English Practice with D&D

𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐲 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐃&𝐃 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐓𝐑𝐏𝐆𝐬

𝐃𝐮𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩

Start a group for people interested in hosting TTRPG sessions as DM(dungeon master). And also help each other accomplish that. Get together regularly to learn how to play the game following the official rules, the way it was intended to be played. But also come up with new systems and content. Which is commonly called by the D&D community as homebrew. Like homebrew content and homebrew rules. Also together as a group come up with the economy and other factors of a fictional city, kingdom or universe. To make it more believable and bring it to life.

𝐓𝐓𝐑𝐏𝐆 𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐖𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧

An idea I’ve had is to have the DM and the players taking notes while playing the game. Then at the end of the session, either having participants writing short stories on their own. Or collaborating together and come up with a short story together, telling the most important events of the game session. Very short stories such as the ones you would find when looking for League of Legends official character biography and stories. Or the short stories you would find when picking up books on The Elder Scrolls game series.

Reference 1(League of Legends character Poppy biography): https://universe.leagueoflegends.com/en_SG/story/champion/poppy/

Reference 2(Elder Scrolls “The Wolf Queen, Book 1”): https://elderscrolls.fandom.com/wiki/The_Wolf_Queen,_Book_I

If the group sticks together and finish a whole campaign. Which it seem like it could be extended to months and some extreme cases years. Come up together with a screenplay for a pilot episode of a TV series. Something like what Critical Role accomplished with their first campaign(that was filmed at least) Vox Machina.

Reference 1(Critical Role Vox Machina Campaign episode 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-p9lWIhcLQ

Reference 2(The Legend of Vox Machina live read): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JSYSVcn60ik

𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐓𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚 𝐕𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐄𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐎𝐮𝐭𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧…

To host a session or entire campaign as a DM. To try to have an experience similar to the famous(among D&D fans at least) Critical Role gang campaigns.

Reference(Critical Role 2nd campaign episode 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ig_s9j4MuU&list=RDCMUCaBf1a-dpIsw8OxqH4ki2Kg&start_radio=1

Or…

𝐈 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐒𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐌𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐚𝐬 𝐃𝐌 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡…

Lots of beer and if possible mead. Also enhance the experience with visual cues. Like large printed maps, cards, miniatures, photos and images(maybe videos). As well as background music and ambiance sound. Also make use of a computer using subscription based services like D&D Beyond, map generators/editors(some with fog of war) and even spreadsheets.

Reference(Arcane Arcade Evenfall campaign episode 1): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIsc2Rsmvbc

𝐎𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲 𝐓𝐓𝐑𝐏𝐆 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐃&𝐃 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭…

𝐓𝐫𝐲 𝐃𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 “𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐬” 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚𝐬…

“𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐭” 𝐚𝐧𝐝 “𝐋𝐨𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬”

We could simply use Peter Jackson movies as reference(also The Rings of Power TV series). But we could also dig deep into J. R. R. Tolkien books and even explore official stuff published after his death by people like his son, Christopher Tolkien.

“𝐀 𝐒𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞”* 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬

Perhaps, together as a team, try to come up with a better ending than(if you agree with me) the awful last two seasons of HBO’s “Game of Thrones”.

𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐭𝐭 𝐏𝐢𝐥𝐠𝐫𝐢𝐦 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐬

A personal favorite of mine. Which if you haven’t read, I totally recommend. And as much as I’ve used to hate(perhaps I still do) hearing people saying “the book(s) is(are) so much better than the movie(TV series). Well,…
The books are much better. 😬

𝐓𝐫𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐀𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬…

Such as World War 2, Japan’s Sengoku Period(and other periods as well), Rome Empire, Modern Warfare, etc.

𝐒𝐜𝐢-𝐟𝐢 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬…

Such as “Star Wars”, “Star Trek” and a personal favorite of mine “Blade Runner”. And many others

𝐒𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐬

With a TTRPG open up discussions such as:

• Who would win? 1995 - 1996 Chicago Bulls or 2015 - 2016 Golden State Warriors

𝐀𝐥𝐬𝐨…

𝐋𝐞𝐭’𝐬 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐲!

Through Video Games themed TTRPG sessions and campaign. Get together to share our gaming experiences, immerse ourselves in the game story/universe. Play co-op games or have an interactive single player game using tools such as Twitch. Or get together in one place, take turns or assist one player with suggestions. The games I have in mind are “Total War” series(particularly “Shogun 2” and its expansion “Fall of The Samurai”, also Warhammer(1, 2 and 3)), Elder Scrolls series, Fallout series, Baldur’s Gate, Divinity Original Sin(1 and 2). Also League of Legends and its mobile version Wild Rift.
Something similar with what Critical Role(them again) do through sponsored one episode campaigns promoting games such as Doom Eternal and Elder Scrolls Online.

Reference 1(Critical Role Doom Eternal One-Shot session): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CX8I4M7MPo4

Reference 2(Doom Eternal launch trailer): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0tekG2XP_A

𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫

First of all, they don’t have to be great. Or even good.
Some ideas that I have are:

1 - with a Scott Pilgrim campaign, put together a band with me on bass. Since I don’t know how to play the bass yet(apart from some simple basslines). Then produce songs that a typical band with mediocre musicians would create and play together.

2 - if i participate in a campaign as a player and not as a DM. I want my first character to be a bard. Then while I can’t sing or play the guitar. I could help compose a song or two.

𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐌𝐞

I’m a Japanese Brazilian guy. Coming from a Japanese family but born and raised in Brazil. I’m also an English language studies enthusiast and most of the content I consume is in English. Which sometimes makes hard for me to make conversation with people from my community.

I love movies, TV shows and music. I’m not a big book reader, which it is something I’m trying to correct. But I am a big fan of short stories. I also like video games. I’m just really terrible at actually playing them. I love the storytelling aspect of them but I wish I wasn’t such a noob all the time. I’m particularly bad at fighting games. I have yet to beat a game on any difficult level harder than “Normal”. With the sole exception of Halo 3, which was also the only game I would do ok online(PVP). As long as I wasn’t matched up against hardcore pro wannabes.

I’m not really great at socializing. I have terrible(or none) mingling skills. I’m also not very smart, I’m super clumsy. Which why you have to be patient if you ever want to collaborate with me. I’m lazy, a total slob most of the time. But I’m usually responsible, I don’t normally get late to work or appointments. I’m not also into backstabbing or backbiting. I like to focus on my own stuff. Instead of trying to feel better by bringing other people down.

Currently I’m working on a 9 to 5(more like 9 to 9 though)job that I don’t see as a career I would like to have till the ending of my working days. Although I’m grateful to have a job in beautiful Fukui. I like to have a job in some area concerning English Language learning services. Or make a living writing content.

Also, I speak English as a second language. I didn’t grow up speaking English. And I’m finding very hard to improve my English with lessons. So I see a lot of potential in TTRPG as a way to challenge English students such as myself. Especially as the DM of a campaign.

I also see great potential on TTRPG as conversation starters, icebreakers and one more reason for people get together and stay in touch.

Note: only the first 4 photos are mine. I’ve bought D&D Essential Kit that comes with a campaign book(Dragon of Icespire Peak), player rulebook, some dices and other stuff. All the rest are like photos I’ve found on Google Images and on Youtube.