Dungeons and Dragons

[trail bane]

look just-

in the older maps the desert section had more land

but ive split it up more

the only elder scrolls game i've even played is Skyrim-

but uh
in other news...

ouhh evil character in the works for my campaign

@proud osprey old map here before i split stuff up

it is NOT morrowind ;-;

[lament geode]

hehehehehehehehehehehehe

(they're so fucked but it's fine)

[trail bane]

oooo

[trail bane]

we must know how this goes

[lament geode]

We will know tomorrow!

[lament geode]

Next Time on: Odyssey of the Dragonlords! (Spoilers for the module ahead)

||Helios has revealed himself to be an Ancient Gold Dragon, the one who slaughtered our brave hero's village after his death was prophesized at the hands of Anthromaxes! And yet, he survived. Now that he has broken the oaths of guest hospitality, and has invited the wrath of the furies, can our heroes endure until they arrive? Or will they wind up being Helios' final meal?||

https://tenor.com/view/dbz-gif-10798388165781977248

[proud osprey]

this was praise, for you see, your honour, the elder scrolls iii: morrowind

cool map all round

[trail bane]

ack-

i get very defensive over things like that, lmao

[proud osprey]

i like the features

[trail bane]

thank

i uh
stink at making maps most of the time

[proud osprey]

this map is solid

very this kind of map

like big SPLAT landmass with loads of room to roam

promise of a sweeping campaign but bottomless enough to support perpetual low level adventures instead

[trail bane]

thats the goal! its got a Monster Hunter setting so i need a diverse ecosystem for the different beasties

my players are level 7 currently

I leveled them up a little too fast at the start, haha

[merry atlas]

Could also be where the Nail used to be in Glorantha.

[low heart]

looks cool

anyway

yoink

just kidding

[modest echo]

anybody got the madness table from the 2024 dmg

does it still have that

[ancient jackal]

Nope, it doesn't
It has generic suggestions for short/long term effects from mental stress

[modest echo]

Screencap plz

[ancient jackal]

@modest echo boop

[visual river]

my group are figuring out alternative crit options and man the perkins crit is a nightmare because players don't realize that enemies can crit

we have agreed on "halfling" crits, where any 1s or 2s may be rerolled once. this ensures a lack of PC souping and a healthily boosted but still varied damage pool

[proud osprey]

fascinating

i think at all times the dmg should basically be a 95% random tables and 5% concise and actionable advice

maybe 90-10

anyway whatta hell do i run

[trail bane]

the party, at level 7, just murk'd a cr 21
granted it was nerfed but YEESH

however

one player got some new armor and the other realized their weapon was useless

and they just reunited with a Gnoll they met called Fresh Pine Needles

they gave him their armor and weapon

Pine Needles' old token vs his new one

[ancient jackal]

YEEN

[trail bane]

also working on one of the BBEGs

[elder cove]

make him a Sidekick

that's basically the point of the mechanic, to give players meaningful rewards for getting attached to glup shitto NPCs

[trail bane]

Pine Needles is a Sidekick :]

a level 7 Warrior sidekick

[elder cove]

Nice

[trail bane]

made this in like 30 minutes

[obsidian jasper]

TEACH ME UR WAYS

Please

[trail bane]

ran a session for two of my players since one may not be available for Friday

it went well

[trail bane]

https://tenor.com/view/guh-cat-stoned-stoned-cat-gif-25615600

[trail ferry]

ya know

i just really like the idea of a beholder who's just really nice but akward

lad would be lonely cause ya know

he's a beholder

he would also raise cows

[merry atlas]

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/555408/book-of-spirits?src=hottest

I could swear the kickstarter for this was several years ago.

[sand hornet]

Never heard of it before admittedly. Is it good?

[visual river]

you're looking for a well adjusted spectator (next to impossible) or a free mindwitness (tragic existence without monastic flumphs)

misterskully ↩️

[Reply to:](#1161699276234178560 message) i just really like the idea of a beholder who's just really nice but akward

people laugh at flumphs for being the skunk pancake of the underdark but they're actually vital to the underdark maintaining even a semblance of a thriving ecosystem

[trail ferry]

[lament geode]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyl73XLJWhE

[dapper fulcrum]

Dungeon Turns?

turns into what

[lament geode]

https://tenor.com/view/turn-around-bright-eyes-gif-4423341254043724501

[trail bane]

I'll be fr with you all, chat

one of my players is a Murderhobo

but

he does it so fucking well

Like, he isnt always just killing everything, but he's an evil servant of Bhaal

He murdered a beloved NPC in secret and one of my players just had an emotional moment because of it. Now Elora [the character] is PISSED and wants to confront Alothorn

I am so blessed to have a Murderhobo that actually roleplays

[visual river]

you can make anything a bhaalspawn because that's what bhaal would fuck

[proud osprey]

my new players are a neutral evil paladin and chaotic “good” cleric

shits poppin

[low heart]

you're in luck

it seems

[low heart]

yo i had an idea for a magical item

necklace of identity theft

you first put it on a different person to "imprint" an identity

the original loses their identity transforming into another creature

when you then put on the necklace yourself then you become that person but are mentally still yourself

could be useful for a green dragon

[merry atlas]

I’m digging that new pugilist class

[low heart]

what?

