Magic Items in TTRPGs - Imperor's Royal Academy #03
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Today we will discuss magic items in table top role playing games (ttrpgs) such as pathfinder, dungeons and dragons, tales of the valiant and other games lik...

An idea put forward to turn items the characters already have into magic items rather than only (or primarily) giving them magic items they can find.

  • plethora@lemmy.world
    5·
    1 year ago

    I don’t understand this video style where I have to watch a video with words appearing on the screen and a cartoon character talking. Why is this not a blog post so I can just read it?

    • AlteredStateBlob@kbin.socialOP
      4·
      1 year ago

      I think he is working on putting posts like that to accompany the videos (or vice versa). At least he recently created a homepage. I mean, it’s just some guy sharing thoughts on his hobby for free in a way he enjoys doing it?

      You really don’t have to watch the video (or any video).

      But you can bet that there’s people who prefer videos. I do, for example.

      • plethora@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        You really don’t have to watch the video

        I didn’t. I’m curious about the content, though.

        And I’m genuinely confused about this style of video being so common, but since it is common, I have to assume that it works for some people. I’m glad it works for you.

        • AlteredStateBlob@kbin.socialOP
          4·
          1 year ago

          If he posts a blog post for that, I’ll link it. The gist of the video is that he suggests to turn the items and equipment the players already have into magic items over time. In addition to other ways of acquiring them of course. Additionally he says it’s sensible to tell the players what the items do as they get them and allow their character to play out how they discover it and then give the party some options to use the items as well as maybe add some NPCs coming for these items, because they heard about them.

          This addresses several issues like players not getting the items that were intended for them, players getting overwhelmed with the amount of things they need to keep track of and a lack of emotional connection with the items.

    • Imperor@lemmy.world
      3·
      1 year ago

      I appreciate the feedback.

      I’m having fun fiddling with concepts of how to convey my thoughts on my hobby in a format that I find enjoyable. Given the age of my channel and the amount of subscribers or viewers, I am well aware that what I enjoy doing/watching just isn’t for everyone, or even a lot of people.

      As for the blog posts, I am actually working on that, but it’ll take some more time since this isn’t my job. It still takes time, money and effort to do. Some of which I cannot expand on this particular bit of my hobby at all times.

      EDIT: Here’s the relevant blog post :) https://impheim.com/2023/09/magic-items-in-ttrpgs-embrace-enchantments/

      • Imperor@lemmy.world
        4·
        1 year ago

        If you got ads, I do apologize. My channel isn’t even capable of monetization as far as YouTube is concerned. I make no money off of my videos at all on any platform at the moment (or the past three years).