dnd-discussion

[remote wadi]

What? It's just an ordinary Mod- OH MY GOODNESS!

[glass granite]

Ok now I’m scared

[burnt valley]

I looked them up and...

[dry obsidian]

hey guys how do i make a submittion to find a dm? im trying to find any dnd game to join

but im new so i dont know how this works haha

[still plover]

Check the listings in #looking-for-players for games that want people, read the details, respond as appropriate and cross your fingers.

Type /looking and select the option for #looking-for-dm to advertise yourself as a new player in search of a group. Be sure to include your regular availability!

There are other Discord servers where people gather for games. You can find them in #looking-for-community .

Aside from here, you could also try LFG areas in sites like Reddit, Roll20 or the D&D Beyond forums to get started.

[dry obsidian]

thanks broski

[jovial shadow]

Broski? I haven't heard that in a long time

[hidden spindle]

It can't be that ba- Oh...

[dim wasp]

wuh

[surreal salmon]

do anyone got a campaign i can play

[tropic plank]

#looking-for-players is the place to check for that kind of information!

[dim wasp]

(dnd series kinda) have ya all seen the legend of vox machina?

[dry obsidian]

my fault Lich Lord. Forgive me

[still plover]

Look up: #dnd-discussion message

[junior spade]

Guys should I max out Dex to 20 or get grappler feat as a level 12 monk..

[hidden spindle]

Max DEX

[minor cargo]

I personally value ability scores over feats, unless there's something very specific I'm trying to do.

[tall forge]

In the sense of min maxing dnd as a game

Stat buffs are nearly always better than feats

Increasing dex means you get better AC, to hit, damage, dex saving throws, dex skill checks

[reef copper]

Then there are always feats like lucky, cardomancy and resilience that are usually strong enough to value taking before.
But feats are rarely that strong

[tidal bough]

Generally the feats just enable certain play styles

[limber trail]

Mechanically, a 20 Dex is probably stronger. That said, I find feats to just be a lot more fun & expressive

[umbral girder]

Plus it’s nice to have a larger tool box to play with

[naive cedar]

I love that we’re censoring M*stra now

[tropic plank]

The goddess formerly known as Midnight

[burnt valley]

Feats are more worth it than ASI's

[valid geyser]

depends id say. For a monk, 20 dex does a lot for you. AC boost, iniative, attacks. your DCs

[severe rampart]

"She who shall not be named"

[rough basalt]

Her greatest crime is one that can never be forgiven

[valid geyser]

is "mystra bad" a bingo topic yet?

[rough basalt]

Making Volo a weave anchor so he can never die so FR has to suffer with his existence for eternity

[humble cairn]

I don't even understand how it started or why.

[tropic plank]

I think a large part of it is baldurs gate 3, but also she’s died more than most gods, and keeps making mortals suffer
Also, she restricted magic a lot and I’m opposed to that

[naive cedar]

What are the other bingo topics

[naive cedar]

I just think it’s funny tbh. I’ve disliked her since long before BG3 although that didn’t help

[valid geyser]

rangers, alignment, races, basically any kind of repeated discussion we have multiple times a week

[tropic plank]

Oh, and AI
Can’t forget the centre bingo spot

[naive cedar]

“Are martials worse than casters?”

[valid geyser]

more recently, the "this should probably be in #optimization" talks, mostly because of a handful of people talking here and me included because I can't help but fan those fames

[severe rampart]

and every single alignment talk, you bet you can find Incubus

[severe rampart]

The "free" space indeed

[tropic plank]

Probably a philosopher given how deeply Incubus goes into the morals of alignment

[severe rampart]

Or he's just the reincarnation of Socrates, Plato, and perhaps a bit of Diogenes all into one body

[tropic plank]

Tbh it’s not even really a debate because I’ve yet to see a single person arguing the opposite opinion

[severe rampart]

I have

[tropic plank]

In dnd?
The imagination game.

[still plover]

One Piece and similar has dropped off. Wonder if that'll surge again when the next live action season hits.

[severe rampart]

People implementing AI, asking it for help, using it as a DM substitute, and even using it to create images for their character nowadays is more popular, and I hate it

[valid geyser]

yeah i dont think weve really had a true "ai in d&d" agrument
it's mostly just a guy going "I used chatgpt for this thing" and a lot of people going "we don't do that here"

[severe rampart]

I will always support local artists instead of relying on the slop AI produces

[valid geyser]

recently its been a little bit more jjk-in-d&d heavy. Might be even less of a fit though

[tropic plank]

I hate ai, but I think it’d be really funny to see a fully ai campaign attempt
The dm ai keeps repeating the same three things and the player ais just resort to the most stereotypical ways to roleplay their characters, and always end with a sentence like:
‘and it’s not just anger, it’s pure rage, and it’s boiling’

[north hawk]

I use AI regularly. I don't have time to argue about it now, I just want it to be known people are here that use it. I think it's a great tool in certain use cases. It's great for ideas especially on topics you're not familiar with, art and battle maps.

[tropic plank]

Bold statement

[naive cedar]

omg please

[valid geyser]

ive had one time where a DM had some AI assistance in his stuff, and did ask later if that was fine and said he wouldn't do it after people preferred not to

[severe rampart]

I know, right?

[minor cargo]

A lot of people use AI in their D&D games. Our server, for how big it is, is actually a really, really small D&D population.

[burnt valley]

So to get rid of M*stra permanently, you gotta kill Volo?

[naive cedar]

Ngl I prefer the alignment discourse over the AI discourse

[valid geyser]

no. Volo is just the backup plan to keep the weave up if she dies

[north hawk]

A great use I did recently with AI was I fed it my campaign themes and had it recommend films I could watch for inspiration.

[naive cedar]

Unfortunately hes not the only weave anchor from what I understand

[timber path]

hi chat

[burnt valley]

Free Cyric from their imprisonment
Convince Helm to try and get rid of M*stra again
???
Profit

[tropic plank]

It’s basically to prevent the Spellplague happening again, I believe

[burnt valley]

:fridge:

[naive cedar]

Mystra as the spellplague almost happens again because Volo got kidnapped by some goblins:

[severe rampart]

Interesting, are you... planning to take the elephant out of the fridge to make room for the giraffe?

[hoary totem]

My Undead Warlock: gets KOed
Patron: Persevere, my child, and rise again.
Warlock: (CUSS) YEAH! I ALWAYS COME BACK! TECHNOBLADE NEVER DIES! THOUGHT I'D (CUSS) DIE SO EASILY?
Patron: ... Is this a phase?
Party:
Warlock:
Warlock: No.

[tropic plank]

It’s a funny thing to go into BG3 knowing because the existence of a weave anchor means Gale could probably actually overthrow Mystra with the crown

Unless I’m mistaken in the way the crown worked

[naive cedar]

Gale has 10 wisdom ok leave him alone

[tropic plank]

So that’s why he’s a cat person

[burnt valley]

Me and the boys jumping She-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named as soon as she gets mostly depowered ala JJK

[naive cedar]

I can’t even argue with this because I also probably have low wisdom

[grim nimbus]

Good morrow everyone

Or evening

[severe rampart]

I genuinely do not know how to begin to comprehend this

[naive cedar]

I’m the only person alive who hasn’t seen JJK

[tropic plank]

Beating up Mystra after Volo dies because the weave would be weakened

[grim nimbus]

I havent

[flat steeple]

Twins

[tropic plank]

Same

[severe rampart]

I find JJK delightful.

[grim nimbus]

I just haven't watched it yet

[burnt valley]

We will stuff bags with bricks and beat her up with it

[grim nimbus]

RN I'm introducing my little nephews to dbz

[flat steeple]

I got a 2000 piece d&d puzzle as my birthday gift, will probably share the finished thing somewhere on the serv once i'm done

[grim nimbus]

Ooooo that sounds dope

[minor cargo]

Could you share a picture of it in #merch-and-dice ? 👀
That sounds something I'd really love to get someone as a gift.

[flat steeple]

Would you like to be pinged when I share it?

[minor cargo]

Please!

[tropic plank]

I’m probably gonna get books for my birthday, hoping for something like Lorwyn FL or CoE

[grim nimbus]

When I get the money an antique mall by where I live has a lot of like 30 DND minis for like 50 bucks

[flat steeple]

Sounds cool. I had a friend with a 3d printer, thought about asking them to print my players figures for cash. Sadly ties were cut along the way

[grim nimbus]

I'm sorry to hear that my cousin has like 3 3d printers and he prints minis and stuff I've helped him and our friend John paint them and stuff fun yet stressful times cause my hands shake like crazy when I'm painting

[flat steeple]

It's a tricky thing. They're small, it's easy to make a mistake, and it's not like you have a control z button to undo the big splotches.

[grim nimbus]

Exactly!

[flat steeple]

Not even talking about the different types of textures you will find yourself painting.

[grim nimbus]

I can't hit the uh-oh button and go back

[flat steeple]

(I'm glad they stopped using lead in the figures too)

[grim nimbus]

It also doesn't help that when it comes to my own stuff I am 100% a perfectionist so if I make a mistake my brain goes on the fritzz

Next time I go over I'll get some pictures of some of the minis they have printed and show you guys in the merch and dice page

[flat steeple]

I'd love to be pinged if you do. If you remember to ofc

[grim nimbus]

I will do my best 🫡

Brb need to go check my sugars rq

[marble quarry]

That’s fair do you have any favorite local artists you support regularly?

[severe rampart]

I have two that I became friends with and regularly commision, but that's off topic right now!

[grim nimbus]

I am pleasantly surprised by my sugar levels I thought they would be high cause I did a bad and had an orange last night but it's sitting at 95

[flat steeple]

I can't spend the money to commission my player's PCs, but I've had a campaign where the players got so attached one of them started picking up drawing to draw his PC

I'm really grateful for this group in particular. They're probably the reason why I still DM to this day.

[marble quarry]

That’s awesome having artists you trust is such a vibe btw Can we be friends too?

