dnd-discussion

[fast latch]

Your group sounds Not Fun To Deal With

[hidden spindle]

You could say, you're uncomfortable with that, whatever they're suggesting

[steel moth]

just try to talk to them at least once about it

[rugged hawk]

This whole convo sounds like Yet More Reasons To Solo D&D

[severe rampart]

It's lonely, and I feel like I'm going crazy talking to myself

[rugged hawk]

Tf are you on about, I'm right here.

[mild zephyr]

True

[fossil hollow]

the last thing i need is being alone with myself

[somber crescent]

i think part of dnd is learning to navigate tougher convos like this with your community at the table if it comes up

[steel moth]

baldur's gate 3 is right there

[severe rampart]

Yeah, but if I'm Echo, and you're Echo... who am I talking to?

[scenic zinc]

If I wanted to play a single player game, I'd do that. Not play dnd.

[woven flint]

My most recent Monk was a Lawful Good Goliath demigod fellow in a level 20 oneshot and he and a Chaotic Evil Demon ended up becoming partners and dating
They're mega gay

[frail wasp]

baldurs gate 3 is great too, can recommend

[valid geyser]

theres better systems for solitaire play

[fast latch]

I do that sometimes

It’s like playing with action figures/dolls but for nerds

I write my own story, fight myself

It’s not as fun as doing it with other players, but it’s still good

[rugged hawk]

Your conscience, obviously. Now go smite whoever began that convo and bring back D&D topics.

[severe rampart]

Ring of Salt around them when they're arguing

[mild zephyr]

Alr thanks y'all, imma find a new table to dm

[uncut zenith]

Yeah I’m personally not fond of “solo D&D” myself, but that’s also cuz the social aspect of TTRPGs is very important to me personally.

[woven flint]

Nah, he's not gonna change who his husband is, but he is there to help correct mistakes made lol

[severe rampart]

I feel crazy when I roleplay three NPCs at once, or more

[frail wasp]

why are you roleplaying three NPCs at once lol

[fossil hollow]

Unfortunately, he still has to make money.
-# hes currently in a contract under Orcus lmao

[hidden spindle]

For real. I could be RPing between me, myself, and I

[severe rampart]

I think I talked to myself for 10 minutes while my players listened

[rugged hawk]

Okay, see, I hear what you're saying. Counterpoint, there's no evidence you weren't to begin with.

[uncut zenith]

If I wanted to play a “solo D&D campaign”, I’d probably just start up another playthrough of Skyrim or BG3

[scenic zinc]

Yeah. I love playing single player games.

But when I play dnd, it's explicitly not for that kind of experience.

[steel moth]

I kinda cringe at myself to when I dm and have to act out a convo between two NPCs

[frail wasp]

its pain

[woven flint]

Hey, as long as Antigonos isn't destroying any worlds, he and his husband are fine

[fickle heart]

Naw, you can remove the "personally" lol

A TTRPG is pretty much defined by the fact that it's group-play, otherwise there's no point for the TT in the acronym.

[fossil hollow]

stares at Orcus' grand plan

[severe rampart]

Me when I have to roleplay a charismatic character while being socially awkward

[somber crescent]

or pathfinder or divinity ❤️‍🔥

[rare hull]

The mkst true thing ever-

[woven flint]

I guess Aronath will have to talk to Orcus personally

[fossil hollow]

PF isnt solo last i checked

[somber crescent]

pf2 on ps?

[uncut zenith]

The PF vídeo games are, but the TTRPG itself is also inherently a collaborative game

[severe rampart]

I spam the same "he whispers into your ear" Schtick, every single time

[scenic zinc]

I assume they're referring to the videogames

[lavish flame]

couldn't you just alter the scene so that you are not James McAvoy in Split

[somber crescent]

yess

[fossil hollow]

oh, i was assuming the TTRPG. Since this is the server about dnd the ttrpg

[scenic zinc]

By way of including divinity

[fossil hollow]

I do not know enough about Divinity

[burnt valley]

players are legally allowed to take a short rest irl if that happens

[fast latch]

Cuteeee

[severe rampart]

I'm a complainer

I complain about it, but I'll still do it, I don't want to stop doing it, I want to complain about having to do it

[fast latch]

HAH

[somber crescent]

divinity 2 is literally bg3 with less graphics and bigger maps

[woven flint]

Yeah, they were beating the shit out of eachother in a fight and appreciated eachothers strength

[burnt valley]

freeform roleplay can be group play too....

[scenic zinc]

-# and a much cooler action economy

[severe rampart]

One of my party members have told me they wanted to seduce my character's butler, Sebastian... I'm not sure what this entails

[valid geyser]

yeah last session in the game i was in the first hour was dedicated to a PC who was here for 2 sessions getting a wish spell from a magic item table and then wishing to bring someone back and it had this whole thing with kelemvor and the god of love fighting or something and I'll admit i was so bored during it
practically just a big cutscene

[woven flint]

Aronath and Antigonos may end up adopting
It's gonna be weird for a child to grow up with A Lawful Good dad and a Chaotic Evil dad lmao

[gusty yarrow]

butler...sebastian...is he what i think he is

[fossil hollow]

Black Butler?

[severe rampart]

... Go ahead. Say it.

[severe rampart]

... 🤐

[woven flint]

My Giff has an Autognome Butler named Montague

Reginald and Montague 🧐

[fickle heart]

The point is more that without a group it's not really a "tabletop" game, aye.

[severe rampart]

Pronounced Monti-g-you?

[fossil hollow]

is french

[woven flint]

Monti-gyou

[severe rampart]

Ahah! Phew, I knew it

I've been rethinking my pronounciation of names ever since I found out Strahd von Zarovich isn't pronounced Strahd von Zerovik

[woven flint]

My Giffs full name is

Reginald Archibald Ferdinand Montague Esquire, The Lovable Rogue of the Astral Sea, Friend of All, Princeton the Third.

[rare hull]

Oh goodness that is a title

[severe rampart]

Are you sure he's not a dragonborn

[woven flint]

We have a running gag about Reginald that he's friends with literally everyone, we joked about him showing up to Lord Soths castle, dapping him up and leaving lmao

He's definetly a joke character, but he's got genuine spirit

[fast latch]

Pretty funny

What class?

[small heath]

If DND classes were translated into real life living, I think a hospital owner is actually a warlock who's patron makes contracts to have patients receive certain "health benefits" from the paladins and clerics that work for them.

[woven flint]

He was going to be a Leadeater Pugilist, but right now he's a character of legend mentioned in the campaign I was going to be playing him in (Eve of Ruin)

[fossil hollow]

what

[woven flint]

We joked that Reginald uses a gun because his fists would make things too easy for him and now he's just become a mythical figure

Funny that using a gun would actively "Nerf" him

I like to imagine he'd be an NPC that shows up in ome of my campaigns whenever I run one to regale the party with his incredibly insane stories, wether they're true or not.. who knows?:

"Ah, yes, I once took lady Shar out to dinner!"

Or

"I played Chess with Vecna once!"
Silly things like that

[fast latch]

So his class is character of legend?

[hidden spindle]

A legend with class

[woven flint]

His class is Charming Hippo man that'd steal your heart

The main bit is Reginald is literally friends with EVERYONE regardless of their alignment or species
He just loves all beings

[fossil hollow]

IG you can say he's... shooting from the heart

[severe rampart]

... Tiamat?

[woven flint]

Yep
Tiamat, Lolth, Demogorgon
He probably took them out on a group Picnic once!

Just incredibly silly things like that

[marble lion]

Lady of pain

[severe rampart]

"I hate all beings, except Reginald, he gets me subway on weekends"

[marble lion]

Mmh subway

[woven flint]

He was the first being ever to be able to make her laugh

[marble lion]

Ao

[woven flint]

He plays golf with Ao and Asmodeus sometimes

[fossil hollow]

Got him with Luminous Being too

[marble lion]

When ao was stressing about the tablets, guess who he called

[woven flint]

Our boy Reginald, of course!

[fossil hollow]

Time of Trouble? Not when Reginald is clocking in

[woven flint]

Blood War?
Reginald helped the Demons and Devils reach peace and understanding, they're now building a utopia where fiends can live in peace

[scenic zinc]

Yuck.

[woven flint]

I like overly silly characters
I'd never make him an actual serious thing

That's why he stayed a concept because the Joke would've expanded beyond

Every now and then, I hear him stirring
In the corners of my mind /silly

[lavish flame]

There's some old Star Wars books in this style

[obtuse stratus]

Well, I guess I'll just process and smoke all these goblins to feed the wolves in LMoP. Leave them there unless they want to follow, with a couple weeks of food

[unreal mantle]

I was theorycrafting and wondered if the new Harper Teamwork feat synergizes well with Ranger Beastmaster. If your beast companion uses the Help action via your bonus action command, does Withering Wordplay proc and cause disadvantage?

[still plover]

At a glance, probably not.

[unkempt atlas]

Guys i found a summoning scroll, can i use it?

Im a monk

[obtuse stratus]

I'll allow it

[hidden spindle]

If its not a Spell Scroll, then yes

[unkempt atlas]

Its a scroll of titan summoning, what does that do

[rough basalt]

use it, see what happens

[unkempt atlas]

Dm asked if im sure and to roll a d8

Im scared

[obtuse stratus]

roll a d8

[rugged hawk]

Rest in pieces

[obtuse stratus]

Why do I feel like this should have been saved for a big battle...

[unkempt atlas]

We are in an encampment trying to save our wrymling friend

So technically yes a big battle?

Guys we are so screwed

[rugged hawk]

Or, you could just use wyrmling's scales to make some new armor

[unkempt atlas]

I rolled an 8

[obtuse stratus]

Big Mama Titan

[unkempt atlas]

A tarrasque showed up

[obtuse stratus]

Ya'll screwed

[unkempt atlas]

Its so over

[obtuse stratus]

Quick, throw a shiny ball, it'll chase it

[woven flint]

"Are you sure?"
Is usually Synonymous with
"You absolutely shouldn't, but I'm not stopping you."

