dnd-discussion

[knotty vine]

pretty much

[prime basin]

I figured

[rough basalt]

So damage dice and mods total was
1d6+6 + 2d4 + 5 + 4d6 + 16d6

[knotty vine]

Theres a Scion of the three rouge?

[rough basalt]

in the FR book

[knotty vine]

Huh cool

[prime basin]

Heroes of Faerun

[knotty vine]

Never thought Id see the dead 3 mentioned in a subclass

[rough basalt]

You get a teleport that lets you attack creatures who get bloodied off turn for an extra sneak attack if someone else bloodies them

[scenic zinc]

It's not a thing you choose, not directly anyway. It's a description of how you've acted in general.

Sure, you can put one on your character sheet. The dm should tell you what it actually is later in the campaign based on how you've acted.

[prime basin]

It's quite literally a book with some of the baldur's gate 3 characters so it seems kinda relevant

[ancient sentinel]

yo

[knotty vine]

I still need Gale's book of magic items

[tame estuary]

And you do? 🤨

[knotty vine]

And its Just BG3 magic items

[tame estuary]

The ones he eats?

[knotty vine]

All of them

like the amulet of greater health

[naive cedar]

You snack on someone’s magic boots 1 time…🙄

[tame estuary]

Yeah I wish they kept that throughout the game

[knotty vine]

April 1st is Tommrow chat be careful

[tame estuary]

Mario day

[knotty vine]

why did GSB go backwards?

[ancient sentinel]

Would it be cool to have a necromancer character but to bring things from the dead I'll have to use creatures cards to cast them? Basically outside of the game Id be playing magic the gathering to determine what I bring dead from the dead

[knotty vine]

I honestly find wizards subclasses to be boring

[ancient sentinel]

how so?

[knotty vine]

Most of them are just a snooze fest

[ancient sentinel]

I low key just want a funny gimmick where I play mtg cards to attack

[knotty vine]

Nercomancer is kinda standoutish but thats about it besides like Divi and Chrono

[ancient sentinel]

divi and chrono?

Im not hip

[tame estuary]

That's kind of fun actually

[ancient sentinel]

nvm I used google lol

[tame estuary]

I was working on a druid character who plays yugioh

I wish I play in person

[ancient sentinel]

same

my friends are bums

[empty thicket]

reading yugioh, i just thought.
There is any D&D book//content with cards being something like Slay the Spire, heartstone or some others card game like that?

Recently there is Slay the Spire 2 that have multiplayer and it made me see it like some sort of system for some campaign, but would like to know if somenone already made one

[lavish flame]

the closest you'd get would be using the Spell Cards that were sold for the D&D spells

if you wanted unique effects based on a randomly drawn card, you'd kinda need to throw away 5e's power system in favor of an entirely new one, which is definitely more trouble than is worth

[empty thicket]

Damn...welp, will wait until some SPECIAL person get bored, connect both dots of ideas and start building up everything for a DnD made with cards

[lavish flame]

wasn't there a Slay the Spire board game? surely that has the power system of Slay the Spire

[empty thicket]

oh look, it exist, welp, time to wait for someone turn it into a DnD game
Tried before to translate the characters from it to DnD
It wasnt easy but was funny

[hidden spindle]

I do not. I main knock outs

[loud tendon]

There is. I have it. Its multiplayer and fairly fun. Requires the team work together to progress.

[empty thicket]

and now the 2 have multiplayer and other stuff, seems funny

[woven flint]

My celestial warlock is having a panic attack 😎

[mighty wharf]

How do we make a glyph of warding bomb?

Just hypothetically.

Best I can think of is like, interdimensional locality to bypass the 10ft glyph area.

But like, is that world coordinates or local coordinates?

Either way, casting the glyph in another dimension would work regardless, wouldn't it?

So if you used something like Maze...

And set up glyphs of warding in the maze, then sent a creature there...

[hidden spindle]

Find Familiar to deliver it.

[paper portal]

genie vessel something something

its a demiplane so you can move the vessel without moving the things inside it

would also work for a bag of holding i think

[mighty wharf]

That's what I was thinking, a bag of holding

But then how would you trigger the glyphs?

[normal canyon]

hi.

[mighty wharf]

Because if you move it out of the bag, then they dissipate.

[heavy fjord]

Is there an item to be able to cast any resurections spells ? Even if it’s still have a cost ?

[trim stratus]

What are some of the best note keeping apps/sights for beginners I’ve heard of obsidian any others?

[heavy fjord]

Not gonna lie: best thing is a pen and a paper 😛

[mighty wharf]

Best thing I can think of is Ruby Weave Gem and revivify

[feral fulcrum]

The simplest way is Demiplane loaded with Glyphs, and getting lucky on a Planeshift attack and sending them to the Boom Zone

There's no 'easy' way to abuse Glyphs, for good reason

[mighty wharf]

Could you theoretically do it with Banishment if you can bypass Glyph's casting time?

[feral fulcrum]

Nope

[mighty wharf]

Why

[heavy fjord]

Thx, one solution but legendary 😛

[woven flint]

My Drow Celestial Warlock is gonna have to confront Menzobarranzan after having escaped from there a hundred or so years ago 😭

[mighty wharf]

Yeaaaaah unfortunately lol

[errant crag]

Is there a spell to give someone water breathing and a swim speed

[feral fulcrum]

Because Banishment doesn't send a creature to a particular target. If they're native to the current plane, they're banished to a random, HARMLESS demiplane, and if they're not, they're sent to their home plane

[mighty wharf]

Other method I can think of is Ring of Spell Storing, can work with any resurrection spells 5 or below as long as you can get a caster from another class.

[mighty wharf]

Ohhhhhh

Didn't realize it was random

[feral fulcrum]

And very specifficaly Harmless demiplane at that

[errant crag]

Why are you trying to make a glyph of warding bomb?

[feral fulcrum]

So one loaded up with a billion explosives, not exactly harmless

[feral fulcrum]

Alter Self

[errant crag]

Alter Self is second level right?

[feral fulcrum]

Yup

[heavy fjord]

Yeah thats the prob of my party, im the only caster of the party, ans im a wizard. Already taking care of healing thx to magic initiate but need to find something to rez 😛

[errant crag]

Thanks

[feral fulcrum]

I beleive there is at least one Magical Spellbook that has a ressurection spell in it that's normally locked to clerics

[heavy fjord]

Wdym ? Sorry didnt understand

[mighty wharf]

Well, I know this isn't exactly what you were asking for, but you could prevent PMs from dying in the first place with something like Death Ward.

[feral fulcrum]

Tasha's introduced a bunch of Magic Items in the form of Spellbooks, that in addition to a preset list of spells on them, give additional effects. Think Magic Weapons, but for Wizards.

[heavy fjord]

DW is wizard ?!

[errant crag]

My experience has always been that resurrection magic fairly rarely gets used because most of the time it's fairly easy to prevent someone from dying with stuff like Healing Word

[heavy fjord]

Can you show me one ?

[mighty wharf]

Oh maybe not

[heavy fjord]

If a dm plays goblins well, they finished whats down on the ground

And as a solo mage + healer i dont have unlimited spell slots 😛

[feral fulcrum]

If you have Tasha's cauldron on Dnd Beyond, go search up Atlas of Endless Horizons, as an example

[errant crag]

Mayhaps consider spending some gold on a healers kit

[mighty wharf]

An alternative for death prevention is removing an Ally from the dangerous situation or combat with Banishment. 4rth level spell, they leave for a minute and then come back.

[heavy fjord]

Oh nice

[feral fulcrum]

That's only on Cleric and Paladin spell lists, so, not a Wizard option.

[burnt grove]

Thoughts On Scimitar Strength Winter Walker Longtoothed Ranger? At level 3 I calculate around 30-40 damage per round After the second or third round... is that good enough?

[mighty wharf]

I realized that yeah

[feral fulcrum]

That is more then plenty at that level

[errant crag]

Sounds fine to me. I trust you're dual wielding something else besides the Scimitar for a weapon mastery? You may also have a selection of things competing for your bonus action

[burnt grove]

Im a ranger so tahts fair but yea right now im just using ONE scimitar not dual wielding however Long tooth Gets you a bonus action attack every round which is the calculation and why it needs to be strngth

and the winter walker archetype adds a d4 to every hit

of cold damage so apply Hunters mark and your racking damage

[errant crag]

Well the Scimitar isn't going to be doing much for you if you're not using two-weapon fighting, why not use something like a Longsword and flavor it as a Scimitar so you can benefit from Sap?

[burnt grove]

Nick isnt nick meaning you can attack with the same weapoon twice? or no if not ill reconsider dual wielding

[errant crag]

You have to attack with a different light weapon

[feral fulcrum]

With Nick you get a free addtional attack just for holding two light weapons, which would stack with the long tooth bonus action

[burnt grove]

Im not used to weapon masteries

Ah you need twoo weapons

Makes sense

ill look into that for sure

[errant crag]

You don't actually need to be holding both it just needs to be a different light weapon. For example you could throw a dagger and then draw and throw different dagger using Nick as part of the same action

[tender pier]

I'm running outta ideas for my dnd campaign to entertain my party with that is fair for them

[burnt grove]

That works Or a hand axe or whatever

Now would I want dueling or thrown weapon fighting

I forgopt to calculate that part

if i want to keep Nick I probably want thrown weapon fighting correct?

as if I go dueling I wouldnt be able to use Nick properly

[feral fulcrum]

Only if you plan on tossing daggers and axes frequently

[burnt grove]

Maybe Defense?

[errant crag]

Yeah if you're just dual wielding I'd take two weapon fighting or defense

With a Scimitar and Shortsword using Nick and light weapon rules, alongside with your Longtooth Shifter attack, you could make 4 attacks on your turn at level 5.

[burnt grove]

Which would increase the damage to around 40-50

or so

[errant crag]

And then you benefit from Hunters Mark on all those attacks if you cast it on a previous turn

[burnt grove]

thats calculating Mark

Does Nick Applyu Modifier damage?

[errant crag]

Only if you have the Two Weapon Fighting style

[burnt grove]

Hmmm

Damage or defense LOL

[errant crag]

But if you're reliable getting hunters mark off it may be worth taking something else depending on your modifier

[feral fulcrum]

The mild damage you'd get from fighting style isn't all that much, I wouldn't worry about it

[burnt grove]

OH btw we all get a special skill, Mine is Uncanny dodge Once Per turn Reaction I can half Incoming damage

So prob defense?

