I don't know where to get started with DnD because nobody in my area nor my school seems to have a group, I also don't know how to play and am scared to embarrass myself, anyone have ideas?
I started playing DnD with a group of friends a few months ago, they have been playing for several years together and have so much backstory, and they all rotate who DMs an arc. They’ve said I could give it a try whenever - I want to participate and give back to the group but I get anxiety with the role play, I know little to nothing about it DnD. I have been using DnD beyond (I know that’s probably the least preferred way to play but it all a faerie can do!). I do have access (I think) to the players manual… and I’d like to learn more about the game itself. And obviously create an arc that is fun for everyone!
I’m wondering what are some easy ways to learn as I go without feeling overwhelmed. What is the best way to research for making a story?
Please be nice 🥹
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I’m a new dm and I made a campaign set in the Warhammer 40k universe because most of the players in my campaign play Warhammer or know a little about it . The thing is the wh40k universe is more grimdark and serious but my players aren’t really having it I had a session 0 with them and a lot happened but first there where 4 players one couldn’t show up to the session . The campaign is about a kill team that has to work for a inquisitor .one player let’s call him j is a bulwark black Templar the other is a heavy space wolf ( o ) and the last one ( the most problematic) is a sniper raven guard(m) so the thing is that j and m did they’re characters with ai . M at the start showed me the backstory of his character ( that was just a screenshot of chat gpt ) and his backstory was really bad but whatever. So the session 0 was a disaster i wont get in to detail but j thought that i was cheating, m and j wanted to kill npc instantly even when i told them that they would help them in the future and that they where friendly, and m was making jokes all the time and interrupting the conversation with the Npc’s . Also the part that made me feel like shit is that they where watching they’re phones while they where playing and talking about other things while progressing through the session and in the like boss fight that I made so that they could have fun fighting a strong but not impossible to kill enemy they started to just tell me that they killed the boss instantly without rolling dice or anything I was already tired because they were in the most respectful way horrible so I gave up and told them that they killed the boss and ended the session. Also j was always mad that the enemies rolled saves and that he couldn’t do anything that he wanted ( I already have bad experiences with this player ) .
I really spend a lot of time making the story and everything and the players really don’t show interest
In fighting or learning about the story I don’t know what to do because they are still my friends and I don’t want to throw anyone , if someone could please tell me what to do Just to atleast make them respect the rules of the game or to make them get more into the story or even in game punishments so that they learn or whatever anything could help.
Fun fact: You do not have to spend loads of gp to participate in D&D. Lots of products exist, certainly, but one trip to the Dollar Tree later, and here's my new screen, and movable map solution:
Tape them together horizontally, and you're set. Nobody knows exactly how many goblins to expect in the next hour.
Note! You can lay down as many or as few blocks as you like. As the party moves through the map, rough in something like a 50x50 area (you may need to eyeball it) and wipe away where they were. Movable! Always in motion, is the map.
Darth Sidious and Taylor Swift are demonstrating the setup. As you can see, Taylor is thinking she can do it all as a level 1 Bard and didn't bring her teammates. Oops!
Essentially the party meets from reasons I've yet to decide, the sovereign of this dark, from, foggy town says something like "go down here and figure out a rat problem, then you discover a full necromancy cult planning to resurrect a killed tarrasque, full story here
Hi I’ve been wanting to play dnd for a while now after playing bg3 a bunch, I know it won’t be the exact same, but I can’t really find any groups online or in person. My university has a dnd society but the discord where people are meant to find groups is completely dead 😭
So I’ve played a few campaigns but this is my first campaign where I have prepared spells. I’m playing a death domain cleric and I’m not sure how I should list which spells I want to prepare. I usually just write all my spells and what they do in a notebook but it’d be hard to write different spells down every session. Should I just write down a few I want to rotate preparing or just pick from the wiki of which spells I use that session and just forget about writing them down?
Hi there, I’m 18 from England and looking to play DnD, I don’t mind the edition. I’ve played a very small amount (like half an hour) but I’ve got countless hours on bg3 and would like to try the real thing. I’m usually available on the weekends at any time or on weekdays after 6pm.
Since I’ve played bg3 I do know some of the rules, I know bg3 isn’t one to one so I’m not expecting it to be identical.
Looking forward to playing!
It's my first time dming and I'm going to be running curse of Strahd. This is my second ever campaign so I was wondering if anyone had any tips for dming or Strahd.
Ive got six party members and I'm hoping that two paladins are going to be enough since the rest are casters or don't deal much dmg. I'm also unsure if druids will be debuffed but am willing to homebrew to balance.
This is a school campaign and we're doing multiple parties of Strahd, each taking place during different times chronologically
I'm dming a campaign made up of people with no experience and using 2014 rules (and a bit of 2024). Starting a level 1
If anyone has any suggestions/advice please lmk (especially homebrewing)
So for context I am very very new to DND, as in I have only been in two official sessions of the campaign, with some involvement in session 0. I am a complete newbie, I don't really know what I'm doing but I believe in the power of my character writing skills as well as partially relying on my more experienced members of the party
Regardless of that info, I think I may have one of the best first experiences ever of combat. We were exploring a dock to investigate a smuggling of goods that the main mariners guild didn't have a proper understanding of. Turns out it was someone trying to be initiated into a specific group (can only give vague details because that's all we know so far). But my experienced friends were finding a way to stealthily get into this warehouse where the smuggling was supposedly occurring.
Meanwhile, jump to me and the other newbie to dnd, we were secretly messaging while everyone else was stealthily on the roof and figuring out more info. We discussed how I could be thrown through a window to take whoever is in there by surprise. We let the veterans have their fun, and I am indeed thrown through a window and start the combat on the complete other side of the VTT to everyone else.
Long story short, I essentially have my own combat of me Vs one imp, while the rest of the party deals with 4 other imps, 2 hellhounds and a tiefling who we initially thought was controlling them and in charge of the smuggling. So I'd say I'm going to enjoy DND, especially if more hilarity like this happens.
If you have similarly funny stories of combat, I'd love to hear them!
Plus if you have any tips on how to get a bit more involved in things, that would be great. I'm finding it a little hard to know what questions to ask/what checks to be making...
Anybody doesn’t how can i get a MD for my game on D&D please ?