dnd-discussion

[spring light]

have you ever played before?

[woeful glade]

No im new to it

[hollow lance]

theres an official one just google "dnd character sheet" and go to the one that says "media.wizards.com" thats a pdf

[spring light]

i recommend finding a game and playing! Check out #find-a-game

[glossy narwhal]

I believe artificers can make bombs if I can remember correctly

[uncut zenith]

A cleric’s role is typically dictated by their subclass. Like a war cleric is more likely gonna be a martial while a life cleric is typically gonna lean into healing

[woeful glade]

Ill go do a character sheet first

[hollow lance]

well artificers can make ANYTHING if your dm is cool enough about it

funny enough the only class that can actually make bombs raw is creation bards since they can make the firearms from the dmg which incldues grenades

[spring light]

my recommendation is to make a character who's specifically for a game, rather than making a character and trying to fit them into a game

[woeful glade]

Do i have to do EVERYTHING on the character sheet?

[spring light]

are you using d&d beyond?

[woeful glade]

No wizards of the coast

Luna said do that

[glossy narwhal]

Mine is. So I have him make firebombs lmao. But he's also a Bladesinger. I read into it and it's a very potent multiclass

[woeful glade]

In luna i trust

[spring light]

d&d beyond is the official place to get d&d content, and has a built in sheet builder.

[karmic pendant]

Dndbeyond is a character sheet website/app

[woeful glade]

Oh ok

[hollow lance]

yeah that is also a great option

[uncut zenith]

Yeah, I typically recommend building a character after finding a campaign an not before

[hollow lance]

I just really like the pdf since I dont really like dndbeyond for personal reasons

[spring light]

ultimately, yes. You'll want to essentially fill out everything.

[uncut zenith]

Building a character for fun is fine, but if I’m looking to join a campaign, I wanna build a character that fits the campaign and party

[spring light]

walled garden, huh?

[hollow lance]

unironically the jocat character sheet video is a great way to learn how to read it

[spring light]

jocat is good, no doubt

[hollow lance]

jocat is so good when you dont got someone in your ear telling you he's corny for loving women that much

[woeful glade]

I gtg see yall later youve been a big help

Especially name the GM

[glossy narwhal]

My character is more chaotic good than anything, because him having the penchant for setting things on fire and blowing up stuff is part of the comic relief that comes with the character

[ancient mantle]

Guys im new at D&D so are my group of friends. We are thinking of starting to play and I am wondering if it would be good if i am the Dungeon Master even though I haven't played yet. I've read the basic rule book and will start reading the Dungeon Master's Guide book for pointers.

[spring light]

a lot of creators are good, and a lot have haters.

[spring light]

you got this! have fun!

[hollow lance]

I started as a dm for the love of god dont, it will make everything so much harder, just find someone to dm for you please or just someone to co-dm to make sure everything goes well

[spring light]

strong recommendation to try out some games as a player first, and/or watch some live plays

[still plover]

Go for it!

[minor cargo]

You can definitely start playing D&D as the DM! It's not required to be a player first, though some people will say otherwise.

Sounds like you've already set yourself up by doing your reading etc.

Anything we can help with? There is more to do as a DM when it comes to playing the game, but again, it's definitely doable.

[spring light]

?newdm

no? hm

[coarse ravine]

I think most players that dont try to be problem players. Try not to be problematic or say anything about necromancers. I mean personally im not a fan of having undead within our camp or party just weird. I understand maybe not everyone can love nature like me... however I think we can all agree to not love death and zombies. Just a weird party concept with necromancers in general.

[minor cargo]

Might be only active in #dnd-newcomers ?

[spring light]

eh?

[worn lagoon]

huh...?

[coarse ravine]

Was referring to you saying "build a character that fits your table"

[spring light]

i'm still a bit lost

[worn lagoon]

" I think we can all agree to not love death and zombies" was the part that confused me a bit, why wouldn't we like having zombies at our disposal?

[spring light]

the smell, and appearance? and maybe moral implications?

[worn lagoon]

i mean sure, a good-aligned cleric of like, lathander might strongly disapprove

[glossy narwhal]

I'm confused

[ancient mantle]

Okay so i have been thinking of watching some gameplays on YouTube, i will do that. I will try and find a DM who would be available for a gameplay and i will learn on the go (tried getting people but they dont reply)

[worn lagoon]

that's the more party-specific side of things, you might piss off the ancients paladin and the good cleric, but not everyone

[hollow stone]

zombies have a tendency to not be repairable

[ancient mantle]

Thanks to all with your recommendations! Really appreciate it!

[spring light]

yes, hence: make something that fits your table

[worn lagoon]

yeah, but in that message it read like it was something that applied to all tables, so i was a bit lost

[spring light]

...making a character who fits a table? that ... should?

[glossy narwhal]

Set them on fire

[worn lagoon]

no, the part that i explicitly quoted

[spring light]

did i say something about zombies?

[worn lagoon]

druid did, i was responding to them

[still plover]

That was Drunk. Don't worry about it, let's move on.

[ancient mantle]

Guys another question. How was your first gameplay of D&D?

[hollow stone]

i mean you could but why not have a Druid that uses their Conjure Animals to summon a boar that they light on fire and send at someone?

[spring light]

it was way back in like.... 1992? i played an elf who immediately died to a spike pit trap

[hollow stone]

i played a Ranger with Javelins who died to a blank letter full of anthrax.

[still plover]

Daft. But we were all teenagers aside from our teacher running the session, so it was to be expected. Stirges happened at some point.

[worn lagoon]

low-level bladesinger wizard who rolled so well he ended up doing 80% of the party's damage while everyone else kept rolling terrible on their attack rolls.

[glossy narwhal]

My character doesn't work that way. He'll set any enemy on fire because he's just that crazy.

[spring light]

i thought "sturgis" and was like "your party went to a biker rally?"

[still plover]

Heh. Those mosquito like things, nasty little beasts.

[spring light]

yuh

[hollow stone]

a boar is perfectly fitting, then! most animals have a fight, flight, or freeze response, but boars only have fight! people put crossguards on spears because a boar would rather make its current impalement worse if it means it gets to charge you rather than run away!

[glossy narwhal]

Except my character is a Bladesinger/Artificer multiclass

[worn lagoon]

i'm not sure if setting a poor boar on fire is more morally acceptable than raising a zombie

[hollow stone]

a boar will charge through your spear if it means it gets to rip you in half!

[coarse ravine]

As a druid I like to save things that haven't yet started decaying. However if it has already began decaying. Allow the spores to do their job in world. I played full spores druid and didn't get undead. Im just personally not a fan of necromancers. I personally believe they should be bad guys and not apart of good party's. Even when I dont play druid or paladin or cleric I still dont like them. I never say anything I always let the wizard do their things. But im just personally not a fan. So within this I am claiming @spring light is right in saying before making a character. Find the table and see what's allowed and what is frowned upon etc.

[hollow stone]

don't worry, boars are anything but poor. they're an invasive species to pretty much any given environment because it's really difficult to make a creature that aggressive into prey

if a random pig or two can escape from its farm, their new young will be boars, who will then devastate the local ecosystem because boars are huge

[glossy narwhal]

Like the boar spear. Yeah. I know. I watch a lot of Forged In Fire. That's how I learn about all the different kinds of weapons the finalists make and why they were designed the way they were.

[spring light]

And as a player, this would be excellent to bring up at session 0 and work out with everybody.

[hollow stone]

now i wanna make a pig/boar themed barbarian

[worn lagoon]

yeah, i interpreted the part of the message i quoted to be an universal claim that "we all agree on this" when it was a really table-specific thing, so this makes sense.

personally i do like them, among my existing characters my wizard would be thrilled that you can raise the dead, my sorcerer would be envious that he can't and the oathbreaker would congratulate you on no longer letting things like ethical implications keep you from using darker methods as what he views them to be: "a tool like everything else"

[glossy narwhal]

For some reason I want my character to wield a Xiphos style blade

[spring light]

as a dm, i have no strong feelings about what my players want to play - as long as everyone can agree and have fun together.

no intentionally antagonistic against other pc character though, i'm a meanie and that's where i draw my line

[hollow stone]

i have a DM who's said "now if you want to play an Aarakocra, i won't stop you, but you should know I hate birds."

[spring light]

eyeroll

[worn lagoon]

i actually don't see myself playing a good-aligned cleric/paladin or druid anytime soon, idk, not my type of character. my tastes are closer to "power-hungry magician", which i guess is relatively common

[soft hare]

Hey chat what are the rules on the 100 sided dice?
Is it very similar to the 20?

[worn lagoon]

my wizard ended up arguing a lot with our paladin for that reason, he was very cold and ruthless

[spring light]

roll 2d10

[soft hare]

With my luck
I would roll a nat 1 99% of the time

[spring light]

ideally your dice set will have "percentile dice" which is a d10 and a second d10 that goes by 10s

[spring light]

in a lot of games that focus on rolling a d100, you want to "roll under" so a nat 1 would be good

[soft hare]

Isn't 20 and 100 supposed to be the best numbers in dnd?

[spring light]

there aren't a lot of 100s rolled in dnd

[glossy narwhal]

Speaking of which, are Xiphos style swords allowed in D&D?

[worn lagoon]

if you are rolling a d100 you are probably selecting something from a table

like wild magic, or reincarnate race

at least that's the impression i'm under

[soft hare]

I Bet my shiny metal @#$ I would get the worst roll

[worn lagoon]

everyone feels that often, i rolled 9 nat1s in a row last night when i dmed

[soft hare]

Daaaaaaaaaaamn

[lusty kelp]

DMs can use d100 when randomizing magic items from a table - That is probably the most common use case

[still plover]

Image search... looks like a shortsword from here. Sure, go for it.

[worn lagoon]

my warlock kobold picked up something fruit-like that he really shouldn't eat and when he does, he'll have wild magic surges for days. that's when i'm using the d100 next.

[glossy narwhal]

It's a sword that was used by the ancient Greeks. It's light, quick, and incredibly deadly

Or even a Gladius. It's very similar to the Greek Xiphos, but it has a more aggressive design

[hollow stone]

we got Longswords, Shortswords, Rapiers, Scimitars, and Greatswords that can be reflavored into any sword you'd like

[worn lagoon]

i see no reason why not

i'd particularly favor something greek for a leonin pc

[still plover]

Cool! My gladiator Mani has a flail with the striking head shaped like a skull.

