(Dumb questions?) Can dnd actually be played solo, and if so how?
(Dumb questions?) Can dnd actually be played solo, and if so how?
Ive heard of dnd players playing solo but like how does that work compared to with a party? i dont really have anyone to play with and i dont really like online games of dnd, but for real how do you play solo becasue it looks hard but also interesting.
another dumb question but do player sell there dnd notes, is that a real thing becasue ive wonderd if dnd players actually do that or if its just a joke.
as you can tell ive only played dnd a few times and that was with a few horrible partys or ones that just gave up after one session, so im kinda a noob and i love player the most crazy classes or a wizard/magic user. also wher eis a good place to find free custom rpg content for games such as dnd?
You can play D&D and similar games solo but they usually require some help and extra tools to do so. Might I point you towards the [email protected] community? They might be able to answer questions and help you get started if you want to give it a try.
thank you for the comunity, ive been on lemmy for around a wek so im kind anew.
I've been looking for a Lemmy solo RPG community; thanks for posting this!
I have never attempted to play D&D solo, but I have discovered other RPG’s that are designed to be. Ironsworn and Starforged are both built for the solo adventurer.
do you know if its better to buy a hardback of those games or to print it?
I picked up the PDF's from DrivethruRPG and use them on my tablet. That seems to be the cheapest way. I print out the pages I want to reference quickly and usually that's enough for me.
Obligatory "Me, Myself and Die!" mention. The season one from three years ago is still a brilliant watch. Trevor plays Savage Worlds here, but you can see how the engine that makes the solo play possible is utilized. That can give you ideas for how to use it with your system of choice.
Me, Myself and Die! Season OneYes. You use a GM emulator like Mythic. A GM emulator is basically a bunch of random tables you use to help you answer questions you'd normally ask the GM.
I love playing solo! It's a different experience versus playing with a group though. Check out Me Myself and Die on YouTube for a good example, although keep in mind he keeps it tightly edited so you don't always see his full thought process.
Slight adjacent to the topic, I wonder if Chat AI would ever be good at this sort of thing. Chat based adventure or pbp style 🤔
It um, kind of can! It took a bit of effort, but I got it to come up with a character and roleplay it, and then Lyra Moonshadow and I went on an adventure together!
Oh man, scary fun! Lol
Some of the older adventures (AD&D, first and second edition) were written as single-player modules, kind of like the adventure game books of the same historical era. They're sort of like Choose Your Own Adventure books, but with RPG engines bolted onto the side controlling some of the paths taken.
I'm not a DnD player, but it's my understanding that you usually have a DM to guide the session and write/improvise the story that your players experience and react to. I don't know if that's possible in DnD by yourself, but you might be able to something like Gloomhaven, which had the DM and story built into the game. Then you're free to enjoy the story that it's created from a player perspective.
i guess that makes sense, he only games ive played are dnd and variouse print and plays and they are fun when you hav epeople to play with.
I think D&D might be too rules-heavy for solo play. But there's only one way to find out if it works for you or not :)
I don't typically pay much attention to D&D specifically; but I do remember questions like this coming up on the solo roleplaying subreddit. I think there were a couple of tools that were recommended for that; I think "DM Yourself" was one of them?
There is RPG more suited to played solo than D&D.
Ah, I forgot this when I posted earlier - https://1shotadventures.com/ has a series of free one-shot adventures for various systems, including a few solo adventures. Both solo adventures are D&D5E compatible!