dnd-discussion

[undone rain]

I wanted to simply use the sword as we were in combat but well then that happened

Yeahhh dnds great

[idle oar]

Read #find-a-game carefully to learn how to use our LFG channels to find a group to play D&D with.

Also don't try and work around the word filters please.

[jagged igloo]

My parents won't let me

Oh ok! Sorry

I just wanted to say that sword was really cool :p

[idle oar]

You can't play a game with friends? Have you actually talked to them about it?
Maybe even watch https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPjdPog_vKX3zZa6R_R9nE7m2V-0WrAaY&themeRefresh=1 with them (family friendly D&D game/campaign - it's actually pretty fun!)

[jagged igloo]

I asked my mom if I could ever do anything with dnd and she said no but in a meaner way :/

[idle oar]

Sorry to hear that. Well sometimes finding time to play D&D is a matter of stage of life...

I hope that someday you'll have the wonderful fun of playing D&D with a great group

[jagged igloo]

I plan to! I'll probably do it soon as well... They can't really do anything if I play

They'll be upset but when are they not :^

[idle oar]

Well I mean I'd at least be reasonable about it and not try and purposefully annoy your guardians over it.
D&D is a game and it's not worth ruining relationships over it.

[rugged hawk]

If they didn't wanna ruin their relationship, they'd support D&D

[jagged igloo]

I understand that- yeah- But I can't do drama or anything "nerdy." I actually can do this

[idle oar]

Sometimes you have to give folks time and gentle nudges of information...

[jagged igloo]

Plus Ive had 3 DIFFERENT groups ask me to play and Ive had to say no. Its kinda ruinin my friendship if ya think about it /hj

I understand tho, I get whatcha mean. Ill continue watching my podcast and survive (:^

[rugged hawk]

I'm of the opinion that if guardians are perpetually disappointed / irritated to begin with, it's better to just do what makes you happy since they won't be regardless.

[jagged igloo]

Thas very truee... Idk dude ;-;

I'll figure smt out! Thanks yall

[woven flint]

Hello, friends

[glass granite]

I greet the Lord of Goofy!

[rugged hawk]

Who are you again? ||/j||

[severe rampart]

With time, you start to see the same three people in this server, and Nugget is always one of them

[blissful ibex]

just part of the furnature

[severe rampart]

Back to topic, I'm creating my first homebrew item which is "The Deck of Heroes" themed around Greek Gods and Goddess (the good cards) and then Greek Heroes (the bad cards)

not gonna talk about it extensively so I don't get a wrist slap from a mod though 🙏

[hidden spindle]

There is #homebrew too

[severe rampart]

talked about it there^

[hidden spindle]

Nice. It sounds pretty cool ngl

[severe rampart]

-and then at the end of the campaign, they'll meet the fortune teller again, and the deck is actually gonna be the deck of many things-

[devout plume]

man after 6 months of searching i still aint found a campaign

i just wanna play some dnd ;-;

[severe rampart]

it will be all worth it when you find the right one for you

I've found several campaigns, which... weren't the best so I had to leave them

[devout plume]

i dont care about "right one" atp i just wanna play

6 months of posts being ignored or interviews without any follow up

[severe rampart]

when in doubt, become the DM

[rough basalt]

You think that until you get the really wrong one

[devout plume]

honestly at this rate i might just sell my books and call it quits

[severe rampart]

The DMPC main character fantasy

[rough basalt]

DM hitting on you with npcs creepily

[hidden spindle]

DM ghosting the table

[severe rampart]

the DM not preparing anything, not reading character sheets, or the module, and not setting a direct objective for the group

[rough basalt]

Pushover dm that let's his friends do whatever they want

[hidden spindle]

Backseat DM's

[rough basalt]

The "I just need time to prep" guy who spends all week playing a video game and "didn't have time to prep we'll play next week" every week

[devout plume]

look i get it bad dms are bad dms but at least you get to play

[rough basalt]

It's not worth it tbh

[devout plume]

im not even getting that

[rough basalt]

It's miserable playing in bad games

[severe rampart]

But I get what you mean Jammer, are you only looking for in-person games?

[hidden spindle]

Its like ruining your favorite dish bad

[rough basalt]

Yeah I nearly quit dnd due to bad games

Lost a lot of irl time and took a lot of unnecessary mental health damage playing in bad games.

[devout plume]

nope over discord

[burnt valley]

Wait what, you needed an interview just to join a campaign?

[devout plume]

vtt is optional

[rough basalt]

This is pretty normal

[severe rampart]

a lot of posts do that here in the LFG channels

[devout plume]

every one that the person actually responded on

[rough basalt]

Interviews are a good way to route out bad apples

[burnt valley]

This ain't a job interview dawg, it aint that serious 😭

[devout plume]

i had one up and leave mid interview bc apparently i wasnt a good fit

[rough basalt]

It is that serious

[devout plume]

apparently making mistakes and asking questions on a character sheet wasnt a good look

[fair summit]

Someone refusing an interview is definitely one good sign to avoid 😏
Another easy way to weed out players

[severe rampart]

I've never been the DM online, but I'm starting to try out VTT options since my friends keep flaking on me in person, so you gotta do what you gotta do

[spring glen]

I've never done any interviews for my players I started with 5 and picked up 2 friends from one player

[marble lion]

Literally just dont call it interview

[rough basalt]

You're asking to be apart of another group of humans partaking in an activity they love and do for fun, to de-stress.

[marble lion]

Thats gonna make people nervous

[fair summit]

I don't do interviews, but I do have like, a 10 question questionnaire to answer, designed to get some useful info and vibes out of my players though 😏

[rough basalt]

And some people do join up for games just to ruin them.

[fair summit]

Lot less pressure to answer for the players

[devout plume]

literally the first interview i did i was a shaking mess

[knotty pasture]

Imagine if you need an interview to join a video game match though

[marble lion]

Interviews are associated mostly with 3 things
Job applications
Celebrities
Politicians
All very professional and intimidating for many

[rough basalt]

Video game match isn't a long term affair

[devout plume]

now i know what im getting into lol

[marble lion]

Saying ill talk to you a little and see if we vibe is way better than calling it interview

[devout plume]

man i just wanna game some dnd

[rough basalt]

A DnD game can be on average a year to conclude.
That's a year you're spending with a group of humans and they have a responsibility to themselves and each other to make sure you aren't gonna make that year hellish for them.

[devout plume]

i have hundreds of dollars put into the hobby and 0 campaigns under my belt

[marble lion]

Id call it interview maybe but with a giggle

[rough basalt]

I usually ask what they like about tabletop

[hidden spindle]

Don't give up

[devout plume]

ive dmed oneshots and played 2 westmarches but no campaign

[marble lion]

Have you kept in contact with ppl from those?

[devout plume]

one westmarch i left

[marble lion]

Youve played with more groups than i have lol

[rough basalt]

What they like about tabletop can be very telling

[spring glen]

Maybe you should DM if your struggling that hard

[rough basalt]

Yeah easiest way to play is to dm.

[devout plume]

the oneshots were an old friend group

[marble lion]

If you dm you might meet ppl into dnd and find a game to join

Networking!

[devout plume]

not happening again too much stress

[marble lion]

Thats what i plan on doing when i start playing online

[rough basalt]

Then gotta wait awhile

[spring glen]

Yeah since I don't have full PC access I'm playing a game with my one player

[knotty pasture]

The most appealing part of tabletops for me ended up being character creation and number crunching

[devout plume]

i wound up having a really rouch panic attack a few months back when i tried dming again

[rough basalt]

Only way to get into a game when you want as a player is to pay for paid games.

[fair summit]

Half my players have decided to try DMing after running games for them. Starting out as a DM can definitely be a great way to get new players interested in the role, and then get to play yourself, with people you already know 😎

[rough basalt]

I went through this.
It's rough.

[marble lion]

Mine is helping others succeed cheesy as it sounds
Be it helping a player char
Or really play into the DMs plan

[rough basalt]

Now I'm pretty fine with dming.
I get nervous starting games but soon as they're going.

[marble lion]

I think there is nothing more wonderful than buying into the DMs plan and seeing all the creative depth spring forth

[rough basalt]

But yeah after my 1st game as a dm I would have panic attacks and nuke games a few times.

[devout plume]

i have 41 dnd books and no one to play with

[rough basalt]

Cause of how toxic and screwed up the players were, was a lot worse that they were the group that got me into dnd.

[marble lion]

I have uh 2 as xmas presents that i never use for my games

[spring glen]

I'm only Missing a few DND books myself

[marble lion]

I like having them though. Ill buy more eventually

[rough basalt]

I don't use my dnd books that often tbh

[devout plume]

over 2k in books

[spring glen]

You spent enough money on books to become a DM

[rough basalt]

Most of what I'm missing for 5e is just adventure modules

[halcyon bison]

I have so many character ideas but not enough campaigns to play them in :<

[rough basalt]

Exceptions being new Eberron book and Ravnica

[devout plume]

same

[knotty pasture]

May I introduce you to bee gee three

[spring glen]

I need the new MM the new PHB dragon delves and the 2 adventures in faerun books

I have everything else from 5e

[rough basalt]

The new MM and new DMG see the most use from me

[marble lion]

This is when everyone talking about not finding games starts a game together

[devout plume]

no space on my sd card gigasadge

[rough basalt]

I'm already dming 2 games I don't wanna dm another tbh

[knotty pasture]

Sadge indeed

[spring glen]

I only buy physical books

[devout plume]

i like that idea

[loud tendon]

@wary acorn please check out #find-a-game to learn how our looking for channels work

[devout plume]

who would be the dm tho?