Anyone else got cool weapons?

[ancient mantle]

I see you guys speak of nat… whats that?

[glossy narwhal]

Gladiators and legionaires used the Gladius, with Gladiator being the sword's namesake. Like i said, its design is very similar to the Greek Xiphos, but it has a more aggressive design

[lusty kelp]

flamberge, my beloved.

[still plover]

Natural 1 or 20, abbreviated as Nat 1 (or Nat 20) is when that big ol' randomiser shows that number on the roll.

[ancient mantle]

Oh thanks

Wait i can create my own weapon?

[glad arch]

Reflavor an existing weapon as one

[still plover]

They're important because on an attack roll a 1 always misses and a 20 is a critical hit, regardless of modifiers.

[worn lagoon]

last night, one of my (3) bards ignored this kobold who said the sword in the stone was a prop his master enchanted to pull a prank on his friend later. they were in a cellar with a bat infestation, and pulling out the sword made a massive fart sound, which attracted a few small bats and a giant one they had to fight

the sword is a 1d4 bludgeoning wooden sword enchanted with the fart boom that adds a 1d8 thunder to it

[glad arch]

Nat 1 or nat 20 also make the distinction between getting a 20 with modifiers, or a 1

[still plover]

Ooh, can you describe it?

[ancient mantle]

Stupid question: How do i do that?

[hollow stone]

i have a Rogue with a shortbow that uses screws and a helix system to collapse into a tiny little pocketable geometry and string, and her other weapon is a reflavored dagger that's essentially a gauntlet with a Katar on it, which is bound to a spring system to make it concealable

[still plover]

Punchy.

[worn lagoon]

i have no idea what to call that fart sword, but it got the point across that the wizard owning the cellar was the least serious person ever

[glad arch]

Pick weapon you want it to be
Decide which weapon mechanically fits that weapon
Get dm approval
Congrats your weapon is now in game

[ancient mantle]

Oh thats it?

[hollow stone]

tbf if you aren't making any mechanical changes you might not even need to ask the DM

[glad arch]

Yep

[glad arch]

Probably, but never hurts. Weapons are quite a central piece of a characters combat

[lusty kelp]

also known as a flame blade or a wave blade. It comes in one handed and two handed varieties. Its called such because the blade itself isn't straight, but a has a wave pattern (~~~>) going along it's length. The reason for this design is open to debate, but the leading two theories is because it makes wounds that bleed more, and that its really good at parrying spears, negating their reach advantage.

[glad arch]

Maybe the weapon you want it to look like doesnt fit the setting or the dm disagrees on what weapon youre picking mechanically

[worn lagoon]

yuh

[still plover]

Ah, that one. Neat!

[glossy narwhal]

I've seen it in Forged In Fire

[glossy narwhal]

Pretty neat. But my favorite swords are the Katana, Khopis, Falchion, Viking Sword, Crusader Sword, Khopesh, Xiphos and Gladius. Scimitars are pretty neat too

[worn lagoon]

wait nvm they can read that here

[burnt valley]

cast find greater table

[worn lagoon]

that dm could very well do a 10 year timeskip and suddenly your pc is in their deathbed from age

[sterile cairn]

Best spell in the game

[umbral girder]

“You find one made of Mahogany, that will be a few thousand dollars.”

[glad arch]

Attacks that knock you prone while flying is gonna kick your ass

[sterile cairn]

-# dammit

[glad arch]

I never beat the spell save sadly /j

[sterile cairn]

😔

[worn lagoon]

i love my current table, i only wish they were more observant but i'm sure they'll get there

[umbral girder]

Aarakocra players wanting to fly, until they realize the Dungeons have a ceiling.

[glad arch]

Just needs to be like 15-20 feet high to stay out of melee

[coarse ravine]

Or a very simple ghost encounter charisma save

[glossy narwhal]

Oh and my other favorite bladed weapon - the glaive

[sterile cairn]

You just break the ceiling, if it’s a building ur in the air, if ur underground then you cause a cave in! And who doesn’t love a cave in! :3

[glossy narwhal]

The spear has nothing on a glaive. Change my mind.

[umbral girder]

“You break the ceiling causing Rocks to fall and you to die.”

[sterile cairn]

-# but it was funny :3

[glad arch]

Truly getting to fly high now

[coarse ravine]

Yeah all of the sudden everything is in caves at max 30 foot ceilings

[delicate roost]

If players flying just out of melee range is a problem, just give enemies crossbows?

[umbral girder]

looks at average 10ft high ceiling

[sterile cairn]

-# breaks ceiling again

[umbral girder]

The places with a higher ceiling usually have creatures who can also Fly

[sterile cairn]

Stunning strike :3

[glossy narwhal]

Crossbows suck. Unless of course you're able to make a repeating crossbow like in Terraria, then that's a different story

[coarse ravine]

Its not as easy as you make it seem if you've read the monster manual. Simply flying can negate 1400+ monsters. Flying is incredibly useful in dnd

Raw^ now i agree give 90% of monsters ranged options

[burnt valley]

darn

[sterile cairn]

I need to do that in my game honestly

[umbral girder]

Many of them have high saves, legendary resistances, and are half the name of the game.

[glossy narwhal]

I just had a thought

[burnt valley]

depends on the height of the ceiling tbh, melee is lul after like 20+ ft

[coarse ravine]

Not necessarily

[sterile cairn]

pre rolls death saves
“It was fun while it lasted”

[glossy narwhal]

Is it possible to create an arcane assassin type character? Like my character in Skyrim?

[coarse ravine]

Large monster is 10 foot tall. If they also have a 10 foot reach they can get you

[burnt valley]

how

[sterile cairn]

Most probably

[coarse ravine]

Thats why I never understood dms who would fly 10 feet above the ground saying I couldn't reach them with a sword lol

[delicate roost]

as a DM if flying is a huge issue with your players, theres little minor ways to handle it as well. Perhaps requiring more rests after combat or ration consumption has to go up due to expending so much energy during combat

[burnt valley]

To add to nealen's statement, melee lul

[coarse ravine]

Some monsters have 15 foot reach

If you are huge I think thats 20 feet tall? Gargantuan can be even taller

[keen kestrel]

Arcane trickster, or if you’re talking conjuration daggers, soulknife

[burnt valley]

Fair enough

[keen kestrel]

You can also do a multiclass like rogue assassin/wizard conjuration

[glossy narwhal]

My arcane assassin has the invisibility spell, bound dagger (basically conjures up a dagger made of magical energy), bound bow is pretty much the same

[stuck mango]

Legends of avantris and CR really made me wanna play DND

[keen kestrel]

Probably arcane trickster then, just flavor a magic bow as being a bound bow

[worn lagoon]

arcane tricksters

oh i didn't see every single other response saying the same thing, mb

[sterile cairn]

I’d say go soulknife then find some way of getting invisibility separately (probably via a feat)

[worn lagoon]

doesnt shadowtouched give invis, idr

[sterile cairn]

My memory tells me there is a feat that does, I don’t know which one it is though

[glad arch]

Shadowtouched lets you learn the invisibility spell yeh

Once per long rest though

[worn lagoon]

it says invis + one lv1 spell, i'm so smart

[tulip plinth]

Hello? I'm new to DND and I need help?

[lusty kelp]

yeah, a level 1 spell from necromancy or illusion, and a level 2 invisibility.

[worn lagoon]

you'd need to get lv2 spell slots from somewhere, so a weird wonky multiclass

[tulip plinth]

Hello?

[worn lagoon]

probably not very preferable

[lusty kelp]

you can cast them each once withotu spending a spell slot

[sterile cairn]

Hi!

[worn lagoon]

yeah i mean to cast more

[tulip plinth]

I need help with certain things cause I'm new to DND

[sterile cairn]

Have +5 in dex then expertise in stealth for an obscenely high stealth mod

[worn lagoon]

it's at least three levels of a full caster to get lv2 spell slots to use shadowtouched's invis more, that's probably not worth it+ at that point that caster most likely has it in their spell list. i wonder if there's another feat that gives invis so you could use it more.

[sterile cairn]

This may not be as good as invisibility but it is infinitely usable

[worn lagoon]

roguelock 💀

[sterile cairn]

Probably go to #dnd-newcomers

[ancient mantle]

Im gonna be honest

Watching Stranger Things made me want to try D&D out soooo badly

I have played a bit of Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance before i have watched ST

[spring light]

a lot of folks got drawn into d&d from that

[ancient mantle]

Can i be an ostrich in D&D?

Wait dont answer that

[sterile cairn]

casts true polymorph
plays a druid
asks the dm reeeeeaaaallly nicely

[spring light]

it depends on how flexible your dm is with "flavor" but there is a bird race, aarocokra

[ancient mantle]

I dont understand😭

[spring light]

there's 3rds party content; humblewood, which can definitely have an ostrich

[worn lagoon]

i got drawn in by bg3, which is also common

[spring light]

another big draw. Critical Role also draws a lot.

[glossy narwhal]

Illusion would be the more appropriate path. I have no interest in necromancy

[ancient mantle]

I have read a book of R.A Salvatore before… never finished it

[spring light]

he's saying "use the spell true polymorph"
or "be a druid and use wildshape"

[ancient mantle]

Oh cool

[spring light]

or she. or them. i don't mean to assume gender.

[sterile cairn]

True polymorph lets you turn various things into creatures, Druids have wild shape so can probably become one

[worn lagoon]

bg3 prepared me for a lot of dnd combat rules, but multiclassing just isn't as good here, which came off as a shock.

[spring light]

multiclassing in 2024 is kind of. . . pants.

[scarlet wadi]

Hi everyone do you know where I can buy miniature painted for 40 $

[sterile cairn]

Im he/him

[worn lagoon]

a lot of things did really. like EB being good. coming from ray of frost damage being extremely easy to quadruple...

[glossy narwhal]

So you can turn a tree into a horse?

[umbral girder]

Usually people put their pronouns in their profile

[sterile cairn]

Yes

[worn lagoon]

yeah, i noticed it's even worse

[sterile cairn]

True polymorph one of the most broken spells in the game, even more so in 2024 tbh because of some wording change

[spring light]

i wouldn't want to play current d&d as a player. . .
but as a dm it's really nice to run

[worn lagoon]

i don't think i could make multiclassing in my table anywhere near as fun in bg3, but i wish i had the creativity to.

