dnd-discussion

[silk hare]

check out #dm-discussion maybe

youll probably get more advice there, also advice on what

[umbral girder]

The players make some new lore up be ready to make it part of the lore for the fun of it.

Most encounters are Moderate/Medium difficulty, Boss fights are High/Deadly Difficulty

and lastly read the DMG or at least skim it page to page.

[opaque kettle]

what does the rate mean?

[silk hare]

wym?

[opaque kettle]

like $25 per person

[umbral girder]

OH some games like to have people pay for their games.

[silk hare]

that its a paid game, you pay 25$ per session

[opaque kettle]

ohh

[rough basalt]

This. Talkative invested players will give you more ammo and ideas than books sometimes

if a player is like "huh we havent had to deal with any traps lately" be like "hmm you're right" adds rolling ball in next dungeon

[umbral girder]

Listened to a game where a guy mentioned “King Great the Legend once wielded this” and the DM made that the actual king

[rough basalt]

Watching World of Io has taught me how fun and useful it is to use the stuff players say in-game at some point

[umbral girder]

“Mini boss with a 10ft pole” moment

[rough basalt]

Except in Tokiis case half the time he says stuff ive already written down and haven't revealed yet

[limber trail]

You’ve gotta have one player who’s already read your notes

You need to have one, it simply must be

[umbral girder]

“I am 5 alternate universes ahead of you”

[limber trail]

I do love the thing of “oh you’re making up a knight? Awesome this is now the fourth most important knight to ever live”

[rough basalt]

"we havent fought undead yet this campaign have we?"
Me getting the a Wight led undead attack to bond the new pcs with the old ones encounter set up: "Nah you haven't"

[limber trail]

What creature types haven’t my players fought yet

[umbral girder]

Ooze

[limber trail]

Haven’t fought many constructs or oozes

They’re levelled out of most oozes

They’re level 7 now

[umbral girder]

Oblex

[rough basalt]

Blob of Annihilation crashes into the planet

[limber trail]

Compelling arguments

[umbral girder]

Cr10 elder Oblex

[solar crow]

Y'all I'm excited for my bbeg fight lol

[rough basalt]

My monday game i think havent encountered oozes

Wednesday has been the elements, crazy people, and the occasional ooze or monstrosity

[umbral girder]

We encountered an undead

Didn’t fight because level 1 vs cr15 is a bit wild

[limber trail]

I was about to say that an elder ooblex isn’t all that, what with it having 100hp and an AC 16, but my god that’s a solid dpr

[rough basalt]

Hey, he was a humble merchant

[umbral girder]

I never said he wasn’t

[rough basalt]

Tho if he wasn't amused by the audacity to try and hustle him it wouldnt have ended well for the fighter

[rough basalt]

True. He was a harmless misunderstood mummy lord.

[umbral girder]

Anyway let’s get our fire damage ready /jk

[knotty vine]

burn

[rough basalt]

Im getting kinda angry at myself for my wednesday game

I marketed it as weekly, but its been closer to bi-weekly cause I get paid in illness bi-weekly

[silk hare]

oof

[rough basalt]

Tho this time its not like i had any control of it, yesterday my power was out all night while I was asleep I think, and all day and it was freezing temperatures

[knotty vine]

Dont you have a human heart

[rough basalt]

Nah it was taken from me.

[umbral girder]

I feel bad because I also end up not being able to attend weekly on the Wednesday game.

School is bullying me

[cobalt escarp]

same, i plan to join a bunch of games during the summer

[fair plinth]

Cant wait for dnd this week

[rough basalt]

I should be fine once the weather stabilizes

Given the power company doesnt get bored again and turn off the power on a subfreezing day

[umbral girder]

Shoutout to Zariel. a Combined stat total of 162

[hot reef]

It doesn’t matter

[crude vine]

Sup lads

[silk hare]

The sky

[shell quarry]

latest update: it one-shot the death star with a dropkick at mach speed

[fathom gate]

I want to make a character who’s scared of literally everything but is so incredibly lucky and accidentally succeeds

[viral kraken]

sounds like a divination wizard to me

can see and be afraid of the future lol

[fathom gate]

Even better. Wild magic sorcerer

[viral kraken]

i feel like wild magic sorcerers can be really unlucky

but ya they can change rolls

[cobalt escarp]

one of the wild magic surge table options is to just blow up

[severe fox]

That was changed int he new rules

[livid owl]

Amazingly I got really lucky when I hit the surge that makes you continuously roll on the table for the following minute, I somehow got sent to the astral plane 3 times

And one of those times I had the surge that makes everything around you take 1d10(?) necrotic damage so nobody got hurt 😭

I did turn into a potted plant at one point though .

But again! Outside of combat which is the best time for that!

[dapper wigeon]

Other than +3 moon sickle what is the next best very rare magic item for druids?

[earnest crest]

What would you guys consider to be a good ac at first level?

[turbid vessel]

Depends on your class and what you're building for

[earnest crest]

Good point

I was just asking because my dm is kinda frustrated because at first level my ac is 18

[near junco]

I'm searching for a campaign for me and my homie rn and I am GENUINELY gonna lose it if i see ONE more art scam

[thorn wedge]

Halfling divination wizard, with lucky and halfling luck

For feats

Tons of rerolls and luck flavor options

[silk hare]

19

[earnest crest]

My god this is evil

[silk hare]

atp why even let the dm roll anything lmao

[earnest crest]

I’m gonna assume you’re playing barbarian or paladin because of this ac

[silk hare]

without shield spell for the more bulky classes, with shield spell for spellcasters such as wizards

[thorn wedge]

[silk hare]

nope, forge cleric, any class that has shield (item) proficiency + tortle e.g.

fighters, paladins etc

[craggy summit]

15+ in my opinion. level 1 enemies don't usually have a huge bonus to hit so 15 is pretty solid

[earnest crest]

Oh yeah I forgot about Tortle

[silk hare]

highest theoretical AC iirc is sth around 32 at lvl 1

not possible solo tho ofc

you need some spells cast on you too

[earnest crest]

Via shield of faith I can make my ac 20 at level 1

[silk hare]

have someone cast haste on you too

[craggy summit]

I'm assuming fighter, cleric or paladin with heavy armor?

[earnest crest]

Yeah it’s paladin

[silk hare]

medium armor works easily

[craggy summit]

Paladin mains rise up 🔥

[silk hare]

14+2(dex)+2(shield)

[earnest crest]

Deus valt

[craggy summit]

Could you have 20 AC at level 1 without spells if you make a warforged with heavy armor?

[silk hare]

vult*

[earnest crest]

The one weakness of paladins that comes up often is range

[earnest crest]

My bad

[silk hare]

oh yeah easily

dont need heavy armor even as long as u have a 14 dex

[earnest crest]

But my dm was kind enough to give me a heavy crossbow

[thorn wedge]

Yes. You can get over 20

[craggy summit]

Plus the defense fighting style and shield of faith... That's 23 😅

Then haste (if someone has it) for 25 👀

[silk hare]

well depends on class Ig, for paladin youd have 16 from chain mail + 2 from the shield + 1 from race

at lvl 1, lvl 2 u get the fighting style

[silk hare]

the humble spells that force a saving throw:

[craggy summit]

Every tanky paladin's nightmare.. a dex save 😟

[silk hare]

with or without selling starter equipment and buying full plate?

[earnest crest]

My dex is actually +1 for some reason

[silk hare]

bc I think 20 is the max (without spells) no?

[short brook]

tbh get shieldmaster lol

[silk hare]

at least basic rules/ source + no magic items

[reef tundra]

Actually I find aura of protection stops them from being “bad” at any saving throw

[silk hare]

only relevant pally feature other than find steed tbh

[winter helm]

[earnest crest]

Oh yeah

[craggy summit]

Very true 🙂‍↕️

[reef tundra]

The lowest save bonus I’ve ever had as a pally above level 6 was +3

[silk hare]

I wonder if bird names are censored in here actually

[earnest crest]

Roses are red, full plate is heavy, these goblins are gonna get turned to jelly

[silk hare]

also why the pidgeot as a PB?

[craggy summit]

There's probably a certain bird name that starts with "great" that's censored 😅

[thorn wedge]

Tortle gives you base 17 ac no modifier. A shield gets you to 19. Using the shell defense feature gives you a further +4 to ac, for a total of 23. Maybe some class has some niche feature that would get you higher. Not sure what it would be though

[silk hare]

theres multiple

[silk hare]

oh yeah sry, excluding tortle, since thats kind of a "cheat code"

[thorn wedge]

Probably not level 1 without spells.

[silk hare]

only one I can think of at 1 is forge cleric, but since u are a tortle, that wont matter

[craggy summit]

The only class feature that I can recall that can boost AC is wild magic barbarian but you gotta get lucky to roll that 😅

[silk hare]

yeah fair, problem with tortle is that it probs arent allowed in all settings

[craggy summit]

There might be others but that's the only one that I can recall

[silk hare]

theres a few, all the fighting style ones e.g.

[thorn wedge]

Ye forge cleric doesn’t help out tanky tortle unfortunately, RAW at least

[craggy summit]

Ah, I wasn't sure if we was including that 😅

[silk hare]

I mean doesnt matter since lvl 1 doesnt give u that

but theres a few things that let u up your AC via either race or subclass

[thorn wedge]

Fighter didn’t help either since you must wear armor to benefit from defense fighting style. Paladin gets their style at level 2 so no joy

Barbarian warforged, roll your stats, get insanely lucky and get 2 18s for con and dex. Racial Asi to con getting you to 20.

Unarmored defense 10 with +4 and +5 for a total of 19.

+2 shield.

