dnd-discussion

[meager fractal]

usually probably

[flint ledge]

On average probably

[knotty vine]

Relentless Endurance. When you are reduced to 0 hit points but not killed outright, you can drop to 1 hit point instead. Once you use this trait, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest.

Theres not a lot of things that kill you outright

[coarse ravine]

Only death ward would save you

[knotty vine]

finger and disintergrage dont kill you outright

[woven flint]

This kinda goes hard:
"Before the sun and the moon, there was the Song, and its music awoke the first dawn. Its melodies so delighted the stones and trees that some of them gained a voice of their own. And now they sing too. Learn the Song, students, and you too can teach the mountains to sing and dance."
-Bard College of Creation

[jolly agate]

Dammit Gruumsh

[knotty vine]

so renentless would kick in before

[empty thicket]

love this feature, i flavor it like im really hard to kill

[knotty vine]

Only spell i know that does kill you outright is PWK to my know how

[empty thicket]

Sadly i get too much multiattacks

[coarse ravine]

Yeah no saving throw. Just "oh ya didn't invest in con"? Let me hit ya a couple times to be under 100

Then boom dead

[empty thicket]

after X level or knowing you are going to X areas with really big dangers.
Death Ward is mandatory for me

[coarse ravine]

Death ward hardly gets used in my games but it definitely should be used more

[knotty vine]

Mainly cause PWK is a 9th level spell only used by the biggest enemies in dnd

[empty thicket]

Martials need the con so its expected most of them can tank it
Casters can use Death ward so... there is the "balance" of it

if not revivify in the moment

[flint ledge]

Yeah not a lot of spells outright kill ya anymore although exhaustion 6 I imagine would do it and a few monster features though I'd need to double check to be sure

[knotty vine]

Yeah like the shadows strength drain

0 strength you drop dead

[empty thicket]

fortunately there is not an scenario of "i can heal broken ribs, i cant heal death", in DnD you can in fact do it

[flint ledge]

The 8 strength level 20 wizard dying to a few shadows:

[knotty vine]

The shadows when I cast daylight:

[woven flint]

The Cleric Casting Spirit Guardians and standing beside his Wizard friend

[coarse ravine]

I just ran the new demon Maurezhi. Flavored it as a monk then when party walked away aoo. Then he got his turn with character already paralyzed. So another 2 attacks and dropped him.

But that monster drains charisma pretty fun. Cause they can assume any form they consume. So he was a monk lol

They didn't die but it was fun

[knotty vine]

The buff to the daylight spell was unexpected but welcomed

[umbral girder]

Is it new? It’s been out for many years.

[coarse ravine]

Oh idk was new to me

[flint ledge]

I mean you could probably have a setting in which reviving magics is much harder or/and frowned upon

[rough basalt]

I was talking older editions

[coarse ravine]

Whats the 2024 buff?

[flint ledge]

It is still necromancy after all

[meager fractal]

yeah it's almost ten years old lol

[knotty vine]

It now counts as sunlight

[coarse ravine]

As it always should have

[blissful ibex]

it counts as sunlight now

[coarse ravine]

Good job revision spell

[rough basalt]

In older editions, Finger of Death was just save or die and if you save, you might still die from the damage

[empty thicket]

then find a balance of it
Death is in every corner, then revivify and other stuff is easy to use
Death is kinda hard to happen if you are careful, then make revives a bit more hard to get

[rough basalt]

For my setting I opt for more interesting ways of revival

[empty thicket]

I would go for More harsh situations that lead to death but revive is easy than the other, because mistakes happen and sometimes one just have a really bad luck

[rough basalt]

Like on Monday the bard was made into a reborn (living doll) that's creature type is construct after he was killed by a Necromancers circle of death

[coarse ravine]

Yeah we had that in a westmarch... that westmarch was incredible had 1000 people dozens of quests every day. But like most westmarchs it eventually died. But the no revive factor definitely made stakes higher

[empty thicket]

Still, easy dont mean cheap.
Yeah you can bring your buddy to a special church and revive him, but will cost you around 1500gp.

[rough basalt]

Because the party had a woman with a peculiar magic resurrect him at the cost of a favor.

[meager fractal]

dirty deeds done dirt cheap

[rough basalt]

A very hefty favor. They gotta travel all the way north across the water then tundra

[knotty vine]

I’m playing a CoS game rn and the plan to kill strahd is to trap him in a magic wall and cast daylight

[rough basalt]

It'll get them away from the bandits hunting them probably tho

[empty thicket]

Bob sponge movie scene style where they get dried up?

[knotty vine]

Exactly!

[empty thicket]

Oh god... 😭

[knotty vine]

Let’s just hope he can’t teleport

[empty thicket]

he will, dont worry

[knotty vine]

Damn

[empty thicket]

that or have some backup ally to help him

[knotty vine]

The only thing i remember from vampires and my experience fighting them is that sunlight turns off there ability to transform

[rough basalt]

I'm happy with the progress on my setting guide I got done today. I deserve a permanent pc kill next week for my hard work. /j

[knotty vine]

Through I doubt I’ll fail the con save unless I take heavy damage

[empty thicket]

Oh wait!! i just thought in one that would be terrifying.
You all try and he act like desperate and all that, but when the sunlight should hit him, there is an Eclipse forced by him so he could take his dark creatures to the outside and feast on the people

[feral fulcrum]

A Wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he intends to.

[knotty vine]

Since I have a +6 and advantage

To con saves

[empty thicket]

All your plan, for nothing, just for you all haste his plans and make him unleash chaos

[blissful ibex]

5.5e stat block takes like 20 unresistable damage at beginning of turn and gives them disadvantage on a bunch of stuff IIRC

[knotty vine]

Yeah and since daylight counts as sunlight now

Trap him in a magic wall

[empty thicket]

and then he hide the sun with a fake moon

an artificial eclipse

[knotty vine]

Alright that’s just impressive

[empty thicket]

And then he laugh hysterically, standing while the party start to feel a primal fear

[blissful ibex]

to be fair, that was an actual epic level spell prior to 4th edition

[knotty vine]

Time to run!

[blissful ibex]

except it was a giant rock you'd launch into low orbit and then turn into a giant dust cloud and you could have it follow you around when you actually cast the spell

[knotty vine]

Epic level spells were genuinely so cool

They were basically 10+ level spells

[blissful ibex]

but alas, the aftermath of the spellplague put an end to that

[knotty vine]

I forgot that was a canon event in dnd

[tropic cypress]

is there anything i should look forward to on armorer artificer only lvl three right now?

[atomic moat]

I think there are still loopholes to get 10th level spell effects, mostly involving killing a lot of people but possibly just having the right artifact.

[empty thicket]

would do it, like some sort of cult try to hide the sun so some demons//monster that cant be under sunlight could unleash and destroy an important kingdom

[blissful ibex]

or they could circle-cast Doomtide

[empty thicket]

The party would either, go for the cult and take them down before they make it and if the party fail, Rescue and war chapter

[blissful ibex]

or not, mistread it q_q

range increases, not area

[empty thicket]

wait, what it does that?

[knotty vine]

Circle casting

[empty thicket]

oh, thought it was something special

[knotty vine]

I mean it kinda is

Circle casting to snip a jerk more then 1 mile away

[lavish flame]

The real loophole is "ask your DM to figure out how, and then follow their instructions"

[blissful ibex]

or ask daurgothoth very politely to cast it for you /j

[feral fulcrum]

looks at Vampires, also looks at Shadows

[vague bison]

Should I send my party a picture of the 24 twig blights I just finished with no context

[lavish flame]

nah u can't do a that as ur vampire plot, a skyrim dlc already poisoned that well

[lavish flame]

ye

then say april fools

then for the real fight, make it 48

[empty thicket]

or lot of monster that have nightvision at base and would get out of their pits to devour the innocents

[vague bison]

Dude my printer would explode lol

[civic bramble]

Yo guys, is there a Dog-like species for D&D? I ask because a friend was planning for an Arknights-type campaign and the setting seemed really interesting. I wanted my char to still go off of one type of Shadow Sorceror I was developing.

[blissful ibex]

Not really for first party unless you count shifter
best to reflavor one of the existing species for it

[civic bramble]

I guess I could play a shifter. Any type in particular good for Sorcerer?

[lavish flame]

There is kinda a dog species. The Shifter is usually a kind of lycanthrope-like species, like a lesser Werewolf. They can bite and claw iirc, I think they have better senses of smell(?).

they get some dog traits but its kinda wolf traits tbh

[civic bramble]

Close enough.

[lavish flame]

Shifter will come with the caveat of "These traits can be turned on and off". And there's a variety which might not be to ur taste

[civic bramble]

Tbh, Beasthide seems the best

Most defensive out of the bunch

Sorcerers kinda need that, imo.

[lavish flame]

They've all got their uses

[civic bramble]

I could also try swiftstride, but keeping the bonus action open seems important

[normal canyon]

hallo.

[hoary totem]

Today I woke up to a NEW UA!!

Well, at 2pm after I stayed up to 4am trying to help my family move house (and watching Good Doctor 90% of the time), passed out as soon as I hit the bed without having brushed my teeth, changed into my PJs or taken off my contact lenses. Pretty shocked when I woke up.