[minor cargo]

Not just for D&D, but in general in the TTRPG space, I've begun harping that sometimes money (specifically) doesn't have to be how we show gratitude for services/gifts from each other.

For example, one group might have a musician - and maybe exchanging a short song for character art makes everyone feel like their time was valued. I've had friends do voice work for an NPC just for fun and I can exchange things like editing their writing or giving them feedback on worldbuilding.

[undone rain]

Yk what would be a funny stat build. Puttin all your stats in charisma, nothing else. Your so dumb even a monkeys smarter but somehow is the most charismatic

[flat steeple]

That sounds awesome as I hate money

[severe rampart]

Basically every single one of my characters

[barren panther]

"woowoowoo" I saw someone make an IG reel about this a few days ago

[undone rain]

Exactly what i was reffering to😂

[marble lion]

Like 0 int?

[barren panther]

well 0 int I'm pretty sure is dead

[undone rain]

You get free stuff from vendors by making random noises

[marble lion]

I dont think you can really go below uh

[lyric viper]

That's basically just a puppy

[marble lion]

7 or something which is still smarter than a monkey in most regards

[barren panther]

I mean if we're doing roll 4 drop the lowest can't you technically get a 3? That's really unlucky haha

[fossil hollow]

yes. you cn

[flat steeple]

Creatures that have 0 in any ability score, automatically die.

[marble lion]

Never had a dm accept stats that low tbh

Technically possible with rolling but i never saw it being used

[barren panther]

how do you roll a zero with no modifiers?

[marble lion]

I was really just questioning the idea of "all points in charisma"

And "dumb as a monkey"

Together, these statements made me wanna point out that isnt how dnd usually works

[barren panther]

I missed that but he was directly referencing a meme

[undone rain]

Yeah it was only a joke

[marble lion]

Sting suffered

[lyric viper]

Ah. Not true! In 5e most of the abilities that can reduce a stat will kill you on 0 but that is specific to the ability. In older editions like 3.5 reaching 0 in certain abilities would have effects like comatose, paralysis so on.

[marble lion]

Wisdom, strength

[lyric viper]

I think the only one that was 'oh, no , they're dead' was con I believe.

[lavish flame]

Yeah, in 5e there isn't a general rule about hitting 0 for an ability score. The general rule is "[1] is the lowest a score can normally go. If an effect reduces a score to 0, that effect explains what happens."

[red zephyr]

Ok so general discord question, I’ve never used the voice chat but I’m going to running a one shot for a discord server, how many people can be in the chat at one time? Also does it bump people out?

[severe rampart]

You can set it to how many you want IIRC, that or 12 people

[fossil hollow]

i. i dont even know what the maximum is

[severe rampart]

Though it's not advisable to have a dnd group bigger than 6-7(shut up) people

[jovial shadow]

I have only seen 10, but that may be server dependent

[lavish flame]

Discord won't kock people and and by default, Voice Chats have no real upper limit. You can set an upper limit if you'd like.

[knotty pasture]

Past a certain point its just going to be really noisy is all

[jovial shadow]

I agree having too many people becomes unmanageable and annoying. I prefer 5 max

[severe rampart]

And gonna be hard to make everyone feel included

Oh and don't get me started on the combat

[red zephyr]

Ok yeah cause it’s for a book club group and some of the members wanted to do a campaign but also more were interested in how the game runs. I can always make a note for “audience” members to not turn on theirs mics

It’s a party of 4 plus myself

[severe rampart]

5? Sweet spot

[red zephyr]

Thank y’all for the info, may the dirty 20’s roll in your favor!

[minor cargo]

It was in the DMG in 3.5E (so not in the SRD), but my favourite was 0 charisma: unconscious and experiencing horrible nightmares. Fun times. 😬

[knotty pasture]

4's just fine, you can have a little group DM on discord that houses up to 10 people at once

Anything larger than 10 and you'd have to make a discord server with a voice chat room which doesn't have an upper limit

[severe rampart]

So... worse than death?

[jovial shadow]

There's no sweet spot, although the game recommends four

[fossil hollow]

im fairly sure they were referring to their own sweet spots

[knotty pasture]

Most campaigns I see tend to be 4-6 players, personal preference with DMs

[severe rampart]

I've been in an 8 player one if you count the DMPC

[fossil hollow]

my personal sweet spot is 5 nowadays, ont got enough brainpowr for multiple 6 player games

[severe rampart]

I've barely got enough brainpower for myself as is

[red zephyr]

What’s nice in my campaign I have 2 seasoned players, 1 fairly fresh player and a straight green horn player. So their experiences will be fun

[fossil hollow]

whoops, midread

[knotty pasture]

Are there official campaigns that support 7 or more players again

[severe rampart]

Probably not, right?

[fossil hollow]

support? nah. 4-6 is the average the modules assume

[urban bolt]

5 is the perfect sweet spot for me.

[keen kestrel]

4 feels almost perfect, but a 5th player can feel nice at times

[lavish flame]

5 is my go-to. Its enough people that each player isn't holding up a quarter of the effectiveness of the team, and not enough that people can't hear each other

[minor cargo]

I've really started to fall in love with 3 player tables.

[crimson gulch]

i think 4 has become my sweet spot

im running some 6 player tables and some 4 player tables, and the players that are in both notice the difference in relative play contributions

[marble lion]

4 does sound perfect to me too

3 risks missing a session when 1 doesnt come or is rpshy

5 is getting a bit busy for casual players to roleplay well

4 is not cluttered but allows for a player taking it easy a while

3 committed rphappy players would be perfect too though for me

[long oriole]

Are there any good T4 modules?

[fossil hollow]

not especially

[thorn abyss]

Any of you ever “seen” a haregon in a game?

[fossil hollow]

yes, ive played with multiple

[young marten]

Umm I guess yeah

[fossil hollow]

i think dungeon of the mad mage is decent, but its 1-20

[thorn abyss]

Just curious. I’ve got a whole rabbit theme going on. In the event I learned a rabbit like race is playable that’d be more then swell

[fossil hollow]

ive played 3 harengons

[long oriole]

Only that one? A pity but still a starting point.

[fossil hollow]

eve of ruin has its issues

[marble lion]

Yeah a red latex rabbit with studded black choker theme from the looks of it

[knotty pasture]

Chains of Asmodeus perhaps?

[marble lion]

Oh what the hells, dnd has drow

[knotty pasture]

Mad Mage is 5-20 iirc but you can start with Dragon Heist as a prequel (which is 1-5)

[knotty pasture]

Kind of a sequel to Descent into Avernus for the record, but DiA ends at level 13 while CoA starts at level 11

[heady jacinth]

Hi guys

[fossil hollow]

im sorry what

[heady jacinth]

I'm new

[marble lion]

Scroll up

[fossil hollow]

oh, the pfp

[marble lion]

I was gonna be grumpy about such a weird pfp in this server

But then i reminded myself dnd is not short of this stuff

[hollow hearth]

Where could I go about asking for help on a campaign. More specifically about anyone that would be willing to lend a pair of hands on my campaign

[marble lion]

Like coDMing?

[hollow hearth]

Not exactly but if they’re invested like me it could turn out like that

[marble lion]

Then #dm-discussion

Or worldbuilding if its specifically worldbuilding or homebrew if its that

But dmdisc is a good start

[hollow hearth]

Okay, I appreciate it. If that another channel here or? Nvm I read it wrong

[fossil hollow]

what?

[marble lion]

I recommend looking through the channels now

[hollow hearth]

I realized it. Thanks for the help

[rough basalt]

DoMMs one of few issues is that it has no ties to DH other than being in the same city even tho it was paired with it

Tho it's few issues are not hard to fix

[crimson gulch]

Yeah I have had several harengon players in My games

[thorn abyss]

For one it’s a statue

[thorn abyss]

Can I assume mt games stands for mountain?

[marble lion]

My

I like harengons a lot because of alice wonderland probably

[rough basalt]

I've seen one or two, two I think

[reef copper]

With a large sample of players, what's a race that unexpectedly got few or no players.

[spring light]

aasimar

goliath gets unexpectedly more players, from my experience

[acoustic briar]

Yes, I have never met an assimar player.
Most play the classical fantasy races.

[crimson gulch]

from the PHB things are all used quite freqently, i have had MOTM greenlit alot and the standouts have been Firbolg, fairy, Yuan ti and shadar kai

[rough basalt]

Most PCs I get are humans, elfs or tiefs

[marble lion]

With my small sample size, dwarf
I wish i saw anyone ever play a dwarf

[marble lion]

I played aasimar but never saw anyone else do it

[rough basalt]

Tho my current party for my Monday game is a Kobold, a Dragonborn, Satyr, and a Tief

[crimson gulch]

i have never had a gith, Lizardfolk pcs,

[rough basalt]

I've played an aasimar.

[marble lion]

Only DMs play aasimar confirmed

[crimson gulch]

none of my assimar players are Dm's

[marble lion]

Dammit my theory falls from the heavens

[rough basalt]

I might change the paladin ima play to a Yuan-Ti

Sheathe my other paladin for a more story driven game.

[reef copper]

Elf is by far the most popular but thats if you include them together, but individualy a few of them beat human still
In my experience

[ripe nimbus]

my first campaign, just straight phandelver, had an aasimar acolyte bard

[spring light]

humans and goliaths get the most play from what i've seen

[acoustic briar]

I do have a yuyan-ti player in my current game. Although from the description, it is unclear whether it is actually a yuan-ti or just an anaconda with arms.

[reef copper]

Humans are by far the most common according to a old studdy

[tawdry sentinel]

At our LGS I think about half of any given table will be elves.

[ripe nimbus]

hm. id play elves more if they were taller than humans ngl

[marble lion]

You can just say your elf is tall

[ripe nimbus]

ik i can

[acoustic briar]

You can make your elf tall. You could even play the world's tallest gnome.

