dnd-discussion

[stoic obsidian]

For I feel if I gonna get Counterspell a lot, I just start punching him

[quiet garden]

hello does someone know where i can play d&d online

[umbral girder]

Fell Rebuke he does damage to people who do that

[crimson gulch]

i had to spice up the vecna stat block a lot every time i ran it

[stoic obsidian]

#looking-for-players

[quiet garden]

alr ty

[stoic obsidian]

And #channel-guide

Read this to understand what each channel is use for

[somber mesa]

it would be a DC 18 to remove Mind Blank, and Vecna has a +6 mod so he needs to roll a 12+ to beat it

[umbral girder]

Also Vecna’s counter spell cannot be counterspelled. Also it’s comparable to the 2014 version

[umbral girder]

And?

Also fun fact who says he has to damage the Lich with his bonus action heal?

Animated dead for a bunch of zombies, damage them for heals.

Plus he heavily hurts a 2014 lich with Globe of Invulnerability blocking off the majority of their spells

[somber mesa]

his only damaging spell that works on the Lich would be Lightning Bolt since it is immune to necrotic damage, while Vecna's Rotten Fate and Flight of the Damned only deal necrotic damage

I was mainly looking at 2024/25 Lich

[umbral girder]

The 2025 one doesn’t have Mind Blank

So his psychic damage kills.

[rough basalt]

I'd probably buff his HP

[somber mesa]

that's why I specified "if the Lich had Mind Blank on their list"

[umbral girder]

By that reasoning why not just give Vecna a bunch of stuff too?

[somber mesa]

but yeah, Vecna's not going to be doing a lot of damage and will be very reliant on lv 3 lightning bolt and bonus action heals to fight a Lich since most of his abilities do Necrotic Damage

[umbral girder]

Could we not say “Vecna has Protection from energy so the Lich’s attacks hardly hurt”

[somber mesa]

Protection from Energy doesn't protect against Force damage, which is most of the Lich's damage

[umbral girder]

Either way it’s still rather disingenuous

[somber mesa]

why does Vecna have a lower AC than the Lich and no immunity to Necrotic damage?

[crimson gulch]

becasue the 2024 lich was made years after vecna

[somber mesa]

2024 Lich was released a year after Eve of Ruin, so they had time to update Vecna to fit better with the new direction of the Lich

[umbral girder]

Vecna was before that book

[crimson gulch]

the vecna start block that was reprinted in eve of ruin came out quite a bit before that in the dont say vecna dnd beyond suppliment

[stoic obsidian]

I wonder if DMs ever look at looking for dm channel?

[tidal bough]

Its likely that there'll be an updated vecna statblock for 2024 at some point but he also has an effective 80hp heal per round so realistically his hp is more like 400+ depending on how long it goes on for

[tidal bough]

They do

[somber mesa]

they updated his stat block in Eve with new wording for Undying and removing Unusual Nature from it. Eve of Ruin even has a "False Lich" that is immune to both Necrotic and Psychic damage.

they could've put that onto Vecna himself

[stoic obsidian]

I know it takes time, but man it feels like being gloss over sometimes

[tidal bough]

Its faster for you to look in the #looking-for-players tbh

[stoic obsidian]

I know and I have

[umbral girder]

False lich is notably just a buffed Demilich with the scream changed

[stoic obsidian]

Just no games interest me

Or just not meet what I want

[umbral girder]

And yeah Vecna was 2 years before Eve of Ruin

[stoic obsidian]

Patience pays

[crimson gulch]

i realized very early on that if i wanted to see the games i wanted i had to run them myself

[somber mesa]

I hope they give Vecna a higher Int score if they do update him again

[stoic obsidian]

And then you become the forever dm

[somber mesa]

22 Int (lower than Kas, Acererak and his false lich, Sammaster, Tasha, Halaster, Manshoon, and Alustriel) feels strange for someone of his reputation

[umbral girder]

Yeah you clearly didn’t read the book based on that message

[somber mesa]

I know Dossier Vecna was pre-ascension, and Eve of Ruin had him use up a lot of his divinity for the ritual, but Int being that low still seems strange

[umbral girder]

Yeah still other signs you missed a lot

[crimson gulch]

End bosses are never powerful enough in 5e campaign books, I have ran them all

[umbral girder]

Funny enough I ran a two shot with Vecna on a level 20 party, half the party died and the rest ran away

[somber mesa]

I haven't re-read the adventure since its release

[crimson gulch]

Have you ran it?

It's much easier to kill level 20 one shot charicters than level 20 charicters who have started at 1 and gone through a whole campaign

[somber mesa]

I wanted to run it, but circumstances led to just not having the free time to actually run any campaign or system of any kind

not even enough free time to play in a campaign for the last 6 months

and now most of the people I played with have moved on to other systems

[stoic haven]

Heyo, just want some people's opinions who actually play D&D, how balanced between Roleplay (scenes without combat), and combat is dnd 5e, in y'alls opinions

[somber mesa]

@umbral girder When you ran Vecna, did you have him benefit from the Book of Vile Darkness's properties?

[umbral girder]

No

[stoic obsidian]

I’ll give him three wishes with strings attach

[stoic haven]

just as an exclaimer, I usually do not give properties of the legendary item to the npc wielder unless it specifies in stat block

[stoic obsidian]

Jk

[rough basalt]

Table dependent.

But if we're talking how the system is designed, it's polished more for combat

[stoic haven]

fair, and I see rulings for either, just I don't do it, especially for artifacts if the enemy is already balanced for the CR (excluding the item)

[stoic obsidian]

Tho people usually prefer roleplay over combat

[rough basalt]

Social/Exploration pillars are very roleplay heavy.

[stoic haven]

nvm, I thought you were replying to my latest message, mb

[rough basalt]

Or rather what I mean is that they don't rely on strict rulesets

[lusty kelp]

I once had a DM who appologized for us having two sessions back-to-back without any combat, and our table was all like, "no, this is what we wanted - we kinda went out of our way to do this non-combat stuff"

[rough basalt]

They're mostly "hey I wanna do this" then dm decides if it's worth rolling and if it is what the DC is.

[stoic haven]

Because I was going around the VtM (vampire the Masquerade) server and D&D was brought up and was getting lots of hate, and saying VtM was the best balance of combat and rp

[rough basalt]

All I've heard from VtM players I've known personally is that combat in VtM kinda sucks

Cause the last situation you wanna be in is combat in WoD

[stoic haven]

very much, because at a point, the combat starts getting very very similar once your party gets a strat down

[rough basalt]

Now VtM definitely is a better social system than 5e

[stoic obsidian]

That only happens if the dm let it happen

[rough basalt]

But that's cause it's polished around it.

Where as 5e intends you to be in combat regularly, VtM expects you to avoid it regularly. From my understanding

[lusty kelp]

stares
I mean, I love me some Vampire, but anyone who says that VtM has good balance in anything is coping. It has better social systems... but I've played more than my fair share of Vampire where we rolled less times for social stuff than in D&D

[rough basalt]

Cause from what I understand, the last thing Vampires in VtM want is to be caught

And combat seems like a quick way to be caught by Vampire Hunters.

I'm assuming there's Vampire hunters in WoD. Or Monster hunters.

[lusty kelp]

Its more that, in my experience, most "social" stuff in Vampire usually ends with an application of mind control Discipline, which bypasses the need for actual social rolls. So, most of the time, social-fu in vampire is done without rolls or checks outside of the occasional magical power

[rough basalt]

Ah yeah

I think the main systems that actually can have a consistent healthy balance are fantasy adventure systems.

[lusty kelp]

don't get me wrong, I absolutely love Vampire and its spin offs, but the actual mechanics are very rarely balanced

purposely so, since "overwhelming violence" is a feature of the setting over bug

[rough basalt]

Mages in WoD turning themselves to a pile of sentient goop after trying to cast a simple spell

[halcyon cypress]

The current Lantern Archon is CR2 right? I keep finding different versions of it. I thought it was CR2 with a ray of light attack

[timber turtle]

Is there lots of warlock pets if you buy modules?

[humble cairn]

The games are built to tell different kinds of stories, thus they attract players who want different things out of a game. It's natural that one fanbase likes their own preferred game over another. It doesn't make it some sort of universal or "objective" fact that one is better than the other.

[rough basalt]

Modules don't really add Warlock pets.

They mainly add specific backgrounds, items, maybe a spell or two.

[stoic haven]

is the D&D stage active for y'all?

[rough basalt]

That fit the adventure

[stoic haven]

nvm, it just closed, it was glowing as if people were on, but wasn't showing anyone

[humble cairn]

Mage is probably the coolest magic system I know, but it focuses a lot on the whys and hows of magic because the entire game is about magic.

[rough basalt]

Like Frosty Fingers which is a Cold version of Burning Hands that comes in Icewind Dale

[halcyon cypress]

You can just describe your pet as something else either for flavor or ask the DM if you can pick a different monster

Up to them really what your options are for warlock "pets"

[rough basalt]

Only thing I really know is that reality doesn't take too kindly to being altered so you can end up blowing yourself up and crap

[shut path]

the biggest piece of evidence that the duffer brothers didn't plan ahead or genuinely just don't know about the dungeons and dragons monsters is the fact that the mind flayer ||is more powerful than vecna|| which is ABSOLUTELY not the case 😭

[lusty kelp]

wait, what? Who are the duffer brothers?

[normal junco]

from Stranger Things.

[shut path]

guys who made stranger things

[lusty kelp]

Ah~ yeah, haven't looked at that yet. Thankx for the responce

[humble cairn]

It's almost like it's a story told about and by kids who are just using flawed metaphors to describe things they have absolutely no context or comprehension about.

[shut path]

that's honestly kind of cope

[hasty coyote]

That was more like an elder brain than a MindFlyer. Which is way more powerfull. Also the monsters where reference to what they thought they where in a game not what they actually where to them in real life (well movie life).

[humble cairn]

And what does that mean, again?

[shut path]

EXACTLY

and vecna was more of a mind flayer than anything

[humble cairn]

Maybe we could not spoil things for people who haven't seen it yet, also the tv show is probably more a #non-dnd-topics

[lusty kelp]

I kinda felt like the 2014 kracken stole the abolith's thunder as the "Deep Sea psionic horror cult" bit.

