Gregory's ServerDungeons and Dragons is a role-playing game that lets you live out such fantasies as:
• Having money
• Making close friends as an adult
• Travelling the world without crippling debt
• Being able to change the world
• Getting better at something with practice
• Getting 8 hours of sleep each night
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@OgieOgilthorpe @dgar not even that. An 8-hr Long rest assumes each character gets 6 hours sleep with a 2 hour watch somewhere in there.      That's a good word for it. The ones who needed the most practice were the ones who showed up the least.   @LoganFive @michaelgemar @dgar I once played a cleric who was charging the other players for each healing spell. He was not loved. @Em0nM4stodon @LoganFive @michaelgemar @dgar I would have had the group throw the character off a cliff with the words "cure that one for free". @blogscot @LoganFive @Em0nM4stodon @michaelgemar @blogscot @LoganFive @michaelgemar @dgar Hahahaha! It was only a matter of time until that happen honestly 😂 @Em0nM4stodon @LoganFive @michaelgemar @dgar I have a guild mate who has a (hefty) PPR (pay-per-rezz) fee for everyone but the tank... @skro  @Em0nM4stodon @LoganFive @michaelgemar @dgar   @Em0nM4stodon @LoganFive @michaelgemar @dgar As game master, I gave the party an NPC cleric as nobody wanted to play the healer. He had them sign a magical contract, that the players didn't realize could let him undo his healing if they didn't pay him. He took wounds off them, put them on himself, then inflicted them as an attack on others to heal himself. That was a fun NPC. @pseudonym @LoganFive @michaelgemar @dgar Hahahaha that is highly malicious 😅 @Em0nM4stodon @LoganFive @michaelgemar @dgar Glad you approve. :-) I even wrote it out as a real prop and had the players sign it. The verbiage I came up with sounded like "you'll agree to pay for services rendered with an equal share of party split" or something like that, with the caveat of "cessation of services rendered" (past tense) or something that if they broke the contract. I think I made the god one of healing and death, as healing always seemed way closer to necromancy. #ttrpg @pseudonym @LoganFive @michaelgemar @dgar Hahaha this is awesome. A good lesson on being mindful of what contract one signs... I love it 😁 @Em0nM4stodon @LoganFive @michaelgemar @dgar Aww, thanks. I love sharing #ttrpg stories. I ran a con panel many years ago called "So there I was..." Where I started it off sharing a few stories like this, and the old Usenet lore of the "Gazebo" and "Head of Vecna" tales, and then had the audience contribute their own stories. It was a blast. @Em0nM4stodon @LoganFive @michaelgemar @dgar One of the most difficult ones to run was a space game. I started with the crew and sentient ship mind-wiped for the last few days, with a pile of money in the galley and a recorded message from the characters earlier selves saying they had taken a job, been paid well, and agreed to the mind wipe. Take the money and go. Of course they didn't. I ran flash backs in media res. Fun letting them figure out what they did. Wow that is a fantastic intro haha! Pretty convenient for a DM as well hehe 😏 Convenient?? Hardly the word I'd use. I let the players role play the flash backs, when the players didn't yet know what happened, so had to tread carefully with plot armor to make the pieces I had revealed still valid. Bandages with blood and an injured character at the start, I've got to get them into a non fatal fight in one of the flash backs. Best mysterious clue was unknown initials on the high score of the "game pack" the Android PC had installed inside its memory. @pseudonym @Em0nM4stodon @LoganFive @dgar I like the notion that healing and wounding are two sides of the same coin. What system was this? @michaelgemar @pseudonym @LoganFive @dgar This works in D&D with Positive and Negative energy. @Em0nM4stodon @michaelgemar @LoganFive @dgar Yup. That was the build. He was true neutral, following a god that key him channel both @pseudonym @michaelgemar @LoganFive @dgar See. I've never trusted True Neutrals, now you are confirming my bias ;) Haha super fun game idea though 😄 @michaelgemar @Em0nM4stodon @LoganFive @dgar Yeah, was probably d&d 3. Maybe 3.5 Was many years ago. A bit of GM fiat may have been involved.  @Em0nM4stodon @LoganFive @michaelgemar @dgar that's a character in an anime i watched lmao  @dgar I've done all of those things by just applying myself in this incredibly rich world full of opportunity at every turn.   @dgar   @dgar the last one hit hard. Not to mention slaughtering vast numbers of goblins, orcs, golems, and other humanoid monsters, along with the odd evil sorcerer, demigod, or mythical creature @dgar @phil_stevens taking violent retribution on the person who wronged you and getting away with it.  @toa5t @dgar @phil_stevens unless your dm is into complicated world building and punishes violence; encouraging diplomacy and cooperation instead. They exist…  @dgar now the question is, is it a ploy by rich people to get everyone else to flee into the fantasy world.  @dgar should be wrapped with “The game according to the imagine reality only. Don’t try it for you and your job safety” 😅 @dgar • I have no money  @dgar The only reason I can't do magic is that I haven't had a long rest in over 30 years  It also prepares us for a feudal future and the death of capitalism. Plus, many gods, all potential enemies. And all your nightmares are actually daydreams.  @dgar A boss that gives you vague and misleading assignments that are much harder than described, A large number of folk that will do whatever they can to interfere with the completion of your tasks.  @dgar@aus.social One thing you should take away from D&D is that you can not use all your abilities if you don't get a full rest. This is true in the real world too.   @dgar I recently read Graeber's DEBT: THE FIRST FIVE THOUSAND YEARS and now honestly, ever since, the most fantastical idea in all of D&D is that everything is done cash-settled using minted coins. @dgar @martinisoft don’t forget being able to make a good living as a freelancer  Always being a Bard and attempting to seduce everything and everyone you meet on your journey. @dgar waking up from a nap to summon the largest aquatic creature in existence inside a dry cave so you and your whole party could get away from an insurmountable conflict unscathed.   @dgar also being able to heal your body bc there aren’t things like autoimmune disorders and long covid. @dgar you win the internet. This is single handedly the best observation you have ever written. Favorited, boosted, bookmarked, and now I have come back to comment on it. Instead of struggling to have an acceptable life, I am just going to start role playing one, because gaming is something I know I am good at. @Urban_Hermit   @dgar I've said elsewhere that one of its main wish-fulfilment elements for its players is that you can make Charisma your dump stat without suffering any significant consequences   |
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That last one only applies for long resting. Short rest (unless you’re an elf) requires you to roll hit dice to gain back HP.
I have no idea of why I found this important to point out.
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