[marble lion]

2k in books but no ssd? Ooof

[devout plume]

my storage on my steam deck played out

i run the os and games off of the sd card now

[spring glen]

I need a new bookcase for them they are all currently in a box cause of moving

[rough basalt]

I got CoS and the Tarrokka deck for it and have not touched it yet

[devout plume]

you could dm frfr

[marble lion]

Be the book case you dont have
Eat them

[rough basalt]

I need a new bookcase as well

My current one is filled

[spring glen]

That's too much fiber

[marble lion]

I thought about it but now is a bad time

[rough basalt]

Don't have room for Daggerheart and Shadowdark

[devout plume]

bruh...

[severe rampart]

Guys... I sense a mod approaching...

[devout plume]

we aint even got a dm let alone players XD

[devout plume]

theyre right behind us arent they

[rough basalt]

You'll have to find someone willing to make the ultimate sacrifice

[severe rampart]

that'd be the dream, unfortunately I am a broke student

[loud tendon]

I've always been here.

[spring glen]

Mods are always here

[rugged hawk]

Ehhhh, I'm not a great fit for DMing. Too lazy to make or keep detailed maps, particularly. I use some pre-existing maps of various regions that have relevant locales, but I treat travel much less as marking a trail on a map, but instead more of 'I want to go from here to this other spot' and figure out what's in between as I go.

[spring glen]

See I told you so

[severe rampart]

Gazooks! ruh roh! everyone scatter

[devout plume]

always watching

[rough basalt]

Yeah I got somewhere around 20 to 30 5e books, and other systems books and extra books, then actual storybooks like Legend of Drizzt novels and stuff

[wary acorn]

@loud tendon when they make campaigns do they all play online?

[severe rampart]

The DnD books here go for around 2-3k+ unfortunately

[devout plume]

since you decided to join us im pulling you into the chat get yoinked

[rough basalt]

Speaking of, for my next cart I need to put in Ravnica

So I can have the last splatbook I'm missing

[loud tendon]

many that would be advertised here I would expect to be played online. Places like Local Game Stores, reddit, local facebook pages, libraries and universities would be more in person.

[rough basalt]

Then get to start getting the rest of the adventure books

[wary acorn]

K

[loud tendon]

please don't do that. I am here, you don't need to ping me.. I get a lot of pings I need to focus on

[devout plume]

mannnnn im bored are you busy?

ig ive got no choice

if i wanna dungeon some dragons then baby its time for me to make a random oneshot to dm

[severe rampart]

That's the spirit! I also am doing that

[spring glen]

Go for it you got this!

[devout plume]

and youre now my first player

no take backsies

[rough basalt]

One shots are a good way to try and ease back in.

[wary acorn]

@devout plume bet

[severe rampart]

Beautiful, now, if anyone wants to help me with a homebrew item I'll be lurking in #homebrew

[rough basalt]

Also let's you build a group pretty nicely

[devout plume]

sounds like maybe youre interested?

[wary acorn]

@devout plume do you allow homebrew? I swear its not broken

[spring glen]

Says every broken build ever 😄

[rough basalt]

Not too much. I'm content with complaining that I wanna play.

[severe rampart]

• the very very small white text on white background thing saying they gain +10 in all Ability Checks

[spring glen]

Also I somehow rolled all 6s

[devout plume]

bro wants to make sinkholes in dnd

[severe rampart]

Mood

[rugged hawk]

Somehow, returned!

[devout plume]

i had to talk em down to the fourth level spell pitfall

[severe rampart]

It's why I don't roll stats until the DM is present

[spring glen]

Yeah I prefer it that way

[crimson gulch]

Rolling stats in the first session if we're building charicters togeather is fun

[spring glen]

Yeah everyone gets to see all the bad rolls together 😭

[rough basalt]

I like PB the most

But rolled stats can be fun sometimes, and for certain games is part of the fun.

[remote wadi]

So

It was a rocky start with the campaign, but it's starting to come back together

[spring glen]

I'm a nice DM and give my players roll 5 drop lowest 2

[rough basalt]

If I did rolled I'd just go all in
3d6 in order

[spring glen]

3d6 is wild

[rugged hawk]

No no, what you wanna do is something like Consuming Chasm, and drop them into a pitfall lined with hungry teeth that goes straight into the Abyss

[timid current]

I mean most people say that the point of rolling is so you can have low rolls "for roleplaying"

*despite having so many people with custom rolling schema that almost ensure significantly better than point buy ability scores

[rough basalt]

But for that I'd probably just play a different system

Unless I wanna do a hardcore module

[remote wadi]

So far, my only concerns are these

"What happens if a Paladin does things very un-paladinlike? Do they lose their powers or become an Oathbreaker Paladin?"

[jovial shadow]

I would never say there is a point to low rolls, under any reason

[rough basalt]

Depends on their oath and how they break it

[remote wadi]

"Is it normal to come across very few magic weapons in a CoS campaign?"

[rough basalt]

A broken oath due to an accident or circumstances won't make you an oathbreaker mechanically. Willingly breaking your oath in pursuit of evil will.

[remote wadi]

Oath of Devotion. She apparently got 2 "warnings" from choking and threatening to harm my character (in game, she was adamant about me not wanting this or this not being the real me) and killing off a dying character directly after being unconscious

[jovial shadow]

No. Neither Paladins nor Clerics lose their powers for disobedience to any god, oath or otherwise. That's in the PHB and DMG. It does however, imply that the character is being a nuisance and they and the DM should consider a different class or subclass.

[rough basalt]

As for this, kinda

There's enough magic items in barovia, but there isn't an abundance under every rock

[knotty pasture]

I knew my hunch was right from yesterday about this Paladin being weird

[void crown]

is anyone else getting weird friend requests from people who say they where in this server?

[minor cargo]

I think these questions being asked by the character(s) (internally or not) is a great tension to resolve in game.

Like there’s a lot of context to unpack in just “unpaladinlike”. Great stuff to unpack as part of play.

[rough basalt]

It's bots or scammers just ignore them

[spring glen]

I ignore all friend requests

[remote wadi]

It was entirely in character, though. She did relent after some time and made the understandable remark that It would probably not end well if I willingly attacked any innocents

[knotty pasture]

In character sure but it doesn't abide by dnd social etiquette

[rugged hawk]

Wait, what? Clerics have to literally pray to their deity for spells to be handed out.

[void crown]

i been getting ones for like the last 2 months all asking me the same thing not sure if it is a scam or a really weird stalking thing

[knotty pasture]

Like how a Selunite Cleric will not fantasize about stabbing a Shar Cleric in their sleep during a campaign

[timid current]

I mean they might

[remote wadi]

Reminds me of a funny remark I heard about Clerics vs Warlocks

[knotty pasture]

It makes sense sure but that's also a one way ticket to get kicked if they went through with it

[timid current]

religious hypocricy is both common and not a way to get kicked out of a religion

fantasizing about stabbing someone is different from stabbing them

[remote wadi]

Paladin in question was obviously paranoid that this could be another trap by Strahd and was quickly assured that either wasn't the case or it was unlikely either way

[rough basalt]

Ye people have thoughts they wouldn't act on every day

[knotty pasture]

Which they did go through with it in the end by choking your PC lol

[timid current]

one can believe in their god whole heartedly and still have thoughts that run counter to dogma. that's what makes a religious character interesting

[rugged hawk]

Warlocks can, in some instances, receive powers from beings who literally can't perceive them or even notice they're granting power. Like Great Old Ones, for instance.

[remote wadi]

I'm more concerned about what happens if they keep breaking their oath. Is the only outcome being turned into an Oathbreaker Paladin?

[timid current]

no

[knotty pasture]

Or be forced to switch classes

[timid current]

it's "talk to the DM"

[remote wadi]

Not saying they can't. But the remark in question is a joke probably not best for here

[remote wadi]

DM is aware about this. It's not that Paladin is causing massive problems, just that they're doing a few things a Paladin wouldn't. For example, an NPC who indirectly resulted in the death of my character easily being subdued by the full party, but instead goes out of her way to attack said NPC to make the death saves fail

And other party members keep insisting this results in becoming an Oathbreaker

Which, I can't blame them for saying it would be cool (they look awesome visually too), but I'd rather not go down this route, even if the Paladin herself doesn't bother too much about it

[empty thicket]

welp, can make punishments to it. Like no recharge spellslots, deny some feature or smt like that.
Still is understandable that some DM dont want to either follow the line all the time

[timid current]

they're doing things a paladin would. because they are a paladin and they are doing it

[remote wadi]

I think you mean could

[timid current]

nope. I mean would. this paladin would.

we know this, because they have.

[severe rampart]

It's so hard to voice a female character, my voice is dying from one practice

[still plover]

Their paladin is not your preconception of the class. Their table, their game.

[remote wadi]

Would or should implies some obligation or duty. And last I checked, going out of your way to make sure someone stays dead or trying to purge all undead is... yeah

[timid current]

at the end of the day, the fiction is what you and the table make. the mechanics are simply mechanics.

[atomic kayak]

Those are both frankly, very common paladin things

[atomic kayak]

like, generic paladin things. These quite literally a whole subclass about the first one (multiple, depending on how you look at it)

[jovial shadow]

oh boy

[timid current]

telling someone that their holy warrior isn't supposed to kill the bad guy / purge undead is poor table manners

[remote wadi]

The Oath of Devotion is mostly focused on needing to fight the good fight and protecting the innocent. Nothing about basically purging all undead under the assumption that they're all evil (especially when one of our party members is a dhampir)

[atomic kayak]

Both of those can easily fit into a devotion oath

[still plover]

Presume they're playing their character as they want and the DM is on board with it.

[timid current]

what if one of the personal applications of the tenet to fighting the good fight is to ensure that the enemy does not recover to do more harm?

[remote wadi]

That's the problem. It's not us telling them to avoid killing the BBEG or obvious monsters

It's trying to also assume I am inherently evil because I'm a vampire spawn now

[atomic kayak]

Also very very very important thing in regards to oaths

The specifics are just as customizable as for any other class or subclass.

You know how you can be a Draconic Sorcerer by having an ancestor who is a dragon? Or by being exposed to a dragon's horde? or being infected with the blood of a dragon?

