So this is not about avoiding railroading—it’s about hiding the rails. The first step is making sure that absolutely everything you describe and mention is related to the plot of the one shot. Don’t name-drop a place or a person who’s not relevant: if you do, your players will ...
Maybe it’s just asking a player to more clearly explain what they’re trying to do so you can tell them what to roll. Or noticing if players missed a plot detail and making sure they understand what has happened so far. Much better to talk stuff out as a team than let either you ...
Start with a simple and short one-shot adventure rather than a full campaign. Use premade D&D characters so they can get straight to playing. Provide a handout with the basic rules (like what to do during combat) that they can reference on their own during the session. Focus on the basi...
I'm a competitive gamer. We have a couple of board games we play with the kids, Smallworld, Catan.But I play TTRPGs with friends, DnD etc. where I'm not a player, I'm the game master, so competition is not an issue. Or perhaps she doesn't know the difference?> What is she...
I'm trying to create my first character and after looking through my brother's dnd books, I thought maybe a centaur would be cool. I don't know much about how to play as one and how the campaign would work with one. Is it a good choice, I haven't really seen people play as...
(Not much to do if this fails!) Druid's turn comes. They cast cure wounds on the friendly orc, then use their free object interaction to take out a remaining healing potion and hold it out to be accessible for the rogue. (Cure wounds is a V, S component spell,...
Screenshot by Dot Esports Unlocking a dot crosshair in VALORANT can take some time, but if you follow these steps, it should be available in your next match. You’ll want to do this from the main menu and maybe test it out to ensure it works for your playstyle before committing to ...
I've announced a one shot in a Discord server, and prospective players have contacted me to join it. We don't know each other. I asked them to prepare their character before the session, and it turned out that one of the player has not yet submitted their char...
Screenshot by GameSkinny What makesBaldur’s Gate 3so hard are the TTRPG and, more specifically, theDnDconcept of action economy, rules, and specific mechanics you need to learn. When I first started playingDnD, I was awestruck by character creation possibilities and the interactive narrative....
How to enable (turn on) and disable (turn off) Do not Disturb (DnD) in Android Marshmallow manually?Do not Disturb are enabled automatically based on the automatic rules (e.g., Downtime, events).You can also manually enable and disable Do not Disturb at any time. So, it ...