Add icon

Miserlou · Dec 15, 2016 · ba6ca34 · ba6ca34
commit ba6ca34
Show file tree

Hide file tree

Showing 111 changed files with 156 additions and 0 deletions.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+![dnd-tl;dr](http://i.imgur.com/tQzTKAt.png)
+# DnD: TL;DR
+
+## A Fast and Loose Guide to Dungeons and Dragons
+
+_Too long, didn't read: This guide makes DnD super fun and easy._
+
+Dungeons and Dragons is fun, but super complicated by default. It can be very overwhelming for new players as there as so many unnecessary rules.
+
+This is a guide for new players and dungeon masters to play a fast-paced, fun-optimized version of the game. We prefer fun and hilarity over rule-following.
+
+Ideally, this should be all you need so that you can play with normies, hesitant significant others, skeptics and moms. Typically people who have watched Stranger Things are pretty into it.
+
+## Basic Overview
+
+_TL;DR: Invent a character, explore a fantasy world, talk to the people living there, fight crazy monsters, acquire plunder and glory, roll dice, drink beers, yell at your friends and have fun._
+
+
+
+## Requirements
+_TL;DR: Friends, a printer, some PDFs, some pens, hecka beers._
+
+* 2-4 players + 1 Dungeon Master
+* Pen and paper for each player
+* A set of dice for each player
+   * Or, use your phone. You can say "Siri, roll a D20" to an iPhone and it works.
+* 4-6 beers per player
+* Hats (Optional)
+	* The game is more fun if you all get into character with dorky hats
+
+## Making Characters
+_TL;DR: Choose a character type. Print a [premade sheet](character_sheets/). In a pinch, pretend to be Han Solo or Darth Vader but as a Lord of the Rings character._
+
+Character creation is the longest, most confusing and most boring part of the game for new players. We're going to skip all of the pointless parts and just get to the good stuff.
+
+Every player besides the Dungeon Master needs to create a character. This will be something like _Riceak Beestinger, Chaotic Gnome Druid_, or _Hollyatra Gellantara, Lawful Human Paladin_.
+
+Each player will need to choose a race, a class, an alignment, and a name. Then, print the character sheet for that combination from the [PDFs in this repository, linked below](character_sheets/).
+
+You'll probably want to make sure that your party has good a balance of skills. You can't all be Han Solo!
+
+If you're super lazy, just use these characters:
+
+* [Half-Orc Barbarian](character_sheets/half-orc_barbarian.pdf)
+* [Human Cleric](character_sheets/human_cleric.pdf)
+* [Elven Ranger](character_sheets/elf_ranger.pdf)
+* [Tiefling Rogue](character_sheets/tiefling_rogue.pdf) 
+
+
+#### Race
+_TL;DR: What do you look like?_
+
+Race defines the general physical characterics of your character. 
+
+Race can affect how people interact with your character. Non-player characters in the games may have their own racial prejudices - for instances, if you go to a Dwarfen cave, the Dwarves there might be racist towards your Elf player. This can lead to some funny situations. 
+
+Also, big characters can throw small charactors, which is always funny.
+
+Choose one:
+
+| Race    | Size | Attributes|
+|:------------- |:----------------|:-------------|
+| Halfling      | Tiny | Nimble, brave |
+| Gnome      | Very Small | Cunning, sees in the dark |
+| Dwarf      | Small | Resilient, sees in the dark |
+| Elf      | Short | Keen senses |
+| Half-Elf      | Short | Fairly useless |
+| Tiefling      | Short | Has horns and a tail |
+| Human        | Regular | You know what humans are |
+| Half-Orc        | Tall | Savage |
+| Dragonborn       | Taller | Scales, tough |
+
+#### Class
+_TL;DR: What can you do?_
+
+Class defines the skills and motivations of your character. 
+
+Some can use magic, some are good at melee combat, some are good a ranged weaponry, and some are good at seduction. Pick the one that you think would be fun role play as!
