dnd-discussion

[kind gate]

actually no dont do that

[vagrant crescent]

Bardbarian!

[kind gate]

if im going to be completely honest, ive only ever played artificer and cleric, its about time i branched out

[tribal night]

I gave her a special attack called "miku miku beam"

[real sentinel]

Hi

[karmic heath]

Hello

[kind gate]

magical cure love shot IS the best miku, so add something like that also

[tribal night]

consumes all bardic inspiration points, deal 4 psionic damage and 4 thunder damage for each inspiration used, +4 damage every 5 levels

[vagrant crescent]

Rouge and monk can be a lot of fun in combat. The right build can make them super mobile and a lot of fun

[kind gate]

every miku is canon after all

[tribal night]

Critical fail

Just kidding

[glass granite]

I like taking one level of rogue on my monks from time to time

[tribal night]

It's just a hitscan magic missile lmao

Yeah it gets countered by shield sadly 🥀

since it's quite literally just an alternate magic missile

[tribal night]

40 damage every inspiration 🗣️

Totally fair

actually that's like super lategame anyway

since level 20

[vagrant crescent]

For sneak attack? Its really fun. I ended up taking a couple levels of sorc as my last rogue. Sneak attack + booming blade + nick is really fun combo

[limber trail]

200 damage in one blast

[glass granite]

Mostly for weapon mastery and expertise

[kind gate]

just make it do 1d20 damage, adding another d20 every 4 levels, and +3 base damage per inspiration

[glass granite]

But as i usually do it with my shadow monks sneak attack is a nice bonus

[tribal night]

Guaranteed hit too since it's just a strong magic missile

Then again you lose ALL your bardic inspiration, a pretty big sacrifice

[limber trail]

it's not that big of a sacrifice for 200 guaranteed damage

[jovial talon]

Nuclear Violin VS Coughing Lich

[kind gate]

@tribal night I FOUND OUT MY CHARACTER IDEA

solaire of astora

[tribal night]

True, but you can also test your luck by bardic inspiring several fighters with great weapon mastery

[tribal night]

Holy peak

[knotty vine]

are you for heal

[tribal night]

fighteraladin

[limber trail]

You're getting 4x less return on investment

[limber trail]

I'm not endorsing the ability, just stating the numbers

[knotty vine]

\

[kind gate]

the solaire of astora faction in-game has lightning spear, i dont think paladin gets lightning spells besides smites maybe

[tribal night]

Then again you have to be level 20 to be able to deal that amount of damage

[glass granite]

Thunderous smite is a spell

[tribal night]

That's thunder, not lightning

[tribal night]

Yeah they don't

[limber trail]

by level 10 it's more damage than the GWF bonus and doesn't have a chance of missing

[glass granite]

It’s easy to flavour

[tribal night]

Just dip it in electricity or something lol

[tribal night]

I did not consider that

Oh well just nerf it ig

[limber trail]

bardic inspiration's main benefit isn't attack rolls anyhow

[jovial talon]

The lighting Miracles of Dark Souls would analog pretty well as radiant damage given it’s divine origins and appearance in the games.

[limber trail]

it's much more useful on saves and ability checks

[tribal night]

It's fine I haven't fully optimized it, I'm just flavoring it

I know it can be a bit unfair lol

[kind gate]

didnt think about that, good call

[tribal night]

Adding powercreep mods in BG3 is so funny

"Oh wow I'm level 10 already!"
"180 DAMAGE PER ATTACK?! MY PARTY IS COOKED."

[jovial talon]

Dark Souls my beloved. I will forever name my Ranger Companion Sif.

[kind gate]

such a good dog, a shame you have to kill him to beat the game

talk about loyal

[tribal night]

I love playing ranger

If possible I try to find a homebrew ranger class I could use

good ol' mindweaver aetheric strider class

[hot marlin]

Where I come from, it is a generally acknowledged truth that loyalty is the worst possible vice.

So screw Sif

[jovial talon]

Excuse me?

[tribal night]

Dammit... he's right

[hot marlin]

If you're not going to move on and live your life after your master died, when?

[jovial talon]

They shared a goal, and they kept at it until the end. If anything technically Artorias broke first. Sif was finishing the mission.

[hot marlin]

By... Standing watch over a dead corpse and murdering people who approach?

I'm not quite seeing how that helps anyone

[tribal night]

Honor is meaningless if you end up dead.

[woven flint]

My Cleric befriended some Manticores today

[hot marlin]

It's a great fight, sure. But killing a dog that attacks people who just approach a grave? I call that a public service, and euthanasia

[tribal night]

SONIC BOOM!

Sorry, durge took over

[woven flint]

We entered their lair and attacked them but they stopped attacking us when a troll intruded and offered us treasure to kill the troll, he only felt it was right to heal them afterwards out of kindness

I got a Staff of Healing in return, so.. kinda worth it

[tribal night]

Resisting the URGE to use thunderous smite

[woven flint]

My Cleric is a very merciful man

[tribal night]

I feel so sigma

[slate zealot]

wait how do i start a game or join a group to start a game?

[dark basin]

#find-a-game

[slate zealot]

thank yah

[tribal night]

After I get bored of bald man's gate I'll play another ses

[errant crag]

He's guarding the Covenant of Artorias ring which is used to traverse the Abyss, and since Sif and Artorias's mission was to guard from threats of the Abyss then it makes sense that Sif would continue to guard the ring in an effort to prevent anyone from venturing into the abyss and being either corrupted by it or releasing any more dangers from it

[woven flint]

Yeah ^
Sif is literally trying to keep people from suffering the same fate as her master

They'd be better off dead than corrupted by the Abyss like Artorias

[hot marlin]

OK yeah good point.

[woven flint]

(Fun Fact: Sif is actually female)

[errant crag]

I don't think that's confirmed just speculated

[woven flint]

I thought it was!
I'm killing the souls community

but, it also would make sense if Sif was female given their names origin

[errant crag]

Sif's gender is never specifically said in any direction I don't think

I personally like the idea that Sif is a good girl

[feral fulcrum]

looks at #non-dnd-topics

[jovial talon]

Technically in some sort of manual Sif’s referred to as male but other that that there’s no solid evidence either way.

