dnd-discussion

[woven flint]

That's the thing though

Most things can STILL Die, even if it's temporary.

[gray garden]

Like the original tarrasque was generally unkillable

[tiny flame]

I think in 1e it was fine, it's mostly during the satanic panic, where they made it in 2e so that you have to be good all the time

[tiny birch]

Hey so I was wondering what channel would I have to go to, if I want to start a new campaign with some people.

[fossil hollow]

yeah, but were in 5e now

almost 50 years after

[glass granite]

As a DM or player?
Either way read #find-a-game

[reef tundra]

#find-a-game

[tiny flame]

Some DMS still play like that tho and if that's how they like it at the table who am I to complain

[scarlet marsh]

I bet he's here on mandatory overtime

[gray garden]

Liches banshees nilbogs caldron-born

[rugged hawk]

To put it simply, becoming a god is just a starting point for taking over the cosmos. Like, the first teeny step. Because then you realize there's things beyond even Ao.

[woven flint]

My beloved Elder Evils

[rugged hawk]

Like, good luck fighting Ao, because there's tons of other beings like him managing the rest of the macrocosmos.

[gray garden]

Not exactly beyond there’s just other overgods

Ao is just a named one

[fossil hollow]

i always imagine Ao to be a tired computer programmer staring at a computer whenever he needs to maintain stuff in Realmspace

[gray garden]

One of many

[woven flint]

I'm sure there's beings potentially more powerful than Ao we just don't know of

[tiny flame]

"Jen broke the internet"

[gray garden]

• He was ageless (neither young nor old), and had a beard and hair of purest white with an absolutely average visage, even and symmetrical, neither pleasant nor unpleasant*

[reef tundra]

Being a person of chaos, I like making my setting one of chaos with no overgods, just all a bunch of idiots fighting each other for power

[rugged hawk]

And it's explicitly stated, though I forgot where, that Ao was ordered by what is effectively upper management, to go run this corner of the multiverse.

[fossil hollow]

"Mystra died again, codes starting to collapse"

[woven flint]

Literally just the average fella
We love Ao

[tiny flame]

"hey... the physics engine just threw an exception..."

[rugged hawk]

Actually, we know of one possible such being: Lady of Pain.

[fossil hollow]

we need another Mystra death. If they release 6e in 10 years and we still dont have a mystra death, im gonna run a mystra death campaign if i still play dnd

[gray garden]

I guess you can say the Luminous Being is

[tiny flame]

The world of DND is written in LISP trust me man

[rugged hawk]

Anyway, point is, becoming a god isn't even a start to domination, because there's layers to this stuff, man.

[ornate chasm]

whats a good online tabletop to use? i just wanna be able to move the characters and change the background, i tried using krita but it sucks for that

[rugged hawk]

Which is also why Bane is a failure

[tiny flame]

My favorite is foundry

[woven flint]

O' lady of pain

[gray garden]

It’s literally called
Lesser
Intermediate
Greater
Over god

[woven flint]

Bane was overzealous and that lead to his downfall

[tiny flame]

I also like TTS but it's basically like playing at a table

[gray garden]

That’s jergal lord of the dead

[rugged hawk]

I wonder if Lady of Pain is basically an Overgod.

[gray garden]

Not stated anywhere but she might as well be

No, the Lady of Pain isn't considered an overgod like Ao, but she operates with power exceeding most deities within her domain

[fossil hollow]

Kinda the point with the LoP is that there isnt anything concrete about her

[gray garden]

Remember being a god isn’t just about power it’s also about followers

That’s mainly what separates lesser gods from greater gods

[woven flint]

Lady of Ouchies

[gray garden]

Your status is out of pocket

[woven flint]

I'm aware, it is most of the time, yes.

[covert root]

Oi, who's slandering my favorite black-handed tyrant?

[glass granite]

Hi aware, I’m Nugget

[rough basalt]

Strahd is protected from my wrath for another week

[woven flint]

I love Bane, I made a Centaur Barbarian who follows him :>

[fossil hollow]

me. Dead Three all suck. Theyre all imbeciles

[rugged hawk]

Bane sucks, can't even dominate a single mortal plane, much less his fellow deities.

[woven flint]

Our Wrath*

[strong juniper]

Akatosh protects

[rough basalt]

What am I supposed to do for the rest of this week

[tiny flame]

Work or smthng

[fossil hollow]

especially Mr God of Murder, Bhaal 🤮

[gray garden]

I mean what would you do if you thought you were gonna have to fight a god only to be effectively handed god hood

[covert root]

His portfolio insists he try anyway. The others don't, but they're less inclined to try.

After all, the portfolio affects a deity's personality.

[rugged hawk]

Bane's like a really shoddy, second-rate Molag Bal

[reef tundra]

Sleep 😴

[rough basalt]

Don't work

[fossil hollow]

what?

[rough basalt]

Sleep might not be a bad idea, but il catch up on sleep fast

[tiny flame]

Work out

[strong juniper]

Now I can't unsee it ;-;

[tiny flame]

Working out is fun

[gray garden]

The dead 3 were gonna fight Jergal lord of the dead but Jergal stepped down allowing them to take his place

[strong juniper]

Indeed

[rough basalt]

True

[tiny flame]

Play a solo game maybe that's also good

[rough basalt]

Hmm

[fossil hollow]

Jergal pitied them and wanted to retire at that point, only goes to show much much of an imbecile they were they needed to be handed it

[woven flint]

Let's be real...
Molag is a BAL-ler

[gray garden]

So there were handed god hood on a sliver platter at that point

[tiny flame]

(Not so) hot take: Solo gaming makes you a better DM than most methods

[vagrant quartz]

or bhaaller

[covert root]

I feel like people undercut the adventures the Dead Three took before even gaining that audience. Let's not pretend the three weren't talented.

[fossil hollow]

-# I will continue to choose to fail the saving throw to ignore the pun
If i could, i would ask Jergal to keep them dead

[woven flint]

It's not Molag Bhaal
Therefore it wouldn't make sense.

Bhaal is a Bhaaler however

[gray garden]

Ha good one

[strong juniper]

Akatosh is ma patron and I love it

[rugged hawk]

Jergal was bored out of his mind after tens of millenia. The first idiots who managed to make it to his throne got handed basically all his power in the hopes they wouldn't screw up so badly that he'd be forced to intervene.

Immediately: forced by Ao to intervene and stop them.

[gray garden]

But again if I become a god over night I wouldn’t know what to do either

[woven flint]

Hot take..
The Nine Divines are Mid

Daedra are just better

[gray garden]

Most people wouldn’t

[tiny flame]

Iciest take

[woven flint]

I know lmao

[drifting cobalt]

Aight Fellas hear me out.
I cast Immovable Object on a delicious cookie. Then I set the password to suppress it for a minute. When eaten, the enemy will be unable to move or risk tearing their insides

[fossil hollow]

Im insulting them not because theyre gods (although theyre sorry excuses of it) but because they are stupid as an individuals

[gray garden]

Literally

[drifting cobalt]

Ez win

[gray garden]

They are! That’s the point!

[vagrant quartz]

i'd turn out to be the god of procrastination

[fossil hollow]

I hate them as gods, i hate them as mortals

[strong juniper]

I will scatter your corpse across tamriel and your daedra will do nothing

[tiny flame]

The god of beating the shit out of people you don't like

[fossil hollow]

i hate them for the sake of hating them

[woven flint]

Your Deity is MID!!!

Actually, Akatosh Is probably the most fun of the Nine Divines

[rugged hawk]

Talos the mighty! Talos the unerring! Talos the unassailable! To you we give praise!

[reef tundra]

Virialis, the god defier be like:
-# No one will understand that reference but me

[small heath]

Am I wrong with this statement:

All circle cast are rituals, but not all rituals are circle cast

[crimson gulch]

Yes you are wrong

[woven flint]

I always kill that Talos Zealot in Whiterun because he NEVER Shuts up lmao

[vagrant quartz]

i still havent figured out much of the gods in dnd so to me this is complete jibberish except some parts

[crimson gulch]

Circle casting is not ritual casting

[tiny flame]

I wonder if in the next actual edition they'll give up on bounded accuracy

[wanton sorrel]

IDK what K-ID is?????

[strong juniper]

To be fair Akatosh is the deity responsible for best boy parthuunax

[fossil hollow]

online child protection thingy

[woven flint]

You mean
Best Boywife Parthy

[small heath]

So what's the difference then? And I'm not talking what they do. But the actual physical act of doing either.

What does that look like.

[woven flint]

We love the dragon voiced by Mario.

