dnd-discussion

[wraith kelp]

ima make allison soon

[reef tundra]

Idk who that is but have fun

[wraith kelp]

i heard a rumor girl

[violet basin]

tips fedora,

"I know."

wink, whirl, and leave.

[wraith kelp]

number 3

no?

[reef tundra]

Oh yeah

[wraith kelp]

and the pillow man

[inner silo]

Using web because it's such a broken spell but playing an arachnophobic character must be fun

[violet basin]

22 minutes since a new post in this channel. Is that a new record?

[idle oar]

No

But also not on topic

[wooden blade]

Me and my friend need a dungeon master

[idle oar]

Check out #find-a-game to learn how to use our Looking For Game channels

[vestal crow]

Is there a known webside i can use to find some puzzles for my campaign ?

[slow island]

Finished reading the entire Heroes of Faerun Book. I love it and wish i had it 3 years ago when i started D&D

[idle oar]

I think there's some 3rd-party puzzles/traps books for sale on DMsGuild/RPGDriveThru.
But also you can check with folks in #dm-discussion for ideas.

[woven flint]

Absolute cinema

[fiery flame]

Hi everyone!!

If I was asking for recommendations for subclass/class recommendations based on a concept (but open to third party/homebrew) what do you think would be the best channel for that?

[slow island]

#character-discussion

This way adventurer

[fiery flame]

Thank you so much!!! 😄

[stoic obsidian]

I find it interesting that you can hold a two handed with one hand, then draw out a focus when need be

[shy stirrup]

Interesting...how?

[rocky tusk]

okay, theoretical, devils typically regenerate after turning into ash, what if you encase their corpse with the amber spell? and what if you dismembered a portion of the devil and then sealed that in amber? would it be a way to prevent their reanimation?

[woven flint]

A two-handed weapon only needs to be used two-handed when hitting with it.

[shy stirrup]

That's where I was going, but asked the OP for clarification

Even IRL, you can hold a 2h in 1h, but to use it effectively...

[stoic obsidian]

Plus it not really mention in the rule book either

[stoic obsidian]

Yup

That you can hold it with one hand

(And yes I know you need two hands to attack with two handed weapons)

[wraith kelp]

hello

guys i kinda want to learn new language like to be fluent

like spanish or greek or even chinese

[stoic obsidian]

Irl

[wraith kelp]

yea i would fancy a new language

[stoic obsidian]

Right?

[wraith kelp]

and for dnd*

mm

I am deeply remorseful

[slow island]

Learning new languages for D&D like chessentan, aglarondan, damaran or mulhorandi

[woven flint]

Imagine being a Warlock and getting your Patron a birthday gift

"Ah, yeah, I'm broke, got absolutely sloshed with the lads at the pub last night, blew my money on cheap whiskey... but I made you this macaroni art that says "I love you!""

And then some elder being puts it on their cosmic fridge

[slow island]

What would be the reaction of my Aboleth Patron

[woven flint]

^

[stoic obsidian]

It be even funnier if it had a marriage ring in the middle

[slow island]

Name checks out

[wraith kelp]

Dear compatriots, I bid you a society-permissible relinquishment of daytime's responsibilities, thereby ushering in the nocturnal epoch.

[woven flint]

Insert Chesire Cat-like grin here

[stoic obsidian]

What you think Tokii?

[wraith kelp]

It is my utmost pleasure to signify to you that I shall have the felicity of reuniting with you on the morrow, dear compatriots.

[woven flint]

Anywho, I get to play more of my ✨ Zesty ✨ and ✨ Sexy ✨
Owlin ✨ Glamour ✨ Bard tonight, it's gonna be peak.

[wraith kelp]

let me translate

[wraith kelp]

In point of fact, I shall have the inestimable pleasure of engaging in a most thrilling night of artistic expression as a Zesty and Sexy Owlin Glamour Bard, wherein I shall undoubtedly reach the zenith of professional prominence.

[stoic obsidian]

I hope to play my Sailor Sheriff Harpoon (Halberd )Hunter Ranger someday

[slow island]

I had my Icewind Dale campaign today and used an hook from the new adventure Faerun book to meet Vellynne Harpell again

[woven flint]

Caspian Goldengale is the finest and most astute owlin gentleman in all of the realms 🧐

[sleek cloud]

That’s a stellar name

[woven flint]

He's a bad [Censored] and he knows it.

[stoic obsidian]

Should we do rate the character names?

[slow island]

Oh ok

[sleek cloud]

I’m down

[stoic obsidian]

10/10 especially for a bard

I go first Fadon Afficonnet (Aasimar Wild Barbarian)
Rozin Holassy (Haregon Bladesinger Wizard)
Clank the passionate Ace (Tabaxi Kensei Monk)
Tristan Groingin Mallory (human Celstial warlock)
Logot (Plasmoid shadow sorcerer)
Sharna Allayway (Human Valor Bard)

[woven flint]

Jabal Sakhir
Sovis Cova
Caspian Goldengale
Artanza
Malaketh Dronnel
Phengari Asteri
Orizontas
These are some of my current fellows

Well, Jabal is.. deceased, alas 😔
Sovis Cova is his replacement

[slow island]

Marika Hawthorne/Cydaea (Tiefling GoOlock)

[woven flint]

Karkas the Indomitable
Tiefling War Cleric who lead an army under the name of Hoar the Doombringer, got tired of a Lich killing his troops and he kicked the liches ass (got the final hit on its physical body) this was a level 20 oneshot character lmao

[stoic obsidian]

Go ahead and rate these

[slow island]

I like Malaketh and Phengari Asteri

[woven flint]

He was also that parties only Frontliner and he had 7 damage resistances lmao
Who needs a Barbarian when you've got a kickass battle Cleric?

[stoic obsidian]

Your names seem more unique in comparison to mine

[sleek cloud]

I kid you not.

My current tiefling celestial warlock is named Tymirias Hawthorne.

Cousin?

[woven flint]

Lmao

[slow island]

Multiverse Family

[wraith kelp]

guys do yall know whos diego from TUA?

[slow island]

Is Tymirias in Faerun or other setting?

[snow agate]

Oh dear

[stoic obsidian]

Aelith Starwind, and Silvia Noxly are two characters I did for an interview

[woven flint]

Oh dear indeed.

[sleek cloud]

Caspian,Phengari, and Karkas are my picks

[wraith kelp]

anyone?

[sleek cloud]

Aelith Starwind is awesome

[snow agate]

No

[wraith kelp]

imagine Batman but aim lower

[stoic obsidian]

Cova, Caspian, and Artanza

[sleek cloud]

He’s currently in a decent into Avernus campaign

So faerun yeah

[woven flint]

We also have some of my past fellas:
Sumatra
Vanguard
Vaskhir
Nosvin Ironskull (Minotaur for reference)
Auronoth
I've got more fellas, I just can't remember all of their names lol

[stoic obsidian]

Why thanks

[woven flint]

Oh!
My favorite:

Maloche, the Fool
My Changeling Spirits Bard

[snow agate]

Tokii I’m making a mage who wants to spread magical ability and education to prosper the realm, and get rich and famous and all powerful, should I have them be an enchantment specialist, a diviner, a summoner?

[clever rover]

I need 1 more person for a campaign and few buddies are doing

[woven flint]

Diviner

[snow agate]

I like Artanza

[stoic obsidian]

Oh yeah I have Balgalor Labar as a possible character name

[slow island]

Nice. You are allowed to draw connection to Marika Hawthorne lol
She came from the North in Vaasa and adventured around Damara and other lands around the sea of fallen stars.
Chaotic Neutral and head first into lost ruins to snack artifacts.
She was over Level 10 at some point

[woven flint]

Artanza is a Tortle knowledge Cleric :>

He's an old man 🧐

[jolly hound]

Someone give me a random god

[slow island]

Talona

[woven flint]

Vhaeraun

[glass granite]

Hestia Dionysus

[snow agate]

yeah the idea was the type of mage who likes to cheese things and have simple solutions; so they’d either want to use divination the most so they can be 5 steps ahead, or summoning the most so they don’t have to fight their own battles, or enchantment the most so they don’t have to fight at all

[sleek cloud]

Jonah Silverstrand -Halfling Bard
Orziver Kindlethread- gnome wizard
Sir Dathrian Varendis- Human Fighter
Thyrandios the Morningward- Aasimar cleric
Vain - changeling rogue
Finnian “The Swordfish” Pierce - Sea elf Rogue
Throgar Kaldryn -Dwarf Barbarian

Are some of mine

[woven flint]

Vhaeraun is my favorite drow diety :>

[stoic obsidian]

I wonder if I should take a crack at making a spellcaster again, that isn’t a melee caster

[woven flint]

Melee-Caster fun!
Blasty Casty boring!
Unga-Bunga

[snow agate]

Melee casters are just melees who like buffs

Commit to the art of actually using your spells to do things

[stoic obsidian]

Then you have bladesinger

[sleek cloud]

I love new bladesinger

[stoic obsidian]

It nice, but you become a better caster not so much melee

I miss old song of victory a little

[sleek cloud]

I did a fighter dip start to fix that issue

For the con prof and weapon masteries and fighting style of course

[stoic obsidian]

Yeah

Also melee are still spellcasters

Can’t escape the use of fireball

[snow agate]

There is one thing worse than a melee caster

[stoic obsidian]

No

[snow agate]

Its a ranged without spells, truly the most boring gaming…

[stoic obsidian]

You mean the longbow archer

[rugged hawk]

Yeah, that one time I made the mistake of rolling up a 17 Cleric / 13 Wizard / 10 Pale Master back in 3.5e. I had a whopping 100+ spell slots to micromanage in real time and only 36 hotbar keys for them

[sleek cloud]

I mean ranged builds definitely took a hit in damage with the sharpshooter changes, but I don’t mind it all that much

A rogue with a Shortbow getting vex constantly for sneak attack is still nice

[stoic obsidian]

Why I said longbow

With sharpshooter

[limber trail]

to this day I don't think I've ever made a ranged weapon attack in dnd as a player, it's truly just not something I want from a PC

[stoic obsidian]

I have

[snow agate]

Do you think the simplest problem solving as a wizard is diviner to know all the answers, summoning to have others solve the problem for you, or enchantment to end fights by not fighting?

