dnd-discussion

[scenic zinc]

Not that they can't have good ac. It's just that I see people assume that by being ranged they'll be less likely to be targeted so they don't end up with good ac.

[stoic obsidian]

I starting to question if ranged is even the best option tbh

[scenic zinc]

There really isn't a 'best' option.

It's a group game.

[stoic obsidian]

I ask this for I feel optimization say range is better but I feel that only with some cases like rogue, and spellcasters

[empty thicket]

anything that limit spells. If its the kind of party i think, an anti magic field or silence would literally turn the party into weaklings

[remote wadi]

Well, my current character, for example, will be the Gloomstalker Assassin Combo (Yes, Chunky Crits are on the table)

And while i do agree, this is already flowing with advantage states. But this is 2 big things

1. It is an advantage state that I can use for when my others aren't available (i.e. no places to hide)
2. It costs nothing for me and is something they can do for very little

[empty thicket]

But if its like, A bard, cleric, ranger and wizard. Cleric and bard can go for close ranges

[blissful ibex]

Cav is also surprisingly interesting
Lots of tank-ness, opportunity attacks, taunts, charges, and other fun goodies

[stoic obsidian]

That too, tho that be hitting the casters a lot harder

[scenic zinc]

Extremely cold take: optimizers don't have a clue what they're talking about.

[stoic obsidian]

Honestly I feel they don’t take in account monsters, party members, and the occasional tight room scenario

[empty thicket]

Mine is a champion fighter, same critics. But i am like the main DPS of the group so i try to have both, range and close tools.
Longsword and shield and a heavy crossbow with repetitive shot so i dont have to load it and can attack more times

[scenic zinc]

It's a group game. "Optimizing" a single character is meaningless.

[olive wasp]

i mean you can always use the swarm of tiamats. i think that is a very balanced encounter tht is difficult for ranged an up close attackers

[scenic zinc]

That's entirely correct. They don't.

[stoic obsidian]

I have a bit of a take fine to optimize your character, but still think of party play

[empty thicket]

Yeah, but again, some caster classes can be tanky, Warlock, cleric, artificer and others can go for frontlines

[stoic obsidian]

Fair, but then you have wizard and sorc

[scenic zinc]

Unless the entire party optimizes together, it's a bit pointless to indulge in optimization.

[stoic obsidian]

Well honestly we subconsciously optimize anyways

[blissful ibex]

I have a modestly optimised 'Support Caster' XD
Specifically because she helps play to party strengths and covers most missing niches if needed.
Just can't easily replace the rogue until late tier 3 >.>

[empty thicket]

After seeing the "monkeys" i have for allies (not that i hate, i love them a lot, they just have lots of bad luck like my forced pacifism bard), i did kinda good optmizing a little bit.

[scenic zinc]

"Not actively choosing the obviously bad game option" is very different than subconsciously optimizating.

[empty thicket]

then hope they win the initiative first and blast them before they get splashed.

[stoic obsidian]

Yeah that also true

[blissful ibex]

optimization is fine so long as you don't start outstripping the party by a wide margin
min maxing should only be done if the entire party is min maxing and the DM is in on it
Power Players are outright not okay though

[olive wasp]

I mean the appeal of optimization is to feel powerful i suppose at least in my point of view. I like feeling strong as my barbarian is built only for combat prowess and thats it. but i think having too much optimization leads to other party members feeling less useful

i had an issue with that in one campaign where other players had a lot more trouble getting into participating because one persons character just felt that much stronger

[empty thicket]

Why you not choosing the Goliath Sorcerer?

[stoic obsidian]

Tho roleplay is free

[scenic zinc]

I'm not against making a mechanically good character.

I'm only saying "optimization" is pointless if it's a single character, when it's a group game.

[stoic obsidian]

Optimization tbh feels min maxing

[worldly flare]

Optimization stuff

[blissful ibex]

Part of good optimisation takes into account the party's general level of ability and tries to stay close to that level

[empty thicket]

Btw, why sorc use charisma and why not const? like, they have to convince themselves that they are capable of something?

[blissful ibex]

it's fun c:
I've only iterated on my character like 15 times XD

[worldly flare]

I’d consider myself an optimizer, but I’m not sure what everyone’s definitions are.

[olive wasp]

True but with the stats and the carefully chosen spells it was a real "I can do everything" type of guy

[scenic zinc]

Charisma is strength of will. Not just persuasiveness or deception.

[stoic obsidian]

And seeing synergy with specie features, roleplay aspects as well

[scenic zinc]

Constitution works thematically with wild magic sorcerer... and only kind of.

[blissful ibex]

And leaving plenty of hooks for your DM in your backstory c:

[olive wasp]

Yeah, i mean maybe the other players were not just not nearly as optimized but when it feels one player feels better at everything it ruins the want to throw yourself in there and let your character get screen time

[remote wadi]

Champion was almost my subclass instead of Assassin
Problems:
Double crit chance vs guaranteed crits for the first turn
No Expertise in Stealth and other great skills
Chunky Crits being active means that getting a firearm (yes, I already did all of the talking and research) and Sneak Attacks are only more deadly. Average damage now without spells and resources on a crit is... 24 piercing damage (1d8 + 4 + 16) but with a hunting rifle and getting to level 6 (3 for each class), it goes up to an average of... 65 piercing damage (2d10 + 5 + 30, then 2d6 + 12)

[empty thicket]

yeah but you get my point, their power is from their body. From themselves. But that is fair too

[scenic zinc]

And having such an important stat also become a casting stat... no thanks.

[olive wasp]

I guess this is true, it also relies on the personality of the meta character

[empty thicket]

so i guess that STR wouldnt be a good idea too

[stoic obsidian]

Yeah, tho that can also get aggravating in a party with multiple spellcasters or they say we don’t have enough time for it ( when we actually do) for a ritual cast

[olive wasp]

or the person behind it

[scenic zinc]

The only thing worse would be making dex a casting stat

[remote wadi]

So yeah. Rogue MC was a much better choice

[olive wasp]

one issue with that is the under optimized characters will REALLY struggle with those enemies

[stoic obsidian]

Meta gaming is when you using outside knowledge of the game for advantage, that your character shouldn’t know

[empty thicket]

dex get enough stuff on it ngl
AC, intiative, a lot of skills.

And a lot of spells are Dext save

[scenic zinc]

Int & wis have the most skills by far

[olive wasp]

right my fault

[scenic zinc]

Followed by cha, then dex, then str

[remote wadi]

I think what they're thinking is power gaming

[blissful ibex]

poor con

[stoic obsidian]

Did those players assume stats are flavor?

[empty thicket]

Then con wont be a too bad idea beside it determinate most of your HP sometimes

[scenic zinc]

And concentration saves

[olive wasp]

True! i mean i've never DMed but i guess there are always ways to handle things in a correct manner

[empty thicket]

oh true...

[remote wadi]

And yes, I think i did do the math right here. That's how game changing a better weapon and sneak attacks are with guaranteed crits

[stoic obsidian]

I find them different but similar

[scenic zinc]

It's not too overpowered to make sorcs con casters, but it does stack basically all they need into a single stat

[olive wasp]

Well one of them that had a problem was that they didnt have any outstanding strong stat due to the rolls.

[blissful ibex]

Make them wisdom casters and make clerics cha casters

[scenic zinc]

:v wat

[olive wasp]

Cover them in a tasty sauce

[stoic obsidian]

This is why standard array is preferred by some people

[scenic zinc]

Though it did always kill me that clerics couldn't use wis for religion rolls lol

[blissful ibex]

need a proselytising CHA based cleric subclass

[fickle heart]

Imma be honest, it really depends what you mean by "optimizers".

[olive wasp]

yeah, i suppose all the issues were just situational. i mean it was just how the campaign was run ig

[empty thicket]

yeah, it would be a good exchange and justified too

[blissful ibex]

They can now
and druids can use wis for nature
and both for arcana

[scenic zinc]

Generally, the "big number go brr" crowd

[stoic obsidian]

Honestly it kinda vague in some ways

[stoic obsidian]

This is usually the go too

[empty thicket]

same, being able to do around 30 // 50 per round feel nice

[stoic obsidian]

But it feels more in line with power gaming or min maxing tbh

[olive wasp]

I’ll brb if you want me to pick up where I left off just @ me

[worldly flare]

I’m honestly not convinced that minmaxing and power gaming are different things TBH, it feels like I can never get a good definition.

[blissful ibex]

Power Gaming is like min-maxing + main character syndrome

[scenic zinc]

Neither are inherently bad. It really depends on the energy the player who is doing it brings to the table.

[blissful ibex]

min maxing in and of itself is fine if the party and DM are all on board and expectations are set
a full party of min maxed characters going against a souped up level of danger in a campaign can be fun

[scenic zinc]

Just like railroading isn't inherently bad. There are good and bad ways to do it.

[fickle heart]

Like, game theory isn't super duper crazy difficult, it's just that this server largely sees what would be considered "low-hanging optimization" because of its subject matter as the "public" D&D forum.

[blissful ibex]

it's when you mix min-max with a standard party that you run into issues
especially if you cut in on everything and try to be the main charater

[scenic zinc]

Trying to be the main character is problematic.

Being a main character isn't. The entire party are the cast of main characters. The story literally follows them.

[keen kestrel]

The way I see it, having reasonable stats using point buy is optimized, multi classing for the sake of incredibly strong builds is only reasonable when everyone is on board with it

[blissful ibex]

you're not generally going to be breaking much with point buy/standard array anyway
and if it is an issue, your dump stats can be targeted

[keen kestrel]

Like if you want to hinder yourself with bad stats, that’s fine, but reasonably characters should be able to function in their primary role, whatever that is

[scenic zinc]

Multiclassing is the fastest path to hamstringing a character.