[errant crag]

Most of those manual/guide books aren't made by Fromsoftware

But yeah we're off topic

[umbral girder]

Sif like from the Norse pantheon?

[jovial talon]

Great Gray Wolf Sif from DS1.

[still carbon]

I decided to make a little website for when I'm looking for groups: https://dnd-resume.github.io/

Check it out - is there anything you think I could improve?

[vast saddle]

Is it okay to talk smart when you have -1 INT modifier or will it be counted as OOC?

[jovial talon]

Elaborate on ”Talk Smart”

[errant crag]

The rules don't necessitate roleplaying any specific way just because of your ability scores

[vast saddle]

Talking like how intelligent people should be

[errant crag]

It's really up to your table and such

I know a lot of people who talk like they're intelligent when they're definitely not

[vast saddle]

I see....it's highly subjective

[jovial talon]

Extremely so.

[umbral girder]

Intelligence doesn’t say it has something to do with vocabulary or articulation

[errant crag]

I'm playing a Ranger with 7 Charisma who is always the face of the party and negotiating with NPCs and such despite his 7 Charisma

[vast saddle]

I'm talking about knowledge, especially social knowledge

[errant crag]

Social knowledge would not be Intelligence anyways

[fossil hollow]

thats usually wisdom

[umbral girder]

Yeah spellcasting is a special knowledge after all but it can be used with a -1 int

[vast saddle]

Then, should I do my roleplay by referring to my PC's modifiers or not?

[umbral girder]

A lot of 5e casters can do it with -1 int

[fossil hollow]

Your stats should not limit your RP

[errant crag]

Your ability scores have no bearing on how you roleplay your character unless you choose for them to

[fossil hollow]

Even an idiot would know something

[vast saddle]

Or chosen by the table

[errant crag]

10 is the average

9 is simply below average intelligence

There are plenty of people in real life with below average intelligence who have no problem speaking and articulating their words

Some of them are very successful doing so in fact

[vast saddle]

It's really confusing, especially after you read so much D&D materials

[jovial talon]

Having a negative modifier also doesn’t have to be the exact opposite of what a high modifier would represent. I had a very smart character that had a negative modifier because everything he would’ve known is horribly out of date…

Cause he’s been a corpse for the last 500 years.

[umbral girder]

Those are ideas, not rules after all

[fossil hollow]

Even people witht he same stats might show that stat in different ways

[errant crag]

Yeah not all characters with 16 intelligence will show it the same ways

[mighty wharf]

Me 🗿

[vast saddle]

I still have issues with Charisma sadly....idk why many tables allow PC with high Charisma to dominate the roleplay

[fossil hollow]

Like, a learned researcher who grew up around machines with 16 INT and a wizard who learnt about magic or coding with 16 INT are both smart, just in very different fields

cuz those who talk the most make more CHA checks

[jovial talon]

Pointing at this guy again, massive dex mod, not just because he’s nimble, but because he can contort in ways that a living thing normally can’t.

[vast saddle]

Dammit. Now I hate Charisma even more

[spring light]

Xneetch?! Oh no, where Nurgle

[fossil hollow]

Like, why would I ask the bard who was silent while the fighter was the one explaining why the party was in a restricted area to convince the guard theyre fine

[vast saddle]

I was looking for new tables, local tables....I told all of them that I don't wanna be paired with Charisma-based PCs

[spring light]

So I ran my first game at a new shop. They were absolutely wowed with my presence, and appear willing to meet the rate I am demanding.

I ran at a discount for the shop today, so they could see what they would be paying for

[fossil hollow]

that said though, Proficiency and Expertise often make up for it

[spring light]

Also my players had fun.

[feral fulcrum]

Well, they should at the very least actually match it. If you're sitting at a big fat 3 Strength, while pretending your Hercules himself, you're doing it wrong.

[tribal night]

I want a dark elf baddie

[errant crag]

I don't recommend this

Literally most tables are not going to enforce stat based roleplay

[fossil hollow]

well, yeah, try to still be within reason

[spring light]

Oh this is DND discussion, wrong mirror.

[errant crag]

And assuming all of them will is just silly and is limiting your pool of people to play with

[mighty wharf]

This is what I don't get about some people and why I think you should take stats you want to roleplay, because why would you take a high charisma character and then not say anything? It kinda messes with the rest of your party if they're thinking you're going to cover the need for charisma checks, when you're not.

[vast saddle]

That's not the harshest. I threaten a server owner that I may leave the table without warning if I am not satisfied with the interaction spots if I play there. Idk why somehow they agreed.

[fossil hollow]

Yeah, what Pink said. I loooove playing Warlocks and Paladins, but I dont really like taking too much spotlight away from others. I hate having too much attention on myself

[mighty wharf]

Is it necessary? No. Should you? Yes. Imo. Call it a bad take all you want. Idc.

[errant crag]

I mean that's just being combative

[fossil hollow]

I actually prefer showing that high CHA to be more just silent or passive confidence or a lack of it than outright active

[errant crag]

I wouldn't let you at my table to begin with if you acted like that

[fossil hollow]

If you want to roleplay more, what's stopping you anyway

[vast saddle]

Charisma-based players. Talk too much

[errant crag]

No they don't

This isn't how this works

[vast saddle]

Sadly....my past tables did

[fossil hollow]

#dnd-discussion message
I am a charisma based player

[jovial talon]

This is why I love making social checks have options that aren’t just charisma. Charisma will always work yeah but if you have a more specialized option you can substitute a different stat.

[fossil hollow]

Literally 10% of my characters are paladins and warlocks

[errant crag]

It has nothing to do with their stats or character sheet

[fossil hollow]

thats a player issue more than a charisma issue

[errant crag]

Some people are just more proactive roleplayers

[fossil hollow]

STR/WIS (Persuasion) to the rescue!

[errant crag]

You can't really be all "sadly" about it when you're threatening your DMs with the possibility of you leaving over small things, that's very manipulative

[jovial talon]

My favorite example and the one that really opened my eyes to this whole option was someone who asked if they could substitute their INT for deception checks. Fine print kind of lies, stuff lawyers would try to catch you with.

