dnd-discussion

[buoyant oar]

Table Top War Games have been around for over 150 years.

[oak stone]

milking the campaign

[severe rampart]

and imagination has been around since the dawn of humanity

[buoyant oar]

Robert Wardaugh has been playing the same game in his Canadian home for 40+ years.

[empty thicket]

Like, nerd couple get a son, introduce the son into DND, play with him
The son then play it in the school with friends
Highschool too
etc. etc.
get couple
Marry
Get a son
Repeat process

[oak stone]

me invent wheel

[oak stone]

this is impossible in a third world country

which I'm in

[normal junco]

likely longer, H.G. Wells just formalized a lot of rules in a book so new people could get up to speed instead of requiring someone to teach them.

[severe rampart]

Right?

[oak stone]

if I ever manage to get a kid I'd probably introduce him to dnd

[empty thicket]

not at all, now in day its easier

[oak stone]

my dm allowed me to make my character have a stand from jjba

[oak stone]

none of my friends know dnd

irl friends

[noble pendant]

Hello good afternoon everyone I'm new to the platform do y'all know how I can send a message in the looking for players channel?

I'm kinda too dumb

[oak stone]

#find-a-game

[buoyant oar]

Kriegsspiel is what I was referring to. From the early mid 1800s

[normal junco]

the #find-a-game channel should have info on how to use the looking for players channel

[oak stone]

I was first so I'm better

[normal junco]

is there a hat tipping emoji?

[noble pendant]

Oh alright tank you

[oak stone]

tanks

that's so dank

[buoyant oar]

I have been running the game longer than my average player has been alive. And they can all drink in the US.

[noble pendant]

Lmfao

[empty thicket]

same thing, but now in day is more possible

[oak stone]

I wanna teach my friends dnd but I'm not a good dm

[normal junco]

gather your friends and tell them its soccer with some slight rules changes. then proceed to teach them D&D. try to see how long you get before someone tells you this isn't anything like soccer.

[oak stone]

"boss give you quest do quest"

[woven flint]

As soon as you pull out the dice and dm screen it's over lmao

[buoyant oar]

Nobody was born a good DM.

[oak stone]

my mom doesn't allow friends over

[normal junco]

what about enemies? you could tell your mom they're enemies instead of friends.

[toxic viper]

What about a soccer campaign, that would reel them in

[oak stone]

Great idea

[oak stone]

and to top it off I'd add bloodlines of each soccer player that gives bonuses

and I'd wheel of fate it

[jaunty wyvern]

Waterdeeps 77th annual soccer tournament

with magic allowed

[outer wraith]

i love orcs

[gusty stone]

Where do sorcerers keep track of their sorcery points on their sheet?

[normal junco]

a match between soccerers

[keen kestrel]

Under features and traits generally

[woven flint]

Dragon!

[buoyant oar]

Soccer? Poor Sport. All my calimshan homies get charged up about a game of Deathball though

[keen kestrel]

I usually just use lines to represent how many I have, since it’s easy to add to that (unless you use a pencil, then erase it and change the amount on level up

[woven flint]

I'm not even from Calimshan, but I LOVE Deathball!!!

[oak stone]

everytime I do a homebrew dnd I always use dm vault

my favorite website for dnd

[exotic pecan]

I'm so excited to start my first campaign soon, we have our session 0 this weekend

[gusty stone]

I hope you fall in love with it

[minor lake]

Grateful for my brother or as i call him "D&D playtesting unit 001"

Running social encounters with npcs beforehand as a demo is actually goated

[outer wraith]

guess who i love

[minor lake]

Who

[outer wraith]

orcs

[minor lake]

BOOOOO
actually I did just make an orc blood bowl team and they hit hard

Orcs are cool
I love vampires

[outer wraith]

orcs and wizards

huzzah

[grand onyx]

Hellooooooo

[minor lake]

Wizards also cool

Hi!!

[grand onyx]

How are you?

[minor lake]

Very well thank you! Today is a d&d prep day and there is no better day lol
How are you?

[grand onyx]

Oh awesome XD
I’m good thanks

[vagrant quartz]

how much stuff should i throw at 4 lvl 4 ppl

TwT

[grand onyx]

Just give them Venca it’ll be funny trust

(Jk Jk XD)

[vagrant quartz]

seems like a good idea

what could possibly go wrong

[grand onyx]

Fr

Easy peasy

[fair summit]

Just keep throwing encounters at them for as long as they can take them. See how long they last 😏

[hidden spindle]

Any room for Half-Orcs?

[minor lake]

Challenge rating is usually a pretty good estimate, although sometimes it can be a range
I usually will put one for each party member or two if they are smaller creatures like wolves
You could slightly outnumber them if you want them to feel stressed

They also don't have to be trying to kill the PCs. Sometimes if I feel my players need a win I'll have the enemies try and take something from them instead of trying to kill

Lvl 4 is still pretty squishy but they have their subclasses which is nice

[west sail]

I now own a giant d20

[minor lake]

Epic
Make your important rolls on it

How big is it??

[frank bramble]

Does anyone use chatgpt for character creation? Or, anything creative in regards to dnd? Ive been using it for the last few months and ive come up with some pretty cool concepts.

[stark tundra]

Ai doesn't belong in DND in my opinion

[minor lake]

I've used it to punch up ideas before

[hidden spindle]

Not ChatGPT but I've used randomizers in Google Sheets

[minor lake]

I'll take the ideas I like and write them in myself

[grand onyx]

Based?

[minor lake]

It's nice for brainstorming sometimes imo

[grand onyx]

I mean fair

[frank bramble]

Its like a programmer writing up a program for a video game. If you're a purist I respect it but at the end of the day its just a tool.

[timid current]

No it's the opposite of brainstorming

[stark tundra]

I mean I just feel like AI is something that doesn't belong in everything like I hate Gemini but can't disable it without disabling all of google

[timid current]

It is literally just copy pasting other peoples' ideas. It's lazy and says you don't care about what you're working on

[grand onyx]

I mean he made a valid point

I wouldn’t use it but using it for ideas can be helpful 😭

[timid current]

If someone brings chatgpt to my table that says they don't care enough and they can find another table

[grand onyx]

As long as you’re not just copy pasting

[timid current]

It is just copy and pasting

That's like saying stealing a painting is okay if you rub a little dirt on it

[minor lake]

Not in a copy-paste sense, but having a sounding board for simple ideas can give you new avenues

[cosmic roost]

No pings, please :pray:

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

[grand onyx]

I’m not gonna argue about ts 😔
I hate ai as much as the next person but Cowzrock has a point

[minor lake]

Oh sry

[timid current]

It's not a sounding board It's an automated theft machine

[stark tundra]

Honesty that statement right there is what's wrong with people they think ai is gonna help us it will maybe but it's also so company's can cut out the art team or the game devs and charge more for less work

[timid current]

And it says you don't care whatsoever about what you're doing or about actual creatives

[stark tundra]

Ai is helping to kill the voice actor community

[frank bramble]

Bruh, anything can be used to help a creative to create. Its just how much work you put into it.

[delicate owl]

#non-dnd-topics

[timid current]

"It's okay to burn the world so I can steal someone else's idea/effort and make the world a more boring, dumb place"

So yeah if you bring ai to my D&D table, you can keep walking and find another one. I prefer playing games with people

[grand onyx]

Gang what if we talk about something else fr

[frank bramble]

Agreed

[grand onyx]

That would be pretty awesome 😭

[timid current]

If you're using ai, you're not a creative and you aren't creating. You're a consumer and you're stealing. That's all

So to ensure we are discussing d&d, it is an intrinsically creative and collaborative hobby and community.

[grand onyx]

Okay bro i agree with you but can we just like move on please 🙏🙏🙏

[timid current]

I'm not stopping you, I simply wasn't done with what I was saying

[grand onyx]

Alright. Anyways how are yall?

[silk hare]

Agreed

[timid current]

I'm great, thank you for asking. I might have eaten too many dried mango slices tho

[grand onyx]

Oh no 😭😭😭

[delicate owl]

Im good. Got my overly filled s&d schedule.

[grand onyx]

Those sound fire tho 😔

[silk hare]

Na they are mango

[grand onyx]

Rip 😔

[grand onyx]

Mango is amazing wdym

[silk hare]

Dad joke not appreciated

Oh well

[grand onyx]

Oh 💀
Mb lmao

I can never tell over text 💔

[strong hearth]

hi everyone, i am new to d&d, but i`m interested to play. what do I need to know about the game to start playing? I will be grateful for any help

[silk hare]

#dnd-newcomers

[outer wraith]

orcs

[jaunty wyvern]

the gods most devoted orc lover

[chilly narwhal]

I don’t like AI in dnd, I think reading some random guy’s pdf from 2003 and a forum thread where people passionately discuss the mathematically best hex system is essential.

That’s on a dm level, and I also dislike brainrot anywhere near me, so ai is a no-brainer.

The tiktok way people talk makes me recoil, having someone watch TikTok during dnd, having chatgpt backstories make me sort of sad. It feels like creativity is dying, like the people around me have nothing to say and any opinions they do have are vapid.

I think I just miss dnd and forums being for geeks, for losers who like to roleplay cringe elves and use it to escape bullying. I partially blame baldur’s gate.

[delicate owl]

Yeesh what a take lol

[bronze wave]

Another AI convo

[chilly narwhal]

I don’t (I dislike it on principle), but I think there are a lot of tools that help create ideas and are more original and teach you things.