[obtuse stratus]

I had a world with a massive channel cut into it because someone got a terrasque to run that way and it never stopped

[unkempt atlas]

He said my options were
An Animal Lord
A Blob of Annihilation
A Colossus
An Elemental Cataclysm
An Empyrean
A Kraken
The Tarrasque

And I rolled the tarrasque

[rare hull]

Oh goodness-

[uncut zenith]

Ah sounds like he might have asked you to roll on the new Scroll of Summoning Titan table

[woven flint]

Yeah, a Scroll of Titan summoning

Be glad an Elemental Cataclysm isn't on there lol

[uncut zenith]

It is

All of the new “Titan” stats are on the scroll

[unkempt atlas]

But we got a tarrasque instead

Theres just two of us in this party we are so screwed we doomed this world

[uncut zenith]

You’d have been in trouble with any of those options tbf

[unkempt atlas]

We've decided to cut our losses and run away, no more wyrmling dragon

[river vector]

Gonna steal quotes from SWTOR sith emperor for my Vampire BBEG. "You stand there because I allow it. Because I do not fear."

Perfect thing to say to low level party

[craggy summit]

Okay that's actually a really good quote to use 😅 I think imma yoink that quote and use it if I don't forget to use it in my campaigns

[undone rain]

Ive realized i am probably a fighter class irl. I do reenactment as a 1700s swedish soldier

Just using a finesse weapon and no armor

[rugged hawk]

That's not a fight, that's performance art. You're a bard.

[undone rain]

A bard with no powers

Rogue bard?

[unkempt atlas]

The tarrasque is following us

[woven flint]

Good :]

[rugged hawk]

Congrats, you've upgraded from a party pet wyrmling to a pet tarrasque. Make sure to clean up any poop it leaves on local towns.

[unkempt atlas]

I dont wanna die this is my first campaign I love my monk

[grand coral]

Its so hard to find a homebrew campain 🥲

[molten wigeon]

My party is pretty cool, got to level 7 and I can start using big monsters

[unkempt atlas]

We are both level 7 right now

[molten wigeon]

I'll give it a shot though

[unkempt atlas]

Anyways, we lost the tarrasque, but its just wondering around now

[river vector]

It is, isn't it? Another one is "legions have risen to test me."

[craggy summit]

I'm such a sucker for those thanos like quotes that fit a villain so well 😭

[tacit dew]

How do I play my friend said this game was good

[paper portal]

to start off you'll need a dm and a character

also #dnd-newcomers is probably the best place to start

[tacit dew]

How do I do that

[rugged hawk]

ACKSHUALLY, to start you need imagination (and a good sense of humor)

[paper portal]

true :3c

[tacit dew]

Be honest I feel like this is a weird game is it

[rugged hawk]

Only if you start with the DND K&C books

[paper portal]

K&C?

[tacit dew]

I don’t know what any of this is wdym

[rugged hawk]

You don't want to know

[paper portal]

oh wait i do know

[tacit dew]

Can I play with you?

[paper portal]

yeah the balancing in those is a little interesting among other things lol

[tacit dew]

Yes or no can I

[paper portal]

nah, we have channels for finding dms tho

[tacit dew]

What’s a dm

[steady sentinel]

Dungeon master

[proven mountain]

Dungeon Master

[tacit dew]

Can I actually find one in there

[paper portal]

yeah i have before

[tacit dew]

Are they weird people be honest

[paper portal]

depends what weird means to you

[tacit dew]

Ok so what channel can I find one

[proven mountain]

#looking-for-players

[cosmic roost]

Ready to play Dungeons & Dragons?

Visit #find-a-game for everything you need to start your search, including:

• Instructions for finding a game here on the server (including how to post in our #looking-for channels).
• Suggestions for finding a game outside of this server.
• Basic advice to help you in your hunt.

[grizzled lance]

How does one make a laser canon

[paper portal]

short answer: ask your dm
long answer: ask your dungeon master

[grizzled lance]

Lemme correct myself “how to build laser canon without arms”

[rugged hawk]

What's canon is up to your DM. If you want a cannon, that's also still up to your DM.

[obtuse stratus]

What is K&C

[fast latch]

Start by building yourself a pair of robot arms

[rugged hawk]

You most definitely do not need to know.

[obtuse stratus]

I think I do

[rugged hawk]

No.

[fast latch]

I DMed them it

[rugged hawk]

WHY would you DO that?! What is WRONG with you?! /s

[fast latch]

Is that Serious or Sarcastic? I forgot

[rugged hawk]

I'm gonna let you stew in ignorance for your misdeeds.

[obtuse stratus]

I played this game yesterday with a book. I can tell you which if you'd like

[fast latch]

Sure

[obtuse stratus]

Lol

[rugged hawk]

I saw that.

[fast latch]

I missed it, I was watching BrawlFan1

[shadow merlin]

Where can I join a game or get sum people for a game?

[fast latch]

The Smash movesets guy

[rugged hawk]

TLDR is that Oxy's a massive hypocrite.

[fast latch]

#looking-for-dm

[shadow merlin]

Oh cool ty

[obtuse stratus]

Am I, or do I just not want it in general. Consent and all that

[wet zephyr]

Hii

[rugged hawk]

The answer is no. /s

[wet zephyr]

Can anyone chat rn? I want to get some pointers from experienced players of dnd, im new to the game

[rugged hawk]

Wut pointers

[wet zephyr]

Just how to play the game somewhat

I dont wanna make a fool outta myself

[rugged hawk]

Good luck with that, it's 90% of the fun

Also basically mandatory whenever you're doing character voices

Oh, but some actual good advice: read up on Mary Sues and do none of that.

[wet zephyr]

So like, elves sound like yoga instructors, dwarves are gruff, halflings are high pitched, orcs are also gruff and growly

[fast latch]

Everyone from the Underdark Has To have Australian accents

They’re from down under

[wet zephyr]

Got it

[rugged hawk]

I despise what you just did

[wet zephyr]

Anyone wanna hear the voices i can do?

[shadow merlin]

I have a level one campaign.I'm running some of the guys wanna play right now.If you wanna join

[wet zephyr]

I would love to

[wet zephyr]

I would love to very much

[fast latch]

Whatever you do, DON’T make Constitution below 10

Constitution is the one that gives you more Health, it’s always either the second or third most important stat in your build

[obtuse stratus]

I appologize, as well. I'd give you something more heartfelt but could not.

[wet zephyr]

Got it, i will remember that

[fast latch]

Come on, it’s absolutely freaking hilarious when the Drow Mother of Rebellion who leads a city calls all her friends “Mate” and says “Crikey”

[rugged hawk]

I hate you a little extra now ||/s||

[wet zephyr]

Ur not wrong

[rugged hawk]

Now all I can think of is Minthara doing an aussie accent. "Back in Menzoberranzan..."

[fast latch]

Also, don’t start with Wizard or Sorcerer

Those two have the least health and you might die

I recommend Barbarian or Fighter for beginners, they’re the tangiest

*Tankiest!

They do not taste tangy

[craggy summit]

Mmmm tangy fighter...

[wet zephyr]

I might play a bard, or what you said

[craggy summit]

Are you speaking from experience? Did you taste one or both of them?

[rugged hawk]

What are you DOING?! Cmon, getting him to die from 1d4 attempting to live damage was gonna be hilarious

[paper portal]

we do NOT talk like that /lh

[rugged hawk]

And just why would you know how fighters and barbarians taste?

[paper portal]

ive read k&c

[craggy summit]

it's hard to resist licking barbarian abs

[rugged hawk]

Okay, I'll give you that one,.

[stoic haven]

Wut

[fast latch]

Bard is fine for beginners

Max Charisma, next is Dexterity, then Constitution, then Wisdom, then Intelligence, then Strength

Take Thunderwave, it’ll push your enemies away so they can’t hit you in melee

But make sure your friends are out of the way before casting it, they can take damage too

But!

[obtuse stratus]

Sorry to poop the party, but I think we're a little spicy for general

[paper portal]

insane way of phrasing it

[rugged hawk]

I know, right? Oxy's a lil oddy.

[fast latch]

If you’re playing Valor Bard, you can make Str your second highest stat instead of Str

[paper portal]

well as long as they arent an oxy moron

[obtuse stratus]

Nah, just a type of snake

[paper portal]

ooh snakes are cool

[fast latch]

I know real Australians don’t but it’s an exaggeration for the funny

[rugged hawk]

Slytherin, Slytherin, SLYTHERIN! 🐍

[obtuse stratus]

oxyuranus microlepidotus

[fast latch]

Is that a bacteria?

[obtuse stratus]

It's the inland taipan snake from Australia

[paper portal]

hey thats one of ours!!

[fast latch]

Ohhh

[paper portal]

dont get to close to one though lol

[fast latch]

I have two Yuan-Ti Malison PCs

[obtuse stratus]

26 year old name lore XD

[obtuse stratus]

Tbh I'd join in the fun were it not general

[paper portal]

ngl living in australia rn is pretty great

[rugged hawk]

And that is crossing the topic line.

[obtuse stratus]

Or that

[rugged hawk]

Okay, see, I hear what you're saying. Counterpoint, Australia has plants and creatures so deadly, D&D looks safe.

[paper portal]

i like our wildlife its cute

and kangaroos are good eating

[queen orchid]

Hello. Do people play dnd often in this server?

[paper portal]

id hope so

[marble lion]

Not in here

[obtuse stratus]

Gimpie Gimpie

[rugged hawk]

LIke for instance, that pain-inducing suicide plant that makes anything that touches it want to die on the spot

[queen orchid]

Like in the voice chat

[marble lion]

No

[obtuse stratus]

beat you to it 😉

[paper portal]

honestly the people here are a lot more feral than the animals me included

[paper portal]

which one is that again

[queen orchid]

Do people like get together and play??

[obtuse stratus]

gympie gympie, spelled it wrong

[fast latch]

How do I run the FAQ command?

[rugged hawk]

Oh, and that tree that drips poison onto anyone stupid enough to stand underneath it

[obtuse stratus]

Is that the same one with exploding fruit

[rugged hawk]

I think so?

[paper portal]

dont think ive had a run in with one of those i gotta say

[rugged hawk]

You wouldn't be here if you had.

