r/DungeonsAndDragons • u/xalchs • Aug 09 '23
Discussion r/DungeonsandDragons: New Updates and Guidelines
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r/DungeonsAndDragons • u/Axel_True-chord • Oct 16 '24
Suggestion How to get started in D&D
Hey welcome to the club.
Here's a "Quick start" guide to Dungeon's and Dragons (D&D). There's a good chance you know some of what it contains but there's some handy tips for DM's and players at the bottom.
I will also include links to a few Beginner friendly "free" adventures at the bottom. I hope this helps.
Getting Started with Dungeons & Dragons (D&D): Quickstart guide.
- Basic Concept: Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) is a cooperative tabletop role-playing and story telling game where you create a character, go on adventures, and tell a story together with others. One person is the Dungeon Master (DM), who guides the story and controls the world, while the others play as characters (heroes) in that world.
- What You Need to Start:
Players: Typically, 3-6 people, including one DM.
Rulebooks: The main guide is the Player's Handbook, which explains how to create characters, rules for gameplay, and spells.
Alternative: If you don’t want to buy a book, the free Basic Rules (available on the D&D website) cover essential rules and character options.
Character Sheet: This is where you record your character’s abilities, skills, equipment, and more. You can print these or use online tools like D&D Beyond to manage your character.
Dice: You'll need a set of polyhedral dice (7 dice: d20, d12, d10, d8, d6, d4).
Alternative: Dice-rolling apps or websites are available if you don’t have physical dice.
Dungeon Master Guide & Monster Manual (Optional): The DM can use these to create adventures and encounters, but pre-made adventures like The Lost Mine of Phandelver make it easier to start.
Alternative: Pre-written adventures or simplified DM guides can be found online, making it easier for new DMs to jump in. These can be found tailored to a large variety of group sizes including 1 player.
Also if you need to find a group you can always try the "Looking for group" subreddits.
Or
(I will link a selection of starter adventures at the bottom)
- How to Play:
Character Creation: Each player creates a character by choosing a race (like elf, human) and class (like fighter, wizard). They roll dice to determine their abilities and pick skills, spells, and equipment.
Storytelling: The DM sets the scene, describes the world, and presents challenges. Players describe what their characters do, and dice rolls determine whether actions succeed or fail.
Combat: When fighting monsters or enemies, players take turns rolling dice to attack, defend, and use abilities.
- Alternatives to Equipment:
Online Play: Platforms like Roll20 or Foundry VTT let you play D&D with virtual maps, character sheets, and dice.
Pre-made Characters: Many beginner guides include pre-made character sheets if creating one seems complex. You can also find a wealth of these created by the community online for free.
- Mindset: D&D is all about creativity, teamwork, and storytelling. There’s no “winning”—it’s about having fun and shaping an epic adventure together.
(DM) Side notes/ tips:
- Make sure you do a session zero with your players where they can express what they are looking to explore in DND.. eg heavier combat or roleplay ECT.
- Have a cheat sheet of names for npc's
- Keep some clear bullet point notes of your session plan to help you track and follow your plans.
- Take breaks, it gives everyone a chance to gather your selves and to take any notes or updates and write them down whilst taking a breather.
- Mini list of items and their retail values is a good idea incase they hit a store or trader. It saves you pulling the inventory and prices out of the air or searching the DMG.
- A small map for you so when they travel you can describe, relate and track their location easily.
- Keep things simple. Don't try to wow with quantity, but with quality instead.
And remember you can take as much time as you need to make a decision or look up something you many need. Don't forget the rule of cool. Your the DM so remember to aim to have fun and don't worry .
Player side notes/ tips:
- Read all spells (and possibly their effects) out loud at the table so you and everyone understands what you are doing.
- Melee classes are generally easier to start off and have alot less reading involved.
- When it comes to roleplaying, listen well and then react try to remember not every player will be as forward to speak so help eachother.