+
+| Class    | Quality | Good at |
+|:------------- |:----------------|:-------------|
+| Barbarian      | Strong | Hitting things |
+| Bard      | Musical | Seduction |
+| Cleric      | Religious magic | Healing |
+| Druid      | Natural magic | Potions, plants/animals |
+| Fighter    | Combat | Fighting. Duh. |
+| Monk      | Natural magic | Potions, plants/animals |
+| Paladin      | Religious knight | Religious violence, chivalry |
+| Ranger      | Scouting | Archery, stealth |
+| Rogue      | Criminal | Thievery, lockpicking, ruses |
+| Sorcerer      | Energy magic | Cool spells |
+| Warlock      | War magic | Cool spells |
+| Wizard      | General magic | Cool spells |
+
+#### Alignment
+_TL;DR: How do you behave - good or bad? Lawful or criminal?_
+
+Alignment describes how your character behaves. There are two axis here: good and evil, lawful and chaotic. These map pretty well to archetypical movie characters, Darth Vader is lawful evil, Han Solo is chaotic neutral, etc. 
+
+Again, choose one you think would be fun:
+
+| Lawful Good   | Neutral Good | Chaotic Good |
+|:------------- |:----------------:|-------------:|
+| **Lawful Neutral** | **True Neutral** | **Chaotic Neutral** |
+| **Lawful Evil** | **Neutral Evil** | **Chaotic Good** |
+
+#### Name
+
+Finally, make a name. A good DM will enforce that you call all the other players by their character names, so make sure yours is funny. Try a dick or a poop joke here.
+
+Alternately, you can just use this [character name generator](https://www.wizards.com/dnd/article5.asp?x=dnd/dx20010202b) and see what happens.
+
+## Gameplay
+_TL;DR: Just roll a D20 and see what happens._
+
+Okay! Now you're ready to play. The Dungeon Master is going to read a little narative exposition, then you're off!
+
+### Exploration
+
+### Interaction
+
+### Combat
+
+## Dungeon Mastering
+
+As a dungeon master, your job is to make the other players have as much fun as possible.
+
+### Premade Campaigns
+
+The internet is full of pre-made campaigns of varying quality. Most of the official ones can be bought for a few bucks each, but you can also generally find the PDFs on sketchy Russian download websites.
+
+I like the _Adventurer's League_ series because the missions are short and the files are well formatted, but because the missions are short they don't go as deep.
+
+#### Official
+
+* [Harried in Hilsfar](http://media.wizards.com/2015/downloads/DDEX31_HarriedHillsfar.pdf)
+* [Defiance in Phlan](https://www.scribd.com/doc/241684556/DDEX11-Defiance-in-Phlan)
+
+#### Fan-made
+
+* [Fires of Hell](https://olddungeonmaster.files.wordpress.com/2014/12/fires-of-hell-5e.pdf)
+
+### Making Your Own
+
+I haven't done this yet. Advice welcome!
+
+## Other Resources
+
+* [Ronny's Character Creation Guide](https://olddungeonmaster.files.wordpress.com/2016/04/character_creation.pdf)
+* [Old Dungeon Master](https://olddungeonmaster.wordpress.com)
+* [DnD Subreddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/DnD/)
diff --git a/character_sheets/.DS_Store b/character_sheets/.DS_Store
diff --git a/character_sheets/README.md b/character_sheets/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Ready-To-Play First Level Character Sheets
+
+The files in this directory were made by [Ronny Hart](https://olddungeonmaster.wordpress.com/about/) of [https://olddungeonmaster.wordpress.com](https://olddungeonmaster.wordpress.com).