[ancient mantle]

Could you be a DM for me and my friend?

[scarlet wadi]

Is the knew starter set good?

[glossy narwhal]

I still am. Because I've been playing for a while.

[umbral girder]

I hear it’s very, very good

[spring light]

yes. also the stranger things set is good, and heros of the borderlands.

[scarlet wadi]

The one whit helfire club

[crimson gulch]

heros of the borderlands is FANTASTIC 10/10 i love running it

[worn lagoon]

a lot of high-level spells just make delaying them awful

[spring light]

and it has such a nice smell

[scarlet wadi]

How much it cost

[sterile cairn]

A few of the uses are:
“Hi BBEG! You’re a rock now! Have fun spending eternity on this random beach!”
“And then I cast true polymorph and become an ancient white dragon”

[ancient mantle]

Its like 1,200 bucks for us

[glossy narwhal]

I have the Stranger Things set lmao. Just because it's Stranger Things

[spring light]

i don't really offer that, have you looked in #find-a-game or on the roll20 website?

[burnt valley]

true polymorph is the one of the best 9th level spells

[ancient mantle]

Not yet

[spring light]

i don't think that's quite right. . .

[crimson gulch]

that sounds like a non doller currency

[umbral girder]

We don’t know their currency. Could be like that

[spring light]

you're probably right, i read "us" as "USD"

[crimson gulch]

pesos?

[ancient mantle]

Im in South Africa its R1200
$1 = R18.70 or something

[crimson gulch]

ah yeah there it is

[spring light]

oh south africa? my favorite youtube d&d guy was from there. but he doesn't make d&d content anymore.

[ancient mantle]

Whos that?

[scarlet wadi]

In europe i think that one dollar is like one euro

[noble basin]

ehhh not exactly

[spring light]

His name is Guy, the channel is How to be a Great GM

[sterile cairn]

There was a very silly change made in 2024 (correct me if I’m wrong) where they removed the rules that:
A: you can’t true polymorph into a construct
and
B: you can’t use legendary actions while polymorphed

[worn lagoon]

one euro is a little more valuable but prices tend to translate 1:1 so things tend to be a little more expensive

[sterile cairn]

is british

[scarlet wadi]

Okey

[burnt valley]

peak and they buffed shapechange

[ancient mantle]

Wait $1 = R16.37 now??

[glossy narwhal]

I know this is kinda random, but can I polymorph an enemy into a penguin?

[scarlet wadi]

I dont know of dnd exsist in europe like in us

[worn lagoon]

yes

[sterile cairn]

Yes

[umbral girder]

Pretty sure the Legendary action part was always a thing

[spring light]

you can certainly try

[ancient mantle]

$1 = £1.17

[scarlet wadi]

Do dnd exist in europe

[sterile cairn]

No in the 2014 MM it specifically said you couldn’t do that

[glossy narwhal]

Would it still try to kill you?

[spring light]

dnd is a global phenomona

[umbral girder]

I don’t see how that contradicts what I said.

[sterile cairn]

I am unsure if they retain their personality or not tbh

[scarlet wadi]

I think that in us there is more dnd club

[sterile cairn]

Oh yeah I worded that badly, my bad

[glossy narwhal]

There's a lot in America. But I can't say I'm in a club per se. It's more of a local group than anything

[crimson gulch]

dnd was made in the USA so it has the biggest hold there for sure, Loads of us here in Canada have been big into it too

[sterile cairn]

Wait no im confused, what did you mean by this?

[sterile cairn]

Here in the uk quite a lot of schools have dnd clubs

[umbral girder]

You do know if something isn’t reprinted it’s still a rule right?

[scarlet wadi]

Ok i didn’t know

[crimson gulch]

things are still rules even if new options got added

[reef tundra]

Dnd exists in Europe

[sterile cairn]

Ohhh yeah ok

[umbral girder]

It’s all 5e after all

[crimson gulch]

an englishman got me into dnd, its big over there for sure

[reef tundra]

It’s big

[glossy narwhal]

I don't know what got me into D&D TBH. I just got into it out of curiosity.

[sterile cairn]

I guess so. So all of the stuff at the start of the 2014 MM applies to 2024 dnd unless it’s specifically changed in the 2024 rules?

[near junco]

Yall know any other online places where I can find a game for me and my gf, we are gmt and minors.

[ancient mantle]

I searched Guy on youtube and found the weirdest stuff

[umbral girder]

Yes that’s all of 5e’s content

[reef tundra]

#find-a-game will give you instructions

[near junco]

No i meant outside of the server, god knows ive spent ages looking in #find-a-game.

[night schooner]

theres r/lfg

[glossy narwhal]

But Stranger Things made me love D&D even more

[night schooner]

also hi nerds

[ancient mantle]

Whats a GM?

[sterile cairn]

Why didn’t they just repeat that whole section again then? Bc of this those who have played 2014 and 2024 will rule true polymorph differently to those who only play 2024

[night schooner]

Game master / Dungeon master

[umbral girder]

Game master. The person who runs the game.

[reef tundra]

There are other servers that have looking for game channels

[ancient mantle]

Oh

[sterile cairn]

👋

[near junco]

Could you gimme them please ?

[scarlet wadi]

I Didnt like the end (NO SPOILER)

[jovial shadow]

If the monster and the stat blocks weren't carried over, then they don't exist. At least at the moment. They can always show up again in another book later.

[glossy narwhal]

Anyone do retro campaigns?

[reef tundra]

Oh I’m not in any, I just know that there are

Wait, there is another server in in with one

[ancient mantle]

Meaning?

[glossy narwhal]

Ik. It felt rushed and incoherent.

[near junco]

Delightful Derek with the MVP performance tho.

[reef tundra]

I’ll just private message it to you

[jovial shadow]

depends on what you mean. Use current stats with an older module. (eg 5e character classes in one designed for AD&D 1e etc.?)

[near junco]

Thank u.

[reef tundra]

(Can’t post links to other servers here)

[glossy narwhal]

Older campaigns like Cult of Vecna

[ancient mantle]

I would join if you are recruiting

[sterile cairn]

Not really what I’m talking about. We were discussing true polymorph, which is kinda nerfed by some rules in the opening section of the 2014 MM, but those rules are absent in the 2024 version

[glossy narwhal]

My friends and i did that to celebrate the first episode of Stranger Things S4.

That was a freaking funny campaign

[scarlet wadi]

In your opinion its beter mike or eddy as a DM

[spring light]

"How to be a Great GM"

[ancient mantle]

QUESTION
Can i create my own monster and add it to my campaign?

[spring light]

yes. look at existing monsters and see if you can just reflavor or reskin one, to start.

[glossy narwhal]

I like Eddie. He was great. He was way more animated. Plus he's funny

[ancient mantle]

Found it

[spring light]

Once you're familiar with monster design, you can 100% homebrew your own monsters.

[sterile cairn]

And if that doesn’t work then use the balancing stuff in the DMG (dungeon masters guide) to make it at least relatively balanced

[spring light]

Remember: increasing hp makes fights longer, not harder.

[jovial shadow]

Oh. Well 5e 2024 in general revised a lot of things, but there is nothing mentioned officially that says, "whatever wasn't changed, is still the rule" either in the 2024 books or in any Crawford interviews last two years. For example that rule on flanking/attacks from the rear are no where to be seen. Just a DM's call

[ancient mantle]

Hes more England than South Africa, can hear it in his accent

[spring light]

he'll now and again mention that he's in south africa

[sterile cairn]

Yeah that’s what I think. The other person thought that the 2014 stuff still applied

[ancient mantle]

Oh okay

[spring light]

if you're serious about wanting to be a dm/gm, i'd really suggest watching his content. i still rewatch videos of his.

[ancient mantle]

I will thanks

[spring light]

Matt Coville is another useful guy to watch

[worn lagoon]

it's not localized everywhere but you can find a dnd table in most countries. it's pretty much everywhere in europe though.

[spring light]

Colville? Coville? i forget which

[ancient mantle]

I will check him out

[spring light]

And Jocat

but jocat is definitely 100% more meme than those other two

[still plover]

Feral goblins hopped up on jungle juice with the charge attack of a boar (https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/4775805-boar) instead of nimble escape? Just a thought.

[sterile cairn]

writing this down

[glossy narwhal]

If my character saw that, he'd just set them all on fire while laughing like a maniac

[spring light]

he can certainly try

[sterile cairn]

An admirable strategy!

One gold star for you my good sir!

[ancient mantle]

Maybe i can build my own DND table? My uncle does woodwork

[sterile cairn]

That would be really cool

[spring light]

eventually, sure. i'd try playing first and see how you like it.

[ancient mantle]

Yeah definitly

[still plover]

Well yes, but that's their default reaction to most things as I gather.

[worn lagoon]

demoted to very elaborate coffee table if you end up not liking it

[sterile cairn]

It’s a good reaction!

[glossy narwhal]

He also tends to go overboard sometimes. Like in the Cult of Vecna campaign when after Vecna crumpled to the ground, he he hit him over the head with a stick he found to see if Vecna was down for good.

[ancient mantle]

Maybe on my first playthrough i should set every npc on fire?

[spring light]

i'd advise against it

[sterile cairn]

very sad dm noises

[worn lagoon]

generally i feel very exhausted as a dm when i have pcs that are murder hobos

[fair plinth]

Maybe not

[ancient mantle]

Ruining the whole story and all quests

[spring light]

so very rarely are there actual murder hobos at my irl table

[glossy narwhal]

My character only sets enemies on fire

[spring light]

that's a good way to get uninvited to the game, tbh

[fair plinth]

Murder hobos make me want to give them a 3 vampires 2 archmages 5 red dragons encounter

[ancient mantle]

🤣

[spring light]

murder hobos make me say: "No, that doesn't happen."

[fading frost]

hi peoples! probably not the best place to go but anyways i would like to start dnd but no clue where to start ive made characters online but ive never done a campaign but would love to! any advice helps

[reef tundra]

Nah, I’d wanna make it personal. A single ridiculously powerful humanoid

[sterile cairn]

Just have an old man with seven gold canaries walk up to them, that’ll teach em not to mess with important npcs
(This is a joke, do not do this unless the party are really annoying)

[glossy narwhal]

Nothing ever happens

[reef tundra]

Although the best choice is just to kick them

No need to escalate it

[worn lagoon]

it's usually with minor npcs in my campaigns, my players saw a kobold in a cute king costume and sneak-attacked it the first thing. i spontaneously invented an enchantment that nullified the hit and cast thunderwave on them. then dialogue ensued and things went nicer than just murder.

