dnd-discussion

[hot marlin]

It first appeared in another short novel where a man wanders around the wilderness searching for his home in Carcosa

Carcosa is long ruined and he realizes he is a ghost.

[umbral girder]

What’s the book?

[hot marlin]

You could do that if your players are on their way there. A friendly NPC also on his way to Carcosa, describing it as a vibrant place of civilisation. When they arrive, they see it's ruins and the NPC sees his own tomb and everyone realizes he's undead

[umbral girder]

Might be good reading before my session

[hot marlin]

An Inhabitant of Carcosa by Ambrose Bierce

Chambers reused that name as a nod to Bierce in The King in Yellow.

[umbral girder]

Cool!

[hot marlin]

And later Lovecraft referenced Chambers. Those early 20th century fantasy writers liked to make nods to each other

[glossy otter]

looking it up, the king in yellow is an interesting fella

[umbral girder]

So my reading list is now the King in Yellow, and An Inhabitant of Carcosa by this Saturday evening

[umbral girder]

Yeah while the King is neat cosmic horror.

Admittedly not as direct like some of the Lovecraft guys

[glossy otter]

i've started reading some of his stuff, lovecraft is an interesting fella too I'd say

not for the same reasons

[umbral girder]

Ah ha…. Yeah. Interesting

[glossy otter]

though whilst I'm not crazy on him as a writer, he does have cool things to take inspiration from

[umbral girder]

I am tempted to get the Cthulhu book on dnd beyond

Because there is a magic item called “The King in Yellow” in it

[narrow moss]

probably cursed af

[umbral girder]

I am wondering if it’s the book

[narrow moss]

it likely is.

[hot marlin]

I always liked Pickman's model. The idea of a popular painter painting macabre pieces that turn out not to come from his imagination but from his friendship with monsters is a great idea

[glossy otter]

tbh I was suprised to see an official collab of cthulhu

[hot marlin]

Imagine if Saturn devouring his son was actually a portrait, you know?

One could run a D&D game with that. About a painter who knows all the monsters and horrors in the region and just asks them to model for him.

[umbral girder]

Is it Cthulu, like Call of Cthulu they are crossovering with? Or is Cthulu in the public domain?

Because I know the King in Yellow is

[hot marlin]

Lovecraft is also in the public domain.

Just about everyone and everything from that time period has been public domain for a while

[umbral girder]

So I wonder if it's an official crossover or just using public domain stuff

[hot marlin]

Official with whom?

Chaosium?

[fossil hollow]

got the fr alt covers, so pretty

[craggy obsidian]

I don't mean to be weird when I say this.

Does anyone have the free time to hang out with me and listen to me yap about a dnd game idea I have and maybe help me with ideas while I also listen to any ideas or well games you have cuz I just wanna listen and maybe talk to someone about dnd lol

[glossy otter]

I feel that. I love how they did the villains side with the dms book

[fossil hollow]

the switch up of coloring throws me off though

[woven flint]

I could here In a bit, friend :>

[craggy obsidian]

Oh awsome!

[lost kernel]

what do yall think about making a character based on Dungeon Soup’s chaotic good barbarian?

[woven flint]

I think Alignment is wack

[lost kernel]

more chaotic than good after all

really makes me wonder just what psychotic stuff I can do in-game

which means I’ll need to find myself an open-minded dm who’s willing to take homebrews or unusual ideas

I mean, I once tf2-medic’d my way through a campaign with some friends

[empty thicket]

yep, same. But at the same time i see it like a chance of trying a character with his flaws and ways.
One idea i saw was a barbarian with split personality, when rage you throw a dice and depending of it you rage being normal or change personality with a different alignment

[lost kernel]

oooh that’s a fun idea

DID DND

[empty thicket]

eH?= what?

[lost kernel]

Dissociative Identity Disorder Dungeons and Dragons

[vale sage]

My friend who’s a goblin got punted 50 meters 30mins in and died because the cleric wanted to show him a chicken instead of stabilizing him 👍

[empty thicket]

Yep, that of many. You can always play with concept of the own class.
One i was thinking was in a Fighter character i am using, multiclass him to Warlock and saying in his lore that he after facing many kind of devil entities understood that the only way to fight monsters is being one himself or smt like that, finding a Patron and finally using his dark powers to fight back the devils.

[lost kernel]

i once killed an enemy by throwing a deep gnome teammate brandishing a dagger at the enemy
really he killed them but it was the best nat 20 ever

[vale sage]

True DnD experience

[empty thicket]

or multi class to something such like barbarian and embrace the idea of a fighter without any magic in him. Raw strength and will against the world

[lost kernel]

i have a druid/wizard multiclass who started out as a doctor but wanted to get necromantic training for even BETTER medical skills

[empty thicket]

Or just dont multiclass and focus in upgrading my stuff in other ways, being a fighter and getting upgrades arent cheap.

[lost kernel]

a mix of bard and ranger “i will defeat you with the power of friendship and this gun i found!”

[lost kernel]

truly

[empty thicket]

Yep, i have ideas but i have to find one and take it completely on me

[lost kernel]

i love playing barbarians because i can do so many goofs with them

[empty thicket]

I feel weak against casters of magic, but i know that i can find a way to take down in the fastest way one

[lost kernel]

who needs skill when you have STR 20 and a rock?

[vale sage]

Bonking people atop the head with big sticks is a caveman instinct, and I’m all for it

[lost kernel]

one time I was a Goliath barbarian and my party was looting a bandit hideout, the fantasy cops showed up and did the classic “hands up” stuff, and my barbarian shot his hands into the ceiling of the secret loot room he was in

[cloud helm]

wizard but with 20 strength sounds fun to try

[empty thicket]

Me, i have in mind that in some moment i will need to face a Power word kill, only if i dont get the initiative first.

[lost kernel]

WIZARD STEVE CURSE OF FALCON PUNCH!

[lost kernel]

yeah

[empty thicket]

There is none magic item that can like, tank one spell or smt?

[lost kernel]

DND just draws in the nerdy crackheads to make the goofiest, most chaotic and off-putting situations possible

i harvested goblin organs for a while and the bag of organs helped me tame like three or four enemy wolves who assisted me and fell in battle to a bugbear

it occurs to me that i may have problems

[humble cairn]

Rod of Spell Absorption does that, I think.

[lavish flame]

there's an Ioun Stone or two that do the same

[woven flint]

My Goliath Elements Monk was fighting a demon, they ended up flirting while they were fighting and now they're gay lovers 🔥
It was a oneshot character of mine, but it was a reoccurring character of the dm but he made it Canon that they were in a relationship lmao

[humble cairn]

Nice! Hot demon boyfriend?

[woven flint]

Yeah, it's that one Nightmare Shepherd that's in a lot of Ti's games lol

[humble cairn]

I don't think I've met him yet.

[empty thicket]

good

[woven flint]

He's.. very zesty

[empty thicket]

let see how the fricky canellony can find one

[fossil hollow]

he was in the chase scene

horned individual who messed with the wall of fire

[humble cairn]

The Purple Worm chase?

[woven flint]

The Monk and him were beating the shit outta eachother and they decided they digged the vibe lmao

[fossil hollow]

yeap

[humble cairn]

That was a very chaotic time.

[woven flint]

TI, I still don't know what the hell to replace Jabal with lol

[humble cairn]

Haha, nice

[woven flint]

God, why must I make the Gigachad move of Sacrificing myself so my party can live? Smh...

It'd be horrible to see him come back as an undead

Doubt it'll happen though

[umbral girder]

hmm

[woven flint]

Though, a great paladin reduced to a shambling corpse would be devastating to witness 🧐

[humble cairn]

Reborn is a thing.

[woven flint]

No, not like, as a player character lol

[humble cairn]

And they aren't undead, but they are a new person.

[woven flint]

Jabal was killed by a Lich anyway, it wouldn't be that easy I feel

I also feel just bringing him back as a different type of creature would invalidate his sacrifice lol
(At least bringing him back just to play him again)

[fossil hollow]

we also were unable to recover his body

[woven flint]

It was kinda just a joke of "Hey, party! Here's your dead friend. Seethe!"

[woven flint]

Yeap

[narrow moss]

ope

[timber holly]

Hi
You can wear magical pieces of clothing in the game right?

[hot gate]

Sure, though it does sound like a bit of a leading question. It's clothing after all. Do you have a specific reason for asking?

[lavish flame]

Yeah, sometimes clothes are magical

[glass granite]

And clothes are definitely wearable

[narrow moss]

i should hope so

[timber holly]

Yes
Can I wear a skirt over pants to get double affects?

[hot gate]

The rules make that a solid maybe:
https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/br-2024/equipment#MultipleItemsoftheSameKind

You can’t wear more than one of certain magic items. You can’t normally wear more than one pair of footwear, one pair of gloves or gauntlets, one pair of bracers, one suit of armor, one item of headwear, or one cloak. The DM might make exceptions.

Personally, I dont' see why not, but I'd ask your DM.

[timber holly]

Thank you

Is a full body robe considered 1 or 2 pieces

[hot gate]

It's just one piece. Those rules simply suggest that you can't wear two of the same kind.

So two robes would be stretching it.

[loud field]

Hi I'm new

[hot gate]

Welcome! For resources and questions, you can head to #dnd-newcomers

[timber holly]

I meant pants under the robe

[hot gate]

That sounds entirely reasonable to me.

[lavish flame]

For the most part, your outfit is up to you

[glass granite]

Hi new I’m Nugget

[hot gate]

They do this every time.

