The Humble Beginnings of Netflix Even if you’ve been using Netflix for a while, you probably think of the service as having started sometime in the mid-2000s. But that’s not entirely true! Sure, that’s when Netflix began to take off in popularity, but Netflix as a service was around for much longer than that. In fact, Netflix was founded way back in 1997. That’s older than Google, which was founded in 1998!...
1. Involve Others in Character Generation No one should create a character in isolation. If the whole group is aware of what everyone else is going to be—concepts and backstories—then people can adjust their decisions accordingly. See how you can tie your backstories together and make sure you’re not duplicating roles within the party. There’s nothing wrong with having two Wizards, for example, but you probably don’t want to have the same spells and personalities....
Don’t Be Afraid to Say No As the DM, players will make all kinds of requests to you—and most of the time, you should think about ways you can grant those requests, but make them work for it. For example, you might allow players to obtain a particular magic item that they want, but only if they kill a dragon for it. Or maybe a player wants to talk their way past a guard, but it comes back to bite them....
1. Talk About D&D Occasionally Some people need to be warmed up to an idea before they’re willing to try it. Others are innately contrarian and need to be worn down before they’re willing to give in to something new. If this is how your friends typically work as far as trying new hobbies, then you should bring up cool topics aboutDungeon and Dragonswhen it makes sense to do so....
Tip 1: Make Merchants Recurring Even if your campaign plot has players bouncing around the world and seeing all kinds of new places and monsters, they should have one location they can call home—a place they can come back to between adventures. Money makes the world go round, and that’s just as true in D&D as it is in the real world. Your party will want to spend their coin every time they return home, so why not give them a favorite shop?...