[ripe nimbus]

ik i can. but i like staying within the lines of settings as best i can

[rough basalt]

I always play the small medium sized characters

[marble lion]

Elves are just slightly shorter iirc

Its perfectly within setting limits to have an elf who is taller than most humans

Arent elves like usually 5'4 to 6ft

But yeah theyre not skyrim highelves

7ft lankyboys

[ripe nimbus]

look i just woke up and it’s hard to explain my thought process here, which i also recognize probably is more preconscious than full formed

[marble lion]

I do like the dough a little raw

[spring light]

My dwarf is tall and skinny, you might think he's a human but he's a dwarf.

[marble lion]

Ok but that is weird

Possible and not a problem but i can see why someone wouldnt like doing that

[spring light]

they're both medium sized creatures, so it's not even changing mechanics

[marble lion]

An elf thats 6'4 is very very reasonable in comparison

[acoustic briar]

I have 2 NPCs that look like twins, but one of them is the world's talles halfling and the other the world's smallest giant and they have been living together for so long, they have forgotten which is which.

[marble lion]

How tall are they

[acoustic briar]

6'4

[marble lion]

That giant is one hell of a runt

[ripe nimbus]

that halfling is enormous

[buoyant oar]

Learned of a new group of people in the forgotten realms today called the Jarnsaxa. A tribe of human Barbarian women who live in a reclusive valley far to the north of the great glacier. Who call themselves the "Iron Crushers of the World."

Nuggets like these is why I love the realms. Been running in it for over 25 years and still learn new things.

[marble lion]

Damn a whole tribe of them?

Strange

I thought barbarians were rare and the leaders of communities etc

That tribe must be pretty strong then

[ripe nimbus]

i think “barbarian” is being used to describe “people living outside of civilization” and not the class

[fossil hollow]

Barb is capitalized though

[marble lion]

People here usually avoid language like that

So i assume it refers to levelled class instead

[acoustic briar]

Not every Barbarian has the barbarian class.
Many barbarian class characters think of themselves as fighters.

[fossil hollow]

some are just berserkers

or berserker commanders

[marble lion]

Kas will enlighten us

[lucid pilot]

Wait. Where can I find people to do a campaign with? Or is this not that sort of server

[buoyant oar]

They were Nars from the Arcane Empires who got sold into slavery and then those slavers got killed by Giants.

They toiled under the giants of the Mountain of Iron in Western Kara-Tur for about a century. Then, they killed all of the giants while they slept. Ventured out across the frozen plain of the snow spirits before finding a temperate land surrounded by volcanos at the top of the world.

This land called the Rakeclaw, was the lair of a long dead dragon. They settled there and found a magical shield that can open a portal to the mountains in Thesk. Where they send out their women to find worthy strong mates. As of 1501 according of Ed Greenwood there numbers are around 460.

[spring light]

#find-a-game

[buoyant oar]

Men are forbidden from the Rakeclaw. Any sons born are second class citizens in their own land.

To date the Jarnsaxa only appeared in one piece of Realms media. The 1993 video game Dungeon Hack. Where one NPC is a Jarnsaxa.

[rough basalt]

Huh. That's interesting.

[lavish flame]

yo I've played that game!

[rough basalt]

I've ran into sort of a roadblock with the next 5e game I wanna run

[lavish flame]

I never ran into any NPCs in that game tho

[still plover]

Like what?

[rough basalt]

Space on Forge, but I'm trying to solve it

[plucky cape]

mb mb

[spark forge]

👀

[plucky cape]

anyways you got a pic of the half elf with his weapons?

[spark forge]

i don't think i do sadly 😭 they're pretty plan daggers, as far as i've thought about it

[rough basalt]

The solutions are
Shared Compendium if I can figure out how to make that work or run both campaigns in the same Foundry World but that'd rule out anyone with not good PCs.

[spark forge]

and probably replaced like 4-5 times, he tends to. lose his weapons. a lot.

[plucky cape]

Oooo alrighty

ill work around this one for sure

[long oriole]

For a player, what level range is the most enjoyable?

[spark forge]

hell yeah!

i'll send 3 more refs of him on arts also

[plucky cape]

just send it via dm's

[spark forge]

oh sure sure

[elder tree]

i think one of my friends has gotten really into d&d because of the campaign we are running

he has only made like a dozen backup characters

[cloud sphinx]

IRON KINGDOMS does anybody know anything about it?

[acoustic briar]

Sounds dwarvish.

[civic ember]

yo, where would i find more text based dnd servers?

[still plover]

#looking-for-community would be my first stop. Roll20 has a filter to search for text games, too.

[still plover]

Played a session once upon a time, had fun. You looking to pinch some ideas from it?

[cloud sphinx]

I'm joining a session that is using Iron kingdoms but I don't know anything about Iron kingdoms

[still plover]

So, the Iron Kingdoms RPG, or a D&D game adapting the setting?

[buoyant oar]

https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Neysea_Snowwolf

Might have been a preset.

[still plover]

What do you know, they've Kickstarted a 5e version? Huh.

[cloud sphinx]

D&D :)

[still plover]

Well, this looks like it'll do for a setting primer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Kingdoms

[amber echo]

Guys the second atk from Psychic Blades is 1d4 pure or can add dex?

[inner silo]

Do changelings keep scars when shape shifting

[reef tundra]

I myself say no

But I do have a changeling character who has scars on her “original form”

Any scars she takes while shapeshifted go away when she changes form, but scars and injuries on her regular form stay

[meager fractal]

In some of the old ebberon novels there was a changeling able to hide their scars

[inner silo]

Alrighty

Btw is there any way to force a changeling to transform/detect a changeling except for killing them/true sight?

[reef tundra]

Moonbeam

[inner silo]

Do only druids get moon beam?

[reef tundra]

I think so

IIRC

[inner silo]

Oof

To use a spell scroll do you need for that spell to be on your classes spell list?

[reef tundra]

RAW yes I believe

[inner silo]

Okay, thanks for the help!

[reef tundra]

No problem!

[amber echo]

first atk from Psychic Blades is 1d6 plus Dex and secord atk ? is 1d4 pure or 1d4 plus dex too?

[inner silo]

It should be pure 1d4 without dual wielding fs i think

[mighty wharf]

If I turn my sister into a Tyranosister Rex in combat with a polymorph spell, do you think she'd be happy about that?

Idk if that's like a problem player thing to do

[acoustic briar]

Who doesn't want to be a tyranosister rex?

[mighty wharf]

Right?

I'm trying to think of fun things to do with powerful spells for my party members and that's one of them but I'm not sure what my DM is going to think when they see polymorph on my spell list

[cobalt owl]

Polymorph is a good spell

[potent vector]

Only if the DM thinks it is.

[cobalt owl]

May I suggest the classic giant ape

[mighty wharf]

I don't think my sister would enjoy becoming a monkey

[cobalt owl]

Shame

[mighty wharf]

Trex is more fun.

[potent vector]

Also, you might need to justify how your character knows those exist, if they did at all in your DM's setting

[cobalt owl]

Giant ape is better

[mighty wharf]

Tbf my character is a time wizard

[burnt valley]

True Polymorph is indeed a good spell

[acoustic briar]

It has a 50% chance of destroying itself and the entire party?

[mighty wharf]

I could say whatever the DND equivalent of a Trex is. Idk what it would be, because I'm new, but my character would know.

[acoustic briar]

Dinosaurs do exist in D&D.

[mighty wharf]

Oh yeah absolutely. If I get mind controlled and if I play my character well, I will become the new BBEG

[crimson gulch]

the t rex is in the monster manual

[cobalt owl]

Sure is

[mighty wharf]

They will probably need to have a contingency plan for me.

[cobalt owl]

Also a good spell

[burnt valley]

ask your DM to let you have a full rebuild of your spell list once you become a BBEG, we can suggest stuff to make your character even more challenging to fight

[mighty wharf]

We haven't started yet

[burnt valley]

a h

[mighty wharf]

We're going to be playing this Thursday or something

Oh that's tomorrow...

I've also been thinking about how I'd be able to "Rods of God" an encounter

I'm thinking some kind of teleport into space or something... and because my character is a warforged maybe being really heavy.

[burnt valley]

what does your party composition look like?

[burnt valley]

Gargantuan sized creatures from 500 ft

[mighty wharf]

It goes by size, not weight?

[burnt valley]

RAW, there's no rules for this

[mighty wharf]

I guess polymorph with uh vortex warp I think? Something like that.

[burnt valley]

Oversized weapons are an option though

[mighty wharf]

I've never actually read feather fall, it just makes you fall slowly right? It's not immunity to fall damage?

[inner silo]

Are there any advantages to being a small size creature

[harsh hollow]

Marketability.

[mighty wharf]

That's the funniest answer

[inner silo]

What's marketability?

[harsh hollow]

Oh I was kidding, I meant they're easier to make cute merch of. x3

[burnt valley]

marketable plushies

[inner silo]

Ah oki, that makes sense

[barren panther]

everyone loves a silly little guy™

[inner silo]

Dwarf merch is 🔥

[acoustic briar]

I think you can more through large and bigger creatures.

[harsh hollow]

In the older versions of DnD there were actually disadvantages to being small usually, but that's been done away with.

[unborn geyser]

Less likely to be attacked by the insane barbarian player unless you’re a gnome

[harsh hollow]

You usually had less movement speed and a penalty for using Heavy weapons.

[barren panther]

true but I belieeeeve Dwarves are Medium aren't they?

[harsh hollow]

I'm still a bit surprised playable fairies aren't Tiny.

[inner silo]

Right. So that leaves only gnomes and halflings from the phb?

[acoustic briar]

Faries can use Reduce.

[harsh hollow]

That's true, but I mean standard.

[undone rain]

They arent?

[harsh hollow]

Nope, still Small.

[undone rain]

Like how small

[harsh hollow]

Small ™

[inner silo]

A faerie the size of a small halfling😭

[karmic pendant]

Similar size to gnomes

[undone rain]

That issss strange to say the least

[valid geyser]

im p sure humans, aasimar and tieflings now get the option to be small

[harsh hollow]

Most species can be now.

