d&d player asks
FOR THE PLAYER
Race: What's your favorite race to play? Is there a race you default to or play more often?
Class: What's your favorite class to play? What's your favorite character build you've ever played?
Playtest: What class (or subclass) do you want to try out?
Party Comp: Do you think about party composition while building a character? What role do you usually fill in your party, if any?
Level One: What was your first experience with D&D? How did you hear about it? What was your first game like?
Skill: Do you prefer RP, combat, or something else? Is there a part of the game you consider yourself best at?
Scheduling: Do you prefer to play in long campaigns, oneshots, or something in between?
Feat: What's one habit, trick, tip, etc. you picked up from another player?
Nat 20: What's the most memorable RP scene you've been a part of?
Initiative: What's an RP scene you're looking forward to playing?
Crit Fail: Have you ever had a character death? What happened?
Diamond: Have you ever participated in a character resurrection (for your own character or someone at the table)? What happened?
Backup: Do you design backup characters? What's your process? Have you ever had to use one?
Dungeon Court: What's the worst D&D experience you've ever had?
Dice: Do you have any dice rituals? Preferences? Collections? Does such thing as dice luck really exist?
FOR THE DM
Leveling: What's your ideal starting party level? What leveling system do you use? What level is your current (or most recent) party?
Prep: How much prep work do you do? How far out do you prep?
Screen: What do you usually keep behind your DM screen?
TPK: Have you ever had a game go completely off the rails? TPK? How did you adjust?
Session Zero: Is there anything specific you ask your players to have before you start playing (e.g. a secret about their character, a backstory event, etc.)?
Homebrew: Do you have any house rules or homebrews you use? What are they?
FOR THE CHARACTER
(A/N: You may want to specify a character for these!)
Background: Does your PC get up to anything that you don't narrate often? Any background habits, activities, plots? Do you share these through other avenues (e.g. a group chat, table cross-talk, posting online)?
Vibe: How does your character get along with the party? Does your group talk about party dynamics outside the game?
Downtime: What does your character do in their downtime? How do you bring this up during gameplay?
Secret: Is there anything that you know about your character but your character doesn't know? What is it? How did you come up with this secret?
Heart: What drives your character? Do they have a theme, question, mission, etc. that they're holding onto? How did you pick it for them?
End: What's the ideal ending for your character's story and the game? Are these the same, or different?
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