Ride or Die: The Importance of Teamwork in D&D – For Those About To Roll, We Salute You!
Last time we met, we spoke about how to build a good team member. This time around, we look at how to BE a good team member and teamwork in D&D. Every D&D player is not wandering around the world, fighting monsters and looting treasure by themselves. Each Fighter, Wizard and Rogue is a member of a Party. For whatever their individual reasons, sticking together is how each member of the Party gets rich/famous/not dead. In your experience with this game, you’re going to run into players that only care about themselves. They are not the norm, or the majority in any way but they do exist. They want all the loot, want to take credit for all successes and think of themselves as the “leader”, no matter the context in the story. These people suck. You shouldn’t play with them. However, at their table are a bunch of other players that want to get rid of that player too. That’s because those other players don’t suck. They work together and pay attention to each other to maximize their experience. They understand that teamwork makes the game work.