That customization is what Paladins do for their oaths

[jovial shadow]

Sounds more like an Oath of Vengeance

[atomic kayak]

So trying to say someone is "playing their character wrong" (which is poor behavior on a number of levels already) about something you are incorrect about (what a specific oath means) is worse

[timid current]

I mean you're already homebrewing stuff if you aren't an evil NPC and are a vampire spawn, why is it okay for you to act against preconcieved type and this person isn't?

Vampire Spawns are neutral evil, he's not wrong unless you're using a homebrew variation

[still plover]

Your role in the game is to play your character and engage with the shared fiction.

[remote wadi]

Because said enemy was more after another NPC than us specifically. We just happened to be in the way

Although it does make a little sense to do that, given that leaving him alive meant all of the guards being after me, Paladin, and Wizard

But at the same time, I wasn't the one who gave that figurative warning for that

[timid current]

why are you playing a vampire spawn incorrectly by not being evil?

[summer tartan]

Are they inherently evil?

[timid current]

yes

[fossil hollow]

Theres been many vampire spawn/dhamphir who werent

[naive cedar]

they usually are but they dont necessarily have to be

[timid current]

yes, you are free to play something outside of what is printed

[fossil hollow]

Jander Sunstar's kid comes to mind as well as Astarion

[halcyon bison]

Notably, neither paladins nor their oaths are morally perfect, even if they claim to be

[remote wadi]

Because being a vampire spawn isn't immediately being evil. It just means my character was resurrected by that and now has to deal with a massive blood craving while helping out the party

[timid current]

hold up

[naive cedar]

tbf astarion is def evil at the beginning of the game and depending on certain choices

[timid current]

the argument here is that a paladin who isn't playing the way you expect them to is playing wrong, yet, you playing a vampire spawn the way it is not expected to is right

[fossil hollow]

ive always thought that was him being grumpy

[naive cedar]

its both

[atomic kayak]

This is somewhat definitional of being hypocritical

[timid current]

it's okay to play a vampire spawn as good.

what isn't okay is denigrating how someone else plays a character because they aren't playing according to your expectations, while you are indeed playing something against expectations yourself

[atomic kayak]

"I am allowed to play something differently than an assumed default but somebody else is not allowed to do the same"

[tawdry valve]

Anyone have recommendations for a fighter Manikin using Eldritch hunt ruleset?

[naive cedar]

alright, i think the issue here is less that the paladin is playing wrong and more that how they're playing the character is causing conflict in the group

[empty thicket]

Reach and range weapons

[remote wadi]

I don't really care if they murder a problematic NPC or 2 so they don't come back and cause problems

But it's the fact that "all undead are evil" is resulting in the paladin thinking that I am either not myself or did not want to be brought back alive and trying to kill me

Which, Paladin was talked out of, and DM apparently gave a figurative warning about that and then killing Izak
Latter, not a huge deal. But it's a little bit of both former and concern that the party thinks the only outcome of this is Oathbreaker time

[atomic kayak]

As much as I want to say these are separate issues (which on paper, they are) (since while I wasn't here for the entire conversation, from what I've seen), I don't think they are. The latter seems to very heavily be coming from people saying the former.

[timid current]

well good news, the outcome of a paladin wanting to defeat undead and not automatically trusting that a vampire is not evil is NOT oathbreaking

[atomic kayak]

Yea, an Oathbreaker is a very specific thing anyway

[timid current]

it can be if that's what the DM and player decide but it's not written into the rules

[atomic kayak]

An Oathbreaker is specifically a paladin who specifically breaks their oath for the purpose of following an evil power

[fossil hollow]

Not breaking every neat little tenet they have

[atomic kayak]

Doing something that might go against a tenet (which again are customizable) does not an oathbreaker make

[remote wadi]

Well, whatever the case may be, I'm just glad we managed to talk her out of it

[knotty pasture]

Also I like how you're a vampire spawn now, did your dm decide that being a boss class monster is too much

[remote wadi]

It is a little bit funny, though. Because Paladin did assume that because they are better equipped to take out undead means that they must kill all undead

By that logic, you can imagine the debacles that could happen from Favored Enemy

[timid current]

and truly, vampire spawn are by default neutral evil. it is okay to play against what is written or perceived to be written, but you have to understand that it's oaky for everyone not just you.

[atomic kayak]

i'm not really sure what this statement means, especially not in context

[remote wadi]

Being a vampire was just me once again unknowingly choosing my words poorly because something else exists for that synonym

[fossil hollow]

i assume it has something to do with the joke that favored enemy is racism powering you or something

[knotty pasture]

It would have been funny to see you fly around with 10 hp regen at level 5

[naive cedar]

i wasnt here for the whole convo either admittedly. ive seen plenty of cases of roleplayers (not just in dnd) causing conflict in roleplays due to making their character hate or constantly have conflict with another character and argue that "thats just how the character is". im not saying thats whats happening here however, and the idea that the paladin's dislike of undead is somehow oathbreaking is a bit odd (especially since oathbreakers arent just "paladin who breaks oath", but thats a common misconception)

[timid current]

also nothing in devotion says they wouldn't be dedicated to taking down undead. in fact, for a lot of undead killing them is the only way to stop them from doing evil.

[naive cedar]

is this another one of those old reddit dnd jokes

[fossil hollow]

yeah

[timid current]

and again - you being "the only good vampire" surely you are doing that for roleplaying purposes, right? the conflict that comes with being misunderstood and apart from society because you are a blood eating monster

[remote wadi]

I still have that HP regen, but it is mostly what I thought it was before
Start of turn, healing amount is player level, maximum healed per turn and healing stops when I am at 10 HP

[timid current]

a paladin not immediately trusting a vampire is not out of line

[knotty pasture]

Oh yeah vampire spawns do have that ability, I kept thinking of Astarion's perks that were relatively bare bones

[remote wadi]

Huge difference between "not trusting" and "trying to kill when arriving back to the party"

[fossil hollow]

2024 vamps in general seem to have lost Regen

[naive cedar]

they can also spider climb right?

[knotty pasture]

Yeah they can spooder climb

[fossil hollow]

all vamps can aye

[remote wadi]

Mostly that light regen, Spider Crawl, and the 4 resistances are the upsides

[naive cedar]

vampires are just cats

[timid current]

honestly if a party member were killed by a vampire and then cam rushing back at the party I'm not about to just trust the party member

I mean why on earth would you play a vampire character if you want everyone to just assume you're a good guy

[fossil hollow]

sweats in my dhamphir character

[uncut zenith]

Dhampir =/= vampire

[empty thicket]

True, but there is some beauty in a dark creature wanting to be good, denying his dark nature.

[remote wadi]

They weren't killed by a vampire. I was killed by a fireball and surviving guard. When I got back to the party, I only had the 2 puncture wounds as any outside injury

[halcyon bison]

Speaking of vampires, I really want to play a dhampir again I really enjoyed it last time

[empty thicket]

Temu vampire

[uncut zenith]

In my mind, Dhampir are to vampires as tieflings are to fiends

[naive cedar]

dhampir is just the toned down playable version of vampires

[uncut zenith]

They have similar features, and one might be related to/descended from the other, but they’re an entirely different thing

[fossil hollow]

I do wanna clarify though that my Dhamph is specifically created by a vamp. Has Vampire's Plaything and everything.

[naive cedar]

like dragonborn and dragons

[fossil hollow]

Based her off a Mananangal

[halcyon bison]

Yeah cause vampires are cool

[empty thicket]

Yep, still temu vampire

[naive cedar]

they are!

hugs all my vampire favs

[empty thicket]

My paladin is one, its interesting

[fossil hollow]

eh, more spawn. Unless you just mean anything that isnt a full on vampire progen is a temu vamp

[naive cedar]

all vampires born after the second sundering cant regen all they know is spiderclimb, ascend, eat hot chip, and lie

[fossil hollow]

2014 vamps at base have regen, and thats after second sundering in general

[naive cedar]

you're right and thats my bad

pretend i said the descent into avernus or something

[fossil hollow]

-# || Jander still has Regen||

I cant wait for my players to reach Avernus, and we havent even started the campaign yet

[naive cedar]

once i finally get back into playing dnd im going to play avernus probably

[empty thicket]

I just hope dont having to kill any vampire or Goblin in one campaign. It would be soooo uncomfortable

[fossil hollow]

why? just curious

[empty thicket]

i doubt i will someday have to fight an hippopotamus and same a werewolf

[naive cedar]

baldurs gate brainrot

[empty thicket]

my paladin is a dhampir, my artificer is a goblin

[naive cedar]

oh mb

[remote wadi]

So TLDR: Those were the problems, most have been sorted out, and I'll talk to the DM later about the specifics for Paladin

[fossil hollow]

Ive played characters who had to kill their own members of species

[empty thicket]

Cant say something like i do like "take this you lil green cheap version of dwarf with klepto

[fossil hollow]

oh.

[naive cedar]

my human character killing a human: darn

[timid current]

I mean honestly it's better if you don't talk to the DM about the speicifcs for paladin. it's not your character

[empty thicket]

Na, they wont mind, it will be all good

[remote wadi]

As for the other thing: we're close to level 6, and we still haven't come across much magical items. Only a cloak of evasion for the most part during the death house

[fossil hollow]

ah, death house

[loud tendon]

Barovia can be a little light on the magic items.. there are lots of places to go and lots of misery.

also lots of secrets

[fossil hollow]

Its a Domain of Dread for a reason

[uncut zenith]

Yeah, Ravenloft is designed to be grueling for the party

[halcyon bison]

You could say it's... dreadful

[atomic kayak]

I would rather say its. Ravenful

[uncut zenith]

iirc even standard equipment is more expensive in Barovia just by virtue of it being a place where you’re supposed to struggle

[crimson gulch]

Yep, the secret ingredient in barovia is ||suffering||

[remote wadi]

I want to tell you and others details so far. Should I go to another channel for it or just use spoiler tags?