[vast saddle]

Those sad parts were why I made the threat to a new table that was offered to me

[errant crag]

Well that's a rather unproductive way to find new tables

[vast saddle]

DMs should keep Charisma players in check

Before they talk too much

[errant crag]

It's not about their stats though

They literally have nothing to do with it

[junior jasper]

Hello!

[fossil hollow]

Its not about charisma. Thats just about a certain type of player

Again, 10% of the time im playhing Paladin and Warlock.

I dont like talking too much

[severe rampart]

It's not about the stats it's about the type of player?? 😭

[junior jasper]

As a Charisma spellcaster, this is true.
(Obviously a joke.)

[fossil hollow]

Thats just called a yapper player

[errant crag]

Yeah some players just yap

Regardless of what they're playing

[vast saddle]

How do I protest with the DM in the game when I notice that a player talks too much and hinders others' chance to interact?

[severe rampart]

I have(had) a bard and Sorcerer on my table (they died), they were the ones who talked the least, as it was their first real campaign

[fossil hollow]

Ive seen a wizard talk more then ahte sorceror in a game i run

[severe rampart]

Communicate to them, like adults

[errant crag]

You muster up the gumption to say words when there's a break in the dialogue

[fossil hollow]

Ive seen a monk talk more than the sorceror.
(Sorceror is the same guy as the other sorc)

That guy loves playing sorcs, but hes not the one whose talking the most

[vast saddle]

I tried it many times and I was considered rude

[junior jasper]

You talk to the DM after session about ways you and the others can communicate better.

[vast saddle]

Asian culture. Let them finish no matter how long they talk

[severe rampart]

"Hey man, I feel like you're not letting anybody else talk and etc. perhaps we could talk about this together?"

[fossil hollow]

As an Asian. thats stuff you leave for after yeah

[severe rampart]

Excuse me?

[errant crag]

But also threatening your DMs with the possibility of you leaving at the slightest thing is super rude, more rude than not letting someone talk in this circumstance

[mighty wharf]

My play group just raises their hand.

[junior jasper]

I’m American (sadly) but even I know that waiting to talk about that kind of stuff is polite.

[fossil hollow]

if youre also constnatly interrupting a yapping player, that also can come off as you always trying to just. Interrupt them.

[errant crag]

I'm an American (gladly) and I know that yapping on nonstop and not letting anyone else play the social game is rude

[fossil hollow]

So, sometimes you have to wait til after

[severe rampart]

I as the DM make sure that my players all have fun to the best of my ability, if a player ever came up to me with a concern it'll get resolved quickly, just don't threaten the DM to leave after a small thing

As someone else said before, that is quite manipulative

[junior jasper]

I understand your point of view, and we can disagree. Also, with my players all being hormonal teenagers, it often just becomes loud and I have to threaten to tell their parents about the freaky things they say in the game.

[mighty wharf]

"Hello DM. 🗿 I am here to notify you that your changing of spacing from 5ft squares to 10ft squares is the mechanical equivalent of changing the mass of the proton for me as a spellcaster. Please refrain from making everyone Huge creatueres and my spells half as small. Thank you!"

-The wizard that is tormenting you with silvery barbs

[errant crag]

I don't let weird explicit things happen at my table

Especially when I have minors at the table

[severe rampart]

Silvery Barbs is fine... (Let them deplete their spell slots)

[vast saddle]

Roleplaying is tougher than I thought

[junior jasper]

I probably shouldn’t either. If you have any ways to help me rein them in PLEASE HELP!

[mighty wharf]

I have a spell storing ring and have been making spell scrolls since level 5

[fossil hollow]

its something you learn and develop, like any other skill. Not everyone is a born actor or theatre kid

[severe rampart]

Excited, there is a chance this weekend, all 5 of my campaigns will not cancel!

[junior jasper]

I can help. I am very good at mainly roleplay campaigns!

[junior jasper]

WOAH!

[fossil hollow]

Casting Bless for the saving throws

[errant crag]

"Hey guys I know you all find it funny but the weird explicit subject matter at the table needs to stop"

[severe rampart]

And tomorrow, I introduce the new characters (two players died last session)

[junior jasper]

I’ve tried. They are weird. I can’t stop them.

[feral fulcrum]

Roleplaying isn't actually that hard, at it's most basic element, it is merely playing pretend. The Actually Difficult part, is Social Skills, the thing that a frightening amount of people lack.

[vast saddle]

How would you help? If you have little experience in handling Charisma-based PCs....idk what to say

[errant crag]

You can you're just not following through. If they won't and it's bothering you then don't run games for them.

[severe rampart]

Charisma isn't just "oh he's so confident, etc."

[feral fulcrum]

Force of personality.

[junior jasper]

I’m both a DM and a player who plays Charisma based spellcasters. The thing is, I have a Sorcerer that is not confident in anything. Don’t focus on the class, species, or background stereotypes. Try to make a persona of what your character would act like, especially if you already have a sense of how the handle combat.

[severe rampart]

Scratch that, one of them just cancelled, I spoke too soon 😔

[junior jasper]

Aw crud. I’m sorry about that.

[fossil hollow]

HI! Heroic Inspiration!

[errant crag]

I have a new player at my Friday game who is a minor and he dropped the R word at the table. I nipped it in the butt told him he can't say that at my table it would make some of my other players uncomfortable or upset. He tried to make a case but I told him it doesn't matter he either has to not say it or he can't be at the table. He hasn't said it since and has been just fine to have at the table without any issues.

You gotta put your foot down sometimes.

[severe rampart]

Ehh it's fine, I have other campaigns to look forward to, I've been in a campaign for 5 months now and we're only two sessions deep

[fossil hollow]

oof

[severe rampart]

I can be patient

[junior jasper]

That’s really good advice. I will try that next session.

[feral fulcrum]

That's a dead campaign.

[severe rampart]

Maybe, but the people are great

[feral fulcrum]

Seriously, if none of the group can be mothered to make it to a session for multiple months, it's dead Jim.

