Hey! It sounds like you've prepped a lot with the books and DM screen, which is a good sign!
As a DM, I jumped into running a full year long campaign after just running a couple one shots. It really IS easier than you think!
All you have to do is help your friends interact with the world in the books. That's your only job.
The only tips I have are these:
Make sure both your players AND yourself are having fun! It can be easy to stress and bend to your players every whim so they have as good a time as possible - don't do that. Make sure YOU'RE having fun, too! It'll improve your ability to run the game and everyone will be able to tell.
Don't worry about the tabletop aspect too much. I ran a game for over a year with nothing but my laptop and a map I drew with my friend that had the names of cities on it. I hid my dice behind my hand because there was no room for a DM screen - it really just comes down to you and your players having fun. The objects aren't necessary. Don't worry about not having them.
Hey, newer fan here with a question. Lets say that a young mutant ends up getting tested for their abilities at Xavier's school, or anywhere else that tests for abilities. What does a mutant ability examination look like? Three scientists with clipboards and lab equipment? Professor Xavier scouring the new student's mind for evidence of mutations? Super technology? Magic?
How do these people end up with a printout of their budding powers? Or is none of the above correct?
Was glad last weekend to see a few of us get talking last weekend in the One Piece thread. Lemmy is way too dead when it comes to anime and manga talk. So let’s see what we need to be talking about....
Damn I kinda miss the edits these comics would get. The comics themselves are alright but the edit wars in the comments were hilarious. Hope the artist is getting less hate nowadays though
LMAO someone stop me if this is a bot repost, but Twitter has the character limit because when Twitter was first founded you could text a phone number to post a tweet
Text messages had a limit of 150 characters or so. That means all the tweets did too.
I’m new to playing DnD 5e and I’m looking to find some fun spells I may have overlooked for my level 11 light domain cleric. Throwing out fireballs and summoning spririt weapons is a blast but I want to know what other beloved cleric spells I may be overlooking. So lemmy dnd players what are your favorite spells for our...
As others have mentioned, those Spirit Guardians are phenomenal.
My personal honorable mentions are Silence to mess with enemy spellcasters, Beacon of Hope if you're in a tough fight and keep losing your front liners, and Spirit Shroud, if you are a melee Cleric
Games are better together, right? I'm new to Destiny 2 and it's my first Bungie game since Halo CE but I'm having a great time! If there are people here who wouldn't mind going on missions with a newb, I'd love to have some new friends to play with....
For context: my bard was level 15 and got reduced to level 13. I have fond memories of Feebleminding some Rakshasas, and now that I've clawed my way back up I cannot WAIT to do it again😁
For me, this is the injection of anesthesia at my latest consultation at the dentist, it was so painful that i screamed to him. Anesthesia is rarely a time of pleasure, but damn, it has never been so painful.
I have scoliosis, and it was not noticed when I joined the USA military. Then, during a training exercise, I fell down a flight of stairs while carrying >100 lbs of gear.
After medical and a discharge, I was at home and I stood up from my couch only to hear a loud crack and suddenly realized that when people see stars they LITERALLY see stars
My lower back felt like someone had jammed a needle between two vertebrae, and I could see pulsating waves of red and blue over my vision. 0/10, do not recommend. Don't join the military 👍
I've been posting a lot of my own OC comments instead of just boosting which I am enjoying. I'm actually on here two or three times a day looking for new posts or blogs to engage with!
Ancestry: Northern European Advantage on Con saves against weather affects and immune to Exhaustion caused by Cold
Background: Dissilusioned Millennial You gain the starting benefit of the last 5 classes you have made progress in, as your inability to decide on a career path has led you to many business ventures which, while failures, have still taught you something.
Class: Mechanical Engineer 1/ Physicist 1/ Teacher 1/Technical Writer 3/Machinist 5 Proficiency in Drafting, Proficiency in Abstract Thought, Proficiency in Patience, Proficiency in 1 additional Language of your choice, Proficiency in Persuasion, Proficiency in 3 sets of tools of your choice, Proficiency in Crafting
Class Features: It's not due until tomorrow You gain a +5 instead of a negative modifier to any check made to write on a subject you haven't prepared for.
Dimensional Metrology You instinctually know when a design you have seen will result in a good part or a bad one.
Operational Parameters When making a crafting check for any tool you are proficient in, you can add double your proficiency bonus.
