dnd-discussion

[hidden spindle]

Its the vibes

[rough tide]

You ride the sunfish when you hit the indica, and the dolphin when you hit the sativa

[errant crag]

Sunfish are so gross

[rugged hawk]

Rood

[rough tide]

Gonna go write up a sunfish NPC that bestows gifts, and a dolphin NPC that bestows curses

[round mountain]

Love your sorc design btw!

[hidden spindle]

That reminds me... they should've done more statblocks for Minecraft mobs

[rugged hawk]

Here, have my warlock 👀 https://i.imgur.com/wFVyXq2.png

[round mountain]

Cool!

[ripe nimbus]

okay but consider: ride sharks

[round mountain]

Scary! But just as cool

[marble lion]

Ride a guppy

A tiny little guppy

[round mountain]

What is this, a mount for ants

[marble lion]

No it just works

[round mountain]

xD

I think I'd ride a giant eel

Might be a bit nauseating however

[prime basin]

So we're playing sharkboy now?

[fossil hollow]

Iconic

[dense nacelle]

Are polearm master and sentinel supposed to not work together or is it an oversight

[knotty vine]

how so?

[dense nacelle]

Polearm master doesn’t specify its attack is an attack of opportunity, meanwhile sentinel requires the attack to be an attack of opportunity

[knotty vine]

oh thats interesting

they changed the wording from opportunity attack to just a attack with a reaction

[dense nacelle]

Polearm master is a “reactive strike”

[knotty vine]

it seems kinda purposeful imo

[dense nacelle]

I just have to ask, why? Like, yeah- it’s powerful, but to get something like that working you need to be at least level 6 and have 2 feats- and that’s if your a fighter

[knotty vine]

honestly i think they were trying to make OA's only work when a creature leaves your reach

[dense nacelle]

Like, its good, but its not as if spellcasters can’t just eviscerate someone from 60 ft away

[scenic zinc]

They used to. It's not an oversight that it doesn't anymore.

It's a separate and distinct reaction that isn't an opportunity attack now

[knotty vine]

yeah the wording used makes it seem that its not a OA anymore

[errant crag]

The real oversight is Trident not working with Polearm Master when the Spear and Quarterstaff both do.

[dense nacelle]

Yes, it’s specifically not an opportunity attack

[errant crag]

Like that has to literally be an oversight right? Why would Trident not be a Polearm when the Spear and Quarterstaff both do?

[dense nacelle]

I just don’t see the need to take away melee users abilities to refuse enemies approaching them

[knotty vine]

Doom approches

[hidden spindle]

Trident should've been a 3d4

[errant crag]

Nah it's fine as the piercing 1d8/1d10 versatile weapon

[hidden spindle]

3 pokey things

[errant crag]

Whats not fine is that the Greatclub wasn't changed to 2d4

[hidden spindle]

Greatclub could've been a Versatile d8/d10

[dark pewter]

I once gave a player a magic trident that dealt 3d3

[hidden spindle]

Glorious!

I wondered if they bought d3s for it or halved 3d6s

[dark pewter]

I only had the one d3, so we halved d6s!

[errant crag]

Then it's a simple weapon on par with the martial weapons

I think 2d4 would make it feel more like a two handed greatweapon without pushing it above Simple Weapon territory

[remote wadi]

I wonder what someone could make work with a flail

Or a weapon connected ti a chain

[umbral girder]

The Deck of Many More Things has killed my Barbarian

A new character for the graveyard

[remote wadi]

How'd it end specifically?

[errant crag]

Character death

[scenic zinc]

I mean... it doesn't have heavy and reach. Does it make sense narratively? Not really, I guess. But it doesn't fit that 3rd unnamed weapon category

[umbral girder]

The Corpse Card

Cannot be healed, only death saves

3 fails and 2 successes on Death Saves

Oh boy the party is drawing MORE cards!

[errant crag]

But a Spear is mechanically identical to it just with smaller damage dice (which wasn't even the case until 5.5e before they were just identical) and the Spear is affected by Polearm Master. I think it's because Tridents weren't really a common weapon in 2014 5e until books that specifically introduced it, and when they ported over PAM to 5.5e they only touched up the reaction attack/opportunity attack thing and not the rest of it, resulting in the Trident getting left behind.

[scenic zinc]

Would spare the dying work in this case?

[umbral girder]

No clue, just dead anyway.

[errant crag]

My characters dying has become a sort of running joke in my tables games where I'm a player

And it has now begun to span systems

My Cyberpunk Red character got swiss cheesed by an automated turret (I neglected to consider that turrets can probably rotate 360° in the year 2045)

And my Sea Elf Wizard got turned into a red smear in the snow by a Yeti with overkill damage

[steep creek]

frost troll?

[prime pewter]

I just found an interesting way to come up with a characters personality, through tarot cards! For my Hexblood Divination Wizard, it seems quite fitting

[errant crag]

Nope just a yeti

[lavish flame]

woah I've never actually seen/heard of death via massive damage

[rugged hawk]

Oh, it's nasty when it happens. I've seen it plenty. Bodies transmuted into GEOGRAPHY.

"Where's Jim, dude? I haven't seen him recently."
"Oh, he's here.... and there, and over there. And up in that tree. And you're standing on his jawbone..."

[meager fractal]

Do you think we'll ever see the stats for Dark Sun's Dragon?

(in 5.5e)

[rough basalt]

Someone died tonight, my pc kill senses were right

[meager fractal]

Name, level, race, and class? They shall be added to the book of the dead

[severe rampart]

permanently or revivified?

[rough basalt]

Never mind

[errant crag]

As a person who has been Revivified I can confirm that people who have been Revivified are not dead

[severe rampart]

Revivified it is

[umbral girder]

The Fate card has returned my character.

[swift silo]

Does a staff count as a pole arm

[fossil hollow]

Yes

A staff works as a qstaff, but not all qstaffs are staffs

but not all stick is magical stick

[cobalt escarp]

and if that no work, use bigger bigger stick

[dim scroll]

yes

[prime basin]

and if that don't work, use massive sword

[errant crag]

And if that doesn't work

It's time to have a conversation with your DM

[woven flint]

Absolutely love this
I accidentially rolled this btw

[remote wadi]

How much damage?

[errant crag]

I don't remember exactly it was like 18 or 19

But I was level 1 and had like 4 HP at that moment

[normal canyon]

I remember when I took 63 damage as a level 2 character.

[ripe nimbus]

i think ive rolled negative on initiative before

[errant crag]

Am I bonkers or is Stoneskin a super mid spell

[remote wadi]

Definitely seems mid

[errant crag]

4th level spell, needs 100+gp Diamond Dust that is consumed, and is Concentration

All for BPS resistance

Just not worth how expensive it is. If I'm at that level I've got better spells to concentrate on

[prime basin]

agreed

You're better off just taking a spell like protection from energy because it doesn't have a component cost and it gives you access to resistance to 5 different damage types (albeit not all at once)

[humble cairn]

Absorb Elements, for that matter, doesn't take concentration. It's just a bit spell slot heavy.

[prime basin]

Not to mention at higher up levels most creatures are going to deal some source of non-BPS damage to you

[olive sky]

Would you say that having a level 15 ish party of 5 fight a Cr. 26 enemy is too hard?

[errant crag]

Heck I'm better off concentrating on 2024 Blade Ward and reducing the chance of them even hitting me to begin with

[prime basin]

also another good one

[prime basin]

depends

how many people, what creature is it (some creatures have the same cr yet one is vastly better), etc

[olive sky]

Well it's a custom creature and it's 5 people

[prime basin]

is anyone you're playing with in this server?

[olive sky]

I don't think so

The campaign hasn't started yet, I just need to power scale all the boss battles

I like planning in advance

[prime basin]

Don't plan too far in advance

[olive sky]

:(

Well I mean for the simpler stuff like enemies and their stat blocks

[prime basin]

You can plan in advance but if you're starting out at level 3 and creating a monster for them to fight at level 15, that could be a year or more away from now

[olive sky]

I'm starting at level 1

[errant crag]

It'll be easier to gauge this stuff once you've seen how your party fights and what they're capable of

[olive sky]

I've played in games with them before, they're pretty much brand new, but they DEMOLISH my enemies

I'm even upscaling them

[olive sky]

The enemies

[prime basin]

yeah don't plan for it for now, stuff can change a lot between then...you can design the character's looks though if that helps you...or maybe design a much lower cr character that is related to this character that they can fight against in a few levels or so

[olive sky]

🤷‍♂️ I'll see

[prime basin]

add more enemies, upscale their stats if you need, and also don't be afraid to punish players if they use higher tier resources (like higher leveled spells) before combat

NEVER be afraid to punish a player (unless they don't know what they are doing or are new)

[olive sky]

Well they were at level 1 and so far the most difficult thing for them had been an old guy with a gun

[prime basin]

what else did you throw against them

[buoyant frost]

Am I power gaming if the lowest i can roll on a persuasion check is a 17? Mind you we are level 4 and I am a collage of eloquence bard

[olive sky]

Let's see... An upscaled dire wolf, they killed that. An upscaled spy, they killed that too. Three skeletons, they killed those. A mega upscaled shadow, the cleric almost one shot it. A custom zombie couch (don't ask) that took a while.

[olive sky]

I don't even know how you managed that

[fossil hollow]

Kinda unavoidable on Eloquence bard.