[stoic obsidian]

Shooting from range is useful when needed

But if you pick it because it the best

All the time it gets boring

[sleek cloud]

Imagine being in a combat and your sharpshooter having archer is nearly 600ft away just plinking things down with a longbow

[snow agate]

Archery is a perfectly fine tool I just find standing in the back and rolling dice to be boring, I at least like to move or get stabbed at or drop spell effects

[rugged hawk]

I mean, I had a lich summon and dracolich dragon form transformation, along with armies of undead, soooo....

[snow agate]

So a necromancer?

I suppose undead work for free

[rugged hawk]

Exceedingly specialized necromancer / pale master / cleric of Velsharoon, yeah

[stoic obsidian]

It cool until you realize you shooting arrows a lot and just that

[rugged hawk]

Like I said, between Wizard and Cleric spellbooks, I had over 100 spell slots to decide on each rest and only 36 hotkeys

[snow agate]

I do like necromancers, but unfortunately can’t in this campaign so I’m looking at alternatives

[limber trail]

the challenge with this is it's difficult to set up practically

[sleek cloud]

Also true

[cunning scaffold]

What are your guys opinions on the blood hunter class

[snow agate]

It’s ok

[limber trail]

it's fine. not for me. I don't include it in my goal of playing every class in a campaign.

[rugged hawk]

Practicality-wise, just do a ranged weapon with castings like Grease, Hold Monster, or anything else that makes it impossible or difficult to move.

[sleek cloud]

I’ve been playing gishes and full casters, next guys gotta be a martial

[stoic obsidian]

You mean using longbow

[sleek cloud]

Probably a monk with how great they are now

[limber trail]

no, playing blood hunter

[stoic obsidian]

Ah

[rugged hawk]

You don't need to kite or be at range if the enemies can't move or reach you, after all

[snow agate]

Speaking from experience beast master ranger + spike growth/entangle

[stoic obsidian]

Sharper shooter fighter eldritch knight

[snow agate]

I had a pet wolf that tripped the enemy

[stoic obsidian]

Prepare to die

[limber trail]

this is a better plan, but practically, most combat encounters start with every player within ~15ft of one another, and I don't know about yall but I don't give players a lot of safe places

[rugged hawk]

I had a wolf cloak that gave me a bite attack that caused tripping, leading to more bites that prolonged the tripping, along with sneak attacks thanks to all the tripping

[crimson gulch]

Woot, one shot at the shop was a blast, 3 hours till my online session tonight !

[snow agate]

Some DMs really really like their cramped dungeon rooms and building interiors and ambushes and never do an outdoors combat with distance

[rugged hawk]

You're right, I'd much prefer to get ambushed by, say, harpies dropping rocks on me from several hundred feet in the air.

[fossil hollow]

thank for running, was a blast

[snow agate]

As a fireball enjoyer I’m perfectly fine with both scenarios but if the dm wants a cramped room encounter I’ll take the aoe present

[stoic obsidian]

Yeah, and thus archer builds should always keep a sword on hand

[rugged hawk]

I mean, if you're that into ranged ambushes, I'd say a flying enemy casting WALL OF IRON at max level a few hundred feet over your sleeping camp is fair game.

SPLAT

[snow agate]

Tbh when I played a beast master ranger I spent a lot of time in melee because of dungeon rooms, pet flanking, stabbing prone enemies, and also I had like 16 con and hill dwarf

I had a bow but I only used it like 30% of the time

[stoic obsidian]

Yup

So range options only become problems if in a open area, and flying

[rugged hawk]

"Roll for Perception.... you all notice nothing particular, right up until you take 1d6 fall damage per 10 feet from the Wall of Iron that's been plummeting toward you for the last 600 feet."

[stoic obsidian]

Tho ranger/bard archer seem the most interesting

[sleek cloud]

Maxed out at 20d6 I believe

[snow agate]

Valor bard archer is a solid choice for having some off-damage, ranger archer* is effective with low level cc spell combos

[stoic obsidian]

Yup

[snow agate]

I know fighter archer is a thing it’s just dull

[rugged hawk]

Well, sure, but then there's the overwhelming weight of several tons of iron, too

[stoic obsidian]

Painfully

Unless it arcane archer or eldritch knight

Atleast you weave in a spell or two

Actually is battle master Archer doable?

[violet basin]

Yes

[stoic obsidian]

Guess battle master archer be the less boring choice

Beside arcane archer

[sleek cloud]

Arcane archer at least is shaping up to be better than before, hopefully whenever or if ever it gets published within the next year that they didn’t mess it up

I’m still salty about scion rogue.

[timber orbit]

how were you guys introduced to dnd? did you make your own character (if so, using what?) or did your dm have premade characters?

[glass granite]

I was introduced to dnd by virtue of being a nerd.
I did not make my own character, as I started DND as a DM.

[timber orbit]

same here, i’m just wondering out how to introduce people to dnd cause creating a character takes a while

[glass granite]

Walk through making a character with them, probably through dnd beyond

[timber orbit]

yeah that’s probably the easiest way, but i don’t own the phb on dndbeyond so my players would be limited to one subclass

[austere zodiac]

I was introduced to DND by my Uncle and played with his friends and my cousin

[still plover]

Plenty of premade characters on DDB. Try it out first.

[rugged hawk]

And if you don't have folks to play with, you can get your hands on the D&D Solo Adventurer's Toolbox and D&D The Solo Adventurer's Toolbox Expanded to run a campaign for yourself, whether you've got a single character or a few.

[split pagoda]

So for the campaign NY friend hosted i decided to play a blood hunter and all my spell saved for the enemy was a 22 my dm cried that day how do a not name that same mistake

I'm also looking for people for a campaign i plan on hosting dm me if you wish to join

[harsh hinge]

Not sure how that would be possible under most circumstances: even assuming a +6 in your stat, that would take you to a 20 DC (8+6+6) at level 20.

[slow island]

I knew D&D was a thing since childhood, as a late teen to mid 20 i said its cringe, then i started because of Stranger Things and now it's my favorite game

I made my character alone first then with DM in west marches discord

[past iron]

How does the new lorwyn book fit into canon?

[woeful stirrup]

Watching conan for the first time

This movie is really cool and i should have watched it years ago

[lavish flame]

It really doesn't

They have a blog post claiming that it ties to FR via Moonshae Isle Fey Crossings, but no such text actually appears in the product.

[woven flint]

Hello, friends!
Hope alls well

[woven flint]

Time to make 5 morbillion Barbarians? 🧐

[stoic obsidian]

I think detective Conan when you say that

[woven flint]

Oh, I was thinking the Barbarian 😭

[stoic obsidian]

What about a detective barbarian Tokii?

[rugged hawk]

This can only end in tears. Daily reminder how Barbarian killed one of the lying/truth guards to figure out who the liar is.

[stoic obsidian]

That be funny and true

Or the barbarian goes and smashes their toe and ask are you in pain?

[rugged hawk]

What made it funnier is that he could've just asked 'is the other guard alive?' instead of killing one first and asking if his buddy is dead.

[stoic obsidian]

Or ask really personal questions

“ do you love your mother?”

One of them say no and starts crying

Or check on their faces how they react, you can tell lies, but your face and twitches will give it away

Actually their is one sure fire way to get a straight answer

[woven flint]

So..
There's an Investigator class In Pathfinder
They're good at exploiting weak points and they give me INT Barbarian vibes

[stoic obsidian]

I never played pathfinder

[undone fable]

whats a pathfinder? a dnd addition?

[woven flint]

It's a system inspired by older editions of D&D

[stoic obsidian]

I wonder if I should give it a shot

[woven flint]

There's Pathfinder and Pathfinder 2e (the second of which I like better because first edition was rather edgy and could be distasteful lorewise)

[stoic obsidian]

Can I be a golem in pathfinder?

[woven flint]

The game has like..
Over 20 classes so uh.. good luck choosing what to play if you have q hard time with the 12 or 13 we got here lol

[woven flint]

Automatons exist as a species, so yeah

[stoic obsidian]

Tbh Warforged are kinda golems

I probably give it a try physically than on the internet

[woven flint]

I enjoy both systems for the opposite reasons

Pathfinder for the complexity and
D&D (in its current rendition) for its simplicity

[stoic obsidian]

………

Welp guess I give up trying to play it

[atomic kayak]

(most pf2 content is available for free, legally, online. Its mostly modules that are not available for free. But thats #non-dnd-topics )

[stoic obsidian]

Should have lead with that

Oh well good night everyone

[undone fable]

Do you like dnd?

[vale sage]

i’m in a post-apocalyptic cyberpunk campaign, with very serious topics like corporate greed, making sacrifices for family, and climbing the way out of poverty, and i’m playing as banjo-kazooie. i love this game

[woven flint]

I'm sure most people here like D&D or want to like it 🤔

[minor lake]

i want to like dnd when i look at a stat and my brain stops working

[crimson gulch]

Nah we get a fair amount of folks that don't surprisingly

[snow knot]

Is there a place to put/find artificer shenanigans?

