Help with getting into DND

[Neo]

Does anyone know easy of access communities where i can find a group of experienced players that are willing to take me in and guide me through with this? Or perhaps some media that can teach me the basics without the need of reading a book (I will dissociate every minute if i bother to read any)

I'm an amateur writer that would love to do homebrew campaigns and give life to my worlds in collaborative fashion, but im no game designer, nor do i have the time to do entire combat systems. I believe if i learn the specific details of how the game works, i can do something way cooler than just a story driven campaign which anyone with imagination can do.

[Fake]

Go online and search for AD&D Adventure.

[xAlphaStarOmegax]

I have always wanted to get into it as well, but sadly, I have dyscalculia, so I was never able to understand it enough. I wish you the best of luck in finding a guide. :D

[Fake]

xAlphaStarOmegax の投稿を引用：

I have always wanted to get into it as well, but sadly, I have dyscalculia, so I was never able to understand it enough. I wish you the best of luck in finding a guide. :D

There is an app for that. Not the dyslexia, but for tracking your character stats and rolls.

It makes it really easy when pushing a status button automatically calculates the roll required.

[Sir Seanicus, Esq.]

Roll20.net works.

[Duck Twacy]

There're lots of organizations that find groups for interested players.

Dungeon and Dragons is Gygax's take on a fantasy setting with lots of mythological creatures. You tell the person running the game what you do, and throw dice to see how well you succeed in combat and non-combat actions.

I'm not partial to it because it's kind of an uncompleted game. It mixes a lot of historic periods and cultures into something that's ... "truly unique", to be polite. The latest versions have a kind of what's termed today a "woke quality" to them.

Check to see if there are any local conventions happening near you. There's always people there willing to help people get into the hobby.

[Sixtyfivekills]

Play DND Shadow Over Mystara or Tower of Doom with someone on fightcade.




It has DND in its name so it counts I say.

[Neo]

Duck Twacy の投稿を引用：

There're lots of organizations that find groups for interested players.

Dungeon and Dragons is Gygax's take on a fantasy setting with lots of mythological creatures. You tell the person running the game what you do, and throw dice to see how well you succeed in combat and non-combat actions.

I'm not partial to it because it's kind of an uncompleted game. It mixes a lot of historic periods and cultures into something that's ... "truly unique", to be polite. The latest versions have a kind of what's termed today a "woke quality" to them.

Check to see if there are any local conventions happening near you. There's always people there willing to help people get into the hobby.

If I had the courage to do such a thing, I would already had, womp

[Neo]

Sixtyfivekills の投稿を引用：

Play DND Shadow Over Mystara or Tower of Doom with someone on fightcade.




It has DND in its name so it counts I say.

That's just a beat em up..

[Hammer Of Evil]

NeØ-Nλchox の投稿を引用：

Does anyone know easy of access communities where i can find a group of experienced players that are willing to take me in and guide me through with this? Or perhaps some media that can teach me the basics without the need of reading a book (I will dissociate every minute if i bother to read any)

I'm an amateur writer that would love to do homebrew campaigns and give life to my worlds in collaborative fashion, but im no game designer, nor do i have the time to do entire combat systems. I believe if i learn the specific details of how the game works, i can do something way cooler than just a story driven campaign which anyone with imagination can do.

yea the best way to get into it is just to dm a campaign. people will join you because no one likes to dm.

but you're going to need to read a lot. its a lot of reading. depending on the edition and rules you want to select and include, and you're going to need to provide those rules and whatnot to the players, then give them time to theorycraft their builds, then do your first campaign run.

otherwise go into communities or groups that have campaigns in progress and list yourself as a fill-in. you'll probably not be allowed to make a new character, but its better than nothing, filling in for people sucks but its not the worst.

last thing, dont be afraid to have characters die. theorycraft a plan B and C character in case you find yourself with a permadeath dm that wont allow resurrection magic or techniques.

edit: as a sidenote, my favorite campaigns to run and participate in were:

DND monster quest (you pick a monster, and then enemies scale based on your choice. if you picked a prismatic dragon you'd end up regreting it lol)

wh40k adaptation + homebrew rules

macross

and dnd 2nd ed (mainly because i dnt wanna get the further versions lol)

[Neo]

Hammer Of Evil の投稿を引用：

NeØ-Nλchox の投稿を引用：

Does anyone know easy of access communities where i can find a group of experienced players that are willing to take me in and guide me through with this? Or perhaps some media that can teach me the basics without the need of reading a book (I will dissociate every minute if i bother to read any)

I'm an amateur writer that would love to do homebrew campaigns and give life to my worlds in collaborative fashion, but im no game designer, nor do i have the time to do entire combat systems. I believe if i learn the specific details of how the game works, i can do something way cooler than just a story driven campaign which anyone with imagination can do.

yea the best way to get into it is just to dm a campaign. people will join you because no one likes to dm.

but you're going to need to read a lot. its a lot of reading. depending on the edition and rules you want to select and include, and you're going to need to provide those rules and whatnot to the players, then give them time to theorycraft their builds, then do your first campaign run.

otherwise go into communities or groups that have campaigns in progress and list yourself as a fill-in. you'll probably not be allowed to make a new character, but its better than nothing, filling in for people sucks but its not the worst.

last thing, dont be afraid to have characters die. theorycraft a plan B and C character in case you find yourself with a permadeath dm that wont allow resurrection magic or techniques.

I was already aware I needed to read a lot, I was looking for a more casual and social approach rather than studying more than I already am supposed to do with a student life. Guess I'm doomed

The permadeath advice is good, thanks.

[Neo]

Sir Seanicus, Esq. の投稿を引用：

Roll20.net works.

Tried that once, I didn't really know what I was doing and still don't. Also lots of purchases involved it seems, not willing to pay to play pretend, otherwise I would just suck it up and buy a book from whatever edition is the most popular.

I'm kinda more looking for a community, not a service. If I have to manage stuff like characters and maths I can do that, I just need someone to tell me what exactly has to be done and how things work :(

Thanks for replying btw