r/DnD_Beginners

I'm a new player who's barely ever played dungeons & dragons I don't know how many dice are needed for certain spells I know you at least need 6 d6 for fireball but I don't know how many you need for other iconic spells like magic missile but could you guys give me a list of popular D&D spells and also the number of dice needed so I can write those numbers down on my d20 item table so I can have them ready for my Hot Wheels D&D campaign if I ever get it off the ground I'll mostly be using the gas lands rules the d20 will only be used whenever you hit an item box you'll get items from Mario kart dungeons and dragons spells or cars 2 to weapons

Salutations,
I want to do something for my husband for our 9 year wedding anniversary so I was thinking of DMing a Dnd game for him. He loves to play, it’s not really my thing but he always asks me to. I have played with him in the past and now with three young kids, if I have free time, I’d rather do something else… But he is hard to buy for (not picky, just has everything he wants) and I think he’d really love and appreciate something like this. Our anniversary is around Christmas so I want to get started on my plan so I have plenty of time to learn what to do and make some things.
I have a loose grasp on the game, and we have some of the books but I’d like some guidance and/or resources on how to DM for a beginner. I would invite his normal group (bestfriend, cousin, and my sister) and maybe some of my siblings if they’re in town for Christmas to play. I don’t think they’re sticklers for the rules but I don’t know for sure. I could probably have them build characters before but how could I get his character done before? Not sure if its necessary but I know he always likes it done before they all plan to play.
My plan is to set a date and invite everyone (keep it on the dl so he thinks its just us for our anniversary), get a babysitter, get snacks and make a nice meal, maybe decorate, and surprise him with it all. I plan to make a map (I’ve drawn some for them in the past) and set up a “world”(?) and game. Obviously I have to learn how to DM for all this to work. If I’m missing something for my plan to work, please let me know.
Also is dnd always set in a medieval kind of world? My husband is really into that, I’d be more into a wild west, star wars, or maybe even harry potter kinda universe but I’m not sure thats allowed? He might be into a Marvel universe too but I’m not sure I could do that. If it has to be medieval, which I’ll probably do since he likes that best, I might do an adventure time kinda style (they like to be ridiculous and funny).
Any help would be appreciated! I have no idea what I’m doing

I'm a fairly new player and I have a bit of a difficulty understanding the Arcana-proficiency. I've tried to read a bit about it but it's seems like different groups use it in quite a lot of different ways.

RP-wise I feel like it would be the coolest proficiency for my character to have, but I'm really not sure when, where or how I would every use it in a good way.

So please share some tips and tricks how you all use Arcana in your games, and when you find it as a usuful trait to have!

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I am a high school teacher and trying to create an ongoing project for a student who participates in DnD. I know next to nothing about it. I am looking for some help.

Where can I get a crash course so I can actually talk to him about DnD without sounding super lame?

The project...where do I start? This is something I'm going to give him class time to work on daily when he completes his other work. I want to give him time to create something meaningful to his game play (campaigns?). I am able to spend money for items related to the project if I can tie it in to English, math, science, or social studies. I don't even know where to begin, but I want to create something cool for him. Bonus if he can do it without a computer.

If you were in high school and given time to work on something DnD related, what would you want to do?

Thank you all for reading this!!

Sorry to crash your sub, but I know you'll have the best info. Please delete if not allowed!

I am a high school teacher and trying to create an ongoing project for a student who participates in DnD. I know next to nothing about it. I am looking for some help.

Where can I get a crash course so I can actually talk to him about DnD without sounding super lame?

The project...where do I start? This is something I'm going to give him class time to work on daily when he completes his other work. I want to give him time to create something meaningful to his game play (campaigns?). I am able to spend money for items related to the project if I can tie it in to English, math, science, or social studies. I don't even know where to begin, but I want to create something cool for him. Bonus if he can do it without a computer.

If you were in high school and given time to work on something DnD related, what would you want to do?

Thank you all for reading this!!

Where are you buying plastic trees for your table terrains?

Hello! We are starting a campaign with 3 groups.

HOLY, CULTIST, and CORRUPTED.

Some info:

Holy group is the good people saving stuff.

Cultist group serves a prince of hell. Trying to infect people thinking it's for the sake of good.

Corrupted group is the evil guys serving another entity.

it's a campaign with 3 DMs, each running one group. They interact sometimes, fight each other. The actions of one group affects the world and things the other groups can do.

We are looking for more DMs and players.

We currently have 2 DMs and 6 players. We need more.

Criterias: new players are welcomed. Only DMs that ran at least one campaign or enough one shots to be able to handle homebrew content.

