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2020/12/10 15:43:55
Subject: Dungeons And Dakkas! The Dakka DnD Thread!
warboss wrote: How many hours of play have they had that they're still level 1 after a few weeks?
Not that long because we've only been managing a couple of hours play time on a sunday. It's maybe 6-7 hours play time at this point so I'm going to level them up in the next session
That's reasonable. I figured I'd ask as the Adventure League rules recommend leveling up from 1 to 2 after 8 hours of play. Obviously, it's just a recommendation but it seemed reasonable.
2020/12/11 10:12:01
Subject: Dungeons And Dakkas! The Dakka DnD Thread!
I've been pining for D&D for the last 6 months, can't get a group together because lurgy and can't do online because I live in the middle of nowhere with a terrible internet connection!
I have instead been scratching the itch by making my own world ready for my first go DMing, it's growing somewhere beyond control...
12,300 points of Orks
9th W/D/L with Orks, 4/0/2
I am Thoruk, the Barbarian, Slayer of Ducks, and This is my blog!
some bloke wrote: I've been pining for D&D for the last 6 months, can't get a group together because lurgy and can't do online because I live in the middle of nowhere with a terrible internet connection!
I have instead been scratching the itch by making my own world ready for my first go DMing, it's growing somewhere beyond control...
Congratz on your first go at DMing (or prepping to). If you want any pointers for DMing or world building just let us know. I am sure everyone would be glad to give advice.
These are my opinions. This is how I feel. Others may feel differently. This needs to be stated for some reason.
2020/12/11 17:16:29
Subject: Dungeons And Dakkas! The Dakka DnD Thread!
Olthannon wrote: I'd like a way to produce sound effects that every player can hear straight away, roll20 appears to have a music function but I cannot get it to work for the life of me, any ideas?
I play in a game using Roll 20 and Discord, and the GM uses a discord bot called Groovybot to play sound effects (eg an hour long loop of snowstorm sounds - we're up in the Sea of Moving Ice in FR) or dramatically appropriate music from Youtube.
2020/12/11 17:17:18
Subject: Dungeons And Dakkas! The Dakka DnD Thread!
Discord is indeed the answer. There's Groovybot but there's also a host of soundboard apps and bots you can link into a discord server. I have a DM and fellow players who use them to do 'epic narrator voice' and or to give themselves lower/higher pitches to better reflect the character their playing.
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some bloke wrote: I've been pining for D&D for the last 6 months, can't get a group together because lurgy and can't do online because I live in the middle of nowhere with a terrible internet connection!
I have instead been scratching the itch by making my own world ready for my first go DMing, it's growing somewhere beyond control...
How terrible out of curiosity? Dial up? You don't generally need much bandwith to operate a virtual table via discord and/or the other programs as long as you're just doing audio. As long as you can stream youtube at some sort of viable resolution 360p+ then you should be ok.
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2020/12/11 17:58:02
Subject: Dungeons And Dakkas! The Dakka DnD Thread!
Olthannon wrote: I'd like a way to produce sound effects that every player can hear straight away, roll20 appears to have a music function but I cannot get it to work for the life of me, any ideas?
I play in a game using Roll 20 and Discord, and the GM uses a discord bot called Groovybot to play sound effects (eg an hour long loop of snowstorm sounds - we're up in the Sea of Moving Ice in FR) or dramatically appropriate music from Youtube.
That's excellent cheers to you and LordofHats! Is it already on discord or do you download it separately?
Da Boss wrote: Yeah. It is somewhat important to reskin things to keep the unknown as part of what is going on.
Just wanted to comment on this as I (engaged in my first ever D&D campaign) have found this to be very true. I'd never played D&D, but I read the books as a kid, was tangentially versed in the lore, etc. I kind of figured I knew what I was getting into
However our DM is not dropping us into a traditional D&D setting or -I think- any of the current settings. I'm not totally sure, but -even though it's got many elements of classic fantasy- I think we already discovered a spaceship and possibly met some individuals who fight demons across various planets. I've deliberately not looked into Spelljammer just in case that's what he's drawing from but suffice to say it's fantastic to be surprised. Even the players who have experience in D&D seem to not know what's coming.
