dnd-discussion

[coarse ravine]

Schedule

[dapper wigeon]

I did and its not showing up

[idle oar]

Did you buy it as a gift? Check your purchases under your account

If you bought it as a gift it would need to be redeemed

[hidden spindle]

Knowing how to curate encounters

[dapper wigeon]

I did not buy as a gift its not showing up in my gift inventory

[cerulean trellis]

What are some tools you recommend to new DMs?
I am currently utilizing a flowchart for story progression, Inkarnate as a mapmaker, and DndBeyond as a sheet manager

[coarse ravine]

Controlling talking over the table limits would be a good challenge. If you have players that haven't respected your table yet

[idle oar]

Check https://www.dndbeyond.com/account/licenses - is your purchase showing up there?

[dapper wigeon]

Thats where I checked, and no its not.

[idle oar]

If it's not there then it sounds like the purchase did not actually complete.

You may need to reach out to Customer Support to see what might be happening

[dapper wigeon]

Its showing up in my order history and i got the receipt in my email

Damn alright, was just checking here to make sure I wasnt just being impatient lol

[idle oar]

Okay time to contact customer support because everything says you should have it but the fact it's not showing up under licenses is weird and the fact that you don't see the book in your purchases is just... weird.

?tag ddb support

[cosmic roost]

D&D Beyond customer support can be contacted at the link below. Requests are answered in the order they're received, during regular business hours. Submitting multiple requests for the same issue can result in a delayed response.
http://dndbeyond.link/SubmitTicket

[dapper wigeon]

alrighty, unfortunate but yeah. Just wanted to come here first to confirm before bothering them just for it to show up a few minutes later.

[cerulean trellis]

Make sure you have a receipt like in your email

[idle oar]

They do

[dapper wigeon]

Yeah I hvae the order confirmed thing with all my details n stuff

oop just as im about to make the ticket I checked and it was there, I guess I was just being impatient lol

[wanton sorrel]

it happens to all of us... i'm 4.5% sure.

well at least i wont have to panic now.... when buying stuff on D&D beyond anymore...

[idle oar]

Whew! Usually it doesn't take long for the purchase to show up - 30+ minutes is a bit longer than expected but glad everything worked out!

[dapper wigeon]

Yup, almost an hour haha. glad I didnt have to worry about making a ticket.

[remote wadi]

Out of curiosity

What would you recommend for possibly resurrecting a person that doesn't require knowing a spell?

[idle oar]

Doing tasks for a deity in exchange

Requires DM buy-in and approval

[knotty pasture]

Ask Jergal nicely

[empty thicket]

Paying someone to do it for you, some church//kingdom//palace must have someone that do it for you for some price//quest

Players arent something that others creatures in the world cant be

There can be some wizard or church that can do it, warlock.... welp that too but might involve some dark forces

[wanton sorrel]

i perfer churches... its much more natural x'D

[remote wadi]

Asking because of the following things

• Ranger died at level 5
• DM had a debuff for my character. Wouldn't tell what because it could allegedly have future impact on the game (it was consensual in exchange for a reroll on terrible stats)
• The party did have Revivify, but no diamonds to cast it
• Considering it's CoS, idk if my options are super limited

[empty thicket]

i think there was a spell//cantrip that preserve the body really well so you can use revivify without problem

Now if its missing some limb or had any disease numbers get... problematic

[remote wadi]

Gentle Repose. And no one was nearby to cast it in time anyways

[idle oar]

Have you discussed things with the DM about how you'd like to bring back the ranger character and and collaborated on ways that that could be done?

[knotty pasture]

Cast ray of frost to cryogenically preserve a body

[idle oar]

I mean it's something that in many groups can get hashed out in discussions after the game about "ways to bring back dead character".

[remote wadi]

For now, the past couple days were me grieving a bit (bad headspace and rough times irl) and making a substitute character

[knotty pasture]

Couldn't you just make another level 5 Ranger but with a different name

[wanton sorrel]

that is one way.... but it defeats the purpose of character development.

[scenic gyro]

Ranger Jr.

[idle oar]

A good out of game conversation can help in game magic happen that helps everyone, DM included, have an awesome and engaging game.

[scenic gyro]

Many DMs love when players come forward with ideas for plot hooks. It’s less work for the DM to make one themselves!

[idle oar]

Like we had a beloved character die in a game session and our characters did a bunch of work for a local temple of a diety and managed to get them resurected. But we all had to sacrifice something as a character to get it done.

It was really impactful - and it led to amazing roleplay and new adventure hooks and story development.

[remote wadi]

And get shafted by bad luck again by being somewhat resembling of my Ranger? Probably not

Besides, this does also give me a chance to experiment with Barbarian

[idle oar]

There was out of game discussions about it though to help lay the groundwork and set expectations

[knotty pasture]

So why go through hurdles to revive the Ranger

[remote wadi]

What did you sacrifice?

[idle oar]

I offered up a magical item

[remote wadi]

I never said i didn't want to play Ranger. It was more a playful remark about luck

[knotty pasture]

Barb Ranger multiclass, ez

[idle oar]

I think the magic item, if I recall (it was a long time ago) guaranteed a minimum roll of a 10 on a D20 test once per day.

[remote wadi]

Ideally, it can be the former until I can revive Ranger. Then he could possibly become a NPC afterwards or only pop in when crap hits the fan again

[remote wadi]

I'm not that much of a crazy guy

Wouldn't make sense thematically, either

[knotty pasture]

I used to think it was crazy too until Eau in optimization made a convincing case

[remote wadi]

I save the funny characters for one shots

That's the one time where joke characters are the best

[vagrant quartz]

john adventure meets mercy overwatch to kill the dragon

[wanton sorrel]

so the D&D beyond is doing maitnece on 1/20/26

[idle oar]

Yes

[vagrant quartz]

help my brain short circuited "what the hell is the 20th month"

[idle oar]

January 20th 2026 starting at 1 AM pacific

Might last 6 hours

[vagrant quartz]

i figured, why the month first, what is this savagery XD

[rough basalt]

Got my Monday game restarted

[idle oar]

See #dnd-announcements message for more information (and the time based on your local timezone)

[rough basalt]

My stutter was awful and I rambled a lot unnecessarily

[idle oar]

But did everyone have fun?

[wanton sorrel]

my deepest apologies but it says on my laptop down on the right hand side...

[rough basalt]

But gonna take the week to figure out how to get their characters introduced and find a new 5th

I think so.

Caught the new people up on what the remaining party was up to

[vagrant quartz]

i just need to know, who even thought about putting the middle length period of time first and then the short one followed by long? Why??

[rough basalt]

Which was get strong and famous in order to get access to a locked away part of a library in order to find a way to get to the underworld.

Which is a long term goal which leaves it nice and open for the new PCs to come in

[crisp bay]

Hey guys I had a cool idea for a d&d session if anyone has ever played magic the gathering there are spells and classes so I was thinking of a starting class and one starting color then as you level up you get more mana slots to cast magic spells and later can add extra colors to expand the vast number of spells to choose from. I dont know someone give me there thoughts about the idea I would love feedback

[empty thicket]

welp, there is many deckbuilding games out there, one you could help yourself to base this is Slay the Spire

[wanton sorrel]

shrugs i did play magic the gathering.... I had a thorn elemental... well back in it's days... gave my deck to my cousin after several years.... and then i now know that deck is now more than what it's worth.

[empty thicket]

And you could do like that game do with his characters.
Each one have his mimmick, ways to play it and more, there are items, there are stadistics, now you would see how to adapt all that into a DND class

[crisp bay]

I would start by using class in mtg because they are both the same for the most part just it can be more detailed and depends on the class but you could get spells that work well like if your a cleric then siphon spells could work or if your a warrior then increasing states for a short period of time could work

I just thought it would be a cool homebrew d&d idea

[wanton sorrel]

it is...

[empty thicket]

its 2026, there must be one already made

[wanton sorrel]

that also could be true... a possability.

[crisp bay]

Maybe but I never heard of one

[viral verge]

Idk. Redesigning the magic system kind of has a ripple effect on a LOT of other assumptions of the game rules

That would definitely be a hell of a project to take on

[crisp bay]

Ik but think about it having spells like cyclonic rift turn in to a either cheep i launch your goblin in to the wall or a mass shockwave effect

Or having a life gain spell heal you or your party members

[viral verge]

Not something I personally would try. Fun idea in concept. But so hard to pull off. Especially while maintaining a semblance of balance

[crisp bay]

I just thought it would be a more player picks a spell they want and I the dm would check if that spell is balanced or fair/possible in the campaign

[viral verge]

Idk. As a player I’d want consistency and dependability. And I wouldn’t want the balance of my spells to be decided so arbitrarily

I just foresee the challenge being too great for me to want to interact with something like that. As a DM or as a player

[crisp bay]

you get more powerful as the game progreses and so do the enemys

[viral verge]

Eh. Not something I would find enjoyable. But still really creative idea

Didn’t mean to reply directly. My b

But I want that to be codified and not up to when my GM says I can use that spell.

Not knocking the idea. It’s just not for me

[empty thicket]

welp, right now im kinda imagining it tho

but its... problematic for a system like DnD add such idea

[jaunty wyvern]

Path of the Beast Barb's natural weapons not also being unarmed strikes makes me so mad

i wanna run it as a multiclass with lycan bloodhunter but it doesn't work RAW

[viral verge]

Yeah. There’s gotta be a better system for it. I enjoy 5e. But I don’t think it’s built to be shaped and changed quite so much

[stoic haven]

How do y'all deal with people who overgeneralize things or group lots of different things under 1 condescending umbrella term?