+1 warforged race feature.

Total of 22 ac with no action required

[glad arch]

Boy do i got news for you

[silk hare]

more so bc bird man and theres a bunch of better/funnier birds

not bc its a creature from a franchise which shall not be named

[glad arch]

Pidgeot is peak, but mods shall smite me if we keep talking pokemon probably

[silk hare]

(depending on how u look at it)

[earnest crest]

I was mentioned

[silk hare]

look up "funny bird names" on google and youll get what I mean

[silk hare]

yeah, why pidgeot

[earnest crest]

It’s my favorite Pokemon

[silk hare]

gotcha, fair enough

[glad arch]

So aarakocra paladin im guessing

[silk hare]

nahhh, barbarian, brave bird with half damage go brrrr xD

[glad arch]

Nah they got paladin tag, youre legally obligated to play a paladin with that

[silk hare]

whut?

oh him, here I see whoops

sry, brain scrambled

[glad arch]

Nw

[rough basalt]

Yeah once paladin hits level 6 they kinda just have mid to great saves

No particularly bad ones.

Dex and Int being the "weakest" but still plausible.

Unless you're going Dexadin then it's strength and int

[reef tundra]

Laughs in dexadin

[reef tundra]

Hehe

[rough basalt]

Noble Genie Dexadin is probably a nightmare, exaggerating anyway

[dim wasp]

Gunslinger

Gunslinger...

I was thinking of something earlier...

Is there something like a bowslinger

I swear I've heard that somewhere before

[thorn wedge]

I believe that has been invented, it’s called ranger

[dim wasp]

There's another slinger

[rough basalt]

Arcane Archer but it's horrendous

[dim wasp]

Not that

[dim wasp]

There's another slinger

And no it's not Bladesinger

[rough basalt]

There's Wandslingers in Eberron.

[dim wasp]

Ah ye this probably

What is a wandslinger

[rough basalt]

Ye they use Gun shaped Wands.

[dim wasp]

Lmfao

What's different about playing a gunslinger compared to a ranger?

[rough basalt]

Gunslinger isn't an official class.
Ranger is

[dim wasp]

That's beyond the point I'm asking gameplay not classes

[rough basalt]

It depends on what gunslinger

Matt's is just a subclass that has misfires and grit

[dim wasp]

Revolver?

Ig

[rough basalt]

Valdas is its an entire fleshed out class with its own systems which are kinda awkward imo

[dim wasp]

Tf is a valdas

[crude vine]

😭

[dim wasp]

Also how did gunslinging get so complex

[rough basalt]

A third party sourcebook that has a Gunslinger with its own systems in it.

[rough basalt]

Cause it's not an official class so everybody and their moms made their take on one.

Its like baby's first homebrew class

[umbral girder]

One is about a weapon (gunslinger) the other is about a skill set (ranger)

[dim wasp]

Hi soras mom

[rough basalt]

Any character that can effectively used ranged weapons can use a firearm, given they have proficiency

Like a Battlemaster Fighter with a Pistol can do a lot of Gunslinger fantasy things

[umbral girder]

Rangers aren’t about being good with weapons after all. They are about being good at the Range. (Location)

Survivalists and Hunters after all. The “Adventurer Class” as I like to call it

[rough basalt]

And Wandslingers in Eberron are basically just Gunslingers but Guns in Eberron are Wands that fire magic so they're Wandslingers.

[dim wasp]

What's the point of a druid then

[rough basalt]

It's the dedicated caster for nature oriented magic.

[dim wasp]

Ranger mage

Lmfao

[dim wasp]

Well ranger looks kinda nature oriented too I can't lue

Lie

[rough basalt]

Cause Ranger uses druid magic to supplement themsselves.

[umbral girder]

And?

[rough basalt]

It's no different than a Cleric vs Paladin.

[umbral girder]

Paladin has a subclass that’s nature oriented too. Barbarian as a class too. Warlocks got a subclass.

[dim wasp]

So uhh

Are sorcerers support or dps

Or does that depend

[umbral girder]

It’s like how Bards and Wizards and Warlocks are all guys who study the arcane for their magic.

[dim wasp]

Cuz I'm seeing cleric support wizard dps
Sorc support warlock damage

Is the pattern I'm seeing

[rough basalt]

Sorcerers are specialists.

[dim wasp]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong

[rough basalt]

Whatever they're gonna do they should focus on it.

[umbral girder]

Sorcerers specialize in what you build them into.

[rough basalt]

Like if a Sorc is gonna blow people up, they take Heightened, Careful spell, and most aoe damage spells

[dim wasp]

Mish

[rough basalt]

One thing all Sorcs usually take or should usually take is Subtle Spell

[dim wasp]

Is there any difference between underwater and sailing adventuring for those of u that have done it

[rough basalt]

Cause it makes your spells immune to counterspell.

[dim wasp]

Interesting

[rough basalt]

Also let's you use magic in situations where doing so would usually result in an unfavorable outcome.

Like charm spells to get into places, support spells to help allies in said situations.

[dim wasp]

Hm

Would u use wisdom for a perception check?

[rough basalt]

Cause I've had a situation where a party was trying to convince Bandits that one of them captured the rest of the party (PC disguised as a bandit) and the cleric didn't realize that guidance is a very blatant spellcast.

[dim wasp]

Also is persuasion and deception the same?

[rough basalt]

Wisdom is a perception skill.
Persuasion and Deception are Charisma skills.

[umbral girder]

No

[dim wasp]

Blatant?

[rough basalt]

Magic is loud and obvious

[dim wasp]

Is there any stealth casting?

Apart from charms

Or not really

Cuz ik incantations have to be verbal

[rough basalt]

They thought they could just touch the guy and give a bonus to checks but it's more like https://youtube.com/shorts/YVf7wTg_e38?si=quBfDDfCb3D-P5mp

[rough basalt]

Only with subtle spell reliably.

[earnest crest]

Could you technically whisper a spell?

[umbral girder]

No

[rough basalt]

Nope

[umbral girder]

PHB specifies you cannot whisper a spell

[earnest crest]

Ok then so you would need subtle spell

[dim wasp]

Mish

So that's what S and V mean when it says components

[rough basalt]

Yep components are very obvious

[dim wasp]

What's somatic is that a hand gesture?

[earnest crest]

Wait what the name of that one spell that makes a mouth that can cast for you?

[rough basalt]

A very noticeable one yeah

Like Fireball S is a Jojo pose with your finger pointing.

[umbral girder]

Magic Mouth doesn't cast a spell for you. It is a spell programmed to say a message when some one approaches or similar actions

[potent vector]

Caster needs to say spells.

Sign Language however

[umbral girder]

You specifically need to speak for casting a spell.

Thats why the silence spell prevents it.

You need sound

[rough basalt]

Notably Subtle Spell let's you cast while silenced too

Since you don't need to speak.

[dim wasp]

WAIT WHY ARE U ALLOWED WD LINKS

[umbral girder]

Yep as subtle spell removes the vocal component requirement

[rough basalt]

Links are fine if they pertain to the conversation and follow the rules.

[dim wasp]

Ok but the dragon always swallows mine

[umbral girder]

The words themselves aren’t the source of the spell’s power; rather, the particular combination of sounds, with specific pitch and resonance, sets the threads of magic in motion. Thus, a creature who is gagged or in an area of magical silence can’t cast a spell with a Verbal component.

[rough basalt]

Links without text accompanying them get auto-modded I believe

[umbral girder]

So yeah sign language isn't a bypass for vocal components.

[rough basalt]

Cause random links are usually not something someone should click on (Bots ect.)

[potent vector]

It's a pretty popular house rule at most tables I've been at is all.

[glad ferry]

Could someone potentially have chantless spell casting?

[umbral girder]

House Rules are very much homebrew

[rough basalt]

It's a very powerful houserule at that

[potent vector]

Psionic subs and the possible upcoming Psion class.

[dim wasp]

https://youtube.com/shorts/AcfW8coDdtY?si=M3tolu1UZmXvXKfL
So uh how often do we have a guy Fawkes plot occur?

[umbral girder]

Magic items, Subtle spell, also that one subclass for Sorcerer

[potent vector]

Yeah, ik, just throwing it out lol. ik* it ain't RAW.

[zealous jasper]

Question for you guys: i'm making a Campain for a OneShot: 1. should I let people create their own characters
2. Should I have then rdy at start?
3. Should I give them Guideline of what they can create? what do you guys think ?

[rough basalt]

Generally speech is needed for spells cause they'd be too powerful if you could just do them.

[glad ferry]

Ah got it. I havnt done to much with spell casters yet. I got a wizard and gonna use my bard soon probably

[rough basalt]

Which is why Subtle takes a resource.

Or other options are limited

[dim wasp]

Petition to stop abuse of spellcasters /J (let us whisper some spells)

[rough basalt]

No

[umbral girder]

Big no

[potent vector]

93% of the PHB 2024 needs Verbal components ye

[silk hare]

if u dont give them guidelines as to what is allowed, how would they create their characters?

[rough basalt]

Cause then you'll be mad when the DM has a caster whisper PWK and you die cause you can't hear it to counterspell it.

[dim wasp]

Owie

[potent vector]

No

[dim wasp]

Pwk?

[rough basalt]

Power Word Kill

[silk hare]

power word kill

[dim wasp]

Ic

[rough basalt]

Or worse Disintegrate.

[dim wasp]

What's a typical owlbear behaviour

[rough basalt]

Cause then your party will need a 7th level or higher spell to resurrect you

[zealous jasper]

I would give them options: They have to be Human, or drawf they can't play Monk etc etc.