[worldly flare]

Honestly I hate when people make bad characters on purpose. It’s never fun long term and just hinders the group.

[blissful ibex]

Needs to be done very carefully, so as not to fall behind

[keen kestrel]

Until you play into a paladin with like +5 to all saving throws minimum

[stoic obsidian]

It more so along the line the more I think about is what is optimizing in the truest sense in dnd, because dnd is a roleplaying war game that elements in that doesn’t involve the dice so what is it really?

[keen kestrel]

I don’t mind if they have one incredibly bad stat for some story telling purpose

But anything past that feels silly

[worldly flare]

That’s fine depending on the party. But don’t be the guy who plays a wizard with 8 intelligence and drags everyone else down.

[keen kestrel]

Most of the time, the only ones I think of are either fighter dips or hexblade dips

[blissful ibex]

Unless that 'Wizard' is a fighter and their favorite spell is 'battleaxe to the face' XD

[worldly flare]

Of course

[keen kestrel]

Yes, I meant like if you’re a barbarian with 4-8 int, I can work with it

But be good at your main role

[fickle heart]

Optimizing is largely just maximizing efficacy.

[scenic zinc]

Which is a primary reason I require a narrative reason for people to multiclass in my games.

[keen kestrel]

Oh for sure, the only time I’d consider this is if we’re doing like a combat heavy video game style campaign

[stoic obsidian]

Is it thinking of better backstory’s, building the character with how you want to play the character, thinking up ways to work with the party, thinking up ways to make your roleplay/tactical think better for it feels like half of this is even consider

[blissful ibex]

Just let me make my dumb 3/4 caster in peace

[stoic obsidian]

So competent characters fall under that

[glass granite]

Oh you don’t allow multiclassing? That’s interesting

[fickle heart]

To an extent, all chargen is varying levels of optimization, ya.

[stoic obsidian]

And it not just numbers

[blissful ibex]

It's
Like yeah, it's one way to deal with the issue but at a massive detriment to player agency and build expression >.>

[keen kestrel]

I think it’s fine if it fits thematically and they plan ahead of time to not fall behind other players

[scenic zinc]

And it's in this comment that I'll return to my statement from the other day - I detest the term 'builds' in relation to characters, as it removes all narrative elements and treats them as a compilation of mechanics instead.

[fickle heart]

Correct. Actual optimization is more about the actual results.

[blissful ibex]

if there's a problem, the first response should be to TALK TO THE PLAYER

[lusty tendon]

so for my next character concept it is to be a conjurer wizard researcher, so in short how does one roleplay a conjurer without being too much for the dm or should i just constantly conjure up white boards?

[scenic zinc]

Blah blah not in '24 blah

[stoic obsidian]

So why does optimization only go over stats, feats, and features and nothing else

[blissful ibex]

All of the rules are technically optional rules, It's as core a rule as anything else

[keen kestrel]

I mean, that’s fair. Some people approach it like a video game, which is entirely their prerogative

[stoic obsidian]

Shouldn’t it be called battle tactics at this point or number crunch

[blissful ibex]

Aah, is it marked optional in 14'?

[worldly flare]

I think the issue is we’re all talking about different aspects of a rather board concept.

[blissful ibex]

yep, that'd be it; it's core in 24'

[glass granite]

Mhm

[lusty tendon]

also one shouldnt prioritize "flagship" builds but prioritize roleplaying and having fun rather than makes a character set up for strictly for the fight

[fickle heart]

Because that's the majority of the "measurables". You can actually verify the "normal" efficacy of things you can measure, even if there are deviations.

[lusty tendon]

now you should make your character strong dont get me wrong but busted characters are too much

[glass granite]

Hello just behind, I’m Nugget

[eager marsh]

Setting up a character mechanically strictly 'for teh fight' costs you literally nothing because roleplay is free

[scenic zinc]

'One' should prioritize whatever the table agreed is the type of game being played.

[lusty tendon]

hear me out prestidigitation

[scenic zinc]

There's so many mechanics not related to combat lol

[blissful ibex]

I multi-class because none of the pure classes work in a way I like either mechanically or flavor wise and I can use it to acheive that

[scenic zinc]

That are directly related to roleplay

Not to mention that roleplaying is part of every pillar

[eager marsh]

And? You can choose to not take roleplay specific spells or feats and still roleplay cooperatively and interactively just as effectively

[lusty tendon]

what about wizards i can never seem to see that they are not fully their own class as elsewise they seem weaker than if you took another level of wizard

[remote wadi]

I would personally make a strong suggestion to stick to 1 class, but be open to multiclass

[glass granite]

Sounds closer to bard

[valid geyser]

By what metric?

[lusty tendon]

multiclassing as in wizard multiclassing to make them better

[blissful ibex]

It depends on what you're trying to do
Wizard can be a decent secondary class if you want the level 6 feat off of bladesinger specifically
also valor bard for the same reason

[scenic zinc]

Entirely unlikely that the same person who cares most about big numbers in combat also commits as much effort in roleplay

[woven flint]

Me when wizard is indisputably the best class in the game

[lusty tendon]

real

[valid geyser]

What does going 1 level in wizard get you that makes you better than going 20 levels?

[stoic obsidian]

Maybe I just don’t get it, it feels like I think of this game as roleplay and rpg but not one and the same at the same time

[blissful ibex]

It's the quintessential caster

[scenic zinc]

-# there's no best class silly

[worldly flare]

WIZARD! HELL YEAH!

[eager marsh]

That's a user issue then. I was merely saying that mechanically, being built for combat does not in and of itself harm the roleplay aspect

[fickle heart]

In a sense, this is where a lot of people fall into the mental trap (that I'm self-aware enough to recognize I used to fall onto) where, just because you can't/don't measure every variable, doesn't mean you can't use existing information to make inferences and determine what excels and what doesn't.

[blissful ibex]

You're almost never going just 1 level in wizard XD
it's like the last class you would dip

[glass granite]

Me when I beat up your wizard with my monk

[woven flint]

I can't wait for Psion to cone out, I crave it.

[stray atlas]

random thought

[valid geyser]

Which was my point yeah

[scenic zinc]

We're talking about people. You can't disconnect that fact.

[lusty tendon]

combat itself is roleplaying, if the big bad that youve been leading up to for the end of the campaign and it dies in 2-3 hits then what was all that work for

[stray atlas]

can lycanthropy affect dragonborns?

[scenic zinc]

That's the entire point of the conversation

[woven flint]

Oh, I hate Wizards, but I think the wizard I have would definitely beat your monk up for lunch money, if he wasn't the most wholesome gentleman in the world

[lusty tendon]

yes

[worldly flare]

I mean probably, I don’t see why it wouldn’t

[eager marsh]

That's not roleplaying thats a DM failure for not creating a balanced encounter

[remote wadi]

Outright barring someone from a MC, especially for a new player, would really dampen their creativity and their future experiences. Especially if there is no explanation to them about why it is being done

So take it with a grain of salt, but explaining why multiclasses are probably better explored when they have more experience in DnD would be much better than banning it outright

[blissful ibex]

Like, you might burn 2 or 3 wizard levels for sorcerer for metamagic and access to subclass features

[sleek cloud]

My wizard would beat tokii’s wizard

[knotty pasture]

Tbh combat is designed to settle itself in 3 turns...

[keen kestrel]

I miss when sorcerers were better (they weren’t really, but I can dream)

[worldly flare]

My wizard would beat all your wizards

[stray atlas]

thing that turns you into a type of mammal infecting a non mammal

[empty thicket]

Hot take, dragonborns dont have to be like, scaly and half dragon and all that

[woven flint]

My Wizards a bladesinger with 30 int .w.

[blissful ibex]

or bard for a bit of utility

[glass granite]

Jokes on you my monk is broke

[eager marsh]

Multiclassing at all is strictly advised against for new players by almost everyone in this server so I'll disagree with that first point politely

[blissful ibex]

splits you on spellcasting but that can be fun

[empty thicket]

Bro knows what the enemy will do before they do it

[crimson gulch]

What are they then?

[woven flint]

Foolish mortals.

[empty thicket]

Dont have to, didnt stop you to.

[valid geyser]

For.. two sorcery points a day? And 1st and 2nd level spells you can’t cast with your primary stat. I’d rather be two spell levels ahead

[stray atlas]

yes ik infecting isn't the right term but idk a better one

[woven flint]

No, however, he had all of recorded history pumped into his brain by an Artifact

[crimson gulch]

No like what are they if they aren't that? I'm curiouse what you mean

[glass granite]

I don’t usually recommend multiclassing for newbies in the slightest

[sleek cloud]

My wizard has 31 int to spite tokii’s wizards int

[empty thicket]

can be less scaly in general, have some hairs, etc. etc.

[glass granite]

My monk has these hands

[stray atlas]

I've never played a wizard

[stoic obsidian]

Fair, just a mental loop, it like trying to interact fully with it mechanically and the roleplay just kinda like I am being punish for enjoying both sides of it

[woven flint]

How dare, my Wizards the smartest mortal alive in the campaign!

[eager marsh]

I dont even recommend full casters to first time players let alone multiclassing

[empty thicket]

Bro knows what they eat with any investigations
"did you know"
YES.

[remote wadi]

At least, be more specific and say "Multiclassing is barred from new players due to complexity and likeliness of poor combat effectiveness. Exceptions are possible, but seldom."

