dnd-discussion

[opaque tusk]

What kind of character would you recommend playing in an unserious/chaotic campaign? Like, one that isn't very organized and not taken that seriously

[blissful ibex]

WIld Magic Sorcerer?

[opaque tusk]

What's that like?

[blissful ibex]

cast spells, weird shit happens

[opaque tusk]

Ahh

[karmic pendant]

Randomness subclass

[opaque tusk]

So RNG focused?

[karmic pendant]

Yep

[opaque tusk]

That sounds fun I'll try it

[blissful ibex]

make sure to use Tides of Chaos every time it's available

[rough basalt]

Yes, always wild magic

[marble lion]

Take a walk on the wild side

[wanton raft]

Hiiii.

[karmic junco]

I have apparently made a very difficult murder mystery for my players 😭😭😭 they are loosing their minds and its so funnt

[wanton raft]

Niceee!!!

[tough pewter]

Is it a bad thing that i can very easily make homelander seem docile if I play as a bbeg?

[rugged hawk]

You made a series of mistakes, but you can fix it by having an NPC solve the issue for them.

[tough pewter]

Like, if I were to play as a bbeg, I'd have to be labeled as a trigger warning most of the time. (I love playing the villain, but I can't tell when it goes too far, so I haven't been able to play to my full potential in a long time.)

[marble lion]

Need to have the right players then

[rugged hawk]

Sadly, in my experience, players are only great at cleverness when it comes to ruining DM plotlines, and suffer -6 Int/Wis when it comes to puzzles they're MEANT to solve.

[tough pewter]

Yeah. It's hard trying to find players that won't break because of it

[hot marlin]

It is very easy to delve into that darkness, easier even to wallow in it. Giving it a point however takes more skill

Certainly, Gregor Clegane is a much more unhinged and detestable person than... Anyone in the ASOIAF books, yes. But the story doesn't focus on him, because he is frankly not an interesting character

[jolly agate]

How evil are the Cultists of Baphomet?

[rugged hawk]

Yes.

[jolly agate]

Cuz there's evil and then EVIL

[jolly agate]

Wym yes

[hot marlin]

I do have to say that D&D treats alignment as a binary. You either are or are not evil, there is no concept of degrees of evil

[humble cairn]

Running a mystery in a way that is both challenging enough but not too frustrating is tricky.

[hot marlin]

There is a point where maybe they'd be better off calling it quits and admitting they can't solve this case

[rugged hawk]

Bring in a Sherlock NPC who makes them all look stupid

[jolly agate]

I put it on 3 levels, Completely evil, morally evil, and foolishly evil

[humble cairn]

Mystery that's too easy isn't fun. One that's too hard also isn't fun.

[jolly agate]

how evil are they?

[rugged hawk]

Yes

[eager marsh]

how do you separate 'morally' and 'completely'

[jolly agate]

(that's not dnd so ima just delete it)

Alr they are Thieves ye that's bad but like that's it, They're not sacrificing people to Bhaal or anything like that

[blissful ibex]

so c/n ?

[jolly agate]

idk what's that

[hot marlin]

Explain the difference.

[eager marsh]

that's not really a true category. being the scumbag duke of a nation wringing the citizens dry of funds with your high guard and killing/starving people for your own gain is also 'morally evil'

[blissful ibex]

Chaotic / Neutral
i.e. not evil

[jolly agate]

Oh yeah kinda now that i think abt it

[jolly agate]

Completely evil = followers of Bhaal, Morally evil = Thieves guilds and stuff, Foolishly evil = goblins and yk, That kind of evil, evil that doesn't have a great sense behind it. But that's like lesser evil than the other 2

[hot marlin]

I understand that but this does not explain the difference

[jolly agate]

At least that's how I understand it.

[hot marlin]

What is the concrete measurement to put someone in one of those three categories?

[jolly agate]

Because that's how my brain understands it, since I'm not that smart?

[meager fractal]

very evil

[jolly agate]

idk i made it for myself. Like, My brain thought about it for a moment and then just stayed like that

[jolly agate]

Evil like Edgelord Bhaal evil or evil like they just kill ppl

[hot marlin]

Even, like... "morally evil", I don't understand that. Evil is a moral category, all evil is moral.

You can't be evil in a non-moral sense

[jolly agate]

Idk ma breain is weird alr?

[woven flint]

Baphomet, like all Demon Lord's, ia incredibly evil
I can imagine his followers as ruthless and murderous

[meager fractal]

You don't want to be taken prisoner by them. Them killing you instead is a mercy.

[jolly agate]

Oh damn ye that's evil

[woven flint]

Aye, if they take you prisoner, they'll just ritualistically sacrifice you to Bhaal later

[jolly agate]

The followers of Baphomet also like Bhaal?

[woven flint]

As in I think they'd kill you outright?

Yes. Probably even quicker than Bhaal cultists

[fast latch]

How do you make a fey look creepy?

Hi Tokii

[silent mason]

So like I've always wanted to play a d&d game, nun crazy at first yk? And was wondering if there were any groups or individuals willing to help me learn the basic and ect? Bc ik nun about the game

[blissful ibex]

Myrkul's cultists just give you the big stabby

or they leave you to rot in a pit

[woven flint]

You look for the creepy ones
Hags, Meenlocks, Madcaps, etc etc

Though, Fey don't HAVE to look creepy to be creepy though
They're some of the most unpredictable beings in the realms
They could make revelry and merriment with you one moment and then they could have you hexed in another

Yeth Hounds are pretty creepy..
Lower CR alas, though

[jolly agate]

They are pretty chill compared to the others tho

[fast latch]

Yeah fair

But I’m making an Archfey BBEG named Gnobil (Yes, it’s the letters in Goblin rearranged) and I want to make them look very scary

I can’t decide on beautiful scary or ugly scary

[rugged hawk]

I've seen a town taken over by Cyricists. They chained a living victim to the wall of the tavern and used him as a live dartboard.

[humble cairn]

Thieves break the law, this is about Lawful/Chaotic, not Evil/Good.

[hot marlin]

I don't know, that's pretty standard. "Don't let yourself be taken alive" was generally very good advice in many pre-modern conflicts

There's a reason Hannibal Barca killed himself rather than let himself be captured by the romans, you know?

[naive cedar]

Cleopatra comes to mind also

[hot marlin]

Excellent example, yes.

The roman standard was to display defeated and bound enemies like trophies before having them strangled.

[naive cedar]

I know, I played fallout new Vegas /j

In all seriousness, I’d probably rank Bhaal followers the highest in the list of “DND gods I don’t want to be captured by the worshippers of”

[rugged hawk]

No. That's Cyric, followed by Lolth, then Bane, then Bhaal.

[uncut parrot]

I wonder if lord of the mysteries would work as a homebrew

[naive cedar]

I’ll give you Cyric and Lolth, but I’d say Bhaal is worse than Bane

[rugged hawk]

Bane wants you to give him everything first, Bhaal just wants you dead.

[naive cedar]

Yeah but Bhaalites don’t just kill you quickly from what I can glean

[rugged hawk]

That entirely depends on which one you're stuck with

[naive cedar]

Fair. I was admittedly thinking of Orin

[rugged hawk]

Banites will torture you into submission, first.

[naive cedar]

My favourite girlfailure

[hot marlin]

There's a difference between people who will kill their prisoners quickly and people who will not.

[rugged hawk]

Yeah. Cyric is LOL EVIL levels of bad. Lolth is intentional malice and torture. Bane is tyranny. Bhaal is just 'kill it, kill it now'.

[naive cedar]

“Kill! Kill! Kill again!”

What about sharites?

[rugged hawk]

Sharrans are arguably the worst of all, tbf.

Cyricists are just insane, Sharrans make Drow look tame.

[naive cedar]

Yeahhhhh, im not sure how often Sharrans kidnap people, but I think they’d be worse than Banites to be kidnapped by

At least cyric is kind of funny

[rugged hawk]

Keep in mind how Shadowheart was turned into a Sharran

[naive cedar]

Oh I’m well aware

But idk how often sharrans bother doing things ljke that

[rugged hawk]

A lot. Shar would be comically evil if she wasn't totally serious and sane about it.

Cyric is just a murdering madman, Shar wants to corrupt and destroy everything.

[naive cedar]

I thought sharrans main MO was plunging the world into darkness?

Not sure how often kidnapping people for long periods of time accomplishes that unless you get to spite Selune while doing it

[rugged hawk]

Shar wants to corrupt and/or destroy everything ever created by her sister, which is.... a whole lot of creation.

And she's super creative in how she goes about doing so.

Lady of Loss, remember

[naive cedar]

Lady of L’s

[jolly agate]

What exactly is a Ritual of Baphomet? I mean, technically it's for reviving corpses and empowering them or something, right?

(Last session was pretty much confusing and I'm still trying to understand it)

[silent mason]

OMG dnd beyond is getting on my nerves, I can't log in bc of some stupid k-id status but at the same time won't load and shows me a white screen, like I'm about to punch a hole through the wall

[fossil hollow]

most likely related to turning people into minotaurs

[frail thorn]

Late one night before the tavern keeper shut his door

A wobbly gentleman came in, his footing was unsure

Mustachioed and handsome, and his clothing touched the floor

He was no man at all, he was three kobolds in a trenchcoat!

One's on the bottom, strong is he

[tough pewter]

What's the difference between evil and EVIL

[naive cedar]

The ALLCAPS makes it eviler

[tough pewter]

Lol

[fossil hollow]

#moderator-support

[spring light]

;-; we just did a big backstory quest for my character, it was great.

[fossil hollow]

This is an english server mate

[rugged hawk]

Ackshually it's a dnd server mate

[fossil hollow]

Power Word Ki-

[idle oar]

But server rules require us to post in English...

Anyway back to D&D

[frail thorn]

Two's in the middle, carrying Three

[spring light]

It's been brewing for a long time, some backstory stuff that's been troubling my character, and we finally got to address some of it.

[frail thorn]

No.

[spring light]

Character growth is fun, as is defeating personal demons

[tough pewter]

The people I've played with have it degrees, and I broke their biggest one

[spring light]

Sometimes, in the land of d&d, those personal demons are external

[fossil hollow]

-ll

[hot marlin]

Have "it" in degrees? What it?

[tough pewter]

Being evil

[frail thorn]

Three's pretending not to be
Three Kobolds in a trenchcoat!