[silk hare]

eat sleep repeat

[dim wasp]

Shigarakis decay from MHA lmao no corpse to revive

[silk hare]

okay, why limit them in that way?

[dim wasp]

What if u wander across its territory

[silk hare]

but yeah sure you CAN do that if you want

[silk hare]

well then it eats.... you

[potent vector]

Either all in their own characters or premade, the in-between feels like bad intentions from the DM in my experience.

[dim wasp]

I will scream in protest at the top of my lungs 'DO I LOOK LIKE FOOD TO U'

[fast latch]

One of the players in my campaign is becoming the BBEG (Don’t worry, we all agreed on it) and I want to kill him before he kills a priestess NPC

He’s a Paladin of… Conquest, I think, who worships Cthulhu and has an AC of 20 at Level 4

How do me and my team take him out?

[silk hare]

okay, why should it care?

[rough basalt]

It doesn't care. It thinks like an animal.

[dim wasp]

Maybe the sound will drive it away

Or it could be stunned

[rough basalt]

It's like two to three times your size.

[dim wasp]

Or something lmao

[silk hare]

spells that force saving throws, poison if he has a poor constitution modifier

[rough basalt]

If you could stun that easily dnd would be an absolute mess.

[dim wasp]

I don't wanna be eaten

[zealous jasper]

Cause it removes some elements and some Races have resists and that would make the Campain way more work for me.

[rough basalt]

Then don't go into an owlbears territory

[silk hare]

such as?

[dim wasp]

What if I just curl into a ball and act harmless

[rough basalt]

It still probably eats you

[glad ferry]

What are the general rules of players using sneak attack?

[silk hare]

cool, free fod

[fast latch]

I do have Tasha’s Caustic Brew, so that should work

[rough basalt]

Just glad you're letting it do it

[dim wasp]

Also aren't they meant to be neutrally aligned @rough basalt

[silk hare]

whatever is specified, some subclasses get it more often if the conditions are met

[rough basalt]

They're unaligned iirc

[potent vector]

See, then do premade characters, that's for newer DMs. If you're ready to let them customize, let them just customize.

[dim wasp]

Well yes

[zealous jasper]

How? bad intentions ?

[silk hare]

unaligned does not mean "wont act in the nature of an animal and eat prey"

[fast latch]

They’re too stupid to have an alignment and care about morals

[silk hare]

just means theres no malicious intent behind it

[zealous jasper]

Frost / cold resist

[rough basalt]

Unaligned means they act purely on their nature.

[silk hare]

I mean all that does is half damage from taht damage source

[rough basalt]

And an Owlbears nature is to eat, sleep repeat.

[glad ferry]

So a chaotic neutral

[rough basalt]

Nah chaotic neutral assumes choice

[silk hare]

why chaotic?

yeah

[glad ferry]

Or pure neutral?

[zealous jasper]

they players feel safe if they know they only get 50% damnage

[rough basalt]

That's still choice

[potent vector]

Not saying it's guaranteed, just on my end that means a DM is on the railroad-y side, but out of choice and not bc they're new

[rough basalt]

Ime it doesn't

[dim wasp]

Only if it's hungry tho?

[umbral girder]

Well technically Neutral is. 2025 MM replaced Unaligned with Neutral I believed.

[rough basalt]

I had a party with mostly Necrotic Resistance so when they got hit by a 7th level Necrotic spell, that scared them.

[rough basalt]

Nope.
Unaligned still exists

[zealous jasper]

yes, some would take the chance, others would buy the cloth (for Warm)

[rough basalt]

Clothing doesn't stop Frost damage lol

[potent vector]

. . . You do realize you're the DM. Ignore the resistance or smth, like how Steam Breath with Turtle Dragon ignores Fire resistance do to being underwater

[zealous jasper]

in a blizzard it does 😄

[rough basalt]

All clothing, specifically "Winter Clothes" does is negate the Extreme Cold environmental hazard

[umbral girder]

Yeah only the enviromental ones not the damage ones

[rough basalt]

A blizzard doesn't do cold damage.
It's an Extreme Cold Hazard that inflicts exhaustion on failed con saves.

[glad ferry]

Its a resistance basically removes disadvantage

[zealous jasper]

I take that.. Good anwser

[dim wasp]

Wuh

[zealous jasper]

I guess you never been to greenland 😄

[rough basalt]

Greenland isn't dnd.

[potent vector]

Just make it make sense. Don't punish players for having features by spamming it all the time. Just enough to keep them on their toes once or twice

[umbral girder]

Notably cold resistance does make you immune to Extreme Cold weather too

Per the DMG

[zealous jasper]

the point of feeling something REALLY cold

[errant crag]

Just having resistance be ignored sounds a lot worse to me than just not allowing them to have that resistance

[umbral girder]

Yeah players get abilities because they want to use them not be ignored

[dim wasp]

I hate the winter

[potent vector]

Eh, only if it becomes a regular thing imo.

[glad ferry]

Every now and then a creature that avoids that rsisitanxe sure

[potent vector]

And only if the MAJORITY have it I think it should be used anyway.

[errant crag]

"Hey guys, cold resistance would kind of trivialize a lot of things in this game so please don't play a race with cold resistance"

All you gotta do

[dim wasp]

Btw is it just me or is there always some kind of power struggle or politics in The Northern Region/Tundra/Mountain regions

[rough basalt]

And guess what? Extreme cold irl? It can kill via exhausting your body of its energy to fight off the cold.

[errant crag]

Way better than letting them take it and ignoring it

[zealous jasper]

it was the thought in it Greenland gets cold REALLY cold... so it was an example of a cold place 😄

[earnest crest]

I don’t dm often but I usually try to have every enemy my players face have at least 3 different damage types

[umbral girder]

Or just use monsters that don't use that damage type

[errant crag]

D&D is not real life

[dim wasp]

I swear 9 times out of 10 it's like this #dnd-discussion message

[rough basalt]

Yes, and Cold exhausts your body of its energy to stay alive and prevent hypothermia.

[umbral girder]

Even the Dragon turtle one doesn't by pass fire resistance normal. It only bypasses Water giving resistance

[rough basalt]

Which is what DnDs extreme cold hazard is based off of

[zealous jasper]

it was to get the mind set

[dim wasp]

So uh do I transform into a baby or adult woolly mammoth

🦣

[potent vector]

I mean, unless you for some reason make a cold region that is RIDICULOUSLY abundant usually resources run thin fast

[dim wasp]

Tru altho there is plenty of ore

[rough basalt]

Resource deprivation is a common issue in inhospitable places.

[glad arch]

Trade introduces conflict points

If anything lots of ore is a great reason to have power struggles over an area

[rough basalt]

Yeah, if there's an outside entity that's willing to trade food and other resources for that ore. You're gonna want that ore.

[earnest crest]

Out of my 10 different characters I’ve used 5 were Goliaths and the cold resistance usually comes up for like 3 sessions then doesn’t get used for a while

[glad arch]

Any damage resistance tbf

Except maybe fire

[dim wasp]

Could just kit out the population with fur coats lmfao

[rough basalt]

Ye PC damage resistances are pretty negligible. Even in games where the damage is used alot.

[errant crag]

I'm playing a Sea Elf in a Rime of the Frostmaiden game and the cold resistance comes up a fair bit but not nearly enough that it's trivializing anything

[dim wasp]

Also fishing exists @potent vector

[zealous jasper]

that is one of the reasons I wanted to prevent players from picking that race

[glad arch]

Feels great when you resist damage but its usually pretty rare occasion

[rough basalt]

Cause just cause Jim resists Necrotic doesn't mean Bim, Gim and Lim do too

[earnest crest]

I mean it still has stones endurance

[errant crag]

I would just let them take it, and add more diversity of damage types

[dim wasp]

So uh baby or adult mammoth 🦣

[glad arch]

I am yet to use my shadar kai necrotic resistance in like a dozen sessions

[zealous jasper]

I Like that idea 😄

[rough basalt]

Also players can get resistances to all damage types as a game goes on with enough money.

[errant crag]

I don't know why you're asking me this

[dim wasp]

For fun

[zealous jasper]

but playing in a Winter/front location for this oneShot :/

[rough basalt]

Like I was in a t4 game where we all had a lot of resistances and it was still nightmarish cause the enemies did force damage and a lot of the damage we resisted.

[dim wasp]

Sora

[errant crag]

I'm not engaging with this, please do not ping me over this.

[silk hare]

okay still, swords/ claws/ bites dont deal cold damage

[dim wasp]

Rewind back to the owlbear scenario, let's say I turn into one (baby) would it be able to tell me apart by scent or no

[rough basalt]

So? The Remorhaz is a Tundra monster and it does a lot of fire damage.

[dim wasp]

Right sry

[silk hare]

neither does getting pierced by an icicle or sth similar

[dim wasp]

@rough basalt #dnd-discussion message

[rough basalt]

Cause it exudes heat hot enough to burn people within 5ft of it. It's bite burns too.

[silk hare]

I mean if someone turned into a baby human in front of you, would you be able to discern it from a different one that you know?

[errant crag]

Yes

[dim wasp]

This is an animal

[silk hare]

ok and?

[rough basalt]

Babies can recognize suff.

[dim wasp]

Well yes if right in front of me

[errant crag]

Animals can recognize their own

[dim wasp]

But what if it doesn't know it's me

[silk hare]

owlbears are not "stupid" just bc they are animals

[errant crag]

Animals are not brainless automatons they form relationships

[silk hare]

yk, in nature animals often kill the young that are not theirs

sure there are species that also care for them, but it is a known phenomenon

[rough basalt]

In the same way a baby can recognize its mom even tho it won't remember why, same thing happens with all animals that have a familial structure.

