let your child be goofy and silly and make messes. teach them to clean up the messes without yelling at them. let your child be a child. not a mini adult who has to be perfect 24/7
5th Edition, same party as the “rolled a floor-teen” post.
We have a few more players at the moment, so we’re up against a fairly large group of necrotic cultists. My character, a third level goliath Monk, dashes into the room right after the surprise round.
Monk: I leap over (two other party members) and swing my quarterstaff at a cultist.
DM: (as I’m rolling) Yeah, with your current bonus you’re pretty much going to hit unless you roll a 1.
D20 die: (shows a 1 literally as the DM is finishing his sentence)
Monk: …
DM: …Did you just roll a 1?
Monk: …Yes.
Party: (bursts into laughter)
DM: Okay, then, you swing overhead and miss the cultist by about a foot, the impact making you shake like a cartoon character, and the cultist laughs at you.
Monk: Well, I’m going to bonus action for an unarmed strike.
DM: (as I’m rolling) You can try, you probably can’t roll worse to hit, but you’re probably not going to do enough damage to take him down unless you crit.
D20 die: (shows a 20 literally as the DM is finishing his sentence)
Monk: …
DM: Wait, did you just crit?
Monk: YES! Stop narrating my dice, they’re not supposed to be in-universe!
Unsurprisingly, crit damage ends up taking down the cultist as advertised.
