The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to RPGMemes @ttrpg.network · 5 months agoPeople have fun in different ways, I suppose.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1607arrow-down19
arrow-up1598arrow-down1imagePeople have fun in different ways, I suppose.lemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to RPGMemes @ttrpg.network · 5 months agomessage-square55fedilink
minus-squareBougieBirdie@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up73·5 months agoI try to win as the DM. “Winning” in this case being that everyone had a good time.
minus-squaresbv@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18·5 months agoFUN IS MANDATORY AT MY TABLE
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 months agoOh, you don’t want to take a path with an obvious trap? Well a level 20 red dragon swoops from the sky and attacks your level 1 party. Roll initiative!
minus-squareLianodel@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·5 months agoAnd as a player who wants to do that too, I keep in mind that the DM is also playing the game and wants to have a good time.
minus-squareazrendelmare@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoThank you! This is something that many people forget, both players and DMs.
minus-squareLianodel@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 months agoIt’s really the crux of a lot of issues with D&D, from table problems to game problems to publisher problems.
I try to win as the DM.
“Winning” in this case being that everyone had a good time.
You sound like a good DM
WIN AT ALL COSTS
FUN IS MANDATORY AT MY TABLE
I SPECIFICALLY REQUESTED IT
So says Friend Computer.
Oh, you don’t want to take a path with an obvious trap? Well a level 20 red dragon swoops from the sky and attacks your level 1 party. Roll initiative!
And as a player who wants to do that too, I keep in mind that the DM is also playing the game and wants to have a good time.
Thank you! This is something that many people forget, both players and DMs.
It’s really the crux of a lot of issues with D&D, from table problems to game problems to publisher problems.