To the point I kinda wanted to turn the kracken into an abomination and just say they were the same thing

[stark arch]

as wizard i usealy craft extra shield spell scrolls. im wondering would it be worth as wel to craft Shield of Faith scrolls as paladin ? to keep my ac up by 2 ??

[lusty kelp]

wait, does that work? I thought it was an Action to activate a scroll

[hasty coyote]

Though I admit I might look for a game of the Hellfire club box set just to play it and have a fun couple of nights.

[shut path]

could be cool in a homebrew world to make an aberration kraken

[stark arch]

my dm allows me so..

[lusty kelp]

fair enough

[shut path]

wait how am i just now figuring out that the 4e kraken is an aberrant wtf

[hasty coyote]

Remember Shield of faight can be cast on any one, but the caster has to keep the concentration unless the person cast it them selves. Lately my Pali after getting Plate Mail has been casting it on our Barbairan to give him an AC bust in fights.

[stark arch]

i got 20 ac with the spell 22

[hasty coyote]

Now get a Sorcerer to cast it and use a SP to extend it so it last all day or until you loose concentration.

[stark arch]

all day ?

[hasty coyote]

Extend Metamagic makes anything with a duration of 1m or more last a day.

[stark arch]

oh and with creature half cover goes to 24 ac 😄

[shut path]

you know, would shuffling around in a waist high cardboard box classify as half cover

[stark arch]

haha

[normal junco]

there's an entire game franchise that revolves around shuffling here and there in a cardboard box.

[hasty coyote]

I'm an old scholl 2nd guy so I really hate the AC now...cause if you have a 20 or above at lower levels means you pretty much only hit by crits so you take twice or more damage depending on the crit system your using.

[shut path]

idk man, doesn't sound like a super solid franchise

[potent latch]

Sorry if this is a stupid question but how do I make myself a celestial warlock in DND beyond?

[shut path]

do you have the books for it

[potent latch]

Probably not considering I have bought anything off here

[shut path]

you need to get xanathars dude or you need content share to play it

i have xanathars i can content share with you

[hasty coyote]

Are you using 2014 or 2024 rules. What the Celestial Warlock from? Celestial Patorn is in the core rules so if you got any of the core books it should be their.

[shut path]

"the celestial" is from xanathars in 2014 (if im not mistaken)

[potent latch]

I think both

[hasty coyote]

It's in the 2024 phb as one of the base subcalsses now also.

[potent latch]

Alright

[shut path]

well he mentioned that he doesn't have any books

[potent latch]

Sorry this is my first time using DND beyond

[shut path]

if you're playing 2024 i dont think i can help you but like i said i'd be fine doing content share for 2014 celestial

[potent latch]

Thank you for the offer but I'll probably just end up buying it soon

[shut path]

got it

[hasty coyote]

yah I'm not sure what all it allows if you don't own any. One solution is maybe ask some one that has to the books if you can share. I have an open campang just for that cause I gotten a few books the DM didn't have.

[potent latch]

Ok one last stupid question if I get a hard copy of a book is there a way for me to let DND beyond know I have them?

[shut path]

nope unfortunately not

[glossy otter]

no, as much as we'd like that they don't

[valid venture]

New to DnD, anyone here explain to me how to play ?

[shut path]

because if they did that wizards of the coast wouldn't be able to squeeze as much money out of us as possible ❤️‍🩹

[potent latch]

Well that's wildly unfortunate

[shut path]

watch a crap guide to D&D by jocat

[severe rampart]

hey Dyno, you good?

[jovial shadow]

nevery mind.I was trying to bring up the dyno thing

[valid venture]

Alr thanks

[shut path]

its a whole series

[severe rampart]

and then after that go and read DnD beyond's character sheet guide and the "how to play" guide

[valid venture]

Okay

[meager fractal]

ig dyno drank too much last night

[severe rampart]

Yeah, also heads up his jokes aren't for everybody so watch out and dont take anything personal

[valid venture]

Thanks ig

[shut path]

true, good point. i'm used to slightly edgy youtube humor so i didn't even think abt that

[magic roost]

I’m starting critical role I hear good things!

[severe rampart]

Do not start at campaign 1

[magic roost]

I just started campaign 1

What campaign do I start with?

[uncut zenith]

Or do if you’d like. But their first campaign stream starts mid-campaign

[severe rampart]

There's nothing wrong with it, per se, but the production quality, and there's a bad member in there that got kicked out early

[uncut zenith]

The Mighty Nein campaign starts at the very beginning

[magic roost]

I WAS WONDERING WHY THERE WAS A BLURRED SCREEN

[severe rampart]

You could just start at Campaign 2

[turbid vessel]

Campaign 1 really has the vibes of a homemade stream of a home DND game, so if you're into those vibes campaign 1 is perfect for that

[vagrant quartz]

Just finished making another character that will never see the light of day 🔥🔥

[turbid vessel]

Campaign 2 and beyond is when the production value kicks up and it really starts to feel like made-for-tv dnd

[magic roost]

Reallll

I think I’ll start with the second id prefer to start from the beginning of the session

[severe rampart]

maybe skip to the part where the bad member is gone, so the second arc

[vagrant quartz]

Bad member™?

[turbid vessel]

I have a lot of respect for those that can effectively catch up on critical role from the beginning
Feels like the people who watch One Piece from the beginning

[magic roost]

I wanna join a party but I’m too shy to look in the party search

[turbid vessel]

Yep. Him. he who shall not be named

[magic roost]

I feel like I’m not ready yet

[vagrant quartz]

understood

[severe rampart]

The one that made others uncomfortable, and repeatedly cheated at DnD

[naive cedar]

i really need to watch critical role tbh

[magic roost]

How do you cheat?

[severe rampart]

he changed his dice

[naive cedar]

metagaming maybe?

[vagrant quartz]

Dice

[magic roost]

Weights?

[severe rampart]

he even got caught cheating live on stream

[naive cedar]

oh wow

[silk current]

Orion acaba?

[severe rampart]

no like, he got a low number, then he pretended to check it but turned it ever so slightly so it's a bigger number

[magic roost]

OH WHAT

[naive cedar]

im always shocked when people cheat on livestreams like...how do people think they can get away with it

[severe rampart]

even got caught by a party member

[naive cedar]

good god

[magic roost]

Gang be honest with me is find a game really that scary

[severe rampart]

also made the others very uncomfortable

[naive cedar]

imagine cheating at dnd too like....its a roleplaying game buddy you're not winning anything

[magic roost]

I hate when players make others uncomfortable it ruins the vibe for everyone

[naive cedar]

ill still start watching from the beginning but i appreciate the heads up

[vagrant quartz]

Dnd does attract some freaky ppl

[magic roost]

It’s only fun when the freak is matches by everyone!

[loud tendon]

Not really scary. It just takes time . There are a lot of players and not nearly as many DMs.. and since this is the internet, it covers a lot of timezones.
Finding a game that works best for you can take time so give yourself some patience..

You can also look for games at local game stores.

[severe rampart]

well good luck, 373 hours of gameplay for ya

[severe rampart]

add around 75 hours if you include intros and outros

[naive cedar]

still less than one piece /j

[magic roost]

Sadly my states nerd population is very low 😞 we don’t have any gaming events or anything to cater to us

[vagrant quartz]

The one dice the one dice is real

[last lark]

The nat one piece

[magic roost]

I’d probably have to go to a completely different county to find a game store-WAIT I HAVE AN HOUR AND A HALF AWAY THAT WAS THE ONLY TTRPG IVE EVER SEEN

Not even my college has a dnd club

[turbid vessel]

As an east coaster I'm disappointed in the volume of nerd and game stores here
West Coast mops the floor with us in that regard

[vagrant quartz]

Change college then 🔥🔥🔥

[vagrant quartz]

(don't take this seriously)

[last lark]

dnd club at a college sounds awesome

[loud tendon]

Game stores are not the only option they are just an option for something local and faster to get into if available.

#find-a-game gives you details on how our looking for channels so you can look for stuff online

[naive cedar]

it does but for what it's worth I live in a fairly small city on the east coast of canada and theres a decent sized nerdy subculture here. theres a whole Games Workshop store pretty close to me

[severe rampart]

I understand your pain, in my country only 0.0001% know about DnD, which I'm shocked isn't an overexaggeration

[vagrant quartz]

Huh

[naive cedar]

i always wondered how popular dnd is in non-english countires

[keen valve]

D&D is not nearly as widespread as people here might think.

[magic roost]

My Highschool tried to have a club but we never played a single game

[last lark]

Apparently, not too much

[magic roost]

Everyone just played Mario kart

[severe rampart]

I'm from a third-world country, the literacy rate is low enough as is, so it makes sense that such few even know about DnD, let alone play

[turbid vessel]

The most popular tabletop game in Japan is Call of Cthulu, as a random fun fact

[naive cedar]

Oh thats interesting. I know dnd is decently popular in nerdy spaces in Japan

[severe rampart]

As if DnD players read though, am I right? /j

[vagrant quartz]

I have reconsidered several facts

[turbid vessel]

My college had a DND club, but I heard, uh, not great things about it

[naive cedar]

one of the first books i ever read in full without an older person helping me was a dnd monster manual

[shut path]

if you wanna learn about campaign 1 i recommend the legend of vox machina on amazon prime

[last lark]

sessions tend to be rugged if English is not the main language, at least in my experience

[magic roost]

I’m a good dm but I alwaysss dm if like to play for once

But I wouldn’t mind doing for people like me I need friends my age

[turbid vessel]

Make a group with other forever DMs and take turns

[severe rampart]

hold on, question about Vicious Mockery, if you mock them in a language they dont understand, would that still deal damage? 🤔

[magic roost]

Ooo but then it goes back to I dunno how to find people

[turbid vessel]

Yep, there's no condition of that spell that requires knowing the language

[magic roost]

I’d assume it’s the tone and delivery if I don’t speak a lick of French but I’d still be offended if someone insulted me in it

[severe rampart]

#looking-for-players has a lot of DMs

[shut path]

yeah probably, vicious mockery is more of a magical performance thing

[severe rampart]

"I remember when someone insulted my whole bloodline in french, but I didn't understand it so I ended up saying thank you"

[vagrant quartz]

When you want to insult someone sooo bad you bypass language barriers

[shut path]

it's all in the facial muscles bro trust

[last lark]

universal hostility

[magic roost]

I just don’t feel like I’m ready to play with a group though I feel like I should learn way more before I start

[severe rampart]

what if they're deaf

[shut path]

im kind of a forever dm

[vagrant quartz]

Sign language

[severe rampart]

When you want to insult them so bad you learn Sign Language

[last lark]

offensive hand signs

[shut path]

facial muscles bro... facial muscles

[naive cedar]

could you use insulting gestures as well in vicious mockery

[magic roost]

There’s a very special finger

[vagrant quartz]

What if theyr blind and deaf

[severe rampart]

Playing with puppets with labels on them, one of them being labeled "Your mother"

[shut path]

genius

just flipping someone off in a creative manner

[vagrant quartz]

Okey wait that sounds bad - nvm

[shut path]

BWAHAHA

[severe rampart]

Bards can do both

[shut path]

bards DO do both

[last lark]

There are beginner friendly sessions in the #looking-for-players channel for play experience, I'm due for my first playing experience too!