[spring light]

Alignment should be descriptive, not prescriptive

[jolly agate]

Indeed

[spring light]

And alignment should be seen as fluid, not set once and never changed

[jolly agate]

And what if it's already being used In a half minatour but I'm still a bloody cow?

[tough pewter]

Want me to tell you what I planned for their character that they said went too far? They told me to be Jason from FT13 or Michael Myers level because of it

[fossil hollow]

Dunno man. I'm not your DM.

[jolly agate]

ig ima have to wait untill tomorrow for the next session

[frail thorn]

casts Vicious Mockery
casting feeblemind on you would raise your INT score by 20

[woven flint]

Minotaurs in D&D typically aren't even half human either, believe it or not

[naive cedar]

I have a hard time making characters strictly one alignment tbh. It’s usually more of a spectrum or tendency

[jolly agate]

Fr????

[fossil hollow]

two spells one turn, only vicious mockery goes through

[frail thorn]

The bold text is the Vicious Mockery

[naive cedar]

Omg

[fossil hollow]

nope. Theyre usually people cursed by Baphomet or underwent a transformation and turned into Minotaurs

[woven flint]

Yeah, they're not usually brought about through the same means
There are individuals cursed to become them, but Baphomet created them just as they were

[jolly agate]

so they aint like a natural race?

[fossil hollow]

Not in Forgotten Realms at least

[woven flint]

Aye

[fossil hollow]

-# im my setting, theyre natural. Even if they share similar origins to their Greek namesake

[sleek cloud]

Session got cancelled tomorrow

[woven flint]

My condolences 😔

I may likely won't make it to my session tomorrow >:/

[fossil hollow]

Why did you abandon us designation unit 53NTRY

[woven flint]

Okay, that's not how his name is smh.

[fossil hollow]

das intentional

[woven flint]

It's just Sentry
He was never designated any numbers because he was just stolen and sold soon after creation

...
Funny how he was sold to house Denith, huh?
The people who are supposed to stop crime 🤔

[tough pewter]

I mean, if you think about it, even Batman had Alfred "get rid" of a lot of orphans that he tried training to be Robin. Sometimes to do good, you have to do a little bad

I'm basically just sitting here geeking out at all the D&D talk

[tough pewter]

What I'm trying to say, Hellblade, is that they committed a crime while trying to stop crime. Batman does the same on a regular basis. Justice is just a shade of grey

[woven flint]

What

[tough pewter]

You didn't know?

[woven flint]

I was joking, they most likely didn't know Sentry was stolen lol

[tough pewter]

And many people didn't notice the orphans missing either. Lol

[fossil hollow]

what

[woven flint]

I dunno, Ti, I dunno.

[tough pewter]

Am I really the only one who knows some of Batmans lore?

[vernal owl]

What is this discussion 😭😭

[gusty cedar]

Is that Ti from the Yuan-Ti type of Ti?

[fossil hollow]

No, its from my name

[jolly agate]

Wrong channel mb

[woven flint]

Nice pfp :>

Fellas got a Lil mustache!

Unless I'm... stupid?

[rough basalt]

I'm excited for my upcoming sessions.

I got some new toys to play with in foundry that are gonna be a lot of fun.

[buoyant palm]

Hi everyone. I don't see an introductions channel so I'll put it here. I'm an experienced player in several versions of D&D and other systems, but it's been a while since my last campaign ended and I am itching to play again. I've played in vanilla module campaigns and extensive homebrews and am really just looking for a chance to roll dice and hang out

[jolly agate]

Coolest world in dnd?

[fossil hollow]

Personally, it would be Eberron or Theros

[jolly agate]

Ye Arcanepunk is just peak ngl

[tender fossil]

Mystara. fantasy versions of classic nations

[fossil hollow]

Oh, Dragonlance is top contender for me as well

[tepid oasis]

Also noticed no introduction channel, which is fine, im kind of in the same boat as KT421 but ive been damned as the forever DM in my friend group and for the love of all that is holy i just wanna play as a paladin again.

[tender fossil]

Plus hollow world and red coast with its mutating curse

[humble cairn]

Technically looking for a group to join is #looking-for-community or at least that's where you'd start.

[tepid oasis]

Yeah I've been checking it out, thanks

[buoyant palm]

You know I read a bunch of Dragonlance books a long, long time ago but I've never actually played in the setting.

Seems like every campaign nowadays is in Faerun or some homebrew.

[lapis delta]

Has anyone ever used chatgpt to dm them a solo game or is that like taboo here?

[fossil hollow]

ew

[normal canyon]

what's the strongest dps creature?

[meager fractal]

Lich

[spring light]

i've tried to use various ai tools to run a game as either a player or dm, and i'm always unsatisfied with the results.

[meager fractal]

Tried it. Was not very satisfying

[normal canyon]

how much damaage?

[spring light]

from the inability to properly use the set rules of any particular system, to making up stuff that didn't make sense for the situation, to trying to refer to something and getting stuck on that....

being too permissive, and too inflexible at the same time....

[lapis delta]

Dang, I just ran one for my first ever campaign. I don’t really have anyone to play with. And I mostly cared about having fun rather than technicalities. I didn’t really have any issues. But it’s probably just because it’s the only thing I’ve ever played with. So just wanted to hear yours thoughts

[spring light]

look in #find-a-game or a site like roll20.
check local cafes, bookstores, libraries, game shops/hobby shops, school/university clubs (or chat with other students/faculty)

[south prawn]

I’ve never let it DM for me, but did try DMing for it, trying to get it to run 4 characters. It would last for a few prompts but then fall completely off the rails. It did some pretty whacky stuff actually, like basically taking over the DM role as we went on. I tried quite a few tricks too, exporting information each prompt so that it could read it back on the next prompt - still broken. They’ve updated the models quite a few times since then, maybe it’s improved

[final raft]

You step forward and enter the arena. you fart a little. you had too many fibrous foods last night

[spring light]

ew. chill

[jolly agate]

If u a Fiend u stronger or smth?

Like, what's even a fiend, a lesser devil or smth?

[loud tendon]

please note that this is not a roleplaying channel.. thank you

[lapis delta]

Hmmm alright thanks

[spring light]

i've found ai tools can be ...okay... for rules-light freeform roleplay.

[final raft]

I'm just existing

but do they drink healing potions at full hp because they just like the taste?

[lavish flame]

A Fiend is a being native to the Lower Planes. Its a catch-all term for Devils, Demons, Yugoloths, Demodands, and the like.

[jolly agate]

Can you become one?

like, a Demon Lord can make you one?

[spring light]

you want your cow to be made into a fiend. . .?

[jolly agate]

no, i think ma cow got made into a Fiend last session

[spring light]

ask your dm

[burnt valley]

8d12+10 x 2 after the target is paralyzed

[jolly agate]

It's almost implied, but he likes to make me suffer with doubts, so I have to wait until tomorrow's session.

[normal canyon]

what damage type

also, that's pretty weak

[burnt valley]

Force

[normal canyon]

it's a bit weak.

I can tank about 3 hits from it...

[burnt valley]

100+ damage + ur paralyzed

[burnt valley]

Doesn't matter if you become a punching bag

[vernal owl]

Thank you! My friend drew it for me heh

[lavish flame]

Yeah but you should know that "becoming a Fiend" in 5e is basically just "switching 1 word on my character sheet to another".

[jolly agate]

Damn, I thought I was finally going to get a buff.

[tepid oasis]

Got denied to join a game for being to old. RIP

[crimson gulch]

That's wild, I have a few players that played in the 80's as teens and they are great to have around

[tepid oasis]

Im not even that old. Im in my early 30s lol

[umbral girder]

Truly ancient, seeing Pokemon and the first planes ever /jk

Nah 30 is fine. Unless it’s like a group of teenagers

[tepid oasis]

They said college age only. I wouldnt join anything that wasnt 18 or older

[knotty pasture]

They were probably fishing for people in their early 20s is my guess

[tepid oasis]

Yeah probably. Im not upset about it, it just made me feel like an old man

Lol

[foggy skiff]

the way im turning 20 this year

Cant send gifs ffs

[loud tendon]

please don't disclose your exact ages folks and keep it to D&D ❤️

[foggy skiff]

Tf why not

[tepid oasis]

Sorry. I led that off topic, will keep it where it should be

[loud tendon]

for reference (#1133105121853714563 message)

[foggy skiff]

Odd

[warm shore]

How do I kill a level 20 wizard

[tepid oasis]

Thats the fun part. You dont.

[warm shore]

😭 alright, how does a level 8 party with 5 people kill a level 20 wizard?

There’s gotta be some way to

[tepid oasis]

Literally you dont. Not with that, he would/should wipe you all. Im guessing whatever is going on is probably designed for you to not fight him straight up.

Pay another level 20 wizard to kill him lol

[warm shore]

Well damn

[tepid oasis]

Whats your party load out?

[warm shore]

We got a Druid, a cleric, a monk-barbarian-stealth something or the other, a warlock, and a paladin

And I think my dm realized recently that for some reason our party synergy is like off the charts, so he’s been really ramping things up.

[tepid oasis]

Why is he having you fight a level 20 wizard anyway? Honestly you guys probably could take him but its guaranteed a few deaths

[humble cairn]

NPCs don't generally have levels, and PVP isn't usually recommended, so this is a question the game isn't really meant to answer or to be relevant.

[tepid oasis]

A level 20 wizard is going to have a kill contingency for each of you. Thats kind of the problem

[warm shore]

Now that I think about it, you’re right lol

It’s kinda the avatar of a god or something like that so I’m pretty sure it’s supposed to be an escape encounter

I’ve just never had duck combat in DnD before so it’s new to me 😭

[humble cairn]

Yes, it's very possible your DM doesn't mean for this to be a combat encounter. He, she, or they might just want you to run away. It's a perfectly reasonable thing to do, fighting everything isn't always the answer.

[tepid oasis]

2nd this. Like I said earlier this doesnt sound like something thats designed for you to fight straight up. Unless he wants to TPK you lol.

[humble cairn]

Heck they might might want you to make an ally of this character.

[warm shore]

I feel like it’d be hilarious to try, but I feel like we’d totally get slaughtered 😭

[tepid oasis]

Eh, youd lose a few but you have action economy and if your barb and pally can get some good smacks off and end it in a round, you could win but I wouldnt try it personally. This sounds like a RP event disguised as combat. Id play the RP route.

[burnt valley]

DM is sandbagging otherwise the wizard wins

[hazy spire]

whatever nerds

your sandbag dad sand bagged my mom.