[naive cedar]

cos is another one i want to play tbh

[crimson gulch]

Curse of strahd is super fun, I'm going to launch a campaign of it soon at the shoppe

[empty thicket]

Any safe way to check if a cloak is something? i was thinking of wear it in the night, hood on and lay down and see if my ally react to it in any way.
The dm might gave me an invisibility cloack and i am thinking some funny way to maybe discover what it does

[uncut zenith]

I personally have a love/hate relationship with CoS

[naive cedar]

i love vampires and suffering

[loud tendon]

I really don't have any other input on the matter..

if you feel like on magic items, talk to the DM.. I wouldn't concern yourself with how other players play their character, let the DM handle that if they don't like it. If it negatively affects the party or players out of character, then you could talk to that player and see whats up.

[remote wadi]

The idea is that we are traveling to quite a few areas, but seem so be skimming over quite a few of them, quite unfortunately

As for the secrets mentioned... part of me wants to ask what they are because we could use a little boost to our power
But I also like it being keot a secret

[loud tendon]

safest way is Identify

[knotty pasture]

I mean you could just read up the sourcebook yourself lol

But that's no different from reading the plot summary of a movie before watching it

[halcyon bison]

Don't do that it's no fun

[loud tendon]

I wouldn't tell you any of the secrets even if you asked. that would be meta gaming and I don't do that.

[crimson gulch]

Going forward without spoilers is a real joy, don't ruin it for yourself

[remote wadi]

For the most part, I'm chill when it comes to that. This latest session was just one that would have affected me a good chunk

[naive cedar]

tbh if the dm gets a hint that you read the campaign book they'll probably change stuff to throw you off anyways

not that you should spoil yourself

[uncut zenith]

Or for everybody else in the group

[crimson gulch]

Agreed, don't read the campaign book is actually one of my table rules

[remote wadi]

Well, of course. That's mostly why I would avoid spoilers

The only smidge of resistance is that for a level 5 party, we have good character synergy, but still not the best equipment

[empty thicket]

damn, will see if my arti have it or no. Still i can ask her to get it, for me she jumped from lvl 3 to 7
she ca at least help me in that

[knotty pasture]

Honestly this does feel like your only way left to hypercarry if you wanna go down that route

If minmaxing doens't work, metagame by reading the sourcebook and plan everything prematurely

[uncut zenith]

Reading ahead also puts you in the awkward position of acting in accordance with the book without taking into consideration how your DM may have changed the campaign.

[knotty pasture]

But at that point what the hell are you doing in the campaign lol

[uncut zenith]

Cuz now your DM may have a suspicion that you read ahead, so you’ve lost a degree of trust

[remote wadi]

I thought we talked about me not wanting to hypercarry several times before

I don't want to be the constant MVP. Just a ljttle concerned over the previous scarcity of magic weapons

Because all we got so far was a cloak of evasion and a potion of thunder resistance instantly drank by the Druid

[empty thicket]

that is the best part of playing with new players, they have almost no clue of most things so you can add a lot more fantasy, mystery and adventure

Remember guys, if there is statues in the place but there isnt any Medusa. Dont blink.

[uncut zenith]

I ran Storm King’s Thunder once and I could tell one of my players went out of their way to read ahead in the novel cuz they were hitting very specific targets in the plot like 100% of the time. So now how can I as the DM trust this player to trust me to run a campaign without them feeling the need to read the module ahead of time?

[knotty pasture]

Overreliance on magical items is bad anyways

But at the same time I feel like this could have been a great Soulknife campaign

[uncut zenith]

Depends on what you mean by “overreliance”, because the game does assume that the DM is handing out plenty of magic items for the party

[atomic kayak]

Being entirely honest I don't think CoS, on paper, is really anything special (or even necessarily good).

Its just one of the first 5e adventures so its one of the main ones that people will have seen.

[knotty pasture]

The subclass that gets better the more resource-strapped the campaign is

[uncut zenith]

If anything, it’s the first good 5E campaign. Cuz prior to that it was ToD, which was a mess

[tawdry valve]

Anyone here played osteomancer using Eldritch hunt rules? Starting at level 1, wondering what spells I should choose

[uncut zenith]

CoS was a bit of a mess too imo, but not as much as ToD

[remote wadi]

2 things can be true at the same time though. We're not relying on magical items to perform well, but it's been close to 2 months, and we only got 2-3 small magic items so far

So part of me feels a little concerned for why

[knotty pasture]

LMoP came out before CoS right?

[atomic kayak]

can barely call ToD a 5e campaign. It was released before the DMG

[empty thicket]

Mage hand always

[tawdry valve]

For what?

[empty thicket]

utility in general, read it.
Its a giga good spell

Just being able to interact with many things at distance without risking yourself its good

Knock a door, trigger a trap, etc. etc.
Your limit is the dm and your creativity.

[crimson gulch]

its been working out for me great, session 12 is tonight

[knotty pasture]

I dunno if I asked before but its fine to reflavor races into aberrations/monstrosities right

[fossil hollow]

i feel like i need more context

[crimson gulch]

maching a mechanical change like changing the creature type like that is fine

but reflavoring is just changing the presentation without the underlying mechanics

[remote wadi]

Hmmm...

So, I do want to ask chat about a plan for the next session

Basically, options between killing werewolves or tackling an unrelated quest first for a chance to get loot before taking care of the werewolves

My main thing for the plan is thinking if the following plan for taking down werewolves is good enough to take care of now more than later

[empty thicket]

werewolves first, or whichever mean more consequences if leave for later.

[hidden spindle]

I vote for loot!

[remote wadi]

Well, specifically

There is both a werewolf problem and a wine shortage (supply is long overdue, we must go out to find why) to solve

And I think that we could take them out at night

The idea is that we can have Paladin cast Light on herself or the Fighter
Meaning that I, the Wizard, and our Druid can stay in the backlines but still have advantage on attack rolls

Without needing to stay close to the frontline

[severe rampart]

I vote for loot

[remote wadi]

I'm just trying to see if our party is capable enough to take out werewolves

Wizard and Druid don't care about the resistance, i can easily bypass that with silvered stuff

Paladin has Divine Smite

And as for Magic Weapon, does the spell also make the weapon magical for overcoming?

[empty thicket]

Silver coins in a sock, it always work

a bag filled of silver coins.

[remote wadi]

Hmmm

[empty thicket]

or take a silver coin and break it for an arrow tip

[remote wadi]

Probably not possible, but if our Wizard had Heat Metal, would be fun to try to melt silver coins into the weapons

Hmm...

Actually, that could work very well-

[hidden spindle]

I thought Druid or Bard gets Heat Metal

[timid current]

yeah, you'd need DM approval, heat metal doesn't heat it enough to melt or even affect it structurally

[remote wadi]

...I could have sworn Wizards got heat metal

[crimson gulch]

And artificers

[remote wadi]

Well, so much for that

[remote wadi]

I am still curious about this

Does Magic Weapon also make said weapon magical for overcoming?

[fossil hollow]

Yes

it literally turns it into one (magical weapon)

[remote wadi]

Good to know

[wicked sigil]

i have an idea for a druid subclass

im thinking circle of spores but more into the undead side

like necromancy not undead specifically

[crimson gulch]

Necromancy but not undead. That's like sugar but not sweet

[remote wadi]

Okay, next question

How does one cure werewolf lycanthropy?

[fossil hollow]

Remove Curse or killing them

[crimson gulch]

Dont take our word for anything on that matter

Nothing gets handled more differently from table to table than lycantrhopy in my experience

[remote wadi]

Well, I can at least get basic expectations

[wicked sigil]

No like

Not specifically undead i meant necromancy which includes undead

[remote wadi]

I just want to prepare for our Fighter or a backline getting bit and failing con save

[wicked sigil]

The magic item

[crimson gulch]

Getting bit by a werewolf is bad, avoid at all costs

[remote wadi]

I could tell, but that is the problem. Having a chance of an extra level would not help us out much defensively

Frontline classes will still be at the frontline and closest to the werewolves

[devout plume]

remind me to never listen to your advice

[wary acorn]

Anyone down to do a campaign?

[severe rampart]

Whoa! calm down, what happened?

[devout plume]

that... was a trainwreck

[wary acorn]

Lol fr

[remote wadi]

So then the question becomes
What spells should we prepare for defensive play? As an example, Paladin preparing Shield of Faith

[wary acorn]

I thought it was funny

[devout plume]

it is like watching a car crash and being unable to stop it in time

[severe rampart]

well what'd you think would happen without preparation? did you guys just jump into a DnD adventure without making character sheets or making an actual goal?

even oneshots need time to simmer until you can serve it up to the players

[devout plume]

i had a goal and they had sheets

the goals did not goal and they started a bar fight

in the middle of the royal capital

[hoary totem]

silvery barbs heheh ehehehehwudqwnixeknwf

[remote wadi]

Oh, yeaaaaaah. I almost forgot about that one

[hoary totem]

mage armour and shield too

[devout plume]

i was deffo not prepared for that

i had this cool underground society planned and stuff

[hidden spindle]

Lesser Restoration. Purify Food & Drink.

[dark basin]

Shield, bless, protection from good and evil (more niche, but needed in those circumstances)

[remote wadi]

...why PFD?

[devout plume]

what should i have done do you think?

[bronze wave]

To think any group will follow goals is asinine

You direct and redirect until you get whaf is needed your a story yeller

Story tell (yell to lol go crazy)

[severe rampart]

For starters, don't jump to a game right away with random people, a day, sure, why not, but not immediately

[devout plume]

i wasnt expecting them to massacre city guards and bring the royal army down on em

[devout plume]

ig that makes sense

[bronze wave]

That is odd did they seem thise type of players in a S0? And 2nd always try redirecting

[hidden spindle]

It is defensive in nature. So you don't eat poisons andother bad stuff

[bronze wave]

I also don’t know follow context

[devout plume]

one wasnt the type to kill first and never ask questions and they were the one with homebrew

[severe rampart]

now you see why it's also important to have a group that cooperates

you're excited to play DnD and that's alright, but you should never sacrifice the quality for quantity

[devout plume]

ive never had a group quite that dysfunctional tbh

i could barely get a word in myself lol

[severe rampart]

yeah, I've also had a group like that and it wasn't fun at all

[inland ridge]

anyone know of a random d100 table with mundane flowers?