[paper portal]

thats what the lfg channels are for yeah

[paper portal]

im a tough cookie :3

[rugged hawk]

Uh huh. Animals go jump off cliffs to end the pain once they encounter the gympie gympie

[queen orchid]

I don’t see them

[steady sentinel]

Oh yeah the poison tree, everything is out to get ya on it lol

[obtuse stratus]

Oh the dynamite tree is native to the Americas

[obtuse stratus]

some dude wiped. He didn't last long

[rugged hawk]

Redwood pinecones explode too, but only from extreme heat. It's why they love forest fires.

Redwoods are all but fire immune, so they enjoy a nice toasting to get their pinecones to pop

[obtuse stratus]

Perhaps I shall spice an exploding tree into my knight kingdom just for laughs

[steady sentinel]

There's also the one plant who is small but is complete agony especially that's how it was discovered for the poor lad who use its leaf to wipe his butt

[paper portal]

sounds kinda like eucalyptus

[obtuse stratus]

I believe that is also the gympie gympie. It has needlelike hairs that inject toxin for a very very very long time

[paper portal]

sounds like a pain in the arse

[rugged hawk]

Yeah, the gympie gympie is truly EVIL. It doesn't even want to kill you, it actively wants you to SUFFER FOREVER

[steady sentinel]

Lmao

[obtuse stratus]

The one story I know of the guy caught something at a high speed to end it

[rugged hawk]

Gympie gympie is probably the kind of plant you'd find in the Abyss or Nine Hells

[steady sentinel]

No doubt

[rugged hawk]

Ackshually, it'd probably be mobile, too. And angry

[paper portal]

or in my mind palace,, a mere glimpse of how twisted and evil i am :3c

[obtuse stratus]

Lava trawlers. One touch can ruin an adventuring career, it passes its seeds across the landscape in needlelike hairs that grow along its windswept trail. It makes no difference if the substrate is rock, soil, or flesh

[paper portal]

now make a full aussie campaign

dont forget to include drop bears

[fast latch]

I’m planning on adding a continent in my game for every real life continent on our world except The USA and Canada and Mexico

I already have the Fantasy USA
I need Fantasy Canada, Fantasy Mexico, Fantasy Europe, Fantasy Africa, Fantasy Asia, and Fantasy Australia

[obtuse stratus]

Imagine the nine hells as underground (I guess Daima style), just animals on the ceiling and occassionally they just fall. Suddenly you have a 400 pound spider crab fall on you while you're walking around

[still plover]

What buff does Vegemite give?

[obtuse stratus]

Will fantasy USA dye rivers green. Because tbh it never feels like real life

[paper portal]

-1 ac, dont question why

[still plover]

Outrageous.

Or rather, strewth!

[little path]

poisoned condition for 1 hour, then immunity to poisoned condition for the next 24 hours ... but marmite is different

[paper portal]

nah vegemite is -1 ac youd understand if you tasted it

[obtuse stratus]

I have

I agree

[paper portal]

we have other foods though

like uhhh

um

[fast latch]

Fantasy USA has Fantasy NYC, Fantasy Colorado but if it was as religious as Mississippi, a random European kingdom because I thought it was interesting, Fantasy Louisiana, Fantasy Florida, a city in space, an underwater town, an Underdark town, and that’s all I remember

[paper portal]

is milo an aussie thing idk

[fast latch]

Wait no, it also has a magic community college

[fast latch]

What’s that?

[paper portal]

is there a fantasy mamdani

[paper portal]

oh its sooo peak

[obtuse stratus]

Fantasy Pittsburgh should be a mythical land always talked of and never visited

[paper portal]

like chocolate in powder form you're meant to put it in drinks and stuff but a lot of us just eat it straight lol

[fast latch]

As in Zoran Mamdani?

[obtuse stratus]

We have like Swiss Miss

[paper portal]

instant piss? not even close

[paper portal]

yeah thats the guy

[obtuse stratus]

I just like it in my coffee

[fast latch]

Crap that’s going way too far

[paper portal]

but yeah it is kinda like hot chocolate powder just better

hi again vinnath

can i call you vin i like giving ppl nicknames :3

[obtuse stratus]

Nice, I'll need to acquire some

Vin is cute

I'd go with Echo but we have one already

[paper portal]

vin can you testify are you cute

aw my silly face isnt allowed

[fast latch]

I think it’s a good idea

[paper portal]

all my ideas are good /silly

yep back to dnd

[rugged hawk]

Funny how that works, yeah. It's almost like we have mods who do their jobs.

[paper portal]

terrible occurence /j

[fast latch]

Yeah it balances out the current political landscape in Fantasy NYC, which is… pretty corrupt

The current president, Gartana Hammerspark, is Lawful Evil

[obtuse stratus]

It's quite nice

[paper portal]

anyways what are yalls favourite subclasses

[rugged hawk]

Maybe it's time you stop talking Fantasy Places.

[rugged hawk]

Well, it would be necro sorc / water sorc..... IF WE HAD THEM!

[obtuse stratus]

It's flippin Necromancer isn't it. Like pull out the 2e book, roll up some signs of corruption, maybe say they spoil milk around them and go. Gosh darned necromancers

[fast latch]

I have some Fantasy Places that are okay

Like Fantasy Florida

It has a big ass reef that the residents use for fishing

[paper portal]

bunch of necromancers in chat rn huh

can you guys guess my favourite :3

[obtuse stratus]

Is it Necromancer?

[paper portal]

hey i keep it family friendly when i have to

[fast latch]

I play so many NPCs with class levels that I don’t know which subclass is my favorite anymore since I’ve played so many

And I know NPCs with class levels is Theoretically a bad idea, but I don’t care

[paper portal]

look at my role :3

[fast latch]

It’s MY game and I can run it how I want

[fast latch]

Spoiler: Warlock

[rugged hawk]

I see. So it's fine when you are using that mindset, but not when others are. I see.

[fast latch]

No other people can run games how they want, obviously

Live and let live is like the third rule of DnD

[obtuse stratus]

One of my favorite prestige classes is the Sacred... no wait the D... no... um... Dragon Disciple, sure that one

[rugged hawk]

Pale Master or bust

[obtuse stratus]

Undead pact or?

[paper portal]

its nature cleric! (nah thats like second i like genie the most :3)

undead is also really cool

[obtuse stratus]

I actually really liked him. Really really liked the grafts (not LM, the demonic ones)

[fast latch]

I’ve played an Archfey and a GOO, and one of my BBEGs also uses Archfey

[fast latch]

Grafts, you say?!

[obtuse stratus]

Got to stop looking at this book, maybe I'll go find the other one

[fast latch]

I have an entire ass homebrew class named Grafter that steals body parts

[rugged hawk]

Yes, exactly. Live and let live, others can run things how they want.

[obtuse stratus]

Can't remember the source, definitely 3rd, 3.5 had the draconic grafts. But you could like have demonic skin or enlongated legs or wings

[paper portal]

hell yeah

[fast latch]

So it wasn’t my idea

Well that’s sad

[obtuse stratus]

Goo? Is Maebe here or something?

[rugged hawk]

Mmm, grafts. I had a necromancer who had implants and stuff.

Like she had mechanical knee joints

[obtuse stratus]

Right. Who doesn't want their DN to have demonic wings before their lichdom

[paper portal]

me by the time im 25 probably

[fast latch]

Grafter has a subclass that can’t be Good aligned without DM permission like how Battlerager used to be Dwarves only

[rugged hawk]

Less sugar, less dancing Be nice to ur knees, you only get 2.

[fast latch]

Study of The Humanoid

[obtuse stratus]

Grafter was like a Fleshwarper class or something.

[fast latch]

Rip people apart to make your own little Frankenstein’s monster

[fast latch]

I didn’t even come up with the name Grafter?

[paper portal]

hey i dont do much dancing im too antisocial to go to clubs

we dont talk about the sugar

[obtuse stratus]

I mean they are grafts. I also didn't come up with the heated ice cream scoop, you just roll with the punches

[fast latch]

Yeah fair

[rugged hawk]

Diabetus, Con save monthly or lose 1 Max HP

[paper portal]

hey im like 5'10 and 60kg my eating habits cant be that bad surely surely

[obtuse stratus]

Ever read about insulin and the absolute horror of childhood diabetes before insulin?

[rugged hawk]

Unfortunately yes, but that's not technically D&D

[obtuse stratus]

😮

We are correct. So about favorite subclasses

[rugged hawk]

Still Pale Master

[obtuse stratus]

Bloat Mage?

[paper portal]

genie!

[rugged hawk]

Also, I demand necro and water sorc subclasses

[paper portal]

storm is pretty wet themed at least

[obtuse stratus]

You know what was really cool? Shadow magic (like Shades, Shadow Conjuration, etc)

[rugged hawk]

You know what was really cool? Not worshipping Shar

[obtuse stratus]

Ignoring gnome nonsense for 200% real spells, shadow sorcerer with the shadow spells was great

I have made many shar worshipers

I forget about them though

[paper portal]

shaw!

[rugged hawk]

In the name of the great ooze, ye heretics must be sacrificed to the Cube's endless appetite.

[obtuse stratus]

I cant remember but the shadow weave feats were pretty good

[hybrid bluff]

Guys what do we think of a Dhampir barbarian. Already playing a tiefling sorceress and a half elf paladin - making this one incase either of them perish (preferably the tiefling if it does happen)

[fossil hollow]

dont see any issues

[obtuse stratus]

Why did I think that first emoji was robot gir throwing up green

[fossil hollow]

Also, #character-discussion

[hybrid bluff]

Mb tu

[obtuse stratus]

Do it

[hybrid bluff]

Ty

[paper portal]

omg hi ti

[fossil hollow]

Hi?

[paper portal]

are you still moth or did you lose that

[fossil hollow]

Still moth stares at server tag

[paper portal]

ah i see i see

[fast latch]

Pretty sick, and your bites will do lots of damage since you have a high Con

[hybrid bluff]

Yooo thats awesome. Love biting people

[fast latch]

Hey Meow

Want to be friends?

[paper portal]

i wish there was a way to make dhampir bites a little less underwhelming lol

[fossil hollow]

although do note that Rage and Reckless cant work on the Bite

[paper portal]

sure :3

[fossil hollow]

I think monk does it (enchances it)

doesnt make it DEX though

[paper portal]

real same

dhampir are definitely one of my favourite races

[hybrid bluff]

I wish I could nibble on my bf but we're long distance 😔

[paper portal]

i am indeed a vampire yes

[obtuse stratus]

Okay so um.