[ancient mantle]

Im stil cracking😂

[spring light]

welcoem to the hobby! You're gonna have a lot of fun.
It's good practice to make characters, but it's even better to build a brand new one especially for the campaign you join.

Check out #find-a-game or even the website roll20

[glossy narwhal]

My character will do less violent things with NPCs. Like poke them with a stick.

[worn lagoon]

no mercy, roll save for the thunderwave

[spring light]

the npc is poked.

[sterile cairn]

It’s fine to kill npcs, just don’t be mad if this happens to you some day

[ancient mantle]

"The npc calls the guards"

[worn lagoon]

i didn't think that would be a good enough solution to get my pcs to talk with npcs. i assumed they'd just try attacking again, and in this event i'd tell them to roll initiative

[spring light]

i mean if your character actually WOULD be an idiot and jerk, then yeah sure okay.

[glossy narwhal]

My character sometimes acts like an idiot even though he isn't one

[lusty kelp]

reminds me of a gag dnd thingy on youtube. Assassin was roleplaying getting his assignment, and when the player heard his target was an old man with the gold cannaries... just his face as he realized what was happening OOC but couldn't say anything IC.

[worn lagoon]

the old man with gold canaries

[spring light]

hey it's make believe, we should all feel comfortable to be silly sometimes

[rapid iron]

#find-a-game

[worn lagoon]

oh it's my favorite dreadwyrm

[ancient mantle]

I hear DND is like Skyrim, and can sneak upon a blacksmith and steal all his weapons and gold pieces

[sterile cairn]

That is absolutely peak, was is the old man with the canaries Im thinking of or were they trolling the dnd veterans?

[spring light]

unlikely.

[worn lagoon]

not impossible

[sterile cairn]

you can certainly try

[worn lagoon]

wait, feeding dragons is banned? damn!

[ancient mantle]

Im kidding i saw it in a video "XP to level 3"

[sterile cairn]

blacksmith is a retired level 20 adventurer

[glossy narwhal]

If any game is remotely close to DnD, it's Knights of the Old Republic

[spring light]

good skits

[ancient mantle]

Wait like Star wars?

[worn lagoon]

i am guilty of retired lv20 adventurer in my very first campaign

[glossy narwhal]

It's a Star Wars game

[ancient mantle]

Oh

[lusty kelp]

The skit never made it far enough we saw it, there were distractions on the way with the other PCs meeting up.

[ancient mantle]

Would being in a polygamy be alright?

[spring light]

that'll be a discussion for you, your dm, and your table.

[sterile cairn]

Dang

[ancient mantle]

What about irl?

[rapid iron]

I'm actually looking for a online group 🤷🤷 to start a campaign I'm new to this and newish to the game I've been apart of a couple lol but I use discord ( of course) and DND beyond

[spring light]

this isn't the server to discuss that

[spring light]

check #find-a-game and the website roll20

[sterile cairn]

Probably go to #find-a-game

[ancient mantle]

I thought i could just make someone laugh but obviosuly i failed🤦‍♂️

[rapid iron]

Thank you

[glossy narwhal]

Knights of the Old Republic uses DnD mechanics and stats. It's a pretty fun game, but nearly impossible to find

[worn lagoon]

i have a wizard running an inn in an unusually oversized demiplane, so i guess he works well as a retired lv20

[sterile cairn]

Ok that’s peak

[worn lagoon]

I call it "the last resort", it's a spa + inn for high-level interdimensional travelers and you need a very specific scroll to get in from anywhere

[ancient mantle]

Is lvl 20 the highest level? Or is there no level cap?

[sterile cairn]

In one of my campaigns the party is accompanied by a bound evil from the dawn of time in the form of a talking cat shaped thing called mogget
(Yes this is a book reference)

[abstract beacon]

I was thinking of running Obelix as an in keeper lvl20 retired monk or barbarian I’m not sure yet

[spring light]

without homebrew, level 20 is the cap.

[worn lagoon]

I love that, kitty

[glossy narwhal]

Interdimensional like Rick?

[spring light]

it depends. some dm will share their content

[lusty kelp]

there's rules for playing past level 20, but its mostly just getting more feats at that point. 20 is the effective cap.

[worn lagoon]

yeah sure. like rick.

[spring light]

ah yeah, right right. i forget about that because it's kinda... blah

[worn lagoon]

my party's heading to the abyss and the last resort serves as an extremely safe place to long rest. issue is time passes significantly faster in there, because the wizard's also speedrunning aged wine in the cellar. so staying too long can advance things too much outside.

[sterile cairn]

And as much as they are bound to serve the party, it doesn’t mean they have to be nice, so i get to have fun with sarcasm when roleplaying them

[buoyant oar]

Paragon levels my beloved

[glossy narwhal]

I've done Rick and Morty campaigns before. Pretty wild, broh.

[sterile cairn]

Speedrunning aged wine was not somewhere I thought that would go

[spring light]

i kinda wanna go and grab the rick and morty box

i have the content, it's kinda... meh.
but i do like boxes

[worn lagoon]

it's like, 7 days outside is 1 day here, and 7 months if you go in the basement

wait, no, the inverse?

english is confusing, at times.

[glossy narwhal]

I have both Stranger Things and Rick and Morty. Although I prefer classic DnD because I can be as insane as I want, as long as it's within reason

[buoyant oar]

Boxed sets should make more of a come back besides just tie ins and starter sets.

Give me my dark sun setting guide in a boxed set.

[spring light]

if i want to play as a player, i player pf1e.

[stoic obsidian]

I wonder why people leave this sever after getting a game started?

[sterile cairn]

I get the idea, and am using this as a campaign premise at some point. (Wizard speedruns aged wine but it destroys the time stream or smth)

[worn lagoon]

I have an npc like that, he's the severed floating head of a lv20+ tier wizard who was disturbed by a kobold raiding his crypt (yes this is a reference to nash'rah)

[spring light]

they have fulfilled their purpose

[worn lagoon]

LMAOOOO that's so funny

[glossy otter]

say, I've got to ask. Has anyone ever had an idea for an NPC but never knew where to throw them in?

[buoyant oar]

Yeah. Came in got what they wanted and got out.

[stoic obsidian]

Still make no sense tho, because you can still use it to find more players for games later

[sterile cairn]

Mine is a pretty much direct copy of a book character (Mogget from the old kingdom series) as the campaign was set in that books universe

[worn lagoon]

now he follows the kobold everywhere and can be persuaded only by this kobold pc to help in combat by a very high roll

[spring light]

🤷 i can't claim to know the mind of everyone, but that seems the most reasonable to me

[stoic obsidian]

Idk, that doesn’t make much sense tho

[buoyant oar]

Yea. But this community is not everyone's cup of tea. There was a bit where it was kinda rough. And not the most welcoming place.

[sterile cairn]

Does he still have all his spells and stuff?

[buoyant oar]

And besides it's an open server. They can always just come back.

[stoic obsidian]

True

[worn lagoon]

yeah, but he only ever uses 3. a fire cantrip, lv3 fireball, or "delete that general direction" on a nat20.

[stoic obsidian]

It just seems strange to me tbh

[runic dock]

I want to read one of my DND books cover to cover but I can't decide which ones, I've got all the core rule books (MM, PH and DMG) for 1st edition, 5th edition and 5.5e aswell as a bunch of other books for 5th edition (e.g. xanthars book of everything) thoughts on what I should read first?

[worn lagoon]

any other time he's just floating around yelling insults

[sterile cairn]

“Delete that general direction” peak

[spring light]

humans are strange in general

[spring light]

player's handbook, then dmg

[stoic obsidian]

Especially in dnd

[vast pelican]

Reading the whole PHB is probably the best starting point.

[spring light]

especially anywhere. humans weird yo

[worn lagoon]

the kobold needs to rp a convincing reason to make him help or he rolls persuasion with disadvantage, but on a nat20 or 25+, you get 20d20 damage in a 180ft cone with a dex save dc of 35. also turns that part of the map into a pit of lava.

[vast pelican]

Whichever one corresponds to the version you are actually playing.

[worn lagoon]

this is my attempt at trying to get my pcs to rp more

[sterile cairn]

Fire dmg?

[worn lagoon]

everything he's willing to do is fiery destruction

[sterile cairn]

Mogget is also fun to roleplay because we have a low intelligence character in the party, who mogget tries to convince to take off his collar (which unbinds him)

[worn lagoon]

"do it and i will buy you lunch"

"...two lunches?"

"oooooh nooo my collar is tight i'm choking save meeee" (fakes passing out)

[sterile cairn]

Any time they greet him he does “can you take off my collar?”, then everyone collectively says “NO!” and he goes “worth a shot”

I have decided to tell the players (who are low level) that not only is the binding spell on mogget powerful, it is in fact more powerful than them

Just to warn them off

[sterile cairn]

Saving this idea

[worn lagoon]

my barbarian would instantly ignore that and wrestle with the cat

[sterile cairn]

As I say to my players when they try to grab/hit mogget
you can try

I mean he looks like a cat
But in reality he is cat shaped
This makes a lot of difference

[worn lagoon]

danger cat

that cat and my bodiless wizard should have tea

[sterile cairn]

Peak idea

Mogget would probably remind them what whisky ages too, and so they should diversify their business

[worn lagoon]

they can enthuse about how their (insert party members) are stupid, worthless maggots who can never do anything right

[sterile cairn]

Yeah this is exactly it

[worn lagoon]

i got two wizards, one's a very nice inn owner in the demiplane, other guy's the flying head

[sterile cairn]

Im good

[sterile cairn]

I meant the Demiplane one, though the flying head one would be a funny interaction

[worn lagoon]

flying head's from before mystra put a limit on spells and has been in a rejuvenating sleep since before that, so he has no idea why all the mortals of the current era are "pitiful at magic"

[worn lagoon]

that's also a banger idea

[sterile cairn]

Mogget and the flying head would probably swap stories about “the good old days”

Also some convos like “ohhhh that volcanic apocalypse was you! So cool! I was the flood a couple centuries after”

[worn lagoon]

"any mortal born after -332489256792 cannot cast spells... all they know is mcdragon's, charge they spell slots, perform, be bisexual, eat hot chip and lie"

[sterile cairn]

“Hot chip? Ewwwwww! Fish are far superior”
(Mogget has been in a cat shape so long he is now obsessed with fish)

[worn lagoon]

boomers

[charred solstice]

Hi! Does someone know how to start playing D&D i always thought it looked a bit interesting but never kenw how to start

[sterile cairn]

At one point in the book series I took mogget from he was put into an magic sleep type thing (Im not going into specifics of the plot) and only woke up a few times a year, one of those times was when someone managed to catch a REALLY big salmon, he then woke up ate it then went back to sleep again.

