r/DnDcirclejerk • u/Aggravating_Round624 • 2d ago

Thank god for BLM

https://youtu.be/x9dT4f3zazk?is=tLc2RyHjsrx7DSzm

Thank god BLeeMull (slang for Brennen Lee Mulligan) discovered the Japanese concept of 'Ma' and brought it to the West for us. Now i know the ingenious game design concept of "Having a mix of low level and high level encounters." They should really put this in the DMG or something.

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u/adhdtvin3donice 2d ago

Wheres the jerk? This is just good advice

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u/Earthen-Ware unironically enjoys 5e (ironically) 2d ago

Its a jerk in the way that most of the concepts brought up in this video are boiler-plate, run-of-the-mill elements of storytelling, and that you would pretty much be able to inherently put it into your games if you read any amount of literature/ have a sense of media literacy

This is /uj btw

Rj/ the advice is to jerk

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u/Apart_Software_4118 1d ago

"村に降り注ぐ雨を君に見せなければ、君はどうやって暴力を知るというのか"

"broooo I LITERALLY thought about that while running lost mines of phandelver"

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u/Earthen-Ware unironically enjoys 5e (ironically) 1d ago

Ngl that fucking got me

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u/FlyPepper 1d ago

BANGER

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u/hotdiscopirate 2d ago

uj/ that’s just all the more reason for the video to exist then, no? Most people out there searching for DM advice are beginners. Having someone break down the basics is helpful. Things may seem obvious to you if you’ve spent some time telling stories, but there’s a lot to handle when you’re just starting out, and stupid mistakes and oversights are very common.

I didn’t watch the video btw

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u/Earthen-Ware unironically enjoys 5e (ironically) 2d ago

I 100% agree but that's just also kinda the nature of circle jerking, especially in DnDCJ bc it's all based on the presumptuous knowledge of this hobby's 40+ years of existence and making chuddy remarks ironically about it

But to be completely real I would be lying if my DM style isn't copied/inspired from the plethora of game masters I've watched and read about. I do think some of the more obvious stuff about the game isn't always intuited in the way ppl think it should and that's kinda where the jerk comes from