It took 10 years but I read the DM's Guide (and so should you)

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  @tanjredshirt · 2 years ago · pinned

  I told my DM that I didn't understand portals, but she said "I just can't make it any planar."

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  @jordanw2741 · 2 years ago

  I'm one of the ones that read it cover to cover! The big problem is that it's organized in the worst possible way. I've literally had the thought that some aspect (like renown, for example) would be perfect for my game. However, I forgot what it was called and that resulted in me making it up after getting frustrated trying to find it. My prep time is limited and valuable, and I don't want to spend it flipping through a book as well organized as Walmart.

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  @brickhammer04 · 2 years ago (edited)

  I'm not lying, my hand is up because I've read the entire guide, despite the fact that all internet dnd advice tells you to ignore the DMG and that it's not all that helpful. Every time I see a post about "cool homebrew rules" or a meme fixing a problem that they think the books have never covered before, it's always something that's already in the DMG. Like others have said though, the book is simply organized in the worst way possible.

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  @lugaruclone · 2 years ago

  I've always joked that half of homebrews are actually stuff that is just in the DMG. Fire Arms is one, and very slow healing is another one.

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  @spo0pti304 · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyMi7VEO49A&amp;t=949">15:49</a> i wanna be at the mad hatters tea party ass table where someone yells out &quot;CHANGE PLACES&quot; and everyone moves around seats, changing who the dm, changing who all the characters are played by, making it all chaos then immediately getting back into business and acting like everything is normal

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  @mikececconi2677 · 2 years ago

  The fact that thieves can be ranked as Tumblr makes me want to rank bards that way too. &quot;Only just a level 4 spirits bard? You&apos;re just a Pintrest. Talk to me when you&apos;re a Friendster, pup.&quot;

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  @krikorajemian8524 · 2 years ago

  I have six DMGs (one for each edition plus 3.5), and I have read all of them cover to cover. Every single one of them is organized in a way that made sense to the designers, but is not necessarily intuitive for the average DM looking to find a particular thing. They all have the same sorts of information, but every one is organized differently depending on the order the designers thought made most sense. And I am sure every one of them agonizes over &quot;I wish people would realize that the stuff they are searching for is RIGHT THERE!&quot;

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  @Elsecaller17.5 · 2 years ago

  The number of people I&apos;ve seen complain that +X items aren&apos;t interesting enough, but don&apos;t know about the customization tables drives me nuts.

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  @Dungeons_And_Moogles · 2 years ago

  My favorite type of portal is a carriage. You must have an invitation to the location on the other side directly from the lord/lady/leader of it. Once in the carriage with the invitation, it begins the journey. A fog rolls over the carriage, blocking all vision for a time. Once the fog clears, they find themselves in the pocket dimension of the person who invited them.

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  @LimeyLassen · 2 years ago

  The idea that someone has already done the work and documented it but they didn&apos;t tell anybody, that reminds me a lot of real science and academia. 😅<br><br>The saying goes, &quot;4 hours in the lab can save you 1 hour in the library&quot;.

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  @rjjeffrey75 · 2 years ago (edited)

  The Special Properties table &nbsp;was one of the things that elevated my initial 5E DMing 10 years ago. &nbsp;You can develop an entire adventure by using that table and building the appropriate dungeon around the special properties of the magic item it is guarding.

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  @Albarevale · 2 years ago

  About plot points that let someone take over as DM: Never Stop Blowing Up (from the Dimension 20 season of the same name) has a mechanic where, at a high enough level, rolling a nat 20 means you get to sit in the GM&apos;s chair for 60 seconds and make whatever you want happen and IT. IS. GLEEFUL CHAOS!

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