Real Life RN on a cardiac surgery unit. Fan of WAY too many web based groups: Starkid, TCB, Shipwrecked, Critical Role. Ren Faire enthusiast. Broadway nerd
@curtmega I love being able to support the theatre and weird stories that you wonderfully talented and creative folks create. I can’t wait to see Cinderella’s Castle tonight!
@JesseJerdak I tend to use published modules to establish the world but then continue with my own plots and work in as many character backstory hooks as I can for maximum engagement. It’s worked out well so far. We’ve done Lost Mines, Wildemount, and now in Witchlight.
@Warlockdnd I have yet to outright ban anything.
That being said there are some baseline expectations set in session 0, especially since there is a teen at the table and now a 9 y/o in my Witchlight campaign so no sex, torture, etc. No PVP. No evil PCs without discussion first.
@mattcolville At my table, if we come up with an idea that might be beyond the INT or general knowledge of the PC, we roll for it. This has lead to a running joke about the PCs having taken college electives on numerous topics. It’s worked well for us.
@CriticalBard I fully agree. One of the players in my Witchlight campaign is playing a cleric based on Ted Lasso who draws their power from faith in himself and his friends. I think that works just as well as a religion based cleric.
@BDaveWalters I’m having one of those days today for the first time in a long time. I went on a first date for the first time in years and it went well. Hopefully there’s a lot more days like this in the future 😊
@LegendaryVermin It’s pretty great. We all have different styles and different strengths as DMs and the stories and our characters for each campaign are all wildly different so it keeps us all from getting bored or burned out.
@ToddKenreck One of my players has an “en” thing too. His characters so far: Den, Ben, Glen and Sven. I was honestly surprised when he didn’t name his current monk Zen 😆
Another player just rearranges the same 5 letters: Oskar, Rokas, Koras.
@CriticalBard@The_BadDM Absolutely! The Warlock in the first campaign I ran was a tiefling with a Fiend patron. Literally it was her great-grandparent doting on her by giving her powers. She was also the most precious sweet character.
@MicaBurton That’s been showing up on my fyp too and I love it so much. Slurping pasta, overcooking spaghetti, breaking the spaghetti before cooking it, and his bewildered confusion. Pure comedy 🤣
@CriticalBard I’m glad you’ll be DMing more in the future. I am absolutely loving your DMing for Dungeons & Durags. Your descriptions and NPCs are incredible!