[severe rampart]

Oh no, it's just been a month since last session, not multiple

[errant crag]

Is it a biweekly game

[severe rampart]

No, none of my games are

[fossil hollow]

owch

[errant crag]

Not looking good

[umbral girder]

Oof

[severe rampart]

The only thing is that I really like the characters that I have in those campaigns 😔

[errant crag]

Then play them in other campaign s

[glass granite]

I mean

I haven’t had a session in 10 weeks

I wouldn’t say my campaign is dead

[severe rampart]

Find more?

I mean I could, but not a lot of people play weekdays

[jolly canyon]

Me

[fossil hollow]

most of my games are weekdays after work

[errant crag]

Most of my games are weekends because I work 11 hours every weekday

[worn crow]

I feel like it depends on how/why things are being cancelled. Like, I've got one game where we honestly haven't played too much. But the DM is brand new and is going through a lot of stress/life things so it's understandable that we're going on hiatus, but it's the DM themself calling it, not from a lack of everyone dipping out

[severe rampart]

It's a mix of that for me

[jolly canyon]

I could do a weekday game. Hopefully once I switch my work schedule around I can do one

[worn crow]

I'm honestly thinking of joining another weekday game. I had one Tues, but when it got TPK'd, we decided to swap to a Sunday game, so now my week is boringly empty

[errant crag]

I'm really happy for my players that they have the kinds of relationships with their families where things like birthday parties and such are worth cancelling D&D for

I ain't cancelling D&D for a family function unless it's a wedding or a funeral

[severe rampart]

The thing keeping my D&D drive alive is my CoS party I DM for

[jolly canyon]

I got a passion that is outpacing my free time. Would love to DM more than one thing but without sacrificing my other hobbies

[severe rampart]

If I didn't have them and I just sat around for 5 months, no D&D game whatsoever, I would have probably grown out of it

[fossil hollow]

damn, these bots are getting agressive

[jolly canyon]

The WM I'm is is super cool though. Not sure how they are usually ran but this one is fun

[severe rampart]

I know, right?

[fossil hollow]

Youd think the Lord of Blades was getting twitchy to invade all of Khoivare (probably mispelt that)

[severe rampart]

I'm not smart enough to understand

Another day, and the urge to buy Foundry is growing stronger

[jolly canyon]

I wanna run LoB so bad! Gonna time skip my players amd bump them up 6 levels

[severe rampart]

LoB?

[jolly canyon]

Lord of Blades

Too many acronyms

[fossil hollow]

I reworked his statblock for my setting and kinda mixed him with Queen Forfallen

[umbral girder]

So don’t use acronyms. Just say the names.

[fossil hollow]

So now he's the Lord of Rust

[severe rampart]

idk, idrc abt it

[jolly canyon]

Hey. Don't say logical things Nealen

[fossil hollow]

-# more specifically, L0RD 0F RU5T

hmm i need to replace more of his name with numbers

[tribal night]

Pee poo

[severe rampart]

What

[fossil hollow]

My question mark speaks for itself

[severe rampart]

Good day to you too

[limber trail]

You just spoke for it though

[fossil hollow]

we speak for ourselves, and i also speak for it

[limber trail]

But it doesn’t speak for itself

[errant crag]

I gotta be honest

[fossil hollow]

it does the same way the elephant does.

[errant crag]

I've hated any version of a system shock or lingering injury table I've ever been subjected to in a game I was playing in

[severe rampart]

It isn't for everybody

[limber trail]

I’ve not seen many super great implementations of it

[errant crag]

Low-key does nothing but make me wish my character hadn't survived

[limber trail]

I really really like inflicting aesthetic scars as a DM

But mechanical ones are iffy

[glass granite]

Most I’ve received is disadvantage on holding a teacup normally

I don’t even know why

[severe rampart]

most lingering injuries I have implemented can be healed with basic magical healing

[errant crag]

My nephew's character got hit by a crit from a Firebolt and got a severed leg

It did 2 damage

[severe rampart]

the most extreme lingering injury I have is a severed arm/leg

[errant crag]

All it does is ruin my character and make them unplayable

[worn crow]

Ahhh.. I once played in a game where we used the lingering injuries thing.. My aberrant mind sorc got the brain damage one. And it required a greater res to get rid of it. None of us were high enough level, nor were there high enough level cleric NPCs. I got stun locked repeatedly because of it and an enemy using Slow.. c': And that character essentially got killed by it

[feral fulcrum]

Tables for random Injuries are generally inherently crap

[severe rampart]

oh the way my pcs get lingering injuries are if the damage is over their current hp + maximum hp (replacing instant death)

I don't really like instant death

[feral fulcrum]

"You're bit by a whip, roll on the table, oh look you explode into giblets for some raisin."

[errant crag]

I'd rather instant death

Honestly in literally any game

I'd rather my character be gone forever than be missing a leg nerfing my speed and AC

[glass granite]

Wow raisins are getting more dangerous the more I look

[severe rampart]

It's something to be talked about during session 0, definitely

[knotty vine]

I remember when the dm used crit injuries

[limber trail]

I don't mind the idea that when a monster attacks a creature that's unconscious, rather than inflicting failed death saves they instead cause a permenant injury, but the execution needs work that I just don't want to put into it.

[knotty vine]

i lost my eye

[severe rampart]

Coup De Grace are not my favorite

[fossil hollow]

im fine honestly with nom nom

[severe rampart]

I rather the Death Saving Throws

[knotty vine]

Coup De grace

[errant crag]

The humorous story of how a character got turned into a red smear by overkill damage > The obnoxious and unfun gameplay experience of continuing on with a debilitating nerf that just makes the character not fun to play.

[limber trail]

thats the thing, nom nom is usually better and more appropriate

it only makes sense when a malicious creature solely wants to cause suffering

[severe rampart]

If/When a PC of mine gets a severed leg or arm, I'd definitely give them alternatives such as prosthetics, etc.

at the end of the day, everyone has to have fun

[feral fulcrum]

Such Prosthetics even exist as common Magic Items

[fossil hollow]

save the ripping and tearing for death

[severe rampart]

Mhm

[errant crag]

Something being a common magic item doesn't mean I can dig it out of the ground underneath my feet and find it in every general store

[fossil hollow]

-# that assumes the dm will hand those out tho

[errant crag]

Magic items are still generally not widely available

[fossil hollow]

sure, theyre common. for a magic item

[feral fulcrum]

The point was, they exist, and are not utterly unheard of.

