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DND: EXAMPLE OF PLAY – A LIGHT-HEARTED TAKE - BLOG POST
DM: The fog unspools like a serpent. The night is cold. The loneliness of this place weaves into your bones. It is about the witching hour as you first glimpse the—
Player One: Did you say twitching?
DM: Umm… No. As you first glimpse the mouth of the cave—
Player Two: The show I watched last night has a cave in it.
DM: Ok, great… The mouth of the cave opens before you like the very pit of hell. The darkness seemed to be even darker than the cloud-packed sky. As—
Player Three: What was that? My boyfriend texted.
DM: Umm… You’re at the mouth of the cave. As—
Player Two: I hope we get some gold because I need to buy a ton of stuff at the next town.
Player Three: Yeah, me too. The new supplement that just dropped has a ton of new magic items.
Player One: It does? Awesome.
DM: Ok, focus up. As you stand at the cave entrance—
Player One: Does it look like the Genesis cave?
Players Two and Player Three laugh wildly.
DM: It does not look like the Genesis cave. I was describing it.
Player Three: Yeah, it’s cool.
DM: Ok, three goblins leap out of the darkness and surprise you.
Player One: What!?!?
Player Three: Surprised? My character would have seen them.
Player Two: What happened? My wife was texting me.
DM: Three goblins surprise attack you.
Player Three: I would have seen them.
DM: You didn’t. They attack and … all three miss.
Player One: Oh, thank gosh.
DM: Roll initiative.
Player Two: What is that again? Is it a d20?
DM: Yes, it s a d20.
Player Three: Is it plus dex or…
DM: In DnD Beyond just click where it says “initiative.”
Player Three: I don’t see it. Oh, there it is.
DM: Grogoroth del Vorodus, the Destroyer of a Thousand Worlds and Warlord of the Seven Kingdoms, what do you do?
Player One: Ok, well, umm… I wasn’t expecting combat… I… umm… well… I could… but would he actually do that?
Player Three: My character would have seen the goblins.
DM: It’s not your turn. Grogoroth?
Player One: I mean, umm… oh gosh, what? Ummm… ok… umm… oh, there’s nothing really I can do, I guess I just attack with my great sword.
DM: Ok, roll it.
Player One: How does that work again?
See the post on the blog.
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