dungeons and dragons

 Last time we met, we spoke about how to build a good team member.  This time around, we look at how to BE a good team member and teamwork in D&D. Every D&D player is not wandering around the world, fighting monsters and looting treasure by themselves.  Each Fighter, Wizard and Rogue is a member of a Party. For whatever their individual reasons, sticking together is how each member of the Party gets rich/famous/not dead.  In your experience with this game, you’re going to run into players that only care about themselves. They are not the norm, or the majority in any way but they do exist. They want all the loot, want to take credit for all successes and think of themselves as the “leader”, no matter the context in the story.  These people suck. You shouldn’t play with them. However, at their table are a bunch of other players that want to get rid of that player too. That’s because those other players don’t suck. They work together

When we last left each other, we discussed my favorite race in D&D, the Dragonborn. This time around, I’d like to share my thoughts on putting a party together. I’m not talking about meeting up in a tavern, this is about how a group of friends who are about to embark on a grand adventure filled with danger and worst of all, the locked door… can create characters that work well together without compromising their individuality. One of the things 5th edition D&D does well is providing players a lot of choices in putting a party together. Within all the base classes (Fighter, Rogue, etc.) are choices a player can make that create distinct styles of play, allowing for flexibility in what the players want to do. It ensures that regardless of the variety of classes, the group will be able to face what the DM throws at them. Also, each character receives what’s called a Background. The background is important to role-playing your character. It provides little details that can