this post was submitted on 13 Aug 2023
100 points (92.4% liked)

RPGMemes

10271 readers
279 users here now

Humor, jokes, memes about TTRPGs

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

As opposed to mass polymorph or true polymorph which both explicitly say that you choose.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Kryomaani@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If you have a mean DM, get a new DM. D&D isn't an adversarial game where a DM plays to win or turn every player plan on their head like an evil genie. Even if they get to decide what kind of creature the players get, they should pick whatever would be the most fun to introduce to the scene, not whatever would be the worst for the players. If they can come up with something that isn't the most obvious good pick and surprises the players while being useful in their own way, it's a good pick. Not to mention, usually forcing the players to improvise parts of their strategy on the fly leads to more fun play than just letting them steamroll an encounter using a predetermined, infallible plan.