dnd-discussion

[severe rampart]

For some reason, they want to go back in there, I'm not stopping them

[fossil hollow]

|| Revenant construction workers||

[woven flint]

||Swarm of Ghouls wearing hard hats||

[fossil hollow]

Haunting Revenant even

[severe rampart]

Have some of them failed in their "goal"?

[kindred garnet]

Hi, I'm new to this "dnd" thing, what should I know?

[blissful ibex]

this c:

Read the information in #learn-to-play and 'Playing the Game'; Then follow allong with 'Creating A Character' using either the dnd beyond character builder or roll20 to make a practice character before heading over to #character-discussion to have it looked over.

Feel free to ask any questions you still have in #dnd-newcomers; There's a short interactive module you can play to get a feel for the game, or you could seek out gameplay videos online. Once you're ready to play, head over to #find-a-game, one of the many LFG discord servers, r/lfg on reddit, or your friendly local game store. If you'd like a printable character sheet, those can be found here.

[crimson gulch]

nope

[kindred garnet]

Ouh, ok ok, thank you very much

[severe rampart]

interesting... ✍️ ...

[crimson gulch]

i have only once had a campaign fail

[severe rampart]

they TPK'ed to the final boss?

[crimson gulch]

no, Shedualing issues destroyed the party

[severe rampart]

ohh interesting, hopefully that won't happen with my first party-

[crimson gulch]

TPK's dont end my games

[spring light]

donut

[worn lagoon]

i should tpk echo's group tb h

[hasty totem]

Elminster: "What about the party of Dragon Slayers?"
Lhaeo: "They are no more."
Elminster: "What happened to them?"
Lhaeo: "They met their first dragon."

[woven flint]

Its bizzare that Sekolah (Shark Deity fellow all about Bloodlust and who supposedly adopted the Sahuagin as species) is... Lawful Evil?

[minor cargo]

In Finding Nemo, the sharks all have a strict code of conduct. QED.

[woven flint]

Fair nuff

I like Sekolah, I want more LORE on him

[minor cargo]

In my game, sahuagin are important so actually she (I switched it) teaches them to be stewards of the oceans. So yeah they’re apex predators, but they’re almost noble like how people kind of perceive lions.

[woven flint]

Sekolah is a male, right?

On another note....

I could've made a Cleric of Umberlee or Sekolah for Waterdeep and I didn't even think about it! damnit

[minor cargo]

My sahuagin also change gender and sex constantly so I realize now I never actually checked haha.

[valid geyser]

please wotc, give me the underwater adventures sourcebook. I'd kill for some more sahaugin and merfolk statblocks

[woven flint]

Eh, I'd assume deities can just be whatever gender they want at anytime anyway tbh

[hot marlin]

Uh. Apparently there's some drama around some live play on youtube?

Does anyone know what it's about?

[buoyant oar]

Yea. One Shot Quest jumped off the deep end on the Min-Maxed guys

[rugged hawk]

Drama on Youtube? Next up on 'things you should have expected by now'

[hot marlin]

Isn't that true of everyone?

[hot marlin]

One Shot Quest... The guy who has like three jokes that he has been rehashing for a decade?

[woven flint]

There are so many water deities in D&D and yet not many adventures that show them or their followers off and it grates on me

[buoyant oar]

Yes.

[feral fulcrum]

It's Youtube, there's always petty Drama.

[hot marlin]

There's this excellent third party book called underwater adventure, if you didn't know

[autumn sinew]

What is your least favorite race

[hot marlin]

Dragonborn perhaps?

[feral fulcrum]

Human.

[buoyant oar]

Like full on accusing Min-Max of stealing people's money and taking advantage of people. Because their stream wasn't amazing right out of the gate.

[buoyant oar]

Changeling

[hot marlin]

What?

Their first stream was below his standards so that's... Stealing money?

[small heath]

HOw is everyone today?

[buoyant oar]

It was a weird video dude has since edited it twice removing over 10 minutes of his initial reaction.

[rugged hawk]

I'd be great if this lot would STAY ON TOPIC, but that's a pipe dream

[buoyant oar]

What topic?

[rugged hawk]

Alignment, obviously.

[buoyant oar]

No

[rugged hawk]

We haven't had a good rehashing of the alignment system in fifteen minutes, we're overdue.

[feral fulcrum]

It's D&D related, barely, but it is D&D related.

[rugged hawk]

No, it's drama related about DnD, not DND related 😛

[feral fulcrum]

D&D Community involved, inherently D&D. But you're free to say it clearly has nothing to do with D&D.

[rugged hawk]

No no, the production was D&D. The chatter was about the drama.

[modern scroll]

anything interesting i can put in a steampunk town square ? Looking for something that will keep my players attention there for a bit without being a combat. only thing that comes to mind is maybe a cart that spilled some fluids is now blocking the street

[buoyant oar]

Gears

[modern scroll]

They have a set location of where they will have to go but i need a lill distraction

[woven flint]

Maybe a Shield Gaurdian and a preist of Primus?

[modern scroll]

as a....non combat encounter?

[reef copper]

A dreadnaught from frostpunk :)

[feral fulcrum]

Hilariously impractical and dangerous steam powered bit that occasionaly eats anyone that gets too close to the OSHA Nightmare.

[woven flint]

It could be a non-combat encounter lol

[rugged hawk]

Joke's on you, players will cast magic missile at the darkness if no viable combat targets are available.

[feral fulcrum]

It's not Steampunk if OSHA wouldn't start screaming.

[modern scroll]

I know but this is like a transition encounter , combat is AFTER this , thats why i need a lil something thats not combat

[blissful ibex]

Have a shopkeeper selling what is basically loot boxes for Trinkets

[rugged hawk]

It's not steampunk if someone hasn't replaced an organ with a mechanical ticker.

[fossil hollow]

Priest working on and fixing the broken shield guardian, boom noncombat encounter

[modern scroll]

oh my God , good idea

[modern scroll]

OH OH and maybe they can help him if they choose to do so

[woven flint]

Its not steampunk without Electro-Swing

[modern scroll]

good thinking , thanks gang

[rugged hawk]

Okay, counterpoint: party now intends to fight the priest for the guardian's remaining parts, to repair or sell them

[fossil hollow]

Any prompt of two creatures can be made noncombat if you just. Dont make the monsters fight the party out of the gate

[modern scroll]

true true., okay

[fossil hollow]

thats an issue with the players, not the encounter

[modern scroll]

thank you , i might go for the shield guardian idea and the lootboxes

[woven flint]

"Hello, I'm Vance, Priest of Primus.. and this lovely lady" Motions over at giant shield gaurdian shut down
"Is my Gaurdian, Francine... but.. she's not... functioning at the moment"
That'd be cute

[modern scroll]

thats cute as hell man

peak

[fossil hollow]

One encounter i made rolling on the Xanathar table:

A hill giant wearing a chef hat apologizes to a pair of annoyed guards about a set of deep footprints in a recently finished cobblestone road.

Another one:

A pair of ettins play a 4 player card game.

[woven flint]

That Ettin one is adorable

[fossil hollow]

I used it in an earlier session of Titanic actually, they snuck past them

almost ran into a pair of bulletes and their pup sleeping amongst some rocks too

[woven flint]

I feel like it'd be really cool because like
He's not treating his construct not as a construct but rather as a close friend and aquantince
She can't speak (Shield Gaurdians don't have languages)
But I'm sure she's greateful that she's treated like a person

"She's simply lovely don't you see, if I have trouble reaching things she'll reach it for me, if I have something on mind she listens, but I feel if I can't get her reparied, then it's like I'm losing my best friend!"

Could make it a bit more emotional so the players could probably be more willing to help out

[crystal rain]

Guys, I need an opinion on something

The Fool - Otto's Iresistible Dance 6
The Magician - Bigby's Hand 5
The High Priestess - Modify Memory 4
The Empress - Mass Cure Wounds 5
The Emperor - Dominate Person 5
The Hierophant - Aura of Purity 4
The Lovers - Geas 5
The Chariot - Freedon of Movement 4
Strength - Mental Prision 6
The Hermit - Wall of Force 5
Well of Fortune - Scatter 6
Justice ‐ Banishment 4
The Hangedman ‐ Held Monster 5
Death - Raise Dead 5 / Death Ward 4
The Temperance - Great Restoration 5
The Devil - Compulsion 4
The Tower - Desintegrate 6
The Star - Aura of Life 4
The Moon - Phantasmal Killer 4
The Sun - Sunbeam 6
Judgement - Destructive Wave 5
The World - True Seeing 6

[rugged hawk]

That's what dice are for

[crystal rain]

I'm having doubts about some things... should I give Geas to the Devil, and then Mass Suggestion to the Lovers, or is this enough? I don't know, any opinions on all this? I'm using the Waite Tarot as a base

[fossil hollow]

Charm Person

[woven flint]

Death could be Death Ward because Death as a Tarot Card isn't always about dying. but making new beginnings or like.. a second chance

[crystal rain]

It has to be 4-6 level

[fossil hollow]

Charm Monster

[crystal rain]

Yep, I only included it because it's the closest thing to reviving without actually reviving. I have to check with my dungeon master if resurrection spells are allowed in this campaign

[marble lion]

Oh.... youre not the dm

[crystal rain]

(I think this spell is so bad)

[fossil hollow]

What level is Force Cage actually

[rugged hawk]

This looks like a worse Deck of Many Things

[fossil hollow]

Deck of Many Things is based off the Tarots

[rugged hawk]

That's what I said, yeah.

[crystal rain]

7

[marble lion]

Its not worse

No risk to it

[crystal rain]

It's a deck of many things for level 8

[marble lion]

Nah that would need downsides

[fossil hollow]

DoMT is for any level, the DM just has to be chad enough to put it at level 1 /j

[rugged hawk]

Exactly!