[magic roost]

Slappy slap slap

[turbid vessel]

AHEM AHEM PG13 SERVER Y'ALL

[vagrant quartz]

Imma go ahead and remove that

[rose ingot]

Helloo

[magic roost]

REALLY!

[severe rampart]

I wonder if you can take someone's five senses away from them from just spells, I know about Blindness/Deafness, what spell removes taste buds?

[vagrant quartz]

Curse of British

[magic roost]

Nah imagine that “I roll to make this man unable to taste his mothers cooking again”

[uncut zenith]

The sense of taste isn't usually all that important mechanically

[wraith kelp]

where do i ask something for stories for campaign

[shut path]

you get it

[magic roost]

That’s more hurtful than just breaking my ankle

[idle oar]

As a DM? #dm-discussion - see also #channel-guide

[vagrant quartz]

This is a joke

[severe rampart]

yeah but still, I want to take all five of their senses, how do I do it

[wraith kelp]

well yea

[shut path]

you can always run a module

[stiff jewel]

Could someone remind me how temporary hit points work?

Say I have 10 temporary hit points already and I gain 20, I know they don't stack, does the 20 override the 10?

[last lark]

Yesss, i too am scheduled for a session aimed to introduce new players to the mechanics of the game, it's a one shot too so quite convenient!

[shut path]

from what sources?

[stiff jewel]

Gloves of soul catching...

[magic roost]

I just found out the chiefs played dnd I love when cliques collide I need a whole podcast of their campaign

[shut path]

gloves of soul catching add temp hit points?

[foggy creek]

Can I have some suggestions on what campaign to run? I’m in the middle of Phandelver but we are gonna branch away from that for now and meet a new group that will eventually become intertwined with the old group..but i’m trying to decide which campaign to run. Any suggestions?

[shut path]

i thought they just healed

[stiff jewel]

Nevermind it's actual health. I was looking at another item before this

[turbid vessel]

Yes, new temp HP overrides old temp HP

[vagrant quartz]

"When two temporary hit points love each other very much"

[stiff jewel]

Awesome! Though not important to my build as I got it wrong. But is good to know 🙂 thank you

[quartz snow]

Hey

[vagrant quartz]

Heya

[quartz snow]

Can someone help me im trying to get into dnd i never rlly played it the only thing ive done is 1 little sort of campaign at school🤠

[idle oar]

Check out #learn-to-play and #dnd-newcomers

[severe rampart]

First thing to do is to read how to play

[cosmic roost]

Welcome to Adventure!

Visit #learn-to-play for everything you need to get started!

• [What is D&D?](#learn-to-play message)
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[rose ingot]

What role does everyone tend to pick in campaigns?

[idle oar]

Other then the DM, everyone plays a player character

[turbid vessel]

I like to be the one to balance out the party usually

[winter knot]

DM… Almost always…

[vagrant quartz]

I will exclusively play a spellcaster

[marble quarry]

Hello

[empty thicket]

i will try a caster if im giving the chance

[winter knot]

When I play, I’m happy to fill in whatever role is needed. I don’t get to play often, so every class has a build I’ve never tried.

[modest kayak]

I'm struggling to find a group who plays an evening weekday evening, UK gmt. Does anyone have any ideas how I could find one? I'm a online newb.

[empty thicket]

a complete caster, in another campaign im using a Ranger, hunter so the idea is use the spells to upgrade my attacks and survival

[rose ingot]

I'm trying out Paladin for the campaign that's starting soon, but I've never really played a game that's lasted more than a few sessions

[vagrant quartz]

I just want to cast spells, if I get to be a fullcaster i'm just giddy happy and joyous

[severe rampart]

Bard.

I love bards

[idle oar]

Check through #looking-for-players and #looking-for-community and consider play by post games (text based D&D games) where aligning time to play matters less.

[turbid vessel]

Currently I'm playing a Heart of Gold character because everyone else wanted to play a morally gray character

[burnt valley]

Wizard gang

[vagrant quartz]

I have been dying to try my divine soul sorcerer multiclass, so I can play 3 classes in a trenchcoat

[modest kayak]

Thank you, ill check those out

[turbid vessel]

I've been dying to play a charismatic front, maybe next campaign I'll call dibs

[winter knot]

I moved to a new state 5 years ago. I posted that I was looking for players on a Facebook DND page for the area. Vetted those who replied and then met up with a bunch of strangers at one of their houses. Still gaming together 5 years later. It’s uncomfortable. But that’s how I’ve had success. Just be selective on who you game with.

[turbid vessel]

I've got a fiend warlock gunslinger idea that I'd be stoked to play

[idle oar]

You might also want to check out DnDBeyond's forums - they have a Looking For Game forum.
And there's also Roll20 and Demiplane which offer game finding tools.

[empty thicket]

a flavored pact of blade with a gun?

[vagrant quartz]

I cast gun to a knife fight?

[turbid vessel]

• Eldritch Blasts that shoot out of pistols

[empty thicket]

Neat ngl

[severe rampart]

That was an option?

[empty thicket]

welp, if i have a gun in a knife fight, hope the others are 10fts closer to me

[vagrant quartz]

Which kind of gun

[modest kayak]

I have briefly checked roll20s, but I'll check DnD beyond

[uncut zenith]

I had a similar idea! I actually had a piece of character art commissioned too. Except he was a Hexblade whose patron was flavored as a devil.

[turbid vessel]

Actually I was considering going pactless with that one in a 2024 build, just to see how viable that is

[turbid vessel]

Old wester revolvers

[vagrant quartz]

i was hoping you'd say that

[vagrant quartz]

Had to stop myself from using all caps on this one

[empty thicket]

Yeah, an old western revolver with glyph and stuff

[stoic obsidian]

I would prefer a five headed revolver

Aka the Tiamat buster

[last lark]

timezones non aligning is such a trivial problem

[rose ingot]

I've been looking into differeny species to play, and I wanna play an Otter. I think it would be cool

[modest kayak]

How so?

[last lark]

like, I wanna play with people but playing at 2:00 in the morning on a weekday isn't ideal

[vagrant quartz]

Atp get a job as a night security guard at a pizzeria with a bear mascot so your free time aligns with the others

[severe rampart]

I am 13 hours ahead of my group

[idle oar]

Worry less about the timezone and more about "Can I play at that time?"
Some D&D groups have players from all over the world - just their play schedules align despite timezones.

[vagrant quartz]

Wait a second

[turbid vessel]

The character idea is that I wanted to make a warlock who is on equal footing with his patron, in the sense of "we're BOTH screwed almighty, let's join up as a last ditch effort"
Except the patron fully misinterpreted who my character is

Patron: wait, you have pistols at your hip. There are wanted posters around with your face on them. Are you not a gunslinger?
Warlock: ah, you misunderstood! I play a gunslinger in a travelling circus act, and those wanted posters are part of the advertising. It's a wonderful show, you should come see it some time. I could get you a discounted ticket!
Patron: ...oh my God we're both gonna die...

[severe rampart]

Late nights for them is Early Morning for me, and Early Morning for me is Late Nights for them

[empty thicket]

almost same, the session is for liek 1 or 2pm for my friends. To me is 7am.
After they understanding that they understood i liked playing with them

[severe rampart]

also, maybe that's not sustainable in the long run, but perhaps with oneshots you can solve this, it's a one time campaign

[vagrant quartz]

7 am dnd sounds outlandish to me ngl

[modest kayak]

I guess my time is limited, I work 13 hour days, and only have weekday evenings free.

Mosg posts I was seeing were EST, which didn't align. So figured I was ask if I was looking in the right places.

[normal junco]

i gotta be honest, if my job was to be a DM, i'd be fine with a 7 am start, and go all day. every day.

[vagrant quartz]

I mean, if dnd was my job I'd be pretty darn happy about it too

[normal junco]

okay, not every day, but like a standard 40 to 44 hour week

[idle oar]

You could also check local game/hobby shops and even public libraries for in-person D&D groups

[magic roost]

I wanna play so bad bro but I don’t think I’m ready what if I mess up and the whole party hates me dawg

[turbid vessel]

If a party hates you for making a mistake, that's not the party for u

[normal junco]

remember, if you die in the game, you die in real life.

[modest kayak]

Tried that, unfortunately, they only have one group, which is Sunday afternoon, and I'll be working.

[vagrant quartz]

Bruh, theyr people, if they can't understand that human beeings make mistakes I'd say theyr the unreasonable ones

[idle oar]

You are playing a game. If folks are getting upset over inevitable mistakes in their games, they have issues IMO.

[severe rampart]

I can confirm

[idle oar]

Let's not troll please.

[magic roost]

Should I start as a dm or a player

[jovial shadow]

That's why you should make sure you are comfortable with the basics, and only start off with a premade adventure module that walks you through how to DM

[rose ingot]

I tried signing up for my uni DnD group. But the only time they had to offer was during my class time 😮‍💨

[vagrant quartz]

I'd say player is probably a lot easier

[last lark]

I don't think there is anything catered towards DnD where I live. Maybe I should start something, like a club or a community to play Dnd with interested parties in my state

[severe rampart]

depends on you, but player is the easiest

[magic roost]

I’ve done dm work but it never ended well my players never wanted to play the story no matter what I did and they’d sorta avoid all arc and never interacted with each other either it was odd

[last lark]

also solves time issues

[severe rampart]

Be the change you want to be in the world

[severe rampart]

then I dont think that was the party for you

[last lark]

words i should follow, thank you

[normal junco]

noted.