The module Expedition to the Barrier Peaks involved a crashed space ship, and the OD&D supplement Blackmoor had an 'adventure' --Temple of the Frog -- in it with space/dimension travellers. Sounds like the DM is very much going with the traditional D&D setting. Gonzo D&D.
2020/12/14 10:45:00
Subject: Dungeons And Dakkas! The Dakka DnD Thread!
some bloke wrote: I've been pining for D&D for the last 6 months, can't get a group together because lurgy and can't do online because I live in the middle of nowhere with a terrible internet connection!
I have instead been scratching the itch by making my own world ready for my first go DMing, it's growing somewhere beyond control...
How terrible out of curiosity? Dial up? You don't generally need much bandwith to operate a virtual table via discord and/or the other programs as long as you're just doing audio. As long as you can stream youtube at some sort of viable resolution 360p+ then you should be ok.
oh it's quick enough, for a few moments, then it turns off, then it's back on, then it's reconnecting...makes for very frustrating audio where I'm constantly asking for people to repeat themselves..
12,300 points of Orks
9th W/D/L with Orks, 4/0/2
I am Thoruk, the Barbarian, Slayer of Ducks, and This is my blog!
some bloke wrote: I've been pining for D&D for the last 6 months, can't get a group together because lurgy and can't do online because I live in the middle of nowhere with a terrible internet connection!
I have instead been scratching the itch by making my own world ready for my first go DMing, it's growing somewhere beyond control...
Maybe try message board games? There are sites like rpol.net designed for it, or places like ENWorld or Giant in the Playground have dedicated forums for recruiting for and playing RPG's via message boards.
"The 75mm gun is firing. The 37mm gun is firing, but is traversed round the wrong way. The Browning is jammed. I am saying "Driver, advance." and the driver, who can't hear me, is reversing. And as I look over the top of the turret and see twelve enemy tanks fifty yards away, someone hands me a cheese sandwich."
2020/12/16 00:07:47
Subject: Dungeons And Dakkas! The Dakka DnD Thread!
oh it's quick enough, for a few moments, then it turns off, then it's back on, then it's reconnecting...makes for very frustrating audio where I'm constantly asking for people to repeat themselves..
Yeah, that sucks. I don't have a quick fix for that unfortunately. :(
What programs does your group use? Is it possible to use the audio via a cellphone app over 3G-5G wireless while the computer uses your normal connection for the other stuff that isn't latency dependent? Unless your primary internet is cell based...
2020/12/16 17:27:04
Subject: Dungeons And Dakkas! The Dakka DnD Thread!
oh it's quick enough, for a few moments, then it turns off, then it's back on, then it's reconnecting...makes for very frustrating audio where I'm constantly asking for people to repeat themselves..
Yeah, that sucks. I don't have a quick fix for that unfortunately. :(
What programs does your group use? Is it possible to use the audio via a cellphone app over 3G-5G wireless while the computer uses your normal connection for the other stuff that isn't latency dependent? Unless your primary internet is cell based...
regrettably my phone has no signal at home!
have had engineers on the line recently though, so I may be trying out an online game! fingers crossed!
12,300 points of Orks
9th W/D/L with Orks, 4/0/2
I am Thoruk, the Barbarian, Slayer of Ducks, and This is my blog!
Back in early 3rd edition, there was a crude short (maybe 2-3 minutes) web cartoon (probably flash cartoon since it was years before youtube) about an RPG (I think D&D) session using various hand drawn characters mixed in with blocky polygonal PS1 or 2 era video game characters playing a tabletop game. I've been unsuccessful in trying to find it now decades later so figured I'd ask. I don't remember many details other than maybe some jokes about sneak attacking and one of the characters (a video game model) going to the kitchen shouting about not finding something in the fridge (mountain dew?). Does anyone remember this or have an idea of where to find it?
