One of our group's players, Bart, has ADHD and is very impulsive. When the group is presented with a new situation, he is always first to announce his intentions, and his plans almost always make it into a one-person interaction. Even if we have players whose characters are tailor-made to deal with the situation, Bart wants to singlehandedly deal with the problem. An example would be if the group runs into an NPC in town when we are looking for information about a thieves' guild, Bart will have his character start interacting with the NPC before anyone else can say or do anything. His character is a fighter type with low charisma and no proficiencies in any charisma-based skills. Meanwhile, we have players whose characters are built to do this interaction who are too polite and embarrassed to tell him to wait so they can do it. As a result, the party fails the encounter and we end up running for our lives when the NPC reacts poorly to his terrible deceit rolls or whatever. Mind you, it's not just NPC interactions, it's whatever event turns up that Bart wants to interject himself into everything that happens.

So do we just keep letting this happen or is there a kind way to prevent Bart from running roughshod over everyone else? To complicate the situation Bart is the DMs son, and the DM is something of a pushover when it concerns Bart. No one has said anything about the situation yet, but eye contact and eye-rolls around the table make me pretty certain I'm not the only one concerned about this. Do I say something or should I just let events play out?

Bart is a sweetheart, I don't want to hurt his feelings, but it's had multiple bad effects on the party.

I am DMing and will be making reference (read as directly stealing) to an item made in the GIrls who don't DnD podcast. My players can buy an "Axe Hole" This allows then to put "Chit" in the "Axe Hole". Each Chit holds one spell and it can be used once per long rest. I have the sense of humor of a 13 yr old so want as many silly options as possible. Here are some I thought of...

Hot Chit - fire spell Cold Chit - ice spell Bull Chit - advantage on charisma saving Loud Chit - thunderwave

Any more ideas would be appreciated. The group is level 2 so looking at low level spells but happy for anything.

Hello, I'm running the Lost Mines of Phandelver with two players. One of them is a noble knight so he has a squire. I have given his squire shortsword and shortbow with 10 HP that's it.

Knight dropped to zero hit points in Goblin Ambush encounter so I am a little bit worried. (even though I've used average hp on goblins)

How will they succed against a bugbear? This is my first campaign so any help is appreciated.

I know it's a legendary item and potentially game breaking. Just want to know what everyone think

Hey all just wanted to ask a potentially silly question. But I am new so go easy on me 😅

So I'm playing dnd for the first time and my character is a multiclass sorcerer and warlock. So far I'm understanding it fairly well. One thing I just wanted to figure out but I'm struggling to find information on, is about leveling and how things upgrade as you level while multiclassing.

So for example I'm a lvl 2 sorcerer and level 1 warlock. Under the description of certain spells it states "this spells damage increases by (insert what ever dice here) when you reach 5th lvl 11th lvl 17lvl and so on.

Is that refering to the class that spell came from or is it my over all level? Like both classes levels added together (so for me currently 3)

Thank you for any help and if this don't make sense I can try and re word it. Loving dnd so far and wanna learn more :D

Hey, so just quick question. im from state that dont have translation of any rule set and english is hard for me so sometime i dont understand something.

In BG3 you have those 'saving throves' but anyone can use action to just instantly revive u to 1hp. Does it work the same way in officialn DnD ?

Hey Reddit, so we are soon starting a new campaign, with my buddy (forever DM) being the dungeon master. We got into the idea of creating spells, and how it’ll work in his campaign. I off handedly asked if I could create a meme spell. Really doesn’t do anything, but is just funny. He said yes. So I come to the great people of Reddit. Give me you best meme spells and there effects.

Many people I've known throughout the years, myself included, have felt unsafe and uncomfortable at tables before. Especially for women, I know sometimes public games can be extremely uncomfortable. I want to try and make a safe environment for a comfortable public game for everyone that I can. What are things you guys have maybe experienced in the past that make you feel comfortable?

In this article (here), I try and give some advice on how to make your stories better using elements like political intrigue and Machiavellian politics.

I find that political intrigue is HARD but it can be so rewarding when done correctly. When I manage to do it correctly, I find that it is actually one of the things DM's should set aside and figure out when creating a campaign. I use The Prince as a reference point to make both a great villain, but also rulers and a subjugated population. If you have anything else to add, I'd love to hear it!

Hello everyone. I'm new here and wanted to ask, is there a way I can play this with like an AI or computer or something? I've never been real social but I like the game.

I'm making a Paladin subclass called the Oath of Vigilance. It's basically magic Batman, you seek out injustice and corruption in the same vein as the Cobolt Soul monks in Critical Role. Where the Oath of Devotion seeks to protect the good in the world, the Oath of Vigilance seeks to expose lies. Where most paladins go out and crusade against massive hoards of monsters outside the safety of civilization, this one seeks out thieves' guilds and corrupt politicians within the city walls, tearing evil out by the root and stopping them from harming civilians.

I have oath spells and channel divinities, but I can't think of a good feature for the 7th level aura ability. All I can think of it the name, the Aura of Clarity, I want it to be able to break through Illusions and Enchantments, but I can't think of how it would work.

Here's what I have for now, so you can get some context. https://www.gmbinder.com/share/-N4tuY6plAsQFqjyZLpD

I know I couldnt go full on op with this character so I limited what they could do, what abilities, and removed what i felt like would level and balance out this character. I even took away their magical resistances as to make it more fair. Now not everyone is gonna agree that I can't play as a lvl 1 succubus and have to go through a process to get there but tbh I'm kinda lazy and and my dm said it was ok as long my character looked nerfed compared to the actual monster. And was on an even playing field as the rest of the players.

You think my character looks pretty nerfed Compared to an actual succubus?

I'm curious to know where you get the art for your character, if you use AI, if you draw it yourself, if you pay an artist to draw it etcetera

I'm not new to dnd but I am fairly new to home brewing and making monsters you would normally fight into characters.

My latest interest is the succubus and while it is strong I do plan on removing some things so it's not super strong. When starting out for a lvl 1 charscter.

But if I can't do that. What is the best race to become a succubus and what are the steps.

(BTW would a succubus be considered a race or a class, I would assume race)