[viral verge]

Cut them out of my circle, usually

[jaunty wyvern]

ironic that this question can only have overgeneralized answers due to lack of context

[stoic haven]

Because this is a good friend of mine, and he is taking a shot at DMing, and stated he doesn't like "Power Players" but his examples are that of normal characters with specific strengths

[jaunty wyvern]

Yea i feel like some people want you to play a commoner and not a class/subclass that actually feels good to play

[viral verge]

Oh. Then I’d let him know I wasn’t. And show him counter examples of what power gaming actually is

[stoic haven]

My Monk for example, I specialize in grappling, built him around it, so he kind of falters in the other departments, specifically MAD, and he said that was Power Playing

[viral verge]

I’d also suggest other systems that aren’t designed as heroic power fantasy

[jaunty wyvern]

Power gaming to me is the actual just default kills that ruin encounter design

[stoic haven]

Tried, he shut it down before I got to reply

[jaunty wyvern]

like bag of holding bombing

[rough basalt]

Yeah sounds like unreasonable

Being good at something doesn't equal powergaming

[stoic haven]

We are, trying to do Warhammer, and btw, I know nothing of it, but that wasnt really necessary for this specific topic

[rough basalt]

Warhammer depending on what system can be very much you're the victim

Any "power" is just maybe surviving.

[stoic haven]

I anyways gave him a brief overview of the different "power gaming" things: Meta Gaming, Optimizing, Min-maxing, and building a strong character

[viral verge]

Oof. Thats rough. What i would do is this then. Offer to run something yourself. On a different day. Without the no power gaming (even though it’s not). I have a feeling i know which one of those tables will be more fun

[stoic haven]

40k

[rough basalt]

There's a few 40k systems but yeah idk what to say about them

5e expects you to be good at something.

[viral verge]

Yeah. I kind of assumed we were talking 5e as well

[rough basalt]

And being good at something = power gaming isn't gonna be a good mindset to keep

[modest sinew]

Ok hear me out

Pact of the old one warlock

Whose patron was his imaginary childhood friend

Eh eh

Child sees visions of strange figure and everyone assumes it’s an imaginary friend only for in adulthood for the entity to become the individuals patron

[viral verge]

Ok. That’s pretty cool

[rough basalt]

I like it

[jaunty wyvern]

unironically I had this idea for the vestige warlock that came out in the UA recently

[rapid stratus]

Hi everyone! (Sorry didn’t know we couldn’t use gifs lol)

[viral verge]

Thanks for feeding the dragon

[modest sinew]

It’s a great idea

And it’s a fun reversal of the evil patron trope

Evil? Nah this is Norbert he’s my best friend and together we shall usher in an age of WRITHING MADNESS

[viral verge]

Gosh. He’s been saying that about the writhing for years, when will Faerun discovery therapy?

[jaunty wyvern]

My spin on it was he was a crazy "wizard" who talks to a rock with Ersatz eyes glued onto it

mine was admittedly pretty goofy

[modest sinew]

I’m not crazy dad I literally have a tentacle arm and can cast magic

he’s real

[viral verge]

That arm thing is just a phase!

[dapper wigeon]

Whats with warlocks and eldritch blast being their main thing they use? also with force damage in 2024 rules does stuff get knocked back?

[narrow ferry]

you need an extra evocation to push back

it's because they don't have many spell slots 🥲

[dapper wigeon]

ahhh okay i see,

thank you for this

[jaunty wyvern]

with 2024 rules you could easily pick any other spammable damage cantrip but EB is still going to be your best bet

its super reliable

[empty thicket]

And when you level up it turn into a magic missile with real damage

[snow zephyr]

It's Eldritch Blast, it's worth at least one soul

[jovial tree]

Chat should I put my players through the bridge of death (Month Python)

[limber trail]

Eldritch blast as a cantrip is super versatile, has great damage, scales really well, and the damage type is super powerful.

[eager marsh]

Nothing knocks a target back without an effect saying so. Which is what Repelling Blast invocation is for and thats in both 2014 and 2024

[spark canopy]

Is there a way to keep a Remorhaze cold consistently in dnd? I’m playing a monster tamer that wants one

(Dm said that they need to be in a cold climate to regulate their burning temperatures)

[hushed mason]

Cold elementals trapped in a confined environment, creating something like a refridgerator.

[spark canopy]

Alrighty! Thank you!

[jovial tree]

Give then sunglasses so they can stay cool

Roll charisma check to convince your DM to let it work

[empty thicket]

Yes but instead of instant death make them loose 10% of their hp

[jovial tree]

And a bunch of force, ofc.

[tight sluice]

ello

[jovial tree]

Send them flying back 100ft or smthng

[tight sluice]

@wanton sorrel hi!

[wanton sorrel]

hello!

[zinc plaza]

helloo

ok so i tried to play a roleplay game with my gf and her siblings

so i wanna try DND (they didnt do it cos nobody wants to be DM so i guess ima be a DM)

i have a general idea on what to do tho

[tight sluice]

can any1 review my character? its a premade one with a few tweaks (idk what im doing honesly)

[zinc plaza]

but i have 0 idea on the basics, i only know stuff from the youtube

my idea is use a game as a way to get inspirations and make a world map thing

have yall heard of dwarf fortress? ima use that as world gen
theres human, elf, dwarf, kobold, goblin and other various creatures

no half breeds but there are animal persons and bunch of curses and necromancy as well

so im thinking maybe ima use that as story inspiration

i have made a large world, 500 years of history

using other programs i can export the world history into XML file (which can be read via other program and read through like encyclopedia)

every session i can export it and see what happens
for players i wont tell much

also theres fog of war in adventure mode so they wont know much

[hushed mason]

You might want to check out #character-discussion

[zinc plaza]

i wanna send the world map and basic history here but idk

the xml file is HUGE (2GB) so i cant send it here probably also its probably really annoying to read it

[wanton sorrel]

wait is this a homebrew?

[zinc plaza]

whats homebrew

[wanton sorrel]

your own story

[zinc plaza]

ye i guess

[wanton sorrel]

ah makes sense. Looks good

[zinc plaza]

cos i dont know much about official canon story
also this game (dwarf fortress) is very detailed so i could just let them act and i input their actions in the game and let how it plays out

the skills affect the combat ability and theres also slight randomness in it

also theres bleeding and "syndromes" (basically everything from poison effects to lycantrophy and curses)

and necromancers can revive players back

should i go to #dm-discussion

[wanton sorrel]

there is a difference between raising the dead and ressurection

[zinc plaza]

yeah some get turned into undead husks

which is mindless

some get turned into sentient undead

sentient undead doesnt feel emotions but does recognize friendship iirc

[wanton sorrel]

yeah you might want to go to DM discussion but you did say world building too... would that be dm world building???? character-discusion was also mention would that mean they go there???

[zinc plaza]

mhm ok

i kinda wanna get image perms lemme see if its behind a level or something

#1133105399256584323 message ok i re-read it and i understand

[wanton sorrel]

i must make a save action roll 1d20 to live from confusion

[glacial pulsar]

BWAHAHAHAH my Find Familiar in a game did 3443 damage on a Purple Worm xDD

[burnt valley]

How

[glacial pulsar]

Context, our party came across a Purple Worm, a Gargauntuan sized creature, and a spellcaster casted Polymorph on it into a snail, then my familiar, a flying monkey took it 10800 feet in the air and dropped it
DM houseruled removed terminal velocity from this world/there's no fall damage limit in session 0 months ago
rolling 1080d6
There's now a one punch man sized crater on the map xDD

every city within 100 miles looked in the sky to see a purple comet fly slowly grow bigger and bigger

[limber trail]

1080d6?

[wanton sorrel]

wow with this information i think any yugioh card can be the main boss of D&D and then use polymorph and do some serious dps

[limber trail]

if they fell 1080ft it'd only be 108d6

[glacial pulsar]

oop it was 10,800

[limber trail]

ah

that makes more sense

[glacial pulsar]

I believe, it was 30 feet fly speed, dash every round for 30 minutes into the sky

[wanton sorrel]

why not send them to space so they can't breathe?

[limber trail]

Yeah a full hour would get you about that high

[glacial pulsar]

we messed around deliberating and polymorph was going to run out

[wanton sorrel]

ah makes sense i guess.

[hidden spindle]

I thought it was 20d6

[jovial shadow]

You would need some way to survive above 20,000 feet, much less the void of space. But it's a strongly homebrewed campaign so who knows?

[limber trail]

they mentioned their DM ignored that rule

[hidden spindle]

Yup yup, mb, just read that

[woven flint]

Itd only be 20d6
Fall damage caps at that

[limber trail]

they mentioned their DM ignored that rule

[hidden spindle]

They house overruled it

[woven flint]

Oh, I see now that I read

[limber trail]

yes tokii

[woven flint]

KNOME, My NEMESIS

I miss you :<

[wanton sorrel]

0_0

[limber trail]

curse ti for keeping us apart...

[fossil hollow]

hey

i will keep you apart for longer if i need to

[wanton sorrel]

lol x'D

[limber trail]

Eventually we’ll just start our own game

[fossil hollow]

oh god, speaking of games, i need to get more people for the oneshot on friday

[limber trail]

How many do we have? 3?

[fossil hollow]

just three

need at least one more

[west sail]

Um question what would the fel magic from wow be classified as in d&d??

[fossil hollow]

what?

[silent anchor]

in the most general sense, it would be warlock magic, specifically from an infernal patron

but there are many key differences

[grand onyx]

Boo

[remote wadi]

Is going mono barb until level 11 going to be a huge problem?

Or is it possible to make work

[thin mica]

hello everyone, I hope you all are having a great day

[hidden spindle]

Monoclassing will always work

[unborn lotus]

Monoclassing is usually better than multiclassing. Multiclassing pretty much objectively makes your character worse unless you know the specific build you're making and playing the meta.

Like if you don't have a build in mind that exploits a feature a different class level give you. Then your multiclass is just giving you a weak low level ability and cheating you out of a stronger high level one

[woven flint]

Classes are typically enough to work with their own features so.. nah lol

[spring glen]

I'm multi classing my wizard so I feel that but I went into claric for spooky necromancy death claric

Also I got a ton of spells for doing so 😄

My ac hits 23 with shield of faith and shield spell reaction

[grand onyx]

Hiiii! I have had a pretty good day hbu?

Also based pfp mwahahahah

[thin mica]

lol thank you, my best friend has the other pfp side. Also my day has been good. I’m finally able to chat here now that my phone number is working

[grand onyx]

Oh yayyyy!!

[covert root]

Welcome to the Internet.

