DMing a tabletop rpg for a group of people with no prior experience is nice. Seeing those people slowly starting to enjoy themselves, get into the game, and trying to stay in character is the greatest thing ever. It is genuinely one of my favorite experiences. 🙂
— Matthew Mercer (@matthewmercer) June 22, 2018
I will never apologize for being anti-gatekeeper
i will never apologize for being anti-gatekeeper in this field. everybody deserves to have fun—yes, even gatekeepers!—but if you use your hobby to make others feel dumb or excluded, you’re not welcome at MY table 🤗
— kate welchhhh (@katewelchhhh) June 26, 2018
Can a Half-Orc throw a gnome or halfling as their attack action?
@mikemearls can a Half-Orc throw a gnome or halfling as their attack action?
— A Billman (@soundonsets) June 18, 2018
Yes. In my DMing career, I've even made it cost no action simply because I have never had a group not regret that decision. https://t.co/qPaIjJsGQV
— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) June 18, 2018
I’ve made that call and it was an epic moment. (Melee-based) fighter was stuck in the back of a bottleneck in a fight and couldn’t reach the front. I let him pick up and toss the Kobold Rogue who held his dagger out for 1d4 piercing. RAW? Who cares. Fun moment? Yes! You are doing it right!
— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) June 18, 2018
So, my half-orc friend throws my gnome fighter at an enemy. Would my gnome then have to make a successful acrobatics check before striking true with his beautiful long sword? And if somehow successful, what COULD the benefits be of being thrown be? I'd let the gnome attack, and have the half-orc make a Strength (Athletics) check DC 15. Success, gnome has advantage on attack, fail disadvantage. Either case, gnome falls prone and takes 1d6 bludgeoning.
— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) June 18, 2018
Ed’s Grimfast
1)
In a sweet little castle called Grimfast
Apprenticed to security trade I was bound
For many long years ’til I saw it last
The day my master was put underground— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 17, 2018
2)
It was due to an error in judgment, sad
Tangling with the fiercest wyrm in the land
Master’s blackened skull grinned like he was right glad
At an outcome I doubt was what he’d planned— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 17, 2018
3)
O many a career trajectory clear bright and high
Zags into a moment of darkness and blight
But I’ve taken o’er from my master as prisoner-trusser
And thus far, on their bodies, climbed e’er nearer the light— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) July 17, 2018
I found the maps for the very first dungeon I created
Cleaning out and organizing my game and miniatures collection, and found the maps for the very first dungeon I created and ran as part of a campaign back in 1985. The idea was a gang of bandits used an old cave as a hideout, not knowing that it was actual an ancient crypt.
— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) July 14, 2018
Eventually. I’m thinking of doing something with them. We’ll see.Pics please.
— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) July 14, 2018
were they slowly being driven insane and cruel by the dissonant whispers of the disquieted dead? Kind of! I think I was going for a twist something like that. The characters had to recover a stolen religious icon, and it woke up the dead and lured them out to steal it.
— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) July 14, 2018
I have an important announcement to make
Hey everyone, I have an important announcement to make.
Ready?
I love Dungeons & Dragons.
— Mike Mearls (@mikemearls) June 18, 2018
Really? Who would have thought!
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) June 19, 2018
I see Pris Chirkins’s subterfuge and distraction is working. While everyone looks for Jawford, he’s getting Mearls in his pocket. I mean, are you really gonna trust THIS guy? pic.twitter.com/6ynFyrrV5u
— RutyWoot! #InfiniteInclusivity (@RutyWoot) June 19, 2018
I heard that there's some guy who works for WotC who HATES Dungeons & Dragons, and is only in it for the Twitter fame. Creremy Jawford, or something like that.
— GeorgeSutherlandHoward (@Acr0ssTh3P0nd) June 19, 2018
Good thing @JeremyECrawford is here to help counter the schemes of that dastardly villain!
— GeorgeSutherlandHoward (@Acr0ssTh3P0nd) June 19, 2018
That villain must be stopped!
— Jeremy Crawford (@JeremyECrawford) June 19, 2018