[olive sky]

I've never played bard so 🤷‍♂️

[woven flint]

My Bugbear Gloomstalker has survived yet another session 🧐
And didn't take any damage lol

[rough basalt]

Now both of my parties have the deck of many things and deck of many more things

[woven flint]

The ONLY one who didn't take damage

[prime basin]

Not powergaming in the slightest

[rough basalt]

A coinflip saved two pcs

[prime basin]

just how the eloquence bard works

[rough basalt]

cause this time i decided the old man with the deck had a 50% chance of drawing from the deck out of delusions

[buoyant frost]

Side note I have advantage on all persuasion rolls. O.O

[woven flint]

I am persuaded

[prime basin]

well if it was something that was granted to you, it isn't really powergaming

[buoyant frost]

Is the fact that legit on dnd beyond, with my first roll group (i had a total of three) i legit rolled 14,14,14,14,15,16,

Mean anythin

[rough basalt]

Wednesday party is now level 3 and halfway to level 4

[humble cairn]

Changeling?

[buoyant frost]

Convincing inquisitor

[humble cairn]

No, it's not too powerful that when you invest a lot of character decisions into being socially adept you have good rolls.

Just remember that Persuasion is not mind control. If an NPC doesn't want to do something, the DM won't allow you to even attempt to try and convince them.

[rough basalt]

That was quite the session

Party got jumped by their first Blood Mage that tried to feed them to a purple worm and got his spellbook.

[humble cairn]

An Influence roll is only for when they are uncertain about doing what you want them to, but not totally against it.

[rough basalt]

They ran into the same scammers they did before, fixed their compass and they ran away

Then they ran into the Old Man with cards again and this time he had the Deck of Many More Things

The barb drew 6 cards

[loud tendon]

Please use #tales-from-the-table to continue the story

[rough basalt]

Sorry got caught up in post session excitement

[umbral girder]

I died. Then I didn’t. It was a good time.

[rough basalt]

I wonder what the effects of a certain segment of time being rewritten will be tho, cause he did say "last night" not the drawing

[umbral girder]

Level 3 Barbarian is gonna be neat.

[cobalt owl]

Barbarian

[umbral girder]

Wild Magic for the chaos

[errant crag]

Part of me wants wild magic barbarian to be reprinted, but part of me feels like it really just needs for some of the options on the table to scale as you level up

[umbral girder]

Regenerating slots is gonna be huge for the party I’m in

Wizard, Paladin, Eldritch Knight, Artificer

[errant crag]

My first character I seriously played ended up being a wild magic barbarian who rolled teleportation every single time he raged

So he was just a teleporting barbarian pretty much

[rough basalt]

I got to playtest my blood magic. I'm satisfied.

[knotty vine]

in total there are 11 creature in the 2014 and 2024 rules as well as both of the monster manuals that are resistance to posion

[errant crag]

What do you guys feel is the worst skill to have Expertise in?

Like which skill expertise is the most useless in your opinion

[knotty vine]

performance

[worn crow]

I'd say it'd be something like animal handling, or nature. Survival can easily be used instead, and I've definitely used performance way more often than those two

[errant crag]

My vote was for Animal Handling as well

[prime pewter]

Stars druid is really fun!

[fossil hollow]

Ive seen Animal Handling and Nature used more than Performance

[knotty vine]

hot take Medicine

[umbral girder]

Like wise with Ti’s

[prime basin]

Definitely performance, survival, or nature

[worn crow]

Honestly it's just simply campaign, DM dependent lmao Like most DnD things

[knotty vine]

main reason being that medicine doesnt have any super high skill cheeks and can just be outdown with healing

[errant crag]

Medicine Expertise has the value of fairly consistently being able to stabilize with no items or tools

Or resources

[knotty vine]

healing word:

[umbral girder]

Nah survival is very common I’ve experienced with my groups

[errant crag]

Stabilizing for free without a spell slot is also appealing imo

[knotty vine]

yeah but they also dont wake up for 1d4 hours

better to wake up them up now then later

[worn crow]

Not every party has a healer. I try to fill that role sometimes, but I've been in games where we haven't really had one before, therefor, no access to healing word

[prime basin]

Yeah but it can still be useful for characters who don't have actual healing (not that they'd use it anyway)...the only characters that actually use performance "reliably" are bards and I don't really think that happens often

[knotty vine]

there a feat in the game that allows you to cast cure wounds without a spell slot

[umbral girder]

Which takes an entire feat to get

[worn crow]

Never seen it used then

[fossil hollow]

Magic Initiate

[knotty vine]

or the house of jurco or whatever its called

[worn crow]

Any time I've seen magic initiate get used, it's never been for cure wounds

[errant crag]

My character in CoS has Acrobatics expertise and it has yet to be relevant at all

[atomic moat]

healer feat and thief subclass makes a good makeshift healer.

[errant crag]

Animal Handling is still my vote for worst skill expertise though

[knotty vine]

I dont think dnd has any healers since anybody can pick up healing spells

Im a sorcerer with cure wounds and healing word

[fossil hollow]

I will say, i dont see much need to a super high Animal Handling either outside of it being useful for taming and carving (so, homebrew stuff)

[rough basalt]

I've almost never seen performance used

Like one of few times I've ever used it was so my minotaur fighter could bust a move.

[remote wadi]

I guess I should be asking: how and why would you want an expertise in medicine?

[atomic moat]

Yeah but I'm assuming that's because you took divine soul as your subclass. It's not difficult to end up with a party without healing, it rarely happens because players usually metagame roles enough to prevent that from happening.

[knotty vine]

prodigy and skill expert are the only two ways to get expertise in any one skill

[knotty vine]

i didnt

[remote wadi]

I guess that's how, but why?

[errant crag]

Don't get me wrong it's definitely not a great one to take

But I still think it's more easy to get value out of that than animal Handling expertise

[atomic moat]

Well you didn't get it from being a sorcerer, it either came from feats or race.

[knotty vine]

It came from my background

[humble cairn]

I took it on Koa because I had to. For the character.

[remote wadi]

Realistically, you should get neither as an expertise.

If you're using medicine to stabilize someone, healer's kits cost 5gp

[knotty vine]

House Jorasco Heir

[knotty vine]

again it still takes time for them to get up and atom through

[fossil hollow]

yeah, that too

[humble cairn]

"Animals are better than people."

[knotty vine]

Depends on the animal

[fossil hollow]

Nowadays, i see myself agreeing more and more with Koa

[errant crag]

I picked a great question to kickstart the channel

[knotty vine]

i think performance was the decided anwser

[humble cairn]

Performance RAW only changes Attitude, but with most DMs not even using Attitude ...

[prime pewter]

Okay I played a session with stars druid, and it was soooo fun

[umbral girder]

Easily the worst one is Con checks.

[knotty vine]

..

[umbral girder]

Its usually Con saves that happen than Con checks

[knotty vine]

i mean you aint wrong

[humble cairn]

Oh yeah, love Stars Druid

[knotty vine]

I cant remember the last time i did a con check

Also the more i pick apart dnd's Yuan ti pureblood the less broken they seem

Dont get me wrong there on the stronger side of races but like its kinda ehhh

[prime pewter]

Ikr? The vibes are amazing, the abilities are fun to use, and I get to play the sailor moon theme song every time I use the constellation ability!!

[knotty vine]

like magic resistnace depends on what is considered magical which is pretty easy

Posion immuntiety can come in handy but i doubt you'll be fighting things that only do posion damage

[errant crag]

My DM has ruled that because I have Expertise in Acrobatics my Reborn Ballerina Dance Bard can do contortionist stuff to squeeze into spaces that are Tiny sized at 1/4th the movement speed if I make a successful acrobatics check to do it

[humble cairn]

Oh that's the old Yuan Ti, too. The updated one only has Poison Resistance.

[errant crag]

Which is very fun and chill of my DM

[knotty vine]

thats what im talking about

[rough basalt]

I kinda like the dm I am now

[knotty vine]

The pureblood isnt as broken as people say it is

[rough basalt]

I enforce a lot of RAW but ill bend slightly if things fit in the moment.

Like an influence on a hostile creature cause she's under a curse to be violent and is trying her hardest to stop so it's a flat roll instead of disadvantage

[knotty vine]

and there spell casting is stuck to chrisma so unless your a paladin warlock or sorcerer your save for posion spary is gonna be low

Also yuan ti and yuan ti pureblood are pretty different both lore and charater wise

[errant crag]

Poison Spray is an attack roll in 2024

[rough basalt]

I've been having a lot more fun dming the past few months

[knotty vine]

this is a legancy race but i guess it would still be stuck to chrisma casting

[errant crag]

Races that weren't reprinted in 2024 are still legal to use in 2024

[knotty vine]

Theres a lot of races that still use old spells and such through

mainly Volo's races

[glass granite]

Those old spells would use the 2024 version if that spell was reprinted

[errant crag]

I've been having old races that have innate spells use the 2024 versions of those spells

Earth Genasi with 2024 Blade Ward as a bonus action is so awesome

[knotty vine]

but still would you make there spell casting change to any or

would it still be stuck to chrisma

[umbral girder]

It would be the updated spells

[knotty vine]

that doesnt anwser my question

[glass granite]

I might but RAW it’s you can’t change it from cha

[knotty vine]

exactly

[errant crag]

I mean if the race specifies a specific stat be used for it, and I was adhering to RAW I would require it, but personally I'd let the player use whatever their main casting stat is

[knotty vine]

granted still purebloods aint as op as people say

Unless your only fighting creatures that do posion and stuff

[errant crag]

I think poison is hilarious

[raven magnet]

can someone help i think i scared my dm with brainstorming

[errant crag]

My players went through a jungle dungeon full of various venomous snakes and got torn up by poison damage despite two of them resisting it and me handing out Potions of Poison Resistance

The snakes were just rolling so well and there were so many of them

Yuan-ti PC dream scenario

And they fought an Adult Green Dragon

[knotty vine]

thats a very specific scenario

and as for the magicial resistance is it any more broken then Gnomes ability

[rough basalt]

A very fun sounding specific scenario

Gnomes are actually just busted

[knotty vine]

aka advantage on int wisdom and chr saving throws

[umbral girder]

Gnomes are very good

[knotty vine]

so magical resistance is good but its not like op

[errant crag]

2024 Gnomes might be one of my favorite species

Advantage on all mental saves is such a nice little niche to give them I feel

[knotty vine]

its even worse in 24 since a lot of creatures abilites are no longer considered magical

like the mind flayer for example

[sharp forge]

Hey Tasha

[umbral girder]

I love the free castings of Speak with Animals

[knotty vine]

Caleb

[umbral girder]

I might do a Gnome Ranger at some point

[knotty vine]

Beast speech is fun

[sharp forge]

Wanna join my group I made for purely just dnd

[knotty vine]

sure?