[feral fulcrum]

Unless you're running around naked, go for it

[burnt grove]

most likely xd

[heavy fjord]

Can i basically tell my dm you can take any spells from any book and name the book as a magic item as he went following the rules of this book ? Or do you think its a bad idea

[errant crag]

This last Saturday I played a 5.5e Shifter Barbarian using the Beast subclass from Tashas, with Fighting Initiate for Two Weapon Fighting style. Between my Hand Axe, Club, and my Beast Barb Claws, I was able to get 4 attacks with just my action and leave my bonus action open for other things.

Combining with the Slow mastery in the Club, Barbarian's 9th level Brutal Strike with Hamstring Blow, and the Slasher feat which I had taken at 4th level I was able to get 4 attacks with just my action and reduce the target's speed by 35 ft.

[burnt grove]

NICE

[feral fulcrum]

You can introduce them to the concept of thinks like the Atlas of Endless Horizons, and and tell them what you want, so you have a way to revive party members.

[burnt grove]

Ill also be grabbing cold caster... to allow my team to get some nasty save spells off obv

[feral fulcrum]

Communication is key.

[errant crag]

And then I was a Wildhunt Shifter which made it so enemies within 30ft couldn't attack me with advantage

So I could reckless attack with no downside

[burnt grove]

yep

[heavy fjord]

But aint tasha not doable with 5.5 ?

[burnt grove]

I think I figured My build out

[errant crag]

Any content that wasn't reprinted is RAW for 5.5e

Subclasses that weren't reprinted are allowed

[feral fulcrum]

2014 stuff is entirely compatabile with 2024 stuff with only minor tweaks in the worst cases

[heavy fjord]

Is there anywhere i can find this sentence written as a « rule » ?

[burnt grove]

Cant believe a ranger does this much damage xddd

[errant crag]

WotC has been pretty adamant about it

[errant crag]

5.5e Ranger is a great early damage dealer

[glass granite]

I consider it a better fighter in tier one

[burnt grove]

i PLAN ON multiclassing potentially to perhaps cleric after 5

[feral fulcrum]

I mean, it pretty much is definitely?

It's a fighter with a damage adding spell at tier one

[burnt grove]

BUt Action surrggggggggeeee

[glass granite]

Only thing is action surge and second wind which is…not as good as what ranger gets

[burnt grove]

FIghter go bonk xd

[feral fulcrum]

Whoopy one extra attack a day

They can, for one turn, average out to a Ranger usign HM

[burnt grove]

lol

[heavy fjord]

Can you help me find a post or a saying they said that ?

[errant crag]

No I can't

Can I cast Shillelagh on a Great Club

[glass granite]

No

Only clubs and quarter staffs

[errant crag]

How much longer must my suffering persist

The Great Club should have been changed to 2d4

Why wasn't it changed to 2d4

[glass granite]

Because that’s for the double bladed scimitar /silly

[errant crag]

Not a day goes by that I'm not punished for being an enjoyer of Clubs and Great Clubs

The Great Club is in my opinion the actual worst weapon in 5e

Because it is purely outclassed in every conceivable way by other weapons. It doesn't have a single element that gives it any reason to exist at all, I guess besides being a Heavy simple weapon but that doesn't really do anything for it. There's nothing that interacts with it being Heavy that wouldn't also interact with a two handed Quarterstaff (please correct if wrong)

A Club is basically a Light Hammer but the Light Hammer has Thrown and Nick and the Club has Slow so it still has a reason to exist if you want a light weapon with Slow that does bludgeoning damage

The Great Club has Push yes but the Warhammer also has Push and is a straight upgrade, and the Great Club can't even be a Monk weapon so almost any class that would want to use it most likely also has access to martial weapons most of which will just be better.

It being 2d4 would have been a simple change that wouldn't have made it too strong and would have given it some niche even if so slight a niche as having a minimum of 2 damage

Sorry and thank you for coming to my Ted talk about the Greatclub

[tender pier]

Question to dms, what is ur current main villain rn in ur campaign? I wanna hear about it

[empty thicket]

its okey, i guess they wont buff it because is one of the kind of weapons you can build with many things

[meager fractal]

To be frank, I prefer hexcrawls

[empty thicket]

or improvize it or just straight get one grabbing a log and using it like a great club

it kinda happen me same with Daggers, i wish they scale better in some way but in the end of the day they wont unless you make it magic or smt else

[round mountain]

A druidic lich who's been summoning monsters for hundreds of years as a curse to the elves that started a war

[tender pier]

Ah so the good ol "it's the elves fault" very nice

[round mountain]

Well he was an elf himself

To be specific, in this specific land they were all elves but a specific sect of elves wanted control so they went out to subjugate the rest

[tender pier]

Ohh alright

[round mountain]

So it's more like he thinks he's still fighting a war despite how long it's been

[tender pier]

So currently the main BBEG of the campaign is a demon Lord who wants to conquer the planet after what the heavens did to him back then

So of course he builds an army, gets information via cults etc

But unlike majority of demon Lords his identity is currently kept secret for his safety

IF no one knows his name, then no one knows on how to defeat it

[tender pier]

Oh how long has it been for that lad?

[round mountain]

I haven't worked that out specifically but around 1000+ years

It's a homebrew setting so Ive tweaked some stuff about elves but basically long enough for enough generations to pass where elves right now have forgot about the war mostly

[errant whale]

People wouldnt have a reason to make weapons if a club was just as good

Its simple and cheap

Sometimes its more fun to just use objectively worse weapons too

Even if you character can use something better

[empty thicket]

yeah, lets remember that most of time easy access get nerfed in some ways
Call it poison with all his drama or clubs//daggers not being so... "powerful" weapons

[tender pier]

So it's just him having a long time hatred, alright seems good

[errant whale]

Cheap weapons are great when you put it in a war perspective

If you had a bunch of soldiers then you wouldnt give each your best weapons because there wouldnt be enough and it would be costly and time-expensive

[umbral girder]

It’s in their YouTube channel announcing it back in 2024.

[unique cloak]

What are some of the strongest cr 1/8 creatures?

[umbral girder]

The PHB also mentions using Backgrounds from older books too

[errant whale]

Probably me

[unique cloak]

But also funny

[empty thicket]

depend of the tactics and other things
Most wars soldiers tend to use Spears because they are cheap and have lot of advantage towards other weapons, an upgrade to them is the halberds, a bit more expensive but in theory have the power of a long axe and spear in one weapon.
Now in DnD, Shorstwords, bows and spears would be the common with some leather//padded armor for not so rich places

[paper portal]

its pointing towards your name

[empty thicket]

if not, farm tools.
Like it happened in real medieval moments, use the forks, shovels, etc. etc. etc.

[unique cloak]

Touche

Technically it's pointing towards everyone who's ever spoke in this channel

[empty thicket]

Im not Cr 1/8, i can literally kill all my party lvl 8 without problems

welp, with some but in general i can literally take them down easily

[tender pier]

Huh, forks and shovels used as main medieval weapons?

[errant crag]

Im a solid and sturdy CR 0 IRL

[empty thicket]

when the soldiers were farmers or poor people, what they would use? Swords are giga expensive, the closest to a "weapon" would be an Axe made for cut wood or some improvised spear

[hidden spindle]

Tavern Brawler would be great with forks and shovels and whatever you have

[errant crag]

Still waiting for an official improvised weapons monk subclass

[meager fractal]

Cats deal 1 damage with their attack and I can tank dozens of cat scratches. That puts me at least cr 1 or 2 range

[errant crag]

Maybe you just have a damage threshold of 2

[umbral girder]

That you know of

[tender pier]

Well I thought farmers would atleast use the nearby wood or stone to make stone weapons rather than use tiny forks

Farmers, peasants, etc back then were tough and strong so surely they can carve such things in their free time

[errant whale]

Pitchforks

[tender pier]

Oh alright make sense then

[empty thicket]

im waiting for a whole well made concept of "improvised throw able weapons"
The barbarian picking up a boulder and throw it like a cannon ball or some logs

[tender pier]

Pitchfork is good

[errant whale]

The image of fighting a war with a tiny fork is hilarious

[tender pier]

I got confused with forks for a sec

[empty thicket]

Pitchforks work like "tridents", spears are cheap and easy to do.
Bows could and were used to hunt
showels can be either bludgeon or slaying
this curved knife that i dont remember well the name now
Axes

[errant whale]

Scythe

Or no sickle

[tender pier]

Not just streght focused classes

Pain in the ass to make my own improvised weapon rules

And having to calculate the weight of them and their sizes to dmg

[empty thicket]

sickles, scythes are trash

[tender pier]

Just add a pointy bit like a spear then you got a upgraded version of them

[empty thicket]

a Halberd, yeah.
But the whole "scythe" is just not good for weapon, there is a pair of guys that tried TON of times to do it and they couldnt

[errant whale]

Couldnt monk technically throw a rock at themself and deflect it

[errant crag]

Arm your giants with scythes so they can mow down legions of humanoid militiamen without hurting their lower backs

[tender pier]

Are those pair of guys by chance popular in youtube shorts?

[empty thicket]

I dont want to see a monk throwing a rock in the air and play football with it and my enemies insides making them dont be inside anymore.

[errant crag]

Like a giant with an appropriately sized scythe wielding it like how a scythe is actually used

[empty thicket]

yep, i dont remember the name but they are funny

[errant crag]

Bro is taking out scores of men

[empty thicket]

nope, then in this scenario you could give it a tree that have his roots around a rock and would be more efficient

In ANY way

[errant crag]

I disagree but don't care enough to debate about it right now so I'll give you this one

[tender pier]

I have an idea to put the equivalent of the mongol empire in my world

Just so that they can use wave tactics against a demon Lords army surprising the demon lord

Though I need ideas to make this funny bit work

[empty thicket]

There is a reason why scythes in most video games are magic than anything else

Its because they dont really work well fighting.

[errant crag]

Alright I'm back in

You don't think a Giant wielding a scythe in the way that the farm tool is actually used would be able to swipe down an army of normal sized humans?

He'd be slicing them up at the ankles

They're used to cut grass

A Giant with a proportionally sized scythe could use it that same way to cut down groups of people

[empty thicket]

what weapon making it bigger enough dont make it giga dangerous?

[errant crag]

You're like actually just not reading what I'm saying so I'm out again

[empty thicket]

A dagger from a giant is a greatsword for a human

[paper portal]

erm actually a dagger from a giant would death 3d4 and give you disadvantage on the attack roll

[empty thicket]

and ngl, its a really funny//creepy way to see it.
Just thought of this blue dwarves Vs a lawnmower

[empty thicket]

yeah.... sizes in dnd are weird...