[bronze wave]

That’s certainly a take

Atleast the end bit lol

Gatekeeping your hobby is such an odd thing to me

[jaunty wyvern]

I can't really say much on the concept of using AI for character creation as I've used a random character generator for years to give me character ideas and direction

much before GenAi

[uncut zenith]

Yeah, I agree with disliking AI, but the whole “creativity is dying” thing as a whole? As if people 40 years ago weren’t creating D&D characters that were basically established fantasy characters with a different name?

[bronze wave]

Eh idc if someone uses AI, I don’t but I’ve seen it used fine before.

[jaunty wyvern]

lol yea I regularly find characters I like in fiction and try to remake them using the core rules just for fun

[bronze wave]

I’ve seen interesting chars made with help from ai and boring normal made chars

[chilly narwhal]

That’s a good point, I’m mostly talking about dming not character creation and for me that’s a bit different

[uncut zenith]

Yeah people have been doing that for decades

[uncut zenith]

DMs have been doing that for decades too. A lot of adventures are based on something someone’s ready in a novel or watched in a movie.

Everything’s derivative of something. Nothing’s 100% original.

[delicate owl]

That do be how ideas are formed. Whatever someone creates is the sum of their experiences in the world.

[frank bramble]

On point my guy

[chilly narwhal]

Yeah, but they are using the source’s due to passion and a desire to emulate. It’s fun and sweet

[uncut zenith]

Like Curse of Strahd. One of the most popular adventures in 5E and the main plot is basically Dracula with the serial number filed off.

[crimson gulch]

originality is a trap

[jaunty wyvern]

Another strahd L

[crimson gulch]

Tropes done well hit way better than originality that sucks

[umbral girder]

new quest hook “I was trying to hunt the Amnesia Bear but I don’t remember why.”

[chilly narwhal]

I don’t think things have to be original, I stated that reading other’s peoples things are important. I think emulating from passion is different than having an ai who doesn’t even understand what its copying giving you an idea you also don’t care about

[frank bramble]

I personally love feeling the feeling of the soul that someone put in something or a character. Originality or not.

[chilly narwhal]

I’m not saying originality is better than emulation, I’m saying I dislike having people play dnd who don’t really care about playing and people who think a lot of it is cringe or that being cringe and weirdly interested is bad

[chilly narwhal]

I agree with that statement

[frank bramble]

That's that universal translation or meaning that tracks across all types of people, culturally, linguistically. Even modality.

[naive cedar]

even if you're ripping someone off lazily, ripping off with an idea you created yourself > AI generating

bc the way that the human creative brain filters an idea is still fundamentally different from what a robot spits out

[chilly narwhal]

I agree with this

[naive cedar]

for example, there are popular works of fiction that i think are boring, lazy, and derivative, but they still have unique elements that make them a legitimate work of creative fiction

[chilly narwhal]

I dislike fourth wing, but I think it’s far better than any ai can ever conceive of

[naive cedar]

also, while i agree that using tropes isnt inherently bad, i do think that "great" works of fiction need to bring something new to the table, if that makes sense. that can be as simple as a unique twist on an old trope

[lost oak]

What are you guys talking about right now?

[past latch]

i found a.i. somewhat helpful for looking up sources on dumb questions i have (like if humans ever historically fist fought using rings) but that's about how far i would go

[naive cedar]

i logged in and people are talking about AI

[frank bramble]

Im new here and asked questions. Thats what brought it up.

[naive cedar]

not trying to give you a hard time but dont use google AI to answer questions because its not correct. you can check the sources that google AI cites though

[chilly narwhal]

There’s a person who despite how cringe and odd it is, decided they wanted to write it and I’m proud and happy for them. I like my cringe dnd characters, and ripoff Legolas is someone’s passion baby so I love it too. I miss being so unabashedly cringe in every way

[past latch]

i do both, my questions just too idiotic usually to find a lot of sources

[chilly narwhal]

I like your vibes alleycat

[past latch]

like what plate armor would be best for fistfighting (it's all of them)

[naive cedar]

the other day i typed a question into google AI and then typed it again 20 minutes later and it gave me the polar opposite answer...lol

[past latch]

google ai easier to gaslight than me fr

[livid owl]

In celebration of human made creativity, what's everyone's favorite DND characters they made?

[naive cedar]

oh also: character execution matters just as much as originality of ideas imo

[chilly narwhal]

I understand how that feels, I just search through the wretched corners of knowledge in pursuit of medieval cabbage farming

[past latch]

boxing lizard

[livid owl]

This is the good stuff right here

[chilly narwhal]

It matters way more in my opinion. I’ve seen characters with concepts I thought were bad and were awesome in practice

[frank bramble]

A elf monk who got tired of everyone's bullshit and started wearing knuckle dusters to prove a point.

[past latch]

i was researching plate armor fistfighting because i got the idea of parrying swords using your bare fists

[naive cedar]

my very first character as a 10 year old who was a wood half-elf ranger. she was boring and unoriginal but she was MY character darn it

she also had a frost wolf companion who wasnt evil for some reason

[livid owl]

Hell yeah!!!

My first DND character was a Strigoi (humanoid stirge) that didn't have a name so the party named them Coy

[past latch]

mine was ranger too, but an aarakocra whose favored enemy was dragons

[woven flint]

My first character was a Shifter Monk fella
He was a deer lad

[frank bramble]

Mine was a spellblade wannabe trying to run on dnd 3e logic. Old school party.

[chilly narwhal]

My arwen (autocorrect) knockoff, and my disney princess like drow druid healer

[past latch]

ive only now realized i haven't played a character with a weapon for years now

[chilly narwhal]

I also had an eowyn knockoff, but my arwen knockoff became increasingly deranged and it was fun

[jaunty wyvern]

My first "original" character was a gambling obsessed rogue based on Setzer from FF6

[frank bramble]

I cant do weapons for some reason. They always look cool but I have no frame of reference on how to use them. So I always end up using fists...while having a sword on my back that is more for show

[chilly narwhal]

I can use a sword and longbow poorly irl

[past latch]

for me, krumping bandits never got old

i train boxing poorly irl so i just imagine that when in combat lol

[frank bramble]

I took some martial arts as a kid so, thats what I naturally settle for. So I feel you.

[frank bramble]

Bow? We talking hunting or target practice?

[past latch]

turns out it's pretty fun to try doing cool moves

[naive cedar]

ive never even touched a weapon irl so i just research and wing it

[past latch]

we had to learn arnis in school (philippines) so i only know basic strikes and stuff

[jaunty wyvern]

I took fencing for like 5 years of my life so I can't really imagine myself using anything other than small finesse weapons

[naive cedar]

if i tried to use anything larger than a butter knife id probably hurt myself

[past latch]

that's how you learn ♥️

[frank bramble]

This made me spit out my coffee

[naive cedar]

i used to be terrified of knives so i would make my mom cut my sandwiches for me until i was 12

hmm. new dnd character idea

[past latch]

i injured my hands every time we were given sticks because i got that into it

[naive cedar]

i was thinking more like a wizard who went to wizard school not because they like magic that much but bc their family is all fighters and they're terrified of knives

[past latch]

ig bladesinger off the table for them then

[naive cedar]

no gandalf with sword aura farming for them

[past latch]

boohoo no foe-hammer for them

still a banger name for a sword

[frank bramble]

Can we define fighting style here? Or is that another channel?

[grand onyx]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1150048955967742053.gif?size=16

Aw man :(

[jaunty wyvern]

since you can enter bladesong with anything now it wouldn't be out of the question to have like brass knuckles as a spellcasting focus

[past latch]

have magic anklets and make a breakdancing wizard

[frank bramble]

Thats what I did. Its down and dirty.

[jaunty wyvern]

THATS MY DANCER BARD

[naive cedar]

i just imagined elminster breakdancing

[past latch]

insert gif of gandalf spinning on the floor:

[jaunty wyvern]

aw they dont embed

[past latch]

atleast the dragon didn't eat this one

[naive cedar]

thats just what gandalf does at the wizard reunion parties

[jaunty wyvern]

tenser strikes me as a man who loves disco tec

[woven flint]

Elminster?
More like
ElMIDster

[jaunty wyvern]

what

[woven flint]

We all know the best wizard in the forgotten realms is Bigby

[naive cedar]

gale? more like fail

[naive cedar]

nah its volo

[woven flint]

Bigby?
More like
Smallby!
Because he's a GNOME NOW!!!

[outer wraith]

guess what

[jaunty wyvern]

you like elves?

[naive cedar]

edwin? more like edWIN (he could take on elminster by himself)

[woven flint]

Terrasque butt?

[outer wraith]

incorrect

[woven flint]

I was right, it seems

[naive cedar]

i love all fey, including elves

[woven flint]

Elves aren't Fey.
They're related to Fey, but they're far along the line enough to where they're not considered Fey anymore

[naive cedar]

shhhh they're close enough 🥰

[past latch]

huh, just realized a bladesinger wizard could conjure up an entire crew of backup dancers if they wanted to

[woven flint]

Did you know
Bladesong doesn't require you to sing or dance at all? 🧐

[past latch]

yeah but i want my wizard boy band

recreating the choreo of bye bye bye when they raise the dead

[woven flint]

My Harengon Wizards a practitioner of bladesong, he eventually plans on passing down that knowledge to his dragon daughter :p

When she learns how to shapechange

Might be a few hundreds of years, guess I better start getting clones ready

[past latch]

omg i will finally have an excuse to badly sing 2000s pops songs in my future table

[woven flint]

Remind me never to play with you /joking

[past latch]

you will hear the reminder, very loudly

[glass granite]

I greet the Lord of Goofy!