[old sluice]

What kind of shenanigans?

[snow knot]

Contraptions

Inventions per say

[stuck shuttle]

Are they custom infusions? Try posting them in #homebrew

[snow knot]

Not infusions literally just basic inventions

For ex: a mini plane

[stuck shuttle]

That would still be homebrew unless you’re achieving it via official methods

[snow knot]

Alr

[stuck shuttle]

I guess the context matters too. Like if you’re regaling a tale using your inventions #tales-from-the-table might fit. But if you’re just sharing ideas then yeah #homebrew is the way to go

[austere zodiac]

Anyone have a good name for a lizard folk werewolf

[timid gale]

Anyone have any DnD related Christmas gift ideas? Could range from dice to mini painting materials

[violet basin]

Uh..

Worliwarzag

[austere zodiac]

nice I'll use that

[old sluice]

Did the people who named that character know they would eventually become a werewolf?

Maybe I'm weird but I don't think a character's name should reflect anything about the character themselves. About their culture and parents, sure

Unless it's a genpuku situation where they choose a new name as an adulthood ritual

I think elves actually do that

[fleet cedar]

Anyone have a good artificer build I’m currently a shadar Kai artilerist

[old sluice]

#optimization or #character-discussion

[storm finch]

Hey guys, I'm new to DnD and I wanna experience and observe a game, anyone free and willing to take me under the wing? Thanks in advance

Sorry for intruding

[past iron]

I mean, if they said it, it has to be true, right?

[vital charm]

Hey party people I had a question how I should go about running a Christmas themed one-shot

I didn’t think that word was not good

[flat monolith]

present mimic

[vital charm]

Instead of going to the North Pole they end up in the 9-hells

[flat monolith]

sounds cool

[vital charm]

I’m just not entirely sure how I would go about implimenting the devils and such

[flat monolith]

what do you mean?

[old sluice]

How exactly does someone end up in the nine hells while trying to reach the pole?

[flat monolith]

messed up plane shift tuner could work

if the northpole is on a seperate plane

[old sluice]

How would the North pole be on an another plane?

It's the north pole of this planet in this plane, is it not?

[flat monolith]

idk, feels like it could be its own plane also no one said they were starting on the matierl plane

[old sluice]

I don't understand. Which north pole would they be trying to reach and why?

[fallen light]

You could borrow some concepts from "The Nightmare Before Christmas", which establishes that all the various holiday lands are essentially demiplanes of our own. Maybe the PCs accidentally open a gate to Christmastown, and the devils get in and start messing things up.

I'm not really clear what the nature of the adventure is meant to be, but that's one option that uses concepts players are likely already familiar with

[ember helm]

Need opinions of another DM!
The 8th Level spell telepathy, if the character is knocked unconscious, then made to do death saves and succeeded, does that link still exist? I see this " The spell ends if you or the target are no longer on the same plane." and I assume they would leave the current plane if they failed all their death saves

[fallen light]

Being knocked unconscious and then reviving wouldn't break the link, so the telepathy should still be in effect.

Also it's up to you as DM if a soul leaves its plane of origin immediately after death.

[old sluice]

Being knocked unconscious would not end the spell, dying would.

Even if revivified immediately

[ember helm]

thanks both of you!

[fallen light]

I agree that being dead-dead would also break the spell, even if subsequently rezzed

[ember helm]

I was thinking something similar, although I've ruled that your soul stays in your body for a minute (which is why revivify works)

[slow island]

Kelemvor agrees

[old sluice]

Doesn't matter I think. Even if your soul is still there, you are still not the same creature. The "you" the spell referred to in its description doesn't exist, it's dead.

[vital charm]

What I kinda had in mind was like they get a letter from Santa, inviting them for a dinner party but whoever wrote it has dyslexia and they end up in the hells cause of an infernal train

[fallen light]

In my own settings, I consider the connection between the body and the spirit to exist as long as there is any physical part of the body remaining. The less of the physical that remains, the weaker the connection grows. This is what allows creatures to be resurrected even long after death (via true resurrection etc). The spirit may go on to an afterlife, but the connection is still there, even if only very, very faint. The spirit may not even realize the connection still exists.

[ember helm]

I like that idea a lot!

I think imma reconsider how I think of the concept

[old sluice]

Wait so the person has dyslexia, meant Santa and... Therefore the PCs go to hell?

[ember helm]

I get that, I would happily play along with those rules if I was a player at least (I mean, they are the rules too after all lmao)

okay i gotta go, but thanks for the thoughts, im clear on what to do

[vital charm]

Other way around actually, nobles invited to a grand dinner party in the nine hells while thinking it was from Santa

Ex-adventurers more than nobles

[old sluice]

Oh

[vital charm]

Is that a good premise for a one-shot?

[fallen light]

I'm not really sure how that's Christmas-themed, if it all takes place in Hell, but if your adventurers don't question being invited to dinner by Santa then plausibility isn't really a concern 😄

[old sluice]

Well I do have to say that in D&D there is no such person as the misspelled Santa

But I guess it works as a joke session

[vital charm]

Welp, I think I’ll just work something else out

Thanks party peeps, yall have a good night : )

[latent echo]

I just made Mac n cheese and dumped raisin cane sauce in it

Mixed it

[cinder temple]

Im creating a DnD story for the first time. It involves an Island nation of 10 islands, guarded by legendary Leviathans.

A gate appears at an island where the campaign begins, where if someone carries the souls of at least 4 of them, they will get a wish.

That isn't it though. there are two catches:

1. One of the leviathans do not belong in the pantheon.

2. A great enemy clan is after them as well, wishing for their god to swallow the islands whole and enslave the entire population.

It is a race against these people for the souls. I have an entire google doc im doing that has more details

I based the story and some of its characters off of 2 songs from Motionless in White: "Burned at Both Ends 2" and "Puppets 3, The Grand Finale"

[strange drum]

How do I make a thread for looking for dm?

[loud tendon]

type the commands in any chat channel you can type in (like this one) and the bot will post the template in the correct channel.

[sand sentinel]

#looking-for-dm #looking-for-community #find-a-game

[fiery nimbus]

so how big are the leviathans?

[cinder temple]

theyre big, but the party will get some help from stronger npcs to neutralize them. later on theyll be in their own

[fiery nimbus]

how big? are they an island of their own?

[fossil hollow]

#dm-discussion

[wet trail]

power word redirect

[cinder temple]

No

[fiery nimbus]

Shame

[cinder temple]

i wouldnt do anything that crazy

[fossil hollow]

aww

[cinder temple]

its not like the whole islands are just one big snake

but i will tell you that there is something that maybe bigger than the leviathans. the enemies have to have more leviathan souls than the party

and it can only be summoned if they use the gate to wish for it

[old sluice]

Don't do that. The "help from stronger NPCs" thing.

Mishandled, that is a surefire way to kill the fun

[shut kayak]

UNLESS done correctly. which, in my experience can be very hard to pull off

[willow cipher]

mb wrong chat

[cinder timber]

how come if I may ask? I'm a new DM so, I'm trying to learn

[fossil hollow]

steals the spotlight and can result in the npc carrying

[cinder timber]

is there a way to pull it off or do you usually avoid it?

[hot gate]

The pcs are the heroes. If someone else is doing the heroing, it begs the question whose story it is and why the pcs are even there.

[knotty pasture]

Perhaps said npc could be really vulnerable to crowd control so you can't just win an encounter by sitting back and letting the npc hammer away at the enemy

[fossil hollow]

theres a way to pull it off, but i have not found it myself. i typicay try to avoid it

[knotty pasture]

I wouldn't dare to rely on certain npcs in bg3 even though their damage output matches my main DPS person and doesn't care about spell slots and what have you

[snow agate]

having npcs bail the party out or be stronger than them only works if your plot doesnt actually depend on them solving the big problem

[knotty pasture]

Because they're vulnerable to disables so overrelying on them meant it would backfire at me or they'd be useless too quickly

[cinder timber]

I see. I will avoid this then.

[snow agate]

for a semi-relevant example, its perfectly fine in konosuba to have allies stronger than the party, because the party solving the issues of the realm isnt actually required by plot

but a lot of adventure paths and game premises do require it, so if you do require it, dont

[knotty pasture]

Konosuba is also a gag isekai that doesn't have much at stake iirc

[snow agate]

it does have a good amount of stuff at stake, it just doesnt depend on the party to solve it

so they can do stuff like take vacations if they want

[knotty pasture]

O right I stopped watching it after s1

[fossil hollow]

it also is very much a satire of the genre

[knotty pasture]

Seems about right

The humor didn't hit it for me but I see the appeal behind it

[fossil hollow]

it appealed to teen me

[meager fractal]

Having a stronger npc help the party isn't necessarily a bad thing, especially when earned or signposted. It's when it comes out of the blue or used too much that it becomes a problem

[inner silo]

Is azzaraths scorcher good?

3d8 in a 30ft line with a range of 30ft

[zinc hare]

I'm looking at my 2024 dm manual. I'm just realising asmodeus looks like a shadier mr tumnus

[meager fractal]

It's pretty good. Considered one of the higher damage spells for a second level spell slot, especially if you can catch multiple people in it

[inner silo]

Alrighty, thanks!

[silver dock]

do elves spend centuries as babies?

[meager fractal]

No they mature pretty fast. At least in older editions. 5e is pretty sparse on lore about it

[inner silo]

Idk if that's cannon but it would explain why there aren't that many of them

[idle oar]

Elves physically age at the same rate as humans.
Their cultures though - at least in older lore - suggested they aren't considered mature until after they reach their 100th birthday.