[woven flint]

Hello, friends 🧐

Hello, friend Mind Sliver, long time no see!

[covert root]

Well, you know me: stringing along the coast and keeping sparse. People value the things they don't have in abundance more.

[thin mica]

Have a look around?

[grand onyx]

Elite ball knowledge omg

[thin mica]

lol

[grand onyx]

Hallo!!

[thin mica]

Teehee, I had to do it

[grand onyx]

Fair XD

[woven flint]

I may be getting art of my Harengon Bladesinger soon 🧐

[grand onyx]

Oh sick

[woven flint]

Aye, if you wanna know what his fit looks like...
It's literally Robin from fire emblems lmao

[grand onyx]

I haven’t played it but I’ve heard of it lol

[woven flint]

They're a Wizard that uses a sword...
Just like my Harengon 💀

[grand onyx]

Gotcha XD

[woven flint]

Aye, he's dressed in a fit like that because it keeps long robes from getting in his way

He doesn't wear a hat either simply because his ears are too big

[grand onyx]

Fair lmao.

[covert root]

I still have to wait a month for my Bladesinger's art. Ought to share when yours is done; I love Bladesinger.

It's a nerd with a sword, what could possibly go wrong?

[woven flint]

Harengon is a very fun species combination with Bladesinger too 👀

All the features compliment it so well

[spring glen]

Art is a lot of work I hope it turns out great

[woven flint]

Bonus to Initiative and Dexterity Saves
Bonus action disengage the moves you pretty far without using movement
And
Perception is always a nice free skill to have lol

[covert root]

I'd say my favorite is Fairy Bladesinger. The infinite flight is neat, since you don't wear armor and thus meet the "can't wear Medium or Heavy" expectations. Hard to hit, hard to touch.

[spring glen]

My players are poor so they can't afford character art

[ornate chasm]

im making my own system bc dnd is too hard to learn

life sucks

[covert root]

I feel like every other table I know just has either crude sketches, default pics, or uses AI.

[spring glen]

Stick people are also acceptable

[agile copper]

Hi guys, i heard in this server you can gain Inspiration by seducing a dragon

[covert root]

Seduce the bard. You'll also get inspiration.

[spring glen]

Seduce the crawling hands

[agile copper]

Seduce the Dungeon master

[covert root]

Roll to Seduce.

[agile copper]

1

[woven flint]

Seducing is overrated

[spring glen]

It's a very "hard" roll

[woven flint]

7 days.

[covert root]

Beshaba's black bones...7 days!?!

[woven flint]

...
6 days.

[agile copper]

69 days

[woven flint]

Count your blessings, this is a threat!
/joking

Normalize
Having an army of rodents

[spring glen]

If I use animate dead on fish can I have them finally walk on land and be good Bois?

[covert root]

Alas, they cannot walk to begin with.

[spring glen]

Who said anything about them having leg they got fins

[limber trail]

both zombies and skeletons can walk on land which animate dead creates so, yeah

[spring glen]

Sweet

[limber trail]

Actually

Sorry, no, you can only use animate dead on the corpses of humanoids - fish would generally be beasts

[spring glen]

Darn

[limber trail]

so it doesn't work unfortunately

[spring glen]

I guess I will wait on the wish spell to give all fish the ability to walk on land and breath oxygen

[agile copper]

if i use talk to death and speak with animals can i speak with the dead fish?

[spring glen]

The street sharks must happen

[limber trail]

Realistically most DMs would probably allow it yeah

[spring glen]

I would ask the fish what it's favorite color is

[wheat saddle]

Has there been any announcements for what books will be coming out this year?

[empty thicket]

Dont make the world have to fight them please, i dont want to turn every fish that try to eat me into sushi

[spring glen]

I would make them like the news anchor fish in Spongebob they would be gentlemen fish

[lean lark]

Why seduce when you can make friends with the dragon?

[empty thicket]

I already have some plot that i want to add to my Fighter champion about fighting a dolphin. So....

[empty thicket]

If the dragon die and you are married to it, you get the inheritance. Think about it

And hey, dragon wife//husband is something to brag about

[spring glen]

If a dragon and a donkey can fall in love

[empty thicket]

Welp, time to make a new generation of Dragonborns.
Im asking the wizard to get me some invulnerability scrolls and other stuff

[next elk]

i js watched a video talking about playing dnd in hytale and damn it sounds so good

only part im worried about is avatars and hytale being paid but other than that it looks amazing

[spring glen]

What's hytale?

[next elk]

am i able to send yt links here or

[spring glen]

No

[next elk]

mind if i send it in dms zoethar

[empty thicket]

Its a game that in the past was said it was a "minecraft killer", was delayed, delayed and then drop and it seems it was retaken by someone

[next elk]

prolly could explain better than me

[next elk]

ITS A GREAT GAME AND ITS AN ACTION RPG sorry caps

[empty thicket]

In any way, you can use tons of apps or stuff for "port" dnd sessions tho

[next elk]

^

[spring glen]

Oh a Minecraft thingy, not really a Minecraft person anymore since they ruined my favorite biome with mechanics

[knotty pasture]

Hytale is basically a MC clone to put it extremely roughly

[spring glen]

Guess links work

[next elk]

this explains it better than me i think

watch it im so excited for it

[spring glen]

I never tried posting links here. Before

[empty thicket]

i wont try, i like having my hands attached to my body

[knotty pasture]

Its only gifs that were shut down

[next elk]

what

[spring glen]

Good too know

[empty thicket]

But yeah, you can literally pick up lots of games, mod them and use them for dnd sessions

[empty thicket]

i dont like getting banned, just that

[next elk]

watch the video it explains why hytale is especially good

[empty thicket]

how its called? i will search it by myself to be fully safe

[next elk]

" Why Hytale is the Future of D&D" by Slugtalk

[spring glen]

Ehhhh not a fan of the character art style to childish for my tastes not saying it's a bad game just not for me

[next elk]

fair enough but like everything else is amazing

*or will be with mods, the minecraft modding community is rather large

[knotty pasture]

It only just escaped development hell, wouldn't put super high hopes on it lasting the entire way without being obscure

[next elk]

loads of massive minecraft youtubers are playing it i dont think its gonna be obscure anytime soon

dantdm alone has brought a lot of attention to it

[knotty pasture]

New stuff is always worth a try, the question is whether it would last

[spring glen]

I have to pick out what I'm planning to play each month I only have PC access half a month

[knotty pasture]

So far it feels like a good chunk of the appeal is from nostalgia + microsoft hate

And while it probably can be modded to do dnd stuff with, MC could too and a dnd mod never really kicked off either (if it even exists)

[spring glen]

I still need to stop restarting balders Gate 3 and pick something

But I kinda want to play the first 2 first

[grand onyx]

PEAK MENTIONED?

[spring glen]

I also have all the old games on steam like gold box classics

[knotty pasture]

Random social experiment: Talk and assume bg3 mechanics when everyone's talking about dnd here

[dark dust]

How do I find a campaign??

[spring glen]

You look for single DMs in your area

[dark dust]

???

[rancid zephyr]

Exactly what he said

[grand onyx]

Wild

[glass granite]

you can check out #find-a-game for information on how to find a group online. To make a post, type the appropriate command in any chat channel. There’s also DnD beyond forums, reddit or roll 20.

[knotty pasture]

They have to be hot too

[spring glen]

And local

[rancid zephyr]

You can be hot too!

[knotty pasture]

Fire resistance is a handy thing to have

[spring glen]

I prefer cold so I can break the ice

If you do have game stores in your area thou it's a good place to meet people that want to run games

Or you can learn to DM like I did and run what you want when you want unless the evil BBEG schedule Monster ruins it

[wheat saddle]

So... no updates or announcements yet?

[pallid matrix]

Hey I am working on some fantasy races for a campaign setting and I wanted to ask you guys what you thought

[minor cargo]

For sure! If this channel is quiet, feel free to drop it. But sometimes it can get busy so #homebrew can be better.

[pallid matrix]

Took my shot ^_^

[next elk]

yes but it has the baldurs gate mod plus its not corpo slop plus its artstyle can match the aesthetic of dnd plus easy to make mods and easy to make maps and also modding is really accesible and also hytale isnt nothing like minecraft theyre both block games but theyre fundamentally different genres

[tidal bough]

Whats everyone's favorite type of monster

[glass granite]

Cookie

[lean lark]

Dave

[pearl hedge]

clockwork amulet my beloved

[reef tundra]

Elemental Cataclysm

[pearl hedge]

i'm a simple person, i like skeletons

[lean lark]

Theyre spooky, they're scary, and they send shivers down your spine

[reef tundra]

I like wights

I just wish they were stronger :(

[lean lark]

You can always make them stronger.

Also, now I know 2 more NPCs I'm adding to my campaign. 2 siblings who are wights that passed away trying to fly.

The Wight brothers

[shut wyvern]

Is there any way to cast the spells granted from the Tiefling race with a focus in 5e 2024?

[reef tundra]

Ah Dw I already have.

Haven’t gone back to the regular wight stat block in ages

[glass granite]

Same way you cast any other spell? I think I’m misunderstanding

Why do you ask?

[reef tundra]

Do you mean “without”?

[shut wyvern]

I wanna use the Tiefling spells on a Monk, but as far as I'm aware the only way to cast magic with a focus is if your class allows you to

[humble cairn]

Everyone can use a component pouch.

Here it is: https://www.dndbeyond.com/equipment/538-component-pouch

[shut wyvern]

Oh okay thank you

I'm building my first character and figuring out how to utilize magic is a lot

[glass granite]

Which tiefling are you?

[shut wyvern]

Infernal

[humble cairn]

It's a good tactic, though tricky to use without interfering with your allies.

I suggest casting it on a small, enclosable object like a stone inside a locket. A coin held between the teeth will do, in a pinch. Close your lips and the darkness goes away, smile … and the Darkness leaks out to cover you.