[feral fulcrum]

Eh, they're straightforward for the most part.

[empty thicket]

like, an armor for a goblin wont be the same for a goliath

and its understandable that they dont go through the hassle of "plate armor (small)" or stuff like that

[feral fulcrum]

Older editions, such as 3.5, cared more about such things, and egaged with it

[errant crag]

That's why magic items resize themselves to whoever is attuned to them

[feral fulcrum]

But 5E wanted to SImplify and Streamline for wide appeal

And obviously, it's worked

[errant crag]

Yeah I think we're fine without

And it's not too complicated a system for people to reimplement if they want to

[lavish flame]

I think Bigby's gives out new Giant stats, there's a Death Giant with a scythe there. I wish it did like sweeping attacks, but im pretty sure it just has regular ol' attacks

[errant crag]

But you know what I'm talking about there right

How a giant using a scythe like that could be devastating

[lavish flame]

yeah I'm imagining people getting destroyed in droves, some getting sliced in half, some getting golf-club launched

[empty thicket]

na, i guess it isnt because is just a "(Small, medium, big)" in armors and other stuff
Idk how is a Greatsword in a dwarf but i think it would look like guts but shorter and with a bigger sword

[errant crag]

Dwarves are medium sized and would probably use the same sized weapons as humans

[empty thicket]

oh, any example of small? fairy?

[feral fulcrum]

Plenty

[severe rampart]

Halfling my beloved

[empty thicket]

Halfling using a Greatclub would be so comical

[feral fulcrum]

Haflings, Owlins, Tabaxis, Gnomes, Fairy, etc.

[severe rampart]

humans could also be small, no?

[errant crag]

A fairy could use a fancy letter opener as an ornate Shortsword

[errant crag]

Correct

[feral fulcrum]

No

[errant crag]

In 2024 Humans can be Small

[feral fulcrum]

At least, not to my knowledge in 5e

[empty thicket]

love it

[severe rampart]

5.5e it does

it makes sense

[errant crag]

2024 PHB lists their size as Medium or Small and the art shows a human with dwarfism

[feral fulcrum]

Ood, but I guess they wanted Dwarfism as a baked in option I guess.

[errant crag]

Very inclusive

[severe rampart]

Oh, I thought it was for child characters

[errant crag]

oh no child characters

[lavish flame]

I kinda figure no part of D&D is designed with child PCs in mind tbh

[feral fulcrum]

Lol, heck no. If that was a case it'd be an option on every race.

[errant crag]

I would never allow a child PC in my games

[feral fulcrum]

It entirely depends on what style of game you're running.

[empty thicket]

Guys, the sorcerers orphanage need help.
Take care of the kids for 1 day without blowing apart the whole place
Good luck and pray to your gods.

[severe rampart]

different for everybody, I wouldn't allow it in my CoS game, but for lighthearted campaigns I'd allow it

[errant crag]

If it's fun lighthearted mystery roleplay game with no chance of PC death then maybe I could see it

But I don't run those style of games so most of my games I wouldn't allow child characters in

[lavish flame]

I just can't help but think Kids on Bikes/Brooms would be the best system for "lets all be child adventurers"

[errant crag]

Yeah or something like Mall Kids

I play in a teen superhero TTRPG where the system requires you play as teenagers

Very Teen Titans esque

[severe rampart]

I have one child pc I'm playing in Dragonlance, and every session I do my best to make sure they don't die, and I've grown attached to them to the point I've commissioned so many artists

[rough basalt]

I wouldn't allow a child PC in my games tbh

[empty thicket]

Kid trying to contact a patron because its in his Emo phase:
"Im doing great things with dark magic dad!! ITS NOT A PHASE!!"

[lavish flame]

same

[empty thicket]

The fighter using a LongBow instead of Greataxe // Greatsword like his parents because he feel different to them.

[lavish flame]

I would have to bend over backwards to not throw this child into mortal danger, when I could just not have to do that and your character is only marginally different.

[rough basalt]

Teens would be the one exception depending entirely on the campaign, group and everyone being one I think and even then, if the desire is to play kids doing stuff I'd probably check out Kids on Bikes/Brooms.

Or crap whatever that Scooby Doo tabletop game is.

[severe rampart]

There's a scooby doo tabletop game?

[feral fulcrum]

Huh, wasn't aware of a Scooby doo TTRPG

[lavish flame]

its usually called Clue

[rough basalt]

There's one called Meddling Kids and it's about being teen investigators with an animal companion.

So legally distinct scoobydoo

If you want something more adult, Monster of the Week is pretty good.

[civic bramble]

Would Orcs have cooler flavoring with Celtic/Viking stuff than that Wild West stuff that was shown in 2024 Handbook? IMO, that fits the idea that they are nomadic more.

Would also fit some of the more shamanistic aspects of the culture?

[rough basalt]

I have my Nordic country be the native one for orcs. I like it

[tender pier]

Anyone here has a idea on how to utterly terrify a demon Lords?

I want to give my party the options to do that

[rough basalt]

I don't think a Demon Lord can be terrified

[lavish flame]

I have a hard time feeling like anything is cooler than the wild west tbh

Not for orcs, just like in general. The wild west is cool as shit

[civic bramble]

You could also have it play heavily into Zulu mythos. Then again, I would rather not make that a high suggestion given it may be controversial.

[empty thicket]

Make the lord understand, that they would literally destroy the people in their empire and leave them with nothing to be lords.

[civic bramble]

I don’t find modern settings to be all that cool.

[errant crag]

I don't usually go for any real world cultural analogs when thinking of the cultures of different species/races in my games

[kind torrent]

Cyberpunk does it for me

[tender pier]

Well I did tweak that demons can feel fear in my homebrew settings, just asking for general ideas so I can translate it into my setting

[civic bramble]

Eh, fair point.

[rough basalt]

I mix irl cultures for the countries in my world cultural baseline.

[civic bramble]

I just typically enjoy having aspects to blend together, I guess.

[rough basalt]

I don't really do a 1 to 1

Just mainly names, architecture.

[tender pier]

Same thing for me except I also look to other works for inspiration

[fallen stone]

Just got an invite for the server, not sure who did it but it's nice to meet you all

[lavish flame]

Same tbh. I like blending cultures and regions together and seeing what newness can be made from that.

[rough basalt]

Draconia is like a mix of Japan, and France.
Arcanum is very "Arabian Nights" mixed with absolute hell on earth (the deserts).
Uldrobrad is very Scandinavia, but with varying cultures and beliefs based off places from the rest of the world having influence.
Avennia is Mediterraneanish mixed with industrial era America.

[feral fulcrum]

I'd advise you not to accept random invites from people you don't know.

[rapid dune]

Does anyone need a dungeon master

[severe rampart]

a lot of people do, in #looking-for-dm

[fallen stone]

Idk, I just saw it pop up. Was going to see what was up. Plus I'm tired so judgement isnt the best rn

I didn't see a name just, invite to server

[lavish flame]

well howdy! do u play D&D?

[hearty flint]

Heyoo I just joined

I’m struggling with something 😅 I’m writing a book for my character like his story outside of campaigns but I don’t even know if he’s legal for actual campaigns or not

I’m new to D&D my gf just got me into it last week

[humble cairn]

That's basically just for your own purposes, don't expect any of that to be true in a game. It's fine to do for fun, though.

[kind torrent]

The stories you wrote probably aren't, but the character's personality can very well be

Depends on your dm

[hearty flint]

I’m trying to keep his abilities as realistic and reasonable as possible

[kind torrent]

In D&D your character's statsheet dictates his abilities

[humble cairn]

Again that sounds like fun, but if you want to actually play in a game better to learn the rules of what you can and can't do first, here are the free rules, available to read online: https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/br-2024

[hearty flint]

He’s a elf fighter with dual wielding abilities and self healing / sustaining magic basically (at least that’s how I depicted him in the story)

[lavish flame]

If you're coming to D&D with a character from another bit of media, you're very likely to find yourself butting heads with the game trying to fit that character into D&D. I'd start with figuring out what D&D characters are like and then figuring out how to marry the character idea to the D&D game

[kind torrent]

Probably best to make a D&D original character first yeah

[hearty flint]

I built him then started writing the story

[errant crag]

Elf Eldritch Knight Fighter with Magic Initiate Cleric or Druid for Cure Wounds

Two Weapon Fighting style just beg your DM for a ruby of the war mage

[inner silo]

Common magic item that requires attunment

Should be not too hard to get imo

[hearty flint]

I feel with how the weapons are depicted they could be a class of there own. My gf is a dm and she said it was ok but I’m still uneasy 😅 is there a section here where I can explain my character and show you him and describe his weapons bc I don’t wanna flood / spam the chat by accident

[humble cairn]

That would be #character-discussion, but that channel generally works with official content and doesn't make up new classes.

So you're gonna get recommendations on how to make them within the rules of the classes already existing.

[hearty flint]

Idk how to describe the weapons without explaining there functions

And that would be fine also

There 2 magical long swords used for dual wielding abilities but can also be used separately (I think)

[limber trail]

(Hey just so you know, writing a full book/story for a character is cool, but it can make it hard to get them into DnD for a lot of reasons. The main one is the mechanical challenges like other folks have mentioned, but from a DM pov, sometimes a character coming into a campaign with tons of lore and history can be a bad thing. I know me personally, I've had to reject players and characters because the characters they wanted to play had too much lore going on and would drastically alter the way the campaign setting plays in a way I wasn't comfortable with. It also makes it hard as a player where you might have all of these expectations for how the campaign and setting might work, which isn't actually how they might play out)

[humble cairn]

The weapons in 5E are not very specific, so you'll probably get recommendations on how to use a regular weapon that's already there and just reskin it as whatever you want.

[lavish flame]

Isn't this the function of any two weapons?

[hearty flint]

It would make more sense if I explained more about them

[humble cairn]

Long swords are not by default eligible for two weapon fighting.

[humble cairn]

Well don't wait for permission, just go ahead. Short and concise is better than a wall of text.

[limber trail]

I would say if you need a long discussion to explain your two dual wielded longswords, it might be a sign that they're a little too far out of the bounds of dnd for a first character

[hearty flint]

Can I send a picture of him here rq?

[humble cairn]

Nope

[hearty flint]

Where can I do that at?