[prime pewter]

Yall how should I go about naming my firbolg?

I would do something Gaelic, but I already know I'll butcher the pronunciation

[normal canyon]

um name him Gah-lick buh-uh

[prime pewter]

How about: Druidy McDruid-Face?

[normal canyon]

or maybe bow-get crow-sant

[lyric viper]

Or just 'Bó'. It means cow in Irish and is real easy to pronounce. 🙂

(Although Firbolg aren't actually bovine >.>)

[flint ledge]

#find-a-game will help ya out, not this chat

[normal canyon]

i go sleep.

[glass granite]

As a Vietnamese I saw this and thought “huh, bundle is an odd name”

[prime pewter]

I may go with that

[prime pewter]

Ye... but like... pretty blue cow with a star motif

when he casts disguise self, he'll just go "I'm a Gemini"

[crystal hatch]

whenever i see firbolg i think of hearthians from outer wilds lol

[austere sorrel]

Anyone know the exact drop date of Dr Drohlin's Book of Dinosurs on DDB?

[inner silo]

Is making my drow druid a dhampir a good idea?

[glass granite]

What’s the worst that could happen~

[severe herald]

What does a underdark druid even look like?

Mushrooms?

[lyric viper]

A lot of life in the underdark. Fungi, ferns, water plants, moss, then all the wildlife like insects, reptiles, fish, so on.

[severe herald]

I always forget that druit isn't just 'trees'. Good point.

[crystal hatch]

I love fungi....

[severe herald]

It'll love you too...eventually.

[crystal hatch]

They better, I've fed and grown them before!

[severe herald]

Everyone feeds them. Eventually.

[remote wadi]

Finished another session of BG3 with a friend

The only small complaint is that she rushes into combat a lot. Not the end of the world, but I missed a few great opportunities to cast Hail of Thorns

For some reason, Returning Pike got glitched and never came back

[inner silo]

Hopefully my party doesnt kill me

[inner silo]

They are a sea druid who always wanted and finally managed to leave the underdark to be closer to the outside waters, since being near water was the only place where they could sit in quiet on their own during their life underdark

[languid depot]

So, the new UA, huh?

[remote wadi]

By the way, finally got to play a stealthy Gloomstalker and I'll just say this

First turn damage is off the rails, even at level 3-4

[languid depot]

Saying "Stealthy Gloomstalker" is like saying "water is wet" lmao

[remote wadi]

Well, yes and no

Being stealthy in a duo party BG3 is a lot easier than being stealthy in a more cut and dry DnD campaign with 4+ players

Especially if you eventually try and get 2014 Assassin as well

Former is just high ground, hide, profit

Latter needs a lot of trust in all of your team not to screw something up

[errant crag]

Recently played a Wildhunt Shifter Barbarian and it was pretty epic 👌

[tall forge]

Stealth in actual play is very much up to the team and dm

[errant crag]

I feel like it really depends in the environment you're in

[shut ingot]

wsp

[stark arch]

so i wonder when a player dies. what do the other plays usealy do with the dead player??

[tall forge]

Depends

[crystal hatch]

In a lot of cases, the person makes a new character, but not always

[tall forge]

My party looks for a way to revive them if its at all possible

[stark arch]

wat about the earthly possesions?

[undone rain]

Nice we got a oneshot on sunday

[crystal hatch]

Depends how they died

[undone rain]

Hmm i wonder what i should play

[tall forge]

Recently the sorcerer of my party died, and theyre currently traveling to hell to bargain their soul back

[crystal hatch]

Party members might be able to recover their stuff, but not always

[tall forge]

Imo its best to talk to the player directly about it

“Hey can we loot your dead body?”

[stark arch]

but dead dont speak? 😛

[crystal hatch]

In DnD they can

lol

[tall forge]

Also like, just do it out of game

[crystal hatch]

character death is one of those inevitable things where the aftermath depends entirely on the context I think

[tall forge]

I disagree

Unless you mean context as in oog context

Cause i say its more directly dependent on the groups consensus on death

[crystal hatch]

I meant ooc context

Different groups and different campaigns as well as when the death occurs

[tall forge]

Then yeah we agree

[prime pewter]

I rolled a six for my wizards cha

[tall forge]

Dont be a coward

Put that 6 in con >:)

[prime pewter]

No I think it's funnier if he just... can't talk to people

[crystal hatch]

Very intelligent but can't converse at all

"The weather is... it is certainly here today."

[prime pewter]

Wow... the stars are like twinkling lights in the sky tonight

[crystal hatch]

My sleep was very unremarkable last night...

I always find characters funny when they're super dull about anything that isn't the thing they're super good at

[prime pewter]

Yea, in terms of the stars, he'd be able to tell you anything about navigation, or the folklore surrounding specific constellations, or astrology, but the minute anyone asks him to use metaphor or wordplay related to it, he just blanks

[crystal hatch]

Bro forgot how to properly tie a knot but can name every constellation alphabetically

[warped crown]

o.o

[prime pewter]

I kinda wanna give him a weasel as a familiar

[timber turtle]

Easter would be the perfect time to play an witch only campaign

[crystal hatch]

Ough

It is proving very difficult to find campaigns while having such a limited and unpredictable schedule

I despise only getting my work schedule a week in advance 🥀

well not even that, usually just the day before the work week

[wicked mulch]

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

You need to simulate 1d3 without a 3 sider. What do you do?
A) Roll 1d6 and halve (round up).
B) Roll 1d6 and halve (round down).
C) Roll 1d4 and reroll 4s.

[crystal hatch]

but alas, I desire to create anyway

[crystal hatch]

A, that way 1-2 means 1, 3-4 means 2, and 5-6 means 3

[fierce sparrow]

How is everyone doing

[errant crag]

This Hellfire Club set is so easy to prep for its really laid out in a digestible way that makes it very chill to run.

[fierce sparrow]

I just finished that show tonight

[errant crag]

Stranger Things?

The Hellfire Club set is really cool, all the art is really awesome and the adventures are nice and fun

And you don't need to have seen the show to enjoy it (I certainly havent)

[sweet osprey]

I love kobalds :3

[fierce sparrow]

Its main stream, predicable but its something to watch

They're going to probably to pick this up in the future and continue stranger things later

[fierce sparrow]

Kobalds are great

[sweet osprey]

Yus

[undone rain]

I love paladins

[crystal hatch]

Ahhh, I almost was in an "All Kobolds" campaign where I was the black sheep (a small kenku) 😭

[fierce sparrow]

Goblin for life

[crystal hatch]

Yk since I can't really play the game unfortunately I might just end up making a bunch of random homebrew stuff LOL

Did the same thing with MtG

[sturdy tusk]

Question
My Campaign is actually Happening Online and Not on VC
Is there a Dice Bot? To Roll and Confirm Dice Rolls?

-# On Discord

[tall forge]

There are plenty, yeah

[kind torrent]

Ye

[crystal hatch]

I believe there is a lot of bots for dice yeah

[sturdy tusk]

Oh, Ok
COuld you suggest Any?

[kind torrent]

DiceWitch

[sturdy tusk]

I'll add it to our Mutual Server[Me and my Friends]

[sturdy tusk]

Ok, Lemme check

[tall forge]

Honestly just look up “discord dice bot”

Theyre a dime a dozen

[sturdy tusk]

Ok

DiceWitch

Is that a Good one?

[undone rain]

Goblin paladin

They cant fit in their 6'0 tall armor so they use stilts to fit in it

[sweet osprey]

I'm coming for your holy hand grenade, sir

[undone rain]

You make me sad

[sweet osprey]

Nuh uh

I need it... i made a demon king mad at me and now he's a rabbit

[lean wigeon]

i genuinely would love a somewhat serious all kobolds campaign about being underdogs and shit

[sweet osprey]

I'd be down

[kind torrent]

ye

You can roll and add modifiers and everything

[sturdy tusk]

Oh Ok

[undone rain]

Id be down for that

[sturdy tusk]

I suggested to the Admin to add Either Dice Maiden or DiceWitch

[sturdy tusk]

We just Downloaded DiceWitch
I rolled 16, and 80[in 1d100 for this one], My friend rolled... Three Nat 1s

[umbral girder]

Nice

[sturdy tusk]

-# Three Nat 1s in a Row

[fierce sparrow]

So he died instantly right or worse

[umbral girder]

I’ve seen worse

[sturdy tusk]

Man thinks the Dicebot is into me what
-# I roll 16s, 15s and few more

🤣

[jovial badger]

oh YAY

[sturdy tusk]

-# Why yay?

[jovial badger]

reminds me of that one zach the bold short

[sturdy tusk]

Oh finally, He rolled a 16

-# First 16 from him

[jovial badger]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/pvGEz4VDMAo

[sturdy tusk]

Anyways, how do I add Advantage?

To Dice Witch Rolls

[noble pine]

Is there a way if attack that creature does or a character does a reaction where the creature or character can counter attack without rolling to see if to hit

[umbral girder]

What?

[fierce sparrow]

If said counter attack was a spell with a save or magic missle yes

[umbral girder]

Mind reexplaining this?

In a different way?

