What do I bring to the table

Having never actually played before, I think I may have brought a bit too much with me to the table. We were playing 8 people at a table designed to seat 6, which also had the DM screen, map/terrain etc so we were a bit short on space. What I used: Players handbook I definitely …

Session 1

One DnD session is under my belt now. We played for about 5 hours, got delayed by the real world but overall it was a pretty good time. As usual, being my standard paranoid about being late self, I was the first person to show up. It turned out that thanks to the weather it …

Backstory

Once the base stats were decided, I sat down and started to actually write and finalize a backstory. Being new to the process I was unsure how much detail I should have in a backstory. I know that you need some flexibility, since the character should actually be able to make decisions and evolve as …

Rolling Stats

When I started to roll my character, I knew I was not comfortable going at it alone. First off, despite watching LOTS of DnD I have never rolled a character. I have played a few one-shots at PAX with pre-rolled characters but the whole process of creating a backstory and determining stats is completely foreign …

Baby’s First Dungeon

Well I am trying something new that was probably a long time coming…I am going to try my first real Dungeons and Dragons campaign.  I’ve been watching streams and listening to podcasts of multiple campaigns for years now, and I have always thought it would be fun to play but never knew how to find …