LF nerds for D&D 5th edition

Tailor the method to the audience.

The way DDD is doing it now works very well with this group.

 

Encyclopedia-style: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Wy40v_jIbhaU9xidLKF4zvrFV5UXvDqsFc0uYP4nOiU/edit?usp=sharing

 

Isn't that just...info dumping? It's not exactly the most useful thing to people that way though, is it?

 

"Info dumping" is a simplification. This form is not the only level of detail the players ever get. That'd be retarded.

I'm not trying to write a storybook; I'm setting up the big picture of a world. Small details get made as I need them. I like to give my players a holistic view and let them decide where to go.

It would be impossible to make every small town, government, or guild on a continental scale before a game began. It's also a huge waste of time. Rather, I try to involve my players in the world and let their interests guide them. Veteran players hate being led by their noses - after all, they probably have character concepts and want to roleplay or build something. A world that expands from a single town solely as the DM needs it to leaves the players with nothing to explore. Your players are people, and they want to feel in control.

This system allows for more player controls while making my workload manageable.

 

Veteran players, you say?

Also. Dude. C'mon. DDD has never even played as a player character before and it is his first time DM'ing.

Right now people are just happy to play. And it's better in a more confined area because the boundaries mean no one's just running off in one direction and leaving everyone else behind. DDD is growing the area quite organically and after shoring up the first quest more options are shooting off quite quickly.

His method is working with this audience. Sure your method works, but to a relatively newbie mix like this it's more confusing than it's worth. It'd mire us in details.

And no offence, but is it supposed to be...kind of...not engaging? Maybe that's just my brain, though. I don't know.

 

You guys don't have to misrepresent what I say. I was speaking from my own experience with my players, not saying what I do would magically work here, especially with the digital format.

 

..uh, sorry. I guess we thought you were writing something logical, since it's pretty illogical to say you prefer something else to what was done, even though you know it's not really viable in the situation.

Also it doesn't really help when you blatantly ignore other posters, then we're forced to continue with the same assumptions.

Just so I know, are you saying you like to build the world and place factions before you start, so people can choose between them? Or are you saying you just like the world in place before you start? Or something else?

 

1) I'm talking about when I DM, which is not now. It would be kinda dumb to think that when I talk about what I do when I DM, it means I think what DDD does is bullshit. When I said what I prefer, it is what I prefer to run.

2) I don't see any posts relevant to what I said that I "blatantly ignored". I never disparaged what DDD is doing. People explaining what DDD does does not have anything to do with me pointing out that you're strawmanning.

3) Yes I like having the world in place, because then my players can have back-stories and stuff built into the world, and they have expectations of what is to come. I don't necessarily want them to pick sides with factions, but they can and that's up to them.

 

Give me a hour heads up.

 

I won't really know until beforehand but...I might be :p

 

At that time and date I certainly can't. Best of luck, though.

 

Sounds good to me :D