[magic roost]

Is it okay to just leave parties that don’t fit tho?

[normal junco]

yep. might be courteous to tell them, but not absolutely required. different tables fit for different people.

[vagrant quartz]

Yuppie time for murder :D /j

[humble cairn]

Better to politely give notice and leave than to just suffer in a game you're not enjoying.

[severe rampart]

The healthiest thing to do is communicate

[marble quarry]

That’s such a cool idea! probably be surprised how many people are just waiting for someone to start something like that.

[modest kayak]

Thanks for everyone's help, I guess I'll just keeping looking around

[magic roost]

I made a character just for a test and I’m so attached to him bro

How do you know when you’re ready for a party?

[severe rampart]

Let's hope nothing "bad" happens to him 🙊

[marble quarry]

I get it what kind of character did you make?

[normal junco]

dive in. make mistakes. experiment. have fun.

[severe rampart]

Oh boy! making mistakes! my specialty

[magic roost]

I’d cry but a little suffering never hurt no body 🌚

[echo bane]

what’s good

[last lark]

if he perishes his identical brother appears to mourn him and take his place

[normal junco]

a great thing about TTRPGs like D&D is that the whole thing is done using words and language and actually talking at the table. it is very fault tolerant, and there's the option for the table to roll things back or ignore things if everyone agrees.

[magic roost]

He’s a halfling cleric and the more I built his personality the more I realized he’s very demon of marcille from delicious in dungeon

[magic roost]

Yup totally he’s got as many identical brothers with similar sounding names as I need

[marble quarry]

Sometimes, courage is all you have and it’s enough.

[marble quarry]

Honestly once you start building the personality the inspiration just sneaks in.

[normal junco]

you can bring characters "back from the dead" for other campaigns and one shots and stuff. i'm playing a copy of a PC that died a horrible death in a different campaign years ago. not the same character, just using the same stats, mannerisms, personality, background, name, etc.

[magic roost]

I so need to draw him now

[marble quarry]

That’s actually perfect A halfling cleric with Marcille energy is such a vibe.

[magic roost]

I’d love to reuse my first even DnD character(he died because his party ignored him while he was drowning in a car 😞)

[wintry spindle]

He couldn't swim

Also they have cars?

[normal junco]

Ash in Army of Darkness had a car

[magic roost]

I genuinely don’t know anything about the campaign I joined in the middle I think it was a whatever goes campaign

[marble quarry]

I'm just talking about it I didn’t say for you to draw it.

[magic roost]

Oh no I’m an artist! I love character design so I really wanna draw him since I’m attached

FedEx is so evillll my super expensive drawing tablets box was punched in I was so scared

[wraith kelp]

hey guys

[magic roost]

Hiii

[normal junco]

welcome

[wraith kelp]

can anyone send the free rules?

[marble quarry]

drawing them is basically therapy

[wraith kelp]

uhh

[normal junco]

which ones?

[magic roost]

I think I’ll use dnd beyond to ACTUALLY make a character sheet he’s just an idea at the moment I hear it’s good for beginners

[wraith kelp]

the basic ones for the start cuz its my first time being a dm and i would like to go trough rules

[normal junco]

ah. gotcha

[loud tendon]

https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/br-2024

[wraith kelp]

ty

[normal junco]

did you mean for 2014 or 2024?

[magic roost]

Boy am I glad to have employment I think I’ll get the players handbook as my Christmas gift I never got myself because I was indecisive

I bought the dnd starter kit years ago I have no clue where it is

[normal junco]

the lost mine of phandelver starter set's rulebook (only) and the essential kit rulebook are still on the wotc media server as pdfs. no adventure or anything else, but its something.

[magic roost]

Wotc?

[normal junco]

wizards of the coast

[rotund thunder]

Not sure where to talk about this, but is anyone else having issues with D&DBeyond breaking down right now?

seems like there might be an outage

but not fully like what usually happens

[turbid vessel]

Could ask in #ddb-support

[winter knot]

Seems to be working okay for me.

[rotund thunder]

Weird. According to the reported outage stuff online the website had a ton of sudden outage/issue reports so It's not just me at least

[inland oracle]

I'm also having issues

[quaint bear]

Hi

Im new to here

[flat monolith]

Hi, If you have any questions about dnd if your newer come talk in https://discord.com/channels/516367331358801950/966723268675510372 or just hang out here or elsewhere on the server

[winter knot]

Welcome.

[quaint bear]

Greetings!

Hello!

Good wbu

Wbu ?

[lyric viper]

Remember to keep focused on D&D folk 😉 We have #non-dnd-topics as a chill space to chat whatever.

Thinking on the deluge and weirdness of all the 'I was isekaied into a fantasy world as a X' media, where some nerd wakes up in what would be a traditional portal power fantasy, except they're stuck in the body of magical wombat-

If you were 'reincarnated as an X' in any D&D setting of your choice, what non-humanoid creature would you hope (or find fun) to wake up as?

[livid echo]

Does anyone know if neverwinter the mmo is a good entry into dungeons and dragons before trying the table top rpg? I start dnd on Tuesday and looking to familiarize myself at least a little before hand

Or would you say baldurs gate 3 does a better job? I have bg3 but have not tried it much yet

[lyric viper]

Dragon's pretty much a given power fantasy, but still going to be tricky. Adult or wyrmling? Do you have a territory or rival?

[lyric viper]

BG3 is based on 5e, the most current edition, and has a pretty decent feel of the classes and mechanics. It's not a bad entry way.

NWN the MMO is based more on 4e- Although I haven't actually played it, so can't vouch for how well it captures the rules and mechanics. As an MMO that's... not that roleplay focused, I'd say it captures the feeling less than BG3.

Honestly, I'd say just focus more on your character, more than trying to learn/play a different medium before the game.

[livid echo]

Kk Ty I appreciate it I will learn how to make a character on Tuesday as I paid for a 101 course that lasts 4 sessions over course of January

[fiery nimbus]

So many novels are based on DnD that I'm starting to believe some authors idea of magic was just overwritten by DND rulebook

[livid echo]

Still going back forth in my head if I want to start as wizard or rogue or something else entirely I like idea of playing a support character that does a mix of improving the other characters and crowd control stuff that levels playing field so maybe a bard? I’m not too familiar with the classes

I like idea of being a character that is on the side of other players helping in supportive ways rather than rushing forward as a hero or a tank or even a healer

[winter knot]

Bard is all about buffing/debuffing. Support, crowd control, great in RP situations. Bard would likely be a good fit for what you are looking for.

[livid echo]

Awesome good to know thanks

[winter knot]

You could also do druid or cleric. And artificer has some good support builds too.

[white vigil]

Hey is the site down?

[winter knot]

Some folks were reporting issues earlier.

[naive cedar]

BG3 is a good intro to 5e yeah. Neverwinter isn’t as good because it’s based on 4e and it has fewer options (iirc it only has like 8 classes) but it’s not a bad mmo imo

And yeah if you want a cc support type character bard is probably your best bet

[thorn goblet]

what do ppl recommend doing about beast master ranger ('24) having to use their bonus action to command their primal companion when casting/moving hunter's mark is a bonus action also
seems like it's both bad and unfun

[burnt kraken]

Bonus Action economy, I suppose.

[serene jolt]

Well during the time that you need to move the mark, I just use that as my BA and have the beastie dodge. Most of the time as a ranger, I didn't need to use my bonus action. I only mark high threats, not minions. If there is no high threat, I normally don't use Hunters Mark. There are a lot of great ranger concen spells.

[winter knot]

The bottleneck is real. It’s a little better at 5th level where you can sacrifice one of your attacks to have the beast attack and still attack with your weapon as well. But it’s not really ideal.

My advice: don’t put hunter’s mark on an enemy you think is going to go down in the next round. Try to make sure you’re able to keep it on the same enemy for a bit.

[thorn goblet]

ty all

[winter knot]

It gets a little better still at 11th level, where the beast attacks twice when it attacks. Sacrificing one of your two attacks to get two attacks from the beast and keeping your BA free for hunter’s mark is a pretty decent trade off.

[empty thicket]

so, hunter mark the heaviest enemy or tank

or use zephyr strike, its good

Shame that mage armor dont need concentration but Zephyr and hunters mark does

[winter knot]

I’m not a hater on hunter’s mark. I did think the class’ reliance on it is a little disappointing. Though it would be better if the subclasses all had unique interactions with it. Beast master letting the beast take advantage of it is nice. Hunter getting additional details about the marked creature is also cool, if relatively minor. But fey wandered and gloom stalker get nothing.

[serene jolt]

I wish every 2024 ranger subclass got updated to have a secondary reason to use HM. It would make the spell way more worthwhile. And more Ranger-exclusive since WOTC really wanted to focus on HM for some reason.

Like the new horror subclass for Ranger will get buffs when they concentrate on HM.

[winter knot]

Winter Walker’s extra hunter’s mark stuff is nice. D10 + ranger level temp hp on cast and the target cannot disengage. That’s not bad.

[serene jolt]

Oh yeah that too. Winter Walker got a cool thing.

Maybe Drakewarden will get something. We won't know yet.

[winter knot]

And it gets better at 15th level.

[magic roost]

Hey is dnd beyond down? I can’t load anything I can’t even get on the page

[winter knot]

It is for some people.

[magic roost]

Awww

[winter knot]

Working for me. Might be region based.

[blissful ibex]

Hollow Warden has some prety interesting interactions with HM, though it's still UA

[winter knot]

Yeah, it’s weird the the player’s handbook subclasses only barely interact with HM, but all the new stuff looks to be going all in on it.

I dont think there would be as many complaints about it if the 4 subclasses from the player’s handbook interacted better with it.

[halcyon forum]

Id rather not be forced to use HM at all if I want to make the most out of my subclass. dont punish casters for wanting to use different spells.