[worn lagoon]

this reminds me of a video i saw earlier, one guy throwing a MASSIVE fish next to a kitten

i just imagine your npc like that now

[naive cedar]

wizards born after the second sundering can’t cast spells. all they know is fireball, read scroll, get infected with a ball of netherese energy, use cantrip, and hide

[sterile cairn]

Peak

[scarlet wadi]

Just buy some dice and join a dnd club

[charred solstice]

what is vtt

[scarlet wadi]

Vtt?

[charred solstice]

i meant online
also i live in australia so there's no clubs

[worn lagoon]

EXACTLY

[naive cedar]

— Mystra

[sterile cairn]

Virtual table top I think

[scarlet wadi]

You can play online too buy i think that its beter play V with frends on a real dnd tablet

[spring light]

you can check #find-a-game or the website roll20

[worn lagoon]

all they know is arcane recovery they spell slots

[spring light]

check local university clubs and libraries, if there are no game stores

[sterile cairn]

Sadly game stores don’t run dnd where I am 😔

[worn lagoon]

it's still an anglophone country, so there are probably a decent number of dnd tables hosted around unless you live in the less populated areas

[sterile cairn]

There are a lot of school dnd groups though

[worn lagoon]

i know there are a bunch in melbourne, especially

[spring light]

free cosco membership? where

[naive cedar]

In MY DAY, we HAD no arcane recovery. We had to conserve our spell slots carefully. And we were GRATEFUL — Mystra (Midnight)

[scarlet wadi]

Whic is the best tipe of dwarf In your opinion

[spring light]

the one you have most fun playing

[worn lagoon]

We DIDN'T NEED IT and we were FINE

[naive cedar]

I never had arcane recovery, and I turned out FINE!!!11

[scarlet wadi]

In my opinion mountain one

[sterile cairn]

Just GIT GOOD all you ZOOMERS

[naive cedar]

Zoomer wizards 🙄

[worn lagoon]

okay next time i make a pc i sorta want to play a boomer wizard

[naive cedar]

Wizoomers

[worn lagoon]

well, not to the pre-sundering extent. or maybe yes, to that extent...

[spring light]

so a typical greybeard?

[tidal skiff]

Is anyone up for discussion? How do you feel about homebrew weapon expansions ? Like Sabre, cestus, etc.

[glad arch]

Back in my day we didnt have these fancy spell focuses

[sterile cairn]

Ask the dm to let you use 2nd edition spells or smth

[naive cedar]

Play a super old elf wizard who just grouches about everyone else

[glad arch]

We had to get the actual materials for our spells, you new gens have it too easy

[worn lagoon]

naaah, those are nice grandpas in my experience

i'm talking truly insufferable old man who complains about the youth

[glad arch]

Idk how well 2e spells fit into 5e

[spring light]

would this be fun for everyone else at the table?

[sterile cairn]

(It would probably be with some balancing)

[naive cedar]

In my day, we didn’t have w a r l o c k s or s o r c e r e r s. Casting with rizz wasn’t a thing. Also, if you picked a school you were arbitrarily locked out of another school. And WE turned out FINE

[worn lagoon]

i think yes, in my table we have characters who have beef and it's generally funny

[glad arch]

Damn really the only way to get magic was learning it huh, no cheating

[sterile cairn]

It would probably consist of saying “well back in my day” and “in the good old days” a lot, and that’s kinda fun ngl

[lean wigeon]

back then they were just called "magic-user"

[scarlet wadi]

Is 3d printed miniature good to paint because online i saw videos of guys that say that is hard

[worn lagoon]

it's part of the rp when the cleric finally has it and casts silence centered on greybeard

[naive cedar]

Yes!!! No “having inherent magic” or “tricking an Eldritch abomination into giving you powers”. Kids these days

[glad arch]

Party of young adult adventurers and their geriatric wizard friend dave

[spring light]

grouchy characters work, if you make sure to include the table with the discussion and concept.

[sterile cairn]

But THESE DAYS, any random can get magic just for being nice to a devil! It’s not FAIR!

[spring light]

it depends.

[worn lagoon]

i can vouch for my table that we love exactly this sort of thing

[scarlet wadi]

Wath you mean?

[spring light]

it depends, on skill level, print quality, and patience

[glad arch]

Probably depends on your 3d printer quality i imagine

[crimson elm]

Message me if you want to play right now. I will DM, it shall be peak fiction

[grim tide]

Just wandering I'm new to this server. Is there a place where I can get four or five people to play with over voice chat.

[glad arch]

#find-a-game

[charred solstice]

im looking for a few players

[solid zenith]

Hey guys trying to post in find a DM but it brought me here and wont let me post looking for a DM 😅

[crimson elm]

I will DM right now

[grim tide]

Thanks

[charred solstice]

can i join?

[crimson elm]

Add me, make a server I have 2 campaign options

[crimson elm]

si

Anyone else in to join us?

[unborn crown]

Hii

[solid zenith]

Im looking to get a DM for a group of 5-6 😅 4 of the 5 are new to d&d so wanna do a one shot to see who will stay then invest into a longer campaign 🤷

[crimson elm]

when for your group? I'm off work today, I am down for that

[solid zenith]

I think when we were spit balling times Friday evenings would work best for the group as a whole but could look at moving/seeing what time works for everyone

I work from home so you can DM and we can discuss more 🤙

[south prawn]

What is the best or your preferred way to manage character sheets? Fillable PDFs? Pen/Paper? Beyond?

[rough basalt]

I use Foundry so sheets are handled in it. Tho generally as a player if I can use Beyond I will

[humble cairn]

I like Beyond, it's a good assistant.

[solid zenith]

What ever your use too, I love old school pen and paper but dnd beyond makes it simple, I often still use both tbh 😅🤣

[glad arch]

Play in person so i like my physical one

[severe rampart]

Beyond, but if I don't have access to something like paid content, I go with PDFs

[south prawn]

I’m the DM and have found myself managing 3 of my players character sheets for them (newer players who enjoy playing, but don’t seem to care to spend time outside of the game). I’m trying to either make it easier for myself OR gearing up to offload that work onto them

[rough basalt]

Well simplest answer is to tell them to stop being lazy.

But ddb is probably best

[glad arch]

Dm puts a lot of effort into the game, its not that much to ask players to do that tiny little bit of effort they need to put in themself

[crimson elm]

dnd beyond 100% it takes 2 seconds to set up for new players haha

[south prawn]

The other reason I’m asking is for creating quick characters for one-shots and things like that. There aren’t a ton of pre-mades out there. I ran a level 3 one shot recently for 3 new players and had HOURS wrapped up in just creating the characters for it and them. Fastcharacter.com is great, but I’m not a fan of the layout.

[humble cairn]

But it's not a great teaching tool. It won't correct the things they do wrong, though it is a great assistant once you do know the rules.

[south prawn]

Exactly why I’m asking. I’ve been hesitant to pay for the service or give them any money for digital. But just joined a campaign as a player where he has content sharing and it really is a very smooth and easy experience

[buoyant oar]

Tbh, a player who will not learn their sheet is a player who is not long for my tables.

[south prawn]

I would agree, but it’s my girlfriend, another very close friend, and his son. If they weren’t so close to me I wouldn’t be as forgiving. And they continue to play - 25 sessions into our campaign now

[glad arch]

After 25 sessions id hope you know your character sheet

[south prawn]

It’s not that they don’t know it…. but they don’t manage them - meaning level ups or any updating at all it’s on me to update the sheet and print off a fresh one

None of those 3 even know what it takes to create a character from the book

[glad arch]

Aaah, thats like half the fun for me. But to each their own i guess

[south prawn]

Haha, well I agree!

[buoyant oar]

Tbh.

Your GF should put in the work.

"Hey [Insert nickname], this is important to me. I need you to learn this. If you want to continue to play."

[south prawn]

So I guess I’m having all the fun… lol. But it can be a lot sometimes. Right now we’re good as the updates are small

But that one-shot recently… the time i invested for 3 meaningless level 3 characters was ridiculous. That’s on me though for trying to make everything too perfect

[timber turtle]

Can you get away with stealing characters from movies and games if you just gender bend the character?

[buoyant oar]

It's DnD not Scythe or Gloomhaven.

It's not that complicated

[pseudo hinge]

Beyond is very confusing to me but that might be because I haven't played for long

[crimson gulch]

dnd beyond is terrible for teaching folks the game imo

[pseudo hinge]

Yeah

[buoyant oar]

Beyond 's character builder has not stood the test of time. And the Revision Launch didn't help

[south prawn]

This is the sort of feedback I’m looking for. I can make sense of it, but I have a feeling these same 3 players might struggle

[humble cairn]

Yes, it's a good assistant once you know the rules, but it's a terrible teaching tool.

[pseudo hinge]

Exactly

[lavish flame]

agreed

[pseudo hinge]

Yeah it gave me a headache the first time I tried to use it, I use foundry now

[humble cairn]

I find it to be a great tool. But I know the rules. It's smooth and simple for people who already know the rules.

[crimson elm]

you don't have to do the paid version of dnd beyond. Using paper sheets makes it way more complicated. All they need is to pick a class a race and a name for their character and hop into a narrative. They don't need to learn the tiny details like ALL of their equipment gold and the backgrounds alignments and religions. Let them fall in love with the game first. THEN they will look into the more complex side of designing a character

[naive cedar]

dnd character sheets arent even that complicated

[charred solstice]

how does chasracter design work?

[south prawn]

I just built my first character on there for a campaign I joined and I find it to be pretty awesome to have all of the information right there (how a spell works for example).

[charred solstice]

what do you use for it online?

[stoic obsidian]

I wonder how fun a champion dancer bard be

[buoyant oar]

Also DndBeyond has in my experience encouraged the DM style of Everything Is Allowed All Of The Time

Which while fine is terrible for new DMs.

