dnd-discussion

[fickle wolf]

i’m looking to join a DND campaign:3

[oak grotto]

#find-a-game

[mint stream]

Hey guys , how do I post a request in #looking-for-dm . I want people in my time zone or nearby (ist)

[fair summit]

See instructions on #find-a-game

[mint stream]

Ok thanks

[gaunt fractal]

Hey I was wondering since I wanted to get into DND where can I start?

[fair summit]

#learn-to-play is a good place to start, where you'll find the basic rules and other useful resources
#dnd-newcomers channel is also a great place to go if you have specific questions, and people are happy to help!

[gaunt fractal]

@fair summit thank you for the information!

[lethal otter]

good morning everyone, how are yall

[wanton horizon]

Tired 😪 I'm trying to learn as much as I can so I can join a group

[wanton horizon]

Hru

[lethal otter]

I am good

[wraith sigil]

Good,still learning DnD

[vale sage]

You guys like Tenacious D?

[lethal otter]

i do

[vale sage]

Based!! Jables and KG rock 🔥

[minor lake]

jables on the toy sax is my comfort media

[stark arch]

does dnd have a Pavise shield?

[fair summit]

Not specifically, but you could literally just flavor a normal shield as one. Flavor is free 😎

[rotund sand]

hey guys im a new dm i have to plan a campaign for my friends and one of them is a wizard but idk how does wizard class and spells work can sm1 explain?

[stark arch]

could probaly use a minion as a shield and get half cover +2 ac

[hot gate]

I'd start by learning how spells and spell slots work. If you already know about that, reading the wizard class itself would be instructive

[lucid flax]

The Wizard has access to a lot of spells. When they level up, they get spells equal to the prepared spells they unlock. They get their spells through copying external ones into their spell book.
Like the wizard could copy a glyph into their spellbook that has, say, Fireball.
They spend gold and time unlocking their spells.

Also I need help in #character-discussion

[rotund sand]

where to learn that?

[rotund sand]

oh whats glyph?

also if me and my friends play do we need to have physical map and characters and stuff?

[lucid flax]

Glyphs are basically spells inscribed on walls or stones and such.

[hot gate]

The basic rules, see here:
https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/br-2024/character-classes#Wizard

[lucid flax]

You should.

[rotund sand]

ohh okok so the ones dm will give?

[lucid flax]

Yes.

[wraith sigil]

Any good DnD tutorials I should watch? Like the ultimate tutorial?

[rotund sand]

how big should it be

[warm summit]

Nah you don't really that's optional, if you're playing in person it can help but you can really use chess pieces or coins or m&ms really anything or you can just use your imagination

[rotund sand]

aight bet thanks

[warm summit]

That's not really enough info to recommend anything, are you looking as a player? A potential DM?

[hot gate]

The cheating answer (but one I'd agree with) would be to read the basic rules:
https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/br-2024

Tutorials will necessarily simplify things, the basic rules just tell you what is what

If the amount of text makes you want to run away, the first two pages of this pdf offer a very condensed version:
https://media.wizards.com/2023/downloads/dnd/Peril_in_Pinebrook_COMPLETE.pdf

[warm summit]

@rotund sand also recommend keeping some random tables on hand but especially a list of names you like because the party is inevitably gonna ask some random NPCs name you didn't think to name and you'll have to pull one out of thin air

[rotund sand]

Thanks

[warm summit]

Np!

[frozen agate]

Hi

I’m new and would love to learn

[warm summit]

Hi the best way to learn I think is to find a game with a GM whose open to new players but someone else recommended a PDF a few messages up which apparently has a good 2 page overview

[unborn lotus]

Would you rather be a Cleric or a Warlock

[hot gate]

Probably warlock, as I really like the class. And you could still be a healer if you go with the celestial patron.

[glass granite]

Cleric. Easily

I shudder to think the conditions a pact would have on me

(Wait is this if I was the class or in game who I like playing more? Still cleric either way cuz I like the class more)

[knotty pasture]

Probably Warlock for me

[hot gate]

I'd assume zero conditions if this is purely mechanical. If we include all the thematics, a cleric might be just as "annoying" to be, considering all of the praying, offerings and religious texts that might be involved in it.

[glass granite]

Personally I’d prefer not having to deal with whatever such a being would want from me than some devout worship

[hot gate]

"Devout worship" has interesting incarnations depending on the deity.

[glass granite]

Sure

But I’ll take my chances compared to warlock patrons

[still plover]

(Considering a joke about marriage. Disclaimer: I love my wife deeply.)

[glass granite]

Glad to see Mrs Smith is loved

[warm summit]

I also love this guys wife /jk

[hot gate]

valid choice

[glass granite]

If we’re also talking about just mechanics, I like the ability to swap out my spells per long rest

[knotty pasture]

Speaking of Warlocks

If the Warlock's patron died for whatever reason, does the Warlock themselves lose their power

[glass granite]

I’d imagine not

[still plover]

Yeah, but Eyes of the Rune Keeper. Read all text!

[hot gate]

depends on the DM

and the story behind the pact

[glass granite]

Yeah that’s probably the best answer

I think for my games I’d rule not so, but I see arguments either way

It’s contentious enough that I’m fine with either

[hot gate]

After all, there are no actual "lose power" mechanics behind any of the three "supplicant" classes (warlock, cleric and paladin), except for a fairly light-handed suggestion on paladin.

[still plover]

Yup. Flavour text in 2014 mostly had warlocks as seekers after magical secrets and the patrons as guides, not conduits for their powers.

[warm summit]

I would probably rule that they would but id get them a chance to hook up with a new patron quick

[brave fiber]

chat what is a badass sounding a guy who made a secret society

[knotty pasture]

Minsc of Rashemen

[still plover]

Marcus Fineblade.

[brave fiber]

i want to perfect my backstory

[brave fiber]

hmm

[glass granite]

Is this a name or a name of an actual person

[still plover]

Player character? We have a channel: #character-discussion

[brave fiber]

i just need a name

[glass granite]

Lucien Voss

[brave fiber]

we have the 20

[glass granite]

Yay

If only I got these crits at the table…
I swear all the crits I’ve rolled are against ONE of my players

[still plover]

Do Google your names before you get your heart set on them.

[brave fiber]

good idea

[warm summit]

If you're on android you can let Gemini know the vibes you're going for and like what kinda language group you want the names to come from and it'll give you a list of em

So you could be like "Give me a list of 20 northern European names that are unfamiliar but easy to pronounce" and it'll do that, and even give a guide to pronouncing them and their meaning

[brave fiber]

i dealt 40 dmg to the BBEG and my dm said SAID "he brushed it off"

the bbeg had 650 health

[glass granite]

A player once did 20 damage and I described the hit as the person catching the battle axe in his bare hands, a few drops of blood dripping from the cold steel axehead, staining the white snow below with crimson splotches

They were level 2
They ran

[brave fiber]

LOL

HAHAHAHAHHAHA

can i show some parts of my backstory here

[glass granite]

In #character-discussion yes

[pliant crow]

i wonder what's the reason why most cantrips are so limited when being learned

but any spell with a level is free to select and change (relatively speaking) for most characters

[fair summit]

Themtically cantrips generally represent simple spells you have taken the effort to learn familiarize them well enough to the point that you can just freely cast them, or are something you can do innately due to your race or background

[pliant crow]

but since they're so simple, why aren't they allowable to be learned via scrolls i wonder?

what's the balance reason behind it?

one has to like... enchant an item to do the cantrip if someone wants an extra, like for example a light cantrip

[glass granite]

I imagine it kinda like an accent. It’s something so natural to you you don’t have to put practice into it

[knotty pasture]

I'd see Eldritch Blast scrolls being banned or limited across the board

[glass granite]

But it’s kinda difficult to learn an accent to the point you don’t have to put effort into doing it

[cursive thorn]

Wasn't there an optional feature in TCE that allowed wizards to change cantrips IIRC

[tidal bough]

Theres definitely one

[still plover]

I'd allow it.

[pliant crow]

yeah but if it's so simple, why are they so rare :v

why can't we learn more and have to rely on enchanted items that do them

[fair summit]

Nothing says they are simple. They are only simple from a perspective of gameplay mechanics, and even then only in a way that they can be cast without spell slots

[pliant crow]

i see

[raw ocean]

I wonder how xanad felt when he developed some of the first power word spells

[pliant crow]

i just can't help but wonder... ^^;

the rarity is astonishing

[still plover]

At least there's a stun in there.

[raw ocean]

I do find it quite funny how the dude who literally made power word kill had his fortress destroyed by like 30 hirelings

Although body was never found so I wonder if he will come back one day with the addition of new power word spells if WOTC ever want's to break that page open

[pliant crow]

unrelated topic, do you guys remember the very strange double ended weapons from ye ol' 3.5e? :v

imagine darth maul saber but medieval, and they can be axes or morningstars

i wonder how those can be flavored on 5e :v

[tidal bough]

Double-sided scimitar with nick property

Reflavored as that tho

[warm summit]

Nick property is my real estate agent name

Wait that's a good Rogue name too

[still plover]

What's it about?

Okay, what kind of feedback are you looking for?

Sure, message me.

[glass granite]

That’s not half effing bad

It’s pretty good

[still plover]

First thoughts:

In character is neat. It demonstrates your creativity and desire for immersion, but it's only one part of your application.

What you're missing is who you are, what kind of expectations of play you have and why you want to play in the particular game on offer. What about the advert attracted you? What are you looking forward to that the DM has mentioned?

[flint apex]

HEY YALL! Any recommendations for a legendary item that might help stun a being of particular power (coughavatarcough) and purple weapon recommendations? I am totally not losing my mind before session looking over all of our abilities. 8th-9th level spells recommendations appreciated too

Artifacts are also welcome if not incredibly insane, only problem is we can’t use wish

[fair summit]

I do feel the need to ask, but is this AI generated by chance?

[still plover]

I would probably cut the second paragraph ("Since my youth...") and the fourth ("Grant me a place..."). You're still conveying your idea, but you free up some word count for yourself. Use it to tell the DM a bit about you and why you think their game will be great.

[limber trail]

Is that you as a person, or is this for a specific character you wanna play? I ask because a lot of DMs will usually deny players if they come into a campaign with a predefined character in mind.