[pure elm]

They added the Sterling Vermin Pugilist homebrew to DnD Beyond recently I believe

[low heart]

dunno what that means

[merry atlas]

https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/2130-the-pugilist-class-comes-brawling-onto-d-d-beyond?srsltid=AfmBOopiqIYFGgmLJXs4_U_U2pJHc_lr7liiu1prT0_5WmDGH5mUoRgJ

[low heart]

cool

[proud osprey]

chat i want to fuckign play some solo d&d

[dapper fulcrum]

I got an oldass ADnD solo adventure my uncle gave me

You are a Dwarf who must retake a dwarven enclave from a Fire Breathing Serpent

Just you

[proud osprey]

dwarf rambo

dwarf rambo would be more like a dwarf who came back from fighting a war against goblins and being harassed by other dwarves but still

[dapper fulcrum]

Dwambo

[proud osprey]

dwambo

thyme should i do some solo OSE

i should shouldn't i

[dapper fulcrum]

OSE?

[proud osprey]

oldschool essentials

[dapper fulcrum]

Yep go ahead
Im pretty sure it has rules for that

[proud osprey]

b/x edition's better dressed younger cousin

unsure what to play

[proud osprey]

i wanna build a world

[sand hornet]

I wish there was a way to get Unarmored Defense without having to dip into Monk or Barbarian

[dapper fulcrum]

Three levels of Paladin for the Genie subclass

Three levels of Sorcerer for the Draconic Subclass

[modest echo]

lizardfolk?

[dapper fulcrum]

also torta

torle

rotle

tortle

[lyric sedge]

Tortuga

[ancient jackal]

Bard 3 for dance

There's more in third party supplements
First one that comes to mind is the bulwark fighter from grim hollow

[proud osprey]

we buildin up the HISTORY of my world gang

figured my new campaign i started last week must take place in the past of my other existing campaign

someone gimme a year between 600 and 800 AG

wait

between

600 and 760

this has to be before the birth of King Carles II

i want there to be some kind of conflict brewing for the imperial throne of the cadric empire

[elder cove]

649 was the first number that came to mind

[proud osprey]

epic

[arctic yew]

someone said
that a jokey homebrew item i made is "great fridge horror"
and i was like ?????

[proud osprey]

fridge mimic

[arctic yew]

The magical potion of reanimation

Potion,legendary
This black and white vial contain a viscous,golden liquid.

When this potion is ingested by a dead creature,they will immediately return to life.

A creature returned to life like this will suffer various effects. They gain regeneration,regaining 30 hit points at the start of their turn. If they are at zero hit points,they regain no hit points and instantly stabilize. The regeneration resumes after the creature is stable for 3 turns.

If the creature is slain,they will return to life in 1d10+5 hours as long as at least 1/10th of their body remains intact.

If the creature loses any limbs,they will be regrown by the next dawn. They will also instantly reattach any lost limbs they touch.

If the creature's charisma Is higher than 8,it becomes 8. every time the creature returns to life,they will permanently lose one of their ideals,bonds,or personality traits.

Additionally,the creature cannot cast divine magic,nor benefit from any positive effect from it,including healing or ressurection.

[proud osprey]

what like forever

[arctic yew]

yes

:)

[visual river]

are you informed of what fridge horror means because i only just learnt it a few weeks ago

Boxing Malewife 🥊 🧹 ↩️

[Reply to:](#1161699276234178560 message) someone said
that a jokey homebrew item i made is "great fridge horror"
and i was like ?????

[arctic yew]

No

[visual river]

ah! so there's this thing called "fridge logic" which is named after part of a hitchcock interview. it's basically when the audience is comfortable with a premise when they're viewing media, but then question the logic much later after viewing.

there's variations on it. fridge horror in particular occurs when the logical implications are particularly messed up

Boxing Malewife 🥊 🧹 ↩️

[Reply to:](#1161699276234178560 message) No

[arctic yew]

Oh

I dunno how the joke potion is that but I understand now

Thank you

[visual river]

the same as any healing magic in d&d: its applications for torture. this potion's particular downsides give it an extra edge in that department. it can also be used for the production of animal (or i suppose creature) products

Boxing Malewife 🥊 🧹 ↩️

[Reply to:](#1161699276234178560 message) Oh
I dunno how the joke potion is that but I understand now
Thank you

[next canopy]

i made some illustration for my game

[trail bane]

wawa

Also dont tell my party, but in my campaign i'm planning on killing off the DMPC they've got

just for the record, Pine Needles is a Sidekick Gnoll [hence the "DMPC" term] that the party chose to keep around. Pine Needles can be asked to leave at any time

Yet here we are, with a chainmail wearing gnoll with a gunlance

[obsidian jasper]

How will you explain the action to ur party members

I’m curious on how I can do smth similar if I ever need to

[trail bane]

explain the action? elaborate

[obsidian jasper]

Ye like will you just kill the dmpc

As in like randomly attack

Or how will you do it

[trail bane]

Not just outright, no

I'm planning on the group fighting one of the big bad evil guys, who will have an artifact like the Hand of Vecna or something. During this fight, Pine Needles [the DMPC] will do his usual thing in the fight, but on the vampire's turn he'll just, yk, cast a spell that'd most likely kill him

things like power word kill or the hand's ability to turn your bones into jelly

[obsidian jasper]

Oh wait so you’re the dm?