[fierce sparrow]

But you need somethings to do that probably

[noble pine]

If a creature who attacks you or as a player who attacks a creature if they are very close is there a way to damage them without having to roll to see if you would hit like a reaction to their attack or something

[limber trail]

I mean there’s the graze weapon mastery which deals damage even on a miss but that doesnt force a hit

[fair plinth]

I do not think there is such thing as a guaranteed counter attack without items or abilities
Maybe the battle master subclass has something similar but guaranteed damage doesnt really exist anywhere
Yeah graze mastery idk

[limber trail]

There are eventually very very high level features which let you turn misses into hits

But not a lot of things do all of that

[fierce sparrow]

Reliable talent grapple maybe or shove

[limber trail]

Reliable talent wouldn’t cause an auto-success, it would just mean your roll is pretty good

And in 2024 it would have no effect at all

[umbral girder]

Bad guys can sometimes have counterattacks so you won’t know until it happens.

A player can get one via Battlemaster Manuvers

[fair plinth]

There is the riposte maneuver, which allows you to make an attack if an enemy missed you

[umbral girder]

Besides that there is no guaranteed hitting them

[still plover]

Riposte with a graze weapon in the dungeon.

[fierce sparrow]

Theres my favorite divination wizard support

[tawdry sentinel]

Some enemies bleed fire and similar, hitting them in melee does a handful of damage to you.

[misty gale]

I've come across my first murder hobo, I hate it already

[cobalt owl]

If you don't wanna deal with em, don't. Tell em they change or boot

[misty gale]

Nah, I'll deal with them but I will make the npcs leveled as hell

So if they try it's BTA

[still plover]

An out of game chat would be best. You're dealing with the player, not the character.

[uncut zenith]

Yeah, above-table problems need above-table solutions

The problem isn’t the character, it’s the player’s behavior. So you should be communicating and dealing with the player.

[humble cairn]

I'm going to agree with Mr Smith and Reg. Don't use in-game solutions to what is an out of game problem.

[misty gale]

Okay,

Ill take it as you guys would most likely be better at this then me and have more experience, I'll talk to him tomorrow about it

[severe herald]

Good luck.

And I feel that, most murderhobos hate me.

[undone rain]

That would be the best solution

[past iron]

Hi

[severe herald]

"Most things are justifiable in character, but i'm gonna need that justification. In full. In writing."

"Explaing why they are a sociopath, and how they have managed to survive this long acting in that manner"

I get that? Murderhobo away. I've yet to get it.

[undone rain]

No one likes a murderhobo

[past iron]

I got a game tomorrow night. We're doing Eve of Ruin. DM is taking us into a new area.

[severe herald]

For me, it's the lack of justification. If you want to murderhobo, fine.

But put some effort into it, damn.

[past iron]

I only do combat stuff if the DM says roll initiative.

Otherwise my characters wait to see what happens

[undone rain]

Unless an npc is evil af and combat hasnt started then ill gladly smite their arse. But otherwise

[past iron]

Fair

[severe herald]

Paladin. 🍈

[undone rain]

Its my job afterall

[severe herald]

By all means, don't let me stop you doing your job.

[crude badge]

Kill bad guys kill monsters rahh

[uncut zenith]

“Murderhoboing” isn’t inherently a bad thing, the true issue is a mismatch of expectations

If the party as a whole agrees at session 0 is on the table, fantastic. If only one person is murderhoboing and nobody else wants that at the table, there’s a problem.

[undone rain]

Killing bad guys is my speciality

[severe herald]

Go camping rahh

[opaque tusk]

I love the hermit background!!!!! I love playing some guy who lived their whole life in the woods isolated from societal conventions so that I don't have to worry about fitting into the given setting!!!!!!

[severe herald]

John Canoncially knows what freshly butchered owlbear taste like.

[severe herald]

Boom. This right here is great.

You can have a whole mini-arc about the character getting acclimated with society, and the misgivings of that

"This...is a spoon".

"...i've been in the woods, I'm not four, Charlie."

[opaque tusk]

True...

[severe herald]

It writes itself.

There are so many hooks a GM can use for that backstory, and not the sad kinds.,

(I say this as a purveyor of the "Self-selected hermit" myself.)

(Cities smell bad, especially neverwinter)

[jovial shadow]

Sounds more like a TV series than for an adventure

[rough basalt]

Was contemplating taking on the most herculean task ive ever done

[severe herald]

One in the same. It's a side thing you do with that character as a GM as the campaign goes on. At least that's how I'd use it.

Make it a point that anyone, especially those in "high society" would be affected by said hermits..everything. It's a great little detail.

[rough basalt]

Turns out it aint a herculean task anymore

Was deliberating whether it was worth the trouble of going to the only hobby store thats the closest thing to an LGS in my area to see if they had any dnd books I want for my collection at a decent price cause their hours wasn't doable for me (only weekdays during the day) but now they're open on saturdays so hoping i can find something on my list
Also exaggerating most herculean task, that's the setting guide thats frying my brain atm

[fierce merlin]

Can someone pls tell me how to set a server nickname?

[rough basalt]

click on the server name (desktop) or hold down on the server icon (mobile) I think then click on "edit per-server profile"

It'll bring up your info page strictly for the server with the nickname on it

[fierce merlin]

Thank you

[river vector]

Lol I plan to have the BBEG in disguise try to rig the vote to become mayor of the town, after his minions killed the previous, corrupt mayor!

[fossil shuttle]

The reveal is that the BBEG actually wants to fix the town, he just has questionable means of doing so

[serene jolt]

There's two types of villains:
The ends justifies the means
The means justifies the ends

🤣

The first can be applied to "adventurers" as well.

[toxic wigeon]

So, as an April fools joke I've given the party Winged Boots

But I forgot what was the prank I was going to play

[fossil shuttle]

Sentient boots that go where they want

[toxic wigeon]

Cool

[humble cairn]

Icarus Boots? They melt after awhile if you use them during the day?

[toxic wigeon]

Also cool

That's funnier actually

But could do more shenanigans with sentient boots

[fossil shuttle]

The boots are scared of heights, so if the player tries to go too high, they dive towards the ground

[toxic wigeon]

Lmao

[thick lotus]

do we know any good map people on patron for like forests and average adventures?

[fossil hollow]

#dnd-maps

[sweet osprey]

I'd kill if we had a minecraft server for sillies

I already have a silly texture pack. Ready

[umbral girder]

?

[sweet osprey]

Its maid armor >:3

[solar crow]

I just put in tales from the table how I did 484 damage yesterday in one turn

Pulled out all the strings for that turn

[hidden spindle]

That'd be nice, especially since they got some statblocks for some Minecraft Mobs

[fair plinth]

Do levels represent a characters experience in their class or experience as an adventurer?

[lavish flame]

I wonder if anyone is doing a "Forgotten Realms in Minecraft" thing.

[lavish flame]

both, depending. You go from Character Level 1-20 no matter what, but you might split up your Class Levels due to multiclassing. You might end up a Fighter 11/Rogue 9, but still Character Level 20.

[lean wigeon]

both are true

[empty thicket]

sort of, you mostly get XP and level ups through events//encounters//reach objectives
You could say they understand better some stuff, a fighter learn and sharp his style and get stronger
A wizard understand the spells better and start trying with more and more limits
etc. etc.

"what dont kill you make you stronger"

[feral fulcrum]

Entirely the latter.

[olive scroll]

What is the strongest/best familiar including pact of the chain?

[fossil hollow]

#optimization

[olive scroll]

Why did you send me there? Its only for how to combine 2014 and 2024 rules

[feral fulcrum]

Because the best place to ask "What is the Best" Is in Optimization

[jolly canyon]

Yee when asking about what strongest/best anything the general rule here is to go to that channel since any talk of optimization ends up going far and becomes a drag to talk about.

[feral fulcrum]

It also generally annoys the crap out of people when it devolves into White-Room Maximization.

[still plover]

Quasit is best familiar.

[feral fulcrum]

Did they ever add pixies as an option in 2024 or it just still Sprites?

[still plover]

Looks like not: Imp, Pseudodragon, Quasit, Skeleton, Sphinx of Wonder, Sprite, or Venomous Snake

[olive scroll]

Nope no pixies

[empty thicket]

i find Pseudodragon kinda cute, some sort of cat lizard

might get pact of chain someday and get one

[feral fulcrum]

Cat-Lizard? Sir, that's a Cat Dragon

[empty thicket]

Yep, he is going to help me in the campfires and other stuff. He will flame my flans too

[crimson gulch]

Pact of the chain is so popular In my games

[empty thicket]

and which creatura they pick mostly?

imp?

[crimson gulch]

It's all over and frequently changed.

Owl pseudo dragon and sphinx of wonder are the top 3 I would say

[fossil hollow]

Rip Alice and her Pseudodragon (forgot its name)

[crimson gulch]

Omlette

[fossil hollow]

... holy crap it is

[crimson gulch]

I can name most of the player charicters from my games

I keep records, 25 complete campaigns and 7 ongoing

[tawdry inlet]

Guys, quick question. Is here any channel where I could post pics? Cuz I have a fanart

[cedar bane]

#dnd-arts-and-crafts

[rough basalt]

I only remember ones I've killed and have written down reliably

[remote wadi]

I am a little curious how often third party content is allowed

Hard to find a consistent build that matches what I found from Gunslinger

[stuck crystal]

king of the hill dnd party

[remote wadi]

Huh?