[vernal owl]

Ive been thinking of taking a level of rogue with my trickery domain cleric along with mobile feet so i can do hit and run sneak attacks, do yall this can be useful? We are at level 3 right now so im still unsure

[glass granite]

I’m not all too familiar with trickery domain, but remember that it’d slow down your spell progression

[reef tundra]

A little rule I have with myself is no multiclassing until level 5

[lean lark]

Way of the Astral self can be found if you get Tasha's Cauldron of Everything, iirc

[humble cairn]

Not, a great multiclass, imo.

[reef tundra]

Correct. Your spell progression and your sneak attack will oppose each other and slow down each other’s scaling

[vernal owl]

Ah yes getting 3rd level spells should be my main priority as of now

[reef tundra]

Whenever you level rogue, you lose out on cleric spell slots, and whenever you level cleric, you lose out on sneak attack scaling

[glass granite]

Granted, weapon prof (if you don’t already have it), weapon mastery, expertise and sneak attack ain’t that bad. Just usually not worth it

But also tbf, rogue won’t get you much weapon proficiencies

[vernal owl]

I was trynna look for some builds online but couldnt find anything that could buff my playstyle significantly so im just brainstorming as of now on how i should go on about building my character, probably will just go all in cleric

[glass granite]

More spells never hurt nobody but the enemy

[vernal owl]

I dont wanna build a main dps, just staying in the mid line supporting my mates while cc/debuffing the enemies

[reef tundra]

I say go, at most, a dip into rogue

Nothing more than 1 or 2 levels

[glass granite]

Yeah, sounds like cleric activities

[glass granite]

2 levels gives you cunning action, which isn’t the worst, but two levels would’ve gotten you another spell level

[reef tundra]

Great point, that is quite a dent

[lean lark]

You have to be careful when multiclassing, you don't want to make a... "clerical" error... 😎

[humble cairn]

Stay Cleric, that's what they do well.

[vernal owl]

I recently got an item that lets me channel divinity twice so if my clone gets destroyed i can always resummon it, love staying at a safe distance while still being part of the battle

[vernal owl]

Alrighty thank you!

[reef tundra]

Oh that’s cool! Does it stack with the extra channel divinity uses you get at later levels?

[worn lagoon]

reminds me of amulet of the devout (bg3)

[vernal owl]

Yep! It gives me a +1 channel divinity use and +1 to my spell difficulty class

[vernal owl]

Thats actually what its called xD

[reef tundra]

Gotta love anything that increase spell save DC

Any time a BG3 item is brought into regular dnd I jump with joy

[worn lagoon]

bump it up to +2 dc, be faithful smh

[reef tundra]

-# Orin’s dagger shall be mine, one day

[vernal owl]

Gotta love it because i can use one channel divinity for a spell slot and still have my clone prepared without asking for short rests all the time lmfaoo

[remote wadi]

Part of me wishes past editions also got some attention

Quick update btw
Paladin and I are making the educated guess my Ranger comes back as undead. Possibly Hallowed One?

[reef tundra]

There are still many many people who stayed loyal to the old editions

[remote wadi]

Not that far back. I just assume the "love" was for 5.5e

[reef tundra]

And god knows I see enough people complaining about 5e to know that many people prefer older editions

[reef tundra]

No? I know many people who have stuck with 3.5e

[lean lark]

There are some people who still play 2e only

[reef tundra]

Unless you’re referring to 2014 5e when you say “older editions” but even then, many people have stayed with it

[charred saddle]

Well the Japanese “Sword World” system is kinda 2nd Ed D&D gone its own way.

[pliant sapphire]

Its not gonna happen, at least from WotC side

[knotty pasture]

Things getting Larianbrewed is probably the closest you'll get to love from older versions, and its not even that old

[pliant sapphire]

BG3 is only 5e 2014 because the game was released before 5e 2024

[charred saddle]

Thing is the “Fall of Netheril” is cut straight out of my favorite older edition content.

[knotty pasture]

A good thing, the 5e 2014 part that is

[reef tundra]

Subjective

[knotty pasture]

Its more likely for an older version to get a mod that adapts the newer ruleset than the other way around (because it was already new)

So now we have both

[charred saddle]

Yeah, bg3 mods take off the cage Hasbro wants on players.

Yet… I think most old stuff can be translated into the 5e system without issue

[median anvil]

Can't you like, just bend the system to suit your needs?

[charred saddle]

It's so open ended… like you don't need to bend a string, it does that on its own.

I like something about each edition, but most is flavor and percentages when it comes down to it.

[worn lagoon]

bg3 would be a lot less fun with 2024

[charred saddle]

Less multiclassing?

[worn lagoon]

that's a big part of it

it's just more fun to experiment there

[limber trail]

yeah but imagine how fun it would be to just have weapon masteries all the time

[median anvil]

I am unfortunately not familiar with different editions, but my group is just adjusting things as we go. We just use the most recent rulebooks as a baseline and go from there, but i cant imagine just going from one edition to another is difficult

[worn lagoon]

wouldn't it be crazy if weapon proficiency already gave you weapon skills over there

[limber trail]

yeah skills that you can use once per short rest

[worn lagoon]

go my once-every-turn darkness blasting spear

[severe rampart]

My schedule is packed with exams and competitions all week that means no DnD for at least a week💔

[charred saddle]

I don't actually like the weapon master system that much, seems like an afterthought, but having practical experience in HEMA I have to say it is an attempt to take training into account. It's just… bad.

[humble cairn]

The Weapon Mastery system gives weapon users tactical options they didn't have in 2014.

[reef tundra]

Also, it’s an addition, I’d rather take it over… nothing

It didn’t replace any abilities, or potential other ones, it’s a new ability that was an addition on top of the level 1 abilities of other classes

[blazing ravine]

Does anyone here know much about the enemies in dnd I have a question but don't think I'm knowledgeable enough to answer myself

[weak sedge]

hi, how long will this update cost?

[minor cargo]

I’d say just ask it. Tough to know what you don’t know, right?

[idle oar]

Up to 6 hours (may vary depending on any issues they run into)

[weak sedge]

omg

this update started 30min before?

[idle oar]

And we gave reminders of this maintenance at least as early as 1/14/2026

[weak sedge]

ok...

Due to the time difference, I've never been able to remember exactly when it was. 🙁

[idle oar]

Pretty sure the timestamp on the announcement gives the time in your local timezone: #dnd-announcements message
But yeah, we'll all just have to wait until the maintenance is completed.

[weak sedge]

fine...ok...i'll change my campaign start time.

thanks

[mental lichen]

im thinking of trying sorcerer paladin multiclass for my first multiclass any tips on race or subclasses or anything else?

[worn lagoon]

dont get sorcerer levels until lv7

[winged solstice]

in this server can you join a dnd group?

[severe rampart]

that's one of its uses yes

[glass granite]

#find-a-game should help

[vague meadow]

That moment you realize the dnd character you’re making is basically just Gerson from Undertale/Deltarune

[glad arch]

Stopping at 7 always seems like such a pity because just one more level and you get another feat you know...

[winged solstice]

oh sick thanks!

[wanton wind]

Hellow

[worn lagoon]

playing sorcadin for the last two sessions of the campaign at that point

[glad arch]

Depends till when you go but thats fair enough

[worn lagoon]

also i meant first 6 levels paladin next x sorcerer

[humble cairn]

Giant space eels!

[worn lagoon]

oathbreaker likes the 7th level, the rest are usually fine

[tidal bough]

Ikr, first time ive seen it, speaking of which is there a statblock for that?

[cobalt owl]

I think my monsters of the Multiverse has a misprint lol

Water myrmidon says it has +3 con mod yet its con is only 15

[severe rampart]

Does that mean it has a higher value or less🤔

[cobalt owl]

It's treated in my copy as having 16-17 con

[severe rampart]

No, no, I mean in your book, would it technically be worth more since there's a misprint?

[cobalt owl]

Depends tbh, probably the same maybe unless someone very specific wanted it for some reason

[slow jewel]

I'm gonna play dnd properly for the first time soon after lurking at at edges of the community for a few years lol
I'm very excited eheh

[lean lark]

What character are you playing?

[obtuse pebble]

What is cantrip?

[slow jewel]

I'm gonna be a rogue because spellcasting seems too complicated for the first game xd

We're running one of the animal adventures campaigns so I'm going to be a cat :D

[lean lark]

Ahh, a tabaxi?

[marble lion]

A cantrip is something you can cast like a spell, but its not a levelled spell thus needs no spellslot

[humble cairn]

A spell that doesn't take spell slots to cast.

[marble lion]

You know fewer of them than of levelled spells but can reuse them a lot

[slow jewel]

Nah, like an actual cat :^

Animal adventures adds extra races that are basically normal animals but with human intelligence and stuff

Primarily cats and dogs, but newer campaigns in the series add a lot more species

[obtuse pebble]

Is it only for mages?

[umbral girder]

Specific classes get them but it is a Spellcasting ability

[obtuse pebble]

Im playing barbarian rn so I can ignore it ig

[umbral girder]

Paladins and Rangers don’t get them normally without replacing their fighting style for example.

But subclasses like the Arcane Trickster and Eldritch Knight do get them

[marble lion]

You can ignore it if your class has none

Race too

Some races have cantrips

[glossy otter]

Morning yall

[slow jewel]

Heyoo

[grand onyx]

Hiiiiiii

[vale sage]

hey guys

[remote wadi]

So, good news and news

[normal junco]

Booo. My fridge just quit. Anybody know an ice based sorcerer to chill my food?

[vale sage]

im new here

[normal junco]

Welcome.

[vale sage]

thanks

i just wanna know about dnd

[normal junco]

The game or the Donut-Nacho-Donut? Which one?

[slow jewel]

i think they meant doom and despair

[normal junco]

Dentistry and dominos.

[vale sage]

ha ha ha

get a load of this guy

[slow jewel]

Could be

[loud tendon]

we do have #dnd-newcomers to help folks who are newer to the game. we can reference some helpful links to get you started and any questions you have we can assist with

[vale sage]

thanks i appreciate it

[remote wadi]

My dead Ranger can be revived, but he has yet to give the specifics on the consequences

[loud tendon]

are there houserules this DM has around characters being reincarnated/resurrected?