- Don’t play a loner. You are going with a party for a reason. Loners struggle to forge relationships in game and tend to find more than a few issues within a party.
- Remember your action economy. Attack, Move, Bonus, and free. Here’s the general breakdown:
-Attack : hit with a sword, arrow or spell.
-Move : to move your character in or out of combat ranges on the battlefield.
-Bonus : only some actions can be a "bonus action", so definitely pay attention to what can be used. Drinking a potion for example, or some cantrip spells. You can always clarify with your DM before attempting any of these.
-Free : talking or picking up a dropped item are usually free actions but it's up to the DMs discretion as to what degree.. eg the might allow you to speak a sentence in combat but not have a whole conversation.
- There is a wealth of great short videos on YouTube that will show you all you need to know by chosen class. It is well worth looking into your options before you choose.
D&D is all about creativity, teamwork, and storytelling. There’s no “winning”—it’s about having fun and shaping an epic adventure together.
I hope this short guide helps but if you have any further questions please feel free to reach out and message me. Good luck adventurer.
A. Truechord
r/DungeonsAndDragons • u/Get_the_Led_Out_648 • 9h ago
Art Season Finale at Castle Ravenloft
galleryThe end of a 6 month adventure arc (that went all over the place), but ends at Castle Ravenloft.
r/DungeonsAndDragons • u/NicoFranz • 18h ago
OC Step by step, improving my world
Hi, I don’t know if “OC” is the right tag🧐, I'm quite new to this group and this wonderful fantasy world, I recently found a group for roling near my house, so my adventure has just started. As you can imagine from the photo, I'm not a native English speaker, please forgive any mistakes😅 have a good session everyone
r/DungeonsAndDragons • u/Cropox_Battlemaps • 2h ago
Art [Art] Mountain Pass Cave 30x80 battle map
r/DungeonsAndDragons • u/aldusmanutius • 15h ago
OC PBS Wisconsin just published a short (kid-friendly) video on D&D's Wisconsin origins
A state history series I help work on—The Look Back—just published an episode on the early history of Dungeons & Dragons in Wisconsin. The series is primarily aimed at upper elementary and middle school students and educators but I think it has some general appeal, as well. I thought I'd share in case there's interest here—or if any educators or parents here are looking to incorporate D&D history into their teaching!
In addition to YouTube it's also on the PBS site, our website, and the PBS streaming app.
r/DungeonsAndDragons • u/No-Grapefruit-6574 • 37m ago
Question Uses for the Light spell
I'm new to DnD and wanted to know: what are the possible uses for the "Light" spell? Is there a way to use it... "offensively"?
r/DungeonsAndDragons • u/Slash2936 • 8m ago
Homebrew The All-Seeing Mirror, a Legendary Item to glimpse into distant places and alternate possibilities
r/DungeonsAndDragons • u/Current-Worry8467 • 14h ago
Suggestion I make playlists for D&D sessions—whether you're battling dragons or just trying to bribe a goblin with a ham sandwich.
I'm starting to make ambient video and playlists for my D&D sessions and I thought that some DMs might find this useful.
You can find my channel here: https://www.youtube.com/@DungeonMusicBard
I’ve been crafting custom playlists and ambient videos for D&D campaigns, and they’ve been a hit at my own table (except with the dice gods—they remain unimpressed). Whether it’s haunting tunes for a dungeon crawl or cozy vibes for a tavern scene, there’s a little something for every quest.
Let me know what you think or drop your wildest setting ideas—I might just make a playlist for it. Thanks for being awesome, and may your dice always roll in your favor!
r/DungeonsAndDragons • u/AbyssalBrews • 16h ago
Art [OC][Art] Candescence | Cut them down with one glare with this brand new magic item
galleryr/DungeonsAndDragons • u/Direct-Heron697 • 2h ago
Discussion A question about fiendish heritage...
