D&D DM goes above and beyond by adding fire to the table in dramatic boss reveal Wizards of the CoastWhat\u2019s scarier than a Fireball spell? How about actually setting part of your D&D gaming table on fire, which happened amid a dramatic boss reveal in one group? It\u2019s common for D&D groups to use minis to represent the party members and the monsters. Some people use props for items that are found in dungeons, such as potion bottles or maps. It\u2019s rare for groups to use special effects with their D&D props unless they\u2019re LARPing. While it\u2019s not completely unheard of, it depends on what kind of effect you want to use in a room in your home, as you don\u2019t want to damage property. One DM took the extra step with an awesome display using flash paper, which was set aflame during a D&D game, revealing the boss mini underneath. A video of the blazing intro was uploaded to the DnD Reddit by Adzyrl. The reveal didn\u2019t totally go as planned, however, as the boss mini also went up in flames, as can be seen near the end of the clip. (The boss in question was intended to be a corrupted version of Poseidon that used a Marid figure, so it\u2019s ironic that it got burned, considering how they\u2019re both closely associated with water.) Luckily, the party loved the reveal \u2013 as did the commentators online \u2013 which is all that matters as long as no one\u2019s house gets burned down. Buying expensive minis, making dioramas, mixing liquids in potion bottles, spilling tea to make paper look old, and putting on silly hats when playing certain characters are all unnecessary for playing D&D. All you need for D&D is pencil, paper, dice, and your imagination. DMs put in the extra work because of the happy look players get when the game takes on that extra semblance of realism. Their imagination can take a backseat to the piece of fantasy that has become a reality. I, personally, wouldn\u2019t set part of my home on fire to get a reaction from my D&D group, but I can see the appeal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
D&D DM goes above and beyond by adding fire to the table in dramatic boss reveal Wizards of the CoastWhat\u2019s scarier than a Fireball spell? How about actually setting part of your D&D gaming table on fire, which happened amid a dramatic boss reveal in one group? It\u2019s common for D&D groups to use minis […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79759\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}