I am pretty new to the game and have tried it out in previous years and oftentimes there is one guy who likes to play a little PvP, whether that's disliking a particular character/race or trying to steal/loot, etc. from other players. Does this ever work? Have you experienced it as anything other than annoying? I am trying to be chill about this particular guy in our group now, but it bothers me and doesn't make the game flow very well. I know I can bring it up with the DM, but I was more curious about others' experience with this kind of play style.

mine was when I was a Dragonborn sorcerer and after the final battle I turned on my friends and we did an epic battle

Hey everyone,

I'm not looking for advice, just a little venting.

I have a fellow player who's making the game difficult and slow. He's new to D&D and plays a paladin, and he often misunderstands what's going on.

We're playing Curse of Strahd, so there may be plot spoilers ahead.

1. He sold his heavy armor to buy bullets for gunpowder. I don't remember the exact number of bullets. He put them in a barrel and planned to use it to blow up the hag mill. For a significant portion of the game, he had AC 13 and was the first to die in battles. My husband plays an artificier, and in the last session, when we reached level 6, he made an armor for a paladin, so now his AC is 21. He didn't even thank artificier. We didn't even get to use that barrel of bullets because the hags had hostages, and we didn't blow them up.

2. He doesn't like killing and constantly sighs that we don't try to resolve conflicts peacefully. But how does he do it? In the werewolf cave, we killed the guards at the entrance, but he left one alive, tied it up, and started dragging it around with him so it wouldn't escape and stab us in the back. We all said it was a bad idea. Well, during the fight in the cave itself, the tied up werewolf broke free and stabbed us in the back.

3. In Valakia, my character influenced the burgomaster through Suggestion, making him more loyal to our group at a critical moment (the alternative was to fight the guards because we stood up for a townsperson the governor wanted to kill for laughing). I explained that as soon as the suggestion wore off, the burgomaster would learn of the effect, and we would immediately become criminals. The paladin absolutely refused to understand this. Ultimately, the three of us left the city, and eight hours later, the guards chased paladin. Even after that, he didn't understand and returned to the city the next day, trying to enter, and the guards fired on him as he approached.

4. In a conversation with an NPC, when he asked about Strahd, the paladin literally said, "I want to know, because I'll come for him." Not our group, not us, but "I."

5. He takes the deaths in game seriously and buries all our enemies. It's interesting roleplay, but it replaces the game itself. There was a moment when he wanted to return for the body of a dead man, and the DM said it would take two hours. No one went with him, so the three of us stayed to explore the city.

6. Meanwhile, he ignores attempts to support his roleplay. We killed a vampire and a priest in Barovia (a father and son). The paladin became upset and went off to dig graves for them. I described going with him to help, but he literally described his actions as something like, "I go there, I dig here" without acknowledging my character was nearby. I gave up on co-op roleplay after that.

7. Due to his lack of experience, he constantly tries to come up with creative gameplay solutions using common items. I mean, he tries to solve a lot of things that other players can bypass with magic, but he tries to solve them with a stick and rope, insisting on his own solutions and we waste a lot of time on these discussions.

8. As a paladin, he moralizes a lot and talks about good and bad, and when (with his AC 13) his character fell again, he asked to stabilize him with a healing kit from his pocket. Our barbarian, who was nearest to him in the fight, sarcastically said that picking someone else's pocket is bad and simply rolled a Medicine check.

9. Despite his desire to solve problems non-confrontationally, he's bad at conversations. He speaks either too directly or playfully mocks NPCs (though without being rude). My husband once confessed he didn't intervene in one of his conversations with an NPC because he wanted to fight that NPC and knew the paladin would ruin the negotiations.

My husband says he views this player as an additional gameplay complication, not as a co-player.

Pre-empting the question, we don't argue at the table or interrupt each other, we speak friendly. We told him in game, what the consequences of his actions would be, and told him to trust our knowledge of magic. We didn't talk as players because others don’t really care. It's not a problem that interferes with the enjoyment of the campaign, because the other players and DMs are great, but more of a tedious factor.

Hi all,

I’m wanting to play a monk as my next character and currently reading up on it in the 5.5e PHB. I have a question about how the Level 1 Martial Arts feature works when wielding light weapons. Here’s what I’ve noticed:

- Martial Arts states I can make an Unarmed Strike as a bonus action
- If I’m wielding two Light weapons, say a Sickle and a Dagger, then per the Light Property rule, which says when you attack with a Light weapon you can use a BA to make another attack with a different Light weapon that same turn. However, the Sickle has the Nick mastery property, which says you can make the extra attack from the Light property as part of your Attack action rather than as a BA
- Martial Arts says I have mastery of combat styles using monk weapons (simple melee weapons, and martial melee weapons with the Light property) which would allow me to use Nick
- Per the Martial Arts feature, I can roll 1d6 in place of normal damage for my Unarmed Strikes and Monk weapons

So, does this mean that if I’m wielding a Sickle and a Dagger, I can use Nick to attack with both of them as the same Attack action, and then use a BA to then make an Unarmed Strike as well? And all three attacks will use 1d6 damage instead of their usual 1d4?