[errant crag]

I'd rather my character be dead than need to play with a debilitating nerf until I find one

I'd rather make a new character

[severe rampart]

What was the nerf if I may ask?

[fossil hollow]

i mean so does wish, but im not relying on it

[worn crow]

I honestly don't mind lingering injuries, they can be fun when done properly, but I don't want them to be permanent with absolutely no way to like.. fix them. Or continue on. Like I'm fine if my character gets an arm or leg chopped off, but I better have the option of getting a functioning prosthetic without costing me another arm and a leg, you know?

[limber trail]

really for mechanical injuries I only ever inflict them if the player has asked for it, which happens occasionally

[severe rampart]

Lmao "these prosthetics are costing me an arm and a leg!"

[errant crag]

His speed was permanently halved and he couldn't add his dexterity to his AC, and as a Barbarian he was pretty screwed by this

[feral fulcrum]

Being down a leg does make life susbtnatially more difficult for an Adventurer. And being down an arm makes Most things harder, if not impossible.

[severe rampart]

Wth?

[errant crag]

What do you mean WTH?

[limber trail]

Oh that’s insane

[errant crag]

He's missing a leg hell that feels generous

[fossil hollow]

what the hell

wth is what the hell

[errant crag]

And even then I'm still not happy with it

[feral fulcrum]

A guy with just one leg isn't actually Nimble and spry.

[errant crag]

What do you guys think having no leg would do to an adventurer?

[feral fulcrum]

He's not pogo-sticking around after people at full speed

[limber trail]

I really think that’s just a sign to retire the character

[errant crag]

That's what I'm saying I'd rather just die

[severe rampart]

I just have "your speed on foot is halved, and you must use a cane or a crutch to move unless you have a peg leg or other prosthesis. You fall prone after using the Dash action. You have disadvantage on dexterity checks made to balance." (The first 24 hours that it got inflicted)
over time the side effects would lessen, and in that time they could definitely find an alternative leg

[errant crag]

I get far more enjoyment from the act of making a character than I lose from my character being dead

So there's no element of "Oh well at least that character is still alive their story gets to continue"

[limber trail]

I don’t like huge mechanical detriments to injuries, they just feel excessively punishing. I could only see it making sense if something comically bad happens to the character

[errant crag]

I'd rather they die in the mud

[severe rampart]

I never heard of not adding your dex to your AC anymore

Seems too far

[limber trail]

-# this guys never heard of heavy armour

[errant crag]

The character was a barbarian, brother

[severe rampart]

a severed arm/leg couldonly happen if they roll a 1 on the injury table, and Heroic Inspiration can still apply

[feral fulcrum]

It makes plenty of sense on a Monk or Barbian. On account of them relying on Unarmored Defense. Less so on a Full Plate Paladin or Fighter.

[tribal night]

Rogue with heavy armor

Wait that's just a fighter with extra steps

[feral fulcrum]

If you're like, fundamently incapable of getting out of the way of attacks, you're much more easily hit.

[tribal night]

All roads lead to fighter

[severe rampart]

Sounds like the DM just executed it wrong, what do you mean you get a lingering injury from two fire damage

[limber trail]

I’m sorry from how much fire damage

[feral fulcrum]

How does someone drop dead from an angry cat at level 1?

Because some things are just inherently kinda goofy at some points in the game.

[severe rampart]

Is there anything in the lingering injury table that says you roll it if the character takes two damage only?

[tribal night]

How I feel when I have a weapon with every damage type

[severe rampart]

the requirements for getting a lingering injury on my table is that the damage needs to be their hp + maximum hp (replacing instant death)

not if they just get hit with a CANTRIP

[feral fulcrum]

I beleive the typical presumption is that Lingering injuries happen via Crits, or dropping to 0 hit points.

[errant crag]

The DM was ruling it on crits

And an enemy crit with Firebolt then rolled minimum damage

So the barbarian lost his leg to 2 fire damage

[severe rampart]

Sounds like a bad DM

[feral fulcrum]

Or, sounds like the DM was sticking to the thing the group presumably already agreed upon being fine using

[severe rampart]

was this agreed upon on session 0?

[errant crag]

It was but this was the first time it actually happened

I talked to him about it and we changed it where you only get a lingering injury if it's a crit and it does more than 1/4th of your max HP with that crit

[severe rampart]

ah, then I retract my statement

[severe rampart]

Sounds fair

[errant crag]

The DM later decided on his own to increase it to if it does 1/2 your max HP with the crit

Without us even promoting him to

And then we finished the campaign and all had a grand time

Even the barbarian with one less leg

We jammed a wooden stake into his stump and tied a rope around it which the DM allowed to mitigate the speed penalty

Which worked until we got a prosthetic

[severe rampart]

Wait, so why this conversation at all?

[errant crag]

Because we've never used a table like that again since

[severe rampart]

I see

sorry, for me you made it sound like that was a horrible experience

[feral fulcrum]

Peg Leg Barbarian? Tell me they got an Eyepatch too

[errant crag]

Ive had a few other tables try to implement it and quickly pull it back when it actually happened and we realized "wow this really sucks and adds nothing to the game"

[swift silo]

I have a character who is blind and it’s important to their character how do I stop my players from just immediately casting greater restoration (my party is level 10)

[errant crag]

It's a lose more thing

[severe rampart]

Make it a curse

[errant crag]

You're already getting crit and taking a bunch of damage

[severe rampart]

"Only Wish can cure it" or something

[feral fulcrum]

By simply asking your group not to cast Greater Restoration.

[errant crag]

Have it so their eyes were ripped out, you can't greater restoration not having eyes

[feral fulcrum]

If it's not new, you can simply...tell people not to cure your blindness for Personal Reasons?

[severe rampart]

I have it so players don't instantly die, but still get something permanent to their character

[worn crow]

If your fellow players are asses, you could also have it be so old of an injury that it simply.. wouldn't work(If injury caused) or that it was something that they've always had, thus there's nothing to "cure"(From birth)

[errant crag]

I would literally rather my character die

[feral fulcrum]

Lingering Injuries generally only have their place in like, Horror themed campaigns

[errant crag]

I could buy that

[severe rampart]

Yeah, it's a Curse of Strahd campaign

[errant crag]

If it's like a grim horror survival game

[feral fulcrum]

Where you're actively chasing the vibe of "Everything sucks and is awful."