[glass granite]

Key word mortal
-# ehheheheh

[blissful ibex]

Wizard can work if they read their spells
also has wide enough access to things where they can be useful in most situations with a little help from the party

[potent solar]

Lowkey dragonborn is the best species to be

[keen kestrel]

All that int, just to be rizzless

[woven flint]

He's literally got expertise in all Intelligence skills and it's always a +20 to his Intelligence checks 💀
It's nasty

[glass granite]

That is extremely formal for a DM rule for a game

[eager marsh]

They wont. They never do. But also Wizard is the full caster I'd recommend against even more than say a cleric that can always change their spells around and not need to manage a spellbook

[sleek cloud]

My wizard has expertise in all skills, as a testament to his superiority over tokii’s wizard

[worldly flare]

My (hypothetical) wizard has 30 in all stats through Planar Binding+Diabolical Deals

[sleek cloud]

Checkmate sir

[woven flint]

My Wizard also has a dragon "Daughter"

[eager marsh]

My wizard has a Cloak of Billowing so I'm afraid you're both outclassed here

[keen kestrel]

My fighter has 30 in every stat, just to spite the wizards here

[sleek cloud]

Ok you win

[worldly flare]

We’re on equal footing then.

[woven flint]

AND he's a whimsical ass Harengon

[blissful ibex]

wizard has the least additional class features kicking about so you can moreso just focus on the spellcasting bit

[fickle heart]

There are systems that focus more on either or.

[eager marsh]

My first artificer has a silver dragon daughter now that I remembered

[keen kestrel]

Who needs to learn when eldritch knights get spells ingrained in their head, checkmate nerds

[eager marsh]

The answer is 'too late to be enjoyable'

[empty thicket]

my paladin have an Harpie adopted daughter

[sleek cloud]

No joke, our groups barbarian has one of those and some golden scale mail armor of gleaming and I’ve never heard of any more fabulous looking barbarian than his

[glass granite]

My answer is “I spam cantrips and shield or absorb elements, idk”

[woven flint]

My Wizards got a Spirit/Song Dragon, fitting as he's a Bladesinger, he drew the Dragon Card from the deck of many things

[keen kestrel]

Everyone’s laughing until the fighter casts fireball

[remote wadi]

It doesn't have to be formal, but it is a good explanation that the average person can get behind

[sleek cloud]

My wizard when they have Elminsters elusion active: 🤷

[glass granite]

I just say
“I usually don’t recommend multiclassing for beginners, it’s the easiest way to make a weak/underwhelming character and it’s more complexity that usually isn’t needed”

[woven flint]

My Wizard when he's just a better swordsman than your filthy casual of a fighter 🧐

[blissful ibex]

Artillerist Artificer with Spell-Storing item, Fireball on the figther's sword XD

[sleek cloud]

Very nice very nice, how are your greatsword skills

[woven flint]

it's the LITERAL
BOOMING BLADE

[glass granite]

My monk doesn’t need weapon, he needs money to punch

[blissful ibex]

Who needs a ranged weapon when you can cast fireball 10x per day

[keen kestrel]

Then fighter hits you like 12 times in a single turn

[glass granite]

The “humble” Invulnerability spell

[keen kestrel]

I will say, fighters are some of the best for beating legendary resistance too

[naive cedar]

who needs weapons when you have Eldritch blast

[woven flint]

Who needs Eldritch blast when you've got a big toe

[blissful ibex]

The 'humble', don't let the martial character get close to you XD

[empty thicket]

welp, if you want to be 100% epic, you can put marks of spells in your armor and weapon. Considerate it like your "spellbook" thinking that fighter get the knowledge to access to spells

[woven flint]

I simply barely touch the Tarrasque with a toe and it DIES!

[sleek cloud]

Maybe the eldritch blast was the friends we made along the way

[keen kestrel]

The humble grapple, knock prone, chain down with an immovable rod

[woven flint]

The humble Misty Step

[glass granite]

The humble misty step

[keen kestrel]

And that’s without action surge

[glass granite]

LOL Tokiiiii

[empty thicket]

Using a pilar like a weapon and hitting the pinkie of the tarrasque.

[keen kestrel]

Eldritch knight, humble misty step to you

[stuck shuttle]

2 whole misty steps?

[sleek cloud]

I have said this before and I’ll say it again. Misty step is good on approximately 100% of characters.

[naive cedar]

I think most people would agree tbh

it’s easily one of the most versatile spells

[woven flint]

The Humble Planeshift when the Fighter bores me

[blissful ibex]

the humble 'silence' 😶

[keen kestrel]

Nobody is getting away from the eldritch knight

[glass granite]

The humble subtle spell

[naive cedar]

the humble counterspell

[woven flint]

Meanwhile the counterspell in my backpocket

[sleek cloud]

“It’s getting a little too humble in here.” - Oath of Glory Paladin

[woven flint]

Just kidding! It's a gun!

[blissful ibex]

then you just counterspell the counterspell XD

[naive cedar]

the humble divine smite

[sleek cloud]

The humble constitution saving success

[keen kestrel]

The humble immovable rod firmly planted in your prone body

[woven flint]

Jokes on you. My Wizards been pumping weights
BEHOLD
The BARBIDIZARD!

[valid geyser]

The humbler moving 15 feet

[blissful ibex]

y'all are getting hit with befuddlement

[sleek cloud]

The behumblement

[keen kestrel]

It’s always funny to think about some dude just loving to fight and throwing hands with an ancient dragon, a giant and a god tier spellcaster

[woven flint]

Me when Befuddlement is an Int save and I'm playing the Int class 🧐

[keen kestrel]

Same, my fighter has 30 int

[sleek cloud]

The humble portent nat 1

[keen kestrel]

The humble indomitable

[woven flint]

I can't wait for Psion to come out, I really wanna play a Metamorph Psion

[sleek cloud]

If he was on a fighter perhaps

[woven flint]

Literally just be Alex Mercer from Prototype 💀

[glass granite]

The humble
“Stunning strike+grapple+shove+darkness-cuz-im-a-shadow-monk” against all spellcasters

[keen kestrel]

I just wanna play a genie paladin, some goofy human running around without armor and swinging blades with smite lmao

[sleek cloud]

Genie paladin is out

[stuck shuttle]

I can’t wait until I can stare and pose menacingly and/or glamorizingly

[keen kestrel]

Just gotta play a rune knight fighter, slam that ancient dragon to the ground

[woven flint]

My Genie Paladin didn't use armor and duel wielded. He perished, alas, he fought a Lich so the party could escape the shadowfell

[keen kestrel]

I’m waiting for a new campaign to play it in

I’ve got it ready to go

[stuck shuttle]

Mfw the dragon knows how to use hit and run tactics

[sleek cloud]

My next choices are either open hand monk, lunar sorcerer, thief rogue, or abjurer wizard

[olive wasp]

Thief rogue is a lot of fun

[keen kestrel]

Not when they’re grappled, knocked prone and have an immovable rod sticking out of them

[stuck shuttle]

Indeed it be

[olive wasp]

get your grubby little hands on everything. that was my first character

ESPECIALLY fun as a changeling

[sleek cloud]

part of it is dependent on another party members selection between all doing a thief rogue or a draconic sorcerer

[glass granite]

Should I play a paladin or a rogue next I wonder…

[keen kestrel]

Paladin

[olive wasp]

Rogue

[naive cedar]

palague

[woven flint]

Monk, always go Monk.

[glass granite]

CORRECT ANSWER

[stuck shuttle]

Mfw the dragon presses the button and goes back to flying

[woven flint]

Or Barbarian
Monk and Barbarian

Barbonk.

[olive wasp]

Get silly with it and go wizbarian

[naive cedar]

BARBONK

[glass granite]

Barbonk is an extraordinarily good point

[sleek cloud]

I’m already playing the 2nd warlock of our current group and I find I like it better when there’s no duplicate classes, but especially not doing duplicate subclasses, and ESPECIALLY thief rogue. There ain’t enough magic items in town for the two of us

[woven flint]

You're welcome for the awesome name

[naive cedar]

wizbarian rage is just nerd rage

[keen kestrel]

Mfw when the rune knight is literally overpowering them in str and keeping them pinned to the ground

[stuck shuttle]

The power of umm actually

[olive wasp]

ERMMMMM YES I AM A NERD, BOOKWORM IM STUDIOUS

[woven flint]

If you don't like MONKS then I will obliterate you (in minecraft)

[glass granite]

Wizard/barbarian is when someone slanders your favourite book/movie

[keen kestrel]

Not a chance an ancient dragon is beating a rune knight in str checks

[naive cedar]

Uhh….Raaarrgh! /Am I doing this right?/

[olive wasp]

"Im gonna beat you up for dissing my sci fi telenovella /srs!"

[woven flint]

I can't wait to play my Centaur Barb

[naive cedar]

wizbarian is me typing a first year undergrad level essay defending my favourite character

[woven flint]

I still prefer Barbizard.

[glass granite]

I like Barbarizard

[olive wasp]

ah i conjugated wrong

take me out back and shoot me

[woven flint]

I'm the CEO of naming things

[glass granite]

Hi the CEO of naming things, I’m Nugget

[woven flint]

A Druid Monk?

That's a Drunk.

[tawdry sentinel]

I do like that muscle wizard that popped up a few months back that's basically barbarian with a handful of flavoured spells.

[naive cedar]

I still think bardlock sounds like a ship from 2014 Tumblr

[olive wasp]

Bardock from dragonball

[stuck shuttle]

The dragon just needs to succeed once

[naive cedar]

YES

[olive wasp]

Dr. wholockian

[jovial shadow]

A Monk dipping one level in Barbarian for the Rage is good for the BPS resistance if nothing else. Of course you couldn't use any Monk abilities that cast spells during Raging, but that's just character management

[naive cedar]

Sherlock x someone’s bard oc

[woven flint]

Sorcadin?
No
Paladerer

[glass granite]

I’d just be worried about the stats there

[naive cedar]

sorcadin sounds like the name of a character from a 1980s fantasy book trying to be the next Wheel of Time

[woven flint]

A Druid Cleric?

Nah, that's Deric.

[jovial shadow]

wym?