[fast latch]

Well that’s not fun

Annie, try asking the DM if going into a RAAGGGEEEEEEEEEEE can boost your Bites

[paper portal]

but yeah theres a lot of races with kinda bad features that are really cool (see dhampir and thri kreen)

[obtuse stratus]

unhinges jaw

[hybrid bluff]

I think both of them will let me! One is my uncle, the other is a really chill lady at the library. She didnt let me keep a pet zombie tho - still figuring out what's cool and what's not

[fossil hollow]

eh?

Bad features?

[fast latch]

Thri-Kreen is bad? I thought it was like a B+ race

Since it can wield a Longsword, a Dagger, and a Shield at once

[paper portal]

4 arms and a 1d4 bite arent the most useful things ever

[eager marsh]

Thri-Kreen are objectively great and cool.

[fossil hollow]

4 arms is especially useful for a caster

[eager marsh]

Thri-Kreen can use a shield while also dual wielding and still have a free hand. you also have 120 ft telepathy which is double anything else. you can give yourself advantage on stealth in an area for free without limit, and you have passive mage armor always

[fossil hollow]

also, the bite is still good for the bonuses. You can bite something and gain a bonus to initiative (in 2014)

[paper portal]

oh yeah i should prolly put 2014 in my name :3

[eager marsh]

telling us ytour only 12? idk sounds bad

[fast latch]

Valor Bard with the Fighting Style feat will let you have two Rapiers, a Shield, and still have a hand free to cast THUNDERWAAAAAAVEEEEEEE

[glossy otter]

Hows everyone tonight?

[fast latch]

Good

[paper portal]

nooo

[fossil hollow]

preparing for another session of Dragonlance

[feral fulcrum]

That doesnt' really make them bad.

[paper portal]

slacking off at work rn lol

[glossy otter]

I know that feeling lol

[obtuse stratus]

Thanks for K&C, guys.

[fast latch]

I made a racial feat that increases the damage to a d6 and lets it Poison a number of times equal to your Prof Bonus per LR

[feral fulcrum]

Outside of ELVES (Spoiled as they are.), Racial Features are more for flavor, then for building around anyway.

[paper portal]

whats with the elf glaze lol theyre nowhere near the best race

[feral fulcrum]

There's only about twenty kinds of Elves with hilariously busted features my guy

Shadar-Kai, Eladrian, Astral Elves.

[obtuse stratus]

Always been a thing. Always will be. It's like hardcore fantasy racial superiority.

[paper portal]

meh shadar kai is overrated af cus people do 0.5 encounter days

[fossil hollow]

To that i say their tables arent worth talking about

[paper portal]

true but i mean in terms of features theyre not allat

[cobalt owl]

Elves aren't the best race but I typically play them the most

Im just basic ig

[paper portal]

stuff like vuman and tiefling are insanely busted

[eager marsh]

tiefling is super normal

[fast latch]

Aarakocra and Winged Tiefling are waaaaaay better

[feral fulcrum]

Suuuuure. Free Racial Teleport for half damage flat out isn't imbalanced in the slighest just because it's only PB uses.

[paper portal]

not the winged ones

[eager marsh]

Different from baseline and requires dm permission

[feral fulcrum]

An extra feat isn't nearly as busted as people like to think.

[paper portal]

if you say so

[eager marsh]

back in '14 when nobody got them at lv 1 universally it most certainly was particularly strong

[paper portal]

only race better than vuman is cl

[river vector]

In thirty minutes it is DND time

[feral fulcrum]

CL?

[paper portal]

cool!

[paper portal]

custom lineage lol

[feral fulcrum]

Ah

[obtuse stratus]

I mean is the feat worth it when you don't have darkvision amd immediately get punished for it and so does the whole party. Like sure, here's an apple, over there are 100 paddles

[eager marsh]

Darkvision is overrated yall just hate torches and the light spell

[obtuse stratus]

Immediately upon entering the cave in LMoP I got flooded for having a human party

[feral fulcrum]

What isn't overrated is Devilsight.

[paper portal]

it kinda is tbh theres like 3 invos off the top of my head that are wayy better

[fast latch]

Good for you!

[scenic zinc]

Also DMs consistently forgetting to still give disadvantage on perception checks.

[feral fulcrum]

Depends on what you encounter and build around. As per usual. And wouldn't you know it, you get more then 1 Invocation.

[eager marsh]

seeing in color is poggers

[river vector]

The party will encounter the annoying guy that keeps possessing people to fight them as proxies, this time in the body of a vampire spawn.

[paper portal]

op strat

[feral fulcrum]

Seeing through magical darkness is MUCHO bueno

[river vector]

I need to motivate them to find his real body. They don't seem motivated

[feral fulcrum]

and 120 ft range is just, stupidly good in general.

[obtuse stratus]

What is that?

[river vector]

So bam! Vampire spawn!

[scenic zinc]

Have bad things happen because they aren't doing anything about the problem.

[eager marsh]

a good thing

[river vector]

He will burn the village

[feral fulcrum]

Have you tried actually talking to your players about it?

[obtuse stratus]

Is this a lich? One with a bunch of clones and a bunch more on the other side of his phylactery

Imagine being a Worm that Walks but each piece can possess people

[scenic zinc]

A game from the 90s that used cardboard discs.

[feral fulcrum]

Actually talking with your players about in game issues and concerns you have as the DM/Fellow Players is ALWAYS better then playing proverbial Charades

[river vector]

No, but I don't want to be like "do this" I want them on their own to decide to do this.

[scenic zinc]

(Pogs was fun)

[obtuse stratus]

I recall that. Had a thing to make them

[fossil hollow]

Gets hit with an age beam

[feral fulcrum]

And you don't have to tell them "Do this." You just have to ask. "Are you actually interested in figuring this out, or should I just nix this little plotline? Or is there something I could do to make it more engaging for y'all?"

[river vector]

Nah it's a lower tier character with an ability I homebrewed that he got from devils

[river vector]

They seem to be interested, they have told me they are.

I think they just need to realize that they can find the guy's real body lol

[paper portal]

all the guys at my work are like 30 years older than me so whenever they mention something that happened in like 2016 i say "wow thats before i was born" and watch them slowly realise i am in fact lying

[river vector]

And that I'm not having an invulnerable villain

[obtuse stratus]

I'll have to remember that and do it myself to my younger coworkers

[scenic zinc]

Not my fault shrek saved fiona before you were born.

[fossil hollow]

Ok, what typoe of dragon is mostly associated with Lunara

[obtuse stratus]

What? Must be talking about something that happened before I was born. Now help me find my walker

[scenic zinc]

Red. Which is why she has fire resistance

Still not gunna stop her from attacking that black dragon though

[fossil hollow]

interesting... Ahkviri might smell that...

[obtuse stratus]

Favorite Druid Circle?

[paper portal]

wildfire!

cus its really good with genie lol

[obtuse stratus]

Nice. I always liked the Pollen one

[paper portal]

u mean spores?

[obtuse stratus]

Yup

[shadow merlin]

My new campaign is going along well i got people coming and going

[paper portal]

needing to keep ur thp is soo bad i hope they change it to work with any thp in the new books

not that ill play 24 either way lol

[fast latch]

Moon

I have a Moon NPC with an Artifact called the Wreath of The Lunar Beast

It lets you Wild Shape into any Beast or MONSTROSITY of a CR equal to your Level

[round mountain]

I like the flavor of spores

But it's not the best iirc

[paper portal]

same

[round mountain]

I'm hoping they add some kind of insect related circle, I wanna be an insectmancer

[obtuse stratus]

I think my next party I'll do a spores druid and inscription wizard

[paper portal]

well swarmkeeper exists but thats a ranger

[round mountain]

Yeah I totally forgot about that one

[shadow merlin]

I'm actually running a game right now that has a mushroom forest they're trying to figure out what's going on with the mushrooms.They just helped create a cure, but are still leveling up.So they can take on the big baddy

[round mountain]

I feel like an insect related druid would just give DMs anxiety

[obtuse stratus]

What about everyone's favorite Non-spell school Wizard subclass

[paper portal]

war! >:3

[near karma]

probably Chronurgy

[obtuse stratus]

Always thought the inscription one was cool. Had an old character of mine's spouse be that

[fast latch]

Chronurgist

[woven flint]

Good news, everyone

Whenever my Cleric dies he'll be resurrected
Because he drew the temple card from the Deck of Many More Things

For reference:

Temple. A deity or entity of similar power becomes bound to aid you. At any point in time between drawing the card and when you die, you can use your action to call on this entity for divine intervention, and the entity is bound to answer. The parameters and nature of this intervention are chosen by the DM. If you die without having used this intervention, the deity fulfills its obligation by casting the Resurrection spell on you. Once the entity has answered your call for divine intervention or resurrected you, the entity is no longer bound to aid you.

[formal seal]

Gotta say a corny one-liner after you rise from the dead

“Phew. Glad that wasn’t me.”

[woven flint]

My Clerics deity is Oghma
(He's a Knowledge Cleric)

So that's fun 😎

[formal seal]

Lets goooo

[woven flint]

"Excellent Argument, but here's my witty rebuttal!"

[obtuse stratus]

So long as you don't come back as a pot of petunias. You'd have to say "oh no, not again"

[formal seal]

gets up after a hole is punched through his head

“See, that’s what I get for being so open-minded…”

[woven flint]

Resurrection, luckily, restores a body in its entirety

[formal seal]

I assume so

[obtuse stratus]

What if I cut off a cubic inch of the body before dying?

[woven flint]

It completely restores a body

[obtuse stratus]

Good news clone spellcasters!!!!

[woven flint]

Oghma also gave me a Lantern Archon for some reason

I have a little Celestial friend now

I MIGHT suggest something else for the fun of it

[formal seal]

I nerf resurrections in my campaigns that they don’t restore detached limbs and specifically require the spell Regenerate to fully recover. But severed limbs or debilitating injuries only happen if the killing blow (dropped to 0 hit points) inflicted on them is a critical hit.

And that’s how I ended up with one of my players having a magical prosthetic arm.