[marble lion]

This is a spell slotmachine
Its not really that similar

[fossil hollow]

If theres no risk, its a worse Deck of Many Things

[marble lion]

If it wasnt cards, it would be nothing alike

[fossil hollow]

the risk is part of the deck

[woven flint]

The Deck of many Decks

[fossil hollow]

funny you say that

[hot marlin]

... I missed the alignment conversation?!!

[marble lion]

I was under the impression they were speaking in terms of strength, not fun

[fossil hollow]

im speaking in both

[hot marlin]

What the hell were my ethical philosophy classes for?!!!

[rugged hawk]

No, we were just starting it. Anyone who removes all the risk from a Deck of Many Things is clearly Chaotic Evil.

[fossil hollow]

to torment others while your peers think it was a useless degree

[hot marlin]

Technically it was not part of my degree, it was extra curricular

[fossil hollow]

same thing

[crystal rain]

I know, but it's so difficult to do something with risks that I just abandoned the idea

[rugged hawk]

The point is you paid for it, now we laugh at your student loans

[hot marlin]

Student loans? Ahaha, you poor americans.

Here I am, laughing from the pedestal of my absence of debt.

[fossil hollow]

... forgot you're European

[crystal rain]

especially when you have to do 156 effects...

[fossil hollow]

You know what we do with the rich, right?

[worn lagoon]

imagine having student loans

i paid under 200 euros for my tuition

[rugged hawk]

Okay, fine. As a direct descendant of the Mayflower pilgrims, I laugh at you being trapped in the Old World, then. Also, tea belongs in the harbor. This is the land of DONUTS and COFFEE, not tea and crumpets .

[woven flint]

Then we force you to have debt

[fossil hollow]

Im ensuring he has some in Baldur's Gate

[woven flint]

For being a fiend, you are now..

A Bajillion monies in debt

[rugged hawk]

On a related note, who wants to help me protest taxes WotC marketplace prices with some barrels of tea?

[fossil hollow]

As a Canadian, we have had our fair share already

I want to run a oneshot killing a souped up groundhog rn to end winter. Alternative ending to Icewind Dale

[hot marlin]

I'm watching it. What is this insanity? He's just unhinged.

[fossil hollow]

damn, do i have to remove them from my subcribe list

[rugged hawk]

Maybe the Evil King took over his youtube channel

[woven flint]

Yeah, why would you even subscribe to Rehashed content guy?

[fossil hollow]

Dice goblin child made my day

[buoyant oar]

It feels out of left field for him as he has been outside of his shorts a pretty wholesome YouTuber.

[hot marlin]

One Shot Quester has been a strong voice in spreading D&D misinformation so I'm not sure why you would have subscribed in the first place

[woven flint]

"Oath of Throwing It back" Paladin is so .. not hilarious and was only funny once

[buoyant oar]

At least he isn't DnD Shorts.

[fossil hollow]

thats a low bar tbf

[woven flint]

At least they're not me >:))) (I'm evil)

[hollow stone]

wait is he evil now?

[fossil hollow]

that bar is 6 feet underneath

is who evil?

[buoyant oar]

The real low bar is Dungeons and Discourse.

DNDBEYOND IS DESTROYED Title

29 Minute video

Actual story: DnD Beyond planned maintenance

[rugged hawk]

Vecna. Clearly just misunderstood CN.

[tame burrow]

I followed OSQ for quite a while but it was sad to see him so harsh, it seemed like he vented out anger that was not MM's fault on them too...

[hollow stone]

the oneshot guy

[scenic zinc]

So glad I don't consume yt content

[hot marlin]

DnD shorts being the guy that has that endless series of shorts that start with "DM, I have this broken thing" and this broken thing actually never works RAW or isn't actually that strong?

[fossil hollow]

with the beard yeah

[stone bane]

it's so funny that he's now updated it to essentially be a desperate pitch for him to be involved with minmaxed

[woven flint]

Should I name my Fairy Wild Magic Sorcerer Arbour, Almond, Boar or Pistachio? 🤔

[tame burrow]

Seriously fr?!

[fossil hollow]

dunno, what do you imagine your fairy tale to be?

[gusty yarrow]

Pis Stachio, nothing bad can come out of naming a character Pis

[buoyant oar]

Mark

[stone bane]

mhm made a whole google slides thing talking about his credibility and suggestions for how it can be done better and stuff
it feels like such an ego trip and an attempt to take control of it

its his pinned comment on his video

[buoyant oar]

Just some regular name

[woven flint]

P. Stachio
The Wild Magic Sorcerer Fairy detective lmao

[rugged hawk]

As someone with 1.27 TB of 6,578 YT vids on my 18 TB HDD, stuffed into VLC for shuffle repeat ad infinitum, cannot agree

[fossil hollow]

.. wot

[scenic zinc]

Good for you?

[fossil hollow]

what do you need that many vids for??

The apocalypse???

[rugged hawk]

Entertainment, obviously.

[woven flint]

Off topic
But I like your pfp...
SHOCKWAVE!

[gusty yarrow]

havent watched the video, gonna guess the synopsis is min maxed went "were gonna collab to create a dnd series for fun with some weapons creators" and OSQ went "that sucks, you should do it this way instead"

[tame burrow]

Oh god T^T. If it was only a PSA, no would take him that negatively and just think he was misunderstood, but if wants to take control of MM, then that's just sad man

[minor cargo]

There are some great D&D YouTubers out there, though!

Short list:

• PointyHat
• Ginny Di (who actually just left Twitter too - so green flags all around)
• LegalKimchi
• Monarch Factory (Dael Kingsmill)

[stone bane]

thx! by batsinthebelfryart on insta
she's a great artist

[hot marlin]

... I just saw it. A google slide that basically amounts to "I am SO good at this, let me take over your show".

[scenic zinc]

Spoiler - you don't

[buoyant oar]

Even though he has his own system now. Matt Colville's Running the game is the best DM Guide out there.

[fossil hollow]

apparently Minmax has a response vid now

[tame burrow]

You could have had greatness (10 genshin impacts), but you chose... videos

[hot marlin]

This is just pathetic. Like, I can't make fun of it, this is genuinely so unhinged that I'm suspecting he's going through some sort of crisis

[fossil hollow]

play HSR instead

[stone bane]

something like that
he whines about them not using funds properly and some other stuff and basically seemed like he was expecting professionalism from novices who just wanted to have fun

[rugged hawk]

I mean, at least I didn't waste that space on Ark Survival Evolved and its 460+ GB required disk space

[tame burrow]

I don't like turn based 😄

[buoyant oar]

Yea like I think he is in need of some kind of actual adult help.

[stone bane]

Yea!!! it's such an ego trip
i pointed that out in his server and got banned lol

[tame burrow]

Lolll

[woven flint]

Yet you play D&D 🤔

[fossil hollow]

WuWa?

[woven flint]

Banned for: Making a pretty good point

[tame burrow]

Because I'm not the one taking 4 turns alone at the same time 🤓

[rugged hawk]

Anyway, I've got three monitors, so I leave those vids on shuffle repeat on the left side of my left screen.

[stone bane]

yup lol
i think they had a big purge cus there was a lot of discourse abt how insane he was

[fossil hollow]

if your HSR rounds take more than 30 minutes alone, thats an issue

anyway, time to see what Minmax has to say about it

[tame burrow]

Tried it, can't get into too many gachas.

Also, it's a bit dull in lighting?

[stone bane]

i'm gonna be so honest i'm reading hsr as honkai star rail and am feeling very confused lmao

[woven flint]

Imma be real
I don't care anything about the drama but I think it's hilarious

[fossil hollow]

thats what im talking about

[stone bane]

oh lol nvm then

[scenic zinc]

I don't have access to the internet or my phone most of the day.

I think that's a good thing.

I can't imagine having some kind of media always playing.

[tame burrow]

Music???

[hot marlin]

Normally I wouldn't care but lately I have been thinking a lot about the influence those D&D content creators have on the hobby

[stone bane]

it's p gatekeepy for such a big figure to so aggressively bully newcomers

[scenic zinc]

You don't need to be constantly entertained. Boredom is good.

[rugged hawk]

Okay, I hear what you're saying.... while I have an HFY scifi vid playing in VLC, with Bulbapedia open beside it, while playing Pokemon Alpha Sapphire, while watching Discord on my right screen .

[stone bane]

makes the hype moments even more hype

[fossil hollow]

ADD requires me to have music or a long form video essay playing on the side

[tame burrow]

Yeah, I mean people learn how to play and what to expect in games through them

[hot marlin]

We know how many misconceptions have been spread by DnD Shorts and by One Shot Questers. The reason the promiscuous bard trope refuses to die is because they keep using it. The reason people keep trying to find "awesome combos!!!!" is because of them.

[tame burrow]

Agreed

[scenic zinc]

If something was always on I'd never be able to focus on getting anything done ever.

[fossil hollow]

its more so i just need background noise

[hot marlin]

As grandma Incubus used to say "Only boring people get bored"

[fossil hollow]

My aunt says that too!

[rugged hawk]

Boredom is lethal. I get existential and begin to question why I bother.

[valid geyser]

id love to be bored more. Shame I got that awful attention span

[fossil hollow]

i dont need that mental spiral 😵‍💫

[scenic zinc]

So did I. And then I thought of a good enough answer.

[rugged hawk]

Exactly. That's why I've got a huge pile of YT vids

[hot marlin]

Oh god. Run. Don't let your aunt anywhere near your house. Never let her out of your eyesight. Never fall asleep when she's within miles. Never eat anything she cooks.

[fossil hollow]

I just came back from my trip to the UK with her, like a month ago. She was fiiine. Cant turn down Filipino cooking

... does she have multiple forms?