Amazing bit, just be careful the implications

Ah

Yeah okay so plenty of DMs dislike when players have a specific character before they’re accepted into a game

Just talk about yourself as a person

Good DMs will send you questionnaires anyhow

The time to come up with a character and talk to your DM about it is generally later than now

This is of course based off of mainly my experiences and the experiences of the people I play with

Other folks may vary

[delicate owl]

Some will ask for any characters you are wanting to play, overall, just have vague ideas about your characters, so that when you join changes can be made to accomodate the campaign and vibe of the party at hand.

I honestly never make a character until I join a campaign personally, because I like to make the character with the dm and have it fit in the world with more cohesion.

[remote wadi]

You ever get the feeling that your benevolence really got used against you?

[knotty pasture]

No cuz this is a team game not a free for all

[remote wadi]

I was just trying to help a player get into a campaign because I related to how hard it was to find a genuine campaign

And a few weeks later, I think they're becoming a genuine problem player

[still plover]

That's not on you.

[remote wadi]

DM isn't online yet, but I'm bringing it up to them when he is. Talking here until then

[delicate owl]

Oh well yeah, I mean if they're only a problem player to you so far, it's not something worth worrying about. Idk what they have done but I'd recommend doing what you're gonna do, talk to the DM and the other players about them first.

[still plover]

We're here lending sobusaeoghan a hand and (just for example!) they could turn out to be an actual gremlin in live play.

[remote wadi]

Uhhh, it was to most of the party at this point

[still plover]

So, how are they a problem?

[knotty pasture]

By any chance this isn't the Cleric right

[glass granite]

Plus if they’re new you can always try and adjust their behaviour

[remote wadi]

In the campaign, it was 2 parts to it. The first was that they decided to just split off from the party and talk to horses that bandits owned, made the bright idea of convincing them to join us. Bandits did not approve, big fight, Druid almost dies, NPC we needed to escort almost gets kidnapped

And no, the Cleric was mostly away outside of sessions #3. This is the Druid

[pulsar fossil]

if a dm does private death save rolls

while using bend luck would i need to know the roll

[glass granite]

Hasn’t the Druid played for a very long time?

[still plover]

Their enthusiasm is translating into "do own thing, chaos ensues" and ignoring the rest of the players.

[pulsar fossil]

or i just need to think if i want to or not

without knowing the role

[delicate owl]

No, you can just add it or subtract it (you demon) regardless of knowing the roll

[pulsar fossil]

ok

am i the one rolling 1d4 or enemy

[glass granite]

Have a talk to them about not being disruptive, even if it might fit their character

[still plover]

(An aside: love your username!)

[remote wadi]

So the second one was me planning things like what to spend our gold on in the next town, but remembered that an NPC still had a chest that we avoided at the moment

But I decided to make a small deal with her and trade her chest for an ivory and silver hairbrush (had Paladin actually make the deal in case of checks: several points higher Chr than me)

[delicate owl]

(thank you!)

[delicate owl]

You roll it

[glass granite]

(I fear the day when horizons start cascading)

[remote wadi]

Trade was successful, Druid immediately made a beeline for the chest and opened it. Got a 20 on the dice to determine the loot, which would have been amazing (mind you, the list of magic items we could get were including, but not limited to a bag of holding)

[pulsar fossil]

so most likely the better idea is to just

use it each death save

[still plover]

(Ahahaha, as you should!)

[pulsar fossil]

does ac matter in death saves?

[naive ridge]

Hello

[glass granite]

Only to not be hit and autofail two

[pulsar fossil]

if an enemy. crits on me cuz im unconsious would i lose two death saves?

[glass granite]

Yes

[remote wadi]

Instead of taking my advice to just take the option for what magic item it would be, Druid decides to keep rolling to determine what it would be with the flimsy excuse of "Counterpoint: I like rolling dice"

Flubs up the next dice rolls ans makes the loot much worse. It was some potion that gave a thunder damage resistance for 1 hour
But I couldn't even benefit from that either because Druid instantly drank the potion

[pulsar fossil]

and while im dead i am considered unconsious

[glass granite]

Downed or dead

[pulsar fossil]

downed

[glass granite]

Yes

[hot gate]

Ah, that's very different than dead

[pulsar fossil]

i think when youre dead you are considered an object

[glass granite]

Knock some sense into them. Tell them out of and in character that what they’re doing is disruptive. Communicate.

[still plover]

Downed is only mostly dead.

[hot gate]

It's complicated, but yeah you're definitely no longer unconscious

[remote wadi]

Aside from that, Druid hasn't been actively disrupting the party, but has done little to actually help us

Out of the campaign, Druid made the reasoning that "I thought we learned by now that I'm not to be trusted with anything"

[glass granite]

Then leave them to rot/hj

[pulsar fossil]

i say let the party play out

[remote wadi]

And there's a difference between mostly dead and all dead

[pulsar fossil]

like if the other players have issues

[still plover]

Fifty gold and a nice sandwich?

[glass granite]

I say remind them that if they’re more pain than is worth, the party has no reason to keep them around.

[pulsar fossil]

im sure if he doesnt trust anyone

[remote wadi]

Princess' Bride reference

[glass granite]

Oooo, which kind of sandwich

[pulsar fossil]

the party shouldnt either

trust is a two way street

[still plover]

Pastrami with coleslaw and some sliced pickles.

[glass granite]

Oh hell yeah

Gimme some of that

[pulsar fossil]

id also say if he doesnt help enough

he hasnt done a "goal" or achivement

that he should get to level up

[torpid sinew]

Yo, warrior

[pulsar fossil]

ayy

[delicate owl]

At this point, if the Druid does not want to be useful, nor are they making any attempts to be part of the party, they should probably be talked to by the DM if enough players find their playstyle disruptive and/or not cohesive. It sounds to me that they'd rather put their own enjoyment of doing whatever they want, over the joy of the party as a whole, which yes, is a red flag.

[still plover]

Hah! Yes. That can be a trouble.

De Vor you couldn't exactly trust, but she knew the party were the only ones preventing her from being burned as an evil witch. She made herself useful, repeatedly.

[pulsar fossil]

i say just dont let em level up xd

[inner silo]

Is the undead warlocks transformation good as a 1 level dip on a wizard?

[pulsar fossil]

unless he has a goal to do for it

like it should make sense why he should level up

if he doesnt help the party it means he hasnt done enough to level up

it is diff if they do xp tho

[delicate owl]

That would be a crude and kind of boring way to punish them. I'd just say if they are not being a good player and are actively harming the experience of others with how they play, and don't respond to the request to be more cohesive with the party, they should be removed.

In the end, I've been playing D&D online for what, almost 7yrs now? And I couldn't count on my fingers and toes a dozen times over how many players I've met that just don't understand the basic consideration of others when playing in a campaign.

It is a game where we all come together to have fun, including the DM. Not a game where you just do what you think is fun and ignore the others.

[glass granite]

I’d say, don’t punish out of game issues with in game solutions. The issue here is with the player

[pulsar fossil]

im not saying that he needs to help the party im saying he should have a goal he is reaching towards a goal that would align or not with the party

[tidal bough]

Has anyone brought it to light with the player

[pulsar fossil]

im just saying

was this mentioned before or after he created his character

[glass granite]

I was gonna say

[pulsar fossil]

this is also a big point

[glass granite]

Bloodline have you voiced your concern?

Either to the DM or the player?

[tidal bough]

If it has been brought to light then theres not really much point in telling us more unless youre wanting advice on how to go about it

[candid cave]

Stupid ahh dnd experience, session started with ordering french fries and ended with all party members traveling to gargantua

[tidal bough]

It be like that most of the time

[glass granite]

Ah, classic DnD

[pulsar fossil]

ok ive read up on everything properly

i dont think the druid is that "bad"

rolling for which magic item is fine

him opening the chest is also a shitty thing to do but also ok people get excited in general

[tidal bough]

Its not necessarily a very bad thing but it is a slight annoyance to have a player that isnt actually playing but is just effectively a monkey that chooses to do things at random because they "like to roll math rocks"

[remote wadi]

This is also in game, though. Read what I said about the potion and horses

[tidal bough]

Especially when youre wanting to immerse yourself in the world and Gunk Butter is drinking vials of acid because the math rocks said so and its funny

[glass granite]

I know

[pulsar fossil]

imma be honest tho rolling for loot is much more fun

than picking it yourself

so i can see why theyd do it

[glass granite]

that’s an issue from the player’s (out of game) actions, not an in game issue.

[remote wadi]

1. We are adults. Just because someone roleplays a chaotic goblin doesn't give them the excuse to be a jerk to all of us

[pulsar fossil]

but i cant excuse the drinking the potion immediately

[remote wadi]

2. It isn't just rolling for loot that's the problem

[pulsar fossil]

that is actually bad cuz it is annoying the party is not too beneficial to him either

[remote wadi]

Because each of the chests we had earlier to get loot were giving us the equivalent of 500 gp or upwards of 1,600 gp in gemstones

[glass granite]

Bloodline if it’s alright could you answer these two questions?

#dnd-discussion message
and
“was this mentioned before or after he created his character”

[remote wadi]

I'm a little confused

[glass granite]

What on?

-# also hi a little confused I’m Nugget

[remote wadi]

I had that one coming...

[pulsar fossil]

its one thing to do bad for yourself another to frick everyone over

[remote wadi]

What exactly needs to be answered?

[pulsar fossil]

basically he is asking

[glass granite]

Has anyone brought it to light with the player?
So have you voiced this concern to the player?

[pulsar fossil]

did you complain to player or dm yet

[jolly oyster]

I just had ptsd flashbacks of my parents saying “hi hungry, I’m mom” as a kid 😂

[pulsar fossil]

and did the dm know he was gonna be that kind of player

[remote wadi]

That they're being a nuisance?
Druid is self aware, Paladin and I spoke up about it on server

[remote wadi]

Probably not. Neither of us knew the Druid beforehand

[pulsar fossil]

ok did the dm know how he was gonna play that player

[glass granite]

A DM should know roughly a character’s personality before a game

[remote wadi]

Read my next message

[pulsar fossil]

Us including the dm that doesnt make sense

why would you add a player you dont know

[remote wadi]

I... I was the one who invited them to the campaign

[pulsar fossil]

ohh

[glass granite]

Usually you don’t have that right…

[pulsar fossil]

does the dm mind it?