[humble cairn]

#dnd-arts-and-crafts I think would work

[lavish flame]

Is there any other channel with image perms?

[hearty flint]

There

[lavish flame]

Surely #dnd-minis has image perms

[fair summit]

There is the dual wielder -feat, which lets you wield two non-light weapons, including longswords (though you can't really use their versatile property doing so, but still!)

[humble cairn]

That also depends on whether you're using 2014 or 2024 Dual Wielder

[humble cairn]

Ok so, what's your explanation?

[errant crag]

I also hope you're ready for the possibility of this character meeting an unceremonious end, depending on your DM and the style of game you join.

[inner silo]

Which is worth buying first, dmg or mm?

[limber trail]

MM 100% imo

[errant crag]

Monster Manual imo

[lavish flame]

its like a shadow sword and a fire sword and they can become armblades?

[hearty flint]

That’s the character I sent and here’s the basic description of his blades. I tried to keep it simple.

He wields Shadow Rend, a dark blade that pulses with decay energy, capable of eroding magical barriers and living matter over time. In tandem, he carries Dawn’s Edge, a radiant sword etched with divine runes that glow when channeling holy energy, weakening corrupt or cursed entities automatically. These swords can be fused in Shadow-Radiant Fusion, combining dark and divine power to unleash attacks whose potency increases with proximity and focus.

[lavish flame]

You basically can't play the game without the MM. The Basic Rules will get you by, but the MM opens up the game.

[inner silo]

Oki, thanks!

[hearty flint]

It’ll probably need to be de buffed tho and that’s ok

[limber trail]

I just the monster manual every day for planning my sessions. I use the DMG maybe once every few weeks for something weird

[lavish flame]

Okay, so this is awesome, but its likely something you will need to grow to become in D&D, and not really something you start out as

[humble cairn]

They sound like custom magical items. Which would require DM approval and would require the DM to help create them.

[hearty flint]

I know

[limber trail]

I would maybe look at pact of the blade warlock which gives you magical weapons but I would also not get too invested in this concept being allowed at most tables

[lavish flame]

Eventually you might lead armies, ride dragons into combat, and slay horrific beings, but first you gotta be a regular guy helping a town out as best you can

(first you gotta not die along the journey, which can be harder than you'd think)

[inner silo]

Also even fighting goblins can be badass if you make it

[lavish flame]

Yeah I've been playing Crimson Desert since it came out and like, that game does a good job of making fights with random nobodies feel really cool. Were I a Battlemaster Fighter, I think I'd be channeling some of that game

[hearty flint]

So what could I do that would be allowed because the way I got it set up is that these blades are the key to all my characters. When one wielder dies there Consciousness gets absorbed into the blade and when the new wielder Inherits the weapon that Consciousness is reawakened in said person

I think this would only work with private campaigns tho with ppl i already know tho😅

[humble cairn]

I would highly suggest starting by reading the rules first: https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/br-2024

[fair summit]

Yeah this whole thing 100% requires DM agreement, so you'll likely not be able to do these exact plans on most games

[hearty flint]

Alr but it does make for a good storyline. So if I want my character to be able to be used I need to do some serious changes

[fair summit]

You don't need a storyline, just a backstory. You dontbgenerally play DnD to get to a predetermined storyline, you play as characters in the DMs game, affecting the storyline with your choises and actions

[inner silo]

I tried doing that once and ended up swapping characters mid campaign

[hearty flint]

So it’s best to not go in depth too much with a character just in case roadblocks happen

[fair summit]

You can give ideas as to what you'd like your character to maybe face, or thibgs like wabting to evwbtually find those swords, but it's not gonna be a guarantee, or should it go exactly as youve planned.

[limber trail]

It... could, but dnd isn't a book. It's improv. You aren't playing through a preset story, and there's no guarantee this storyline will come to be.

You're gonna have a better time I think making a character using the dnd rules and making a backstory around what the character can do (at first, anyways)

[humble cairn]

All the coolest stuff that your character does should be after the backstory .. in the actual play.

Especially if you're starting at level 1 your backstory and things in it shouldn't be that cool, they should be potential coolness.

[inner silo]

Just that premaking a story for your character doesn't account for all the stuff the other pcs will do or the dm will make for you

[hearty flint]

That makes more sense. I’ve been trying to figure things out on my own my gf has been pretty vague with stuff

[lavish flame]

Thats probably a fair thing to mention, a lot of the fun found in D&D is from the emergent story that your group all actively plays through and changes. The stuff that happened to your character before the adventure can (and should, imo) inform some of the adventuring you're doing now, but it should not be where all the dope shit about your character lies.

[hearty flint]

Ik it’s just a general idea of imagination. Ik my story and view of my character probably isn’t possible

[humble cairn]

You want to come to the table with a cool aesthetic and vibe and personality, but not having already killed gods and wielding weapons of destiny.

[severe rampart]

I just realized this server hasn't done anything for April Fools

[inner silo]

It will likely be at least somewhat changed throughout the game, but that's the fun imo

[humble cairn]

Please no

[hearty flint]

My book already had his death planed out I’m mainly just trying to see if his skills and equipment can still be used and I got a lot of rule reading to do also 😅

[severe rampart]

I like whimsy

[hearty flint]

I don’t plan on trying to follow my pre thought storyline i just wanted to pull from it

So I’ll have to definitely read rules and have to talk to my dm about everything

[lavish flame]

Well, hold on now. The idea is "you don't start there, you grow there" so like, make a character who wants to acquire a bunch of cool magic swag and be badass. You will acquire a bunch of cool magic shit and will do badass things as you adventure, and eventually you might just be exactly who you dreamt.

[rough basalt]

Got some good work done on my setting today or well yesterday.

Got 15 statblocks done and the Pantheon section started.

[tender pier]

You could do something like a very in depth character BUT slowly reveal their backstory over time

Just go talk with your DM if its allowed

[lavish flame]

ooh what are some of those statblocks for?

[rough basalt]

Rn the section I'm doing is "Soldiers" basically the armies, and warring factions soldier and soldier-like statblocks.

[lavish flame]

oh sick

[hearty flint]

At the beginning of the story he’s a young noble boy that doesn’t like his lineage in a sense.

“He is curious, disciplined, and eager to prove himself. He is serious for his age, focused on learning and mastering his skills, but still shows glimpses of youthful impatience and stubbornness. He respects his mentors and values structure, yet struggles with self-doubt, especially when facing challenges beyond his abilities. Compassion and morality are already present, guiding his decisions, though he hasn’t yet fully learned to control his emotions or the weight of responsibility he will carry later.”

I have all his info pre written for his book lol.

[rough basalt]

Most of the ones I did today were the goblins.

[severe rampart]

What would be a fun April Fools Oneshot?

[rough basalt]

So far I've given them some gimmicks tied to their lore as well as different abilities and stuff.

[hearty flint]

He’s very observant and doesn’t like people 😅

[rough basalt]

Like the Arcanum soldier statblocks have magic tattoos that give condition immunities.

The statblocks for my homebrew species based off Goliaths have rune magic gimmicks.
The goblins are fire and war themed after the Goddess they worship

A lot of its been reworking existing statblocks that were originally just reflavors

[lavish flame]

Fair enough, this is a solid descriptor of this person. Some questions to consider when writing your backstory are:

• Why is this character an adventurer? (Why didn't they go to law school or pick up their mom's practice as a butcher, like any other sane person? Why risk your life daily?)
• Why does this character adventure with this party? (Why did you not turn tail and run at the first sign of danger? Why didn't you run when you met these lunatics?)
• What are some goals this character wants to achieve? (Do they need to reclaim their birthright? Do they need try alcohol from every region of the world? What do they want?)

[inner silo]

The last part may become a problem as he'll need to work with those

[midnight marlin]

Hey all!

Got Blackrazor in my campaign recently

[lavish flame]

woah!

Did you do White Plume Mountain or find it in a homebrew adventure?

[inner silo]

Probably something involving the feywild and hags

[limber trail]

awesome

[midnight marlin]

Homebrew adventure!

[lavish flame]

Run a Spelljammer one shot to remind everyone of that year where "Spelljammer Confirmed!" was WOTC's april fools prank

[midnight marlin]

DM did make it so I dont heal on short or long rest while attuned though

[lavish flame]

oh dear

just spells/potions?

[midnight marlin]

Im trying to figure out how to make it viable without just being a party tax

Yeah spells and potions

[inner silo]

How long does it take to attune/unnatune?

[flint ledge]

Good morning, day or evening everyone!

[midnight marlin]

Took a short rest to attune so assuming same to break attunement

[rough basalt]

Speaking of Spelljammer I need to get to work on my spelljammer 1 to 3 shot

[inner silo]

I'd personally just attune to it before important battles you know will happen and unattune after

[lavish flame]

a Short rest to Attune or Unattune, alternately it could be forced out of attunement via distance or death

[hearty flint]

1. He rejects his family lineage and refuses to take place as an estate noble.

2. He’s cocky and self centered but also enjoys the thrill of danger. He sees working with others as a problem but will never say it out loud because he hates drawing attention to himself.
   (Ik it’s contradicting but that’s his personality)

3. He’s mainly after revenge for the death of his master but is currently broke and is doing mercenary work for coin.
   (Hoping to make money, get stronger, and not die)

[rough basalt]

I wanna run some Spelljammer but it's a different type of game style so need some short term practice.

[midnight marlin]

Do you think the weapons sentience would pose an issue with that strategy?

[inner silo]

Maybe you could bribe it with donuts?

[midnight marlin]

And by donuts you mean countless souls?

[inner silo]

I meant round bagles with holes in them, but to eich their own

[lavish flame]

Afaik, Blackrazor shouldnt really feel amy type of way about being not used for a while. Obviously it wants to get used and to destroy souls, but it is pretty powerless to stop you from doing that

[inner silo]

Is it bitey?

[hearty flint]

At least that’s his reasons for work. He hates his title and rejects it. Enjoys danger and is self centered. And is vengeful but broke.

(Him doing mercenary work is where I’d implement him into campaigns)

[inner silo]

Just make sure his attitude isn't toxic or at least too toxic towards other pcs

[fair summit]

Yeah, dnd is a team game, so it's important for at least the party to get along and be able to work together

[hearty flint]

He’s more quiet and keeps to himself. He’s more serious and likes to ignore but in dangerous situations will listen to others

[lavish flame]

i dont think that was even implied lmao

[hearty flint]

He will interact and work with others but silently hates it because he hates the feeling of needing others and is afraid of attachment since in a way he’s the reason why his master is dead

[fair summit]

Many things that work in stories, like the lone wolf, work because the author has full control of all the characters.