[strong juniper]

The Dov are based

[fossil hollow]

ritual casting is one person spending some time to cast a spell without strain on their magic

circle casting is literally a group of spellcasters buffing one spell

[crimson gulch]

You need to be a spellcaster to use circle casting yes

[fossil hollow]

Ritual: Taking time to do something
Circle Casting: Group Project

[small heath]

Well what does this entail? What im interested is the physical process.

[woven flint]

Dragons are Mid, Deities are Mid, Devils are Mid.

C'mon, Folks, we should be Worshipping Jubilex or Baphomet!

[vale sage]

omg im a snowflake!

[fossil hollow]

entirely up to you to flavor.

[small heath]

Am I doing a runescape circle teleport thing for my ritual?

[fossil hollow]

entirely up to you to flavor.

[tiny flame]

I love how ritual magic is timed for 10 minutes

[woven flint]

We shall all return to primordial Ooze one day 🧐

[tiny flame]

I love how it's a nod to the exploration turn

[strong juniper]

I just scared myself by moving a table by accident;-;

[small heath]

The cat expression tells us that

[crimson gulch]

Feat no, arcane trix and ek yes

[fossil hollow]

oh you would have loved the Cult of Ooze in the Elemental Scions oneshot

[woven flint]

You seem like the type to be scared of your own shadow... /joking

[tiny flame]

Do tell

[strong juniper]

Indeed you are 👍

[crimson gulch]

Have you read the rules?

[fossil hollow]

theyre asking about how it looks in world. So the flavor

[strong juniper]

Jokes on you I do get scared by my shadow sometimes

[crimson gulch]

And there's flavortext in the rules

[vagrant quartz]

question for the folks here, how much do yall use augury? Its my favorite ritual spell

[small heath]

Do you need to make an actual circle with others to circle cast?

[glass granite]

Never

[fossil hollow]

does it say you need to

[tiny flame]

Hot take, I think you can solve the martial caster divide by letting fighter damage dice explode

[small heath]

If not why is it called a Circle Cast?

[fossil hollow]

... just search it up

[glass granite]

Negative

[crimson gulch]

No, you don't need to change the rules you just need to run a proper adventuring day

[woven flint]

It's called Circle casting because it's a group of casters casting
Therefore a Circle of Casters not actually making a circle

[vagrant quartz]

i'm playing a divination wizard fortune teller , i always sit down and read the future with my cards

[tiny flame]

That's why it's a hot take

[fossil hollow]

... wait, a group of spellcasters is called a Circle?

[glass granite]

And I’m a monk! No casting for me

[crimson gulch]

No, just a lukewarm misconception

[vagrant quartz]

hi a monk, i'm algiz

[small heath]

Well looks like I have an answer!

[fossil hollow]

that was a joke btw

[woven flint]

A Circle of Mages...
A Circle of Druids...

[vagrant quartz]

I finally did it hahahah

[small heath]

So logically, it would make sense

[fossil hollow]

oh my god

[glass granite]

I was told to find a new joke, so unfortunately I can’t use that joke anymore. So I don’t much care

[strong juniper]

A circle of paladins?

[valid wharf]

Hey guys I wanna 3d print some dungeon/battle tiles for my dnd games but idk which ones to use, has anyone done this and have any recommendations?

[small heath]

Circle isn't a shape but a title!

[fossil hollow]

no, a group of paladins is called a crusade

[vagrant quartz]

good luck in your search then

[fossil hollow]

aye

[glass granite]

Thank you

[woven flint]

A group of Warlocks is called "Parental Problems"

[fossil hollow]

No, its pro-

[small heath]

Is radiant the same as fire? Both is a bright source of power.

[fossil hollow]

no

[fossil hollow]

i think thats called a union

[woven flint]

My Warlock actually had a decent relationship with his parents
All three of them did

[signal bridge]

Hii have you Any advice on how to get my friends to play Dungeons & Dragons?

[fossil hollow]

ask them

[tiny flame]

Force them

[gray garden]

Thing about using the sun to hurt people

[tiny flame]

With fists and blood

[signal bridge]

bahahaha it's a very good idea

[fossil hollow]

your warlocks should unionize

wait, Sovis has good relations with his parents?

[small heath]

But the sun is just a ball of fire!

[strong juniper]

If they're nerds they'll play at some point or another if they're not then good luck

[tiny flame]

If that doesn't work just tell them it's a cool board game and try to run a small dungeon crawl

[small heath]

So technically radiant is just light.

[woven flint]

Yes, despite being a Drow, he had a decent bond with his Mother and Father

[gray garden]

Wanna know what damage type the sun does to vampires

[strong juniper]

Yes but actually no

[small heath]

That means we can calculate the speed of radiant substances!

[fossil hollow]

if you want the difference between fire and radiant, its literally described in the Rules Glossary

[signal bridge]

there not, this is the problem, but for play I must be to are with others people

[strong juniper]

It's the speed of ultraviolet radiation

[woven flint]

Now, are Sovis' parents still alive?
Probably not, they're Drow in Menzoberrenzen who were part of a Noble family..
Assassinations do happen often there

[fossil hollow]

I wonder if your house still exists

[woven flint]

Tis the way of living under Lolth

[fossil hollow]

cuz apparently they just tend to incorporate survivors of the houses they exterminate into their own house

[woven flint]

Well, his parents are likely dead, his sister is definetly dead and he, himself fled the underdark

[strong juniper]

I'm not sure then I myself don't have many friends so I'm not experienced enough on this topic

Paladin

[fossil hollow]

most likely your house has been stricken from memory and pretended it never existed then

[signal bridge]

oh sorry for you

[reef tundra]

Paladin too

[umbral girder]

If the house is still around

[fossil hollow]

what house?

[umbral girder]

Maybe they didn’t get in trouble after all.

[strong juniper]

The class or the people that play them?

[signal bridge]

I don't know bcs I don't know the game, bcs I don't have any friends for plays with me

[fossil hollow]

I definitely dont remember the.... crap what was the name of the house at the start of the Drizzt series that Malice attacked

[woven flint]

Funnily, I didn't take the Noble background for Sovis, I took Acolyte lmao

[umbral girder]

Smh

[strong juniper]

Then why is it so hard to find friends ;-;

[fossil hollow]

i mean, what house? The house that never existed?

[umbral girder]

Don’t remember the DeVir house

Those dudes keep popping up in modules and video games.

[fossil hollow]

Look, i didnt like the son who survived. He was an arse to Gwen

[umbral girder]

Pretty sure it wasn’t him but the other person.

The one black mailing him to keep the statue.

[strong juniper]

I miss having friends that play dnd

[small heath]

So in theory now we ask which spell type travels the fastest and the slowers.

I'd imagine poison would be slower than ice.

[fossil hollow]

Isnt the impersonator mage the one who wants revenge on the Do'Urden family??

[umbral girder]

Yes

[fossil hollow]

so hes the survivor

[hushed mason]

Yes, Alton DeVir

[umbral girder]

Yes. He never had interaction with the panther.

[strong juniper]

Actually no poison would move quicker but kill slower

[fossil hollow]

... wait what

[umbral girder]

That was his “assistant”

[fossil hollow]

The stupid blackmailer was the one with guen?

[umbral girder]

The one who shot his brother in the back, they one who saved him

[fossil hollow]

oooooooooh

[hushed mason]

Masog Hunnett or something like that.

[umbral girder]

He kept saying “ok but I get to keep this”

[small heath]

How come? Is it because it's a liquid?

[fossil hollow]

yeah, its all coming together now. Looks like i hated him so much i just blended with another character

[strong juniper]

Yes

[umbral girder]

Alton getting hit with crossfire

[hushed mason]

Masoj Hun'ett

[umbral girder]

Ah yes Massage Hun’ett himself

[small heath]

So then we need to question what is: is all poison spells the same type of poison?

If so, then how dense is poison compared to like acid?

[tall forge]

Well since in dnd, venom and poison are the same damage type

The answer is no one cared :(

[fossil hollow]

yes in the sense its all magical poison

[small heath]

Well I do

[fossil hollow]

as for density, its magic

[small heath]

I care about this stuff!

[strong juniper]

There are several categories of poison

[fossil hollow]

its magic, not physics

[umbral girder]

Non-magical poison has more variety at least

[strong juniper]

What do you need to do with it

[brisk dragon]

I JUST STARTED GETTING INTO D AND D AND IM NOT CREATIVE ENUFF TO BE A PLAYER OR MASTER

[tall forge]

I care too, but unfortunately wotc didnt

[strong juniper]

You don't need to be

[tall forge]

Incorrect

[small heath]

Then we shall be the voice of interest among the commoners

[brisk dragon]

whaaat???