[civic ember]

my question goes unanswered.

[barren panther]

you can optionally make a small human

[inner silo]

Right

[civic ember]

is this a place where i can find dnd servers/games?

[harsh hollow]

Warfoged can be too.

[undone rain]

Whats a warforged

[harsh hollow]

#looking-for-players #looking-for-dm

[harsh hollow]

Essentially a robot.

[inner silo]

My wild magic sorcerer got turned into a halflight after death, haven't rolled a 1 ever since, only 2s and 3s

[civic ember]

WRONG!

[acoustic briar]

Basically the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz.

[undone rain]

Oh like an autognome

[valid geyser]

mass produced artificial people made during a war in a setting. Not robots really

[karmic pendant]

A robot/construct made of metal and wood

[undone rain]

Ohhhhhh

[harsh hollow]

I know it's not that simple but the basic idea is easier for explaining it.

[acoustic briar]

Tiktok from the sequel is basicall an Autognome.

[civic ember]

warforged are actually constructs, not robots, they are effectively mounds of something that are made sentient, like poo. or stone.

[barren panther]

so a golem?

[civic ember]

mimics can be made into warforged.

[undone rain]

Well aint that dandy

[civic ember]

more then a golem.

[undone rain]

So similair to plasmoids in a way but also not

[barren panther]

more than a golem to meeee

[still plover]

Let's stick with "crafted person."

[civic ember]

basically anything that doesnt breathe or sleep. basically more solid plasoids.

[undone rain]

Gotcha

[ripe nimbus]

if your DM bothers to track these things i think there are weight multipliers for equipment (armor especially) for Small creatures, but their carrying capacity is the same as Medium ones?

[harsh hollow]

It's not that simple but they're more or less going to be simplified as robots by most people.

[civic ember]

yeah if they are boring.

[harsh hollow]

And given that we're probably not getting a reprint of Spelljammer anytime soon, as close to a robot as 2024 has.

[barren panther]

Murderbot kinda seems like what a Warforged would be

[valid geyser]

simplified by people who don't know theyre not robots. Solution is solved by being taught theyre not robots

[ripe nimbus]

nope that’s a 3e rule i misremembered as part of 5e

[rough basalt]

Figured out some more stuff about foundry and now I believe I've solved the loading issues my players and I would encounter sometimes

[potent vector]

It's so they don't use everything as full cover

[inner silo]

What do you think of an idea for a changeling warlock whos patron "marked" him with a sign that stays even when he shapeshifts so that he can never fool the patron

[harsh hollow]

Which mechanically makes sense, but also the idea of a three foot tall fairy is strange.

[valid geyser]

I’m not sure how to feel about small warforged. I think the fact that wotc was really vague on warforged getting a redesign in 2024 (they didn’t. There was only just a single individual warforged with the nose in that book for some reason and we didn’t see any others) kinda messed with the mass produced physical nature of warforged I think is kind of important to their identity
And I know warforged can get body mods in the lore but they’re usually not as dramatic as how nosey the warforged looks. I guess I could believe a leg reduction more than making two new fingers and a more human shaped body

Forge of the artificer was just a mess of a book imo

[sick summit]

Oh dang, I've been so invested in exam preps I forgot to say "day 13 of saying friendly building sized cats should exist both irl and in D&D" for multiple days

[tawdry sentinel]

You can use a medium creature as a mount.

You can fit through a tiny hole with squeezing rules. A lot of modules tend to include that for fitting through arrow slots and up chimneys etc.

You can move through large creatures spaces.

[opaque jolt]

Heyy

[harsh hollow]

It's really weird because they essentially made Warforged still not need to eat breathe or drink but in a roundabout way. You technically still "need" to do these things but don't gain exhaustion from not doing them.

[inner silo]

So a small beastmaster can mount their summon?

[rough basalt]

Ye

[harsh hollow]

Small Battle Smiths can also use their Steel Defender as a mount.

[inner silo]

That's fire ngl

[rough basalt]

Little robot riding a bigger bot into battle

[lethal pagoda]

Hello !

[valid geyser]

Not even that. The process of making a warforged is just modifying settings on a weird magical printer until the results were to par and just making a lot of them. I guess nosey was an exception, being one that was actually built by a person I guess

[tawdry sentinel]

Mounted rules I think would tend to make that sort of thing into a whole spaghetti. CBA to look it up right now but my gut feeling is when you're using something as a mount it can't use half it's actions.

[harsh hollow]

Well no I mean mechanically, on the stat block. Instead of just saying they don't need to do these things like the old version you now just don't gain Exhaustion from not doing them, which is the same thing in different terms.

[valid geyser]

Ah. I thought you were talking about them actually having noses

[harsh hollow]

I don't think there's anything that mechanically supports that, is there?

[potent vector]

I rly wanna play Upgrade from Ben 10 but Fantasy (Small Plasmoid Battlesmith)

[inner silo]

Do beast masters summons have access to dodge action?

[valid geyser]

Also I think it’s dumb that the plot of forge of the artificers art being a murder mystery for nosey. It’s been done before and it’s kind of messed up that warforged in these stories don’t get autonomy/treated as people that way

[rough basalt]

They use the dodge action if you don't tell them to do anything

[harsh hollow]

Most summons do, because unless you use a resource to tell them to do otherwise Dodging is all they do on their turn.

[potent vector]

Yes, and auto does it if you don't command them

[inner silo]

Alrighty

[harsh hollow]

(Some of them get a sort of Free Will Mode if you're knocked out though.)

[inner silo]

That's actually really op. As a beast master ranger you can get a flying mount that gets permanent disadvantage against themselves

[rough basalt]

At level 7 they can use the dodge action, dash, disengage and help as a BA which is nice.

[potent vector]

Mounts let you Disengage for free since you aren't using your movement, so they can only OA your mount.

[inner silo]

That's really strong. Permanent disadvantage on attacks against you just for bonus actions

[harsh hollow]

I think there's a feat you can grab that lets you choose if it's you or the mount that takes damage when attacked.

[potent vector]

Yeah, you can force attacks to hit you instead

[rough basalt]

Mounts also can use dash, disengage

[potent vector]

Which is nutty with a Druid buddy

[mighty wharf]

I think what the players want to play with and what fits the character's backstory matters more than what the book says.

[rough basalt]

I played a paladin that rode a horse and my God the mobility was crazy

[potent vector]

Real Tank build with forced taunt

[rough basalt]

80ft and being a Large creature meant it covered more ground on the battlemap

[harsh hollow]

Especially since a lot of the time a species will be used more as a framework than being completely to the letter of the setting anyway.

[potent vector]

Have you not had the pleasure of a teammate abuse Phantom Steed? Which is absurd as a Ritual spell

[rough basalt]

Nah haven't seen it used ingame yet

[harsh hollow]

I have a plasmoid that's a potion that was brought to life, so it's not accurately the species from space but uses its stats as a framework because it's the only playable ooze.

[potent vector]

100ft move speed teamwide, it's so busted.

[harsh hollow]

And likewise as loathe as people are for them to be described that way I'm pretty sure most playable robot characters will use warforged character stats. :P

It doesn't have to be entirely accurate as long as it's a close enough framework.

[mighty wharf]

I keep getting automodded yet I don't know why

[mighty wharf]

Either that or autognome, which I really do not want.

[harsh hollow]

Autognomes are fun too, they definitely have their place.

[mighty wharf]

The name...

The association with gnomes. Not my thing.

[harsh hollow]

It doesn't actually have to be a gnome robot though, it's just the name. It can just be a small robot.

[minor cargo]

I don't know if this is helpful and/or interesting, but 3.5E also had small Warforged. They were in Eberron Unlimited, and you'd look under "Warforged Scout".

Here's an exerpt:

Halfling-sized and basically halfling-shaped, this creature is a construct built from a variety of materials. Strands of fibrous sinew pulse with life beneath flexible plates of harder materials. It moves with speed, agility, and purpose.
The smallest of the warforged, the halfling-sized scouts were built to serve as spies, light infantry, and reconnaissance troops. They are far less common than the larger varieties, since they offer little advantage over humanoid scouts in warfare.
A warforged scout stands about 3 feet tall and weighs 60 pounds. Warforged scouts speak the language of their creators, usually Common.

[harsh hollow]

Why are peope so against gnomes anyway? I see that a lot but I don't get it, I've not even run into that many playable gnomes.

[mighty wharf]

What about a Warforged Mage? They'd be like average height right?

[potent vector]

People are against Gnomes???

[harsh hollow]

I've heard a lot of anti-gnome sentiment. x3

They don't look broken to me, and they don't seem to have a lore reason to be annoying like Kender.

[normal canyon]

What’s the description for dash

[harsh hollow]

You basically use your Action to move twice your movement speed.

[mighty wharf]

People think of garden gnomes when they hear gnome. I can only imagine people wanting to play a gnome as a not very serious or joke character.

[karmic pendant]

they can be medium or small so i don't think they have an average height

[mighty wharf]

I meant like average human height

[valid geyser]

No that is actually pretty helpful, albeit I was kind of under the impression that 5e canon didn’t really have specific models of warforged anymore

[normal canyon]

So I would get 150 ft speed if I use my normal speed and dash speed?

[harsh hollow]

It's not two seperate things, it just doubles your base speed and you use that.

[normal canyon]

What’s the base speed considered

[karmic pendant]

they could be that height

[harsh hollow]

Whatever your walking speed is. Usually around 30 with some exceptions.

[normal canyon]

Only walking speed?

[harsh hollow]

Yes.

Other types of speed (Climb, Swim, Fly) are only relevant if you're doing that thing, and I don't think Dash applies to them.

[normal canyon]

It says equal to my speed and I got 50 ft fly and 25 ft walk

And I use both of them

[harsh hollow]

Movement speed doesn't stack. If you have walking speed of 30 but flying speed of 10 and you're in the air you can only fly, not fly and walk.

[potent vector]

It does if your Speed equals your Walk speed

So if your Swim Speed equals your Walk Speed for example.