[slow jewel]

That's gonna be fun xd

[remote wadi]

Again, I have yet to receive the specifics

It'll be hard to with DnD Beyond being down

[marble lion]

I think theyre asking because resurrecting spells exist without any consequences

[hot gate]

So no houserules that have been communicated beforehand. That's a bit red-flaggy.

[marble lion]

The DM is homebrewing if there are unknown consequences

Unless the consequences are purely storyrelated because an npc is reviving your ranger

[loud tendon]

right, I just wondered if they had said there would be consequences or if in a session zero or any other time they discussed house rules around it.. even just saying "if characters need to be resurrected, there may be additional consequences to using that magic"

because otherwise the spells usually just work with no consequences.. outside of reincarnate which can change the species. But that one can be fun

[loud tendon]

a good point and also possible 🙂
can be fun as well.. this magic is high level and we're using it on your friend here that we don't know.. So you owe the Temple of Tyr a favor

[worn lagoon]

The "what does DM do in event of pc death" thing is something i've been trying so hard to avoid

[remote wadi]

Well, no. If that was the case, there wouldn't be any huge problems with dying in the first place

[glad arch]

Cant always avoid it

[remote wadi]

From what i am told for now, it seems my character will be resurrected, but as an undead

[glad arch]

Well you can but imo that takes part of the suspense away

When your players know theyll live no matter what why be scared of doing stuff

[worn lagoon]

i've been on the extremely cautious/defensive side due to a past dm having been specifically out to get me

on my table, echo and others can res as soon as they have the means, there's even a safety net withers-like being they could suck up to for one free res, but with that DM I genuinely had no idea as a player

[marble lion]

Eeeh

Yes there would be
Just less

1 you can fail the mission as people go down, and not get the chance to revive later because youre all dead or the world ended

[glad arch]

Whatever works for you and your players, i just know id like to come close to meeting death every now and then

[marble lion]

2 it costs a looot of gold to resurrect after a while

[stoic haven]

Just thought of a silly think with Tiefling and Astral self monk

[marble lion]

3 you need to actually have someone with the spell

[worn lagoon]

there's probably a good midpoint, but so far most of my expereince as a player has been on one extreme end

[stoic haven]

Just screaming at the top of your lungs using the visage to be heard from 600ft, and then thaumaturgy

[marble lion]

Nice

[tight sluice]

ello

[glad arch]

Dying is all fun and games till you realise you lost that one gemstone you needed

[empty thicket]

Just got the Boss fight i was waiting for so long and got half hp at first attack
i got down 2 times and teh 2 times i got up with Nat20. I CANT BE MORE HAPPY!!

[marble lion]

Its your special day

[umbral girder]

Feel like playing an Assassin

[remote wadi]

Anyways, it seems that my character will revive as an undead if I choose to

[glad arch]

Reborn race, fun

You know what kind of reborn?

[reef tundra]

I love reborn

I promise it’s not because my last two characters were recreations of Frankenstein’s monster and general grievous from Star Wars

[glad arch]

Wait i have misunderstood reborn i think, doesnt sound like this is that

[nocturne gyro]

Can I find DnDbeyojd maintenance time here somewhere?

[reef tundra]

I’d love for there to be a more ghostly species version of reborn, to cover the more incorporeal undead while reborn covers the corporeal

-# No clue if this has been done in an official or third party capacity

[hot gate]

It was expected to last about six hours, starting about 4-5 hours ago.

[glad arch]

Playing casper the ghost

[nocturne gyro]

Bweh
Thanks. Maybe a bit longer then.

Oh nevermind it will finish in 2 hours

[reef tundra]

Now that’s a good idea for homebrew

[hot gate]

well, we'll see, it's always hard to estimate such things

[plucky flame]

aww snap I forgot dnd beyond is going under maintenance

[empty thicket]

im stepping outside and a ray will struck on me

[plucky flame]

should have downloaded that character sheet

[empty thicket]

literally vaporize me until ashes

[hot gate]

Here you go:
2014: https://media.wizards.com/2016/dnd/downloads/5E_CharacterSheet_Fillable.pdf
2024: https://media.dndbeyond.com/compendium-images/br/ph/character-sheet.pdf

(these still work, luckily)

[remote wadi]

And for now, the biggest 3 drawbacks are basically no trespassing on property, no sunlight exposure, and I'll need blood

[valid geyser]

man, everytime i hear about mearls,sounds like he completely forgot the game he made
I saw him suggest to balance tier 3+ casters to replace thier 1-4 slots to instead give them 5 level 5 slots that recharge after a minute, solely because he calculated that a level 5 fireball is only going to do about 36 damage, because fireball is obviously the only spell that matters and it only ever hits one monster /sarcasm

[remote wadi]

1. I personally love the idea of Hollowed One, especially if I can combine it with an Oathbreaker or Shadow Paladin
2. I'm a little curious what your name and pfp is

[reef tundra]

1. That’s cool as hell
2. my pfp is a character in one of my campaigns and my name is just my name and a title I change every five minutes

[glad arch]

Start practising your count dracula impressions

[reef tundra]

I just can’t stick with one title

[remote wadi]

1. Agreed. And if you think that's awesome, you should see the source material. I would send a picture here if I could, the armor is way too awesome

[rough basalt]

Tonight I get to reduce strahd to smithereens

[reef tundra]

You got this, Sora, destroy him

[remote wadi]

2. Good to know. Some of them were a little strange, so I wanted to ask about it

[rough basalt]

Assuming he doesn't try to charm me

Which I'm sorry for my party if that happens

[remote wadi]

Spoiler free, though. I'm in a CoS campaign too

[reef tundra]

Often I change the name to promote my setting, but this one and the previous one is just for kicks

[rough basalt]

Nah this is a different campaign don't worry

[worldly rain]

Nothing better to have than knockback all the time and cracks of bridges we have to cross later.

Juggernaut barbarian.

[umbral girder]

Different module

[remote wadi]

Anyways, can I show you a picture of the armor in question? (If I could ever make a Hollowed One Oathbreaker/Shadow Paladin)

[umbral girder]

Aren’t you in a 2014 game?

[worldly rain]

Imagine having to retreat and explore while being dragon wise to banks too deep.

[umbral girder]

Or did you move to playing 2024 Ranger?

[worldly rain]

And then buring the treasure on islands that sunk thousands of years ago.

[umbral girder]

: )

[rough basalt]

Having a negative 1 to Wis is scary in high level dnd

[reef tundra]

I’m good, but thanks anyway. If I change my mind I’ll tell you

[worldly rain]

Who the hell damages stats, thats not in the rules of dungeons and dragons.

[rough basalt]

Me sneak attack critting Tokii for 3d4 + 18d6 cause the "handsome" man said so.

[worldly rain]

And the dragons have no fault of being stuck in their ancheint creeks.

Locked off, and then laked to holy water.

[rough basalt]

I meant my mod cause I have a 9 in wis

[worldly rain]

Look at the faye, lets go genocide the elves.

[umbral girder]

“You know what? I’ll Sneak attack my party a second time!” /jk

[worldly rain]

HAHAHAHA HAHAH.
dragons dealt with war and felt the slow motion of calorie wars wear off to graves.

[rough basalt]

"My child will use only the bare minimum while controlling a PC with mind control"
"Sneak attack, plus piercer, savage attacker take the 6 instead if 1, run away bonus action hide that's a 40 to stealth"

[stoic haven]

Trying to make a Dragon name for my lore, any ideas?

[umbral girder]

“I can’t use an action surge! We haven’t reached the boss yet!”
Bad Guy uses Dominate Person
“Action surge is incredible right now.”

[rough basalt]

I usually use fantasy name generator tbh

[umbral girder]

Great Googly Moogly /jk

[umbral girder]

Usually something involving claws or fangs with their Elements is what I like

[valid geyser]

mash four or five weird syllables together, has to have at least an X and a Z

[slow jewel]

Take something relaxed to their role and then make it sound like a name

[umbral girder]

Or use the random dragon name table in Fizban’s

[rough basalt]

"Alright fighter, attack the wizard 4 times with your vicious greatsword, then action surge and attack 4 more times, alright Wizard you take 20d6 + 70 damage"

[humble cairn]

What kind of dragon? What kinds of themes and personality?

[umbral girder]

“Don’t forget the bonus action attack with GWM!”

[rough basalt]

People don't realize how much the new GWM adds up on fighter later on

[umbral girder]

Love that +6

[stoic haven]

Its a mixed dragon, taking from the Ferrous dragons back in older editions and mixing it with a black Dragon. Evil, Led the Evil Dragons to turn on the Giants, starting their eternal feud in my lore

[rough basalt]

All those attacks with a mod of 12 to 15 depending on if they have a Giant belt, Great Weapon Fighting so all 1s and 2s are 3s

[umbral girder]

Wrong one

GWM is a damage buff
Great Weapon Fighting turns the 1s and 2s to 3s

[rough basalt]

Ye I corrected it

Not to mention the Boon that let's you add your Strength score to a crit hit mods damage

[stoic haven]

Supposedly resembling Ouroboros

[rough basalt]

Martial damage goes goofy

[reef tundra]

And yet people will ignore it and pretend that they’re bad 😭

[umbral girder]

Fighters do be great at tearing people apart

[crimson gulch]

Fighters carry hard

[rough basalt]

Vecna when I choose to crit him for 3d4 + 6 + 24d6 cause at level 20 rogue can just choose to have a 20 on any d20 roll once per rest and all my sneak attack dice are 3s minimum cause of subclass

Minimum of 73 damage

[umbral girder]

Then he heals it back up.

[humble cairn]

I'm getting imagery of inky black ferrofluids and possibly toroidal rings of magnetic fields.

[rough basalt]

It's about sending a message

[umbral girder]

“Try again” moment.

[crimson gulch]

Ooh my vecna fight was epic, will the pumpkin knight fighter going ham with his legendary greatsword, haste, enlarge, holy weapon,

[hollow stone]

bosses healing themselves is evil and should be a crime

[reef tundra]

Praying that my Vecna fight is gonna be that good

Not the healing 80 HP part, Urizt’s part

[crimson gulch]

(4d8 +d4 +2d8+15) × 10 with action surge haste and great weapon mastery

[umbral girder]

Ok but what if it’s at will and a bonus action and nearly 100 hp a round.

