Dungeon Master's Guidance 2: Gods and Goddesses

A video concerning deities of D&D, divine characters, and teachings and wisdom of the gods.

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[OrneryOcelot]

Hey so i have this idea to introduce an element of randomness to D&D by adding some sort of luck skill. Basically i want there to be something that a player can roll to see if they fall through the rickety old rope bridge, or if the ice they are standing on is just a little to thin etc. I was wondering if you had any ideas. Also i was thinking that it could be used as an encounter power which they could use to try and aid something in their turn. And, what about rolling on natural 1s and 20s?

[repsesper]

@OrneryOcelot Well, luck is already kind of in everything, as rolling a d20 is the game's random element. Luck effects, as you can observe in luck-themed powers, often deal with re-rolling.

[DenzaMan]

Corellon sounds like a god made for elves and mages, is this how/why you came up with her?

[repsesper]

@DenzaMan Corellon is not mine. He has been in D&D for some time. My deities were in blue font. And yes, elves/eladrin and mages do revere him quite a bit.

[jonatron5]

Hey im planing an adveture for a party of 2 a cleric and a mage both in the beggining stage so i decided what better then a undead adventure into a necromancers lair. I have never been dm before i was thinking a couple encounters of like 15 zombies skelletons etc is this acceptable any tips?

[repsesper]

@jonatron5 Check the Dungeon Master's Guide to make sure you are not building too overwhelming of encounters. A 2 person party is more vulnerable than a 4 or 5 person.

[bengalifan]

My least favorite aspect of fantasy roleplaying.

[YuriPRIMEpoland]

Bane for the win! :P

[HeathbrookBadhwar]

Great work Esper, as always, I'm an old DM from 2e and 3.5 and just getting into 4e now, and these videos are really refreshing, and inspiring. Keep it up :)

[KrisRiduh]

@dannomagic Exactly, this only works in that setting because there is the completely immortal and untouchable god "Ao" that intervenes in their actions like how the powers intervene with mortals.

[TheGeneralBurn]

Thumbs up for religious arguments!

[dannomagic]

@jaknife99 Ah... but in the Forgotten Realms books, there were many god deaths. They're "dead powers" now.

[OverBlackSands]

@jaknife99 Not if he is in his mortal form in the earthly realm

[MrVoodooyoudo]

you should do one for the evil gods as well :)