[normal canyon]

Strategy

[hazy spire]

a nat 20 deception

"actually we're your best friend."

[tepid oasis]

Yep, easy win with a strategy, that strategy being to die.

[hazy spire]

@tepid oasis sounds like a win win

if I lose you somewhere, I'll be in the air,k I'll ring a bell until you see me by your side.

[normal canyon]

A good strategy can defeat anyone. Unless the other person has a better strategy.

[hazy spire]

or their name is good strategy

[tepid oasis]

Or that person is a level 20 wizard who cant be caught by suprise, hit because he has evasion spells and then aoe's the whole from for 20d8 because he can

Lol watch him mass polymorph them into bugs and then just step on them

"Blazing orbs of fire plummet to the ground at four different points you can see within range. Each creature in a 40-foot-radius sphere centered on each point you choose must make a Dexterity saving throw. The sphere spreads around corners. A creature takes 20d6 fire damage and 20d6 bludgeoning damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. A creature in the area of more than one fiery burst is affected only once."

Meteor swarm. Wipes his party with one cast

[burnt valley]

Or creates an infinite army via Atropal or Simulacrum, time traveling with Ancient Time Dragons, infinite wishes and at-will all Cleric spells up to 9th level

[limber trail]

My assumption is that the DM is designing it to be a fun encounter and so it's probably not gonna just instantly kill you.

[burnt valley]

Has like 8 wraiths TP'd into Rifflers to abuse Shuffle Destiny to default succeed at any check

[tepid oasis]

Lol so broken

[burnt valley]

8d6 + Int modifier + 4 Dex to initiative with proficiency

[burnt valley]

Warlocks and Druids could achieve a similar result as well

[fickle heart]

With kindness (and diplomacy.)

[limber ledge]

Is anyone else excited about saurians coming back to dnd?

[knotty pasture]

Hold Person and just rush them down

[severe rampart]

My players are all lunatics, one wanted to be vulnerable to fire damage, the other wanted a decrease in their AC when they're under half hp 😭

[rough basalt]

killem

[burnt valley]

That could happen if they are sandbagging

[burnt valley]

Make them live through the consequences

Have the quest be them going to the elemental plane of fire

[timber turtle]

Is there an item that picks up items you drop for you?

[feral fulcrum]

No

[tepid oasis]

Except a stock bare bones level 20 wizard only has to roll an 8 or higher to save against it lol

[knotty pasture]

The chances can probably be higher if a Sorc uses Heightened Spell

[feral fulcrum]

That defacto requires immunity to fire damage outside of the Brass City.

[timber turtle]

Fighters in shambles

[feral fulcrum]

The vast majority of fighters don't have butterfingers, and are not jugglers, and have no need to worry about it :V

[tepid oasis]

They have no sorcerer in the group unfortunately

[timber turtle]

But dropping a weapon and equipping a new one are both free actions

[feral fulcrum]

And you get only one free object interaction. And the majority of people desire to only use one particular weapon and not juggle half a dozen for no particular reason.

[tepid oasis]

Is locked gauntlet still a thing? I know it was in 3.5. Stops you from dropping your weapon

[burnt valley]

I know, thats why he should set up a quest there

[feral fulcrum]

Nope.

[tardy minnow]

is tabaxi monk a good starter?

[glass granite]

They’re fast as hell, I like them. If you have the needed books

[timber turtle]

Drawing and dropping arent weapon interaction, swapping is

[feral fulcrum]

Monks is a fairly straightforward class, and race doesn't particuarly matter, so I'd say it's a good start.

[tardy minnow]

oh okay thank you!

[vale sage]

hi can someone play dnd with me?

[feral fulcrum]

Unless that's been explicitly changed in 2024, swapping is very definitely an Object Interaction, and not infinitely free

[timber turtle]

You have to make the "use object" action to swap a weapon
But dropping a weapon doesn't use an action
And drawing a weapon when you don't have one isn't an action either

Well theyre free actions not actions

[tardy minnow]

I can play!

[burnt valley]

Just do straight class Warlock, you'd do wonders with just Agonizing Blast + Repelling Blast

[glass granite]

In 2024 you can stow or draw a weapon as part of an attack during the attack action

[feral fulcrum]

#find-a-game

[glass granite]

Not consuming your free object interaction

[vernal owl]

So can we change between weapons as we please if we just drop them and pick them up while standing at the same spot?

[vale sage]

when?

[tardy minnow]

now

[vale sage]

k

[timber turtle]

You can use your free object action every turn to pickup your weapon from the ground

[glass granite]

Btw is this weapon discussion 2014 or 2024 rules?

Cuz weapon juggling is quite effective in 2024

[tribal dirge]

Hahaha sorry here

Anyone have good name ideas for a magical fey tree that acts almost like a palace for fairies?

Theres gonna be a fey ball there and it almost looks like a large willow tree.

[glass granite]

Hmmm

[vale sage]

can i get in a campain

[tepid oasis]

Named as a sentient thing or named as a place?

[vale sage]

???

[glass granite]

Read through #find-a-game to find info on that

[mighty wharf]

I would make an evil, evil DM.

I thought of an encounter idea where everyone swaps characters lol. They'll have mind link to communicate with each other in character, but they'll still have to come up with a strategy without knowing how ANY of their characters play.

[tepid oasis]

Clever. Watch the person who only plays fighters have a breakdown trying to play a wizard lol

[timber turtle]

Swordsinging wizard hehe

[severe rampart]

Bladesinger

[thick blaze]

hello

[mighty wharf]

I thought of another evil encounter. Just 2 banshees. They'd both wail, and the party would have to scramble to get their teammates resuscitated and back up. The banshees could just knock them unconscious over and over lol. All of the martials would have to rely on opportunity attacks to kill them, and they wouldn't really be controllable.

[timber turtle]

You got me

[mighty wharf]

I could be even more evil and make it an ambush, where both banshees wail at the same time as a surprise attack.

[tepid oasis]

Banshee wail trap in a cavern hall way

RIP

[tribal dirge]

Like a place. Like the (blank) tree.

[tepid oasis]

The feylore tree?

[timber turtle]

In the current rules do they do thunder damage or sonic damage?

[tepid oasis]

Idk. Im not super creative with naming things

[tepid oasis]

Last I saw its psychic and drops you to 0 on save fail if you have less than 25 hp

[mighty wharf]

Current rules? Nah, we're going with the ones that are incorporeal, immune to like every condition, and straight up 0 you if you fail the DC13 CON save

I don't think there's an HP threshold they have to meet to do that

The thing is they don't have much HP so if I wasn't mean and just had them roll initiative normally, there's a chance they could die in one turn or they could at least kill one before it wails.

[tepid oasis]

Yeah your right, looks like its just a CON save. Rough.

[burnt valley]

They will only pick spells that deal the most damage, very typical for a martial brained player

[tepid oasis]

True.

[feral fulcrum]

There is no sonic damage, only Thunder Damage.

[burnt valley]

My sorcerer friend strangely does this even when playing as a Wizard, idk why

[timber turtle]

I thought they tried to swap out thunder damage when it's like sound that hurting you for something lamer

[feral fulcrum]

Not a thing in 5E. Sound based damage has always been Thunder Damage.

[timber turtle]

I heard about that from a bit a ago

[feral fulcrum]

Well you heard from someone who was wrong. :V

[tepid oasis]

Spells go boom thats probably why

[mighty wharf]

Another encounter idea I had is a room with a massive clock that counts up to 12, every other turn. I'll have all of their HP in a pool, and it'll go down by 1/12 of the total every time it ticks, meaning they all 0 by the time it gets to 12. Basically, they have 6 rounds to beat the encounter or they are cooked.

[warm shore]

God dammit strength needs more love

Dex gets all the cool stuff bruh

[mighty wharf]

I just love the idea of putting a timer on a fight. It seems like such a damn good way to add tension and genuine fear into the players.

[severe rampart]

I both agree and disagree to this take

timing rounds should be used sparingly

[mighty wharf]

Maybe I wouldn't have it damage them slowly and just count up. Making them wonder what it is that it's counting up to.

[severe rampart]

oh timer, not timing

[mighty wharf]

Well yeah these ideas are more one-offs that make players panic, not really baselines for encounters.

I thought of another way to scare players by just having a lot of spellcaster enemies cast spells with scary sounding saving throws and effects and just vaguely asking for "Wisdom saving throws" and "dexterity saving throws"

Because you know when a DM says "make a wisdom saving throw" you should be terrified, you're probably about to be charmed.

[warm shore]

One time I remember my party messed up a stealth mission cause we set fire to a cloud giants base in the sky, and ngl, escaping before it burned and collapsed on us was peak

[silent mason]

Is there an order/religion for a god of fire/metal/blacksmithing???

[mighty wharf]

I also thought about doing that. Like a self destructing sky base or underground dungeon sinking into the ground becoming buried in sand. It's a bit cliche but it works for creating tension.

[warm shore]

The only issue with that is what happens if the party fails, I think. In our case, we were trying to save a wizard from a cell in the fort that was burning down, so the tension felt natural, but I don’t really know what would’ve happened if we failed at saving him and getting out lol

Like if it’s a sky base, it’s practically like a guaranteed tpk unless someone’s a caster with feather falling or some magical thing that can either fly or nullify fall damage

[mighty wharf]

They can survive the fall. Being buried in a tomb though... well... that's certainly a TPK.

Where I'd probably do a brutal, Dantes Inferno style campaign through the 9 Hells.

Maybe not a whole campaign, but all of the previous encounter ideas could be one dungeon, a gauntlet of sorts.

[covert root]

You'll need to be more specific.

[silent mason]

Wym?

[covert root]

It depends entirely on the setting. D&D isn't restricted to one.

[silent mason]

Like is there a specific god that fits all three of those or at least blacksmithing in any of the official DND lore?

[covert root]

As I said, "official D&D lore" is very broad. What setting do you mean? Eberron? The Forgotten Realms? Greyhawk? The different settings have different gods.

[silent mason]

Idk today is my first day getting into DND tbh

[queen lark]

Me to

[covert root]

Depending on the campaign you're in, you'll have a different setting. If you're sticking to the trend of a lot of official content set in the Forgotten Realms, then that would be different from one set in Eberron or Greyhawk.

They each have different pantheons, and the power of a god generally doesn't transfer over in a different setting unless that particular god has a following there.

Additionally, there's homebrew settings that are just whatever the Dungeon Master conveys to you.

