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I’m sure I can, it I’ve never played d&d before. I know it has a million rules, can somebody sum up for me? Do they need dice? How many of us does there have to be? Only accents I can do are Yosemite Sam and Crocodile Dundee so that should be interesting. Can we play on discord? What am I going to need?
EDIT: That's a lot of info you guys have there. I'm going to give it a shot, they think tomorrow but even I was like, "uhh.... dudes... that's a lot to learn in a day and a half."
Thanks for the help! You folks are pretty awesome.
Dimension09
Remember, whatever you plan will not go the way you think. You will also sigh a lot but probably laugh a lot more. Your stack of reference material will look like this by round 2.
d0o0o0d
spetsdod
Get the D&D Starter Kit.
Targe0
Just remember @OP D&D has a lot of rules to simply keep things consistent, as the DM it's your game and you control how it plays along with your group. If you keep having issue with a rule getting in the way of the game's fun, you can change it to work for you.
Xecryo
Ok if you're going to DM and none of you have played before then get one of the starter sets. It gives you one campaign that's level 1-5, basic rules, and premade characters. Now this is important. All of you read the rules before you play. But only the DM reads the campaign. You get one set of dice with it too but I'd suggest everyone get one set consisting of a d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, d20, and a percentile die (basically the 10s place you roll with the d10 when you need 1-100 roll).
skipsh2
Get the Lost Mines of Phandelver starter set if you can, because I assume you're planning to run D&D itself and not one of the many other RPGs out there. Feel free to message. Been DMing 20iwh years.
HopelessNecr0mantic
I HIGHLY recommend the dungeon dude on YouTube. They have many many videos covering all aspects of the game, including a lot for how to learn the basics
Eridianne
My DM showed me his prep for one session and it was just a blank page with 'Dogs?' circled twice. Great session. Don't fuckin stress just have fun with your crew, it's all good
FlyingGiantElk
Biggest advice I can give is to look up Matt Colville and Matt Mercer for advice. You can play on Discord, I did it last night; you can play with a digital character sheet, a program like Roll20 or FoundryVTT with integrated dice rolling, or just whatever you have.
scifinovelist
Get the dice and the books or intro game like others suggest; make them pay you in pizza
cjksallan365
I was just in your shoes with my daughter and her cousin. I highly recommend DND Adventure Club (I swear this is not a paid endorsement). https://dndadventureclub.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw8qmhBhClARIsANAtboc4mKyPO7rn1mAw36YrtOvcLqyNQPtV4HR0IjAtmMFYdLg3GugW67waAre2EALw_wcB It’s a monthly intro level campaign with premade characters. I never DM’d before and it’s been like training wheels for me to get the hang of it
livinglife9009
Understand two things: Bards will fuck anything, and I mean anything. And DM’s cussing first makes a game great.
Flodos
There are a number of virtual tabletops to run your game through, like Roll20 and Foundry. Those will give you a lot of tools to make the online D&D experience great, and you can of course still use Discord for voice
bundleofwoodensticks
Just remember to always salt your pasta
Mostlydeadpool
and no, they can't just make you run D&D if you don't want to. A reluctant DM is a bad time. but if you want to give it a try, you should. but only if you want to because it's a lot of responsibility and a labor of love.
Sentinal32
MisterSunny
Teach them the meaning of pain and suffering by deploying Owlbears. All Owlbears. All the time.
BryanLaserEpee
Bugbears too
NikkiHuskyMum87
If you're flexible with the rules, an owlbear can be neutralised with Animal Friendship in hilarious fashion, as seen on Oxventure
Tpewop
Anything that isn't an owlbear is a Mimic. It's rules, basically
Mostlydeadpool
mimicbears.
DocBenny