2020/12/19 01:42:17
Subject: Re:Dungeons And Dakkas! The Dakka DnD Thread!
edit: Lol, apparently it was magic missile against the darkness but at least I got the mountain dew part right! I have to admit that I don't find it as funny as I did before but it's still enjoyable. It was one of my favorite old school D&D webtoons along with this one that WOTC did in the roll up to 4e. I love the gnome!
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2020/12/19 01:48:18
Subject: Dungeons And Dakkas! The Dakka DnD Thread!
warboss wrote: That's the one! Thanks! Was it hard to find?
Hah! I have it on speed dial. I just remembered it was the Dead Ale Wives skit. There were at least two of them. Full audio:
First:
Second:
Also really enjoyed this one by Knights of the Dinner Table:
Automatically Appended Next Post: As I think about it, I wonder if anyone else on the planet is still running AD&D 2.0 with Skills and Powers / Spells and Magic (sometimes called 2.5). I suppose I mostly run it because I have all the books from 1st through 2.5, and my associates and I weren't about to pitch it all for the 3.0 reboot. I'm going to guess a poll would turn out mostly 5e with a bit of 1st or 1-offs like Dungeon Crawl Classics etc. for the old school flavor.
Anyone here run anything other than 5 or 1?
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2020/12/19 14:13:25
Subject: Dungeons And Dakkas! The Dakka DnD Thread!
warboss wrote: That's the one! Thanks! Was it hard to find?
edit: Lol, apparently it was magic missile against the darkness but at least I got the mountain dew part right! I have to admit that I don't find it as funny as I did before but it's still enjoyable. It was one of my favorite old school D&D webtoons along with this one that WOTC did in the roll up to 4e. I love the gnome!
I'm twitching a bit at that being called 'old school.'
But that video is fun, simply because it _really_ kicked off the edition war. The nerd rage was real, and WotC was really starting to double down on the idea that anyone who liked D&D was going to have to adjust to the new reality or get out.
Then they started scrambling as the sales data starting showing a lot of their customers were going for 'option B'
Efficiency is the highest virtue.
2020/12/20 20:28:57
Subject: Dungeons And Dakkas! The Dakka DnD Thread!
Red Harvest wrote: The module Expedition to the Barrier Peaks involved a crashed space ship, and the OD&D supplement Blackmoor had an 'adventure' --Temple of the Frog -- in it with space/dimension travellers. Sounds like the DM is very much going with the traditional D&D setting. Gonzo D&D.
Original/Gonzo D&D would definitely fit his interests as they have been revealed through our years of miniature wargaming. This is the guy who has put together SBH warbands like Tharks or Mushroom men.
Just shows my lack of D&D knowledge that I assumed it was mostly homebrew.
Da Boss wrote: Yeah. It is somewhat important to reskin things to keep the unknown as part of what is going on.
Just wanted to comment on this as I (engaged in my first ever D&D campaign) have found this to be very true. I'd never played D&D, but I read the books as a kid, was tangentially versed in the lore, etc. I kind of figured I knew what I was getting into
However our DM is not dropping us into a traditional D&D setting or -I think- any of the current settings. I'm not totally sure, but -even though it's got many elements of classic fantasy- I think we already discovered a spaceship and possibly met some individuals who fight demons across various planets. I've deliberately not looked into Spelljammer just in case that's what he's drawing from but suffice to say it's fantastic to be surprised. Even the players who have experience in D&D seem to not know what's coming.
The bolded part can be the point. So many of the old school modules and settings are so well known now, that a DM may want to change it up to keep it from being too predictable. I'm running a post "Thundarr the Barbarian" type campaign, where the battle to overthrow the techno wizards that enslave humanity is long over, and things have settled down into something that seems like normal D&D on the surface, but deep in forgotten places, horrors of superscience and sorcery still lurk. For Barrier Peaks I converted all the weapons and power armor into 40k type equipment (chain swords, bolters) so we could use the 40k minis
So far they are digging it.
2020/12/20 21:53:38
Subject: Dungeons And Dakkas! The Dakka DnD Thread!
I'm twitching a bit at that being called 'old school.'