But again, older lore and it was a cultural thing.

[vale sage]

Hello guys

[inner silo]

The drinking age list in every tavern must be tough to manage with all the difference species ages

[silver dock]

but they live like
degrees of magnitude longer, right?

[inner silo]

Hi

[silver dock]

so where do they stop aging

[knotty pasture]

One noteworthy thing is that, because they don't reach adulthood until an older age

[vale sage]

Hru

[inner silo]

Decent. Wbu

[knotty pasture]

You sometimes have Elves that are awfully immature when they're in their 40s cuz that's basically the same as them being 14-16

[vale sage]

Not bad, working on my own race of elves

[inner silo]

40yo edgy teen elf is stuck in my mind now

[inner silo]

Interesting interesting

[snow agate]

generally like at 20 but then they age at like 5-10% the speed of humans afterwards

[vale sage]

They are known as the ulgyr, bog elves

[inner silo]

What's bog?

[vale sage]

A bog is basically a swamp

[knotty pasture]

It was why I have my Elf character be ~140 years old, lest I want them to be a spoiled brat if I have them at their 20-30s

[inner silo]

Ah i see

[vale sage]

Imagine a weird combination of wood elves, dark elves and sea elves

[inner silo]

Sounds cool

[snow agate]

as a note i would keep in mind that elf adventurers are different from the norm inherently, and also that the elven standard of "mature" is different from the human standard

[vale sage]

They aren't magically inclined either

[inner silo]

That's tough

[snow agate]

so you could easily play like a 25 year old elf and get to be normal xD dw about being ancient

[vale sage]

The only "sorcerers" they have are called cursers

[inner silo]

Interesting

[vale sage]

They call down curses from the god that the bog elves worship

[knotty pasture]

Something something cultural differences when it comes to Elven maturity, though what I actually did was to adapt their personalities based on people I know irl

[vale sage]

That's a good idea

[vale sage]

Also they are monotheistic

[inner silo]

What's that?

[idle oar]

Monotheistic = believe in only one god

[vale sage]

Yeah

They believe that the elven gods abandoned them

[knotty pasture]

That's surprising, what with the Elven god pantheon having like 20 gods

[vale sage]

Yup

Also their god called "boru'yarohgul" is not an elvish god

[vale sage]

Am I imagining things or did there used to be a way to output a character sheet to text, like a statblock almost? Or was that some sort of browser extension maybe?

[idle oar]

You can export DnDBeyond sheets to PDF but there's never been a "export to text" functionality.

[blissful dragon]

one of the ttrpg streamer group i watch for their setting lower the lifespan of elf to 200 cause they feel that hard for something that lives that 800 plus years to exist without becoming more and alien and detached from the mortal world and want the elfs of the setting they are building togther to feel more connected and attach to the world they live

[dense flax]

I am a bit qurious why Eberron: Forge of the Artificer updated 4/7* of the species from the Eberron: Rising from the Last War.

[stuck shuttle]

I assume it's because they weren't reprinted in Monsters of the Multiverse

[dense flax]

Shifter and changeling were reprinted in that book and they gat updated

[stuck shuttle]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

It's not the first time a species has come out in multiple books. Aasimar has come out 4 times now

I guess Changeling and Shifter are pretty core to Eberron as a setting so they wanted to lump them in to the "mini" Eberron book.

[dense flax]

I think Wizard of the coast just dousn't like Goblinoids. (Joking)

[tame kelp]

So according to me studying the damn monk class

Without ki, this class is still op?

[glass granite]

No

Not OP, definitely not
Functional? Definitely.

But even with ki or focus, monks aren’t OP

[tame kelp]

Ah

Aight imma choose my fighting style

(start browsing Tekken 8 videos quietly)

[glass granite]

Wait but monks don’t get fighting styles

[tame kelp]

but I get ||flavour||

[glass granite]

Fighting styles are mechanical tho

[tame kelp]

Oh yeah you right

[dense flax]

You can just get 1 as a feat (or with a fighter level)

[hollow stone]

so, as a warlock, my biggest stat is already gonna be CHA, but i plan on taking Pact Of The Blade and Armor Of Shadows to do more melee combat, for which should i prioritize DEX or CON? DEX would give me better AC (Mage Armor is 14 + DEX), but CON is more flat out health. should i prioritize being harder to hit or being able to take more hits?

and especially the more interesting aspect of this puzzle is Concentration, because if i never get hit it never gets challenged, but CON would make me better at succeeding on the save if i do

and the third thing is Pact Of The Chain, where i could make that my third invocation and use Stealth to not get spotted and my Familiar as a meat shield to be a problem for the enemy

[pliant sapphire]

You can go 1 lvl fighter to armor prof + masteries + fighting style

Take medium armor and go 14 DEX

[real thunder]

I typicly have more dex but it doesn't make that much of a difference

[hollow stone]

i mean i could but Mage Armor is already a pretty decent stand in for armor at all since it's 14, like Half Plate, but doesn't give Stealth disadvantage

[dense flax]

Mage armour is 13+dex

[pliant sapphire]

half plate is 15 + 2

[hollow stone]

and Armor Of Shadows is Mage Armor on no spell slot, and as an A spell i don't actually have any equip time, and with Pact Of The Blade as a Bonus Action summon i can go from being deprived of all weapons and armor to weapon and armor in one turn

[hollow stone]

oh i thought it was 14, mb

[dense flax]

No problem

[hollow stone]

oh i've miscalculated i thought it was 14

[pliant sapphire]

You can go 14 dex with half plate (17 AC) or Breast Plate (16AC) if you dont want stealth disadvantage

and dont invest more in DEX, so you can go CON

[hollow stone]

what armor rating is Breast Plate? Heavy, right?

[pliant sapphire]

Medium

[hollow stone]

huh, okei

yea i could probably go Breast Plate then, and with a Warforged integrate that into my body so i cannot be deprived of it

would this cost me a level in Fighter, tho?

like i have to take one level in Fighter?

i mean fighter does have some benefits

[pliant sapphire]

Or a feat, but the dip in fighter is better

[hollow stone]

yea i might take my first level in fighter and the rest in Warlock so i can have 10+CON for HP and some weapon masteries + equipment and then multiclass at level 2 into Warlock

[dense flax]

Than you can get heavy armor

[hollow stone]

i mean the level in Fighter would give me heavy armor training anyway

[dense flax]

Yes (if you dip into fighter later you don't get heavy armour for some reason)

[knotty pasture]

I've been thinking about something, so Spores Druid's Symbiotic Entity ends when the Druid uses Wild Shape

But it didn't mention anything about Wild Shaping > Symbiotic Entity, should that be allowed

[hollow stone]

also, all of the 2024 Heavy Armors are Stealth Disadvantage, which is something i wanna avoid

[dense flax]

Depends on your dm

[hollow stone]

wait nope the role 20 site just thinks it's funny to ignore me

[hollow stone]

yea all of the heavy armors are stealth disadvantage and strength requirement, which i don't wanna do

[dense flax]

Wildshape was changed whit the 2024 rules I would count this as bad faith in the rules (it used to end when you lose your temp)

[knotty pasture]

I was thinking of 2014 rules

Cuz it said clearly that Symbiotic Entity ends the moment you cast Wild Shape but not the other way around, but I don't think animals could cast "spells" literally either

[pliant sapphire]

"As an action, you can expend a **use of your Wild Shape feature **to awaken those spores,"

You are wild shaping, but awaking the spores instead of transforming into a beast

[hollow stone]

i mean this is the tech, right? i could do 15 DEX and 14 CHA, i put the Background +2 on CHA and +1 on DEX, so both are 16, which is a +3, and i can run ASIs however i wanna

[knotty pasture]

But you could also awaken spores in theory as a beast too

[pliant sapphire]

Both features ends if you use wild shape again

[pliant sapphire]

If you use the medium armor you only need 14 dex

[knotty pasture]

So much for a super form on top of a super form for the Druid

Rampaging around as a fungal spreading bear with 200 hp would have been great

[dense flax]

You could ask your dm (they can say yes but probably will say no or yes but you get restricted)

[dense flax]

Max hp on whildshape is 58 for a spore druid (soo it is not that strong)

[burnt valley]

rip totem barb + druid combo

[crimson gulch]

totem barb and bear druid is an aweful build, spending the first turn of each combat raging and wildshaping stops them from doing things in like 33% of all combats

[dense flax]

There are ways to make it work in the 2014 rules

[pliant sapphire]

Is 4xDruid lvl, so 80 max Temp HP, no?

[inner silo]

Yo guys! I wanted to ask a question, why do some people prefer 5e over 2024?

And the other way around

[dense flax]

That is the 2024 rules

[pliant sapphire]

but spores is 2014 only

[dense flax]

Spores is 4*druid level
whildshape is a set hp

[pliant sapphire]

"and you gain 4 temporary hit points for each level you have in this class"

[compact nova]

I think 2024 fixes more problems than it creates. Simplifies some rulings, overall cleaner for new players to jump into

[inner silo]

I see, thanks for explaining!

[woven flint]

Hello, friends

[dense flax]

Hello

[hollow stone]

yea but 17 AC as 14+3 is pretty good, plus as a Warforged i'd have a +1 to AC, which is 18, and pretty good

[inner silo]

Would taking a level in fighter as a sorcerer make sense to get armour+shield+defensive fighting style?

