Dungeons and dragons

By Doug Greene, 17 August, 2023

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iOS and iPadOS Gaming

I have a Mac and an iPhone. I have never played D andD, but I would like to learn. Can this be done, and if so, what is the best place to start?

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By Adaria on Wednesday, August 23, 2023 - 11:17

There are tons of resources out there, but D&D beyond is a good place to start, creating characters on their site is pretty easy, not sure how it is on Mac though. I haven't tried making a character in the app yet, but it is extremely accessible. I don't think you can level up your characters yet on the app, but online yo you can easily. The best part of the app is being able to roll the dice from the app, it will do the modifiers and all for you.

If you want to roll dice another way there is Roll the Bones or just ask Siri to do it.

Honestly there are many resources to learn how. There is also the knights of the Braille site that can also help get you started.
I know this is pretty general, I've been playing TTRPGs for years now and had to learn the old fashioned way of building on a document as it were. D&D beyond can be great if you have friends with the purchased resources or for just getting started with the basics.

good luck, I hope you can get more responses to help!

By Chamomile on Wednesday, August 23, 2023 - 11:17

It can be done :) I've been playing for a few years with friends over Discord.

I manage my character sheet using a spreadsheet, which can work over Numbers. You can also do some dice rolls using Siri but it's not a great experience - I recommend DotsRPG if you have access to a 3D printer.

The character sheet I use can be found from Knights of the Braille, which is also a good starting resource.

There is also D&D Beyond but I found that rather complicated so haven't really investigated it. You might have some luck though.