[devout plume]

im looking into maybe starting wild beyond the witchlight any tips?

imma take my time and learn the campaign and everything

[stoic haven]

Is it normal for people to be against having a sorcerer go to Wizarding school? I have seen this trope/taboo a lot, when in all honesty, it doesnt always make sense

[crimson gulch]

nothing about that is normal, thats magical

[wicked sigil]

sorcerers get their power from dark entities or other benefactors, wizards use their brains and learn the art manually, piece by piece, scroll by scroll, there's a difference

sorcerers going to wizarding school is like a blind kid going to film school

[stoic haven]

That sounds more like warlocks and patrons, sorcerers are origins

[wicked sigil]

oh i js got it mixed up, im new
still tho its like rich kids going to the hood

[stoic haven]

Innate vs learned seems kind of pointless, as being innately good only gets you so far before you need help

Every sorcerer I've made has at least gone to some kind of school, whether it be for bards, wizards, or even a temple service

[wicked sigil]

okok

[stoic haven]

Maybe its just me, but I think people having a taboo against sorcerers going to school is kind of pointless

[wicked sigil]

so do you want a lore dump?

[stoic haven]

Lore dump of what?

[wicked sigil]

basically, sorcerers don't need to go to school, the way magic works is the weave, a theoretical thing that the god of magic upkeeps
wizards deepen their connection to the weave by studying it etc etc
sorcerers are automatically made to be connected to it at birth or major milestone moment
kinda like being a rich kid
someone who is already connected to the weave with other people already trying to connect to it seems kinda redundant

[stoic haven]

Specific D&D lore isnt really what I'm looking for, as I see this trope through different settings, and counterpoint, yiu can be rich, but you won't stay rich if you dont know how to use that money

[wicked sigil]

you can't lose connection to the weave

ig if you don't wanna go by the lore then theres no reason to not do what you want

im js saying why other people don't do the school thing with sorcerers

[lavish flame]

I've never actually had someone discriminate against Sorcerers in a magic campus setting.

[wicked sigil]

theyre usually really stuck up

again, like a rich kid

[lavish flame]

Like idk, I don't think Wizards behave some type of way towards Sorcerers.

[wicked sigil]

depends on the personality

[lavish flame]

I've also never played with someone that did feel that Wizards behaved some type of way towards Sorcerers

[uncut zenith]

I’ve heard of tables who lean into the bit of wizards and sorcerers disliking each other’s ways of learning magic, but I’ve never experienced it in practice at my tables

I think it’s one of those tropes that’s more common online than it is at the table

[remote wadi]

So, good news and bad news

Good news is, I think there's a way we can take out the werewolves next session without needing a level up or more loot

[wanton sorrel]

the good news... I tpk on most of my characters T_T

[empty thicket]

i would just be like "hey my sorcy brosky, give me that dab" and do some epic dab with him making some magic

[remote wadi]

The bad news is, I'm starting to get a little upset at the Fighter and Wizard

They keep trying to say that any significant suggestion I make to the party is "forcing optimization on the party"

Like, seriously? We're about to go up against werewolves, and you're telling me I am the problem for suggestion we take Shield of Faith, Remove Curse, and Silvery Barbs?

[timid current]

I mean from what we've seen you seem to be more concerned with how other people play than how you play

[hidden spindle]

I would just worry about yourself

[timid current]

take your foot off the gas fella, just play

[fickle heart]

If you approach D&D such that failure becomes a blame-game, definitely gotta reevaluate your approach.

[remote wadi]

Although, in hindsight

...I may have made a bit of a wall of text explaining how things like Druid carrying the bullseye lantern would be for the best

[fickle heart]

So yes, I would say that (repeatedly) making unwarranted suggestions are problematic, and are even more problematic the further you push.

[remote wadi]

So, it might be a bit understandable that they would get upset by that

[timid current]

homie you keep coming onto this public discord complaining that people don't play the way you want. you gotta just let go and let people play

I am not privy to your discussions with the table but the way you tell it, and I presume you're telling it to highlight that you feel you're right, it sounds pretty insufferable

[timber junco]

For the 2024 durable feat. Is the speedy recovery "Hit Dice" referring to the dice we use to regen health on short rests?

[remote wadi]

Yes and no, imho

Sometimes, things just happen and you eat dirt for it
But if it's a blunder that could have easily been avoided with a prepared spell or something, that's where I draw the line

[timid current]

we had a player who tried to micromanage our table years ago and they are no longer welcome at the table.

[fickle heart]

Yeah, that's something that would be problematic behavior.

[hidden spindle]

The only Spells you control are your own

[remote wadi]

Let's just say that icould have said what I could have while cutting to the chase. And I owned up to that

[fickle heart]

Put another way, if you draw the line where a failure could be avoided, it's entirely fair that someone else draws the line at you not making suggestions to try to control what they do.

It's also possible you are just not a good fit for the table.

The same could be said about the others, but that more relies on the majority opinion.

[remote wadi]

Talking a bit more to the 2, I can see the problem a bit more, and it's most what I say and how

It needs to be a lot shorter in the future

And Fighter assumes that not mentioning him much during planning = sidelining Fighter

[fickle heart]

I think it's also the fact that you are seemingly trying to push people to do stuff, as opposed to trying to actually work with them.

[timid current]

the problem isn't that you put too much cake on the plate, it's that the players don't like your baking.

[remote wadi]

Explained to him that I don't mention him much because it's really hard to make specific preparations when you're character's combat is rushing in and smacking anything we don't like with a hammer

[fossil hollow]

Are there any monsters who have some effect that shows or spreads hunger to those around them? Like some kinda Regional Effect?

[timid current]

let people play

[remote wadi]

Okay, then I guess I should ask this

[timid current]

you don't have to ask anything from us, ask your table

"hey do you like it when I try to control how you guys play your characters?"

[remote wadi]

I am as we speak. I just want other opinions on this too

[timid current]

our opinions don't matter.

[remote wadi]

If some of the party members think we can't take a fight, is it bad that I'm making small suggestions to make said fight easier for us?

[timid current]

we've already told you that trying to control other peoples' play is irritating, annoying, and antisocial. whether we like it or not isn't really relevant to your table.

[woeful crystal]

it is

[severe rampart]

It's not ""bad"" Inherently, you shouldn't try to make them do something that they don't want to do

It could be like "Hey we're gonna fight werewolves, would you mind getting silvery barbs since it's useful against them?", then don't push further when they decline

[fickle heart]

Important context: You are new to D&D, therefore you lack a lot of long-term context that people in the server have who have played the game significantly longer. A lot of people who have a lot more experience in the game are saying that your conduct is considered bad-form, and multiple of them probably have experience with people exhibiting your behavior and later being removed from a group. I would be wary based on that knowledge.

[loud tendon]

We have a player at our table who occasionally tries to tell the rest of what what spells we should take or use in the moment or other things to do and it is super annoying.

They used to do it * a lot*,but the table had a talk with them and asked them to let us run our own characters.
They have gotten better but it still irks me every time

[ornate hearth]

wassup everyone

[acoustic goblet]

Evening everyone

[hidden spindle]

I had a player try to tell another player what to do and pick. Completely taking away that player's choices or character's agency

[loud tendon]

Reading up on another classes spell list or abilities and then trying to queue their actions like they are your team in bg3 is pretty uncool

[ornate hearth]

wait @loud tendon are you a mod

[loud tendon]

Yes. I am a community member and a moderator.

[ornate hearth]

are you chill?

[fossil hollow]

as Undying said before, Orange are mods, Red are Staff

[ornate hearth]

i know heeheehee im bored

[loud tendon]

Please dont ping me, I am right here.

Im chill as a mod as long as people are following the rules.

As a community member for d&d I think generally pretty chill.

[naive cedar]

I’m chill rn (it’s minus 15 degrees)

[severe rampart]

Calamity is chill, yeah

[ornate hearth]

aight cool

[severe rampart]

as long as you're not an idiot

[naive cedar]

I should clarify that I mean in Celsius

[fossil hollow]

yeah, sucks to work outside in Canada rn. Wish i can just stay inside and play DND all day

[wanton sorrel]

you might wear your self out if you do it all day.

[hidden spindle]

Not directly. But use the weather and other regional effects that would affect food and water and you're golden.

[fossil hollow]

thought as much. Guess I only really have stuff like the Scion of Grolantor to work off

The idea was that the area around a certain god's avatar just made people near it very greedy and gluttonous

[remote wadi]

I did try to make the suggestion like that

But I may have went overboard on the text length and explanation

[ornate hearth]

bro im in illinois and its -40C

[naive cedar]

Bruhhhh stay safe

[severe rampart]

If you apologized after that it'd be fine, but you somewhat kept pushing

It's best to know when the discussion is over, and to try and get better

[fickle heart]

So do you drop it after the first suggestion?

[naive cedar]

We’re supposed to get a ton of snow around now but it hasn’t stated yet

[ornate hearth]

its so cooked😭

[severe rampart]

Also you'd def hate my characters lol, most of them are flavor intensive on the weaker side of actual combat, except my Paladin

[hidden spindle]

I choose feats like Chef. I certainly would like people not to mess with my Spell List other than myself, or "Choose War Caster"

[ornate hearth]

yo whats the most common race for druid usually?

