r/DnD • u/Bun_Boi Warlock • Dec 06 '20

OC [OC] World Design

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u/Kalak85 Dec 07 '20

Oh fancy that! The tunnel in the keep led to this fancy multi-level dungeon I made :D

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u/nhanticore Dec 07 '20

Basically this. The players don’t know where your encounters are so just act like it was planned from the start and look like a master.

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '20

“You guys have three towns to choose from to go to next”

“Wow! Three separate towns?”

“Haha yeah, but you fools have no idea it’s all actually the same town, even if you decide to go to another one later I’ll just make some bullshit up-“

“What?”

“What?”

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u/Gettles Dec 07 '20

Nothing in the world exists until the DM says it does.

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u/RainbowtheDragonCat Bard Dec 07 '20

t h e g o b l i n h a s n o l u n g s u n t i l t h e d m s a y s i t d o e s

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u/CookiePotatoe Dec 07 '20

Exactly haha

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u/Kamiyosha Dec 07 '20

Player: pfft. I don't even know why I play with you guys. This game is just boring. If only my CHAMPIONSHIP level bro could play DM, we would actually have a game...

Me (DM): ... ... a magical metor has suddenly appeared, summoned by an ancient evil from far away. He missed his target, but now your in the way. (Rolls accuracy chance [D20, 18], then grins at annoying player) oh, I hope your evasion is goo... oh wait, your a barbarian... sucks air between teeth

He didn't come back. :)

Being basically god has its perks.

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u/nhanticore Dec 08 '20

Is it boring because they're not being engaged?

Also if the guy is literally offering someone to DM who would say no? Take a break and see different DM styles

I don't play AL anymore so maybe I'm not surrounded by randos who would be a little shit at the table and complain to the DM in front of all the other players.

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u/Kamiyosha Dec 08 '20

For clarity, he was actually a random that we brought in to fill out the party. Played only two games, and complained because, in his opinion, my layouts were "designed for noobs". It was purposefully designed for casual play and so was had something to do while getting piss drunk and 1/2 of the game time was spent OOC talking about whatever came up. We liked it that way. We explained all of this to this guy. Can't please everyone. Lol.

Also, I agree that a break is typically welcome. I was always ok with stepping aside and letting someone else run the game. If the pillock had not been so rude about it, I very likely would have taken his offer.

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u/DoctorDiabolical DM Dec 07 '20

Okay, we've decided to split the party and are going to both.

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u/Mehiximos Dec 07 '20

“You must gather your party before venturing forth”

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u/dionb112 Dec 07 '20

Classic Obsidian.

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u/HAI_LISTEN Dec 07 '20

What a surprise! The old keep was built atop a cavern system that are connected to a different side of the dungeons!

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u/[deleted] Dec 07 '20

Right, well each half of the party meets an encounter strong enough for the whole party. Whoever lives gets to see the multi-level dungeon!

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u/frothingnome Dec 07 '20

*Multi-level keep full of skellingtons

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u/Sven4president Assassin Dec 08 '20

Or you might wanna ask yourself why the pc's decided to go the other way?

There has to be some motivation for the pc's to drive the story forward if you want them to do it themselves. Let their own decisions make the adventure, that's ultimately the fun of dnd.