[humble cairn]

That's what I'm playing! Gnome Beast Master, I can ride my companion as a mount!

[errant crag]

That person just had like two messages deleted for posting server invites I would not accept that offer

[knotty vine]

through do go in #find-a-game to find others

[umbral girder]

You can talk to your own companion! Nice!

[errant crag]

I gotta make a Gnome Barbarian

[knotty vine]

dude i love the mark of handling feat

[errant crag]

Advantage on all saves except Con is so funn

[sharp forge]

Nah I made a simple basic group/community that’s just has character art area lgf voice chat and a text chat ect

And a decent bit more

[knotty vine]

it allows you to cast speak with animals on monsters with an int below 3

[umbral girder]

Podcast I listened to showed how good advantage on all mental saves is

Since they had a Kalashtar

[errant crag]

I should give my players a Belt of Dwarvenkind

[sharp forge]

That isn’t as overwhelming this could be somtimes like it was for me when I frost joined

[umbral girder]

Growing beards the magic item

[knotty vine]

never been a big fan of the belt of dwarvenkind

[errant crag]

I oughtta play the life cleric I made, a beautiful bearded Dwarven woman who worships the Dwarven goddess of love and fertility

[umbral girder]

Could be a quest line for the axe of Dwarvish lords

[raven magnet]

how i made my spell list all combat. is something wrong with me?
mage hand: drop heavier item, prestidigitation: make someone feel like they are freezing till they step into a fire or light a torch then use that, viscous mockery, animal messenger: use it to deliver the prior, charm person: it wont expect a punch after that (or off my negative modifier strength), heat metal, zone of truth: idk, glyph of warding, plant groth: 1 throw acorn and grow it mid air, 2 who here ate a plant recently

[umbral girder]

Dwarves should be something I should explore more

[errant crag]

I don't think any of these spells work this way

[umbral girder]

It looks like bait

[raven magnet]

i read the descriptions and none had anything against this
also its more a thought experiment

[feral fulcrum]

Indepth Beard Fashions.

[umbral girder]

I know Ed Greenwood explained them as “old and tragic”

[errant crag]

I mean honestly the Belt of Dwarvenkind is not a bad magic item by any means

In my opinion at least

If I were a fighter or barbarian I would gladly take a belt of Dwarvenkind

[umbral girder]

Dwarf Barbarian with the Belt and the Farmer background

Get a bunch of HP.

[feral fulcrum]

It's got the same vibes as "I use mage hand to pull out their organs from the inside because I'm a genius." Which will see you punched in the face by your DM.

[half igloo]

This may be a weird question but what are some racial stereotypes attached to changlings? I have one in my party and he definitely thinks not highly of me as a lizardfolk so im planning to engage in some rp with him to get over our differences

[errant crag]

I feel like the Belt of Dwarvenkind is most fun on a character that isn't a Dwarf

[raven magnet]

good thing i play online

[umbral girder]

What’s the book say? And what setting?

[woven flint]

Imagine revealing that you're gonna Changeling to your party

[half igloo]

its the crooked moon but we were transfered to the this realm so im not sure what kind specifically he is

[woven flint]

I'd carry that bit the ENTIRE campaign

"You use disguise self a lot, huh?"

"Yeah, sure!"

[half igloo]

they had a restriction collar which didnt let him change due to the campaign plot

[feral fulcrum]

I still don't get the fixation on that sort of thing.

[woven flint]

That just seems.. unfun

[feral fulcrum]

I've never found it to ever, at any point, to be entertaining, but that's just me.

[umbral girder]

If I’m playing a Changling I have 2 versions I’m doing. Either he never reveals he is a Changling.

Or he is almost always in his True Changeling form so it’s an open secret.

[half igloo]

its super fun actually. for his race not so much but he enjoys the plot device it gives him and did that to himself lol

[half igloo]

its an open secret we all know due to the collar of restriction

[woven flint]

It's not the fact that it's entertaining to me, it's tge fact that its the hard selling point of playing a Changeling.

Why would you reveal your identity to anyone if you didn't have to

The whole Shebang about them is dishonesty imo

[half igloo]

it would probably be a bonding moment in the campaign where somebody reveals a huge secret and now everyone is revealing one thing about themselves

[half igloo]

it would also be hard to keep it up if you are actively changing your form in front of them or near them and if they make a good perception youre busted

[half igloo]

ooooo, dishonest is a good one

noted

[woven flint]

Then don't change your form often and play a spellcaster 🤔

[half igloo]

they are a spell caster

[errant crag]

I find that playing a Changeling is way more fun when the rest of the party knows you're a Changeling

[woven flint]

There ya go

[half igloo]

EXACTLY

I think hiding that secret would be such a burden

[woven flint]

I think it's more fun when you're paranoid about what others would think of your true nature

[half igloo]

a better way of doing it is hiding your true name or true form

[errant crag]

My Changeling Barbarian was secretly a Changeling for the entire time and it was great because nobody had any clue until eventually all the little hints I dropped became too much to ignore

[half igloo]

changelings never show their true forms

[errant crag]

And the secret was fun but it's not as fun if it never comes out I feel

And now I can use my Changeling racial ability to benefit the party where need be

[half igloo]

thats just the tickler to doing such things in dnd

[rough basalt]

The Wizard in my Wednesday game is being tempted by the blood magic spellbook. Hehehe

[woven flint]

That's completely untrue by the way
Some absolutely will.

[errant crag]

My Changeling showed her true form to the party but she usually disguises whenever they're out adventuring or in town

[rough basalt]

I've almost never played any species from Mordenkainens

[half igloo]

but the whole point from every changling ive seen is that their true forms are usually very close to their chest

[half igloo]

it makes the party feel special to her

[rough basalt]

Exception being a fairy for some sessions.

[woven flint]

Yes, but saying
"changelings never show their true forms"
Is false because there are groups of Changeling who accept their true forms and show them openly.

[rough basalt]

I'm pretty basic, unfortunately

[errant crag]

They're some of the only people she's revealed her real nature to

[half igloo]

let me rephrase. "rarely show their true forms" from what ive seen

[errant crag]

Them and Paddythwack Gilgoddershine the roving Gnomish Gnomad

Who allowed her to borrow his face whenever she needs as long as she does it justice

[rough basalt]

My next PC I'll make a Plasmoid Artificer

[half igloo]

ah, I guess in some changling groups. I find the ones who keep it close to their chest more fun

[errant crag]

My Changeling was disguised as Paddythwack Gilgoddershine for like almost ten sessions before they started to get suspicious

[half igloo]

thats so adorable

[rough basalt]

I'll call him Dr. Flubber and play it completely straight

[woven flint]

My Changelings would absolutely never reveal their true nature, my first one didn't.. even when mirrors reflected the truth directly back at him.

[errant crag]

They had started to like Paddythwack Gilgoddershine so much I was super concerned they'd be disappointed to find out that it was a Changeling and was never actually Paddythwack Gilgoddershine

[woven flint]

He was always cursed to see his true form in reflections no matter what he changed into

Others didn't, but the party noticed that for a bard.. he had a proclivity to breaking mirrors

[half igloo]

Im not sure how that would be fun for an extended period of time besides if the party knew you were a changling

[half igloo]

fun concept

[errant crag]

My Changeling is a Barbarian which I specifically went for because I feel like I never see martial Changelings

And being able to make myself look however I want while having 18 strength is pretty fun

[woven flint]

I'm usually above table about it.

Player knowledge doesn't effect character knowledge
Everyone KNEW I was a Changeling out of character

[half igloo]

oh no

[rough basalt]

I'm glad to have players who engage with the stuff I throw at them.

[woven flint]

The fun isn't how the players react.

It's how the characters do

[errant crag]

For my Changeling nobody at the table but the DM and me knew I was a changeling. I'll never do anything like it again because it worked perfectly this time and don't wanna keep up the charade like that again.

[half igloo]

ohhhh, if I were to keep it a secret in game I think it wouldnt be fun. I like to see the change in their faces as they notice that the lizardfolk who just truama dumped their past onto them was actually the silly lizard from their first ever campaign with me

[half igloo]

id like to think it would be easier for them to be suprised

[woven flint]

My Changeling character was also born on the April First equivalent in that world, funnily enough, he wasn't a comedian or anything, but always remarked that his life felt like a cruel joke

[half igloo]

sad, BUT I NEED RACIAL STEREOTYPES

[woven flint]

There aren't really any Racial stereotypes for Changelings.
They kinda just emulate what they've been around the longest.

[half igloo]

im just talking about negative traits about them that are just not true

[woven flint]

Secretive would probably be a stereotype, but the party KNOWS you're a Changeling outright, so it'd be kinda redundant.

[half igloo]

its going to be an argument so I dont care what I get as long as its somewhat believed by many to be a common but untrue stereotype

[woven flint]

Fantasy Racism is also just..
Cringe anyway
So, don't look at it racially, look at it from different experiences if you're gonna have beef with someone

[prime pewter]

Hexblood :3

[woven flint]

Racism = Cringe

Just in general

[half igloo]

this only is true if you make it your whole personality

[tranquil trail]

Hi

Hello

[prime pewter]

Should I choose Hexblood or Firbolg for my stars druid?