[small heath]

Infinite poison glitch

[brisk dragon]

how do i get image perms

[small heath]

You don't

[loud tendon]

you don't need to be super creative, just open to having fun and working with others in a cooperative gameplay.

as an aside though, please watch the CAPS - generally we do not allow them as they are disruptive, come across as yelling and can play havoc with some screenreaders

[tall forge]

Creativity is a skill like everything elsw

[small heath]

This is an official discord ran by Wizard of the Coast, the business behind Dungeons and Dragons. So image perms is basically off limits.

[tall forge]

Everyone learns how to be creative through practice

[small heath]

What if poison is just acid heated up/

[strong juniper]

Some mushrooms are poisonous just combine that and different plant species that are also poisonous and if you're adventurous get snake venom for stuff that targets the heart and nervous system

[loud tendon]

image perms only exist in certain channels for specific purposes.. we do not allow the posting of gifs or memes though..

[small heath]

So let me get this straight: many creatures with Darkvision are usually associated with dark environments, right?

[brisk dragon]

i guess it makes sense to be a d and d player u just have to be very wordy and not so much imagery

[fossil hollow]

or underwater

[tall forge]

Also for some reason arent pale white

[strong juniper]

I miss having friends nearby that play dnd

[small heath]

If that's the case, then why don't all of these creatures have Sunlight Sensitivity?

[strong juniper]

Depends

[small heath]

Make that make sense

[loud tendon]

poison damage on top of physical damage is tempting, but, imo, it falls off very quickly in the damage per round/cost investment. Also things you encounter could be resistant or immune.

[fossil hollow]

same reason Cats dont have Sunlight Sensitivity

[crimson gulch]

Most of them used to, things have changed for gameplay balance reason

[fossil hollow]

not everything thats adapted to the dark will just suffer in daylight

Cats, owls

[tall forge]

^

[fossil hollow]

Sunlight Sensitivity is only for creatures that exclusively spend their time in utter darkness

[strong juniper]

Moths are also an example

[fossil hollow]

i forgot im no longer Ti-Moth on here

[small heath]

What does a kobold cry sound like?

[fossil hollow]

a kobold

[strong juniper]

Yes and no

[strong juniper]

Depends on what you mean by cry

[vagrant quartz]

is radiant a good damage type?

[small heath]

If their cry is so scary it gives everyone advantage against the targets, then what do they sound like?

[fossil hollow]

Up to you

[small heath]

Is it like one of those Aztecan death whistles?

[tall forge]

Also drows skin should basically be TRANSLUCENT

[strong juniper]

Try listening to komodo's

[fossil hollow]

That Cry can also just be them crying out something

"PLEASE DONT KILL ME!"
"Get away from my friends!"

[vagrant quartz]

like a parent when they found out you failed a test in school

[small heath]

Imagine get chastised by a 2 foot tall lizard and now you're being the victim

[fossil hollow]

would be the case if it werent for corellon i feel

[loud tendon]

it's not a bad damage type.. like many damage types it can be situational.

What I was saying is buying a physical poison to add to a weapon does not scale up as you level like a spell.. (or even as you level a skill like Dex and fire an arrow to do slightly more piercing damage). A poison that you coat your arrows in that does 1d4 poison at level 1 also does 1d4 poison at level 20.

There are other spells and effects that do more damage and thus, tend to feel more satisfying.

there are also other poisons that do more damage/have different effects, this is just one example.

I'm not talking about the magic type Poison

[strong juniper]

Jokes on you I wouldn't be in that situation because I'm too terrified of social interaction to even dare do something wrong in front of people

That's up to you

[meager fractal]

we're facing a ton of evil dwarves in their caverns (not Duergar) so poison damage is a BAAAAAAAAAAAAAD idea imo

[small heath]

In theory, could technology exist in the D&D universe? Like with electricity through magic being a thing, the materials present, and the creativity of artificers

Could you, in theory, have a smart phone?

[fossil hollow]

already does

well, not sure about smartphones.

But technology is already a thing

-# and i would also like to clarify that weapons, tools, carts, and houses are markers of technology

[meager fractal]

Gond or some other god would probably get mad about Smartphones tbh. I know he really hates gunpowder.

[loud tendon]

If you are a player, I would not homebrew anything to make yourself more powerful. Unless a DM specifically gives you permission to do so.. otherwise, you're going to build this super cool poisoner and a DM could not allow it because of homebrew.

Ultimately, take feats and things that interest you. What others think is less consequential.
What does the most damage is another thing.. But I tend to build to have fun rather than pure Numbers go up.

[small heath]

A small rectangular device that has a scrying eye in the middle of it powering it.

[small heath]

What would the gods' social media posts look like?

Would Lathander be posting daily messages of good faith and will for everyone, like some 40 year old facebook mom?

[naive cedar]

I don’t even want to know what Bhaal posts

[reef tundra]

Then he’d get cancelled once someone brings up the dawn cataclysm

[reef tundra]

He’d be on 4chan

[small heath]

Everything in the dark web 💀

[fossil hollow]

the type of stuff youd get banned for

[naive cedar]

Mystra gets canceled weekly

Shar vaguetweets about selune

[meager fractal]

Mask or Cyric would have the best memes on their feed I bet

[fossil hollow]

Cyric would probably not be allowed to have smartphone privileges

[naive cedar]

Bane has a podcast

[small heath]

who's on the podcast?

[fossil hollow]

Myrkul

[small heath]

Bane, Myrkul, Bhaal having weekly podcasts 💀

With special guests at that

Who would be the Vtuber of the god group?

[meager fractal]

Lolth

[fossil hollow]

... I have to agree with Lolth

[small heath]

Lolth being a V-tuber

We have to have the "popular" one. Someone who only posts just for attention.

[fossil hollow]

all of the gods mentioned can fulfill that role

[loud tendon]

to answer your question here though: taking the Poisoner feat would help mitigate creatures that have resistance which is cool.. and you do way more poison damage (2d8) and could give the poisoned condition with it. But the poison will be 2d8 forever.. what might scale is the save DC to resist it's effects.

There was an old reddit post that researched some 838 monsters and creatures in D&D to break down their resistances and immunities..
at that time 228 of those creatures were completely immune and 22 resistance.. so about 1/4 of creatures would ignore poison damage entirely.

I'm not sure where those numbers sit today.. but it's food for thought

[small heath]

Yo a D&D God Twitter War!

That'll be cinema.

[naive cedar]

Not sure if I’m allowed to say real people but cyric probably

[small heath]

Oh wait, I forgot the one who posts like, once a year then goes back into hiding

[naive cedar]

Jergal

[meager fractal]

the comments are just demons and devils flame warring

[fossil hollow]

Jergal probably posts one thing that interested him during retirement, then goes back lmao

[naive cedar]

Tyr is a Facebook dad

[fossil hollow]

one moment he has a cat pic

two months later, he posts him scolding the Dead Three

[small heath]

I think we already talked about who are the meme posters

[fossil hollow]

then 3 months, tea with hades

[reef tundra]

I bet he’d text really slowly.
-# Probably due to the one hand

[vagrant quartz]

glow up ?

[fossil hollow]

what?

[reef tundra]

Actually, he could do video messages or voice messages

[naive cedar]

eilliatraee types like this !!

[small heath]

Wait. I forgot. We have to have that one person who posts just to flex on others. Show off all of their good stuff for the internet to see and gloats about how "special" they are.

[vagrant quartz]

thats a glow up imo

[naive cedar]

bane

[fossil hollow]

Umberlee is my vote

anything under the sea is her claim after all

[naive cedar]

Talos uses 4chan

[fossil hollow]

probably ragebaits other gods when she sinks one of their artifacts

[small heath]

Who's the reddit mod?

[naive cedar]

Tempus hates social media

[naive cedar]

Mystra maybe?

[knotty pasture]

Shar

[small heath]

Bro imagine Druid circles making their own Discord servers and reddit threads.

[naive cedar]

Wait even better

Selune writes ao3 fic

[strong juniper]

What about Akatosh?

[strong juniper]

It's been a long time since I saw AO3 on my screen

[small heath]

We obviously can't forget the gamer of the group! Someone who will literally spend every hour of the day playing some video game

[naive cedar]

Mystra

[knotty pasture]

Selune outwardly trash talks Shar but secretly indulges in Selune x Shar ship fics

[small heath]

Mystra playing League

[knotty pasture]

Probably writes some herself too

[naive cedar]

She mains lux and morrigan

[small heath]

Speaking of league, I wonder which god would main who if they played LoL

[reef tundra]

They’re sisters 😭

[naive cedar]

Sune mains the fox lady

[meager fractal]

Tymora would probably be the general gamer. Bane would love his strategy games.