[trail bane]

I am the dm, yes

[obsidian jasper]

I thought you were a player

[trail bane]

no no, lmao

[obsidian jasper]

That’s why I asked like how you would do it

[trail bane]

Yeah no i'm not a player, lmao
I wish

[obsidian jasper]

What if you make pine needles sacrifice themselves so that the party survives or smth

[trail bane]

it's either gonna be that or a show of power, yea

i'm looking at giving him a feat at level 8 [next level] that'll let him create total-cover against AOE abilities

since from the looks of it Pine Needles is becoming a party tank

[trail bane]

pine needles is dead

the bbeg threatened them not to do something, they did it, he cast timestop then finger of death'd the gnoll

now they just have an empty shell of a gnoll zombified by the spell

[visual river]

d&d went so well today

[arctic yew]

as a level 2 druid

is there a wikdshape to help my friends fall 90 feet

witouth everybody dying

[ancient jackal]

Giant wolf spider
Make webs

Mechanically speaking, that's not supported by the rules, though you might be able to persuade the DM

[low heart]

if you are a moon druid then a giant spider

also dnd went well yesterday

[proud osprey]

hell yea

[obsidian jasper]

What’s ur guys’s opinion on switching the main stat for a class (mostly regarding casters) for example a sorcerer that uses int or wisdom or something similar

[visual river]

misses the point of that class imo

S̶̕͠ö̸͠m̴̾̅ë̶́͗ơ̸̊n̷͐̐ẽ̴ ↩️

[Reply to:](#1161699276234178560 message) What’s ur guys’s opinion on switching the main stat for a class (mostly regarding casters) for examp…

a sorcerer channels their magic through sheer willpower

clerics and druids channel it through their worldly connections

wizards do it through the accumulation of a doctorate level of bookish learning

the three brain stats are a reflection of the contexts of those roles

the thing about those restrictions is they encourage a player to fit into the role

for a good player they can even think creatively with those restrictions, similar to a school student who has to paint with only two colors, or write a song without prepositions

this is my opinion only, i don't speak for anyone else here and would love to hear other perspectives

[trail ferry]

had an idea for a beholder dungeon that i got from an old batman cartoon

the idea is the beholder in question split its mind into different pieces

and one of these pieces is the beholder's voice of reason who well had no voice at all for many years and doesnt wanna be whole again for that reason

each split would have a different form which doesnt necesserily have to be the beholder's shape

how's that idea?

[trail bane]

so im playing Gunpowder as an armorer in yet another server [i love him okay he is skrungly] and, whilst he's starting with Scale Mail, im gonna give him Plate armor later since this server has him as an Armorer

he looks pretty fucking good

[merry atlas]

https://youtu.be/c8YWASEChBY

[sand hornet]

[low heart]

ah so make gnolls khorne berzerkers

alright

[trail bane]

he's working on his armor :D

[low heart]

and missing an arm

[trail bane]

harhar

[lyric sedge]

I'm thinking about how 3.5 had a psionic power called control body. What it was intended for was psychically puppeteering an enemy. But what people instead used it for was manifesting it on themselves and getting +Int to AC, attack, and damage. Then they'd use solicit psicrystal to have their little buddy concentrate on it, letting them manifest powers as well as moving and full attacking.

I don't think it was anything like dominant, but the Dreamscarred Press folks, when they ported psionics to PF1e, decided to close that loophole sadly.

[onyx crow]

making combats, looking for feedback on this map

the wells with the blue in them are points that enemies can crawl from

[trail bane]

yet another upgrade for Gunpowder's arcane armor that i'll have to wait forever to upgrade

[merry atlas]

https://youtu.be/7ZZEGGHWN54

[cosmic geyser]

I started working on a sci-fantasy campaign because of Stardust Rhapsody: Anthem. I can’t wait for this kickstarter to go live

[modest echo]

@frozen hound try here

[frozen hound]

I didn't know this thread existed

Thx for bringing this to my attention

But my problem still remains

Anybody lend a hand with something?
I made a homebrew bard subclass and id like professional opinions to make sure its balanced and not overpowered

[dapper fulcrum]

Send its deets

Ill weigh stuff in

[frozen hound]

Idea needing your evaluation

College of Thundersong

A bard the shirks the ideas of rules and traditions such as elequently speaking, smooth talking, grace or finesse. Instead they strive to have their songs and voices be heard as loudly and as violently as possible.