[scenic zinc]

Anyway, dnd

[woven flint]

And so another soul has been fiend-ified.

[hot marlin]

... Uh. Maybe the only thing they have in common is that they say that, then.

[fossil hollow]

The philippine inspired area in my setting is currently dealing with demon pirates

[undone rain]

What one handed weapon would fit for a navy character or do i just homebrew one

[fossil hollow]

Scimitar, hammer, rapier, dagger

[woven flint]

Let's see
What wonderful D&D server conversations do we want to have today?
Ranger Bad? Alignment? Martial Caster Divide?
Am I missing one?

[buoyant oar]

Well how bout that. What do we think of Organized play getting a revamp?

Do we think adventurer's league by WotC will actually make a comeback?

[hollow stone]

Scimitar, maybe?

[undone rain]

Thanks

[fossil hollow]

really, you just have to search up what weapons were used at sea

[fossil hollow]

I dont even know about any AL games in my area lol

[woven flint]

I think anything you can get your hands on is also a suffice answer!

Chairs, Tables, Fists, Crates

[buoyant oar]

Hopefully the Event Finder for DDB is going to help with that

[marble lion]

Boredom is the root of all evil

[fossil hollow]

"Loki was bored"

[vestal drum]

Any weapon could've been used at sea. You could probably lower the list if you determine a certain nation

[safe thistle]

Is there an item/magic that gives temp hp that scales off character level

[fossil hollow]

Not to my recollection

[safe thistle]

Nice edit

[vestal drum]

I don't think any magic item innately scales off of level....other than Holy Avenger

[valid geyser]

im sure theres something. Temp HP has been ludicrously common with wotc designers in the past couple years

[fossil hollow]

as i was typing i was wondering if there was something that gave like a spell that scaled of level or something

[hot marlin]

While this is a popular way to characterize norse mythology, if you read the Eddas you will find that Loki is rarely, if ever, at the origin of events. He adds a complication to an existing event through a clever scheme.

[woven flint]

Boy oh Boy!
I love temp hp!!!

[hot marlin]

That clever scheme sometimes backfires, sometimes not

[safe thistle]

I only ask because since i am multiclassing and all i cant get full benefit

[fossil hollow]

im just reminded of the flow chart all leading back to it was loki's fault

[buoyant oar]

Odin is the real evil of Norse Myth

[woven flint]

You need to start hitting Sam with Max Hp damaging things since you gave him blackrazor

[buoyant oar]

Literally everything bad that happens is his fault.

[fossil hollow]

did you miss me hitting him with the Vampire dragon twice

[tame burrow]

Yeah the spells of crooked moon are mostly based around temp hp

[woven flint]

Do it more, make Yletrin Perish

[valid geyser]

thats third party

[fossil hollow]

qurio swarm incoming to drain Malaketh

[woven flint]

Wrong
Malaketh hits the griddy

[tame burrow]

into what from what?

[tame burrow]

Isn't he the all father?

[fossil hollow]

ever heard of the phrase: "Sins of the father?"

[woven flint]

Loki is the father that went to get some milk

[hot marlin]

There's really no such thing as evil in norse myth.

[woven flint]

Actually, from what I recall, Loki was actually a good father

.. I think?

[tame burrow]

And a mother

[woven flint]

True

[hot marlin]

Considering no text describes Loki's relationship with his children, I'm not sure where you get that from

[worn lagoon]

what awesome combos

[valid geyser]

theres like, 2 primary sources of norse myth and even then its from a relatively christianized point of view

[fossil hollow]

half of them dont work

Snorri was trying to get that political leg up yeah

[woven flint]

Loki? More like Lowkey..
Ha! Haha! Ha!

[tame burrow]

Simulacrum factory, snake bite + venom strike, etc

[fossil hollow]

[Power Word Kill]
Fall

[tame burrow]

Perish

[hot marlin]

Stupid ones that either don't work, or that do work but just aren't as strong as presented for the resources needed

[crimson gulch]

most people dont have the guts to cast that

[woven flint]

I have 13000 Hp, what are you doing?

[worn lagoon]

i like the strong ones that work at least

[fossil hollow]

i did, it got counterspells last time...

[tame burrow]

Oh noooooo

[woven flint]

Did I counterspell it?

[tame burrow]

That must have sucked

[fossil hollow]

... you did mate

[woven flint]

I vaguely remember counterspelling PWK in recent memory

[valid geyser]

also, jotun arent even inherently giants. It's just a weird translation, since theyre kind of analogous to greek titans, who are also not inherently gigantic iirc

[woven flint]

Oh
Lol
Rekt

[feral fulcrum]

A decent amounbt of Necrotic damage as of 2024.

[valid geyser]

cultures love divine wars with two sides

[woven flint]

Psychic Damage

[craggy summit]

Force cage + cloudkill 😈

[feral fulcrum]

Huh, odd. I figured it would have been Necrotic.

[hot marlin]

In a fight between spellcasters that counterspell each other my usual tactic is to get out of sight, behind cover and ready the spell.

[woven flint]

PWK does Psychic damage if it doesn't kill you instantaneously

[gusty yarrow]

fist + face

[craggy summit]

owie :(

[gusty yarrow]

sry :( i lashed out

[woven flint]

Something about it compelling you to die, I guess?
It doesn't like... make you decay

[marble lion]

It doesnt decay you. It destroys your psychic presence i guess

Your soul or mind

[jolly narwhal]

It'd ok, it's only 1 damage for unarmed strikes.

[woven flint]

Power Word Kill is such a hilarious spell

Die!
Why?
Because I said so!!!

[feral fulcrum]

It's more of an Enemy Spell/Aura Farming spell then a practical one.

[marble lion]

Its just the dm informing the player that their character is dead

[woven flint]

Actually, Unarmed strikes that aren't for Monk
Scale on strength score

[marble lion]

The cause of death is meta

[feral fulcrum]

The company?

[woven flint]

So, a Max Level Barbarian would be doing a whooping total damage of 8 with an Unarmed strike unless it's with rage

[safe thistle]

Oh, warlock from monk

[fossil hollow]

Isnt 24 +7?

[marble lion]

Now add rage to that

[fossil hollow]

its 10 at level 20 and raging yeah me thoughts

[marble lion]

1+7+ rage

[jolly narwhal]

6 Bludgeoning still wouldn't be so bad with a +5 STR. Unless you're a Lvl 1 Wizard.

[fossil hollow]

oh wait, its +4 at 20 i think?

[marble lion]

Sirmam were all commoners here.... 5hp

[fossil hollow]

so 12?

[marble lion]

Though i guess that does mean the punch would be a 1

[jolly narwhal]

As DM, I give myself a gajillion HP

[woven flint]

I had a Dragonborn Paladin
I was going to go fully into the Unarmed Fighting style but the dm thought it "wasn't taking the game seriously"

[fossil hollow]

ew

Cast those Divine Hands Tokii

[marble lion]

Aw shame

I guess i get the worry most unarmed people i meet are goofy "wouldnt it be hilarious" types

[tame burrow]

From serenity to chaos

[woven flint]

A Dragonborn Paladin Noble who smites the foes of his people with his own two fist?!
What's unserious about that,!

[inner silo]

Tbh even if it's a "suboptimal" build, it's still a paladin, one of the most op classes so it likely would still be strong

[jolly narwhal]

But punching goblins in the face is the fun part

[olive stag]

Mind rating this scenario in terms of horror?

"You're gravely wounded and barely escaped with your life. Your party is downed. Some from stepping into traps, while others from fighting the creatures of the grotto. You've barely slain the last beholder who petrified your healer (and you got no item or spell to undo the petrification) and are now on your own. You're inside a room that is illuminated by a lamp but the lamp is stuck in place and cannot be taken. So you venture further looking for an exit and hopefully your torch doesn't burn out. (An 1 is suddenly being rolled) Your torch is dropped and extinguished due to you jumping terrified at a loud growl sound and bashing the embers against the stony ceiling. You're now in pitch darkness and you can't see anything. Suddenly a pair of glinting eyes appear in the dark gazing at you. You're feeling dread and are frantically looking for a way out. Another pair of eyes appear next to the previous one. You try to escape but you collide with the wall making you fall down. That's when you see the third and final pair of eyes. And in that moment...they begin approaching you. And with a snatching motion, a bone crunching pain is felt. You either died to a hydra or to three dragons. The end."

[valid geyser]

I’ve been irrationally weird about smites with unarmed strikes in the past. No clue why, just seemed like oil and water to me

[safe thistle]

You are the best reaction so far

[valid geyser]

But I’d never raise my tongue if someone else did it

[woven flint]

When asked for a reason why he would say

"Because any knight or warrior can use a weapon, but a man who seeks to uplift and honor his people will show them that anything can be done with their own two hands!"

[tame burrow]

Lol, thanks

[woven flint]

It's not even suboptimal lol

[tame burrow]

Baki build

[safe thistle]

My stats btw is worse then standard array

[woven flint]

Get you some Wraps, Eldritch Claw Tattoo, and other Unarmed strike enchanting items

[marble lion]

If its not optimal, its suboptimal

[woven flint]

My fist bleed for my people!
RAGHHH

[tame burrow]

Why???

[marble lion]

Are you sure unarmed paladin is the optimal build

Not that it matters

[tame burrow]

It's "fun"

[feral fulcrum]

Fun Beats Optimal any day of the week

[inner silo]

I mean, if it's an insanely high optimisation campaign a great sword will probably be a little better, but then again, unarmed fighting paladin will definitely not be weak

[safe thistle]

My bad luck

[marble lion]

Yeah just picking on the word

[woven flint]

I, with all due respect, frankly don't give a damn about optimal or suboptimal
What's optimal to me is having fun and enjoying a character.