[outer wraith]

don't EVER interact with me if you are an elf

[jaunty wyvern]

Whats your guys' favorite niche spell combination. Stuff that isn't neccessarily powerful but just fun to pull off?\

[woven flint]

I play a Drow as one of my many characters we cannot interact.

I'm playing him tonight actually
He may or may not die to Strahd tonight, I dunno

[outer wraith]

🥹

[jaunty wyvern]

Frauhd isn't dangerous I had a party full of bards vicious mockery him to death

[woven flint]

For reference, I'm not playing Curse of Strahd, I'm playing Eve of Ruin and we're headed for Barovia

[naive cedar]

strahd is a nerd

[glass granite]

One of us

[woven flint]

Strahd is dangerous for his intellect, dude is actually insanely smart

Many dms who play him... just aren't /joking

[jaunty wyvern]

Strahd would've loved hellfire club 🕊️

[naive cedar]

this applies to a lot of npcs tbh

[woven flint]

Aye, sometimes the scope of what an npc can do is limited by what you mortals can think and achieve

[naive cedar]

just get a real vampire to play strahd

[jaunty wyvern]

that and unless you run the adventure in one session, players have effectively infinite time to come up with strategies

[burnt valley]

True and real

[woven flint]

Not to mention, Barovia is STRAHDS domain
He is powerful enough there to straight up ban the use of some spells (Looks over at Daylight)
Also... he IS a Wizard

[naive cedar]

further proof that he's a nerd

[burnt valley]

Give Strahd Wall of Force and Pyrotechnics

[jaunty wyvern]

ahem his strongest spell is blight

[woven flint]

Pyrotechnics Is a horrible spell

[burnt valley]

The fog option

[jaunty wyvern]

pyrotechnics is funny i will not tolerate this slander

[burnt valley]

Heavy Obscurement and Wall of Force means casters cant misty step out

[woven flint]

That doesn't change the fact that Strahd has pretty much complete control over Barovia

He'll also never permanently die either lmao

If Strahd wasn't arrogant, he would realize he's nowhere near the peak of power!

[jaunty wyvern]

im personally a fan of greater invisibility -> five thousand wolves

[burnt valley]

if there was a sealing attempt, wouldn't the Dark Powers just free him

[woven flint]

Yeah, most likely

Nobody is gonna punish Strahd EXCEPT for the Dark Powers, lmao

[burnt valley]

Imagine this, a 20th level necromancy wizard Strahd

[woven flint]

They put him in his own personal "hell" for a reason, you think they're just gonna let him stay dead because some adventures came to kill him?

[burnt valley]

No one tortures Strahd but the Dark Powers

[uncut zenith]

Yeah, the point of the Domains of Dread is eternal punishment for the wicked things the Dark Lords have done

[woven flint]

Strahd Von Losershit

[burnt valley]

its also the only way out of Athas 😭

[uncut zenith]

Theoretically, you die if the Dark Powers let you. But 9/10 times, they’re not gonna let you.

[woven flint]

Yeah, the Dark Powers are sadistic as hell lmao

I always wondered what happened to Aizilin (?) Aizulin?
The lich who was Strahds Rival in a sense

[uncut zenith]

Azalin Rex

[woven flint]

Yeah, Azalin

[uncut zenith]

What happened to him is designed to be a mystery so DMs can decide and build an overarching campaign around

Though I have my own theory

[woven flint]

Shoot

[uncut zenith]

I think he’s ||Firan Zal’Honan, one of the Mist Walker NPCs. A. Because one of the gravestones in Azalin’s mausoleum belongs to his son, a man whose last name is Zal’Honan, and B. Because iirc that was his real name in prior editions lol||

[woven flint]

Interesting 🧐

Plot Twist:
Azalin is just taking a nap in a crypt somewhere for a while

"I'm tired of your shit, Strahd! I'm gonna take a nap for a few Million years! When I get back, you better have paid YOUR side of the rent!"

Thats why they had been arguing all along, because Strahd is a bum and doesn't help Azalin pay rent for their secret apartment they go to when adventures aren't bothering them

[jaunty wyvern]

Theres no way Frauhd would do his dishes

[uncut zenith]

My extended theory is that ||AzalinRex discovered a way to create a mortal version of himself with a modified Clone spell. Because he returned in a form that the Dark Powers didn’t recognize him in, he was able to become a Mist Walker and essentially travel through Ravenloft freely.||

[woven flint]

That's actually genius

[coarse ravine]

I mean... one high level cleric could end 100s of zombies right? With destroy undead.

[prime stag]

Potentially

[jaunty wyvern]

What if the dark powers made him like a shadow sorcerer?

[prime stag]

it depends on several factors: the cleric's level, the zombies' hit dice (HD), and the luck of the rolls

[lusty tendon]

Shadow/fey touched feat mentioned?

[jaunty wyvern]

All roads lead to shadow touched

[coarse ravine]

I do like fey touched

[inner silo]

Is it true that a lot of villains keep dopplegangers by their side?

[lusty tendon]

Idk if they are an elf then id assume they have touched themselves (please dont take this out of context)

[glass granite]

I was gonna say, phrasing much

[glass granite]

Not too sure but it’s a good way to buy some time with a meat shield

[lusty tendon]

I mean if i was in their position i wouldnt mind much but it depends

[jaunty wyvern]

It just happens that villains killing people and doppelgangers taking the murdered's place aligns pretty well

[inner silo]

I see

Alrighty, thanks for explaining

[lusty tendon]

But funny enough my recent character im playing arcane trickster/order of scribes is a magic detective who is fey/shadow touched

[inner silo]

Do changelings come from dopplegangers?

[woven flint]

Elves are far along enough to where they themselves aren't considered Fey.
They're Feytouched because they're originally from the Feywilds.
Shadow and Fey touched don't have anything to do with being touched by a creature, but by a realm

[lusty tendon]

(Variant human stats who got turned into an elf

[jaunty wyvern]

no they are different things

both are fey related but distinctly different species

[woven flint]

Fey and Shadow touched are just lesser versions of actual planetouched (Genasi, Tieflings, Aasimar)

[lusty tendon]

Yeah mine was just around enough potent magic that he got physically effected (visually and physically)

[jaunty wyvern]

I'd love an infernal touched that gives you like a free hellish rebuke and some evocation magic

[lusty tendon]

(Oddly not even the weirdest on the team) (genasi ranger who’s mount is her brother who got true polymorphed into a bear)

[woven flint]

Hellish Rebuke, frankly, Stinks

[jaunty wyvern]

it does which is why a free one would be worth it if you aren't using your reaction for anything elsew

like a backline wiz or something

[inner silo]

Just choosing it over feytouched/shadowtouched might be iffy

[lusty tendon]

Where do you look for this (gonna be my next feat)

[jaunty wyvern]

i just made it up

[lusty tendon]

Damn 😔

[woven flint]

A wizard in the Backlines would still use their reactions for stuff?
Counterspell, Silvery Barbs and Defense Spells.
I don't think you'd catch one using hellish rebuke instead of another option

[jaunty wyvern]

A free scorching ray wouldnt be bad

[lusty tendon]

Arcane trickster on the other hand, id use it constantly (if i could)

[jaunty wyvern]

or maybe some of the illrigger spells

[woven flint]

Hellish Rebuke is okay on paper, but it's pretty much taking damage to do damage that doesn't amount anywhere to the damage you've taken.

[lusty tendon]

Fair but reaction wasted sadly

[woven flint]

Since Hellish Rebuke triggers when you're hit

[lusty tendon]

Maybe darkness spell?

[woven flint]

Darkness is okay for forcing movement, honestly, if they can't see you, they can't attack you (or at least have a hard time trying)

[inner silo]

Divine touched with divine smite?

[jaunty wyvern]

absolutely not

well i mean i guess one per long rest wouldnt be bad

[lusty tendon]

Imagine rogues with divine smite, as a rogue hard pass

[inner silo]

It adds to your spell list so you can use it with your spell slots

[jaunty wyvern]

that is true

[red peak]

materializes

[lusty tendon]

Arcane tricksters are frothing at the mouth for the number of die rolls (im one of them)

[inner silo]

I mean, the other touched spells give you a 2nd level spell free cast so i don't think it'd be that broken, right?

[glass granite]

Disintergrate

[red peak]

:0

[glass granite]

You’re a Phoenix you’ll be fine

[jaunty wyvern]

theyre a pheonix they rise from ashes cmon now

[red peak]

ik ik

[lusty tendon]

Wish back into existence

[red peak]

i am alive

[inner silo]

call marut

[red peak]

muahahah

[red peak]

phoenix* :3

[jaunty wyvern]

are phoenixes considered beasts? or ar ethey elementals im curious

[red peak]

i never really thought about that ngl

[woven flint]

Perish!

Throws you into the Sphere of Annihilation

[jaunty wyvern]

theyre elementals

[red peak]

regenerates (doctor who reference)

[lusty tendon]

Elemental monstrositys

[woven flint]

Pheonixes are just considered Elementals

[glass granite]

*phoenix

[red peak]

its Phoenix for goodness sake

[lusty tendon]

I think i found a home brew one

[red peak]

🥹

[glass granite]

Idk why the o is silent

[red peak]

true

[lusty tendon]

I say ponix (like the yugioh card)

[red peak]

its not pheonix 💔

[jaunty wyvern]

call lightning

[woven flint]

Phoenix, Zaratan, Elder tempest and Leviathan, while all being giant beasts made of Elements.. are all Giant Elementals..
Because it wouldn't make sense for them to be beasts because they AREN'T actually animals, they're wholly made of their Elements

[red peak]

i cast fireball

[jaunty wyvern]

Yea solid element taken form

[lusty tendon]

Leviathans are elementals?