[glass granite]

Can’t fault my consistency

[knotty pasture]

iirc equipment is divided into body, gloves, boots, headwear, amulets and rings

[lavish flame]

There are items that are clothes. "Traveler's Clothes", "Fine Clothes" , and "Costumes" are the primary types of clothing

[loud field]

Hi. Love your niffler pfp

[glass granite]

Ty

[knotty pasture]

Armor/Clothes and pants are all combined into one

[hot gate]

I wouldn't even go that far. For magic items, items of the same kind are important. So if there were suddenly some magic earphones, they would still fall under the rule of "not two of the same kind". It's open-ended.

[fiery nimbus]

What a sad day when 4 piece suit is banned in rules

[timber holly]

I want to experiment with more feminine clothes 😅

[lavish flame]

reallll

[knotty pasture]

You can reflavor them into how they actually look

[hot gate]

it really isn't tho

maybe if it's a magical four piece suit

[knotty pasture]

A half plate can come with a nice skirt without it being split into two pieces

[fiery nimbus]

Shhh it's funnier this way

[hot gate]

Fair enough, but please don't ping me on every reply.

[hot gate]

you are consistent, I give you that

[knotty pasture]

Going back briefly, while equipment may be relatively open ended

It is safe to say that there can only be one major source that provides AC (the armor)

[timber holly]

I'm thinking about suggesting to my DM a pair of high heeled boots that have a spell that make it so you can walk on them normally

[knotty pasture]

Having a pants slot that also gives AC would probably be really bad

[hot gate]

New common magic item drop

[narrow moss]

to be fair those require skill normally lol i'm all for it.

[knotty pasture]

Shields excluded cuz those are special

[fiery nimbus]

I am an evil arteficer, I will enchant your white shirt and your vest so you can never make a good first impression in the golf club

[narrow moss]

somehow do it anyway

[timber holly]

Sorry if I'm being annoying

[narrow moss]

i don't think you're being annoying. I like the ideas, too.

[hot gate]

No I meant that sincerely. Common magic items are items that make some minor benefit but are mostly for show. Like a cloak that always billows in a stylish fasion even though there is no wind.

[fiery nimbus]

Yes, DnD desperately needs some simple average magic items

[narrow moss]

just everyday/everyman kinda things

[hot gate]

So heels that allow you to walk normally would be good fit in that category.

[glass granite]

In pretty sure you’re being Eri, not annoying. In all seriousness tho, you’re fined

[fiery nimbus]

I like those that self-repair themselves

[narrow moss]

why are you fining them, Nugget

hehe

[hot gate]

Fine for being too relatable

[glass granite]

sigh
My career has ended because of a typo

[narrow moss]

ah we all do it

[fiery nimbus]

Heels that make you walk stupidly from monte python

[hot gate]

take 'em away boys

[timber holly]

Damn
I don't have enough gold for it

[timber holly]

I want to try boots with heels

[glass granite]

You’re fined in cookies

[narrow moss]

cookies are tasty.

[fiery nimbus]

Thanks

[hot gate]

Though also in fairness, this is fantasy we're talking about. I'm sure you could play a character in high heels that is in no way hampered by them even without magic.

[knotty pasture]

Have a common magic drop that is basically just snug PJs

[lavish flame]

missed opportunity for boots with the fur

[narrow moss]

snug pj's and a comfy robe (normal, not wizardly) are awesome.

[knotty pasture]

Ugg boots?

[timber holly]

Probably

[hot gate]

Ugg boots that always have the correct temperature. Never too warm.

[knotty pasture]

Running around adventuring in PJs and uggs sounds amazing

[narrow moss]

probs but i like the idea it has a light enchantment on it like that

[lavish flame]

Yeah, a metric ton of fantasy characters fight in heels and it doesn't impede their ability to fight

[narrow moss]

gives the world a little depth

[lavish flame]

just one of those things to suspend disbelief about, cuz even just walking in heels is a nightmare

[narrow moss]

yep so i always hear

i'm not willing to try it for myself lol

[timber holly]

Should HRT be considered a magical potion?

[hot gate]

I like to "ground" my npcs a bit more than that, but if a pc shows up with those, I ain't complaining. Pcs are hero material, so some rules don't apply to them.

[lavish flame]

depends on the sort of story you're trying to tell

[hot gate]

If you play a changeling, you basically have HRT on tap.

[knotty pasture]

Random prompt/question: Within the parties you're in or have seen as a DM, which class is most likely taking on cooking duty, and how/why?

[timber holly]

I'm going to start HRT in a few months so I kind of want to include it

[hot gate]

Artificer, because they're most likely to already have proficiency in cooks utensils.

[fiery nimbus]

Past DnD had some items that changed your gender as a curse, wonder why they didn't bring them back

[narrow moss]

they probably didn't want to risk the fallout

[lavish flame]

That just seems like a hotbed of pitfalls

[hot gate]

Eh, a flip without consent is sorta yikes ngl

I'm glad that was left by the wayside.

[fiery nimbus]

Fair enough

[hot gate]

Heck yeah!
I'd either play a character that has that built in like a changeling, so you can experiment with it, or talk with your DM about adding such a plot beat into the story.

[timber holly]

I guess
I just thought it might be an interesting mechanic

[lavish flame]

I wonder if Tomb of Horrors got a reprint today, would they include the gender-swap+make-nude trap

[hot gate]

Yeah for sure. I think there is lore about the elves being able to change their sex through a ritual? I'm not deep into lore, but I think it had to do with some moon ritual.

I'm not sure how I'd express that mechanically though, if at all.

[thick rapids]

#looking-for-dm

[lavish flame]

I'd probably avoid any mechanics besides "how long does this ritual take" which would prolly just be a rest

[timber holly]

Probably not
Unless there are a ton of changes

[fiery nimbus]

@timber holly think Alter Self spell would be appropriate?

[lavish flame]

isn't that for an hour only?

[timber holly]

@fiery nimbus

[lavish flame]

or like a minute or something? i think the idea is a permenant change

[fiery nimbus]

Dang it

[timber holly]

Honestly I'm just really nervous about everything and I don't really know what to do

[fiery nimbus]

Only permanent transformation is true polymorph when it comes to magic, I hate they didn't print more permanent spells

Give me a blindness and deafness with duration "permanent"

[timber holly]

@lavish flame also who drew your profile picture?
It's really pretty

[narrow moss]

yeah true polymorph was what i wanted to suggest. Just stay an hour in your new form, bam.

but i haven't done a deep dive on the possibilities of it yet

so i was hesitant.

[fiery nimbus]

That's a pretty damn high level spell though

[lavish flame]

Pathfinder 2e has a potion that would allow you to change your gender permenantly. That came with its own controversy tho. I think it was really inexpensive or easy to come by or something, so it sorta invalidated a few trans stories. Its hard to fight to be authentically yourself when that dight ends upon getting 20 bucks.

[narrow moss]

yeah, it really is. you'd have to pay out the wazoo to find an npc willing to do it if you wanted it earlier, i'd assume

adventuring hook tho maybe

[timber holly]

That's the problem
I don't want to think about it as something I can just turn on and off

[lavish flame]

Gabriel Picolo did a series of fan-art for the Teen Titans. His style got popular enough that he was the artist (and maybe writer?) for a Teen Titans run or two.

[timber holly]

I'll check him out
Thank you

[fiery nimbus]

In this case it's more up to DM to come up with this since on your site there is no real way to do this I fear.

To be honest, you can just put in a magical effect or curse that gradually changes your body from your backstory, since backstory stuff doesn't exactly hold to the same rules

[lavish flame]

Withoit delving terribly into spoilers, I always felt Nott the Brave's storyline (from Critical Role's second campaign) was a pretty sweet transgender story, even if it had literally nothing to do about the character's gender.

[timber holly]

?

[timber holly]

Got it

[fiery nimbus]

I usually try to find solutions with in-rules solutions first but if you can't find any, there is no problem with just making stuff up and working with the DM to incorporate it

[static nest]

there a way to see a list of spells that u need to expend gp to cast?

[lavish flame]

Unfortunately there's no way to sort by "has material components with a gold cost" on DnDBeyond. Best we got is sorting by "has material components"

Unless you mean the very, very niche Royalty component from Acq Inc. In which case, just sort by "has Royalty"

[dense flax]

Is there a Road map for 2026?

[violet owl]

hiii I wanna share my dnd char concepts and heroforge anyone wanna talk :D

[lavish flame]

We are still waiting for that. Genuinely no idea whats going on, we shouldve had it by now

[lavish flame]

you are in luck, the people in #character-discussion and #dnd-heroforge-etc would love those

[violet owl]

Yay thanks

[tawdry sentinel]

I'll dm you a snapshot, I have it in a spreadsheet.

[static nest]

TNX

[dense flax]

Soo either something really big is going to be released, they don't want to delay another book by over 100 days, or nothing will be released in 2026 and we have to wait for the official release of the unearthed arcana content until 2027

[lavish flame]

I see a question mark so I'll explain but its irrelevant. Acquisitions Incorporated is a book that came out a while back which introduced a new spellcasting component: Royalty. You have to pay royalties to use some spells, casting them immediately removes some money from you.

I don't think its a very good book tbh.

[narrow moss]

weird choice

[timber holly]

What's heroforge?