[prime pewter]

Haiii

[turbid vessel]

I'll propose that implicit fantasy racism is cringe. There's a lot of impactful storytelling you can do about race and culture through DnD, especially highlighting where it falters and the harm it can bring
If that's your default for your entire game tho, that's lazy at best 😭

[woven flint]

Here's a good resource for changling stuff
https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Changeling

[half igloo]

thanks

[woven flint]

I mean, yes, but I also think just engaging in it for "The fun of it" is also kinda weird

[half igloo]

thats definitely weird

[half igloo]

what im trying to do is break down a wall by confronting then making up our misunderstandings by boiling down our differences

[woven flint]

But!
Yeah, there's Sterotypes that do kind of exist
Changelings could be viewed as Criminals, Spys, Secretive and that type of thing, but, as I mentioned, your Changeling as you mentioned, as outwardly just.. Changeling and able to be observed for who they are because of the situation there in.. I don't think should really have prejudice against them..?

I mean.. it's kinda hard to play off of it if the group KNEW your identity imo

[turbid vessel]

Yeah, that's always an important consideration. Doe your group WANT to buy into this storytelling beat?

[half igloo]

I always ask them before I do anything too crazy

[woven flint]

You said you're always in your true form, right?
You just kinda stick out like a sore thumb in the crowd

Or, rather, you're just kinda... ghastly

[half igloo]

they are not me but yeah. theyre considered to the people of teh crooked moon like a ghost. but the world is a state between life and death so nobody finds it weird

[rough basalt]

Explicit Racism is something I don't really do in DnD personally. Even in my own world, stuff is only implied, occasionally and lightly.

[woven flint]

Ah, so it's not you lol

[half igloo]

lol nope, im the lizard guy

[rough basalt]

Other games is a bit different.
If it's something that's pretty core to it in some way, I don't really have many qualms as long as it's not written into the world for malicious reasons.

[prime pewter]

wait

[woven flint]

Is your character just.. paranoid of them?

[prime pewter]

Firbolgs can have horns?!?

[half igloo]

no, its just every time something goes wrong and I was in that place they always assume I did something wrong lol. its been a trend so im going to confront them and make peace with it

[woven flint]

Then.. why approach it from a Racial standpoint?

[half igloo]

my lizard guy grew up in a human orphanage church so he learned now to eat everything lol

[half igloo]

because his past was full of prejudice so its a good hint and also more personal than anything else I can think of since everyone is so secretive about their past due to the core of this campaign being trauma and past mistakes

[woven flint]

Has the character made it clear he doesn't trust you specifically because you're a Lizardfolk?

[half igloo]

he doesnt have a problem much for anyone else and my lizard guy doesnt care what race he is but he does care that hes being blamed for being violent

ofc the whole table knows the context of what happens before hand so its not a player misunderstanding just a character misunderstanding

me and him are kind of pollar opposites so making a little truama is fun for everyone as long as its not harmful to anyones kits or drag on for too long

[errant crag]

Is this in character behavior starting to bother you outside of the game

[half igloo]

gotta progress the story or else were not going to get to the nitty gritty

[half igloo]

not really, I think it makes 100% sense

hes a bard and im a ranger and my guy lived in danger all his life while his was also but now hes feeling the chase of death lol

mine is more familiar with the feeling while his is less and just wants to get away from it all

I think the dynamic is very fun

[wind dawn]

Hello!

[round mountain]

Hello!

[thick void]

For my fellow dice goblins, what is your dice rituals? How do you decide which set to use at each session? How do you set up your tray?

I choose my 2 dice set depending on the environment. If we're in the tundra then it's the white and blue swirl. Forest is the green and brown sets, Ocean setting, blue and turquoise. My 1 set of metal dice are for any special class abilities. They come out when my Sorcerer is doing any Wild Magic rolling.

[severe herald]

#merch-and-dice message This is my answer.

One giant kit, does everything.

Blues, blacks, whites.

Melon/water/ice themed.

Though I don't think I'm a "Goblin." Dice Dwarf is what I've settled on.

Borealis OG stays at home, that's for development. Water mainframe set is my blue player/workhorse GM dice, Melon Patch is my red team player dice.

I'll drop a picture when the mat and pencil case shows up.

[thick void]

OMG We are not the same, At All! I need all my dice grouped together by type, all facing the highest numbers up, and lined up in a pattern

[severe herald]

Oh they are! Read the document lol.

It's Very organized. Extremely.

I even have all available CHX numbers.

Can provide photographical proof for anything listed, as well.

[reef arch]

I am.

[thick void]

The document won't open.

[severe herald]

It's a text file.

[severe herald]

Hmn, let me pull out the core then.

[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)

[thick void]

I don't have pictures of my setup, usually because I'm still scrambling to get everything set when the DM is ready to start

[severe herald]

[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)

[SYSTEM] WATER STRAW SERVER SET 💧 🔵⚫ (Additional Supplemental Dice Set)
[WEAPON]  Black PU Leather Dice Roll("Water Straw"), Roll up mat with zipper dice pouch 
CHX 25307 | Chessex Speckled Cobalt w/Blue lettering 
Loose dice of Note:
3x D4 Chessex Speckled Glacier Chessex 2013 POD Random
2x D4 Chessex Speckled Icebreaker Chessex 2013 POD Random
1x D20 Chessex Speckled Blue Macaw Chessex 2013 POD Random

MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT

[TOOL] Felt Dice Tray("Water Basin"), 25cm square with curved corners(Blue Inner, Black Outer, Silvery Button snaps per corner.)
[TOOL] Stainless Steel cup("Hard Water Cup"), blue coating, stainless inner, 650ml(Used as Dice Cup/Storage Container)
[TOOL] Blue PU Leather Dice Cup("Soft Water Cup"), flannel lined trumpet style(quiet rolling replacement)
[TOOL] 30cm x 60cm x 3mm Gaming Pad/Mouse Pad(The Great Wave of Kanagawa Pattern)
[TOOL] 24 Slot Canvas Pencil Pouch Roll(The Great Wave of Kanagawa Pattern). 
[TOOL] Waterproof Playing Cards (54 Set, Blue/White on black Plastic cards. Blue=Black/White=Red(Traditional Suits and colors)
[TOOL] Poker Chips(Hard Polymer, solid color, High Quality, 4cm Diameter, 3mm thick), 15x White, 15x Blue, 15x Black
[TOOL] Blue Anodized Aluminum Architect Scale Ruler (Triangle Architect)
[TOOL] Soft Tailor's Tape Measure: 60in/150cm blue cloth tape for flexible measurement applications"```

That's the "Blue Player/GM" set.

The ones I use. Not the ones that stay at home.,

I've been trying to find other dice people who know about the current state of OG Borealis Sky blue; I may be the largest holder of it, in private hands. Not sure tho. :V

[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)

Here's the data on it.

[thick void]

I'm not a connoisseur of named brand/series of dice. I just get attracted to pretty colors. I try not to have 2 sets of the same colors. The closest I have is the blue and the turquoise.

[severe herald]

Drat. Fair enough. So the reason I call myself a dwarf, is becasue I picked chessex not for their pretty(They are very pretty) but becasue their dice last.

They're well made, no bubbles, good polymers.

WIll last multiple lifetimes.

Blue..well I like blue. And water. And ice. And Melons! 🍈

Gamescience gems will cut you :V. Gamesicence is also new players in the dice game.

Dwarves appreciate tenure. 🍈

But if you're a pure goblin, I gotta see what you got 🍈

Also just fyi: There are discord servers with dicemakers. They make beautiful stuff.

[mighty bolt]

I am the Great Androsphynx Adam , it is a pleasure to be here with you all.

[severe herald]

Hello! I am John Melon.

No Great. No wonderful. Just John.

[mighty bolt]

Hello graceful Sir!

Or shall I say...just John?

[jovial badger]

hi everyone

was wondering about the gunslinger subclass for fighter

[vale kettle]

What about them?

[severe herald]

John works.

[jovial badger]

what stuff to choose for a level 4 character (feat bg etc) and how exactly firearms work

[severe herald]

"Ajunct Professor at odds with the Magic department" or "That bastard with the Kukris" works too. 🍈

[mighty bolt]

I shall take this into account

[vale kettle]

Probably feat wise take sharpshooter

[severe herald]

Hmn. That is a question. Anyone build real items around characters? I've got [this] (#merch-and-dice message)kit I built, for IRL bushcraft. Am I just an odd one?

I play ranger casue I'm an IRL bushcraft. And I'm an IRL bushcrafter, cause I play ranger.

[mighty bolt]

When I was studying DnD and Human design at the same time , I wanted to see which would be the perfect fit for me in DnD based off of my human design chart , so I went far and wide to search for my place in this Universe and I stumbled upon an AI that was smart enough to piece it together.

[severe herald]

I've done that too. It was fun. Hence John. 🍈

[mighty bolt]

Oh!? What a nice synchronisation!

[jovial badger]

sharpshooter or firearm specialist?

[severe herald]

Yep. John(The character), is an Adjunct professor for the Neverwinter Academy, Survival.

[mighty bolt]

Are ye a generator?

[severe herald]

A what now?

[mighty bolt]

One of the four Human Design types. Generator , Projector , Manifestor and Reflector

[severe herald]

Oh! yes.

[mighty bolt]

I see I have felt your aura correctly! Always nice to know Generators

Rangers , Brawlers , Warriors and the ones who wield raw physical power are generators

[severe herald]

It's intresting. Becasue Brigs meyer probaly better catorgizes me.

[mighty bolt]

Indeed

[severe herald]

It's a rare one.

ENTJ.

[mighty bolt]

I first was surprised that Claude ai described me as an Androsphynx , I didnt believe it could be played in Dnd

[severe herald]

A what now?

I..hmn. maybe 3e?