[worn lagoon]

okay, making sure one of my bosses heals 470 hp in one turn once

[umbral girder]

My opinion of Vecna’s stats changed when I remembered he can just spam Animate Dead and can heal off them.

[grand onyx]

Oh my god 💔

[stoic haven]

What does toroidal mean

[umbral girder]

Ah Tiamat moment

[grand onyx]

That needs to be like a war crime or smth 😔

[humble cairn]

A surface that makes something shaped like a ring or a donut.

[hollow stone]

i'm gonna mail my DM a box of infinite wonderous joys that lasts for 4 seconds to then leave him roaming the earth in desperate search to feel happiness like that again if he does that to me

[rough basalt]

I mean Tiamat is cr30

[worldly rain]

The meta we ignore is done by the strike team format but the way they roam in seems like we are trying to run in a 10ft cube of anti disease with a juggernaut barbarian keeping knockback simple as we get a use of 5E tunnel fighter for it is balanced to the stop them on purpose so we can feel the horde build the pressure on what we have done.

[umbral girder]

Tiamat’s aspect is basically two Cr30 monsters in one stat block.

[rough basalt]

The nearly 500hp heal is what makes her able to fight the true monsters.

[stoic haven]

Ah, ok

[rough basalt]

The party

[worldly rain]

They say hit same thing, I say hit once per turn per round with the two other feats and what I need to feel like the fine stats we got at liftoff was best.

I want to take it as a doubble feated species.

[rough basalt]

Martials carry even harder than people realize too at high level

[worldly rain]

So long as it is a two turn stage it is liftoff for the same stop prone and lose their last movement.

Walk over it and save the day for the famous horde ride.

Rope.

Cracks in the caves.

[rough basalt]

Cause sure spellcasters have reality warping abilities, but monsters also have double digit saves on the saves those spellcasters be attacking, legendary resistances, and damage resistances/immunities tied to magic damage types

[humble cairn]

How do you feel about "Ophiotorus, called Inkscale" for the black iron scales that flow like a fluid, but are harder than iron?

[worldly rain]

Rod of lordly might and climb myself.

[umbral girder]

Also Magic resistance is super common

[stoic haven]

ooooh, I like that

[rough basalt]

Where as Martials are just constantly hitting and constantly doing damage

[humble cairn]

Look up videos of ferrofluids.

[umbral girder]

But yeah bad guy AC doesn’t scale as fast as their saves

And damage resistance is majority for spells

[rough basalt]

Yeah and AC caps out at 25 base for official monsters

[stoic haven]

reminds me a lot of venom and my image of Frederick dragon (I forgot the name sadly)

[rough basalt]

Which is the Tarrasque, Bahamut and Tiamat

Usually what you fight at high levels will have around 18 to 22 AC

[empty thicket]

one thing to remark, getting close to a creature depending of the class force you to either Stand your ground or disengage

[valid geyser]

bounded accuracy usually means that things you can put your proficiency bonus in are going to reign supreme at the high levels

[cunning tendon]

man had my second game ever.

and i DEFINITELY had thoughts about it

[humble cairn]

Gore Magala?

[umbral girder]

Followers of Tiamat/Bahamut casting Shield of Faith and Warding Bond of their Aspects

[empty thicket]

because if you try to move away without it you get opportunity attacked for free sometimes.

[rough basalt]

Yeah but you can take it

[empty thicket]

Kinda, that is the thing.
Monk and Rogue cant take the hits too much so they get disengage for free

[stoic haven]

Yes

[rough basalt]

Speedy feat is honestly one of the best feats for any martial.

[cunning tendon]

i played a fighter human because i thought the game would HAVE combat

it had none😭 so i just had to sit back. it was really fun intimidating everyone with my sword though :) (even if i almost got arrested). it was a really cool murder mystery

[empty thicket]

While fighter and barbarian dont get it so they must stand their ground without giving any terrain back

[umbral girder]

Glad the 2024 Fighter has bonuses to their skills now

[rough basalt]

A fighter and barb can stand their ground

[empty thicket]

Same and you can add your second wind to some

[rough basalt]

But like I said they can take the speedy feat for disadvantage on opp attacks

[umbral girder]

Technically 2024 fighter has a bonus action disengage

[humble cairn]

Or get Grappled.

[rough basalt]

Cause it gives a con point if you don't want a dex point.

[humble cairn]

Second Wind?

[umbral girder]

Since 2024 Fighter can move without OA when they use 2nd wind at level 5 I think

[worldly rain]

Look at periapt of wound closure technology and antimagic crystals being what it is made of.

[rough basalt]

Yep

[worldly rain]

And two broken wishes .

[rough basalt]

Tactical Shift, the second level 5 feature

[worldly rain]

Every one second after my doublet of dramatic demise.

[empty thicket]

Yep, but that is a point i would like to remark only
Casters can cast from a lot of distance and safely

[cunning tendon]

the problem though was that one of their players kept asking a lot of questions and basically slowing the game down even if it was a oneshot. like usually i dont mind inquiry, i think its really fun. but he was rehashing over detail he forgot which must be repeated and kept interrupting everyone which was honestly annoying.

but luckily the dm kinda countered that by reminding him to let others have their turn or tell them that the stuff was irrelevant

[humble cairn]

Barbs and Pallies don't get easy Disengage, ohh .. except pallies get mounts, which can disengage for them.

[stoic haven]

ugh, going back to 2014 is so hard, especially when you see 2024 monk

[rough basalt]

And they do little cause the monster has a +16 and usually advantage to the saves they're attacking

[humble cairn]

Yeah, who would make you do that?

[valid geyser]

high level 5e does become a bit crazy with saving throws imo but i feel ive talked a lot about that here

[empty thicket]

Indeed, didnt said they dont get that problem.

[rough basalt]

Doing 13 damage with lightning bolt isn't the same as doing 113 damage with attacks

[umbral girder]

The humble Longbow having 5x or more range than 95% of spells

[stoic haven]

I'm in a 2014 only server and a 2014 campaign because it started before the 2024 was released, and I just made a monk after I retired my hexblade

[empty thicket]

The problem for martials most of the time is that some tough enemies get lots of martial resistances

[stoic haven]

I've never played a 2014 Monk

[rough basalt]

Not really

[worldly rain]

I was timed out after sticking a reply to why magic is weak to the length of the game where the DM lets you treat the month time as downtime to do whatever you want and you get a critical.

[rough basalt]

It's generally only spectre and blobby enemies

[empty thicket]

Bludgeon, piercing and slaying are their damages mostly. Only if im not wrong Monk get access to get Force damage

[humble cairn]

You almost have to optimize defensively.

[worldly rain]

No xp farming.

[small heath]

Hi chat

[rough basalt]

Ye which is among the least resisted damage types

Also the Boon of Irresistable Offense allows you ignore BPS resistance

[stoic haven]

I just specialize in grappling now with Astral self

[empty thicket]

I would like to Eldritch knight get the chance to add Force damage to the weapon damage or modify it but i guess that would be too op with a class like it

[rough basalt]

So the Tarrasque being the one with BPS resistance you'd fight doesn't matter

You're more likely to deal with resistances if you have a weapon that does elemental damage

Like flametongue and frostbrand

[reef tundra]

Ah, the accursed topic has arisen again?

[fading musk]

No

[empty thicket]

Yeah, that is another problem most of the time. Martials depend of the luck in getting items most of the time, except Monk, monk might be the cheater of martials like Warlock is the cheater of casters

[umbral girder]

I love 2024 chucking out the Magic weapon resistance/immunity

[hot gate]

Yeah, no luck needed

[rough basalt]

Tbf if the dm isn't giving martials magic items they're the problem.

[umbral girder]

Because in 2014 they either mattered or didn’t at all the moment a magic weapon is added

[reef tundra]

Now, we bring up casters being safe and at range, but are we forgetting here why the enemies are at such a distance? Could it be because… they’re fighting something that’s up close?

[worldly rain]

Two wishes with all I need to render the threats to me and my fellows extinct.

[empty thicket]

Casters get spells, sometimes for free completely so, their improvement is passive while most martials need to either use money to get better weapons, upgrade them or more

[rough basalt]

Also most enemies nowadays have ranged attacks

[valid geyser]

i mean my two cents is that while yes, martials like having magic items more than casters, it doesnt mean that spellcasters cant also benefit from them as much or more than martials can

[umbral girder]

The amount of magic swords in dnd is amusing

I’m glad they got expanded to be “magic weapons” but the sword economy was big

[stoic haven]

I want there to be a magic blowgun

[reef tundra]

Also let’s talk about the fact that in these “Martials are worse” discussions, it’s always in hypothetical situations and 50% of the martials’ kit is being ignored, I.e: items and feats

[empty thicket]

True, there is lots of wands, scrolls, etc. etc.

[rough basalt]

That passive improvement relies on being able to do damage that's not immune or resisted.

[valid geyser]

i like a lot of the martial positivity here, but this convo feels like we are kind of glossing over some stuff

[rough basalt]

For example, at high level you're lucky if you can do full damage if at all with Fire, Cold and Necrotic.

[reef tundra]

I’m only having the extra positivity to counter the annoying negativity about something that’s honestly not a problem

[empty thicket]

True, but i will use the feat argument like you did before, elemental adept let you adapt that problem.

[umbral girder]

A fighter in my Eve of Ruin group (not that one Sora) has a lot of saving throws that don’t care about magic resistance which is fun.

[empty thicket]

AT least 1 element? yes, but you can base your build around that element

[rough basalt]

That's only for Resistance, immunity gets more often.

[crimson gulch]

haha yeah i love that, magic reistance? sir this is a Club

[umbral girder]

Also Rogue being able to put Unconscious a lot of undead is very fun.

Having a Lich removed from a fight because of the Rogue is fun

[reef tundra]

I have played dnd very very close to the rules for years at all tiers, trust me, there is no objective divide.

[rough basalt]

I haven't used cunning strike as much as I should be

[empty thicket]

But still, you can overcome a problem in a way

[stoic haven]

what happened?