3rd level

• Bonus proficiencies: upon taking this subclass you gain proficiency the Intimidation skill as well as martial melee weapons
• Bonus Spell: You learn the Thaumaturgy cantrip
• Thunderous Onslaught: at 3rd level you can amplify your music and voice into a powerful and empowering solo that rattles the battlefield. As a bonus action you can spend one of your bardic inspiration dice to add the number rolled to the weapons damage as thunder damage so when you successfully hit a creature with a melee weapon attack durring the one minute, you may also choose to hit every creature of your choise within a 10ft radius centered on you with thunder damage, the damage is equal to your bardic inspiration dice, this feature may only be used once per turn. The radius increases as you increase your bard level, 15ft at 6th level, 30ft at 14th

6th level

• Mosh pit: Violence is just a part of the performance, and you are the maestro. At 6th level you can spend an action to make a Charisma (Preformance) check contested by a Wisdom (Insight) from creatures of your choice within 60ft of you, only a failure they are under a charmed compulsion to target you instead of anything else, attacks against any creature other than you have disadvantage. Creatures may make a wisdom saving throw to end the charm or if they leave the charm range. You can spend a bonus action to maintain the Preformance for up to a minute or end it early (no action required by you). This Preformance can be heard from 300 ft to a 1 mile away, your choice
• Rock on Dudes: While Mosh Pit is active, you may spend a bardic dice to give you and allied creatures within a 15ft radius of you temporary HP equal to the number rolled plus your charisma modifier. Additionally if you are damaged in any way you may spend a reaction to gain resistance to the type od damage taken until the start of your bext turn, if more than one source of damage is taken you may only resist one

level 14

• Thunderstruck: your song is so loud the gods themselves have turned their attention. You gain the following benefits to Thunderous Onslaught

you can add lightning damage to your melee weapon attack equal to your bard level

• You also gain the improvements to your Mosh Pit ability

Hostile that successfully hit you with a melee attack must make a strength saving throw taking lighting damage equal to your charisma modifier and being launched backwards 10 ft in a straight line, on a success they take half as much damage and aren't launched back

• You also gain the ability to cast the spells "Chain lighting" and "Call lighting" without expending a spell slot, this doesn't count to your spells known. After you cast a spell in this way you can not do so again until you finish a long rest

@dapper fulcrum

[dapper fulcrum]

I see some promise but also its a bit all over the place formatting wise

3rd level feature, i assume that the extra damage done with each weapon hit is different from the aoe thunder damage on everyone else?

6th level feature, when do the targets of the taunt ability make the saving throw, end of their turn? Also as a charm effect it balances itself

The temp hp gain doesnt have a stated action cost, and the reaction damage resistance is too much (not in the imbalance sense but more in the making it too frontloaded effect wise sense

14th level, extra damage is fine ig because you have no extra attack, the improvement to mosh pit doesnt have any cost to it so i would veto it. Same with the extra slot for the lightning spells. For the 14th level feature you can just add those two spells to the subclass spell list for free

[low heart]

"YOU'VE BEEN THUNDERSTRUCK"

[trail bane]

👁️

working on a map muehehe

[low heart]

nice place

i had a fun idea for a character team up

druid who turns into a big creature

preferably a dinosaur

and an artificer cannoneer

the artificer summons the gun on the druids back whilst he is turned into a dinosaur

[trail bane]

ive run out of location ideas

[trail bane]

bleh

[low heart]

the night isles

make it an island formed from volcanic activity with a singular big ass volcano, a petrified forest and a contaminated lake

[trail bane]

mmm big bads

[grave hollow]

Was doing some poking around into Yuan-Ti lore. Apparently they retire at a certain age?

Like, work hard to have enough of a nest egg to just make themselves a walled estate and some slaves, which feels weird

[low heart]

damn

that is fun

eventually they just get tired of the "ohh i want power thing"

that is very fun

[ancient jackal]

Starting up a new campaign for my group, going to run them through a fond childhood adventure: dragon quest 8

[arctic yew]

a dnd character
finds a noita wand

[low heart]

oh no

this won't end well

[trail bane]

we making it out of the Elder's Recess with this one frfr

[trail bane]

we reaching the Dragontorch with this one

[One of my mini baddies if my players continue the Helix questline]

[ancient jackal]

Hell yeah

[trail bane]

<3

[low heart]

what the hell is a mega dungeon?

[low heart]

looks nice enough

[narrow solar]

This is going to sound like an oversimplification

But it's a very big dungeon

Usually

It's intended to be the main focus of a campaign, like with multiple forays into it and trips out to regroup, sell and buy gear, etc

Often GMs of my old days would have a dungeon they run for multiple groups and it would be represented as different trips into the same giant dungeon over time

[low heart]

cool

very useful

[light moss]

I have gotten very rare magic items before i found a +1 Shortsword

[low heart]

damn

lucky you

or unlucky

[proud osprey]

funny you lead with sorc which should be a CON class yes it's me the PEDANT

[obsidian jasper]

Honestly I’d do sorcerer with con as well

[proud osprey]

i don’t hate it

[low heart]

you know whats especially funny in dnd?

the fact that you can prep for almost anything and the players will still do something you didn't expect

[trail bane]

working on a Nargacuga-folk NPC's token for my campaign

[trail bane]

his name is Raymond

[trail bane]

this is a player

[low heart]

somehow i have a feeling this one is the friendliest of your party

[trail bane]

oh he really isn't

[low heart]

oh fuck

[trail bane]

Evil Bhaal paladin :[

[trail bane]

also another big boss

also a vampire

[low heart]

looks like a warhammer chaos champion

[proud osprey]

fuck that’s good

[modest echo]

5e knowers
is there any cool or interesting writing on the game design of Backgrounds before the 2024 playtests?

[dapper fulcrum]

Darn
If there is i wanna know too

[normal crow]

Back when the social media team cared about such things, they held regular interviews with the devs about the design process. Don't remember any about backgrounds though.