I Know sphinx is a monsterous race in 3.5.

[mighty bolt]

Androsphynx , a male sphynx that scares female sphinxes with knowledge hahaha

[severe herald]

Yee but the whole race is under that. That's a subclass. They're monsterous races. I'm like 100% sure that's what it's pulling from.

translating 3.5 > 5 is not hard. SO yeah. That tracks.

[vale kettle]

Sharpshooter

You preferably wanna get both (I think)

[severe herald]

What's funny is my last "Character", was not a ranger.

[mighty bolt]

Yes , because it didnt place me as a class first , but an entity ( I wanted to see to which race I belong) soooo u think I can pull it off in a real session?

[hot gate]

I'd be careful with getting info drom AI, as it's known to make things up and mislead poeople.

For the newest edition of D&D 5e/5.5e it isn't an officially playable species. You'd need to homebrew it.

[severe herald]

Shandran Sanodan Marino.

Lover of blue. Mage person.

[lyric viper]

Androsphinx is in 5e, but not a player species.

[mighty bolt]

Oh dont worry , Im a 1/3 emotional Projector , I do not get into stuff before im absolutely sure they track

[severe herald]

Can confirm. Am AI researcher. Have tons of proof they make stuff up. Is pretty funny.

[mighty bolt]

:(((( sad roars

[severe herald]

The coding ones seem to like the rigid structure of rulebooks over the "literary" ones.

[mighty bolt]

I have a specific Human Design chart and ive tested it in GPT , Gemini , Perplexity and none of them analyzed it correctly. Only claude is worthy to solve the riddle of the Sphinx

[jovial badger]

how both at level 4?

[severe herald]

But I've asked them simple questions and unless I properly and rigiditly structure that prompt. It will wander.

[lyric viper]

Also other way round and old lore:

They usually shun the company of gynosphinxes, for they resent the females' greater intelligence and neutral alignment.
-MM 1e

[mighty bolt]

Thats the description Claude AI gave too btw , it pulled the info directly from Lore

[severe herald]

1e. Good lord. I knew they were old but damn.

[lyric viper]

More recent lore doesn't bother with the comparison.

[severe herald]

Gygax was a jokester. 🍈

[lyric viper]

Also, relevant to the discussion, note our rules on AI generated content

[mighty bolt]

It seems the Androsphinxes started to turn their attention to dating

[mighty bolt]

You got it!

[severe herald]

Ah! Right. My 2nd chracter.

[mighty bolt]

Vampires anynone?

[severe herald]

The mage. So. I am a 3.5 greybeard. Shan was my character, he's why I have the blue shiny dice.

[lyric viper]

In 5e they're both just sphinxes, but Androsphinxes tend to test 'the courage and valor of supplicants' and Gynpsphinxes 'test the wit of supplicants '

[severe herald]

I stopped playing him for two reasons. Change of taste, and I got tired of 'dragging along the campaign' becasue I insist on doing my spells properly. With keeping of the material components.

It slows people down, and that's no fun :V

[mighty bolt]

Why is it forbidden to play intelligent mooonsters?

[lyric viper]

It's not forbidden so much as it's not supported mechanically.

[severe herald]

It never really ever was to begin with.

[mighty bolt]

Hmm , what If I start as a small winged lion cub sphinx?

[vale kettle]

How is it forbidden?

Play them as they make sense

[lyric viper]

An androsphinx for example is a CR 17 creature, meaning it should be a relative challenge for 4 x lvl 17 PCs.

[severe herald]

My memoyr's bad, but I can't think of any offical "monsterous player race" rules.

In any edition.

[vale kettle]

If a creature has high int play them as if they were highly intelligent

[severe herald]

I think the issue is everything else. Monsterous races get crazy powers/natural ablities.

Ontop of being..well..hard to kill.

[lyric viper]

So trying to play one as it's stats block represents is going to be highly unabalanced. Your options are to try and strip it down as much as possible to a weaker version that still captures the concept, or play them at a higher level closer to their equivalent level.

[vale kettle]

I dont know what you mean

[severe herald]

When you give a player a monsterous race to play, they get that race's ablities.

[mighty bolt]

Of course I shall strip it down , dosnt matter if I turn into a baby sphinx xdd

[vale kettle]

Give me an example

[severe herald]

Many of those ablities, are not meant for players to have access to, but to fight against.

[vale kettle]

Oh straight up playing as a monster??

[severe herald]

I can give you a 3.5 example.

"Letting a player play as a slime."

[mighty bolt]

Exactly

[lyric viper]

But then you now have to work with your DM to homebrew a baby sphinx that is equivalent in power to any other plyable species.

Aaand not give yourself extra powers as you level.

[mighty bolt]

That is the main issue

[lyric viper]

It's doable, but difficult to balance in a mixed party.

Other options are playing 'all X' parties.

[severe herald]

Because RAW(Rules as written), offically, there's no way to do it.

[mighty bolt]

Absolutely! I wouldnt even want more powers xd

[severe herald]

There have been many homebrew

[lyric viper]

Wanna play a dragon? We're all playing dragons now.

[severe herald]

"But I don't wanna be a dragon :<"

[mighty bolt]

Such a sweet idea , can I be yalls vampire ?

[lyric viper]

An all vampire game sounds pretty interesting actually.

[mighty bolt]

I am a huge dragon fan

[vale kettle]

Ngl a player just needs to learn shapechange and their fantasy of playing a monster creature is complete

[severe herald]

All vampire, good only game sounds intresting.

[mighty bolt]

Now that one will be an eternal game

[severe herald]

Like manage vampirism while existing in a small town, or traveling.

[austere root]

Polymorph/true polymorph does get you a temp or perma taste of playing as a dragon

[severe herald]

Feeding on the idiot bandits that attack your town

[mighty bolt]

Lawful neutral wise vampire , also checks with me being an HD projector , my real life abilities are ' wait for the invitation , get reckognized and only give advice when asked ' , basically a real life vampire

[lyric viper]

Play an older dragon you can shapechange into a humanoid and have 'normal PC form'.

[severe herald]

Neutral Good Half Dwarf Ranger.

[mighty bolt]

Love it!

[austere root]

The silver/gold dragon shapechange at will to anything below 17cr is crazy

[severe herald]

You've seen the Kuikri, yes?

Note the Sigil.

[mighty bolt]

Charm my way into everything , feed on rats if no one invites me to feed

[lyric viper]

COuncil of Wyrms in 2e was a soft setting focused on playing dragons.

[severe herald]

Those aren't props.

5160 Steel. Full tang.

[mighty bolt]

Didnt had the chance yet , so much work

[severe herald]

When you do, the vibe will change. 🍈

[mighty bolt]

Im sure it will , love investigating

[severe herald]

Statistically, there is a dragon who goes around a small town as a cat, to be petted.

Statistically, there are enough dragons for this to be true. They have the ablity, the desire is in the task itself. I can't see why this isn't canon.

Dragon cats are canon.

[jovial badger]

how do i get the bad news firearm?

[lyric viper]

That's from Matt Mercer's gunslinger 'homebrew'.

You'll need to ask your DM about using it and firearms in the game, and how to implement them.

[severe herald]

What is the status on that? Offical? Semi? Not?

[lyric viper]

Oh wait, hang on, it's from Exandria not just the 'homebrew':
https://www.dndbeyond.com/equipment/56-bad-news-exandria

[severe herald]

Got my answer for that, at least.

25 lb firearm is wild.

[jovial badger]

yes that one

[lyric viper]

Unofficial yep. And it's a biggun

[jovial badger]

anything to have a nuke am i right

[severe herald]

For reference, a M249 weighs about 20 lbs.

That has 100 rounds. on a belt.

[jovial badger]

yep

[severe herald]

Biggun is an understatement

This thing's a punt gun.

[jovial badger]

i got 10 strength meaning i can carry 150lb (is it x15 i forgot)

[severe herald]

Explosive. Upon a hit, everything within 5 ft of the target must make a Dexterity saving throw (DC equal to 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Dexterity modifier) or suffer 1d8 fire damage. If the weapon misses, the ammunition fails to detonate, or bounces away harmlessly before doing so.

Oh.

good lord.

EVERYTHING within 5 feet of the target has to dex or take a d8 of fire.

That's nuts.

[jovial badger]

yes

[severe herald]

And I thought my homebrew sling setup was bad.

[jovial badger]

i can feel the emotion in the oh

[severe herald]

The tl'dr of that nonsense is sling bullets shaped like platonic solids(Google this), fired from a steel cabled(Dwarven made) sling(about 150 mph). The different shapes, did different things naturally.

The bullets themselves, were lead coated Copper

[jovial badger]

Violent Shot
When you make a firearm attack against a creature, you can expend one or more grit points to enhance the volatility of the attack. For each grit point expended, the attack gains a +2 to the firearm’s misfire score. If the attack hits, you can roll one additional weapon damage die per grit point spent when determining the damage.
for context: grit points are equal to your wis modifier and reset on a short rest.

[severe herald]

Bruh. What is the character using this.

[jovial badger]

Fighter subclass: gunslinger

[severe herald]

Stat list?

[tawdry sentinel]

This exists in one of my books.

Based on the norse myth. Where it is the "pet" of a wizard who turns up once a year and who promises a wish to anyone that can lift it.

[severe herald]

Counterpoint: I think humans just like cats. And dogs. 🍈

But that's cool. I like details like that. Very nice. Do people offer it treats?

[jovial badger]

str 10
dex 18
con 12
int 8
wis 18
cha 10

[severe herald]

I feel like if it's norse...I think the word is coded?...then they'd make a whole festival about that...but i'm just thinking out loud based on patterns.

[tawdry sentinel]

People try all kinds of things to lift the cat but on account of it being a disguised dragon it doesn't play ball.