[rough basalt]

I feel bad for my players in my homebrew

[mighty wharf]

Another encounter idea: Enemy opens with Darkness. Their position isn't known to the players. They have a ton of legendary actions, moves a ton, and they've got devil's sight. I can imagine my players fear now:
"Doesn't the enemy have disadvantage because they're blinded by darkness?"
"Oh, they can see you. They have devil's sight. Cue evil laugh"

[rough basalt]

My lore channel in my discord is messy and has retcons/repeats/information in the wrong place.

[feral fulcrum]

I wouldn't say Dex gets the Cool stuff, Dex gets the Good Stuff, Strength weapons have always been cooler then Dex Weapons IMO. It's just that Dex Builds just...does everything better because it covers defense as well as offense, and is the most common Save.

[feral fulcrum]

A proper Ye Olde History book then

[warm shore]

It’s just stupid to me that the only solid one up that strength has on dex is encumberance, but let’s be real, has anyone ever been in a single campaign where carry weight matters?

[rough basalt]

True.
"Avennia is a tropical land of marshlands, jungles, and canyons."
looks at map
Mostly sand interrupted by Jungles and Canyons.

[warm shore]

Like I don’t know if there’s a single thing strength does better than dex aside from having access to heavy weapons

[feral fulcrum]

You carry and move slightly more....that's about it? And Athletics?

Not that much cares about Athletics...

It's pretty much Heavy weapons and Grappling.

[rough basalt]

Good heavy armor too

[warm shore]

There’s so much creative stuff they could’ve done with strength and they lowkey just didn’t 😭 but ari least I keep heavy weapons

[feral fulcrum]

So unless you like the Bonk/push lifestyle Strength Weapons can open up, or Grappling, it's mostly a dead stat.

[warm shore]

I lowkey just like building for nova damage

[rough basalt]

Guess you could say on certain classes strength has a better minimum damage if they're using GWF

[warm shore]

GWF without strength is kinda suicide though isn’t it

Like there’s no point of a strength build without gwf i think

But it doesn’t really scale well and gets super powercrept

[rough basalt]

Just realized you can have GWF on a shortbow

[warm shore]

It’d be cool if strength builds could use great bows

[humble cairn]

The ability scores don't really mean that much in character, like you can describe your character as skinny, muscular, fat or whatever no matter what ability scores you have.

They are not realistic nor are they meant to be.

[rough basalt]

Me when I use Great Weapon Fighting on a Musket

[humble cairn]

So don't hinge your character ideas on the ability scores, build them with the fantasy aesthetic you want.

[rough basalt]

I think the nice thing about GWF is it works on dice that come with the attack roll.

Oh wait nah I'm getting bg3 stuff mixed up I think

[humble cairn]

Flavor is free, free yourself from trying to find flavor in the mechanics.

[warm shore]

How fun are gun builds? I’ve never done one and I feel kinda dumb for just using greatswords and sword and shield

[rough basalt]

They're fun

I'm seeing where I got confused now.
GWF applies to all damage dice associated with the weapon directly

Like a Vicious Greatsword would have a minimum of 12 + mod damage a hit.

[warm shore]

Ngl

I lowkey prefer GWM+Defense fighting

[rough basalt]

I only take defense on champion fighters (as the 2nd fighting style they get) personally

[peak laurel]

Hey hey!

What are the best starting spells for druids :>

[warm shore]

My logic with ac has always been to get enough of it that front line fighting is viable, but not so much of it that I’m trading dps and gameplay becomes boring

[rough basalt]

Entangle and Healing Word are two you'll wanna hold onto for awhile. As a Druid you do get access to your whole list and can change spells on long rests, for your other two you can prepare at level 1, Ice Knife is pretty good, Faerie Fire is pretty good. Druid has mostly good spells so it's hard to go wrong.

[rough basalt]

I usually pick whatever fits my character.
Defense is nice, but I like other stuff.

[keen valve]

I agree with Sora, but also Produce Flame is really cool.

Produce flame is my personal favourite spell.

[rough basalt]

Funny interactions with fighting styles and the Lance.
A Lance uses GWF when you're on the ground, or two handing while mounted. But if you one hand it for a Shield, you can't use GWF. If you one hand it with a free hand you can use Dueling, or if you have a Shield, use Interception or Protection.

[peak laurel]

oh sweet! I nailed it then ahaha Got those ones. Whoop whoop

[rough basalt]

GWF I feel should've put Heavy in the ring cause it's weird that a Lance can only be one handed on a mount, but one handing it makes it "not a great weapon" but a shortbow is a great weapon.

[burnt valley]

GWF on antimatter rifle

[humble cairn]

Great Weapon Fighting Style does not work with shortbow.

It specifically says "melee weapon."

[rough basalt]

I've been awake for 21 hours. My reading ability has taken a hit.

Still, wish heavy property applied.

[knotty pasture]

GWF on antimatter rifle goes hard

[severe rampart]

What is it with my players and getting cursed?

[crystal patrol]

I have a possibly silly question, I looked at the mimic statblock after seeing a meme on instagram about a mimic disguised as a cat, I wanted to check if the sources specify a mimic can only be an object since the comment I was making was about how I wished this could be done in game, and it gave a little list of objects to help give some ideas, one of which was an “oversize cake”. I assume through Occam’s Razor that this is literally just a large cake, but I wanted to make sure just for curiosity’s sake.

[humble cairn]

Are you using it as a melee weapon?

[knotty pasture]

Would it count as one if I shoot someone at point blank

[humble cairn]

No

[humble cairn]

What else could it mean?

[knotty pasture]

Unfortunate, we tried

[crystal patrol]

I’m by no means a gun expert, but depending on the shape of the gun you could theoretically swing it like a club (as ill-advised as that would be).

[humble cairn]

At which point you'd probably end up making it an Improvised Weapon.

[crystal patrol]

Lol, fair enough, I just assume that things are more complicated than I think they are. Either way, a cake mimic sounds fun.

[crystal patrol]

Yeah, true, and again, based off of my very limited knowledge of firearms you would only swing it like a baseball bat if you had no other option.

[humble cairn]

Great Weapon Master on the other hand, does apply to Heavy weapons, including the Longbow and the Heavy Crossbow.

[crystal patrol]

I think the only time I’ve seen this done was during the final scene of a Disney movie about Davy Crockett that we were shown in fourth grade, when it fades out while Davy is swinging his gun during the Alamo siege.

[rough basalt]

Ye just find it funny that a Lance stops being Great Weapon Fighting cause it's one handed on a mount

[humble cairn]

GWF applies as long as you hold it with two hands, theoretically you could choose to still hold a Lance two handed even though it lost the tag.

[rough basalt]

Ye for sure. It's just funny to me

Tho it does make Lance the most versatile Weapon for Fighting Styles in that regard

As long as you have a mount

[humble cairn]

Oh no, never mind, it has to still have the Two Handed tag. Huh ... does being mounted actually remove the tag?

[rough basalt]

It might. I know you can still two hand it on a mount

It's weird cause it's one handedness is a "Special" property

[hot gate]

I'd say so yeah, since the property in the list actually says "Two-Handed (unless mounted)"

In 2014, where the lance had the special property (it doesn't in 2024), it didn't have the two-handed property.

[rough basalt]

Oh right

My Lance losing its great weapon status the moment I climb on a horse then regaining it a different way in a few levels

[feral fulcrum]

I'm pretty sure GWM and Lance being funny never even crossed the designers mind.

[thorn abyss]

So there’s mazes & monsters, grottos & gremlins.

These are fictional DND knock offs

Can ya’ll thing of similar names?

Something to note: usually a type of location paired with a monster of some sort

[charred panther]

Is it common for DMs to make players take mechanical setbacks for narrative purposes, such as taking unwanted multiclasses and changing stats to make a deal with a god that demands narrative sacrifices in itself?

Do players usually like it for the immersion or whatnot?

[vale sage]

Hello

[cyan narwhal]

Tbh doesn't sound enjoyable to be, the great thing of D&D Is that can come up with whatever character we want with thousands of possibilities, and personally i take pleasure in building my character and seeing It grow as i want.
It's totally fine Is a DM helps by giving advices and stuff, but making the players do some things even if they wanted to build their characters differently?
I would honestly talk It out with the DM to give the players the choice, suggesting Is a thing, ordering in another

In the end players and DMs play D&D to create something all together with the ideas of each one, if the fullfilled ideas are only of one of a few but not all, that's a problem in my opinion

Although, i must say, It depends on the players, some might be playing simply to hang out so they might not mind too much

[halcyon forum]

I would say its not super common

but certainly not unheard of, it comes from a certain old school mindset that I am not a big fan of

[undone rain]

Holy crap zariel tieflings get smites

[cyan narwhal]

The "DM decides what's good and what's bad no matter what" mindset?

[undone rain]

I have an ideaaaaaaaaa

[halcyon forum]

its more like: The world is supposed to be cruel to the PCs and they need to overcome the challenges of these unwanted permanent changes

supposedly, its for character growth and a more interesting story

[cyan narwhal]

That would not be a problem if everyone Is ok with that

And they can decide what to do as long as it's not something that would either break the game or ruin the fun to the others

I mean, the plot might force players to do some things, it's not that uncommon, It depends to what extent

[halcyon forum]

I personally dont like having permanent debuffs forced on my char. I get that some people like it but its a big cut to player agency

[cyan narwhal]

Tbh if i was the DM and did that, i would give the possibility to the player to remove said debuff

[burnt orbit]

Is it viable to play just on my mobile phone, I have a midrange phone and I'm wondering if I can run Roll20 maps just fine while having Discord in the background if anyone has ever tried it before. I apologize if this isn't the right channel to ask

[idle oar]

Most virtual tabletops do not run well on mobile devices

But it is possible to play D&D just on your phone - a way to communicate (Discord), a way to track rules and your character sheet (DnDBeyond app/Avrae Discord bot), a way to roll dice (DnDBeyond/Avrae)

?tag new online

[cosmic roost]

https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/750-new-players-guide-how-to-play-d-d-online

[charred panther]

Players have a choice... to not do the cool narrative thing and not take the unwanted level and ASI changes

I don't know, I just wanted to understand am I overreacting on so severely disliking this or not

It's not a debuf per sae, cause it's a buff on paper - one player had to take one level of divine sorcerer for her monk and change her stats in favor of charisma (for multiclass) to get cool story progression of her backstory about being the temporary vessel for a speck of a goddess soul, for example, she was "compensated" with a feat of DMs choosing for that. She didn't have an option to multiclass into a cleric, cause DM wanted to show "shift in character", and wisdom-based multiclass for wisdom-based monk didn't cut it.