[south prawn]

Well we are 25 sessions in. They seem to like the game and they already have characters with options the free version doesn’t offer

[stoic obsidian]

How exactly?

[buoyant oar]

New DMs. Going hog wild on a system that they have not mastered yet is asking for confusion and complication.

There's a reason why the starter set doesn't come with every subclass option or species option.

It is much more beneficial for a dungeon master to learn the game at its core first and then start adding more options for them to keep track of.

[humble cairn]

Seems like a fairly mediocre combination, to me.

[crimson elm]

I guess in that case for all the additional options if you want those yeah. I have the homebrew thingy so when I DM I can add all the homebrew versions of stuff to have access to other content

[south prawn]

I really have preferred physical books and physical sheets up to this point (we play in-person)

[stoic obsidian]

Just thought of making them a little more punchy

[buoyant oar]

I have seen over the years plenty of dungeon Masters getting overwhelmed the point of nearly quitting the game because of all of the options they allowed. They were not more judicious in what was allowed and what wasn't.

[charred solstice]

should i use roll20 or beyond for character making?

[south prawn]

My initial reaction to playing around on the Beyond platform after creating my character were positive - but I haven’t had a chance to use it in a game yet (session zero for that campaign is coming up - it’s an online game)

[severe rampart]

Beyond (imo) is better than Roll20

[stoic obsidian]

You can decided what allow or not when making the campaign, and it depends on what you really, so honestly I have to disagree with what you said

[turbid vessel]

I personally prefer roll20 cause I can punch in text blocks manually

It's more modular but if you prefer to have the aid (and also have a tad bit of spare money laying around) then DND beyond is def better at that

[crimson elm]

anyone wanna join me and wrangler for a campaign rn??

We need at least 2 or 3 more people

[south prawn]

My biggest dilemma to jumping into Beyond at this point is cost. I own the physical books, needing to nickel and dime for digital access doesn’t feel great

[fast wolf]

Question: What happens if a Werewolf bites a druid while the druid is in its Wild Shape?

[still plover]

At a guess, same thing that happens to everything else.

[charred solstice]

what kind of names should i use

[still plover]

Alternatively, druid in wildshape gets the poisoned condition. Drops wildshape? Still poisoned.

[charred solstice]

like greek?

[buoyant oar]

DnD Beyond is great up to the point where you want to do anything the system doesn't have coded into its platform.

[stoic obsidian]

Not really

[charred solstice]

is milestone or xp better

[still plover]

Depends on the setting and your character. Absent further information, go with what you feel like.

[humble cairn]

This is something you would need to discuss with your DM and group.

[charred solstice]

oh

[stoic obsidian]

Dndbeyond is great for ease of set up tbh and frankly you are more likely use the base system of dnd than use things outside of it

[humble cairn]

If you're just jumping in and making a character on Beyond realize that this is a group activity and in an actual game you would be making your character with input form your group and DM. You can do it now, but it's just for practice.

[stoic obsidian]

And honestly if a new dm wanna use homebrew, well that’s on them not on dndbeyond

[buoyant oar]

I love DDB for what it does do right. Been a legendary bundle holder since 2017. But the platform has it's fair share of issues.

[stoic obsidian]

I agree

Like not automatically adding bladesong ac buff to ac

Or atleast not having a setting similar to rage

[naive cedar]

I might be old fashioned but personally I much prefer making a paper character sheet at least at first. Online tools are limited by being online (DNDbeyond needing you to buy books online to add things for example). I like the freedom of a pen-and-paper sheet

[stoic obsidian]

Or when editing modifiers to reflect such not showing up on rolls

[buoyant oar]

One of the problems that plagued the company when it was independent was they learned about a lot of the rules stuff when the public did. And so everything was ad hoc as quick as possible.

They've been owned by Wizards of the Coast now for almost 5 years. And that feeling really hasn't gone away.

[stoic obsidian]

I get that, but not everyone can do it in person and frankly you have the free books and you can homebrew some spells

[stoic obsidian]

Ad hoc?

[naive cedar]

To clarify, I mean that even if I were to play online I’d still make a paper character sheet at first

That’s just me though

[uncut zenith]

WOTC also inherited a lot of tech debt that they just haven’t been able to fully fix. So instead of taking the time to fix the basic framework, they just sort of stack on temporary fixes. Which often times leads to further issues in the future.

[charred solstice]

Yeah am talking with my dm now thank yku

[uncut zenith]

It’s like patching the hull of a ship with bandages and duct tape. It doesn’t fix the root problem.

[buoyant oar]

Oh yeah and some of that tech debt was caused by learning about things late in development. Constantly attempting to announce new things only to put them in beta and alpha for eternity. Didn't help either.

[stoic obsidian]

Like Sigil

[buoyant oar]

That was a completely separate tool

[stoic obsidian]

Fair

[buoyant oar]

Because for some reason they felt the need to announce two separate vtts

[uncut zenith]

Yep. Like when they introduced the Optional Class Features from TCOE. DDB wasn’t designed to support it, so they took a long time making it available.

[buoyant oar]

And let's be honest, nobody could have foreseen that they would do a complete refresh of the system 10 years in

[uncut zenith]

To the point where it was never available in UA, it only became available once TCOE officially dropped.

[buoyant oar]

The late stage in which they learned information was the reason why they stopped doing UA in the first place. Because they would learn about a new UA drop when the public did

[uncut zenith]

I think that’s also why they generally stopped supporting UA too. There were too many things to throw into the framework that potentially wouldn’t be published anyways.

[raw sonnet]

I got to play as V1 today

[buoyant oar]

One thing that I do miss about pre acquisition. The home page felt more like the home page of the D&D community than it does now.

[uncut zenith]

Yeah I’m not a fan of the new UI

[buoyant oar]

Now it's advertisements and product dives. Less articles about cool ideas, highlighting third-party content creators, celebrating the game in and of itself.

Don't get me started on the mess that is trying to learn about Official DnD play via AL. The fact that it's relegated to Discord, and a forum post is stunning.

[uncut zenith]

Yeah it feels less community based now than it did before

[charred solstice]

what is SP and GP?

[uncut zenith]

Silver piece and gold piece

[vagrant quartz]

silly points and goofy points /j

[charred solstice]

so i need to start Wretched?

the Lifestyle

[buoyant oar]

If the WotC marketing team can hear me.

Plz Less Aabria Iyengar and Neil Newbon (Both are lovely) and more focus on the community itself with things like Highlighting content creators, or Small indie devs on DMsGUILD.

[uncut zenith]

Gotcha. I honestly don’t recall what dictates what sort of “lifestyle” your character starts with. I think some 2014 backgrounds do, like Guild Artisan, but I could be wrong.

[marble lion]

Couldnt you just choose?

Its just limited by starting gold because if you have only 10 copper, you cant have like most of them

[tidal skiff]

Isn't it about money ?

[buoyant oar]

Yeah the lifestyle. Is not necessarily a background tool but it's a on the average day. How much money does it cost for you to stay alive.

[marble lion]

Yes but you can decide how much of your money you want to spend

Might just run out fast

[buoyant oar]

And depending on how much you spend, is the quality of lifestyle that you have.

[marble lion]

Yup

[buoyant oar]

Very handy for things like downtime where you'll give out 10 days and before you do any stuff in downtime you have to spend your lifestyle money.

[tidal skiff]

I mean...maybe the character makes bad financial decisions

[marble lion]

I dont see why this would be predetermined

[severe rampart]

I just put "Moderate" Every time I make a character

[marble lion]

Its player choice
"Ok jeff how much money do you live off daily this week?"

"Noble"
"Well you dont have enough so that will only last 2 days"

[tidal skiff]

Don't pick any staring gear just to have money for better lifestyle

[buoyant oar]

Today Jeff has Ice Soup for breakfast

[uncut zenith]

Yeah so in theory you could live a Wretched lifestyle today and an Aristocratic one tomorrow based off how much money you’re willing to spend

[marble lion]

Best possible lifestyle is a consequence of starting money, but you can always go for a worse one
And if you start in a quest already, you might have enough gold by end of day to afford noble

[tidal skiff]

Today's quest: Find a job

[woven flint]

You know?
I forget to spend money with lots of my characters, most of the time it's because they just don't really need to buy anything because I'm typically chill with the equipment I start out with lol

[grim tide]

Hi I am looking for people to play with between 5-9 GMT over voice chat or video and I was wondering if anyone would want to DM me and play. I would be looking for about 4-6 people to play with. Btw I'm new ish but I have played a bit

[severe rampart]

#looking-for-players

If you wanna find a DM too go use #looking-for-dm

[woven flint]

Hell, My Tortle Cleric can't wear armor, he already wields a shield and doesn't really use weapons, what would he need?
You get magic items while adventuring

[severe rampart]

Does his shell count as armor

[tidal skiff]

Buy shell decorations

[woven flint]

Yes, Tortles have an Unarmored Defense of 17 at Base

[severe rampart]

Lmao, just the pink fuzzy Dice

[charred solstice]

would a Rogue make a good gunslinger?

[tidal skiff]

Get a paint and paint your armor/house a new colour every week

[woven flint]

His Shield gets him up to 19 AC and he's got Magic Initiate (Wizard) from the Sage background and the shield spell lol

(He also got Shocking Grasp and Ray of Frost as some decent attack cantrips from it too)

[severe rampart]

Depends

[tidal skiff]

I guess if you think about sneak attack as QuickDraw

[severe rampart]

I never really got the idea of a gun user rogue, even with a silencer, a gun still makes a lot of noise

[woven flint]

Honestly, I think your best bet is Fighter or Ranger ....
Or, Awesome alternative, A Warlock invested in Pact of the Blade

[charred solstice]

I want them to be aware of my presence.

[woven flint]

Then why play a Rogue?

[charred solstice]

the agility

[woven flint]

Play a Monk with a gun instead

[tawdry sentinel]

One high damage shot kind of works for a sniper type

[tidal skiff]

Even in gunslinger setting I played Rouge as William Knifeman

[buoyant oar]

But yeah lifestyle is meant to be a hole in the bottom of your character's gold bag.