[stuck crystal]

hank hill as the propane artificer

[remote wadi]

Kay

[thick void]

I tend to get all in my head and overthink every possible use case and advantage to every spell and it takes me the whole week to make a decision. So I decided, this time I'll play a Sorcerer. That way I'll only have the stress when I level up.

BUT HO BOY! is that stress 100x higher knowing that I'm stuck with whatever I choose for the whole level. And this doesn't include having to decide on Metamagic options.
AND And I'm only on level 3.

[remote wadi]

If you're really struggling this much with spellcasters, I'd either stick to a half spellcaster or play Evocation Wizard

[thick void]

It's a stress worth enduring, but it's still stress.

[crimson gulch]

Assume like 5% of the time tops

Best not to build a character at all till you get in a game in fact

[steep creek]

that is debateable

i'd say it's good to explore opportunities

[umbral girder]

Urizt getting it right once again

[languid depot]

so, uh, did you guys read the UA?

[lavish flame]

yeah we're chatting about it in #1489312713678258307

[languid depot]

oh, ok

[lyric viper]

I feel like doing 'practice PCs' just to test out how to make a character and think about what you can do with the game options is fine pre-game, but the character you end up playing will be shaped greatly by the game you'll join. Best to make the PC with the group and game in mind and even involve others in the creation.

[rough basalt]

I think like basic character idea is fine. But don't bring a fleshed out character to s0

[steep creek]

i think it the exact opposite. there could be a good to work with for a dm if the characters have a fleshed out backstory or look at things a certain way

[fierce sparrow]

Maybe there's no wrong answers

[rough basalt]

It's subjective for the most part

[steep creek]

i think it depends on how close you are to the other players in-game and out of game

[rough basalt]

The problem begins if you're insistent on the backstory you've drawn up being followed to a T.

[still plover]

"Get the pitch first" is sound general advice.

It is way, way harder to adapt any given character to any given setting that it is to just start with the setting.

[fierce sparrow]

Have fun the only real rule

[rough basalt]

Like if I tell my players "I'm gonna run an urban intrigue game in waterdeep" I won't turn down people giving me backstories tied to Waterdeep or other parts of Faerun with a major reason to come to waterdeep cause they knew what to make a backstory for.

[hidden spindle]

Same

[still plover]

It also avoids fun things like getting a party of a teenage urchin thief, an elven sage and a mute yet supernaturally powerful girl when your game is meant to be about Church Knights fighting corruption while seeking a cure for their poisoned Queen.

[rough basalt]

But if a player shows up to a game in my world and wants to play a warforged, and has this fleshed out backstory based off eberron lore or something, I'm gonna have to feel bad telling them that warforged aren't in my world.

[steep creek]

this and the fact that you can make your character look any way you want

[still plover]

-# Will anyone but you get that reference and how it's a sneaky subversion, Smith? They will not, Smith.

[rough basalt]

Tho I've recently made an old woman that can bring people back to life via putting their souls into "puppets" or "dolls" so a warforged-like might be appearing on my setting guide here soon.

[remote wadi]

Honestly, I just wish there was a class like Gunslinger that was more common

I like the combined elements of a Ranger and Rogue

[still plover]

Alright, D&D focused example: say I did Courts of Brass and Blood, the one where everyone's basically devils, and I lay out that we're using the core PHB races as a basis? I don't even want to hear about your cool aasimar idea, or a plasmoid. That should be clear from the get-go.

[hidden spindle]

PHB is a good baseline yeah

[rugged hawk]

PHB wouldn't know a good race if it saw one /s

Playable Gibbering Mouther race when?

[fossil hollow]

goliath be like:

[crimson gulch]

Nah, because a backstory written in a vacuume may not apply to anything

[fierce sparrow]

I joined a pathfinder discord as well the investigator class looks interesting

[woeful crater]

so uhhh
I'm new and I don't know much about dnd
anyone has a community that I can join as a player?

[steep creek]

this is the community. check the Channels & Roles section

or the #channel-guide

[fossil hollow]

wrong server

[knotty vine]

Judgement

[undone rain]

Blessed warrior fighting style is sweet. Picked up Sacred Flame and Light cuz i dont have darkvision

[cedar bane]

Holy moly is that the tasha the witch

[knotty vine]

Yeah

[cedar bane]

Big fan of your cauldron

[empty thicket]

its nice, if not Defense or Dueling is comfortable

[undone rain]

Its decent for paladins that lack in range so you can pick up sacred flame with it

[halcyon forum]

I think javelins are a much better bet for range on paladins

or toll the dead if you get a cantrip anyway

[fossil hollow]

ive seen more javs chucked and hit than sacred flames used

[empty thicket]

embrace your lack of range
You dont need range when you WILL stand in front of the evil and face it.
Be the wall that stop them from harming your allies and be the judge, jury and executioner for their sins.

[rugged hawk]

Sounds good to me, all the better to sacrifice to the

[undone rain]

Id mostly just use it if the enemys too far away. I can only move 30 feet and sure i can do dash but i wish to do as much damage as i can to defend the team so if an enemy is too far ill cast sacred flame and then move forward to the enemy

[empty thicket]

dont mess with the cube, he eat all our trash and dead bodies

The gardens had enough to nutrish their plant and the pigs too

[rugged hawk]

He'll eat the heroic, too

[empty thicket]

only if you dont read the sign that say "Cube room"

Or jump into a hole without checking...

[rugged hawk]

No no, he'll eat the heroic because I'll force them to perform the Trial of the Cube. If they can walk all the way through the ooze and emerge from the other side without being dissolved, they get to go free. Otherwise, they become a sacrifice to the

[empty thicket]

im pouring lemon on the cube and dissolve it. /jk

[rugged hawk]

I'll make sure to Hold Person the next would-be hero first before throwing them into the

[empty thicket]

would be too much carrying a cube shrinked in a bag of holding?

[undone rain]

We are their shield and sword. We paladins defend our party and the innocent from evil. We are an iron wall that cannot be moved and we will rid this world of all evil!

[meager fractal]

Nah I just like to smite things and wear heavy armor

[remote wadi]

Similar to smiting, I just like 2014 Sharpshooter

Let's be be able to attack from the backlines meaningfully, but also doesn't limit me to being a backline. I have all the things I need to play defensively and stall for time

[lean wigeon]

paladins when the evil moves around them

[meager fractal]

I'm not going to be anyone's meatshield nor will I be a stick in the mud when the rouge goes prowling. I'm here for vengeance upon the tyrant that burnt my people's holdings.

[sly crest]

Honestly I want to be a Paladin of Glory and basically recreate a certain old stunt show.

[charred panther]

Congratulate me, I left my toxic ToA campaign, woohoooo!
No DnD better than bad DnD

Now I need to find some good DnD after some vacation xD

[sly crest]

Good riddance to bad company, I take it.

[charred panther]

Yeah. Its one thing when problems are in-game, its another when the first thing that makes you mad is how DM talks to you as a person

[sly crest]

Ugh, to the Abyss with that.

[fast latch]

Lemon dissolves acid?

[empty thicket]

nope, dissolve gelatin

[fast latch]

I think if the gelatin is already acidic, adding more acid wouldn’t melt it unless it was REALLY FREAKING STRONG acid

[empty thicket]

already put the /Jk so its understood its a joke.

Thanks for reminding me it.

[fast latch]

Oh damn it I missed it

Sorry

[empty thicket]

i just placed, it seems Needed.
All good.

[ripe nimbus]

I’m thinking of doing background proficiency for the next campaign I run

it tickles my brain nicely

and I’m thinking there’s some interesting/more versatile things you could do with Expertise in it than you can with skills, e.g. the ranger can make a favored enemy/favored terrain their Expertises rather than just going “uh Stealth and Survival”

[fathom gate]

Your guys remember boblin the goblin right?

[halcyon bison]

Boblin the goblin…. I haven’t heard that name in years……

[fathom gate]

The breakdancing gobling of mine is literally the only npc i ever think about

[arctic bobcat]

Yall i need help deciding what druid subclass to use. im playing as a tortle hippie, whos gonna constantly tell the artificer to “chill out on the tech yo” and to “relax with nature”

I was thinking maybe circle of fungus or smth but i dunno

[rugged hawk]

Okay, but how about Frying Pan Goblin with all his pent up rage?

[fathom gate]

Minimum wage worker barbarian is going in the notes

[rugged hawk]

Make sure he's got Improvised Weapons feats.

If he's not using company equipment to clobber folks, what's the point

[fathom gate]

“Yes i checked the back and we dont have anymore pickles”

[vital crypt]

Just witnessed our level 8 Monk solo a Death Dragon

What the actual hell

I, the war domain cleric (an absolute gigachad), was out of heals and got put on death saves. The barbarian got one tapped, our wizard got turned into a Slaad a few minutes before the encounter, and our Paladin was in another room 😭

[sly crest]

Spores might be a nice juxtaposition

[empty thicket]

holy epic, nothing else to say

"death proof this hands you big undead lizard"

[sly crest]

whoa

[vital crypt]

Tiefling Monk goes hard

[rotund thunder]

Punching things in the face tends to work

[woven flint]

Average Monk gameplay

Monk famously always put belt to ass

[rugged hawk]

That's why PF switched it up to making you choose between Natural Armor or Unarmed Attack Bonus on the same equipment slot (ammy)

[woven flint]

My Tabaxi Elements Monk killed the shit out of an Ancient Black Dragon after doing some of the most damage to it over the course of the encounter

[rotund thunder]

Was this a 2024 monk or a 2014 monk?