[drifting zodiac]

That can happen?

[charred panther]

For becoming a chosen of Ubtao for ToA my artificer has to take one level of cleric/druid/pal/sorck/warlock - basically, the things I need to change ASI distribution for, with restrictions of which type of cleric or warlock exactly she can take - and nothing in level 1 of all the options seems even remotely comparable with normal level and spell progression, not to mention having useful (or at least flavorful for the character) stats instead of useless/unfitting ones.

And since level cap on the adventure is 12, all I get mechanically is a feat (of choice of which I have no control of) 3 levels early, cause I won't be able to get artificer 12 and choose what I wanted

[noble tusk]

That doesn't sound particularly fun for the player if it's being soft pushed on them. Probably would be better to tell the story through other mechanical means like giving a feat to access some sorcerer stuff, metamagic adept for example. Rather than a multiclass into a potentially janky hybrid.

[cyan narwhal]

Tbh, anyone could be chosen by a god if the DM wants It, It doesn't have to be someone with a class linked to the gods

[noble tusk]

Yeah that as well, there are lots of ways to incorporate that kind of stuff without altering a players sheet so drastically and subsequently the way they get to play the game.

[charred panther]

I tried to suggest that, but all I hear is "you have to give something to get something back", and thats all. But it's not a sacrificial scenario!

I don't know, I'm so butthurt about this

[noble tusk]

As with all things communication is key, you should explain your feelings to the DM. Hopefully they listen.

[sacred pilot]

Physical and beyond purchases are separate, yes?

[charred panther]

I've sad yes cause it's really cool story wise and all, and.. well, I want the story and narrative to be cool!

But it's like I need to give to much, lose my enjoyment of leveling up entirely for that to happen

[noble tusk]

Yeah, the marketplace offers bundles for digital+physical

[charred panther]

I did, as calm and respectful as I could.

"you have to give up something to get something back"

So basically don't do cool narrative thing or screw you and your class and your build and your choices

[noble tusk]

I think they are misguided in this case because it's not giving something to get something, it's taking away player agency, maybe they'll understand if you simply refuse the "gift" and say no I'd rather maintain my character how I envisioned it.

[cyan narwhal]

Besides his "offer" doesn't make sense gameplay wise, an INT based class that has to multi class into either CHAR or WIS based classes

[charred panther]

I probably should have said that
I was too afraid to be labeled "ungrateful", I think? I tried to negotiate, but not enough

I needed to stand for myself stronger

[noble tusk]

Yes this is definitely a major point against it, it's not a gift really it's just making you a bit of a scuffed multiclass.

[charred panther]

He says the feat will balance it out

It doesn't
It really really doesn't

[cyan narwhal]

A single feat can't balance out the fact that you will be doing what those classes can but bad and poorly cause of stats spread

[charred panther]

100% yes

[noble tusk]

From a game design perspective a feat balancing out that kind of multiclass at best would be just making it pointless in the first place ironically. Cause the best "fix" would be not making your character that uses INT need WIS or CHA lmao

[charred panther]

Yeap

[cyan narwhal]

Best case scenario you might have what, +2/3 at INT and the other stat at lvl 12?

[charred panther]

So basically I should've said no and I shot myself in the foot agreeing to it cause my friend said tgat narrative coolness > optimization

[knotty vine]

i dont know if i am allowed to ask here but are there any other places i can go out and look for games

[still plover]

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

[noble tusk]

Rough scenario for sure, I hope it resolves itself in future. Also yeah narrative is usually cooler but the thing is you don't need to have one or the other. When I DM for my players I usually strive to make the narrative coolness come from the decisions they as players made in the character creator. That way they feel like they have done well.

[charred panther]

Thankfully I was able to at least save my main stat in that negotiation, so I lost some Agility instead of INT

So best case scenario I have 20 int (currently) and 14 cha IF I ever get to level 12 (I won't before Acererak)

[knotty vine]

reddit roll20 or dndbeyond fourms got it

[drifting zodiac]

Isn't this against the point of DnD to play any character you want and have fun

It sounds to me like those meta guys in games who just want to win too much

[still plover]

The story goes where it goes.

[drifting zodiac]

Again I don't know much about DnD

[charred panther]

Yeah, agreed
Right now I feel not... exited, but like I was given a debuff, like it's a dog poop in a candy wrapper

[still plover]

If they weren't voluntarily chosing to be Chosen or the consequences weren't made clear above the table before it was decided, maybe that's different.

[charred panther]

At least I know I'm not overreacting

[noble tusk]

Every game is different to some degree, but yeah this one doesn't sound like something I'd enjoy either.

[cyan narwhal]

So let me get this straight, he wanted you to take away points in INT, your primary stat, for a stat that would be useless if not for the other class?

[swift wren]

Also, other Discords tbh, there are a few with dozens of games weekly and open for new people, in general they are more shorter adventures tho

[humble cairn]

Will the story progress without this? Can you refuse and still continue with the plot?

[charred panther]

Yeah, but after I made clear that I don't want to take the subclass and change characteristics, if all other options like just the divine chosen feat or something are not available maybe I can at least not change ASI he agreed that it's not ideal so I just have to change my Agility
Just

[charred panther]

Now I understand I should have...

So now I'm artificer 8 / warlock of great old one 1

[cyan narwhal]

Tbh all this leads me to the conclusion that your DM is closed minded

[knotty vine]

I mean my main issue is just preferring to be in games that are 18+

[charred panther]

You are right, he is
Based on all the evidence I've gathered, and since no Dnd is better than bad Dnd I should have left long time ago, but I stayed to play with my friend (other options weren't affordable for them)

[cyan narwhal]

That's something i've heard often, people rather try to bear a bad experience to keep hanging out rather than leave

That completely understandable tbh, hanging out with friends is usually the main reason people play D&D, to play and be nerds all together

[marble lion]

If this game is on the easy side i think everyones being dramatic

Its not great anyway and saying no might be the best play

But your character isnt gutted by losing out on a feat

[charred panther]

Well... yeah. Now I have to figure out how to make this awful co concoction somehow work? At least I can probably take spells for warlock that doesn't have cha scaling, I think..

[marble lion]

The dip still gets you hitpoints and cantrips or something

[charred panther]

Its Tomb of Annihilation, I wouldn't say it's on easy side of campaigns

[marble lion]

Ah thats what toa means

Yeah then thats horrible if the dm is running it faithfully

Is the dm running it faithfully?

[cyan narwhal]

Is ToA that hard?

[marble lion]

Yes

Its meant to be at least, from what i hear

Player deaths are described as highly expected occurence

[cyan narwhal]

Well otherwise It wouldn't be called "Tomb of Annihilation"

[marble lion]

Yeah

[charred panther]

He added all the League content there for "sandbox" experience so we were wandering that for a long while before getting to Omu

So basically we haven't encountered REAL Tomb of Annihilation yet

But he tends to play "by the book"

[marble lion]

Thats so strange

Id recommend rejecting the deal, retcon it, your resentment will only fester

[charred panther]

He rarely gives inspirations and what not, at level 8 we have like... BIG GOLD PAYOUT from killing a red dragon at 5000 gold for 6 players

I don't know how big or little it is, but it doesn't feel like a lot at least, and we are not covered in magic items or smth

[cyan narwhal]

A quick googling says that on average an adult red dragon's hoard should have 28000 gold

[still plover]

So, 800 and change per person. Huh. Dig that lair up, the dragon had it stashed!

[charred panther]

Dragon was rather poor as it is, yes

[charred panther]

Its supposed to be a young red dragon i think, so probably at least 10k?..

[balmy cairn]

Any suggestions on any possible ways to increase your "to hit" with eldrich blasts? Including ways to get a higher + to hit number on top of char + prof. As well as any ways to gain advantage

[humble cairn]

2014 or 2024 rules?

[charred panther]

2014

[humble cairn]

A Rod of the Pact Keeper is handy for this.

[humble cairn]

Oof

[marble lion]

Whats the point of gold at that point

[charred panther]

So basically we were said to want too much, and we are not supposed to have rare things but we do (cleric once rolled 2 consecutive nat-20 on the checks of the same thing)

[balmy cairn]

My dm isn't one that has campaigns where you can hunt down specific magic items unfortunately

[cyan narwhal]

4200 cp, 14000 sp, 4200 gp, 210 pp, gems and 4 magic items on average

[marble lion]

Yes but you can tell him you wish to find one

[humble cairn]

Darkness + Devil Sight would give you a consistent way to get Advantage.

[charred panther]

Good god...

[cyan narwhal]

That's for the young red dragons

[balmy cairn]

Yeah hes not one to really be like, oh your character wants a specific magic item that would make your character better? Ill implement that into the campaign lol

[marble lion]

Fair enough then

[balmy cairn]

He will occasionally add random items in drops through the campaign that will be helpful to each specific party member but its ones he wants and if you were to suggest it, its even less likely hed have it drop since he knows you want it lol

[humble cairn]

When using Darkness you just have to be careful you don't hinder your team. I suggest casting it on a small, enclosable object like a stone inside a locket. A coin held between the teeth will do, in a pinch. Close your lips and the darkness goes away, smile … and the Darkness leaks out to cover you.

[cyan narwhal]

An adult ted dragon Is the same of this but with 28000 gp instead of 4200 and 3500 pp instead of 210

[marble lion]

Weird mindset to me

[humble cairn]

That's at least a pink flag.

[marble lion]

Collaborative storytelling

[humble cairn]

Why deny you things you want? The game is supposed to be fun.

[balmy cairn]

Eh its just a way to prevent players from min maxing i think

[charred panther]

At least I have an option to eventually get a revolver or a rifle
Which I get if I roll like A LOT for a schematic for revolver and CRAZY A LOT for a rifle + pay 2500 gold for first or 5000 gold for second + bullets, cause infusion with endless bullets won't work, so at least it's busted? I think

[marble lion]

Dont give the players admin control but like.... if a player wants something for their characters journey, its worth considering

You shouldnt always give everything but being against a drop on purpose is weird for sure

[humble cairn]

I like giving players limited admin control.

[cyan narwhal]

At least consider if it's a good idea, bad idea or negotiable

[marble lion]

At worst ill go "i dont see that dropping without it feeling forced"

Not like "ha you want this? Now youll never get it"

[cyan narwhal]

Tbh, if something to drop feels forced that might be an excuse to come up with a small quest, like "you want It? It's quite specific, how about you do this quest to find It?"