[small heath]

Hey, if there is one thing Greek lore has taught me, is that family relationships don't matter

[knotty pasture]

Bane is a certified Civ V player

[reef tundra]

True 😭

[naive cedar]

Selune mains Lux and joins Shar’s games to snipe her main

[small heath]

Shar being stream snipped LOL

[naive cedar]

Bane is my dad

[loud tendon]

okay, going to call for last thoughts in this matter.. aside from naming D&D gods, we are veering further from D&D and into speculative nonsense (fun, but nonsense)

[strong juniper]

Yes

[vagrant quartz]

i liked the dnd gods playing league of legends

[naive cedar]

One more silly headcanon: Bane plays elder scrolls game and maxes his athletics skill by putting a flashlight on the “run” button and going to do something else for an hour

[vagrant quartz]

farewell intrusive thought

[naive cedar]

Yeah?

[meager fractal]

uh huh?

[naive cedar]

Indeed

[small heath]

Indeed

[strong juniper]

Yes and no

[naive cedar]

Your concern?

[small heath]

Anyways, time to think about if Silvery Barbs is a fair spell

[naive cedar]

A lot of DND gods are inspired by real world gods

[vagrant quartz]

no it isnt

[atomic kayak]

yea its fine

resource heavy, doesn't always succeed, etc

effective sure, but fair

[vagrant quartz]

it steals all my lvl 1 spell slots

[atomic kayak]

indeed, it makes resource management matter more if you want to use it regularly

[vagrant quartz]

preach

[naive cedar]

Lolth is just based on the black widow archetype

maybe some shelob as well

[strong juniper]

Arachnids mostly

[buoyant oar]

Some gods are, some are not. For instance Lathander is an original god in the Faerunian Pantheon but Tyr is not an original god to DnD but is till a member of the Faerunian Pantheon

[strong juniper]

Akatosh is well Akatosh

[naive cedar]

I’d argue lathander is partially based on Apollo

[strong juniper]

Yes but actually no

[naive cedar]

Yeah this is forgotten realms lore

[buoyant oar]

Ahh but you see. Apollo is a member of the Olympian Pantheon https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Apollo

[naive cedar]

I mean real world inspiration for fictional characters 🤣 it’s wild that Olympus just exists in FR tho

[uncut zenith]

Lathander may have been slightly based on Apollo, but they are technically two separate gods

[buoyant oar]

And Tyr is a member of both the Faerunian and Norse Pantheons

[fossil hollow]

Wild Reg appearance

[naive cedar]

I wonder what domains hades and Aphrodite are

[frosty monolith]

Sorry i am a bit overwhelmed here😅 could someone tell me how to set looking for player?

[woven flint]

#find-a-game

[small heath]

^

[woven flint]

It has somewhat of a Guide and Rulset there

[buoyant oar]

Kiputytto, Mielikki, and Loviatar are Finnish gods. So is Ilmater but they only took the name there.

[fossil hollow]

Death

Light

Respectively

although thats just 2014 PHB domains

Hades would probably have Grave, and Aphrodite might have Peace

[buoyant oar]

The IRL gods making their way to the realms makes more sense when you understand that the term "FORGOTTEN REALMS" does not refer to the endless forgotten empires but that it is a realm that was once linked to Earth like how the Feywild and Shadowfel are linked to the Prime. But over time, those connections to these wonderous realms became forgotten.

[hushed mason]

For Hades, I did Earth, Evil, and Repose. Aphrodite gets Good, Chaos, Good, Lust, Passion, and Pleasure. In 3.5, domains. Hades has a strong association with anything under ground, so that includes minerals and stone, hence the "earth" association.

[fossil hollow]

forgot older editions had a wider arrange of stuff alongside their portfolios

But yeah, that tracks with og greek lore

Pluto iirc leaned heavily more on the "riches of the earth"

[naive cedar]

Pluto isn’t even evil at all lol

[fossil hollow]

Neither is Hades

[hushed mason]

Yes... that's how wealth is associated with Hades. It comes from the association with his dominion of all things underground. And no, not really even evil

[naive cedar]

or hades for that matter

they’re more true neutral

[fossil hollow]

Evils i thought it to mean his connection to creatures like undead, harpies, and the furies

[hushed mason]

But I have Hades set at LE. The evilness comes from the apathy and lack of empathy.

[fossil hollow]

so, mostly daemons

[naive cedar]

That’s fair. I’m more referring to the pop culture idea of hades

[cerulean monolith]

Hades is Neutral Evil per the 2024 core rule books

[fossil hollow]

wait what?

Oh, thats the Plane Hades. Different from god Hades

[frosty monolith]

Still a bit .. well challenging for me , not native English speaker . I wanted to invite players for our little community on Neverwinter ( dungeons and dragons game )

[cerulean monolith]

Oh you’re talking about the deity

[fossil hollow]

yeah

[cerulean monolith]

Certain languages have translations. What language is your native?

[hushed mason]

I use a customized Hellenic Pantheon in my setting. I've based the deity's alignment to what they represent rather than the way literature describes them behaving.

[tiny flame]

There's also unofficial SRD translations on DMs guild

[frosty monolith]

Czech

[fossil hollow]

also, i think i found a new boss i like now, Shami-Amourae

now to find what the 3e statblock looked like

[tiny flame]

Just make it up bro it's fine.

DND 3e was crazy tho

[hushed mason]

I only play 3.5e.

[tiny flame]

In terms of power scaling

[south crag]

Sup nerds, what cart size should I use as body storage for a necromancer

[hushed mason]

What is pulling the cart?

[cerulean monolith]

Ah, I’m unaware of any unofficial translations. If your goal is to play in Czech, your best bet is to either find a local game store that may carry a translated copy, or to use a web browser’s translate feature when browsing D&DBeyond

[fossil hollow]

I want to see what crazy things older monsters had that i can bring over to 5e. Older monster design was a lot more interesting

[south crag]

Horse, mayber two

[loud igloo]

Hey guys

Where do I find groups currently looking for new members?

[fossil hollow]

#find-a-game

[remote wadi]

That one song starts playing. You know the one

[tiny flame]

It was definitely weird. The original DND monste manual feels very to different to today that's for sure

[blissful dragon]

do you hades would be friends with kelvemfor or jegal god of dead scribes type deity you think?

[fossil hollow]

yeah, monsters a lot more simpler

[hushed mason]

Hades doesn't have friends.

[fossil hollow]

Theyre all paper-work obsessed gods who manage the dead, so yeah

[hushed mason]

He's lonely and miserable.

[fossil hollow]

If you can get them together that is

[fossil hollow]

Only when Persephone is out

[blissful dragon]

they share similar work field and goals so maybe work buddies sort of deal

[south crag]

Newer to dnd, who's Hades?

[fossil hollow]

The Greek god of the dead

[hushed mason]

Hades is the ancient Greek god of the underworld.

[frosty monolith]

Well my problem is only for understanding how to make looking for player 😅 Czechs I think even did the pathfinder system so I have a lot of literature to get . But I wanted to invite players that are playing Neverwinter Nights game . 3.5 with DND license so I think it should be ok here 😅 and for our community on ravenloft server .

[south crag]

Oh lord, I thought this was a dnd hades. Now I feel dumb

[hushed mason]

The Greek pantheon is used in some games/settings.

[fossil hollow]

DnD Hades is essentially just the same

[strong juniper]

Yet they forget about every god that isn't an Olympian

[blissful dragon]

it older editions their was i think but kelemfor and jegal cover the same sort of role in dnd

[tiny flame]

Cool. Good game. I personally like crunchy games but not the way 3e does it.

[fossil hollow]

Look, theres over 1000 minor gods

[hushed mason]

I use a customized "Hesiodic" pantheon.

[fossil hollow]

and thats not including every satyr and nature spirit, which are also lesser gods

[naive cedar]

Omg the art in the old monster manuals was amazing

It was so bad

[hushed mason]

You should look up Draconomicon.

[south crag]

I have only really learned 5e rules, what nonsense can you get up to on previous rule sets

[naive cedar]

I’m going even farther back to the first monster manual

[twin quail]

To get turkeys off the menu

[naive cedar]

I can’t post examples here but some of the art is just hilarious

[worn lagoon]

Full of ideas for a whole homebrew world with its alternative classes but time dictates I must sleep. Unfortunate.

[fossil hollow]

cant forget the beholder art

just literal ball with eyes

[naive cedar]

Tbf beholders are supposed to be horrifying

[hushed mason]

Pretty much the same. Although, I understand that we have a higher risk of save-or-die/save-or-be-incapacitated in 3.5.

[twin quail]

Early Beholder is so stupid, it's funny

[south crag]

Form the homebrew in your dreams friendo

[fossil hollow]

the ball and eye is more unsettling than horrifying

[naive cedar]

The doppelgänger was also hilariously uncanny valley

Like I get they’re monsters but they look more like ghouls or something

[strong juniper]

I'm talking about God's like Thanatos

[fossil hollow]

unless youre dealing with the forces of Death on the regular, he has no need to appear

[hushed mason]

You mean diamones.