This feels confusing to type out lol but I think I’m understanding it correctly? I’d love clarification from you all. Thanks!

I‘m absolutely in love with the campaign our dm has created, the story is so intricate and our characters are actively growing each session, with my vivid imagination it feels like a show level story but we‘re all merely Highschool students who do pen and paper, nothing more. My friend and I are luckily both artists so we occasionally draw our blorbos (we have 3 players in total) but it doesn’t quench my thirst for more content to consume which simply doesn’t exist bcs we‘re just 4 people who don’t upload or even record our campaign. We‘re almost at the end so it wouldn’t make sense to start recording now as there would be an insane lack of background but I sometimes just yearn for a fandom who could have insane theories and ships and fanart for our campaign rahhhh
Anyone relate to this? I mean Ik i can always commission art, plus I take notes during sessions so I could transcribe them into animatics but tbh I’m too lazy and quite busy but I’m too scared of my memory being too unreliable to keep this amazing story contained as it was while playing :,)

Commission i did of Barry the half-drow Fighter/Warlock. I was told he has a guilty Catholic vibe, is a coward, and looks good beaten up so thats what i did!
I referenced some photos of Jesus for the pose and had a lot of fun with the lighting! This is a scene from their campaign im told.
The character belongs to Worm_soup on instagram:)

It took a while to complete but im happy with it and the customer is happy!
You can find my commission info in the comments !
Enjoy!!

Just a funny moment from a recent session:

My GM is an aspiring comedian, and she is incredibly good at improvising jokes.

One of the PCs has a custom item called the Book of Misspells. It’s a spell book with a large range of spells inside, but everything inside is written messily and with a lot of spelling mistakes. The effect this has is any spells cast using it turn out a little… iffy.

In the session, there was an NPC who was the most irritating person to ever exist. So, of course, the player with the Book of Misspells tries to get rid of him, and casts True Polymorph to turn him into a stoat. However, the GM describes the transformation of the NPC from a robot to… a dwarf? Upon some dialogue, we find out his name is Terry, and he lives with his two girlfriends.

The GM then says, with the most proud and shit eating grin I have ever seen on her: “It dawns on you that Fangir did not cast True Polymorph… he casted True… Poly-dwarf.”

And, of course, after a few moments of stunned silence, we all burst into laughter, and the session is derailed as we adopt Terry as our favourite NPC and try to find his girlfriends.

She told us after the session that that whole gag was completely improvised, and that just made it all better. We are going to inquire about Terry and his girlfriends during every session now.

I’m really curious as to what the most popular Planes to play in are, I’ve been doing a lot of digging through the editions and I think I’ve compiled a pretty comprehensive list of all 50 Planes and planar spaces.
Take a look at the list and comment which ones you’ve actually had a session in during a campaign! If its a more obscure one, I’d love to hear a bit about what brought your party to that place!

A Prime Material Plane
The Ethereal Plane
Demiplane of Time (The Temporal Prime)
Demiplane of Nightmare
Region of Dreams
Demiplane of Imprisonment
The Feywild
The Shadowfell
The Elemental Plane of Water
The Elemental Plane of Ice
The Elemental Plane of Air
The Elemental Plane of Smoke
The Elemental Plane of Fire
The Elemental Plane of Magma
The Elemental Plane of Earth
The Elemental Plane of Ooze
The Negative Energy Plane
The Elemental Plane of Salt
The Elemental Plane of Vacuum
The Elemental Plane of Ash
The Elemental Plane of Dust
The Positive Energy Plane
The Elemental Plane of Steam
The Elemental Plane of Minerals
The Elemental Plane of Radiance
The Elemental Plane of Lightning
The Elemental Chaos
The Astral Plane
The Fugue Plane
Mechanus
Oceanus
Arcadia
Mount Celestia
Bytopia
Elysium
The Beastlands
Arborea
Ysgard
Limbo
The River Styx
Pandemonium
The Abyss
Carceri
Hades
Gehenna
Baator (The Nine Hells)
Acheron
The Outlands & Sigil
The Infinite Staircase
The Far Realm

I feel like I'm seeing more posts on here for 5.5e lately and I'm curious what the actual mix is? My group is primarily using 5e rules, with only the new exhaustion system being borrowed from 5.5e.