[marble lion]

Im just saying make it feel natural

I dont like when immersion breaks because players get too much control

[balmy cairn]

Yeah i guess his question would more than likely be something like well how has your character learned or know about this item and why would he know or want to get it

[cyan narwhal]

Coming up with a mini quest would make It natural in my opinion, if done in a way that won't break the immersion and rythm of the plot too much

[marble lion]

Player and character arent the same person

A player can wish for something to be part of the characters journey

[charred panther]

At least character could ask around to buy some magic thing, learn that it isn't available, but someone will tell them about rumors of such thing at so and so ruins or something like that

[marble lion]

If i write a novel where a lonely man meets a criminal woman who brings him into a crime family, the lonely man character didnt know this was gonna happen

I as the author wanted it to be in the story, not the character

Sometimes a character has the desire in-universe but thats not required at all

How many events in your life were something you really planned for?

[rigid sail]

Hello

[swift wren]

Most discords are tbf

[still plover]

Make a fighter with a sacred oath.

[fast phoenix]

Paladin, its more dramatic

[severe fox]

can i post in #looking-for-players even if i dont have a dm?

[severe rampart]

looking for players are for DMs that want players in their game, players can check it out and find a dm there, or go post in #looking-for-dm

[severe fox]

so i have to find a dm then players got it

[idle oar]

You shoukd have a D&D game and DM ready to go before posting in #looking-for-players

The purpose is to advertise a D&D game with DM that are looking for players

But if you are looking for a game, you can look through the posts in #looking-for-players, #looking-for-community and #paid-looking-for-game and message the game poster or use the thread attached to a post to indicate your interest.

[eternal vortex]

I will be holding a jousting tournament in my campaign at some point. I need it so bad

And I still need to figure out how to play Raphael the right way...

[opaque tusk]

Anyone have any advice on roleplaying a character when you have a monotone voice?

[severe rampart]

I'm so excited for my new session DMing Curse of Strahd, it feels like next week is so far away

[severe rampart]

Describing your actions

even with a monotone voice, stating how you'll go about your actions can feel really immersive for other players

[knotty vine]

Scream every action you do

[loud tendon]

I feel as if people get hung up on the idea of vocal performances in the game because of shows like dimension 20 and critical role.. but no one needs to be a voice actor to do well in the game.

You could try giving more details when you speak, or you could tell the group ahead of time, imagine when I speak that this character sounds more like Marvin the Martian or when they speak its always in sing-song.

OR you can lean into your own vocal tendency and have the character speak that way.. like a warforged might or a very serious paladin

[edgy storm]

Anyone know if driders have any weapon profiencies?

[timber holly]

Driders?

[edgy storm]

Yes

[turbid vessel]

Monster statblocks don't really deal in proficiencies

[severe rampart]

Longsword, Longbow, and Bite

[edgy storm]

Thanks

[turbid vessel]

You kinda just add your proficiency bonus to whatever is in the attack section

[severe rampart]

They are Drows that are centaur-like, in the way that their lower half is that of a giant spider

and also what sinasis said

[edgy storm]

Im homebrewing a human drider (shrider) character and was just curious for a baseline, thanks

[feral fulcrum]

If I recall correctly, Driders are weirdly considered Lesser beings by Lolth and Drow.

Though I suppose that's due to Lolth having not always been not so little miss Spider? I'm not super familliar with her lore beyond her attempting a murder once and it blowing up Spectactuarly in her face, and leading to the Drow being what they are.

[timber holly]

Ohhh
I think I saw one in baldars gate 3

[marble lion]

As in the player has a monotone voice?

[jolly agate]

hello

[still plover]

I don't feel that fits with what Oathbreaker gets. Perhaps Devotion would be closer?

[marble lion]

couldnt you train to not have a monotone voice? thats probably the best approach

vocabulary is the only way to change your voie acting if your voice is unable to change at all, including intonation, accent, tempo, pitch

but unless you use a speech device, the way is to start not being monotone

and if you want the char to be monotone voice, then say in which regard, the others can be altered

i assume pitch and intonation, which leaves tempo, vocabulary and accent to a degree

[coarse ravine]

Worst voice in acting is the Queen from the show "see"

Super monotone its horrible

[still plover]

The title by itself is a little misleading. The flavour text explains more of what Oathbreaker is about:

"An oathbreaker is a paladin who breaks their sacred oaths to pursue some dark ambition or serve an evil power. Whatever light burned in the paladin's heart been extinguished. Only darkness remains."

For your example, perhaps the character was a regular soldier that took a paladin oath (like Devotion) after joining the revolution.

[marble lion]

i mean i like monotone voice sometimes

i dont remember where but i had a thing where i loved it

ah the warlock in dnd movie

[coarse ravine]

I googled it. Said her voice isnt actually monotone. But a highly "peculiar," "unhinged," and "musical" vocal cadence. Also flat and annoying

I thought flat was monotone?

[still plover]

Or a paladin of the Crown who forsook their oath when the revolution came, and is represented mechanically as a fighter, possibly with the Acolyte background.

[feral fulcrum]

The problem with losing ones Oath is that the game doesn't give you any guidance for it.

As far as I'm aware anyway.

[still plover]

Easier to do in backstory, for sure.

"Your Paladin should probably take a more appropriate subclass or even abandon the class and adopt another one." and no guidance how to run that mechanically.

[idle flame]

files send where?

[sly crest]

Today we might be getting some dice (and possibly a player’s handbook at minimum so we can do all the subclasses)

Unsure who should DM though. Dad’s sense of humor would be perfect but I know the most

[idle oar]

Use a reputable file sharing service (like Google Drive) and share a link to the publicly viewable file. Make sure to provide context when sharing links.

[sly crest]

It’d be me and my parents, so I could pull off some practice, but ideally I’d have my sister or brother join too

[drifting zodiac]

Hello

[vale sage]

what's up

[sly crest]

the ceiling, it appears

[marble lion]

Go outside

[drifting zodiac]

I am watching Min - Maxed

[drifting zodiac]

Tired

[vale sage]

neither

[languid nexus]

Hello everyone! Old school 1st through 3.5 player here. Didn't care for 4th. Fifth edition has recently caught my attention.

[cosmic roost]

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[remote wadi]

Small question

Why exactly is adamantime armor and weapons only uncommon?

[halcyon bison]

Because auto critting on objects with weapons isn’t that impactful and being immune to crits is nice but only going to come up 5% of the time

[craggy summit]

Beat me to it 😅

[halcyon bison]

Honestly the armor is pretty good still

[severe rampart]

Crit, but no crit

[craggy summit]

There's more useful weapons and armors that have bigger damage boosts, additional effects, damage reductions etc etc

[halcyon bison]

Unlimited crits but no crits :(

[remote wadi]

I did not see "object", that makes sense

[halcyon bison]

Yes!! That is a VERY important caveat

[craggy summit]

Critting on objects is pretty niche, and the armor preventing crits from happening is nice, but it's only a 1 in 20 chance

[halcyon bison]

Fundamentally adamantine is just a magical material… buttttt if your dm allows you to get adamantine with additional enchantments, like +1 adamantine armor, it’s better to have than not

[craggy summit]

It is nice to have and it's certainly not bad, but it's only uncommon for a reason 😅

[halcyon bison]

Same thing with mithral

[remote wadi]

By the way, I wanted to ask

DM had to postpone session 1 until next week, but we could take an uncommon magic item as compensation

For a Monk: which would work better: wraps of unarmed power or Gauntlets of Ogre Strength?

[craggy summit]

if I remember correctly, monks unarmed strikes are based off of their dex? So if that's correct, probably the wraps

[halcyon bison]

Wraps are probably better if the campaign is combat focused, gauntlets are more interesting imo

[remote wadi]

They have the finesse property, basically

[humble cairn]

Are you going to be grappling at all and is this 2014 rules?

[halcyon bison]

Also note the gauntlets have attunement

[remote wadi]

2024 rules

[craggy summit]

What's your strength at?

[humble cairn]

Oh then you can ignore Strength entirely.

[humble cairn]

They do not, because that would allow Monk/Rogues to Sneak Attack with their fists and they cannot.

[hybrid willow]

You are royalty

[remote wadi]

I mean that they can use Dexterity in place of their strength if they want to

[remote wadi]

13

[tepid glade]

what is bro saying

[humble cairn]

The wraps, hands down.

[covert berry]

hi

[humble cairn]

2024 Monks not only use their Dex to make unarmed strikes, but they also use Dex to calculate their Grapple/Shove DC.

[craggy summit]

Okay so, if you are able to use strength for monks unarmed strikes (I haven't played monk so I'm unfamiliar with the details 😅) then I would say the gauntlets

The wraps only give you a +1 so unless your dex is already 20, then probably the ogre gauntlets that way you get a +5 to your attack and damage rolls. Assuming it works the way how I believe it does

[remote wadi]

+1 to attack and damage doesn't feel that impactful. But then again, Strength might not be that important

[humble cairn]

What is your Dex? If you're a Monk it should be your primary.

[humble cairn]

The wraps can come in higher rarity versions with more bonuses.

[severe rampart]

If you eldritch blast someone at melee range while you have repelling blast on, would that trigger opportunity attack?

[humble cairn]

no

[severe rampart]

Really? darn, I thought it would've

Since the target is moving away from reach

[humble cairn]

They have to be using their own movement.

[severe rampart]

Ahh, so that's why Command: Flee works

[blissful ibex]

https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/br-2024/rules-glossary#OpportunityAttacks

You can make an Opportunity Attack when a creature that you can see leaves your reach using its action, its Bonus Action, its Reaction, or one of its speeds.

it does if it uses one of the above criteria and you can see it
Dissonant Whispers, for example, "forces" movement by making them use their reaction; that would trigger OAs as they used one of the triggering resources to make the movement without disengaging or using a feature that allows avoiding OAs

[worn lagoon]

i meant like thunderwave, not like command: flee

[knotty vine]

3.5 had some funny spells
Vengeful Gaze Of God
The target of this spell is subject to 305d6 points of damage (or half of that if a Fortitude save succeeds). If the target is reduced to -10 hit points or less (or a construct, object, or undead is reduced to 0 hit points), it is utterly destroyed as if disintegrated, leaving behind only a trace of fine dust. The caster is likewise dealt 200d6 points of damage

[halcyon forum]

forced movement is kinda of a unfortunate (and not official) term.

the important part is whether you move yourself or are being moved

[knotty vine]

i mean there is such a thing where it can be forced movement and still also be your movement

[humble cairn]

In a bounded accuracy system, bonuses to accuracy are a significant boost to average damage.

