There may or may not be a method to this madness.

DM when the players actually roll well and their plans succeed:

thedicepaladin:

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burningbren:

i will forever love the fact they make fun of how many die liam has on his tray like

jesus.

That’s just what you need for spell damage! That’s PERFECTLY REASONABLE. 

(via kimabutch)

the-dm-experience:

beingatoaster:

thuumwrestler:

cniska:

Imagine a d&d game but everyone talks like golf announcers and you all just soft clap when someone rolls a 20

“great swing from the barbarian, absolutely beautiful”

#“and i do believe - yes. that will be enough damage from the rogue’s sneak attack to kill the dragon.” #“vaeren the black has pulled ahead in the killshot tally for this campaign in a stupendous way. well done.” #“although his overall damage is still behind szanaks the sorcerer” #“true. that’s very true. it’s hard to compete with szanaks’s gratuitous use of area-effect spells.”

“Look at that pure concentration on the monk’s face as he prepares his carefully placed punches. He knows it’s now or never… He has just rolled the most natural of 20s, but it is not over yet. The only question that remains:

How does he want to do this?”

@alisterscriven @kemendraugh

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val-ritz:

I don’t feel bad about my DMing skills compared to Matt Mercer’s and Critical Role in general because Critical Role is a fucking unicorn. It is the Olympics of TRPG entertainment.

Look, if I play TRPGs for 30 years, THEN get a group of actual legitimate actors together to play with, THEN play for two years before streaming it to build genuine trust, AND THEN run a full-length story-rich campaign TO CONCLUSION

ONLY THEN am I allowed to measure my gaming experience to Critical Role. There is a trust there that doesn’t happen immediately, and it touches all aspects of the game. It’s that trust that lets you throw yourself into describing your secondary world earnestly and without reservation. It’s that trust that lets you play your character without thought for looking stupid or being judged. It’s that trust that kills the impulse to sputter or stammer or say the words ‘or whatever’ every time you try to talk about serious in-world matters. The cast have that trust in each other. They are willing, not just to sit by and let other people play the game, but to actively give them gifts that make their play richer and more fulfilling.

It’s like Elvin Jones said. You gotta be willing to die with the motherfucker.

I’m not there yet. But I will be.

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Anonymous asked: Why do i want to eat the dice

dice-flavor:

battlecrazed-axe-mage:

Somewhere deep in your psyche, there is a primate going oh my fuck that is the most beautifully ripe fruit I have ever seen, look the skin is translucent and glistening and the color is so deep and thus full of life-sustaining sugars and nutrients, I am gonna eat the fuck out of that and I dare god or man to try and stop me

Slightly less deep, there is also a small child also going oh my fuck it’s a bag of brightly-colored and shiny delicious candy I am going to put ALL of it in my mouth right now and I dare Mom or Dad to try and stop me

Basically it’s a wonder all of us haven’t choked to death yet

dice flavor: yeah

redtallin:

Oh hey, it’s more tieflings…but I’m gonna be in the Tiefling Zine (have a look on Twitter!) so that’s awesome!!

(via criticalrolo)

viridiandnd:

Dungeon Master Mood Board

*cue wii shop music*

@alisterscriven

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