[severe herald]

A Dex/Wiz based fighter. Huh.

[jovial badger]

mostly dex for the guns. wis for the grit points i mentioned earlier.

[severe herald]

Makes sense.

I'd have dumped cha, not int.

That much wis? Int is more valuable, IMO.

[jovial badger]

well its a guy carrying a big gun, you gotta have some witty lines in there

[severe herald]

True, but Bad is more memorable than witty 🍈

[jovial badger]

wis for the grit points

sorta like ki points for gunslingers

[severe herald]

Yes yes. What I'm saing is "With 18 wis being required, I'd rather have +0 Int, than -1"

[formal seal]

Genuinely curious, how do you guys act out or play a max intelligence character?

[severe herald]

Because a -1 in cha means I can play 'competent, wise, but akward/unfunny.

[jovial badger]

true true

[rapid mason]

hiii guys

[severe herald]

Depends on the rest of the stats.

[jovial badger]

what class?

[rapid mason]

im new to dnd how does this work?

[jovial badger]

hello!

[jovial badger]

what aspect of dnd?

[rapid mason]

it popped up on my tiktok fyp the roleplay one with campaigns

[errant crag]

You should check out both #learn-to-play and #dnd-newcomers

[rapid mason]

kinda got me intrigued

[severe herald]

Intelligence alone is just a marker of how fast someone can figgure stuff out.

[rapid mason]

thxx

[severe herald]

How they use that, is dependent on their personality.

[jovial badger]

oh i saw an amazing graphic at my local bar hosting a dnd liveshow about what the stats meant, lemme see if i can find it

[severe herald]

I simply give them more 'vision' of the board.

[errant crag]

What

[severe herald]

All Knolwedge rolls generally default to Int. This is a combination of rote memorization and arbitration.

So. I look at what that character knows, what they don't, what synthisizes, and treat their knwledge level accordingly(Expert, Professional, Journeyman, Beginner, Novice, Layman, Dunce)

[jovial badger]

Strength is being able to crush a tomato
Dexterity is being able to dodge and throw tomatoes
Constitution is being able to eat a rotten tomato
Intelligence is knowing a tomato is a fruit
Wisdom is knowing not to put a tomato in a fruit salad
Charisma is selling tomatoes with style

[errant crag]

One of the biggest mechanical advantages to Intelligence is the Intelligence skills, which can be used to gleam information about all kinds of creatures, effects, spells, etc. It basically allows you to use meta game knowledge if you pass an intelligence check that your DM calls for.

[glass granite]

The tomato analogy
Strength is crushing a tomato
Dexterity is dodging a tomato
Constitution is being able to eat a bad tomato
Intelligence is knowing tomatoes are a fruit
Wisdom is knowing not to put it into a fruit salad
Charisma is being able to sell a fruit salad that contains tomato

[severe herald]

Charisma

Alright I'm gonna prove I have some.

Salsa, is tomato fruit salad.

[errant crag]

I think its more like the tomato equivalent of applesauce

[severe herald]

....that's salsa!

[errant crag]

Applesals....a

[severe herald]

You don't just sell..blended tomato.

That's INT thinking.

You gotta Season it. Spice it up! Make it hot!

You gotta evoke emotions. Warm toritilias. Family. Good food.

[jovial badger]

i have a feeling your favourite stat is int.

[severe herald]

ANd the Smell of fresh blended salsa. Right at home.

In your grocery isle.

[severe herald]

Nope. Dex.

[jovial badger]

nugget the #1 lurker OAT

[glass granite]

I’m an oat now?

[severe herald]

But "Int" thinking is logical. Tomato. Salad. Direct comparasion. Flavor? Spice? sizzle? Not in spec.

Cha thinking is emotional.

[jovial badger]

of all time

[severe herald]

This is why I've always disagreed that high cha = pretty.

[errant crag]

These are very rigid ways to look at the ability scores

[severe herald]

High Cha = High emotional intelligence.

[errant crag]

No it doesn't

[severe herald]

IMO, at least

[errant crag]

That's insight thats literally wisdom

[severe herald]

Knowing what to say to someone isn't the same thing as knowing the right tone to use.

[errant crag]

I don't think that's what insight is

[severe herald]

I'm not talking about inisight. I'm talking about charisma.

[errant crag]

Insight is the ability to read a room or situation, to pick up on body language and expressions

[glass granite]

Charisma isn’t being pretty, it’s about being able to impose your force of self on those around you

[severe herald]

But it's not just imposing. It's knowing the whole game.

[feral fulcrum]

It's more fittingly thought of as your Presence.

[glass granite]

Knowing would be wisdom

[severe herald]

You don't have to be wise to know how to talk to a bunch of different women to sleep with them.

You just have to be good.

[errant crag]

A character with high charisma doesn't necessarily need to be suave and coercive and sociable, they can just be a character who is confident and self assured

[severe herald]

Wise would be knowing that doing that, isn't a long term good idea.

Intelligence, would be using that ability to select the best mate.

[errant crag]

Why is this the angle you're pushing this in

[feral fulcrum]

And knowing is half the battle. GI Joe theme plays

[severe herald]

Because it's a low stakes friendly conversation I'm haviing with like-minded individuals about a game we all enjoy.

What angle?

[errant crag]

I'm not gonna worry about it

[severe herald]

If you won't, I won't. Because I don't even see it.

Tangent: We got any sorcer players in chat? I'm curious cause I've always played rigid casters. Any of you all find that the flexibility is useful?

Warlocks too. I have no idea how they do things at all.

[humble cairn]

I feel like Clerics, Druids, and Artificers are more flexible. Considering they can swap out their entire spell list each day.

[severe herald]

I've only played Wizard as my only caster. 2e to..well now. When I do play. 5e. Just wizard.

Clerics and druids I already know their spell systems, but I thought Artificer's magic was a footnote? it kinda was in 3.5.

[humble cairn]

I don't know what you mean by "footnote."

[severe herald]

"This is not your primary focus."

Not their casting magic. I thought. I could be wrong.

[humble cairn]

Artificers are half casters. They have other things they do, but casting is a major part of it.

[severe herald]

Ahhh. Okay. Never played one, or GMed for one.

[humble cairn]

And they are the most castery of the half casters, the other two being Paladins and Rangers. Who are more martial by default.

[severe herald]

I'm well acquainted with the ranger magic list. The "Main" build echews it entirely.

[humble cairn]

They don't cast at all? That seems like leaving abilities on the table.

[severe herald]

Didn't know that about Artificers. Thought their magic was simiar to Range'rs level.

[severe herald]

John doesn't cast.

[humble cairn]

I play a Beast Master and I'm constantly using different spells for Control and Utility.

[humble cairn]

I mean, they are. Again they're half casters, like Rangers. But Rangers only get to swap one spell per Long Rest while Artificers get to swap their whole list.

[errant crag]

Im playing a 2024 Sea Elf Beastmaster Ranger in a Rime of the Frostmaiden game

[severe herald]

He's a bushcrafter. His thing is tool versatility, so I lean into that. RAW, I just take the penalites. Homebrew, most GMs allow me the extra proficiencies I want in excahnge for that.

I trade my magic and my familar for more weapon proficencies and skills.

[humble cairn]

Okay I have no clue how that works since it's homebrew but if it's fun for you, good on ya.

[severe herald]

Batman.

[errant crag]

His Beast of the Land is a giant coconut crab that is currently frosty with small hairs growing on it as it's cold in the Icewind Dale

[severe herald]

Pre-planning.

Controlling the battlefield the old fashoned way. Pits. Snares. Traps. False bottoms. Weather. And other bushcraft like things.

Also, through combat. Rope dagger. Sling. Entangle and crit-fish with TWF.

I don't need magic.

Rangers are native TWFers

[errant crag]

It's definitely good on them

[humble cairn]

Entangle is a spell, though?

[severe herald]

"I throw my rope dagger at your feet"

"Success? You are now entangled"

[humble cairn]

Oh so a net.

[errant crag]

Is it a net or are you re-flavoring

[severe herald]

A rope dagger is a dagger, on a rope.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rope_dart

[humble cairn]

So just to let you know this whole server is mainly 5E stuff.

[errant crag]

Okay

[severe herald]

This is (Or was) in the books.

[humble cairn]

Unless you're in #dnd-elder-editions

[severe herald]

I'm like 95% sure this is an exotic weapon.

in the 5e PHB.

[humble cairn]

And also we don't really talk much about homebrew mechanics outside of #homebrew, just to keep conversations on the same page.

[severe herald]

None of this is homebrew.

It's clever application of the baseline ruleset.

As I have been doing for two decades.

[errant crag]

I don't believe it is an official weapon in 5e

[severe herald]

At least last I checked. I could be wrong.

[humble cairn]

There is no rope dart weapon in either the 2014 or 2024 PHB. There is an entangling item and that's a net, which you can reflavor of course.

[severe herald]

Okay, then I'm mixing editions again, as usual, and I appoligize. :V

[errant crag]

My Sea Elf Ranger has been popping off with Elven Accuracy

Got pretty tired of missing attacks

So now I just don't

And since my DM is running optional flanking advantage and I just got my beast Master beast a few sessions ago, it's been very easy to get Elven Accuracy on all my attacks and just roll 9 d20s on my turn

[humble cairn]

2024 Beast Master?

[errant crag]

Yeah

Sea Elf Beastmaster

Doing TWF with Elven Accuracy

[errant whale]

Im excited to play my beast master dwarf in 2 weeks

[errant crag]

Dwarf Rangers are so flavorful

[errant whale]

I made them very tank so im going to have to figure out how I can tank for my beast

[errant crag]

Dwarves are just such flavorful characters

[severe herald]

I found it. My notes, rather.

So, it's a dart(1d4 Pierrcing, 5 CP, Finesse/Thrown (Range 20/60) tied to hempen rope(cut to 20 feet, from 50, PHB).