[rugged hawk]

Which was frankly sad and super nerfed more than just monks, screwed over shifters and polymorphs, too

[woven flint]

2024 elements monk

[prime pewter]

Yall my Wizard has 18 strength #superoptimized

[jolly canyon]

So does my cleric lol

[prime pewter]

Cool

[undone rain]

Whatsup my oath brothers and oath sisters

[undone rain]

"Yo where do you work out"
"The library"

[prime pewter]

He also has 6 charisma. This'll be fun

[undone rain]

Ahhh youll be fine wizards dont need charisma

[paper island]

The Bard looks offended

[prime pewter]

He's an astrology girly

(Divination wizard)

[paper island]

I just respecced my Lore Bard at the end of this campain, I have soooo many cantrips now and only one of them is for combat

[signal imp]

I think the elder scrolls workd will be a great dnd world to explore

[normal canyon]

hi.

[paper island]

Definitely a cool setting. A lot of lore around it though so it might be hard if players aren't at the same level of historical knowledge, not that that really matters

[paper island]

hello!

The TES setting is also deeply grounded in racism. Not saying PCs will be racist, but there are some very strong themes throughout the games

[atomic moat]

I saw a Youtuber who did this literally, ran a one-shot of Skyrim with the exact plot and using their mechanics. WIth that said I've taken more inspiration in terms of game design, particularly in how they balanced sandbox versus story. So much so that I changed the intro of my Tomb of Annihilation campaign to the party being on a ship that gets sunk by Aremag the dragon turtle.

[rugged hawk]

Remember, bonus points if the party completes the Tomb of Annihilation, only to discover, right at its final chamber, that it was actually a Mimic of Annihilation the entire time

[paper island]

Oh no it's a Sphere Mimic

[rugged hawk]

You thought you beat the Tomb of Annihilation, but this wasn't even its final form!

[frail wasp]

it was a missed opportunity not putting an Easter egg at the end of the false tomb

[rugged hawk]

A note: "Your loot is in another Tomb."

Oh, oh! Or even better, make the party paranoid with an empty boss loot chest with a note saying they 'missed the secret treasure room's hidden door'.

Bonus points if the 'secret treasure room' isn't just another deathtrap with what looks like treasure

Mimic Hoard!

[crimson gulch]

Ahh I can't wait to do ToA again, starting tommorow

[rugged hawk]

Wipe them out. ALL of them.

[crimson gulch]

nah not on session 1, gotta make sure they love their pc first or else the loss will be meaningless

The last time I ran toa we had 13 deaths across the whole campaign and one pc from session 1 made it to the end

[rugged hawk]

I meant eventually

[lean wigeon]

i think all good GMs should focus on hype moments and aura and themes and such

[frail wasp]

aura?

[jolly canyon]

A pc dying is pretty hype

[ripe nimbus]

yes, yes it would be. TES started as a D&D campaign, according to legend, after all

and Arena’s mechanics are very B/X-ish/old school D&D-ish in many ways

and the basic loop of the gameplay is the same as a sandbox D&D game

[lean wigeon]

i think TES would be better served by a d100 system like BRP

since iirc TES was loosely inspired by Runequest

[ripe nimbus]

TES Arena had saving throws

[frail wasp]

it don't really matter what system you base your game on

just as long as you do it with style

[ripe nimbus]

yeah

[dawn creek]

how do u guys find local dnd groups 💔

[frail wasp]

#looking-for-players has Dms looking for players

[ripe nimbus]

get your friends and ask them if they wanna play

[frail wasp]

there's so many

[ripe nimbus]

go to a game store and post an ad if you want to dm

or look to see if your game store has an adventurer’s league

[lean cradle]

So I played d&d for the first time today. The books were too confusing for us as we are new so my husband placed terrestrial mats and just went with the wind and it has been amazing 🤩

[knotty vine]

is dnd concentration a magical effect for the sake of advantage

[frail wasp]

nice, what char did you play?

[frail wasp]

no

[crimson gulch]

Advantage on what?

[knotty vine]

Old Yuan ti

[lean cradle]

A wizard dwarf. With the background of an entertainer

[crimson gulch]

No, yuan ti don't have advantage on concentration saves from their race

[knotty vine]

OR would you consider it a magical effect

[crimson gulch]

It's the result of any damage, mundane or magical

[knotty vine]

makes sense

[errant crag]

My stranger things set players have reached level 3 and gotten their sub classes

Hooray! Still gotta decide what official adventure I'm going to run this into

[ripe nimbus]

ah stranger things

did they make Will’s character a Sorcerer or Wizard

[errant crag]

Yes, the premade character sheets from the Hellfire Club starter set are based on the characters played by the kids in the show

His character is Will the Wise, a wizard

[obtuse stratus]

Hrm, perhaps I should convert the Stranger Things game to 1e

[frail wasp]

no reason why not

[undone rain]

Thats pretty cool

[eternal stump]

Is it not always correct to take snacks as a player? I have irl dnd tomorrow so I made strawberry cheesecake bars from scratch

[frail wasp]

I take snacks because when I bring snacks, I want them to be taken

If I bring snacks and no one takes them then I feel bad

[eternal stump]

Hence why I bake everything

[frail wasp]

If someone brought homemade strawberry cheesecake bars I'd give them inspiration lol

[novel eagle]

I would do the same haha

[empty thicket]

its nice, help to make the place a bit more, relax

Good moments are always with food in the middle

And more if its something like dnd, make your "Homebrew meals"
Make a garlic bread with cheese and call it some funny thing in DnD

use some Long rest or short rest for a meal and roleplay it, its always welcome

[hidden spindle]

It helps to take the first slice/piece/snack. So no one feels like they're breaking it

[empty thicket]

And a reminder, even in medieval times you can make tons of meals

[long hare]

whos the witch that makes it so that scheduling a game of dnd so hard 😭

[obtuse stratus]

Retail, the Wicked

[viral kraken]

i can bend time and still can't avoid scheduling issues

[empty thicket]

one of the gods in DnD, he is pretty mean

[dawn creek]

wait guys im sorry i suck at discord, is there a specific channel i have to go to to use a looking-for command, or just any of them ?

[empty thicket]

welp, higher beings better said

[crimson gulch]

my trick to avoiding shedualing issues is to shedual the game on a time i know i can run it, and then find players that can play at that time

because when you find a group and then say "when can we all play" its a problem

[obtuse stratus]

Sage.

[viral kraken]

i just run for my friends, so since the player group is the same it is subject to whatever comes up for folks. it's not like it happens often, just that it happens

[jolly canyon]

Yup my group is my friends

[rough basalt]

My current games most cancellations happen cause of me which is nice

means im running games good enough to stick around when theres usually one cancellation by me a month for health related reasons

[empty thicket]

I had to cancel one for getting a job, normally my games are like 7am, where i know im more than free and i dont need to help in the house

But guess what!!
got a job where i start at 7am
The dm is good and say all good, its the second time it happen me.
I might start using him for make my rate of interviews get bigger if i lose this one (i hope not)

[jolly canyon]

My friend just got a job and worried he'd have to cancel Monday session but said he's all good. I let him know it's still OK if he needs to cancel last minute. New job type beat amd what not

[empty thicket]

yeah, at the end of the day
Job>>>>>DnD.

[jolly canyon]

Yuuup!

[empty thicket]

except Urzit that he do both at the same time

[jolly canyon]

The life

[fresh bloom]

I have two campaign ideas for my players, one based on Ravenloft and the other something more low fantasy with a darker fairy tale atmosphere.

Which ones would you choose to play if someone asked you?

[crimson gulch]

I don't think I could ever work a normal job again. Being able to pick my own hours and only see clients that have a blast every time we interact?

Glorious

[crimson gulch]

Both would be fun, but I wish I had waited 2 more months for the new ravenloft book before I started my recent curse of strahd campaign

[fluid ocean]

How could an undead get revived in DND?

[crimson gulch]

So if your starting now I would go dark fairy tale

Animate dead or create undead cast on their dead bodies, or true resurrection to return them to real life

[empty thicket]

what you call "darker fairy tale"?
Berserk or Dungeon meshi?

[crimson gulch]

Brezerk is a dark war campaign and dungeon meshi is a classic dungeon delve, I wouldent call either of then a darker fairy tale

[fresh bloom]

But that fairy tale atmosphere, in that darker way from older versions of them.

[fluid ocean]

How would you handle it for a player that is undead?