[modest echo]

Anything on the community reception/analysis end?

[ocean geyser]

old Dragon Magazine find

[grave hollow]

YES

Good shit!

[proud osprey]

love dragon

the more i have the merrier

[low heart]

agreement

[proud osprey]

dragon

white dwarf

dinge n

[low heart]

dinge?

[proud osprey]

dungeon*

[low heart]

dungeon

[normal crow]

Durgeon

[proud osprey]

CHAT

let's build one

fuck it

let's build a dungeon

LEVEL 1 ROOM ONE

MEASUREMENTS

[low heart]

hmmm

long corridor

6m wide

and 15m long

with columns going the lenght of it

every column is fashioned to look like a woman in a toga

it is designed in an ancient greek fashion

one 3 m wide door at the back

two 3m wide doors opposite of each other

in the middle of the long walls

[low heart]

(extra points if the statues are made to appear as different goddesses

and have bowls beneath them filled with different objects of value as offerings)

(if one steals from the bowls then a trap specifically a fire trap gets activated

[low heart]

next one

also square

9m long

no

9m wide

and 18m long

covered in cobwebs

aswell as wine barrels and cubboards with stuff on them

used to hide

within the room there are two atterkops

they are asleep

if you trigger a web

then they awaken

but the many coverage things in the room can be used to hide

or looted

[grave hollow]

I now have a difficult decision in my hexploration game. My players have failed their negotiations with Yuan-Ti, and kidnapped one after attacking the negotiation group.

They're concerned that their basecamp is going to be attacked now.

[arctic yew]

I made a lot and I mean a LOOOOOT of dumb items over the years but

My fave so far is

Awesome shades

Wondrous item,very rare

These dark-lensed glasses inspire unearned confidence. While wearing then,you gain a +4 in charisma,up to a maximun of 24,or if your charisma is below 13,it sets your charisma at 17

While wearing then,you become extremely confident,extroverted,and borderline suicidally reckless.

All effects fade as soon as you take off the spectacles

[low heart]

damn

reminds me of that scp

which is just some shades that cause explosions behind the warer

wearer

[visual river]

session recap pt. 1

so edwin and remi completed the transfer of the trollskull mansion deed and upon visiting the place immediately had a copper mug thrown at remi who walked in. it was the ghost pallas extorted volo into admitting to us was there. anía tipped the bartender haunting the place and he immediately calmed down. remi pulled an entire fucking classroom chalkboard out of their toolbelt and instead of exorcising lif we agreed to hire him back on for the novelty of being an incorporeal bartender

queef and pallas went to the great bookwyrm and pallas left with a bunch of information about astronomy, starmaps, and the history of waterdeep, plus a speculative arcane fiction anthology book full of pulp mag-fi short stories, including one of queef's favorites about a man who dreams of being the captain of a spelljammer waystation positioned next to a wormhole

anía and queef were called to blackstaff tower to speak with vajra safahr, who tasked them with speaking to a diviner about the rancid vibes she dreamed of the night previous. queef brought pallas along and they met hallam who commiserated with queef over the snobbery at the arcane university and offered his divination services in exchange for a bottle of vintage chultan brandy queef had brought from home. lotta scary shit revealed, and it potentially had something to do with the exploitation of a bronze dragon in deepwater harbor

meanwhile, edwin and remi were met by a halfling in charge of the guild of inns, public houses, and taverns, and remi went full asshole businessman in order to make edwin seem like a palatable person to negotiate dues with. remi was later approached by the bbeg who had an absolutely insane recruitment scheme involving five tiefling girls who spend two day shifts just sitting in a barrel all day. remi turned the man down and he gave remi a gun

[visual river]

session recap pt. 2

anía, pallas and queef reported back to vajra, who asked them to investigate the dragon. queef and pallas returned to the arcane university to study. remi continued to assess the manor and formulate a list of refurbishments

on the walk to the dock, anía had a talk with edwin about him transforming into a bear in a non-druid way, and he admitted he had been bitten by a guy he had a fling in the woods with, and they discussed their options after anía made it clear that if this was a problem, she'd have to arrest him, nothing personal. they sailed out to the harbor and anía took a waterbreathing potion and plunged into the harbor, then met zelifarn, a dragon no older in maturity than the dragon equivalent of a 12–13 year old girl. she discussed wanting to walk among the citizens of waterdeep, and anía explained why that wouldn't work, and also gained zelifarn's trust by regaling her with a firsthand experience of the dracorage. anía agreed to have zelifarn advocated for, and promised to find a way to integrate her into waterdhavian society. zelifarn also revealed that there were sharks deep in the harbor with horns on them, which edwin confirmed was a demonic beast thought only to be myth, and that a woman had been traveling down into the depths of the harbor in a large metal box with crablike legs to avoid them

with all of this reported to vajra, she tasked the adventurers with investigating the excommunicated wizard in possession of the Big Crab, thanked the adventurers for their work and also advised anía that she could get anía transferred from the city watch to the newly reestablished griffon cavalry. anía suggested that the dragon ward curse could be lifted and vajra pointed out that the staff responsible was part of the famed dragon's hoard, so anía pledged to work her way up towards finding it. anía and edwin then caught up with pallas and queef, and session ended

[lament geode]

A fun little thing I did in our Odyssey of the Dragonlords game

The PCs are on Indigo Island, and have agreed to help the tribes figure out the situation with this evil copper dragon, Ventis

I had them make a group survival roll to try and navigate the dense jungles and such to get where they were going

My plan was to fudge the numbers on a d100 table based on their successes, to see which tribe they met, or if they ran into the dragon's lair

1-30: First tribe
31-60: Second tribe
61-90: Third tribe
91-95: Fake lair
96-100: Real Lair

They rolled a 93

So they find this cave with acid marks all around the entrance, bones and armor scattered around. They got excited and walked right in, finding a bunch of coins in a small hoard near the end.

