Making D&D Online... ACTUALLY Good

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  @pointyhatstudios · 2 years ago · pinned

  Hello web surfers 😎 ready to surf the web with your webonauts friends? Or ready to fight me about irl vs online?

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• PA

  @pamsp · 2 years ago

  My main beef with online is that players get sidetracked easier if they are on their own pcs, and this is a big bum for the DM

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  @DevenportRick · 2 years ago

  The cheek, the nerve, the gall, the audacity and the gumption to have hero forge as a sponsor in this video, unmatched, love to see it

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  @Skimmer951 · 2 years ago

  Thank you for including the commuting time! I play both online and at the table and the irl games have a lot of extra work involved with me having to check bus time tables, when and how do i get home. Do I have to sleep over in the city and where? How do I do about food? etc. My online games are way more chill as I can just go to my desk when it is time and go sleep when im done.

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• CL

  @cloudphoenix241 · 2 years ago

  Seeing Hat Ginni was so fun! It's awesome to see 2 of my favourite creators collaborating

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  @8-7-styx94 · 2 years ago

  IRL voice changers do exist but they frequently cost a good chunk of change to purchase. They usually come with a variety of voices to use as well. But even your phone can act as one if you download an app for free.

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• HE

  @HexManiacArtie · 2 years ago

  Having a &quot;Twitch chat&quot; in online sessions is something that happened naturally at most tables I&apos;ve played in. Some even created multiple text channels on Discord to do things like posting quotes we&apos;ve found hilarious or important, or listing actions the players took that might be considered crimes.<br>The best part is sometimes catching the DMs by surprise by saying something so funny that they have to stop and acknowledge it

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  @EveloGrave · 2 years ago (edited)

  I play online because my friend and I live in different states.<br>I would definitely prefer to be in person. Seeing each others faces makes a world of difference. &quot;Just use cameras&quot; It isn&apos;t the same it is like watching a youtube video or tv.<br>But yes, online has so many benefits. It is amazing.

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• LO

  @LordOwenTheThird · 2 years ago

  Thanks for including the section about ADHD. As much as I love the convenience of online D&amp;D I feel so much goddamned dread before the games I play online because I know it&apos;ll be hard to pay attention to slower story stuff or remember important events and NPC&apos;s. Just to throw in another thing, one thing I always run into and fear is talking over people during the game. I used to do it a lot around the start of covid and that just sucks for playing d&amp;d. I had to learn to wait for a gap in time or just get silly and use that hand raise function sometimes. Just throwing that out as a thing some people will also run into so people can prepare for it.

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• CR

  @creativitywithchii203 · 2 years ago

  The timezone part is so true, I was playing D&amp;D at 5am for almost two years (on Friday nights after a full week of work and school, too) but it was so worth it for all the fun we had, and when we cancelled for scheduling problems I wasn&apos;t even the one having issues XD

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• X5

  @x5132 · 2 years ago

  I&apos;ve DM&apos;d both irl and online, and gotta say, prep time for online play is double if not triple that of irl.<br>While offline I can describe places, people, etc. with words, hand or body motions, drawings on the table, anything at hand, and use legos, erasers or bottle caps as &apos;minis&apos; on a grid that describes the battle map with a few squiggly lines of my dry eraser.<br>When playing online I gotta find or make the map or maps that match the places the party might go (and hope they don&apos;t change plans), find tokens for the enemies of the upcoming session (and hope they don&apos;t change plans), or subject the players to stare at a blank grid with rushed MSpaint style drawings (and hope they don&apos;t get distracted).<br>I find that the theater of the mind works a lot better when they can see me in person and not through a camera.<br>Also online you have the limitation of having to speak one at a time which slows the rhythm of everything.<br>When playing irl: While I&apos;m resolving the attack of a player, the other players can be discussing their next movements and be ready when their turn comes; when an NPC is speaking with a party member the others can be theorizing on the information they&apos;ve got; while the DM is info dumping a player because their successful history check, the others could be dividing the loot, etc.

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  @hunterpdx7061 · 2 years ago

  It&apos;s funny, I remember back in the 80s during the &quot;Satanic panic&quot; when things like D&amp;D were absolutely vilified. &nbsp; If people had played then how they play now, folks would have declared a jihad on the gaming industry LOL.

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