[severe rampart]

I run 2024 Hex for my Warlock💔

[remote wadi]

Quick summary was
"Hey, can we make these preparations for the upcoming session?"
Then it wasn't a refusal for said suggestion. More like me explaining the reasoning behind said suggestion too much

[naive cedar]

People seem to like wood elf and half elf Druids

[remote wadi]

Whether Wizard and other will take said advice is unknown for now. They haven't replied

[severe rampart]

Yeah it kind of gave off the vibe that you're really really insistent on it

[hidden spindle]

It could really be anything... but I can see Human.

[severe rampart]

Well good, you can still clear up the misunderstanding clearly preferably in one sentence

[ornate hearth]

oh well im a dragonborn druid, and i thought it was more common with elves

[naive cedar]

Fun fact: druid used to be human and half elf exclusive

[hidden spindle]

-# Really? That is fun

[fickle heart]

I will also say that "can we make these preparations...?" is itself a bit ehhh. I think phrasing it like "have we considered...?" would end up being taken better.

[fossil hollow]

what?

[hidden spindle]

I like games like anime but not based off of anything (or expecting heavy homebrew). Fantasy game instead

[loud tendon]

Or maybe like "what do you guys think we should do if we are going to face the werewolves next session?"

[remote wadi]

I didn't keep pushing for them to take the advice. It was just a pretty long explanation when it could have been a lot shorter

TLDR: Protection helps with Undead, Remove Curse/Silvery Barbs helps us take less attacks from werewolves and makes curses less likely

Druid is a backline, but doesn't benefit from stealth at a range that much, so she would benefit the most from carrying the Bullseye Bantern

[fossil hollow]

You may have not, but it seemed like it is the point

wether or not you intended it to be is kinda moot

[hidden spindle]

"Have we considered Holy Water?"

-# Does Holy Water do anything?

[fickle heart]

The important thing is that, unless the game itself had expectations set very early on that the goal was to heavily strategize, trying to force that strategy on the group can be seen as breaking the social contract.

[fossil hollow]

Against Undead and Fiends, 2d6 Radiant damage

[loud tendon]

Not against werewolves

[severe rampart]

Put it in a jar, tie rope around it, nifty little holy weapon

[hidden spindle]

Make a sorbet~

[fossil hollow]

time to make sor-

[remote wadi]

The current plan for that is that they insist on taking care of another quest farther away in hope that reward for doing so would help against the werewolves

But I think we could take care of them before that other quest with good preparation

[severe rampart]

No we will not make sorbet(not yet)

[hidden spindle]

Chef feat: We making a sorbet with Holy Water, salt, and sugar~

This I can get behind~

[loud tendon]

Okay.. so if the majority of the group wants to try to do something else first and have already said they don't want to attack now, you should probably go with what the group wants.

Make the suggestion that you might be able to take them, but if they aren't into it.. move along.

[hidden spindle]

Loot side quest~

[remote wadi]

Most of us are quite divided on the matter. Some of us want to take care of this now

Basically, I and I believe the Wizard for now

Paladin for later

Fighter and Druid are either undecided or flat out don't care

[hidden spindle]

What happens to a Vampire who's struck with Lycanthropy?

[fossil hollow]

Lycanthropy only works on Humanoids

and Vampirism requires the vamp to drain a Humanoid

[hidden spindle]

Ahh... hmm, there's a tiny spot in the MM that's Lycanthropy for nonhumans

[fossil hollow]

Nonhumans. Not Nonhumanoids.

[hidden spindle]

You're right.

It's really too bad the new MM don't have these options

[misty vault]

no autognome werewolves?

[fossil hollow]

Because the new MM turns them into 10 HP statblocks under the DM's control, which i much rather prefer. What I dislike about the 2024 Lycantrhopes is the lack of their Resistances. They didnt even get the Regeneration trait of hte Loup Garou or Wereraven

[fossil hollow]

nope. or Thrikreen, Plasmoid, Centaur, Satyr, Faerie, 2024 Warforged, Kalashtar, etc

[misty vault]

you could add them back in using DM toolskit. Just give them resistance with piercing/slashing/bludgeoning unless it is magic weapon.

[remote wadi]

Okay, so i went back and make a brief TLDR about the situation

[fossil hollow]

I just prefer the Regeneration of the newer, pre-2024 Lycanthropes

Regeneration. The loup garou regains 10 hit points at the start of each of its turns. If the loup garou takes damage from a silver weapon, this trait doesn't function at the start of the loup garou's next turn. The loup garou dies only if it starts its turn with 0 hit points and doesn't regenerate.

[misty vault]

that works even better

[remote wadi]

This is paraphrasing, but the general idea is there
Basically, party was a bit divided on our capability of taking out werewolves. I made small suggestions to help our party feel more united about the decision and outlook on us being able to take them out

[hidden spindle]

Wait, they had regen?

You could just give it to them

[fossil hollow]

I dont think anyone's tracking at this point

[fossil hollow]

Yeah, the Van Ritchen ones got Regen

[hidden spindle]

I find modified creatures quite fun.

Curbs metagaming

[fossil hollow]

i homebrew monsters a lot, gets pretty hard to metagame

But when I use a monster as is, its usually either just strong enough as is, or is a mook

[hidden spindle]

Whenever it's a boss, I give'm Legendary Actions. Oh so good.

[remote wadi]

As for the advice, Paladin taking Shield of Faith (turns out, already has it)
Wizard preparing remove curse should we get bitten and cursed
And Fighter being prepared to invoke Fire Runes and asking Paladin for Shield of Faith

[cobalt owl]

Bless is a great spell, I love bless

[empty thicket]

"Okey guys, its full moon and you are hearing an owl, there is bear marks in the ground. Amuse me and tell me what you all are hunting"

[cobalt owl]

I don't even modify creatures in the thoughts of metagaming, I just do it because its more fun

[empty thicket]

"An owlbear"
DM: No, A Wereowlbear!!

[hidden spindle]

It's a Harpybear ~

[spring glen]

Humans

[empty thicket]

na, cultist, they lost teh right to be called humans (if they surrender and change their ways i would give my life for them)

[knotty pasture]

Whatever happened to the Cleric

[hidden spindle]

Make me a Wereowlbear~ takes hit

[empty thicket]

he meet up with his ex....a high devil...

[knotty pasture]

I knew those Clerics of Asmodeus were up to no good

[spring glen]

Half wolf half owl half bear

[empty thicket]

he said it was for only talking, there was candles and his favorite meal.... i dont think there will be any talk

[severe rampart]

The math is... hm...

[remote wadi]

Ah. Yes. Three halves

[hidden spindle]

Iirc, Were- means "man". So Werewolf means Man Wolf.

[empty thicket]

30% owl 30% wolf and 40% bear for the size

[hidden spindle]

So wereowlbear, man owlbear

[empty thicket]

ooookeeey, a human werewolf//owl//bear

Bro need only get bitten by a fish and he will be all terrain

[spring glen]

That's like 4 half's now

[empty thicket]

The magnus opus predator, the human werewolf/owl/bear/shark

[misty vault]

at least it isn't a human man/bear/pig

[knotty pasture]

That just sounds like an Orc Druid

[spring glen]

We need to add in half spider

[empty thicket]

It can fly, its fast like a wolf, thick like a bear, lethal like a shark

[empty thicket]

Where!? im already have a hard time thinking of how to make it look

[hidden spindle]

I'll believe it when Pigs fly

[spring glen]

More legs

[empty thicket]

Oh yeah, 2 more arms to the giant creature all terrain that can smell you from the atmosphere, hit you like a bullet train flying and finally maul you with his jaws that might be capable of process adamantine at this point

[spring glen]

It will also be able to crawl on walls

[empty thicket]

Considerating the size i doubt there willl be any walls.

[spring glen]

Or maybe it spews web from its butt

[misty vault]

but the important question for some PCs, can we eat it?

[severe rampart]

in a minute!
-Artificer

[knotty pasture]

Yes

[spring glen]

Eating random creatures since the dawn of time

[empty thicket]

25dc Const.

[misty vault]

awww jeezes

[empty thicket]

For each -5 of that, you are getting a disease.

[knotty pasture]

What if I roll a nat 1

[cobalt owl]

Thats 24 less

[empty thicket]

Full curse to you, get trasnformed in the moment breaking any magical item you were wearing and can be only restored with Greater Restoration at max or wish.

[spring glen]

Eating things and rolling a nat 1 is just biting your tongue

[misty vault]

you roll a nat 1, you explode.

"Hmm.. this has a slight peppery... flavor to.." Cue spontaneous explosion

[spring glen]

I could go for some spontaneous explosion I need to shovel snow

It would really speed up the process of shoveling

[empty thicket]

Allergic to a food? Ate it for accident and rolled a nat1 in the const save for just half damage?
Welp buddy, there will be a departure present.
Pieces of you there, pieces of you over here, pieces of you everywhere.

[remote wadi]

Evolution claims another soul

[knotty pasture]

Tsk'va, did the filthy Ghaik claim another soul, chk

[hushed mason]

Hey @remote wadi have things been better lately?

[remote wadi]

In my sessions or me as a person?

[hushed mason]

Both? Either?

[remote wadi]

Sessions are going a bit okay-ish. Hoping we find some magic items soon. Pretty scarce for being level 5, even in a CoS campaign

Where we left off, we had the choice to take out werewolves for a quest

Or travel more to take care of another quest first

Trying to convince party we have plenty of spells and defensive countermeasures to take out the den

[hushed mason]

Ahh. Magic item finding is a big deal in 5th. I have my party complaining about not being "up to level" with their loot, but (in fact), they just need to sell stuff. They're well equipped.

[hoary totem]

Why is circle of the moon, called circle of the moon? What does better wildshaping have to do with the moon?

[knotty pasture]

The moon helps them attune with wild shaping better ig

[naive cedar]

i figured it was because the moon changes

[hushed mason]

The mooon is associated with lycanthropy... which is associated with people changing shape....

[fossil hollow]

The moon is closely associated with lycanthropy and shapeshifting in general

[hidden spindle]

The easiest way to out Lycanthropes is during the day~ And investigating

[fossil hollow]

A lot of shapeshifting creatures only come out at night too

[hoary totem]

Thought so. Just wanted to ensure I wasn't stretching it

[hushed mason]

That's my best guess.