[violet owl]

#dnd-heroforge-etc

i just posted my two char ideas there

[timber holly]

Oh ok

[lavish flame]

We can make some assumptions for future releases. The Arcane Subclasses and Subclasses Update Unearthed Arcanas imply a Xanathar's Guid/Tasha's Cauldron style "PHB 2" in the future. Psion and Apocalypse Subclasses heavily imply a Dark Sun book. The Horror Subclasses implies some additional setting, maybe Ravenloft, maybe Magic the Gathering's Innistrad.

They would not let a fiscal year pass without releasing any books.

[dense flax]

Oke

[dense flax]

I think we will probably get some announcements in the next 2-5 weeks

[lavish flame]

Hoping so, cuz in ~5 weeks the year is over

[glass granite]

Wait wtf you’re right
The year overall has been slow for me but wth happened to November

[limber trail]

i feel like its july ngl

[glass granite]

I feel like it’s September or October

But July felt years ago

Idk

[snow agate]

When you have a routine the world moves fast

[dense flax]

I think it would depend on how the release of forge of the Artificer goos next week (if it flops they can overshadow the book whit a big announcement and if it is a big hit they will probably wait intil a week after it is released)

[lavish flame]

i figure they're waiting for their last book of the year, the Eberron update, to ship before releasing the 2026 roadmap, yeah

though thats a good point, the roadmap could be damage control. i dont think there'll be anything egregious in the Eberron book tho. They've been pretty open about it being a smaller expansion.

[torpid ocean]

most furries are pretty chill dw

[rough basalt]

The dark sun book I could potentially see being on next year's roadmap

If they don't have too much PR damage control to do

Since Dark Sun 5e itself will be a big PR nightmare

My theory is
Dark Sun 5e
Strahds Book of Strahding
Another anthology, maybe probably Giants

[cold badge]

dog pfp…. name…c..

[torpid ocean]

I swear on everything holy I am gonna lamp my lobster if someone else brings that up

[lavish flame]

Honestly a Giant themed anthology about checks out. They did Tyranny of Dragons to open 2014 and then Dragon Delve to open 2024. Maybe we get a Storm King's Thunder equivalent.

[torpid ocean]

my name is arandomcatlover because it's too iconic at this point to change

[cold badge]

but…but…..

what if I want a lobter

[torpid ocean]

js don't mention the name it might be confusing but idk

[cold badge]

what if your dog pfp means you like dogs and your cat name means you like cats

[dense flax]

I agree

[rough basalt]

If the design team calls it Storm King's Blunders I'll be preordering

It especially checks out cause SCAG came out the year before SKT

So now that FRAG is out, time for SKB

Give it the byline "see what happens when you have a real setting guide to go with your adventures"

[lavish flame]

I can't wait to start properly incorporating the Realms into my games

[rough basalt]

Wait I think I might be onto something

2015 was when they released SCAG

2025 was FRAG

We currently have Ravenloft UAs

CoS came out in 2016

Storm King's Thunder also came out in 2016 to be used with SC*G

[limber trail]

A spooky book would be interesting next year

[rough basalt]

I think they might be just repeating it, but doing it the right way

For example, the 2014 corebooks had issues that plagued the system for years, the 2024 ones only issue is the reading comprehension monster.

2015 had the worst splatbook in 5e to this date for one of its oldest settings
2025 has one of that settings best splatbooks in 20 years.

[limber trail]

i'd be interested if it's more a campaign module or a setting guide, or even both, like VRGtR vs CoS. It would be good to see a new proper adventure module with 2024 rules. It's mostly anthologies or settings so far.

[rough basalt]

I doubt a full campaign next year, maybe 2027

There will likely be an anthology every year

Anthologies are just a more reliable product

I'd think anyway since there's been an anthology every year since 2021

[cinder timber]

Hello

[glass granite]

Greetings, Zenith. Our paths cross again.

Aight yall, give me your favourite quote you wanna make in a campaign but have never been able to do

[red steppe]

Do roller skates fit the setting of DnD?

[reef tundra]

Not really but I love adding stuff like them in

[cinder timber]

Greetings, long time no see! /s

[red steppe]

Imagine a Skateboard wielding Cleric that shreds his allies' wounds away

[cinder timber]

"Objection!"

[reef tundra]

“You look hurt. Watching this kick flip will heal you” does kick flip and heals 60 HP

[glass granite]

In order:
“The Old Lie: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori
Or
“Hide not thy poison with sugared words”
Or
“We don’t get broken. We’re made broken. We are not whole alone. But if we’re lucky, if we’re blessed, we may find those whose edges fit against our own. Like pieces of the same puzzle, or shards of the same shattered blade. Those who, in their own broken way, make our broken edge complete.”

[cinder timber]

Dang, are you guys all expert writers? Those are some good quotes

[lavish flame]

to be entirely honest I think adding small wheels to shoes isn't wildly out of genre for D&D

[glass granite]

First one just from “Dulce et Decorum” by Wilfred Owen, the second one is from Shakespeare (Henry VI I believe) and the last one’s from Empire of The Damned by Jay Kristoff

They’re not from me
Though there are some writers on this server

[high mesa]

it's just tough cause they're mostly only useful in urban settings because of the consistently flat ground, you won't be able to go most places with wheelies

[cinder timber]

I respect your honesty.

[glass granite]

Cmon I’m not a horrible writer, but I’m not THAT good. Nowhere near.

[reef tundra]

There is one line I want to say, but I haven’t reached that part in the campaign

[glass granite]

What line?

[reef tundra]

”I… am the Defier. I… am the true king. I… am the lord of eternity”

[cinder timber]

If we are using other source material then I would say

"Can't you see what a scourge is laid upon your hate. That heaven finds a way to kill your joys with love. And, I, for winking at your discord have lost a brace of kinsman. All are punished. . . All are PUNISHED!!!"

Something like this

[cinder timber]

As a DM or a PC?

[reef tundra]

Okay that is peak

[reef tundra]

DM. It’s for my sweet sweet BBEG

[cinder timber]

From Romeo and Juliet! The one with Olivia Hussey. If I find a place to say it, I WILL BE SAYING IT lol

[glass granite]

I wanna throw Shakespeare or poetry into the lines of my villain

[cinder timber]

Oh nice! That is a nice line!

[glass granite]

At the end right?

[cinder timber]

Me too, that would be a fun twist

[limber trail]

So this isn’t a pipe dream so much as simply what my campaign is, but in session 4 of my campaign, the party encountered a generic evil death knight looking bad guy, who spoke one sentence to the party: “Stand and Fight” before fighting them in an encounter which they believed to be on the verge of a TPK. And those three words are going to take the party on quite the journey.

[cinder timber]

Correct, the prince is addressing the Montague and Capulet family

[glass granite]

I remember reading the play last year, sounds familiar.

[reef tundra]

I don’t like making my PC’s royalty

[cinder timber]

Wym?

[reef tundra]

Ty. It’s meant to be the transition between the two phases of my villain, going from the God Defier, to the lord of eternity

[glass granite]

Couldn’t remember if it was the pastor or the Friar

[reef tundra]

Idk I just don’t like making the characters I play as a player royalty.

[lavish flame]

I've always wanted a quest to find an airship because of a bit of text I found Exploring Eberron.

Dela looked around . . . and then looked up. The plateau was dominated by a single massive tree—an oak taller than any of the towers of Sharn. Dela could see an airship nestled in the branches, like a child’s discarded toy. It was the Storm’s End. And they needed to reach it.

[glass granite]

Oh that’s a good one

[lavish flame]

The visual imagery of a whole ass airship being lost like a child's toy in this massive tree is peak.

[cinder timber]

Oh, I gotcha. I like making edgy characters

[glass granite]

-# I would know

[limber trail]

No I get that, one issue with players who are super fancy is I find it’s hard to justify them on this quest with these other randos.

[reef tundra]

Agreed. They are very fun

[cinder timber]

Yes you do. Edgy characters are fun!

[high mesa]

i make unfortunate characters mostly

[glass granite]

I make characters. They exist, I like them.

[reef tundra]

I also feel like I’m pressuring my DM to make my character claim the throne or something, so I just don’t

Although I do like making nobles, just not royalty, as sometimes it’s useful to have a well-spoken citizen of high society to be in the party

[glass granite]

I have a noble in my party rn, they’re quite reliable

[lavish flame]

Besides this, I'm a huge fan of King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, and that band regularly drops some insane lines in their songs. I fully intend to incorporate their lyrics as descriptors in my games.

[high mesa]

so far i've made an orphan, a slave and a person trapped in another person's body

[reef tundra]

Always useful

[limber trail]

Nobles are fun, I just like having a limit to it

[reef tundra]

All good sources of drama in a campaign. I like it

[high mesa]

thanks

[cinder timber]

I should try an edgy noble!

[glass granite]

My noble friend is a rogue, actually, but I wouldn’t call them edgy

[lavish flame]

I've made an orphan (Monk) and a desperado (Wizard). I haven't played many PCs of late. I did a level 20 one shot where I was a grandma (Cleric)

[high mesa]

i always like the story of the noble who uncovers a dark family secret and has to run away because they know too much

like wicander in the new cr

[cinder timber]

I like the noble who is finding life empty being a noble. Im not original, I know.

[reef tundra]

I love mid-life crisis nobles

[glass granite]

Gotta love questioning your life actions

[reef tundra]

And people say dnd is to play a character you can’t be irl 😎

[cinder timber]

A good ol, lemme go on an adventure to escape this life!

[high mesa]

i always find i accidentally insert a bit of myself into every character i make

[glass granite]

I’ve heard a friend say that dnd characters are an expression of one’s ideals, beliefs, interests and desires, so….