[harsh hollow]

Yeah, but I figured if that was the case they'd have mentioned that since it usually comes from a feature.

[normal canyon]

Yeah

[still plover]

This might be relevant: https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/br-2024/rules-glossary#Speed

[potent vector]

So yes, Dash does double all speeds then.

[glass granite]

Dash doesn’t double speed tho

It lets you move equal to your speed as an action

Which is important in situations where you can dash twice

[harsh hollow]

You can already move equal to your speed without an action, that doesn't make sense.

[glass granite]

It’s extra movement.

[potent vector]

"For the rest of the turn, give yourself extra movement equal to your Speed."

[harsh hollow]

If you can move up to your speed and then up to your speed again I'd say that's double movement.

[potent vector]

"Changes to Your Speeds. If an effect increases or decreases your Speed for a time, any special speed you have increases or decreases by an equal amount for the same duration. "

Since Dash increases Speed, it increases special speeds an equal amount

[harsh hollow]

+++++++++205..

Whoops.

[glass granite]

Dash increases movement, not speed

[harsh hollow]

That seems like hair-splitting a bit.

[glass granite]

All dash does is give you additional movement based on your base speed, so if you dash twice you’d effectively go triple your speed, not quadruple

[potent vector]

This seems like RAW debate, RAI its def meant to be able to increase speeds and rulings have made it clear.

[harsh hollow]

Who thought it would be quadruple? Of course if you move and then move again and then move again that'd be triple.

[potent vector]

Ofc. Who said it was quad?

[glass granite]

…apologies, I could’ve sworn someone said so.
That’s my bad

[potent vector]

Nah, we were just saying Dash increases Special Speeds

[minor cargo]

I think DaHo is correct (I know this is kind of #dnd-rules-y). The reason for the distinction is this kind of situation:

• Steve has a normal speed of 30 feet. But right now, he is restrained. His movement speed is now 0.
• If movement just added extra base speed, technically he'd add 30 to his movement and could now move?
• But because it says it this way:
  • "When you take the Dash action, you gain extra movement for the current turn. The increase equals your Speed after applying any modifiers."
• ...it means he doesn't add his base speed. He adds his speed after modifiers, which means he adds zero. You can't dash out of being restrained.

Again, very nit-picky and also a very niche situation.

I also think most people would intuit that you can't dash out of being restrained. So again, very rules-y.

[harsh hollow]

Out of curiosity, how do you have 50 fly and 25 walk?

[normal canyon]

Damn race

[valid geyser]

I mean aren’t there species that get reaction based movement like this that don’t specify the dash action?

[normal canyon]

Aarakocra

[valid geyser]

I feel like for lorwyn changeling the fact there are species that do similar things but actually work matters

I jumped onto this convo midway through this was about lorwyn changeling right

[harsh hollow]

Aarakocra have flight that matches their walk and 30 walk though.

[valid geyser]

Ok it wasn’t. Oops

[harsh hollow]

Honestly I find them to be kind of charming though, I think the lack of success on shapeshifting is kind of the charm point if you go with this.

[serene jolt]

It's the same with dashing through difficult terrain. Your speed isn't 60 because you're dashing. It's 30 because your speed is halved and then doubled

[main maple]

I’m buying two sets of dices to match the color scheme of my characters fams

[valid geyser]

there’s a silver lining to everything I suppose.

I guess I’d prefer a feature that actually does something but still

[harsh hollow]

It's a shame because the flavor text implies they can mimick inanimate objects naturally (or at least plants) but they don't have a feature for that.

(Technically mechanically the stat block doesn't even actually say you have to be the wrong color.)

[valid geyser]

Lorwyn first light feels like such a swing and a miss, like not even one of consequence really it's not like there was much momentum to the swing besides maybe the hope that wotc learned their lesson about mtg supplements from strixhaven

[harsh hollow]

If they had given it actual time I think it might've been better but this and the Astarion book feel like they were mostly created to make the ultimate editions of the Faerun book combo package feel like a deal.

Pack filler basically.

[valid geyser]

also that whole false advertising thing of the book advertising lore connections to the moonshae isles, which just doesnt exist in the book was kinda crappy

[harsh hollow]

I just hope they have something in store soon because it feels really late to not even have something first party announced let alone released.

[acoustic briar]

I first read "sliver lining", which brings me to the question if there are Sliver stat blocks.
Although They are probably a nightmare to actually run with all the abilities to keep track off.

[valid geyser]

and I did like netheril's fall, but i'm pretty sure it did regurgitate a lot of stuff from the 2e netheril supplement, but i guess that's fine for a 15 dollar mini-supplement that has more reach than a thing on dmsguild

[harsh hollow]

I forgot that one even existed frankly.

[valid geyser]

i mean it was the one without any player options really. Just an extra lore supplement if anything, which isn't a bad thing in my eyes

[harsh hollow]

The only thing I remember from it now that I'm thinking about it is the item it has that can restore charges to magic items.

[valid geyser]

are they legally considered consumables?

because i can imagine chicanery for 100 gold and a work week of crafting time

[harsh hollow]

I do think they're considered consumable in that they're used up, not entirely sure they count in the food sense. x3

[barren panther]

Anyone got any good resources for taking and keeping notes as a DM? I'm realizing that I don't remember things as well when I take notes on my computer, so I'm trying to organize a notebook like Bullet Journal style for my next Dragon Heist/DotMM campaign

ope meant to post that to #dm-discussion my bad

[valid geyser]

yeah I think it's weird that consumable isnt like, a tag for magic items because the way it is defined seems kinda circular.

[fossil hollow]

ddb has a consumable tag, but im surprised its not an actual category

[lavish flame]

Admittedly I feel like the Astarion supplement is actually reasonably solid

[valid geyser]

yeah I guess it also just counts for items that have charges but cant regain them daily.

However, beads of force have the tag, but necklace of fireballs doesn't?

[lavish flame]

The Feats are niche and not game-breaking but still fun and interesting and the additional Vamp-y statblocks are pretty cool

[valid geyser]

i think the feats are hit or miss, and some of the statblocks are on the weird side, like the super easy stunlock the speaker devil gets

[harsh hollow]

It has a feature or two that's solid, but I feel like something is lost by making Dhampir a species rather than a lineage.

I do like that Tireless Reveller can generate decent inspiration if you put it on a human with musician though.

Plus the background that includes it (Carouser) has Dex and Charisma, so it'd fit nicely on a Noble Genies Paladin.

[valid geyser]

also a thing i noticed with the vampires (also an issue for stuff like mummies) is that max HP draining effects just dont seem to have a duration anymore. For mummies at least it's probable dispel magic works, but would the life drain of a vampire's bite be a magical effect? i gues thats for the DM to decide

[lavish flame]

idk, i've never thought there was really a difference. I still would allow any PC to "become" a Dhampir

[lusty tendon]

so guys i think i found out why i turned to being a minmaxer, it was due to feeling useless in combat so i changed my build around to hit like a truck

[valid geyser]

yeah i think lineages never kept any important stuff from the original species to matter unless you were a species with a fly speed

[lavish flame]

Long Rests fix Max HP adjustments, so their duration is "until you Long Rest"

thats a 2024 change to Long Rests

[harsh hollow]

Oh yeah, mechanically not much different. I just thought the idea of being able to be a vampiric or ghostly/undead version of anything was a neat idea.

[valid geyser]

ah, that makes sense.

[lusty tendon]

also i just want a ruling on this as is it ok that i give my players 2 shortrests until a long rest? (i dont feel like dealing with coffeelocks)

[valid geyser]

if you dont like dealing with coffeelocks just tell your players not to play one

[harsh hollow]

Yeah, it's generally easier to just say no than it is to try and mechanically squeeze them out.

[lusty tendon]

thankfully that was for a small one shot i ran with friends, but my long term one now is mainly newbies so i dont have to worry about much, plus im giving them basically an open world that gives them all of the flexibility,

[dusky hare]

I'm running Strixhaven, which is a very roleplay heavy game, does anyone have any suggestions for sites to show handouts and stuff?

i use foundry for it in combat heavy games, but i don't feel like setting up a full foundry for a game with no grid combat

[barren panther]

I'd say either just tell them no or give them in-game consequences for taking too many short rests

[dusky hare]

coffee locks also rely on coffee, no? to avoid exhaustion

just tell them that coffee doesn't work like that

[barren panther]

I think BG3 set that standard, the only real limit RAW as far as I know is hours in a day

[harsh hollow]

That's more of a BG3 thing.

[valid geyser]

they rely on aspect of the moon, which says they dont need to sleep, which is inherently different from saying "you dont need to long rest in order to avoid exhaustion" so in that sense you still have to take long rests

[potent vector]

Ends after being targeted by a Greater Restoration by default now iirc

[vivid cipher]

I need help.

Like legal help

[valid geyser]

perfect. Thanks, i probably shouldve dug a little deeper into my concern

[vivid cipher]

Anyone here know the mods?

[glass granite]

Try #moderator-support and ask for a private thread

[vivid cipher]

I need help, like, now.

[dusky hare]

In my strixhaven game, the plan for coffee is that it's a consumable that temporary buff.

Coffee - Consumable Common
When you drink coffee if you are not already under the effects of coffee, you get +2 to all d20 tests and a +5 speed bonus for one hour, afterwards, make a dc 15 constitution saving throw. On a failure, you gain a level of exhaustion

[north hawk]

Bro. Take the suggestion.

[potent vector]

Tbh, having things be urgent and causing on the fly fight changes in reaction to the nearby adventurers is a better way to deal with them without making Warlock feel bad for existing

[harsh hollow]

Careful, Strixhaven has a magic item that makes unlimited coffee. x3

[dusky hare]

yes, i know

It's a non- stacking effect to be clear

[glass granite]

It pings the mods when you post there so that’s likely the fastest you can get

[harsh hollow]

I think that suggestion is as close to now as you're going to get.

[vivid cipher]

I already put a request for a thread in.