[woven flint]

Okay, so, I can get a Coutal or a Unicorn instead

[obtuse stratus]

Huh, I like the old %chance, -1 to con, cant come back more times than your initial con

[spring glen]

that was a fun dnd night

[shadow merlin]

Hey

Oh wrong chat

[tall forge]

For all players

What would you think if i told you the medieval fantasy world i was making had a calendar system that said it was the year “10,882”

[obtuse stratus]

Oh hiiii

[obtuse stratus]

K. I've seen numbers like that before.

I prefer In the year of Profidias, Longinus, and Octavia Ascending

[tall forge]

No idea what that is

[obtuse stratus]

Rome would name their years in like who was in charge. It makes it obnoxious to track

[tall forge]

Ah, sounds like a pain

I need mine to be a number

[obtuse stratus]

Yeah 10k something is fine. People prefer shorter numbers but if we count from agriculture it's fine

[tall forge]

How high does this number need to be before you become suspicious

[obtuse stratus]

40k

Immediate suspicion

[tall forge]

Lmao too on the nose

[obtuse stratus]

if you say something between 30k and 40k they'll figure it out

[tall forge]

Hmm, 10k should be fine then

I just want a tiny bit of oddness

[obtuse stratus]

As long as there isn't a massive glowing purple and gold nebula in the sky

[tall forge]

Currently making homebrew setting where sci fi tech was erased like 300 years ago

So gotta think of fun hints

[obtuse stratus]

Oh, so a post apoc setting

[tall forge]

Nope

More so mass brainwashing

[obtuse stratus]

Is this a false hydra?

Or is it like IIRC SCP 2000 ish where everyone got brought back to life

[tall forge]

Current plan is a sci fi emporer used a beholder’s nightmares to reshape reality through sci fi tech + dream spell

[woven flint]

I'm potentially being granted a Couatl as a familiar by my Deity, I'm going over a few things with my dm and since it's a CR 4 creature I'm thinking either 400 - 100 gold to resummon it
It's what I'm deciding my Temple cards intervention or blessing to be

[obtuse stratus]

Where do I find a kyton follower. Good on you, mate

[woven flint]

Maybe idk lol

[tall forge]

It fan just turn into a guy and follow you

[obtuse stratus]

Do 4k for a resummon

[rose wedge]

Spent like all my money today getting a mithral breastplate, which will give a swanky two extra AC. Excited to not be so squish.

[woven flint]

We can reasonably afford that right now, surprisingly, but, yeah, that's reasonable

[obtuse stratus]

I assume you're like level 10

[tall forge]

Maybe combining a false hydra with a beholder could provide some coolness

[obtuse stratus]

So 4k would be punishing but not undoable

[tall forge]

Genetically modified False Beholder powering the Nightmare Engine would be pretty awful

[woven flint]

Were actually level 7
Just beat Dragonheist and we have 10k gold each right now lol

We're going into Dungeon of the Mad Mage

[obtuse stratus]

Welp, time for bed, peace out ya'll

[tall forge]

Why is he mad

What did you do, tokii

[obtuse stratus]

mercury in the hat making process

[woven flint]

The Mad Mage is just a paranoid old man

[tall forge]

Is he mad at you, specifically?

[woven flint]

No lol

[tall forge]

Has he tried anger management

[severe ginkgo]

I’m very new to dnd, and I’m dming, one of my players, a lvl2 rogue, he stabbed someone with his shortsword and then hid one turn, and then on his next turn he shot them with his shortbow and then stabbed them again, where he had vex, advantage, and the normal d6 on both hits, causing 6 d6’s in one turn, did we run that right?

[tall forge]

Did the guy he was attacking try and hit him?

And did the rogue have cover?

[severe ginkgo]

Yes, and yes

[tall forge]

Idk what vex is (not super familiar with weapon masteries) but did they sneak attack twice in a turn?

Because thats not allowed

[severe ginkgo]

No they didn’t, and I believe vex is advantage on your next attempted attack when you strike something and hit

[true hatch]

yo I need some help. I'm making a necromancer and I have no idea for spells. all I know is I wanna be to control undead stuff.

[obtuse stratus]

RPGbot

[rugged hawk]

Ah, the days of Fighter/Thief dual-class with HLA's for extra attacks and full-round sneak attacks

[true hatch]

Thank you

[obtuse stratus]

Hey, Vin, whats your favorite druid circle?

[rugged hawk]

Uhhh, I dunno the druid circles.

[obtuse stratus]

sorc?

[rugged hawk]

I typically do sorcs, barbarians, warlock

[obtuse stratus]

I dig the divine soul sorc

[obtuse stratus]

So which warlock?

[rugged hawk]

Ive got a warlock that's a cross between Undead and Undying patrons

Neither was quite a fit, so I swapped some of the abilities of equal tiers

[woven flint]

I decided to draw another card from the deck, everyone...

[obtuse stratus]

Please be an enemy one

[woven flint]

AND That's my SECOND characters whos gotten THE DRAGON!!!!
WOOOOO

My Tortle is now a dragon dad

[obtuse stratus]

Cuuuute

[woven flint]

I rolled and got a Metallic Dragon

My last Dragon Dad has a Spirit Dragon

But he's retiring to raise his child

[obtuse stratus]

No but seriously, I need to go to bed. Night Tokii, night Vin. Enjoy the dragon, good luck on your solo games.

[woven flint]

It's a Copper Dragon!

The talkative funny fellas

[rugged hawk]

My warlock https://www.dndbeyond.com/characters/157446052/lQR4zm

Oop. Too late. Oh well. Computer had frozen, had to switch to phone

[woven flint]

"Copper dragons were usually even-tempered and sociable. They were well known for playing pranks and telling jokes and riddles. They enjoyed a good joke, riddle, funny story, or any form of good humor or wit, but became annoyed if someone didn't laugh at a joke that they made or take their pranks well. These habits made them especially fond of bards, and they appreciated their company enough that they were sometimes willing to set aside a temporary separate space for them in their lairs so they might provide entertainment."

[steady plank]

Dungeons and Dragons hurt my brain

I don't fully understand what thing it is

[fossil sage]

Hey guys, I had this idea for a campaign I’m writing and was wondering if I could get some opinions?

[small heath]

My Circle of the Dragon druid likes to turn into a copper dragon, so I have a list of cringey fantasy jokes prepared for when I do.

[empty thicket]

what is the idea?

[fossil sage]

I had this idea for a DnD homebrew campaign where magic is widely frowned upon and highly illegal. Magic users can’t help who they are in this world, using magic is just a part of them and they can’t push it down or hide it easily.

For context, I look at the real world and how people treat young queer and trans individuals and I hate it. I grew up closeted bc I was scared of how I’d be treated. So I’m very much offloading that onto this campaign.

I was just wondering what people would think of this, like how could magic systems be affected by the way this world works.

[obtuse stratus]

I like it. Especially the umbrella and the natural armor augmentation. Worth it staying up to read.

[empty thicket]

Or you based in Demacia of League of legends.

[fossil sage]

Yeah I suppose it’s similar to that, I’m using this outlook as a metaphor for homophobia and transphobia tho. Most of my players are queer and into protest literature so I thought they’d appreciate a campaign like this.

[empty thicket]

1. dont make political campaigns please.
2. Seems good, like a whole "magic is forbidden" is something i like in concept. The thing is how you reflect that in either the world//the hidden casters.
3. What would be like the final objective? The party need to find a way to bring back magic to the world or make it look less bad?

[woven flint]

Copper Dragons are probably the best dragon to have for a Tavern Owner, wouldn't you say? lol

[fossil hollow]

you can totally make political campaigns

[small heath]

In this westmarch I'm in, my dragon druid is friends with a faery and a harengon bard.

We joked about making a comedy club.

[fossil sage]

Why not for the first one? (I’m not gonna get political in this discord dw I won’t delve into that) but yeah I think it’s a cool concept thanks. And yeah I suppose bringing back magic properly would be the MAIN objective.

[woven flint]

My character for this campaign is a Tortle Knowledge Cleric, his Deity is Oghma

[empty thicket]

i would like a dragon that his hoard is a whole town with lots of artisans//schools//etc. and he protect them while them give gifts to him.

[craggy summit]

Maybe a red dragon then? Or would that be gold

[glossy otter]

I mean there's nothing wrong with it in campaigns and I mean it's not hardcore politics, it's just subtlety

[craggy summit]

I'm not the most familiar when it comes to the personalities of the dragon 😅

[fossil sage]

Yeah like I’m so much more invested in writing this than older campaigns bc it actually means something. And I know my players will love something like this, I think political campaigns can kind of be fun.

[empty thicket]

Political irl stuff // hard politic is... problematic. I try to take some distance from it in DND because...welp, its in part what is DnD, fantazy and disconnect a bit from reality
You can obviously, i said please for many reasons and one of those was that.

[small heath]

I put in too much work for my dragon druid. So not only did I spend time research every kind he can transform into, I also worked with the DMs and mods in this server for a flavor where my druid can "lose control" of his mental state and become more of true dragon of the type he is transformed into, which can lead into some interesting situations.

Based on wisdom checks when transforms.

[empty thicket]

Mmm..... a gold one would be nice and the town make a Gold statue of him and he appreciate it a lot

[jolly agate]

Collage of spirits is kinda cool, I should have played this subclass of bard before

[glossy otter]

I think at least imo it's just something that has to be treated carefully

[craggy summit]

I'd like to imagine the gold dragon is actually just shapeshifting into a normal guy who has a shop there but is still liked by everyone 😅 bc i know ancient gold dragons can do that

[woven flint]

Honestly, there are so many perfect things about my Tortle Cleric getting a Copper Dragon

1. My Cleric is good natured
2. Metallic Dragons are one of Oghma's (His Deities) Favored Monsters
3. We Have a Tavern, so she (Dragon) could have a relatively nice place to grow up and be safe and play into her joyous nature

[empty thicket]

He think nobody knows he is the dragon, everybody does and treat him like one more making him feel really attached

[craggy summit]

Like maybe the bartender or the general good store clerk

[craggy summit]

That is AMAZING 🤣 I so wanna make a homebrew world to put that in

[empty thicket]

yep, Context, narrative and other many stuff. I just wont do a HARDCORE political stuff because...too much stuff going on and disconnect from reality is nice sometimes.

