot, another friend told me about a funny module he played with a group at a Con and ended up running in his first time DMing called "The Wild Sheep Chase" that is made by a indie group. He thought the nature of the one-shot helped ease him into not taking it too serious. Its also FREE!!! https://winghornpress.com/wp-content...p_chase_v2.pdf I haven't gotten to look too much into it in all honesty, but he recommended it a lot to me. ALSO: If you haven't found it (I'm sure you have, but sometimes I meet people who haven't heard of it, 5eTools will be your best friend while Dming)[/QUOTE I have not found the 5etools yet but I will check it out. I also was going to incorporate the wild sheep chase into whatever campaign I end up running. Thanks for the recommendations! |
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Missouri
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#19 | |
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Missouri
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https://dnding.com/false-hydra/ It's a homebrew monster that has multiple heads and any of them singing makes it invisible to anyone that can hear it, and anyone/ anything it eats disappears from everyone's memory. Great for a big drop or twist. Made it in my group where a character's sister had been part of the party the whole time and noone knows or remembers her, but they found her bag in the party's room one morning with a bunch of letters to her and the brother from their parents, with the player going "I don't know who that is? Why are my parents writing her? I don't have a sister!" etc That's one I had a lot of fun with as a DM, plenty of good videos on Youtube on how to run a False Hydra as well. |
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#20 |
On one quarter
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: I play all day
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I havent played in forever. I dont see myself getting back into it unless i can find a lot of free time. I really like watching this channel, Dungeon Craft, on youtube though.
this guy basically advises DMs how to find resources for cheap and how to tailor rule sets to fit preferences. He reviews a lot of new PnP RPGs. He also gives updates on industry news. I recently got back into painting miniatures used for tabletop gaming. When I was a tween I loved to do it. I was good enough to get a paying gig painting miniatures for a guy that owned a hobby shop when i was 14. I left the hobby because it was so time consuming. I got back into it because the game has changed completely. I now use paints called express colors. the paints do all the work and i can paint much much faster. the faster you go, the more forgiving the medium becomes. if you have some experience with CYMK color theory, you can get some pretty amazing results. |
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#21 |
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Missouri
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Played some board games with the lady and her dad yesterday.
Azul: Summer Pavilion - A very simple tile placement game that is quite enjoyable and relatively quick once you get the hang of it. The Networks - An entertaining game with a lot of humor that is an open draft/purchase mechanic to assemble shows for your TV Network. Reminds me a lot of Weird Al's "UHF" as a board game. |
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#22 |
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Join Date: Jan 2014
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Taking a break from TTRPGs to play Gloomhaven. Group of 4 of us all playing for the first time. I see why it is so highly regarded. We've been going for about 3 months now with a weekly game and no signs of slowing down.
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#23 |
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Join Date: Dec 2010
Location: Missouri
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I always see it highly rated, but haven't met anyone who has played it, and I've haven't wanted to buy it necessarily as it seems like its another TTRPG in itself basically. Sounds like you're having a blast though! Thoughts?
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#24 | |
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Join Date: Jan 2014
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There is a retirement mechanic for characters, so if you end up playing something that doesn't click with you, there's a way to retire that character and start up a new one without a hefty penalty. You have the freedom to explore side quests and the main story will still be there when you get back to it. We've gone down a rabbit hole or two in the time we've been playing. For anyone thinking about giving it a go, pick up Jaws of the Lion. It is essentially Gloomhaven lite. I got it on sale at Target for like $22. It functions much like the tutorial in a video game. Each round/scenario you have a new game mechanic added and by the end of 6 rounds or so, you have the full game. We played it before jumping into GH and it was a perfect intro. And it meshes perfectly with GH so you can carry over your characters if you like them. (The classes are unique to Jaws.) |
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