#dm struggles

✨dnd today✨

DND TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dnd today. DEE ENDEEE

"Dnd today". TODAY

-me, today

I run a Dungeons and Dragons campaign placed somewhere in between the high fantasy and steam punk eras. Around 20-25 sessions in at this point and the players are attempting to infiltrate a castle to gain a bit of information because of a job offering. I had expected a long drawn out infiltration accompanied by many high stakes stealth rolls and potentially even sneakily dispatching a few guards. What I had not expect however was one of my players to approach the front gate claiming to be medieval OSHA inspectors and flashing their church's holy symbol, a few unbelievably high rolls later, they stood before the castle's lord requesting a list of employees, weapons, supplies, and a simple tour.

My party managed to create OSHA as a one off simply to get a manifest of a castles grain supply.

I can only assume this means I have succeeded as a DM,

The players have her down to 8 HP. I let them know that her body is breaking down and blood is running down her face and her armor, but her expression remains unchanging and emotionless as an unthinking member of The Collective (the hive mind). A player rolls high enough to kill, so I finally give him the ethical dilemma I’ve been building up for the last few sessions: “do you attack lethally or non-lethally?”

After staring at me for a few seconds, he answers “lethally.” The rest of the players are silent. The player, who arrived 37 minutes late to the 1.5 hour session, then proceeds to ask, completely seriously:

“wait, was she our friend or something?”