[rugged hawk]

Heresy! Lathander's just Amaunator in disguise

[fossil hollow]

Thanatos is the one who does hte actual reaping

no need for him if hes not gonna reap ya

[strong juniper]

I'm unfamiliar with that one

[blissful dragon]

i wonder after the game hades came out how many people turned mad mage into a hades type experience?

[naive cedar]

Nobody even mentioned the worst one: duck bunny

[strong juniper]

Hades is the god of the dead Thanatos is the god or death

[naive cedar]

or the stench kow

[hushed mason]

"diamon" - the personified spirit of something. It's the category of spirits that includes things like Thanatos, Hypnos, and many of Nyx's other offspring.

[blissful dragon]

like it seem like ti could work as a base for that

[fossil hollow]

... yes, thats what i said

[naive cedar]

Oh yeah and the mauler

[fossil hollow]

also, i can work as a base for what

[strong juniper]

Ooh I didn't know they were called that

[hushed mason]

https://www.theoi.com/greek-mythology/personifications.html

[blissful dragon]

a hades type campain

[fossil hollow]

-# i thought it was with an e, not an i

[blissful dragon]

dungeon crawl to escape the after life

[fossil hollow]

sorry, the joke is that my name is TI-Moth, and you typo'd "it" lol

[hushed mason]

I'm reading off Theoi.com. They use both.

[strong juniper]

I doubt most people use Hestia in their sessions tbf

[hushed mason]

I have her listed in my pantheon, but she's a minor deity, at best.

[fossil hollow]

She prefers to be left alone at the hearth

not much of a presence, that lady

[naive cedar]

Hestia is like the nicest Greek god

[glass granite]

My cleric in a dead campaign was a cleric of Hestia actually!

[hushed mason]

She may be the only nice one...

[fossil hollow]

by doing merely nothing but her job lmao

[strong juniper]

Hestia is one of the original gods birthed by Kronos

[hushed mason]

I'm very familiar.

[fossil hollow]

Yeah, so were a bunch of other things

[naive cedar]

Hestia was actually a major deity in Ancient Greek life. She’s just not in the legend much

[glass granite]

I think she’s minor in the sense that she wasn’t too impactful in a lot of Greek myth

[fossil hollow]

not every kid of the titans ends up a major god like the olympians anyway

[glass granite]

Comes with being the god of the hearth and home

[strong juniper]

Just Kronos's kids

[naive cedar]

Yeah she was the most connected to everyday life

[fossil hollow]

Yeah, and Hestia isnt one of em

[naive cedar]

I thought she was

[fossil hollow]

do we count Aphrodite as one of his kids? Seeing how her birth was from Cronus'.... special stuff (or blood) mixing with the sea?

[fossil hollow]

Sorry, she is one of Kronos kids, i was saying that she wasnt a major god or anything

[naive cedar]

It was Uranus’s ahem ahem

[fossil hollow]

shhhhh

[tranquil rain]

Wazzap peeps. I’m super into the idea of dungeons and dragons, is there anyone that would want to let me DM a game for them?

[fossil hollow]

#find-a-game

[hushed mason]

I recommend Theoi.com if anyone wants to do further reading on this. It's awesome because they reference the ancient Greek texts and art in al their articles.

[glass granite]

I recommend making a post in #looking-for-players . Check out how in #find-a-game

[tranquil rain]

Thank you so much!

[naive cedar]

Hestia was a major god in terms of worship because her domain was the home. She isn’t a major figure in legends though (I can only think of one she appears in)

[glass granite]

I…can’t remember any

Which one?

[fossil hollow]

i only remember the one explaining why shes celibate? Im not sure if thats an actual one though

[naive cedar]

There’s one where a titan (?) tries to hurt her and the other gods beat him up. I don’t remember the specific details though

[remote wadi]

Speaking of dead, I think I'm going to go the resurrection route for my Ranger

By the way, the regeneration we mention only stops from radiant damage or the downsides being activated

[fossil hollow]

iirc, she was... accosted. During a party by a god yeah

[glass granite]

Ah, so similar to that of regular vampires

[naive cedar]

Yeahh I was trying to be vague. The point is, even in that legend she doesn’t do anything bad

[fossil hollow]

Hestia is Bestia

[strong juniper]

True

[naive cedar]

Hestia is an unproblematic queen

[remote wadi]

More or less. I'm not complaining. Would be fun to see how it would work in contrast to a Devotion Paladin and Cleric

[fossil hollow]

makes me wanna play my Hestia cleric again, Tempis Vesta Von Kratos

he was a goodest boy. Surrounded by the ruffians known as his party and his feral warlock sister

[glass granite]

Unless either have something against undead specifically, you should be fine

[remote wadi]

Maybe not the Cleric, though. He's currently 1 for 5? 6? He's not attending sessions super often

[strong juniper]

I reek of smoke and sut

[remote wadi]

Me, not at all. I'm something of a Castlevania enjoyer myself

[naive cedar]

My favourite fictional characters can be partially described as “blond vampires”

[glass granite]

Dio?

[naive cedar]

That’s one

[fossil hollow]

... ofc its Dio

i was scrambling to figure out who the hell the blond vamp is and

KONO DIO DA

[naive cedar]

There’s several blond vampires

I’m counting white hair as blond

[tall forge]

Alucard my beloved

[fossil hollow]

the rest of them i can only imagine them to be bratty drill curl gi- oh, platinum blond included eh?

[tall forge]

Dw i know your game

We arent so different, you and i

[knotty pasture]

That Cleric is legit soft banned from the campaign at this point if he only showed up once out of 5-6 sessions

[naive cedar]

I think I know the anime you’re referring to but to be clear, the only blonde vampire girl I like is Flandre scarlet

*blonde anime vampire girl

[tall forge]

Tohou moment

[naive cedar]

:3 I have met my kin

[fossil hollow]

i actually dont know what her name is. Is Shalltear blonde? She has white hair, ig she does.

But i was imagining red and black gothic lol ita, with yellow drill curls

[remote wadi]

Partially considering bringing it up to the next session, yeah

Anyways, I'll give you more Ranger details when I get back in a couple hours

[fossil hollow]

... i might be thinking of a Re:Zero character

[naive cedar]

Yeah I see that character a lot but I’ve never watched the show she’s in

Oh wait I also like Seras from Hellsing

[tall forge]

The pale elf astarion

[fossil hollow]

oh how can i forget Police Girl!

[naive cedar]

I cannot BELIEVE nobody mentioned him earlier. Smh

[tall forge]

Poliiiice girl

[fossil hollow]

[Redacted] love cannons

[tall forge]

Again, i know your game

[naive cedar]

Police girl! Police girl! Hey, hey police girl!

[naive cedar]

And what is that? :3

[fossil hollow]

im truly with my people now, Hellsing Abridged is peak

[woven flint]

Opossum PFP spotted.
Initiating friendship missiles.

[tall forge]

Im assuming you might enjoy seraph of the end

[naive cedar]

Oh I haven’t watched that lol

[fossil hollow]

dont fall for the yaoi bait

[naive cedar]

Sorry to disappoint

[tall forge]

Oh friendship sounds nice- 🔥 💥 🔥

[naive cedar]

Btw play touhou project

[fossil hollow]

and Tokii adds another to their list of victims

[tall forge]

I took that picture myself fyi

[woven flint]

Me when I forget my friendltst is actually maxxed

[fossil hollow]

on another topic, making a statblock, and im looking this girl up, and she can cast Wish every two days im sorry what?!

[tall forge]

I saw that opossum in person. He ate my cat food

[woven flint]

I may or may not enjoy making friends

[tall forge]

Insane

[woven flint]

I have made room :>
It was a person I haven't talked to in a long time dw
I didn't kill them or anything

[tall forge]

Well

[woven flint]

Allegedly.

[tall forge]

Thats not concerning

[meager fractal]

keep your secrets

eep missing notification

[tall forge]

Bullet hell lover

[naive cedar]

Heck yeah

The more random things shooting at me the better

Actually i'd totally play a bullet hell DND themed game

[fossil hollow]

why are there so many magic missiles

[naive cedar]

that 9 bears meme but with 10 magic missiles

[tall forge]

I play more casual bullet hells

Enter the gungeon

Ive been too scared to do tohou….

[idle jewel]

fire bolts

[rustic mason]

Eldritch 💥

Plus action surge

Soul knight was the only bullet hell I played pretty fun though

[potent mountain]

Hey all what's good

[grand onyx]

Hallo

[idle jewel]

omg soul knight mentioned

[rustic mason]

Et tu Brutus?

[idle jewel]

what the hell is a mana cost!!