If they lacked humanoid tags

[empty thicket]

yeah, kinda expected ngl.
All that stuff, being able to pick whenever you want to work, times, the effort you need to make and the whole thing.
The only things that i thing you could get/got a problem is some picky players, making some content (but i expect that after such long time doing your thing you could recycle some stuff from other campaigns you did) and finally some classic problems of DnD

[knotty vine]

My dm allowed 3rd party spells and one im using is kinda broken and balanced as wel

you can pretty much spend two spell slots to do max damage

[empty thicket]

what you would call "humanoid" tag? you mean an undead horse?

Humanoid or Humanity?

[knotty vine]

Animate dead is kinda mid ngl

[crimson gulch]

RaW.

They would be dead dead

[fluid ocean]

Something that is declared as humanoid

[fluid ocean]

Very well

[crimson gulch]

Picky players choose my games, I improvise alot. Shedualing is iron clad so no worries there either

[crimson gulch]

I kill a lot of player charicters.
29 this year so far.
4 of them caught resurrections in one way or another

[rough basalt]

My PC kill count for 5e this year is 1 but no permanent yet

Two players effectively ended themselves last Wednesday session then it got undone due to certain aspects of the encounter taking place.

[jolly canyon]

I read your #tales-from-the-table

[rough basalt]

Ye

[jolly canyon]

Was hilarious

[rough basalt]

The 1 guy who died was a downed bard who got finished off by a 6th level aoe spell

[crimson gulch]

2 of the players that caught ressurections died permanantly shortly afterwards

in the same session as their ressurection in fact

[jolly canyon]

The very first combat encounter my friends ever did was 5pcs vs 6 kobolds amd they would likely have been TPKd if I used pact tactics the whole time lol

[rough basalt]

His resurrection more or less took the rest of the session

Due to the nature of it.

They were a couple hours out from the nearest city without a gentle repose so they had to get him resurrected by an old lady who lives out on the ice.

[crimson gulch]

when my players find a 300 GP diamond in a treasure haul they get SCARED

bercause they know they are going to have to choose who to use it on

[rough basalt]

Now his PC is a reborn that's basically a living doll made from his corpse with the creature type of construct. So I'm interested to see how that plays out.

Which btw this was all consented for. I gave him the choice to go to the afterlife (likely permanent) Or stick around for whatever revive process may happen.

[jolly agate]

Two sessions were just a dream

I hate when that happens

[unique dagger]

I got a question a good one not like my passed ones

How much damage does a pixie who uses a bow do?

Because there arrows would be like a toothpick

[lavish flame]

Whatever bow they're using, it does that damage

As a note: 2014 Pixies mainly do spellcasting, and 2024 Pixies come built in with a melee and ranged attack (Pixie Dust) so the likelihood of them needing a bow is low

[obtuse stratus]

I was running Giblin Arrows for a small solo party and 100% they'd have died if the goblins used their special ability

[jolly canyon]

were too merciful

[obtuse stratus]

Yeah, should have gone hard on myself 🤣

[unique dagger]

It’s was an idea that came into my head because a pixie rouge with sneak attack is terrifying with a few other things

At least in my head

[leaden bluff]

Hey pls could I ask for some help do I get access to my 2nd level slots as a level 1 artificer 2nd level wizard multiclass dnd 2024 ? sry i forgot to say this is a multiclass

[crimson gulch]

You dont have 2nd level spell slots till level 3 on wizards and 5 on artificers

Spell level =/= class level

[fossil hollow]

#moderator-support

[simple patio]

im aware

[crimson gulch]

according to my math you should have 4 level 1 spell slots and 2 level 2 spell slots and that works fine in dnd beyond, but you have no ability to prepare any 2nd level spells

because your prepared spells as a multicalss spellcaster are allways based on the individual class level, so you have access to the slots for upcasting only

and if thats not displaying properly in dnd beyond thats a situation for https://discord.com/channels/516367331358801950/520322372327440405

[leaden bluff]

thankyou

[spice yarrow]

Hello

[normal canyon]

hi

[normal canyon]

who likes goblin hoards

[humble cairn]

I like that you spelled "hordes" correctly.

[normal canyon]

wdym?

[humble cairn]

Very often I see people spell it "hoards" and it irks me but I don't comment because who want a nitpicky speller correcting them?

[normal canyon]

it's common ball knowledge

[feral fulcrum]

A Hoard is a mass of treasure, a Horde is a gathering of of enemies.

[humble cairn]

Well, creatures anyway.

[steel prawn]

Has anyone heard of an Amalgamasque? It was mentioned in a video but never expanded upon and I can't find it on google at all.

It was mentioned as being even worse than an ilithid infected tarrasque

[feral fulcrum]

Sounds like some manner of homebrew creature

[steel prawn]

I figured I just knew some homebrew creations are somewhat well known and figured id try here.

[lavish flame]

Probably the most famous homebrew monster is the False Hydra, and after that it become much lesser known stuff

[cold jay]

Can a Tiny Eldiritch Cannon created by a Small size 5.5e Artillerist Artificer rest on your shoulder like a mounted cannon?

[meager fractal]

The recoil would brake your shoulder

[fossil hollow]

like the guy from LoL/Arcane?

yeah

[umbral girder]

Like the Predator? Or War Machine (Marvel) ?

[feral fulcrum]

A Tiny thing, can indeed, hang out on your shoulder.

[fossil hollow]

nothing about the cannon says anything about recoil

[feral fulcrum]

It fires magic beams, not cannonballs, also, It's tiny.

As in, the size of a desktop toy.

It's not a 20 pounder Naval cannon

[fossil hollow]

tbf, a shotgun is still a tiny object

[toxic nebula]

hi

tomorrow is going to be the first time I play dnd

[fresh bloom]

I created an NPC and I'm thinking about how to use her lol

She is a child who is a wizard apprentice and casts her spells through the paintings she makes

[toxic nebula]

like that guy from league of legends?

that's cool

[fresh bloom]

Which guy?

I sent her design in the chat #dnd-arts-and-crafts

[hoary carbon]

I'm looking to join a campaign if any DM needs another player. I'm new to DND.

[toxic nebula]

his name is Hwei

[fossil hollow]

#find-a-game

[umbral girder]

Not for this channel. To find a game use #find-a-game !

Too slow

Alas

[fresh bloom]

I'll look it up, I don't know that much about League of Legends.

[toxic nebula]

It's better that way lol

[fresh bloom]

How would you use this NPC concept?

[umbral girder]

Oh yeah I finished a campaign today.

Vecna Eve of Ruin was a fun ride.

[fresh bloom]

I'm glad you had fun.

[umbral girder]

Vecna nearly killing then was neat

[fresh bloom]

I imagine this child having a sprite as a familiar

[rough basalt]

Got some good work on my setting guide today.
I hope to get some more good work done this weekend, so I'll earn another pc death next week.

[knotty temple]

I sure wish i had a computer or motivation or coding skills or ANYTHING except for ideas for a GODDAMN D&D open world that doesnt make sense at all or have a chance

[turbid vessel]

You're inching towards the book-writing pipeline entrance, you just gotta let yourself fall in

[knotty temple]

True except all i have to write on is a phone

[turbid vessel]

Speech to text is about to be your best friend

Turn on the microphone. Rant about the world. Edit it down later. Much easier to delete text then to write new text

[knotty vine]

Im loving the 2014 staff of the woodlands

[gritty trellis]

Ok so this is just a question I have. Does anyone have any way on how they cope with a campaign finishing?

Last week I finished a campaign as a player that ran for 2 years and I was there since session 0 it was my first campaign I was apart of and im still not recovering- any ideas?

[fossil hollow]

plan for the next one

[humble cairn]

Talk to the other players. Have a meal with them to just chat and process. Do little pieces of art about the lives your characters went on to have afterwards.

[humble cairn]

And this!

[lavish flame]

go out for drinks

[fossil hollow]

i run 6 campaigns and im always planning those and the next ones

[crimson gulch]

Active joy has been replaced with nostalgia, it will never stop hurting completely

[fossil hollow]

in fact, im simultaneously planning two while also doing some mtg clean up

[crimson gulch]

They are the player, presumably they await the dm on that

[crimson gulch]

Creating post campaign art is an a+ sugesstion

[humble cairn]

Then make a little spot for your creativity, like a creativity shrine.

[fossil hollow]

next char then?

backlog is always cycling for me

[wispy widget]

E

Tired

[humble cairn]

Time for a Long Rest, adventurer.

[wispy widget]

Yeah after everything that's been going on I need one

[fossil hollow]

still got midnight energy in me boss

[wispy widget]

I'm just tryna find a new group rn last one wore me out so much and I was about to give up lol but decided hey let me see if I can get a newer group

[crimson gulch]

Go to bed you have stuff to do

[fossil hollow]

and that stuff is prepping!

[toxic wigeon]

I'd like to hear your ideas if you'd like to talk about them

[hot reef]

Real

[ripe nimbus]

went to my first adventurer’s league game. it was fun, but the DM seemed very underprepped—was reading out the module as we were playing.

[toxic wigeon]

No one will take you?

You're a minor?

[ripe nimbus]

goad one of your friends that’s in your current group into running a game

how are you a forever DM

[weary palm]

should i name my wizard character john wizard dude or john paladin dude

[toxic wigeon]

I wish I could go for offline games too

[ripe nimbus]

yes but you’ve DMed right

who are you DMing for if not your friends

with what players?