Yeah, that checks out

[cinder timber]

(I totally dont do that.)

[reef tundra]

I do it… with villains sometimes

[lavish flame]

I figure most people make hot characters tbh

[high mesa]

clearly haven't seen tomato

[glass granite]

-# yes, my autognome copper golem with a chest mimic monster as a battle smith Steel Defender is definitely hot

(He didn’t last that long, got blown up by a holy hand grenade)

[reef tundra]

Well that happens as a side effect of basing them off of myself so 💅/j

[glass granite]

I like the confidence

[reef tundra]

Did he count to 4 when throwing it instead of 3?

[glass granite]

Nope, he wasn’t the one throwing it

[cinder timber]

I am making my next guy quite the opposite

[glass granite]

And the person throwing it made very sure to count to three

[reef tundra]

I like thinking of myself as the stereotypical blonde popular girl if she ever got into dnd /hj

[lavish flame]

dawg what, do u have a PC named "tomato"?

[glass granite]

I was just in the blast radius. Didn’t stand a chance.

[reef tundra]

Darn. They knew exactly what they were doing

[lavish flame]

i played with a PC named "tomato" like years ago

[glass granite]

Imma need to add “Potato” into my next session.

[high mesa]

look up carver world of io

[reef tundra]

I played a Druid named Blueberry once

[high mesa]

now that is a hot pc

[limber trail]

I got an owlbear companion named peanut in my last session of a campaign

[glass granite]

Aww, that’s kinda cute

[reef tundra]

Ty. I spent ages thinking of the name so I just gave up and picked it

[limber trail]

I am now indisputably the strongest member of my level 2 party

[glass granite]

One of my players is literally always referred to as “Italian Nonna”

She’s a war hero

[lavish flame]

Most of my PC names are in the "thats a person's name" category. I played a character named Cyrus, I'm now playing a character named Hope.

[limber trail]

I can’t make good character names. I very frequently pick nouns or other words for my PC names

[high mesa]

i just do whatever fits the vibe tbh

still coming up with a name for the character i'm doing in a campaign that's starting soon

[reef tundra]

I just remembered possibly the dumbest yet coolest names I chose for a PC

[lavish flame]

I try to find thematic meaning to the names. Cyrus was named Cyrus because that just means "Fire" and he was a Fire Goliath. Hope is named Hope because she's a Tiefling, that's her Virtue Name, and she wants to inspire hope.

[reef tundra]

His first name… was Sans

[high mesa]

think i'm gonna name him Peril since he's super unlucky and always gets into dangerous situations

[reef tundra]

Short for Sansimedo Drakebane. Which (iirc) translates to “No fear, dragon killer”

[jovial badger]

my names suck lol

[reef tundra]

If you absolutely butcher the translation

[glass granite]

Lemme go through my player’s names
Aspirin (it’s actually Aspid)
Jeckle/Hyde
Italian Nonna
Felix
Duffy
Morgrath
One I can’t remember how to spell
Aergis Ultimo Braze

[cinder timber]

I like "One I can't remember how to spell" the most

[reef tundra]

My boy Henry Jeckyll

[glass granite]

I saw that coming from 5 light years away

[reef tundra]

Such a good name, right?

[jovial badger]

Chakara (goli pally)
Kalxor (tiefling warlock)
Pan (satyr druid)
Eruk (aarakocra monk)

[cinder timber]

it is so unique!

[jovial badger]

i need better names 😭

[reef tundra]

Hey those names are good!

[cinder timber]

me too, i just go on fantasy name generator, find something that sounds cool and augment it further

[glass granite]

I found it
Eryx Jayakari

It’s the scientific name for the Arabian Sand Boa

[cinder timber]

very interesting

[glass granite]

Their character is based of Solid Snake so it was a pun

[cinder timber]

I once took a magic clan and an armor set from a video game to make a name for a character

[jovial badger]

any class recommendations for a variant human im making

[glass granite]

Monk

[lavish flame]

For a thing I briefly wrote, the characters were named Axiom, Amber, Khalid, Ngozi, and Melozza. All of these, barring Axiom, are just regular people names from around the world.

I mostly like when names feel real

[glass granite]

In all seriousness, literally every class is good with variant human
Monk is just my favourite

[jovial badger]

i alr got a monk tho

[glass granite]

4 fists are better than two

[jovial badger]

monks are crazy fun i gotta give it to you, fs in my top3

[jovial badger]

chromatic orb > 4 fists

[glass granite]

Agree to disagree

[lavish flame]

a fragful of fists is always good

[jovial badger]

how do you get 4 fists?

[high mesa]

by having more arms

[jovial badger]

(my monk lwk lvl2 is it even possible max i can get is 3)

[lavish flame]

plus, eventually (in 2024) you get 5 hits (2 Action, 3 on Flurry)

[lavish flame]

wait until 5th level for Extra Attack

[calm sparrow]

#dnd-newcomers #find-a-game #looking-for-community

Hey, I’m new to dnd and ttrpgs. I’m looking to learn and play with an online group. Also completely new to discord. Any recommendations? 💕

[jovial badger]

mic or no mic?

[jovial badger]

ah.

[calm sparrow]

Either

[calm sparrow]

Either would work for me

[lavish flame]

I'd highly recommend checking out #learn-to-play to get ur bearings

[muted prairie]

What are your guys thoughts on climate change

[reef tundra]

#non-dnd-topics

[calm sparrow]

Ooh I’ll look there now thank you

[lavish flame]

its probably the most pertinent issue we should be tackling as a species, but alas.

in D&D, I love to make sifferent biomes feel dofferent by describing things like humidity, temperature, elevation, precipitation, things like that.

[jovial badger]

sorcerors need to stop using burning hands

[reef tundra]

Wizards gotta stop doing meteor swarm, we don’t need any more meteors damn it

[jovial badger]

im guilty too, its my fav spell

[jovial badger]

wizard...

the worst full caster...
(my opinion ofc yours can be different we're all friends here /j /jk /ily /dont kill me)

[reef tundra]

A FELLOW WIZARD SLANDERER

Join me, my companion, and we’ll slay all the wizards together /j

[jovial badger]

bahahaha

wizard < bard < sorceror < druid < warlock

power tier list

[still plover]

In the less hospitable parts of my Grim Fels setting, long distance travel needed survival checks. Failures led to a save vs some local hazard that would chip off some HP.

[reef tundra]

Get that sorcerer above the Druid /j

[jovial badger]

obv my fav is sorceror but warlocks are so powerful

[lavish flame]

impeccable, you couldn't have arranged that worse

[jovial badger]

dont sleep on druids man theyre crazy strong

[jovial badger]

how?

[high mesa]

wizard>bard>warlock>sorcerer>druid

[lavish flame]

wizard > druid > warlock > bard > sorcerer

[high mesa]

i am just a warlock enjouyer though tbh

[hot gate]

Same, I love their ability set. Invocations my beloved

[jovial badger]

warlock is peak

hellish rebuke is so good for its level

[high mesa]

picking tiefling as a spellcaster to get hellish rebuke is my favourite move

[jovial badger]

exactly

[glass granite]

For me it’s
Bard>Sorcerer>Warlock>wizard>druid

[jovial badger]

bard...

[glass granite]

I like bards ok

Bards are fun

[jovial badger]

weee sing bardic inspiration

[hot gate]

Yeah, they can be really powerful too.

Bardic inspiration is neat, but they're also a full caster and get plenty of tools from their subclasses to be excellent at other things.

[burnt valley]

Would a mute Bard be viable

[jovial badger]

uhhh

[lavish flame]

that really depends on how that manifests

[glass granite]

Apart from the part that verbal components exist, sure

[jovial badger]

about as much as a monk in wild shape form

[lavish flame]

for the most part, your Bardic stuff can be done with an instrument, so no speaking necessary. Bards do spellcasting, and a lot of spells have Verbal components, which is where you might get mixed up

[jovial badger]

bardic mutespiration

[drowsy torrent]

I call upon linguists of this server to provide to me insight. I am undertaking the quest to write a homebrew language and for it I have made some decisions regarding grammatical and phonetic structure that I cannot tell whether they'll hinder me or help me given my, admittedly, limited knowledge in linguistics

I don't know if I should dump what I have prepared in this chat however

[still plover]

Probably not. What will this add to your game? Do you have players who will be interested in engaging with it?

[drowsy torrent]

It is an "Indiana Jones" campaign, basic race for a mcguffin, I intend for a majority of puzzles to have at least part of their answer hidden within scripts of this custom language of mine, of course history checks and intelligence checks aside, I would really like for this language however to have sound structure in real life for both my peace of mind and for two particular players of mine that are lore gurus

In short, I am adding it as a means for the perceptive of the group to expedite solving puzzles as an alternative means to find the solutions

That and it's about time I expand on my book of homebrew resources, a custom language is a niche tool all things considered but if it does happen again in the future where it would be an interesting addition at least i'd have one in the ready

[still plover]

It's certainly an interesting idea. Perhaps looking at other conlangs such as Klingon or Dothraki could give you some ideas?

I feel, bearing in mind it's for a game, you might be best served by going with the easy solutions. You can always share what you've got in a Google doc or similar.

What's this?

[drowsy torrent]

I have already looked at Klingon, Sindarin and Quenya to compare notes and what i'm doing here is different from them because of a decision i'm starting to second guess

I considered going after Na'vi since it is also a very complete language alongside klingon

[inner silo]

Is there a class/subclass that focuses on damage over time and is that even a thing in dnd?