[empty thicket]

And unless you get the chance of some caster casting an upgrade in your weapon or some shopkeeper that take all your money for a good magic weapon

The problem is the max of attunment stuff too

[pliant sapphire]

He didn't have a Legendary Resistance?

[umbral girder]

Fun fact +1x weapons and armor have no attunement

[crimson gulch]

Spellcasters die so often in my games my Kills so far this year on players are
sorcerer 5
Druids 1
Monks 1
Cleric 1

[umbral girder]

He did. The rogue just kept spamming it till it worked

[empty thicket]

i know, but i mean more powerfull weapons do and armors too

Rings too sometimes and they are like one of many good items that some PC can get

[slow jewel]

that's kinda an icon move ngl

[rough basalt]

If something is powerful it should need attunement

[stoic haven]

ring of resistance doesn't anymore

[umbral girder]

I mean Rogues don’t have a cool down on it. They can just do it again.

[reef tundra]

Let’s be honest, non-magic BPS resistance or immunity is just a none-issue tier 2 and above, because if you have a DM that has not given out a single magic weapon at that point, that’s just… disappointing

[rough basalt]

But you can do serious damage with not attunement stuff

[reef tundra]

And it’s also a non-issue entirely in 2024

[rough basalt]

Ask Nealen, I have a vicious dagger which is non-attunement and I put out a lot of damage with my vicious dagger and +1 green uncommon hand crossbow

[cursive fjord]

So I was playing monopoly last night and had a weird idea I might flush out, a dnd/monopoly game. Where each player chooses a class and that class has certian powers they can use during the game. I might try to build this out. I think the hard part would be figuring out what each class powers would be.

[crimson gulch]

theres a handfull of creatures that are just flat resistant to all B P S now, ghosts, the tarrasqe

[slow jewel]

that's hilarious, what level does it come with

[valid geyser]

from what I saw, it seems like the convo has treated damage as the end-all-be-all of being good, and since martials are specifically good at single target damage, it places them on a kinda unrealistic pedestal
my opinion is that yeah, martials can hold their weight, I also want to be realistic about this

[rough basalt]

Level 14? I wanna say

Yeah level 14, cause level 13 is subclass level

On my rogue I only have one attunement required item

[slow jewel]

oo
cool cool

[rough basalt]

And it's a weapon of warning for advantage on initiative and protection against ambushes

My other magic items I use are non-attunement

Which one of which is gloves of thievery so I automatically pass up to 30 on Sleight of Hand checks which got me out of a bad situation last session.

[umbral girder]

Yeah Rowan gots some sick skills!

[empty thicket]

im thinking of using a greatsword with attunment, frost brand greatsword.
But then i have the dillema
+1longsword + duelist
Or
Greatsword + great weapon fighting

[umbral girder]

Longsword is less damage but applies Sap
Greatsword is more consistent damage so up to you.

[rough basalt]

I'm enjoying EoRs version of ||Death House||

[empty thicket]

2014, sadly

[rough basalt]

I still wanna play my dual wield paladin sometime

[umbral girder]

Jabal 2

[rough basalt]

She's a Vengeance Paladin but yeah lol

[pliant sapphire]

If you dont have great weapon master feat use the longsword + shield

[rough basalt]

It's a character that sort of requires level 4 to come online but if I play her in a usual campaign I have an incharacter explanation for why it won't work

[empty thicket]

its what im doing for now, 1d8+5 per attack
The Dm let me change of fighting style between missions tho

[rough basalt]

Which is "I really hurt my hand"

[empty thicket]

And later if i get more lvs i can get a second fighting style so adding defense or Archery is something i can do

tunnel fighter too so i can stand more my ground

or get some battle maneuvers too

[quasi monolith]

Does anyone have a recommended virtual tabletop? Our dm is doing it for the first time and I figured I could help. I wanted to see if anyone had good recommendations. I know beyond Dnd has there’s, roll 20. And probably many more

[spring light]

owlbear rodeo works well

[valid geyser]

if you want basic and free, i suggest owlbear rodeo
foundry is great, but that is straight 50 dollars upfront (just the DM needs to buy it), but more cost effective than a roll20 membership if youre playing for multiple months

[spring light]

tabletop simulator seems cool, but it's soooo much set up and so tedious.

[humble cairn]

Yeah, but Grappling is also not as good in 2014.

[copper tusk]

I’m playing a gambler character and I’m trying to pick a class which best fits them, what class would best fit that idea?

[humble cairn]

Any class can be a gambler. How do you want gambling to affect their play style?

[stoic haven]

Yea, I'ma try and see if my dm will allow the 2024 grappler feat

[tawdry sentinel]

Illusionist wizard would be my go to for a card player.

[copper tusk]

Mostly a compulsive gambler, they more do it as a vice because of what they experienced as a child

[humble cairn]

Okay so this is still any class, because it's not mechanics. How do you want gambling to affect their combat mechanics?

[warped panther]

I never play d&d and im thinking in do a group with a bunch of friends (not online) any tip?

[blissful ibex]

Wild magic sorcerer taking exploding dice spells like sorcerous burst and chromatic orb maybe

[humble cairn]

Being a compulsive gambler can be anything from a Barbarian who is a thrill seeker rushing into battle or it could be something like you're a spellcaster whose spells look like gigantic dice smashing into enemies.

[warped panther]

(im asking in the right Channel?)

[small heath]

People that DM in-person sessions,

what is behind that trifold cover thing that is always present at your side of the table? Do you just have a bunch of papers on the table hidden, or is there actual stuff on those walls of the tri fold?

[humble cairn]

Gambling can be just part of your personality or it could be integral to your actual abilities, but it's up to you how deep you want to go.

[warped panther]

And any reccomend starter set?

[tepid basalt]

was looking at magic items and this pipe of smoking monsters really caught my attention anyone have any example game play where this is used?

[humble cairn]

Official DM Screens from Wizards of the Coast will often have relevant rules and info on the inside, but I have seen people use homemade ones that could be just pieces of cardboard all the way up to fancy carved wooden ones with clever joins and dice towers.

[tawdry sentinel]

Lots of tables for rule of thumb things like how much AC and hp a door has.

What charmed, fear, incapacitated do etc.

Notes and the monster statblocks for that session etc.

[humble cairn]

Pretty sure it's just a flavor item.

[stoic haven]

If you are ok with homebrew, there is a merchant class with a gambler subclass

[brave fiber]

Wait who is the owner of this server?

[humble cairn]

Wizards of the Coast

[spring light]

My DM screen, the trifold thing as you call it, has several things and does several things.
It has pre-printed info on the back, but i've also printed my own and taped it to the back.

This info is mainly rules at a glance, but i also added a list of gods and their domains.

i also hide minis behind the screen before i unveil them, and do most of my rolls behind the screen.

[brave fiber]

Huh

[humble cairn]

This is the official D&D server.

[spring light]

D&D discord is operated by WotC, owners of D&D

[brave fiber]

I know I just wanted to the owner of it

[small heath]

Interesting! I'd imagine for those who DM online have something similar. Like documents and tabs open to keep track of information like that.

[spring light]

that is correct. For my online games I have tabs open, and even MORE info on hand

for my in person games I just grab my PC levels, hp, and AC.

for my online games I have an exact copy of the character sheets on hand

[small heath]

I think the funny thing is that for my campaigns I'm in, I'm the dedicated note taker. So I literally take notes of stuff our party has met, what our DM has said that's important, turn order and HPS, etc. every singe session.

I think my DM likes it because it makes their job easier and can just look at my stuff 😂

[spring light]

in person games, for me, need to be fast and punchy. I run for somethin gsimilar to adventurer's league and can have different pc every game.

on line games can be more slow paced and intimate to the characters present.

[spring light]

i also take notes behind the screen, mostly when i make up someone's name >_>

[small heath]

I like to do that since I am someone that loves to note important information or have details to refer back to later.

For example, one of our BBEGs in this campaign I am in is reoccuring, so I've been note taking everything we know this BBEG can do, and what abilities they have.

[spring light]

when i do sit as a player, I am an avid notekeeper.

[small heath]

I practically figured out the stat block for him at this point by doing some math xD

My current DM doesn't know that I got this figured out, so I plan on keeping it a secret unless asked.

[spring light]

i do have players at my tables that try to figure out stats, which is something i like watching

[tawdry sentinel]

When you play in person. Do you keep track of players hp?

I've wondered this, on Owlbear I can see hp and stuff and it occasionally informs what the monster is doing.

In person if they keep a straight poker face someone could be walking around on 3hp for half the session.

[small heath]

I may be relatively new to D&D (only 2 months), but I am pretty damn good at math and probability

And especially since this is a reoccurring entity, it's fair game.

[valid geyser]

I trust players to be honest about their hp

[small heath]

I keep track of everyone's HPs for them, and I always ask to "verify" what I have written down at the end of teach turn.

2 of my party members play on their phone so I share my screen of the board and do the stuff for them. It's definitely a benefit that I have 2 monitors.

[valid geyser]

As a DM, I have a lot to track already, so I don’t find it super worth my time

[tawdry sentinel]

As do I, but given the choice of two targets and one guy is on 15% and the other is on 80% your humanoid enemy can see that. I've lost track. Normally I just ask who's looking more beat up.

[small heath]

As a player, I do constantly ask for the conditions for each enemy we've encountered.

[spring light]

Yes. I want to know if a pc is about to die, or can take a pounding.

[valid geyser]

I do that as well, but I just make assumptions on who I think is the most beat up

[bronze vault]

Hey guys, Have you all got a party hide out for you and your friends??

[spring light]

So you'd be the kind of player who would appreciate status tokens on/attached to the minis?

[small heath]

Yes.

My DM does a very good job of using dndbeyond VTT to do this.

I still haven't found someone who can do it as well as he does on AboveVTT or roll20

[spring light]

online i almost never use a vtt, and it's nearly all theater of the mind. but i try to be incredibly verbose and explicit with what's happening, conditions, spacing, etc

[small heath]

I never had a inperson one before, just online stuff so far.