Dnd is not the same, and the characters that need to deal with your character are actual players roleplaying them

[severe herald]

Question.

Are Kukris in the game, 5e?

[inner silo]

Alrighty, then it's all good i think!

[lavish flame]

Take some care to include your allies in your quiet moments. The only way to get your backstory out of your head and into the game is by speaking it aloud

[lavish flame]

Nah, closest you get is a Scimitar

[hot gate]

No, but you could easily reflavor it

[severe herald]

Mmm. That's what I figgured. Just wanted to know!

[humble cairn]

This to me reads as character who will not participate or socialize, which is often a dampener on party dynamic.

[hearty flint]

He will socialize in a way. He doesn’t always stand in the back. But he doesn’t like to be in the way of things. He’s a little psychotic at night and hallucinates his dead master and talks to him but to others it looks like he’s talking to himself

[humble cairn]

Lone wolf characters can work, but it's tricky. If you can, put in something that will force them to participate. I like the technique of picking one other PC that is their trusted person and to whom they will listen to even against their own urges.

[humble cairn]

Hmm ...

[hearty flint]

He has a interesting pull / weakness for Tieflings so there is that

[cobalt owl]

Even the terminator listens to John connor

[lavish flame]

I've always liked "I just brushed death and would have died had these other idiots not intervened. I gotta talk to these guys" as excuse for someone to open up to their party

[cobalt owl]

It's a classic and pragmatic decision

[errant crag]

My Changeling Barbarian is travelling with the party because she's realized how valuable they are to helping ensure her survival. It beats trying to live a life of lies in any town she tries to settle down in

[hearty flint]

he has a love interest for one from past mercenary work. And now gets nervous and will willingly be more open to anyone of the same race

Then again she did use seduction magic to avoid paying for the escort job even tho it almost killed him 😅

[lavish flame]

I've got a Wizard who is mostly working with the current group because she knows her former group is out hunting her and she is absolutely terrified of them

[hearty flint]

It’s a long story

[lavish flame]

Just gotta have a good Bond to the party

[hearty flint]

He will. It’ll take a little time at the beginning but he’ll slowly open up. It’s just faster when it comes to tieflings

[limber trail]

If I'm gonna be fully honest this idea can come across as a little weird and I would maybe suggest you skew away from it

It can be done well, but it also can be done in a way that makes other players uncomfortable

[reef tundra]

It would absolutely make me uncomfortable

[rough basalt]

Same here.

[lavish flame]

"a little weird" is an undrrstatement, that is at absolute best a sex crime and would definitely raise some hairs

[severe herald]

Blue magic. Haven't heard that termm in awhile. Heebee Jeebees.

[hearty flint]

The character actually belongs to someone ik in person that wanted me to make him that way because of how her character is

[worn crow]

Blue magic? What is that exactly? /gen

[hearty flint]

She wanted in the story so that’s the best way i could do it

[severe herald]

See Question
See name
Know Classic Literature

I'm gonna...pass..

[worn crow]

I guess I'll be scarred by looking it up then

[reef tundra]

Anybody ever seen a player go “it’s what my character would do!” But for positive things?

[severe herald]

Oh it's not a bit!

[rough basalt]

Nah

[severe herald]

Sorry! I thought you were doing a joke. Blue magic is very old "unoffical" offical from a book..that must not be named..that deals with....that..kind of magic.

[reef tundra]

I thought so 😭

[rough basalt]

Or well, maybe but not in a way I remember it as being "it's what my character would do"

[limber trail]

I actually have, but that's a rarity and comes from the fact that my players are very very good at making PCs.

[worn crow]

It's why I put /gen at the end, for genuine question

[lyric viper]

Yes, but usually in cases still where it's not the best idea for the group like 'I'm sorry, I can't not give away gold to this NPC', or 'X has to help. They can't ignore this'.

[lavish flame]

You don't know what will and won't make the real human beings you'll be playing with uncomfortable, you should err on the side of caution with this one. Most people do not like seduction in D&D in general, much less seduction that expressly comes with the loss of personal autonomy.

[severe herald]

My bad my brain's whitelisted so I saw the slash and went "This person is doing a bit. Lets continue!"

[hearty flint]

You’d have to read that part of the story to fully understand it. It’s not as bad as it sounds actually

[severe herald]

(It is a really good bit, once you know what blue magic is)

(It is figuratively pandora's box.)

[reef tundra]

I’ve only seen it twice, so I agree with all points. It’s amazing to see a player do something that’s not self-serving that their character would do

[jolly canyon]

I was struggling to sleep so I decided to peek one more time before trying again. Man I really wish fell asleep now after reading this

[lavish flame]

Yeah but usually the way they say the phrase isn't so weasel-y. Its usually like "Yeah, but Dhaun wouldn't do that." so the whole context and setup has been altered

[severe herald]

I've seen it a bunch but I play with people who also Dev. In the wild? It's rare.

It is wonderful to see, though. Every time. 🍈

I usually prompt it by asking them questions that aren't on the stat sheet. like "What's your characterr's favorite color? Why? Got a story?"

[limber trail]

It does require you to be very tapped into not just your own PC, but actually all the other players and the DM. You need to be really good for it to pay off

[fair summit]

Yeah still not a good idea to add these kinds of themes, and telling someone to read the story for full context which might make things a little better isn't gonna help much

[worn crow]

I honestly need to find a list of questions and such to answer in character/in third person for said character

[severe herald]

I got you fam. one sec.

[worn crow]

Ooo yes please

[hearty flint]

I just don’t know how to fully explain it any other way. Sorry

[severe herald]

https://web.archive.org/web/20220403195856/http://bethisad.com/conculture/questionnaire.htm Found it. here's an archive.

Instead of giving you just a few questions about a person here's everything that makes up a society

Your questions, and more, are within that.

[rough basalt]

I wouldn't expect a dm to allow that stuff.

[severe herald]

@worn crow And here's another one. This one's more for GMs and world building(I like their TL question), but it's useful too.

I am an old DM. Sharing knowledge.

https://kittyspace.org/leviathan0.html

[hearty flint]

It won’t affect him in games it just lets him open up faster. He keeps things like that to himself. It’s just part of his backstory

[rocky night]

Does anyone need players

[severe herald]

14. Describe the technology for each socio-economic class

This one. Right here. You can make an entire setting with just this one alone.

[reef tundra]

Many people do in #looking-for-players

[rocky night]

K

[rough basalt]

Even then, a lot of people don't want stuff like that to appear ingame at all.

[reef tundra]

Good luck with your search! And have fun when you find a game!

[hearty flint]

I can leave it out of it for in game purposes

[severe herald]

@worn crow Oh, we're in D&D discussions, so I can talk as a player. Cool.

So just to give you a bit of my own expirence. lets take one of my characters, Shandran. He's usually my mage typle. he likes blue. Blue clothes, blue everything. But Blue, historically, is expensive.

But it doesn't have to be. Blue could have him typecast as a peasant, whereas the setting he's in, red is the regal color.

All that is emergent on your setting, story, or what have you, simply having those rules in place.

That's just one example on color. You could take this framework and work backwards through your own setting, and create your own emergent...details.

[stiff barn]

Holaaa

[severe herald]

Food, relationships, religion and "Daily life" are the four biggest.

Food is the most fun(IMO)

Who eats what? Why? Do they like it? Are there variations?(Extra salty/spicy/sweet/bland?) Sauces? utencils?

[worn crow]

Mmm that'd be things I'd need to ask my DM about. I've been told I should attempt DMing, and I've thought about it briefly, but I'm bad enough at improve while being a player lmao. I'm not sure how well I'd do at something more involved

[severe herald]

If you can read, you can be a GM.

And I'm not to sure about the reading requireement.

[reef tundra]

I played for about a year before I started DMing

DMing is a little more complicated than that I think

[severe herald]

I've DMed more than i've played.

Far more.

Like 20:1

[worn crow]

I've been playing for a good 5 years, maybe? Give or take, long enough to start remember various things off the back of my hand

[severe herald]

You can GM. You're more than qualified.

[hot gate]

Prewritten adventures are a godsent in that regard. You mainly need to keep track of the world and the book outlines many of the things the pcs could find there.

You definitely don't need to play to DM, but it can help.

[severe herald]

If you're worried, run the classic.

[reef tundra]

I just played for a year first to understand the rules

I learn by doing

[severe herald]

Hmn. Lets see.. I started playing this game in 2003.

How many years is that?

[reef tundra]

23

[severe herald]

I have that much expirence.

[reef tundra]

You’ve been playing this game longer than I have been alive 😭

[hot gate]

Nono that must be wrong, surely 2003 was 10 years ago. Surely.

[severe herald]

Many such cases. 🍈

hell, the interwebs tells me my dice collection I built in 2012 is worth aobut 2k.

[worn crow]

I just freeze up easily, socially anxious and all, terrible at making myself heard when everyone is talking

[severe herald]

ANyone know Chessex dice here?

[worn crow]

Daaaamn. I wish I had that many dice

[severe herald]

It's not ammount. It's model.

[worn crow]

I'm barely considered a goblin with my tiny hoard

Ahhh. Still!

I have only cheapy dice sets lol

[severe herald]

I have 54 pieces(40 + a 12 I got on ebay by accident) of Sky blue/White OG borealis.

[SYSTEM] ICEBOX MAINFRAME SET 🧊 🔵 (TTRPG|Game Dev Development Set/GM Set, Ice Set)
[WEAPON] Container: Brown leather map case (18cm diameter × 29cm length) with brass rivets and press-button closure
Dice Count: 54 total pieces

CHX 27426 | Chessex Borealis OG Sky Blue w/White lettering(Purchased Dragoncon 2012, a-la-carte, Chessex Booth):
1d20
8d12
6d10
2d%
6d8
11d6
6d4
CHX 27626 | Chessex Borealis OG Sky Blue w/White lettering 16mm d6 Dice Block (12d6) (Purchased Ebay MAR2026, mislabeled "Luminary". $7.50 USD)
DragonCon 2012 D6 "Mint" beads: 2 (Dated/Event dice, OG Borealis Pipped D6 with Dragoncon 2012 Logo)

[severe herald]

Mine were cheap in 2012.

I've since built a "Cheaper" set.