The rest(The ruling and how to use it) is homebrew.

[humble cairn]

I love my Beast Master character. The Primal Companion is a lot of fun!

[errant whale]

They really are, orcs are still my favorite though

[severe herald]

The action is "Cut rope, tie rope to thing. Swing rope"

Nothing in the rules, RAW, says that I can't do that.

[reef tundra]

The next character I’m making is a beast master! I cannot wait

[errant whale]

If youre swinging the rope then what does the dart do?

[humble cairn]

That's not how RAW works, but there's also a net: https://www.dndbeyond.com/equipment/392-net

[errant crag]

So you're making a throwing ranged attack with a dagger with a rope tied to it

[errant whale]

Is the dart like a weight at the front of the rope

[severe herald]

That's the goal, yep. The dart itself is of no consequence. It's a weight to be used to wrap around things.

[rotund shell]

I'd allow it.

[humble cairn]

So it's a net. Just reflavored like a bola.

[errant crag]

That's unfortunate because that dart is the thing that makes this closer to RAW

[severe herald]

No, it's a rope. Nets can't be used to gather firewood.

They're also bulkier.

Ranger.

[humble cairn]

Mechanically it would work like a net, flavor it as a rope if you wish.

[severe herald]

Yep, that's the soloution every GM and player i've shown this to has come to.

The rope portion is important becuse bushcrafting needs rope.

[humble cairn]

But Rope also has rules for how you tie someone up with it: https://www.dndbeyond.com/equipment/415-rope

[severe herald]

It seems my era is over.

Such is the passage of time.

[rotund shell]

I'd still allow it. I see the vision. Rule of cool and all.

[errant crag]

Realizing I've still yet to ever play a goblin

[reef tundra]

I haven’t played one either

Although that’s me with short species in general. I’ve only played a halfling like, once, and all the others never

[errant whale]

What would be even cooler is if the enemy catches the rope, tugs it away and uses it against them

[errant crag]

I love playing small species

[severe herald]

Yes. Pull the rope attached to the 230 lb, 6'1, half dwarf. Please. Bring me closer to you. I need to be in knife range.

[reef tundra]

I’ve recently been projecting art of gnome characters that are my style into my brain to try hype myself into playing gnome

[errant crag]

Why does small dissuade you

[reef tundra]

It’s not the being small itself, it’s the proportions, and the stereotypical look of gnomes and dwarfs that don’t feel like me

[severe herald]

Also this would be a badass fight.

We need more flexible weapon representation.

[reef tundra]

I play them a lot when I’m dungeon master with NPCs, but making a player character is more difficult for me because it has to be a person I am comfortable looking like or being for long or short term

[errant crag]

Could play a fairy, they're small with medium humanoid proportions still. It makes them look even smaller

[reef tundra]

I do like the fairy aesthetic, I should give them a go

[errant crag]

I love fairies

I should make and play another one

[reef tundra]

I’ve got like, a bucket list but with species I must play

Next is Kalashtar

[errant crag]

My favorite species is Duergar and I've only played them twice

Oh wait

I've only played them once

[reef tundra]

It’s strange, I love dwarves, I love their culture, their home, their style… but I could never imagine playing one

I think the aesthetic just doesn’t feel like me

[errant crag]

Ive never really felt the need for a character to represent me or resemble me

Or even reflect me

[reef tundra]

I think it’s less resembling me and more just looking a way I would want to look

Because my characters don’t resemble me. I’d be afraid if some of my characters resembled me

They have done horrific things

[errant crag]

I played Greasy the Artificer recently (finally)

Absolutely repugnant individual

Bro was vile

[reef tundra]

Perfect naming

[errant crag]

He had all of his black hair collected together and slopped off to the side in a greasy tentacle of hair

[reef tundra]

Delightful description 😭

[errant crag]

Bro was covered in a perpetual film of grease, as if it oozed through his very clothing leaving him perpetually sodden

He would wear plate armor under his big n tall trenchcoat

And it was all absolutely greasy

[reef tundra]

Hmmm, now that I think about it maybe my constant need to play characters that I would want to or be comfortable with looking like is just a reflection of some irl stuff

[still plover]

-# "This better not awaken anything in me..."

[errant crag]

Not only was he unsightly to look at he was also unbecoming of character, he was Neutral Evil and had a passive apathy as to how his actions or his inventions affected the world around him. His Steel Defender was a little mechanical steam train, constantly chugging away and pumping horrible thick smog into the air from the grease it burns as fuel.

Greasy was not environmentally friendly.

[reef tundra]

Greasy giving Redditor vibes 😭/j

[errant crag]

He was so fun to roleplay everybody loved him but felt obligated to hate him.

[worn crow]

Ahhhh got a game later tonight I haven't slept yet with one of my current special interest characters. I should be working on finishing up a concept design and then token for a new character for a Sunday game, but instead I had the urge to do something for my Thurs game character.. And I'm so proud of how it's turning out

[errant crag]

We got the bad ending of the adventure after Greasy was left to die by the rest of the party in the depths of a hell cube superweapon and he eventually rose up with his mind corrupted and he became the ruler of the hell cube superweapon and replaced the BBEG we had just defeated

A fitting end for such a foul character

[hidden spindle]

For me, it's a little sad but they just don't have enough mechanics...

Like Armor Training or Speed Unaffected by not meeting STR requirement of Heavy Armor like it did in '14

[errant crag]

I miss those traits low-key

Not having innate proficiencies made me realize how little I was appreciating them

[hidden spindle]

Its one of the few '14 things I miss. I'd ask the DM if it were possible to port Mountain Dwarf forward

Because Elf got all their 'sub' species choices but Dwarf lost one

Armor Training is just that good, they've effectively revised & phased out any species that granted Armor Training

[jade spade]

elves get favoritsm. need more dwarves in general

[jovial badger]

i need a variant variant human that gets 2 feats

[reef tundra]

I’ll drink to that

To more feats

[still plover]

So 2024 human but making Skilled an open choice?

I could buy that.

[hidden spindle]

Isn't skilled a suggestion?

[reef tundra]

Recently with my campaigns I’ve actually been letting players have an ASI and pick a feat anyway, bc I love them and I think outside of fighter, you don’t get much opportunity to pick them

[reef tundra]

That was my thought

[still plover]

"As a Human, you have these special traits.

Resourceful. You gain Heroic Inspiration whenever you finish a Long Rest.

Skillful. You gain proficiency in one skill of your choice.

Versatile. You gain an Origin feat of your choice (see “Feats”). Skilled is recommended."

Misread it, thought Skillful was Skilled.

[reef tundra]

Ah, I thought I was tripping

[still plover]

The letters are like right next to each other.

[jovial badger]

skilled is very good

[hidden spindle]

Ngl, I like Proficiencies in Skills or Tools but I would have it the least recommended origin feat.

[reef tundra]

I remember a friend of mine played a lore bard with the skilled feat, they were proficient with like half of the skills list at just level 3 😭

[reef tundra]

Yeah, I always go for the other origin feats

Crafter, my beloved.

I’m a cheapskate in real life and I’m a cheapskate in dnd

[hidden spindle]

Love crafter and being the shopping party member with all the discounts

[errant whale]

Clearly tavern brawler is the obvious pick

[hidden spindle]

I'm biased to Tavern Brawler

[reef tundra]

I do like tavern brawler

I like combining it with crusher and open hand Monk to just launch people

[glass granite]

I like tavern brawler for my monks

[reef tundra]

Who needs repelling blast?

[reef tundra]

Morning, nugget

[hidden spindle]

A Riddick moment with, 'I'll kill you with this Tea Cup' d4 damage

[reef tundra]

Okay I have to do that now

Riddick, the goat

[still plover]

If you've got +2 or better in INT and WIS, Skilled can really pay off.

[glass granite]

Evenin’

[reef tundra]

Good Time zone

[reef tundra]

I just realised my combo won’t work after level 6

Because then my unarmed strikes no longer do bludgeoning damage

[hidden spindle]

Agreed. Those bonuses do add up later on.

The most I've seen Skilled be used is to grab Arcana Proficiency (& Perception) & the proper Tool to have at a minimum, for crafting certain Magical Items, should their DM be more rigid on their background selection (because mechanically its identical to Skilled but a mandatory tool & two skills)

[knotty vine]

does it not allow youto choose or do they just do force

[hidden spindle]

I thought it was an option

[reef tundra]

Oh yeah! That’s right

Amen

Phew, I can keep launching people

[knotty vine]

Whenever you deal damage with your Unarmed Strike, it can deal your choice of Force damage or its normal damage type.

[reef tundra]

Excellent

I can still launch people 25 feet

Hmm, at level 8 I should take charger to get it to 35

My DM better not put any bridges or cliffs to fight on

[stray sage]

how good are bane and entangle as debuff spells?

[hidden spindle]

Imo, they're good

[knotty vine]

Im loving the new Pirate captain

[reef tundra]

Bane’s pretty good

I like trying to combo it with bestow curse

[hidden spindle]

Is it a full statblock satisfaction or something else about them?

[knotty vine]

The whole statblock is just really good

[reef tundra]

Yeah, I like it too

[knotty vine]

Just seems right for what a CR 6 creature should be

[reef tundra]

I love their charm ability, the image in my head is so funny

[knotty vine]

The higher tier one just auto charms you which is just way too funny

[reef tundra]

Imagine having a sword duel with someone, then they just slap you, give you a wink, and suddenly you’re dumbstruck and can’t help but admire them for a turn

[knotty vine]

Pirate Admiral in a nut shell

[reef tundra]

-# Too relatable

[knotty vine]

I just now noticed that the 2014 polar bear could die to extreme cold

[reef tundra]

Fighting fire with fire ahh

[knotty vine]

Only in 2024 did they get cold resistance

[jade spade]

we need "weather resistance"

[knotty vine]

Thats already kind of a thing

[jade spade]

cool! I like that idea. especially could work for some species

[gleaming hinge]

Hello everyone

[knotty vine]

Being immune to extreme cold/heat only needs cold/fire resistance

[jade spade]

but I don't feel like an air genasi, who doesn't have fire resistance, should be as bothered by deserts lets say.
But thats just me maybe

[knotty vine]

Why not?

