TOPIC: Thoughts and experiences from a 1st-time volunteer

Barry Welling wrote: 1. Training was shorter than I would have liked this year, and I find the hard part is covering the Important topics, without rehashing Everything... I'd love to separate New DM's from experienced ones, so more in depth training can be delivered to the folks who need/ want it most.

That was probably my biggest challenge. Nobody told me what a bubble was, or how to handle shift changes (or that shift changes were during a bubble), etc. If I was a new volunteer and didn't have a lot of playing experience I would have been in trouble.

Barry Welling wrote: Especially some protein (man does not live on Carbs alone)

I second the protein, but then again I'm a firm proponent of extremely limiting carb intake, so that's a different discussion

Matt wrote:

Shaman wrote: Don't be afraid to let the people know it's your job, and they don't know if something has changed.

Saw this and had to correct as both a player and as a training room coach (my job this year) regarding how the monk handles 2 handed slides. Had to correct both 'veteran' players and coaches who said to use two hands.

This was my biggest annoyance. In the training room I had about 5 monks tell me that they were told to use two hands last year, or even this year. The player card clearly states one hand.

Even worse, I ran into one of the Monks in the vendor hall later, and he told me that a DM on the same run as I was the player coach told him to use two hands.

Kirk Bauer wrote:

Matt wrote:

Shaman wrote: Don't be afraid to let the people know it's your job, and they don't know if something has changed.

Saw this and had to correct as both a player and as a training room coach (my job this year) regarding how the monk handles 2 handed slides. Had to correct both 'veteran' players and coaches who said to use two hands.

This was my biggest annoyance. In the training room I had about 5 monks tell me that they were told to use two hands last year, or even this year. The player card clearly states one hand.

Even worse, I ran into one of the Monks in the vendor hall later, and he told me that a DM on the same run as I was the player coach told him to use two hands.

On a obliquely related note Kirk, did you run into any issues with new players attempting ranger with the wrong weapons? Something i saw more than a few times in the training room as players thought you can use any 'ranger' weapon for the 2nd puck. In the training room with the first hour i got into the habit of checking the ranger if he/she was a new player to see if they needed/able to slide 1 puck or 2. Ultimately a few times i had an assistant coach go get an offhand compatible weapon from the bucket while in training.

Matt wrote: On a obliquely related note Kirk, did you run into any issues with new players attempting ranger with the wrong weapons? Something i saw more than a few times in the training room as players thought you can use any 'ranger' weapon for the 2nd puck. In the training room with the first hour i got into the habit of checking the ranger if he/she was a new player to see if they needed/able to slide 1 puck or 2. Ultimately a few times i had an assistant coach go get an offhand compatible weapon from the bucket while in training.

Oh yeah, I had newbie Rangers who didn't have two weapons or were trying to use weapons ineligible for the offhand. Or trying to slide two ranged weapons.

I also had Monks using the common Cestus which has a worse damage dial than the empty puck does.

Kirk Bauer wrote:

Matt wrote: On a obliquely related note Kirk, did you run into any issues with new players attempting ranger with the wrong weapons? Something i saw more than a few times in the training room as players thought you can use any 'ranger' weapon for the 2nd puck. In the training room with the first hour i got into the habit of checking the ranger if he/she was a new player to see if they needed/able to slide 1 puck or 2. Ultimately a few times i had an assistant coach go get an offhand compatible weapon from the bucket while in training.

Oh yeah, I had newbie Rangers who didn't have two weapons or were trying to use weapons ineligible for the offhand. Or trying to slide two ranged weapons.

I also had Monks using the common Cestus which has a worse damage dial than the empty puck does.

What is the Monk's empty dial damage anyway? I want to use that for some comparisons on cantrips

Arcanist Kolixela wrote:
What is the Monk's empty dial damage anyway? I want to use that for some comparisons on cantrips

1,2,3,4,5,6

MetaphoricDragon wrote:

Arcanist Kolixela wrote:
What is the Monk's empty dial damage anyway? I want to use that for some comparisons on cantrips

1,2,3,4,5,6

Ok so a 2 cold cantrip would be well within range
Also an AC 15 4 fire cantrip

I was Kirk's AC when he did his combat shift - I give him two thumbs up!

bpsymington wrote: I was Kirk's AC when he did his combat shift - I give him two thumbs up!

Thank you, it was a rush, literally and figuratively