[cursive pike]

Hello guys Im new to D&D and Daggerheart and I have a question I just watched the 3 episodes of The Mighty Nein and I saw the fjord sword and I wanted to know what is it or how I can put in my game world or how do u even create items like this
is it homebrew or something the game offers

[woven flint]

People do it
But, nah, I wouldn't waste the time
Puts your spell progression behind by one
And Sorcerer and Wizards both have plenty of survival tools

[inner silo]

Alright, thanks!

[wild egret]

Hi guys. Just wondering. If I would create a campaign what are some good tips to being a dm

[still plover]

?newdm

?tag newdm

[cosmic roost]

No tag newdm found.

[wild egret]

I just need some tips on being a good DM for my campaign

[still plover]

?dmtips

[lavish flame]

He was a Half-Orc Warlock. He chose "Hexblade" for his Otherworldly Patron

[knotty pasture]

I'd take a level in Paladin instead to get all that and more

[still plover]

Alright, here: #dnd-discussion message

[knotty pasture]

Soradin is a classical multiclass combo

For Fighter its best if you go Fighter first (Eldritch Knight only) into Wizard instead

[wild egret]

Thanks

[still plover]

• Be prepared
• Take notes
• Stay hydrated
• Start small
• Listen to your players

[wild egret]

Ok. Thanks. I have been listening to the Tales of the Stinky Dragon podcast so I have an idea but I don’t really want to be DM but none of the people who are gonna join want to be either so I’m just gonna be DM.😂

Does anyone know any public campaigns someone could like join just for the fun of it. I’m really bored now so I would just like to join a campaign

[crimson gulch]

The dmg does not have the tip about staying hydrated but oh boy is it important

[mild sable]

Like if they get fire dmg resistance they will get it under inconveniently specific circumstances

[wild egret]

If Zeus counts ( probably won’t) then you get only one spell slot for thunder wave per long rest

I know it doesn’t count as a irl god but that’s a good idea

[mild sable]

It does count

[wild egret]

Oh ok

If you believe in posiden then you can breath an extra minute (or two depends on what you want) under water

[mild sable]

Yeah something like that

U got anything like that about not believing ?

[wild egret]

Ummmmm let me think. So basically if you don’t believe in any god

[limber trail]

Every dawn, roll a d20 (or just some dice for each of the gods). Based on what you roll, for that day you get that gods’ boon

[wild egret]

I think a d20 is a bit much?

[limber trail]

It just needs to have one result for every god

[wild egret]

Yea

[limber trail]

However many that is

[hushed shard]

what happens when i roll a dice

[humble cairn]

Umm, let's avoid talking about real world religions as that's against server rules?

[wild egret]

I think that’s the best idea yet

Ohh

@@mild sable I’ll dm you

[inner silo]

I'd need to get 13 strength which i don't have sadly

[knotty pasture]

Can you change your stats for only this occasion

Alternatively do Warlock actually

[inner silo]

Warlock?

[knotty pasture]

Yes, go Hexblade for medium armor + shield proficiency

You won't get a fighting style but your weapons will now scale based on your charisma

[inner silo]

I'm 2024 so no hexblade sadly

[humble cairn]

2024 is backwards compatible, you can still use Hexblade.

[knotty pasture]

Otherwise ask your DM if you can tweak your stats accordingly to run Paladin still

[still plover]

Pact of the Blade is a level one pick in 24. Get mage armour up, possibly.

[inner silo]

Would going 3 levels into warlock be worth it for that?

[inner silo]

Ig i could, I'd miss out on other stats though

[knotty pasture]

Wait nvm its 2024, yeah its worth going to level 3

You won't miss too much compared to what you'll gain, focus on str con cha

[burnt valley]

what about cleric?

[inner silo]

I already have dex con cha

[inner silo]

I have 8 wisdom so can't multiclass them sadly

[humble cairn]

I can't answer that without knowing what you're building this character to do.

[inner silo]

So I'd have to change up stats, which my dm probably wouldn't mind

[loud tendon]

We do have #character-discussion for these kinds of conversations or #optimization if you are aiming for the best maths

[inner silo]

Right, thanks

[burnt valley]

ah darn

[stoic obsidian]

Arcane Trickster Spell Thief is a weird feature

[humble cairn]

It's a great feature is what it is.

And it's a mechanic I like to steal to give to NPCs.

[stoic obsidian]

So it negates the affect of a spell against you if the caster failed an int save, now they can’t cast and now you can use it for 8 hours

[stoic obsidian]

It is, and it weird for how it practically mess with mechanics of a boss

[strange bane]

Does anyone know any DnD group that streams their campaigns live? without edits? I want to see how people actually play before I try it myself

[stoic obsidian]

Tbh I kinda wanna play arcane trickster now

[shy stirrup]

Look around on Twitch and YouTube, plenty of streams. Try to find one that isn't so...polished.

[humble cairn]

It's great when you have an NPC that does just to a PC Counterspell.

[inner silo]

Is mythal touched a decent feat?

[timid current]

Not sure what that is

[uncut zenith]

It’s one of the new feats in the FR books.

[inner silo]

It's like a mini wild magic surge that activates when a spell that requires an attack roll or a save is cast on you

[stoic obsidian]

Cleric Trickery Domain is actually pretty cool

[inner silo]

I'm playing a wild magic sorcerer halfling with the lucky feat so it could be fitting

[inner silo]

Everything trickery is cool imo

[stoic obsidian]

Cleric: I cast spirit guardians
Villain: I don’t see anything
Cleric:Look behind you
Villain:looks behind them how did I not notice that

[cerulean monolith]

There’s tons abound! You might find some in #dnd-advertisements

[sullen hedge]

that same logic can also apply to echo knight fighters tbh

[crimson gulch]

i ran two campaigns on youtube and posted all the raw footage

[strange bane]

thanks! im eyeballing one already huhu

[strange bane]

ooo I'd like to have a look at those is it the one in ur bio?

[crimson gulch]

that it is

[snow zephyr]

You know what would have been awesome to include in the monster manual? A table for knowledge rolls, a guide for what a player learns depending on the roll.

[crimson gulch]

ah when players take the study action i just ask them what they are trying to decern and set an appropriate DC

[snow zephyr]

Yes, but they should also get something (while less useful) pertinent to the monster if they fail

[crimson gulch]

nah, falure can still be failure

[past turtle]

Quick Question: have the winners for the Homebrew Feat Contest on D&DBeyond been announced?

[crimson gulch]

i had someone take the Study action on a Warg, got a nat one and i said "that dog aint right"

[snow zephyr]

IDK, it feels like not learning anything from reading about a creature or trying to study it's habits is a bit of a miss

[crimson gulch]

yeah just like how failing an attack roll is also a miss

[woven flint]

When the dm tells me that a 29 does indeed not hit

[stiff rock]

i feel like it's reasonable not to know everything about a creature if you fight it, as most adventurers have likely never seen what they're fighting before, so rolling a nat 1 on a study action would just be "i've never seen this before and cannot discern anything about its nature or behaviours"

[crimson gulch]

The giga lich cast sheild, what can I tell you?

[snow zephyr]

Context is important in this case, if you're poring through dusty tomes then you're likely to at least glean a little information. A nat one, probably not. But it does stand to reason that you could learn peripheral information about the topic

[compact nova]

@versed dove Hey I saw you sent me a friend request. I prefer if you ask me on the server itself so I know why your messaging me :)

[stiff rock]

i'd probably give someone advantage on a check or just let them bypass the study action if they got the info from a book though rather than studying an enemy mid-combat

[crimson gulch]

Yeah if you have it all in front of you, you may not even need to roll, I was referring more to the study action in combat like having a monster charge you and not knowing what it js

Alternatively a poor roll studying on the library could have got them a book of stories about folklore that is way off and not accurate info to what they are truly searching for

[versed dove]

Okay 👍

[crimson gulch]

Also having an appropriate book can give you a plus 5 bonus to a check as per the rules in the 2024 phb about books as adventuring equipment

[snow zephyr]

Yes, but there's not an actual rule of thumb about what sorts of information belong to which DCs

[hollow stone]

i know that maps give you a +4 to Survival checks for navigation but there is nothing in the description that says it has to be regionally relevant at all

[still plover]

Same. What's on your mind?

[crimson gulch]

page 28 of the DMG, has information for resolving actions and setting a dc and it talks about research tasks as well as on the next page degrees of failure or sucess

[versed dove]

Oh, I'm tryna be a friend

[hollow stone]

most equipment and tools are written in this way, like Alchemist Tools let you make a DC 15 Intelligence check to identify a substance, but doesn't actually specify anything about its range or if you even need physical access to the substance

[humble cairn]

Yeah, and setting DCs for Passive Knowledge scores would make it nice and easy.

[snow zephyr]

"this map of Waterdeep is surprisingly useful in the nine hells"

[hollow stone]

you can also make a DC15 Intelligence check to start a fire

[hollow stone]

RAW equipment is extremely silly, yea

like Smith Tools allow you to manufacture weapons and armor, but don't actually set any sort of material requirement for this action, nor a limit on its usages

[still plover]

Hang out with us, join in the discussions. If this channel isn't your kind of thing check the #channel-guide for more options.

[snow zephyr]

Those are in the downtimes rules in the DMG

[hollow stone]

you can just spawn swords and Medium armors with smith tools, on top of being able to use the tongs to breach doors

[versed dove]

Thank you

[snow zephyr]

You need to have the gold to build the equipment and also the time

[hollow stone]

oh really? see it doesn't say that with the item like, at all

[crimson gulch]

Yeah the rules for crafting are in a different section of the book, keep reading

[hollow stone]

if you just have the item text and not the DMG it's really silly

[clear lark]

What "study action"?