[humble cairn]

There really aren't many damage over time effects, maybe handful.

Tasha's Caustic Brew, Mefl's Acid Arrow

[drowsy torrent]

To summarize without going into the rabbit hole, I have designed it such that separate phrases arrange themselves via a particle which we will call "X", it has variations that determine what relation Phrase A has to B, but it itself has a phoneme, which, for the purposes of speaking, makes the language sound a lot like wordsoup (Edit: Coupled with the fact I am using VOS makes it a very hard read too)

[inner silo]

Alrighty, thanks!

Is there a class/subclass that focuses on poison damage?

[uncut zenith]

Heat Metal’s a great one too

[pliant sapphire]

Rogue Assasin somewhat

[inner silo]

Somewhat?

[humble cairn]

There's the burning condition, which is 1d4 fire damage every turn.

[inner silo]

I'm guessing it's not the strongest?

[humble cairn]

Alchemist's Fire applies burning.

[tough cedar]

I was thinking about that last night. Not a bard but a cute character and how that'd pan out. Like they'd be at a disadvantage on most things unless hes like a straight up fighter or something

[humble cairn]

No, but I think it's the only actual Condition that applies damage every turn.

[inner silo]

Ah. Could alchemists fire be applied to a weapon and then hitting someone with it would set them aflame?

[vivid rain]

asdhsadh online dnd is fairly overwhelming for a first timer-

[humble cairn]

No, you throw Alchemist's Fire at a target.

[inner silo]

I see

Alrighty, thanks for the help!

[vivid rain]

What would be the best chat to ask for advice in?

[humble cairn]

Advice about what, specifically?

[vivid rain]

Just trying to learn how to set up doing online dnd stuff-

I keep hearing all these requirements in looking for players, like owlbear...or VTT?? and other stuff

idk what is the main required thing, only got dnd beyond as of the moment

[humble cairn]

Making character's with disabilities is somewhat tricky in that you want to make sure you're handling it sensitively. On top of that, charactes with communication issues tend to be more disruptive than is worth it. Unless you have a mature group and a DM who is working with you to make it work well I would suggest not doing this.

[raw ocean]

Is it true that the new faerun subclasses are unbalanced?

[humble cairn]

I mean, I don't feel they are, but this is a hard question to answer about the lot of them all at once.

[still plover]

Certainly a project you've got going there! I wish you the best of luck.

[humble cairn]

There were eight of them, that's a lot of room one way or the other.

[raw ocean]

Sorry I didn’t mean sub-classes, someone was telling me the background were on the broken side

I should probably just check them myself

[dense flax]

In the official rules or on dnd beyond?
arachnoid stalker Rogue and mother of Sorrows Warlock focus on poison damage but are partnered content

[lost flicker]

does anyone know why maps in books have locations written down with a letter before a number?

labeling locations by number makes sense I feel, but why a letter?

[dense flax]

May I have an example

[lost flicker]

Potential spoilers for Princes of the Apocalypse:
||Featherscale Spire has 5 layers, the lowest is the stable, labeled as S1, the ground level is then labeled S2 - S7, Level 2 is labeled S8 and then four rooms labeled S9, Level 3 is labeled under 3 S9's and then S10, and the pinnacle is labeled S11.. S9 work's as a variable here for each room to be categorized under the same description, but you could achieve the same thing with just "9", so why is it S9?||

[dense flax]

In what chapter

[hollow stone]

letter means something

the first storage room and first hallway will share a number 1 but they need to be S and H for Storage and Hallway

[lost flicker]

But all the locations are labeled under the same letter

There's never a different letter,

[lost flicker]

Chapter 2

[hollow stone]

floors

[lost flicker]

What about floors

[dapper sedge]

lorwyn chageling‘s text has been changed, Does anyone know of any other modifications besides this? Is there an integrated page similar to PHB errata?

[dense flax]

I suspect that it is soo the writters did not have to write the complete name of a location when something is from there

[hollow stone]

letter for floors

[lost flicker]

But it's not

[hollow stone]

F1 is Floor 1
S1 is Story 1

[lost flicker]

But it's not

Also, why would they do Floor but then Story

Each floor is labeled under the same letter, each room is labeled under the same letter

[hollow stone]

did they do Floor or did they do Story?

[lost flicker]

Neither, but it's also not labeled by story or floor, it's labeled by room

[hollow stone]

do all of the rooms serve the same purpose?

oh wait lmao it's Section

[lost flicker]

As far as I can tell the only time it changes is between maps

So like, Thundertree vs Wave Echo Cave I think use Q and W

Let me check

[hollow stone]

wait that's silly

[dense flax]

The complete book number the area's whit first a letter and then a number (my guess is for an easy reference)

[hollow stone]

maybe it's to avoid confusion with other maps?

[lost flicker]

I understand why they shorten the labels, but why is there a letter

[still plover]

I'd put my two coppers on it being a convention established best part of fifty years ago.

[lost flicker]

Why not just 1 2 3 4 5 6

[lost flicker]

This- is probably the correct answer in all honesty

But I dunno they've been changing stuff for ages, why not this?

Okay so,

Cragmaw Castle uses C
And Wave Echo Cave uses W

[dense flax]

X9 is shorter and more easily to see what it is than 24.1

[lost flicker]

So like, maybe it's that? But then why does Featherscale Spire use S

[lost flicker]

I get that, I'm not suggesting 24.1, I'm suggesting just.. 1 2 3 4 5 6

Not 1.3, not 1.21, just flat, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

And also, 1.21 is no different in ease of reading from W21

Is it S for Spire

[still plover]

The use of a letter makes it more novel and thus memorable.

[lost flicker]

I guess?

Anyway I'm supposed to be dying my hair right now I just got distracted

[still plover]

If it was just a number for every module's map refs, folk might get confused. The letter helps segregate it in the reader's recollection with a nod towards the name of the module.

[dense flax]

If there are more than 100 rooms and areas in a book increasing numbers get messy
(saying S4 makes it more easy to see it is in the spire room 4)

[inner silo]

i see. Thanks

[dense flax]

You can also ask your dm if you can change necrothic damage for poison (but that depends on your dm)

[pure swan]

Hi?

[dense flax]

Hello

[high mesa]

i think most dms will be fine with switching to poison cause poison is a terrible damage type

just putting it out there as a warning before you try, since a LOT of creatures in the monster manual are immune to poison

but if you already know the campaign will be mostly humans, or homebrew stuff it could be okay

it's also the case that there's not a lot of things that benefit from you doing poison damage the same way you can buff fire or radiant or such

[rough basalt]

Yeah 5e has a strong hatred for poison

Tho funny enough a little less than half of the '25 MM is immune to it

[muted prairie]

#looking-for-players sorry still couldnt find it

[rough basalt]

It's just that there's very common enemy types that DMs use are the immune ones

That being Undead and Fiends

[high mesa]

it's like playing rock paper scissors with your dm and you really want to play paper cause it's cool but the dm has like a 90% chance of throwing scissors

[rough basalt]

If you're in a game with Giants, Dragons, and Humanoids being used pretty regularly, you can use poison quite alot

As the only dragon immune to poison is Green

And none of the standard giants are immune/resist it either

[still plover]

Yeah. You want an ethics-free enemy, they're easy grabs. They just happen to come with immunity - and it's not like there are many other candidates for DoT effects aside from maybe fire, which tends to be weak and in the case of fiends, unsurprisingly ineffective.

[rough basalt]

Yeah Fiends, Acid is a pretty good one to catch them off guard

Tho you have to be a Sorc to do Acid damage meaningfully at higher levels

Poison would be pretty good in a game where you're fighting the cult of the dragon

Since they're mostly humanoids, and dragon-type creatures

And you don't gotta worry about Ethics cause they're a bunch of wackos who want the world to be destroyed

[spice cliff]

What could I use for a d12 table?

[native fjord]

hello

[lilac olive]

I need a dm #1440852400440086648

I’d like a dnd game that’s eventful

[lost flicker]

text them

[hot marlin]

You'rd killing them anyways. I'm willing to bet dying poisoned is less painful than being burned alive by a fireball

[marble lion]

fireball doesnt set targets on fire if they survive

i think being hit by fireball is not what you are imagining

[rough basalt]

Yeah but gotta take advantage on being able to use poison in a Wizards of the Coasts world

[marble lion]

fireball seems to be more immediate

youd die to a flash of heat instantly grilling you

[dense flax]

Fireball is a big hot explosion

[marble lion]

its like a lobster in the pot

[steep cloak]

Why is a Shambling Mound resistant to Fire damage? I would think a creature made of vines would be vulnerable to it

[marble lion]

vines?

what the.... i thought shambling mound was the fleshy thing with mouths

[wild yarrow]

Guys I'm starting a DND club at my school

I do need help knowing if my basis is good tho

Can somebody DM and I can send them a video of the Google doc

[stoic obsidian]

Good morning

[humble cairn]

Shambling Mounds are plant creatures.

[steep cloak]

Yeah plant creature

[stoic obsidian]

Happy my internet is back

[hollow stone]

"wet plants are harder to burn than dry plants" but yea that is insanely silly and should not be the thing

[steep cloak]

yah makes sense

[hollow stone]

i get that whenever something deals fire damage it's usually like 45d6 but if anything should have fire vulnerability its the one thing that forest fires

[glad barn]

I mean, it's a big ass marsh tree. Setting fires in a mrash is pretty difficult.