[potent vector]

Also . . . Artificer that makes an endless decanter of coffee

[dusky hare]

yeah, i know

[vivid cipher]

Theres a scammer in this server

[harsh hollow]

I don't think we can get you to them any faster than that.

[dusky hare]

strixhaven isn't a combat heavy game anyways, it's about skill checks and stuff that are often hours apart

[glass granite]

Yeah they don’t accept DM’s iirc

[potent vector]

True. If you don't mind, then there's no reason not ig.

[potent vector]

That's by default btw. That same name effects don't stack.

[dusky hare]

how do you recomend running theater of the mind games virtually

[tropic plank]

There’s like one a week

[dusky hare]

like, i want to be able to show backgrounds and stuff

[tropic plank]

You can get some decent images to serve as backgrounds from places like Czepeku

[dusky hare]

yeah where do i show them

[north hawk]

You could drop it in your discord chat or use Roll20 and show it on there.

You might me able to get it to work in DnD Beyond Maps.

Just don't use tokens on the image since you want TotM.

[harsh hollow]

If all you want is theater of the mind it can be pretty simple, just find a youtube video playing music in the background that you stream to them and set the scene with words.

[tropic plank]

My campaign started as mind theatre but I’m going to use battle maps next session because I think the players would prefer it

[chrome inlet]

hey i'm new here how do i get permission to post in #looking-for-dm ?

[harsh hollow]

Check under Channels and Roles near the top of the server channel list.

[chrome inlet]

Alright I'm gonna sound like an old man here but do I click on channels and roles or is there an option under it

[harsh hollow]

Clicking channels and roles takes you to a menu.

[chrome inlet]

Yup I'm there

[harsh hollow]

Looks like you need to look in #find-a-game for directions.

[north hawk]

I'm going to try a hybrid of TotM, zonal combat, and battle maps with my next campaign. I see strengths in all three depending on the circumstance.

[harsh hollow]

Yeah, most campaigns I've been in have been a mix of theater of the mind and battle maps.

(Granted, theater of the mind fighting has usually been when we cause a fight the DM didn't plan on. x3)

[stiff rock]

for a fight that can be resolved in one turn, or is in a room small enough to make movement/positioning moot then i just use tomt

[violet token]

Question for the longer term community: what is the consensus on DMs just creating arbitrary home brew rules for things without any notice? Example: the DM has ruled after 7 levels of playing Barbarian, that suddenly they cannot rage in medium OR heavy armor, instead of RAW (2024) just heavy armor.

[harsh hollow]

That's a party foul.

[stiff rock]

feels railroady and it really depends on the context

[violet token]

Especially after I went on a quest to create a custom suit of medium armor

[harsh hollow]

Yeah no, that's jank as hell.

[violet token]

Ok so it’s not just me overreacting then

[north hawk]

Talk to your DM about it respectfully and go from there.

[stiff rock]

unless the DM is ruling that because that's what they think the official ruling is, then yeah i agree that's way off

[violet token]

Context was : just sprung it up out of the blue with no explanation given

[harsh hollow]

Turning off a core class feature at random isn't cool.

[north hawk]

Agreed.

[acoustic briar]

Making up new houserules on the spot is hostile DMing and it is likely only getting worse from there.
Although I have never seen a hostile DM holding back until level 7, usually this happens much earlier.

[violet token]

Ok thanks guys, I was questioning myself on whether I was overthinking/ overreacting

[rough basalt]

id be out

there's a subclass, albeit a infamously bad one, that uses medium armor and they'd just be kinda ruined in that case and I dislike homebrew that ruins stuff

[harsh hollow]

At that point I think even calling it Homebrew is generous, it's just nerfing.

[rough basalt]

cause even if it doesnt affect someone, it shows you're willing to do something that would nerf a player unreasonably

[violet token]

Ok thank you for the sanity check. This is one in a long list of just randomly getting nerfed when using an ability.

[harsh hollow]

Oh man, I think that game might be a wash then unfortuately.

[violet token]

Maybe it’s just my autism but I like relying upon a set of rules to call upon

[rough basalt]

yeah bad dm

[violet token]

And when stuff is just randomly changed that I’ve been using for years; it upsets the balance in my brain

[rough basalt]

making houserules mid-campaign isnt inherently wrong, but nerfing players for using official options is a sign of being an unskilled dm at best, a bad dm at worst

[north hawk]

I don't agree with the attitude of just picking up your character sheet and walking off into the sunset. People can treat the situations of others so casually but realistically there are social repercussions of just leaving a game especially on bad terms.

We've all seen it im sure. Friend groups that fall apart, DM's with a chip of ice on their shoulder, etc. if everyone is strangers and all you do is play DND together then I guess it's not bad, otherwise it's better to salvage a situation than go nuclear and hit eject.

[rough basalt]

I getcha, its why i run considerably by the book with a little leeway

This sounds like an ejecto seato if its a long list of nerfing players

[harsh hollow]

There has to be a line though, if you just put up with a game that makes you miserable to keep everyone together no matter what it's draining on everyone.

[rough basalt]

if you wanna do it best, tell him he needs to stop nerfing players unjustly if he wants to keep players around then pick up your sheet and walk off into the sunset

[harsh hollow]

It's not your responsiblity to be the linchpin in a game that's not working. You should try to work things out but sometimes it just doesn't pan out.

Especially since leaving a DnD game doesn't mean you're leaving a friend group, sometimes you just don't play one particular game with your friends. Someone could be a bad DM to you but still a good friend.

[north hawk]

Of course. In that case you leave with grace.

[harsh hollow]

Again I think even that's up to the situation, I don't really agree that you're lesser for not showing more grace than you were given in a situation.

[north hawk]

It really depends on the situation. But I agree. I think that's only common sense in social situations.

[harsh hollow]

(Essentially sometimes you end up at what turns out to be a table full of bullies, and I don't think you're obligated to be nice in that situation.)

[north hawk]

If someone takes a dump on my face I'm going to react appropriately.

[stark maple]

this is the first thing i see hen i enter chat

[inner silo]

How would you rank the wizard subclasses for a first time wizard player in 2014?

[acoustic briar]

Doesn't really matter, they are all playable.

Just pick what sounds the coolest.

[potent vector]

Yeahhhh, it's rly just what flavor of spell Abuse do you want to do.

[stark maple]

You become a master of all words. You learn all languages available to characters in the campaign i really like this ability

[sleek cloud]

Evocation>divination>everything else

[acoustic briar]

As dungeon master, you can allow players to change their subclasses and feats if they don#t like the old ones.

[inner silo]

I see, alrighty, thanks for the responses!

[stark maple]

our dm allows us to change our feats on a level up but i might ask for subclasses now

[chrome inlet]

Thanks I figured it out

[amber echo]

I ran the test and created a Soulknife rogue on the website, and it calculates the two attacks by adding the Dexterity modifier but changing the weapon's damage die: first attack d6 + Dex - second attack d4 + Dex, I don't have the book purchased from D&D Beyond, so I used the Shard Tabletop website for the test.

[mighty wharf]

What is the maximum travel distance of a broom of flying in a single turn? It's 50ft flying, right?

And would that take the movement or the action?

[glossy narwhal]

Hey guys. Would the Falcata be considered a shortsword, scimitar, or could it be either one? They're very similar to the Greek Kopis and Kukri

[sleek cloud]

This is correct

[fossil hollow]

its 50 feet. It cant Dash, so its never gonna increase

[fossil hollow]

I think cutlasses and similar weapons are typically scimitars

[grizzled lance]

Basically yeah

[glossy narwhal]

I wish i could send a picture of one

[fossil hollow]

im looking at one rn, it kinda looks like a cutlass to me

[glossy narwhal]

But if you know what a Kukri looks like, they're strikingly similar

[fossil hollow]

with the point just jutting out a bit instead of curving inward

[grizzled lance]

I have a question about mounting another player

[fossil hollow]

Please do not post your age

[sharp forge]

Srry

Just have been trying to find groups and most groups are 18+

[grizzled lance]

So if a Druid turns into a horse and then a fighter gets on top of them what happens?

[fossil hollow]

if they are one size larger and have the proper anatomy (ask your DM), then they would also follow independant mount rules

[glossy narwhal]

I know the Kopis is more straight, the Falcata has a more pronounced downwards curve, and the Kukri has a pretty aggressive downwards curve. And I'm talking about the spine

[grizzled lance]

What are independent mount rules

[abstract scarab]

Hey guys, what would be the best way to get a rule clarifaction from one of the official DnD creators? 😄 I know in the past they'd @ Jeremy Crawford or some other people.

[grizzled lance]

Sage advice

[fossil hollow]

they still have their own initiative and can act normally, unlike controled mounts who match their rider's initiative and can take only Dash, Disengage, or Dodge

[abstract scarab]

As in, [e-mail]? do they reply?

[fossil hollow]

#find-a-game

[grizzled lance]

No just look up sage advice guide

[barren panther]

no D&D Beyond has a Sage Advice document that is basically an FAQ

[abstract scarab]

My question is obviously not on the Sage Advice guys, I'm asking what the best way would be to get a question answered from an official source.

[barren panther]

it's not that obvious haha

[grizzled lance]

Oh then I guess Twitter but Jeremy doesn’t really do that anymore

[stuck shuttle]

Official clarifications from WotC are only found in the sage advice compendium document that is compiled and published online every so often on D&DBeyond

The Jeremy Crawford tweets and the Sage Advice website that links to his tweets are unofficial sources and also wrong a good amount of the time

[fossil hollow]

well, they had to get those questions from somewhere

[mighty wharf]

Gang, I figured out how I'm going to "Rods of God" an encounter.

[barren panther]

what does that mean

[grizzled lance]

I’m still wondering what happens if a Druid gets swallowed while tiny and then they drop wild shape

[fossil hollow]

ask your DM

[grizzled lance]

There is no official answer I suppose

[barren panther]

I don't think that comes up often enough for there to be RAW

[mighty wharf]

So the "Rods of God" is basically a military superweapon concept that if you drop a big steel rod of tungsten from orbit, it'll accelerate so fast at the earth due to gravity that it would have the force of like a meteor. It's generally seen as impractical due to accuracy, but that's not a constraint in a magical setting.