[errant crag]

Not in Curse of Strahd I couldnt

[severe rampart]

Fair, you like what you like, I like what I like

[errant crag]

Apparently my character is likely to die next session

In Curse of Strahd

[severe rampart]

Fun

[feral fulcrum]

it's COS, it's be weird if someone wasn't likely to die, IIRC.

[errant crag]

I hope she does and I hope it's funny

It would be tragic as heck

[feral fulcrum]

I beleive it's supposed to be nearly as bad as Tomb Of Horrors

[errant crag]

I'm gonna try my best to keep her alive by principle of trying to succeed in the game

[feral fulcrum]

In terms of Lethality.

[errant crag]

But if she dies it'll be funny and I'll get to make a new character

I have a Gnomish Cleric of Vecna lined up to replace her

[severe rampart]

There are 5 places that are just "Don't come here, otherwise you get TPK'ed"

[errant crag]

I think we're at one

[feral fulcrum]

Sounds like a perfectly trustworthy Gnome

That absolutely won't stab anyone in the back

[errant crag]

His name is Thrombopolus the Honest

[feral fulcrum]

Trusty Patches, is that you?

[errant crag]

He actually does almost never lie if he's able to help it

He's a Knowledge Cleric

He believes that had he come to any knowledge which Vecna didn't want him to divulge, he would have become a Nothic

Something that he believes to be a great honor, a sign of true favor and trust from The Whispered One

Just another one of my characters whose ultimate goal is to become a horrible monster

[fossil hollow]

always fun. i have a fathomless whose the same way

to the point she went from human to "lizardfolk"

[errant crag]

I have a Hexblood Necromancer whose long term goal and motivation for working with the party is "to find the components necessary for the ritual that will save [her] mother and aunt".

Said ritual being the one that will turn her into a full Hag and complete their coven

At which point the DM gets control of her and they betray the party and try to kill them

[boreal zodiac]

Hello, I’m new to this server. Can someone guide me on where I should post my D&D 5e game?

[glass granite]

Like to advertise your game?

[lavish flame]

Check out the stuff in #find-a-game cuz its kinda weird here. You send a message for a bot into any chat and then fill out a questionnaire. Read it carefully cuz u can only post 1/day

[severe rampart]

it's once a week, no?

[lavish flame]

it might be, i might be thinking of r/lfg

[prime pewter]

I just had my first session of a new campaign today!

[karmic trellis]

I’m making a half-orc crown paladin inspired by battle beast. Give him a comically violent name for me pls lol

[glass granite]

Rasharov Burkon

[bronze wave]

conquering creature, malicious monster, furious fiend

murder monster

killer fiend

death dino

[errant crag]

Rendrar Mutilatrus

[burnt grove]

Slaughter Saurus

[burnt grove]

Doom Blade, Wrecking Weex

[noble cave]

according to 2014 rules if a humanoid flies using a fly spell and if i use hold person will the person get down ?

[fossil hollow]

if the humanoid is concentrating on fly, and they fail the save, yes

[noble cave]

Alright tysm

[burnt grove]

Same with earthbind and smite from warlock

[bronze wave]

this is my fav one

[burnt grove]

Loll

[lethal kayak]

strange question, but is there any city in faerun which would be the most likely to have some sort of airspace travel (blimps, balloons, etc.)?

[fossil hollow]

i think waterdeep

[lethal kayak]

or even outside of faerun

[fossil hollow]

baldurs gate is a... hellscape. neverwinter probably not.

see spelljammer or eberron

[limber trail]

Eberron comes to mind as a super airshippy setting

[burnt grove]

Water deep ? Really I was thinking gray hawk.. cus an air ship is one giant Gray Hawk

[fossil hollow]

in fact, house Lyrander is all about airshups (i think thats how you spell it)

[limber trail]

Grayhawk isn't a city, it's a setting/world

[fossil hollow]

Grawyhawk is the other name for Mordenkainen and Tasha's home setting

[burnt grove]

Damn lol my lore failed I know nothing about the lore lll

[fossil hollow]

(its both, although the city is called the City of Greyhawk)

[lavish flame]

Waterdeep, anywhere in Halruaa, Lantan, Calimport. Magically inclined places prolly have this

[limber trail]

Yeah the new eberron books have specifications for their airship designs

[burnt grove]

Tya yay rectified lol

[limber trail]

Actually yeah true that's my bad, I am not as familiar with it as a setting compared to FR

[burnt grove]

Don’t worry I’m not offended lol I know nothing John snow

I was just trying to make a joke

It’s funny that it technically can work cus it’s a city tho

[limber trail]

That said, it's also not in Toril anyhow which potentially makes it a little less applicable

my party actually just arrived at a super airshippy eberron inspired new city in the last session of my campaign, it's gonna be fun

[burnt grove]

Heck yea

[fossil hollow]

i admit i dont know anything about the city of greyhawk aside from having a character save it from a pair of ancient green dragons and a store called Unearthed Arcana

[burnt grove]

I just know it’s a trading city

[limber trail]

I get to use the lyrander air cruisers soon :D ( The largest class of airships published in the new eberron book, they're awesome )

[rough basalt]

It's focused on eurofantasy

[burnt grove]

According to google

[rough basalt]

rather than a melting pot like forgotten realms

[burnt grove]

Euro fantasy the fantasy Europe that literally invented air ships lol

[fossil hollow]

cuz gygax

[rough basalt]

Its where some npcs from spells like Yolandre of Yolandres Presence spell

Since Queen Yolandre is an elven queen in Greyhawk

[burnt grove]

Ah ok

[limber trail]

Mord's mag mansion, tasha's hideous laughter and otherwordly guise too

[rough basalt]

Ye Greyhawk has Dirigibles

[fossil hollow]

bigby, tenser, melf, and otto are also from greyhawk

[rough basalt]

Hot air balloon airships

[burnt grove]

I was Right!!!*

[limber trail]

I thought bigby was from some other setting from memory?