[glass granite]

Well, you need a base 13 strength to multiclass into Barb, and monks already are a bit MAD

[olive wasp]

yeah like some sort of 80's space movie with arbitrarily weird names like zalacknear

[naive cedar]

or palard

[olive wasp]

Names of the characters in jason X

[jovial shadow]

A 13 isn't bad, just take one from one of the other stats.

[woven flint]

Jason X mentioned, rage brewing.

[olive wasp]

Barbizard moment

[woven flint]

BARBRIZARDING!!!

[naive cedar]

This is the hundredth time I’ve heard people casually mention hating Jason x. Why do people hate it I’ve never watched a Jason movie

[woven flint]

I cast... PUNCH!

[olive wasp]

My hammer will show you why this movie is not representative of my favorite series! #PWNED

modern dnd campaign setting barbizard who really really really wants to be thor

[woven flint]

It's the worst movie in the entire franchise and it takes place in space for absolutely no reason besides the fact that there was a small trend where things would be put in space

[jovial shadow]

Technically it's called Friday the 13th

[naive cedar]

Does he like murder people in space

[keen cave]

Yo guys, I have an idea for a campaign I’m DM’ing. If you all would be so kind I would appreciate an outside view on it

[olive wasp]

YOU DID IT! you found the plot

[woven flint]

Yes.

[naive cedar]

Yeah but nobody’s there for the Friday stuff theyre there for Jason

[olive wasp]

yurrrr

[naive cedar]

Is his mom in space with him

[olive wasp]

no

[naive cedar]

Is it anything like Event Horizon

[woven flint]

No, she's been dead for hundreds of years

Because he gets CRYOGENICALLY FROZEN

[naive cedar]

why

[woven flint]

Flips a table

[olive wasp]

And hes just angry for the heck of it because space teenagers are having fun

[naive cedar]

Are the teenagers like Martians or are they on a school space tour

[olive wasp]

they are just humans with very weird names for the most part

[woven flint]

No, they're literally just people.. and an android.

[fossil hollow]

what the hell is going on here

[olive wasp]

Jason x

[woven flint]

Anyways, we should probably get back on topic

So, them dragons, aye?

[keen kestrel]

Jokes on you, I plan to play a Jason x themed campaign

[olive wasp]

Let me innnnnnnn

[woven flint]

I call dibs on being the Slasher

[olive wasp]

i want to be a clumsy space teenager who loves baking with a stupid name lke gerber life program

[naive cedar]

noooo not dbd

[red steppe]

What would fried dragon scales taste like

[naive cedar]

probably like fried fish scales but tougher

[woven flint]

Hold up, let me bust out my Alligator Snapping Tortle Beast Barbarian for it

Be a mutated swamp freak

[olive wasp]

Ooooooh unga bunga

i have a doughmancer wizard subclass that i will use as soon as i get it working and i have the opportunity

Be warned, im making baking harmful

[keen cave]

Basically, It takes place in the abandoned city of damine, Which was planned to be a place of great fortune, prosperity, and wealth, A city made of gold. The world’s greatest lords and ladies were invited to live in it, Given the chance to ‘begin again’. The only problem was that the city never opened its gates, A great catastrophe left it abandoned, Only inhabited by the remnants of dead people and the ghosts, And covered in a bright red cloud, Which could kill any man who so much as breathed it in wrong. A shining monument in the midst of darkness, Luring treasure hunters to certain doom. But it isn’t finding it that’s the hard part.

It’s letting go.

[fossil hollow]

#dm-world-building

[woven flint]

Clearly a student of Mung Daal

[keen cave]

Oh, I forgot that channel existed

[woven flint]

You take the moon and you take the sun!!!

[olive wasp]

yesssssss, its all about having a big bread golem companion and im making it very customizable

[olive wasp]

What happens if i eat the tootyfruit??/

bad stuff but now im going to turn around and pretend not to notice you reaching for it. "and i'll eat it" yup even after i just told you not to

[remote wadi]

Is it bad that I know the inspiration?

[stoic obsidian]

It turn you in a sentient stink cloud like kenchi over their

[keen cave]

The inspo is straight gas, And I already told my players the inspiration for it.

[olive wasp]

Radda radda

[remote wadi]

Baller DLC from a Baller game. Feels like something you could actually make work in DnD too. Maybe you could let me join?

[olive wasp]

i can feel the 👉 👈 lol

[keen cave]

Sure, I’m still setting it up, But can you make the time?

[remote wadi]

Give me details in dms

[keen cave]

Alr

[remote wadi]

Nah. I'm just also passionate about the inspiration source

Less the finger touching, more the sparkling eyes

[olive wasp]

haha yeah was just goofin off

[lusty tendon]

Guys how do we feel about the advice of
“If the players can do it the dm can as well”

[olive wasp]

i felt cringe writing that ngl

[blissful ibex]

As a player, Yes, Please

[fossil hollow]

fair game

[lusty tendon]

Ok yeah that was what i thought as someone online said it was a shit take

Like i get being creative and targeting one enemy to kill them faster but if the dm does the thing now thats being a mean dm

[rough basalt]

I wouldn't take much stock in anything said about dnd online outside of here

Cause here if someone says some wrong stuff, someone will correct them and it usually doesn't devolve into crap flinging

[lusty tendon]

Ok yeah thats what i thought as i think they took it as a blanket term rather than specific encounters

[rough basalt]

Like there's people online that think challenging your players makes you a bad dm

[lusty tendon]

Ok cool im glad we are all on the same mind when it comes to it

[lusty tendon]

Bruh my second encounter is challenging its meant to represent that they arent always strong enough for the fight and you might need help from others

(Players vs big thief band, then towns guard shows up to help)

Fair i think im the ladder tbh

I love combat and the roleplaying aspects but perma deaths of a character are strictly for the end of the campaign cinematically unless they wanna swap out characters or side mission to bring them back

[empty thicket]

the most deep i would go is a more survival kind of game, an example to settle it is "The long dark"

[olive wasp]

that is my greatest fear as a player. losing my character to nonsense

or just losing my character in general

i like them, i made them for a reason

[lusty tendon]

Almost had that happen to me twice my last campaign

[empty thicket]

and maybe some permanent injurie but that would be rare

[fossil hollow]

ive had so many character deaths and so many backups im numb to them dying

[blissful ibex]

I like having resources be pressured and long rests being available when you're nearly out rather than after like 1 or two encounters

[lusty tendon]

Nah perm injuries are strictly cosmetic if they impede gameplay thats a curse

[empty thicket]

Missing a limb but there is a system about using replacements.
Yeah, you can get an special item that is easy access but you can get a better for a higher price

[olive wasp]

i wouldnt mind losing an arm if i get a special cool replacement one

[lusty tendon]

Oh missing limb homebrew is one of my favorites to mess with

[olive wasp]

like melinoes or a metal one

[lusty tendon]

I always use artificer armorer and play as fullmetal alchemist but artificer

Hey i need my armor, “why”, because i need my right hand?

[empty thicket]

Its more the idea of it for me, A cold place where any animal would attack you like wolves, bears and moose (jaguars later added to the game). Would add lots of other animals, enemies, etc etc.
Make that Freezing is a risk, lack of food, water too. Sleep is important and sometimes there would be some events.
The aurora making animals more aggressive but you can access to more stuff, Storms, etc. etc.

Some injuries needing X treatment, needing to make campfires and mark maps, etc. etc.

[remote wadi]

Give an example

[olive wasp]

i make many characters with something already messed up about them because its cool. i guess i just find replacement arms or legs cool. especially if the replacement arm or leg is something cool. i had a fighter with a metal arm that was going to be her main source of damage was just punching with a hunk of iron

[remote wadi]

Question. Anyone know some other servers for alll things DnD? Asking so I can broaden my search areas

[hot marlin]

This one.

[idle oar]

I mean this is the official D&D discord ran by Wizards of the Coast, the company that makes D&D

[remote wadi]

Key word being other

[empty thicket]

Not sooooo hardcore, i dont want my players to just get too frustrated. If they dont F€$&it up in lots of ways tehy will survive. Only need to be aware of some stuff and more

[hot marlin]

And otherwise you can try the discord of many things, maybe greenwood's server?

[fossil hollow]

Discord of many things has a neat community

[empty thicket]

Like drink water without boiling it, raw meats too, sleeping in a non safe area, etc. etc.

[remote wadi]

I suppose that is true. Just wanted to see other servers that were available

[lusty tendon]

We went down the rabbit hole we think it is good advice as no one can break necks gauge out eyes and other actions like create water in lungs

But the person who i heard it said that it was a bs rule as it was blanket like everyone having silvery barbs or doing unfair actions like targeting a specific player constantly like how normally groups target enemies all at once

So we got it all sorted out

[idle oar]

Could check some of D&D community servers posting in #looking-for-community

[empty thicket]

im not yet, someday i will try it, maybe i mix that and Darkest dungeon in one so i have an excuse to add monsters and be less harsh

[remote wadi]

Unfortunately, it is quite flawed in some areas. In particular, all it can take is one person who hates you to make sure you'll never enjoy any of the good again

[lusty tendon]

How nice survival campaign unfortunately
The humble good berry: 🍇

[fossil hollow]

you can say that for any server...

[empty thicket]

Yeah, i dont mind honestly, if they manage in any way to survive, warm, eat and sleep properly. Beside some fights against monster and wildlife. im good

[lusty tendon]

Valid honestly personally im not experienced enough to make a survival session so ill have to do some research

[empty thicket]

the thing is dont making it too hassle for the players

[empty thicket]

same , in my head i have the theory. Not hte practice

[lusty tendon]

But thankfully im good at improv which i feel is the number 1 skill a dm should have

Ah yes no more healing for good berry

[blissful ibex]

or find someone to cast regenerate, though that's real pricey O_o

[empty thicket]

Yeah.... "replacements" would go to wood and other many. If you have a wood replacement you dont get prof in the weapon you are holding anymore. Maybe there is an already made system and i dont need to build up everything, i wont be surprised

[lusty tendon]

So dms i have a quick question as a challenge: what is your response to the infinite wish x simulacrum combo

[fossil hollow]

no

[empty thicket]

5% chance to perma death

[fair summit]

seconded. no

[fossil hollow]

you aint Mansoon

[empty thicket]

so, each time rolling a D20, if oyu get a 1. You instantly die.