[barren panther]

oh so like a vertical peasant railgun

[fossil hollow]

just cast meteor swarm

[mighty wharf]

That doesn't pass the "rule of cool"

[fossil hollow]

what?

[mighty wharf]

It's not as cool

[stuck shuttle]

Meteor Swarm isn’t a cool spell? Since when?

[fossil hollow]

whats not cool about 40d6 at 4 seperate points within a mile

[mighty wharf]

By that point, I could cast a million other encounter ending spells

[sleek cloud]

Double it and give it to the next guy

[barren panther]

you basically want to do something that's going to make your DM shake their head, I'm assuming

[stuck shuttle]

I’ll point out that rule of cool isn’t a free pass to do a bunch of rulebreaking

[hushed mason]

I'm so glad 3.5 has no such rule.

[glossy narwhal]

I'm just flavoring D&D weapons with some of my favorite historical swords, with a creative spin inspired by pop culture and actual swords people have forged.

Like for the shortsword, I'll design it after a Falchion, Gladius or Xiphos

Scimitar, I'll flavor it as a Kopis, Kukri, Falcata, Falchion, Yatagan, Saber or just a scimitar

[mighty wharf]

Nah I'm going to figure out how to it within the rules, that's what I'm all about and what my DM is aware of

[sleek cloud]

Meteor swarm but it’s a literal swarm of tiny meteors with wings assailing you like the angriest wasps ever

[fossil hollow]

its also heavily reliant on the DM saying "Yeah, thats cool, lets ignore rules for a moment"

[lavish flame]

5e doesnt even have it

[fossil hollow]

Its a community thing

[mighty wharf]

I'm thinking of doing it with a spelljamming helm, and either having a default weight of 1000lbs since I'm a warforged and making myself into the vessel or polymorphing a creature to make into a 1000lb vessel.

[barren panther]

2024 even says that basically if it's game breaking and still within the rules, the DM has no obligation to go along with it

[mighty wharf]

Yeah I'm going to ask my DM first

[fossil hollow]

well, good luck getting True Poly before level 17

[barren panther]

is there already a context where something like this would come up?

[sleek cloud]

If the game they run even goes that high

[mighty wharf]

I mean it's way more fun than a bag of holding bomb

[fossil hollow]

just saying. Its not reliable

[mighty wharf]

I'm not planning on it lol

If he says no, I'm not gonna be upset.

[barren panther]

like obviously if you're in Barovia you're not going to be able to do whatever Holdo maneuver you're trying to do. As long as it's something that could come up in the game naturally, go crazy

[stuck shuttle]

If you drop yourself then that’s just going to be 20d6 onto yourself

[mighty wharf]

Making it a roleplay moment for a self-sacrifice would be an epic way to go out

[glossy narwhal]

I can't remember, but is there a spell that makes stuff blow up?

[worn surge]

just finished my first character sheet 💪

now how to find ppl who like dnd near me..

[fossil hollow]

which one? Fireball?

[feral fulcrum]

I feel compelled to mention that it's Rods From God. Not Rods of God.

[feral fulcrum]

Define. "Makes stuff blow up." Because there are plenty of explosive spells, like Fireball, Delayed Fireballs, Explosive Runes on Glyph of Warding, and so on, so forth.

[worn lagoon]

finally made an actual pc warlock...

5 efreeti genielock/1 tempest cleric yippee

[turbid vessel]

I don't think it's accurate to say that 3.5e players were never encouraged to use the rule of cool

[burnt valley]

using a 9th level spell solely just to do damage isnt flashy

[worn lagoon]

knowing myself i'd upcast flame blade to lv9

[glossy narwhal]

Are delayed fireballs like grenades?

[lucid agate]

hello fortnite how did you/ur dms decide on a name for where your campaign takes place i cant think of one

[sleek cloud]

What’s the highest level spell yall have used to do the most mundane or trivial thing

[sleek cloud]

“Weekend at Tiamat’s”

[feral fulcrum]

They're like delayed fireballs. They're Fireball but on a timer, the longer you set the delay, the more damage they do.

[worn lagoon]

used lv5 spell slot on Knock

[sleek cloud]

Oof, spectacular

[stark maple]

leave

stay with bahamut

[sleek cloud]

Yeah that’s fair

[stark maple]

can i down cast foresight

[fossil hollow]

no

i will offer hindsight instead

[sleek cloud]

If I upcast it is it fivesight

[fossil hollow]

Mystra thinks its too powerful

[stark maple]

whats hindsight

in hindsight that wa sa bad idea

[sleek cloud]

They say hindsight is nat 20 or something

[stark maple]

i think a spell that would allow you to crit would be too powerful or something

[sleek cloud]

Hold person/hold monster is pretty close

[broken thunder]

Hello all

[burnt valley]

trigger warning on M*stra pls

[fossil hollow]

Mystra keeps uncensoring it

[worldly flare]

What’s our beef with M*stra? As a magic enjoyer I want to know.

[eager marsh]

She’s done a lot of stupid stuff and deserved getting smacked to death

[main maple]

I’m proud of my small dice collection

[eager marsh]

The creation process of her Chosen was already some messed up honewrecking with the consent of the wife

[blissful ibex]

She also dies like every other edition

[eager marsh]

The funny cyric incident was also deserved

[hot marlin]

The first Mystra was a control freak, the second is not very good at the job

[eager marsh]

On a technically it was Mystryl first and her crime was being too hands off

[grizzled lance]

My hungry ahh could never own dice

[eager marsh]

It only bit her in the ass once tho

[fossil hollow]

thoon, i be baldur's gating

[worldly flare]

How impolite!

[grizzled lance]

When I baldur’s my gate

[eager marsh]

Wife was a Mystra priestess and she (without the husband knowing) consented to letting Mystra basically possess her while conceiving half a dozen or so kids with him.

[grizzled lance]

This is such a strange story

[fossil hollow]

... freaky ah goddess

[eager marsh]

Husband finds out eventually and rightfully doesn’t take it well

[worldly flare]

… that can’t be legal

Also what happened with Cyrus?

[fossil hollow]

we do not talk about Cyrus

[eager marsh]

Fearun runs mostly on city states and a few small nations and there’s literally no international laws really. Pretty sure there isn’t any marriage protection laws and if a god is involved lawyers won’t wanna touch it

Cryric iirc abused the ‘worship grants divinity’ clause and tried to merc Mystra again.

[naive cedar]

Imagine suing Mystra

[eager marsh]

Suing her for a sum of one billion mana

[grizzled lance]

I mean gods used to take physical forms up until

[eager marsh]

They still have avatars

[naive cedar]

Someone call Saul Goodman

[grizzled lance]

Even then

[eager marsh]

Doesn’t mean they’d ever listen to a mortal ever

[grizzled lance]

Most gods just prefer not to have avatars either after 1500 DR

[fossil hollow]

where is my Mana burn

[hot marlin]

She was sued. When the gods tried to put Cyric on trial, he successfully argued that Mystra and Kelemvor should also be on trial

[grizzled lance]

What did kelemvor do

[eager marsh]

Tell that to Auril

[livid slate]

Why are clerics so good? Like fr they seem to have crazy damage output, healing, defense, etc. It's honestly insane.

[grizzled lance]

I said most not all

[eager marsh]

Kelemvore’s crime was trying to tear down the Berlin wall

[craggy summit]

You described why they're good yourself 😅 their only weakness is damage without the use of spells (probably)

[livid slate]

I mean like why. Why are they made this way ;-;

[craggy summit]

Imo they're even better in 2024 since you have the choice to get heavy armor and martial weapon proficiency with any domain

[livid slate]

There healers that's kinds the point why can they do allat

[eager marsh]

The game isn’t balanced that’s why

Also they are not healers by default common misconception

[livid slate]

Hm?

[craggy summit]

To encourage people to play support /half kidding

[livid slate]

Thats honestly sad.

[eager marsh]

They have access to the beta healing but you can be a cleric and never use healing spells and still be fine it’s like picking wizard and never picking fireball

[grizzled lance]

Like fizban was last seen during dragon lance 351-353 AC

[grizzled lance]

I mean Druids have the same healing spells

Clerics get better things like dispel good and evil

[livid slate]

Thats a fair point, wait so what are clerics???

[blissful ibex]

They're very centered on the Combat Pillar though, and don't have as much reach into the Exploration Pillar vs Druid
also a fairly limited selection of utility spells

[hot marlin]

He was accused of bias in his judgment of the dead. Mystra was accused of abusing her privileges as goddess of magic to favour people she approved of

[craggy summit]

Druids, rangers, bards and paladins can be just as capable healers as clerics (if the cleric isn't life domain)

[grizzled lance]

Yeah life domain it’s whole thing is healing but other then that everyone else can be just as capable healers

[hot marlin]

Essentially, Kelemvor was on trial for being harsher on evil souls, Mystra was on trial for hindering access to the weave for evil people. They were both judged guilty.

[livid slate]

So whats the whole point of a cleric???

[grizzled lance]

Especially like Shepard Druid

[hot marlin]

Everything else about clerics

[craggy summit]

It depends on the subclass you pick as they can have different identities, but traditionally they're mainly a healer but also a bit of jack of all trades

[grizzled lance]

Cleric is all about preying to somebody and some of there sub classes even allow them to use heavy armor and martial weapons

[livid slate]

I meant mechanically

[livid slate]

Thats... Interesting.

[grizzled lance]

You also get better spells that can deal with undead

Plus sear undead/used to be destroy undead

[storm magnet]

Are demons and fiends kept at bay by incense?

[grizzled lance]

No..?

[storm magnet]

Oh

[feral fulcrum]

Caster with powers sourced from the Divine, that can either be a good healer, or a pretty good bonker in combat.

[storm magnet]

I was just wondering since sometimes IRL mythology is used

[livid slate]

So paladin with less resources and steps 😭?