[red peak]

ooh

[woven flint]

Yes.
Water Elememtals

Zaratan is a Giant Earth turtle elemental

[red peak]

and im a bird

[woven flint]

Elder Tempest is... a Wind Serpent Dragon Bird thing

[lusty tendon]

I would have considered them giant sea snake monstrosities

[woven flint]

Leviathans are completely made of water in D&D lol

[jaunty wyvern]

thats moreso a couatl

[lusty tendon]

Oddly a coatl is a type of dragon

[jaunty wyvern]

celestial actually

[glass granite]

Hi a bird, I’m Nugget

[red peak]

pecks

[woven flint]

You're SMELLY.

[glass granite]

Deflect Attack

[red peak]

owh-

[glass granite]

Nah. I’m Nugget. Never met this Smelly fellow

[red peak]

you just replied to them :D

[lusty tendon]

Yeah just looked at the tempest yeah not a coutl, its a snake made of air with wings all around it

[woven flint]

No, I'm Tokii, Lord of Goofy

[glass granite]

You don’t slander the Lord of Goofy like that!

[red peak]

tapes my beak shut

[jaunty wyvern]

one more rp action in discord chat and you will be rolling for success

[red peak]

e-

[glass granite]

Yeah this ain’t a roleplay server

[red peak]

yessir/ma’am :/

[marble lion]

it also aint a dad joke server yet here we are

[jaunty wyvern]

dad jokes are a very important part of dnd

[marble lion]

so is roleplay

[lusty tendon]

This is a serious not delirious server who serves nothing but the truth of dungeons deogens and monstrous creatures

[glass granite]

And dice

[red peak]

contemplating whether i should disappear 🤔

[red peak]

i eat dice :^

[lusty tendon]

And playing of the roles that is of ones characters

[woven flint]

Friends.

I hunger.

[lusty tendon]

Heros feast?

[woven flint]

To kick Strahds ass tonight, can I get a HELL YEAH?

[glass granite]

Heavens no!

[marble lion]

hes an alright dude just misunderstood maybe give him a hug

[woven flint]

You've ruined the mood.

[marble lion]

such violent behaviour in here

[lusty tendon]

I apologize

[woven flint]

Oh, my kind Celestial Warlock fella would indeed feel Sympathy for Strahd

[glass granite]

Can we get a hell yeah

[jaunty wyvern]

Sounds like you could use something to tide you over? Could I interest you in some Umbertea?

[glass granite]

Helll yeahhh

[woven flint]

Are you saying this because my Warlock is a Drow?

[red peak]

i shall now poof

[marble lion]

and rise anew from the ashes

[jaunty wyvern]

lmao the book calls her that and we cant say it

[lusty tendon]

Its a fair rule they wanna keep it pg and i thought i censured it enough (sorry mods)

[rough basalt]

I find it funny how we keep avoiding menzo in my Tuesday game

[lusty tendon]

Menzobaranza?

[storm magnet]

Can a creature without a brain be prayed on by an intellect devourer?

[woven flint]

We'll, Sovis isn't ready to go back yet lmao

[storm magnet]

Like something insectoid

[rough basalt]

They'd probably ignore them unless attacked

[jaunty wyvern]

exploring menzoberranzan is like walking around chicago in nothing but a bright shiny vest

[storm magnet]

Idk if insect species have brains or not

The humanoid ones

[lusty tendon]

They can think their for they are so yes

[jaunty wyvern]

why wouldnt they?

[storm magnet]

Cause irl insects don’t. They’re whole body is like a brain basically as I understand it

[woven flint]

If you're talking about Thri-Kreen, they definetly do have brains

[lusty tendon]

They have a central brain so they can “think” but not complexly, bigger brain more thought

[woven flint]

So do Umberhulks

[marble lion]

brains

[rough basalt]

Most creatures have enough int to be prey for illithids tbh

[woven flint]

Oh! Thats what my original Thri-Kreen Character idea was...
A Gloomstalker Umberhulk lol

[storm magnet]

So it’s a matter of int stat rather than biological limitations?

[lusty tendon]

If were talking ilithids if you got enough to feed a tadpole and a body with a soul you meet the requirements

[lusty tendon]

Correct (more intelligent the host the stronger the ilithid)

[storm magnet]

What about an elemental

[jaunty wyvern]

Iirc i always played it as illithids consuming nuerons or any type of information transfer cells

[lusty tendon]

No brain minus genasi

[woven flint]

Intellect Devourers, despite being whole brains, only have a 12 in int lol
Which isn't bad, it's just funny

[jaunty wyvern]

Theres not really any elemental species to play other than genasi

[lusty tendon]

Well he said elemental so idk if he meant race to play or creature

[jaunty wyvern]

Officially supported that is

[woven flint]

They have a 20 in Charisma?! (Intellect Devourers)

[jaunty wyvern]

Their personality is that of the hive mind and thus the personality of the elder brain

[lusty tendon]

That makes way too much sense

[woven flint]

True, that makes sense, ifs the Force of Prescence of the hivemind

[jaunty wyvern]

They might just not be made for thinking

That and they are the brains of thinking creatures no? So they would usually have around at least 10 int since thats the average

[inner silo]

Does the commoner have 10 in every stat?

[jaunty wyvern]

Some run it like that yea

[woven flint]

Intellect Devourers are also 3 feet long and weigh 60 pounds lmao

Little fatties.

[jaunty wyvern]

Brains are dense

[inner silo]

So usually adventurers will have at least 1 below average stat?

[rough basalt]

the statblock is basically the average for what it is

[jaunty wyvern]

Usually

[rough basalt]

the average commoner is normal across the board

cause in dnd worlds theyre always getting massacred so the gods have to mass print them off the assembly line so for time crunch they makeem all average

[woven flint]

You see, I don't think they're ACTUAL brains though, they're beings that LOOK like brains and can take over bodies while acting like one
But in the creature text it mentions its a creature that LOOKS like one

[jaunty wyvern]

Fun fact their hit die is usually a d8

[jaunty wyvern]

Its made from the thinking creatures brain though

Theres a whole ritual the weirdos do

[naive cedar]

they parasite (is that a verb?) a person's brain

[jaunty wyvern]

No thats how they become mind flayers

Basically they just animate a persons brain

[naive cedar]

i thought intellect devourers were born from a person's brain

[jaunty wyvern]

They are the ritual facilitates that

[umbral girder]

Of course they are bursting with personality

[naive cedar]

in all seriousness charisma is probably just their casting stat

funny its not intelligence though

[woven flint]

I can kinda understand a bit?

[jaunty wyvern]

Intellect devourers are also cr 2 funnily enough despite them easily being able to one shot you

[naive cedar]

intellect devourers are cute lowkey

[jaunty wyvern]

Not as bad as shadows being 1/4 but still

[halcyon forum]

US did a lot of work to make them cute.

[umbral girder]

Wait where did you get this? I’m seeing a 10 in charisma

[halcyon forum]

little brain kitty

[naive cedar]

Thats exactly who i was thinking of lmbo. even before us takes the cat form it just reminded me of a cute lil kitty

[woven flint]

Wait what? Was I deceived?!

[umbral girder]

Both 2014 and 2025 have 10 as their charisma

[storm magnet]

Can intellect devourers fit inside tiny heads/bodies?

[woven flint]

Ah, no, I read it wrong lmao

[jaunty wyvern]

They are more like badgers if you’re going by the actual 5e statblock

Angry little freaks

[naive cedar]

owlbears are also weirdly cat coded

[woven flint]

Forget the fact that they're actually also known as Brain Dogs..
THEY'RE DOGS, Omegon! >:[ /silly

[umbral girder]

2025 introducing a flying Owlbear stat block is very funny

[naive cedar]

intellect devourers are cat coded and nobody is telling me otherwise

[halcyon forum]

well not anymore, they are kitties now thanks to BG3

[woven flint]

Well BG3 is dumb and stupid and wrong

[halcyon forum]

let it all out lol

[naive cedar]

no bg3 is based and correct. any small cute deadly creature is cat coded inherently

[woven flint]

Lmao

[halcyon forum]

tell us how you really feel

[woven flint]

I hate Bg3 :p

[halcyon forum]

tragic.

[jaunty wyvern]

Considering astarion has his own officially supported book i can only assume the events are canon lmao

[umbral girder]

Counterspell

[halcyon forum]

Calm emotions!

[naive cedar]

hats off to all the poor dms who are gonna try to play astarion and get laughed out of the room

astarion is also cat coded. actually, vampires in general are cat coded. i will not elaborate.

[jaunty wyvern]

Regardless its a good thing since that means that intellect devourers enjoy lavender scents and deep tissue massages

[halcyon forum]

Owls are also cats

[woven flint]

"Intellect devourers were psionic aberrations that took the form of walking brains. They were servants of the mind flayers and were one of the most dreaded threats of the Underdark, with their power to consume intelligence and possess host bodies.They were also known as brain-dogs and rochnon"

[naive cedar]

thats persons wrong im afraid

[woven flint]

They're dogs, perish!

[halcyon forum]

brainkitty > braindog

[naive cedar]

just bc wotc was too cowardly to call them brain kitties doesnt mean that i dont know the truth

[halcyon forum]

just say it out loud

[woven flint]

Despite having a Tabaxi character, I dislike cats.