[hollow stone]

i genuinely thought they just trusted the DM to say "no" when their players start trying to fabricate weapons from thin air

[snow zephyr]

D&D would likely benefit from the Pathfinder/WoD style of core rulebook for that exact reason

[crimson gulch]

The study action, here https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/br-2024/rules-glossary#StudyAction

[snow zephyr]

They used to have the whole thing about forging armor and weapons in the phb iirc

[serene lily]

The Battlemarked Q&A is about to start!
https://discord.gg/Nx9DrFdPx?event=1441152664942542912

[crimson gulch]

I mean, yes, but also there are rules for crafting so players can engage with then

[clear lark]

Interesting that I missed that action

[crimson gulch]

Taking an action to examine something has allways been a thing but the 2024 core rules codify it as a specific named action, just like how utilize is now one too

[hollow stone]

it's weird that Alchemist supplies don't use the Study action to examine materials, it uses the Utilize action, but also already has Utilize bound to starting fires

[snow zephyr]

That table just indicates which skills apply to the check

But I do think it would be neat to have a table for information about a monster to give you a ballpark for how hard it is to figure out information about a monster

[clear lark]

I would guess it would infringe on the Fighter's class ability to do so

[atomic kayak]

One of my favorite things that the revision did yea. Instead of having each separate skill be its own separate action they were grouped together under single actions

[humble cairn]

Passive Knowledge scores is one way I make the Knowledge Skills important even when the players don't use the Study Action.

There are things that characters just know based on their level of Skill and things like they're Background or backstory.

[hollow stone]

is this the same as Passive Investigation or is it another thing?

[humble cairn]

Similar, just for all the Knowledge Skills like History, Arcana, Nature, etc.

[hasty hare]

[woven flint]

But here's the clapper

[sullen hedge]

my dm gave us a science skill cause i wanted to do hydrolysis

i was an artificer at the time i wanted to make bombs

[reef tundra]

A while ago I asked “how come Vecna’s stat block doesn’t have the powers that his hand an eye give you?” And for a while I was satisfied with the answer I got that was “that’s the point, he doesn’t have his hand and eye”… until last night I woke up as I remembered… he has a second hand and a second eye

[reef tundra]

Classic artificer

[fiery nimbus]

so, can Genie Warlock from inside of its lamp use Voice of Chain Master feature with its familiar?

Oh right #dnd-rules

[burnt valley]

also why does he have less CR than Asmodeus

bro was the only one that managed to raid Sigil even for a moment

[fiery nimbus]

Technically in 5e you never actually encounter a deity
just their avatars

[lavish flame]

His hand and eye aren't sweet ass magic items until they get lobbed off of him

[fiery nimbus]

is your Left Hand as good as your Right Hand?

[reef tundra]

… I see your point

[fiery nimbus]

Same goes for eyes, most people have dominant eye

[stoic obsidian]

I keep thinking about neat combos

I need more

[fiery nimbus]

Genie Warlock can activate Crusher Feat with Eldrich Blast

[reef tundra]

But like… the same doesn’t apply to players, it’s not like one arm has a higher strength stat than the other

[fiery nimbus]

well Vecna happens to not be a player

[reef tundra]

And it’s not like a spellcaster’s Spellcasting is stored in one hand

[burnt valley]

isnt it also magic? so all the physical stuff we usually follow not apply

[reef tundra]

Exactly, he should be so much stronger

[fiery nimbus]

He is

[reef tundra]

So why does he have the disadvantage of spells and power being stored in two limbs

Wait an eye isn’t a limb

[stoic obsidian]

Only once per turn but that is neat

[fiery nimbus]

how long have you sat on this information

[stoic obsidian]

Hey cookie wanna hear a neat combo

[reef tundra]

Idk it just doesn’t make sense to me

[burnt valley]

A Tier 3 party could unironically take on him ngl

[reef tundra]

Exactly, his stat block is a little weak IMO

[fiery nimbus]

But yea Dominant Eye is an actual thing, one of your eyes is just worse than the other

[void fossil]

Hey everyone

[fiery nimbus]

is it Fairy Rune Knight?

[reef tundra]

I know that, but isn’t the implication of the eye and hand that just having a part of Vecna gives you part of that power?

[stoic obsidian]

hunter Ranger with halberd and hoard breaker plus hill giant topple

[burnt valley]

Even his lackey Acererak is stronger than him, im like bruhh whyyy

[fiery nimbus]

Probably, im making most of the stuff im saying right now up

[reef tundra]

-_-

[fiery nimbus]

"Truth stood behind me while i handed you something prettier"

[stoic obsidian]

Is this neat cookie

[fiery nimbus]

is it also a Bugbear character?

[reef tundra]

Sigh still a badass line

[stoic obsidian]

You can if you want, but you can also go hill giant Goliath too

[reef tundra]

I will live longer, haunted by the implication that the ability to cast spells is stored in individual limbs

[stoic obsidian]

It works with any species

[reef tundra]

And other non-limb body parts

[fiery nimbus]

Now add on to it incantations that push or pull with your eldrich blast and guess what, you can shove people around the entire field to your hearts desire

[fiery nimbus]

Who knows, perhaps he carved his bones and flesh with runes containing those spells

Dude is not a mortal

[burnt valley]

Hell on earth if the DM is strict about needing material components

[reef tundra]

Okay now that’s a metal af thought

[stoic obsidian]

Now you push one guy a couple ft away

Then others a little less than the first one

Eldritch blast invocations are fun

[burnt valley]

Push them into a Cleric's Spirit Guardian or Druid's Conjure Woodland Beings radius

[stoic obsidian]

Push them into a fire place then enlarge a rock infront of it

[burnt valley]

Spike Growth cheese grater

[fiery nimbus]

well you say away, but what if you take Crusher Feat and Grasping Invocation and put it all on Vine Whip cantrip?

[stoic obsidian]

I love neat combos, but roleplay just as much

[hazy star]

Cast enlarge on a ring and give it to someone as a crown.

[stoic obsidian]

Then it all become yoink

[burnt valley]

Ping pong Warlock

[fiery nimbus]

Well at that point if you pull someone 20 ft towards you from 10 ft away, do they crush into you, or do they shoot past

[stoic obsidian]

Open up the bag of holding

That been enlarged

Wait

[fiery nimbus]

Hmm, so if like i said you do have all of those feats and invocations, what is the order of actions
does Crusher feat activate first, than vine whip pull, than grasp?

[stoic obsidian]

They happen simultaneously so you decide

[fiery nimbus]

oh boy, you can do stuff with that

10 ft towards you, 5ft to the left, another 10 towards you

[wispy plume]

Thank you!!!

[cinder temple]

aaaaahhhhhh noted

[woven flint]

If the party gets help from an NPC they should probably either be on par or a little bit weaker than the party but still have the ability to assist

A level 2 party I'm in had a miniature militia (about 5)
4 Orc Knights and an Orcish Cleric helping them
It never felt like the odds were heavily skewed in our favor, but they definitely helped quite a bit while not taking away any spotlight from the party

[old sluice]

Getting help from numbers is one thing

But if you establish that there are higher level powerful NPCs who share the PCs' goals, that raises the question of why they aren't doing the thing since everything the PCs do, they can do better

[shy stirrup]

"Help! Somebody save me!"
"Have no fear, brave adventurer! NPC Hero is here to save the day!"

Please someone show me the fun in that

[woven flint]

We had a friendly sparring match with them because they wanted to test their mettle before challenging a troll, we beat them and then
We decided to help them fight the troll in exchange for them helping us with a Bandit camp afterwards
The Cleric was sadly the only survivor of their group, but they worshipped a War God, so dying in battle wasn't horrible for them

As a matter of fact, they seemed thrilled about it .v.

[lean wigeon]

tangential question but were those helper npcs part of the initiative order?

[woven flint]

Yes, the dm did, but their turns were pretty close together because I think they were mostly ran as a group, which, is reasonable lol

We didn't win the Bandit camp fight, it was a bit overwhelming, but, I was able to convince the Bandit leader to spare my party in exchange for one of my magic items

It's implied that we're gonna return and kick their asses later so, I'm not that upset

[knotty pasture]

One idea I saw is simply have the combat objective be different, it doesn't have to involve killing everyone if powerful npcs are involved

[woven flint]

Sometimes you gotta take an L early In your career as a hero

[knotty pasture]

"You're escaping from some dangerous place, there's this beefy enemy but powerful npc is holding him off at a standstill, you have 10 turns to get outta this place or else everyone dies"

[woven flint]

Another fun idea is not all combats need to end in death
As some enemies are able to be reasoned with

Bandits, for the most part, are just people trying to get by the only way they know how

Or perhaps if they beat you, they just rob you and leave you for dead instead of finishing the job

[crimson gulch]

i think im a little bit dissapointed that we did not get new book announcemnets from WOTC at PAX

[burnt valley]

They'll leave loose ends?

[knotty pasture]

Its up to the DM but yea they could

[edgy crown]

#ddb-feedback message

oldest message in this server

[reef tundra]

The quest is over…

[lofty thunder]

I’m apart of a new campaign and idk if i wanna make a new character or choose from my like six different characters

[reef tundra]

Most DMs would prefer a new character made for the campaign

[reef tundra]

Or at least I know that’s how I and a lot of other dungeon masters feel

[lofty thunder]

Yeah but the six characters that i made haven’t been in a campaign yet. I’m the type of dnd nerd that likes making dnd characters for fun🫠

[reef tundra]

Well, you could try using them, but ask your DM first if they’d be okay with a pre-made character

[lofty thunder]

My dm’s okay with it!! i was just contemplating about making a new character because i have a dragonborn fighter in mind but i also wanna use my other characters because there just lying in my dnd beyond

[wraith kelp]

heyo!