[rough basalt]

Based off Zeppelins

They were very few however

[burnt grove]

thank you sora!!

[fossil hollow]

hes from greyhawk last i remember. he was a wizard who tried to kill the eight then got converted somehow by mordy

[rough basalt]

Yep

[limber trail]

Ah I am wrong yeah

[rough basalt]

almost all named npcs in dnd sourcebooks as spell makers or made the books are from greyhawk

[limber trail]

I thought for some reason Greyhawk was distinct from Oerth

[rough basalt]

nah its just a Free City-State on Flanaess, the continent of Oerth the setting Greyhawk takes place on

[prime pewter]

I enjoy how my dm created a giant owl with eyes on its wings who gave my character a riddle when they left, all because I said "uhh my characters mentor is an owl"

[rough basalt]

It's an important place but a very small niche of Flanaess

Central Flanaess in particular is dotted with Kingdoms, Duchy's ect.

Greyhawk is significant cause it won it's independence from one of the antagonistic kingdoms

[fossil hollow]

ive largely played in saltmarsh, thats it

[rough basalt]

When the '24 dmg came out i really liked the Greyhawk primer so it made me make a campaign and look further on the wiki and stuff

I'm glad WotC is working with Luke to make a new dedicated Greyhawk guide

Cause even tho its harder eurofantasy than FR its still got some standout bits of wacky imo like the Dirigibles

And of course the crashed alien ships with laser guns lol

[fossil hollow]

aint gith also a thing

[rough basalt]

i believe so cause part of Spelljammer 2e was that "Greyspace" the system with Greyhawk existed

Ig i should say more eurocentric in the worlds culture than FR not particularly eurofantasy

Did need to do some quick searching and yeah I'm a bit wrong its not all medieval europe, just feels that way sometime, its actually a lot more scifi wacky than I realized with some diversity. Man i forgot

[warm basin]

does grung poison benefit from crit damage?

[rough basalt]

No

Since it requires a saving throw

[warm basin]

rats

[rough basalt]

If it was just on hit, it would

[errant crag]

If my Familiar has Blindsight can I benefit from its Blindsight?

[errant crag]

I can

[vestal drum]

This may be old information I am going off on but wasn't the sickle planned to be a finesse weapon?

On this topic, iirc, the shortsword was going to be a simple weapon, right?

[severe rampart]

shortsword was a simple weapon iirc?

oh nope, it's never been a simple weapon

[glad ferry]

Let's go back to gen 1 dnd

[ripe nimbus]

yeaaah everyone with the d6 hit die!

You need not one but TWO additional board games to play

and there are only 3 classes!

[bronze wave]

Is there a Paladin perchance?

[solid spruce]

i love dnd.

[tribal night]

DnD but everything is a crit

[atomic moat]

Not if there were only three classes there wasn't. AD&D is the earliest edition I played and they did have paladins, and you would have to role insanely good stats to play one, on top of having to follow a very strict code of conduct.

[tribal night]

perfect perception, perfect attacks

then again, won't be so fun when you get crit 4 times from a single enemy

[hot gate]

Also wouldn't that take away from the point of rolling? Rolling dice is fun!

[tribal night]

True!

Dark elf vs Githyanki

Most discriminated race vs most discriminating race

Me personally I root for the dark elves

I just really really like dark elves

Maybe a lil too much

[ripe nimbus]

0e had only fighting man, magic user, and cleric

I think paladin was added in a supplement alongside thieves though

[rough basalt]

Yep

It was a subclass of fighting man.

Ranger was added not too long after as another subclass for fighting man.
John Fighting man truly was a jack of many trades.

[tribal night]

0e dnd was truely something

[rough basalt]

The evolution of dnd is something.

You can see the good, bad and the wacky of the eras they existed in

[tribal night]

Such a silly game

[burnt grove]

Honestly ranger should of been just a Rogue Subckass with abilities deserved around more naturalist elements and gathering poisons and the like maybe making armor or weapons from defeated foes like the lizardfolk that would do extra stuff based on level I don’t know Ranger as a class feels weird with all the overlap of fighter and rogue .

[rough basalt]

Because Ranger originated from an Aragorn style fantasy

Someone whose a warrior but has wilderness expertise.

[burnt grove]

I almost feel Scout Rogue gets closer to the original fantasy of Ranger then Ranger

Like it is so close

[rough basalt]

And Rangers also have almost always had ties to Druid magic.

Not to mention making armor out of people isn't exactly what the designers are going for.

[minor cargo]

In your games, do class names (like paladin, cleric, and fighter) match exactly to in world occupations/roles?

for example: If an NPC says “I’m a Paladin of Tyr”, do people understand that to mean that they can lay in hands and smite (as per the paladin class) OR does it just mean they’re generally a pious, knightly kinda person?

[crystal hatch]

whenever i make a character i usually think of the character idea first and then try to slot in the class they fit into afterwards

[austere root]

ranger doesn't overlap much with rogue or fighter

aside from having extra attack

[severe rampart]

never used fighter before, going head first into a oneshot with a level 5 ranged fighter, any tips?

[hot gate]

I personally always try to describe it in terms of what the character does instead of the mechanical class identity. So if the term paladin comes up (which I would avoid because it has a predefined meaning) it could be a fighter, ranger, actual paladin, or something else!

[atomic moat]

Rangers are martials like fighters or rogues if we divide every class into magic users and martials. But if we think of it as the first four classes of fighter, cleric, magic user, and thief, then the twelve core classes neatly divide evenly into three classes filling in each role. Thieves are basically skill experts, and the skill experts in 5.5E are rogues, rangers and bards (artificers also if we add them from Eberron).

[austere root]

druidic magic/ranger-only spells are super unique among martials though

[buoyant frost]

I am trying to run a tyranny of dragons hopefully sooner rather than later? Had a friend do the post in looking for players about it but I am dealing with a shocking lack of bites so far. One applicant accepted, One refused, And one I am on the fence about.

Any ideas for attracting more players?

[drowsy kindle]

hii!!

[buoyant frost]

Uhh hi?