[fickle heart]

Can even expand it beyond servers, ye.

[fair summit]

Though as a proper answer, I'd likely rule it as the simulacrum counting as "you" for the purposes of not being able to cast wish again if you fail the chance (With player being aware of this ruling)

[lusty tendon]

Id say personally, “as you cast your spell you feel something grasp at yourself and it pulls the magic away from you as you cast but not making you feel it has lost it, as you feel mystra herself denyed the effect”

[remote wadi]

Some are just more power trippy than others. But that's why I said Discord as a whole, not anywhere in particular

[fossil hollow]

? DoMT doesnt have mch power tripping?

[fickle heart]

DoMT has pretty much zero power tripping, ye.

[empty thicket]

Yeah, last time he only beheaded the peopel with numbers in their names

[fossil hollow]

all i know of is the mods instantly nuking bots

[lusty tendon]

Who/what is DoMT

[remote wadi]

Fair enough. I got the message

[idle oar]

Hey sorry folks we do need to be careful here as one of our server rules is to not bring off-server drama to our server.

[remote wadi]

I apologize

[fickle heart]

A different D&D Discord server, with a large focus on homebrew. (It's the tag I have.)

[remote wadi]

Uh oh

[olive wasp]

yay!

[fossil hollow]

so. alignment discourse again?

[idle oar]

No worries - thanks for your understanding!

[olive wasp]

martyr me

[remote wadi]

No problem. Just a little annoyed over what could have been over there

[olive wasp]

i have cool ideas i cannot execute

no dm and just bad at making it in general

well i have one but i get more ideas faster then new campaigns

[fickle heart]

The other semilarge D&D Discord I'm aware of is DnDNext.

[runic lichen]

Could you logically be a penguin as a race

Specifically like a australian little blue penguin

[olive wasp]

oh ive only ever played online

[runic lichen]

Because I wrote 2 pages on a homebrew for one

[olive wasp]

if you have love in your heart you can create anything. you could make it very fun, like faster movement speed on ice and no issues travelling on ice

i think it would be a lot better if it was in person. probably preventing issues with distractions

[red steppe]

Create Water

[olive wasp]

well most people ignore that spell so it woud require that choice

[red steppe]

Create Water, Goodberry and Leomund's Tiny Hut

[red steppe]

Ture

[olive wasp]

Yeah i wish i could play that way it would helo me feel more immersed, people can read emotions better, see peoples faces, more cohesiveness better interaction

[red steppe]

Also Tiny Servant and Unseen Servant helps

[blissful ibex]

ye, That's more or less how the ALPG handles it

Wish. Casting must be in front of the DM and only
affect characters within that session. You may not use DT
to recover from stress. Losing the ability to cast Wish can
only be undone by wishing for a reroll. Effects made
outside Wish’s effect list are at the DM’s discretion. All
effects of your simulacrum casting Wish are experienced
by its character and an inability to cast Wish extends to
their future-created simulacrum and Wish cast by deities
(Divine Intervention or similar class features
-ALPG 2026.2

[red steppe]

That doesnt even work anymore, at least for 2024

[blissful ibex]

also Elementalism and Create Food and Water

Circle of Dreams Druid level 6 is also relevant c:

and the 2014 outlander background feat

you just have to make a party of all small characters so half rations are now full rations

[olive wasp]

Well yeah but it limits to playing in one playstyle which i dont think many people like to be put in the box

i think it would be more fun to play as you are and adapt in order to survive

[blissful ibex]

which is why many survival campaigns ban those spells/feats
less so leomunds and the dreams druid one but the ones that make food/water and the outlander background

[olive wasp]

yeah that would make sense

[red steppe]

Ban spellcasters for survival campaigns, there's always a way to circumvent things

[willow bloom]

Thinking of making a new campaign, focusing on pulling inspiration from dystopian novels. Anything think they'd be interested, or would it be seen as stirring the pot?

[blissful ibex]

eeh, spellcasters are fine, just remove spells that trivialise the core challenge

[blissful ibex]

I mean, Dark Sun is a thing for a quasi post apocalyptic setting and touches on some of that as far as I'm aware
You're probably fine with more dystopic themes/settings if you find those interesting; just need to find players who want to run it

Presently waiting for them to announce the upcoming expansion booklets as Preservation druid is likely in there and it is my prefered druid subclass by far c:
and is likely/rumored to be in that setting

[rough basalt]

Well the apocalyptic subs honestly I'd be very surprised if they do make it to print that it's not in a Dark Sun book

Cause
Circle of Preservation is the one Druid Circle left on Athas that preserves the last bit of nature left.

Gladiator was a class added in Dark Sun 2e

[undone fable]

whats going on? Dnd?

[rough basalt]

Defiled Sorcery is a given as well

[olive wasp]

in this server? nahhhhhh

[rough basalt]

Since the Defilers drew from Athas itself for power and turned it into a barren wasteland.

And Sorcerer-King Warlock is just as blatant as Gladiator Fighter and Sorcerer

[blissful ibex]

also the UA for psion which I understand is apparently also tied to the setting

[rough basalt]

Yep

Most people in Athas have at least one psionic power

[undone fable]

psion seems interesting.

i wanna try it.

[olive wasp]

brain blast

[undone fable]

Is it another intelligence based class?

[rough basalt]

Since regular magic isn't a thing for common people in Athas

[empty thicket]

na, things would be still harsh

[rough basalt]

It's reserved for Defilers and Sorcerer-Kings

[blissful ibex]

all three subclasses in the UA were interesting as well

[rough basalt]

Dark Sun's a good setting to run in if you wanna restrict species options as well

[undone fable]

agreed! I hope for a fourth subclass as well.

[rough basalt]

Since most species in Athas died or were killed

[lucid flax]

So I’ve noticed that characters can apply things equal to their proficiency bonus, like orcs add hp relating to their prof bonus when they dash. But it doesn’t specify exactly which bonus. Like what proficiency bonus would it use? How do I determine it?

[rough basalt]

The proficiency bonus

[glass granite]

I don’t believe I understand your question. It…is your proficiency bonus, the one that scales on your level

[olive wasp]

Proficiency bonus increases with level its flat across all things

[empty thicket]

wait, it increase with all the levels or with your class level?

[rough basalt]

It increases by character level

[umbral girder]

There is only one Proficiency Bonus

[empty thicket]

im asking in the sense, if i multi class to like 4 classes, my proficiency still level up?
Okey okey

[umbral girder]

They all scale to your current level

[rough basalt]

Yes cause general prof is tied to character level not class level

[blissful ibex]

level 1~4 +2
level 5~8 +3
level 9~12 +4
level 13~16 +5
level 17+ +6

[empty thicket]

okey okey

[rough basalt]

I advise against MCing with 4 classes tho

[lucid flax]

But what does general prof apply to in terms of rolling

Does it literally only do stuff for class features and spells

[rough basalt]

Whatever your prof applies to

[undone fable]

i assume youre referring to Multiclassing?

[rough basalt]

Yes

[blissful ibex]

I did, but I know what I'm doing
still not the best though XD

[glass granite]

If you’re proficient in a saving throw/skill/weapon/spell attack, you add your prof mod to it

[olive wasp]

Your to hit modifier, spell dc, skills that you are proficient in

[rough basalt]

And any features that use PB bonus outside of it

[undone fable]

im creating an abserd character

[olive wasp]

ill have one of everything

[blissful ibex]

if they didn't want you to be level 1 in every class they shouldn't have made it possible to get 13 in all stats with background + point buy

[olive wasp]

They encourage all styles of play it seems

[glacial plover]

How do y'all find ppl to play w 💔

[reef copper]

i found my grp trough discord tbh

[oak shoal]

Friends

[reef copper]

i said one day hey i wanna run Curse of Strahd and looking for players

[blissful ibex]

Scrolling r/LFG and the various LFP discords
also play Adventuirers League which is good for one offs with moderate scheduling delays

[blazing fossil]

Really quick n dumb question. How do you submit a looking for dm post. I like, did the command and filled out the thing. But Idunno how to make it actually go n post.

The buttons disappeared after I filled out 7.

[reef copper]

i mean if you are looking for a grp i think i might squeeze one more player in a campaign that i kinda wanna start after new years. mind you its gonna be a very long campaign

[blazing fossil]

I mean yeah feel free to msg me about it. But like, trying to make the post so peeps can skip the obvious questions of 'what time r u available' n such.

Neat ass system, might as well use it.

[umbral girder]

Be a DM
????
Profit

[gaunt steeple]

my friend finally is willing toupgrade his recording equipment 😭

maybe we can actually film sessions 😭

[wispy flare]

Anyone else feel honored someone wants you to teach them dnd?

[reef copper]

i tried it. now i am a forever dm

[wispy flare]

I’m still new to dm’ng so I feel honored that someone wants me to dm them.

[hushed mason]

I'm amazed folks come back each week. 🙂

[lucid flax]

What does range (x)ft/(x)ft mean?
Like 150ft/600ft for range? I’m curious because I’m creating a ranger character and he gets a longbow and that’s its range setup

[umbral girder]

Normal range/Long range

In long range you can attack but have disadvantage

[lucid flax]

Ohhh. Thanks!