[limber trail]

plenty of folks add players in online games - its what lfg channels are for (unusual for a player to do)

[glass granite]

You can suggest it, but the DM usually has the final say

[pulsar fossil]

you would still ask what kind of player he is

[glass granite]

So technically you can’t invite a player most of the time

[pulsar fossil]

this is beside the point tho?

[remote wadi]

They explained they were looking for one because it's hard to find a campaign most times, which I related to quite a bit. I'm the kind of person who would help out someone like that because I would also want to be helped in that situation. Be the kind of change you want to see and all that

[limber trail]

oh for sure

[pulsar fossil]

@remote wadi

[remote wadi]

I pointing them out to the DM and told DM about player looking. He took over from there

[glass granite]

Oh then that’s normal

So the DM should’ve known the character was gonna be kinda like that?

[remote wadi]

From seeing how Druid joined the campaign and 2-3 people dipped, I wouldn't say he was against it

[pulsar fossil]

i meant like how he is acting not about you adding him

[glass granite]

I recommend voicing again to the Druid that the party isn’t gonna keep a liability around and they should have a reason to actually support the party else risk being left behind.

And if that doesn’t do anything, talk to the DM

[pulsar fossil]

like if i was a dm id allow my players to recommend adding players

[remote wadi]

I didn't add druid to the campaign. I pointed them towards the dm and vice versa

[remote wadi]

Been there, done that. No responses yet

[glass granite]

Then wait. Let’s see how things go

[pulsar fossil]

im asking has the dm ever said about how he finds how the druid like his opinion on 💀

[glass granite]

His opinions on calcium?

[pulsar fossil]

uk what i meant xd(good joke tho)

[glass granite]

The study of skeletal structures specialising on the cranium? /j

[remote wadi]

The message was unclear atm. But so far, it seemed to be a bit of casual fun with a figurative bump in the road. But with this behavior being repeated and the Druid trying to pick a fight with the Paladin, this is becoming something that needs confronted

[glass granite]

Then I think you’ve done enough.

Just wait and see how things go. And start being stricter on them in game

[pulsar fossil]

i say travel along but be very disturstful of the druid like if you see him wander of keep a close eye that is if you dont want him removed

[glass granite]

You’re a ranger with endearing strike, a Druid shouldn’t get far. You’re literally the hunter class, this is your specialty.

[pulsar fossil]

you can always leave him in a bad situation where he has to be nice to the party

or get some consequences

[glass granite]

Eh…that’s a lil harsh. Maybe save his life and make him owe a blood debt or smt

[pulsar fossil]

more harsh than kicking him from party?

if he doesnt wanna be part of the party then dont let him

that is my stance

[glass granite]

I can agree with that

[remote wadi]

I'm already struggling to enjoy the campaign as is. I don't need to add a neutral evil problem pkayer in the mix

For clarity, it's because most of my irl problems involve being stuck with problems outside of my control. Ironic that in campaign, most of my efforts towards solving said problems results in bad luck. That's the way it goes, but hard to see the silver lining in clouds on an overcast day, if you understand my metaphor

[glass granite]

…what does that have to do with my message?

I mean you’ve done everything you can for the moment

Some things need time to settle

[pulsar fossil]

im saying you should stop babysitting and let him fend for himself

[remote wadi]

Because waiting around means chances of just tolerating more of this terrible behavior instead of acting on it

[glass granite]

You have acted

[remote wadi]

Oh, you meant out of campaign more than in. Gotcha

[pulsar fossil]

you gave him a chance to help and he chose his fate

[glass granite]

Yeah in campaign you should start doing smt. Hence “being stricter with them in game”

[terse atlas]

Is there a campaign i can join?

[glass granite]

Anywho, I’m cutting into my sleep for this, imma go feed my bed mimic
Ted the bed mimic says good night

[glass granite]

#find-a-game

[pulsar fossil]

even netral evil when they have a party they have a reason to stick to it from what i hear he is barely a team player and at that point you shouldnt let him in

[terse atlas]

Thank you!

[remote wadi]

Several times at that, yeah. Part of me feels like such an idiot for indirectly making all this happen

[pulsar fossil]

its not you its him you just added a player who you thought would be a good fit you prob thought more players the better

[remote wadi]

That would be chaotic neutral. I get it's a rough estimate and that's how allignments go, but chaotic neutrals tend to be less involved with things and focus on themselves

Which is mostly what happens when they aren't screwing up the party, but when they do, they only care about their own amusement and pleasure

[pulsar fossil]

im saying he needs to have a reason to be a bad player and you guys should have a reason to keep him to leech off of you (in game)

tell him to just not follow the party and do things on his own

if he gets a good reason you should keep him then keep him

or you could go the easy way and just kick them'

@remote wadi

[remote wadi]

I said what I could

[pulsar fossil]

k have fun i hope you guys find a new druid

[remote wadi]

Ending it off with urging them to positively change their relationship with the party, one way or the other

That being either changing for good or leaving for good

[pulsar fossil]

id say it should make sense with the character if they do change

[stark arch]

qeuston 2014 rule book players. where can i find info about drugs? several youtube videos talke about dnd drug items

[remote wadi]

_>

[chilly narwhal]

Are you still having trouble with your party? This has been going on for over a week

[remote wadi]

Well, not much else I can do. Swear, I really wish that my options in life weren't constantly crappy like they are/have been

[chilly narwhal]

Or is this a new party lol

[stark arch]

any one knows about dnd drug items?

[pulsar fossil]

form what he wrote its a new party

[inner silo]

Do you think a lich could be non evil?

[fair summit]

I'm not familair with any kind of item considered a drug, so any talk you've seen was likely homebrew, or just general idea of drugs without mechanics

[remote wadi]

Party I've been with for almost 2 months. Most of them have improved with things like preparations and being more mindful about actions. Druid... not so much

[stark arch]

videos are talking that its in the players handbook :/

[fair summit]

Can you maybe link any of these videos?
Because only think I can imagine would be some kind of mention like use of pipeweed or something similar, but again there isn't any mention of a specific item or mechanics as far as I'm aware, so would have to check the video on what they are talking about

[chilly narwhal]

Bloodline, it seems like you are having a lot of issues with playing, and you complain very often about it. I think you may need to start reflecting on how you can have more fun in game.

Also, I think part of the issue is that dnd is a game where your party members are going to make bad choices, where you may roll abysmally, where people may ignore your advice and the other players might (probably won’t) play optimally if you are lucky.

Dnd does require at least a small amount of ‘just going with it.’

I hope you can have fun soon!

[stark arch]

i pm you

[fair summit]

The first video you linked, they do say they went through the PHB, but that is in reference to the races, not the drugs. They mean they went through PHB races to make drugs fit for the specific races. These are not actual drugs that exists in D&D

The second video literally gives the source for the drugs, and it isn't PHB but homebrew

[shy arrow]

Hello! My friends want to run a campaign (even though I've been nagging them for over 10 years about doing one). Anyway, they've chosen me as the most suitable GM. But I have no experience, and I'm looking for a campaign that's not too difficult so I can start with them. If you have any kits to understand everything or organize a campaign without experience, so they can have a great time and I can enjoy it too, I'd be very grateful. I'm looking for a kit with everything needed to prepare and play in the best conditions. Feel free to PM me

[inner silo]

I think lost mines of phandelver is pretty great and the dmg, especially 2024 one is pretty useful, though these are only the things I've heard, not tested

[shy arrow]

Does it have everything inside?

[inner silo]

Lmop is one of the starter set campaigns so it has the core rules, some character sheets and some dice in it's set, and the dmg has a ton of advice for gms

[shy arrow]

Ok thnks

Does it exist on Amazon ?

[inner silo]

I'm not sure, you can look it up

[shy arrow]

Ok

[remote moth]

i just got DND to play with my family today, we don’t know how to play it.

I’m the dragon master and i’m reading the first adventure ( the vanishing gnome ) i’ve spent 3 hours reading the first page and still only understand it the smallest bit.
we plan on playing tonight and i need help ASAP to help me understand how to play the game.

please DM me 🙏

[marble lion]

DnD needs preparation tbh
Pick up and play is a bit difficult

[hazy adder]

anyone got any quick one shot campaigns going today? or even just a reg campaign?

[pulsar fossil]

teach them fake dnd

[jolly oyster]

If you’re referring to the stranger things box set, there’s a beginners guide (basic free rules) that will explain everything. That will hopefully make the module make more sense to you.. there are also a couple QR codes in there that link to videos that explain/show you how to run the module 😊

[pulsar fossil]

best way to learn dnd is find a community server in my opinion

or campaigns

[chilly narwhal]

I found watching people play was really helpful

[cursive thorn]

Is this like a major spoiler for that adventure?

[remote moth]

i’m not sure what a major spoiler is i’m really new to D&D 😰

[cursive thorn]

I havent played or looked into it so not sure.

[stuck shuttle]

Assuming people are genuinely interested in learning the game, teaching them the wrong way on purpose is poor form

[cursive thorn]

But if it is, it's polite to spoiler text it so that people who want to play that game in future dont have it ruined for them.

[remote moth]

there not a lot of recourses out there, youtube is no help, A.I is no help, the guides are quite complicated as i’ve never played it, so yeah.

[remote moth]

ohhh sorry, i’ll delete it.

[stuck shuttle]

I haven’t run that adventure but it seems like those are extras that come in the kit.

[still plover]

That's the full list of creatures you need for the scenario. The adventure will tell you when each appears - oh, it's gone.

[remote moth]

is it the first adventure?

[cursive thorn]

no need to delete you can put a spoiler tag on it and it will hide the text and people that want to see it can click on it.

[remote moth]

if you all don’t mind me asking how did you all learn?

[stuck shuttle]

Tokens typically refer to monster tokens which you would place on a battlemap, which the kit should provide. Otherwise it’s easy-ish to make your own maps

[remote moth]

they gave me a play guide so i’m assuming their the rules, so i’ll read that, try and remember stuff, and then i’ll read the adventure booklet thing.

[stuck shuttle]

Reading the Basic Rules as well, the old version (2014) at least. The new version (2024) is much better organized

[limber trail]

I learnt by watching people playing online (which takes quite a while to actually absorb the game from)

[remote moth]

i’ve even tried downloading an app so i can basically play DND there and try and learn as we move, but apps don’t help.

realistically i shouldn’t be the DM because i haven’t watched stranger things to understand a lot of it, my family watched it and they can’t understand or work it out so they left it to me to work out.