[charred solstice]

my character's not religious

[woven flint]

Monks aren't religious in D&D

Not all the time

[severe rampart]

Atheist Monk

[woven flint]

They just train to hone their bodies and minds

[buoyant oar]

No character is forced to have religion in dnd. Though there are many compelling stories with religion

[woven flint]

Even Clerics don't have to be "religious" or follow a God

[charred solstice]

what about Fighter?

[woven flint]

Fighter is a good option for a Gunslinger

Probably the best martial option besides like.. maybe Ranger?
But the Archery Fighting style works with guns

[buoyant oar]

And it's worth noting that in many of the D&D settings, being an atheist is equivalent to being of flat earther. You don't have to have belief that they are worthy of worship. But denying their existence in many D&D settings. Is dumb.

Yes I am also aware that Eberron is an exception to this.

[charred solstice]

what is Eberron

[woven flint]

A setting

[buoyant oar]

Steampunk fantasy setting for DnD

[indigo cedar]

would magipunk be a better word for Eberronn?

[woven flint]

I'd say less "Steampunk" and mire "Magipunk" as all technology in Eberron is powered by magic

[tidal skiff]

Oh...Steamonk character

[buoyant oar]

I only use the word that the Wizards of the Coast design team have used.

[charred solstice]

whats the difference between acrobatics and athletics

[buoyant oar]

The difference between a football player and a gymnast

[charred solstice]

cool

[naive cedar]

this is why I feel like non god aligned clerics don’t really make sense in most settings aside from eberron

[severe rampart]

Funny analogy considering their world is flat from our perspective (mostly)

[charred solstice]

what is vex
like a curse?

[crimson elm]

anyone down to play a campaign right now? I will be DM. Peak fiction promised lol

[severe rampart]

#looking-for-players

[buoyant oar]

And of course people will confound that religions in D&D have to be similar to religions in real life and they don't.

Many people in settings like the Forgotten Realms Revere the gods. Most don't pick one. They worship them all. Even the evil ones. And worship is very transactional

[tidal skiff]

Mastery property.
I think Vex is that if you hit enemy with an attack, next attack within the same round is done with advantage, but I don't remember all masteries yet.

[naive cedar]

This is very true and a common mistake I see newer players making especially with Forgotten Realms. The gods in that setting arent like modern monotheistic religions. They’re a lot more like the gods in, say, the Ancient Greek pantheon. They’re worshipped and respected but they’re not role models or “good guys”.

[buoyant oar]

At least in the forgotten realms. Knowledge that the world is spherical is decently common knowledge

[tidal skiff]

You can make up any God you want can't you ? Since all that matters is if there's enough beings with souls that believe in that God.

[buoyant oar]

And when it comes to flat world, at least here in our real world, we have known that the world is a globe for far more than 500 years.

[buoyant oar]

Depends upon the species and the setting

[naive cedar]

The Ancient Greeks knew that the earth was a globe. It’s possible earlier societies knew as well

[still plover]

Characters are free to believe what they like.

[tidal skiff]

Kuo toa are like the "this rock is god now" species right ?

[grim tide]

I'm wondering if anyone would want to join me and two other people in a campaign

[jovial shadow]

According to D&D yes. A Cleric can't just make up a god, and expect to be able use any abilities or spells that specifically request a god or pantheon's help.

[tidal skiff]

I'm having hard time getting in to role of believer so it wouldn't seem like I'm playing joke character. One day I would want to play Cleric...one day or night

[marble lion]

Its not believer

[naive cedar]

Yes lol

[marble lion]

Its fantasy. Theyre real
You have to roleplay that

You dont have to roleplay a blind faith character in dnd because in dnd faith isnt blind

[buoyant oar]

Yep

[still plover]

You back a sports team? Have a favourite celebrity? Favourite TV show?

Think of it like that. Religion is fandom with a songbook (in the sense of how to apply it in a roleplaying game about elves and dwarves etc).

[marble lion]

You can but dont have to. Id say its actually kinda weird in a world of magic to not have seen "proof" of your deity yet

[vivid yacht]

Hi guys, I was near a few months ago then I forgot all about it. I think these are new people or you guys are new people or maybe I’m just in a different server but nice to meet you guys all.

[buoyant oar]

It's very much. "Hey Umberlee. Here is a sacrifice and ten gold to your clergy. Don't sink my ship."

[tidal skiff]

How would cleric behave ? Like do you spread your word everywhere you go or do you just live by some ideology ?

[marble lion]

Both is possible

[naive cedar]

Exactly, that’s why I love playing cleric so much. You can do so much roleplaying wise with their god and how their faith manifests

[marble lion]

You could be on a holy mission to stop something or you could just be a cleric on the side and the campaign story is actually so important it dragged you from regular duties

[humble cairn]

No need to soft sell your idea, I think it has merit.

[charred solstice]

what is an Acolyte?

[buoyant oar]

Buddy, you got to use Google a little bit

[marble lion]

A religiously initiated person

[still plover]

-# Points up at the office with a solemn look

[charred solstice]

you dont need to answer them (the questions) im asking whoever will answer

[jovial shadow]

A novice. Initiate. Beginner

[humble cairn]

Check out the free rule book that is available to read for free: https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/br-2024

[buoyant oar]

Or check out the very helpful people in #dnd-newcomers

[tidal skiff]

So you could also be sorta secret cleric ? Like you have God, but you don't speak of it because you may consider general people undeserving. Specifically like some God tied to knowledge or something ?

[marble lion]

Yes

[buoyant oar]

And one thing about faith in Dungeons and Dragons is that very rarely is one religion evangelizing that their faith is the one true faith. A cleric of Ilmater is not going to typically dissuade you from following Torm, or Selûne.

[marble lion]

Its more good vs evil

Not a vs b

[tidal skiff]

So they don't compete as The one, more like "Your gods values suck" ?

[marble lion]

Most ppl worship more than 1

[naive cedar]

Yeah and “good” clerics generally speaking get along well with other good clerics

[reef tundra]

Also if every religion in dnd tried forbidding the worship of others, it would be… absolute chaos

[marble lion]

Clerics i think just generally feel very very aligned with one but they wont spit on the rest usually

[buoyant oar]

There are a few occasions when that has occurred. Cryic the Lord of Lies has called himself the One True God.

And there was that embarrassing moment when Lathander tried to remake the gods in his image. Both failed.

[tidal skiff]

Isn't something that would Sharrans do ?

[reef tundra]

I can imagine some of the lesser or middle deities stepping in themselves

[marble lion]

Shar is evil

[silk hare]

what does UA stand for again ?

[marble lion]

Evil religions are a lot more dismissive of others

[still plover]

Think it's more "make respectful observance towards as appropriate," if you ask me. The Umberlee example, for instance.

[reef tundra]

Eh, a lot of the time it’s just a few crazy gods trying that

[buoyant oar]

Shar Does not necessarily deny that the other gods exist

[marble lion]

Umberlee is a special case

[tidal skiff]

Shouldn't she want them to be forgotten since that's like the end for them and like her theme ?

[naive cedar]

Yeah but Shar is evil and doesn’t get along with most of the other gods

[marble lion]

But worship also doesnt mean dedicate yourself to the deity

[tidal skiff]

I mean that sounds like correct thing to be done by God of lies... lying.

[still plover]

Or the... what's the one about song and dance and life? I bet folk all turn out for her parties with a little offering of some kind.

[marble lion]

Its just a bit of "oh youre good and i hope you help us"

[buoyant oar]

Shar is Loss.

It would be very appropriate for someone who lost someone like a child turn to her to find comfort in that loss.

[tidal skiff]

Is Selune goddess of gain then ?

[static trout]

hey guys what would be some good thematic adds for a Jabberwock fight?

[still plover]

"Lady Shar, take from me this love that has become a burden on my days."

[naive cedar]

She’s the goddess of the moon and navigation/travel

[buoyant oar]

Moonlight. Stars and Navigation

[jovial shadow]

I don't know if that is true. That might be true in your campaigns. Clerics are definitely the proselytizers in D&D, whether as a PC or NPC is player or DM's call. If you have a temple for a god, you don't just build one for you only.

[marble lion]

People turning to shar just need a live Laugh Love doormat

[buoyant oar]

"Finding your path"

[naive cedar]

Shar is the goddess of taking Ls

[tidal skiff]

So is there a god of gain or something close to that ?

[marble lion]

In context?

[buoyant oar]

Gain is too general. Gain what

[tidal skiff]

Money, Gains (muscles), generally good fortune at trading I guess so God of Trading

[marble lion]

No

[buoyant oar]

Waukeen is the lady of commerce

Tymora is lady luck

[tidal skiff]

Hold up, I heard that name in BG3

[humble cairn]

Yeah kinda, but there are also definitely allied pantheons and religions who wouldn't really poach each other's followers.

[naive cedar]

Waukeen’s Rest?

[humble cairn]

Yes, BG3 is set in Faerun, one of the D&D worlds.

[tidal skiff]

Yeah, so I would assume it to be some trading outpost

[buoyant oar]

That's cuz it was. It was a rest stop for merchants

[tidal skiff]

That...makes a ton of sense. I have it connected in my mind with lightning staff reward only

[worn lagoon]

HAHAHAHA SAME

that thing goes so hard when you dupe, dual-wield and then use it with spike growth

[marble lion]

Umberlee is the temple in the pott of bsldurs gate

Ilmater is the cloister outside the city

Most important gods are in bg3 tbh

[naive cedar]

I think certain gods also have stronger presences in certain cities

[worn lagoon]

no bahamut my beloved

[marble lion]

There are more though. Far more

[tidal skiff]

Guess if I played Cleric, I would want to play Church of Broken God aka Adeptus Mechanicus. Believers want to achieve eternal life by becoming full constructs eventually.

[naive cedar]

Bahamut is there!!

[marble lion]

Broken god is ilmater

[naive cedar]

He’s choosable as a patron deity

[buoyant oar]

There are over 29 pantheons just in Forgotten Realms.

[marble lion]

Its not at all mechsnicus

[worn lagoon]

not what i meant

[naive cedar]

(I also love Bahamut and Tiamat)

[worn lagoon]

My love for the FF bahamut transferred here

[marble lion]

Ilmater the broken god is very strong with christian vibes tbh. Hes kinda jesusish

But different enough to be seperate

[tidal skiff]

Damn, I guess he doesn't allow his followers to attain eternal life by becoming constructs ?

[marble lion]

Not sure

[worn lagoon]

probably doesn't have a stance on it, but you could homebrew smth

[buoyant oar]

Ilmater is also the god with the most named saints in the realms.

