Drinking and Dragons – A D&D Drinking Game for 5th Edition

At first glance making a drinking game for dungeons and dragons might seem a little redundant. After all, most tables I know already imbibe a considerable amount of alcohol during a D&D session. However, one of the time honored traditions of being a DM is incorporating some home-brewed rules into your game, so I’m going to take that to the next level.

Below is a set of drinking rules that is sure to result in your table making sound decisions, or at least help elevate their role-play. Since D&D is a group activity we have also made a complementary rule sets for both the player and the DM.

As always please drink responsibly and remember to make sure always arrange for safe passage home.

A player takes a drink whenever:

• They roll a critical miss
• They are on the receiving end of a critical hit
• Their character orders a drink
• They equip a magical item
• They fail an ability check
• They accidentally damage another player
• They finish crafting a magic item
• They egregiously meta-game

The DM takes a drink whenever:

• An NPC or monster rolls a critical miss
• A hostile or non-hostile NPC is killed in combat
• The party deviates from the material planned for the session
• The party completes a battle without taking a point of damage
• They egregiously meta-game

The table takes a drink whenever:

• Somebody uses an inspiration token
• A player is knocked unconscious
• Whenever a battle is successfully completed
• Whenever they acquire a magical item
• A Wild Magic Surge is rolled
• A player makes awkward sexual advances on another player

A player takes a shot whenever:

• They roll a critical miss when they have advantage
• They gain a level
• They break a magic item in their possession
• Their player is revived

The DM takes a shot whenever:

• An NPC or monster rolls a critical miss when they have advantage
• A Big Bad Enemy Guy(AKA a boss enemy) is killed
• The party completes a planned battle without taking a point of damage
• More than half of the planned encounters of a dungeon are skipped

The table takes a shot whenever:

• A player dies
• The campaign is completed
• A non-standard wish spell is cast
• The entire party is arrested by law enforcement

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