[reef tundra]

Yayy. Have fun

[wraith kelp]

Amity!

[reef tundra]

Hi Shy

[exotic minnow]

Hey peeps I just wanted to ask is Vampire a language or not in DND? I'm making a Dhampir and I put Vampire as a language in my sheet and the DM shut it down saying it's not a real language / doesn't exist

I rember seeing it online

[livid heron]

Hi,
With the new Paladin subclass I have an idea but.. is there a way to get Dex based unarmed attacks as Paladin without multiclassing into monk?
The Genie Paladin makes me want to play a punching guy but with his unarmored defense being Dex + Cha and Unarmed Fighting being Str based I would have to split into 4 ways.
Can you think of any other option for this to work?

[fiery nimbus]

its not a real language

to be honest it doesn't make much sense for it to be a language either

[livid heron]

You mean.. French? (sorry, I had to)

[exotic minnow]

Lol

[stoic obsidian]

I wonder what can be the strangest party ever in dnd

[woven flint]

Abyssal is generally considered an Undead/Demon language
(Even residents of the Shadowfell speak it) you could use that

[fiery nimbus]

its just 4 wizards

[stoic obsidian]

Do the wizard have jawbreakers

[snow agate]

Yeah vampirism is just whatever language you had originally there doesn’t make sense for it to be its own language

[exotic minnow]

I put Abyssal and Elvish since lorewise my character's parents were a Vampire and a High Elf

[woven flint]

Vampires generally speak amy language they did in life

[livid heron]

4 warlocks each with different patron that have asthma so they need short rest after each fight..

[reef tundra]

Unfortunately, from what I know, monk is the only way to make unarmed strikes use dex

[real thunder]

Apparently there's vampiric but idk how trustworthy the random Google thing I found is

[woven flint]

Fun Fact!

Drow also speak abyssal for whatever the hell reasons!
(Probably because Lolth is a Current (?) Former (?) Demon Lord)

[fiery nimbus]

to be honest your party wizard also speaks abyssal and nobody gives him any grief over it

[livid heron]

sad noise I thought so. Seems like my concept character will get shelved 😄

[exotic minnow]

In my party we have 2 warlocks with different patrons plus a paladin, bard, and artificer

One of our members is a goblin lol

[woven flint]

I like to give my characters Languages that generally make sense for them tbh

My Earth Genasi Genies Paladin knew Common (Duh) and Primordial! (As it's the elemental language)

[exotic minnow]

I just gave mine the languages of her parents

[woven flint]

I'm the one who made Primordial relevant in that situation
We would've had to fight a few water elementals if my genies Paladin wasn't so keen on protecting elementals lol

I love picking a language I never expect to use and then suddenly I find a reason to use it

It's only happened twice!
But it was fun

(Once with Primordial and once with Abyssal)
If my Druid didn't know abyssal in a campaign, it would've taken months for a Wizard Npc To decipher a book for us

[burnt valley]

4 Monks

[old sluice]

Because demon worship, including Lolth-worship, is an integral part of drow culture

[lavish flame]

Vampires do not have a language of their own, nor do Undead in general. Vampires usually just speak whatever mundane language they knew in life.

[old sluice]

How would a vampire even learn it? They're still the same person they were in life

[stoic obsidian]

Why am I hearing breakdown breakdown right now

[sleek verge]

What would be good with a party comp between a Rogue/Barb, a Fighter, and a Wild Magic Sorc?

[sleek verge]

We’re lvl 5
I’m having trouble deciding ._.

[stoic obsidian]

Cleric

Druid

Why you ask?

[sleek verge]

I just don’t know if I’ll like them. Moon Druid has my eye but idk

[stoic obsidian]

You can do circle of the stars

Tho really anything can work

[old sluice]

This could use a cleric, paladin, druid or ranger.

[stoic obsidian]

So don’t over think it, and maybe talk to your group for suggestions

[old sluice]

Depending on the fighter, I'm sensing a lack of dexterity, ranged attacks and wisdom.

[burnt valley]

Oh nice a Barb, go peace cleric

[old sluice]

And when it comes to spellcasting, the sorcerer is doing a lot of work.

So cleric or druid might be the priority I think

[exotic minnow]

It seems the vampire language I saw online comes from the plane shift books which are MTG crossovers

[snow agate]

You have a really good offense but very little support, so optimally you would do something that can do things the rest of the party can’t, like Druid, bard, or cleric

[stoic obsidian]

The general rule for party comps I follow is two spellcasters and two martials, tho it doesn’t really matter

For I be honest just pick what you want to play

You can focus on comp all you want but if you don’t like your class choice then it not gonna be a great time

[reef tundra]

I try have the classic damage dealer, tank, and support trio. And I know people say it doesn’t work in dnd but it works out pretty well for my campaigns

And fortunately classes are very versatile in the role they can play so characters can fill multiple of those roles

[fiery nimbus]

it doesn't matter much when classes can double up
Warlocks and Wizards being your frontlines protecting squishy bow fighter and Sun Monk

[reef tundra]

Like paladin can fill all three, and others can fill them too

[knotty pasture]

The classical comp is Fighter Rogue Wizard Cleric

[stoic obsidian]

The tank casters are here

[exotic minnow]

I think ppl should just pick whatever classes they enjoy and wanna use

[atomic kayak]

Fighting Man, Thief, Magic User, Priest lets go

[reef tundra]

Tank casters are very efficient in my games so I second that

[reef tundra]

Man they gotta name fighters that again

[old sluice]

I go with a simpler one: Ideally, between the whole party, you want all six attributes at 15 or above at first level.

That's the golden one

[stoic obsidian]

That also good

[nova trellis]

My thoughts on a semi old convo on language if you scroll above a bit. Personally, I would just confer with your DM with what languages your character would know. Allows your DM know you actually care about that and to prep around what languages the players have.

[exotic minnow]

How common are dhampirs and do DMs usually accept them

[stoic obsidian]

You still here

[snow agate]

If you’re not a predatory edgelord they’ll probably accept it

[exotic minnow]

I already had the talk with my DM tbf I just had the question afterwards that I wanted to ask

[stoic obsidian]

Edgelords are boring

Unless done right

[exotic minnow]

No I just like vampire archetypes lol

[burnt valley]

are comedic edgelords fun

[old sluice]

Replace fighter with a monk. The rogue with a bard. The wizard with a warlock. The cleric with a druid. Add a paladin for good measure and you have probably my favourite party

[exotic minnow]

My dhampir literally has a pet floppa

Because we're a bit of a silly squad

And I love floppas

[snow agate]

I think so, I like when they’re in the party or encountered as NPCs

[stoic obsidian]

Rogue, Bard, Barbarian, Ranger

[inner silo]

What do you all think of blood hunter?

[stoic obsidian]

I have no opinion on it

[inner silo]

Is it kind of similar to a ranger?

[meager fractal]

I don't like it

[snow agate]

No it’s similar to blood hunter

[stoic obsidian]

Seem pretty bloody

[inner silo]

Why?

[meager fractal]

I've seen it in action a bunch and it's too finnicky

[umbral girder]

It’s meh

[inner silo]

Finnicky in what way?

[woven flint]

You actively damage yourself to use your main class feature for one lol

[inner silo]

Ah i see

[old sluice]

It's crap

Poorly balanced, poorly made. The entire concept of the class should just have been a ranger subclass

[umbral girder]

To be fair, at the time it would have been for 2014 Ranger (before Tasha’s)

So I can see why they wouldn’t want that.

[crimson gulch]

bad homebrew

[gleaming rune]

Name goofy

[inner silo]

What are the balance issues of it though? I hear a lot of people say it's bad but I don't get why

[pastel willow]

Hi

[stoic obsidian]

What kind of person would you imagine, only knowing they uppercut a goblins head off, and critically stomp a kobold to death?

[gleaming rune]

Hello

[fiery nimbus]

I still believe Ranger should have been rebalanced as a pet class

[gleaming rune]

A civilized man defending himself

[stoic obsidian]

No, I fully disagree

[inner silo]

It would kind of limit it in terms of different gameplay types

[gleaming rune]

I like rangers they cool

[sullen hedge]

uhhhhh a level 1 wizard

[stoic obsidian]

Nope

[fiery nimbus]

not really

[stoic obsidian]

Close

[inner silo]

A pet would have to be a big part of your build

[spice stump]

If i cast faerie fire to be able to see a creature assuming i was previously unable to see them, and then cast banishment. Would i be able to use the banishment or would the faerie fire automatically stop due to the concentration spell rules

[inner silo]

You'd likely have to focus wisdom too and melee builds would suffer i think

[gleaming rune]

We should have a class that is just a pet

[stoic obsidian]

And isn’t ranger

[gleaming rune]

Also that

[stoic obsidian]

I like ranger as is, doesn’t need to be the pet class

[spice stump]

Would the concentration spell override the previous concentration spell before or after said concentration spell is actually casted

[stoic obsidian]

Tamer class

[clear lark]

Concentration rules are always in effect

[spice stump]

So I'm assuming the moment i try to cast banishment I'd be blinded again due to losing faerie fire and hence not be able to cast it

How do you even counter blindness smh

[fiery nimbus]

I mean, current ranger is kind of just a fighter

[sullen hedge]

other classes also have subclasses and stuff that makes ranger kinda like the middle child of the classes

like arcane archer for fighter

[vast pelican]

In 2014 rules that's entirely ok, concentration doesn't end until the spell is actually cast. 2024 is a little less clear on this interaction.