[rustic mason]

My lifespan

U dead without mana for your modern bullet gun

[woven flint]

Imagine being knocked prone and the next thing you see is the Barbarian doing the Virtual Insanity Slide towards you before cracking your skull open

[halcyon crescent]

would i be cooked if i play my first campaign as the DM 😓

[severe rampart]

Okay maybe playing a barbarian wont be that bad

[tame estuary]

if you don't want to DM, then don't?

[severe rampart]

It can feel overwhelming, yes, but, that doesn't make it any less fun

[idle oar]

No but it may be pretty chaotic trying to manage the game while still trying to learn the core game rules/mechanics and then manage the story and try and keep the players somewhat focussed on it

[severe rampart]

one advice is you don't need to know everything

[tame estuary]

if you want to DM, there's little difference if it's your first campaign or not, unless you're literally the only person who knows the rules

[crimson gulch]

No, everyone starts with zero experience

[halcyon crescent]

i’m not totally against it but no one in my area has experience and no one wants to try

[severe rampart]

Just be careful, you might catch the "Forever DM" curse

[halcyon crescent]

okayayaya this actually lowkey lowered my worries

[tame estuary]

ye run one of the starter adventures, has everything you'll ever need

[severe rampart]

but if you do want like some bit of experience, a one-shot wouldn't be bad

[halcyon crescent]

thumbs up thank uuuu

[halcyon crescent]

yeahhh i’ll probably do that instead since it’d be shorter

[jovial shadow]

You mean play your PC as a non-npc? Hm. The only thing is that the players will always look to you for advice or to bail them out since you are the DM. It can be done if you are always last in initiatives and never use anything helpful.

[light mural]

Glyph of warding says I need to put it in something that can be closed, would a capsule that stores cannonballs count?

[fossil hollow]

ask your DM

[light mural]

alright

[sudden knot]

That new Pugilist Class in the upcoming partnered content sounds fun. Shame I won't be able to use it since I only really play AL currently

[halcyon crescent]

sorry, what do you mean by “last in initiatives” ??? i’m still learning everything i apologize 😅🥲

[severe rampart]

last to take their turn

[tall forge]

I started dming after 2 weeks of prep and a dream. Now i have a campaign that might run for 3 years and fanatics as players

If you enjoy it and strive for improvement, its never an issue

[severe rampart]

that's the dream

[halcyon crescent]

a dream? oh i love that!!

okay i am dreaming big and shooting for the stars and i will be the best DM ever

shudders in fear….

though i probably should’ve bought the DM guide and not the players handbook

[severe rampart]

No, the player's handbook is great

[tall forge]

the forever dm curse is real tho

[severe rampart]

you could watch a crap guide to DnD - DMing, by JoCat on youtube as well, just don't take his jokes personally

[tall forge]

Personally i learned best by failing

[severe rampart]

If you fail, get up and try again

[tall forge]

My first campaign was a fun, but still bad, flop

[severe rampart]

If the players had fun and you had fun, then it couldn't have been that bad

[tall forge]

I am my own worst critic, i criticize my writing

[halcyon crescent]

really?! that’s a relief LOL

[tall forge]

It was pretty bad

[austere yew]

Hi

[tall forge]

Anyway passing out now, believe in the dream and prosper 👍

[halcyon crescent]

noted down! thank u ur saving me

[halcyon crescent]

i feel this on a personal level

[severe rampart]

My first campaign (one shot) had 3 areas and 3 encounters, and a cliche ending

[austere yew]

I have a question ive never played d&d before do u guys have any tips for me

[tall forge]

I wrote seven deadly sins being important…. And hints at the multiverse….

All the terrible tropes of the time

[severe rampart]

the person they were on the quest to save was already consumed by that blob thing that consumed minds

[severe rampart]

experience is the best teacher

[tall forge]

Either way, we fall, fail, get up and grow

[austere yew]

Ok

[tall forge]

All with a smile because the journey is more important than the destination

[slow ibex]

Hello new to dnd but I've been playing for a couple of months and I'm looking to join a group just to have fun and get more experience with the game

[severe rampart]

#find-a-game will help you

[slow ibex]

Tyyy

[remote wadi]

I have been summoned (curiosity)

[loud igloo]

How do I gain permission to post in #looking-for-dm

[idle oar]

Read #find-a-game - you can't directly post there but you can use the bot commands (noted in #find-a-game) to create a post there.

[gritty vessel]

does anyone know any free sites for a character sheet? love dnd beyond but it's awful for homebrew so it's not working all too well

[crimson gulch]

paper or a spreadsheet on google drive is best for homebrew

[umbral slate]

Hello everyone just asking if there's a way to find a party here I made a dnd campaign and it would be my first time dming

[vital sigil]

I came to a strange realization today and I wanted to share it with everybody

A rug of smothering is a beholder's worst nightmare

[blissful ibex]

you'd want to post in #looking-for-players

[rugged hawk]

...soooo.... let's say someone made a Dark Bargain, Hand of Death. How broken would it be to let them pre-sacrifice living Humanoids before using Cling to Life, paying for their return in advance and being able to immediately reuse Cling to Life as long as the next use has already been paid for?

Cling to Life. ||When you have 0 Hit Points at the start of your turn, or when you die, you can instead choose to regain a number of Hit Points equal to half your maximum. Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again. After using it, whenever you regain Hit Points through any means, you gain only half that amount. Once a Humanoid (other than you) dies within 30 feet of you, you regain the use of this feature, and you can regain Hit Points as normal.||

[umbral slate]

Thank you so much ☺️

[fossil hollow]

dont give my waterdeep party ideas to use against Xanathar. He's already on his 4th therapist.

[crimson gulch]

hahahaha yes

[knotty pasture]

Huh did Lily leave the server?

[fossil hollow]

still there

assuming we're talking about the same one

[rugged hawk]

Why?

[fossil hollow]

blinded

[rugged hawk]

Okay, but it's a magic item, and Beholders have an anti-magic eye.

[fossil hollow]

its a creature

[rugged hawk]

Oh. That might work, maybe. Until the beholder blows holes through it with Disintegrate rays.

[fossil hollow]

The beholder randomly shoots one of the following magical rays at a target it can see within 120 feet of itself
Animated Rug of Smothering Blinds

Now, in 2014, the beholder can just hit it with the AMF cone and Incapacitate the Rug

[rugged hawk]

I mean, if it's blinding the beholder with its body, that's still a seen target.

[fossil hollow]

not how the condition works

[rugged hawk]

Yes, but it's how the rug works, by smothering

[knotty pasture]

Hmm odd, it said she left on my side for some reason

[fossil hollow]

and RAW, it Blinds the Beholder. Blind Beholder cant see anything, even the Rug, thus cant eyebeam it

thus is a beholder's greatest nightmare

[rugged hawk]

Logically, the Beholder is only Blind to everything but the rug covering its eyes.

[crimson gulch]

i mean 2 bites and its dead

[fossil hollow]

logically yeah. RAW, no

and yeah, it can just spend a Legendary Action to Bite it twice (albeit at Disadvantage)

its a nightmare, not paralysis demon

[crimson gulch]

i had players barricade a wooden door when a beholder was on the other side, they used an immovable rod.

door disintegrated and they were like "meep"

[fossil hollow]

pew

[rugged hawk]

Considering how Immovable Rod is one of the most busted items, that's a tame use.

[eager marsh]

I wouldn't call it busted when used in good faith of the rules

[north hawk]

If we're arguing RAW the rug can't smother the Beholder because the Beholder is a large creature right?

[crimson gulch]

i have a high threshold for what is truely busted, i put a deck of many things in every campaign

[rugged hawk]

Anyway, back to what's important: figuring out how busted Cling to Life might be if allowed to pre-pay the Humanoid life cost per use. Especially if multiple Humanoid lives can be pre-paid.

[crimson gulch]

doing things that the rules dont support is the definition of busted i would say

[fossil hollow]

ok, thats a damn good catch

[rugged hawk]

I mean, as written, you pay the cost with what's basically a nearby Humanoid sacrifice after returning..... so where's the problem with pre-paying, especially since then your Dark Bargain patron already knows you're good for it, and aren't just getting a GOoJF card at its expense?

[eager marsh]

the problem is removing the risk of dying without any sacrifice nearby. but also this is already a homebrew aint it?

[rugged hawk]

It's part of Grimhollow.

[fossil hollow]

#third-party

[eager marsh]

Yea thats homebrew

[rugged hawk]

Then why is it in the Marketplace

[eager marsh]

To be sold?

[fossil hollow]

its third party

Not everything on DDB is official first party content

[rugged hawk]

If it's in the Marketplace, it's fair game.