[marble lion]

Funny though i have a broken mother in my game which is mechanicus

[buoyant oar]

The broken god, the crying man, and the Lord on the Rack

[tidal skiff]

Because it wouldn't be that hard to do right? Like if you add little bit of Artificing to Cleric and you would get someone believing in Machine God and trying to become machine themselves.

[buoyant oar]

Him and loviatar are just best buddies

[naive cedar]

Loviatar is hilarious

[tidal skiff]

What do boobs have to do with being a god ?

[buoyant oar]

Most artificers would worship Gond. Lord of the Craft.

[humble cairn]

Its a medieval torture device

[worn lagoon]

NOT that sort of rack

lmaoooo

[tidal skiff]

Ooooooooooooh, that makes more sense

[jovial shadow]

omg

[marble lion]

Rack is any construction built to hold something, like torturees, a sword and armour or tanning hides

[tidal skiff]

So he's like also patron of the tortured? Physically and mentally?

[marble lion]

Ilmater? No

[buoyant oar]

He is endurance through hardship

[marble lion]

Hes kinda the god of compassion, endurance yeah

[elfin hedge]

Hello everyone, my name is Lughaidh (Lou-ee). I am new to dungeons and dragons and I am looking for a cool group of people to play with. Where can I find one of those?

[tidal skiff]

Wouldn't that be tied to crafting rather than becoming machine yourself?

[spring light]

Welcome to the hobby!

Check out #find-a-game or the website roll20

[elfin hedge]

Thank you so much!

[buoyant oar]

The application of creating a war forged kind of individual. Doesn't really exist in the Realms. However, when asked for suggestions on how to play one in the Realms. The Gondian Artificers of Lantan were cited.

[slow crescent]

Hello

[tidal skiff]

I imagine it more like. You willingly give up your fleshy arm away so you can replace it with magical prosthesis because your goal is to eventually be Adam Smasher

[regal dragon]

Looking for honest feedback on LegendaryTabletop.com devices. They look pretty cool, but I don't know if they work with the DnDBeyond VTT. In fact, I'm a noob at the whole VTT thing. Before I go plunking down $3000 on a LegendaryTabletop, I want to know that it'll work with this system.

[spring light]

Feels sus

[spring light]

Didn't sigil get shut down?

[buoyant oar]

Sigil is closing in like six months

[rigid bough]

Rahhh I’m so excited I’m gonna play my 2nd session ever this weekend w my friends 😼😼

[slow crescent]

Nice

[buoyant oar]

While prosthetic limbs do exist in the Realms and other settings. They're not necessarily common to the point of doing it out of desire rather than necessity.

[slow crescent]

It is very exciting to begin dnd and having the first sessions! Though the first campaign I was ever in was kinda a flop it was still learning experience

[regal dragon]

I'm a noob. I don't know anything about Sigil or getting shut down. Looking for a solution where I have a portable 43" or larger touch screen TV with all the fog of war, figurine placement and detection, playability with all the adventures I buy here, etc.

[umbral girder]

Sigil was D&D’s official VTT that was expensive and difficult to use

Also limiting too.

[tidal skiff]

What if you would search for the technology? Kinda like forge domain, but instead of focusing on armors and weapons and mines, you focus on ways of creating constructs and eventually how to convert yourself in to construct. So...Construct Domain so to speak

[jovial shadow]

Sadly it will be. Probably the only thing, besides the character sheet that made it worthwhile to visit the site

[buoyant oar]

Such a god does not exist in the Forgotten Realms to my knowledge. Nor and in the other setting. At that point you might want to be looking at individuals like Primus. Lord of the Modrons. Or creating your own

[blissful dragon]

would the equipment section of the fortgtten realm hero book having them listed as for free not imply some level of common placeness?

[umbral girder]

Sounds like Mechanus

[blissful dragon]

just wondering not sure who common , common magic item is meant to be

[tidal skiff]

I mean, I could, but would it make sense ? Do you think there's enough beings that would want to achieve eternal life by becoming construct. Enough beings that believe metal is stronger than flesh.

[buoyant oar]

They are common enough to be available. Nothing says they are common enough where the public at large are cyberpunking themselves. And the new books focus heavily on Calimshan. Which features magitek heavily. That wouldn't necessarily be the case in Rashemen or Uthner or Dambrath.

Like how prosthetics are today is a good way to look at it. They are available should you need them. But people aren't going around chopping their hands off to get one.

[regal dragon]

Do you know if the Legendary Tabletop can be used with any VTT?

[spring light]

I could see a very competent artificer looking at it as an option, and his friends looking at him like he's nuts

[tidal skiff]

Isn't that because they aren't as good yet ? Since eventually when prosthetics get advanced enough you basically get Cyberpunk.
I'm considering about making Cleric, but this sounds more like possible homebrew Artificer subclass.

[spring light]

I see exoskeleton stuff as being much more likely than replacement limbs

[tidal skiff]

Wouldn't that be just Armorer Artificer? I went for cleric first because this is not just about the technology, but the belief that making yourself construct is da wae

[spring light]

Why not just be a war forged with a human soul?

[tidal skiff]

That's kinda like the goal, but you won't start a new game with final boss fight won't you ? Becoming Warforged-like is the goal, but the path to it that's the fun

[buoyant oar]

In DnD a Prosthetic Limbs is a magic item that has 100% the same functionality as a regular limb.

The only detector is he wouldn't work in an anti-magic field. But most people don't want me to those in their day-to-day basis

[spring light]

I'd be more interested in trying to maintain humanity while being perceived as a machine

[slow crescent]

Thats cool

[spring light]

It echoes cyber psychosis from cyberpunk

[slow crescent]

I have never played cyberpunk so I have no clue what that entails

[tidal skiff]

You basically plugged one too many Christmas lights in to your brain and now you see Grinches everywhere

[spring light]

You stop feeling like a person

[slow crescent]

That is very cool. In a current campaign I am in I am playing a warforged (homebrewed a little ye, the entire campaign is) it is very fun to play warforgeds

[tidal skiff]

My most played is probably Human fighter. Peak fantasy

[worn lagoon]

I keep playing (draconic race) (full caster)

[marble lion]

I wouldnt go cyberpsycho

[tidal skiff]

John D. Baldur standing next to Wizard that can drop meteorites on snap of their fingers

[slow crescent]

I normally just play Dragonborn (specifically WHITE, for some reason) and fighter as I love dragons but because of my warforged character I love warforgeds now

[woven flint]

I've played a Warforged once.
An Armorer Artificer named Vanguard

[worn lagoon]

Dragonborn = peak taste

kobolds also get a cool pass

[marble lion]

Highelf is the best race

[slow crescent]

I love yapping about my warforged character

[rose wedge]

I can't imagine why my message was blocked but I'll rephrase I guess; "I like Tieflings."

[worn lagoon]

I can favor gameplay over rp when it comes to class, but not when it comes to race

[tidal skiff]

You misspelled half-elf. They combine two best races in to one.

[marble lion]

No full elf

For full elvyness

[woven flint]

My Warforged fella was an absolute unit, he was the parties main Frontliner. Their... dare I say.. Vanguard!
He loved throwing hands as much as he loved solving complex runic equations

[worn lagoon]

pointy humans

[hollow forge]

Hey guys

[marble lion]

Discombobulate

[hollow forge]

Can someone teach me?

[slow crescent]

My warforged has a long history of backstory that even if I try to summarize it I would not be able to because I want to say all the details

[tidal skiff]

I wonder if Half-Tiefling could exist and how many traits would they retain visually

[marble lion]

Just a tiefling

Not all tieflings have equal intensity in their infernal features

Thats also why dnd removed halforcs and halfelves

[woven flint]

His first combat was against a snow tiger.
The party was being chased on sleds, everyone was panicking because they didn't know what to do, Vanguard backflips off a sled does a superhero-esque landing and punches the tiger straight in the face lmao

[marble lion]

You just pick one fullrace and flavour them as less or more x or y

[tidal skiff]

Albino Tiefling without tail and only single horn...and maybe a one hoof

[marble lion]

Yeah thats a tiefling

Because all a tiefling is is human with infernal touch

[slow crescent]

That’s cool! I should mention my warforged name is Blood Clott, the name has a reason if you want me to tell you. The first combat he had to experience was- I don’t remember their names but those creatures that have a chicken and snake combined body

[tidal skiff]

But their milk tastes after cinnamon or some shit the creator said

[woven flint]

My Tiefling had Goat-like eyes, Ram horns and Cloven hooves, his skin was as blue as a strangled corpse though lol

[marble lion]

Cockatrice or chimera?

Prettu

[still plover]

My tiefling could almost pass for regular human, but had shark-like features that gave her away.

[naive cedar]

I also have a goat-like tiefling lol. I love how much freedom there is with designing them

[marble lion]

The marbling is deep

[slow crescent]

That’s so cool and pretty sounding!

[tidal skiff]

Was she Wereshark?

[woven flint]

Vanguard is named Vanguard because he was always the first and Frontliner into the fray

[still plover]

No.

[slow crescent]

Blood Clott was named Blood Clott because they collected blood from willing patients that would donate their monthly blood to get rid of it to feed vampire spawns and Blood Clott (Clott used blood as fuel to keep working)

[woven flint]

He was also very heavily armored
A Stone fella wearing full-plate, well, the Full Plate was augmented into his body, but yeah

[worn lagoon]

I have a half-dragon with legolas-esque hair from his elven half

[slow crescent]

Nice

[worn lagoon]

otherwise he's a scalie

[slow crescent]

Dragons are cool

[worn lagoon]

so true, spit your fax lesbian vampire

[tidal skiff]

To which side does he tip ?

[worn lagoon]

i'd say 90% dragon 10% elven in appearance, but he's short and a bit wimpy due to birth defects

if there's an art channel my paladin drew him

[woven flint]

I'm not a big dragon person, but my favorite Dragons are Copper Dragons for the Metallics and Black for the Chromatics... I guess my favorite Gen dragon would be Topaz? Lol

[slow crescent]

Yass

[slow crescent]

I really like White dragonborns, no clue why I have just always ended up playing a white Dragonborn. I think I have managed to play 3 just white dragonborns and two of which are fighters

[tidal skiff]

I can kinda imagine it

[rose wedge]

Imagine saying dragons are cool in a dnd server. smh my head.