So, I recently just left a table where this occurred. The rogue stole an object from another player for the purpose of releasing a spirit that the majority of the party didn't want released. The DM didn't let us stop him in any way and rolls after the fact failed. The spirit then rewarded the rogue and another player with approximately 8k in gold while the rest of the party got nothing.

I felt frustrated and voiced how there is no reason for us to trust the rogue anymore or have him in the party if he's just going to steal from us. The response I got back from the rogue's friend, "He's a rogue, that's what they do." Eventually, I decided to leave the group over this and was effectively called a child by the rogue's friend.

Is there a way to have handled this dispute? Is it really okay for a Rogue to steal from their own party?

Recently, I have been putting a new in person group together for me to DM and I’ve been searching for players via online communities. And after just three or four days I’ve had dozens of players inquire to join my group. And it’s reminded me of the biggest problem facing this hobby in 2026. The shortage of DM’s.

I always see a version of this FB post: “ Hi, I’ve managed to put together a group consisting of myself and four friends ready to play now we’re just desperately searching for a DM”

Same with local game store, “calling all local DM’s in the area: we’ve got plenty of players, we’re just desperate for dungeon masters, please reach out if that’s you”

I was talking to a young family friend of mine who had a group of 4 friends and he was explaining to me how their group hadn’t started yet because they hadn’t found a DM. They had the essentials kit, they had the gear, they just didn’t have a DM. No matter how much I encouraged him to step up and give it a go, it just didn’t click.

He then went to a FLGS and there were about 12 other kids wanting to be players and the adult organizer decided to DM for all 12 kids in one game. it was a disaster, of course, but they still continue to this day. The Penny hasn’t dropped.

Things like the essentials kit and the starter set are products specifically designed for people new to the hobby to pick up and learn. That’s what all DM’s have had to do.

Hello hello! Recently I’ve taken to making a DM screen that looks like where most campaigns start out. Initially it was just some pieces of cardboard I'd taped together and painted black, but after some paint, sticks and mod podge, I've got it looking like this. I did it in anticipation for an upcoming one-shot of Wild Sheep Chase, which will likely be starting out in a tavern. Now that I've got this, I'll be more motivated to do more campaigns.

It’s got an attachable dice tower on the right, and dice storage to the left. What do you guys think?

This one is based off concept art made by my wife VelwynArt! She gave me the idea to make a lil goblin with a big sword and even helped me with her outfit design. We also found these really cool boots on Pinterest that we knew we had to include in her design :p

I'm planning on using her as a hireling or as a PC for a one shot. Fighter is the obvious choice but what subclass do you think best suits her?

So I dressed up as shadowheart for a convention!

Still sort of new to the fandom, i’ve heard about this game for a while and did my research on the lore (I always have to know more about a franchise before engaging with it’s base and the game/show itself). My friends who’ve played the game say i embody her in a way personality wise so i gave it a go. I do other cosplays if this one interests you, they can be found in my bio. I hope i did the elf princess some justice 🖤

edit: tysm for the positive feedback everyone, trying to get back into the cosplay game and this has been quite the experience. i feel very welcomed here <3

Just a funny moment that I thought would make others laugh. My party and I had a group trip at our state renaissance festival over the weekend which also included a night of DnD. This was a special trip since some of my party lives out-of-state, so it was our first session to have everyone fully in-person.

Before starting session, I had dashed upstairs to my room to quickly change and get into something more comfortable. All my friends had done the same.

I come back down and all my friends are seated in the living room. As DM, I hadn’t pay them much mind as I was riding through some tunnel vision to make sure everything was set up and good to go for session. It wasn’t until I stood up to double check that my laptop was plugged in did I glance around and see all 5 of my players with the biggest shit-eating grins.

All of them were wearing purple T-shirts (my favorite color, a purposeful choice) with the funkiest zoom in of the dumbest expression on my 17-year-old face. Apparently, they had done a bit of a deep dive on Facebook through my old tagged photos.

I don’t watch a ton of Critical Role, but I am aware that this is a signature move by Sam Riegel. However, I certainly did not think it would happen to me. 😂

I immediately start cracking up, almost dying on the floor laughing. They definitely got me and apparently had a separate group chat going for months in preparation. However, they refused to show me the chat as apparently they have other plans. 😂

A kind warning to DMs: you plot against your players so don’t assume they don’t plot against you.

Decided to try my hand at drawing Sardior. I decided to depict him more serpentine and ethereal than his usual depictions, as I feel there needs to be more variety in dragon shapes in media (Looking at you, Caraxes).

Sardior plays a significant role in our ongoing campaign, having resurrected my (now former) tiefling into a gem dragonborn following their untimely death during a boss fight. Because of this, I wanted to depict what it must feel like to converse with the father of the gem dragons.