[SYSTEM] WATERSKIN MAINFRAME SET 💧 🔵⚪⚫ ("Blue Team" Player Set/Additional Player Set/Working GM Set, Water Set)
[WEAPON] Container: Simple (Full Grain) Black leather bag(11cm x 13cm) with Paracord draw string(Tied) and brass Belt Loop(D Ring) (Called "Waterskin", for themeing)
Dice Composition: Full dice sets (D2-D20), Unless noted. All dice removed from container and put in bag, 36d6 blocks stored in Plastic Container(Paper Removed) on occasion/For Organization.
Retrieveable via color/size/shape of dice

CHX S2023 | Chessex Speckled Water w/White lettering 34mm d20 Dice
CHX 25306 | Chessex Speckled Water w/White lettering + 1d20 + 1d12
CHX 25906 | Chessex Speckled Water w/White Pips 12mm d6 Dice Block (36d6)
CHX XSDC23 | Chessex Speckled Water w/White lettering Single 8-Sided Doubling Cube(D8 with 1-128 per face "D Binary/D2^0-7 Die")
CHX 25416 | Chessex Light Blue Opaque w/White lettering + 2d3(Chessex d6 marked 1,2,3)
CHX 25816 | Chessex Light Blue Opaque w/White lettering 12mm d6 Dice Block (36d6)
CHX 25406 | Chessex Blue Opaque w/White lettering + 3d4
CHX 25806 | Chessex Blue Opaque w/White lettering 12mm d6 Dice Block (36d6)
CHX 25346 | Chessex Specked Stealth w/White lettering 
CHX 25946 | Chessex Speckled Stealth w/White Pips 12mm d6 Dice Block (36d6)
Loose dice of Note:
CHX LE024 | 1x D6 Chessex Speckled Blueberry (Chessex 2013 POD Random)
CHX LE024 | 1x D4 Chessex Speckled Blueberry (Chessex 2013 POD Random)
Chessex Speckled Blue Moon (Chessex 2014 POD Random)
+ Other, unidentifiable POD randoms(5d4, 1d8, all speckled blues with white numbers)

[SYSTEM] WATER POUCH NODE SET 💧 🔵⚪ (Additional Supplemental Equipment Set)
[WEAPON] Container:Black PU Leather drawstring bag ("Water Pouch") with brass snap-button
Dice Composition: Full dice sets (D4-D20)
CHX BGC20 | Chessex Speckled Water 35mm Backgammon Checkers (x15)

This is what I walk around with.

[glass granite]

Same. damn

I’ve played for what, 2 years now? A lil more?

[reef tundra]

I didn’t know you were that old /j

[severe herald]

I'm waiting on some things to arrive, so all of my pictures aree old.

I am a dice dwarf.

[glass granite]

I have I think 4 sets

[severe herald]

Oh I have three. Would you like to see the third? 🍈

It is melon themed.

I wish I could post pics here. Ah well.

[glass granite]

You can do #merch-and-dice

[reef tundra]

154 individual dice, 22 sets <3

[glass granite]

Holy

[reef tundra]

What can I say? I like the colours

[severe herald]

Wonderful. I'll post the stuff there.

[reef tundra]

My giant dice bag could qualify as an improvised weapon at this point

[fair summit]

I've got about 80 sets at this time, and I have played physically exactly twice 😭

[lavish flame]

There was a time I owned like 20 sets. I think I have 1 set of metal dice I use now

[reef tundra]

You hath defeated me, my power is a fraction of yours /j

[worn crow]

I've got.. probably less than 20 sets

[glass granite]

The fabled dice dragon

Has ungodly amount of wealth and doesn’t use it

[severe herald]

Posted!

So I have less "Sets" and more..groupings.

By color, as the document says. There are three major "Servers"(I'm in IT), with nodes(extra dice)

At the end there are also ways to play games with the equipment listed, for multi-use fun.

My "Waterskin" set is my "take this places" set. The reason I ask about dice and all that, is cause of my Borealis collection. I beleive it may be the largest single unit in private hands.

I could be wrong. I would like to be wrong.

[fallow lintel]

eh

[remote wadi]

• Playing BG3 with a friend
• lots of inspiration rerolls and close calls
• suggest Gale be Divination Wizard
• Gale is made Bladesinger despite my light concerns of having a Gloomstalker and Swords Bard
• Bard immediately gets nat 1 on performance check and no rerolls possible

For context, my stance was basically "Feel free to make Gale who you want, but having Bladesinger when already sword Bard is definitely a choice"

I just didn't think consequences would be this swift

[limber trail]

can always respec

[remote wadi]

I mean, it is Bard's choice at the end of the day (she chose Gale, I chose Sbadowheart)

I just knew this would eventually happen and I would be there playfully going "You know what would have helped with that failed roll?"

But it turns out, the eventually that happened arrives much faster than the eventually I planned for >_>

[blissful oar]

so my friend is running this random one shot for his bday its gonna be super fun its going to be a 2v2v2v2v2 fight i was wondering the best class etc for pvp (we start at level 11)

[upbeat mural]

Monk is a good one.

Or Paladin

[blissful oar]

paladin only or paladin and maybe multi class into something else?

[upbeat mural]

I've only multied a few times, and I did a Paladin/Bard combo

It was fun

[blissful oar]

mostly id say looking for just alot alot of overall damage

[limber trail]

Paladin/Warlock/Sorcerer is a build I had a lot of fun with at level 11 but that's going into #optimization topics

[upbeat mural]

Damage wise most DEF a Barb or Monk would work

[blissful oar]

wanna take it there (to optimization) idm playing mainly paladin and a few levels into warlock if it helps at all

[upbeat mural]

Monks get ki points that let you do multiple unarmed attacks as a Bonus action

[limber trail]

I generally avoid that channel but paladin/sorcerer/warlock is a common build that they can help you with

[blissful oar]

alright

[remote wadi]

Honestly, I'd say Sorcerer or Warlock, no multiclass

Those 2 either have very good spells to cast, great options to spam for free, or a little bit of both

[paper portal]

wizard and it isnt close

tbh its pretty easy to make a build that can cheese out a fight immediately but id recommend against that cus its no fun

[glass granite]

If it’s 2024 I know shadow monk is funny

[remote wadi]

Nah, Wizard doesn't have good ways to last

[blissful oar]

alr

[paper portal]

you have plenty but you also dont need any if you can go first and oneshot guaranteed

hexevo

[blissful oar]

if i were to choose either whatd be my best bet

[remote wadi]

The closest you can do to guaranteed one shot tmk is portent die and hope you get low numbers

Can't do evocation Wizard since this is level 11, not 16

[paper portal]

mmissile with hexblade's curse and evo 10 deals 88 damage on average, probably needs a 2shot but i remember oneshot builds existing

even if you cant your dpr is way above pretty much anything else and you have med armor with every defensive spell

[remote wadi]

And this is... which level for MM?

[paper portal]

5th

[remote wadi]

And you're willing to bank that 5th level spell on other spellcasters not seeing this coming and preparing Shield?

[paper portal]

counterspell

[blissful oar]

would level 11 sorcerer be fine or are there better options?

[paper portal]

theres also just the fact that 90% of other characters get totally shut down by a WoF

[paper portal]

you'd probably rather dip into something like hexblade for armor and maybe eldritch blast

or just like chron 10 and cook them

[remote wadi]

To quote the Wizard in a XP to Level 3 video

"Oh, that's a real knee slapper! Going to goof my way to Silly Town! Order me a Hilarity Smoothie!
You think I don't have that?!?"

[blissful oar]

👍 best race for it?

[paper portal]

??

[blissful oar]

*species

[paper portal]

human in 2024

[remote wadi]

People can counterspell the counterspell, you know

[paper portal]

not if they already spent their reaction on shield

pvp is pretty solved it just comes down to whoever wins initiative

[blissful oar]

i see 3 human in 5.5e human legcay 2014 and variant human 2014

[paper portal]

new version

[blissful oar]

alr

[remote wadi]

This is a setting where it's all duos

[paper portal]

allows you to get alert + another origin feat

[blissful oar]

medium size or small?

[paper portal]

then your partner also counterspells their counterspell and its back to the same

[paper portal]

doesnt really matter tbh, small lets you use more mounts and stuff if thats ever relevant

[remote wadi]

If you would have been a little careful before you sent that, you would have noticed the Rogues and Monks rapidly approaching with Mage Slayer... perception check failed

[blissful oar]

and for magic feat?

wait lemme write my rolled stats first

16 15 12 15 15 11

[paper portal]

rogues and monks both get default killed by a wall of force

dnd really isnt a game designed for combat

[paper portal]

11/15/15+1/16+2/15/12

assuming a wizard, if youre running something like clockwork just swap int and cha

[blissful oar]

sorceror rn

[paper portal]

yeah then int and charisma the other way around

clockwork is by far the best subclass cus you can just pretend to be a wizard with easier multiclassing for lock

[blissful oar]

so int 12 16 + 2 charisma?

[remote wadi]

Look, I'm very familiar on how battle settings can work. This is, if memory serves, at least 6 teams of 2

Trying to run around with a build that can one shot probably one or 2 people will get you focused and focused hard

I am fully prepared to explain the logic behind it

[paper portal]

nothing wrong with getting focused

oh wait u mean like a battle royale

[remote wadi]

It is when KDA only matters when you're alive

[paper portal]

then just rope trick lol

[remote wadi]

Oh, no...

I just got Storm Surge trading PTSD

[paper portal]

wizards have an unmatched amount of random tools for any given situation lol

[blissful oar]

5 teams of 2

[remote wadi]

Close enough

[paper portal]

yeah id think about grabbing some sort of demiplane then so you can just leave the battle

rope trick, genie warlock with an imp familiar

[blissful oar]

what origin feat should i take

[paper portal]

alert

if you have a familiar it pretty much guarantees you go before anyone without alert

[blissful oar]

does background matter at all or no

[paper portal]

you want one with a good origin feat that boosts int

and preferably con too

[remote wadi]

My point being that if this is closer to a battle Royale setting, versatility isn't enough. With everyone having roughly the same tools available, you need to pick things that are easy to keep using with low cost. If you absolutely need to go with one of those builds where you can one shot someone, you would probably need to prepare to broker a temporary truce

[paper portal]

oh wait cha i keep switching back and forth between wizard and sorc for this

[feral fulcrum]

Background definitely matters, though I'd focus much more on something that actually fits the flavor of the charecter you're working on, rather then one that benefits you the most.

[paper portal]

this is purely for a battle royale oneshot

[feral fulcrum]

Ah, then go nuts.