[fossil hollow]

no, its in the flavor text

[remote wadi]

For example, dark vision to take out the den at night, Light Cantrip, great healing and offensive spells.

We just need to change a few spells on the upcoming Long Rest if one of us does get cursed

[tall forge]

I like just giving op magic items constantly

[remote wadi]

Not to mention we have Shield of Faith and Cloud Rune to deflect attacks

[tall forge]

But no bag of holding

[remote wadi]

I just hope we can reach that agreement and take them out next session

[wraith sigil]

Thoughts on having Ai as a game master? Genuinely just curious

[misty vault]

not worth it

[timid current]

boring, wasteful, and bad

[fossil hollow]

Sucks and is a waste of resources

[hushed mason]

AI is stupid. It cannot math. It cannot follow complex plots. It can't keep its story straight.

[misty vault]

you want a AI as a game master, play BG3. At least it is more entertaining.

[timid current]

or even better, solasta

[wraith sigil]

Ehh human creativity still on top

[timid current]

well, those games were written by people

[fossil hollow]

sure, but if you want an AI to run a game, might as well let it be a video game (made by people)

[misty vault]

what you're really looking forward to is a eldritch horror as a DM.

[wraith sigil]

I want that DnD session that got fantasy environment but it got cryptids and eldritch horror as monsters

[tall forge]

The doorman hypothetical

[timid current]

for roleplaying, it goes
human dm
video game
nothing
setting your house on fire
AI

[misty vault]

was the house on fire because there was a spider?

[timid current]

no, I love spiders

[inner vapor]

so many channels why am I sweating already

[timid current]

turn on a fan!

[tall forge]

Dnds a social game anyways

[timid current]

AI is intrinsically antisocial/anticreative

[tall forge]

Mhm

[timid current]

and AI is intrinsically social/creative

[tall forge]

Basically anti dnd

[wraith sigil]

What if its like 3 people and then an Ai dm cuz they cant find someone to DM?

[timid current]

the only thing AI does is firehose "content" at you. it's like eating uranium simply because it's got a lot of calories

[wraith sigil]

Could one person be a player and be a dm at the same time? I dont think so

[timid current]

did you just ping me JUST to ping me

[tall forge]

What are you gonna do, stand around and wait for chatgpt to say its thing

Not exactly immersive

[cosmic roost]

No pings, please :pray:

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

[timid current]

please stop that

[wraith sigil]

Stuck on a campaign that does this.It feels like a text based game more like DnD

[misty vault]

if they keep pinging it is harassment.

[tall forge]

That’s pretty awful

[sturdy siren]

its not that hard to find a DM that plays a good game I guess

You dont need AI for that

[remote wadi]

Man, people do not seem to respect that boundary, do they?

[humble cairn]

Yay, campaign picked up again since the holidays and I got to break out my Blink Puppy!

[tall forge]

Listen, i get the urge to do the complete opposite of what someone says

[remote wadi]

By the way, quick question

[timid current]

I don't have to worry about it anymore.

[tall forge]

But also…. Its not funny at all

[timid current]

doesn't matter, let's just move on

[remote wadi]

Turns out, we do have a Bullseye lantern, but idk who would be best to carry it

[errant haven]

Hello hello

[misty vault]

what if you program the AI to be your old Aunt?

and it can be a Old Aunt AI as the DM.. who always refers to their players with pet nick names... and wants to pinch their cheeks..

[wraith sigil]

It would tell me to stand up and stop playing DnD loudly with friends

[timid current]

you can do whatever you want, if that's using AI that's on you

[humble cairn]

I wasn't the one really pushing for that, it was someone else. I think your party would be fine without it.

[timid current]

question was just asked if it would be a good DM, we said no. that's all

[errant haven]

AI in a campaign?? Why???

[remote wadi]

So, would carrying a bullseye lantern make other people see you?

[tall forge]

Personally, even ignoring the base limitations of AI for dungeon mastering (digital hallucinations, not remembering, etc)

[misty vault]

haullcinations, just like my Aunt.

[sturdy siren]

lol

[remote wadi]

And while we don't need it, they were asking if we have it. Turns out, we did get it very early on, just no one has used it

[tall forge]

It just cant fulfill the sole function of a DM thats most important, which is keeping a group together

[timid current]

you can come up with all the "I'm just asking questions" hypotheticals you want, I don't think any of us is interested in entertaining that

[wraith sigil]

No DM can found in real life.Im confident Id be a good DM but I cant play DM and a player at the same time

[humble cairn]

No, because the light only goes in one direction. Though they will probably guess that someone is holding it.

[sturdy siren]

Where u living if its not personal?

[errant haven]

Same happened with me. Didn’t stop me from being NPC’s have fun with the players

Don’t ping him

[misty vault]

call a Mod

[wraith sigil]

Somewhere in a 3rd world country

[remote wadi]

So if, say, a Wizard were to carry it, then cast an attack roll spell, they would have advantage in darkness? (Presuming that Wizard can see them, but not the reverse)

[sturdy siren]

Did you try checking around the university and collage communities? They do have some good things going around

[humble cairn]

Ok theoretically you could choose to include yourself in the cone of light, but why would you?

[humble cairn]

Assuming the enemy is in the dark and doesn't have darkvision, yes.

But if the Wizard has Darkvision why do you need the lantern? for the 120ft range?

[wraith sigil]

I dont think they got one here in the place Im at.If I moved into the cities id prolly find people there

[remote wadi]

Or only to a certain distance, but is outside of the range

So, is it possible for an Owlin Wizard to fly, use the lantern, and cast spells all at the same time?

[errant haven]

My friend and I are writing a campaign atm and we’re trying to incorporate a lot of character backstories into the campaign. It’s hell but it’s gonna be so much fun

[sturdy siren]

yeah then you have two options for that, either you teach DnD to your local friends or use Online games to have fun

[wraith sigil]

Yeahh that makes sense.Thank youu

[dreamy nexus]

Good luck!

[humble cairn]

If they have the requisite other hand free to interact with components, yes. Flying doesn't take up a hand.

[wraith sigil]

Could one be a DM and a player at the same time thoughhh?

[misty vault]

yes, DMPCs.

[remote wadi]

We all have short range on the dark vision, all things considered. If we really wanted or needed to, Wizard and I would be able to attack someone from a long range thanks to spell sniper and Sharpshooter

[sturdy siren]

not the traditiniol way but why not as long as you are having fun right?

[humble cairn]

Ehh .. kinda, but usually not recommended.

[errant haven]

Technically there is nothing stopping you. My friend and I swapped being DM’s because we both came up with the campaign

[wraith sigil]

Ohhh alright then thankyouuu

[humble cairn]

You are a vampire with innate darkvision, yes? If you already have 60ft darkvision, then being a Gloomstalker increases that by 60. So you will have 120ft of darkvision in total.

[remote wadi]

That is a good question, I'll brb

Sent the question to the DM

And I also remembered that I am invisible against others who rely on dark vision

[humble cairn]

Good!

[remote wadi]

But I do need to ask

[humble cairn]

Stay in the darkness!

[remote wadi]

The lantern gives 60 ft bright and 60 dim

If someone has dark vision, would they be able to see in bright light at 120 feet?

[knotty pasture]

Vampire Spawn now apparently

[remote wadi]

Or would it not apply due to dark vision being only 60 ft range?

[humble cairn]

Can you clarify this question?

Where is the person with darkvision in relation to the lantern? How long is their darkvision range?

[remote wadi]

Lantern, 60 ft cone of bright light
60 of dim. Would dim be bright if dark vision person is holding lantern? Or would it not apply due to being only 60 ft range for dark vision?

I'm guessing latter

[humble cairn]

Here are the rules for vision: https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/br-2024/rules-glossary#Darkvision

[remote wadi]

Yeah, so it wouldn't

[humble cairn]

Darkvision treats dim light like bright light, so yes it would?

Oh no, you're right.

[remote wadi]

Only to a certain range

[humble cairn]

Because the dim light is too far away.

But that doesn't affect attacks at all.

[remote wadi]

Well, yes and no

[humble cairn]

It only affects Perception rolls.

It doesn't impose any detriment to attack rolls.

[remote wadi]

Let's just say when we do go to the next bandit camp, I basically want to attack from another zip code

[misty vault]

Gloomstalker, casting darkvision on their companions who can't see in the dark and always disrupting the Gloomstalker's sneaky with their light spells or torches.

[remote wadi]

Someone else would need to carry the lantern so I can see them

[knotty pasture]

The Wizard

[remote wadi]

Which will be the plan

[humble cairn]

As long as your darkvision reaches the beginning of the lantern light, you can see all the way to the end of it.

Barring weird angles.

[remote wadi]

Especially because they can they can land attacks from very far away thanks to spell sniper

[humble cairn]

If the Wizard is holding the lantern, they will be able to attack all the way out to the end of the dim light with no problem.

[remote wadi]

So let's just say if he wanted to
Upcasted Chromatic Orb would hit from 120 feet away for very good elemental damage

At advantage

[humble cairn]

Because the only thing Dim Light does is impose Disadv on Perception rolls.

[remote wadi]

Which that would be pretty scary if you think about it

[humble cairn]

I have just seen how much damage an upcasted Chromatic Orb can do, it's very nice.

[misty vault]

pinball wizard

[remote wadi]

Or if said bandits were by lights of their own like a campfire

Now we're looking at 240 feet with Fire Bolts

2d10 Fire Damage for free with advantage

[humble cairn]

As long as the darkvision range touches the edge of dim light, otherwise technically Darkness forms an opaque barrier, which is unrealistic, but RAW.

[humble cairn]

So but you get that Dim Light doesn't impact attack rolls, right?