So I have this character in one campaign I'm running with friends - she's a female cambion, had an archdevil for a father and a mortal human mother. Long story short, she's involved in a relationship with an orthon and is currently pregnant (would detail how that happened but I'm keeping this SFW 😂).
My question is, what would their child be considered to be? They'll have a full-blooded devil father and a half-devil mother - are they three-fourths devil then? Is there a specific name for beings with that sort of heritage? I've done research but can't find anything on it. If I could get help from anyone who knows some answers, that'd be awesome 🙏
r/DungeonsAndDragons • u/monomission • 2h ago
Question Font of Moonlight question
I'm a level 11 valor bard 8/ GOO warlock 3. I have True Srike as a Warlock cantrip, with Agonising Blast assigned to it. I also have Fount of Moonlight from Bard. If FoM is active, it states 'your melee attacks deal an extra 2d6 radiant damage on a hit'. As True Strike is a melee attack, does Agonising Blast apply to the extra 2d6?
r/DungeonsAndDragons • u/KeepTangoAndFoxtrot • 10h ago
Question Is there someplace I can post an adventure for feedback?
Greetings, adventurers!
I'm kind of in the middle of an adventure with some friends and the DM got really busy, so I decided I wanted to try my hand at DMing. I asked a couple veterans to join along with a couple new players. We had our first session recently and I've been fleshing out the next leg of the adventure. I'm mostly done: the party is holed up in a small settlement and I've written four quests for them to complete before they move on.
The problem is that, holy mackerel, writing this stuff can be pretty complicated. I feel like I'm inadvertently trying to put things on tracks, but at the same time I want to be sure I account for some interesting clues in their investigations of the strange goings on in the settlement.
I don't want to completely biff it, especially with a couple of new players in the party. I'm curious if there's someplace that I can post my adventure and someone(s) might read it and give me some pointers.
r/DungeonsAndDragons • u/puma532 • 1d ago
OC I made a rat
galleryThis thing was a pain in the ass to paint
r/DungeonsAndDragons • u/pantslively • 1d ago
OC This is approximately the relationship of most D&D groups, right?
r/DungeonsAndDragons • u/MorryaArt • 1d ago
Art My vampire high elf got a new look. bonus pics with his design evolution during the campaign and my main PC's evolution too.
galleryr/DungeonsAndDragons • u/Arcatron_Rdt • 20h ago
Homebrew [UPDATED] Phandelver: Getaway to Disaster - Sandbox Campaign Level 3 -12/15.
r/DungeonsAndDragons • u/Cropox_Battlemaps • 1d ago
Art [Art] Troll Cave - 2 battle maps (Entrance 30x40 & Interior 20x30) Art
galleryr/DungeonsAndDragons • u/Duggan03 • 17h ago
Advice/Help Needed Visuals for tv
Hey friends! I am playing with a TV map for the first time and I want something visual on the TV when not in combat. I have it hdmi connected to my laptop. any suggestions for how to do that?
I thought maybe a youtube video but I can't seem to find searchwords to finger what I'm looking for.
r/DungeonsAndDragons • u/CharryStarry • 20h ago
Suggestion First Time Playing
Hi Everyone!
I have wanted to play Dungeons and Dragons my whole life and finally got invited to join a group my friends formed! They’ve helped me make my character and stuff and are going to help teach me to play as we go, but I was wondering if anyone had any other advice for me since our first meeting is this weekend?
Thanks!
r/DungeonsAndDragons • u/Kane_la • 1d ago
Art [ART] The party before and after a time skip.
galleryThis is a party from a campaign I'm playing, before and after a time skip of 10 years.
(and the drawings are 2023 x 2025)
The last one are different characters, because the first one died during the campaign before the time skip.
More info about The characters :D
Zaya Khalid, Ranger = 24yo / 34yo
Noah Tooth of Nephthys, fighter= 15yo / 25yo
Esdras Unglauss, Paladin = 28yo / 38yo
Von Vok Vex, Rogue = 15yo
Beck, Paladin = 18yo