Bunch of people gather around a table. One person is the ‘Dungeon Master’. Everyone else are ‘Player Characters’. The ‘Dungeon Master’ makes up a heroic-fantasy scenario (“City under attack by goblin hordes”), and the ‘Player Characters’ all attempt to resolve it, or frustrate the DM with their antics (“I seduce the goblins”). To determine success or failure of actions, dice are rolled.
From one non-player educated through memes, podcasts, and Baldur’s Gate to another: You and the boys try to collaboratively write a book while one sadist and fate fuck it up.
Can someone explain the basics of D&D to your humble lurker?
Bunch of people gather around a table. One person is the ‘Dungeon Master’. Everyone else are ‘Player Characters’. The ‘Dungeon Master’ makes up a heroic-fantasy scenario (“City under attack by goblin hordes”), and the ‘Player Characters’ all attempt to resolve it, or frustrate the DM with their antics (“I seduce the goblins”). To determine success or failure of actions, dice are rolled.
From one non-player educated through memes, podcasts, and Baldur’s Gate to another: You and the boys try to collaboratively write a book while one sadist and fate fuck it up.