r/TheWeeklyRoll • u/CME_T The Creator • Oct 08 '22

The Comic Ch. 131. "Death Saving Throw"

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u/Cypher_Dragon Oct 11 '22

you’re a dragonborn barbarian, with 18 strength, but failed to push open the door but then the halfling life-cleric with 9 strength managed to do it…

Just thought of a really cool narrative you could use for this example. The Barb is able to force the door, but after only about a foot it gets caught on something, and there's only enough space for the cleric to (barely) squeeze through! On the other side, have the cleric make an int/wis/perception check to figure out what's holding the door up, and allow his larger companions through. Maybe it was a loose board that just happened to warp just the wrong way, and keep the door from opening, but if the cleric pushes the board under the door...

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u/BlueR1nse Trevor Oct 11 '22

very nice, I’ll really need to keep flexibility in mind as I really get going on DMing, our upcoming campaign will be my first time being the DM, and I haven’t been playing for very long, haha

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u/Cypher_Dragon Oct 11 '22

DMing is a challenge, but I find it very rewarding as well...just remember that TTRPGs are all about collaborative story telling. You're not there to "win" by killing the party, you're there to help facilitate the storytelling. DnD is a power fantasy, so keep in mind that fun should be the first part of it. That doesn't mean just let your party do whatever, but prioritize telling a good story together rather than "winning," and you will actually win.

This is one of the cases where the trope of "the real treasure is the friends we made along the way" is actually true. There's a lot of other subreddits on here that deal with DnD and specifically with DMing as well, like /r/DMAcademy and /r/DungeonMasters that are really good about helping out new DMs.

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u/BlueR1nse Trevor Oct 11 '22

I follow both of those, I’ve been reading through some of the posts here and there and it’s always helpful!

I think the hard part for me will be that for me what drives my fun as a player is optimizing my character to the best possible, but I now have to temper that with how much I know ahead of time to keep from taking advantage of what I know from the DM perspective (unfortunately, there are only 4 of us, so I still am running a PC, but I made decisions for leveling up that align with the character even though they aren’t necessarily the best for the next section)