[dim wasp]

Depends on herbivore or carnivore and male or female tho

[zealous jasper]

@rough basalt do you DM?

[rough basalt]

Yes.

[still plover]

Some animals will eat the young of others. Others will adopt anything.

[errant crag]

It depends on so many more things than just those

[silk hare]

sure, but since this is a fictional animal (and this is not specified anywhere) you couldnt tell and its up to the dms discretion

[rough basalt]

I think they're omnivores.

[still plover]

Owlbears, ask your DM. Maybe it's a Nature check?

[dim wasp]

Probably

[dim wasp]

Animal handling?

[errant crag]

Does the new MM finally make Owlbears into beasts instead of monstrosities?

[zealous jasper]

@rough basalt I'm doing a VTT campain, do you think the visuel have more impact then dice for picking Something / choose something ?

[rough basalt]

No.

[dim wasp]

Can you tame an owlbear

[silk hare]

wym "visual"

the map? the drawn characters in the phb?

[still plover]

I can see it.

[silk hare]

if your dm allows for it

[errant crag]

Ask your DM

[zealous jasper]

I could have a sign Say <- Town Lake ->

[dim wasp]

Can I ask u a bit of a dumb qn(might be a bit offensive)

[silk hare]

okay, what do u plan to use and how would u portray it?

[errant crag]

Then no

[silk hare]

if thats all, you could just describe it with words

[rough basalt]

I think their criteria for a beast is whether it came naturally with the world or is an unnatural being that originated from artificial changes

Since the most common lore for how an owlbear was created was an Owl and a Bear being melded together with magic.

By a Wizard who was bored or insane.

[silk hare]

I think so yeah

[dim wasp]

I thought this was meant to be the 1300s not the 21st century GODAMN it

[still plover]

I would say the visuals were irrelevant compared to the party's reasons for picking a path, unless the sign was fine earlier and now the one that points to town has a new bloodstain on it or something.

[zealous jasper]

I would display a sign on screen (VTT) and the players have to Pick by clicking.

[silk hare]

either that, or they are fey

[silk hare]

what platform are u using?

[rough basalt]

Most DnD settings are roughly Renaissance eraesque.

[zealous jasper]

something like that

[dim wasp]

15 hundo?

[rough basalt]

The common person might be pretty dumb but there's plenty of smart people.

Roughly yeah

[zealous jasper]

foundry so I Can do anything

[silk hare]

alright, I mean u do u, I personally dont think it is necessary to that extent and would slow down gameplay a bunch

[still plover]

What happens when half pick one way and half the other?

[zealous jasper]

yes kinda splitting up the group for a short while

[still plover]

"Ooh sowee, I picked lake by acci-dent!"

[rough basalt]

I'd avoid trying to code your own modules or using "do your own work" kinda modules when starting out.

[zealous jasper]

yes

[atomic kayak]

Now, thats a nice thought but unfortunately not the case

[still plover]

Yeah, I think it's going to be more fuss than it's worth.

[zealous jasper]

Way to late.. 😄

[zealous jasper]

no cause the lone wolf gets something and find Shelter faster etc etc

[rough basalt]

I'd expect a huge mess if you're splitting the party in a one shot and coding yourself in foundry as a beginner unless you are someone who does coding for a living then just a mess probably.

[earnest crest]

Hey I got a question regarding rules

[still plover]

And regroups with the party when? Communicates with them how?

[glad arch]

#dnd-rules

[zealous jasper]

No I don't cause its fast pace when moving in the wildeness

[earnest crest]

As a large creature Goliath can I throw a medium creature 30ft

[atomic kayak]

A lot of things in 5e that should be beasts are monstrosities for 2 simple(ish) reasons

1 reason is Moon druids
The other is "by all rights these should be beasts but are slightly magical/supernatural so we are going to inconsistently apply the monstrosity label to some but not all of these"

[silk hare]

#dnd-rules

[glass ravine]

Have you guys ever had to deal with people who deliberately try to get Paladins to break their oaths?

[zealous jasper]

item they have 😄

[rough basalt]

If they wanted to be Beasts maybe they shouldn't have been made or altered with magic.

[glass ravine]

Party members, not DMs.

[thorn wedge]

Beasts are non humanoid creatures natural to this plane in 5e. Interestingly there are a couple other categories that potentially do come from this plane and are natural entities, such as oozes and plants.

Anything else is either a humanoid, from another plane, or a sentient racial category such as dragon giant etc.

[still plover]

It's your table. I still think making a sign as a clickable gadget is unnecessary.

[rough basalt]

Everyone's got their very messy one shot. It's a canon event

[zealous jasper]

Upwords.. and have the hammer ready when they come down its lie baseball 😄

[atomic kayak]

Thats the thing
A lot of them aren't. They are by all (or at least most) counts, entirely natural creatures. They just have some slightly supernatural ability

[zealous jasper]

Noted

[rough basalt]

Maybe they should've sticked to the natural then.

[atomic kayak]

It is natural. Naturally magical

[zealous jasper]

ill hav the Map foged out and have 2 paths then..

[valid geyser]

the thing with giant eagles, vultures, and owls not being beasts feels like a weirdly deliberate design choice so druids dont have high CR flyers

[rough basalt]

Yep.

Can't effectively have an airship

[umbral girder]

Also they got a lore thing by being from another plane

[glass ravine]

Wait, what?!

[umbral girder]

Beastlands being silly

[glass ravine]

I specifically had a halfling monk with a Giant Eagle mount years ago and now they're monsters?!

[rough basalt]

I think part of 5.5e was trying to cut out all the easy accesses to permanent flight they could.

[atomic kayak]

Reminder many of these things were "magical beasts" in previous edition - still not monstrosities

With the simplification of creature types that 5e did, most magical beasts would've still made the most sense to be "Beasts"

When I say "It's moon druid's fault" I am being 100% serious. That is basically the main reason that things are not beasts

[rough basalt]

True.

[glad arch]

Should have just given moon druid big bird

[severe herald]

I have returned.

[rough basalt]

Still a skill issue on their part. I'd just kill the moon druid in the dms game if I was the monster and get my beast tag back.

[severe herald]

I hope everyone is well.

[glass ravine]

AH, is that why Beast of the Air/Land/Sea can only be up to medium size?

[rough basalt]

But yeah the reality is if Moon Druid could turn into most of the "Monstrosities" it'd be a balance nightmare

[glass ravine]

To limit access to them as mounts?

[thorn wedge]

Giant eagle and vulture is a beast tho

[rough basalt]

In 5.5 Giant Eagles are Celestials from the Beastlands. And Vultures are monstrosities.

[glass ravine]

As of last year they're Celestials

[woven flint]

Most likely

[rough basalt]

Like there's 92 Beasts in 5.5e MM

So if you add the like 40 Monstrosities that could be on that list too

[thorn wedge]

Rip. 2024 rules

[rough basalt]

I think it's also why Druid forms got a limit.

No druid needs 92 statblocks.

[woven flint]

Giant Vultures are Monstrosities in 2024 rules

[atomic kayak]

Not saying that every monstrosity should be a beast (a lot of them could also be other things)

[glad arch]

And then in 2024 you can pick like 3

[glass ravine]

I didn't realize they said Vultures too

[rough basalt]

4

Which is roughly the amount of WS forms most Druids used in 2014 overall.

[glass ravine]

This is a lot to get used to. I haven't done D&D in a few years and was on the 5e rules when I last did a campaign.

[rough basalt]

They either used it for subclass abilities, bird for scouting or Bear

[glad arch]

Probably but versatility is nice

[atomic kayak]

Its just that, even in 2014, 5e was using Monstrosity as a bit of a dumping ground creature type.

Things that didn't fit (or in the case of magical beasts, couldn't be) another creature type got lumped into it

2024 moved away from that a bit, by making some things into other types (iirc we got some shifted appropriately into things like aberrations), but then it also didn't, by doing stuff like the Giant Vulture

[rough basalt]

You get more forms

[woven flint]

I like the idea of the CIrcle Of Titan Unearthed Arcana for Druids being Monstroisity based, even if its just with its own statblocks
I think it needs a few tweaks though

[rough basalt]

You get up to 8 forms total at level 8

Which is more than you'll actually use

You can also change 1 on an LR

[woven flint]

I've got some DIA tonight lol
More of my bugbear ranger

[atomic kayak]

incidentally, the creature type thing is another reason I am sad that moon druids didn't get the template they tried in the UA

[umbral girder]

Playing a Ranger finally I see

[woven flint]

I've been playing him for a few sessions

[rough basalt]

Ultimately Druid was one of those "if my player knows how to use me its game over" kinda classes.

[woven flint]

As you can imagine
Bugbear Gloomstalker

[rough basalt]

It relied a lot on it being a lot of words to deter the average 5e player

[woven flint]

His name Is Bogey
"BO-gee"

[rough basalt]

But in the right hands, Druids could kinda just rule the game.

Scout with Bird, use Spike Growth, repeat.

Scout with Bird. Drop 8 velociraptors on people.

[umbral girder]

Thoughts on Ranger so far Tokii?

[woven flint]

I feel like the only reason I'm enjoying ranger is because of Bugbear Surprise Attack lol (We're only level 4 atm though)

[thorn wedge]

You’d think they would have done something about wizards if that was the case

[errant crag]

I'm playing a Ranger but haven't had the chance to do much with my class features it's been fairly roleplay heavy

I used Goodberry to heal an injured NPC

[rough basalt]

It's cause most people don't know how to really use wizards to an unhealthy degree. Same with druids.