[remote wadi]

I know that, yeah

I just want to know if being able to see where they currently are would negate any darkness between us

[spring glen]

I'm going to give my players a large egg to hold onto

[misty vault]

how large is large?

[humble cairn]

If there is Darkness between you, then technically no. But if you ignore that darkness and turn it to Dim Light it's fine.

[spring glen]

A tarrasque egg

[tall forge]

Can i break it

[humble cairn]

Light rules for 2014: https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/basic-rules-2014/adventuring#VisionandLight

[misty vault]

watch the clip on Youtube, a movie called Caveman with Ringo Star where they carry a giant dinosaur egg while being chased by a dinosaur.

[remote wadi]

So Wizard would need to be 60 feet away from me to make my total range 180 feet

[humble cairn]

A technical reading of the Darkness rules means that Darkness blocks vision like a wall. I don't know if most DM's actually run it that way because technically that means you couldn't see the stars or the moon at night.

[spring glen]

Yeah

[tall forge]

Now, are baby tarrasques cute or ugly

[misty vault]

they're cute AND ugly

[spring glen]

They won't know what it is and that's the point

[terse wraith]

My cleric casted destroy water on a bodyguard and insta killed him

[humble cairn]

You're leaving out a lot of things from the sentence for me to actually make sense of it. Do you mean that you are behind the Wizard and there is basically a straight between you, the Wizard, and an enemy on the other side with the lantern pointing at it? And this is assuming you only have 60ft darkvision?

[remote wadi]

So, I would imagine that worst case scenario, max range is 180 feet. Best case scenario, as long as someone is able to cast dim light on the target, I can attack from full range of 400 feet if I wanted to

[spring glen]

All baby's of any species outside of our own is cute

[remote wadi]

If it is true that darkness blocks all vision, max range for me would be 60 + a bullseye lantern 60 feet away pointing away from me

[tall forge]

Baby birds.

[spring glen]

Cute

[remote wadi]

Ergo, I would be able to see dim light 180 feet away

[tall forge]

Those things are pretty ugly

[humble cairn]

Fully Rules As Written yes the 180ft is the max range you can snipe something from the darkness with a bullseye lantern as your only light.

[tall forge]

Look up a baby pelican and say it again

[spring glen]

I think spiders are cute your not going to get me

[remote wadi]

But if it isn't fully RAW and there's some leniency to make Darkness not block vision attacks, I can attack from even farther as long as target is covered in dim light

[tall forge]

Spiders can be cute

[spring glen]

They so derp

[humble cairn]

I can't answer that without knowing exactly how your DM is houseruling darkness and vision rules.

[tall forge]

But baby pelicans are colloquially known as something i cant even say in this server

[knotty pasture]

As always it comes back down to "Ask your DM"

[remote wadi]

You don't have to. I'm just trying to verify these if/then statements would be true if they are true

[humble cairn]

Your proposed if is too vague "some leniency" doesn't tell me how much and once we get to houserules, everything about what I know could go out the window, and your DM is prone to very loosey goosey rules, it seems.

[remote wadi]

I didn't see any houserules involving darkness yet, but we haven't been 110% RAW either

[tall forge]

Well no one is 110% raw

[humble cairn]

Like I said, loosey goosey. So I can answer for RAW, I cannot answer for non-RAW.

[tall forge]

Hopefully….

[humble cairn]

Right, because the rules making it against the rules to see the stars or moon at night are a bit silly, if fully RAW.

[tall forge]

Or the vast amount of cheese you can pull off, even in 2024

Ie. Warcaster + opportunity attack + haste/cure wounds/any support spell

[jovial shadow]

If something isn't fully RAW and you need answers to a hypothetical, it's best to ask your DM than strangers on Discourse

[remote wadi]

I try to do both. Which i am

[tall forge]

Doing both tho is kinda pointless if its a homeruling thing

[humble cairn]

I would count on 180ft if the conditions are just right, most fights don't give you that much more need for range anyway. But also, don't count on your Wizard friend always having the lantern pointed in the direction that is 100% optimal for you.

[tall forge]

End of the day, up to the dm

[remote wadi]

Not planning on it. I do, however, want him to carry the lantern both for my and his own benefit

[spring glen]

I'm a fairly laid back DM I keep things mostly raw till my players want something changed then it's group vote

At the end of the day I like my players to have fun

[humble cairn]

Just remember that the light will also turn off your invisibility.

[gilded wyvern]

Testing the words

evil campaign

well @supple nexus it wasn't "evil" so I don't know

[supple nexus]

lol

[remote wadi]

If he shines it on me, that is

[humble cairn]

Yep, and 120ft cones are a large area. Though you could cross it and go back to being invisible on the other side, would be pretty creepy for the enemy.

[remote wadi]

It would be, yeah. Especially if it was me crawling on the walls or ceiling

[tall forge]

I do RAI, with rule of cool

[humble cairn]

Ahh Charm tanking, I missed it.

[dense gulch]

Can you voluntarily lose a saving throw

[hot gate]

In the 2014 rules: no. In the 2024 rules: yes

[dense gulch]

Yes good as I am thinking about playing a scaredy cat reluctant adventurer fighter

I was going to dump charisma since that make the most sense for a scaredy cat but then I look
Fear spell Is a wisdom save
And succeeding that make no sense

[frosty lion]

Hello everyone~! I'm hoping to run a 5e campaign involving historical real world elements (Gnostic religions and naturalistic sciences mixed with the classic fantasy elements).
If anyone is interested, feel free to reach out; I would love to start with a solo session in order to give your character a bit of a background when we meet for the group sessions; plus the solo dungeon may have epic loots ;3

[livid echo]

This may be crazy but I asked Alexa yes that Alexa from Amazon if she could facilitate as game master one shots for me or me and a group using 2024 rulebook and she said yes very easily

I will try this tomorrow and update y’all on how well this works

If this works well it will be a game changer for those wanting to play but are either too nervous for group play or physically can’t make it to a group

Fingers crossed this works

[dense gulch]

What did you ask

I just ask and it said idk what you mean by that

[misty vault]

Alexa, be a dungeon master but with a eastern European accent and try to include at the end of each sentence, "I am the land. Blah blah blah."

[hot gate]

I can already tell you that it won't. AIs will make rules up and forget what happened whatever was longer than 5 minutes ago.

[warm cloud]

that’s not surprising

[dense gulch]

It says I not quite sure how to help you with that

[livid echo]

I am using the new in beta Alex’s + it is a lot smarter than the old Alexa

I doubt it will work well but it’s worth a try

[dense gulch]

How do you unlock it

[bronze wave]

You can but I’d also ask your party about this. If a player did this in a big combat where it matters I’d be kinda annoyed lol

[livid echo]

Have to buy a brand new Alexa like Alexa show I bought the fire cube which is part fire tv stick part Alexa dot

It won’t work on dots or regular Alexa devices

But it’s so awesome

[rocky glacier]

yoo

[dense gulch]

Aww I swear she getting dumber and dumber

[rocky glacier]

so is everyone here like cracked at dnd

[hot gate]

That's one way to phrase it, sure

[livid echo]

Anyways this is a dnd discord I won’t get into weeds on Alexa I will just let y’all know how well it works it’s very possible it may work well

Anyways I’m off to bed goodnight and I’ll update y’all tomorrow if it works

[misty vault]

we're jive turkeys berk, at playing math rocks and imaginary chummers in dank dark dungeons.

[sturdy siren]

what? o.o

[misty vault]

I'm trying to talk slang. Did it work?

[sturdy siren]

we're jive turkeys berk, no idea what u mean here

[woven flint]

I admit

Made me die inside a little,
I think it worked

[echo shoal]

Hi!

[dense gulch]

I mean like as quirk I'll still play normal but I will be more clingy XD

[rocky glacier]

ngl what do u even do at lvl 20

[sturdy siren]

fight against Hadar

try to go against Mechanus and be attorneys at law

[reef tundra]

Make the DM cry

But then the DM will finally realise they don’t need to balance the combat anymore

Then all hell breaks loose

[rocky glacier]

what did u do if u were at llv 20

[final merlin]

Hihii

FEAR ANS HUNGER FAN

[sturdy siren]

its all good and fun until dm comes to session with an extra bag of minies

[reef tundra]

I’ve only been level 20 once for a political intrigue campaign

[rocky glacier]

oh

[final merlin]

Hail sulphur god

[reef tundra]

But damn it was fun

Our characters were grand, hailed heroes

I played a fallen warlord

[final merlin]

I lwk never played dnd

[reef tundra]

There was just one problem - the DM.

We didn’t once have combat

[reef tundra]

My condolences /j

[final merlin]

Dang, poor the barbarians in yr team

[rocky glacier]

yo is this a fear and hunger reference?

[reef tundra]

That was me 😭
I was a Monk/barbarian

[final merlin]

YEAAA I love fnh played like 5 times I prefer termina tho

[glass granite]

Bonk!

[reef tundra]

I was mega bonk, flurry bonk if you will

[rocky glacier]

ive only played termina imma prolly get fear and hunger 1 but ngl playing it is so dreadful

[final merlin]

Was yr charisma high? Or did you min max

[woven flint]

Did I tell you folks about my Wonderous Three Crit Steel Wind Strike today? I can't remember lol

[glass granite]

Yup

[reef tundra]

My charisma was high, just because my character was a warlord and would naturally have high charisma

[final merlin]

Yeaa it's quite the experience, but there's a really op weapon you get super early it just makes everything easier

[woven flint]

I'm never getting three crits in a row ever again in my life 😔

[glass granite]

How MAD were they?

[final merlin]

I LOVE WARLOCKS

[rocky glacier]

is it a cheat item

[reef tundra]

No no, not a warlock, a warlord

[final merlin]

But I think I'm more of a ranger

[reef tundra]

Surprisingly not too MAD. I was a strength build (yes, a strength Monk 😭)

[final merlin]

Ahh what's that is it subclass of monk or barbarian? Idrk subclasses other than rangers

😭 pardon my stupidity