[stray sage]

Would you say an intelligence of 13 is enough to be a competent archeologist?

[marble lion]

Yes

[olive stag]

Basically I've been thinking of doing a Kyrandia reference to a future campaign. I'd say that would be a 6.5/10 in the scary factor.

[tame burrow]

As long as you can differentiate between ancient things vs rubble, you're fine

[tame burrow]

Yikes

[woven flint]

The POINT of the character is that he showed his strength through forgoing weapons as a Glory Paladin.
That was HIS path to glory

[safe thistle]

9,16,9,11,13,13

[marble lion]

Hardworking, passionate, lucky, well-connected can be a good archeologist without being super smart

[feral fulcrum]

That's not that bad

[marble lion]

Yeah i like the character

[tame burrow]

Is 9 your...con??????

[marble lion]

I dont think ive ever played anything remotely resembling an optimal build numberswise

[woven flint]

Also, it opens up grappling builds which are almost always good, especially on something as Stalwart as a Paladin

[safe thistle]

Yes

[jolly narwhal]

CON saves everywhere.

[tame burrow]

Legit Baki build

[marble lion]

Dont

[tame burrow]

WHY

[safe thistle]

Yes

[woven flint]

I like your pfp
Spiders are dope

[marble lion]

I guess youll be able to reroll a character soon
Bright side people

[feral fulcrum]

Meh, 9 Con isn't the end of the world. Especially if you don't care if you die eventually.

[safe thistle]

Peak male fantasy

[jolly narwhal]

Thanks! We sure are.

[tame burrow]

For who??!!! T-T

[safe thistle]

Me

[tame burrow]

Damn XDD

[frozen comet]

What are bardic dice in the bard table

[woven flint]

My peak male fantasy is being a nice and whimsical fella

[tame burrow]

Inspo

[fossil hollow]

Mine is the thumbnail for Max0r's Doom video

[woven flint]

Too many of my characters are good people admittedly lmao

The only one that isn't is my Bugbear, but even then, he's still a friendly person

[safe thistle]

Mine is having to close to death, to taste it and come out on top

[jolly narwhal]

Peak fantasy is rolling Disadvantage and getting a NAT 20 on both rolls

[frozen comet]

What is Inspo

[tame burrow]

What lvl are you?

[safe thistle]

Now? 5

[tame burrow]

Inspiration

[fossil hollow]

i should have his wife pop up sometime

[frozen comet]

Thanks

[woven flint]

He would be delighted, she's a Wood Elf Lady, if you recall lol

[safe thistle]

Wouldnt it be inspi?

[tame burrow]

It's usually said as inspo afaik

[woven flint]

I don't think she'd approve of his work though too much

But I don't think it's marriage ruining

[safe thistle]

Lol

[feral fulcrum]

Language Shorthands Do a Funni

[jolly narwhal]

Inspo sounds cooler

[frozen comet]

Would a vampire paladin be good

[tame burrow]

You'll be squishy

[frozen comet]

Vampyr

[woven flint]

Insp

[tame burrow]

Ins

[feral fulcrum]

I

[fossil hollow]

_ _

[feral fulcrum]

Behold, Language!

[safe thistle]

That the best part

[woven flint]

I should have a Fiend Warlock who's Patron is Demogorgon, but he has a hard time deciding with which head to side with

[tame burrow]

noitaripsnI

[marble lion]

When i call your name, its like a prayer

[feral fulcrum]

Sounds like a Two-Face kinda guy.

[jolly narwhal]

I like you. Play into your weaknesses as much as your strengths.

[safe thistle]

And ill heed those prayers

[woven flint]

Well, that's kinda Demogorgons shtick
His heads are completely different personalities

[tame burrow]

Uh huh

[safe thistle]

Or i just thebsweet taste of near death experience

[fossil hollow]

Heads, I'll commit unreasonable violence. Tails, I'll make your social life a living hell."

[safe thistle]

By leveln7 ill have it all fix, both in AC and HP

[feral fulcrum]

I was thinking more the "Coin-flip to decide doing much of anything." aspect.

[tame burrow]

No no, go the whole way

[undone rain]

So hows 5.5E lookin

[fossil hollow]

hehehehe

[rough basalt]

Fun

[jolly narwhal]

True, just don't actually die

[tame burrow]

Be the ultimate glass cannon

[safe thistle]

No promise

[jolly narwhal]

[safe thistle]

Oh dont worry, i will. Imagine you unable to see me but still being hit

[woven flint]

Nah, a D6

[blissful ibex]

Much better than 5e c:

[undone rain]

Seriously? Thats great to hear

[fossil hollow]

its funny they went with 5.5e

[rugged hawk]

Speaking of glass cannons, that reminds me of an environment I learned of recently. There's a crystal cave here on Earth with an extremely high temperature and humidity. Both high enough, in fact, to be lethal to humans due to that humidity condensing in our lungs to drown us from the inside if we stay there too long.

[tame burrow]

Depends on the context

[tired gazelle]

Wait wait wait wait. I have an idea, carbonated health potions

[tame burrow]

Lmao irl " i create water in their lungs"

[feral fulcrum]

Depends on the Setting and Kind of Vampire. Some are Inherently Evil beings, others not so much.

[tame burrow]

But that's cool af, where is it located?

[rugged hawk]

The Cave of the Crystals in Naica, Mexico, is a, breathtaking yet lethal, underground chamber located 300 meters down. Discovered in 2000, it features massive selenite crystals up to 11 meters long, created over 500,000 years. Extreme, conditions of 58°C (136°F) and 90-99% humidity allow survival for only about 10 minutes.

[jolly narwhal]

Health soda

[tired gazelle]

Good luck chugging that in combat

[jolly narwhal]

Don't underestimate the thirsty Barbarian up front

[safe thistle]

@tame burrow ill give u a hint, i am a shadow monk right now

[rugged hawk]

With humidity near 100% and temperatures reaching 58°C, the environment prevents sweat evaporation. The lungs become the coolest surface in the body, causing water vapor to condense inside them, which can lead to rapid drowning.

[rough basalt]

My new eberron book arrived.
The alt cover is pretty sick

[tame burrow]

Rare item: Carbonated potion : Gain 2d4+2, after a turn, you burp, if you burp on a creature that creature gains half the hp you rolled as temp hp

[woven flint]

Well, it'd help my Dragonborn Fighter burp up his electricity

[jovial shadow]

I have a Shadow Monk. And it's an awesome sub-class.

[tired gazelle]

LMAOOOOOOO, players will assume it’s normal until they try a swig

[jolly narwhal]

Oooh, smart

[tame burrow]

Ahh. Mexico, makes sense.
Damnnnn, 99% humidity???

[tame burrow]

ohhhhhh shiiiiiiitttt, hit em fast and hard huh

[woven flint]

His first time breathing lightning in that campaign was when he was literally screaming in grief at his horse dying 😔

R.i.p Slow Dancer

[safe thistle]

Yep and they cant see me

[jolly narwhal]

[tame burrow]

Give em existential crisis on why are they taking dmg XDD

[tame burrow]

Exactlyyy

[halcyon bison]

hello peoples :3
random unimportant dnd question: would you allow using the Fabricate spell to write a book?

[upper vigil]

Ahem ahem wsp chat, is this the gen channel

[rugged hawk]

It must have been the wind!

[tame burrow]

That makes sense, the internal body temp will not change that much, cause we warm blooded

[halcyon bison]

General dnd, there's also #non-dnd-topics for talking about things that aren't dnd

[upper vigil]

Epic thank you heh

[tired gazelle]

The walls are closing in!

[tame burrow]

Wind: Ts wasn't me man, you just cooked

[upper vigil]

I recently got a party of 5 including me interested in starting a campaign but none of us know how to play so I’m just popping in to check things out

[halcyon bison]

wait I just realized you're a fellow rat :0 haiiii

[upper vigil]

YOOO and we have similar taste

[tired gazelle]

Oh my. Which poor- I mean lucky person is gonna dm

[feral fulcrum]

I'd allow Fabricate to Make a Book without words in it, or to Copy a Pre-existing book you have on hand (provided you've got the Ink), but that's about it.

[upper vigil]

Haha, that’s the issue we don’t know

[tame burrow]

#looking-for-dm you can check here if you wish

[jolly narwhal]

Would you like some cheese

[tired gazelle]

Best wishes good sir and take some cheese with you 🧀

[upper vigil]

I will when our party is actually ready to start something

[tame burrow]

@tired gazelle Pls make that potion a thing, I love soft drinks

[tame burrow]

Validd

[woven flint]

I'd like some cheese :3

[halcyon bison]

I would like some cheese thank you

[upper vigil]

I’ve done dnd commission work and I’ve played baldurs gate, that’s abt all of my experience heh

[jolly narwhal]

Have cheese too

[tired gazelle]

I’ll make it and add it to my person homebrew vault(a google doc with absolutely no organization)

[upper vigil]

But dnd sounds so fun im glad i have friends interested in playing wit me

[tame burrow]

Nooooooooo, put in on DnD beyond 🙁

[woven flint]

Cheese and Thank you :3

[upper vigil]

[tired gazelle]

Maybe

[tame burrow]

My soft drink potion

My sheila

[upper vigil]

My friends decided we would start by designing our characters since we’re all artists, does that sound like a good idea or no

[halcyon bison]

D&D is very fun! I hope you and your friends have a good game

[upper vigil]

[rugged hawk]

I make mine on HeroForge

[jolly narwhal]

Yoink the health soda

[woven flint]

Rodent creature :0

[upper vigil]

what’s that mean

[upper vigil]

Mole rat actually

[hot marlin]

HeroForge is a website where people can make virtual minis of their characters

[tame burrow]

Minee, gimmeeeeee

[rugged hawk]

And get them 3D printed

[jolly narwhal]

It's a site where you can model D&D characters and print them

[upper vigil]

Ohh we r artist forward group, I think a website where laying out character details might be more useful

[woven flint]

Oh hell yeah >:]

[halcyon bison]

What everyone else said, you can go to #dnd-heroforge-etc to see what the minis look like (there's some other stuff there too)

[upper vigil]

Interesting, they look high quality

I think I would prefer to make an illustration myself tho

It would probably look better, but I can show my friends

[halcyon bison]

I prefer that too
Heroforge is nice, but it's too limited for me

[jolly narwhal]

That's fair

[fossil hollow]

tako spotted

[halcyon bison]

It is a very useful tool if you don't know how to use blender or something to make your own models though (Disclaimer: I've never bought a mini from them)

[woven flint]

Oh, hey, rats

It's been a while, I think?