[twilit ibex]

I usually ask my DM for a custom Background when I'm in a writing mood. Then talk with them about appropriate skills, tools, languages, origin feat, and attribute point boosts.

[blissful oar]

ya idc abt character backstory is not being written ngl all i wanna do is win highkey

[twilit ibex]

Not all DMs are amenable to that, perhaps

[paper portal]

if you wanna win id definitely get a demiplane, being able to camp in your own little hole while the others beat each other up makes things much easier

[blissful oar]

how would you get that

[remote wadi]

Hmmm... actually

This battle Royale would need to make some ground rules

[twilit ibex]

Multiple fun "Hidey holes". I like the Genie Warlock's lamp. Posh

[paper portal]

rope trick is the easiest way, 3 levels in warlock can let you get one too

[remote wadi]

For example, you can only fight on the plane of existence that you are in right now. Leaving said area would result in disqualification

[paper portal]

yeah genie warlock, pact of the chain, give the vessel to your imp and then they turn invisible

[remote wadi]

Same for casting spells that can create artificial cover

[blissful oar]

so 8 sorcerer 3 warlock?

[remote wadi]

Honestly, if I was the DM, I'd create a few ground rules and ban some spells to make things a more fair fight

[paper portal]

tbh id be trying to get 5th level spells for this so either 9 warlock or 2 warlock and clockwork as your subclass for rope trick instead

[blissful oar]

dm didnt rlly make any rules its for a birthday and isnt gonna last long so dont think anyone would care but id probs say no leaving planes to make it more fair

[frosty fulcrum]

guess imma have to stick to the good old: hello, everyone!

[paper portal]

yeah if you dont want demiplanes then mostly stick to defensive options

the more people want to hit each other instead of you the better

[blissful oar]

so i can stay 11 sorcerer and pick some defensive spells

[remote wadi]

Yeah. Things like leaving the plane or Rope Trick would not exactly be a fun experience

[blissful oar]

ya

[frosty fulcrum]

finally, a space to fully nerd out about dnd, and share my dnd character ideas ^^

[paper portal]

most important things are getting medium armor and getting the spells shield, absorb elements and silvery barbs (all of which are available to sorcs, you'll need to dip for the armor though)

[paper portal]

welcome!

alternatively i think draconic gets good natural armor now

[blissful oar]

i get 4 meta magic options 2 level 2 and 2 level 10 which do i pick?

[remote wadi]

But outside of that, I'd totally go Sorcerer

[frosty fulcrum]

hiiiii ^^

[paper portal]

ough i dont remember the new tierlist for metamagics ngl

[frosty fulcrum]

ah, a fellow 2014 rule enjoyer, i see

[paper portal]

yeah im not a big fan of the new rules lol

[frosty fulcrum]

niceeee

[paper portal]

i do a lot of optimization stuff cus im a sweaty nerd :3

generally optimizers prefer 5e lol

[remote wadi]

Ehhh, not the most necessary. Even i could make an easy combo with Empowered Metamagic and Spell Sniper: one to blow someone up for not using cover, the other for being able to chip someone away behind cover

Although...

[blissful oar]

i get another feat do i just go for another ability score improvement (i can tell my stats rn aain)

[paper portal]

(actually i dont think theres a single person thats big into 5.5 )

[paper portal]

nah you should be able to hit 20 cha with just feats

asis are devalued a lot in 2024

[blissful oar]

oki

[paper portal]

war caster is a big one, also something like spell sniper or wtv idk

shame they removed forcelancing thatd be cool for this

[blissful oar]

elemental affinity?

[novel ridge]

Happy April fools everyone my birthday is coming btw

[remote wadi]

Awwww, if it was level 14 and 2024 rules, I know a good class i would play if it would be allowed

[glass granite]

Which one?

[paper portal]

not great cus it only really does something if youre casting a bunch of spells with the same damage type

you should generally bring different options anyways

although it does beat like bear totem "tank" builds

[remote wadi]

Mage Hand Press' Gunslinger. Eagle Eye subclass

[paper portal]

thats 3rd party anyways

[blissful oar]

alr stats rn : str 11+1 dex 15+1 con 15+1 int 12 wis 15 char 16 + 4

[remote wadi]

Well yeah. Hence "if it would be allowed"

[paper portal]

not really much reason to boost strength

[remote wadi]

It would lowkey hard counter spellcasters too

[paper portal]

same goes for dex depending on what kind of armor you have

[paper portal]

how's that lol

[remote wadi]

I'll type out a quick bullet point, one sec

[blissful oar]

ya its cus i got to add one to str dex and con or +2 and +1 to one of the 3 what should i add to?

[paper portal]

wait where are you getting those stats

[reef tundra]

Me

Because your opinion is not everyone else’s

[paper portal]

yeah i meant out of the optimization ppl lol

[reef tundra]

Ohhhh right, sorry 😢

[blissful oar]

soldier ability scores

[paper portal]

all good :3

[remote wadi]

• Advantage on Initiative Rolls
• Dex as a primary stat for offense and defense
• Can switch between 2 powerful attack rolls or one stronger attack with a debuff

This basically for a start

[blissful oar]

6 cantrips 16 prepared spells what shall i pick

[reef tundra]

Counter for spellcasters? Death /j

[reef tundra]

Which class? Sorry I’m late in this convo

[blissful oar]

level 11 sorc

[tough lynx]

Revivify /j

[remote wadi]

The general idea is "unless you go out of your way to throw everything you have at them, they will make your odds of success low"

[reef tundra]

Shield and sorcerous burst are all ways my go-tos when playing sorcerer

[reef tundra]

Get that J outa there you got me there /lh

[blissful oar]

its a 5 teams of 2 pvp fight still go for those or nah?

[remote wadi]

Example is their ability Gut Shot. Got a crit on someone? They basically have to spend their action (or just one of their attacks if applicable) to remove it or else they have halved speed and disadvantage on attack rolls

[reef tundra]

I think so. Shield is always a plus, just be careful to not let it eat up your spell slots quickly

[tough lynx]

What level is that?

[reef tundra]

I’m not sure about the optimal-ness of Sorcerous burst, maybe ask #optimization

[remote wadi]

Starts at level 5

[tough lynx]

Hiiii!

[reef tundra]

Hiiii!

[tough lynx]

At level 5 the wizard has 200ft move speed with phantom steed

[paper portal]

yep this is optimization herself

[tough lynx]

So you shoot the horse and it’s 100ft

[reef tundra]

-# The horse is unstoppable

[tough lynx]

And then it’s there for 10 min

Or you shoot me and I then outrange you

[paper portal]

btw wizard did you see my post in fodcord :3

[tough lynx]

Default kill

[remote wadi]

And how can said wizard hit the Gunslinger?

[reef tundra]

-# Fireball time /hj

[twilit ibex]

Random thought: I've become transfixed on "Transformation" based classes, like the Sorcerer's Oni-blood subclass in expanded content. Less Sorcery points = More aspects of an Oni.

[tough lynx]

Longbow

[paper portal]

or just ride within range, hit them and leave again

[tough lynx]

600ft range

[remote wadi]

See, he has counterplay to both of these things, scarily enough

[paper portal]

you have the speed for it

[reef tundra]

Ha you should see my Metamorpher homebrew class! /positive

[tough lynx]

What’s the counter play?

[paper portal]

unsurprisingly when you give a class both all the best and the most tools it tends to be a little much

[paper portal]

@tough lynx i made a proper announcement thingo for the fishing challenge (i do have to add more conjtech stuff and starting gear tech to the banlist though lol)

[tough lynx]

I think it looks like a really fun challenge

Can’t wait to play it

[paper portal]

yeah im lowkey hoping i can get someone else to run it so i can play lol

[remote wadi]

For a longbow, Deadeye subclass gives you Sharpshooter Stance, making attack rolls while prone not give disadvantage

Furthermore, fireball isn't even enough to take them out because they get Evasion as well. And that can pair devastatingly eith cover

[tough lynx]

The boss fights look hard though

[paper portal]

surely this will not be dominated by new moon knight variants

[paper portal]

deadeye does literally nothing to counter longbow kiting lol

[twilit ibex]

I want to brew up something like a Transformation class where subclasses determine form. Infernal/Nature/Abberation/etc. A lot of natural claw and fang weapons, wings compatible with light armor, and maybe even digging claws for subterranean movement.

[humble cairn]

Oh I've been wanting to play this as well, but make it Kitsune themed rather than oni. Changeling Oni Sorcerer

[tough lynx]

Okay I stand at 700 feet go to 600 ft away use my attack and go backwards

[remote wadi]

Can you explain what longbow kiting is?

[paper portal]

shooting you with a longbow from outside of your range so you cant hit me back

[remote wadi]

And you have to roll basically... 21 to hit, if I did that right

[reef tundra]

Yeah! That’s exactly what my class is! Although I haven’t thought of an aberration subclass yet, good idea

[paper portal]

you have an ac of 23?

[twilit ibex]

See, for me the "Kitsune" and other Japanese Yokai exist within the Neutral Evil Yugoloths

[remote wadi]

I suppose that also assumes you can see what you need to hit them

[paper portal]

yeah you can see a mile

[tough lynx]

Line of sight isn’t required for attack rolls

[humble cairn]

I don't think they need to be folded into that classification, they can be one of their own.

[remote wadi]

Harder to see someone that is invisible through non magical means

[paper portal]

im gonna start shooting you through walls >:3c

[remote wadi]

No, but you're telling me you know where to hit someone at all times and they could be who knows where?

[humble cairn]

Why are we pvp'ing again?

[tough lynx]

Did you take the hide action?

[twilit ibex]

Oh totally, don't get me wrong. But for ease of writing that's where I place them. Also a famous form of Yugoloth is Kitsune-shaped. A famous Yugoloth lady who runs a famous planar parlor is one.

[reef tundra]

No clue but so far it seems chill

[remote wadi]

12 from Base Studded leather armor, +4 from dex, +5 from cover without the proper feat

[paper portal]

cus a person is doing a pvp oneshot and bloodline is convinced some third party class or whatever is a "hard counter to casters" when it works about the same as most martials

[reef tundra]

Normally I’d be annoying and start pointing to the optimisation channel but this is actually chill.
-# And I’d like to bury the hatchet

[remote wadi]

You can as long as you are prone. In which you don't lose the condition as long as you stay prone

[paper portal]

yippee we too enjoy being chill :3 i like hitting things with my gun for lots of damage

[humble cairn]

But anyway, I wanted to use Changeling and just reflavor them as a Kitsune, with the Oni Sorcerer features making them manifest more of their kitsune nature, to mimic the idea that kitsune can never truly hide their true nature.