[glossy otter]

ngl that does give me the idea of a copper dragon bartender who's lair is a tavern

[empty thicket]

Im here to slash//pierce stuff and throw spells and do funnies

[meager fractal]

Question for you

What’s the most fun character you’ve ever played?

[fossil sage]

I get that, absolutely. But not all players use DnD for that. Some people play just to enjoy an adventure and roleplay with some friends. Dnd for me has never really been a “disconnect from reality”, but more of a connection to life. You can sculpt a world that means something to you and share it with your friends.

And bringing it back to the campaigns message, it’s nice to be able to fight against an issue in game bc it’s so hard to do irl.

But yeah i absolutely get your pov, but me and my players aren’t like that. I appreciate your view on it tho.

[glossy otter]

a fairy necromancer who was evil but his only desire was to make undead. When they went to a pyramid he made one named Brendan Fraiser

[fossil sage]

Minotaur mermiad hybrid. Both human half’s but the vocal cords of a Minotaur.

[empty thicket]

Harood, The Champion. (Fighter champion)
He is the longest i was playing and for now he is doing giga good. Im going to test GWF (great weapon fighting) with a greataxe i got and i had loooot of funny and epic things with him

Like doing tons of damage and being the one that did around 70% of the bosses hp
Picking myself up 2 times from deathdoors with nat20 consecutive.
Being able to stand my ground in many ocassions and being either precise with words and actions.

[craggy summit]

Kobold dance bard named stixx

My first time playing a bard and it was a new experience having insane boosts to charisma skills, so I wanted to see what crazy stuff I could to do get away with

Very LONG story short, I convinced a NPC that I was actually half dwarf, half dragonborn

There is COUNTLESS stories at our LGS about stixx 😅

[glossy otter]

if you're looking at settings where magic is abhorred for inspiration, I'd reccomend Grim Hollow and Dark Sun. They are more grittier settings, but they show locations where things like that exist

[empty thicket]

Yep, but that is just another point of view totally okey and understandable.
My only recommendation is dont getting to hardcore with that stuff and if you want// Need, base some of your stuff in what i told you,
Demacia from lol were they had a whole arc of the sorcerers rising up against the system and more stuff.
Write it good and make it fun

[fossil sage]

Oh yeah I’ll look those up, thanks. I’m trying to find ways to keep the campaign fun and vibrant and not make it super serious. Though it’d help to see other applications of this idea so cheers for the rec.

[glossy otter]

I mean hell, one of my campaigns is literally about trauma and how people try to process it, where they become better or worse in the outcome

[empty thicket]

Still, Magic from DnD is like, 60% of its content so good luck making such world

can be a nation so you have less hassle and more open to creativty

[glossy otter]

The only thing to preface with dark sun is that magic there does have a reason why it's despised so it may not work in the sense you're after

[fossil sage]

Yeah thanks, I really hope I don’t turn this into a super serious campaign where there are no comedic moments. This is defo my hardest world to write yet, but if I pull it off it’ll be my all time favourite. Thanks for your opinions and help.

[fossil sage]

Ts is so daunting lmao 💀

[empty thicket]

Its reality, that is why i mentioned the doing only a nation or smt like that. So its less harsh to adapt and in some way less "boring"

[craggy summit]

I'd say magic is higher than 60% 🤔 atleast in faerun which is a pretty solid chunk of the game

[glossy otter]

tbh I always had a soft spot with analogies and allegories in campaigns, adds a layer of depth

[fossil sage]

Yeah that makes sense and is the sensible thing to do. But then again I’ve never been sensible in my whole dnd experience so knowing me I’m gonna make the whole world anyway 😭

[empty thicket]

And too much things to take in consideration.
One thing is wizards//artificers where those learn the magic
But what about religions (some paladins, warlocks and clerics)?
About nature magic? (Druid and Rangers)
Or Sorcs that born with it or get it from some event?

Magic items are considerate forgiven too? Magic creatures are hunted down like N1 priority?

[fossil sage]

Omg I didn’t even think about creatures and stuff

[empty thicket]

Make it easy for yourself and do it good.
Take it easy but Take it.

"A kingdom where magic is totally nullified by some special ritual that was made in the middle of the castle by some crazy king"
Would be an easy approach to it
"A Nation where if you are a caster you are going to be taken prisoner and the party need to break down the system showing up people that magic fix the live and help. Even when other people will point out that magic can be used for chaos and from some uncanny sources"
Would be a bit more complicated but could work

[fossil sage]

I might put this in my back pocket and develop this for a few months, and I’ll just make another comedic adventure for now, my group will like that and it’d give me the time to do this right.

[glossy otter]

I mean with spellcasters, there are a few potential explanations. Warlocks could be formed of desperate situations or by entities that wish to shift the status quo. Clerics and Paladins could be sanctioned but restrained or just have secret orders and sects that align. The nature ones could've just stayed in civilization and sorcerers could just be the really unlucky lot. But this does tie more into #dm-world-building

[empty thicket]

The search of the legendary alchemy jug that make any liquid in the world

[fossil sage]

That’s so stupid.

I love it.

[glossy otter]

the best tip I could really give is just start small with a minor settlement and let it grow as the group explores it

[empty thicket]

but the party dont know what its the goal so they only find it and get like "WE RISKED OUR LIFES FOR JUST A SPECIAL ALCHEMY JUG?!"

[empty thicket]

Yeah, i was just pointing out some stuff to take in consideration and more with such hard world building

[glossy otter]

fair, maybe I was digging too deep lol

[fossil sage]

I’ve got a village that one of the characters grew up in, they were the child of the village leader and learn magic from a retired wizard (in secrecy ofc, their father didn’t even know). The village gets pillaged by a cult who hunts magic users. The character ran and has been adventuring since.

THIS IS LITERALLY ALL I HAVE RN

[glossy otter]

oooh

[empty thicket]

And i am a literally fountain of creativity sometimes, give me 3 things and i can make some story with it

[fossil sage]

No it’s helpful lol, from both of you, the brainstorming is really putting me ahead guys ong.

[fossil sage]

That’s so real icl.

[fossil sage]

I lowk might use this if you don’t mind

[empty thicket]

be free to, if need any tips be free to ask or smt

[glossy otter]

For me it just depends on the mood and inspiration. Occasionally a little help from ai to proccess ideas and just get it out when nobody's up to talk. Though I'm trying to reduce that as I want to rely more on people made quality stuff

[empty thicket]

Its okey, sometimes am inspiration sip or just something to kinda guide the mind help.

[fossil sage]

Yeah I drew a line through that ages ago, I like to get all my ideas from humans lol, I don’t hate the idea but it’s just not for me lol

Fair enough tho

[empty thicket]

And honestly, i am keen to the idea of "Less is more". Simple stuff work better for me

[glossy otter]

I mean the only real inspiration I give ai credit for is just helping to make a bbeg represent a much darker analogy

[fossil sage]

Ooh what sort of bbeg?

[empty thicket]

Oh the BBEGs, i have one saved for a campaign i might do in the future.
A BBEG that is in theory, a Fighter but with his own party with a Sorc, Druid and paladin.
Each one being in some way a counter to each member of the Players party and more stuff
I even got a talk prepared for some moment where the BBEG would approach to one of the party (if its possible a martial like fighter//Rogue) and talk him out to join or considerate some stuff

[tall forge]

If i, a dm, said my medieval fantasy campaign was set in the year 16,972
Would that be a little suspicious

[glossy otter]

Phyrexians from mtg (it's set in strixhaven) though without going in too deep for obvious server rules. They represent defilers in more ways than one. Mind while I do have hard limits for campaigns, it's not too difficult to handle certain subjects in different ways

[empty thicket]

i dont see the problem, its for 1972? or because in some book something happeend there? some 100 years war?

[tall forge]

Just trying to find a good number to make it seem a little off

[craggy summit]

If it's an oddly specific time then it's a bit suspicious I think

Instead of saying the general era like 1800's or 1870's

[tall forge]

Mostly, why would it be medieval fantasy if its been 16k years

Is what im hoping to achieve

[empty thicket]

i was about to do a whole number sequence and land it in 1984 for the book

[tall forge]

Lmao

[glossy otter]

I mean I don't see it being too sus if it's a specific year

[tall forge]

The 40k idea is too on the nose but i might need to go higher

[glossy otter]

40K idea?

[tall forge]

Someone said 40k would make em suspicious

A bit ago

[glossy otter]

I mean as we mentioned before, it's just a matter of execution

[tall forge]

Currently the plan is a sci fi world whose reality was altered to be a fantasy world like 200 years ago

[pseudo agate]

Legit have had 0 luck finding a campaign to play in

[tall forge]

And i want lots of hints for that

[small heath]

First session running a pugilist class and it is fuuuuun

[glossy otter]

Yeah, finding campaigns is tricky. Feels like job hunting half the time lol

[pseudo agate]

Yea, I can only play Saturday and Sundays and only until 10pm est unfortunately

[fossil sage]

Thing is I personally wouldn’t get suspicious by any number, without an anchor point like saying a village was founded in a certain year before you can’t really say theyd be really advanced. You don’t know how long humanity has been developing is my point lol.

[tall forge]

Unfort

[pseudo agate]

The campaign i was in finally ended, my warforged found a way to power himself using the sphere of annihilation and after a long fight and 3 out of the 5 players dying before the end he grabbed the main villain by the neck and grappled him before turning into a black hole

It was very fun

[glossy otter]

Dang it though guys, you guys have me thinking more about analogies and allegories in dnd lol

[pseudo agate]

Oh?

[glossy otter]

earlier we were having a conversation about worldbuilding and running certain themes in a game

[pseudo agate]

I wish I was good at being a dm but I'm god awful

[glossy otter]

I mean it's just time and practice

[fossil sage]

“Love Me” -JMSN plays

[pseudo agate]

Lmao

[blazing hinge]

As a DM should I let my players know that the campaign is coming to an end, or should I wait until the end of the last session?

[glossy otter]

and besides, if you've got good players, they'll help you along the way

[fossil sage]

Dude died a hero

[rough basalt]

i wanna run another game but i plan on trying out paid dming so nothing more for the moment

[pseudo agate]

Yea. Only one person survived the final fight and it was a goofy little goblin paladin

[glossy otter]

the former, as it helps them prepare for the end to make it climatic

[fossil sage]

I’d say make it clear early in the final session, so they can process it by the end.