If you are interested, you can contact me on discord. Discord id: lalio1

ok so im wondering how do i plot/write a dnd campaign whats the point where i should just let the story play along and go from there how do i just let the story play along people just say follow where the story takes you idk what that means it feels unplanned? just tell me what do people mean by follow where it leads you also how should i go about writing my campaign where do i start what should i do first

My friends and I have a YouTube Live Play group. Most people don’t really understand the significance of such a project. My family and friends think it’s just an excuse to be silly (that’s definitely part of it lol). But I always get the notion that they don’t understand the impact this game has on us. This video is an answer to those who don’t really understand why we spend so much time sitting down/doing silly voices. After making this, my friends and family understand the “Why”. Please check it out! It’s a bit goofy in the beginning but I think it’ll resonate with the community

I love a good D and D podcast and am trying to improve my German so have been looking for a German language d and d podcast to listen to while packing the dishwasher. Unfortunately, everything I've found so far has sounded like it was recorded through a damp tea towel which doesn't help with my comprehension! Can anyone recommend one with decent audio?

I am wanting to learn DND im a previous MTG player but dont know where to start or how to find groups!

I'm going to be a dungeon master and I've been trying to come up with ideas for a campaign. This will be everybody's first campaign.

I'm thinking that this campaign would be centered around a corrupt government within the city that slowly gains strength throughout the campaign. The players will not be told this.

It's a 1920's New York style massive city. I'm talking like country size because I want the campaign to mostly take place inside of this city. The city is kind of circular because I want the closer you get towards the center the more powerful the magic users and richer the people will become so they'll start on the outer edges where the more poor weaker people are, then towards the center where the rich and powerful are. Magic is becoming more commonly available through a company that acts as a teacher for wizards. The terms are they get basic magic and the company will drain some of their power, this keeps the wizards weak while the company takes some of their power. The city is filled with magic users because of this company, and the people who are at the top of it are extremely powerful from the wizards tributes.

There are churches that has one god that is extremely popular in only this city. It enforces the idea to buy into this system of supporting the stronger people in the city so they can better defend it. The god is a person that will not be revealed until later in the campaign, and is also the main villain at the center of all of this.

The main villain is a 400+ year old human that long ago tried to obtain immortality. He was infamously known in his time as someone who wreaked havoc across lands, destroying villages and stealing the bodies of the ones he killed. After he was through with a village, no bodies would be found, there were no remains, just empty. This is because he'd harvest every part of their bodies, especially species that lived longer so he could try to live longer himself. He wound up appearing as a disgusting monster that was an amalgamation of different parts. He was unable to be fully defeated, so he was kept contained in a certain area. This area was known as a dead zone amongst people other than followers he had accumulated over time. He had no physical form at this point but was more of just a presence amongst the land, influencing people to do what they are told, coming to them in dreams as angels, promising them generational wealth for the price of luring people into the area and taking what they could until he gained his physical form. His name eventually forgotten and the city slowly built while he was in the background, growing more and more powerful. I'm thinking the way he gets the city bigger is widening the area he is contained in, thinking it'll be too strong to completely break but weak enough for him to be able to push it outwards.

Eventually, he will gain a physical form during the campaign, appearing as their god. I'm thinking he will be put together with his body while the players are there trying to stop it from happening, when he comes back it'll look as if the area was struck with a meteor, the night sky turning from pitch black to a glowing yellow, and he will descend upon them with long flowing golden hair, golden armor (which I will design to look more intricate and I already have ideas), a golden crown practically glowing with how many gems it's filled with, and a red cape. That would be the end of that play session, then my players would come into the next play session working as soldiers under him as they slowly remember who they are and what happened. I haven't figured out much past this point.

Could this maybe work? Any tips appreciated i've never really written a story for people to just play around in that's gonna be this big

So Ive only played DND kindof by playing BG3. I've watched Critical Role, only on episode like 25/26 of Campaign 1.

I'm interested in starting to build a character.

I have plenty of time to create one with depth, I work 2 jobs and have no time set when I'm gonna try my first game -- anyway long story short I wanna make a good back story.

I've seen CR talk about metagaming a few times and I want to make sure I don't do that

SO my question, what can I look at to start building a back story? I assume I should get DND books, read some "lore" for different areas but I don't know if I'd learn things my character wouldn't know or something like that.

I assume not because I have to understand some things to build the back story right?

Just looking for tips and suggestions

Here's an idea I had for a D&D campaign a beyblade campaign based around all three generations that I currently have access to metal burst and x I currently do not have enough x blades for this but I have plenty of burst and metal blades are hard to get a hold of especially in the United States since I'd have to order them and get them shipped here from Japan but fortunately my old roommate left behind his entire metal collection when he moved out so I have quite a few metal blades to start the metal campaign journey through D&D to uncover the secrets of the legendary blader and the lost mythical blade that was supposed to bring peace and Harmony to the beyblade world perfect tempo all while uncovering the secret between each of the three generations