[upper vigil]

maybe later down the line, idk how willing ill be to spend money off rip since ive never played before

[grizzled lance]

How scary would a beholder that can control his eye rays be

[jolly narwhal]

Very

[halcyon bison]

yess I have not spoken in this server for a minute

[halcyon bison]

Totally fair
Also it’s sometimes fun to use random things for minis, like plastic dinosaurs or action figures

[upper vigil]

ohhh we are online group

which is hard because were also different timezones

i imagine scheduling sessions will be difficult

[halcyon bison]

Well in that case you don’t really need physical minis

[hot marlin]

Scarier than normal, yes. But at the end of the day, it's not really different from a beholder that just gets extremely lucky on dice rolls

[halcyon bison]

Luck is scary too

[hot marlin]

Indeed.

[grizzled lance]

Lady Luck always favors me

[hot marlin]

Regardless, a beholder that can control its eye rays would be... Well, I wouldn't do it. The fun of beholders is the randomness.

But I would bump up the CR a little bit.

[stoic obsidian]

I feel RAI is better than RAW

For a couple of cases

[halcyon bison]

Yeah
RAW is overrated in my opinion

[safe thistle]

Its official, 6 lv monk, 14 lv warlock ^_^

[marble lion]

May she continue to smile on me

[agile pulsar]

can you reflavor goodberry to be not a berry?

I was thinking bits of cheese personally

[hot marlin]

RAI is... A complicated subject

[tame burrow]

Whoaaa, weren't you lvl 5 rn

[agile pulsar]

oh but what if someone is lactose intolerant :(

[hot marlin]

How do you know what the intention was?

[tame burrow]

Sure why not

[halcyon bison]

You can reflavor all your spells as long as it doesn’t make it look like another spell
I for one am in favor of this idea

[safe thistle]

Yep, im just projecting the idea, also im not doing hexblade

So ill try to reach lv 4 warlock asap then finish monk then finish warlock

[tame burrow]

Then what?

[safe thistle]

Undead

[halcyon bison]

Sage advice helps
And sometimes it’s fairly obvious
Really the best system (excluding outright homebrew) is “rules as interpreted” as long as you’re consistent

[stoic obsidian]

Fair, tho let’s be honest RAW can be just as much to interpretation on wording, so maybe using both might be better or at least in a practicality sense or the favorite dm way my game my rules

[hot marlin]

In truth I think the distinction between RAW and RAI is unhelpful and borderline useless.

[halcyon bison]

Some degree of personal interpretation and filling in the gaps is always necessary

[tame burrow]

Idk what that does tbh

[hot marlin]

It is better, I would say, to consider the distinction between RAW and houserule/homebrewing.

[marble lion]

Rai is houserule with the attempt to stay within the creators vision for smooth play
Not useless at all

[hot marlin]

For example: RAW, Goodberries cannot be fed to someone else. That means that you can't use a goodberry to revive someone. Arguing about the intention, whether or not it's an oversight, is useless and unproductive. You simply have to admit that it is the RAW, and that you can play it otherwise but that's houseruling.

[safe thistle]

I can become a ghost, i can get tankier, all my hits can be nectrotic and u can heal

[hot marlin]

That's the problem: How do you know what the creator's vision was?

[marble lion]

Because they frequently tell us

[hot marlin]

Do you trust them when they say it? They're not the same people they were when they did it.

[marble lion]

Yeah ok

[tame burrow]

Ohhh, interesting

[hot marlin]

Truth is, I simply do not trust those people to speak truthfully about their original vision

I don't trust them to remember it, to be honest.

[fossil hollow]

I mean, even with J.C., his words were always conflicting and often. Wrong.

[hot marlin]

Lots of original creators. Did they all share the same vision?

[tame burrow]

You plan to be melee or ranged?

[hot marlin]

Which of their vision, then?

[stoic obsidian]

Starting at 6th level, when you cast a bard spell that deals damage or restores hit points through the Spiritual Focus, roll a d6, and you gain a bonus to one damage or healing roll of the spell equal to the number rolled. Now tell me as raw how this work?

[halcyon bison]

But their own retrospective is likely to improve it as they have had time to realize its flaws

[tame burrow]

The rule of cool 😄

[safe thistle]

Melee. Because i can move and eventually teleport.

[hot marlin]

So then it is not the vision they had when they created it.

[safe thistle]

Oh and i can hid in magic bags forever @tame burrow

[hot marlin]

I don't quite understand where you're going with this to be honest

[upper vigil]

i forgot to ask if this channel had image perms or not after a certain level

[halcyon bison]

But does the vision they had then matter if the new one is better?

[hot marlin]

To me? Neither or them matters. But everyone will have a different answer

[tame burrow]

So you're a jack-in-a-box, nuke version essentialy

[safe thistle]

Yep, that can teleport too

[tame burrow]

You add what you rolled on the d6 to your dmg or heal right?

[hot marlin]

At the end of the day, we work on a case-by-case basis, and that's also where I find the terms unhelpful. You don't need a general rule for how to engage with the rules, you will treat with every situation as they come up

[stoic obsidian]

If it material component

[tame burrow]

Bruhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Brokennnnn

[safe thistle]

Like a true proper glass cannon

[tame burrow]

Eh? What?

Frrrr

[halcyon bison]

totally fair
To me, the rules are really more of guidelines
If something about them isn't good, we do something else instead

[fossil hollow]

its still good to have baselines

[hot marlin]

How do you decide if something is or isn't good?

[safe thistle]

Just like material components

[halcyon bison]

Personal prefrence

RAW does have some value though, espeically in shared campaigns where its important to have a standard when who the players are might change

[hollow hedge]

i wonder, would it be interesting to run a BARBONK with Monk lvl. X<10 (Way of Mercy) and Barbarian lvl. 3 (Path of the Wild Heart)?

[hot marlin]

Of course, the question I'm asking is what creates your personal preference. It's a thing we often say "my preference is this" but I think people rarely ask themselves why they think what they think, why they like what they like, you know?

[stoic obsidian]

Interpretation, for you see the wording of through the focus can be interpreted as such, yet I doubt that the intended use. That is use RAI right their it use for when it make less sense mechanically

[halcyon bison]

It varies from case to case I suppose
Usually its because it doesn't make sense from either a balance perspective or a fun perpective

[jovial shadow]

You can treat the rules as rules or as guidelines to change at a whim. At some point doing the latter, it will only be D&D in name only

[halcyon bison]

Cool I'm fine with that :3

[stoic obsidian]

Depends on how far you go

[halcyon bison]

There's nothing magic or special about D&D in particular as opposed to any other RPG, or a heavily homebrewed version of D&D
It doesn't really matter if you cross the threshold where you "can't call it dnd anymore"

[stoic obsidian]

Then simply played another TTRPG

[marble lion]

Youd need to do some pretty heavy homebrewing for it to not resemble dnd anymore

[upper vigil]

I played baldurs gate before that but not for very long

[rugged hawk]

Ultimately, D&D isn't so much the mechanics, it's the concept of roleplaying with some sort of structure.

[jolly narwhal]

I've heavily homebrewed my campaign throughout the 9 years I've run it and I still call it D&D

[halcyon bison]

But D&D does some stuff good! And lots of people know how to play it, and it has a pretty solid and simple baseline
I don't actually play very much heavily modified D&D, I just think it's silly to gatekeep it

[fast latch]

Today is GM Day! Make sure to thank your GMs for all the work they do

[rugged hawk]

Forsake GMs, return to DMs

[upper vigil]

Whose that one ginger guy who is really good at dming like brennar or something

[stoic obsidian]

Yeah, and honestly RAW or RAI, having fun is what important

[halcyon bison]

Yeah! We're playing so everyone can have fun. That's the most important rule

[upper vigil]

I use to watch his videos too because they were super fun

[marble lion]

Brennan lee mulligan iirc

[upper vigil]

Maybe I’ll watch some of his videos again

[marble lion]

I have not see anything from him yet

I just saw him play a guest in critrole for a session

[upper vigil]

He was rlly funny and the stories were very interesting

[marble lion]

Ah it was the elden ring promo oneshot

[pale inlet]

Hi, I’m new to the server

[upper vigil]

Me too twan

[stoic obsidian]

Oh yeah I been playing spirits bard

[upper vigil]

This server seems very professional

[jolly narwhal]

[rugged hawk]

No. No, it isn't. You're just here in a quiet moment.