After a few rolls because they were getting suspicious, they heard the grinding of stone behind them as the dragon moved a large boulder over the entrance to trap them in

The dragon then mocked them for being dumbasses and falling for such a simple trap, greedy little piggies that they are. She'll come back when they've been weakened by starvation.

Also the coins were an illusion, not real money

[low heart]

i have a feeling the group will somehow build a trap for the dragon

[lament geode]

They elected to simply use their Teleportation Circle to get back to their boat

After realizing that they had no means of moving said boulder, as it was very large and heavy

And now they're eager to try and trap the dragon yes, but they gotta figure out what's going on with the tribesfolk first

[low heart]

i see

place some explosives inside

made to trigger once the rock is moved

[lament geode]

the hardest thing for them right now

Is wrangling the brass dragon wyrmling who's recently gotten his growth spurt into a young brass dragon

and so he's in his rebellious teenage phase

"Don't tell a dragon what to do"
"I'll fly if I want to!"
"I'll just put them to sleep!"
"I'll only eat them a little bit..."

[low heart]

damn

alright how did they adopt a brass dragon?

[lament geode]

the wyrmling's egg was given to a tribe of lizardfolk from a god who's been trying to corrupt metallic dragons to be evil, they beat up the evil lizardfolk and rescued the wyrmling. Since he was so young, still, they were able to get him to be a good lad

and now he's a young lad

They also have a silver dragon egg that's soon to hatch

[low heart]

damn

[lament geode]

the module is pretty dragon-heavy

securing dragon eggs both to help them and also to un-evil them is part of the plot

they fought an ancient gold dragon who violated the laws of the land to avoid death and engage in a loophole to his own benefit

was pretty funky

a green dragon is central to one of the epic path backstories

dragons all around

[low heart]

i see

[lament geode]

the paladin subclass for odyssey basically makes you a dragonrider

Oath of the Dragonlord

One of my faovrite bits is that there's the leader of an antagonist faction who has a silver dragon gifted to him by his god

He is DEEPLY in love with this dragon

This dragon does not reciprocate.

I've been portraying it as the most doomed of romantic endeavors

They found his poetry for her and it's REALLY GOOD but she's just genuinely like "What a loser lmao"

"I entertain his advances because he brings me gifts." is basically how she handles it

[low heart]

damm

poor guy

hope he does find someone who loves him back though

also could you send me a link so i can see the book?

[lament geode]

https://modiphius.net/en-us/products/odyssey-of-the-dragonlords-players-guide-free

[low heart]

thanks

[lament geode]

That's the player's guide with stuff about the setting and the class options

[low heart]

i recently had an idea for an aberrant mind sorcerer

[lament geode]

the full book with the full adventure path is obviously paid

[low heart]

one who is in truth an eldritch horror but unknowing of it

[low heart]

makes sense

the idea is that he is a bit weird butg ood at heart

good

thing is

as said before he's an eldritch horror of sorts in the form of a human

perhaps he's a fragment of an eldritch being trying to understand humanity

[visual river]

oh yeah i fucking forgot

in order to get business stuff sorted the party had to get some of their legitimate salvage converted to gold, and anía introduced the party to the gold dragon bank, and in typical alex fashion they gave anía's regular banker a boyfriend for the two of them to smalltalk about, because waterdeep is incredibly queer and there's not a single cishet player nor pc in the group

murias convinced remi and edwin to open a business account with the bank, and when pallas asked "what's a cheque" queef replied "a piece of paper that says "trust me, i'm rich". never trust a bank, pally"

the whole session was packed full of players having their own little moments together that showed off who the pcs are and what their dynamics are with each other

oh! pallas now has clothes that aren't stitched together hand-me-downs, and unfortunately the look is heavily inspired by anía, much to queef's dismay. anía hasn't seen the new fit yet but chances are she's going to have a stroke when she does

edwin also bought replacement clothes for the ones he shredded when he first transformed and remi has offered to make them magical so when he does turn it's sort of a feral paddington situation

Mals tried telling one of the people in voice chat about session at its request tonight, and every time Anía came up, the person started talking over Mals to lambast Anía for being a bad creation because I made her a cop show cop to stand out from how useless the City Watch largely is in Waterdeep. It wasn't a nice feeling having a random person shit on my choices as if I, a victim of police brutality, don't know how shitty real life police are.

Mals and I have both independently suffered greatly at the hands of the New Zealand Police, and I shouldn't have to pre-emptively clarify our anti-cop stance nor traumadump about their inaction resulting in my homelessness nor the times they've beaten us and in one case tortured Mals just to tell someone about a Dungeons and Dragons PC. Absolute clown behaviour.

it wasn't really a big deal to me, though if you're uncomfortable it's pretty easy in pnet to simply not interact with people you find unpleasant

Fair enough.