The 5.5 changes removed a lot of the unhealthiness tho

[woven flint]

He does pretty massive damage though
I'm almost frightened to see how devestating his first turns will be when he gets a second attack

[rough basalt]

Like no more 2 fighter dipping to just instawipe an encounter

[royal gorge]

D&D 5.5e Illusionist Wizard/Ranger is actually pretty good at control, but man, does it rely on the DM knowing a lot about how the rules work, and some DM listening to the players' reasoning. Reason: Minor Illusion. Use it to create a temporary cover to create a crate using Minor Illusion (If your character's species is small enough to fit under the Minor Illusion) or to create a Minor Illusion to distract the bad guys for a turn.

[rough basalt]

God I wish someone would be an illusionist

[tame cloak]

Hello there

[royal gorge]

I love Illusionists myself in D&D 5.5e, but man every time I show people that video, bam, I get hit with, "They know your casting an illusion." 😛

[rough basalt]

But last one I had didn't know how to play Wizard and dumped Dex and Con

So they were always down then died instantly

[atomic kayak]

Minor illusion cannot create cover

[earnest crest]

My play style is mostly just hit things with sharp objects hence why my main classes are fighter, paladin

[royal gorge]

Look up Treant's Monk video on the subject and see what ya think from there.

[thorn wedge]

Feel like dex is a fair dump for a wizard, not con though.

[woven flint]

Closest things I've played to an Illusionist-esque character are

An Aasimar Aberrant Mind Sorcerer who I limited to only taking
Divinations, Illusions and Enchantments (and spells that Do Radiant, Force or Psychic damage)

And
A Trickery Cleric lol

[rough basalt]

Tokiis Fighter when he fights the Illusion Lich in my world and it's like Spiderman fighting Mysterio.

[umbral girder]

Sounds like Tokii dying to another Lich

[atomic kayak]

I'd rather not, nor do I particularly care to, especially with how he is often incorrect.

Minor Illusion cannot create cover. It can create an illusion of cover, but it does not provide a cover bonus.

You (may) be thinking of obscurement, which is different than cover

[royal gorge]

Yes. 😛 That.

[atomic kayak]

Very different things

[woven flint]

Hey, only two of my characters ever have died permanantly

both to liches-

[errant crag]

Something I always hate is people casting minor illusion right in front of enemies or in combat and being like "They are required to make a check to tell if it's real and have to treat it like it is until they do" and I just don't believe that's how it works

[royal gorge]

In D&D 5.5e, obscurement affects visibility and can provide advantages or disadvantages in combat. For example, heavily obscured areas can make it difficult for creatures to see, impacting their ability to target opponents effectively.

Thanks for the clarfication. 😄

[umbral girder]

It’s gonna be so amusing if Sovis dies to another Lich (or same Lich)

[woven flint]

Well, one basically killed himself AND a Lich

[rough basalt]

The illusion lich doing the Hakari dance after killing Orizontas but the party thinks it's an illusion so they attack the actual illusions

[atomic kayak]

thats. not a rules quote. Did you AI that?

[royal gorge]

Usually, when I have the Obscurment, my DM's usually say, "You are not obscured. The DM knows you are casting an illusion, and your illusion is dispelled." I have had a few DM's say otherwise, but it's usually not the case.

[tame cloak]

There's the meta to it, the reality to it, and the how-you-handle-it as a DM to it, if I'm allowed to butt in a little

[royal gorge]

Obscured 5.5e Rules
You have Disadvantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks to see something in a Lightly Obscured space. See also “Dim Light” and “Playing the Game” (“Exploration”).

[woven flint]

I think its weird to instantly assume someone is creating an illusion when conjurations exist and you could very well pass them off as those

[rough basalt]

Me when I realize I have to code my liches into foundry to not be nightmares technologically to run.

[atomic kayak]

Theres a lot of reasons that creating a minor illusion of a box or whatever is liable to fail.
Perhaps not instantly, but quickly.

[royal gorge]

Ya. For a turn it would last.

[atomic kayak]

Its just not something you can claim works "If DMs run things RAW" because a lot of those things are RAW

[atomic kayak]

Not necessarily or inherently

[woven flint]

I salute you, my soldier

[rough basalt]

Don't worry. I'll have my Wednesday party fight the Dance Dance Revolution Mummy Lord to make sure the suffering is spread.

[errant crag]

It's like how we were in a cave/tunnel with Gnolls in it and we're running away and the Warlock cast Minor Illusion to create the illusion of a wall blocking off the tunnel. He insisted that every Gnoll would have to make its own check to see that it's an illusion, I (another player in this) felt that they would all be able to know it was after seeing the first Gnoll walk through it.

[woven flint]

Oh, this is random
But I may or may not have made a Himbo Firbolg Bard by accident

the Profile Picture I'm using for him...

[royal gorge]

Physical interaction with minor illusion reveals it to be illusory to anyone who witnesses that revelation
Sage Advice.

[rough basalt]

Tbf casting a spell in front of someone as the illusion appears. It's either an illusion or a conjuration.

[errant crag]

Definitely worth giving it a poke to find out

[woven flint]

Especially if you only have basic magical knowledge

[rough basalt]

The enemies aren't blind to you waving your hands and stuff appearing.

[royal gorge]

Ya. Treant Monk on YouTube talks about Minior Illusion talks about it a lot. He suggests casting it behind a door a lot. And it is a silent spell.

[woven flint]

(Orizontas has like... almost NO magical knowledge despite having an entire party that is capable of using magic lol)

[tame cloak]

Was there any indication that the gnolls stopped moving before the illusion was cast? There's not a lot of info on an entity 'accidentally' seeing through an illusion by doing something to dispell it non-intentfully as far as I'm aware (or rather, did your DM describe a gnoll running through it?)

[rough basalt]

If it's like an illusion of a fighter I'd probably have a lot of enemies attack it thinking its a conjured soldier first.

[woven flint]

He's just a guy with a Flail, Mace, Lance, Shortsword and Javilin

[royal gorge]

Ya. That's actually what Treant Monk suggests as well.

[thorn wedge]

My ruling on an illusion if it’s big enough a creature can hide behind is that it conceals but does not protect a target. This would mean attacks against it get disadvantage.

This is different from something like mold earth, that could create cover of some kind.

[errant crag]

Well the guy placed the illusion then we had a big debate about it

Because he insisted each Gnoll would need to make its own check to know it's an illusion

[royal gorge]

Treantmonk's Temple*

[errant crag]

But the check is only to discern if it's an illusion without physically interacting with it

[rough basalt]

Yeah you can just smack it

[errant crag]

Gnolls barreling down a tunnel at fleeing adventurers may not even register that a wall has appeared

And even so they're likely to just ram into it I feel

[rough basalt]

Like Honor Among Thieves movie perfectly showcases what an illusion in dnd looks like.

[tame cloak]

Beat me to it, it's pretty easy to assume as much unless the DM definitively describes each gnoll halting immediately

[rough basalt]

Looks completely normal until you touch it and it breaks apart like.

[royal gorge]

Indeed. XD

[tame cloak]

I feel you man, the blend of RP and meta can be annoying sometimes

[rough basalt]

But if it's cast right in front of someone, the deductive reasoning kicks in.

Cause part of tabletop rpgs is that the dm is not coded to be an idiot or omniscient of stuff going on.
If someone robs an empty house, there's not gonna be a guard teleporting inside going "stop you've violated the law"

Or the enemies aren't gonna go "never should've come here" and run into the spike growth killing themselves

[thorn wedge]

I would probably let it happen, rule of cool once or so. If a player was regularly using it as a tactic there would be some caveats and general logic being used.

[rough basalt]

I mean they could, but it's not compelled and it makes the game worse if done as anything but a one time gag against bethesda.

[atomic kayak]

Theres a number of things in the game (stealth, illusions, among others) where there is a shocking amount of people who expect like. Videogame logic. From NPCs. When they do things with those abilities and stuff

[errant crag]

It always bothers me when that happens

[atomic kayak]

Like "must've been the wind" type stuff from skyrim where you can crouch behind someone after they see you

[errant crag]

Or people wanting stuff like Shape Water ice cube crushing to work

[atomic kayak]

different type of person

[errant crag]

The DM isn't an AI forced to run things that are technically RAW

[rough basalt]

Like I had a cleric ruin a deception attempt by the party cause he thought he could cast guidance in front of the bandits without repercussions

[atomic kayak]

Similar certainly, but different

[errant crag]

Well I'm comparing it in the sense it's people expecting the DM to let it happen because of wording

[thorn wedge]

There’s a lot of things that logically make sense but raw doesn’t allow simply because it doesn’t say it does.

[rough basalt]

Like they were trying to deceive the bandits into thinking they were captured by the bandits (one pc disguised).
They were skeptical of how one newbie took down all the adventurers so I called for deception.

Cleric then starts fortnite dancing as a gold light flies to the Disguised PC.

That's a joke way to put it. What actually happened is just as blatant in context.

The prisoner touches his captor on the shoulders and casts a spell in front of them that doesn't do anything they can see.

[royal gorge]

I agree with you comment, but even though you don't get directly cover from casting Minor Illusion and an attack can go through it.
I would still rule that as long as a creature doesn't know it is an illusion then the object created should be treated as the real thing for those creatures and therefore if used in the right way, it could provide cover, let me try to explain my thinking.

So if you create lets say a 5ft high and wide boulder (withing what Minor Illusion can create), then everyone who has not used their action to find out if it is an illusion or not, would beleive that there really is a big boulder where you cast the spell (even if they saw you cast it and the boulder was not there before).

My character is lets say 6ft tall and now walks up and stands behind this boulder. Everyone who has not seen through the illusion now thinks that I stand behind a big boulder and would therefore have to aim at the parts of my character they can see to hit me. (Or use a small-sized character to hide behind a crate).