Emergency Modifications You gain the ability to add a +5 to any crafting check you make, up to a maximum of your INT mod times per day.
Feats: One With Sleep You gain a +3 to any skill you have no positive modifier in after an 8 hour bout of sleep.
In a world where emotions can be physically transferred from one person to another, a black-market dealer discovers a secret emotion that has the power to change the course of humanity.
Another one of my regulars approached, and I did my best to wipe the sense of confusion from my face. I had a reputation as someone hard to swindle or steal from. I couldn't let them think I was weakening.
Graham. He looks worried. I thought
Enough of what he looks like! I viciously thought back at myself. The growing feeling of being able to sense others was beginning to panic me.
"Hey, Mark."
"Hey, Graham."
Flat. Emotionless. I am an AI cornerstore. He will pay the price I ask.
"Got any satisfaction?"
I hadn't. But I thought quickly, smoothly.
"No. But if you're just looking for relief or the feeling of pride after a day, I can work you a deal."
He looked crestfallen. Fuck.
I could give him a bit for free as an apology for disappointing him
Whoa whoa whoa WHOA
Free.
Had I really just thought about GIVING something away??
No. What- I don't even
"-hoping you had something more …"
Graham quickly stumbled to a halt, eyes in my face.
Fuck. What had I let slip?
A small gran played at the edges of Graham's mouth, clearly evidence of a smirk he was suppressing.
I jumped in "I can't give you satisfaction. But I can give you a sample of something else. For, let's say… $5."
A pittance… but hopefully enough to show I wasn't lying completely through my teeth
I lowered my voice to a whisper "it's not something I've actually felt before. Completely new to me."
Graham had to know of the trap I was laying, it was the oldest trick in the sales book. Novelty was worth a king's ransom on its own, and selling for just $5? It had to be addictive so he'd want to buy more. But if one is already an addict and offered more flavors of what they crave?
Graham eyed me carefully before whispering back
"I reserve the right to take back my money if it's not new."
"You can try" I smirked. He was on.
He fidgeted a little while longer before he came to the conclusion they always came to. I was too big, too fit, and too well armed to fleece today.
He pulled out a credbar and swiped it against my jacket, a little trill signaling the transaction.
I smiled. He'd get something new, alright. And I'll be rid of this loathsome woke mind virus horseshit! I thought to myself.
I grabbed his hand in mine and, concentrating, began the transfer.
He initially looked bored. It wasn't until I grabbed his other hand and really pushed that he exclaimed "Hey, what the fuck do you think you're- you're…"
I gasped with effort, trying to push ALL of the feeling out into him. I didn't want it anymore, I wanted to go back, I wanted to go back to where it was comfortable
Graham's eyes were starting to fill with tears.
I'm sorry I thought
With a jolt I realized it it wasn't working and I dumped more into Graham, who was trying to shake out of grip and beginning to bawl loudly
"I don't want- I don't want to feel" he was saying
Tears blurring my vision as I desperately tried to force the feeling of openness, of connection into him because it was too much and too new and I just didn't -
I was crying too.
Graham and I stood toe to toe, screwing up our faces, and we cried
We cried together
I heard a voice saying lowly, through shaky sobs "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I didn't know what to do, I'm sorry"
I realized it was me
Graham just open mouth sobbed.
I knew how he felt. I felt the same way. The sudden and unpleasant feeling of certainty that you, and your entire existence, and everyone you knew, was completely alone. Except suddenly, you weren't.
I let go of Graham's hands and leaned back suddenly against the wall. Exhaustion washed over me and I belatedly realized I still felt like a part of… something. Connected to Graham and the others in a way I couldn't explain.
Graham lay on the ground and coughed between sobs, taking it in.
"I'm sorry" I said to him, which only made him cry more. He looked pathetic on the ground and I just wanted to make him a cup of soup and sit with him, and apologize for what I'd made him go through.
Others apparently agreed about his pathetic form because I just caught a flicker of fabric before Christy was diving towards him.
"Oh, wait, you probably shouldn't-"
I started to reach for her, to stop her, I figured it was probably a bad idea whatever she was doing.
Christy dove for Graham's pockets, and just as she started rifling, Graham turned to her
I don't know what he was thinking. But I have a feeling it was best that I was alone when I first felt so damn empathetic. Graham reached out and grabbed both her hands in his own
And Christy started to tear up too. Even as she was wrenching her hands away and staring at her palms, tears were flowing freely down her face, as she looked up at me.
