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"Why can't I post a picture/link?" Thursdays are Text-post Only days on /r/DnD!
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Ah, travelers! We don't get many such as you in these parts, not since the Marquis' men took control of the pass. I suppose you're wondering why you can't post images or links on this Fifthday?

Thursdays are Text-post Only Days on r/DnD. We're disabling picture and link posts for 24 hours to encourage discussion posts.

We originally began this trial about six months ago and the response has been overwhelmingly positive. I've personally enjoyed a lot of the conversations that have sprung up on these days (and a smarter mod would have bookmarked some of them to use as examples* in this post).

As of now we're planning on keeping the experiment running indefinitely. We're always looking for feedback, so please let us know of your experience. Have you been enamored with a discussion post that arose one Thursday? Have you mourned having to wait one more day to see your comic update? We welcome all takes.

The switch is still happening manually, so it will happen around about midnight Eastern US time. If anyone is aware of a way to automate the process, please message the mods.

Perhaps you could discuss this...we've heard tale of a path through the eastern ridge. If such a trail exists we could circumvent the Marquis' blockade and supply this rebellion. Won't you help us, strangers!?

* The first Thursday after making this post, someone posts the most classic question imaginable. This is what it's all about.

How I got my players not to take Silvery Barbs
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How I got my players not to take Silvery Barbs
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For a new 6-players campaign were I rush the players through the first four levels (1 session = 1 level), the sorcerer and the wizard players quickly saw that I'm the kind of DM that allows everything as long as it's fun for everybody.

Those two players like to optimize but only start at it, so after the first session they ask me about a few spells that are OP. Of course, I mention Silvery Barbs. That hit something because I saw a lot of discussion between them on our Slack, but I left them theorycrafting as they wish.

Now after the third session, they come to me and ask me whether I take any issue if they both selected Silvery Barbs as one of their swap spell for the next level up. My answer was simple: "no, but then Silvery Barbs is fair game for my monsters as well". They were a bit surprised, but I saw them thinking. I totally did not expect what they answered: one of them said that then it would be less fun for the other players if my monsters had Silvery Barbs, and the other immediately agreed.

And no Silvery Barbs was put on a spell list!

I love my players :D