[potent siren]

Any enemy you shoot at that is > 150 ft away from you is at disadvantage, and > 600 ft you cant hit them

[empty thicket]

Unless you have some specifics, sharpshooter i think dont make you have disadvantage

[potent siren]

yep, feats can modify it

[empty thicket]

idk if some spells too but that is something to take in consideration

[umbral girder]

Yeah no spell does that

[empty thicket]

any idea if Arti infussion does? any of them

[umbral girder]

Nope

[fossil hollow]

spells typically dont have a long range and a short range in the first place

[umbral girder]

They mean manipulate the Long range and short range

[empty thicket]

some for example Ranger spells modify the attacks, zepyhr strike is an example.

[umbral girder]

Yeah that doesn’t manipulate ranges. That just adds damage like smite

[empty thicket]

Modify the attacks but yeah, its understandable too

[woven flint]

Cute pfp

[brittle nebula]

Hey guys. I’m currently looking for a DnD campaign. Does anyone have any open spots? I use dnd beyond btw

[umbral girder]

Not for this channel. If you want to find a game you need to use the #find-a-game channel.

[brittle nebula]

Okay thank you

[gaunt steeple]

thanks :p

[remote wadi]

Normal and long range. It means that you can still attack from 155-600 feet away, but it will be at a disadvantage

[blazing fossil]

Is there any roles or channels I can post about this in? Search hasnt helped me rn.

[glass granite]

In #looking-for-dm ?

If you completed the form it should be in there unless there was an issue with it

[blazing fossil]

Yeah I filled it out, the message is still hanging there, the buttons disappeared. Do I gotta like redo it?

[glass granite]

Did you submit?

[blazing fossil]

Not sure, the button disappeared after I filled out 7.

[glass granite]

The Submit button just disappeared?

[blazing fossil]

I'd send a snip if I could. Aint any buttons anymore.

[remote wadi]

Was about to ask something

But immediately forgot

[glass granite]

Maybe try redoing it? Copy your answers so you don’t gotta rewrite everything

[blazing fossil]

Aight just didnt wanna give the bot a heart attack.

[glass granite]

Hopefully it doesn’t

[blazing fossil]

Hokay that worked. No heart attack created for the bot.

[red zephyr]

Merry Christmas Adventurers!!!!

[storm linden]

Question

if someone has lost the ability to cast a wish because of stress. Can someone else's cast wish to remove stress from the 1st guy and gain the ability to cast wish once more?

[cinder timber]

Hello

[native slate]

Can you use spirit guardians an spiritual weapon at the same time? People on the internet are saying yes but in dnd beyond they’re both concentration spells. You can’t cast a concentration spell while another one is active right?

[knotty pasture]

Correct

Spiritual Weapon is not a concentration spell though so you can have both active at the same time

[covert root]

It is Concentration in '24.

[covert root]

In '24, you can, but only as a War Domain Cleric, since they have an explicit casting of it where Spiritual Weapon does not use Concentration.

[native slate]

I’m playing 5.5e and it says they’re both concentration spells

[covert root]

That's what I said.

[native slate]

Have I been playing the wrong year of DND for over a year now?

[covert root]

No, you have it right. They are both Concentration.

The only exception being War Domain.

[native slate]

Ohh I see I got confused

[fair summit]

Anything beyond the listed options is entirely up to the DM, really.
Personally as a DM? I'd allow it. Risking your own stress to remove someone else's sounds like a fair risk 😛

[native slate]

So as a life domain cleric there’s no way to use both simultaneously?

[covert root]

Correct. Life Domain's niche is all about healing on top of healing.

War Domain worships gods of war who, via Channel Divinity, can produce Spiritual Weapon without concentrating.

[native slate]

Ahh I see

Well this sucks. How am I supposed to be useful to my party

[covert root]

I'm assuming that's sarcasm. lol

[native slate]

Yeah it was lol

I did get an awesome idea the other day that I wanna try though.

[covert root]

Oh?

[native slate]

Using glyph of warding to help allies cast spells instead of making nukes

Because apparently that’s too “OP”

[covert root]

According to who? It's an abjuration spell, after all.

"Step on glyph. Glyph does this." That's it.

[native slate]

Do you think I could use glyph of warding for a spell like healing word?

[native slate]

Put glyph on individual pages of a book and throw at vampire who almost TPK the entire party

[covert root]

Wouldn't Cure Wounds be more sensible?

[native slate]

Vampire see book pages an triggers the explosion on one page, causing a chain reaction of 78 damage in 1 turn

[native slate]

Tomato tomato my point still stands. Would that work?

[covert root]

I don't see why it wouldn't.

[jovial badger]

in yalls opinion, what is

1. the best fighter subclass
2. your favourite fighter subclass

[covert root]

Battle Master for being well-rounded, Eldritch Knight because I enjoy gish characters.

[jovial badger]

what source is battle master?

[covert root]

Player's Handbook.

[jovial badger]

on dnd beyond i only got
champion
arcane archer
cavalier
rune knight
samurai

[covert root]

I quite enjoy Arcane Archer, and I was excited it was in Unearthed Arcana, so I know we're getting an updated version soon. Magical Arrows, because why not?

[jovial badger]

thanks!

[severe rampart]

What's the most evil thing you guys have done in DnD?

[covert root]

As a Player or as a Dungeon Master?

[severe rampart]

Let's say both, both is good

[covert root]

Err, as a player-character, my cleric abducted and tortured someone for weeks, kept them alive through healing spells just to keep doing it, and did so in the guise of the victim's loved ones.

As a dungeon master, I don't know, probably whatever minor inconvenience to a player.

[bronze wave]

My bbeg slaughtered millions sooooo

Player prob murder a church out

[keen valve]

I did the turn a handshake into a inflict wounds trick.

[covert root]

That's messed up. I love it.

[keen valve]

I genuinely can't remember what I said but it was something like "It's ok, I forgive you, I won't remember you."

[marble lion]

Transformed a towns children into permanently happy murderous gingerbreadmen

[keen valve]

Honestly valid.

[marble lion]

Then the party had to kill them

I actually was surprised by my players reaction

[keen valve]

Had to? You didn't include any alternate methods?

[marble lion]

Wish spell? They were level 5

[keen valve]

No, like have it have been a curse then undo it or something.

[marble lion]

No it was just a christmas oneshot so rather limited

[marble lion]

Oh no they were gone. That was on purpose

[keen valve]

Fair enough, if the focus wasn't on stopping a curse, then it wouldn't fit.

[marble lion]

I was just surprised. I found it a fun idea for combat

To this day they call me horrible for it

[keen valve]

I mean yeah.

[marble lion]

Its just happy biscuit men

[keen valve]

Children turned into something still means that they were children.

[marble lion]

Ive done worse imo but i am told this was the apex of my dm villainy

[severe rampart]

Sounds like something an old wive's tale witch would do

[keen valve]

Agreed.

[severe rampart]

If they were gingerbread men, what would've happened if it rained

[marble lion]

Eeeh they were magical

[keen valve]

Magic baking that prevents the dematerialization of baked goods in ill fitted weather sounds like a dream.

[marble lion]

Ive never run into that problem so

You eat muffins in the rain?

[keen valve]

No, but I think eating a donut in Florida mid hurricane would be hard.

[marble lion]

If im that sad, i wont care if the dough gets soaked

[marble lion]

"We kept on asking could we but forgot to ask why"

[keen valve]

Because I am legally allowed to go to a Krispy Kreme in bad weather.

I should introduce more baked goods to my games. With like little effects, feels like we need that.

[marble lion]

Blueberry cupcake of deliciousness

To be eaten with one's hands

[jovial badger]

i murdered 50 goblin children at the same time

[jovial badger]

i told them to line up for cake then uhh

[marble lion]

What was their alignment

[jovial badger]

aganazzar's scorcher (poof)

[marble lion]

Oh, linear i see

[jovial badger]

chaotic evil

[marble lion]

No

Lawful linear apparently

Otherwise youd have missed a few

[jovial badger]

i cant miss a few, the spell is in a line

[keen valve]

Imagine asking 50 people in a line their alignment so as to judge whether you should kill them or not. Wild stuff because they'd think you're insane and would all say they're mostly decent, not knowing of what exactly an alignment is.

[jovial badger]

OH YOU MEAN THE GOBLINS OHHH I THOUGHT YOU MEANT THE PC

[marble lion]

Alignment
Line
Alignment
Linear

[jovial badger]

gosh im stupid

[empty thicket]

Threaten some Harpies that were giving problems to a village.
Made my words clear, if they dindt stop their singing, i would cut their wings and finish them off.
Beside that for still being kinda new i didnt did nothing bad

Trying to stay cool isnt easy when your whole team are psychos.

[severe rampart]

Only threaten? I commend you for that

[glossy hedge]

Probably erase part of a continent from existance

[empty thicket]

Mh?
I didnt had to, they understood that their nature harmed people and i dont had any bad intention. Only another one protecting like they would protect theirs from anyone else.
But said them that if we had to came back i wont even give the chance of talking

Even if i am a fighter and my speciality is solving the problems makers, im trying to give space of talking. Wasnt a good idea, any creature that approach 10ft from my party is getting dropped

[remote wadi]

Evening

[severe rampart]

Oh my

How much of the continent

[glossy hedge]

I think it was about 40%

[severe rampart]

What did you do

[cobalt owl]

Nuke

Players will always do something that is terrain changing lol

[glossy hedge]

we accidentally merged multiple planes of existence into one area of the continent

[limber trail]

That’ll do it

[severe rampart]

How do you accidentally do that

[empty thicket]

we know of someone that for accident summoned Vecna and like 1 or 2 bad gods at lvl 2.
You will be surprised

[stark arch]

as reborn you cant be put to sleep. can you be put to unconsious ?

[pulsar fossil]

Boys

[glossy hedge]

artificer

[pulsar fossil]

Can a level 3 wild magic sorc survive in astral plane if yes how

[frail epoch]

Merry christmas chat 🎄 🤶

[hot gate]

Sure. Being unable to sleep doesn't make you immune to the unconscious conditon.

