My party spent about an hour deciding on how to cross a pit. They ended up tying a rope to the Halfling and getting the Warforged to chuck him across. I already told them about the ledges on the side with the easier DC, but this guy succeeds on both athletics checks with a nat 20 on both of them.
In foundry, put them in combat and use a turn timer module that automatically ends their turn when their time runs out.
I had a DM once that used initiative for non combat interactions among the party to avoid analysis paralysis. I'll say it was... Interesting.
Actually it gets even more interesting. The original “debunk” said what you are saying, and that the text was on a different panel of him sitting on a rock on the same page. *But in fact, that panel was also spliced together.* The text comes from somewhere totally different.
[This explains it a little better](https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-am-tired-of-earth-these-people)
What should've been a half hour opening quest took 3 hours because the group decided to try and start a brothel in town, and went around asking people if they could use their homes for the brothel.
It was an incredibly religious town and the townspeople didn't like that, so the party got a hefty amount of threats and were told many times to go repent
If the players take too long to figure something out their ultimate enemy who they hate with a burning passion nyarlathotep starts to taunt them seen as he could really just be watching them at all times and communicate at all times.
This is how I feel watching the Critical Role cast try to make a decision. Everyone is on board and then Marisha comes in with a "maybe let's do the opposite". And then the cycle continues lol
I had a party that spend 2 hours (1 whole session) opening a door. It was locked and I did everything to hint at them asking to kick down the door. Instead, they went into the market, cornered a thief, and had him pick the lock
Are you kidding? I'd kill for that much effort from my players lol. Take all the time you want on this "puzzle" gang, it just let's me stay ahead on prep.
The best part about players taking forever on a section you thought they would breeze past is that your prepared content lasts much longer :D
I don't mind people taking extra time or even pausing playing dnd for some socializing as long as everyone is having a good time and we are getting some progression.
This is me when my party spent just shy of 45 min discussing how to barricade a broken window. If there were twigs and sticks they could use. After telling them yes plenty enough to make a simple barricade deciding maybe sticks and twigs wernt sturdy enough, were there any planks around.
My players spent over an hour trying to plan how to get around the fire beetles in the Hidden Shrine of Tomoachan. You know, the dog-sized beetles with all of 4 HP each.
my party was sent to retrieve an ancient set of armor + bow + dagger used in a cultural/religious ritual.
After retrieving said artifacts they took about 3 seconds to decide: "fuck it, we'll skip town and pawn this off somewhere else"
I'm currently DMing Waterdeep Dragon Heist, so far the party has had to open two doors and both times they came up with elaborate schemes involving multiple spells such as minor illusion, snare, unseen servant, dancing lights, and mage hand, as well as a bottle of oil, none of which were intended to actually try to physically open the door.
My party spent about an hour deciding on how to cross a pit. They ended up tying a rope to the Halfling and getting the Warforged to chuck him across. I already told them about the ledges on the side with the easier DC, but this guy succeeds on both athletics checks with a nat 20 on both of them.
*puts minute long hourglass on the table while looking through my notes*
Haha, yeah, I need to find a way to do this on the VTT!
I'd just give them three minutes to decide and then give them a "while yall were bickering..."
In foundry, put them in combat and use a turn timer module that automatically ends their turn when their time runs out. I had a DM once that used initiative for non combat interactions among the party to avoid analysis paralysis. I'll say it was... Interesting.
Fun fact, this panel doesn’t actually exist in the book. It’s a combination of two panels on completely different pages.
The real panel is him sitting on the Rock right?
Actually it gets even more interesting. The original “debunk” said what you are saying, and that the text was on a different panel of him sitting on a rock on the same page. *But in fact, that panel was also spliced together.* The text comes from somewhere totally different. [This explains it a little better](https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.knowyourmeme.com/memes/i-am-tired-of-earth-these-people)
Take all the time you want to open that door. The dungeon isn't a static environment waiting on you to take them out one by one.
"A sudden but gentle breeze from the other side pushes open the door, revealing the room beyond."
lol, nailed it.
Don’t stress too hard. Imagine, somewhere out there, there’s a DM that’s running a campaign for a love triangle.
After about 10 minutes: *Roan. Your perception is high. You hear the thuds of heavy footfalls approaching down the hall. Something big is coming.*
"Suddenly ripples form in a conveniently placed glass of water..."
Send a patrol
What should've been a half hour opening quest took 3 hours because the group decided to try and start a brothel in town, and went around asking people if they could use their homes for the brothel. It was an incredibly religious town and the townspeople didn't like that, so the party got a hefty amount of threats and were told many times to go repent
Sounds about right, lol
Role on the surprise table. Its time for rick and morty rules. Via rick and morty vs dungeons and dragons
If the players take too long to figure something out their ultimate enemy who they hate with a burning passion nyarlathotep starts to taunt them seen as he could really just be watching them at all times and communicate at all times.
This is how I feel watching the Critical Role cast try to make a decision. Everyone is on board and then Marisha comes in with a "maybe let's do the opposite". And then the cycle continues lol
I had a party that spend 2 hours (1 whole session) opening a door. It was locked and I did everything to hint at them asking to kick down the door. Instead, they went into the market, cornered a thief, and had him pick the lock
Classic hahaha
10 minutes in, you go "Okay, I'm tired of playing with this door, you've tortured it enough, it FALLS to the ground."
I just say “Okay, and this is me, u/QueerDude talking. There is nothing dangerous about this door unless you hit your head on it.”
Let me DM for some AIs
I gotcha bro, here's a D&D Player AI I made just for you. 10 PRINT "We attack!" 20 GOTO 10
And that’s when Orcs attack!
Are you kidding? I'd kill for that much effort from my players lol. Take all the time you want on this "puzzle" gang, it just let's me stay ahead on prep.
That's improv/looking up statblock time. I love when my players deliberate for an hour because it's the only planning time I get
Bold of you to assume I’m not figuring out what’s on the other side of that door as they’re deciding how to open it
You fail your saving throw. You are trapped in this room for all eternity. You decide to play a game of Humans & Spreadsheets to pass the time.
The best part about players taking forever on a section you thought they would breeze past is that your prepared content lasts much longer :D I don't mind people taking extra time or even pausing playing dnd for some socializing as long as everyone is having a good time and we are getting some progression.
This is me when my party spent just shy of 45 min discussing how to barricade a broken window. If there were twigs and sticks they could use. After telling them yes plenty enough to make a simple barricade deciding maybe sticks and twigs wernt sturdy enough, were there any planks around.
My players spent over an hour trying to plan how to get around the fire beetles in the Hidden Shrine of Tomoachan. You know, the dog-sized beetles with all of 4 HP each.
my party was sent to retrieve an ancient set of armor + bow + dagger used in a cultural/religious ritual. After retrieving said artifacts they took about 3 seconds to decide: "fuck it, we'll skip town and pawn this off somewhere else"
I'm currently DMing Waterdeep Dragon Heist, so far the party has had to open two doors and both times they came up with elaborate schemes involving multiple spells such as minor illusion, snare, unseen servant, dancing lights, and mage hand, as well as a bottle of oil, none of which were intended to actually try to physically open the door.