Ask Lemmy
A Fediverse community for open-ended, thought provoking questions
Rules: (interactive)
1) Be nice and; have fun
Doxxing, trolling, sealioning, racism, and toxicity are not welcomed in AskLemmy. Remember what your mother said: if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. In addition, the site-wide Lemmy.world terms of service also apply here. Please familiarize yourself with them
2) All posts must end with a '?'
This is sort of like Jeopardy. Please phrase all post titles in the form of a proper question ending with ?
3) No spam
Please do not flood the community with nonsense. Actual suspected spammers will be banned on site. No astroturfing.
4) NSFW is okay, within reason
Just remember to tag posts with either a content warning or a [NSFW] tag. Overtly sexual posts are not allowed, please direct them to either !asklemmyafterdark@lemmy.world or !asklemmynsfw@lemmynsfw.com.
NSFW comments should be restricted to posts tagged [NSFW].
5) This is not a support community.
It is not a place for 'how do I?', type questions.
If you have any questions regarding the site itself or would like to report a community, please direct them to Lemmy.world Support or email info@lemmy.world. For other questions check our partnered communities list, or use the search function.
6) No US Politics.
Please don't post about current US Politics. If you need to do this, try !politicaldiscussion@lemmy.world or !askusa@discuss.online
Reminder: The terms of service apply here too.
Partnered Communities:
Logo design credit goes to: tubbadu
view the rest of the comments
the right way to play dungeons and dragons
You can't just drop a bombshell like that without sharing the opinion.
basically 2e style: a fantasy simulator with a lot of gritty mechanics, where the party keeps it mostly serious, and the GM uses historical inspiration to make a culturally and mythologically balanced world that is part sandbox, part scripted, medium magic, and very immersive - a world that is not centered around the players, a world where PC death is a real risk and the players have to actually be engaged to survive.
like, serious D&D shit.
Never to play, at all?
walk away, casual observer. you do not want to climb the slope to this grognard's mighty bastions. surely, you will be defeated.
No, that's global thermonuclear war.
I walked in on a session (might be D&D) at a bar where they spent about two hours talking about their characters backgrounds. Not a dice or figurine in sight. I think they did one skill check. But most of it was just party members talking to each other and the DM.
Yeah not for me.
yeah, i'm not into the theater kids style of D&D either, but i do like immersive RP balanced with combat and problem solving.
That's objectively the right way to role-play, but D&D isn't the right system to do it.
Or that there are other RPG games outside of D&D and Pathfinder, games that are so much better.
AD&D 1st Edition Forever!