[halcyon forum]

thats what I mean, not every way you are being forced to move is the same

[remote wadi]

I guess so

[blissful ibex]

'forced movement' is one of the most aggravating pseudo-rulestext terms to come out of people misunderstanding the rules

[knotty vine]

like that one spells that forces you or an enemy to use there movement as a reaction

[humble cairn]

Dissonant Whispers

[knotty vine]

thats the one

[blissful ibex]

.

[jovial shadow]

Well there are indeed some benefits to having 19 Strength, when it comes to things that depend on strength checks. But damage is negligible either way since at 1st level you can max your Dex to 17, which is only one less in attack/damage. If you invest +2 in Dex again at 4th level, you'll have 19 Dex then for the same attack/damage as the Gauntlets. A +1 wrap isn't going to mean much either. So your choices are meh.

[blissful ibex]

Eldritch Claw Tattoo would be an excelent pickup; +1 to attack and damage rolls and can use a BA to, for the next minute, have a 15 ft reach and do 1d6 additional force damage with each of your unarmed attacks, once per day

eats an attunement slot though, but can easily carry you through the early game;
If your DM is nice, they'll allow you to change out the (deals magical damage) on the item for allowing you to do force damage as that is what basically every similar effect did when translated from 5e to 5.5e

[high raft]

new web site? why?

[blissful ibex]

what's up?

[high raft]

the website is different today

[blissful ibex]

which website?

[high raft]

oh sorry wrong group

dnd beyond

[blissful ibex]

they just did an update or something; I don't actually use it beyong the basic rules links so I dunno what's goign on with it

[high raft]

no problem thanks

[proper forum]

Guys, I have just reached level 7. Which Eldrich invocation is better, Maddening Hex or Ghostly Gaze? I am a hexblade pact of the blade. I already have Agonizing Blast, Curse Bringer, and Eldrich Sight.

[humble cairn]

What about something to make your Stunning Strike land more often: https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items/4047209-dragonhide-belt

[blissful ibex]

if 5.5e do you have thirsting blade?
or is this 5e

[proper forum]

Is that a feat?

[blissful ibex]

Thirsting blade is a level 5 eldritch invocation in 5.5e
it allows you to make 2 attacks with your pact weapon

[proper forum]

Technically we are 5E btw. I am saying technically because our DM is lenient.

[blissful ibex]

okay, this is a 5e game that allows use of 5.5e features then

[proper forum]

Brethren I can already do that

[severe rampart]

Maddening Hex

[blissful ibex]

hence why I was asking, because I didn't see it mentioned and it is how you access being able to do that in 5.5e

[proper forum]

And I also picked up an item that let's me attack a third time if I haven't used my bonus action

[severe rampart]

I was so annoyed that Maddening Hex wasn't in the core rules of the PhB (5.5)

[proper forum]

I just realized that this means I (hexblade) am broken mwahahahaha

This is good for me

[blissful ibex]

could use Relentless Hex as well, the teleport can be nice if you need more mobility

[proper forum]

Most of the time my movement speed is enough

I only have 30 but so far we started all our fights close to the enemy

[charred panther]

Well, as a result of the whole 1 warlock level debacle my now 8 battle smith 1 warlock got for this level Sharpshooter feat and a Vestige artifact (Danoth's Visor) + narrative fun things which I actually wanted, and after a long talk I have the ability to 'undo' it all and get absolutely nothing, no multiclass level and no narrative stuff etc - but at such a point in the story that I'm really at a loss which choice would be less dumb in-character, so I'm really at a loss

I'm sorry, it's a tough day in my RP life xD

[remote wadi]

I think I'll just take the gauntlets

Well... I think the Saturday campaign fell through

DM burnout has claimed another

[fast latch]

Are you an Str or a Dex user?

[remote wadi]

I'm taking the wraps

[humble cairn]

The Str ones? That's honestly ... you know what? Just do what you want.

[remote wadi]

I meant to say wraps

[remote wadi]

Wraps. My bad

[humble cairn]

What kind of Monk are you and what level?

[remote wadi]

Level 1. Mercy in the making

I just want to sleep soon and pray I can find a replacement campaign

[halcyon bison]

My druid is finally high enough level to cast animate dead :D

[lofty escarp]

Y’all ever used a pet as a grenade or that just me?

[fair summit]

Oh I'm about to
The DM has given me a potion that explodes when drunk (figured that out in a dream where we got our stuff back afterwards), and I have a loyal follower from deck of many things

He knows this, and fears when the trigger will be pulled 😏

[lofty escarp]

Well I have a dumb fish creature named it Maurice but Maurice can’t have water or it explodes and we was fighting 4 devils that were turning into huge beasts well I made him drink a whole thing of water and he exploded killing two I think

[fair summit]

Btw I do need to emphasize, the DM had given me a potion that EXPLODES ME if drunk, and the effect was "mysterious" so it couldn't be determined ahead of time
This man had me walking around with this 😭

[dry widget]

Is there a channel for memes and stuff?

[fair summit]

Nope, memes are illegal here

[dry widget]

Oh

[lofty escarp]

No memes only dnd

[dry widget]

Okay

[blissful ibex]

like you can't post gifs or upload images withouit just linking to an iumage hosting site or something on here as an anti bot measure

[rough basalt]

They had to remove the memes channel due to moderation reasons long time ago iirc

[dry widget]

Oh

Thank you for explaining it

[drifting zodiac]

Hi

[turbid vessel]

Yeah, I was there when we had a meme channel. It got bad. People be racist 😔

[woven flint]

Hello, friends 🧐

[dry widget]

😢 I hate people sometimes

[potent vector]

Hey, how high level should a player be before I let them summon an Intellect Devourer?
Like, once per LR?

Or is it too abusable in a player's hands?

[woven flint]

I mean, it's a low CR Creature
2? I think?
That's up to you...

[blissful ibex]

#homebrew ?

they'd have a better handle on this sort of thing perhaps?

[potent vector]

Prob ye

[woven flint]

There's these items that let you summon the CR 5 elementals and they're.. Rare? Or Very Rare?
And they only let you keep the elemental around for an Hour

But that's also because they're actually decent health sponges too

[potent vector]

Yeah, this would be like, until it dies or they use it again

So wondering if this would be around the same level lol

[woven flint]

Probably not?
It's definetly way weaker than the Elemental ones for certain
I dunno how they'd find a way to abuse it unless they used it to execute people lol

Where the elementals can kick ass and take hits, the intellect devourer is completely dependent on the Cunning of your party as it can die pretty easily

Frankly, they could use it to body snatch someone and just have a fella to run errands for them and just not engage in combat

[shrewd gale]

Question: is it possible to divine smite while in wildshape ? Because technically it's not considered a spell (i'm talking anout 2014 rules)

[marble lion]

No because you dont use a weapon

[craggy summit]

I don't believe so because it mentions a melee weapon

Divine Smite: Starting at 2nd level, when you hit a creature with a melee weapon attack

[marble lion]

If your dm likes fun, id say yes

Unarmed not applying stuff never sat right with me

[shrewd gale]

And in the statblocks of the monsters, their attacks are considered attack with a weapon
It's a natural weapon

[marble lion]

Does it define that?

I could see a case but im not sure about it

[shrewd gale]

It's just like the bite of a dhampire character

[craggy summit]

It won't work in 2024 though because divine smite is a spell and wild shape mentions you can't cast spells while shaped

[cyan narwhal]

They are talking about 2014 tho

[craggy summit]

Okay so I believe you're actually correct

[marble lion]

Claws etc seem to be defined as weapons that make weapon attacks

[craggy summit]

I'm aware, just figured to bring that up

[marble lion]

Then this should work

[shrewd gale]

Paladruid supremacy

[cyan narwhal]

Divine paw

[woven flint]

Your status is so real btw

[serene jolt]

"Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3) piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 13 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone."

From Dire Wolf (2014)

[blissful ibex]

druidlock is better >:3

[woven flint]

I prefer pure Druid personally

[shrewd gale]

Isn't it one of the worst multiclass imaginable

[serene jolt]

All of the 2024 versions seem to have changed slightly to just say 'melee attack'. Which honestly I prefer that wording.

[marble lion]

Found it with the brown bear myself

[woven flint]

I'm a Solo-Classer for life lol

[blissful ibex]

it's incredibly versitile c:
I run a Wildfire 5 / Fathomless 5 in tier 2 AL
(and at lower levels in 2 campaigns with Preservation Druid)

[serene jolt]

I was looking at the stat block, I probably missed you confirming that. Sorry.

[marble lion]

You level that single class?
I guess you are.... sololevelling

[woven flint]

Yeap

[cyan narwhal]

You must aura farm now

[serene jolt]

Also after going multiclasses before, I also 100% prefer single class unless it's a 1 level dip that feels useful enough to push my progress back.

[marble lion]

I like mc but only when the concept fits. I dont powergame so its no issue

[woven flint]

I don't think any characters of mine have Aura Farmed as much as
Karkas, My Tiefling War Cleric
And
Malaketh, my Harengon Bladesinger
Both absolutely STYLED on people in their careers lmao

[blissful ibex]

you just need to play at a gestalt table
then you can have 2 "solo" classes c:

[woven flint]

Karkas probably had the most Aura, he killed a Lich twice in one combat lol

[hot marlin]

Does Malaketh jump around between pillars and seek to eat the remnants of death to keep it contained within him?

[cyan narwhal]

Is It a good move to multiclass with my very first character?

[woven flint]

No, that's Maliketh from Elden Ring

IN which my Malaketh isn't named after because I had never heard of the character until after making him lol

[hot marlin]

Oh. I was ready to bet it was going it to be a reference!

[woven flint]

Nope
Malaketh is named Malaketh because I thought it sounded cool lol

His full name is Malaketh Dronnel
He's loosely related to a friend's Harengon Bard, Kelnan, from another Campaign I was in because it was planned that if my character for that died I would've brought him in lol

[potent vector]

Bunnies = aura farmer is smth I've much rather see more of than bunnies = violence.

