Topic: Tumbleweeds, again...
Subject: Could learn a new skill...
While waiting for something to happen.
I can now write 15 words in elvish, not including my own name and those of four characters.
Posted on 2012-03-28 at 23:47:25.
Edited on 2012-03-28 at 23:47:54 by Kriea
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Topic: Halp! First time DMing.
Subject: Thanks. ^_^
I'll certainly check it over. Everyone's been most helpful and I've already jumped headfirst into it I suppose. I can see myself spending quite a bit of time here.
Posted on 2012-03-28 at 21:26:40.
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Topic: Halp! First time DMing.
Subject: You may laugh...
but do not underestimate the power of colored tabs. They were why I passed anatomy class. When my data starts over I'll have to read some of the webcomics. :3
You guys can't get rid of me now, I found a place with people who are nice and laugh in a good way when I say you should have to roll iniative to see which place in line you get at the DMV.
Posted on 2012-03-28 at 20:36:03.
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Topic: Halp! First time DMing.
Subject: Starting to feel better about this
I think now it's just little things that are going to freak me out. I feel like I'm going to need the little tabby thingies to put in my book so I can quick flip to important pages I'll need.
I guess I just have to go for it. I'll probably come screaming back for help immediately afterwards with fifteen thousand problems, but for now I'm feeling decently confident that I can at least entertain my friends for a night.
Posted on 2012-03-28 at 20:18:33.
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Topic: Halp! First time DMing.
Subject: Shark!
For some reason that makes me want to make them run into a dire shark with a fish bowl on his head. I'm not silly enough to do that just yet, but that may change if we stay up too late.
I supose they wouldn't really know the difference if I sent giant scorpions after them when they weren't in a desert area. They'll be to worried about not dying and less concerned with it being in the wrong enviroment.
Thank you guys so much. This really is making me feel like it's not quite so scary.
Posted on 2012-03-28 at 18:56:53.
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Topic: Halp! First time DMing.
Subject: Is there a method to this madness?
One thing I've become overwhelmed with is the sheer number of enemies I could throw at them. I found five different monster manuals. Obviously I'm not going to go throwing ancient dragons at them day one, but there's hundreds... how do you chose?
Posted on 2012-03-28 at 18:44:12.
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Topic: Halp! First time DMing.
Subject: Call me a masochist...
I've looked at a few but none of them I've found really appeal to me. I like the story I've come up with and the stubborn part of me says I can do this the hard way.
So long as my friends have fun I suppose it doesn't matter, but I'll feel better about myself if I do it myself.
Edit: Thank you guys all for your help. I feel like this is something my group's just going to have to hold hands and jump into. If I mess up too horribly the first go round I may try a premade adventure, but for my pride and my sense of adventure I can't start that way.
Posted on 2012-03-28 at 18:27:55.
Edited on 2012-03-28 at 18:30:47 by Kriea
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Topic: Halp! First time DMing.
Subject: Halp! First time DMing.
So I haven't gamed in nearly four years and last week one of my friends found my D&D 3.5 player's manual on the shelf. He INSISTED we give it a shot since he had always wanted to play and was actually too socially awkward to associate with the "geeks" in school so never got the chance. I've been conned into running a small game for a few people. I have three days until game session one and honestly am floundering a bit. I never actually got the chance to DM while I was playing regularly and probably should have been paying more attention to what went into it other than work and a hint of evil. I have a basic storyline (albeit a simple one,) a couple basic towns, a list of things for them to kill, a large bag of dice and a cabinet full of snacks.
Basically I'm just looking for a morale boost, some pro tips for making this easier on first time players and a first time DM and possibly a kick in the rear sending me in the right direction.
Posted on 2012-03-28 at 18:10:59.
Edited on 2012-04-01 at 17:03:32 by Kriea
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Topic: Tabletop Staples: They Make Your Game Go Round
Subject: Unicorn recipes
I hear if you boil them for a few hours the spammy taste goes away... along with any other flavor. Sometimes your best bet is to wrap it in leaves and bury it in your campfire coals. Let it stay there until morning, dig it out and you have a easy mean for all. Season to taste.
Snackwise we always have carrot sticks (which we started calling Gokus... I am not even sure who started it...)
Posted on 2012-03-28 at 17:58:24.
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Topic: Tabletop Staples: They Make Your Game Go Round
Subject: Dice Cleaning and magic Unicorns
I thought I was the only person who did "crazy" dice cleaning things. My friends used to laugh at me for bathing my dice in sea salt and sage.
I haven't gamed in years, and didn't realize until recently how much I missed it, but when I was gaming every week with some friends our DM's little sister liked to sit in with us until her bedtime. One night one of the players couldn't catch a break on his dice rolls. I don't think he'd rolled over a ten in probably an hour. The little girl went and got her "best" my little pony unicorn and said her magic would help him get better rolls. Oddly enough, he did roll a bit higher. From then on we'd break out the unicorn whenever someone was having major dice failure.
Posted on 2012-03-28 at 17:35:38.
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