[pseudo agate]

I wish there was more dnd servers i was in. It would help a lot to find a campaign finally

[blazing hinge]

Thansk, that's more what I was leaning towards, but was unsure

[fossil sage]

The characters wouldn’t know, so the players shouldn’t. That’s my view ig.

[blazing hinge]

I haven't been a player in like 3 years 😭, everything i try to join ends up not moving forward

[glossy otter]

then again there is a seperation between player and character knowledge in most cases

[pseudo agate]

Yea..

Now that I think about it, a few of my characters have had a sacrifice kinda death

Hazak- death by turning self into black hole
June- overloaded on chaos magic and turned into a gigantic tree while absorbing like 300 soldiers into the tree
Terra- death by self explosion of around 160+ Arcane fire bottles

That last one was an accident

[empty thicket]

a pair of mines were abandoned by my party and couldnt get help until the DM had to pull out a Deus Ex machina and save me because he didnt wanted a first death in the first session.

[pseudo agate]

Wow-

I've found a lot of people don't tend to like any of my more evil characters

[vestal robin]

A 2024 Deck of Many Things has only 4 cards remaining: Flame, Rogue, Sun, and Moon. In this game, when cards are drawn, they are not put back in the DoMT until the next dawn. If you get 2 or 3 Wishes with Moon, you could undo the effects of Flame and Rogue. How many cards would you choose to draw?

This is a real situation I am in right now.

[pseudo agate]

All of em

Gamble like you mean it

(Don't take my advice i am a gambler)

[empty thicket]

Yep. Sadly if it happen again im going to talk it out because damn.
No wait, it seems 3 times it happened that, a 4ºth and im doing a tantrum and talking it out

[pseudo agate]

After the second time someone would be losing a liver

Imo

If your party collectively agrees to leave you behind several times. There needs to be a talk

[empty thicket]

yeah, i kinda lose my stuff the first time. This second i really cant say too much because i had to leave for cooking lunch and the third i dont remember it.
I will only argue if they try all they can for saving someone else in the same situation ro smt like that

Even the DM was okey if i wanted to kinda betray the party in some point

Something i would try to dont do but...acts have consequences

[pseudo agate]

Nah man I got chu a plan

See you just gonna mysteriously consume 1cm from each of they're fingers every night until no more fingers

[empty thicket]

na, but in some moment there would be some retribution

[pseudo agate]

I wish most dms I've encountered wouldn't threaten to kick me out for playing an evil character

[glacial pulsar]

Evil as in working against the party kinda evil? If so that's reasonable to be kicked if its not that sort of game
Evil as in selfish and caring about yourself only but stays with the party to help them for alternative reasons? Eh maybe not so reasonable

[reef kiln]

Evil characters are hit or miss, if you are purposely ruining your parties potential to have fun that'd I'd understand

[fringe mural]

Dnd is all about causing suffering

[pseudo agate]

Evil as in they don't have a moral compase so they do things most people wouldn't or like..my most evil character I've made in like a year is a elf artificer who messes with spores of mushroom creaturs and tests them on people. But I never really go towards messing with the party

[glacial pulsar]

Most campaigns are not evil games, it's actually a niche to play a all morally bad party

[empty thicket]

welp, in one of those campaigns, one of the party was evil and even got apart from the party and that was one of the many reasons the DM ended that campaign.
Some delay for studies (like 6 months), the party kinda splitting and finally he lost the motivation for it

[glacial pulsar]

Well its the DM's game, if they're not into that sort of theme then it's reasonable to not want that character. DND is 50% politics

[pseudo agate]

I mean, I had a character who harvested a part of every kill he made cause he's a tribal man and they party didn't like me skinning lizardfolk so they got angry :^

[humble cairn]

Do they say you can't play evil characters up front? Because if it's clear from the beginning, and then you try to make an evil character, yeah that's ground for kicking.

[glacial pulsar]

Feels like it could've been solved with talking it out in session 0 if you wanted to skin your kills

[humble cairn]

Did they bring it up to you and ask you to tweak your character because they weren't comfortable?

[pseudo agate]

I mean, the latest example was that I made a character who's whole thing is that he's a bandit king that was captured and is now paying his debt to society by helping the party. I specifically said that he is Lawful evil and the dm said that's ok with him. One session later after my character was very violent towards some npcs for being rude or he killed a few guards that had kept trying to kill him, the dm suddenly said no evil at all :^

[pseudo agate]

I always ask the party who's comfy with whatever my characters plan to do

[woven flint]

I am NOT calling Higuruma becasue my ass is guilty on all charges

[humble cairn]

So it was all of the sudden and immediately about kicking you or did they ask you to tone things down?

[pseudo agate]

Well I told them that he does in fact harvest parts from humanoids and they didn't make any objections until it actually happened, then suddenly we had an argument and we decided to turn the lizardfolk into armor because i made a fair point that i had explained it before. Oddly enough they started liking the idea of using parts for armor and stuff now

[pseudo agate]

It was all of a sudden kinda thing

I always make sure to never mess with the party unless it's something me and someone plan for the funnys. Like my bandit king fella got into a fist fight with the Barbarian over food because we both agreed it was very silly

[humble cairn]

Ok so then you have to be the one to make it into a discussion and calmly remind them that this is what they agreed to.

[pseudo agate]

Shhh..judgeman is listening

[pseudo agate]

Exactly

I enjoy making a character with some flaws because flaws help define a person both in story and irl. I hate making a character who's just perfect at everything skills and appearance wise, it's just so boring to me imo. Some flaws may come as having a scar that makes them dislike talking to others so they don't rp vocally a lot or maybe they have anger issues due to a trauma and it makes them randomly angry or aggressive.

Some people may wanna make a character who's the peak of what they should be and i just personally don't play like that and maybe it's just my experience meeting dms who are very controlling or have very sudden changes in how they feel about things. I sadly had to retcon an elf characters main breaking point in her backstory because the dm didn't like how it made her so antisocial and by his words "she should be drinking with the party and chatting with them not sitting around and watching with her hood over her head like a snake hiding in the grass"

[humble cairn]

Well, lone wolf characters have a tendency to mean a player who is simply not participating and that's not great for a game. Having the game flow smoothly is of higher priority than staying true to a specific character concept.

You don't have to be perfect, but you do have to participate, even if it's against your character's wishes. Programming in an exception for the party is one way to do it.

[pseudo agate]

That is true but I planned on her advancing into being very social the more the party made her ok with her issue. The paladin even planned on being her buddy and helping her be more social :<

[humble cairn]

"I hate people, but I have to work with these people even if I don't want to" is perfectly fine.

[humble cairn]

Which is fine if everyone agrees to it and .. it seems not everyone agreed to it.

[glacial pulsar]

Ehhh lone wolf characters are fine in the aspect of if they don't constantly split the party up so the DM has to keep track of two different situations
Not wanting to participate in social situations should be an option if it makes sense for your character, and it sounds like the DM didn't understand your character or had a different perspective of what your PC is, if they had they would've understood and said something at character creation.

[empty thicket]

"I will use the resources i get from our missions for my own dark things, BTW im not bringing the biscuits in the next mission"

[humble cairn]

It's the classic problem of "its what my character would do." Well you're the one writing the character, if what your character would do is disruptive to the flow of the game, write your character differently.

[umbral girder]

Isn't the Lone Wolf archetype usually just the start of a character as they quickly become not alone almost immediantly?

[glacial pulsar]

I guess the term lone wolf in this instance is less appropriate and more like wanting to be left alone and only going along for work reasons

They're not disrupting the game from what it seems, the DM said they wanted their character to partipate more socially, which shouldn't be something forced

[empty thicket]

A lone wolf learning how to fit in a pack and maybe lead or be part of it. Think about it

[pseudo agate]

It's not like she never would talk to people, she just wasn't talking a ton to the party specifically. To give context the party literally dragged her out of a bandit camp and she has 0 idea who they fully are.

[humble cairn]

If that's what the DM wants from the party, especially if said beforehand, then it would be disrupting the intended style to not do that.

[pseudo agate]

I mean, the reason why she wouldn't talk to people is just simply she was afraid plus the factor of having half her ears cut off made her extremely self conscious so in response to this self consciousness she would keep her hood up and try to not be too social at first

[glacial pulsar]

I guess that's true, but on the other hand I can't think of how not talking = disruptive

[humble cairn]

Sometimes the game is D&D requires the conceit of 4-5 people who are instantly comrades.

[keen depot]

hi

[empty thicket]

If not, make the party have like little bubbles with each other.
The paladin get along with the cleric and the cleric work like a connector with the fighter while the paladin do of connector of the Sorc and the sorc get along with the fighter but not hte cleric. I know its kinda tricky to read but it work

[humble cairn]

Yeah I highly recommend having characters that have shared history and already know each other before game starts.

[glacial pulsar]

Yeah I like this, if you do make an anti-social character, be social with at least one person in the party

[humble cairn]

My One Trusted Person is a great way to do this.

[round mountain]

Can I borrow someone's brain? Any way a swarmkeeper ranger can use a halberd with dex? I can only think of multi class which I'd rather not do

[pseudo agate]

She was social with the paladin mostly, i mean he was the only good character as everyone else was neutral lol

[glacial pulsar]

I wouldn't do a shared history with the ENTIRE party unless it's something the DM wants, maybe at most 1 or 2 other people

[empty thicket]

And maybe in some moments that "connector" isnt there and the members have to interact, either kinda slowly eroding and making a friendship or AT LEAST dont hate each other// dislike

[humble cairn]

Not the entire party, but at least one other party member.

[humble cairn]

Not really, but Str Rangers are also fine.

[woven flint]

My Dragonborn Figher is dating the Kobold Monk in one of the parties i'm in
They've known eachother kinda since they were kids I believe
They're gay

[round mountain]

Yeah, my character is just reliant on light armor which is why I wanted to go dex as much as possible

[paper portal]

well why do you want a halberd

[glacial pulsar]

Only if the DM allows a special Halberd to have the Finesse property mechanically and or something similar and perhaps a cherry of the halberd is made with such a light material of XXX

[pseudo agate]

The party all agreed in a private chat that the dm is just too unhappy with unsocial characters and we ended up just reconning her.