[hollow stone]

sure, but they shouldn't be resistant to fire damage tho

at least not when there's 450 other monsters that do that

[glad barn]

The trees and plants in marshes live half submerged in water. Itd be like trying to burn a full water balloon.

However, once its dead, if you do burn it, I could see it exploding, like bamboo.

[clear lark]

"It's usually 45d6". huh?

[hollow stone]

a lot of fire damage happens in one spot most of the time, right?

like Flaming Sphere is 2d6 fire over a 3×3

[glad barn]

It depends on the nature of it. Something like a steam vent vs a lava stream vs a fire bolt vs a vat of burnign oil all act a bit different

[stoic obsidian]

I keep looking at shield mastery and find it to be a good feat

[glad barn]

Some of it will be ongoing, some of it not, also depends if the environment is flammable

[clear lark]

it is indeed

[stoic obsidian]

Combine it with sap weapon mastery or slow

[glad barn]

But you can give monsters resistance, vulnerability and immunity as needed too.

If something makes more sense to you one way over another, just run it that way as long as you can make it make sense to your players too 🤷

[stoic obsidian]

Monsters are a dm playground

[hollow stone]

i remember reading a tech, idk how valid it is, but someone once foretold that if you have the max number of circle casters concentrating on Delayed Fireball for the maximum amount of time you can deal like 14,400d6 Fire Damage in its area

[glad barn]

Yeah, which would require more casters working together than there are in Faerun

To do something once in a relatively small area.

[stoic obsidian]

Semilacrum?

[glad barn]

The sword coast alone is 1,000 miles long. How much of an area are you even doing that too.

[stoic obsidian]

Tho I don’t see a point in doing it tbh

Just to see a big explosion?

[glad barn]

There's definitely better ways to clear out a town lol

[hollow stone]

however big Delayed Fireball occupied, idk

[stoic obsidian]

Earthquake

[glad barn]

If you have that many casters just have them walk around each doing fireball. Far more efficient.

Commoners have 4 HP. Most weak walls dont break 25.

[hollow stone]

so what is the average dice roll of fires?

[stoic obsidian]

The simple solution is pour oil all over the place, and set it ablaze

[glad barn]

Its a damage type. Being thrown into the sun and grabbing a hot pot are both fire damage.

Theres a chart of spell damage per spell level that has some guidance in general

[burnt valley]

would Tsunami count as well

[glad barn]

But there's no 'standard' damage for fire. Or anything else other than weapons.

[stoic obsidian]

Probably yeah

[glad barn]

Spells generally range from 1d4 + effects to 40d6 at the top end, more or less

[hollow stone]

yea but of that damage type you can absolutely measure its average dice number for things that do that, like BPS damage is usually around 1 or 3 die depending on the situation

[stoic obsidian]

Wash away people in a cramp location, or use decanter of endless water with enlarge reduce maybe

[glad barn]

BPS damage includes things like a mountain collapsing on top of you, though.

Or being hit by a bull or landing in a thorn bramble.

[stoic obsidian]

If your dm is generous

[hollow stone]

is there an official damage for dropping a mountain on someone????

[burnt valley]

would a 20th lvl party handle the mountain part

[glad barn]

There's a book on being the player role that adjudicates the rules for the table 🤷

No, there's system shock / massive damage for a reason lol

[serene garnet]

Wsg kings

[stoic obsidian]

Actually what the best way for all martials to clear a village?

[glad barn]

Starve it to death.

[lost flicker]

gibbering mouther

[glad barn]

Set a perimeter outside, dont let anything in or out, wait, set fires.

[red steppe]

Explosive barrel - Wildheart Bear rage

[glad barn]

Just medieval things (tm)

[stoic obsidian]

Burn the crops

[marble lion]

thanks queen

[red steppe]

How do you do that?

[lost flicker]

I just started reading Princes of the Apocalypse

[hollow stone]

i mean Rogues spawn with Oil and Candles, so you can just torch it

[stoic obsidian]

Yup, and have the monk, and rogue stealthily kill the soldiers

[lost flicker]

anyone read it that can give their opinion? no spoilers, just opinions are fine

[glad barn]

Besiege it, block paths in, slaughter anyone who tries to leave, pay off merchants (or kill them) who try to go in.

[serene garnet]

Hi

[lost flicker]

hello

[glad barn]

Just standard level 3-digit year warfare.

[serene garnet]

I like DND to

[lost flicker]

i'd guess so yes

[lost kernel]

remember the Geneva convention doesn’t exist in the dnd universes

[glad barn]

And if it does, its taken about as seriously as its taken here >_>

[lost flicker]

remember, you can create your own Geneva convention in your dnd universes

[lost kernel]

delicious Geneva suggestions

[stoic obsidian]

Then their the diabolical way effective people with a disease

[lost flicker]

would custard and blueberry damage be included in the Faerun Geneva Convention

[hollow stone]

tbf even in modern warfare it's taken as seriously here as it is there

[glad barn]

Or just cloud kill, yeh

[stoic obsidian]

Stop it chuckles

[lost kernel]

I love seeing the horrible ways people come up with to kill enemies

[red steppe]

In a medieval setting, where is the water supply located? Asking for research purposes

[lost kernel]

raise the temp of a space by thirty degrees
that space is a dude’s chest cavity

[lost flicker]

where-eva you want it

[serene garnet]

DND is fun

[lost flicker]

it is

[glad barn]

When only half the planet takes the conventions seriously, it doesnt matter how seriously that half takes them 🤷

[lost kernel]

War Criminal Simulator

[serene garnet]

I'm shy

[glad barn]

Adventurers are psychos anyway.

[lost kernel]

You’re not adventurers you’re mercenaries

[stoic obsidian]

Dnd is horror created the twisted minds of players and DMs alike beware for you are in for a scare

[hollow stone]

"i'm gonna cast Heat Metal on the calcium in that guy's teeth."

[lost kernel]

You’ll kill pretty much anyone if there’s gold and a half reasonable argument

[lost flicker]

luckily for me I have player's who mostly want to tell dramatic stories with sadboi PC's and not player's who want to mustard gas the bugbears

[spring light]

what're we playing? goosebumps?

[hoary merlin]

heyyy

[stoic obsidian]

Why not both

[red steppe]

What if i cast Contagion on a water supply and rapidly spread disease that way, would it work

[spring light]

por que no los dos?

[lost kernel]

make sure it’s cast downriver

[glad barn]

It's funny, sometimes my table will be like "Let's do a slice of life low stakes thing" and it'll take them 11 minutes before someone gets violent.

[lost flicker]

you know how we have an owlbear and a primeval owlbear

I know that realistically it wouldn't work, but I want an owlbear that flies

[glad barn]

Meanwhile, if the players are like "Lets do an action packed adventure" 3 hours into session one theyre trying to befriend a donkey

[spring light]

What is the actual wording on contagion? And what does your dm say?

[red steppe]

Peak

Aww darn, its up to DM stuff again

[spring light]

realistic... when there are owlbears, and dragons, and fireballs.

In my game, if you wanted a flying owlbear? Done.

[lost kernel]

I want to see one just bumblebee their way around

[glad barn]

Easier ways to poison a well too.

[hearty bay]

does wearing a shoulderpad counts as being armored?

[lost flicker]

I remember my first ever attempt at DMing where my singular player proceeded to immediately request to trickshot an arrow through the nearest civilian's leg

[glad barn]

Just bleed a sick guy or ten into the town's water supply

[spring light]

is it mechanically armor?

[glad barn]

BBEG 101, cmon yall.

[hearty bay]

the idea would be that it isn't, since I like one-sized shoulderpads on barbarians

[fresh patrol]

Sorry to intervene, I'm not a DND player (yet, maybe), but what do y'all think about a sort of campaign set in a Renaissance-like setting (like roughly in the early or mid-1500s) and have to go around and act like a sort of 'Isekai Clean-up Crew' while uncovering why the hell are so many of them suddenly thrown into your world with cracked power?

[red steppe]

That would be too obvious

[hearty bay]

but I don't want mine to mechanically wear armor

[lost flicker]

I just would love an owlbear that flies

[spring light]

sure, sounds fun.

[lost flicker]

I also would love more monster hunter style magic items that are made out of creature parts

[spring light]

Yep. I'll have one in my games. You ever make it there, he's yours.

[hollow stone]

dude i once spawned a rogue who was supposed to be reluctant about murder

4 sessions later we got kidnapped by a satyr in the feywild and she went "yea no this guy doesn't leave this place alive, he is dead."

[lost flicker]

like, leather armor with acid resistance made from black dragon skin

[dawn cipher]

shoulder pad is inside shirt so it isn't armor, pauldron is

[lost kernel]

I just like my bag of goblin organs

[serene garnet]

Monk punch

[glad barn]

For sure. It happens all the time lol. Its like players daring themselves not to think of elephants.

[spring light]

if on paper it's some armor, then i'm fine with flavor making it anything you want.

Yes, bikini armor would thus be acceptable.

[glad barn]

The moment a PC (or DM) sets down a hard line they need to RP around, all they want to do is dance around it lol

[lost kernel]

BBEG: so what’s your plan to defeat me?
Level 20 monk: I am going to punch you

[serene garnet]

Super fire punch

[spring light]

I'm going to punch you, so many times.