[stoic obsidian]

I agree with Vinnath, tho it structurally stable

[rugged hawk]

That's just Latia's iron fist keeping it line /s

[stoic obsidian]

True true

[upper vigil]

Interesting

[marble lion]

It is

[upper vigil]

Okay 2 different things I’m hearing

[marble lion]

It is definitely not a casual server

[upper vigil]

[cyan narwhal]

It's a silly professional server

[upper vigil]

Maybe I would prefer a more casual server bcs this seems pretty intimidating

[marble lion]

Its a corpo server
Good for some things

Asking questions, idle chitchat, game listings

[upper vigil]

I’m too silly for professional talk

[halcyon bison]

I'm silly too :333

[marble lion]

Depending on the silly, that may be fine

[rugged hawk]

And yeah, there's days it's more obviously corpo than others. Today's a good day so far, though.

[upper vigil]

[jolly narwhal]

Professional silly talk

[cyan narwhal]

That's what i said lol

[halcyon bison]

I also like to have respectful debate sometimes

[rugged hawk]

No, ur two dozen rats

[halcyon bison]

ow why are you hitting me with a newspaper D:

[cyan narwhal]

Tho tbh i haven't been very active ever since i joined, too much stuff to follow lol

[upper vigil]

[rugged hawk]

Because rats are worse than hampters

🐹 Go for the eyes, Boo!

[halcyon bison]

hamsters are cool too why must it be a competition :<

[upper vigil]

[cyan narwhal]

pats the two dozens rats
There there

[rugged hawk]

Because the Hamster Republic shall not submit to inferior rodentkind

[upper vigil]

What’s the hamster republic opinion on mole rats

[halcyon bison]

thank you -w-

[cyan narwhal]

You are welcome

[rugged hawk]

Mole Rats are just underground hampters

[buoyant oar]

Professional debates amongst Dungeons and Dragons fans that never happens

In fact, I think it's against the rules

[rugged hawk]

Nonsense, we discuss alignment at least three times a week.

[upper vigil]

I’m gonna be honest I only use discord for art related stuff so being in a chat where no one is sending images feels so empty

[fossil hollow]

Professional

[buoyant oar]

Yeah professional

[limber trail]

"professional", in this channel?

[buoyant oar]

In this hobby

[upper vigil]

Do u guys think I could get away with being a mole rat in my dnd campaign if I play as a cursed halfling Druid or something

[rugged hawk]

The only professional round this chat is the sultry dragonborn bard /s

[limber trail]

people are usually like 40% more reasonable in the dm chats at least

[rugged hawk]

Reasonable? Sir, this is DISCORD. It's IN THE NAME.

[buoyant oar]

Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. This is sort of The dumping ground of the public forum.

So literally any other channel would have cooler heads

[limber trail]

this channel is where discourse goes to die a fiery, anger-inducing, and misinformed death unfortunate </3

[jolly narwhal]

Sounds fun

[rugged hawk]

Misinformed? Sir, you appear to have misspelled 'homebrewed'

[halcyon bison]

Yeah, if your dm is cool
Assuming you mean like an anthropomorphic mole rat, otherwise you might need to be a druid

[buoyant oar]

If I could have a superpower it would be. The only rules learned by osmosis are the rules as they are written. So many rules Questions that new DMs have would be solved Instantaneously if they simply applied literacy to the Tome they purchased.

[fossil hollow]

I do wish i can touch a book and learn everything in it

[jolly agate]

Aye, coolest place in Faerun?

[buoyant oar]

I have a theory that if everyone whoever participated in an alignment debate actually read and understood what was being said in the alignment sections and added no other context or nuance to it from their personal experience. Those debates would be over in about 30 seconds

[rugged hawk]

Okay, see, I hear what you're saying. Counterpoint, that's cause humans are chaos theory made manifest in physical form.

[fossil hollow]

Icewind Dale

[limber trail]

So many rules questions in general could be solved instantly by applying literacy to the tomes of the coastal scribes

[jolly agate]

serious question

[fossil hollow]

Icewind Dale still

[jolly agate]

why?

[buoyant oar]

In my opinion, it all depends on what you're looking for. And I've been running in the realms for almost 30 years now.

You can make nearly any part of the Realms. The coolest if you apply what you want to a specific area

[marble lion]

My coolest place in faerun is baldurs gate

[rugged hawk]

Coolest part depends on your character, obviously.

[fossil hollow]

I vibe with the general, well, vibe of the area. I hate snow, but Its fun for me in DnD

Also, the survival horror aspect

[buoyant oar]

For me, I'm currently rolling through the lands of berserkers, Rashemen. A realm ruled by iron Lords and masked witches

[jolly agate]

ye u know ur stuff. Let's say to find magic items, preem ones. I already went to the desert of Anauroch and Thultanthar. barely survived with my party

[halcyon bison]

actually the coolest part of faerun is the poles :3

[rugged hawk]

Vinnath loves the deep seas and coastal regions, but Esteriu would rather live among scorching sands as firestorms tear across the dunes, for instance.

[jolly agate]

I'm in Rashemen rn

[buoyant oar]

A realm that has some of the most brutal living in all of the world, but they do it because they are the current bulwark against the red Wizards

[hot marlin]

It's not like they prevent the Thayans from invading the West, but they do prevent their expansion eastwards. And keep some forces occupied

Though honestly, with the time jump, that political situation should have changed a bit

[fossil hollow]

ah, teh Unapproachable East

[marble lion]

We will see about that when the hartfrost is beamed at you in the bbeg's tower in baldurs gate

[buoyant oar]

If you want to find magic items, then your best bet is to look in the moon sea region, the old Empires of the elves. They're left many things to be found.

If you want more psionic style items, look in the vilhon reach near remnants of the only human psiocracy Jhaamdath.

If you want the most powerful items and artifacts ever made by mortals, then you need to go to the dust desert into the far Southeast where the sands are as purple as a king's cloak. There you will find the remnants of the vast empire of Imaskar. Where their Kings were artificers.

[upper vigil]

Is this the best dnd server to join or is there something more beginner friendly for someone like meh

[jolly agate]

That's incredibly useful. Ty so much mate

[fossil hollow]

check out #dnd-newcomers

[buoyant oar]

You are right Aglarond and the Simbarch prevents western movement

[feral fulcrum]

This is the official one, so, there's no better place really.

[upper vigil]

Ok I’ll stick around then heh

[marble lion]

Just join more on top for different varied experiences. But this place isnt worse for newcomers or anything

[buoyant oar]

A fun fact is that one of the original human Lord Artificers is still alive. Despite the empire of Imaskar falling nearly 4,000 years ago. He moved far to the West towards the coast and built a lair deep within the mountains. There he waits, having long since lost his mind as he delights in Glee watching intrepid adventurer venture into his lair willingly.

[rough basalt]

Eberron is a very cool setting

[sly crest]

I definitely want to try it someday

[marble lion]

Ah yes eberron the thing i have no interaction with apart from plucking warforged for my own game

A common tale

[cyan narwhal]

I might play a warforged character in the future

[marble lion]

Im sure you will. Warforged are fantastic

[cyan narwhal]

I got the idea when i saw an art about a warforged who actually was the philactery of a lich, obviously he didn't know about it

[feral fulcrum]

You're a Robot-man Harry

[woven flint]

I had a Warforged Arti and now I'm playing a Warforged Pugilist

[marble lion]

I have only played elves and humans

[jolly narwhal]

Had a player be a Warforged Artillerist and he was literally just Robocop. Very fun

[marble lion]

And that human was in a game where the dm hated elves so i didnt wanna get insulted "comedically" all the time

[woven flint]

I've played all sorts of species

I'm playing a Faerie soon :]

[marble lion]

I only play elves

[halcyon bison]

Faeries are very cool

[woven flint]

He's gonna be a Wild Magic Sorcerer

[halcyon bison]

And very trustworthy and very good
You should trust the fey :3

[cyan narwhal]

I played a Gallus once for a one shot, was hilarious

[wild fern]

hey im super new to dnd and id like to sit with sum ppeople in a round when theyre playing and just listen to them play, is that possible?

[marble lion]

Some groups are fine with that. Im not sure how to look for that though

[jolly narwhal]

Looking up videos of some games on youtube is pretty helpful too. It's also part of what helped me get better as a DM too.

[halcyon bison]

Be aware that casual games are somewhat different than the ones on youtube, because regular games aren't playing for an audience
But they're not a bad way to get a feel for what the game is like and see rules in action

[marble lion]

If youre into the more immersive serious aspect, i think theyre a great way to get acquainted with dnd

[jolly narwhal]

Ye, some purposefully make it about comedy and stuff. There was one I watched a long time ago that was like an animatic that was really good. More serious.

[marble lion]

It kinda gives you an idea of what that would look like

Just dont expect normal weekend players to be like that

But its nice to have a thing to aspire to imo

[cyan narwhal]

Legend Of Avantris Is an example of more silly and hilarious, while Critical Role, even tho It has its funny moments, Is more serious

[rugged hawk]

Soooo, what kind of Wishes would yall pick?

[marble lion]

World peace and food for all

[void crown]

Just has a fun idea for a false hyrda and wanted to see people's opinion of it.
Have it in a town like normal but add a deaf person who follows the party around spying on them until they ask.

[halcyon bison]

Under the rules D&D wishes? And how many do I get?

[marble lion]

Obviously

[void crown]

Httyd dragons to be real

[blissful ibex]

wait, how the hell is Immolation the only spell in the entire game that causes a creature to start burning?

[rugged hawk]

Okay, see, I hear what you're saying. Counterpoint, what about Wishing to never need the bathroom again?

[jolly narwhal]

500 burgers

[marble lion]

500 cigarettes

[jolly narwhal]

[rugged hawk]

Okay, 500 burgers sounds good in theory, but they'd spoil. Also, again, you could be wishing to never poop again.