[fossil hollow]

theyve been adding partnered and third party for a loooooong time now

[eager marsh]

yea DDB doesn't do a good job of making that clear. Also no that's a bad mentality to have if you arent the DM deciding

[fossil hollow]

For the purposes of discussion here though, belongs in #third-party

[rugged hawk]

Which I am, so that's not the issue

[crimson gulch]

of corse

[eager marsh]

fair. But yea there's a channel for 3rd party content. good luck

[rugged hawk]

Thanky.

[empty thicket]

i was thinking for some time some sort of dark souls revive, but i dont know how to make them have a danger for it.
Because can do like in the game and make them loose their "coins" (souls = All the coins) unless they go to that specific zone//enemy and fight him (The enemy would be upgraded) for recover the loot

[fossil hollow]

you have to add in the hell that is the walk back

[empty thicket]

and how would make it at all, can make it the enemies being harsh and tpk them all the time or when one die they can chose to revive in teh "checkpoint" or wait until an ally revive him in the spot (any magic spell or just stabilize would be enough)

At first there will be some enemies, they wont have problems with some trash enemies but there might be some more hard ones in the lines.
I like the idea of a system that is at the same time hard but rewarding

[north hawk]

You could use XP. When they die they get set back to the starting point of XP for that level. They kill enemies they get the XP.

[empty thicket]

Bold moves would reward them, would put rewards in areas hard to get on them

[empty thicket]

that too, cna make them go and if they die they get their XP down
Can make enemies respawn too, but they would only give the real XP one time. Further kills to them would give like 10% of the xp or less

[limber trail]

Tell me more....

[fossil hollow]

someone else pointed it out, doenst work RAW because Smothering Rugs cant grapple and smother Large creatures

[limber trail]

(I assumed as such I just wanted to tease you more than anything)

[fossil hollow]

aha

[limber trail]

also finding a rug of smothering sounds so annoying

[empty thicket]

Reward enemies would exist, reward zones too that would need some attention, checks and stuff.
Some bosses would give a chance of getting X stuff, principally would give materials to build either weapons, armors or some build trinkets

[fossil hollow]

Dont worry, Xanathar got tricks up his sleeve

[limber trail]

ok well i have a gun so

[fossil hollow]

Disintegrating the gun

[limber trail]

it feels metagamey to look up a beholder stat block so im just gonna take your word for it

[empty thicket]

Eating the gun, with roasted potatoes

[limber trail]

although my gun is now a magical item, and the disintegrate spell at least can't destroy magical objects

[fossil hollow]

wait, is it magical?

[limber trail]

+1 gun

[fossil hollow]

its +1?

[north hawk]

Nice

[limber trail]

you literally gave me a +1 gun at the end of last session

[fossil hollow]

did i??

[limber trail]

yeah you did

when you gave everyone uncommon magic items

[fossil hollow]

its been a loooong 4 weeks man

[limber trail]

i do still have the old blastinator too but yeah my new one is magical

[fossil hollow]

dual wielding is so close. Just need a third arm

[limber trail]

I do technically dual wield

I hold a dagger in my off hand that I never use

[fossil hollow]

cant you use the gun for agile parry?

oh wait, read melee, nevermind

[limber trail]

no and it's stupid

[fossil hollow]

where's my bloodborn gun parry

[empty thicket]

dishonor game style?

[limber trail]

because even in dndbeyond it doesn't have the wording of melee

[fossil hollow]

yeah, i had to click in the Path of the Kensei to see the full text

[long swift]

hewwo

[limber trail]

i have decided it is always flavoured as this, I am going to pretend hokrun doesn't have the knife and I will never address it

[long swift]

does anyone know what that site for players to give you their triggers to avoid is named?

[limber trail]

It's not a website, it's a PDF, but I use this one. https://mcpl.info/sites/default/files/images/consent-in-gaming-form-fillable-checklist-2019-09-13.pdf

[fossil hollow]

just call it a bayonet knife lmao

[limber trail]

I'm tempted to also get the defensive duelist feat which gives me a reaction parry

just so I can really bloodborne parry

[fossil hollow]

deflect attacks can do that too, no?

[limber trail]

it's not the same

you're right it's objectively just a worse deflect attacks but it'd be so funny

[fossil hollow]

it is all melee attacks
PB shield

[limber trail]

it is

I gotta think about it some more.

[fossil hollow]

yall got 4 more levels

[limber trail]

I'm also considering a level in rogue for sneak attack and weapon mastery

but that'll be level 8 or 9 territory most likely

My gun has vex mastery so in theory it should be easy enough to get sneak attack off

[long swift]

danke

[empty thicket]

Worst thing you want to heard from your DM before any new area//boss

[fossil hollow]

laughter

and also "I brought my meteor swarm mug today"

[buoyant oar]

The way back is blocked usually instills some fear.

Also once put a party in a giant led faraday cage and hit the cleric with a classic muse from Dagoth Ur.

"There is no escape, no recall or intervention can work in this place."

[fossil hollow]

i can never take that man seriously with the amount of memes ive seen him used in

[buoyant oar]

The amount of memes for him I'd say proves his value as a well written antagonist.

[jaunty wyvern]

Watch me hit this clip nerevar

[empty thicket]

Add to a big door the dantes phrase from the doors of hell.
"Omnem spem relinquite, qui hic intratis" ( Abandon all hope, ye who enter here ) before entering an area that you cant escape easily

[warm summit]

Can't post images here but I recommend people check out Rodin's gates of hell sculpture if you're gonna do something infernal

[empty thicket]

Yeah, there is many draws, biblic stuff, etc. that can be used like fuel for enemies//encounters//etc.

Make one of the players fight for the entire night an angel to get the blessing of that god is peak epic writing.

[pulsar fossil]

Boys common magic item for a sorc recommends?

If I get none I might just take billowing

[fossil hollow]

billowing

[limber trail]

always billowing

[pulsar fossil]

Fr need that aura farm xd

Though if I did wanna get more meta

Ruby of war mage seemed good

With true strike

[empty thicket]

Tankard of soberity because funny
Mystery keys are funny and having the bit of always "dm, can i try my mysterious key?" with every lock possible

[pulsar fossil]

lol

[humble cairn]

Not everyone in here is a boy, but yes billowing is nice.

[pulsar fossil]

That would be so funny

It’s a one shot tho

[empty thicket]

Hat of vermin help a lot of situations

[broken imp]

is a bag of holding a common item?

if it is then it's good

[empty thicket]

nope, i think is uncommon

[pulsar fossil]

Ye

[empty thicket]

and its a oneshot so i doubt there is too much reason to have one

[brazen robin]

is the amount of HP you can heal with preserve life your total until you short rest or can I use the full amount with each charge?

I have two charges of it

[carmine kernel]

Would anyone be able to help me with a homebrew, I want to make a Beastmaster who is multiclassed as a Sage

[pulsar fossil]

We need more context about the home brew

[fossil hollow]

#third-party

[pulsar fossil]

Like what is homebrew in the campaign also this

[humble cairn]

I'm a big fan of the Cartographer's Map Case.

[fossil hollow]

wrong person

[pulsar fossil]

Fr

[carmine kernel]

Pretty much depends on your Cleric level, how much healing you're able to get

[carmine kernel]

Just my character, I'm not currently joining any campaigns, just want it avalible for future campaigns

[austere yew]

Yay guys i made my first character

[brazen robin]

I have a total of 40 hp right now. wasn't sure if that means I have 40 hp total to spend or if it's 40 hp per charge

[empty thicket]

nice nice, what you made buddy?

[austere yew]

A elf guy

[empty thicket]

and what class?

[austere yew]

Im pretty sure soldier

[empty thicket]

A fighter?

[austere yew]

Yea

[empty thicket]

Good good, any weapon of preference you are going to mostly use? longsword? rapier?

[austere yew]

Like a axe and sword

[empty thicket]

dual wielding? nice, any longbow or crossbow?

[austere yew]

Yea long bow

Wait short bow

[empty thicket]

Nice nice buddy, how you feel with it? feel good with what you made for now?

[austere yew]

Yes

Idk how to join a campain soon

And want to

[empty thicket]

there is this channel called #find-a-game and #looking-for-players . If its your first times playing i would recommend search "oneshots" that are one session adventures. So you get used to some stuff and learn

[austere yew]

Ok

Ill try byeeeee

[hearty bay]

Intimidation being a charisma check feels so weird for barbarians

Like, there's the entire rage thing, but even then

Spending rage just for a charisma check feels just a strange

If I'm channeling rage, I believe I should be past the point of trying to intimidate

[fossil hollow]

ive used rage out of combat before. my lizardfolk barbarian heard that a noble almost put a bounty on his people, got mad. Grew Large in that moment (giant barbarian) because he was that mad

definitely scared the bastard

[covert root]

Rage isn't just wanton fury.

