D&D 5e, starting a game soon, any DM's have tips?

No1newts · 8 Jun 2018 at 14:02

@lordhughes you have misrepresented me somewhat, none of you knew of my idiocy in advance until I dropped the bomb (apart from the bomb who loved the idea!)

And I did have a rescue plan, I just forgot the few minor details about fly being a touch spell and myself only having two spell slots.

at which point I did indeed save myself over Hendel but I did wish him good luck as I abandoned him to his fate

It was a perfect plan with just a few minor hiccups that we quickly mopped up

It's not mostly me who causes problems, Telath used to do that! Talking about stupid things who was gnome who jumped down a hole with a whole load of giants?

then I was very sensible in not flying down to save his stupid behind!

lordhughes · 8 Jun 2018 at 14:09

Jumping down that hole was rational

Pookie Bear · 8 Jun 2018 at 14:40

I see some things have not changed since I left

lordhughes · 8 Jun 2018 at 14:55

@No1newts we did not know the play, but we did ask you if you knew how everything worked to which you assured us "yes", the answer was clearly "no".

Shamikebab · 8 Jun 2018 at 14:59

lordhughes said:
Lets be honest ... its mostly Cernan, Wiltix has never done anything irresponsible except for the time he got obsessed with that boulder trap.

That's funny. I distinctly recall Wiltix, upon discovering that he was infected with Lycanthropy, deciding that the best thing to do with this information was to bite Cernan while he was asleep.

No1newts · 8 Jun 2018 at 15:14

Shamikebab said:
That's funny. I distinctly recall Wiltix, upon discovering that he was infected with Lycanthropy, deciding that the best thing to do with this information was to bite Cernan while he was asleep.

And let us not forget, at that point I pimp slapped him to the floor and tossed him outside into the rain like trash

lordhughes said:
@No1newts we did not know the play, but we did ask you if you knew how everything worked to which you assured us "yes", the answer was clearly "no".

Well it was yes, up until the point it went not so quite to plan.

Pookie Bear said:
I see some things have not changed since I left

Same old, same old

suenstar · 8 Jun 2018 at 15:18

Pookie Bear said:
I see some things have not changed since I left

Yep, we're still totally disorganised, uncoordinated and constantly bickering.
Somehow we seem to be making some progress, we partly know who & what we're after...

Hendel's recently gained the name of the dragon that killed his family, so we've possibly got an exciting (suicidal) quest lined up at some point.

No1newts · 8 Jun 2018 at 15:26

suenstar said:
Yep, we're still totally disorganised, uncoordinated and constantly bickering.
Somehow we seem to be making some progress, we partly know who & what we're after...

Hendel's recently gained the name of the dragon that killed his family, so we've possibly got an exciting (suicidal) quest lined up at some point.

To be fair to us when **** needs done we tend to get it done pretty efficiently and we work well together in combat/combat situations. It's just the bits in between where we turn into a highly disorganised, antagonistic bunch of sociopaths with Eriden trying to placate the carnage.

Though even you went a little mad when someone mentioned your wife and recently threatened to drop someone a thousand feet to their death through an illusiory floor

you aren't too far from the rest!

Shamikebab · 8 Jun 2018 at 16:24

No1newts said:
And let us not forget, at that point I pimp slapped him to the floor and tossed him outside into the rain like trash

Yeah that happened just after he kicked the crap out of you in a duel didn't it?

lordhughes · 8 Jun 2018 at 16:26

Shamikebab said:
That's funny. I distinctly recall Wiltix, upon discovering that he was infected with Lycanthropy, deciding that the best thing to do with this information was to bite Cernan while he was asleep.

He deservied it, shame he was immune.

No1newts said:
Though even you went a little mad when someone mentioned your wife and recently threatened to drop someone a thousand feet to their death through an illusiory floor you aren't too far from the rest!

Don't forget the time he made a quarterling by biting a innocent halfling in half. That is my favorite Eriden moment.

No1newts · 8 Jun 2018 at 16:33

Shamikebab said:
Yeah that happened just after he kicked the crap out of you in a duel didn't it?

No no, he beat me in a dual which was ill though out by me considering I'm charisma based

Later in the pub I demanded an apology after owain told me it was him then I bear him down when he didn't apologise

lordhughes · 8 Jun 2018 at 16:39

No1newts said:
No no, he beat me in a dual which was ill though out by me considering I'm charisma based Later in the pub I demanded an apology after owain told me it was him then I bear him down when he didn't apologise

No, in the duel I kicked the crap out of you. You then went cheap in the bar.

stuie · 10 Jun 2018 at 16:58

#HendelBomb. Frigging awesome although once again a close call for my crazy barb

GhostlyPea · 11 Jun 2018 at 17:00

Any new games going on that has space? Normally use Roll20 but its got a huge influx of Paid-Games now and its hard to find anything good

- GP

No1newts · 11 Jun 2018 at 19:50

Paid games? People expect you to pay to play?

Pudney · 11 Jun 2018 at 20:22

No1newts said:
Paid games? People expect you to pay to play?

I think it's particularly popular for GMs as they're hard to find.

No1newts · 11 Jun 2018 at 20:42

Pudney said:
I think it's particularly popular for GMs as they're hard to find.

Wow, I can sell my services as a DM

Pudney · 11 Jun 2018 at 21:08

No1newts said:
Wow, I can sell my services as a DM

Pimp yourself out, new business for you

No1newts · 11 Jun 2018 at 21:36

Pudney said:
Pimp yourself out, new business for you

Just an alternative way of pimping

Shamikebab · 11 Jun 2018 at 23:16

It's not unreasonable when you're playing with strangers, it's a lot of work to run a game and especially if they've paid for premium packages etc on roll20 it's reasonable to expect players to take on some cost.