[noble basin]

I was just kinda thrust into the game lol and no one really knew the rules that well

[stuck shuttle]

You don’t really need to watch Stranger Things to get D&D

[remote moth]

i know, it’s just the characters that are in it and some stuff are stranger things based and u have absolutely no clue.

anyways guys thanks for all your help i’m going to read the guide book, and then try and put the pieces together in my head.

[stuck shuttle]

Brings me back to my very first busted game made by an old friend of mine. Pretty much no rules were followed from the get go. I’m happy I went off and learned on my own how the game actually worked

[pure lark]

i haven't kept up with stranger things but given that it takes place in the 80s the characters are almost certainly playing first edition, which was very different to the current edition.

[stuck shuttle]

The show’s presentation of the game as a collaborative storytelling game holds true back then (for the most part) and definitely still true in the modern era. But yeah the rules structure and philosophy is significantly different from 1e to 5e.

[jolly oyster]

@remote moth I DM’d you

[stark arch]

hmm after slaying a dragon hoarding its blood in vials and consume it 🙂

[void crown]

Thoughts on this for warforges Healing Machine. If the Mending spell is cast on you, you can spend a Hit Die, roll it, and regain a number of hit points equal to the roll plus your Constitution modifier (minimum of 1 hit point). In addition, your creator designed you to benefit from several spells that preserve life but that normally don't affect Constructs: Cure Wounds, Healing Word, Mass Cure Wounds, Mass Healing Word, and Spare the Dying.

[tawdry sentinel]

That's just autognome?

[vagrant quartz]

So the healing machine is also biological?

[robust gull]

Me and 2 other people need a dm we can do it online we never played before anyone wanna be our dm

[stuck shuttle]

Warforged have always been at least partially biological

[stuck shuttle]

If you want to use this server to find a group check out the instructions in #find-a-game !

[void crown]

Yea but i thought it was a good way for all constructs to heal

[stuck shuttle]

I think it’s fine personally

[remote wadi]

Half joking about this, but

Any advice for a player who has great ideas, but terrible luck?

Aside from the obvious

[last lark]

What was your introduction to D&D? How did you come to know of it?

[chilly narwhal]

The best ideas are the ones made with the awareness of your circumstances

[fair summit]

I had heard of it and known it as a thing since forever, since it IS a very popular game and parodied and represented by people playing in various medias, but never had much interest due to not knowing what it was actually like beyond some dice and roleplay

Then one youtuber I sometimes listen to while drawing mentioned they joined a D&D game, so decided to listen to the game, and instantly loved the concept and here I am 😎

[remote wadi]

Asking because a good chunk of their plans are definitely noteworthy for a quick improvisation

But always seem to fall apart because of some consistently crappy rolls

[chilly narwhal]

They shouldn’t get too attached to plans in dnd

[remote wadi]

No, I mean like

They almost never end well

[marble lion]

If the ideas are so great, sometimes a roll isnt even be needed tbh

[remote wadi]

Like, inagine carrying someone who attacked you away for questioning, but nat 1 on Athletics check, tripped, fell, and was captured

[marble lion]

Ah

Well i guess that just cant be helped

Next time, knock him out first?

[remote wadi]

That's more or less how it goes, but it is getting harder and harder to believe that with every failed plan

[marble lion]

Ofc he could then miss all his attacks but thats what the others are for

[stuck shuttle]

Are critical fails on skill checks a thing at your table?

[remote wadi]

The party did. He just got jumped by a few guards

[remote wadi]

They often are for most places

[limber trail]

Try playing more of a spellcaster where you force saves rather than attack rolls?

[marble lion]

Then the enemy would just roll high

Not that i believe in luck but you know

[stuck shuttle]

I’d expect RAW to be the default at most tables, but if your table is ruling that crit fails on things other than attack rolls / death saves then I’d be looking at any/all ways to get advantage. Also play a Halfling

[remote wadi]

Person in question actually did try that with Ensnaring Strike. Currently 3 for 3 on enemies failing the initial save, then breaking out before anyone can benefit

[chilly narwhal]

Not all the best dnd characters are front line attackers

[limber trail]

...Are you the person in question

Because I feel like I remember you talking about your ensnaring strikes and also very bad rolls

[stuck shuttle]

Are you playing with digital dice or physical dice?

[remote wadi]

The bad luck isn't just "uh oh. Nat 1s all the time". It's also oftentimes pure irony

As an example, crit fails on saves are also a thing in this campaign. In addition to breaking out next turn, they also get a crit fail on the save. Double damage, but 2 times 0 is still 0

[stuck shuttle]

Oh yikes

[remote wadi]

So knowing their luck, they will still fail miserably, it just will be a nat 2 instead of a nat 1

[stuck shuttle]

Alright this game seems like they just want Halfling Divination Wizards

[remote wadi]

They unfortunately are too late and chose Human Ranger. Thus the crit fails on Ensnaring Strike

[stuck shuttle]

I’m assuming this person is you? Have you brought up these concerns with your DM?

[rose crypt]

Anyone happen to know the easiest way to acquire some quality 2D map assets for terrain such as traps, chests ,scenery.
I've searched Etsy and come up with limited results, looked at ,making my own but most free PNG sites suck.
Is there somewhere i can get a lot of good ones in bulk?

[remote wadi]

Yes. I prefer to speak about this as if it was just some person vs me

And he knows about the situations, but both of us know it's just how DnD is. Or in my case, is far more when in cased where it should be if

[stuck shuttle]

I wouldn’t say this is how D&D is considering most of your problems seem to stem from your DM’s homebrew rules

[remote wadi]

Even worse, I'm proficient and soon to be an expert in lockpicking and couldn't pass the check to save my life. DM recommends I let fighter try the lock (reasons being that he could pick the lock as effectively as I could thanks to being a Shadar Kai Rune Knight. But despite both being a +7 modifer, people still agreed to let him pick the lock because he simply has better luck than I do)

[remote wadi]

I'm saying DnD just being a dice game where bull crap rolls are fair play (for the most part)

[stuck shuttle]

I’ll ask again, are you using physical dice or digital dice?

[remote wadi]

Digital

[stuck shuttle]

Ah I was gonna suggest testing your dice for imbalances if they were physical

But yeah sometimes you are just unlucky. Plus people tend to remember bad experiences more than good ones, especially when it happens when you really don’t want it to

[knotty pasture]

Its definitely 70% homebrew rules (nerfs the hell out of Ranger and Warlock??) 30% bad luck (all while not taking every possible measure to improve your chances)

[remote wadi]

Nope. Although if I ever do play DnD in person, I should be having a cool dice set in a stopwatch arriving eventually

[stuck shuttle]

I reiterate that it seems like your problems are almost entirely due to your DM’s style of running the game

Even in your Fighter example if the DM wanted to spotlight you they should’ve let you take 10 on the roll

[remote wadi]

Well, not entirely. I did contribute towards taking out the guy commanding the guard (albeit not nearly the same damage as 2 Divine Smites), so I wasn't exactly helpless (even with only 2 shortswords)

The annoying part is that I ironically have to forgo both alert and poisoner this early just to get Lucky... only to have relatively average luck now

[knotty pasture]

Well yes I'm sure even with all those nerfs Ranger isn't objectively the worst class and even if it is, the nerfs aren't at a level where it means you're dead weight

[stuck shuttle]

Honestly even in your Ensnaring Strike example getting 3 enemies to fail the save and having others get them out is still good. You made the enemy side waste 3 actions they could’ve otherwise spent attacking

[remote wadi]

Well, yeah. I'm not helpless, just held back from me being a genuinely unlucky person

[remote wadi]

The more recent example was that he did still break out near instantly. It wasn't intentional, but I did manage to salvage this bad luck by keeping our Paladin barely alive

Because before I applied the Ensnaring Strike, I rolled a Nat 1 on an attack, which meant enemy used reaction to OA me and hit pretty hard

But that means that by the time Paladin's turn came up, the guy we were facing could not attack Paladin at all. Gave her a turn to LOH herself for 15 HP and safely retreat

[stuck shuttle]

Bloodline, this is another example of what a few of us have been saying. Quite a lot of your complaints seem to be following the format:

“I got unlucky with my roll, causing my DM’s homebrew rule to punish me”

[remote wadi]

The rule itself wasn't exactly the most bothersome. Oftentimes because rules like those are something that we also benefit from

[stuck shuttle]

Still, I think the rulings are the root cause of your strife. If it works for everyone else that’s fine, but it seems you’d benefit greatly from moving to another table

[undone rain]

Whew the paladin gameplay goes hard. Knew i made the right decision

[remote wadi]

I was more annoyed at barely making it out of that with the Paladin and me conscious

And then me getting screwed over pretty badly for the Short rest healing. We both have d10 +2 for hit dice, but me spending 3 resulted in only 15 HP restored, while her spending all 5 resulted in 44

[rigid delta]

When you have an evil plot to have a bbeg craft a simulacrum of the party's cleric/paladin.

Muhahahaha

[remote wadi]

To be perfectly clear, the rules aren't too bothersome for me. If anything, the 2 things that easily upset me the most are the Druid being a problem player sometimes (taking necessary steps for that)

And me having good ideas and playing mindfully, but getting smacked around a lot by some bad rolls

[rigid delta]

Quick question, did they somehow change dragons in 2024?

Haven't checked out the dragon stat block in a bit.

[atomic kayak]

They have some different mechanics yes, but are largely more or less the same

[remote wadi]

In case you missed it, they're a mild inconvenience, but one i can live with. Other problems in campaign to worry about

[vale sage]

I wish I had some friends man

[uncut zenith]

Yeah the biggest difference is that they all have some degree of spellcasting now whereas spellcasting was optional on dragons in 2014

[limber trail]

So awesome concept, just remember you need the original creature that's being copied, to be within 10ft of the caster for 12 hours.

[weary raft]

How does an advantage and disadvantage affect eachother?

[limber trail]

any amounts of advantage and disadvantage will cancel out.

1 advantage and 1 disadvantage: roll normally
2 advantage and 2 disadvantage: roll normally
100 advantage and 1 disadvantage: roll normally
1 advantage and 100 disadvantage: roll normally

[weary raft]

Thank you

[lavish flame]

getting advantage when u have disadvantage is so lit for negating it

[weary raft]

Or giving disadvantage when they have advantage

[lavish flame]

yuuup ur seeing the vision

[weary raft]

I was asking because I wanted to give someone disadvantage while I use wreckless attack

[weary raft]

Wait, you can have multiple advantage and multiple disadvantage?

