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Games / Dungeons & Dragons Megathread
« on: March 20, 2017, 01:51:09 PM »Dungeons & Dragons?
Adventurers beware!
"The first Dungeons & Dragons game was played back when Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson chose to personalize the massive battles of their fantasy wargames with the exploits of individual heroes. This inspiration became the first fantasy roleplaying game, in which players are characters in an ongoing fantasy story. This new kind of game has become popular over the years, and D&D has grown to include many new ways to experience worlds of heroic fantasy.
The core of D&D is storytelling. You and your friends tell a story together, guiding your heroes through quests for treasure, battles with deadly foes, daring rescues, courtly intrigue, and much more. You can also explore the world of Dungeons & Dragons through any of the novels written by its fantasy authors, as well as engaging board games and immersive video games. All of these stories are part of D&D."
Resources & Useful Links
Q&A
"Is D&D free?"
There's plenty of free, online resources like the 5etools, or the Pathfinder OGC.
"Where do I start?"
Check out Geek & Sundry's "Critical Role" for inspiration. Campaigns are hard to get up and going due to the varying amount of creativity it requires. Read the 5e SRD and make an account on roll20, then gather together your friends. You'll be able to do something fun without that much effort!
Is being a Dungeon Master (DM) hard?
It requires a fair bit of management and creative thinking, but it's about as hard as you make it. Managing a hack & slash dungeon crawling campaign is a very simple and easy place to start.
Where do I find players?
From personal experience, as a new DM you want to run a campaign most likely with a new party. Gather your friends who have never played D&D into a party and run something, you'll all learn from each other.
How do I get good at telling a story?
You could browse tvtropes some and familiarize yourself with fiction tropes. Watch other people run campaigns, take note of how information is presented. Look into various homebrewed D&D modules and figure out how other people designed settings & campaigns.
Adventurers beware!
"The first Dungeons & Dragons game was played back when Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson chose to personalize the massive battles of their fantasy wargames with the exploits of individual heroes. This inspiration became the first fantasy roleplaying game, in which players are characters in an ongoing fantasy story. This new kind of game has become popular over the years, and D&D has grown to include many new ways to experience worlds of heroic fantasy.
The core of D&D is storytelling. You and your friends tell a story together, guiding your heroes through quests for treasure, battles with deadly foes, daring rescues, courtly intrigue, and much more. You can also explore the world of Dungeons & Dragons through any of the novels written by its fantasy authors, as well as engaging board games and immersive video games. All of these stories are part of D&D."
Resources & Useful Links
| sup/tg/ - /traditional games/ archive 1d4chan - 4chan wikiped on tabletop inkarnate - Extremely easy mapmaking stuff Pathfinder System Reference Document - Entirely free system document on pathfinder The Homebrewery - For making professional homebrew documents to keep your homebrews clear and concise Hypertext d20srd - Another SRD for D&D 3.5e and 5e /tg/ 5etools - Tools and information for 5e D&D Auto-roll Tables - Random Tables for 5e DnD Beyond - Official Beta Compendium for 5e D&D Reddit DnD Community Reddit 5e DnD Community Reddit Community for DMs Reddit Unearthed Arcana Community Roll20 - Application for internet tabletopping Heroforge - Really well made but expensive miniatures Geek and Sundry - Community built around tabletop gaming |
Q&A
"Is D&D free?"
There's plenty of free, online resources like the 5etools, or the Pathfinder OGC.
"Where do I start?"
Check out Geek & Sundry's "Critical Role" for inspiration. Campaigns are hard to get up and going due to the varying amount of creativity it requires. Read the 5e SRD and make an account on roll20, then gather together your friends. You'll be able to do something fun without that much effort!
Is being a Dungeon Master (DM) hard?
It requires a fair bit of management and creative thinking, but it's about as hard as you make it. Managing a hack & slash dungeon crawling campaign is a very simple and easy place to start.
Where do I find players?
From personal experience, as a new DM you want to run a campaign most likely with a new party. Gather your friends who have never played D&D into a party and run something, you'll all learn from each other.
How do I get good at telling a story?
You could browse tvtropes some and familiarize yourself with fiction tropes. Watch other people run campaigns, take note of how information is presented. Look into various homebrewed D&D modules and figure out how other people designed settings & campaigns.