[blissful ibex]

it should really just be a base class feature honestly
give ranger advantage on rolls to track things down and give them the ability to like make called shots or something

[atomic kayak]

Im fine with the current stuff they are doing with ranger subs

Where some tie into HM and others don't

[atomic kayak]

People are complaining about the interactions that do exist, so thats unlikely

[winter knot]

To be fair, this isn’t just a ranger thing. Druid subclasses all interact differently with wildshape, bard subclasses with bardic inspiration, etc. They’re looking at HM as ranger’s expendable resource nowadays.

Not saying that’s a great thing. But it does look like how they’re treating it.

[halcyon forum]

non of the features you mention are concentration. Even a moon druid's wildshape goes out of its way to interfere with spellcasting less than usual

[winter knot]

Agreed. Not saying it’s a great decision to do it this way. But it seems to be the decision that was made.

[halcyon forum]

yeah its not gonna change now, but I can still be salty about the design decisions for ranger

[blissful ibex]

tbf, with the two a day free casts and the ability to use spell slots to use it beyond that; it's effectively the same catagory of resource now

[winter knot]

Yeah, the decision to play a ranger or not really shouldn’t be based on whether you want to use one spell all the time.

Hell, even warlocks can add their benefits to different cantrips now. They’re no longer required to be just eldritch blasting all day.

[winter knot]

That’s what I was getting at. And more uses as you level.

[blissful ibex]

see, I prefer pact of the blade to EB, I like my casters a bit martial

[winter knot]

nothing wrong with that.

[blissful ibex]

the full casters aren't martial enough and the half casters aren't caster enough so I end up having to MC

[serene jolt]

I think the biggest issue with this is Wild Shape isn't a spell everyone can yoink through feats. Nor is bardic inspiration. Or rage. Or channel divinities (in RAW sources).

But Hunters Mark is.

Ranger needs its own thing and it doesn't have that.

[winter knot]

Is there a feat that lets you young HM?

[serene jolt]

Yeah. Fey Touched feat.

[winter knot]

Ah.

[serene jolt]

You can play a spellcaster effectively with HM. Probably better than Ranger can pull off as well.

[blissful ibex]

warlock also has hex which does similar, but necrotic is a worse damage type

[serene jolt]

But hex also gives dis on saves you choose

[blissful ibex]

dis on checks, need an invocation to make it do saves

[serene jolt]

Oh right my bad

[blissful ibex]

but I'm not a huge fan of either spell regardless

[umbral girder]

Also Hex does Necrotic damage which is commonly resisted the higher in levels you get

Hunter’s Mark does force.

[blissful ibex]

yep, like I said, necrotic is way worse
especially because force is basicly the new 'magical damage' in regards to resistances

[umbral girder]

Only thing off the top of my head that can resist force is Amethyst Dragons

[winter knot]

Hey, what are your thoughts on Summon beast? I’m playing an Illusionist wizard and about to get it at 6th level.

[umbral girder]

It’s useful to have. Not a big game changer but useful

[winter knot]

I was wondering about upcast potential. As a level 8 spell, it gets 4 attacks that don’t cost your bonus action or action to do… So you’d still get your whole turn. And the air version has flyby. Swoop in, attack 4 times, fly out.

[blissful ibex]

also be sure to pick up the casting component

[umbral girder]

It’s alright. There are stronger Summoning spells

[lavish flame]

I don't know that thats the ideal use of an 8th level spell slot

[winter knot]

I know 8th level is a steep price for it. But if all 4 attacks hit, its 66 average damage with no action economy cost… Can still disintegrate or whatever on top of that.

[umbral girder]

If you hit

On each attack.

[noble basin]

Usually people don't look towards the wizard for damage dealing

[winter knot]

If you hit, with probably a plus 11-13 at that level…

[umbral girder]

Also it is concentration too.

[halcyon forum]

I think these summon spells kinda top off at 6th level

[winter knot]

The concentration is unfortunate.

[halcyon forum]

actual 8th level spells are just way better

[noble basin]

You're totally free to do it but it definitely isn't the best way to spend an 8th level spell slot if that's what you were thinking

[winter knot]

I’m really looking to double down on the illusion flavor for this character. Less concerned about optimization. So I really just want to squeeze what usefulness I can out of the features it comes with.

[umbral girder]

You could also just cast other illusion spells

[winter knot]

I intend to. But truthfully, theres not a lot of great illusions at higher levels.

[umbral girder]

There is an 8th level illusion to make a dragon that’s immune to damage

[stark tundra]

Hello people

[empty thicket]

its more about variety
Sorc is adaptabilty
warlock is the one about dealing high numbers of damage

[empty thicket]

hi there dope

[stark tundra]

Yeah and warlocks don't do much they just like big numbers

[blissful ibex]

mine does but mine's a druid

[stark tundra]

They will always be asking for a short rest

[blissful ibex]

true

[winter knot]

Forgot that one. I’ve got legacy content disabled on this character for some reason. Thanks.

[halcyon forum]

you can build any class for high damage, and wizards dont even need to put a lot of effort in

[empty thicket]

that is the thing, with warlock you must save spells
With wizard you can have some utility in general. Helps, buffs, heals//T.hp, etc.

[umbral girder]

It’s not legacy content

It’s expanded content.

Legacy is the stuff that has been updated

[winter knot]

Sorry, that’s what I meant. I had the 2014 expanded rules disabled.

[blissful ibex]

That's why I like splashed warlock, gives you a nice little bundle of passive abilities, some decent spells, and access to a bunch of different stuff depending on what invocations you pick up

[empty thicket]

i feel that sorc can do it more in one turn, more knowing that they can make a spell cast it like a bonus action and then cast for action another. If you mix that you can make
A: 2 spells of high damage
B: 2 debuffs to the enemy
C: Debuff for perfectly landing the damage spell
etc.

[stark tundra]

I like the idea of a warlock sniper

[blissful ibex]

that's what I'm doing

[umbral girder]

It’s not 2014 exclusive it’s still under expanded as well

[empty thicket]

After reading the concept of some sort of cursed slinger (Warlock flavoring pact of blade and using eldritch blasts like bullets of that gun), i feel like i need to play that

[halcyon forum]

if a sorcerer uses quickened spell, their action cant be another leveled spell so the impact is pretty limited

[empty thicket]

okey okey

[umbral girder]

That’s for basically legacy content that is also expanded

[winter knot]

There’s a toggle on DNDBeyond when you create a character for both the 2024 expanded content and the 2014 expanded content. Had 2014 disabled.

[blissful ibex]

I'm running longbow via pact of the blade instead of an EB build though

[empty thicket]

damn, then it ruined my idea

[stark tundra]

Heck yeah it's a fun way to run it I run mine with pull and push with the vine overgrowth to make the Eldritch cheese grater

[blissful ibex]

EB is likely better and I have to jump through way too many hoops to make it work but I like it so

[stark tundra]

EB best cantrip

[halcyon forum]

there are som advantages of longbow vs eldritch blast on a warlock

[blissful ibex]

also missing third attack by not going to warlock 12 but druid gives me 2d8 once per ea/ of my turns on a hit via primal strike to make up for it a bit so not too broken up about it

[halcyon forum]

longer ranger, different damage types, eldritch smite, weapon masteries (if you invest in that), Great weapon master, sharpshooter etc

[blissful ibex]

also lots of nice spellcasting and such

[stark tundra]

That's honestly fair I don't care for DND 1 myself so I will stick to 5e I switched from 3.5 to 5e when it came out I don't feel like learning a new DND again I'll learn other ttrpgs

[blissful ibex]

ye going sharpshooter, GWM, and will see if I can pick up a vicious longbow eventually

it's nice because improved pact weapon make's it a +1 weapon as well

also it's only a rare item so not terribly difficult to locate vs other options

[empty thicket]

I might take magic initiate (human free feat) with a wizard im going to use and get cleric spells, at first guiding bolt.
Later healing prayers for the short rest benefits

[stark tundra]

Yes that's a good idea also if your gonna take a cleric cantrip might I suggest sacred flame

[blissful ibex]

prayer of healing is second level
or is this 2014 stuff

[stark tundra]

Its a decent cantrip for starting

[serene jolt]

I don't think you can get Prayer of Healing unless you take the Mark of Healing from the new Eberron book.

[empty thicket]

taking resistance//mending//other stuff so i dont mixmax too much

[empty thicket]

2024, i cant take later a lvl 2 spell from it?

[stark tundra]

That's fair mending is op especially if the dm doesn't track components

[blissful ibex]

no, only first level

[empty thicket]

damn...

Welp, guiding bolt still nice honestly

[blissful ibex]

Druid is good, can grab guidance, goodberry/cure wounds, and like starry wisp, shillelagh, or one of the very nice utility cantrips

[empty thicket]

the other options are alert or the other 2 magic initiatives

[empty thicket]

oh, let me check if i can

[blissful ibex]

wow, cleric has so few cantrips O_o

[normal junco]

thaumaturgy means you can remotely check if a door is locked or trigger a trap by opening it from afar.

[empty thicket]

true, i still use mage hand. Find it fitting//useuful for my character

[empty thicket]

yep but too good spells, even at lvl 1

[normal junco]

being able to remotely slam a door in an enemy's face is satisfying too.

[nimble quartz]

anyone else having difficulty with dnd beyond homebrew creation or the website itself seems off and very slow as of today ?

[normal junco]

dndbeyond's having some issues in general at the moment

[jaunty jacinth]

i was actually just about to ask this. i am also having issues loading certain pages of the website

[plucky trellis]

Hey anyone willing to start a campaign with me and my friend we need a dm and one or two players

[empty thicket]

good luck buddy, im already filled

[cosmic roost]

Ready to play Dungeons & Dragons?

Visit #find-a-game for everything you need to start your search, including:

• Instructions for finding a game here on the server (including how to post in our #looking-for channels).
• Suggestions for finding a game outside of this server.
• Basic advice to help you in your hunt.

[empty thicket]

I will be in a "speedrun" module, 3 sessions per week

[blissful ibex]

that sounds amazing

[empty thicket]

for me and my addict booty that want to play a lot, it does

and selecting a module so he doenst have to think too much the story and other stuff help a lot

[fringe forge]

Hi

[normal junco]

howdy

[stark tundra]

Howdy conqueror

[fringe forge]

I have no idea what I’m doing I just started with this stuff. I’ve tried before and I’m trying again.