[naive cedar]

counterspell

[woven flint]

I don't hate them, I'm just not a cat person lol

[naive cedar]

thats fair lol im just joking around

[jaunty wyvern]

I’m playing a mute tabaxi monk/warlock in one of my games

[woven flint]

Though, I am a cat PERSON

[naive cedar]

i do think intellect devourers are cat coded though

[woven flint]

I think you're wrong.

[naive cedar]

nah im correct

[woven flint]

I think I like them more as dog-coded because everything else is already cat-coded and I want evil little brain dogs

[buoyant oar]

Give DnD Players enough time, they will call anything cat coded.

[naive cedar]

in my experience 90% of fictional animals are dog coded

[woven flint]

You also forget that
Unlike Cats..
Intellect Devourers are LOYAL to their illithids.
So, Brain Dog

[jaunty wyvern]

Venger? Cat coded. Tiamat? Cat coded. Asmodeus? Cat coded.

[naive cedar]

cats are also loyal

[naive cedar]

mystra is cat coded

[woven flint]

Cats feign loyalty to trick us into loving them

[umbral girder]

Not sure on Venger and Asmodeus.

But Tiamat as a cat makes a lot of sense.

[hushed mason]

Cats feign loyalty for food.

[naive cedar]

unironically i could see tiamat as a cat

[woven flint]

Helm is Dog-Coded
Bahamut is Dog-Coded
Ilmater is Dog-Coded (imo)
Because all are best boys

[buoyant oar]

There is Dog Loyalty
There is friend loyalty
There is Game of Thrones Character Loyalty.

And then 80 steps further away is Cat Loyalty

[umbral girder]

Ah my favorite cats

[naive cedar]

yall have never had a cat and it shows

[jaunty wyvern]

Instead of likening things to animals, I prefer the pineapple / banana scale.

[buoyant oar]

I have 3 of them lmao

[woven flint]

Lord Kas back at it with the Sass 🧐 /joking

[hushed mason]

I am catless for the first time in my life. We got parakeets instead. Turns out... I'm also a bird person?

[inner silo]

What's that?

[uncut zenith]

Ilmater is something more fragile, like a hamster or a guinea pig

[hushed mason]

Rabbit.

[woven flint]

Ilmater?
The one who endures? Fragile?

[uncut zenith]

Actually no, other way around

[buoyant oar]

I am here to deliver the sas for kas

[uncut zenith]

He’s a turtle

[naive cedar]

im mostly joking but in all seriousness cats can absolutely be loyal and some of them are super clingy

[woven flint]

Ilmaters Clerics are all about Endurance and so is he, they endure for the sake of others smh.

[naive cedar]

my cat wakes me up every morning at 1 am and demands cuddles

[jaunty wyvern]

Strahd is pineapple and Tasha is banana

Does that make sense?

[woven flint]

Calling Ilmater fragile is crazy smh..

[naive cedar]

ilmater is the opposite of fragile his whole thing is endurance

[woven flint]

That's literally what I just said!
He's Turtle-Coded

[hushed mason]

He still projects "rabbit" like vibes, though.

[inner silo]

I see, i think i get it

[naive cedar]

im a dnd player i dont read

[naive cedar]

i mean rabbits are actually super tough so that makes sense

[woven flint]

Hmm, I suppose, but I will not let anyone call my main man ilmater Fragile smh.

[jaunty wyvern]

Truer words never spoken

I for one actually liked reading the phb and dmg

[naive cedar]

same

[jaunty wyvern]

I spent an afternoon reading the humblewood book and didnt realize i wasted like 5 hours doing so

[naive cedar]

i dont get the people who are like "i wanna play dnd but i dont wanna read the phb!!11" like bro what?

they act like its like reading a boring math textbook or something. its SO fun

[jaunty wyvern]

When is humblewood vol 2 coming out mannn i wanna play it so bad

[naive cedar]

the monster manuals alone are SO fun

[buoyant oar]

The one that honestly gets me is being intimidated by reading a book. I am not going to be exclusatory. I just don't get it. Being intimidated by a book.

[naive cedar]

yeah same. and whenever i talk about it people accuse me of being elitist or something and its like...its like saying you're intimidated by using a keyboard to play a video game

[jaunty wyvern]

Its definitely not something someone would just sit down and read i get it but still if you wanna play dnd at least skim it

[naive cedar]

idk i sit down and read phb

[buoyant oar]

TBF I also don't get it when my youger cousins would literally rather never eat pizza than call the pizza place. I just don't get it.

[lean wigeon]

i'd imagine a not insignificant number of people go into D&D expecting it's mostly just playing pretend/improv/larp with dice

[jaunty wyvern]

Thats more common than you would think lmao i would never touch a controller to play a video game i just cant do it

[naive cedar]

fair but usually those people dont play video games

its not limited to dnd though. i used to make online roleplays and the number of people who would just refuse to read the, at most, one microsoft page long rules was weird

[jaunty wyvern]

Vecna when hes forced to use a keyboard instead of a controller:

[lusty tendon]

One of my my most hated and loved abilities for any subclass is the ability to use another of the 6 main stats as another one of another (fey ranger) as i love characters who have a weakness to them even though they are the heros of the world

[naive cedar]

ngl i find controllers annoying.i can tolerate the switch controller but thats about it

[buoyant oar]

Yeah, I have a West marches server and we have a formatted rule book with FAQs and stuff. It is like 8 pages of formatted text with pictures and larger fonts. Maybe 500 words.

I was told by someone to slim it down because potential players would not read all that.

My response was that if they lack the willpower to read 8 pages I don't want them anyway.

[lusty tendon]

Yeah i dont feel like reading harrypotter rn

[naive cedar]

honestly use that as a way to weed out people

[naive cedar]

bruh harry potter isnt even hard to read

[buoyant oar]

That we did. I never expect a new player to have read the PHB or anything cover to cover, or even know their character right away. But after session one. Bucko has home work.

[inner silo]

I'm pretty sure if you read the abilities of even 2/3 classes, races and backgrounds it'd be more then 500 words

[rough basalt]

i remember reading the new dmg from cover to cover, that was a undertaking

[buoyant oar]

I never expect a player to have ever read any book cover to cover. I do expect them to have read the options they are employing in the game end to end.

I have been told this is somehow unreasonable

[inner silo]

I think not reading also essentially blocks off all the caster classes, as you'll need to read through a bunch of spells to really play them

[olive mauve]

Question... Purely from basic PHB classes and races and rules

What race and multiclass combo would make the true "Jack of all trades, master of none." type character?

[naive cedar]

i can understand new players forgetting things tbf especially with like spell lists. but thats different from just not reading

[rough basalt]

yeah a lot of people just wont read at all

[inner silo]

Human bard/ranger maybe?

[naive cedar]

hmm. human bard/ranger

[woven flint]

Nothing
Literally Bard and Rogue themselves as classes are literally that

[naive cedar]

omg twins

[inner silo]

Lmao

Fr

[olive mauve]

From my understanding the Race should be Halfling for the Halfling Luck.

Then I personally think Bard, Artificer, Fighter combo would work.

[woven flint]

Bards, Rangers, Artificers and Rogues are all Jack of all Trade classes
Rogue is only that way with skills, however

[inner silo]

Jack of no trades?

[keen kestrel]

Rogue is the true martial jack of all trades, bard is the true spellcaster jack of all trades

[woven flint]

And Ranger and Artificer are the half-caster jack of all trades

[keen kestrel]

Yes

[inner silo]

So everyone except paladin?

[keen kestrel]

I’d say fit artificers and rangers its more subclass dependent though

[woven flint]

Yeah, Paladins moreso have a niche and aren't good at variety

[glass granite]

They’re very good at what they do tho
Combat

[olive mauve]

Bard is half caster though right? Now I think about it for the Jack of all trades combo you'd want the caster one, half caster one and the full martial one all at once

[naive cedar]

and aura farming

[inner silo]

Alrighty

[woven flint]

Paladin overall is a good class, they're just not a skill-based individual

[glass granite]

Bards are a full casted

[keen kestrel]

Bards a full caster

[inner silo]

Feywanderer ranger is probably the most jack of all trades

[olive mauve]

Really? Damn... I never play Bard. I usually play Tiefling Paladin.

I rarely get to the multiclass area before my characters die though

I have a planned multiclass though.

Paladin, Rouge and Artificer.

Essentially making me Batman.

In theory at least

[glass granite]

That is MAD as hell…

[inner silo]

Doesn't this require 13 str, cha, dex and int?

[woven flint]

Uh..
I'm gonna level
It's probably not going to be good at all or feel good to play either

[olive mauve]

I usually have those 3 as my highest 3 anyway.

[woven flint]

Why not just Rogue Artificer?

[inner silo]

There's 4 i think

[olive mauve]

I usually play Tiefling Paladin that's why.

[woven flint]

... okay? But...

[keen kestrel]

Batman is incredibly difficult to replicate in dnd

[woven flint]

That doesn't explain anything lol

[keen kestrel]

You’d prob need near max stats in every single stat

[woven flint]

Not really?
Just be a Monk, Rogue or even a Fighter

[olive mauve]

Yes I'm an idiot.

I usually like playing Space Marine height (8'1"+) characters so DEX is usually the lowest.

[keen kestrel]

Sorry, meant stats wise, he’s kind of insane for what he is

[inner silo]

You need dex for rogue

[olive mauve]

That'd be the last class I go into then. I'd get enough extra stat buffs from levels of the other 2 first.

[inner silo]

Probably a monk+rogue for expertise?

[olive mauve]

I love point buy by the way.

[still plover]

Could play it as their keen reflexes, impressive balance and swift reaction speed.

