I did a 7-day D&D character development challenge 

I found out my phone can translate Dragons Elvish and Dwarven A translation of Zora's of Blackbriar Mermaid song Sure! Here are the written translations of "Oh my dear unwary sailor, come to my shore, it's way safer than the roaring sea. I need you here with me. Oh my sweet unwary man, follow my voice and take my hand. Let me take you to the promised land" in all the Tolkien-created languages listed above: Quenya: Ála naiwenya hlaruvalyëo, lerya ar i nórë saha, i tultalë nótina. Etya sinya yáve, ála melwa naiwerya, nána linda i laiquessë ar tenya i návë pustaressë. Sindarin: O nin ú-im-mi i-dhúath ú-gauhar, lín i laeg nín ú-guil lín. Neledhi nín naear arwen, ú-guil duathar beriathar. O nin ú-im-mi i-lach en-guir, ú-guil i ven ú-cheniathar.

Thank you Ginny... I'm building my world now

היי נשמעת שיטה מעולה

Question: what site was used for the fake profile?

Yeah, does anyone know the site name? Or a similar site?

Ooooo smart!

Agreed 👍

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I often even use the lyrics of the songs to develop my character even more in ways I didn’t think of before

@@fredfullthedreadful I do this too! Throne by Saint Mesa in particular really inspired a lot of backstory for my barbarian character

go hard or go home!!!

handshake of solidarity

ultimate challenge!!!

Me too

I do the same. Every character I play I have a “priming song”, an idea I took from combat sports. The song is the characters theme title track, and I listen to it before a session to channel that character’s essence before I play.

Same here.

I do this too

I like doing this for Bards in particular.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who does this. It really does give a lot of insight.

Folks like you are the champions of the internet, keep being awesome

Thank you! This is extremely helpful! 👍🏻

Thank you both, I try. I know this kind of thing is helpful for me

This is super useful, thank you! :D

Thank you so much for this omg 😭

Pretty sure no one cares about my playlist either. We had a little discussion regarding the other exercises, but nothing on the playlist. Well, I had fun putting one together, anyway.

Oh wow neat idea! Can you elaborate more on this concept?? I'd like to hear more.

@@guyman1570 same

In my campaign, one character is assigned to do a recap for each session. They are supposed to be written in character and they're a lot of fun for all of us to to do. Plus, they are super helpful for remembering the sessions lol. We've done it for 3 years at this point!

I did something similar with a group of kids (my own children, nephews, nieces and some of their friends). The campaign concept was loosely based on the Assassin's Creed video games, where the characters lived in a futuristic setting and were using technology to visit earlier time periods on Earth. I incorporated real-world historical figures, places, events and mythology in the adventures, using D&D as a means of teaching history. We were doing this as a substitute for an actual history curriculum for my homeschooled kids, so there was an incentive for the players to engage with the extra requests I was making, as they would have to go back to learning from a book if they didn't. After each session, the players were to either write a diary entry or a letter to their character's family/friends about the things they learned during the adventure. At the start of the next session, one player would be chosen at random to read their "essay" out loud as a recap, after which I would ask the group questions about something that was mentioned or if they had anything to add, which helped jog everyone's memories and get them excited for whatever was coming up next. I also had the players do some kind of research project each time we changed setting that would impact gameplay to some extent. For example, I asked them to research their choice of clothing, tools, instruments, weapons or armor during the Han Dynasty of China, then gave them magic items from the category they had researched that would be helpful during the adventure. In another adventure, I had them research a notable person of their choice from the era and region the adventure would be set in, and they received bonuses to their rolls when interacting with those people based on what the player knew about the person (which they were asked to tell the party about) when they met that person in the game. Their research notes and diary/letter essays were turned in to the charter school to show what they were learning.

Having people write adventure summaries in character is a great way to develop, too. You really start to see their perceptions, what they care about.

That is EXTREMELY cute omg

A drawing journal? Picture journaling?

I found it really hard to rp a twelve year old who didn’t speak very good common so I ended up asking my dm if I could play his dad, should be switching next session!

Great 😢 now thats the only thing I can see. Now I gotta go to Walmart 🍦

I'm not the only one 😂

I would agree, but I gave up a diet a long time ago.

Ooh, I love that!! I might have to try that now

I’ve done this before! Even for established characters, sometimes it’s fun to pick out which cards encapsulate them or their journey the most. It makes you think more creatively about it. Then, consider how your character would react if they were sitting on the other side of the table, receiving a perfectly accurate reading!

Fantastic! I’ve done Runestone readings for Norse Characters I’ve made for The Palladium Roleplaying Game, and Vampire: The Masquerade. Would you consider giving more detail on the rereading you did and what categories you used? I assume it was a one card pull for these, but I can also see multi-card pulls for some in order to explore where he is coming from, where he is now, and what he needs to consider in plotting his future or where he’s going.

@smlowe5637 Yeah I can share. I used the full deck of major and minor arcana, and I pulled the 7 cards all at once, laying them in a circle and turning them one by one. Starting from the 12 o'clock position and going clockwise I read: Passions, Weakness. Key Event, Vice, Desire, and Obstacle. All of this is very good for knowing my character from before the campaign. In my reading, there was a repetition of the meaning of "decisions" in multiple, and sometimes conflicting positions. I chose to interpret this as a person who wants so deeply to be able to live the way he chooses, but once he finds himself in that position, he freezes up, doesn't make a decision (whether by inaction or letting someone else make it for him) leading to something personally happening that affects him adversely. I'm looking forward to playing this character and trying to walk that line between wanting something so badly but being unable or unwilling to reach for it.

@@brady6723 That’s very cool! Thanks so much for sharing! I’ve wanted to use a Tarot Deck to help define what they’re like, and this reading template will help me define what s/he’s like.

She must have taken calligraphy proficiency.

Por que no los dos??

Ooh, Curse of Strahd is a fun one! I’m running it right now and having a great time. Good luck with your campaign!

Aaaand then the character dies in the 5th session ☹️ Curse of Strahd is a deadly one for putting this much work into a Character unless you do some of the reincarnation options.

@@johnathanrhoades7751 Depending on how much the players like character creation and development, that might be more reason to do it. If the character has a low life expectancy, that's less time in the sessions themselves to flesh the character out before their funeral. 😅 And at least one of them might be able to mine their backstory for a character that went looking for their first PC to also end up trapped in the campaign to become PC #2.

Yes this! Also animations! Particularly Ace Attorney style animations (they're so limited it really narrows the scope of what you need to do and forces you to focus on essentials)

That's a really fun idea! One thing I also like about this challenge is that if you don't want to tackle the whole thing, you can pick and choose exercises to try (or just do it all at once, if you're feeling really gung ho!) Maybe I'll go down the list again and pick a different character for each day.

@@GinnyDi This would be a great way to explore a master thief like Al Swearengen from Deadwood, (great series for so many different kinds of character studies--the writing is so good) Any number of characters from Boardwalk Empire or the Godfather series, Tony or Stansfield from the professional--and deciding this, it could well set the tone for the entire thieves guild.