[jolly narwhal]

But what if I wish for 500 burgers that will never spoil

[halcyon bison]

you get up to 25,000 gold worth of objects, you could probably have at least 501 burgers

[crimson gulch]

wax food like a resaraunt display

[jolly narwhal]

Close enough

[cyan narwhal]

What if i wish to gain the power of granting my own wishes? 🤔

[rugged hawk]

Congrats, you just Jafar'd yourself

[cyan narwhal]

Nope cause Jafar had rules about It, i'm not wishing to become a genie

[rugged hawk]

Too bad, that's how your wish got interpreted

[cyan narwhal]

Then It would go against my wish, cause i would be unable to grant my own wishes due to the genie rules

[rugged hawk]

Also, even if you could grant your own wishes, you'd wish yourself back to normal in short order.

Assuming you don't just wish yourself out of existence instead.

[void crown]

To be fair it was implied thst once freed the genie could grant his own wishes but first he had to have someone else wish for his freedom

Ok but how many wishes do people get is it 3 or no?

[river vector]

My players killed my serial killer villain too quickly.... solution? Have them return as a ghost hungry for vengeance!

[cyan narwhal]

Sounds about right

[rugged hawk]

Cue boss music. "Stand ready for my arrival, worms!" Then it turns out 'the' serial killer was just 'a' serial killer... and not the mastermind.

[clever magnet]

Can they summon the souls of their victims to fight for them?

[river vector]

they don't expect anything... they are long resting. As soon as someone tries to attune to the killers weapon, bam! The killer returns!

[river vector]

I plan to have the victims return as generic zombies (they are low level)

[rugged hawk]

Ah yes, the 'cursed sword of bloodlust' scenario

[river vector]

I was thinking of doing some sort of "Acolyte" storyline lol

[rugged hawk]

However, I have an improvement on it: make the weapon force the party to make WIS saves during each long rest. Whoever fails falls under its curse to wield it on anyone in sight.

[river vector]

ooh this is a good idea

Thanks, I will keep it in mind

They have to destroy the killers spirit in order to "purify" the weapon of most of its evil, but a few harmful effects can remain

[rough basalt]

Session 0 of my new campaign tonight

A few technological hiccups.

And I accidentally deleted my Blood Magic folder so I have to draw it up and code it again

How are yall doing?

[quick flower]

Are there dragons in these dungeons

[rough basalt]

Nope

[cobalt owl]

You'll be fine

[rugged hawk]

Nope, but there's dungeons in these dragons. Good luck

[cobalt owl]

I'm preparing to action surge nap

[rough basalt]

I'm about to go cool off on HD2 since I'm kinda angry about deleting my HB on accident but ig it could've been worse.

[cobalt owl]

If you've got it written down elsewhere you'll be fine

[rough basalt]

I don't, but the design of them was simple enough

[cobalt owl]

Kek

[rough basalt]

It was variants of existing spells with double damage

[quick flower]

Valid response

[rough basalt]

But the kicker is you took half the damage

So theoretically if you as a level 1 Wizard casted Homing Bloodmass (magic missile) you'd do 2d4+2 per orb(missile)

But you'd take 1d4+1 Necrotic for each one.

So theoretically you could 0hp yourself

[dry widget]

Is there an art channel?

[fair summit]

#dnd-arts-and-crafts Yep!

[quick flower]

Does anyone play DND here

[rugged hawk]

Nope, we just lurk and poke LaTia for not being stricter with the mods. /s

[worn lagoon]

No

[fair summit]

People playing D&D on the biggest and official discord server about the game? It's more likely than you think!

[fossil hollow]

on this server specifically, no.

[rugged hawk]

One cannot simply PLAY dnd.

[worn lagoon]

None of us have ever played dnd in our lives, and all the experiences we share here are mass delusions

[fossil hollow]

-# i mean you dont play dnd here in the server specifically

[lapis delta]

Anyone have a good single player homebrew campaign or something, cause I have no one to play with

[rugged hawk]

You don't actually need anyone else to play DnD, tbh

Personally, I DM for my own chars

[quick flower]

What is DND

[rugged hawk]

Do Not Dragons

[hollow stone]

congratulations! you have been bestowed with the agency to do what you want to do.
-# this is something you were already capable of regardless

[lapis delta]

Oh

Ig I could do that, tbh I just want to fight cool monsters

[rugged hawk]

Ye. There's books specifically for solo play

D&D DM Yourselves
D&D The Solo Adventurer's Toolbox
D&D The Solo Adventurer's Toolbox Expanded

These provide guidance for how to play without other people, whether you've got one char or several.

Like my divine soul sorc, for instance, is currently on a solo Princes of the Apocalypse campaign

[lapis delta]

Wow very interesting

Can you do full campaigns like icewind dale rime of the frostmaiden by yourself or no?

[fossil hollow]

those are very much assumed to be played with multiple people

You can try looking up Solo play dnd

[tawdry sentinel]

Solo adventurers tool box was also decent for a sort of crowd source DM game I did one time.

0 prep what do the tables say is roughly happening and what would be cool.

[rugged hawk]

Well, in her case, I started my char in the Ghosts of Saltmarsh campaign, did some related stuff in the One-Shot Wonders 10 Coastal One-Shot Adventures, then headed for Princes of the Apocalypse. That got her started in a solo-friendly manner so she'd be sufficiently 1-2 levels over the party norm for doing Princes of the Apocalypse solo

So far, it's been going pretty well despite action economy being completely against her.

[lapis delta]

This is really cool, thank you for all the help

I’ll do some one shots to kinda help me get the feel for things, than do whatever campaign I want and homebrew as needed. I’ll just try to have fun

[rugged hawk]

There's a few one-shot books in the Marketplace that have 10 short adventures each, for different regions. There's a Coastal, Forest, Desert, and....I think one other?

Pretty sure I have all of them since my char's campaign is a mishmash of multiple adventure books.

Like, it's less of a railroad campaign and more 'there's a big world to explore, so follow up on leads or just explore'

[lapis delta]

Oooh and a holiday one. Dessert or coastal look interesting

[rugged hawk]

Coastal has a cool multi-phase encounter with a plesiosaurus

Which, of course, my water-focused divine soul sorc challenged with relative ease. By distracting it with lots of fish, throwing her trident a bunch, and generally smacking it with ice magic.

[lapis delta]

As someone who also collects fossils this makes it extra cool

[quick flower]

Also the liminal horror session went really good and everyone enjoyed it :]

It was supposed to end at 10pm and went till 12am

[jolly agate]

Aye

Honestly, who the hell Is The Traveler?

[crimson gulch]

The minor idol from exandria who is the deity for jester from critical role season 2?

Or the God from ebberon?

[jolly agate]

The first one

Ma DM made him ma patron (The Archefy patron, I didn't decide on any specific god at the time, so my DM went like "Too bad, u gettin The Traveler")

so i need to learn more abt him (cuz, yk. for sessions and stuff)

[hushed mason]

How is everyone feeling about the officialness of 5.5e?

[jolly narwhal]

I haven't touched it much, but I allowed my Artificer player at the time to use the spell list from 5.5e. Normal 5e spell list for Artificer is so limited.

[crimson gulch]

It's still mixed up between the new web page and the dnd beyond faq

It's not offical till I see it in a book

[half igloo]

Buffed ranger so I’m cool with it

[hushed mason]

I mean the term "5.5" becoming official rather than D&D 2024.

[glossy otter]

eh, not much of a difference for me, it was in a way 5.5e to begin with

[void crown]

Anyone watch minmaxxed?

[void crown]

I hope this is allowed to be talked about?

They are a new d&d game channel being ran by martial arts people kinda

[rugged hawk]

Sure, long as the convo's the D&D they're doing and not the drama surrounding it

[void crown]

Youtube

[void crown]

That's fair I will admit I did just see their respond video and wanted to know people of the d&d community opinions because I thought they did really well

[rugged hawk]

I haven't bothered with the video or any of its reactions, so no idea Probably just gonna wait til the drama's gone

[void crown]

Fair

I will probably watch it tomorrow but my attention spans been shot and been kinda working on it a little to get it to the point I can enjoy videos again

Anyone here have cats that the minute you lay down they demend you cuddle them?

And I dont mean they sit on you i mean full on wrapping their tiny paws around your hand and rolling over wrapping your arm around them xD

[cobalt owl]

Today was a very good day to use some of my more devious monster mechanics

[void crown]

Sounds like a story?

[cobalt owl]

It can be summed up in one meme

"Why are you running?"

Its a modified mage slayer + sentinel stacked on a monster.

It was very funny to see people react to getting smacked for misty stepping/shield

[void crown]

Hm

Would sential stop misty step? Since it doesnt require you to have a moment speed?

[cobalt owl]

It wouldn't, it was just a funny thing I stacked on

Sentinel means disengage won't work, sentinel also means when they misty step they can't move post misty step so they're always within 30 feet

[small heath]

Question: If me, as a druid, cast moonbeam then wild shape, can I still move the moonbeam while in wildshape form?

[cobalt owl]

Yes

Shapeshifting doesn't break concentration, and you're not recasting the spell.

[torpid hound]

Would you rather go left to the land of lies, where there is nothing right, or right to the land of apocalypse, where there is nothing left?

[rugged hawk]

Right, no more humans

[jolly agate]

left

[rugged hawk]

Why would you want to stay in the current world?

[jolly agate]

not everything Is lies on dis world mate. Everything is out in the open. But nobody cares

[small heath]

To clarify: jumping in 5e doesn't use up an action right?

[jolly agate]

might be fun a land of lies cuz imagine:
"Oh a duck"
"NUH UH, IT'S A PIECE OF CHEESE"

[hushed mason]

You're lying; it really is a duck.

[rugged hawk]

You're both lying, it's the land of lies. Still going right, because I'd rather there be no more human nonsense, thanks.

[jolly agate]

see?, now that would be fun ngl

anyway who the hell is The Traveler

Is he like a god god or like Bhaal and those edgelords?