I would in such case rule that the character has at least half-cover, or maybe even three-quarters cover from ranged attacks made by anyone who has still not seen though the illusion.

An ranged attack that would have hit you if not for the cover of the illusion, then passes through the illusion, and the creature who made the attack now knows it is an illusion and you don't get cover bonus against that creature's next attack.
Melee fighters would also think it is there and might have to use extra movement to reach you, or force them to move another route so you won't be attacked by them.

Thats how I would rule it at my table.

[errant crag]

I've seen a short that shows this exact situation

[royal gorge]

From the DnDBeyond forum, which most people agreed too.

[rough basalt]

Ye I frequently use that shot to describe how spellcasting looks to npcs

[dim wasp]

I'm genuinely curious

Do ya all have a party which has like a parent in it (figuratively)

This is more in regards to the characters

Characters personality

Testing

[royal gorge]

As in do the characters have a character that has a parent? I've seen the mother-daughter dynamic between characters before. I've seen real-life players play with their kids, therefore they play as mother and daughter in-game or father and son in-game. Or say the character takes on one of the characters as the son or daughter (As in your friends are your family you choose). I have seen that dynamic play out too.

[tame cloak]

Am I wrong to say that the NPCism of an NPC is also decided by the DM? Like, their aptitude and general intelligence in any given situation is decided by how the DM decides to play them out, roleplaying accordingly

[rough basalt]

Yes but quite literally spellcasting is balanced by the fact that it's obvious if you don't have some way to make it not obvious.

[tame cloak]

Like, in pinks example, would the gnolls not try to touch the random walls that appeared on front of them when they swore they're wasn't one there before?

[rough basalt]

Yeah sure cause 1, it's not real or 2 it's real and they need to get past it somehow

[tame cloak]

Ah, makes sense, shoulda thought of that

[dim wasp]

What about they act as a parent

Personality wise

[rough basalt]

If you could just charm people in conversations without any repercussions it'd be a mess.

And of course the players would get upset when "oh the lich used sign language to cast disintegrate roll a new PC"

[royal gorge]

I don't understand the question. What do you mean by acting as the parent personality wise?

[tame cloak]

"hey, (sexily), give me all your money, tehe, (winks seductively)"

[proper forum]

Today another campaign ended. I am happy.

[glad arch]

More like balance illusion magic, doesnt matter if you can see me casting a fireball it will do exactly the same

[proper forum]

Every single bard without exception:

[glad arch]

And charms

[rough basalt]

You can counterspell it

Without visible components Counterspell doesn't work

That's part of why spellcasting is blatant

[remote wadi]

Got details?

[proper forum]

The campaign? At least a novel's worth.

[tame cloak]

Could a player be blocked off from counter spelling an illusion if their character doesn't realise it's an illusion? I guess you'd roll a deception check, but I find the scenario intriguing

[dim wasp]

Like the one that's reproachful or breaks up fights

[tame cloak]

I think the final confrontation would be satisfactory

[rough basalt]

No cause they know you're casting a spell if it has components

[proper forum]

Bro I killed a dragon

[tame cloak]

Ah, shoulda thought about that

[rough basalt]

To not be counterspelled you gotta stay outta range or outta sight completely

Also if it's a mage that can cast Counterspell they're more likely to know whether it's an illusion or not.

[dim wasp]

Druids meanwhile :
'aww hi cutee thing, ur so floofy and adorable can I pet proceeds to lift small creature onto their shoulder and keep them close like a pet'

[royal gorge]

Can you define what you mean by reproachful? I've never heard that word before.

[proper forum]

"I did it... I killed a dragon... I KILLED A DRAGON! I really killed a dragon! Now I can call myself a true knight!
...Are you proud of me?"
-My paladin character, after the final fight of the campaign, talking to his dead fiancée

[dim wasp]

Expressing disapproval, disappointment or criticism

[tame cloak]

Did you command word it into a volcano? Stab a cursed great sword through its chest? Charm it into rethinking its entire life until it eventually develops a major midlife crisis until it decides to cough fail its own death saving throw on purpose cough

Come on dude, spill

[dim wasp]

Me:can we cellotape his mouth shut my head hurts
Also me:*proceeds to yap endlessly *

[tame cloak]

Now that's what you call an ending

[dim wasp]

Me:ok enough I'm aging too fast

[rough basalt]

The unfortunate reality is Illusion magic relies so much on the players intelligence and the DM not being an a-hole

[dim wasp]

#dnd-discussion message wdyt

[rough basalt]

But for fairness the DM also has to be willing to be the "ahole"

[proper forum]

No I just spammed smites and tanked hits, which HOW did I even survive that. The dragon was hasted. The wizard riding the dragon hasted it. How did my dumb paladin not notice.

[tame cloak]

I love the trope of trying to find acceptance of oneself or redemption under the guise of a dead partner or lover or close relationship

[thorn wedge]

Illusion magic just clearly wasn’t intended to be a reliable combat tool, it is definitely a tool of occasional creativity and occasional rule of cool thing.

[tame cloak]

Paladins are good for two things, hitting things, and being hit

[narrow delta]

Was it Arviaturas (or however it’s spelled)?

[rough basalt]

It's very much a school of magic for certain situations

[plain forge]

amusing. For anyone who fancies playing a game of D&D in space, here's some logistical tips from an actual astronaut https://www.wargamer.com/dnd/d20-space

how to roll a d20 in space

[dim wasp]

I can't lie I might transform into an owl and peck the living shit out of everyone if they don't shush

[rough basalt]

Like games with a lot of Stealth and Urban adventures Illusion can really shine.

[dim wasp]

Huh

[rough basalt]

Like an example.
Players need into a cities armory.
Player comes up acting like a drunk who got lost distracting the guards.

While they're not looking and from a distance enough away, cast an Illusion of a very scary creature. In this situation I'd rule the guards probably run for backup.

Cause they're wagies they don't wanna die to a dragon

[dim wasp]

So how many barrels of gunpowder we need again

[proper forum]

Long story short he used to be a noble knight, engaged to a noble lady. A vampire attacked the county. The vampire killed his fiancee. He tried to kill the vampire, he bit him and turned him into a dhampir. So he hated his current existence, being a literal monster avoided by everyone which he never intended to become. But still he remains good and loyal to his oath and resorts to hiding in the woods and helping the innocent from the shadows. He remains eternally loyal to his lover and swore to never love another. Really, he was just searching for a purpose in life.

[tame cloak]

A bad DM would play the gaurds into attacking the enemy, thus dispelling it and doing two things, ruining the plan unnecessarily, and just being illogical

[royal gorge]

Does Power Word Kill require a line of sight on a target? If so, I got an awesome defense using Minor Illusion.

[dim wasp]

Also don't Guy Fawkes plans like NEVER work#dnd-discussion message
@rough basalt

[proper forum]

The guy riding the dragon? No.

[rough basalt]

Iirc they just have to hear it

[narrow delta]

Nah that’s the name of the dragon

[royal gorge]

Noooooooo! Haha! 😛

[rough basalt]

Nah wait it's sight only

[proper forum]

No the dragon didn't have a name

[rough basalt]

They don't need to hear it.

[tame cloak]

I like this, it's a cliche in my eyes that's done really well, looked up to hero turned into a hated evil but still retaining the good in their heart, wish I could've been there

[royal gorge]

Yay! 😄

[narrow delta]

Only cuz you didn’t ask what its name was! /j

[jolly agate]

Is it true that Goblins build most of the dungeons or smth?

[rough basalt]

No

[narrow delta]

Depends on the setting

[remote wadi]

DMs are open for a good TLDR

[tame cloak]

I like how despite "dungeons" being in the name, most of the popular campaigns aren't set in dungeons

[glad ferry]

So question. Is forgotten realms separate from other books in dnd?

[proper forum]

I kind of already lore dropped right here

[proper forum]

Here

[remote wadi]

Hopping in between chats and eating. Can't exactly be everywhere at once, sorry

[rough basalt]

It's cause a lot of modern players don't wanna do dungeons

[remote wadi]

Okay, I did see the TLDR

[tame cloak]

Yeah, plus they're a bit limiting

[remote wadi]

A little confused how resurrection was not available

[paper portal]

how DARE you /silly

[narrow delta]

Like on Eberron, there was a massive ancient goblinoid empire, so it makes sense to assume a lot of the ancient ruins were built by ancient goblins or goblinoids

[glad ferry]

Dungeons are one of my favorite parts. Building them is so much fun not knowing how it will turn out

[rough basalt]

Not really. There's a philosophy called "everythings a dungeon"

[royal gorge]

Minor Illusion allows the creation of a 5-foot illusory object: can I hide behind this object (wall/crate/anything) and gain advantage vs. creatures who can't see past the illusion?

If so, given that examining the illusion requires an action, am I guaranteed to have advantage at least until their turn arrives?

Can you hide behind the illusion? Probably. Can you get advantage just for being behind it? Probably not unless you're a halfling.

Here's the problem, ultimately, you're only creating a 5' cube. That's probably not enough to hide behind without an actual stealth check.

Basically, you need to completely block line of sight from the creature you want advantage on, to yourself. You also, theoretically need to maintain said blockage of line of sight to your opponent until the moment you attack...

The way this probably works best is if you're a halfling and cast this the turn before. Then you could duck back, and shoot through the illusion with advantage.