+
+His website has tons of other [awesome downloads](https://olddungeonmaster.wordpress.com/downloads/) that you should check out as well.
diff --git a/character_sheets/dragonborn_barbarian.pdf b/character_sheets/dragonborn_barbarian.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/dragonborn_bard.pdf b/character_sheets/dragonborn_bard.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/dragonborn_cleric.pdf b/character_sheets/dragonborn_cleric.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/dragonborn_druid.pdf b/character_sheets/dragonborn_druid.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/dragonborn_fighter.pdf b/character_sheets/dragonborn_fighter.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/dragonborn_monk.pdf b/character_sheets/dragonborn_monk.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/dragonborn_paladin.pdf b/character_sheets/dragonborn_paladin.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/dragonborn_ranger.pdf b/character_sheets/dragonborn_ranger.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/dragonborn_rogue.pdf b/character_sheets/dragonborn_rogue.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/dragonborn_sorcerer.pdf b/character_sheets/dragonborn_sorcerer.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/dragonborn_warlock.pdf b/character_sheets/dragonborn_warlock.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/dragonborn_wizard.pdf b/character_sheets/dragonborn_wizard.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/dwarf_barbarian.pdf b/character_sheets/dwarf_barbarian.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/dwarf_bard.pdf b/character_sheets/dwarf_bard.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/dwarf_cleric.pdf b/character_sheets/dwarf_cleric.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/dwarf_druid.pdf b/character_sheets/dwarf_druid.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/dwarf_fighter.pdf b/character_sheets/dwarf_fighter.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/dwarf_monk.pdf b/character_sheets/dwarf_monk.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/dwarf_paladin.pdf b/character_sheets/dwarf_paladin.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/dwarf_ranger.pdf b/character_sheets/dwarf_ranger.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/dwarf_rogue.pdf b/character_sheets/dwarf_rogue.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/dwarf_sorcerer.pdf b/character_sheets/dwarf_sorcerer.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/dwarf_warkock.pdf b/character_sheets/dwarf_warkock.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/dwarf_wizard.pdf b/character_sheets/dwarf_wizard.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/elf_barbarian.pdf b/character_sheets/elf_barbarian.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/elf_bard.pdf b/character_sheets/elf_bard.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/elf_cleric.pdf b/character_sheets/elf_cleric.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/elf_druid.pdf b/character_sheets/elf_druid.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/elf_fighter.pdf b/character_sheets/elf_fighter.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/elf_monk.pdf b/character_sheets/elf_monk.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/elf_paladin.pdf b/character_sheets/elf_paladin.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/elf_ranger.pdf b/character_sheets/elf_ranger.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/elf_rogue.pdf b/character_sheets/elf_rogue.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/elf_sorcerer.pdf b/character_sheets/elf_sorcerer.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/elf_warlock.pdf b/character_sheets/elf_warlock.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/elf_wizard.pdf b/character_sheets/elf_wizard.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/gnome_barbarian.pdf b/character_sheets/gnome_barbarian.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/gnome_bard.pdf b/character_sheets/gnome_bard.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/gnome_cleric.pdf b/character_sheets/gnome_cleric.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/gnome_druid.pdf b/character_sheets/gnome_druid.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/gnome_fighter.pdf b/character_sheets/gnome_fighter.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/gnome_monk.pdf b/character_sheets/gnome_monk.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/gnome_paladin.pdf b/character_sheets/gnome_paladin.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/gnome_ranger.pdf b/character_sheets/gnome_ranger.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/gnome_rogue.pdf b/character_sheets/gnome_rogue.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/gnome_sorcerer.pdf b/character_sheets/gnome_sorcerer.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/gnome_warlock.pdf b/character_sheets/gnome_warlock.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/gnome_wizard.pdf b/character_sheets/gnome_wizard.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/half-elf_barbarian.pdf b/character_sheets/half-elf_barbarian.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/half-elf_bard.pdf b/character_sheets/half-elf_bard.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/half-elf_cleric.pdf b/character_sheets/half-elf_cleric.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/half-elf_druid.pdf b/character_sheets/half-elf_druid.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/half-elf_fighter.pdf b/character_sheets/half-elf_fighter.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/half-elf_monk.pdf b/character_sheets/half-elf_monk.