[gilded scaffold]

You can have multiple sources providing them, but they don't stack; they only cancel, as knome said.

[lavish flame]

yeah but that also doesn't do anything special

[halcyon forum]

yeah for example lets say you are blinded (dis) and prone (dis) while you are attacking someone, but that person is restrained (adv). the final result is a normal role of one die.

[lavish flame]

if you're Flanking an enemy under the effects of Guiding Bolt and Faerie Fire, you don't roll 4 dice. You just roll with Advantage

[halcyon forum]

(flanking being an optional rule for 2014 and might do nothing in many games)

[fair summit]

It can result in some weird interaction. Like if an enemy is in the range of your ranged attack's long range giving you disadvantage, you can cats fog cloud or darkness on yourself to block both of your vision, and now make the attack as a normal roll, somehow shooting better at a distant target you cnanot even see anymore, since they also cannot see you 😛

[halcyon forum]

this also might be house ruled at many tables

[lavish flame]

yeah, i dont run with flanking

[serene jolt]

I run with flanking but they get a +2. So if an ally has something like friendly fire or something to give advantage, it doesn't take away their spell, feature, or ability.

[fair summit]

I run mine as a homebrew rule, where a creature flanking the enemy can use its reaction to give advantage to the attacker 😛

[ruby inlet]

Guys im so happy im gonna start running Curse Of strahd soon

[fair summit]

Eyy good luck! 😎

[vale sage]

Ight guys I'm about to try these Hot Ones Noodles there gonna Rock!! 🔥 ‼️

[crimson gulch]

ahh so hype, Games booked from here straight through to Groundhogs day

[stone elk]

Does anyone have some recommendations for additional magical secrets picks for a pacificist Lore Bard (no direct damage, inadvertant damage or assisting someone elses damage is fine)

Currently I am hovering on Counterspell and Find Greater Steed (at 7)

[crimson gulch]

Counterspell is a great one, find greater steed may be way more situational than it for sure

[lavish flame]

Counterspell is really solid

[stone elk]

yeah thats the one im most unsure of, counterspell seems and obvious choice with jack of all trades

I was thinking of incorporating a griffon companion as I can have it grapple enemies and use it for manouvering

[lavish flame]

personally I've always loved Leomund's Tiny Hut

[stone elk]

I have seen so much love for that spell, can you give me some use cases?

[eager marsh]

Safe long resting. That's it.

[halcyon forum]

yeah you are in the wilderniss or even a dungeon, and you can just take your long rest without worry

[crimson gulch]

Safe ish, dispel magic can end it

[lavish flame]

well, "safe". I've always liked the interpretation that there's no floor to the dome, so Burrowing enemies can still mess you up

[eager marsh]

2024 version also cant block any spell above lv 3

[jovial shadow]

It can also block entrances

[stone elk]

we are using 2014 so thats fine

[eager marsh]

as of 2024 the wording specifcally dosnt allow that

[halcyon forum]

the spell definetely loses some safety in hier tiers

but like from level 5-10 its god tier in most scenarios

[eager marsh]

its mostly just ensuring you can safely take your long rest in dangerous areas or places you might get jumped in the night by monsters

[stone elk]

I need a spell for the gap from 6 to 7 at least and it does look fun, might give it a go

[halcyon forum]

also extreme environments

[stone elk]

the problem with our group is we all have ptsd from poorly timed long rests / short rests and people getting killed as a result 😂

[halcyon forum]

or places you cant afford to make a campfire

[lavish flame]

spawn-a-tent is sweet

[severe rampart]

Counterspell is REALLY good, I then took Polymorph I'm pretty sure

[eager marsh]

Me busting out Galder's Swag Tower not carring if it's spotted

[severe rampart]

As a fellow lore bard, I have to warn you before it's too late, DON'T pick too many concentration spells

We cannot swap out our prepared spells like other magic casters (unless we level up)

[stone elk]

poly I had on my bard and somehow managed to get it to work the one time I used it but I do understand that the best use cases are usually the big bads and they frequently seem to have pretty decent wisdom annoyingly

it is a VERY funny spell though

[severe rampart]

I turn my party members into great apes

The human fighter enjoys it

[stone elk]

I have had similar advice given already and appreciate it, I think the big ones im going to maintain early on are slow and hypnotic pattern, ive got stuff like mirror image and see invisibility to cover non concentration utility as well

[stone elk]

now this I did not try lol

[severe rampart]

Oh yeah Hypnotic Pattern is good

Mirror image is my go to, personally

Pretty good for rp and combat

[stone elk]

I have suggestion prepared but still trying to find the best uses for it

[severe rampart]

Oh I have command instead of suggestion

[stone elk]

I have command as well which is so much more broken than I think people give it credit

[rigid delta]

Could always just have the bbeg be part of an escort mission the players have to succeed in.

[eager marsh]

i assure you we all understand how good Command is. it's restricted to a few classes for good reason

[stone elk]

my DM didnt :D

[naive cedar]

Command is lowkey broken

[stone elk]

"a giant minotaur attacks the party when everyone is low health"
"no shoo go away"
"... you are out of combat."

[halcyon forum]

the main thing about command is how good it upcasts

[severe rampart]

What's your dump stat, Oversal?

[eager marsh]

that's not what that does actually they only get ordered to spend 1 turn leaving

[halcyon forum]

thats way more than one word

[eager marsh]

Suggestion would let you tell them to go away completely

[halcyon forum]

and also the effect ends after one turn, yeah

[stone elk]

true to the class i was being dramatic, I just used flee

[eager marsh]

Yea and they flee for 1 turn. they can still turn back around

[stone elk]

I am moderately new to dnd as a whole I dont know what a dump stat is, I can find it for you though :D

[severe rampart]

Your lowest stat

[stone elk]

in this particular case as we were running away from it and hiding and it was spending its turn running the opposite direction, dm was happy for it to be out of initiative with a good stealth check

[severe rampart]

I dumped strength personally, I have 10 strength and 20 charisma

[stone elk]

strength 8

[vale sage]

What's gen asking the best way for a newb to get into D&D?

[lavish flame]

the stat u care about least

usually its Strength or Intelligence for most adventurers

[severe rampart]

Personal experience

[harsh hinge]

There's no best!

If you know someone who plays and can show you the ropes, great. But if not, the rules are freely available, and you can find games online all over.

[vale sage]

Really? There's online D&D games?

[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.

[stone elk]

roll20

we have been using it for a few years, decent platform, there are others I assume

[severe rampart]

It's the main way to play for most

[halcyon forum]

yeah many places to find them. A lot of online dnd is over discord these days, with many big community servers or personal servers

#find-a-game or roll20.net, or /lfg on reddit

[lavish flame]

Me and a bunch of friends jumped into the deep end and started a campaign together way back when.

[stone elk]

There are a bunch of fun little one shots you can do to give people a chance to experience some aspects of the game and roleplaying as a whole without getting too indepth, I would recommend "Everyone is John" for player agency and decision concequences

We had a lot of fun with it

[wanton sorrel]

0_0

[shell crown]

How viable is a pistol for an endgame weapon?

[lavish flame]

its pretty good

1 handed 1d10, if it were magical then even better

[empty thicket]

depend of the setting of the campaign
If its a flintlock pistol in a medieval world i think its not soo much

A small crossbow would kinda do the same, a longbow or heavy crossbow too

[fair summit]

Any weapon can be viable, generally. The weapons are simply different types. What's gonna matter more is what kind of magic weapon your weapon is, as mundane weapons are probably not gonna cut it at later levels

[empty thicket]

the only thing it would be an upgrade is +1 ammo or make the weapon be repetitive shoot so you dont worry about loading

[weary raft]

OH, thank you

[woven flint]

Truly a 0_0 moment, hello, friend.

[hidden spindle]

It's Bladesong compatible

[woven flint]

Bladesong but instead it's Glocksong

[wanton sorrel]

hello. only played i think 5th edition

[woven flint]

Hello :>
5th Edition has been my only D&D experience lol

[lavish flame]

i only really play 5e but I've dabbled in 3.5

[woven flint]

For TTRPGS, I've played
Call of Cthulu, Pathfinder/Starfinder 2e, Mutants & Masterminds, Monster of the Week and of course, D&D 5e lol

Monster of the Week was pretty fun, I played a Swamp Ghost fella named Bog and was one of few Monsters in a paranormal investigation unit

My main thing was phasing through walls to investigate ahead of the party lmao

[lavish flame]

5e, 3.5, LANCER, Mutants and Masterminds, Cyberpunk Red, Monster of the Week, Kids on Bikes... I think thats it for me

[woeful heart]

Ive never played dnd before but just thought about trying it is it fun?

[woven flint]

It's pretty fun

[lavish flame]

its the most fun you can have with your mind

[woeful heart]

I like my mind

[shell crown]

I thought for the pistol a rogue with dual wielding and martial mastery. A schimitar in one hand and a pistol in the other

Fighter wouldn't need the martial mastery but eh

[woven flint]

Hmmm, your mind must be put through a taste test, I'm gonna go fetch the local Illithid/Mindflayer

[weary raft]

Okay, D&D beyond i pissing me off. Because it says rage increases damage per level in barbarian, but it won't tell by how much, it just tells me that I need to find the table.
"you gain a bonus to the damage that increases as you gain levels as a Barbarian, as shown in the Rage Damage column of the Barbarian Features table." And it even says it in the book, WHERE IS THE TABLE!

[lavish flame]

its in the Barbarian class page, both the DDB Barbarian page and the Barbarian section in the Player's Handbook

it goes from +2 to +4 as you level

[idle oar]

Link to Barbarian class table that lists it: https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/br-2024/character-classes#BarbarianClassFeatures

[weary raft]

I thank you so much

I have been losing my mind for the past half hour

[wanton sorrel]

D&D reminds me of stick of truth x'D... Also i beat both games though...

[vale sage]

How do I make a character/character sheet?

[wanton sorrel]

you buy it... Shrugs

[severe rampart]

either in PDF or in DnD beyond

[severe rampart]

No, you don't "buy" it, there are free tools online

I don't think I've ever heard of someone paying for a character sheet, aside from printing it

[woven flint]

You slay the nearest tree and loot it for paper, clearly

[wanton sorrel]

wait do they have to roll for it?