[inner silo]

They're a fighter with more traveling stuff and spell casting so not really a fighter at all

[spice stump]

Phew, I'm playing in 2014

[stoic obsidian]

Except they have expertise, cast spells, and more

Nice comparison sir

Tbh I want another int caster beside artificer

[inner silo]

In fact paladins are more similar to a fighter with a more melee build and with heavy armour

[shy stirrup]

Fighter + Something Else = New Class

[stoic obsidian]

All classes are unique, stop comparing them

[sullen hedge]

wait rangers got expertise?

[glass granite]

Yup

[stoic obsidian]

Yes

[inner silo]

Like 3 in total

They're spell casters, fighters and skill monkeys

[burnt valley]

Its from Matt Mercer's thing right?

[meager fractal]

MB, my phone died. It's a high risk high reward style class that relies on balancing a number of small bonuses to make up for the self injuries you take to activate many of your abilities. This often leads to decision paralysis at the table, and promotes a high level of system mastery to avoid constantly having to beg the cleric or other healer to bail you out.

[sullen hedge]

tbh i've never once seen a ranger

[old sluice]

Actively damage yourself to use your abilities.

Abilities that are often lackluster

[gleaming rune]

Who'd win 100 orks or a troll

[old sluice]

It's all style and no substance

[inner silo]

I see. So it's a very difficult class?

[meager fractal]

very

[old sluice]

In D&D, unless the balance of power is much greater than this, the hundreds always beat the one

[burnt valley]

How much damage do you take anyway?

[sullen hedge]

i mean you could work something out with shillelagh

[inner silo]

That doesn't sound that bad. I thought it was either like straight up can't do anything in any way or way too strong

[inner silo]

A hundred halfling peasants vs a flying dragon

[meager fractal]

Orcs. 100 attack rolls per round vs. 2-3 isn't going to end well for the troll

[keen kraken]

Yo guys.
I don’t know if this is a good idea I just made it randomly for no reason I was bored.

The reaper shards and souls stones

Reaper shards are a little unending hard to defeat samurai spirits
They call upon the dead and the dammed. Summoning demons and skeletons.
They use shadow ice. (Like it’s genuinely shadows of people)

When you defeat them in a duel you get a soul stone. And you can reanimate them.

They’re soliders from the spirit of death.

They’re actually conscious though. And have different personalities.

I need constructive criticism

[old sluice]

Now there the balance of power is great enough that the peasants are all dead before inflicting more than... ten HP loss at ths dragon

[gleaming rune]

Make their ennemies undead mongols or sumn

[burnt valley]

100 polar bears vs one adult red dragon

[inner silo]

A hundred halflings with pitchforks

[old sluice]

Even more in the dragon's favour than the peasants.

[gleaming rune]

The dragon just stays in the air and firebreathes the bears

[keen kraken]

Good idea!

[inner silo]

The red dragon can just fly 30 feet up

[burnt valley]

darn i forgor

[old sluice]

Polar bears have no ranged attacks. The dragon kills them all without losing a single HP

[stoic obsidian]

Tbh what other martial classes can wotc could possibly make?

[keen kraken]

Can’t it just stomp them and fly away and stomp and fly?

Or just fire

[gleaming rune]

Big stick class

[burnt valley]

100 Quetzalcoatlus vs adult red dragon sounds promising tho

[old sluice]

Doesn't change anything. Their only shot at damaging the dragon is by throwing rocks. Or if they have bows

[stoic obsidian]

Monk

[old sluice]

The quetzalcoatli win this one easily

[burnt valley]

They have enough HP to tank the breath and the dragon wont be able to use it again anyway cuz of the annoying recharge

[inner silo]

Throwable pitchforks with 1d4 piercing

[clear lark]

So was the Paladine and Barbarian

[burnt valley]

Would it change if i made it an ancient red dragon instead

[meager fractal]

warlord from 4e

[old sluice]

No. Maybe if it was a spellcaster dragon.

[inner silo]

100 ranger sized blood hunters or 1 blood hunter sized ranger?

[gleaming rune]

Who's smarter a dumb barbarian or a smart ork (not an orc an ork)

[burnt valley]

Its a tie, both die from using their class features

[old sluice]

Good to know, the point being?

[gleaming rune]

The ranger he cooler

[inner silo]

Rangers?

[burnt valley]

Im confused

[old sluice]

Which dumb barbarian and which ork? Which measure of intelligence are we using?

[inner silo]

I didn't know rangers had features that damage them

[old sluice]

I did not though?

[inner silo]

Wether they can count to 100 before going off and breaking something

[burnt valley]

No no I thought they were both blood hunters

[gleaming rune]

Whether they can count above their number of fingers (toe fingers not included)

[inner silo]

Ah, no it's 100 ranger sized blood hunters vs 1 blood hunter sized ranger

[old sluice]

Everyone can do that. Even parrots

[inner silo]

That's quite the bold statement

[gleaming rune]

Parrots can do alot of stuff even math

[old sluice]

It's also quite the true statement

[meager fractal]

It's d4 damage (it goes up as you level) everytime you wanna activate an ability. It adds up fast.

[inner silo]

Is blood hunter kind of the edgy cousin of ranger?

[old sluice]

Basically

[clear lark]

MB disregard

[gleaming rune]

Prob

[inner silo]

I see. That doesn't sound that bad then

[gleaming rune]

I thougth they were like some kind of blooodborn character

[old sluice]

Essentially the origin story is that it was an attempt at recruiting Vin Diesel by letting him play his ridiculous Original Character do not steal. Which he also played in the Last Witch Hunter movie

[inner silo]

Sounds pretty cool

[old sluice]

I find it rather pathetic I must admit.

[inner silo]

To eich their own ig

[old sluice]

On everyone involved.

[inner silo]

I might try it tbh as i want to play a ranger but don't really want to play the ranger

[old sluice]

Why not?

[clear lark]

I remember I had always thought about playing a Ranger, but back in those days Rangers didn't get their first level spells until 8th level.

[meager fractal]

3.5?

[clear lark]

OD&D through 2e

I never played 3 or 3.5 (or 4)

[inner silo]

They don't seem that exciting in terms of abilities and i heard their damage scales pretty badly, especially melee ranger which is what i want to play

[inner silo]

That's crazy ngl

[inner silo]

Their abilities aren't bad, they're cool but they don't seem to get anything for damage after level 5 or so

[burnt valley]

I'll promptly remove this memory out of my head

[inner silo]

Though i am new to the game and am probably wrong so please do tell me if i am

[stoic obsidian]

I think I realize something, I think I prefer using grid maps for combat, than talespire or any 3d vtt

[scenic zinc]

Minus the recruitment part, that's pretty much what I've heard

[stoic obsidian]

Mostly because it seem more taking to do turns because of using all the set up of aoes and more

Ectra

[clear lark]

I still can't get D&D's VTT to work. One day I'll spend more time on doing so

[vapid berry]

I have to ask what does vtt stand for?

I see it in asking for games

[meager fractal]

virtual table top

[vapid berry]

Ahhhhhhhh

[burnt valley]

I wonder if there are creatures that can inflict the Stunned condition with no saves

[meager fractal]

not really, they all require the DM to jump through some hoops before afflicting the stunned condition

Beholders, Ropers, and Intellect Devourers are the closest I can find

[spring barn]

Hey all! :)

Do you guys prefer DMing or playing?

[glass granite]

DM’ing

[meager fractal]

Dming

[spring barn]

Beautiful

[burnt valley]

Playing

[spring barn]

Is Wizard your favorite class?

[crimson gulch]

thats why i use owlbear rodio instead, its so much easier to use

[burnt valley]

Yes

Even tho im not quite good with it yet

[umbral girder]

DMing usually but I like being a player depending on the dm and group

[spring barn]

That's the beauty of it :) So much to learn! Keeps it interesting

[spring barn]

I totally get that, sometimes its hard to find a good DM

[umbral girder]

I actually got to play every class which is neat

[spring barn]

That's awesome! I want to someday

[burnt valley]

There's lots of possibilities on what a Wizard could do, which what drew me to the class

Especially in Tier 4 where i had the most fun

[spring barn]

Definitely! Largest spell list goes crazy haha

[umbral girder]

Funnily enough tier 4 Wizard was the one I haven’t had that much fun with.

Might try other subclasses for it see if they might change things

[inner silo]

Do martials/halfcasters keep up with casters in terms of damage?

[spring barn]

What do you mean by tier 4? Level 4?

[umbral girder]

The game has 4 tiers of play

[burnt valley]

Lvl 17-20

[spring barn]

Ohh gotcha gotcha

[burnt valley]

Where I get lots of freedom

[umbral girder]

Tier 1 is levels 1-4
Tier 2 is 5-10
Tier 3 is 11-16
Tier 4 is for levels 17 to 20

[spring barn]

I long to play a campaign that hits level 20

[umbral girder]

Depends on builds and enemies you face

[inner silo]

I see

[umbral girder]

Like AOEs are stupid high in damage but require you to have a lot of enemies hit and fail against it

[spring barn]

I think their goal is to try to make it somewhat balanced, but like @umbral girder said, depends on the gear or magic itmes, the enemies, things like that

[umbral girder]

Also spellcasters are more likely to face resistances and immunities more often than others too

[burnt valley]

Same here but I only get them from Adventurers League

[inner silo]

I see

[burnt valley]

plus enemies with insane CON or WIS saves

[umbral girder]

I’m gonna have a ninth campaign reach level 20 in a few months

[clear lark]

or higher (albeit 20 is the hard limit, you can still progress)

[inner silo]

Thanks for explaining!@spring barn @umbral girder