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Dungeons and dragons for my blind mother (self.Blind)
submitted by athousandskies
I'm trying to get a campaign going for my mum to play dungeons and dragons as she has always loved fantasy and adventure, and I figured it was a perfect way for her to reignite her wonderful imagination.
I'm looking for any sort of advice I can get from anyone playing DnD who is visually impaired(my mum can not see words and can generally only distinguish between light and dark, everything is a blur) that helps make their game easier to play/more enjoyable.
I'm taking the reigns of DM but I'm really new to it as well so if anyone has any advice on how I can make her games as enjoyable as possible I would love to hear from you!
Thanks!
I'm looking for any sort of advice I can get from anyone playing DnD who is visually impaired(my mum can not see words and can generally only distinguish between light and dark, everything is a blur) that helps make their game easier to play/more enjoyable.
I'm taking the reigns of DM but I'm really new to it as well so if anyone has any advice on how I can make her games as enjoyable as possible I would love to hear from you!
Thanks!
ErtaySh 4 points 3y ago
You can get in touch with the guys from Knight's of the Braille for more information and help. They have some good resources and screen reader friendly documents to get started. You can find them at knightsofthebraille.com or @brailleknights on twitter.
I also did an interview with them for my tabletop game accessibility podcast. It is episode 15. You can find it here: https://sightless.fun. If you haven't thought about board games, you can find info on several games that you can play blind without any modifications to the game components.
I also did an interview with them for my tabletop game accessibility podcast. It is episode 15. You can find it here: https://sightless.fun. If you haven't thought about board games, you can find info on several games that you can play blind without any modifications to the game components.
NicklasMCHD 4 points 3y ago
I would say, as the dm, just describe / narrate as much as you can, to make the world more flushed and colorful.
She can use either her phone or computer (any device really) to manage her character sheet and to roll dices.
i highly advise you to check out this amazing article from The American Foundation for the Blind, that goes more in dept about how to play D&D if you're blind and / or vi.
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Hope it helped. Feel free to reach out, if you need anything else.
She can use either her phone or computer (any device really) to manage her character sheet and to roll dices.
i highly advise you to check out this amazing article from The American Foundation for the Blind, that goes more in dept about how to play D&D if you're blind and / or vi.
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Hope it helped. Feel free to reach out, if you need anything else.
BuddieIV 3 points 3y ago
This is an awesome idea you have for your mom.
I suggest using theater of the mind for combat. Podcasts have to use this and it may be a good place to learn how it's done. A good example of this is the Adventure Zone. General rule is, don't worry too much about the actual spacing and distance of monsters and players. Its more important to make it easy enough for cool stuff to happen, but still keep an idea of the spacing in your head so you can explain it to your players. Players easily space out and don't get all the details.
I often do :)
I suggest using theater of the mind for combat. Podcasts have to use this and it may be a good place to learn how it's done. A good example of this is the Adventure Zone. General rule is, don't worry too much about the actual spacing and distance of monsters and players. Its more important to make it easy enough for cool stuff to happen, but still keep an idea of the spacing in your head so you can explain it to your players. Players easily space out and don't get all the details.
I often do :)
athousandskies [OP] 2 points 3y ago
That's brilliant, I was talking about podcasts for my mum to listen to as well so I'll get ahold of adventure zone for both of us.
I'm gonna keep it a little loose because I'm more concerned with keeping things flowing in her imagination, so that's good advice about the spacing, I'll definitely use that. Thank you!
I'm gonna keep it a little loose because I'm more concerned with keeping things flowing in her imagination, so that's good advice about the spacing, I'll definitely use that. Thank you!
BuddieIV 1 points 3y ago
Happy to help!
athousandskies [OP] 2 points 3y ago
That's really great advice, I'll read through that article too! Thank you so much
WoodenCartoon 2 points 3y ago
You might also check out some D&D podcasts like the adventure zone. They typically don't use visuals, since its am audio-only medium
athousandskies [OP] 1 points 3y ago
Yeah, I'm gonna get some podcasts downloaded for both of us. Someone else recommended adventure zone so I'll definitely check it out, thanks!
Nightfall90z 1 points 3y ago
I never played it, but I just wanna say that you rock.
athousandskies [OP] 2 points 3y ago
Haha, thank you, my mum has really been enjoying the sessions so far and its going a lot better than I expected. If you get the opportunity to play I would highly recommend it, its becoming quite addictive though!
CloudsOfMagellan 1 points 3y ago
You can get 3d printed dnd dice and heres a screenreader accessible character sheet manager I made
https://github.utopianii.io/dnd2
It's not perfect but it works for me well enough
It's got some stuff for adventurers league (treasure and advancement points) that should just be ignored
https://github.utopianii.io/dnd2
It's not perfect but it works for me well enough
It's got some stuff for adventurers league (treasure and advancement points) that should just be ignored
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