[hot gate]

Thanks. Happy Holidays!

[stark arch]

ok thx

[obsidian flame]

There are cases where reborn are immune. The sleep spell, for example, specifies that creatures that don't sleep are immune.

[stark arch]

like consuming menga leaves as a reborn race

[obsidian flame]

Additionally, the reborn race does specify that magic can't put you to sleep. So I'd say that gives immunity to, for example, eyebite's sleep effect as well.

[stark arch]

also get advantage against poison would be a great race to make a witcher like character with

doest need to breath to

[warm garnet]

Quick question I've been wondering - if you were to get a critical hit, and the attack uses a piece of ammunition that is coated in a damaging substance, does that substance's damage also double as a result of the crit?

[tame forge]

Iirc no.

Haven't used poisons much yet though. Just about to start with a poisoner necro bard.

[tame forge]

Wonder how that relates to curses. 🤔

[tall locust]

It depends on the DM honestly I've seen it happen in some tables with similar situations and each DM has their preferences

[stark arch]

lvl 4 paladin, cast find steed. sells horse at market in next town i gets. profit. repeat next town

[reef tundra]

Level 5 but I like the spirit

Also the steed summoned by find steed would be worth lots since it can be a fey, celestial, or fiend, and look the part

[halcyon forum]

I dont think the scam would work if you dont pretend its a normal warhorse

[stark arch]

ahh yes lvl 5 is when it gets lvl 2 spell slots

[halcyon forum]

also the scam would blow up in your face at some point

[stark arch]

ah wel suits an oath breaker just fine XD

[reef tundra]

Yeah, definitely

If someone's rich enough to purchase a phantom horse, they're probably rich enough to hire mercenaries

[stark arch]

i asume find steed would just look like a regulaur warhorse if i make it so ?

[still plover]

Huh, 24 find steed got funky. Cool. Ask your DM, rudolfhertz.

[reef tundra]

I love 2024 find steed

[stark arch]

i had a fun moment at the last dnd session where a ranger got a big of tricks and wanted to sell of a summon to a butcher for some free gold

im like wait i can do that to

[hot gate]

You can do that until the butcher realizes they've been swindled I suppose.

[cobalt owl]

Find steed go brrr

[stark arch]

kinda hoping to encounter a Wight or a wil o wisp as a oath breaker early in in the next fiew sessions

il be so happy with a wil o wisp pet

boost my save dc as high as posible

[storm linden]

Anyone have answer 👀

[severe rampart]

Who will regain the wish?

[burnt valley]

Monkey paw'd by the DM

[hot gate]

Since it's not one of the defined uses of Wish, it's up to the DM.

[storm linden]

First wizard casted wish and lost it because stress, second wizard want to wish the first wizard to remove stress entirely and be able to cast wish again like of stress never happened

[tame forge]

Who's campaign has even made it to 20th?

[storm linden]

Ah good to know

[tame forge]

4 year ongoing campaign and we are level 13 :3

[severe rampart]

What's the most desperate thing you guys have done to get out of a situation?

[stark arch]

fleeing

[cobalt owl]

Divine intervention

[storm linden]

Make deal

[knotty pasture]

Used an invis potion and just ran

[marble lion]

Time for my flight
I sure hope there wont be any random encounters

[rocky summit]

merry Christmas all!

[rotund shell]

Blowing myself up to take down a Balor most recently. uhh...

Jumped up onto the arm of this ice construct thing in an effort to go after its head while simultaneously avoiding its devastating likely one-shot attack. Keeping the attention of some dangerous animals to distract them so the rest of the party can get away, including jumping down an ice slide to avoid getting chomped. (these ones are all from the same campaign)

[severe rampart]

did it work

[rotund shell]

oh yeah, all three of them worked.

My character died to the Balor's explode-on-death, but it was totally worth it

[severe rampart]

perma death?

[rotund shell]

permadeath.

It was awesome though.

[glass granite]

You went off with a bang, huh? What an explosive ending.

[rotund shell]

We're only level... 6? or maybe 7 at the time. So we collectively took down a CR19 baddie with my sacrifice. I basically Gandalf'd. lol

my next character to be introduced is gonna fill the same niche but in a different style: I'm playing an Arcana Cleric rather than a wizard :3

[severe rampart]

Are they a relative of this dead character and will "avenge his kin"?

[rotund shell]

Nah. She's an inquisitor for the god of magic, and... assuming that I'm allowed to have a bit more memory than the rest of the party on introduction... is specifically going after the sorcerer-king that set us into this dungeon castle to begin with

She's doing it for the love of the game "You have abused your magic and so I am come to remove it from you."

[severe rampart]

that is amazing

[rotund shell]

I love playing Annabelle. One of my few "active clerics" in that they are explicitly tasked with going out in the world, rather than moving around just to serve people.

Like, my forge clerics typically are just wanderers who can defend themselves, but offer their services to villages as they roam as blacksmiths.

[valid wigeon]

Merry christmas

[reef tundra]

Became a bomb

I didn’t make it. Probably because I exploded

Twice

[hot gate]

Ah, "The Gale" as they say

[reef tundra]

I was the Gale before Gale

[pulsar temple]

is it just me or is Hypnotic Pattern just an objectively better spell than Confusion despite being lower level

[cobalt owl]

It is

Confusion is a mid spell but it's funny

[burnt valley]

Yes it is

Confusion is a flavor spell

[pulsar temple]

well that sucks

[cobalt owl]

It's like Yolande's lol

The spell is easily superseded by a better and cheaper spell

[pulsar temple]

considering a 4th level spell is pretty powerful late game thing for the average DnD campaign

[fiery perch]

Anyone know how a level 5 Eberron Artillerist can inflict the incapacitated condition

[pulsar temple]

that's kinda stupid

[pulsar temple]

anaesthesia

[fiery perch]

I need to use it in combat

[pulsar temple]

syringe with anaesthesia

[fiery perch]

my opponent is a druid who can wild shape into a dire wolf with 50ft walking speed

[pulsar temple]

gas chambered rifle which fires syringe with anaesthesia

[fiery perch]

ok but is there a spell - in case I can't get anaesthesia

[reef tundra]

What spell supersedes Yolande’s?

[cobalt owl]

Spirit guardians

[pulsar temple]

incapacitation is a pretty powerful condition reserved for spells like Hypnotic Pattern and Sleep

[cobalt owl]

Or if you're a druid, conjure woodland beings

[pulsar temple]

i dont believe artificers get those

[fiery perch]

Nope

ok so I just discovered moonbeam is conc

[reef tundra]

Isn’t that a cleric spell, not a wizard spell?

[fiery perch]

what this druid would do is
cast moonbeam -> wildshape -> run away -> control moonbeam and have a large pool of HP

[cobalt owl]

It is, but it doesn't stop it from being a better spell lol

[fiery perch]

I've managed to build an artificer which can do ~31 - 35 dmg avg per turn

[pulsar temple]

counterspell the moonbeam AFTER the druid wildshapes
they wont be able to recast a spell, and reverting back to their human form wastes the wildshape

[reef tundra]

Well yeah but it can’t be superseded because there’s no situation where you need to pick one or the other

[fiery perch]

they cast moonbeam first and then wildshape using bonus action into a direwolf - also I don't think artificers have counterspell at level 5

[pulsar temple]

aquire it externally somehow

im sorry if ur question is simply "how can my level 5 artillerist artificer beat a level 5 moon druid in 1v1 fight" the answer is they can't

[cobalt owl]

Mr incredible: Better spell is better spell

[hot gate]

Ah yes, there's your problem. Trying to do pvp in dnd

[fiery perch]

good point - sad shit is magic items are rare in this campaign ;-;

[cobalt owl]

Not a system for PvP I feel

[pulsar temple]

pvp is fun but it sure as hell isn't balanced and you have to just be happy with the outcome

[cobalt owl]

I don't feel the same lol

[hot gate]

No need to feel that, its explicitly not made for that

[cobalt owl]

Then my feeling is correct ig

[fiery perch]

Well sometimes the DM uses PC class templates for strong bosses like once there was an optional fight for the party with what I can only guess to be at least a level 5 trickster domain cleric

not level 5 - level 10

[cobalt owl]

I do weird things with blocks

[pulsar temple]

that's fair but then it would be your entire party ganging up on 1 boss built like a PC class

[fiery perch]

yea well our party was level 2 to 4 at that time of 4 people of which 1 PC was absolutely incompetent

[cobalt owl]

Always got one person with mostly odd scores

[fiery perch]

Bro had a decent build but he ended up RP'ing in the middle of combat

[cobalt owl]

He would do that

[fiery perch]

I am pretty sure his char was like a scared as char (think zenitsu from demon slayer) but man you don't have to intentionally fall down

[cobalt owl]

I think combat takes enough time as it is without someone tryna do stuff

[fiery perch]

He just fell prone to add flavor or something - shit made me mad

[cobalt owl]

He would do that

Sandbagging for the gigs lol

[hot gate]

As long as it doesn't drag put their turn, rp in combat can be fun.

[fiery perch]

Well it ended with them dropping to 0 HP and the enemy himself having to heal him

I am pretty sure the DM just didn't want to kill one of us this early so he just had the enemy heal him

[still plover]

But dropping to the deck, that's got mechanical effect, impacts your effectiveness. Sure, if you're shooting from behind a barricade and want to get total cover, it makes sense, but that's not the feel I'm getting here.

[fiery perch]

yea hence the incompetency

[hot gate]

Well, the behaviour you reward is the behaviour you encourage.

[fiery perch]

I mean he quit now so idc - but man I would have left him to die if it were up to me

[cobalt owl]

Games got consequences

[hot gate]

That might have been more interesting for everyone. A character dying because of what you did means what you did mattered.