[olive mauve]

Definitely need Rouge and Artificer if you want him to be sneaky and making his own gadgets.

[buoyant oar]

Batman is also kinda antithetical to DnD He is usually a loner style hero. So he has to be able to do it all. DnD is not that. It is all about having strengths and weaknesses. And having those weaknesses balanced out by the party.

[naive cedar]

batman is an artificer

[umbral girder]

Amusingly the closest “loner” type class is Ranger. Batman = Ranger is what I’m hearing

[inner silo]

He'd have to have 20 in all stats

[umbral girder]

Nah he pays people to make his gadgets.

[olive mauve]

Not anymore... Remember he has the Batfam. I am a huge comics nerd if you couldn't already tell

[naive cedar]

hes a rogue cosplaying as an artificer

[umbral girder]

That changes nothing tbh

[olive mauve]

The Fox family specifically

[inner silo]

There's also the justice league

[olive mauve]

True... But he is more of a part timer and a share holder type figure there

[umbral girder]

Functionally how much self dependent Batman is rarely ever changes no matter how many side kicks or teammates he has.

[inner silo]

Tbh isn't everyone from the batfamily some kind of rogue/monk mix with high int, cha and wis?

[olive mauve]

Jason would have some sort of Oathbreaker adjacent thing

[umbral girder]

I can see Jason as a Fighter or Barbarian tbh

Plus as of 2024 both have a ton of skill versatility to working like Batman characters too.

[olive mauve]

I see Paladin as more flavour for him being a crusader type character

[umbral girder]

Nah you don’t need a magic oath to make a crusade against something.

[olive mauve]

Fair

[umbral girder]

Also Paladins aren’t crusaders.

[terse wraith]

Gulp.

[olive mauve]

Huh!? I have only ever seen them played like that

[umbral girder]

They don’t even have to be connected to Gods or Religion fun fact

Ranger and Paladin are the “does their job so well divine magic gives a thumbs up”

[buoyant oar]

Paladins were a real thing, and they weren't crusaders.

[olive mauve]

STOP BREAKING MY PRECONCEIVED IDEAS ABOUT MY FAVOURITE CLASS!!!!! /j

[glass granite]

Knights of Charlemagne iirc?

[olive mauve]

I know... It annoys me that it was like this too

[buoyant oar]

Yes they were your stereotypical Chavalric Knight

[olive mauve]

*chivalric

Finicky

[buoyant oar]

I didn't ask for your correction.

[umbral girder]

With how modern stuff of Jason makes him a brute and intimidation focused (and obviously being very angry) I can see Barbarian. That “primal power” could also be a lazarus pit thing.

[terse wraith]

I love Barbarian in BG3

[buoyant oar]

Barbarian is good in every place

[umbral girder]

He is the most (understandably) angry out of the Batman family

[olive mauve]

Yeah I see it. Barbarian, Rouge combo?

[inner silo]

What's the difference between bg3 and dnd barb?

[terse wraith]

No clue

[umbral girder]

Possibly but likely unneeded

[hot marlin]

Rogue*

[inner silo]

I see

[olive mauve]

Yes.

[terse wraith]

I haven’t played DnD other than BG3 so I wasn’t sure if there was a difference

[hot marlin]

Sorry, couldn't resist.

[umbral girder]

Rage now adds to things like Stealth, intimidation, etc now

[olive mauve]

Fair enough.

[olive mauve]

HUH!!!!???? When did Barbarians become Batman on their own?

[terse wraith]

I want to be Batman as my PC

[umbral girder]

Fighters can now use their extra uses of 2nd wind for skill checks now too.

[terse wraith]

I think One Piece would make a fantastic DnD campaign

[olive mauve]

I named my one and only Imperium Maledictum character Alfraedus Pennywharf...

[terse wraith]

That is an incredible name

I will name my first child that

[inner silo]

What are the best charisma races?

[olive mauve]

Tiefling

[terse wraith]

So what’s the difference between a Sorcerer and a Wizard

[hot marlin]

Yes. There were twelve of them. Really only noticeable for their mention in the song of Roland, written between 1050 and 1115. Charlemagne himself having reigned during the 9th century.

And yeah, not crusaders, quite the opposite. Paladins mostly appear in stories about the Umayyad invasion of Gaul, where they are defending against invasion rather than invading.
Of course the narrative of the paladins have been written during the crusades, so they served a certain political purpose.

[umbral girder]

Any

[inner silo]

Sorcerers are born with magic, wizards learn theirs

[terse wraith]

Oh I see

[inner silo]

I mean for 2014

[umbral girder]

Still any.

[terse wraith]

I don’t know why but I really hate the term wizards so I don’t think I’ll ever be one anyway

[umbral girder]

Tasha’s lets you change the ability scores as does Monsters of the Multiverse.

[olive mauve]

I have an idea about what IRL languages would be the main racial D&D languages of the famous races.

Infernal - Italian
Common - English
Dwarvish - Gaelic/Welsh
Draconic - Spanish
Gnomish - Russian
Halfling - Japanese
Orcish - Afrikaans
Elvish - French

How accurate do you think it is?

[inner silo]

Ohh, oki, thanks!

[uncut zenith]

Tasha’s lets you change racial scores, but MotM races don’t start with racial ASI at all

[umbral girder]

In terms of Mechancis a Sorcerer can manipulate how spells work.

Wizards research and get access to way more spells at once.

[buoyant oar]

Some of those links and languages would produce stereotypes real fast

[uncut zenith]

Sorcerers have innate magic that is latent at the start but “unlocks” as they progress. Wizards learn their magic through studies.

[olive mauve]

True... But can we all agree with Elvish being French?

[terse wraith]

Oh so Sorcerer is like way cooler

[umbral girder]

Sorcerer is more innate not born with.

[terse wraith]

No

[olive mauve]

Huh? Why?

[terse wraith]

That’s rude

[olive mauve]

Oh yeah there's that

[inner silo]

Why the french hate?

[umbral girder]

Yikes

[olive mauve]

I was more thinking Canadian French for Elves.

[uncut zenith]

Big yikes

[terse wraith]

Idk

Oh are they?

[buoyant oar]

Chondathan in Faerûn is similar in french not in its sound of grammar but that it has an Italic base and has spread very far.

[hidden spindle]

I love the concept of languages and how best to use it.

[terse wraith]

I don’t know much dnd lore about the races

[olive mauve]

In my opinion at least

[terse wraith]

I just like elves

[hidden spindle]

Druidic for Druids.
Thieves Cant for Rogues.

[naive cedar]

i can confirm that im an elf

[olive mauve]

Would you say that Elves are essentially Canadians?

[olive mauve]

Oh hello.

[buoyant oar]

No in most settings, elves are aliens from another plane of existence.

[olive mauve]

I know nothing about the lore.

[terse wraith]

Oh fr?

[umbral girder]

I think comparing our IRL cultures and people to fantasy races as a type culture might be a bit iffy.

[terse wraith]

Yeah probably

[uncut zenith]

Yeah, especially if you’re relying on stereotypes

[naive cedar]

getting more specific with it: moon elves are ppl from ontario, wood elves are bc, sun elves are alberta, drow are quebec, wild eleves are the other two prairie provinces, and sea elves are maritimes

[olive mauve]

I was more thinking about the Elves committing various unforgivable war crimes constantly.

[umbral girder]

Elves are a race after all, so they can be part of any culture.

[hot marlin]

You know, there's this guy. His name was John Ronald Reuel something. He wrote a few fantasy books, not very interesting stuff. But he was a language nerd who made languages for fun. He made two perfectly functional elven languages

[terse wraith]

That’s a lot of elves

[naive cedar]

i dont disagree but lets not pretend like all these races werent based on real world cultures tbh

also, if you just want random non canon elvish words or names, id recommend going with welsh

[olive mauve]

I know about Tolkien... I just can't be arsed learning those.

[hot marlin]

Are you telling me you know italien, gaelic, welsh, spanish, russian, japanese, afrikaan and french?

[terse wraith]

Is that the Lord of the rings author

[naive cedar]

(without revealing my actual location im a sea elf going by my own sorting)

[olive mauve]

I see it actually... Scots Gaelic for the Dwarves?

[terse wraith]

I know every language in the world

[hot marlin]

Yes. That was the joke.

[terse wraith]

A pirate elf

[naive cedar]

that also works. and i think irish fits halflings. i usually use latin for infernal

[terse wraith]

Oh… sorry…

[olive mauve]

I know some Welsh. I don't know the rest.

[naive cedar]

people from rural areas around here sound like pirates anyways tbh

[olive mauve]

Wanna know what the Welsh word for a microwave is?

[hot marlin]

Then is there a reason you wouldn't use the Tolkien languages? Specifically for orcish, dwarvish and elvish?

[terse wraith]

I love pirates

[naive cedar]

bc its not tolkien

[hot marlin]

Well yeah. Nothing is Tolkien, he's dead.

[olive mauve]

I kinda forgot about the existence of them. I'm not into Tolkien.

[terse wraith]

Because I no no wanna

[naive cedar]

i think im into tolkien and then i talk to actual tolkien nerds and feel like a dumb dumb

[terse wraith]

I have never read or watched LOTR unfortunately

[hot marlin]

Nerds live for making other people feel like dumb dumbs, it's not just you

[olive mauve]

I have never read the books. I have watched the films

[terse wraith]

I hate ppl like that

[olive mauve]

@hot marlin?

[umbral girder]

Tbh the books aren’t too long.

[naive cedar]

i read the books a decade ago

[umbral girder]

Only around 1200 pages

[olive mauve]

It is a very interesting word in Welsh for microwave.