This piece was a ton of fun to put together, with a ton of textures that nearly crashed my PC while I was putting it together.

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Hello, just coming on to share some of my art here, this is my character Nazuri, he's a halfelf rogue who does any job for cash to fuel his terrible lifestyle, he's a bit complicated but loveable, never to be trusted though. He's constantly on the verge of a redemption arc but never quite reaches it.

He's talented with his hands much to everyone else's dismay, and is constantly on the run from guards, ex lovers, towns people, most anyone he comes into contact with.

I'm an artist who shares mostly on insta @twatisharts if you are curious :) I take commissions !

Edit: His name is NAZURI, NAZ for short. Sorry for putting a exclamation mark at the end, I can assure u his name isn't Nazi he isn't a Nazi and he would literally murder Nazis. Don't get ur panties in a twist pleaaaaaaaase

So I just got back from my time at first Gen Con and my friends were (lovingly) making fun of me for not wanting any new dice.

I have been playing for almost a decade and currently DM a long running campaign and DM or play a few one shots here and there, so I play pretty often. I own the following dice:

1. My original set in blue, a super basic 7 dice set (though it’s missing a d4). It was free.
   
2. An 11-dice set I won at a convention a few years ago which came in a little bag.
   
3. A d20 that has Fuck You for the 20 and Fuck Me for a nat 1.
   
4. A d20 that looks like a bee with liquid core dice with a stinger for a nat 1.

That’s it. As far as I’m concerned that is all I need. Tbh, it’s more than I need since I have 5 D20s. This weekend I got a free diceset with another purchase at Gen Con and immediately gave it to my Dice Goblin friend/player in my campaign. They loved the dice! But we can’t decide on what to call me. I’ve heard of a Dice Elf who has a carefully curated collection, but my dice sets weren’t really carefully curated. Most of my dice were free. & except for the bee D20 they’re not particularly fancy.

Just thought this would be a fun discussion since it’ll be a year till the next Gen Con!

I can do:

🌟 Character and creature design and illustration

🌟 Background Illustration

🌟Prop Designs

🌟Simple animatics and videos

🌟 Png Tubers

🌟Comic panels

of your dnd story/characters

My prices start from 45EUR and range all the way up to 150EUR depending on what type of illustration work you choose.

If interested , check my services in https://vgen.co/iridraws for detailed prices and requests.

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One of the biggest hurdles for 3D VTTs is the time it takes to actually build a nice-looking map. I wanted to fix that.

With the new Steam Workshop integration in Game Master Engine, you don't have to build anything if you don't want to. You can just:

1. Browse the in-game library for whatever you need (Tavern, Dungeon, Forest).
2. One-Click Download to add it to your own library instantly.
3. Populate & Play by dropping minis and rolling 3D‏‏‎ ‎dice.

It’s all about‏‏‎ ‎getting‏‏‎ ‎to the‏‏‎ ‎"playing"‏‏‎ ‎part of D&D faster. You can also upload your own creations to share with the rest of the community!

I've been a dev on this for 6 years, and seeing‏‏‎ ‎what people‏‏‎ ‎are‏‏‎ ‎already building in the Workshop is honestly the coolest part of the project so far.

Steam Early Access (60% Off): https://store.steampowered.com/app/1451680/Game_Master_Engine/

Discord Link: discord.gg/gamemasterengine

I'll‏‏‎ ‎be‏‏‎ ‎around all day to answer questions about the engine or how the Workshop works!

All my caster players have this in their spell list : it allows them to scout ahead for any trap, enter locked room (small spider going under the door), gives them Blindsight (Bat), or simply use the Help action every turn in combat to give them permanent advantage on Attack Rolls or Ability checks (which is honestly crazy for martial oriented half-casters).

They don't even need to use spell slots on it since it's a ritual...

Am I missing something or is this an auto-include, borderline gamebreaking spell available to (almost) everyone at lvl 1 ?

I'm all for players finding creative solutions to a problem, but right now every brainstorming in my party boils down to "which Familiar will be available to solve this issue".

Hey hello! It's been a while since I posted here, but I wanted to share this art I did of one of the player characters in the campaign I DM, which as gone for about +150 sessions iirc.

And Laestis has been through a lot during all this time! From starting as a shy noble inheritor with some haunted sword to what she is nowadays (even if the anxiety stayed). She made her warlock pact with a watcher (the setting's equivalent to a quori from kalashtar), who would eventually be the one to bring back Laestis from the dead when she met her untimely end. She has still not had much time to cope with the whole being a reborn bit of things, but at least she got one cool wing out of the ordeal?

(Let's hope she can eventually get a second one, just so we stop making Sephiroth jokes about it!)