[severe rampart]

What?

roll for what?

[wanton sorrel]

cutting the nearest tree to loot it for paper

[severe rampart]

yeah, probably athletics

[weary raft]

Hold on

[still plover]

Class, species, background. Start with the Basic Rules, pick what you like and head over to #character-discussion

[weary raft]

Does an 11 pass for athletics?

[severe rampart]

... no

I'm not looking up the CR of a Tree

[shell crown]

I made one in roll20 but if you don't know what you're doing it can seem pretty overwhelming. I got my first actual character sheet from a hosted game and I've used it to make 2 more with a pencil+pen and ruler

[severe rampart]

DnD Beyond imo is more beginner friendly

[keen bear]

I think using pencil and paper is very beginner friendly

[weary raft]

And is still as confusing as looking at the book and putting the numbers

Just with less pencil smudges

[severe rampart]

Nope, it's pretty straightforward, especially with the beginner text feature

[keen bear]

I also, keep beginners to basic classes. Any more and it seems to overwhelm them.

[wanton sorrel]

wait what is the brutial D&D editon was it the 2nd edition?

[keen bear]

I want to get newbies into the game, not panic about all the rules

[wanton sorrel]

still new to table top dnd

[keen bear]

5e can be brutal, but 1e was known for a lot of character deaths

[weary raft]

I have been wanting to look into bloodhunter

[shell crown]

Swashbuckler was removed right?

[keen bear]

ahh.. it sounds like a great class

[wanton sorrel]

can theif still be used in 5th edition?

[weary raft]

So you don't know?

[severe rampart]

Yeah

[keen bear]

I haven't looked into it. It is a ranger like class or subclass?

[keen bear]

I call the entire class Thief.

[weary raft]

Well from what my sister is doing, I would say it is closer to a warlock, but it is its own class

[wanton sorrel]

ah ok

[keen bear]

Does WOTC have a mage/cleric class? not multi class

[severe rampart]

there is a cleric class

[keen bear]

I have seen talk of the Theurge class from Kobold Press. I haven't looked into it yet.

[lavish flame]

nah u gotta be one or the other

[umbral girder]

Nope.

Closest you got is subclasses like Celestial Warlock, Divine Soul Sorcerer and Arcana Domain Cleric

[crimson gulch]

Knowledge domain cleric, arcana domain cleric.
Divine soul sorcery

[karmic pendant]

Is there a reason you want a mix of both of those?

Also from what I know a celestial warlock would not be able to do most of the things a cleric can do

[lavish flame]

Artificer gets spells from all over, I think Bard does as well. Thats kinda like what u mean

[umbral girder]

Eh Artificer lacks the flavor and mechanics of Divine + Arcane magics

[hidden spindle]

Maybe you're looking for Paladin

[umbral girder]

That misses the Arcane stuff too and leans way more martial so I doubt it

[hidden spindle]

What Arcane stuff you looking for?

Bard fits nicely

[keen bear]

I wanted to compare a class to the Theurge that Kobold Press just put out. Then choose which one I want in my game

[umbral girder]

Bard is probably the closest since its purposefully a full caster that dips into multiple types of magic

[severe rampart]

that's why bards are the best

[umbral girder]

Eh bard is mid.

[keen bear]

The Theurge pulls from Cleric and arcane spell lists

[hidden spindle]

Lore Bard is fun

[severe rampart]

stake my heart next why don't you 💔

[umbral girder]

I play games in all tiers of play more often and yeah tier 3 and 4 Bards suffer hard as enemies say no to most of their spell list

[vagrant quartz]

are you seeing this chat?

[severe rampart]

that's why you gotta commit to support first

[umbral girder]

A lot of enemies negate Bard support, have high saves and magic resistance or even immunity to the conditions they inflict.

[hot marlin]

The answer of course is that by tier 3 and 4, and this is true of all classes, your spells should primarily not be cast at the enemies.

[umbral girder]

Yeah but other classes like Druid, Wizard, Sorcerer, Warlock, and Cleric still have a lot more options to get past those issues.

[cursive sand]

would monk/rouge be good multiclass or nah

[umbral girder]

You wouldn’t benefit much besides skills.

Because Sneak attack requires specific weapons, not unarmed strikes, and their cunning action only brings a bonus action hide.

[hot marlin]

No real benefit. The two classes are too close to each other and their playstyle is rather opposed.

[umbral girder]

Maaaybe weapon masteries?

[cursive sand]

the idea in my head sounded cool

[umbral girder]

But yeah it isn’t a lot

[cursive sand]

alrighty

[hot marlin]

The weapon masteries and the sneak damage are good but they're not worth the effort of multiclassing

[hidden spindle]

Sneak Attack. Expertise. Martial Arts. Small synergies here and there

[umbral girder]

Now a neat Multiclass you could try is Ranger with Monk or Rogue

For spellcasting, skills, languages, weapons masteries, a fighting style, and an expertise

Since they have similarities but don’t have as much redundancies

And of course usually share the same stats

[keen bear]

I abhor multi classing. I know, I am in the minority in this thought.

[umbral girder]

Nah you’re right

[eager marsh]

Multiclassing is usually just bad most of the time anyways. abilities scale linearly by that specific class level rather than total (cantrips aside)

[uncut zenith]

Yeah I’d way rather just take a feats that is like semi “double dip”

Like Eldritch Adept for invocations or Metamagic Adept for a couple Metamagic options

[umbral girder]

I like the subclasses that are basically free Multiclassing

Like Eldritch Knight and Divine Soul Sorcerers.

[minor lake]

Gloomstalker my beloved

[umbral girder]

They get you to a close enough flavor and work with your primary class.

[grim berry]

Hi ppl, just joined

[umbral girder]

Welcome.

[minor lake]

Gloomstalker for like 5 levels and then a multiclass in rogue is nasty

Zephyr Strike -> Dread Ambusher + Favored Foe can do like 41 damage at level 3

[umbral girder]

Eh

[azure jasper]

I just realized
I forgot that I get the modifier for all 4 beams on my Eldritch blast
Ive been thinking it was a +5 total this whole time when its actually a +20 cuz its 4, +5's

[keen bear]

I allow multi classing if it makes sense story wise.

[atomic kayak]

The thing i like about multiclassing is that part of the reason it exists is because it explicitly is meant to be able to ignore the ""class stories""

Ex: Mechanically a warlock but not a warlock in terms of story whatsoever. Just a manifestation of (insert other class here) abilities

[keen bear]

I don't like it because people want to take something to get around limitations. Which I think is a cop out

[atomic kayak]

Its not a limitation though? Its also one of the explicit purposes of multiclassing. Im not sure how doing something that is suggested is getting around anything

[meager fractal]

It's pretty decent. Playing one in my buddy's campaign

[fickle heart]

I think the part that I dislike the most about it is that most spellcasting classes are structured in a way that following their mechanics while multiclassing ends up with a very odd expression of a character.

[hidden spindle]

If only Extra Attack were worded differently to say, so they could stack with each other

[umbral girder]

They actively have the Multiclass rules say “no you can’t stack them”

[eager marsh]

so the fighter can get extra attack (3) at lv 17 instead of 20? (i think that should be when they get it anyways)

[umbral girder]

So not even wording, it’s just hMulticlassing rules.

[fickle heart]

Like, if you multiclass Cleric and Druid, you don't actually get away from the Cleric and Druid mechanics within the story, because you need a different focus depending on the spells you cast. If the goal is to merge them into a sort of hybrid, it doesn't really work.

Over time, I've slowly gravitated away from having a very positive view of multiclassing for reasons like that.

[umbral girder]

In terms of designing stuff for DnD I heard it’s a pain too.

People trying to make fun classes only to hear “this breaks when you Multiclass”

[fickle heart]

It's a bit of a pain, admittedly, yeah.

[meager fractal]

MCDM said that was pretty central reason why they didn't include multiclassing rules in Draw Steel, actually. The headache from 5e's multiclassing rules linger.

[hidden spindle]

I'd've preferred if Cantrips were tied to the class & its class level that obtained them than a character level.

[fickle heart]

Though there's definitely solutions to multiclassing being overtuned, with moving away from PB being a big one.

[rough basalt]

Didn't think about MCing when making my take on a Gunslinger

[fickle heart]

I'm doing a passion project rework of a lot of the stuff with 5e and curbing multiclassing but still allowing it was a pretty big goal, though I'm finding myself trying to decide if I even want to enable it. When I started, it was a definite yes, but it's fallen quite a bit.

[umbral girder]

2024 did a good job curbing Multiclassing

[silent portal]

It did

[rough basalt]

I largely ignore MCing for the most part

[silent portal]

I like to mc for optimization, but when it comes to flavor and how the character behaves it can be a very hard thing to pull off

[rough basalt]

I don't get to play enough for MCing to really appeal to me.

[silent portal]

Monk sorc is rather easy, but not optimized. Go drag on both and it is realistic

[fickle heart]

Probably the largest reason I think disallowing multiclassing can be good for the active game is that it can really reduce a player's focus on actually playing along with in-story events, instead having them focus on building their character.

[silent portal]

Are epic boons even worth it if you get high enough level?

[rough basalt]

Yes

[fickle heart]

I've tossed around an idea where many feats are simplified and a category of feats are added that are basically meant to fill the previous gap of story-based multiclassing.

[hidden spindle]

I like class-lite feats

[keen bear]

I played a Vanguard / Bulwark in a one shot. It seems pretty cool

[keen bear]

Very few get to that level though

[silent portal]

Agreed

[lavish flame]

yeah

[fickle heart]

Goal being that events in the story are what cause you to be able to take something like Fey Touched.

[keen bear]

We've been playing for over a year in this campaign and the characters just reached lvl 5

[silent portal]

I have one campaign I'm in that will get us to lv 20. So I'm not sure what to do with my aaracokra drunken monk

[crimson gulch]

Weekly or monthly game?

[keen bear]

sobriety? I am just kidding

[umbral girder]

Very much so

[silent portal]

I've not played a true monk. Always mced it

[keen bear]

Every two weeks, but I want the players to have fun with new abilities before they get more.

plus, there is a lot of Role playing and side quests from my full on adhd group. I just run with it.

[crimson gulch]

Ahh I have a campaign that just hit level 5, session 10 is tonight

Rp and side quests still lead to charicter progression in my games

I will run whole campaign books in 25 go 35 sessions usually

[pliant crow]

guys, i have a question about tritons in dnd5e.
can they survive abyssal levels of sea pressure? just asking to make sure my character concept is lore accurate

[rough basalt]

Sea pressure isn't considered.