[hearty bay]

I mean, it is enough of a fury to disable concentration and casting

[pallid oracle]

before i get yelled at for being in the wrong channel, where should i go to discuss combat encounters and whatnot

dm discussion?

[fossil hollow]

ye

[meager fractal]

Hello there

[empty thicket]

I think there was a rule to replace a check with another stat, aka medicine with int instead of widsom

[humble cairn]

Here's your regular reminder that the Ability Scores are not realistic.

Nor are they meant to be.

[marble lion]

it makes perfect sense though

intimidation isnt how big your muscles are or how many people you beheaded in the past

its about adding on top of the circumstance at hand (like big muscles or a big killcount) by playing gestures, posture etc

that is the point of intimidation checks it doesnt matter who you are

a DM should then realise that the DC to intimidate this random peasant while your nickname is Demon of the Red Grass and you strap 3 greatswords onto your back should not be a high DC as youre demanding more gold

charisma is your presence as a character, not being charming

circumstance is another matter and is reflected through DC, not which ability you get to use for a check

replacing these checks, like strength intimidation, is an effective but unnecessary change to the game

[remote wadi]

I do agree, but then again, Wisdom is already a stupidly universal stat

[knotty pasture]

Eh I wouldn't say so, its only universal in the sense that no class should have anything less than 10 wis

Str and con could do with some love though, especially con which is strictly a combat stat 90% of the time

[remote wadi]

Clerics spellcasting, Druids spellcasting, Rangers, Rogues, Perception, Animal Handling, Medicine, Insight, Survival, and being on the top half of common saving throws

Not to mention Monks

[knotty pasture]

Rogues don't actually care about wis that much, or at least half the subclasses don't

Its still nice to get some wis but its not essential all the time

Animal Handling, Medicine and Survival are bad skills, but yes I agree otherwise

[remote wadi]

The way I see it, it's not a vital stat most of the time, but it is rarely ever a stat you want to have be terrible

[knotty pasture]

You can live with 10 wis

[remote wadi]

Kind of like Con

[knotty pasture]

You can't really live with 10 dex/con

Unless you're going heavy armor but the amount of heavy armor users are rare in itself

[opaque robin]

Wisdom is the stat that keeps you safe from everything that isn't an attack, it's just not that active of a stat

[remote wadi]

It could also be me undervaluing just how much a proficiency/expertise can still let you make a dump stat, but have one thing be good

[feral fulcrum]

You can live with 10 con just fine.

[pulsar fossil]

why does dndb not follow feat rules

[feral fulcrum]

Provided you stay out of melee

[pulsar fossil]

like i got to 22 charisma when i can only go to 21

[marble lion]

The humble ranged, assassin and mage

[knotty pasture]

Oh nah even as a spellcaster running around with 10 con is way too risky

[remote wadi]

You can, but as a player, it does affect you quite often. Common save for poison, even more common save for concentration, and modifier to your hit dice

[knotty pasture]

Tanks don't exist in dnd so your error margin is too small

[pulsar fossil]

14 is minimum

[opaque robin]

This one I would contest, con is usually tied with dex for 2nd most important stat after your main modifier.

[knotty pasture]

Yeah basically, I tried 13 con Ranger once and it was so bad that I immediately grabbed a feat to push it back to 14

[remote wadi]

Closest we got is barb, but resistances are much more necessary, which means Barb needs to go out of their way to get Absorb Elements

[knotty pasture]

No they don't

[pulsar fossil]

for sorcerer Cha>Con>Dex>Wis>Int>Str

[knotty pasture]

Barbs just need some measure against wis save spells

[feral fulcrum]

Absorb elements doesn't even work on Barb though.

[remote wadi]

That could do in a pinch, I guess

[feral fulcrum]

Can't spellcast while raging.

[knotty pasture]

If elemental resistance is a must, go Chromatic Dragon

[remote wadi]

Sorry, mt brain is on power saver mode

[knotty pasture]

This isn't about being a pinch this is almost completely necessary

[pulsar fossil]

barb is very bad for anything spell

[knotty pasture]

Barbs can't function if they're just standing there stunned

And they can't stay out of range against control spells unlike other classes that do just fine with ranged playstyles

[marble lion]

I had a barbarian cleric

[pulsar fossil]

oof

[marble lion]

Rage for fighting
Cleric for out of combat utility and emergency healing
Worked perfectly fine

[regal mountain]

Rage really should give advantage on saving throws

[knotty pasture]

Weird but hey if it works it works

[marble lion]

But yeah combatcasting is pretty bad if youre barb

[pulsar fossil]

levels?

[feral fulcrum]

If it's out of combat, it's not really emergency healing.

[marble lion]

Roughly 8 barb and 3 cleric? Not sure

[knotty pasture]

Goodberry is an art

[regal mountain]

How are you gonna blow up someone’s mind if they’re not even using it

[remote wadi]

But I guess my point still stands. Wisdom is versatile where a ton is affected by it, and the main way to circumvent dumping it is to spend a proficiency

[marble lion]

I said AND

Meaning id drop rage and heal if an emergency arose

[pulsar fossil]

dex and wis are most common saves

[knotty pasture]

A lot of is affected by it but its also not as important as you say it is, you just need to keep it above 10

[remote wadi]

Basically, the other 4 stats are a mixed bag where they will either be ultra vital or a dump stat

[feral fulcrum]

Honestly, Strength is a true dumpstat.

[pulsar fossil]

fr

[knotty pasture]

8 wis just feels bad even if you have expertise on perception or something

[pulsar fossil]

spellcasting is just too good ngl

[remote wadi]

Like I said, I didn't say you need to focus on it. But that it is a stat you rarely want to dump. You don't want to keep it low unless you have very good reasons to

[jaunty wyvern]

The casters are strength dumping again

[remote wadi]

Probably the only thing I can give 2024 credit for

[pulsar fossil]

it doesnt help we have true strike now

[jaunty wyvern]

True strike my beloved

[marble lion]

Does it though? If you have someone with good wis around youre usually fine

[pulsar fossil]

that cantrip itself is the reason id dump strength xd

[knotty pasture]

Being vulnerable to wis saves feels bad even if you're a spellcaster

[marble lion]

Oh true

[feral fulcrum]

Even martials tend to dump strength. Dex governs commons saves, does double duty for weapon attacks and AC, making Strength basically pointless unless you really want to go into the fantasy of "Use big thing to smash puny monster."

[marble lion]

I forget about wis saves because theyre usually so unfun that i barely use them in my games

[jaunty wyvern]

Oh yea no thats true 100% i have like 5 dex barbarians

[knotty pasture]

Mind Flayers casually stunlocking your martials

[marble lion]

Hey you get to be afk for another 15 minutes because you didnt save

[knotty pasture]

Damn I hate Mind Flayers, squiddy slimy guys

[marble lion]

Features that shut down gameplay are just bad imo usually

Fear is an iffy one but doable

[hot marlin]

I adore mindflayers. I adore their mass stun. I adore the brutality of it, I just worship those interdimensional psychic parasitic squid-people

[marble lion]

Conversion is fun because they still get to play, just with new master which takes buy-in from the player to rp that

But so strong that its rare

[jaunty wyvern]

How to feels to hypnotic pattern the entire adventuring party:

✨🌈🐬💦🌈✨

[hot marlin]

When the entire party gets targetted by a mind flayer mind blast... Sometimes you get a single PC who passes the save and must do everything in their power to save their friends, that's pure cinema

[marble lion]

Ok thats fine

Because now its not 1 player having to afk for 6 turns

[knotty pasture]

God I hate those moments, so much pressure on the one guy that got a lucky save

[marble lion]

After already waiting 6 turns for hid turn

[hot marlin]

And sometimes nobody passes. And the mind flayer just kills them one by one and that's also pure horror, I adore it

[marble lion]

With the prospect of possibly waiting another 6 turns after that

Like im sorry but stuns just seem like a bad idea to me?

How is this fun?

[knotty pasture]

Mind Flayers licking their lips for the next minute as they drink our brains like a caprisun first thing in the morning

[hot marlin]

It's fun because it's horrific. It creates absolute terror and tension, it complicates the fight

It's fun because it's not fun for the player who gets stunned.

[marble lion]

I dont care if we all die. Thats not horrific. Its a game.

[hot marlin]

And the fact that it's not fun is what makes it fun.

[jaunty wyvern]

Just save bruh

[marble lion]

Im there to enjoy playing

[hot marlin]

Yeah, this is very enjoyable playing, I adore it.

[marble lion]

There is a difference between losing while playing and spending up to 40 minutes doing nothing

[hot marlin]

40 minutes?

[marble lion]

Or more in bad rolls and longer rounds

Ive seen rounds last 20 minutes yeah