[glass granite]

Wahzzup

[stark tundra]

That's always ok new people is how hobbies don't die

[glass granite]

Read up on the first few chapters of the free basic rules on #learn-to-play , and feel free to ask any questions you might have. Then, make a practice character and get it reviewed in #character-discussion .
Once you’re ready and got the fundamentals down, you can check out #find-a-game for information on how to find a group online. To make a post, type the appropriate command in any chat channel.

Oh, and if you need help the folks in #dnd-newcomers should help you

[fringe forge]

Oh Thanks that’s helpful I’m trying to 3-D print stuff like terrain and characters

[empty thicket]

so im using Guidance, Spare the dying and finally Guiding bolt at the end of the day. Utility, saving and dps.

[glass granite]

Respectable choices

[empty thicket]

and i can use spare the dying at 15 feets so im in a comfy position

[blissful ibex]

generally want at least 1 person in the party to have guidance and it might as well be you

[blissful ibex]

and eventually at 120~

[empty thicket]

wont abuse it honestly, just 1 or 2 times

[fringe forge]

I’m gonna sit over here and not understand anything of what’s happening

[glass granite]

People just choosing spells

[blissful ibex]

you should though c:
any time it makes naritive sense to use, use it

[empty thicket]

Me at the other side of the map: "Hey, get the F%&$*k up!!"

[stark tundra]

They're talking about what spells and cantrips they should take

[glass granite]

Also hi gonna go sit here, I’m
nugget

[blissful ibex]

like you wouldn't in front of someone for a converstaion, if sneaking, or for stuff like random perception checks or that you're surprised with

[stark tundra]

I know we got a homebrew section but does anyone wanna hear about my nanobots

[blissful ibex]

but if it's something you're character would like be preparing for mentally, they could fire off a quick guidance

[glass granite]

Yeah Guidance is strong, cuz a d4 to ability checks is nice, but it’s not foolproof.

[fringe forge]

I think that hi was a response to my message. I just signed up for Discord like 10 minutes ago. I’m sort of confused but hi as well. I’m Kato

[glass granite]

It’s was a dad joke, but yes

[empty thicket]

will use it for few stuff, for talk with people no

[blissful ibex]

nice little bonus to help things along potentially, at the cost of a cantrip slot

[glass granite]

Yupadoo. Give your pals some words of advice before they do a backflip.

[fringe forge]

I really expected to come into this chat and everyone to scream at me that has not happened yet instead everybody’s really nice but every time I’ve ever been in a group chat all that has ever happened somebody scream so this is kind of a weird

[blissful ibex]

also good to have it on 2 players in case one of you needs to concentrate on something else; but 1 is enough in most cases.

[glass granite]

Nahhhh. We chill.
For the most part

[fringe forge]

Good to know

[glass granite]

Remember, if you ever need help, just ask! Though probably in #dnd-newcomers .

[fringe forge]

Yeah, what’s your opinion on 3-D printed terrain

[blissful ibex]

super cool, especially once painted <3
double especially if modular

[glass granite]

Being in this server helped reinforce my knowledge of the game.

Oh 3d printing? Very cool if you’ve got the time and dedication.

[fringe forge]

Well, good thing I’ve got a lot of time on my hand and I have a 3-D printers

[pine garnet]

Just finished ST and wanna get back to DND….

[glass granite]

I’ve only 3d printed once in my life and though I greatly enjoyed the design the execution and painting was…too much for my three brain cells

[fringe forge]

I’m working on trying to build a board or dungeon thing or something. I’m really confused.

[indigo wyvern]

Yo, I need some advice for a character. not sure who to ask but I figured I should ask around.

[pine garnet]

I wanna play DND online but don’t know how to find players

[glass granite]

Sure! Ask #character-discussion

[indigo wyvern]

Thanks

[night basin]

I personally think turning my +6 bonus into a +1 bonus for a flat +10 to damage rolls is worth it.

[pine garnet]

You all use foundry?

[stark tundra]

Ah I see your used to neck beards

[glass granite]

#find-a-game should have the info you need. Type /looking-for players to make a post and look around in #looking-for-dm .

[fringe forge]

Don’t know what that means but sure

[night basin]

I use beyond and roll 20, beyond 20 add on too.

[blissful ibex]

be glad you don't

[fringe forge]

I am

[stark tundra]

Yeah because I do all to well tried joining a discord about DND and was told I wouldn't fit in because I said people should be allowed to play for fun not just min max or power build

[fringe forge]

Nugget, I sent you a friend request because you’ve been very nice and helpful

Everyone here has been nice and helpful

[stark tundra]

That's what the dnd community as whole strives for

[fringe forge]

I expected this to be chaotic

[glass granite]

No need, you can DM me stuff but I don’t accept many friend requests unless I’ve known them.
But we can still be friends on the server

[stark tundra]

Oh I can be chaotic

[fringe forge]

That’s fine. I just didn’t know how to save your account so I don’t lose it by accident.

[stark tundra]

I play warlocks

[fringe forge]

Like I said, I’ve been on here for literally 10 minutes

[pine garnet]

Do you DM games for newbies?

[fringe forge]

Warlocks now I’m confused

[stark tundra]

Me ? If so yes

[glass granite]

I do

[stark tundra]

Warlock is a class in DND they're a spell caster

[fringe forge]

Boy, I’m getting more confused by the second I must sound like an idiot

[pine garnet]

I just made a Foundry account and uh…not sure where’ to go now

[stark tundra]

To be specific they're called the sugar daddy class

[vapid scroll]

Just to be clear, are the Dragonmarks AL-legal even outside of Eberron scenarios?

[glass granite]

They’re a dnd class. They get their power from a powerful “patron”, such as a fiend, celestial, or eldritch abomination (Great Old One)

[fringe forge]

OK, could someone explain what a beholder is cause I 3-D printed one cause it looks like it would be fun to paint

[glass granite]

Nah you just sound new. I do recommend you read the Free Basic Rules tho, just the chapters Playing The Game and Character Creation

[pine garnet]

Any places recommended to find games?

[fringe forge]

I will read them if I can remember to I may forget

[loud tendon]

#find-a-game will tell you how our looking for channels work

[stark tundra]

Kato may I dm

[pine garnet]

#find-a-game

[empty thicket]

"hey, you can do this, i trust on you", proceed to nail i perfectly with my moral support

[fringe forge]

I don’t mind

[winter knot]

Beholders are malice and arrogance made flesh. Floating orbs of eyes and cruelty whose eye rays can paralyze a man or send him running to his wetnurse. That’s if they survive. Or so the legends say.

[fringe forge]

That’s awesome

Love that sign me up

[fringe forge]

Yeah, sure

I think everybody just left the chat or something ???

[glass granite]

Still here

[stark tundra]

It has its ups and downs of being busy

[glass granite]

I was in #character-discussion

[fringe forge]

people Yay

[severe rampart]

I'm just waiting for a topic I like to be brought up

[fringe forge]

Anyway, the truth is I tried Warhammer and I felt like I was painting the same thing over and over again and I need something new to do so I figured I would try DND plus the beholder looks like it would be fun to paint

[stark tundra]

I'm just building my homebrew

[glass granite]

Hi just building my homebrew, I’m Nugget

[severe rampart]

I was waiting for you

[glass granite]

Makes sense

[fringe forge]

I wonder can you send photos in this chat?

[severe rampart]

You cannot

[stark tundra]

Hi nugget I'm becoming senator Armstrong

Nano machines son

[severe rampart]

You can however go to the art channels, and post there

[glass granite]

Nope

[fringe forge]

That’s too bad I thought you could I was gonna send a photo of the beholder 3-D printed see what people thought and if it was a good mini

[glass granite]

But #dnd-arts-and-crafts is made for that
Send it there

[severe rampart]

Go to #dnd-arts-and-crafts

[severe rampart]

Guess I just... Echo'ed your words

[glass granite]

Helll yeahhhh

[fringe forge]

I’m guessing that’s supposed to be a joke

[glass granite]

It is

[fringe forge]

This is random, but can I make my cat a character?

[severe rampart]

As a playable character? No, as your character's pet? Probably

[fringe forge]

Keep saying frog miniatures what is that?

Seeing

[naive cedar]

make a wizard with a cat familiar

[severe rampart]

You can however play a druid and use wildshape to turn into a feline, if I'm not wrong

[stark tundra]

Or you could play a tabaxi

[fringe forge]

Wow, this is getting weirder

[stark tundra]

Which are similar to kajiht if you play elder scrolls

[blissful ibex]

yep, cat is a cr0 beast

[severe rampart]

Should be Cr30

[stark tundra]

Basically yes and no they're are ways to do it but you can't play as a cat

[blissful ibex]

also a very solid form for early game to get into places and move around and such

[fringe forge]

what are their purpose? Owl bear

[glass granite]

Either you can turn into your cat, or you can make your cat more humanoid

[hidden spindle]

Cat player? Yes. Roll some dice to generate a character

[blissful ibex]

awakened cat pc

or just roll up a tabaxi, they're the cat species

[severe rampart]

Please do not do the latter

[glass granite]

It’s just a tabaxi

[fringe forge]

I’ll try

[blissful ibex]

my sibling made a tabaxi taht was an experimented on stray cat made humanoid by a wizard trying to save on labor costs

[fringe forge]

That sounds terrifying

[blissful ibex]

ikr

[severe rampart]

Yeah but why a cat, why pick one of the most stubborn things in existence

[fringe forge]

Cause I like my cat

[blissful ibex]

it's what the wizard had on hand

[fringe forge]

I don’t know could be a frog or an owl bear Really wish someone would explain those

[blissful ibex]

a frog is a frog? an owlbear is more a moon druid thing as it is higher level

[fringe forge]

What?