[serene garnet]

I like punching

[hollow stone]

i mean we have Monster Harvesting Tools and some other tools that let you make Leather Armor, i'm sure you could

[lost kernel]

punch good

[serene garnet]

I normally talk more

[glad barn]

I feel like the appropriate BBEG for a Lv 20 Monk is a CR 18 Monk

[lost flicker]

Elden Ring runebear's where they're secretly descendants of dragons but instead it's owlbears

[serene garnet]

I have yet to reach the truth

[lost kernel]

A DND campaign that’s just a Spy V’s Spy cartoon between two party members

[serene garnet]

My truth reshiram

[humble cairn]

The Burning Condition does 1d4 fire damage every round until put out.

[lost flicker]

I mean yeah i'm- pretty good at homebrew i'd say there's the option for anything I just wish there was more official stuff

[red steppe]

Like somehow get past it?

[serene garnet]

I mean monk punch super fire hard multiple items

[glad barn]

Sure. If the burning condition is applied every time fire damage is applied and it always does 1d4, I would call that standard damage

[spring light]

never played elden ring. But should that flying owlbear be a figurine of wondrous power, or just a creature?

[hollow stone]

there's Smith Tools that let you manufacture weapons

[lost kernel]

Molotov cocktails

[glad barn]

But fire damage doesnt imply DoT in any extent.

[serene garnet]

Yes

[glad barn]

You can just be hit with fire damage without ongoing.

[serene garnet]

My name is molotov

[hollow stone]

oh yea like 80% of fire spells are "Ignites objects that are not being worn or carried"

[lost flicker]

again, I just wish there was more official stuff

[hollow stone]

they go out of their way to avoid DOT fire

[red steppe]

That would be awesome if it was a 1v1, to make the scene cooler

[glad barn]

And fire spells are a far more rare source of fire damage than... fire everywhere in the world.

[serene garnet]

FINAL FLASH

[hearty bay]

I always wanted to play a monk who backhand slaps instead of punching, butler style

[lost flicker]

hmm, I think just a creature.. like a reaaalllyyyy old owlbear,

[serene garnet]

Balls

[lost flicker]

but I think that would add some implications as to how long owlbear's live for

[spring light]

Okay. A one off experiement, or just like. A naturally occuring lineage?

[lost flicker]

maybe owlbear's are like lobsters

[glad barn]

Torches, oiled arrows, campfires. These are more common than wizards and sorcerers >_>

[serene garnet]

I'm board

[woven flint]

VEGETA, That was the PENTAGON

[red steppe]

Wing Chun

[lost flicker]

I think the first one has less snowballing implications

[serene garnet]

I didn't miss 😈

[red steppe]

Tier 4 pls

Everything just seems more fun at higher tiers for me

[spring light]

sure. I'll have an impossibly old owlbear that can fly in my game. I'm also going to take the liberty of giving it enough intelligence to be capable of speaking.

[woven flint]

WHAT THE HE-

[lost flicker]

telepathically !!

[serene garnet]

I'ma so no one wants to

[spring light]

It probably befriended a dragon long ago, and that dragon used some dragon magic to uplift his owlbear friend, and they are now a pair of chaotic good creatures that protect their forest.

[serene garnet]

Who said I missed? I AIMED THERE PERFECTLY

[humble cairn]

The humble Alchemist's Fire does apply the Burning Condition.

[lost flicker]

I actually have been thinking of scrapping the major concept of dragons in my world in favor of crafting "dragons" that are just creatures imbued with power

the word "dragon" just simply meaning a powerful beast, holding the same connotation as "divine beast"

[spring light]

take a look at the dark sun setting.

the "dragons" in dark sun are ancient and powerful sorcerers with twisted magics

[humble cairn]

If you're trying to share a picture, you're going to be sorely disappointed.

[lost flicker]

like an Elk that's worshipped as a minor nature spirit, or an anti-magic lion with amethyst crystals for a mane

[hollow stone]

nah they're gonna draw it with ASCII

[lost kernel]

I want the gay dnd role

[noble basin]

go to the channels and roles place and go to the classes section

[lost kernel]

homosexual war criminals

[spring light]

there's a gay dnd role?

[lost flicker]

the Pride role

[lost kernel]

dungeon soup

[woven flint]

I should change back to the pride role

[spring light]

huhm. sure, i guess it is probably inclusive of the "gay" label

[woven flint]

Soup is tasty

[lost kernel]

I changed my role but I don’t see the change yet

[serene garnet]

Hi

[spring light]

you need to drop emerald enclave

[lost kernel]

I did

[lost flicker]

in my world a primordial was killed in a war between the gods, and the shards of its body scattered across the planes, warping creatures (and even objects) with power, so like.. giant elk that deters creatures from its forest, or a serpent made of lightning, or a living crystal elemental

[lost kernel]

nice

[lost kernel]

Greek mythology

[spring light]

so you're saying it's all turtles, all the way down?

[pliant matrix]

Btw what class would Vi from arcane be

[lost flicker]

that last one I have a statblock for actually, it's based on the magic the gathering card, can I show you over in #homebrew ?

[lost flicker]

monk,

[spring light]

Kasane class.

[lost kernel]

dnd familiar that’s a horseshoe crab

[serene garnet]

So

DND

[glad barn]

Vi is pretty artificer coded.

[lost flicker]

I dunno what this means but the dragon turtle was originally a regular turtle !!

[spring light]

you see the cover of Hardware Store by Weird Al that dropped recently?

[pliant matrix]

Thanks

[lost flicker]

Vi is not very artificer coded, Vi has gauntlet's that help her punch harder and a shield but Vi's whole thing is that she punches

[lost kernel]

TF2 scout sings hardware store (HD)

[glad barn]

I havent seen the show by Vi in game is a tanky engage class with AoE.

[pliant matrix]

No?

[uncut zenith]

Not really. Vi is more like a Monk using an Artificer’s infusion

[spring light]

You gotta. It's peek teto

[pliant matrix]

Isn’t she single target?

[lost kernel]

Kasane Teto

[glad barn]

Her punch blasts out the back. She's a good jungler because of it

[lost flicker]

fair, the lore in show is that Jayce made her gauntlets

[glad barn]

She also basically magnetic lines into people.

[pliant matrix]

Cool I main support so I wouldn’t really know

[spring light]

my bard's (old) voice claim, until I developed a new voice bank

it's still mostly just teto

[lost kernel]

a dnd campaign just using Vocaloids and UTAUS

[lost flicker]

what that mean

[pliant matrix]

That would be fire

[spring light]

My bard is canonically a vocaloid.

[uncut zenith]

Vi’s fighting style in Arcane is pretty different from LoL, but the person asking is specifically asking about Vi from Arcane

Where she’s almost certainly more like a Monk using someone’s infused items

[glad barn]

Is Vi for Arcane not... the league of legends character lol

[pliant matrix]

Ye I’m asking for a friend that has only watched the show

[humble cairn]

I kinda get more Barbarian with Light Hammers flavored as Gauntlets.

[uncut zenith]

Yes, but again, how she fights in the show is different from the game. If their main point of reference is the show, then that’s what we’re building off of.

[glad barn]

I suppose if she's a hyper mobile character that hits a lot and combat shifts/trips/melees a lot, then monk can fit sure.

[uncut zenith]

Barbarian works too. If 3rd party was allowed, I’d go so far as to say she’s a Pugilist, but I can’t speak for whether that’s allowed or not

[glad barn]

Fighter is sometimes really good for customizing inspired-builds like this because of the sheer number of feats.

[inner silo]

Alrighty

[humble cairn]

My only reference for her is the show and I think I would make her a 2024 Berserker.

By herself without help from an Artificer she could use two gauntlets (Light Hammers) and get a lot of the ol' One Two in.

[uncut zenith]

If we’re following her character arc between when she was younger vs when she’s older, I’d say she starts with a couple levels of Monk, then eventually MC’d into Barbarian after her traumatic experiences

[humble cairn]

And then if someone infused her gauntlets with something, it could be even better.

[serene garnet]

What should my next character be

[glad barn]

Something that sounds fun to mess around with

[uncut zenith]

But if we’re talking just her as an adult, I can see the argument for pure Barbarian

[serene garnet]

A drow wizard or drow cleric

[glad barn]

Well, then Id see if the magic schools or the domains sound more interesting lol.

[serene garnet]

Wha

[glad barn]

Wizards pick schools of magic for their subclasses, like Illusionist and Necromancer and Evoker and Abjurer. Clerics pick domains for their subclasses, like War and Nature and Knowledge.

[uncut zenith]

She could also be a Barbarian with a couple of levels in Armorer Artificer, because she’s at least skilled enough to know how to upkeep her gauntlets, but I’m coming around to adult Vi being a Barbarian

[lean wigeon]

nah, that'd be Jayce. Vi doesn't make her own weapons

[uncut zenith]

Yeah, Jayce is inarguably an artificer

[glad barn]

I was mostly thinking of how artificers work mechanically vs how Vi works in League lol

Because its not about the flavor. The flavor can be anything.

[lean wigeon]

i just would not try to do non-D&D-fantasy media characters in 5e in the first place tbh

[glad barn]

But Vi in particular has a shield that recharges over time, she has the ability to heat seek into enemies, she deals more damage based on her higher HP, etc.

I mean, I wouldnt ask somebody who hates bread how to bake either, you know?

Recreating some of the spell-like abilities that work as 'passives' in other games tends to function well with arcane classes. But if theyre particularly Martial coded, Artificer sometimes fits the bill.

It's easier to make League champions as monsters than classes though lol.

[pliant sapphire]

Armorer Artificer with gauntlets for Vi 🤔

[humble cairn]

But she doesn't wear armor in the show, I would still go Barbarian and use Light Hammers flavored as gauntlets.