[low heart]

i see

but i'm too lazy to read

[past tree]

You’ll be right at home, then

[arctic yew]

Belt of dwarvenmean
No-purpose tool

[topaz lagoon]

Bit of an odd question, but what like... class would Kai'sa League of Legends be? My heart is saying either Fighter or Warlock

[lament geode]

My party now has two dragons accompanying them

A Young Brass Dragon and a Silver Dragon Hatchling

[low heart]

very nice

that can only end well

and very bad for anyone with negative intent towards the little ones

[visual river]

what gets me about young dragons is that they're the size of a horse and have been pushed out of the nest by their parent at the mental maturity of a 12 year old

Alice(She) ↩️

[Reply to:](#1161699276234178560 message) A Young Brass Dragon and a Silver Dragon Hatchling

[arctic yew]

broom of landing

[ancient jackal]

Funny alignment of the discord vc interface with a reference image during session tonight resulting in a few funny pictures

[trail bane]

yo chat, i got some ruins of a city in my world. wondering what kinda fight would cause the city to fall this way.

im thinking either two elder dragons or just a whole army

[ancient jackal]

Secret third option, magical calamity
Dragons fighting for prospective territory would be cool too

[trail bane]

in my world's lore there was a major war between demons, devils and other evils against humanity and dragons :>

though some were corrupted over time :>

[worn gyro]

Hey folks, running a game for a small shop's ticketed event. Honestly just DM'ing for the love of the game, so when they asked if I had a fee I just said 'let's talk about that if you want me running games for you on the regular.'

But I realized I have no sense of scope for that. What would you ask to run 3 hour sessions?

[visual river]

a living wage, simple as that

my old gm (also my first gm) ran games at ten bucks a head despite never having dm'd in his life. our games ran about three hours and it took a few months for a dedicated to group to solidify when he was just running his games as oneshots

he wasn't even working for the lgs when he started. they took him on as a full time employee later, though

[trail ferry]

if im a kenku

does that mean i cant enjoy spicy food?

[trail ferry]

im not even quoting avantris, i actually always thought of that question

[low heart]

Hmmm

perhaps

what about an aaracokra

aarakocra?

[trail ferry]

probably the same as the kenku

[low heart]

depends on if we say more human than bird

or more bird than human

[trail ferry]

are they a mammal

[low heart]

nah

i think both lay eggs

[trail ferry]

then i think they wont be affected by capsaicin specifically

[low heart]

probably

[grave hollow]

I'm gonna take a guess and say that this is not a mammal.

[trail ferry]

[merry atlas]

Tbf they’re not even birds either. They’re elemental related

[grave hollow]

Air elemental, yeah.

[trail ferry]

we back to square 1 then

probably up to the gm

[low heart]

so perhaps they may be able to taste it

But not the kenku

they're not elemental

[trail ferry]

i guess

[trail ferry]

is magic missile a good spell to get for the bard at lvl 10 from magical mysteries?

[arctic yew]

its a level 1 spell

[trail ferry]

yeah but its very useful

bard doesnt have access to it normally

[trail ferry]

anyways im taking suggestions!

[topaz lagoon]

definitely not magic missile I think

assuming this is 2014 and not 2024, in which case I don't know but wouldn't think it's a good call

it's also contextual to what you need

if you need damage I think I'd just take Eldritch Blast or Spiritual Weapon

[merry atlas]

They are, as of 5.5E

Aarakocra hail from the elemental plane of air and are classified as elementals

[ancient jackal]

Unless it's for a player, in which case it's a humanoid

[low heart]

i meant kenku with they're not elemental

[low heart]

magic missile is good depending on the circumstances

[ancient jackal]

Not the best in terms of damage output, but it's reliable
If you're fighting lots of enemy casters, it's amazing for breaking concentration

[lament geode]

Sometimes you just need some guaranteed damage

[trail ferry]

its what i was thinking

[trail ferry]

ok ok

here is my spell list

i understand im lacking on dmg

considering the party has it covered(the dmg)

do you think this would be ok?

accepting suggestions on what to change/switch around

[trail ferry]

i was considering getting gylph of warding as well

also still considering getting something else instead of magic missle

[sage vector]

Yo buddy how can I help?

[trail ferry]

Hi Leika!

im just trying to figure out spells

[sage vector]

Hey skully always happy to help

[trail ferry]

i figured i would play as a more control centered bard

im at level 10

[sage vector]

Control bard is good, do you have a subclass yet?

Honestly the spells look good what do you need advice on?

[trail ferry]

i have college of eloquence

i wanted to also make like a linguist character

you get universal speech in this subclass

which is why i didnt get the language spell

[sage vector]

faaair

[trail ferry]

this is what i wanted to know actually! if the spells seemed good

i got Find greater steed and magic missile from magical secrets

and i wasnt so sure about magic missiles

i figured guaranteed damage would come in really handy

you think its a good choice for the perk?