[feral fulcrum]

No, but there are things like Magic Circle, and the like.

[grizzled lance]

Paladin is oath sworn while clerics prey to gods directly

[livid slate]

So the main difference is lore and how they damage

[storm magnet]

Are there mundane ways for a person to protect themselves from the supernatural, without magic?

[feral fulcrum]

Paladin is a much worse healer, and better in combat. On account of being a Martial.

[grizzled lance]

Paladins are half casters and clerics are full casters

[livid slate]

Fair points

[grizzled lance]

They also have the ability to swap out there spells on a long rest

Unlike bards warlocks paladins and so on

[feral fulcrum]

Not mechanically in 5e, no. It doesn't get that nitty gritty. But In D&D as a whole there have probably been multiple examples, probably from all the books. And by Books I mean the Novels and the like, not the rulebooks for various editions.

[knotty pasture]

Cleric has superior aoe and support options, Paladin's more focus on single target damage

[grizzled lance]

why did they nerf destroy undead

[dim wasp]

Honkshoo mimimimi

Its so hard to find a campaign for me

[knotty pasture]

Strahd bribed WotC because he was sick of it

[signal vault]

I added trains to my world and now all my friends are saying I'm autistic. (In a loving manner I think) 😂 🥲

[grizzled lance]

Ive found like 4

[dim wasp]

I'm UK

[grizzled lance]

Mm

[dim wasp]

Half of them run till like 1 am my time

Also you have to make sure it's not full

[grizzled lance]

Reason why is cause most games go for like 4-5 hours since doing anything is almost impossible in under 3 hours

[dim wasp]

Sadge

[karmic pendant]

best i can say is good luck finding a campaign that aligns with your schedule if not you could try pbp

[grizzled lance]

And dnd is a mainly American game because of stranger things and other factors

[hushed mason]

I have a player from Poland in my group

[grizzled lance]

Bg3 is another reason why a lot more people are playing dnd as well

[potent vector]

Tbh, they're win conditions against certain creature types

Not because of their creature type but because of tropes within them

[grizzled lance]

Btw isn’t strahd like cr 14ish

[potent vector]

They're mostly ridiculous debuffers

[fossil hollow]

15

[grizzled lance]

And the cap for destroy is like 5

[grizzled lance]

He is not cr 15 😭

[fossil hollow]

he is

[grizzled lance]

Why is so weak

[fossil hollow]

Both of his statblocks are CR 15. Because youre not supposed to be facing him at late tier 3

[potent vector]

But giving creatures Vulnerability to Fire and Lightning damage as an action requires no save

[grizzled lance]

Divine intervention

[fossil hollow]

Oh, DI: Hallow?

[grizzled lance]

It’s the only spell that takes 24 hours to cast for good reason

[fossil hollow]

Domain Ixpansion: Hallow As an Action

[potent vector]

Domain Expansion: Heat Death
Proceeds to get CME + Scorching Ray obliterated by the Druid

[grizzled lance]

Sthrard when I grapple him and force him into running water

[fossil hollow]

two turn set up though

[craggy summit]

Waterboarding!!

[potent vector]

Not if you use a spell scroll

[severe rampart]

... Rolls Nat 1s through 4s to hit

[fossil hollow]

its still two actions

[inner silo]

I also checked on dnd beyond and reread it and seems like it does, great notice! That actually puts it up quite a bit i think since rogues don't get fighting styles and not everyone wants to multiclass fighter

[severe rampart]

It's better if you instead use sorcerer for it, or Bard + Sorcerer

[inner silo]

Though if the damage die scaled that would've been even better

[potent vector]

. . . Right, thought it was BA for some reason lol

[grizzled lance]

You can use a spell scroll and then meta magic it

[severe rampart]

Druid has metamagic?

[grizzled lance]

Anybody can

Well if that can cast a spell I mean

[glossy narwhal]

I mean, there's a delay after the pin is pulled, then boom

[severe rampart]

By taking metamagic I know but that's different from the statement altogether, that's like saying a fighter has metamagic

[inner silo]

The fighter doesn't have it, but they can have it

[grizzled lance]

If a Druid has meta magic adept (great feat btw) they can technically use two spells in a turn

[fossil hollow]

Nope. Quickened spell doenst allow two levelled spells

[severe rampart]

Why not just use sorcerer?

[potent vector]

Do they get CME? Lemme see

[inner silo]

A metamagic adept eldritch knight bonus action hold personing the bbeg before hitting them 3 times with a greatsword

[grizzled lance]

Yeah it does?

[inner silo]

What's CME?

[hidden spindle]

Yup. Cantrip good

[fossil hollow]

2024 Quicken follows the same one spell per turn rules as 2014

[potent vector]

No they don't, it doesn't ig

[barren panther]

Coronal Mass Ejection?

[severe rampart]

That or use a bard + sorcerer

[fossil hollow]

Cant CME + Scorching Ray with Quickened spell in 2024

[grizzled lance]

Yes but a spell scroll doesn’t use a slot

[fossil hollow]

Quickened Spell cares not for spell slot

[inner silo]

What's that?

[severe rampart]

Add "Game Rules no one can agree on" to things we frequently discuss here

[inner silo]

Just cast the bonus action spell first then

[grizzled lance]

Oh they nerfed quickened

[fossil hollow]

Neither CME or Scorching Ray are BA spells

[inner silo]

With quickened spell

[feral fulcrum]

It's still treated as casting a spell. You can get around it by using things that don't treat it that way, like certain magic items. But I don't think you can use Metamagic on them then.

[grizzled lance]

He’s saying use quicken spell first then the spell scroll

[fossil hollow]

again. You cannot

[potent vector]

Conjure Minor Elementals, the spell that broke Druid until it was errata'd

[fossil hollow]

When you cast a spell that has a casting time of an action, you can spend 2 Sorcery Points to change the casting time to a Bonus Action for this casting. You can’t modify a spell in this way if you’ve already cast a level 1+ spell on the current turn, nor can you cast a level 1+ spell on this turn after modifying a spell in this way.

[barren panther]

OH

[barren panther]

"A coronal mass ejection (CME) is a significant ejection of plasma mass from the Sun's corona into the heliosphere. CMEs are often associated with solar flares and other forms of solar activity, but a broadly accepted theoretical understanding of these relationships has not been established. " I didn't realize you were talking about Conjure Minor Elementals so I was confused, haha

[severe rampart]

Mmm... Conjure Minor Elementals... yum, I just love blasting enemies up close and seeing all the damage pile up

[inner silo]

Oh. Shucks

[fossil hollow]

Ive said why it cannot work so many times alread

[severe rampart]

And chances are, they aren't resistant to all the damage types...

[grizzled lance]

I still think it’s very stupid it’s not spell slot

[potent vector]

Same tbh

[grizzled lance]

So nice there’s a lot of races that can do spells as an ability

[fossil hollow]

because the general rule of casting spells is one spell slot a turn

[grizzled lance]

Same as feats

[inner silo]

Ohh i see. Thanks for explaining!

[fossil hollow]

thats already the baseline for 2024

[severe rampart]

Could you perhaps take the ready action while the villain is monologuing to bonus action use the scroll?

[grizzled lance]

Feats that grant you one free cast per long rest

[fossil hollow]

...

[grizzled lance]

It doesn’t use a spell slot

[fossil hollow]

please read the damn general rules for casting a spell

[potent vector]

And plenty of features that let you cast without a slot already let you cast 2 a turn.

[grizzled lance]

Fey touched is so up rn

Bonus action hex into scorching Ray

[fossil hollow]

One Spell with a Spell Slot per Turn
On a turn, you can expend only one spell slot to cast a spell. This rule means you can’t, for example, cast a spell with a spell slot using the Magic action and another one using a Bonus Action on the same turn.
https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/br-2024/spells#SpellSlots

Its already a damn general rule

[severe rampart]

Yeah but CME is so much more better than Hex, it's not even a competition

[bitter kraken]

Oh no the DM is playing the game quick let's try to optimise our play. Why wouldn't the enemy ready action a spell for after it's monologue?

[grizzled lance]

Hex is a first level spell and CME is. 4th level gang

And the only really why it’s was considered to be so “broken” is cause upcasting it did an extra 2d8 instead of 1d8

[median eagle]

Guys anyone know what is the stranger things dnd i liked it so much i wanted to play it

[potent vector]

Yeah, you just need to Concentrate on it until you cast it as per spell rules

[grizzled lance]

It’s a decent spell but it’s not game breaking

[barren panther]

what do you mean?

[severe rampart]

It was mostly a joke on how in-game the characters just stand there while the villain goes on and on, not really as an actual play for a game

[amber echo]

Another bonus is that these psychic blades have a much greater throwing range compared to regular daggers, and they also possess Vex mastery.

[median eagle]

what is the version of d&d in stranger things

[inner silo]

Is order of the quill a good wizard subclass?

[barren panther]

AD&D 1st Edition

[grizzled lance]

It’s a alright

[median eagle]

thx

[inner silo]

That's really great, though the nick property is pretty broken I'd say

[barren panther]

good luck hahaha

[grizzled lance]

Nick is a decent property

[bitter kraken]

Just imagine the monologue layered across turns. It'd be a pain to separate it like that in game. Not to mention quick monologues are a good way to start a combat with a lil exposition.

[potent vector]

The best martial is still worse than casters against anything not immune to magic (Nick is cool, but ain't busted)

[amber echo]

You can make a Rogue Soulknife that shoots infinite daggers, and with Vex you give yourself an advantage without needing to hide or have an adjacent ally, all with psychic damage.

[inner silo]

Bruh

[grizzled lance]

Nothing is magic immune through

[potent vector]

Genies and Tarrasques (to an extent for the latter)

[grizzled lance]

Saving throws and genies in dnd are pretty weak

[inner silo]

Okay that's lowkey pretty sick. Add a fighter level for thrown fighting style maybe

[inner silo]

Dual wielding is much more usable with it