[glacial pulsar]

normally Halberds are not finesse weapons

[humble cairn]

This kind of thing is okay for a novel, but can be a speedbump for a ttrpg. The momentum of a game can be stalled really easily, especially in the beginning.

[round mountain]

I came up with the character idea first. Build came second

[pseudo agate]

Dating between party members is always so tricky I've noticed

[empty thicket]

jejejeje
Lagarto lesbiano ( a joke that was in my area, the translation is lesbian lizard for clarify)

[round mountain]

Basically a polearm using swarmkeeper

[woven flint]

Well, they're both men, so...

[pseudo agate]

Yea that's fair. I guess i get too into making story

[humble cairn]

If you want it to be Reach, reflavor a whip. Just say its a very slender polearm.

[round mountain]

With flight

[glacial pulsar]

Yes it's highly personal, DND is 50% politics and is consensual between their players playing

[empty thicket]

that is part of the joke

[pseudo agate]

So..a hollow knight enemy (joking)

[round mountain]

Lolol

[woven flint]

Orizontas and Vakbo (The BOYS) are pretty casual, it's part of who they are but not part of WHO they are, if you get me

[round mountain]

Basically, imagine a wasp knight

[pseudo agate]

Indeed

[humble cairn]

Consider reflavoring a whip.

[round mountain]

I suppose. But I was hoping to take polearm feat

Somethings gotta give

[paper portal]

quarterstaff?

[glacial pulsar]

I'd consider asking your DM and working with them on something then

[humble cairn]

Take a level of Monk and use a quarterstaff, reflavored.

[round mountain]

Slightly less damage but it works

Hm

[pseudo agate]

Now that I think about it, I had a character who counted as an astral elf but was actually a carnivorous plant from the astral plane who was mixed in with elf DNA making a weird purple plant hybrid character. She was very fun to play

[humble cairn]

But that requires you to not wear any armour.

[round mountain]

Yeah

[cerulean monolith]

Anybody have experience with deadly campaigns where the deadliness didn’t come from big numbers? Like, the only way I know to make a situation more deadly is to increase the numbers; higher DC for traps, bigger to hit for enemies, more damage, etc. But I feel like that has to get stale after enough time

[humble cairn]

Are you okay with that?

[round mountain]

I think I'll just try as much to finagle a belt of giant strength

Lol

[humble cairn]

Attrition .. allow very few rests.

[paper portal]

most super difficult campaigns do it through attrition, more fights rather than bigger ones

or both

[glacial pulsar]

• Use the Environment, especially if the environments change, like at the start of each round, the lava in the room goes up and down or something
• Change the objectives of combat to instead of just kill everything in the room to don't let the big bad finish his ritual while his minions delay the party, etc
• Strip the party of their resources in many ways
• theres's unique mechanics or spells yoiu can do that's different than just damage, like Crown of Madness perhaps

[pseudo agate]

Ngl, playing giant Barbarian with the giant foundling background is just so..yuck. I did it once and was way too op and I didn't even mean to be op

[humble cairn]

Gritty resting, where 8 hours is a Short Rest and a week is a Long Rest can do a lot to sap the party of resources.

[cerulean monolith]

Huh, I never really considered that. Is there a more tactful way to do that than “if you rest you get ambushed” or “there’s a right in every room”?

[humble cairn]

Gritty Resting.

[atomic moat]

sphere of annihilation at the entrance of a doorway like in Tomb of Horror.

[pseudo agate]

You open the door and suddenly f you black hole

[glacial pulsar]

Or instead of Gritty Resting, you can do this homebrew rule

Characters may only mechanically long rest in established safe places, like in inns or castles. While travelling in a dangerous place, like the woods or in a dungeon, you may only short rest due to it being hazardous and restless.

[cerulean monolith]

Ah, I’ve looked into that but it seemed to kinda make it impossible to make time-sensitive objectives. I could do something more calm, something like 4 hours for a short rest and 24 for a long.

[humble cairn]

The times that have felt the most deadly in Ti's games were when we went from fight to fight to fight with only like one Short Rest in between.

[glacial pulsar]

I've done Gritty Resting before, and I had a Warlock PC of mine complain because their spell slots are just so crucial and we had a lot of combat encounters so it was less fun for them, so I swapped to something that was a bit more flexible but it was still deadly

[humble cairn]

It would also affect every other spellcaster as well.

[humble cairn]

I feel like Gritty Resting while being somewhat generous with potions and scrolls might help.

[glacial pulsar]

Depends on your party really and how the game is run

[cerulean monolith]

The way I tend to design my encounters would have to change a lot if I did gritty resting. The Safe Haven rule could work well here, because the campaign is set in the Calim Desert

[humble cairn]

Gritty Resting also lets Rogues shine a bit.

[glacial pulsar]

Martials shine more when the spellcasters can't cast spells

[cerulean monolith]

I might combine both, honestly. Short Rests are still just an hour, but you need to spend 24 hours at a Safe Haven to Long Rest

[paper portal]

yeah apparently theres a guy that managed a 140 encounter day, not sure about difficulty and short rests but considering it was haen id expect pretty difficult

[glacial pulsar]

140?

[paper portal]

yeah he's kinda insane like that lmao

[glacial pulsar]

I guess that's possible

[humble cairn]

I don't 100% know what the Safe Haven rule is, but maybe regular resting rules apply in a Safe Haven while Gritty Resting rules apply everywhere else.

[paper portal]

largely cus of warlocks, repelling blast is a helluva drug

[cerulean monolith]

I like that a lot!

[humble cairn]

With the assumption being that resting outside a safe haven is about constantly being on guard so you don't get as much rest.

[glacial pulsar]

Safe Haven rule is:

Characters may only mechanically long rest in established safe places, like in inns or castles for example. While travelling in a dangerous place, like the woods or in a dungeon for example, you may only mechanically short rest due to it being hazardous and restless.

[humble cairn]

Ahh that's interesting!

[echo meteor]

wtf happened to "orc" in monster manual?

they arent monsters anymore?

[glacial pulsar]

Orcs are now player characters and aren't considered a monster race

[limber trail]

Orcs are playable species. You can of course still run monster enemies. You just take one of the many humanoid enemies and use them as orcs.

[echo meteor]

soo, just use the 2014 monster stat if im playing a module that uses orcs

[humble cairn]

There is a genral humanoid statblock meant to cover humanoid antagonists. Use those.

[echo meteor]

well, theres no "generic" orc fighter

[humble cairn]

There's a generic humanoid.

[echo meteor]

theres no generic warrior statblock for orc

[echo meteor]

wats it called

[humble cairn]

If you use the digital books, the MM can sort by Type. https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/mm-2024/monster-lists#Humanoid

[limber trail]

There's the CR 1/8 warrior stat block and the CR 3 warrior veteran stat block, as well as a handful of guards and scouts which would all complement a group of orcs

you could alsop turn to bandits, gladiators, I could see toughs working well enough too

[echo meteor]

yeah, but orcs in 2014 are 1/2

not 1/8

[limber trail]

I would use a CR 1/2 tough to generally represent orcs

but more generally you could have some fun with it and throw in a mix. Some orcs of higher and lower CRs, get some uniqueness going on

[echo meteor]

"tough"?

[limber trail]

yes tough

that's a stat block which represents any sorta generic humanoid that's beefy and hits decently hard

[echo meteor]

ah

it would be a huge buff fro ma orc i guess.

[glacial pulsar]

you could also add features you'd like from 2014 orcs and add it to the new statblocks

[echo meteor]

18 > 32 hitpoint.

then i just add species abiliteis of orc

[limber trail]

their damage and AC are worse though.

and 2024 creatures across the board are stronger. most creatures of equivalent CRs have more HP now

[echo meteor]

i dont like that flameskulls are weaker 😭

[glacial pulsar]

Glass Cannons are more fun to fight than hp tanks

[cerulean monolith]

Still not as much as the 2014 DMG saying a CR 1 should have 75 hit points

[limber trail]

What's making them weaker?

their spellcasting is a little weaker i guess but that's more a change to just simplify their stat block

[echo meteor]

they cant cast shield/blur anymore

so their AC is a flat 13 instead of needing to roll with disadvantage to beat an 18

[limber trail]

that may be true but I also wouldn't necessarily say it's that bad

[rigid berry]

Anyone wanna vc with an artificer

[limber trail]

it makes them more fun to fight against. an AC 18 at disadvantage, as a CR 4, is kinda just annoying for players

They also got a roughly 30% damage boost with their multiattack, as well as a great range boost which encourages them to stick out of melee ranges

For a well played flameskull, the challenge is getting close enough to hit it, since realistically it should probably be about 80 feet up at all times

[echo meteor]

soo i I mean, they already are out of melee ranges, by hovering

most martials should have a range option

i'll just stick dark vision, relentless endurance, adrenaline rush to the tough proficiency = 2

[limber trail]

they should but with flameskull's ranged changes they're still quite far away, likely within long range. It also then creates an encounter where players are rewarded for being prepared and having a solid range of equipment

[echo meteor]

oh i see

[limber trail]

sounds good

[echo meteor]

they increased the range from 30 to 60

[limber trail]

yes

it can also be used as a melee attack too now

[echo meteor]

they arlready had multi attack and i guess this thing just keeps coming back on short rest

[limber trail]

(plus, if you were really desparate to, nothing is stopping you from giving it a 1/day shield reaction

but yeah a good flameskull is 80ft up dipping into 60ft range to make multiattacks and cast fireball

[echo meteor]

60-80 ft shouldnt be that much of a problem

most fighter/barbarians can just take out a longbow.

maybe to a wizard, their ray of frost is like 60... and immune to toll the dead

[limber trail]

So worth knowing, not all fighters and barbarians will have those. They can and should purchase some, but not all will.

and again, it's not about making them unhittable. It's about playing with interesting challenges and rewarding prepared players and creative solutions.

[echo meteor]

i dont see why they wouldnt, no one dumps dex... most should be at +2

+2 with proficiency and the ability to deal damage to stuff far away is useful...

[limber trail]

some fighters could, if they had a high enough strength and heavy armour they might dump dex because it's not used in their AC, but it's not super common

[limber trail]

they wouldn't have a longbow because it's not necessarily in their starting equipment

[echo meteor]

i dont think your fighting flameskulls at level 1 with starting equiment 😭