I decided at the end of 2025 to give D&D a shot and focus on fantasty RPs as a genre to have fun with in 2026.

[loud tendon]

My DMs usually have a link or a copy of the character sheet, so they should have a general idea of character hp.. if a player keeps taking substantial damage and tries to lie about their hp, I think a dm would pretty easily catch on

[small heath]

It's my annual thing I do everywhere, where I pick a section of "activities" to do throughout the year, then in the summer I hard focus on one specific thing. I've been doing this since COVID, and decided for 2026 to give D&D and other fantasy games/activities a shot.

[hollow stone]

how do you do combat?

[bronze vault]

lol I have been ignored XD

[small heath]

party hide out?

[bronze vault]

I guess thats the term for that

[tawdry sentinel]

A secret tree house

[spring light]

i don't really do a lot of combat, most of my games tend to be more narrative, exploration, and social focused.
When I do combat I will try to be incredibly verbose and detailed with where everything is, but if it's too complex i will whip up an ugly map

[bronze vault]

Well not only a secret tree house lol

[spring light]

Bastions?

[blissful ibex]

I'm assuming you mean a Bastion?

[warped panther]

Any tip for dnd?

[rotund abyss]

Do you guys also like to "study" other characters or character types before playing a new D&D character?
It's something I like to do that I just find fun, and it's genuinely helped me a little bit with roleplaying

[bronze vault]

yeah you can say that surely

[blissful ibex]

Read the fist chapter of the basic rules and your class/subclass features carefully
lots of little things that many players miss that make a massive difference in some really cool things you can do

[small heath]

Tbh, I just spin a wheel and ran with it. Heck I didn't even plan on playing D&D I was just asked to fill in a role because someone in my main campaign I'm currently in left and my DM/friend needed someone to fill in the gaps. So he asked me, someone with 0 knowledge of TTRPGs at all, play as a lvl 6 draconic sorcerer kobold.

Holy heck it has been a huge learning curve to learn how to play a sorcerer as a brand new player.

[blissful ibex]

Generally, you want to at least glance at the other classes/subclasses your partymembers are playing to get a general idea of their capabilities to coordinate better as well c:

[small heath]

Although because of it, I know I really love spellcasters and want to explore more about spellcasting.

[spring light]

spellcasting is cool

[blissful ibex]

spellcasters are fun c:

[warped panther]

Ok

[obtuse shell]

anyone see whats actually new or changed cuza the update?

[rotund abyss]

Love that

[small heath]

I kind of want to try a build based on Wyll from BG3, where it's a warlock that uses a lot of melee-based buffs.

[spring light]

update? on ddb?

[spring light]

hexblade warlock

[obtuse shell]

they did maitanence for 4 hrs i assume something was fixed

[small heath]

Yeah, hexblade.

[blissful ibex]

might of just been more fixes from the outage a bit ago
iirc something with the fourms crashed the entire site

[tepid basalt]

bummer i was hoping to find some fun gameplay examples or a yt vid

[dark pewter]

Today's update was primarily for the back-end of the website

[humble cairn]

It just makes shaped smoke for a few seconds.

[blissful ibex]

Could play a summoner and flavor your summons as coalessing from pipe smoke

[small heath]

So my current DM for the main campaign I am in is setting up our next tone. So I will drop my sorcerer buddy (rip Bh'aub le'Kobold 😭 ) for a hexblade Warlock

[woven flint]

Hexblade is mid, just be any other Warlock subclass and take pact of the blade >:p /half-joking

[blissful ibex]

though summoning spells are far more limited in 5e'24 (for good reason)

[spring light]

if a (sub)class is fun, then that's all that matters. numbers don't need to go brrrrr

[small heath]

Tbh, I'm in 3 campaigns, 2 of them use 2014. And so far, I prefer 2024.

That's just me.

[woven flint]

I didn't say that though, did I? 🧐
Hexblade is just overrated lol

[rough basalt]

Yeah I can't go back personally

[blissful ibex]

2024 is honnestly the better system
but a bunch of dms have the 2014 books and thigns are mostly compatible so they prefer to just play what they know and don't have to buy new books for

[spring light]

Could be really wacky and go eldritch knight

[small heath]

Eldritch knight? What class is that for?

[woven flint]

... ew. Fighters.

[tepid basalt]

@humble cairn @blissful ibex are there any items that make smoke where i could create some time of Morel Mackernasey type character (from hunterxhunter) if familiar

[spring light]

fighter

[blissful ibex]

Fighter, you basically become a 1/3 wizard

[small heath]

Ah

I have a lvl 2 warforged fighter and we haven't leveled up yet, so I haven't picked a subclass for them.

[spring light]

you're not a great caster or sword-dude

[woven flint]

One day I'll get over my hatred of Eldritch Knight perhaps
For now
Bladesinger 🧐

[hollow stone]

Ranger is if Eldritch Knight had Druid spells and Rogue expertise :)

[blissful ibex]

Maybe some fog cloud + blindsight shenanigans
go quarterstaff plus shillelagh off of Magic Initiate: Druid for bonus points

[spring light]

good call, bladesinger is another sword and spell guy.

[woven flint]

Well not really, Ranger and Paladin have faster spell progression

[blissful ibex]

except ranger is a 1/2 caster instead of 1/3 c:

[bronze vault]

I was like thinking like a bar and b******l, a mixup of that with multiple floors be a good party hideout

[stoic haven]

:(

[woven flint]

Yeah? And?
I don't like Eldritch Knights for other reasons

[bronze vault]

What do you guys think of that

[small heath]

So what subclass of fighter do y'all think I should try for my warforged? The context is that our D&D campaign is based off Monster Hunter.

[blissful ibex]

been a looong time since I watched that so can't remember the character at all XD

finished it january of 2015, so 11 years O_o

[bronze vault]

I do have some more ideas to draw it out and make it look pretty unique

[woven flint]

Battlemaster, Champion, Psi-Warrior could be fun

Cavalier 😎

[hollow stone]

is it because their magic usually isn't eldritch and they usually aren't knights? /hj

[spring light]

no and. Just reminiscing over the various sword and spell dudes

[woven flint]

War Cleric is so much better now-a-days, if you haven't played the new one, I'd highly recommend

[tepid basalt]

haha the smoking pipe fella

[small heath]

Although I did realize something and this made me get a bigger picture of how balance works.

[bronze vault]

What is the campaign youre in currently?

[blissful ibex]

Eversmoking bottle maybe
then grab blind fighting and skulker for 20 foot blindsight and go ham XD

[rough basalt]

New War cleric is some good stuff

[small heath]

In this party we have this guy who basically min maxed his barbarian character to have stupidly high HP, AC, and damage output at lvl 4. The current DM we have is extremely relaxed so I guarantee this user probably rolled multiple times to get the most optimal stats when making this character. Regardless, I decided to use point buy because I felt like it was fair.

With that in mind, I realized that something that works against someone who does this, especially as a spellcaster, is to force Ability Checks.

[humble cairn]

This is just flavor, you could do this in many ways. Echo Knight, where your Echo is a smoke construct. Any of the Summons spells could be made of smoke as well.

[rough basalt]

my rogue is gonna get even stupider next level up when i get Prof in cha and wis saves

[blissful ibex]

generally fairly difficult to have both really good AC and really good saves outside of high level rogue, paladin, and monk IIRC

[rough basalt]

cause i took res con earlier so ill have prof in almost all saves

[blissful ibex]

works for enemies as well, if something seems to have a really hard to meet AC, try targeting their saves

[small heath]

I still feel like I nerfed myself since it's painfully obvious everyone in my party rolled for their stats, while I did Point Buy.

[glad arch]

Collecting the infinity proficiencies

[small heath]

I also feel like this current DM is picking favorites, as he yet to add in my own items that he promised to give us based on our backstory, but got everyone else's basically done, but mine.

[blissful ibex]

and point buy / standard array ends up below average for 4d6 drop lowest IIRC
73.5 average for that verses 72 points on standard array

[woven flint]

How much you wanna waver somebodies character is dying tonight?

[rough basalt]

me when i take res str at level 16 and use a snap to pass half the saves in the universe

[small heath]

So last night I literally had to homebrew create the item for him -_-.

But it's alright I guess. It taught me how the homebrew creation works in dndbeyond.

[rough basalt]

Always possible

I worry for Rowan against the man, the myth, the legend

[woven flint]

Perhaps we don't split up next time? 🧐
I dunno, we might have to lmao

We ain't got no Diamonds for Revivify, life's good

[rough basalt]

If Rowan goes, I'll bring my Vengeance Pally

[woven flint]

If Sovis dies...

It's between World Tree Barbarian or Elements Monk

[rough basalt]

The pally is one of my more id say annoying characters

[small heath]

Anyways, I'm excited for my session tonight playing my sorcerer!

Bh'aub might have a big exposition moment if what the DM is hinting me about is real, so that's interesting. (Yes, my kobold full name is Bh'aub le'Kobold)

[rough basalt]

Rowan is pretty chill, and leans towards Sovis's solutions, but that Pally would likely lean towards the others solutions

[small heath]

Pronounced "bob"

[blissful ibex]

Got another AL game tonight with my Valor Bard with two levels in warlock
trying to get her to level 8 for Pact weapon attack + Agonizing Blast Eldritch Blast shenanigans

[rough basalt]

She is a ball of fury who opts for the direct solution

[small heath]

Bh'aub has an ego to him because he never faced "failure" or real life/death issues before, until now.

[blissful ibex]

she hits 7 after the game tonight which means she finally gets her baric inspiration charges back on a short rest

[rough basalt]

my characters are either chill or rage usually

[small heath]

Yay!

My kobold has been having a feud with our minotaur paladin for the last few sessions.

They follow basically opposite deities and the Paladin isn't wanting to listen to my kobold.

[woven flint]

My characters are typically chill and/or the only level-headed people in their parties

[blissful ibex]

Mine are usually the level headed sane ones but are secretly deranged

[rough basalt]

I've played a few deranged women in my current group

[woven flint]

I very occasionally like playing cold and calculating fellows 🧐

Stares at my Yuan-Ti Artificer