[sage vector]

Magic missile is a great one because you can up cast it for even more damage that you can also choose to spread around

I don't know if it's still as good as it used to be but Sleep is always a good spell to look into

specially as a control bard

in 5e it would knock people asleep from the lowest health first in an area. While this means it doesn't do damage, it does tend to knock out people who are squishy first. These tend to be the ones fighting your allies, or the wizards

So honestly, you're great, but look at Sleep as well because that's my tip for something you might want to grab

[dapper fulcrum]

Sleep got changed unless this is a 2014 spell list

[sage vector]

What's it like now?

[trail ferry]

@dapper fulcrum is this the current version or the 2014 version?

[dapper fulcrum]

2014

[trail ferry]

yeah seems we are using 2014 version

just not really sure what to remove for it if i were to get it for myself

[ancient jackal]

With the old version of sleep, it's better at earlier levels
Later on, it just doesn't keep up with enemy hp, even with upcasting
I'm actually a big fan of slow for control
Doesn't have friendly fire, has a large aoe, and doesn't care about charm immunity

[trail ferry]

i looked it up, i like it actually, what would you replace for it? dissonant whispers?

[trail ferry]

oh

i figured i would switch Hypnotic pattern with Slow

[ancient jackal]

That's the one I would've considered, so that works out :P

[trail ferry]

nice

[visual river]

My City Watch PC was just promoted to Senior Civilar and assigned to the Griffon Cavalry. She's a fucking horse cop. Her Griffon's name is Taffeta.

[low heart]

fun

[visual river]

https://www.heroforge.com/load_config%3D58360688 The updated fit on HF. I'll probably get a better fit and griffon designed later.

[merry atlas]

https://youtu.be/InIgxx9xd-E?si=jtyPE2c3yfmZlEW0

[next canopy]

Just gave one of my player a cape of bellowing

He's verry happy

[normal crow]

So it's a cape that allows you to shout in a deep, loud voice?

[ancient jackal]

It's a cape that stokes a fire for forging

[frozen hound]

What Dnd class would you suggest for a Lumberjack type of PC?
Like your warmhearted nature loving, Flannel shirt, timberland boots Lumberjack

I know barbarian is an obvious pick but I dont intend for this guy to be a raging hulk, more gentle giant

[ancient jackal]

Rage can be reflavored as intense focus, it doesn't have to be mindless anger
If barbarian doesn't fit the vibe you want, consider ranger, ancients paladin, or even just fighter

[frozen hound]

What subclass ranger or fighter?

Oath of the anchients sounds pretty Chill AF for a paladin

[ancient jackal]

Without multiclassing

• drakewarden ranger is my favorite (you get a little dragon buddy)
• can't go wrong with battle master or even champion (5.5 version is best). Honorable mentions to the third party Hero (from cthulhu by torchlight; pdk but actually good, great support for allies) and Bulwark (from grim hollow; be a tank, soaking up hits for allies)

With multiclassing, things become more complex

[dapper fulcrum]

Reflavored Oath of the Genie can work bc of their elemental resistance aura

Fey Wanderer ranger for a lumberjack that negotiates with the fairies of the wood on where they can and cannot cut trees

[arctic yew]

"if y'all don't shut up,I am going to start flipping through second edition spells for the enemies"

[lyric sedge]

Solipsism was my absolute favorite stupid 2E spell. You could cast an illusion, and if someone believed in it (which was automatic for you), they could treat it as real. You could walk across a chasm by believing hard enough in a bridge.

[arctic yew]

Flesh to air

[low heart]

that's evil

how about flesh to shit?

[lyric sedge]

"Flesh to air" implies the existence of "air to flesh".

[arctic yew]

It exists

the only use i can find for it it

to return the flesh of someone that has been turned to air to their bones

[storm terrace]

hey there! i was wondering if anyone in here could speak for the legitimacy of Aurora Legacy? I'm unsure if its safe to use the index files and everything from it, while i may be being paranoid i figure better safe than sorry lol

for anyone unfamiliar with Aurora character builder its a 5e character builder software that got its updates discontinued a while back

and Legacy claims to be a fan continuation project

i can't find much online speaking on whether or not its legitimate though, hence the concern

[visual river]

Since she got promoted to the Griffon Cavalry, I've updated Anía's look appropriately and did my best to recreate the DM's unique description of her mount!

(Alex likes to get freaky, so Taffeta is a cross between a Harris' hawk and a ferret, two smart and fucking terrifying animals that in captivity are sometimes trained to hunt together!)

[merry atlas]

https://youtu.be/o5OIyXGJxbk?si=9a0RmildgJz6mQ5j

[sand hornet]

NGL i may wana keep an eye on this

[merry atlas]

Yeah I’m excited for this. Wondering if they’ll be able to get this onto DnDBeyond given how much content is coming with this

[sand hornet]

Is there a robot species? Cant look at the above

[merry atlas]

You got three species, demon robots, your typical sentient robots, and digital Hardlight sentient beings

[sand hornet]

Nice

Wish I could watch the video, the first two interest me

[merry atlas]

The demon robots are one of the four discordant species. Which is the demon robots, killer space clowns basically, energy vampire space corsairs, and fiendish bug humanoids. They’re all people who have been corrupted by the Cacophony.

A discordant pc can eventually take another demonic trait, or a more humanoid one that can provide benefits to your party