For a normal sized character, without an action to hide, I'd probably not allow you to remove yourself from LOS behind the illusion (that's not to say that it doesn't block). Most characters are over 5' tall (a huge swath of humans are, like probably 80% or more, and likely even more adventuring humans). That means that even though you only take up a 5' cube in game space, you'd be seen over an illusory one. You'd get cover...but the thing is an illusion so if you're shot at, I'd give the creature the impression you had cover, but none would be applied to the attack (or maybe half the cover number, so -1 or -2 instead of -2/-5). Advantage on you attacks though, not so much.

However, if you're willing to spend the action (to make a dex(stealth) check) to hide, I'd acknowledge that, because you're actually spending a whole action, and that is modeled by being quiet, stepping softly, and possibly crouching behind an illusory object.

So yes, the wall is opaque, and you'd be able to hide behind it/have advantage from attacks (technically, if it was a real object, they wouldn't be able to target you..I'd allow the targeting)...but only if you completely fit behind it, and that's not the case for most PCs.

RPG Stock Exchange answer for the D&D 2014 rules.

[rough basalt]

If there's a place where the players have to move, fight, do skill challenges, it's a dungeon.

[glad ferry]

Cities act as them to in their own way. Many different things that can happen

[narrow delta]

Right but i think he’s asking about the “ancient underground ruin” dungeons

[rough basalt]

Yeah but why would you limit yourself to those only?

[glad ferry]

It would be cool to have an ability to switch your place between clones or illusions

[tame cloak]

Hmmm, haven't heard that one, but doesn't sound like it's hard to get behind

[rough basalt]

Not really.
Like I had a Kobold cave that had 3 main open areas then the boss in 4th one behind a door.

Basically a dungeon

[tame cloak]

Mhm, I was thinking the good ol' underground cave crawlers

[narrow delta]

I don’t think he means a limit, he’s just asking if those dungeons were built by goblins

[rough basalt]

He mentioned earlier that Dungeons are limiting I think

[tame cloak]

That's correct

[royal gorge]

Cities? Built like dungeons? I can see this in the Underdark too.

[tame cloak]

I just don't see em as a space that allows for a lot of creativity except for the occasional lever pull and giant door into a boss arena

[narrow delta]

Oh I was talking about what @jolly agate asked

Sorry

[rough basalt]

Dungeons of Drakkenheim by the dungeon dudes, Drakkenheim itself is just a massive megadungeon

Has social factions, environmental dangers

[royal gorge]

Dungeons and Drakkenheim. Awesome! 😄

[rough basalt]

It's a third-party I've heard nothing but great things about

[narrow delta]

Some of their stuff is on dndb

[glad ferry]

Just have them go into a dungeon full of illusions that doesnt even actually have enemies or bosses

[tame cloak]

That's just an underground city though in my opinion, I don't know much about drakkenhuim, but theirs a line between 'dungeon' and 'whole new area with in depth locations' not to sound rude

[glad ferry]

Or the little spirit things that can travel through walls and cause nightmares

[royal gorge]

That's evil. XD

[glad ferry]

Could be fun lol

[royal gorge]

Dude! Haha!

[rough basalt]

It's not an underground city tho

It's a ruined city on the land that was destroyed by an eldritch meteor shower.

So now it's basically a wasteland with monsters, crystals that drive you mad.

[glad ferry]

And have the cave have a special effect that gives illusions a solid physical form just for kicks and giggles

I have lots of plans for different possible things as im world building

[feral fulcrum]

A 'Dungeon' can be lots of things, it need not be a cave, or monster infested underground ruin.

[glad ferry]

Nope nope.tbats the fun of it

[feral fulcrum]

Heck even a sufficiently large ship, full of hostiles and loot, classifies as a 'Dungeon'.

[glad ferry]

One race that looks like fun to run is illafeds, intellect eaters, and the master brain

[woven flint]

Illithids, Intellect Devourers and Elder brains?

[glad ferry]

Yeah that part. Words escape my minf

[woven flint]

its okay!

Have you ever seen an Elder Brain Dragon?

[glad ferry]

Mind. So I go with general descriptions when I dont have reminders in front of me

I have not

[lethal bobcat]

Is there a difference between a series of encounters an an actual dungeon?
Now my mind wonders how many red ants until the open field is a dungeon

[glad ferry]

Didnt even know an elder brain dragon was a thing. Sounds scary to

[atomic kayak]

That doesn't do anything to what I said

They would definitively 100% not get any cover bonuses

[royal gorge]

I could imagine an elder brain dragon being woaaaaaah. o.0 Like woah dude! Like, totally awesome! 😛

[woven flint]

Its basically an Elder Brain Piloting the Corpse of an Adult (?) or Ancient (?) Dragon

Like, sitting on its back with tentacles in its body type of vibe, controlling it like a puppet

[glad ferry]

That sounds like a major final boss hard to kill. Consider the elder brain itself already can boost armor over time

So the drsgon pretty much acts as an extra layer of protection and doesnt damage the brain directly

[woven flint]

Yeah, an Elder Brain is CR 14...
The Elder Brain Dragon is CR 22 .w.

[errant crag]

This player would get kicked from my game

[royal gorge]

I recommend reading this. I think what the poster from Stack Exchange meant was the enemy has a disadvantage on attacks against the target who's hiding behind the illusionary crate.

[onyx haven]

The Elder Brain dragon is just so cool, I had to use one for a character backstory. lol

[glad ferry]

Usually the creature rolls a wisdom or whatever the check is to see if they realize its an illusion or not sd soon as it comes to be

[royal gorge]

Elder Brain Dragons do sound cool. 😛

[woven flint]

Sadly, the Elder Brain Dragon statblock isn't that impressive 😔

Its still a CR 22 Creature, but its not like.. flashy

[royal gorge]

Nuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! Q_Q

[glad ferry]

One id like is a blood dragon

[still plover]

It's always worth talking over some of your illusions with the DM before the game.

[royal gorge]

Indeed.

[feral fulcrum]

A dungeon requires a location with a detailed map. An open field full of monsters, doesn't particuraly count. However, a field full of ruined structures, might.

[onyx haven]

Mobile mindflayer printer though.

[trim agate]

can i ask why some DMs do not like AI pictures for tokens/characters?

[woven flint]

The Elder Brain dragon has a Mindflayer Tadpole breath attack though, if you fail the save against it, you become infested with Mindflayer Tadpoles and when you hit 0 Hp you begin to become a mindflayer over the course of time

[errant crag]

Even if they think you have cover, you wouldn't have cover because even if they accidentally hit the illusion the arrow is gonna go through it and hit you

[lethal bobcat]

I hate to say this but it'd be really funny to see a detailed map of an open field actually, that gives me really bad ideas

[onyx haven]

It infests you no matter what. The save is just to reduce the damage

[errant crag]

I would advise against starting that conversation here tbh

[feral fulcrum]

Because AI Bad and is the enemy, and using AI makes you a Bad Person, is generally the opinion I see.

[glad ferry]

That is one crazy ability

[errant crag]

I've seen people in this server call for violence against people who use AI

[onyx haven]

If you get slimed by the Elderbrain dragon, you have been infested with tadpoles, and will become a Mindflayer now when you hit 0 HP.

[trim agate]

oh sensitive topic? it never crossed my mind until some guy said i can't have an AI picture

[glad ferry]

What do people even have to do to get rid of a mindflayer tadpole?

[woven flint]

Oh yeah
I misread that

[trim agate]

i will fight all those people. I will not be constricted by my poor artistic capabilities. It does not restrict me in being able to roleplay or tell a story

[onyx haven]

In this instance, you either need something like remove curse or to crank 40hp of healing down your throat

[woven flint]

Powerful healing spells apparently

[loud tendon]

There are many reasons but much of it is how they are trained. By scrapping the art of others without paying them for their efforts.
Its also quite bad for the environment.

[feral fulcrum]

It's less a senstitive topic and more that some people just to treat AI usage as like...as evil as kicking a puppy and feeding orphans into woodchippers.

[lethal bobcat]

I did use AI to try solo rpg and oof, it is so aggressively mid

[onyx haven]

So like, you could set it up where this dragon is just going town to town, puking on everyone in sight, and now we have a mass conversion event.

[errant crag]

Some people get so unhinged about it, it's really wild to see

[trim agate]

bet everybody uses a calculator though

[errant crag]

Which is funny because I bet those same people don't get that up in arms about blue collar workers getting replaced by automation

[feral fulcrum]

A calculator is a rather vastly different beast to AI however, so, poor comparison

[glad ferry]

Just start an arc with the elder brain dragon using the breath in the middle of a festival where many are active

[trim agate]

not really, i'm really bad at art so i get something to do it for me. If you're really bad at maths you get something to do it for you

[loud tendon]

generative AI programs =/= calculator

[errant crag]

A lot of people make a visual for their characters on HeroForge and take a screenshot of that, or use video game character creators to try and create their character

[trim agate]

you have a tool to help people access a game then ban one of them, seems silly

[loud tendon]

Let's keep things related to d&d and not spiral out into applications of machines in real life arenas

[feral fulcrum]

AI's, are more often then not, built up out of stolen data, at greast cost and environmental harm, for...more often then not "Trust me bro, I'm a Tech Bro, I know what the world needs, Ai is DAH FUTURE" "It's been like six years and we still can't find a use for this crap, we've blown billions on it, we're broke."

[lethal bobcat]

Is politics allowed? Not sure if this goes too far already

If it doesn't, I think the people not caring are the same seeing AI more positively?

[idle oar]

It is not

See server rules

[lethal bobcat]

I did read them, so that"s why seeing a staff member make that comment confused me

[feral fulcrum]

But since we must drop the conversation now. I still wonder what the deal was with the Art of the uh... what did they call them...

The Primal Dino's that are actually Monstrosities?