[jade spade]

cause I mean I feel like being able to command air you could probably regulate your temprature better?

[knotty vine]

Thats not how air gen work but ok

[undone rain]

Paladins are immune to getting sick right?

[knotty vine]

2014 yes 2024 no

[undone rain]

Shame

[knotty vine]

I mean disease isnt really as used

[undone rain]

Still great if you think about it from a realistic pov. You can never get a cold or sore throat

[undone rain]

True true

[jade spade]

sorry :(

[undone rain]

I always forget to use divine sense

[knotty vine]

i mean GH has a trait system that has
Even beneath scorching sun and in freezing cold, you hold yourself strong. You have Advantage on Constitution saving throws made to resist the effects of extreme cold or extreme heat.

but even warforged arent immune extreme cold/heat

[undone rain]

Always found warforged interesting ngl

[knotty vine]

Turns out the new Gith are aberrations as they should be

[undone rain]

Yeah makes sense

[knotty vine]

I am still not a fan of how they nerfed down the Reveanats Undead Restoration

[mortal sphinx]

Helô

[worthy patrol]

ive made one character for each subclass that exists in phb, heroes of faerun, and forge of the artificer. what should i do in the meantime? i cant wait for the next expansion books haha T^T

[serene jolt]

Exploring Eberron has some fun subclasses.

[worthy patrol]

i didnt even know that that exists. checking it out rn

[serene jolt]

It has 2 of my favorite subclasses in the game right now. I just died as a (level 6) Forge Druid and made another one because I absolutely want to get to level 20 with that one.

-# It was the fault of some very unfair combat balancing.

[hidden spindle]

That's a lot. What have you paired with Rock Gnome?

[worthy patrol]

i forgot, lemme see

ahh arcane trickster

[hidden spindle]

That's a good one.

[severe jungle]

So i'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this BUT i was unaware i was supposed to be DMing a game until roughly 10 minutes ago. The Game is at 1 so in roughly 6 hours from now. I have NOTHING prepared. I can make a story up as we go along but i cannot for the life of me figure out what the goal of this campaign should be. I have side quests i've taken inspiration from off of pinterest but the overall goal of the campaign, i can't figure out. The Final combat piece of the campaign i was going to use a dopeganger and maybe a piercer but i dont have a story to go along with it or why that would be what my players are supposed to fight. Can anybody help?

[idle oar]

You know you can always tell folks that you'll need to postpone as you don't have anything prepared.

[minor cargo]

Could you just grab a pre-made and run that? You can of course still make stuff up as you like, but it coudl help?

[idle oar]

And yeah could just grab a pre-written adventure and run that

[severe jungle]

Yeah. I do have a premade and could let them start at level 3. At least thats what I have for a printed copy. I could probably do some digging for a PDF or just some starting points.

[bold umbra]

You can also make it an ever changing goal...
Meaning the boss learns of the hero's and changes plans as the game goes on until you come up with an actual final goal.
I've done that before...you see it in movies and shows a lot.
The heros think they have the boss right where they want the boss, but alas, escapism at it's best and what just took place was a diversion from the true goal, To delay the heroes and keep the final goal unknown until the very end.

[fast latch]

Can a Medium creature ride a Centaur if they’re willing?

[minor cargo]

We rule yes, but it's a weird, technical thing...

here's what I mean.
Centaur in MOTM have this:

Equine Build. You count as one size larger when determining your carrying capacity and the weight you can push or drag.
https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/motm/fantastical-races#Centaur

So a centaur can carry a medium sized rider (unless they have really low strength but let's ignore that for now).

But mounted combat says:

A willing creature that is at least one size larger than you and that has an appropriate anatomy can serve as a mount, using the following rules.
https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/basic-rules-2014/combat#MountedCombat

That's the tricky part. If Equine Build says "you count as one size larger when determining your carry capacity or when determining if you serve as a mount for mounted combat", we'd be good.

But in my games, yeah, we just let that happen. It sounds fun and not that big of a deal IMO.

[tribal night]

Horse

[undone rain]

Horsey

[halcyon forum]

I think RAW, its DM fiat first of the Centaur can carry a Rider at all (though there isnt much of an argument against it imo), but I think its also limited to small creatures

DnD Player centaurs are more pony size

[undone rain]

Funny how a centaur paladin wouldnt need find steed cuz you are the steed

[serene jolt]

It'd be cool if they included one per long rest enlarge/reduce to Centaur like Fairy has so they can effectively "be a steed" at least for a little bit of time.

[timber turtle]

Would this miniature pass as a gnome character for DnD?

Oh wait

Nvm

[hollow stone]

challenging the local centaur to a horse riding competition to then obligate the centaur to try and figure out how to ride a horse, as their own legs are invalid for such competition

[undone rain]

Lmao ive seen a video on that

You think centaurs have to eat alot. Cuz of the 2 stomachs

1 for hay 1 for regular food

[timber turtle]

Why we don't let picturs here? 😡

[still plover]

Put it on an image share, link to that with your question. I could suggest imgbb.com

[halcyon forum]

if you want to show of your minis there is this channel #dnd-minis

[timber turtle]

I don't want to anymore

[undone rain]

I dont really like not being able to post images here but eh dosent matter that much to me

[halcyon forum]

basically, images are not allowed to be directly posted in most channels as protection against spammers and other malicious actors

[undone rain]

Thats fair, with all the spammers and raiders on discord

[still plover]

If it's a humanoid under six foot (at scale) it'll probably pass. You and your table are the only ones that need to be happy with it.

[undone rain]

Whats the shortest race playable. Faires?

[lavish flame]

I think Halflings get shorter tbh

[fossil shuttle]

I mean, faerie are only like, 2 feet tall

[idle oar]

Small is the smallest player character size (gnome/fairies)

[lavish flame]

Gnomes are slightly taller than Halflings, and I figure Fairies are basically Gnome sized

[livid owl]

Fairies are actually the smallest at 2-3ft

[undone rain]

Yeah according to the wiki a halflings 3 feet. Faires seem to be the shortest

Why am i askin? Idk i might play a fairy barbarian for funsies

[livid owl]

Fairies are very fun I love small races in general

[undone rain]

Their no taller then a longsword even

[livid owl]

I have a fairy wild magic sorcerer right now and he grew 8 inches from a wild magic surge LOL
Lil guy stands at 3'3 now

[wicked mulch]

D&D Question of the Day (D&D Beyond: Playing the Game):

(Fill in the blank): When multiplying or dividing in the rules, you [ ] fractions unless a rule says otherwise.

[feral fulcrum]

Fairies are awesome purely because they allow the possibility of being a Rune Knight while huge. at level 5

[undone rain]

Lmaoooo what a change

[livid owl]

Very funny you bring up weaponry in regards to fairies as mine was used as an improvised weapon at one point
He did 1 damage

[undone rain]

1 damage holy crap😂

[livid owl]

He weighs like 20lbs it kind of makes sense LMAO

Our human fighter threw him at an enemy and he just bounced off

[undone rain]

If the winds a bit too strong he'll fly away

[livid owl]

HAHAHAH

I love the opposite side of this spectrum with Autognomes

Short but HEAVY

My autognome fighter weighed 300lbs and almost brought down a rickety old bridge the party was traversing

[undone rain]

Daaaaamn thats more then i weigh even holy shit

[livid owl]

Dense Metal Boi

[fossil shuttle]

Osmius the Weighted One

[livid owl]

LMAO

[edgy glen]

I've been playing a lot of roguelite games recently and I've found myself wondering at times- is it possible for dnd campaigns to have roguelite mechanics to it?
Like, as a simple example, what if your character is cursed which makes you immortal (in the sense that even when you die, you return to life eventually) and the only way to break that curse would be to kill the one who cursed you (final boss stuff); in the process, you get to basically grow and get better and better the more you suffer through this fate, ultimately resulting in you reaching the "end of the game" 🤷‍♂️

Though I haven't thought the idea of having more than one players, as in, a party, in this kinda campaign lol

What're y'all's opinions? :)

[still plover]

Discard.

https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/br-2024/playing-the-game#Dice

[ripe nimbus]

neither are halflings! hell even a lot of dwarves are shorter than a lot of longswords

longswords are, well, long.

[still plover]

Sure, can be done. Leaving aside the particulars we then ask what happened while you're dead?

Say you've got a demon invasion going on. If every time you die it takes a week to come back and the demons destroy another village, keep failing to stay alive and you'll run out of kingdom.

[lavish flame]

Yeah this is just a framing device for "this story is about your characters, and thus they won't die" with a possible plotline for ur players and story

[edgy glen]

Hmmm, good point 🤔 well I haven't thought it out too deeply, definitely it'd require some world tweaking and stuff to maintain some sort of a loop (say for example, you're in the realm of the dead and you've been "mistakenly" thrown in there, and your goal is to escape; maybe the party gameplay can be implemented into a plot like this too! 👀)

[edgy glen]

I mean, a lil bit of story and lore would be nice though, wouldn't be fun otherwise I think 😅

oh wait, I misread what u wrote...my bad

I mean, YES exactly

[vale sage]

Besides this Discord lfg and reddit's one, where can I post my campaign?

[fossil shuttle]

I've had a tiefling warlock who, when he died, returned to his father in the Hells and in order to get back to the party, would have to perform some task or retrieve and item for him