In regards to video content, I'd argue that it is on the trailing end of "old school" as is everything youtube. In regards to web content in general, definitely not. My first web browser was text based on a VAX system and I've used graphical browsers since netscape was in beta (iirc verson 0.9) so admittedly there is older content but video pickings were slim in the days of pre-youtube.
2020/12/21 04:02:44
Subject: Dungeons And Dakkas! The Dakka DnD Thread!
I'm twitching a bit at that being called 'old school.'
In regards to video content, I'd argue that it is on the trailing end of "old school" as is everything youtube. In regards to web content in general, definitely not. My first web browser was text based on a VAX system and I've used graphical browsers since netscape was in beta (iirc verson 0.9) so admittedly there is older content but video pickings were slim in the days of pre-youtube.
Not following you on that? If Youtube were a person, it wouldn't even be old enough to drink or vote. 'Old school' is generational.
Now if you were talking about some sort of image for 2nd edition off an early gen FTP site, I might agree.
But the lol videos for fourth edition a bit over a decade back... nope.
Efficiency is the highest virtue.
2020/12/21 16:20:38
Subject: Dungeons And Dakkas! The Dakka DnD Thread!
Not following you on that? If Youtube were a person, it wouldn't even be old enough to drink or vote. 'Old school' is generational.
Now if you were talking about some sort of image for 2nd edition off an early gen FTP site, I might agree.
But the lol videos for fourth edition a bit over a decade back... nope.
It's not about the age necessarily but about the effect. Prior to youtube, videos had to be hosted on individual websites and sucked up valuable paid for bandwith like crazy. Did I watch videos in the 1990's and early 2000's on the internet? Yes, I did even in my dialup days but it was a pain in the ass to download or stream the 240p six part Cops Star Wars fan film in 30-60 second chunks. Youtube's introduction was a sea change in terms of the availability/proliferation of internet video (including its proliferation off of PCs) onto other media capable devices like TVs, consoles, and smart phones. For example, the D&D video I referenced was available on WOTC's website and typically only there due to bandwith limitations for the average web user/host. If you hosted it elsewhere, you either paid big bucks that were largely wasted on your site or you used up your monthly bandwith allowance in days or weeks on free sites. The average person (the filfthy casual internet browser) isn't aware of let alone proficient in FTP use so that really was the only source until youtube (and the subsequent other video sharing sites that came up since). So, in terms of internet video, broadly speaking there is before youtube and after. Hence "old school".
2020/12/22 16:26:02
Subject: Re:Dungeons And Dakkas! The Dakka DnD Thread!
Hello everyone! I have made a riddle for my campaign, and I'd like to get a feel for whether it's too cryptic or too easy. The riddle opens a door which is bonus to the plot, so it can be abandoned and the story will still progress. Can you guys have a go at cracking it and let me know how you found it?
DM Spiel:
After making your way through the cave, you find a side chamber which appears to be a washroom. there is a small stone basin into which a trickle of water flows, and on one wall is a circular carved stone door which features an upside down, hollow goblet held by an upside down dwarf on its surface. To either side of the door are lit torches in sconces. The floor is flat, rough stone slabs and the ceiling arches up with brick arches at either end, with the curved plaster ceiling being 10ft high. Above the door is carved the words:
"One change of mates would be reversed
the last of teams should come in first
to fill my cup and quench my thirst."
The door doesn't move if forced.
Please put your responses to this riddle in a spoiler so that others can have a go! And if you saw my thread on makign the riddle on dndbeyond, no cheating!
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12,300 points of Orks
9th W/D/L with Orks, 4/0/2
I am Thoruk, the Barbarian, Slayer of Ducks, and This is my blog!
warboss wrote: That's the one! Thanks! Was it hard to find?
edit: Lol, apparently it was magic missile against the darkness but at least I got the mountain dew part right! I have to admit that I don't find it as funny as I did before but it's still enjoyable. It was one of my favorite old school D&D webtoons along with this one that WOTC did in the roll up to 4e. I love the gnome!
That mouth, those twitching eyes... that's animated by the Brackenwood guy!