[uncut zenith]

They’re mostly dense

[terse wraith]

Yeah but I am not good at reading older books because of the way they write is weird to me

[hot marlin]

The welsh word for microwave is meicrodon. That's what welsh people call it.

[naive cedar]

they arent that long but youll feel like its been an eternity when he goes on the tenth 20 page side discussion about elf cuisine or whatever

[hot marlin]

Now, people who don't actually know welsh mindlessly repeat the joke that it's "popty-ping".

[naive cedar]

ive never heard that joke before but im not even sure why thats supposed to be funny tbh

[terse wraith]

Is LOTR just worldbuilding-slop?

[lyric viper]

Folk, we're getting a lil off target

[naive cedar]

I mean its not bad world building at all. its just...a lot

[umbral girder]

Slop has some wildly negative connotations

[olive mauve]

Popidiping actually. Or at least that's the most common slang term and generally used word for it. I didn't know what the actual direct translation for it.

[terse wraith]

I know it’s a joke

[olive mauve]

I know this because I have friends and family from Wales or brought up in Wales

[lyric viper]

Please refocus back to D&D and try and avoid any worldbuilding that builds off stereotypes that can be harmful to real people, 'joking' or not, which the 'What language/accent/people are (Fantasy race)' plays into.

[olive mauve]

Okidoke. You're da boss, boss

[hot marlin]

See, this is why I've decided to only use either dead languages or Tolkien languages.

[uncut zenith]

I just describe how the languages sound like… non-verbally

[olive mauve]

I probably should do that too. Anyway... Moving on... Favoured race/class combo?

[uncut zenith]

Dwarvish is harsh and guttural, elvish and fey tend to be more lyrical and light, infernal sounds sinister, etc

[hot marlin]

See, people say that but... To me, no language sounds "harsh". Only certain speakers sound harsh.

[naive cedar]

for elf characters specifically i go with canon elvish words when i can. if not i go with welsh (ideally older forms of welsh. thats just for names though

[hidden spindle]

(Sahuagin) Tiefling Light Cleric

[hot marlin]

Like, there's the stereotype that "german sounds angry", but that comes from people whose main exposure to german is WW2 movies.

[naive cedar]

by "harsh" what people usually actually mean is that is has a lot of sounds that use the throat. i do agree though that its largely based on stereotypes

[olive mauve]

Oh so you have names like Emrys ap Gwledigion or something like that?

[hot marlin]

Languages don't sound harsh, light, lyrical or anything like that. Only speakers do.

[naive cedar]

i dont go that far with it lol

[buoyant oar]

Setting Specific Regional Languages >>>>>> Species Languages

[olive mauve]

Fair

[naive cedar]

i always wondered what english sounds like to non english speakers

[hot marlin]

And my favourite personal rule: "There is no such thing as common"

[olive mauve]

Why not? That's kinda what I do...

[hidden spindle]

English sounds like English to non English speakers

[naive cedar]

i dont think that far in terms of like, middle names and last names, at least not at first.

[olive mauve]

There's a song around that idea

[olive mauve]

Emrys is the first name. ap Gwledigion means "Son of Rulers".

[buoyant oar]

A man from Tethyr would not call him Human, he would call himself Tethyrian. A man from Thay would be Mulani. A woman from Sespech would be Chondathan.

[lyric viper]

I (would like to) treat common as the 'trade language'. Shifts from region to region, but is a simpler language mostly used for basic communcation and trade.

In reality- ... aahh everyone's speaking the same language until it's important for the story that players not understand what is being said >.>

[wintry mortar]

i like qualith and tir su but there doesnt seem to be as much resources for those as other languages : [

[naive cedar]

yeah this also applies to elves and other races. like, elves think of themselves as moon elves or whatever, not just generic "elf"

[olive mauve]

That's actually clever. Like Aesperanto or whatever it's called?

[hot marlin]

For me it's simpler. There is no trade language, there is no common. The common on your character sheet? If we're playing in the Sword Coast, that's Illuskan.

[buoyant oar]

Yeah I prefer Common as it has been presented in the realms. A trade Language that is No ones first tongue, and it is not a complete language at that.

The sigil story in the new books is kinda an eye roll for me

[minor cargo]

I’m surprised nobody had mentioned the game Dialect yet. For those who really like this idea, I recommend looking it up! It’s not D&D of course but similar to other TTRPFs, you can use it to make, well, dialects in your games feel so much more impactful and deep.

[olive mauve]

Oh deffo sounds like Aesperanto now you say that

[hot marlin]

That sigil story is such nonsense that I needed to put down the book for ten minutes. It got me violently angry

[tawdry sentinel]

That's basically it.

I'll throw a bonus someone's way for persuasion and the like if they talk to the orcs in orcish.

Or obnoxious NPCs will talk smack about the bard in the language that the bard can't speak when I don't feel like dealing with Mr "I can't roll below 28 in persuasion" for the odd encounter.

[buoyant oar]

It really felt like "Well everyone in the whole world speaks English!" As if that is not a thing because of the Advent of trade and technology in the last half century.

There doesn't need to be a multiversal common.

[umbral girder]

Personally I like the First World version instead of the Sigil origin.

[uncut zenith]

This is one thing they've done right in Shadow of the Dragon Queen and the new FR books imo. Introducing regional languages instead of just common being the language everybody is guaranteed to speak.

[graceful crest]

hi

[umbral girder]

The idea is all these languages and races etc came from the First world, when it shattered into multiple worlds everyone still has these similarities in races, language, magic, etc.

[lyric viper]

If interested in looking into the idea more 'Lingua Franca': https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lingua_franca

[buoyant oar]

Elvish persevered somehow from the first world when English hasn't survived 500 years in a constant state

[olive mauve]

My favourite thing to do for homebrew languages is to get the alphabet of one language and superimpose that onto the words and grammar rules of another. My current one is Polish words and grammar with the Welsh alphabet.

I don't know if this is offensive but it's less work than making it from scratch and lets me use it on keyboards.

[buoyant oar]

Most of the first world stuff isn't my cup of tea either. Really. I get why it exists but its okay to have the settings be a tiny bit more independent. There does not need to be a universal answer to the origin of things.

[hot marlin]

Yep. There have been humans on Toril for thousands of years. Even if they did come from Sigil and spoke the same language as the Sigilites (which they didn't), the languages would have evolved to be completely unintelligible.

[uncut zenith]

Well that's why I like the First World as an in-world myth. Which is how it's presented.

[umbral girder]

Mainly with First world it’s basically Multiverse stuff again. The “it’s you in an alternate universe!”

[uncut zenith]

It's not real, it's just what dragons tend to believe is real

[hot marlin]

English from six centuries ago is completely impossible to understand without actual studies into its grammar and rules

[olive mauve]

It's looking like I need to actually look at the D&D lore because this all sounds AWESOME!!!!

[hot marlin]

OK so, for elvish, since elf lore is that they reincarnate, it's probably the only language where they have a good excuse for it having changed minimally.

[umbral girder]

Not the channel to ask that. #find-a-game is where you go.

[graceful crest]

sorry

[olive mauve]

My Paladins all worship the Omnisiah.

[blissful dragon]

their was that strange bit of old dnd lore that not canon anymore of people from earth ended up in faurn and that being the source of gods like thor and set

also fox being imported from france for some reason

[olive mauve]

I'm a fledgling D&D and W40k nerd at once if you couldn't already tell from this statement

[buoyant oar]

The connections to Earth is because that's what the term forgotten Realms means.

It was a realm that was connected to Earth, but the portals and links began to deteriorate over time, meaning they became Forgotten Realms

[blissful dragon]

to be honest i kind of love the foxes are from france lore cause its fun in a slighty silly sort of way

[naive cedar]

elminster loves Dr Pepper btw

[tawdry sentinel]

Professor Peppy>

[olive mauve]

SO... Technically Paladins worshipping the God-Emperor is plausible?

[buoyant oar]

The god Emperor is not real to our Earth.

[blissful dragon]

yeah sometimes the most fun you can have is when the dm and players make up some silly lore like that

[umbral girder]

Tbh people from Earth in D&D are in other places. Like the kids from the 1980s D&D cartoon were from Earth

And a few novels I think.

[blissful dragon]

ah ok so i guess thats still sort of canon then

[olive mauve]

Yeah but stories from the game filtering through and almost becoming a real god or something. Is that possible?

[olive mauve]

Same logic could apply to the God-Emperor being a possibility of a god... Since Warhammer and D&D were around at roughly the same time period.

[buoyant oar]

Yep the Mulhorandi, and Untherans Are likely descendants from Egyptian and Mesopotamian peoples from earth Stolen from their Homeland by the most powerful race of humans to ever exist on Toril.

[naive cedar]

a bunch of kuo toa finding a Warhammer 40k book and worshipping the god emperor

[buoyant oar]

They were so powerful that the gods of those pantheons had to come to Toril. And fight them. And even then it was still a war.

[snow zephyr]

Iirc, Tiamet was originally a goddess from earth in the original lore

[olive mauve]

I don't what that race is but that sounds hilarious

[buoyant oar]

Gilgeam is Gilgamesh

[naive cedar]

theyre a race of fish people that pick random things to be their gods

[umbral girder]

Well Tiamat is from an actual old religion last I checked.
Bahamut too.

[snow zephyr]

Race with a big psychic footprint, has the ability to alter reality by consensus

[olive mauve]

Ok... That's hilarious

[buoyant oar]

Yeah they're both from Mesopotamia. Along with Gilgamesh. Which makes sense why gilgeam hates dragon so much

[naive cedar]

that’s a better explanation than I gave tbh

[olive mauve]

So... Orkz?