[toxic wigeon]

Probably online?

[ripe nimbus]

they aren’t your friends?

[toxic wigeon]

Wait, you're DMing for one player?

I have a person who isn't responding, so I'm looking for a replacement

[ripe nimbus]

80-95 games with ‘em and you don’t like em enough to consider them friends?

[toxic wigeon]

Lmfao, he just replied

You wanna be the 6th player tho?

I do have to tell you that it's PbP

[ripe nimbus]

still, you've not made any friends from that?

[toxic wigeon]

PbP means Play by post meaning you check up on the chat regularly, because it is for people with not a good enough schedule to have games on a fixed day

So we play everyday basically

[still plover]

-# Ouch. How was the actual play of it?

[ripe nimbus]

it was fine

not amazing but fine

players were good but all… waaaay older than the usual crowd i play with

[burnt grove]

I’m just a bad luck magnet… aren’t I… that’s what.. 8 campaigns that fell apart within three sessions.. at this rate I’ll never get a good campaign again lol

In a row I might add lol

[ripe nimbus]

ill tell you this im just so relieved to have a public game format that lets me know exactly what i can expect

ive played at LGSs that have public games that aren’t AL and it’s a mess. don’t know what level character to bring until im already there, adventure quality is all over the place, DMs drop houserules midway through the first hour or so of the session

I don’t love how AL plays compared to a home game but since I’m a forever DM in all my home games public games are generally my chance to play-play

and it’s nice to not be shocked by anything when i get there

[hot gate]

Yeah I totally get the draw of AL based on that. It can really be disruptive to your fun if you get a DM whose playing style doesn't match yours

[normal canyon]

Wuts AL

[ripe nimbus]

Adventurer’s League

[normal canyon]

Wuts adventurers league

[burnt grove]

I just don’t like the Advebturer’s league Strictness that it enforces

Otherwise it’s a good thing

[charred swift]

Is Flaming Sphere 10 foot in diameter or 5 foot? my dm says flaming sphere is actually 10x10 feet for size, and radius of its burning effect since it says a 5 foot diameter, he equates it to actually 10 foot since he's timing it by 2.

But the spell dosne't give a radius it just says a 5 foot diameter sphere.

[ripe nimbus]

I had a LGS DM who told us about his completely houseruled spellcasting system that was totally non-Vancian and, like, it was fine in its own right but what the hell, I thought we were playing D&D

And another DM who handwaved basically everything. spell components, light and vision, spell slots

[hot gate]

Oof, sorry to hear that. This can work if the entire group knows what to expect but obviously that wasn't the case here.

[charred swift]

so is the sphere 10 foot in total length?

[ripe nimbus]

I certainly wouldn’t want the format to be my main mode of play but I think if i’m playing a public open table game i think the strictness is good

[ripe nimbus]

5 feet in diameter

[hot gate]

The sphere itself is 5 feet and the burning radius is another 5

[ripe nimbus]

but it affects anyone within 5 feet of it

which would make the effect a total of 15ft in diameter, essentially

[charred swift]

whaaat...

[ripe nimbus]

“Any creature that ends its turn within 5 feet of the sphere makes a Dexterity saving throw, taking 2d6 Fire damage on a failed save or half as much damage on a successful one.”

[charred swift]

so in total it is a 5 foot total sphere with essentially a 10 foot emanation

[hot gate]

Read the spell carefully, it lists specific interactions. One is the passive burning, another is you actively shoving the sphere into enemies

[limber trail]

It’s a 5ft sphere with a 5ft emanation.

[charred swift]

Im just asking this since I had a capstone feature that buffed the size of the sphere to 10 foot diameter that burned creatures within 10 foot of it, from his understanding it would have made the sphere 20x20 with his understanding of diameter.

[charred swift]

thank you

[still plover]

An organised play format, more details here: #adventurers-league

[hot gate]

That would make the entire affected area a 30 feet sphere

So a very significant buff

[charred swift]

yea we talked about it, and i scrapped it but it was bugging me about the understanding of the size of the spell

[wind yacht]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWCKnkakRQI/?igsh=ZHZuYXNsZWFmOXUy this is so cool

[feral fulcrum]

Your DM is mixing up Radius and Diameter. A five foot Diamter, is a five foot Wide Sphere. Tell them to google the definition of Diameter.

[still plover]

What's cool about it?

[wind yacht]

The table

[paper island]

Aaaa Staff of The Woodlands got a massive nerf! No more spamming Awaken!

Fair though I think my DM nearly had a nervous breakdown when I kept casting it on every animal I saw /jk

[hot gate]

It cost charges before too, I dont think anything there changed?

[blissful ibex]

more so no spamming Pass Without Trace; it costs 2 now

[paper island]

That was also amazing, but my priority was a sapient bunny army

[toxic wigeon]

It's okay, I have had that problem too, you know the best solution to it? Be the DM

[blissful ibex]

That's when you set up a bastion pushing out pots of awakening like they're going out of style
just make them bunny topiary

[paper island]

Yeah the strangest thing happened as soon as I got that staff... All of a sudden there were no trees big enough to Awaken a Treent... My all time favourite fantasy critter 🙁

[feral fulcrum]

Meanwhile I'm over here with a Dryad Daughter I made on a complete whimsy.

Remember, always randomly dump excess magical energy from a long lost artificial island and Wizard Tower into random trees!

[paper island]

It was kinda busted though. I could spend 29 days awakening Treents and then go lay seige to Waterdeep

[feral fulcrum]

Why would you want to lay seige to Waterdeep?

[paper island]

No reason...

I just... could...

[still plover]

That's how you get adventurers sent to kill you.

[paper island]

But I will tell nobody of my plans... Wait...

[humble cairn]

I played a campaign in which we had to defend a beseiged Waterdeep.

[paper island]

Yeah I think I saw you from the top of a Treent

[humble cairn]

I don't think a month's worth of awakened trees is enough to take on Waterdeep's defenses.

[still plover]

Full of adventurers, for one thing. And treants have terrible opsec. They love to gossip.

[paper island]

What I'll do is I'll send the ones who've been awakened longest in first, as they die over the days, I'll Awaken more Treents and send the next batch due to run out in.

[paper island]

Yeah but it's very slowly

Plus I'll have like goblins and shit, they're like adventurer krypotonite

Oh is swearing allowed?

[humble cairn]

Blackstaff Academy has enough crackpot student mages to burn down a whole bunch of forests, but where are you getting the trees? High Forest or something, because I'll bet the elves there would have something very pointed to say about that.

[paper island]

Look I never said it would be successful

[still plover]

Not all trees are in named forests. One here, one there, bring them with you.

[paper island]

I named this one Bill

[feral fulcrum]

I'm just a Bill, sitting here on Capital Hill.

[remote wadi]

Wanted to ask chat, is the Divination subclass ability at level 6 even that useful?

On paper, I'd say yes. But the list of Divination spells looks terrible

[glass granite]

It’s neat, not bad

[remote wadi]

Actually... I take it back a little. No one said that the first spell slot had to be used up on a Divination spell

It definitely has some uses

[glass granite]

“When you cast a divination spell of 2nd level or higher using a spell slot, you regain one expended spell slot”

[remote wadi]

There are limitations, at least for 2014

Has to be lower than the spell slot you used for the Divination spell and can't be higher than 5th level

[burnt cave]

i hate how between making more music and choosing to edit one of the one shots I did

I procrastinate instead of doing the stuff that should’ve been done a week ago

[paper island]

Analysis paralysis?

[burnt cave]

Pretty much

I got two one shots I need to edit
Plus some music for the campaign

Idk where to start so I default to watching snapcube fandubs

[knotty temple]

Maybe tmrw

[burnt cave]

do i just roll a d20 and have the dice decide what I do

[toxic wigeon]

Sure

[toxic wigeon]

Yes

Always

[burnt cave]

Lol

Fine . Even - I work on the first of two videos
Odd - I work on music

Best of three

[toxic wigeon]

Sure, nat 20 on any one, you rest for an hour

By rest I mean do nothing, not even using your phone or other devices

[burnt cave]

7. 13. 11. All odds

[toxic wigeon]

Nice

[tawdry sentinel]

You can cast basically the entire divination spell list in one go at the entrance to a dungeon and have a relatively good idea what's in the dungeon and how to go about it for one spell slot without risking anything yourself.

It is handy.

[remote wadi]

Looking at it some more, it's okay. Not terrible, not great

But that is probably by design because most other spell types would br broke with that. Evocation especially

But evocation already has it's broken thing at level 14

Uhhhh, I take it back, evocation is broken

[tawdry sentinel]

A lot of the divination spells feel bad to use if you're paying the actual cost for them.

Say you use arcane eye to scout. And the DM is mean and decides scouting the dungeon is OP. It's a 4th level slot, I should hope it's doing something... It's not like ritual casting your disposable bat and whipping it through until something shoots it.

You can also get a million spells slots by going mind spike magic missile mind spike magic missile, but that's not actually very good.

[remote wadi]

I should ask first. What happens when a wizard adds a spell that is not normally learned by Wizard? Is it still Intelligence modifer?

[tawdry sentinel]

It depends how you're adding it.

