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Video Preview: Wielding Knives in D&D – Using the Fiction Players Bring to the Table (Patreon)

Published:
2021-07-14 17:00:00
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2022-02-04 17:03:45
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2026-06
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Hi friend! 

Here's a video preview of an upcoming YouTube video called "Wielding Knives". Enjoy!

Please note, if the video is marked "private" and you can't see it, that means I've scheduled it to appear on the general YouTube page and it will be back up in two or three days. When I schedule it, the video goes from "unlisted" to "private". There doesn't seem to be a way around it. Sorry!

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Wielding Knives in D&D – Using the Fiction Players Bring to the Table

Mike discusses the value of using "knives" as a DM in your D&D game. How do you wield the fiction that players bring to the table responsibly and effectively to let your stories expand ever outward. Reddit Thread on "Knife Theory" from a players' perspective https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/comments/775caq/my_friends_and_i_have_something_called_knife/ Subscribe to the Sly Flourish Newsletter https://mailchi.mp/aea22a827290/slyflourishnewsletter Support Sly Flourish on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/slyflourish Buy Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master http://slyflourish.com/returnofthelazydm/ Worldbuilding for Lazy Dungeon Masters Pax Unplugged Panel 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdbQwbM1lV8

Comments

Chief_T3

Glad you covered this. As a player, I’ve been hit with the punishment stick. As a DM, if I do this, there’s an award at the end. Whether magic, social or what not.

Gustavo Campanelli

Really cool video, we've been doing something similar in our game group, and I'll have to put a spin on the perception because the common saying is "don't feed the GM"

Jeppe Juul Rasmussen

Great video and topic. I always direct new players to this reddit thread when they make a character. That is the first place I read about the knifes

Glenn Boswell

Love the flexibility, agreement and fiction-first gaming. Small feedback on the example: Why would the PCs roll perception to notice the Yetis' approach? This is now THE exciting event. It's HAPPENING. The PCs did the thing in the fiction. Unless the GM is going to wave them off and say "no...there are no yetis. Jokes on you!" then why roll at all? There are no stakes or risks for failure. Bascially, this is me soapboxing against the "roll something that won't really have consequences" instead of just passing the exciting info to the players. It's a bad D&D trope that has to go, especially with a gaming style where knives can succeed.

Michael Shea

Sometimes I don't think they can help it =)

Michael Shea

Good catch! I'll add it to the video show notes.

Michael Shea

You're right, they're going to notice the yetis no matter what. I often roll group perception checks to see WHO sees the yetis first.