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/half-elf_paladin.pdf b/character_sheets/half-elf_paladin.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/half-elf_ranger.pdf b/character_sheets/half-elf_ranger.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/half-elf_rogue.pdf b/character_sheets/half-elf_rogue.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/half-elf_sorcerer.pdf b/character_sheets/half-elf_sorcerer.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/half-elf_warlock.pdf b/character_sheets/half-elf_warlock.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/half-elf_wizard.pdf b/character_sheets/half-elf_wizard.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/half-orc_barbarian.pdf b/character_sheets/half-orc_barbarian.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/half-orc_bard.pdf b/character_sheets/half-orc_bard.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/half-orc_cleric.pdf b/character_sheets/half-orc_cleric.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/half-orc_druid.pdf b/character_sheets/half-orc_druid.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/half-orc_fighter.pdf b/character_sheets/half-orc_fighter.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/half-orc_monk.pdf b/character_sheets/half-orc_monk.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/half-orc_paladin.pdf b/character_sheets/half-orc_paladin.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/half-orc_ranger.pdf b/character_sheets/half-orc_ranger.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/half-orc_rogue.pdf b/character_sheets/half-orc_rogue.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/half-orc_sorcerer.pdf b/character_sheets/half-orc_sorcerer.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/half-orc_warlock.pdf b/character_sheets/half-orc_warlock.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/half-orc_wizard.pdf b/character_sheets/half-orc_wizard.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/halfling_barbarian.pdf b/character_sheets/halfling_barbarian.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/halfling_bard.pdf b/character_sheets/halfling_bard.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/halfling_cleric.pdf b/character_sheets/halfling_cleric.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/halfling_druid.pdf b/character_sheets/halfling_druid.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/halfling_fighter.pdf b/character_sheets/halfling_fighter.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/halfling_monk.pdf b/character_sheets/halfling_monk.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/halfling_paladin.pdf b/character_sheets/halfling_paladin.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/halfling_ranger.pdf b/character_sheets/halfling_ranger.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/halfling_rogue.pdf b/character_sheets/halfling_rogue.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/halfling_sorcerer.pdf b/character_sheets/halfling_sorcerer.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/halfling_warlock.pdf b/character_sheets/halfling_warlock.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/halfling_wizard.pdf b/character_sheets/halfling_wizard.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/human_barbarian.pdf b/character_sheets/human_barbarian.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/human_bard.pdf b/character_sheets/human_bard.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/human_cleric.pdf b/character_sheets/human_cleric.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/human_druid.pdf b/character_sheets/human_druid.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/human_fighter.pdf b/character_sheets/human_fighter.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/human_monk.pdf b/character_sheets/human_monk.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/human_paladin.pdf b/character_sheets/human_paladin.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/human_ranger.pdf b/character_sheets/human_ranger.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/human_rogue.pdf b/character_sheets/human_rogue.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/human_sorcerer.pdf b/character_sheets/human_sorcerer.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/human_warkock.pdf b/character_sheets/human_warkock.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/human_wizard.pdf b/character_sheets/human_wizard.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/tiefling_barbarian.pdf b/character_sheets/tiefling_barbarian.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/tiefling_bard.pdf b/character_sheets/tiefling_bard.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/tiefling_cleric.pdf b/character_sheets/tiefling_cleric.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/tiefling_druid.pdf b/character_sheets/tiefling_druid.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/tiefling_fighter.pdf b/character_sheets/tiefling_fighter.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/tiefling_monk.pdf b/character_sheets/tiefling_monk.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/tiefling_paladin.pdf b/character_sheets/tiefling_paladin.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/tiefling_ranger.pdf b/character_sheets/tiefling_ranger.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/tiefling_rogue.pdf b/character_sheets/tiefling_rogue.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/tiefling_sorcerer.pdf b/character_sheets/tiefling_sorcerer.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/tiefling_warlock.pdf b/character_sheets/tiefling_warlock.pdf
diff --git a/character_sheets/tiefling_wizard.pdf b/character_sheets/tiefling_wizard.pdf