As DnD doesn't care about physics.

[pliant crow]

@w@

[crimson gulch]

Abyssal sea pressure is considered in 2 campaign books for 5e

[rough basalt]

Oh really? Huh

[lavish flame]

Tritons have a Swim Speed and are therefore unimpeded by the Deep Water Environmental Effect

[keen bear]

as is evident with fall damage

[pliant crow]

rip, out goes my character concept, i have to think up of a new one TTwTT

[lavish flame]

Deep Water
Swimming through deep water (more than 100 feet deep) presents additional challenges because of the water’s pressure and cold temperature. After each hour of swimming in deep water, a creature that lacks a Swim Speed must succeed on a DC 10 Constitution saving throw or gain 1 Exhaustion level.

[rough basalt]

Oh right forgot about deep water rules.

[pliant crow]

oh but by that ruling, triton CAN survive abyssal levels of pressure

[lavish flame]

yes

[pliant crow]

cuz they have a swim speed

[crimson gulch]

10d6 damage per minute in extreme pressure unless you can counter act it

[lavish flame]

yeah thats what I said earlier

[woven flint]

Yeah, it's pretty funny

I'd honestly assume that Triton live deep in the oceans anyway tbh

Triton that suffers from deep-sea gigantism...
Thoughts? 🧐

[pliant crow]

rip, i have to entirely rethink my character's backstory hahaha XD
I had a concept of a triton warlock explorer who's pact and dream in life is to just explore the surface world, so you could probably see him in the middle of a desert or something and he's looking enthused.
but the backstory i wanted for him is that he always wanted to be an explorer like his ancestor from 1000yrs ago, who was known in the local area for mapping a lot of the nearby abyssal sea levels on his submarine. so when that sub was found he stole it from his dad (who wanted to sell it) but since it was unmaintained for 1k years, it gave up on him and he sank to the bottom. he met his patron there, an ancient sea dragon, who heard him out about his dream in life to be an explorer before he thought he would die, but they established a chill, mutually agreeable pact of the sea dragon giving my triton his warlock powers and all he has to do is explore the surface world, something he always wanted. so he was teleported out of the sinking sub and he's been having a blast since.

buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut now i need to think up of something new if triton can 100% be fine in the abyssal layer of the sea. they would have no need for a sub except for maybe combat or something.

[lavish flame]

Critical Role: Call of the Netherfeep also presents these underwater rules.

Water Pressure
The Netherdeep is a supernatural abyss, and the water pressure it exerts on creatures within it is beyond anything most mortals can survive. Creatures not native to the Netherdeep take 35 (10d6) force damage at the end of every minute they spend within the Netherdeep...

[pliant crow]

this is critical role though... is this still official dnd rules?

[lavish flame]

so like the mariana trench is killing a pc

[woven flint]

Oh yeah, my Centaur barbarian is totally native to netherdeep, trust

[lavish flame]

yes

Critical Role: Call of the Netherdeep is an official 5e adventure

[pliant crow]

but are triton technically native to netherdeep if their true homeworld is the elemental plane of water? would they be considered exempt?

[lavish flame]

no, but the netherdeep is just super far underwater

this sets a precedent that deep trenches can be worse than Deep Water

[pliant crow]

but let's put it this way. say you're a DM, would you be fine or not be fine with a triton going about merilly in the abyssal layers of the ocean without any assistance from anything else?

[torpid ocean]

so as far as I remeber, liches bind their soul to an inanimate object, but does the object have to be inanimate or can it be living?

[pliant crow]

would you crush even tritons with sea pressure or are they chill with it?

[lavish flame]

has to be an object and not a creature (and specifically, it has to be an object that can contain something). a living object is probably a creature

[pliant crow]

how "believable" would it be to your settings if tritons needed subs for ease of exploration and sea defense against shit like krakens or giant turtles?

[crimson gulch]

this is in an offical campaign book published by wizards of the coast, the call of the netherdeep

[lavish flame]

ye prolly

[torpid ocean]

ah I see, could a lich bind their soul to an object like a locket or something like that?

[lavish flame]

yes

[crimson gulch]

sea tanks, like the Aparatise of kwalish

[keen bear]

To be fair, if we are using real world as an example, most creatures don't go down into the deep and the ones that live in the deep don't usually come up towards the surface.

[pliant crow]

yeah so i need to rework and refine my character's backstory on how he met an ancient sea dragon who have him his warlock powers

[pliant crow]

oooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

huh, but this is still terrestrial made. would a triton actually need this?

[keen bear]

maybe the dragon just used telepathy? Your character for what ever reason was reaching out with his mind for more power or whatever and the dragon responded

[pliant crow]

that sounds a tiny bit simple... but then again that's how wyll got his powers...

idk... @w@

[keen bear]

or the dragon protected him as he brought him through the netherdeep

[pliant crow]

wait... netherdeep is exandria though...

it's not forgotten realms @w@
is it?

[crimson gulch]

Correct

[keen bear]

whatever is in your world that is the equivalent

[pliant crow]

well what IS the equivalent of that in forgotten realms but the elemental plane of water itself :v

and even then that sounds like a triton's literal natural playground

[keen bear]

I GM in Midgard or the Southlands to be specific, by Kobold Press

[keen bear]

no idea, haven't looked at a FR book in many years

[crimson gulch]

the leviathans lair under the moonshae islands

[pliant crow]

so i'd have to change his patron from an ancient sea dragon to leviathan (not that i'm complaining)

[thorny flax]

i hope more dms start using 2024

[lavish flame]

I love 2024

[umbral girder]

Be that change and DM some 2024 games.

[lavish flame]

I've been running it pretty exclusively since it came out

[umbral girder]

We are all in this together and all that.

[visual olive]

Same, I immediately had a character idea when i read the new faerun book but it´s been surprisingly hard to find a campaign for it.

[thorny flax]

I know right

[keen bear]

I switched to Tales of the Valiant on the rules.

[pliant crow]

so what i can think of changing is
he found his ancestor's sea chariot or something, which can move on its own and was used to help map and secure the abyssal area around moonshae
it was found by triton archeologists, given to his dad but the dad wanted to sell it. he stole it to try and follow his ancestor's footsteps and it failed on him
he was rescued by a leviathan and given warlock powers because it was curious about the surface world
does this sound relatively passable for most DMs in forgortten realms?

[keen bear]

You can still do a dragon, just talk to your GM

[keen bear]

This works too.

[pliant crow]

im not complaining about the creature per se, a whole lot more so about how he found his patron and got his warlock powers
i CAN make it as simple as him wishing and being heard by an unfatholmable patron but... idk that sounds a tiny bit more basic 😛

it's almost the case of wyll where he wished he could help and a demon came to him out of nowhere. but that's just me

[keen bear]

Had to look up the name, but this is BG3 inspired? nothing wrong with it, just curious

[pliant crow]

ye bg3 wyll

[stiff rock]

A lot of people think ||mizora used an illusion of tiamat to trick wyll into signing the contract|| (wyll spoilers), could also be some cool inspo

[pliant crow]

im not closed to the idea of someone just wishing for warlock powers and getting it but i just prefer them having better and more direct circumstances for my own warlock meeting his patron @w@

cuz it also establishes why he even got his pact and why he and his patron like each other: they have a mutual curiosity for the surface world that they don't normally get to know about. the patron only gave him powers mostly out of curiosity than anything malicious, cuz he piqued patron's interest

[marble lion]

I also had a peaceful patron along these lines

I like it a lot more than the usual evil patron causing trouble, though that can be cool too

[pliant crow]

my issue with the evil patron route is that usually warlocks don't fully want to be in the pact. they're under pressure and duress from the patron. that and as famous as that kind of pact is, it's a bit too overused imho.
i have some small feeling that there aren't too many warlocks there that love the pact they're in. but that's jsut me, cuz ofc all pact stuff is directly literally DM dependent, since they ARE the patron.

i just wanted to explore the idea of a warlock having a pact that he doesn't worry about cuz it aligns with his goals, and failure would not mean severe consequences like being turned into a lemure

[keen kestrel]

My celestial warlock patron just being a solar who wants my guy to help people whenever possible

[keen bear]

Seems like a good story line

[pliant crow]

anyway, thank you for the input guys 😄

my warlock's backstory is now relatively more believable

[mellow halo]

Hey so I need someone to talk to me and maybe give me suggestions on this universe I’m creating

It’s more of a mythos but I want to expand and play with it and make new stories by role playing with people

[marble maple]

Well next week, the party Im in has to fight a Mummy Lord. Make or Break time i guess

[empty thicket]

i would like a patron that is like giga chill and its the kind of bro who say
"hey, no balls that you fight that owlbear" sort of thing
How did you meet up with a patron like that? In a party.

turns out that guy you were drinking beer until no more and both with some friends went to swim to a lake, was an entity having a good time and for that he give you some powers

[mossy raven]

I wanna do the same but every time I use the entity’s full power (Hecate being the one I have in mind) I get more manic

[woven flint]

A teleporting merchant that no matter what plane of existence the party is on, always seems to somehow be near exactly where they're going

First, it seems like a coincidence, but then the planar travel starts, then the party realizes the merchant is a high level wizard that's taken a liking to them throughout their buisness

[mossy raven]

Let’s hope u don’t get a nat 1 and end up in the shadow realm 💀

[empty thicket]

"sir, you are following my husband to anywhere?"
Lady, your husband is paying my kids university

[fair summit]

Random question, I know there's a mechanic like "when you miss with an attack your location isn't revealed" or something along those lines, but I can't remember what gets it?

[woven flint]

Skulker feat

[fair summit]

Cheers! 😎

[woven flint]

Pretty good for Rogues, or really, any ranged build that likes hiding

[fair summit]

yee, working on some homebrew weapons and was thinking of similar mechanic, and wnated to make sure im not overstepping on like a direct class ability or something 😛

[woven flint]

Eh, you're fine, there's a Cloak that allows you to Hide and Disengage and stuff of that matter as a bonus action and it's literally called "Rogues Mantle"

Correction, I've mistaken Rogues Mantle for something else lol

[fair summit]

Haha fair
Mainly I just want any overlap to be intentional, or be on stuff not usually on a class that uses a specific weapon 😛

[woven flint]

"Move in Shadows. While you are in dim light or darkness, you can use a bonus action to teleport, along with anything you are wearing or carrying, up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space you can see that is also in dim light or darkness. You then have advantage on the first melee attack you make before the end of the turn."