"We're monsters. We've always been monsters, haven't we?"
The smallness and hesitation on her voice almost broke me. Like a newborn chick just realizing predators exist, that voice alone communicated a sense of hopelessness and despair that most people had never known.
But I had. I had been directly responsible for some of it, too.
Graham and Christy, two people I'd directly sold heartbreak to, who I'd been the source of happiness for, and who I'd tried to swindle out of every dollar they owned, sat in a heap at my feet, and I just wanted to give them some food and tell them it would all be okay
But it won't be okay
The market had quickly emptied after Christy had proven whatever this was had a sort of contagious quality to it.
Graham hiccuped after a while, his eyes emptied of tears, and Christy wiped her own away while asking
"What do we do now that we know?"
We I thought
"I don't know" I answered. Graham looked at me like a child who for all the world thought you knew the answer and couldn't believe you didn't.
"But" I answered, offering my hand to both of them.
They hesitated before reaching out and allowing me to help them to their feet.
"Maybe we can figure it out together?"
Graham looked down at my hand, then around at the walls of the marketplace, settled under the stairs of a mass transit AI line.
"There's so many" he whispered.
Christy looked at her hand, then at Graham's, and finally, at mine. She grabbed Graham's hand too, making a triangle.
Thank you for the kind words! It's true that editing is the better form of writing lol, next time I'll remember that before posting. I'm glad you enjoyed it!
Samsung certainly isn't making any more but you can still find some reputable 3rd party replacements for batteries. iFixit comes in highly recommend here again. Screens are the only thing I'd recommend getting an OEM part for, and luckily Samsung still makes those.
I'm well practiced in the art of lalalalalalalala-I-can't-hear-you (startrek.website)
Any tipps for soon-to-be DM with very little experience
Hi,...
How are you using or hoping to use kbin?
With Twitter and Reddit the way that they are, many people are turning to federated servers as their online home, kbin among them....
What are we watching?
Was glad last weekend to see a few of us get talking last weekend in the One Piece thread. Lemmy is way too dead when it comes to anime and manga talk. So let’s see what we need to be talking about....
Picnic (64.media.tumblr.com)
A post from Pizza Cake Comic
Madison on why she quit Linus Tech Tips. (Content Warning: Sexism, Self Harm , Sexual Assault & Harassment) (threadreaderapp.com)
For Reasons relating to LTT on its coverage of PCGaming and PC Hardware I thought it important to share this here....
What is your favorite cleric spell?
I’m new to playing DnD 5e and I’m looking to find some fun spells I may have overlooked for my level 11 light domain cleric. Throwing out fireballs and summoning spririt weapons is a blast but I want to know what other beloved cleric spells I may be overlooking. So lemmy dnd players what are your favorite spells for our...
How's everyone doing after the hail? Stay safe!
Looking for group to play with
Games are better together, right? I'm new to Destiny 2 and it's my first Bungie game since Halo CE but I'm having a great time! If there are people here who wouldn't mind going on missions with a newb, I'd love to have some new friends to play with....
OC Playing a high level campaign, got hit with a two level reduction. Feels good to be back! I can't wait to delete an enemy cleric.
OC Maple burl and wenge box. (imgur.com)
Maple burl and wenge box with brusso hardware, flocking lining, and Osmo PolyX finish.
OC I'm seeing a lot of "beardy guy with glasses" profile pics, some alarmingly like my own. How many of us are there?
When the little "active users" photos rotate, I begin to feel I'm a cliche, as it seems like solidly 50% of you look the same.
The worst physical pain you've ever experienced ?
For me, this is the injection of anesthesia at my latest consultation at the dentist, it was so painful that i screamed to him. Anesthesia is rarely a time of pleasure, but damn, it has never been so painful.
Is anybody else more active here then they were on Reddit?
When I was on Reddit I felt like my opinion didn’t matter. But here it just feels more open and free.
You are now an RPG character, what does your character sheet say?
And what skills or modifiers do you get?
In a world where emotions can be physically transferred from one person to another, a black-market dealer discovers a secret emotion that has the power to change the course of humanity.
In a world where emotions can be physically transferred from one person to another, a black-market dealer discovers a secret emotion that has the power to change the course of humanity.
What are the best phones with headphone jacks?
At least for the next few years, I am pretty firm on needing a jack on my device....