[remote wadi]

Elaborate

And I'd imagine just spellcasting

[tawdry sentinel]

If you multiclass and you're getting spells via sorcerer levels they use charisma.

If you're getting them via wizard features it's intelligence.

So you can have two different spellcasting DCs on one character.

That similarly applies to origin feats where I think you get to pick what attribute it casts with, I imagine it also applies to actual feats.

And spells from scrolls and items tend to have a stated DC based on the item.

[remote wadi]

Nope, that's it

Evocation Wizard is just that good, I guess

[knotty vine]

He’s right you know

They use two different save DCS and everything

Unless you use Magic In 2024

[tawdry sentinel]

It depends what you think of as good.

Divinations strongest feature is the portent dice where you just force a boss to fail a save or die throw, or pass a guaranteed crit to a paladin smite.

[knotty vine]

Even 2014 magic innate was stuck to there own spell casting mod

[remote wadi]

At level 14

140 damage guaranteed from a 5th level spell

[knotty vine]

What spell?

[remote wadi]

Hold person + Inflict Wounds 5

[knotty vine]

That needs a humanoid to be viable

Also in 2024 inflict wounds is a save

[tawdry sentinel]

You're level 14.

You cast hold person it's getting legendary resistance used on it.

[knotty vine]

Most humanoid creatures don’t have LR but they do have high wisdom

[cobalt owl]

Ah legendary resistance. The bandaid fix that needs another bandaid fix to beat

[knotty vine]

Hold monster on the other hand

[remote wadi]

Unlike Divination restoring spells, evocation subclass doesn't get limits for what triggers the level 14

[brave sinew]

Is there a dedicated part of this discord where you can explain your character and character lore?

[remote wadi]

It unsurprisingly also gets affected by Fireball, aka Wish Jr.

[knotty vine]

what if a creature has magic resistance on top of LR

[remote wadi]

Then what exactly can you do as a full spellcaster?

[knotty vine]

To hit spells

[tawdry sentinel]

Legendary resistance is just a secondary hp bar to be burned through.

[knotty vine]

Also that what I just mention isn’t very uncommon at level 14 beyond

[remote wadi]

...so why did you bring it up? -_-

Oh. Isn't very uncommon

[knotty vine]

Because you said hold person of all things

[remote wadi]

Sorry. 4:30 am brain

[knotty vine]

Hold person only targets people

[severe rampart]

got over my fear of killing PCs, killed two players today

[knotty vine]

It also depends if your using the new or old inflict wounds

Or if the creature is resistant to necrotic which isn’t too uncommon in itself

[tawny maple]

are you guys good at dnd

i just started

[tawdry sentinel]

Getting to level 14 is also gonna take forever and possibly not happen in most campaigns.

Evoker is still a wizard, so it's fine. And not fireballing allies is fun.

But portent is REALLY good.

[knotty vine]

Most campaigns don’t even get to that high of a level

They usually end at like level 12ish maybe

[remote wadi]

Also, I'm curious about the general consensus on Cloud of Daggers before I sleep

[knotty vine]

People always think conjure spells are broken until they hear of an AOE

[still plover]

Howdy. Where have you got so far with it?

[knotty vine]

Or maybe playing multiple bad guys against players instead of just one

[tawny maple]

not very far i try to learn from tutorials

[tawdry sentinel]

Best spell in the game in Baldurs gate cos enemies just walk into it 😅

[still plover]

I think it's hilarious.

[knotty vine]

I will always say do not make your BBEG fight alone

Give them a buddy or two

[remote wadi]

I did see that much. Unfortunately, my buddy took the scroll, made gale learn it, only to not prepare it anyways

I could have used that ;-;

[still plover]

Have you seen the #dnd-newcomers channel yet? It's got lots of useful guides and advice, and is great for asking about the parts you want help with.

[knotty vine]

Objectively conjure spells could be worthless if ran RAW

[tawny maple]

thank you so much bro

[knotty vine]

In 2014

[reef tundra]

Hell yeah

[knotty vine]

I’m impressed

Also I must admit whenever I play a game with foundry it’s always a fun time

[reef tundra]

Good to hear! I’m considering trying out a VTT

[humble cairn]

Guaranteed damage with no save is very very good and very very efficient in terms of spell slot. Combine it with any sort of push and pull effects and it is extremely good damage.

[severe rampart]

they're now looting the dead PCs XD

[remote wadi]

Nice

Gotta sleep now

[reef tundra]

Good night!

[knotty vine]

I’m not sure how I feel about the new magic item rules

[still plover]

What rules?

[cobalt owl]

Yeah what rules

[knotty vine]

Mainly how if a magic item can cast a spell it takes the full time instead of a magic action now

[cobalt owl]

I thought that was standard

Where it takes the original casting time unless specified

[halcyon forum]

Yeah that is not a new rule

[knotty vine]

Guess I’m not a fan of the overall nerds to the staff in general

[cobalt owl]

What

[knotty vine]

Staff of the woodlands

Amount of charges you get back was reduced can no cast certain spells as an action and PWT is no longer at will

[cobalt owl]

I mean its also a case of you're no longer casting from the item like fireball wand

[knotty vine]

Fireball is just an action?

The staff had the awaken spell which takes 8 hours to cast

[cobalt owl]

Sure, but you're also casting from the item

In woodlands 24 case its more like "You get an extra subset of spells"

Vs "This item casts this spell from itself. Go wild"

I've probably missed the point or something but oh well

[knotty vine]

Also the amount of charges you get back was also nerfed

[cobalt owl]

I do know that

[knotty vine]

So using those bigger spells could take even longer

[errant crag]

I'm watching my brand new starter set players get more invested in coming up with ideas for their characters and their stories and such which is fun to see in action

[knotty vine]

Through I am a fan of how sorcerers are just better spell casters then wizard

[tame shard]

Yo guys, I just realized theres a tortle race, So i created master oogway lol

[vivid owl]

I think this new DM I found despises me

[cobalt owl]

tobey maguire vs andrew garfield spiderman difference but its spellcasting

[vivid owl]

Character was related in a town level magical accident and I guess it then spread a plague across a country and now my character's wanted for execution, in session 1

[errant crag]

Could just be a plot hook

[knotty vine]

Yeah but adding a +1 to your spell save DC and advantage for 1 minute is strong

[cobalt owl]

It is very strong

[knotty vine]

Not to mention all the meta magic buffs

[cobalt owl]

I'm more meming on the wizard vs sorc meme but it is strong

[still plover]

Maybe someone's trying to frame you to cover up their own crimes.

[cobalt owl]

Because it really is the difference between Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield/Tom Holland spiderman

[knotty vine]

I mean the difference isn’t that big

Wizard just get a bigger spells list is able to kinda swap out spells

[cobalt owl]

The difference is innate vs gained

[knotty vine]

lore isn’t mechanics

[cobalt owl]

Sure but thats still the difference

[still plover]

Point to Tasha.

[cobalt owl]

Which is also the whole point of my meme, and the only point

And now that they actually spec'd arcane recovery is now once per LR wizard ain't as good anymore

[knotty vine]

That was like a big issue with wizards and sorcerers in 2014 besides meta magic and subclasses sorcerer was just wizard light

[cobalt owl]

Daily arcane recovery was funny

[atomic moat]

Wizard is the only class that doesn't even have their own resource except in the abstract of their spellbook being their resource. Even rangers have a more concrete resource with hunters mark (even though it's the worst class resource in the game).

[cobalt owl]

Arcane recovery

[knotty vine]

There spell book can be attacked and destoryed

But people ain’t ready for that conversation yet

[cobalt owl]

I don't know if anyone actually bothers with that these days

I think it being more prevalent would be kind of cool

[light minnow]

Hello there

[viral kraken]

idk i can imagine a lot of players in 5e are not ready for their magic armor to be sundered

[cobalt owl]

We were talkin spellbooks but sure, I can do that too

[light minnow]

New here

[cobalt owl]

Hit it with the disintegrate

[light minnow]

I'm trying to get started in DnD

[cobalt owl]

#dnd-newcomers

[light minnow]

Thank you

[cobalt owl]

You're welcome

[viral kraken]

any item except for artifacts can be destroyed through mundane means weirdly

[cobalt owl]

Its technically mundane methods but very very specific ones

[knotty vine]

Yeah

[cobalt owl]

Like Blackrazor can be destroyed by Primus just singing

[viral kraken]

the irl band?

[knotty vine]

Yes

[cobalt owl]

Singing itself? Mundane

Getting Primus to do it? Technically Mundane but extremely specific

[viral kraken]

i imagine there are some artifacts that require a ritual or something, which is why i did not include the whole group in being able to be destroyed by mundane means

[humble cairn]

Wizards have access to the greatest breadth of spells, which means versatility. Versatility is a type of power as well. I am glad Sorcerers got the mechanical niche of just having more magical oomph, though.

[cobalt owl]

I think the whole point of artifacts is they're unstoppable bar some very specific achilles heel

[knotty vine]

That’s basically what sorcerers are

[viral kraken]

i like how you can get a Solar to rip up the book of vile darkness, that is a fun one

[knotty vine]

Wizard still edges out in versatility through

[cobalt owl]

Wizard at least gets to pick whatever they want for the day