[twilit ibex]

I forget her name. She had an interesting redesign between old content and moderncontent. I'll say that much

[paper portal]

wait a second

[reef tundra]

Yeah, I only step in when someone who doesn’t want to optimise is told to optimise, but this is quite nice

[paper portal]

wizard is there a spell bg that gives anime dead

[reef tundra]

And also this is pretty fun to watch

[tough lynx]

Thanks

What were you asking about sorcerer again?

I cannot remember

[twilit ibex]

Very nice touch.

[primal wolf]

the gunslinger fears the mark of handling wizard with a musket

[reef tundra]

Ah dw it was someone else asking for spell recs

[tough lynx]

Ahh okay

What subclass?

[twilit ibex]

Wizard with a musket? Artificer with an Antimatter Sniper Rifle. The arms race never ends.

[paper portal]

wizard still wins that one i believe

psteed is a helluva drug

[remote wadi]

Okay, would an antimatter sniper rifle be allowed?

[twilit ibex]

I mean...I can find it on DnDBeyond

[tough lynx]

If you really want

What’s the range?

[reef tundra]

And what’s the damage?

[tough lynx]

Tbh kinda irrelevant

[paper portal]

oh i love antimatter rifle

i cant say the name of the best one here or mods will get mad for some reason 😔

[remote wadi]

Someone else asked about it. 120/360 btw

[humble cairn]

Ahh, I guess if you were to do PVP a oneshot would be the time. Not a great premise for anything else.

[paper portal]

wait im the thinkier i think

[twilit ibex]

Range: 120/360 ft

[tough lynx]

Cause you go 5 chron wizard mark of handling cast conjure animals and give them all antimatter rifles

[reef tundra]

Oh no I was just curious. I’m just watching I ain’t joining the fray

[tough lynx]

Longbow sniped

[humble cairn]

Can we maybe not do huge walls of text like that?

[twilit ibex]

Sorry, should have formatted.

Nevertheless, the info for an Antimatter Rifle. Quite odd that it does Necrotic damage

[tough lynx]

Also btw how much prep time?

[remote wadi]

As for Damage, level 14 Deadeye would get basically on demand 12d8 necrotic damage. That also Halves movement speed and gives disadvantage on attack rolls unless you spend an action/attack

[tough lynx]

10 minutes or more wizard kinda wins

[humble cairn]

You can go back and edit your posts, fyi.

[paper portal]

@tough lynx i think 4 digit ranger is real

[remote wadi]

Again, how can you shoot crap when you can't see crap? (And also has a very worrisome level of AC)

[blissful oar]

finished building the character heads up for the one shot we mostly ignoring spell slots cus its js a 2v2v2v2v2 fight anyone want the link to my sheet?

[frosty fulcrum]

oh lords above...

[remote wadi]

It does 6d8 Necrotic. Would be a shame if someone has almost on demand crits

[twilit ibex]

Antimatter Rifle +3 is a real whizbanger

[blissful oar]

can i dm u the finished character if thats ok?

[remote wadi]

Yeah, another thing to make note of. Deadeye also has an ability at level 14. Can trade attacking twice for the term for one attack that crits on hit

...and also has advantage

[remote wadi]

Ehhh, why not

[twilit ibex]

I think an Artificer can make a +2 one as their biggest best item. Pretty neat.

[paper portal]

just you wait until you hear about the 24d8 necrotic

[remote wadi]

And that is from?

[paper portal]

the dmg

[tough lynx]

Oversized weapons

Gargantuan antimatter rifles

[remote wadi]

Thank you

[tough lynx]

4x damage

[blissful oar]

sent4

[remote wadi]

And holy moly, Artificer with Gunslinger would go hard

[tough lynx]

Arti cannot make amrs

[paper portal]

yeah its rly annoying

[tough lynx]

Creation bard and conj wizard however

[twilit ibex]

Ah, to use the Two-Weapon Fighting Style, Expanded Grip, and Brutal Grip. Wielding a greataxe in your main hand and a warhammer in your off hand. For the love of the game.

[paper portal]

yeah wizard the new TAS is beastmaster 15/spores 5

cba to make the full build but its well over 1k dpr

[remote wadi]

Well, we presume it would be available

But even if it wasn't, making a better firearm like a hunting/sniper rifle is still going to hit very hard

[feral fulcrum]

Armors? Yes they can. Ammo?, then yeah, I think they can't because they don't do single use items IIRC

[remote wadi]

@tough lynx Tried to reply ping this

[remote wadi]

Anti matter rifle, not armor

Still, I guess my reasoning for the Gunslinger is that you can't exactly try to just sniper them from a distance because you have to clear 2 considerably hard hurdles at the same time: seeing an invisible target and then hitting them in a way that matters

[jolly hound]

My dm said we could pick any magic item for a one shot so I gave my monk one of those and he made me change it

[remote wadi]

Longbow sniping, for one. 600 meters is a long way away and does outrageous just about anything, but then you have to be able to see someone invisible. Then after that? Land an attack roll against likely 20+ AC at disadvantage

[paper portal]

yeah id avoid touching futuristic weapons except for in really optimized campaigns

[feral fulcrum]

It is incredibly overpowered and barely allowed anywhere in the first place.

[hot gate]

I think any DM needs to make this "mistake" at least once. "any" is a dangerous word and without the right players, you're going to regret it

[feral fulcrum]

"Hey DM I want this gun that does a gajillion damage and kills gods." "NO."

[remote wadi]

Even if both of those situations, you now have another problem on your hands: even if they can't be able to attack you, you have 3 other teams to deal with while they're sitting back and watching the show

[paper portal]

youre in for the fright of your life when sil pulls up with the snusket

[remote wadi]

And the moment there is a chance to strike, Deadeye has very good tools to make sure that the gunshot you hear isn't the one that closes your time in the battle

[paper portal]

i should probably figure out how he did that

maybe he'll post an article soon tbh

[feral fulcrum]

A DM that isn't actually checking what the players are taking, is going to learn real fast that they, perhaps, should have firmly insisted on "Be reasonable, we're aiming for a certain level of power."

[paper portal]

yeah even optimizers agree with that

[remote wadi]

Also worth mentioning, they also has basically their own version of Maneuvers. And if the battle takes place in stages and allows for rests... oh boy

[paper portal]

having unbalanced power levels in a party takes away the fun

[remote wadi]

Agreed. DnD is basically a minefield of semantic ambiguity

[paper portal]

RAW old beastmasters could tame themselves which added their proficiency bonus to pretty much everything

thats not even the most broken part lol

[hot gate]

That isn't really a semantics point rather than a social understanding and game theme point.

If I'm saying "pick whatever magic item", my regular groups will already know to pick items that will be fun for everyone.

[remote wadi]

Okay, half genuine question. How did i get so invested in this battle royale setting?

[remote wadi]

Also, fair enough

[paper portal]

idk man wizard hasnt been in chat for a good 15 minutes ur kinda fighting ghosts

[indigo sleet]

Regarding "any". The new artificer replicate feature does not require the base item. So strictly speaking, there's nothing saying you can't replicate +1 antimatter rifles at lvl 2

[paper portal]

ah new players discovering tech, lovely

[still plover]

Thought they had a list?

[indigo sleet]

"weapon +1"

[flint ledge]

The new artificer doesn't I don't think

[still plover]

Oh, right. Well, if you like getting kicked out of games, sure.

[glass granite]

Don’t you need to know the weapon exists?

[paper portal]

that's what your backstory is for /silly

[flint ledge]

I don't really see the point of these theoretical rule interpretations anyway basically no sane DM will allow that

[halcyon forum]

as usual, its DM fiat if an Artificer has access to a weapon not in the PHB

[indigo sleet]

Oh, I'm not going to. I mentioned to my DM that I could theoretically do it. We understand each other like that

[remote wadi]

I enjoy these situations a lot

It also doesn't help that I'm a general connoisseur of the "thing that is all fun, powerful, and handles itself pretty well against what is generally considered the best" archetype

[paper portal]

i was born at the age of 61 at the top of a mountain, my closest childhood friend was a catapult munitions

the optimal backstory is something like that i forget

[remote wadi]

I'm sorry, what...?

[feral fulcrum]

There's no such thing as an optimal Backstory

[paper portal]

yeah its silly

something about being old giving you more "live events" from some table, growing up at high altitudes gives you resistance to oxygen deprivation and knowing what a catapult munitions is lets you make it with minor conjuration

im probably getting that a little wrong but you get the idea

[feral fulcrum]

I don't think anyone needs any advanced knowledge to figure out that Catapults huck rocks

[paper portal]

catapult munitions are an explosive iirc

[tough lynx]

I was having breakfast!

[paper portal]

was it good

[frosty fulcrum]

a plate of resin dice with a side of metal dice? :3

[tough lynx]

Yup

[tough lynx]

Toast and scrambled eggs

[frosty fulcrum]

tasty

[remote wadi]

May I dm? Also, good choice

[tough lynx]

If you want depends on what it’s about

[remote wadi]

Mostly DnD related things. For example, the battle Royale setting

[tough lynx]

Okay chill

[remote wadi]

I'm sorry, I just want to ask for clarity. Is that a yes or a no?

[tough lynx]

It’s a yes

[remote wadi]

Thank you

[errant crag]

This dragon aspect Monk subclass seems like fun I might play this with a 2024 Monk some time

[undone rain]

Sun soul monk seems pretty fun to me

Totally not because i like the holy subclasses

[hot marlin]

From an optimization point of view, Sun Soul is a bit lackluster.

It is playable though

[undone rain]

Ehhh i dont really mind, aslong as im having fun and well who knows maybe i really enjoy it

That might give me an idea to reflavor a monk into a more european style of monk rather then eastern style. Can technically play a cleric but would be fun still

[lyric viper]

Reminder that if you do want to dig into optimisation we have the active #optimization channel! Gotta use these channels so they can do their thing.

[red steppe]

How would you guys make a Tournament of Power setting work for a campaign?

[lyric viper]

I'm afraid I'm not familiar enough with it to help. What's the general idea you're wanting to convert?

[paper portal]

whats the pink bunny lol

[eager marsh]

Tournament of Power isnt a setting is an arc in Dragonball Super

[red steppe]

im bad at wording