[severe rampart]

An owl bear is something like a bear with owl features

[past cedar]

plot: lost

[blissful ibex]

druid can turn into animals
many casters can have magic pets that give bonuses

[severe rampart]

The body of a bear, with the head being an owl

[blissful ibex]

an owlbear is a certain type of monster that ... this

[cerulean monolith]

no druid can wild shape into an owlbear

[blissful ibex]

you're right, it's a monstrosity >.>

WotC give us cool druids that can turn into plants and elementals and maybe monstrosities again

[fringe forge]

Sounds like a fun one

[cerulean monolith]

You can check out this link to see the most recent owlbear art.
https://www.dndbeyond.com/avatars/thumbnails/47139/138/1000/1000/638741964495949233.jpeg

[blissful ibex]

when dndbeyond is back up , been issues with it for a hot minute

[cerulean monolith]

given that im currently accessing it... right now

[blissful ibex]

you're good then, it's a regional outage

[severe rampart]

It's a problem for others, and okay for the rest

[cerulean monolith]

Actually, things are pretty slow but I can't tell if that's just my local internet haha

Once it loads I can connect without issue so I reckon it's just local. No beholders spotted

[severe rampart]

My group's just been waiting for the first session, and I've been going insane playing wordle in the VC everyday

[blissful ibex]

I had one earlier

[fringe forge]

I have to take stuff off the 3-D printer bed I have an executioner mini that just finished printing.

[severe rampart]

Scheduling, my biggest enemy

[rugged hawk]

This is largely why I don't play D&D with others unless it's through NWN servers or DDO.

I don't mind, though, since I can take things at my own pace as my own DM

[blissful ibex]

online AL is nice for getting some quick games likely to fire at least

[fringe forge]

What is everybody have a hatred for AI being used in the campaigns? Can someone explain that?

[rugged hawk]

No way, I'm all for it, as long as it's actually productive and not just a corpo tool to grab at profit.

[golden hamlet]

Sure, scheduling can be tricky...but my biggest enemy right now is D&D beyond giving me error "504 Gateway Time-out" when I try to edit my homebrew stuff 😢

[fringe forge]

I haven’t used it to make a campaign yet, but I figured I would because I don’t have time to write this

[glass granite]

Well first of all this server is fairly anti AI

[woeful heart]

guys how do u play dnd

[blissful ibex]

improv and note taking with like a general outline of what you want to move players toward can be a bit easier than a fully planned session if you've the skills for it

[rugged hawk]

Oh right, you just reminded me of AI Dungeon's system

[fringe forge]

I use AI to write it and then I rewrite it

[golden hamlet]

AI = the death of creativity

[blissful ibex]

for the record, AL is Adventurers League; formerly Organized Play

[fringe forge]

I don’t agree with that. I think that AI help creativity. At least for me as an artist.

[rugged hawk]

AI's just another tool to make use of.

[fringe forge]

I wouldn’t have produced a single and gotten it published last week if it hadn’t been for AI‘s help with teaching me how to use reverb

[dull fable]

AI is like searching on Google.. just faster

[timid current]

AI ruins creativity

[hidden spindle]

AI is but a tool

[fringe forge]

Some people are just lazy and use it to do everything for them to me AI is just a tool

[timid current]

well, sorry - generative AI that scrapes other people's stuff ruins creativity. that's like saying theft is just a way to buy things

[fringe forge]

AI is like a co-writer or a producer that helps me

[timid current]

there's all kinds of AI that does work as a tool, like spell checks, etc.

[fringe forge]

I still do everything on my own. It just helps move it along.

[dull fable]

if you don't want to create an adventure plot, you can just search the internet for a good one and then reassemble it for your needs... with AI you do it with just few clicks

[timid current]

you don't do everything on your own, if you're using generative AI. I know it's not easy to come to terms with, but it is stealing other peoples' creativity to cut corners on the effort part of creation

and you get to burn the world for the privelege

which is part of why I'm so happy that WOTC doesn't allow posting of AI generated content on this discord server 🙂

[woeful heart]

guys whats the best class to use for ur character if u just started playing dnd

[golden hamlet]

That's what I mean, using it solely

[fringe forge]

I’m done I came here to talk about Dungeons & Dragons not discuss AI

[timid current]

bye!

[hidden spindle]

Fighter, Paladin, or Cleric

[fringe forge]

I’m not leaving the chat

[timid current]

what kind of fantasy are you interested in?

[fringe forge]

I’m just done with the conversation of AI

[golden hamlet]

head to #dnd-newcomers 🙂

[glass granite]

That’s fine, Les move to another topic

[dull fable]

I would use a Paladin, some healings, good fighting, moral lock

[fringe forge]

Anyway, what’s the best mini I could print for my DND stuff?

[woeful heart]

I dont even know how too play yet but google said i needed to make a character

[timid current]

best check #dnd-newcomers then!

[woeful heart]

thank u

[soft inlet]

Is anyone else having issues accessing beyond on their computer?

[timid current]

there's a lot of great stls you can buy from artists on cults3d or similar sites

[fringe forge]

I use bamboo and thingy verse

I’ve bought files before, but when I’m the one who still has to paint it and print it, I prefer to just use free files

[timid current]

yeah, you could comission one of the artists if you want a custom one or buy one you like the look of

I'm sure there's good free ones too

[fringe forge]

Isn’t there some website where you can make your own?

[timid current]

heroforge, but you have to purchase the stls you make

[fringe forge]

How much?

[vale sage]

Good.

[timid current]

I don't know, it's been years since I've bought from them

[dull fable]

titancraft?

[fringe forge]

OK, Walmart to look into that depends on what the price is if it’s like a dollar for my own custom character I’m good but still I’ve been printing some free ones I found they’re pretty nice. I got an execution a traveling stranger and a beholder printed.

[timid current]

I think it was like 18 bucks?

[fringe forge]

Wow, that’s a lot for an STL

[timid current]

I mean it is using a tool they developed, to build out whatever you want so it'll print properly

[vale sage]

Anyone else getting gateway timeouts from DDB?

[timid current]

it's your choice of course

[fringe forge]

Yeah, I think I’ll use the free ones

Well, I’m leaving chat it’s been fun people happy new year

[timid current]

cheers

[severe rampart]

Multiple others have said the same thing here, you're not alone,so I guess you'll just have to wait and see if it resolves

[tall arrow]

Yeah I’ve been getting them all day. Planned a whole campaign yesterday and now we can’t play :/

Hopefully it gets resolved soon!

[golden hamlet]

Yeah, it's a server-side issue. Very annoying. I have subclasses to tweak (significantly) after play-testing

My guess it has something to do with backend stuff and the new year

[vale sage]

Am... am I... going to have to... resort to... physical books?!

-# the horror...

[restive blade]

is anyone having problems with dndbeyond not working

[twilit ginkgo]

I am also unable to open my source books on DDB. My game starts in 50 minutes.

[blissful ibex]

been talk in here of a regional outage

[twilit ginkgo]

This. Is. Bullshit

Regional, so if I open a VPN it will work?

[restive blade]

they are forcing me to... actually READ?!

[hidden spindle]

No problem here. Using the app though

[blissful ibex]

should if you swap to an area outside it

[twilit ginkgo]

I use "Web Highlights" to highlight areas of the books. I can't highlight inside the app. I need the damn website to work.

[golden hamlet]

yeah the app works it's just slow

[hushed rune]

Did yall watch the STRANGER THINGS FINALE.?

[golden hamlet]

I've never watched that series

[hushed rune]

Fair.

[hidden spindle]

Watched. Yeah.
Finished. Not yet

[twilit ginkgo]

Welcome to the fallacy of buying digital content. The servers go down you're screwed.

[golden hamlet]

Be that as it may, it is easier to play online with digital content

captain obvious says obvious things lol

[twilit ginkgo]

Like I know the mods and the sysadmins will look at my frustration and roll their eyes.

The truth is this weekly game is a big part of my life. Whatever they did to break this should have been done NOT during prime time.

I work in tech. The number of deployments I do that are deeply inconvenient to my personal life is astounding.

[hidden spindle]

You can own books but not the digital releases

[twilit ginkgo]

It's more than just that. I rely on the Maps VTT and the character sheets. The entire site seems to be having stability issues.

My players live in four different states.

[golden hamlet]

it was working fine before new year's day

[blissful ibex]

be real cool if you could just buy the physical books and they'd send you an online code that works with any of their partnered VTTs but then they couldn't sell you the same product 3 times

[twilit ginkgo]

I am probably going to have to cancel my game tonight.

I hate that I'm so invested in Beyond. I may need to switch to a different system entirely.

[idle oar]

Sometimes technology fails us. Like losing your vehicle's transmission in the middle of North Dakota.

It sucks. But it can be repaired.

[twilit ginkgo]

Here's the best part... They're gaslighting us and saying it's all okay.
https://status.dndbeyond.com/

[timid current]

I wish everyone didn't latch on to "Gaslighting" as a term for anything that may not be accurate

[idle oar]

The services are technically up but experiencing degraded performance - but until the techs diagnose and fix it, not much we can do.

[twilit ginkgo]

I have screenshots of it saying "It's All Operational!"

[timid current]

an automated system not working properly isn't gaslighting lmao. there isn't some devious WOTC employee pressing the "Green" button

[hidden spindle]

I'm just ready for the year ahead of us and more SAC

[timid current]

take a deep breath it's technical issues lol

[blissful ibex]

"We're sorry; your vehicle has lost its connection to our servers and we cannot verify the status of your 'working breaks' subscrption. Please try again later~."

[twilit ginkgo]

Dave... It's not automated. I have worked on the other side of this. It's updated manually.

[vale sage]

Could this be another AWS thing?

[timid current]

no it's definitely gaslighting

[idle oar]

I don't think it's specifically AWS issues but they could play a part in it.

[timid current]

they're lying to us! because it will make them more money somehow!

[idle oar]

But again, until the techs look into it and resolve it, not much we can do. It sucks. But that's where we're at.

[blissful ibex]

could be the host, could be their DNS provider, could be the server farm everything is housed at, could be some issue in the wider internet somewhere, any number of things really

[timid current]

stuff happening on national holidays is usually not fixed immediately especially when it's not critical infrastructure

[golden hamlet]

I'm just wondering if it has to due with the new year and the change that brings to the time

[livid owl]

it's y2k all over again!!!

[idle oar]

Interesting theory but until the techs dig into it we really don't know the cause nor can the moderation team fix it for you.

[vagrant quartz]

Oh right that thing happend

[twilit ginkgo]

It's a 504 gateway timeout. It's not mystical. The servers are just straight up not responding.

[blissful ibex]

we got another like 12 years for that at least, unix time apocolypse isn't until 2038

[still plover]

Someone needs to wake up the hamster.