[fiery perch]

I am gonna find a way to beat the druid now - I did discover moonbeam has conc and I can force 2 saving throws in 1 turn

so maybe I just endure the moonbeam and try to ruin the conc

[glass granite]

Won’t they just cast it again then?

[fiery perch]

they would have to turn back into human - cast it - and then wildshape again

[glass granite]

I feel like that just puts you back to square one tho

[hot gate]

Are you running the 2014 version?

[still plover]

A straight fight doesn't sound like a good plan. What if you thought like a villain, gave them something else to worry about?

[fiery perch]

2024

[hot gate]

then no, save is only once per turn

[fiery perch]

we sometimes run PVP battles amongst ourselves when no GMs are around to do any sessions so it won't work but in an organic fight I would win by just using the environment

[pulsar temple]

very little for you to do then

artillerist is not a class designed to dish out damage against a single opponent

it's like trying to beat an oath of vengeance paladin with a swords bard

[fiery perch]

very little indeed

I am pretty sure a tournament is gonna happen soon (it's a westmarch and we basically decided to do a tournament arc b/w all the PCs)

I could try to do something their

[burnt valley]

Are tournament preps allowed

[fiery perch]

as in prep time? ofc? access to the battleground beforehand? idk I will have to ask the DM but most likely no and even if it is it would be against the tournament rules

[burnt valley]

Yeah prep time, and what level does this take place

[fiery perch]

My char would be level 5 by then (currently level 3)

theirs might hit 6 or stay at 5 - honestly the only real threat I am pretty sure I can just gun down most other casters because I have the tough feat and very high con

martials are a joke even with the new weapon mastery

[burnt valley]

Are you a ranged combatant?

[fiery perch]

yes

[burnt valley]

A full caster too? Nice

[fiery perch]

no half-caster
artellerist artificer

[burnt valley]

Oh I see, beware of Warlocks and Wizards then

[fiery perch]

Warlocks I can see - but given how all classes can just swap spells at long rest I doubt wizard class will see much use

[timber turtle]

These days dwarves wives won't clean the coal dust out of your beard or give your beard a trim when it gets singed when detonating rocks.

Share if you still proudly groom miners

[cobalt owl]

That sure is a sentence

[fiery perch]

It indeed is

[severe rampart]

Bold statement for sure

I'm not sure whether to be shocked or be in awe

[fiery perch]

both

[hot gate]

Boldest part about it is to assume that only wives do the beard grooming.

[reef tundra]

Imma cast modify memory and forget I read that

[timber turtle]

Why are you dunderheads shocked over wholesome matrimony

[reef tundra]

I’ve never played a dwarf, ever

I really should try one
-# And dwarven toughness won’t hurt hehe

[severe rampart]

Are they good at all?

[hot gate]

Good? Good at what?

[severe rampart]

Hold on I'm forgetting an english word

[timber turtle]

Hill dwarves are really meta

[hot gate]

Species generally are on pretty equal footing when compared to the impact that classes have.

[hot gate]

That's alright, there's a lot of those.

[severe rampart]

the only species I've read up on are Dragonborns and Changelings, primarily because my first character is a changeling

[reef tundra]

I can only speak for 2024 dwarf, but they’re pretty good

Temporary tremorsense, free extra HP, poison resistance

[severe rampart]

think if I use shapechanger to look like someone's relative, then use my bard's +8 persuasion I could make them do anything? or nah?

[severe rampart]

That does sound good

[timber turtle]

What's the best class to use the mountaindwarf medium armor profiency with?

[hot gate]

Persuasion isn't mind control, so nah

[severe rampart]

Darn, maybe if I get them to believe that I'm actually their relative and use deception 🤔

[reef tundra]

Probably not. If I were the DM in this case I’d just give advantage on the roll

[reef tundra]

Anything that doesn’t have medium armour proficiency

[severe rampart]

I want my character to be cartoonishly evil

[hot gate]

I'd definitely make sure the other players and the DM are ok with that.

[severe rampart]

definitely, I've had them check my character sheet and they seem to be okay with the idea

[hot gate]

There is a general assumption that you aren't evil, because d&d is mostly about heroics.

Are they a newish DM?

[burnt valley]

Wizard can conjure full cover if they win initiative

[fiery perch]

How?

Wall of force comes at level 10

[severe rampart]

nope, very experienced

[fiery perch]

before that I am pretty sure I can just walk around it

[hot gate]

inb4 "minor illusion" (doesn't work)

[fiery perch]

minor illusion is an illusion I could just shoot through it

[hot gate]

Alright, then sounds good to me! I hope you have fun with that character, but always keep the fun of others in the party in mind as well!

[severe rampart]

Yeah, and the rest of the party aren't really that heroic either

[severe rampart]

if I remember, one guy is schizophrenic

[burnt valley]

Rope Trick, its invisible and while they are inside it technically counts as "from another plane"

They just shoot cantrips from inside

[fiery perch]

attacks / spells can't pass into or out of it

so they can't have a sanctuary and attack from it
given how many creatures it can hold

and how they are a sitting duck - I can just stand around for 1 hour waiting for them to come out or rush in - (just stand around waiting for them to come out tbh)

at max they have like 6 to 8 hours of rope trick if they spend all of their spell slots on it

[burnt valley]

Just peek out and then return back

[fiery perch]

the way my offense system is set up - I need to be standing at 1 spot still to be able to deliver
6d8 + 1d6 + 5 dmg per turn

[burnt valley]

(they can also just pull the rope in)

[fiery perch]

Yes but the space remains there and it is invisible but my char can memorize the location

so they just stand around waiting for the wizard to come out after an hour or like 8 hours

none the less - that is a temporary solution

[white eagle]

Has anyone else had problems with being able to post in the looking-for channels?

[hot gate]

Have you used the commands in #find-a-game ?

[white eagle]

It's working now. Discord must have been lagging.

[knotty pasture]

Assuming monoclassing, Sorcerer

Wizard is nice too

[glass granite]

I can tell you the worst: monk

[knotty pasture]

Dwarf Monks sound funnier than they should be

Watch those stubby legs kick someone really hard

[glass granite]

Drunken master dwarf monk

[knotty pasture]

Good one

[delicate owl]

Sounds like a misremembering to me

[timber turtle]

Christmass party with family

Time to sit on the couch the entire night reading DND wiki

[acoustic briar]

Do you think questioning rulings after the session is problematic player behaviour?

[reef tundra]

Depends on the spirit of the questioning

I know that’s a little unhelpful but I think there’s a difference between constructive feedback on rulings and complaining about it in bad faith

[delicate owl]

No. If a DM thinks you reminding them of a rule, in a respectable way, after session, is problematic, Id think a few things of said dm.

But it depends on how it was brought up and how it was talked about. If it was done in a disrespectful or inconsiderate way, the questioning wasn't the issue, the player is.

[acoustic briar]

I see.

How would you bring up, for example, that your gnome should have gotten a saving throw against being knocked prone too?

[glossy otter]

I've got to agree with horizon, that is probably the best way to go about it

though I suppose it's based on the condition of how he got knocked prone

[delicate owl]

Well you show them the feature allowing such a thing, and any rule tied to it, asking if it would apply, thatd be a good way to start.

But keep in mind, dms word is law in campaigns.

[acoustic briar]

Getting attacked by a Wolf.

[delicate owl]

In 2024 there is no save.

In 2014 there is.

[glossy otter]

it might just be me but I'd just have that be an attack roll if he got pounced

[acoustic briar]

Okay.

[delicate owl]

Lemme check, but if they are just following the statblock, should be fine.

Yep in 2014 it was a dc11 str save or be knocked prone on hit, in 2024 it is automatically applied if medium or smaller on hit.

So if you are playing 2024 rules, and made no save on being hit to be knocked prone, that makes sense.

[glossy otter]

ngl it would be interesting if they had a counter for it where if the attack failed, the character could react to it by throwing the wolf off

[tawdry sentinel]

Lots of on hit no save conditions in the 2024 MM

[hollow hearth]

is there any dm's i can ask an opinion for??

[glass granite]

#dm-discussion should have plenty

But I’m a DM, for all that matters

[glass granite]

What is it?

[austere pine]

o/

[worldly flare]

Favorite magic items? I personally enjoy Ythryn Mythallar from Icewind.

[humble cairn]

Either the Fochlucan Bandore or the Cartographer's Mapcase for the items I've used in character the most and to the best effect.

[reef tundra]

Cloak of billowing

[white eagle]

Longsword flametongue

[reef tundra]

Absolutely huge respect for a magic item that does absolutely nothing except for billow like it’s in the wind all the time

[worldly flare]

Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?

LONGSWORD FLAMETONGUE

[idle oar]

Maybe it's magical fire...

[burnt valley]

Scroll of tarrasque summoning

[fast latch]

Is Depression considered to be a form of Indefinite Madness when considered by Greater Restoration?

[loud tendon]

I don't see any wording in Greater Restoration that discusses anything even close to that.

ah, it's in the curing Madness section.

you could maybe put that under "46–50 “I find it hard to care about anything that goes on around me.”"

but my question now becomes why are you wanting to shoehorn something so complex into that table? Are you trying to cure a PC of a way they have decided to play?

[strong pendant]

Hey random question but how do u guys flavor psionics on your character? Like through the feats or subclasses, because I play a level 4 psi warrior rn and enjoy but I’m always unsure if I’m describing things right like

Is purple spectral light wrapping a blade for psi empowered strike for instance something sounds fitting?

If anyone could just talk abt what they’ve done for psionic stuff that’d be helpful!

[empty thicket]

do you know Sue from The fantastic 4?
Some stuff like that

[deep galleon]

How would you write the distinction between Manes as an individual creature and Manes as the group of creatures, since they're written the same