[idle oar]

A staff member didn't say anything political though?

Anyway back to D&D

[lethal bobcat]

This?

[errant crag]

I'm not staff

[idle oar]

That is not a staff member

[lethal bobcat]

How is the name like that

[idle oar]

Orange = moderators, Red = WoTC staff

[errant crag]

If they made me staff it would be hilarious

[spring spear]

So what’s the limit to how many false hydras I can have in a session?

[trim agate]

could that be added to the "looking for players" outline? or is it not as relevant. Just i've had 2 so far reject due to AI image

[idle oar]

All of them
But really the amount that makes the game fun but not Not Fun.

[royal gorge]

The IDs are a new Discord feature thingy. I'm not sure if you need Nitro. You can style your ID and stuffs.

[idle oar]

What people do off-server is not something we moderate

[feral fulcrum]

I still don't get the fixation with False Hydras

[errant crag]

I think one false hydra is enough to make the game not fun

[lethal bobcat]

The colour

[jolly agate]

only in Eberron?. Who the hell builds them in Faerûn then?

[lethal bobcat]

Gradient

[loud tendon]

Our server rules state we do not allow generative AI, so it already doesn't belong here.
On top of that, how DMs want to run their table is more up to them for restrictions. Not allowing AI art is not unreasonable.

[spring spear]

Cause I kinda made my players face two and uhhhhh let’s just say they were not happy when 5 months of progress wiped out

[jolly agate]

There must be someone that builds the dungeons

[royal gorge]

That's a new Discord feature.

[lethal bobcat]

Only staff can set colours right?

[errant crag]

Names like mine just mean the user is both a DM and player

[jolly agate]

You can't tell me that they just, yk. Spawn outa knowhere

[royal gorge]

Oh. o.0

[jolly agate]

At least not the Mega Dungeons

[lethal bobcat]

New features confuse me

[royal gorge]

Wait a minute. o.0 Oh I see now what your meaning. Haha!

[jolly canyon]

Woah

[royal gorge]

So, you see how mine is glowing? Kind'a?

[narrow delta]

I don’t know. Im not terribly familiar with Faerun lore lol

[lethal bobcat]

Gradient yes

[jolly agate]

Dw mate

[jolly canyon]

I wonder if mine would look like that if my name was longer

[errant crag]

It would

[royal gorge]

Ya. I think you can set that on Discord. You may be able to set that as an admin or owner of a Discord member too within a Discord server for others, but I'm not sure. I think I have mine set to purple on my Discord profile? One sec.

Ya. Mine inside of the Discord server is kind'a greenish (teal?). On my profile it's either white or purple. I can't tell which. 🙂

There is a looooooot of Fearun lore.

Ebberon is one of my favorite settings. Haha! That and Planescape. Ooooo! Do I ever love me some Planescape lore! 😄

[fickle heart]

It's a monster that challenges the PCs to engage with the world as part of the challenge, as opposed to just using their character's own abilities.

It's definitely not for every group, though.

[crimson gulch]

And I have done it, I have booked my first Adnd 1e game

[jolly canyon]

That's dope! Gotta let us know how it goes

[umbral girder]

This is gonna be interesting since a lot of the old DnD challenge was the fact you didn’t know how the monsters work or what they were.

[royal gorge]

One cool thing you do get to know is this: You get to know what the monsters' AC is. The DM is supposed to tell you, it's only that in my experience with AD&D most DMs don't. If I do recall the rules. I may be wrong.

[strong wave]

How do I calculate HP for a sixth level fighter without rolling

[crimson gulch]

40 plus con and other bonus's

[strong wave]

Thank you urizt

Wait do I add con per level

[crimson gulch]

Yes

So if they have 14 con that's a total of 52

[crimson gulch]

Oh I don't think challenging them is going to be a problem

[strong wave]

Thanks my man

[umbral girder]

Level 1 is 10+Con Modifier
Every level up after that is 6+con mod

[strong wave]

Thank you nealen

[umbral girder]

So if you got a +2 con that is 12+ (8 x 5) =52

[royal gorge]

There is a a pretty good article by the Arcane Eye that teaches you how to do it for the 2024 rules (D&D 5.5e). That way, you'll know what goes into it for Fighter, and for other classes. Or if you multiclass later on. It has a calculator for it too, if you're in a pinch.

[umbral girder]

Basically it’s half the max roll of the dice + 1 for the average

So d10 dudes it’s 5+1 for 6
D8 is 4+1 for 5 etc etc

Level 1 is just a max roll

The PHB 2024 also just has a table for it too for all core 12 classes

[royal gorge]

Peeps. You all take care. I got'a head out. I got'a get ready for Baulder's Gate III with a buddy of mine.

[silk hare]

or: each side of the side of the dice divided by the total number of sides

so e.g. for D10=

(1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9+10)/10= 5.5 --> rounded to 6

[severe herald]

Yoo.

I was talking to someone here about dice..

[silk hare]

alright, what kind of dice?

[severe herald]

Well, i finished my Dev/player/GM kit, and I posted the pics in #merch-and-dice . I found the person, but feel free to take a look! 🍈

I am very proud 🍈

Water and ice~

Anyway, how yall doin?

[strong wave]

I have to make a 6th level 5e character by 4pm tomorrow is it possible

I have executive dysfunction and building a character always seems so tough

[silk hare]

oh just 1? easily possible

hop into #character-discussion I can help u brainstorm if you want

just ping me or sth

[strong wave]

Okay I'm not doing it now but in a. Few hours I might ping you

[worn crow]

Oh, yeah, that is very possible, especially if you're using DnDB

[gloomy notch]

Were you rushing or were you dragging?

[strong wave]

I am procrastinating

I hate paperwork

[umbral girder]

DnD beyond has a quick character maker

[silk hare]

yeahhh Ill be sleeping then probably sooo

[worn crow]

Fair, but making sheets isn't too bad. You doing it manually or using DDB?

[strong wave]

Oh okay

Manually

[worn crow]

Ahhh, little bit more of a lengthy process but still more than possible

[umbral girder]

Oh boy good luck

[worn crow]

You can ping me in the character discussion chat if you'd like, I can help you out whenever you start

[strong wave]

Thank you pandora

[knotty vine]

Who know

[glad ferry]

What types of characters do you find most difficult to deal with, or the players themselves? For me its the few who don't do anything to help progress

[remote wadi]

I've been a lot better

[lethal bobcat]

Gossip is fun! Though, in what way if I may ask? Is it disinterest? Or an affinity for sidequesting?

[severe herald]

Sorry to hear that :/

[rough basalt]

People who won't do anything for sure

[paper portal]

hey i was gonna say that

[empty thicket]

"give a reason why my character would like to be with you all and do adventures"
Bro....

[fossil hollow]

why are they asking the others for a reason

[empty thicket]

that ones are special creatures.

[rough basalt]

Characters that won't do anything or interact with anything royally tick me off

[severe herald]

Just copy my homework, but change the answers around. 🍈

[rough basalt]

Cause I dont wanna have to play the game for the players

[lethal bobcat]

My only experience with a bad player was when someone started at level 1 with AC 21 and the DM did allow it so encounters were weird

[empty thicket]

yep, im like
"Bro, dont make me force you to make your character interact or do something to the story."

[rough basalt]

21 flat AC im trying to figure out

[severe herald]

There's always one level above Gm, you know.

[knotty vine]

dude i absolutely love potent dragon marks

[rough basalt]

20AC is doable easily

[knotty vine]

18 in dex with a thri kreen shield + shield of faith 21 ac

[lethal bobcat]

Some construct race or one of the unfeeling races

[knotty vine]

oh wait flat

[severe herald]

Dare you venture into the hall of the Developer? CR30 🍈

[knotty vine]

idk

[rough basalt]

Warforged with defense style, chain mail and shield is 20

[empty thicket]

of what? players that dont want to interact or me forcing him?

[errant crag]

Players who argue with my rulings on things

[rough basalt]

so im wondering where the extra 1 is coming from

[severe herald]

Of the chain. You could echew players and start writing modules.

[rough basalt]

Unless the dm let them start with splint mail which is insane

[knotty vine]

maybe there using defnese again

[lethal bobcat]

Hmm, Warforged for sure ye, but maybe better armour if he started with more gold?

[knotty vine]

Some dms allowed that even through

[severe herald]

No players at that level.

[rough basalt]

splint is like 400 gold

[severe herald]

You're dealing with DMs.

[lethal bobcat]

Didn't the Noble background give 500 extra gold?

[rough basalt]

No

[lethal bobcat]

Oh wait 2014 didn't have set amounts of gold did it

[severe herald]

(Also players too I am lying it is a trap 🍈 )

[rough basalt]

No background gives 500 gold lol

[empty thicket]

Na, i dont have enough experience to write modules yet

[severe herald]

Have you run a full campagin once?

[lethal bobcat]

If it hasn't been years, I'd love to know lol

[severe herald]

If so, you have enough expirence.

You gain expirence by doing.

[empty thicket]

Nope, not yet
Waiting to some work things stabilize so i dont have my blood pressure high enough to get a cut and paint the walls instantly.

But im planning to start with a CoS and later get some time to build one campaign in mind

[severe herald]

Nice.

I've written two RPGs.

[rough basalt]

But yeah if someones getting 21 flat AC at level 1 somethings going on

[severe herald]

I want more people to write too.

[empty thicket]

three eldritch blasts in its head.

[paper portal]

pretty sure thats possible but yeah not normal

[lethal bobcat]

... I think my point still stands with AC 20 tbh

[rough basalt]

Nah 20 AC is fine

They invested into it

[woven flint]

The BBEG was Arby's all along