If you need to turn on Do Not Disturb for a portion of your workday, you can either click your name in the upper right corner, then go to Pause notifications and select the time frame you need, or type /dnd 30 min in any channel to shut your notifications off for a specified time...
Backgrounds offer a bit of flavor to flesh out your backstory, and they come with a few special abilities and skill/tool proficiencies. These aren’t game-breaking, but they’re nice to have on adventures. Browse the bestDnD backgrounds, and record the name of your choice here. If you’r...
It was a bit of a struggle to get our various technology to work (my headset is shoddy at best), but ultimately we had a successful session all around! We only used discord and the tools provided through DnDBeyond, and I think next time we'll try Roll20 out for a map. #3 word...
I make a point of trying to know as much about the rules as I can, so my players don't have to. I mean, I want them to pick up the rules, and know what to do next; but I don't want them to HAVE to know. I want them to be able to say "I w...
which would work about as well, although the sphere would move at 30 ft. per turn instead, skeletons can't fly, and it gets a little trickier with the skeletons' initiative, but it's still not bad. Sphere: 0 Skel1: 6 Skel2: 8 Skel3: 10 Skel1's turn: Skell1 mov...
Using GeekbotFocus mode, you can add new action items to the Slack. Whenever you start working on these action items, Geekbot will automatically update your Slack status to DnD to avoid any distractions. Whenever you are finished, Geekbot will automatically share your progress with action items...
In D&D 5e, a reaction is a special type of action that a player character (PC) can sometimes take in response to a specific type of trigger.
If the one player still corrects you every session, speak to him privately and sincerely. Perhaps even deputize him to run initiative, or all the groups NPCs, or make him tactics leader... just give him something mechanical to occupy him. If he’s a total pai...
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They learn from that how initiative and combat rolls work. After that first combat let them have some utility action: everything that involves skill checks. You tell them: "You describe what you want to do and I tell you on what you have to roll, or if you don't need to roll." ...