[snow zephyr]

Sort of, but fantasy fish orks

[snow zephyr]

WoD, it has a lot of useful verbiage tools for D&D

[naive cedar]

I need to try out wod

[olive mauve]

I mean the W40k Orkz which you essentially just described perfectly.

Especially the Weird Boyz

[snow zephyr]

Well yes, but actually, no. The kuo toa differ in function because it's heavily tied to worship as opposed to pure consensus

[buoyant oar]

You know, come to think of it. One of these species languages that I really did not care for. Is the fact that tieflings know infernal right out of the bat.

Especially since there has been this distancing of any sort of untowardness in their blood or their soul. But they just start learning. Literally the devil's speech out of nowhere. That's suspicious.

[snow zephyr]

That and the orks need huge amounts of waagh energy to make the consensus magic happen even a little

[snow zephyr]

That's the idea

[hot marlin]

Wait, the Imaskari are really more powerful than the Netherese? I thought it was about equal.

[olive mauve]

Cuz, if purple Orks aren't the stealfiest, then why 'ave yer nevah seen a purple Ork.

That's my favourite meme

[snow zephyr]

They're described as a race always under suspicion by the ill informed

[hot marlin]

No it's not, it's not how gods work. You can't just take a fictional being and turn it into a god by believing in it hard enough. Unless you're a kuo-toa. And even then

[buoyant oar]

Them just automatically knowing that tongue seems like a vestigial thing is what I'm saying. If there was no tiefling nation in most worlds and they really shouldn't get a language considering that they can be born of nearly any species

[olive mauve]

Huh... That's actually kinda cool

[olive mauve]

Aaw... Sadge

[snow zephyr]

I feel like telepathy would be more thematic to a degree

[hot marlin]

Moreover, Elminster visited earth in the 80s when it was the middle of the 14th century in Toril. It's now the end of the 15th century in Toril, more than a century later.

This means that present-day Toril takes place in 2130.

So... Most likely, in present canon, earth is an irradiated wasteland.

[blissful dragon]

i would imagine time doesnt flow equal between worlds

[whole egret]

Hello chat

[buoyant oar]

To be fair, the Realms did sort of March on close to real time and then the The fandom gathered around as the designers of Dungeons& Dragons 4th edition prepared to do something demonstrably stupid.

[blissful dragon]

that message makes me remember that thing i heard about how chat seem to be becoming the new collective noun for a group of people

[buoyant oar]

Hang around a group of 12 to 17-year-olds and you'll hear it a lot

[naive cedar]

you walk into a courtroom and the lawyer is like “listen chat…”

[umbral girder]

Assuming the Time ratio between D&D and Toril is 1:1.

Places like the Astral Sea and Feywild do show time can be different after all.

[blissful dragon]

i wonder how maybe people have done the warlock is live scrying to their parton

[umbral girder]

Also technically IRL too as speed seems to effect time.

[stark tundra]

The fae wild is different

[rough basalt]

When I'm in a ruining a long established IP contest and my opponent is the 4e Forgotten Realms design team

[buoyant oar]

FR lore is too complicated.

Proceeds to make it even more complicated. And then immediately backtracks making it even further complicated.

You can see evidence of this when you look at the the pantheons and how some of them are aspects of other gods and then they're back to being themselves. Or this God was actually that got into skies but actually no he wasn't.

Whole thing was a mess

[rough basalt]

Honestly it was quite the design idea

Ruin something then ruin it further, making the creator and all of its lovers leave or almost leave it entirely

It's a surprise it didn't work out.

[buoyant oar]

Here's my hot take. I don't hate the spell plague. I honestly think that's a really cool and neat idea. A neat world event for the Realms. Perfect for signifying the transition from one Edition to another. Would have been awesome to be a player or a dungeon master to play during those events.

What was stupid was the 100-year time skip.

Hey! Here's this awesome world shattering event.

Also it's been over for 90 years

[eager marsh]

Pretty sure all magic not functioning correctly/at all would cause issues with anyone wanting to play a spellcaster

[rough basalt]

Drizzt watching his future wife rapidly age and die cause a group of gods propelled the world 100 years because they were bored

[buoyant oar]

I'm sure they could easily figure something out. The spell plague itself only lasted 10 years. It was over by 1395 DR.

[eager marsh]

I mean you can still choose to run games during that time after the ten years perfectly fine

In fact the time skip happening is a good thing because it means they’ve already roughly established how various lands and factions recovered and you can use that as your guide point

[timid current]

People seem to think they're streamers / have an audience instead of being in a room with peers

[rough basalt]

That time skip made a lot of FR contributors very pissed off and almost deepsixed FRs longest running book series

[buoyant oar]

And I have. What I'm saying is that skipping to 1479 was a Galaxy brain decision. That in retrospect was not a very good one considering the immediately backpedaled.

But the thing is is that the 4th edition guide doesn't really State how the lands have recovered. Most of them are still reeling 90 years later.

[azure jasper]

If im a hexblade warlock with agonizing blast eldritch blast and hex
and my charisma modifer is +5
would that be 1d10+5(agonizing blast)+5(hexblade curse) +1d6
where its basically 1d10+10 + 1d6 per beam

[eager marsh]

I mean I can’t speak on behalf of investors and creators im just talking in regards to using the material as a player/dm

[buoyant oar]

The healing and reclamation came in 5th edition with the advent of the sundering.

[eager marsh]

Hexblade curse is proficiency bonus not charisma mod

[rough basalt]

Ye a 100 year time skip where nothing happened just cause the designers were bored wasn't the greatest idea.

[buoyant oar]

According to Salvatore. The only time he's ever seen Ed cry about the Realms.

Because he was just informed and the writers were told to figure it out.

[eager marsh]

Oh they did that over Ed’s head. Ok yea that feels ultra rude and disrespectful

[buoyant oar]

It's one of the reasons why he and Wizards of the Coast don't talk anymore

[azure jasper]

Im nit entirely clear on what proficiency bonus is?
could you clarify please

[eager marsh]

Wasn’t aware there had been a falling out

[eager marsh]

Your proficiency bonus is your proficiency bonus. It’s listed on the class tables and it a bonus based on your level

[buoyant oar]

The design team of 4th edition and 5th edition. Were very antagonistic towards Greenwood. To the point where I was personally shocked that his name was mentioned in the new FR guides at all.

A sign of better things to come I think

[eager marsh]

Why on earth would you want to be antagonistic to the guy the literally created the world for your game

[rough basalt]

Cause they were bored (I don't think there's any justifiable reason. More likely they thought they do it better.)

[vagrant quartz]

i finally finished putting all the cultists in the cultist base

it took so long T_T

[buoyant oar]

For a very long time, Ed was still seen as an authority over the Realms by the fans, even though he's had no legal authority over it since 1985. Wizards of the coast wanted to change how the setting was presented going into 4th edition. To fit in better lines with their design ideology for the Edition as a whole. This was incongruent with the Realms. And so they forced it. Without discussion.

[eager marsh]

Sounds about right for a corporate call

[buoyant oar]

They then asked him and the other authors to fix it. Less than 3 years later. Which is where the sundering novels came from

[eager marsh]

I sure hope they extorted those checks

[buoyant oar]

Once the new Edition was out. And Ed's last book contract was fulfilled in 2016/2017. They dropped them

They only kept Salvatore because his books sell like hotcakes but even he had to go find his own personal publisher outside of D&D.

[rough basalt]

And only reason he still makes Drizzt is he loves it

[west sail]

D&D character idea a druid that does not wild shape but has animal speech and draws his magic from the planet meaning he can use earth and plant life

[buoyant oar]

The modern teams seem to appreciate Greenwood's work. Which I appreciate considering that he has been a lifeblood to the community and an ally far longer than any corporation has.

But I still think it's going to be a long time before you see his name as a consultant in one of the books like you do with Keith Baker.

[azure jasper]

I found it, ty
so if my proficiency bonus is +3
1d10+8 + 1d6 per beam?

[eager marsh]

Correct

[buoyant oar]

And as much as I would love to see that, I wouldn't really blame him if he decided to stay on the DMs Guild and his little patreon corner

[rough basalt]

Ye the current teams seem to be trying to deal with the damage the 4e to early 2020s teams did in that regard

[buoyant oar]

Now considering that the majority of that team is gone. I think it will start to self-heal.

[rough basalt]

Like them putting the Abominable Vaults pf2e AP 5e conversion on DnD beyond with a paizo partnership.

[buoyant oar]

I mean that was a long time when Wizards of the Coast didn't go to conventions like at all

[hot marlin]

If you're going to convert a PF campaign, why Abomination Vault btw?

[buoyant oar]

I think they did that one themselves. Wizards of the Coast didn't do it

[hot marlin]

Yeah, but it's a bit of a weird choice.

[buoyant oar]

Paizo DiD a lot of their campaigns for both 2e and 5e

[snow zephyr]

Didn't we get a MtG expansion?

[buoyant oar]

We've gotten four of those

[hot marlin]

I mean, I like abomination vault.

[snow zephyr]

Ravinica

[rough basalt]

Yeah a few APs have 5e conversions by Paizo

[ionic forge]

hello 🙂

[rough basalt]

I imagine over time theyll probably add the other conversions to ddb

[buoyant oar]

Theros, Strixhaven, Ravnica, and Lorewyn

[snow zephyr]

I'm just waiting for the Final Fantasy crossover

[spice moth]

Will go strong

[snow zephyr]

Huh, more than I thought