[rugged hawk]

Okay, now see, if it was just pure chaos, that'd at least be entertaining rather than depressing. But what we have is some folks ruining things for everyone else, and I'm not seeing any historical evidence human nature will change, so everyone's got to go. Still choosing to go right into the land of apocalypse.

[burnt valley]

No no no no dont do that, its like asking the DM to screw over your character

Any wish offered by an NPC is a deal with the devil

[rugged hawk]

I mean, nothing ventured, nothing gained.

But it might be wise to keep wishes reasonable

[burnt valley]

a genie lamp? chain it and chuck it into the ocean
devil deal? say nuh uh and leave asap

[rugged hawk]

Depends how badly you want something and what you're willing to give up in exchange

[burnt valley]

or just wish for replicating 1st-8th level spells or the bullet points listed in the description

since what constitutes as "reasonable" varies between DMs

[livid slate]

How would y'all make a melee sorcerer subclass?
I wouldn't want it to be smt like sword Bard tbh id want it to have smt special to it
Like bladsingers song or smt

Also something that would avoid the paladin multi class and make it broken

A melee sorcerer would probably need to use bonus action to be usefull tbh so that it wouldn't be spammable with smites

[feral fulcrum]

You're better off asking that sort of thing in #homebrew

[livid slate]

Aight

[weary raft]

Learning how to dm, how many playlists for one campaign would you say is reasonable

[jolly narwhal]

Depends, I like to have a playlist for different scenarios. Like when it's spooky time, I put on that playlist or basic encounters will also have their own. Then for more special moments like boss fights or certain NPCs, I have a playlist with a note to label each one to a specific event.

Short answer: a lot

[weary raft]

Oki, good, because I already have 9 Playlists and I haven't even fully made the campaign

Correction, 10

[jolly narwhal]

That's the spirit

[weary raft]

And is a pure homebrew Campaign a bad idea for first Campaign?

[jolly narwhal]

Not really. I started full homebrew and I'm still running on a 9 year campaign with that same group

If anything, it's good to stick to vanilla to help you along the path and then over time you can start broadening more with homebrew

[weary raft]

I made the world of my Campaign based off a world of a book I tried to make but just dropped it

Figured I might as well make use of that world

[jolly narwhal]

That's normal for most DMs I talk to

[river vector]

Should I have the spirit of a serial killer return when players attune to their weapon, or just attack when the players finish their long rest a day after they died?

I have this as a "gotcha"

[rugged hawk]

Again, use some of the players

[river vector]

But also one last hurrah, since they killed my killer that quickly

[jolly narwhal]

I like the idea of the 'attuned to their weapon'. Like a cursed/haunted weapon

[weary raft]

When I say entirely homebrew campaign, I mean i even completely redid the magic system to grant more player agency

[rugged hawk]

Just make them roll for WIS every long rest until one or more fails, then they get taken over by the cursed weapon and attack the party with it.

[river vector]

Yeah, someone suggested making the party make wis saves

[weary raft]

God, scaling will be a pain

[jolly narwhal]

I didn't want to touch on magic with my systems but I overhauled most things. Like melee and ranged combat is completely homebrewed. Do what you want and what your players like and you'll have fun

[river vector]

but for every long rest? Not just to initially summon the killer? I dunno that sounds like pvp to me.

[weary raft]

I am trying to come up with a good plan for players that will likely say "no" to a certain plan I have

[rugged hawk]

It only has to happen once for them to realize the weapon is cursed and needs to be dealt with.

[weary raft]

My original idea was to turn them into an enemy, but it isn't a good idea for player agency

[rugged hawk]

Alternatively, the sword could become animated by the curse and attack them itself

[jolly narwhal]

I personally don't like doing things like that. Taking away any control from players is something I leave to only big moments like a party member getting possessed by like a big bad.

[river vector]

I made the weapon have good qualities as well lol. More damage to low health enemies. They might want to keep it. I also did make a straight up stat block for the killers spirit, so it would have to come back somehow.

[rugged hawk]

Yes, they killed the big bad too quickly. So this is just phase two.

[jolly narwhal]

Oooh, those moments stink. I had a big bad get so built up just to get slapped around in the fight.

[river vector]

Note by "make a stat block" I mean I took the poltergeist stat block and slapped a few things on top

[weary raft]

Again, I am trying to come up with a good idea, because I still want to grant them player agency, but mutating players would also prolly be really fun.

[river vector]

I'm having my villain return as a ghost lmao

[jolly agate]

i need someone that knows abt gods and shi

[rugged hawk]

Yes, so in this instance, the sword being the real villain (because it's cursed) and using them to attack each other is a good second phase.

[weary raft]

Reminds me of the time we blew up a hydra with 15 barrels of gunpowder

[feral fulcrum]

I'd say yes, because now you've got the burden of doing everything yourself. Whereas with pre-made adventures you at least have a hefty resource and guide to go off of.

[jolly narwhal]

What if they have to fight like a shadowy, doppleganger versions of the party.

[feral fulcrum]

Bit Cliche, don't you think?

[river vector]

shadow fight is pretty sterotypical but it works well, imo

[weary raft]

I... think I can do that

[jolly narwhal]

But it works

[weary raft]

I can make it a boss as well if I do it right

[river vector]

Not sure how I feel about having all my villains agency removed and given to some sword.

how about it has the evil of the villain or something?

[rugged hawk]

No no, this is the plot twist no one saw coming, even the DM

[weary raft]

Because with how the world works in my campaign, there are specific classes of monsters, I can make it fall along the lines of a domain type or make it its own class

[river vector]

but... it makes no sense. Villain was evil BEFORE getting sword in timeline.

[rugged hawk]

It just made him worse, then

[jolly narwhal]

The closest thing I had was like a Banshee that made the party envision the other party members as clones of itself while the Banshee itself made an illusion of a loved one begging for help from their backstory. They had to figure out which one of the clones was the Banshee itself.

[weary raft]

Corruption created by the sword, villain was originally good, but the sword became his one ring

[river vector]

Ooh this I like the sword was an artifact of the gods of murder, and made the killer more crazy, but the killer still would have done said horrible things, even without the influence of the sword.

[sleek cloud]

And they called him…Arthas

[river vector]

villain is a serial killer, can't have been good.

[weary raft]

After the sword, they started serial killing. Again, corruption

[rugged hawk]

A ranger/sorc I ran loooong ago, once decided to poke a magical glowing circle in the middle of the woods. An identical of her appeared then. She was so happy to have doubled her existence, but sadly, the double turned out to be Evil and she had to off her second self.

[river vector]

doesn't match up with timeline, also makes players pity what is supposed to be a pure evil villain

[weary raft]

But that is my suggestion, you don't need to follow it

[river vector]

true that. It's a good suggestion, just not fitting for the character I envision.

[woven flint]

Hello, friends

[meager fractal]

hello

[sleek cloud]

Hello

[river vector]

Let's see... I'm leaning toward the sword actually containing the spirit and evil of the villain, and being some sort of cursed thing. Since I don't want woobie serial killer.

[weary raft]

I mean, my BBEG is an AI made before a nuclear war designed to stop human suffering, so it saw so much that the extermination of the human race was its idea of stopping human suffering

[woven flint]

Blackrazor would like to know your location

[weary raft]

Thinking genocide as a cure

[river vector]

that's a cool BBEG. AI would be cool as a villain, too bad my setting is dark fantasy lol.

[river vector]

huh there really are no original ideas

[weary raft]

Well my world is set back heavily in technology because of the nuclear war, the AI being the only functioning piece of technology left after

[rugged hawk]

Corrupted Golem, then

[woven flint]

Blackrazor would be an interesting bbeg
Possessing a noble man or something and the group doesn't even know that the fellow is possessed until one of them grab the sword

[river vector]

so fallout with AM? That's awesome!

[weary raft]

-# I haven't played fallout

Unless you count shelter

Which I don't

[river vector]

Neither do I

[weary raft]

And you said with AM?

[river vector]

Allied Mastercomputer from I have no mouth and must scream

[woven flint]

Yeah, AM is horrifying

[river vector]

Spoilers: It isn't very "Allied" by the time of the story

[weary raft]

Is that a book, show, or movie, I keep hearing of "i have no mouth and must scream"

[woven flint]

Yes, Maybe and Yes
It has adaptations

[river vector]

It's a short story

[woven flint]

It was a short story originally

[burnt valley]

DMs, what are your favourite "gotcha" scenarios to use against players?

[rugged hawk]

Dungeon is a giant mimic

[river vector]

Well I may be a new DM, but I just finished talking about how I plan on having my villain return as a ghost. I try to avoid "gotcha" though.

[weary raft]

My friend unintentionally made a mimic city

[rugged hawk]

Tomb of Horrors, but right when they think they've managed to complete it.... turns out the whole thing is just one gargantuan mimic that's been luring them into its depths

[weary raft]

Is starting a campaign with a chase scene a good idea?

[river vector]

I did trick a player into making a character that is from a nation ruled by undead that has their souls contracted to the lich king from an early age(it's a form all members of the nation have to sign pledging allegiance to the lich, it is worded very carefully) , for use in a dark ritual that he will use to ascend to godhood. So that should be fun, gives him some stakes to stop the ritual!

[weary raft]

And since I am learning how to dm, should I grab the DM role? Prolly would be a good idea, right?

[rugged hawk]

That's just Astarion with extra steps

[river vector]

lich always wants godhood, you should have called me out for copying the creed resolute from descent into avernus

[river vector]

I personally started mine with the party already captured (if the point of the scene is to get the party captured)

[rugged hawk]

I mean, at least it wasn't the judgement of the oratrice mecanique d'analyse cardinale

[river vector]

something from genshin I have no clue about

[remote wadi]

Evening, chat