[vagrant quartz]

The hamster ?

[timid current]

and the most important thing is that they're gaslighting you, lying to squeeze profit out of you being unable to buy things on their platform

[still plover]

Traditional power source for servers.

[golden hamlet]

yes, boo is working overtime

[twilit ginkgo]

No, but they are lying to cover their incompetence. There's a difference between those things. There's not even an acknowledgement from anyone official that this is happening.

[vale sage]

The Hampocalolypse is upon us! Long live the Hamster Revolution!

[delicate owl]

What's happening?

[blissful ibex]

gotta get buff so Minsk can throw him at some poor unsuspecting planeswalker

[timid current]

I meant here are literally wotc employees here in the discord who have acknowledged it haha

[vagrant quartz]

Guys, I wanted to share a cool fact

[twilit ginkgo]

I would be dramatically less angry if they acknowledged the problem and told us what's currently happening to fix it.

[delicate owl]

Also, they keep a Behir locked up instead of a hamster

[blissful ibex]

dndbeyond servers are wonky atm

[vale sage]

The Hamsters are revolting. Refusing to work for the bourgeoisie capitalist imperialist tech oligarchs.

[golden hamlet]

mostly not responding

[severe rampart]

Y2k is happening all over again

[vagrant quartz]

My dm is letting me use UA unearthly chorus to play my fav songs canonically into our campaign, I low-key whould sacrifice a kidney for him

[timid current]

definitely need to bring people in on a national holiday to issue a statement

[delicate owl]

Might be adding a big update, something to do with you know, announcements for upincoming stuff?

Idk, I'm using hte site and its completely fine for me

[severe rampart]

It's a regional thing

[twilit ginkgo]

Lot's of us work on holidays.

[vagrant quartz]

@twilit ginkgo @severe rampart bard brethren

[cosmic roost]

No pings, please :pray:

If you see someone with “No Pings” in their name, please don’t @ that user. If you Reply to them, please turn the alert @OFF, and if you forget, a simple apology is appreciated. Thank you!

[severe rampart]

Dyno seems to be on a break as well

[blissful ibex]

c'mon early Dark Sun release date

[delicate owl]

Ah regional updates then, most likely going to have some sort of new stuff to post dates for after the start of the new year. We shall see! Won't take too long I imagine, plus I mean, doubt they are wanting to disrupt everyone on purpose lol

[timid current]

dyno's working fine 🙂

[severe rampart]

Thank you Dyno, appreciate it

[delicate owl]

Psion is expected to be my 2nd favorite class, so I'd like that

[idle oar]

Please be mindful of server rules and avoid inflammatory statements like this. There's a tech issue. It's impacting your game. We understand the frustration but we literally can't do anything until the techs fix it.

[blissful ibex]

Circle of Preservation druid is my ideal druid

[vale sage]

Oh... hey, I just realised... is anyone who is experiencing this issue from a region that has age restriction laws coming into effect?

[vagrant quartz]

Dyno runs on hamsters with haste casted on them

[vale sage]

I'm in Aus so, that's me.

[severe rampart]

Thought you were talking about the UK, mate

[vale sage]

Aus and UK both.

[severe rampart]

I'm in Asia and it's working perfectly fine for me

[golden hamlet]

DDK I updated my stuff right away so I don't think that's it. it's a theory tho

[delicate owl]

that is one I hoped they changed, cause I don't want Twilight Domain Druid personally, Druid needs some love rn, especially because they have no 2024 legendary items they can use besides a rod of resurrection.

Or.. any legendary items actually lol

[vale sage]

I updated as well but still kept getting the message telling me to update.

[golden hamlet]

Gosh "casted"...it's just "cast" people!

[hidden spindle]

I like Moon Druid. Just doubling down on a Class feature is so nice.

Though my favorite is Spores for Animate Dead

[vagrant quartz]

Okey my cat is beeing stupid

[severe rampart]

Common lingo mistake

[blissful ibex]

sadly, moon druid is my least favorite druid

[vagrant quartz]

What if cast meant the thing for broken bones all along

[golden hamlet]

Algiz orange cat?

[hidden spindle]

To each their own! Cheers!

[delicate owl]

Can someone here convince me that Land Druid is a good subclass? Please? Cause like, it feels so sub-par compared to the other subclasses, mostly due to the short lived wild shape alternative that feels so very small.

[sonic quiver]

I posted that we were aware of the site issues and that the team was working to address and resolve them in #ddb-support. There are no site team members here to address your issues further. How else can I help you at this stage?

[blissful ibex]

I like it though, some nice temp hp, a bit of damage and slows, and some other interesting buffs like con saves and curing status effects

[vagrant quartz]

Wanna see?

[golden hamlet]

Land Druid is great in an exploration based campaign

[valid geyser]

they get good spells. It's probably better than circle of the seas for its level 6

[still plover]

Yeah, if you've done it already don't worry. The message is automatic.

[blissful ibex]

also really like the lesser/greater restoration focus

[hidden spindle]

'24 Land Druid is good! Once a day free casting! Yes please.

Plus, its available in SRD

[stoic obsidian]

What the funniest mass suggestion or suggestion have you guys done?

[blissful ibex]

and like, bless and sanctuary are both really nice

[severe rampart]

Oh my, it's like the amount of people in general grew three sizes

[blissful ibex]

some of the later spells are kinda meh though

[severe rampart]

I have not played a game as of yet, I am going insane

[stoic obsidian]

Or you under suggestion, that is “don’t play dnd until you are truly insane”

[severe rampart]

There's also a one-shot that's currently not guaranteed to happen but MIGHT happen, and I am clinging to that copium

[blissful ibex]

haven't gotten to cast either yet >.>

[stoic obsidian]

Me neither

[severe rampart]

I'm pretty sure the first campaign is designed to turn players insane

[golden hamlet]

not funniest, but most epic: telling a young red dragon to leave its lair and not come after us

[hidden spindle]

Out of principle, I steer away from Spells of Enchantment School.

That's next to Ranged Spell Attacks

[twilit ginkgo]

Ah, I finally found that. Looks like you posted that a little over two hours ago. So the team has known for a minimum of two hours and the status page still says everything is okie-dokie.

...And I'm being called out for being "inflamatory" for saying they're intentionally misrepresenting the situation by not updating the status page.

I won't say anything further. Peace.

[stoic obsidian]

I would have said give us your cave and leave to open a candy shop

[golden hamlet]

I don't want that dragon's candy. our definitions might be...different

[timid current]

honestly as someone in critical infrastructure it is hilarious how offended you are about a luxury here my guy. it's new year's day. have some relaxation

[golden hamlet]

and saying something's intentional is a bit of a stretch. even for mr. fantastic

[timid current]

[vagrant quartz]

I'm in my cozy mood

[delicate owl]

And this is why people say to take things in moderation! Or else it'll ruin your mood when you don't get it seemingly.

Anywho, can't wait for Psion!

[vagrant quartz]

Fluffy cat warm house under a blankie, I might just make myself a cup of hot chocolate

[delicate owl]

Though I hope Defiler Sorc got a nice little update to it, since it felt a bit lackluster trying to make their abilities work without pumping out a ton of sorc points to maintain temp hp.

[blissful ibex]

just want preservation druid and for it to be AL leagal for the FR campaign

[vagrant quartz]

Ah right, how does someone aquire a magic infused tattoo?

[blissful ibex]

finding one in your adventurers or buying one if allowed by your dm

[golden hamlet]

Your GM gives it to you 😉

[stoic haven]

Hey, is DDB down rn?

[hidden spindle]

At the magic tattoo shop

[vagrant quartz]

Does the dm just have "gandalf the magical tattoo artist"

[golden hamlet]

yeah they're aware of it Hermes

[sonic quiver]

i'm making an announcement about that presently. for now, you can see what's up on the status page: https://status.dndbeyond.com/

[blissful ibex]

They're magic needles that you press to your skin and they melt into/form the tatoo as you attune to them

[vagrant quartz]

Ah so basically just jam a needle in my arm for a couple hours and then I'm good to go?

Thats cool

[remote wadi]

So, Poisoner seems like a pretty good feat, looking at it

[glass granite]

It’s…aight

[remote wadi]

Just hope there's a way to overcome poison immunities too

Is there a way to overcome an immunity?

[glass granite]

Very cool thematically, which is why I’m gonna use it on my mercy monk that uses syringes. But it’s aight

[golden hamlet]

Not unless a feature explicitly says so

[remote wadi]

Nothing like magic items that can do that?

[glass granite]

Tis the problem. The bigger issue is poison immunity, not resistance. And immunity is EXTREMELY hard to overcome.

[potent siren]

Ik there are ways to ignore resistance, but immunities are much harder to tackle

[blissful ibex]

and poision is a reletively common one

[golden hamlet]

That's why spells are so diverse. and there's force damage

[remote wadi]

Yeah, I kind of figured. The upside of Poisoner was mostly "If it's Neutral or resistant, no problem. If it's immune, it's likely undead and I stick close to Paladin"

Like, even if undead is common in CoS, then I'm sure there's plenty of human enemies to attack

[golden hamlet]

That's why I have this feature for my homebrew subclass that specializes in specific damage types (wizard), such as Poison:
"Trigger: When one of your Spells deals one of your Chosen Element’s damage types to a creature. Response: You can immediately take an Action, Bonus Action, or Reaction to ignore that creature’s Resistance to that damage type for this instance of damage. If the creature has Immunity to that damage type, you can change that damage type to Force damage for this instance of damage instead."

[remote wadi]

Heck, after some time in tier 2, I can probably come across a musket and silvered ammunition, at least

[blissful ibex]

5e 2024 has the ranged weapons be silvered instead of hte ammunition

but also silvered weapons are a distinct item now and not an add on property

[remote wadi]

Ranger is currently in 2014 campaign

[vapid sluice]

Hi, dunno if this is the right place to ask but does anyone have links to specific picrews they like to use for DND characters?

[rugged hawk]

My human cultist of a local beholder was a specialist in Enchantment. As the beholder's public face, she was a well-treated minion despite being under mind control herself (not that she minded), and readily plied her magics for the cult's aims on those whom could be of benefit, such as traders and minor political figures.