You see, I'm a bit silly :p

What I'm thinking of is Nature's Mantle:

"This cloak shifts color and texture to blend with the terrain surrounding you. While wearing the cloak, you can use it as a spellcasting focus for your druid and ranger spells.

While you are in an area that is lightly obscured, you can Hide as a bonus action even if you are being directly observed."
And it has a prerequisite

[slow crescent]

Idk where to ask for help with coming up with a nickname for a dnd character, long story short the goddess of the abyss and my current character are the same but I need a nickname for the goddess so it is easier to differentiate the two

[empty thicket]

Abby for the goddess

[bronze wave]

What’s your native language if you have any besides English. I’d use the abyss/darkness version of that word

[crimson gulch]

her dark magesty the lady of infinit torment and pain

[bronze wave]

All my char names are just bengali words lol

[empty thicket]

i sometimes just mix words or use some names from characters i liked

[slow crescent]

That is the nickname for the divinity of the abyss

[glass granite]

Lilith?

[bronze wave]

Then go with that. Or just say Abby bc it’s funny

[glass granite]

Or Lily

[empty thicket]

Harood (hard wood), Verso (character from expedition 33), Mirakle (a character that would be some rare race)

[empty thicket]

then you need one for the character or the goddes?

[slow crescent]

I need a nickname for the goddess

The divinity and the goddess are two seperate beings

Like the current name is Lazuli and I would want the nickname to be somewhat related to it

[glass granite]

Liz

[empty thicket]

oooh, okey okey
ERmm.... Abby is the divinity
Both are about some place dark
Lucy, it can be related to Lucifer.

the idea, not the character.

[slow crescent]

The abyss is where dead gods turn into demons and goddess Lazulis job is to make sure these demons don’t all escape to the material planes

[slow crescent]

Also my native language is swedish

[bronze wave]

Time to find what abyss is in Swedish. Ez name

[empty thicket]

Zeritome
I just made it up out of nowhere kinda starting the name iwth hte sound like Cerberus

[bronze wave]

That does not sound like Cerberus

[glass granite]

I gotta agree

[empty thicket]

Cer be rus
ze ri to me

[bronze wave]

What is that supposed to show me? 😭

That did not help you

[empty thicket]

the starter of the name with the sound Cer

[empty thicket]

its okey

[bronze wave]

It sounds like Ze to me bc yk… that’s how it’s spelled

[slow crescent]

Ah yes, ”Avgrund” sounds so good
It sounds like off ground which I ain’t the biggest fan off though the translation of darkness to ”mörkret” is interesting I am not sure if I would want to use it

I am a little picky sadly enough

[barren kraken]

wawa

so how do i find a game

[rough gust]

VRchat do you play

[bronze wave]

Keep experimenting and you don’t have to use the word one for one. I’d try diff words and then alter the one you like most to match more

[bronze wave]

This is the first time I’ve ever seen a white role send a message in this server

[empty thicket]

#looking-for-players

[bronze wave]

Historical moment for sure

[rough gust]

Yooo

[empty thicket]

Mr smith is white too

[slow crescent]

Yeah, I just am not that creative with nicknames creation so I can’t exactly decide

[rough gust]

Do you guys play VRchat

[bronze wave]

This is a dnd server big bro. But I don’t no

[empty thicket]

Would be a project making a whole game into DND, i think Dark and Darker had a VR version. Im not sure

[rough gust]

Really

I will like to meet new people and hang out with them

[empty thicket]

welp, think that the VR is a platform that have few games, options and lot of people tend to feel dizzy using it. Isnt cheap too and you need space and a good connection//system. Now, if you grab the engine that was used for Half Life Alyx and find ways to adapt it, i think you can make a DnD game without problem

[rough gust]

Lolz 🥳

What do you specialize on

[eternal lion]

Bad idea: dnd haptic suit

[glass granite]

Haptic suit?

[eternal lion]

Yes

[glass granite]

I’m afraid I’m not familiar

[eternal lion]

Like ones used for vr

[empty thicket]

in what?

[glass granite]

Is that a bad idea then?

Sounds cool to me

[rough gust]

I mean what do you do on yr free moment

[eternal lion]

A haptic suit allows you to feel the pain from getting hit in a vr game

So yes its a bad idea

[glass granite]

Hm…
FIREBALL

[empty thicket]

play games, cook, exercise.
get stuff ready for selling

[glass granite]

DnD?

[halcyon forum]

I mean those suits dont cause real pain

[rough gust]

Do you guys play VRchat on pc or quest

[halcyon forum]

like a fireball would make the suite slightly warmer maybe? not sure how advanced that tech actually is

[empty thicket]

true, but you get the sensation at least, a tickle or something like that

[eternal lion]

Its also variable

You can turn up the settings i belive

[empty thicket]

nice, put it can stab you irl and then experience how your character is gutted ali.... nvm, not so good idea

It would kill your clients

[glass granite]

Feels like a lawsuit

[empty thicket]

cigarettes exist so...

[daring pecan]

Is this normal for me to roll a 14 and fail a con saving check against being stunned?

[rough gust]

Are you a furry guys

[glass granite]

At what level?

[empty thicket]

in any way, a suit like that would be another thing
Still, for me, expensive for the few options in a VR

[daring pecan]

I'm level 5

[empty thicket]

No.

[glass granite]

I could see it

Boss or?

[daring pecan]

No just a normal guy who threw concussion grenade

[glass granite]

Seems like smt you should pick up at a later date, a DC 15+ stun is hella strong

But a concussion grenade in dnd ain’t normal either, so we’ve entered homebrew territory

[daring pecan]

I'm a light domain cleric if this helps lol

[glass granite]

Not really.

[daring pecan]

Okay

Just checking on this cause sitting and doing nothing for like 20 minutes is crazy

[glass granite]

20 minutes irl or in game???
Also yeah stun sucks for a player

[daring pecan]

Irl lol

[digital sleet]

I got into my first dnd campaign, I am so excited to actually start🥹

I chose to be a tabaxi hehe guys

[glass granite]

Ooooo what class

[daring pecan]

It's a party of six so honestly twenty minutes is a blessing

[digital sleet]

I have to be a medic since theyre missing one.. idk what class is that but a medic

[glass granite]

Cleric mayhaps?

[woven flint]

Clerics, Bards, Paladins, Druids

Hell, even a Ranger could be a medic

[glass granite]

Options~

[digital sleet]

I'll ask properly the dm, but I made myself a panther tabaxi heheeha

[woven flint]

Celestial Warlock, New Banneret Fighter

[digital sleet]

I am just happy i got into my first dnd ever

[empty thicket]

there was a sublcass warlock that access to heals too

[fair summit]

Usually in games referred to as healers
Though in D&D they don't have as big of a role as other rpgs tend to, so you don't have to have one in a party

[woven flint]

Mentioned it, Celestial Warlock

[daring pecan]

Clerics and paladins are awesome medics if you want like a full caster you can go cleric, paladin is sort of a half caster personally cleric is better imo for pure damage and healing output

[woven flint]

Celestial Warlock by itself isn't typically enough to function as a parties healer, alas

Just enough to help, but not enough to be the primary healer unless you get plenty of Short Rests

[empty thicket]

better than nothing ngl

and this spell from paladin or cleric, prayer of healing was buffed in 2024 if im not wrong
10 minutes 1 spell slot for a whole short rest benefit and i think a lil heal too

[woven flint]

It is indeed

[empty thicket]

Good thing they just direclty made it 1 time per long rest//day

[empty thicket]

Still having a bulky Paladin being a frontline or being in the middle of the path of the enemies help a lot.
I am in a party with no frontline and they got 2 of 4 in that party at half hp in less of 2 rounds

[daring pecan]

My favorite thing about DND is thinking I can do something then being bombarded by info from my party on why I can't do that

[glass granite]

If ya can’t do it, ya can’t do it

[daring pecan]

Or watching my girlfriend be stunned for over 45 minutes

She's been stunned for six turns

She literally started the campaign with us got stunned and hasn't been doing anything for six turns

[glass granite]

Consider getting resilient (con)

The DM feels to be over utilising stun tbh

[glass granite]

In the future

[daring pecan]

It's the dm, my gf has bardic inspo and bless added to her roll +2 from con and got a high roll of 17 but still hasn't gotten out

The save is like 18 or 19 I think

[glass granite]

Dc 18+?!
Aight what

Can yall run?

[daring pecan]

Lmao I want to at this point

Apparently our enemies have guns and concussion grenades

[glass granite]

How many of yall are stunned?

[daring pecan]

It's me and her I got out last round and immediately had to use my turn to heal which I don't mind since I'm cleric but neither of us have even attacked

[glass granite]

How many enemies?

[daring pecan]

One of my party members did 46 damage including fire damage roll and the enemy is still alive

[daring pecan]

Three that we've been fighting for forty minutes

[glass granite]

Have any of you tried grappling them? Ranged weapons get disadvantage and they risk stunning their own ally.
Assuming someone can get close. Got a monk?

[daring pecan]

Yeah we tried I think but it failed

I'm not ranged but I'm gonna try scorching ray

[glass granite]

When at first you don’t succeed-

[daring pecan]

Wait I can't dang

[glass granite]

A monk has 4 attempts at grappling. At least one should work

If not, everyone else has 2

[daring pecan]

We have a fighter, two clerics, two bards and something else lol

[glass granite]

Have the bards casted anything like Hypnotic Pattern or any kind of CC?

Yall either need to come to them or bring them to you
Or run

[daring pecan]

No lmao they've been just attacking and occasionally inspo

Well tbf my gf is one of the bards so we have one technically seeing as she is stunlocked into oblivion

[weary raft]

So it seems my DM lives psychological warfare

[glass granite]

Can the other bard bardic inspo her?

And someone Bless her?

[daring pecan]

She has bless and inspo

[weary raft]

I made a build that can have 23 AC and he said he found a creature that can ignore it and has a natural AC of 5. I keep trying to figure it out

[daring pecan]

It's not working cause the giant roll needed to break stun

[glass granite]

None of the clerics nor the other bard has bless?

[daring pecan]

Im currently blessing her

The other bard is blessing the other half of the party