I've a fair amount of it lol

[woven flint]

Malaketh isn't a violent man, he's killed people but he's more on the merciful side.
He's just got a daughter he seeks to protect now and we're currently fighting a god.. which is continuing next session

[serene jolt]

I wouldn't recommend it

[woven flint]

His daughter is a Spirit Dragon Wyrmling
She was born after he drew a card from the deck of many things

[serene jolt]

I never, ever recommend new people to multiclass. You will most likely nerf your character terribly.

[burnt valley]

ehh just 2

[potent vector]

. . . It's hard to take you seriously with your pfp (I read it in scout's voice lol)

[cyan narwhal]

For context, since i forgot, i'm playing rogue, currently lvl 2, gonna go Arcane Trickster at lvl 3, was thinking of multiclassing into School of Illusion Wizard

[serene jolt]

Me, personally, I wouldn't recommend it. It's your character so it's totally your choice but you will be absolutely nerfing your character.

I'd hold off on any multiclassing until you've played a few different characters and/or have a grasp on dnd. It can be good or really, really bad depending on what you do multiclass wise.

Better recommendation, maybe take Shadow Touched or Magic Initiate feat and get some more illusions under your belt. If that's what you're wanting.

[fast latch]

Water and fire?

[cyan narwhal]

Well to be fair i played lots of one shot sessions, i've been playing for a few years, but never managed to participate in a regular campaign until recently

[blissful ibex]

tbf Wildfire is more a standin while I wait for Preservation to come out (hopefully in the winter )
the spell list was close enough to not need to change much in how I run her; though I've literally only used the wildfire spirit once

[fast latch]

Only if it’s 2014 Hexblade
2014 Hexblade is the best one

[cyan narwhal]

2014 rogue, future Arcane Trickster

[karmic pendant]

If it's your first time playing dnd no

[blissful ibex]

it's a far more advanced ruleset to be messing around with and it is possible to break a character if done poorly; I highly recomend leaving it until you're more comfortable with the game as a whole

[cyan narwhal]

Well like i said i've been playing for around 3 years, just never managed to find a group to play an actual campaign other than one shots

[cyan narwhal]

No it's not my first time playing, but it's my first time playing in a regular campaign

[halcyon bison]

What do you mean by "regular campaign"?

[cyan narwhal]

That it's not a one shot

[severe rampart]

I think they meant that they've only played oneshots up until that point

[fossil hollow]

It never was an actual item

[halcyon bison]

Ah, it sounds to me like you should probably be fine multiclassing from what i've heard

[fossil hollow]

Yeah, there was one in DDB, but that was a coding shortcut for the Storm Boomerang

[serene jolt]

As long as you know you may be nerfing your character, go for it. It sounds like you really want this, so I don't see why not.

[halcyon bison]

trickster rogue/wizard is not a bad combo

[cyan narwhal]

Well i thought It would have been fun to do, but i still wanted to ask here since there are a lot of much more experienced people than me

[burnt valley]

as long as you dont go past 3 levels of arcane trickster

[cyan narwhal]

I didn't plan much yet, for now i thought of going up to arcane trickster, then 2 lvls in Wizard to get the School of Illusion

So up to lvl 5, then still have to figure out how to lvl up

[burnt valley]

you'd miss out on 3rd level spells by then

[fast latch]

Don’t multiclass into Hexblade then

Hexblade uses Cha, not Int

[cyan narwhal]

Oh i wasn't thinking of hexblade

[proper forum]

Did someone say hexblade?

[cyan narwhal]

Yeah but my main class isn't wizard, it's rogue

[serene jolt]

They're doing a rogue wizard. Someone else was talking about a hexblade for something entirely off topic from this.

[burnt valley]

gg

[cyan narwhal]

Also something worth mentioning, the campaign will not go above lvl 15

Oh gotta go, cya

[worn lagoon]

not as bad as my first dm who named a location t'challa without ever knowing who black panther is

[drifting zodiac]

Hi

[covert berry]

hi

[halcyon bison]

hello :3

[final sky]

Hi

[covert berry]

so i got the sunblade as a ranger gloom stalker is it good

[reef copper]

One of the better i guess but nothing super special

[serene jolt]

It's not bad.

Pretty good against undead though

[glad arch]

Sunblade for a gloomstalker 😂

Its gonna cancel every one of your abilities that relies on darkness/dim light

[covert berry]

i mean i just read about it and i can turn it off as a bonus action

[glad arch]

You sure? What im reading here is you can reduce it but not completly turn it off

[warm shore]

I deadass think my dm despises how effective smite is against fiends and undead 😭 god I love radiant damage

[loud tendon]

the first line says "...you can use a bonus action to cause a blade of pure radiance to spring into existence, or make the blade disappear."

so it's like a light saber hilt when off completely

[glad arch]

Fair enough but that just means you cant use it then

[halcyon bison]

Turn on your definetly-not-a-lightsaber sword, make two attacks, and vanish back into the shadows
Sounds pretty scary for your foes

[warm shore]

What does necrotic damage? I was thinking if Aasimar resistance to it is any good

[glad arch]

Which ig is still usefull, just use it when youre already in light anywaye

[glad arch]

Takes a bonus action so can only turn it on or off

[serene jolt]

That sounds super aesthetic tbh

[halcyon bison]

fair point
definetly not the most practical for a rogue or gloomstalker

[woven flint]

Undead and a few other things
But mostly undead, the most common monster type in the game

[halcyon bison]

You could always use it when it's not dark enough to gain gloomstalker benefits anyways

[woven flint]

Necrotic Resistance is INCREDIBLY valuable in some situations

it just depends on the campaign you're in

[covert berry]

If you hit a creature with this weapon, that creature has Disadvantage on its next attack roll before the start of your next turn.

thats also a property i am seeing

[fossil hollow]

what about Sap?

[covert berry]

sap

[fossil hollow]

Yes, what about it

[serene jolt]

I'd 100% prefer getting a Stirring Dragon Wrath Longbow or something as a rare if I was a Gloomstalker

[covert berry]

i get that in sunblade

[fossil hollow]

Do you have proficiency and Mastery in... Longswords?

[covert berry]

and i am a gloom stalker

[serene jolt]

Sap is good low levels, not as good high levels. Most monsters have more than one attack.

[fossil hollow]

and high bonuses

[serene jolt]

So it's like giving dis to one single attack to a monster that has 3 attacks with a +9 (or more) to hit. It becomes redundant.

It's a great mastery for level 1-5 though.

[covert berry]

i have proficeiny but i font have mastery

[fossil hollow]

then you cant use Sap

[covert berry]

ah

i am a gloomstalker what am i gonna do with sunblade anyway

[fossil hollow]

slash at people

[fast latch]

What’s the best Mastery?

[keen kestrel]

if you're dual wielding, vex plus nick is silly, otherwise topple or push is my go to

[covert berry]

so yea i can use sunblade since it uses dex instead of str

[keen kestrel]

yes, it is a finesse weapon

just remember it's not a light weapon, so no dual wielding with it

[covert berry]

i mainly use a longbow man i cant dual wield either way

[fast latch]

Vex to get Advantage plus Nick to attack without spending your Bonus Action?

[keen kestrel]

yes, then once you get the dual wield feat then you can BA attack as well

[keen kestrel]

fair, either way the sun sword is insane

[serene jolt]

Personally I'd just give it to another party member.

[fast latch]

Four attacks with Extra Attack?

[covert berry]

yea about that

its not really suitable for a gwm

[keen kestrel]

yep, but you do need the dual wield feat don't forget

[covert berry]

and we dont have a rogue

[keen kestrel]

sounds like you just use a bow against anything save for the vampires

[fast latch]

GWM doesn’t apply to the Sun Blade, it’s a Longsword

[covert berry]

i know

thats why i am having it

im a gloomstalker

with sharpshooter and a long bow

[fast latch]

Alright

I think you should stick to the Longbow

[covert berry]

im gonna use the sunblade as a backup while my primary is still gonna be the longbow

[glad arch]

No other party member that could use it better then you?

[covert berry]

nope

[glad arch]

Well then thats a valid choice

Worst case scenario if you do notice you never get to use it you can always sell it

/trade

[covert berry]

also initiative +13 thanks to dex 20, dread ambusher and alert

[fleet merlin]

are there poisons or potions that can make an npc transform in to a wolf/werewolf? (is this the right channel to ask?)

[fossil hollow]

nope

[glad arch]

Is polymorph potion a thing

It sounds like a thing

[fleet merlin]

kinda does

[fossil hollow]

doesnt look like it

[fast latch]

Unfortunately no

But you can always ask your DM to make a potion out of some crap like Werewolf blood, Doppelgänger nails, and some other magic things that will let you transform

[south prawn]

The DMG Pg 90 has guidance on creating poisons and lists a bunch of examples, so it's possible

[swift copper]

So..pc are part of the guild. How do i make a feeling that pc's are not the only one who's pulling the weight?

[covert berry]

chat one more question since im a new player but is perception +11 good

[swift copper]

Quite good

[covert berry]

ininitative +13 and stealth +9

[south prawn]

Dangle multiple objectives out in front of them and while they're taking care of one, others are taking care of the others. If they can't do it all, it'll feel like others are there

[halcyon forum]

how did you get your stats that high?

[keen kestrel]

you can always just active the sun sword too, I think it counts as daylight for fighting against vampires

[woven flint]

How are you getting a +13 initiative?

Ah

He's a Gloomstalker Ranger, I forgot about that

[keen kestrel]

gloomstalker plus alert is usually pretty high initiative

[covert berry]

dex 20 which gives +5 , wis 16 which gives +3 alert which gives +5

wis is from dread ambusher for gloomstalker

[swift copper]

Hm..good point.
They need to stop demigod...
To regain his powers he wants to get in heaven,for tgat hw needs to become a god.

His plan is to become mayor,then makes his own religion. Mass sugest whole town that he is god,so the door would open...
He also has his army full of robots,who is his "police"

[drifting zodiac]

Creation Method Human-Created Without AI , i hate that this is even written nowadays (context i was checking this website about solo rpgs)

also what is a good faith for a dragonborn cleric

[fossil hollow]

Bahamut

[halcyon forum]

or anyone but bahamut, depending on the place they are from

[severe rampart]

Paladine

Which is just Bahamut, technically

[fossil hollow]

-# the Bahamut agenda will be spread!!

[severe rampart]

Praise Bahamut, he saved my character from dying last session

I got Dragon-themed dice because of Bahamut

[fast latch]

What alignment?

[knotty vine]

are you using the old alert or the new one

[fossil hollow]

seeing how its +5, old one

[knotty vine]

that makes more sense