[glad barn]

Weirdly Warlock could kind of work, though again, I havent watched the show so that was the nature of my suggestion lol

[pliant sapphire]

Punch, bonus action for temp hp (her shield ingame)

[humble cairn]

Light Hammers are great for reflavoring into stuff. I've used them as iron rings worn on the forearms as well as Olympics style discuses.

Nick Mastery on Barbarians in 2024 kinda goes hard.

[glad barn]

Yeah, they work well as 'punching hammer' stand ins.

Though I like a dagger with blunt damage as 'brass knuckles'

[humble cairn]

You just described the mechanics of the Light Hammer.

[glad barn]

Daggers have finesse.

[glossy otter]

I feel Vi would be a barbarian/fighter multiclass

[uncut zenith]

And deal less damage

[glad barn]

Theyre both d4s in 2024, but as I said, its a reskinned dagger lol

[uncut zenith]

Ah I forgot Light Hammers deal less damage now

[glad barn]

The dart is the 'other light hammer'

Except it vexes, which is neat.

Codes well as a throwing spike.

[fossil summit]

You know, since I always use a component pouch, I never stopped to read the spell components. Why did nobody tell me they were just puns?

For the spell friends, to charm someone you need... makeup.

[glad barn]

Easter eggs.

[lost kernel]

hello war criminals
farewell

[spice cliff]

I need ideas for a d12 table

[inner silo]

D12 table for/of what?

[spice cliff]

I'm trying to think of a Fate Monk Subclass, and each feature uses a different die. For example, the d10 is used for rolling a damage type to change the unarmed strike to. I'm unsure for the d12, so I'm wondering if there's a mechanic or feature that uses 12 of something.

[inner silo]

Barbs use it as hitdice

[glad barn]

Could think of stuff like riders (on attack, deal less damage but prone/pull/shove/grab), movement (shift away, move after, move with).

[inner silo]

As for things which there are 12 of there are 12 classes in dnd iirc

[glad barn]

Or just things like advantage on a next attack on a 12.

13 because Artificer lol

36 in 4e >_>

[inner silo]

It's not in the new phb so

I love artificer but it's not here yet

[spice cliff]

wait wtf

[glad barn]

Lol.

https://dnd4.fandom.com/wiki/Class 4e had some interesting ideas.

[inner silo]

Could have a trait that on long rest swaps to a random trait of a different class out of a certain pool

[woven flint]

Gorpus splorpus

I cast....
METEOR SWARM

[lean wigeon]

4e good

[burnt valley]

this looks very Pathfinder-y

[lean wigeon]

3.5e had alot of classes too

[woven flint]

It's almost like..
Pathfinder is inspired by older editions of D&D /teasing

[glad barn]

PF 1 = D&D 3.5 + A lot of brewing. PF 2 = D&D 4.0 + A lot of brewing.

Though they also decide to recreate 3.5 including the mistakes it made, which was maybe a bad call.

PF 2 sometimes does feel like it does things differently only to not be D&D, but its overall a cleaner system than PF 1

[lean wigeon]

i cant really agree with any comparisons being made between pf2e and 4e

[glad barn]

Most of the things PF2 took from 4e were positive. Action economy designed around points (or at will/daily/encounter/etc) and a focus on broad specialization at the core class level gives both of them a very similar core. Most of the things PF2 does differently than 4e are things (like saves, for example) which its translating over from 3.x / PF1.

For reference, the lead designer of PF2, Logan Bonner, worked on most of 4th edition D&D at WOTC >_>

[valid geyser]

yeah i definitely prefer to see pf2 as this hybrid child between 5e, pf1, and 4e. Takes a lot from all of those

[glad barn]

And its to its credit. The system works.

[valid geyser]

from my meager pf1 experience, id say casters get 5e's Quality of life stuff like not needing dex for ray spells

also spell level progression
sorcerer type casters arent a level behind on progression

it's so weird to get 2nd level spells at level 4 in pf1

[glad barn]

Hey, its an echo from that world before 'cantrips' were really a universal thing

[valid geyser]

also pf2 definitely has more 5e-like cantrips, in that the damaging ones dont suck and their damage scales so youre not doing 1d3 damage

[burnt valley]

Oh yeah I didnt realize that

[craggy summit]

I have a question about a magic item, can I ask it here?

[umbral girder]

Also 3.5e basically had new stuff on a weekly basis

[peak ravine]

So, if I have a rogue monk multi class, can I use flurry of blows as my sneak attack?

[umbral girder]

No

[knotty pasture]

No cuz its not a finesse weapon

[umbral girder]

Unarmed Strikes do not have the Finesse property

[still plover]

What's your question?

[umbral girder]

Also remember Sneak attack is only Once a turn

[peak ravine]

Alright, so I don’t gotta worry about that one player

[craggy summit]

There's a magic item called "shield of the hidden lord" and I just wanna make sure I'm understanding correctly. In the description it says "While holding this shield, you gain a +2 bonus to AC and resistance to fire damage." Does that mean it's a +4 AC total because it's a shield? or just a +2 to AC like a normal shield

Because shields already give a +2 AC so I'm not sure if it's saying it's an additional +2 if that makes sense 😅

[umbral girder]

Oh yeah that’s the plot item from a module

[craggy summit]

You know it I see 👀 yes it is

[still plover]

Yeah, I can see that being unclear. What level range is this module?

[shy stirrup]

Badly worded, seems like it should be the +2 AC every shield gets plus the additional fire resist that makes this shield special

A +4 AC shield is...

[umbral girder]

It’s a legendary item

[craggy summit]

I think it goes to 12 if I'm not mistaken?

[umbral girder]

Anyway +4 AC bonus along with the rest of it’s features

It’s wording is just weird

[still plover]

I'd suggest it's a bonus then, yeah.

[umbral girder]

Don’t want to post full details since that would be a spoiler

[craggy summit]

Yeah I'm looking it up and apparently it is a +4 🤔

That's pretty wicked lol

[umbral girder]

It’s alright

After all a Rare rarity shield gives a similar bonus

[craggy summit]

fair fair, but considering the level the players are after acquiring it 👀

[umbral girder]

I mean a rare item is expected at that level.

But also ||it’s cursed, a Legendary, and they lose it earlier on too||

[umbral girder]

But a shield that gives +4 total is very reasonable at that level. Even in the Dmg and Xanathar’s guide shows it

[craggy summit]

Huh 🤔 didn't know that

[half quiver]

does anyone have ideas for some shenanigans an astral-self monk could get up to? I went with a sage background, so I have access to some spells from that, plus a relic I'm carrying. I want to have some utility outside of combat...

[umbral girder]

Your skills mostly

I get the need for utility, but 'shenanigans' can be bad for the group

[half quiver]

okay, well do you have some examples? I'm notthe best at thinking on the fly for such things. I know these spells:

-Gust of wind
-Elementalism
-Prestidigitaion
-Disguise Self
-Conjure Minor elementals (PHB 2014)
-Misty Step (PHB 2014)
-Pyrotechnics (XGE)

[still plover]

What do you know, what can you do, who do you know? Do you have reputation, affiliations, notoriety?

[umbral girder]

Should be noted that 'shenanigans' means to do dishonest and secretive maneuvers right?

[still plover]

Oh, we're talking features? My bad.

[half quiver]

i suppose, i'm really wanting to be able to use my abilities in unique ways to turn a situation in our favor

last session i used prestidigitation to stink up a room and shorten a line we were in

[umbral girder]

Can't really help with it as we don't know what goes on in your campaign.

You should ask your DM (as they make the situations you find yourself in)

The most "free form" abilities without hard rules are not spells but skills and tools in 5e

[still plover]

Look through a window, misty step inside a locked room? Line of effect is through the keyhole (or the simple fact that most doors don't have airtight seals).

[hot marlin]

Although props on taking guts of wind.

Can't tell you how many times I have been frustrated that nobody took it

[half quiver]

that's mostly because i'm an aarakocra, but i can see some utility with it

my relic can produce ash as well, so if I take on the blind-fighting feat later, that could be useful...

[hot marlin]

Seriously people, with how many mist effects and fogs are in this game, not to mention magical rituals requiring candles and stuff...

[craggy summit]

Gust of wind is SUCH an underrated spell for out of combat use

[half quiver]

what are some uses for that? I can only think of uses in combat

[craggy summit]

Like incubus said, it can disperse mists and fogs and blow out candles

I had a moment personally where enemies was throwing grenades at us and I was able to use gust of wind to flick some of the grenades to the side

It's kinda like mage hand where it's about how creatively you use it

[hot marlin]

I once used it to prevent an apocalyptic ritual by blowing out the candles around the summoning circle

[half quiver]

oh true... i'm still semi-new to dnd, so i don't consider the components of spells yet

[half quiver]

that... is hilarious and awesome

so if a candle is a material component, it's typically a lit candle?

[hot marlin]

And we have almost lost half a dozen fights because of a fog obscuring the place or poisoning us.

[umbral girder]

It also just pushes and slows things down too

[hot marlin]

Depends on the spell. But yes, messing with the opponents' material components can be the poor man's counterspell

[craggy summit]

The broke man's version of counter spell is putting your finger to their lips and holding their hand, that way they can't use verbal or somatic components 😜

[hot marlin]

I once just broke the hands and fingers of a wizard we had to capture alive.

[rough mirage]

I find enough rope deals with the issue ^^

[hot marlin]

Cutting his tongue seemed a bit extreme

[cold badge]

yeeowch

[half quiver]

i could clasp a hand over their mouth, and my astral arms on their hands...