[hot gate]

Hm, maybe check out other posts and see if you did anything materially different? Usually I hear that there are tons of applications fairly quicky.

[buoyant frost]

Hmm..maybe it was that I made it at two am my time?

[hot gate]

Maybe? There are definitely "calm" periods in this server, usually when america is sleeping.

[drowsy kindle]

recently got into d&d sorry, glad to meet you

[coarse grove]

Does anyone has Obojima content in DND Beyond??

[idle oar]

Yes. But it's against Terms of Service to solicit for access.

Best to find a game that's running it and see if you can join it.

[indigo sleet]

Not-so-hot take: Ranger being a druidic half-caster hurts both druid and ranger.

[lost flicker]

Ranger isn't a druidic half-caster it's a fighter subclass

[jovial sleet]

how so?

[lost flicker]

Proficiency in Light and Medium armor, Simple and Martial weapons (including pistols and muskets btw),

Hunter's Mark could have been a subclass specific ability

Sometimes I genuinely believe that Ranger was made because they had subclass ideas that all vaguely fit eachother but that didn't fit as well into the specific classes

[indigo sleet]

I /gen think it would've been better off as a (set of) fighter subclass(es).

And then Druid could have its own bladesinger/valor-like subclass

[buoyant oar]

Ranger is too classic to slot into a subclass

[lost flicker]

I think if you made a literal ranger subclass for fighter you'd lose a lot of nothing

[indigo sleet]

I don't necessarily mind ranger being a separate class, but I think the half-caster place doesn't work for them

[crystal star]

my extremely hot-take is that ranger should be a fighter subclass and watching itself clumsily trip over itself trying to be a full class is strong evidence for it. Yes, it could be a good class. But i think it would be best as a sub

[lost flicker]

In concept? absolutely I agree, but mechanically the classicness of the "Ranger" archetype is not at all properly grasped by the class

[lost flicker]

EXACTLY

[crystal star]

oh i should've read faster yall already got there lol

[lost flicker]

It's classic, it's iconic, it has good bones, it has terrible execution

[indigo sleet]

The half-caster thing works for the paladin, it kinda works for the artificer, it does not work for the ranger.

[crystal star]

it may be 'too classic' but the bottom line is that Aragorn was a fighter and no amount of messing around with hunters mark is gonna change that hmph

[buoyant oar]

I got a couple of 5.5 rangers and the hunters mark thing has never been a problem

[lost flicker]

don't even get me started on 5.5 ranger

[buoyant oar]

Aragon was literally a ranger. Ranger does not mean fight at range

[lost flicker]

they said "what if we took all the good things we changed about it and said nuh uh"

[crystal star]

hunters mark isnt a problem, mechanically. but the fact that so much of the classes power budget is banked on that one feature just absolutely cripples the thematic

so now 'ranger' is actually 'Hunter'

and i dont think "hunter" is as versatile an idea to be a class in it of itself

[lost flicker]

and its' so bonus action heavy

[indigo sleet]

And the fact HM is a spell makes it compete with other spells. Like, you could be casting Entangle instead

[lost flicker]

if Hunter's Mark had been the central focus ability on a Fighter or even Rogue subclass it would have been fine

[crystal star]

we could get into the weeds of the mechanical minutia of modern ranger, but i think that kinda gets ahead of the issue a bit

[lost flicker]

but it wasn't, it was a spell they added to a class they created with the left over scraps of their ideas

"it's classic so we have to add it"
"awh man but we ran out of paint.. i'm sure nobody will mind if we just make a collage of the other classes, it'll be fineee"

[buoyant oar]

By that logic barbarian should be a fighter subclass.

[crystal star]

NO, that is a horribly unfavourable reading of the point

[lost flicker]

EXCEPT barbarian is actually well executed

[crystal star]

AND barbarian actually has its own strong thematic to stand on that seperates it from fighter on a fundamental level

[lost flicker]

Barbarian doesn't focus all of its action economy into one funnel, all Barbarian subclasses actually fit the concept of Barbarian, and Barbarian is actually unique from Fighter

[crystal star]

much like how Paladin's are not just "melee clerics" barbarians are not just "tanky fighters"

[lost flicker]

Ranger is just a Fighter with nature buffs

plays a fighter
looks at that ONE guy REALLY HARD
becomes a ranger

[indigo sleet]

barbarian and monk have their own mechanics that make them stand out. Ranger is a Fighter/Druid mashup that could better be split into subclasses for those classes

[buoyant oar]

Barbarian hinges on the Rage Mechanic

[crystal star]

having a central mechanic to focus the class around is not a detriment if it underpins the thematic of a class

[lost flicker]

and doesn't have a dozen other bonus action based abilities that it needs to be able to function

also, fighters can't rage! you know what fighters can do? make survival checks

[buoyant oar]

So hunters mark underpins ranger?

[crystal star]

can we please move away from mechanical minutia that can change like the wind between editions

[lost flicker]

it's definitely a part of it

[indigo sleet]

hunter's mark traps ranger, in a way.

Like, I think Beast Master is the best executed 5.5 ranger, and that's in no small part because they do something else with their bonus action

[crystal star]

I think you's two are missing the point a little. Hunters mark CAN be equated to rage. they both take up a huge focus from each classes power budget. the difference is between the thematic (which is something that can never change about a class)

[lost flicker]

absolutely not, because we're not talking about 1st through 4th edition, we're talking about the last 12 YEARS of D&D's Ranger class, of which the terrible execution of is entirely supported by the over funneling of it's action economy into its bonus action

[buoyant oar]

Hunters Mark is less of a trap in 5.5 because you get free uses of it. Dropping it is less of a big deal when you don't lose a spell slot

[crystal star]

yeah but that can be fixed if they bothered to. yes it has and does feel bad to play ranger but im pretty sure this conversation is about "Does ranger deserve to exist as a class in general"

[lost flicker]

except with Rage you do it once at the beginning of combat, it lasts, and every subclass gets boosts from it- it itself gives you a FLAT advantage on athletics and strength saves, AND a flat amount of additional damage

[crystal star]

you're arguing that Ranger doesn't deserve to exist as a class because they designed a feature bad two editions in a row. Im arguing it doesnt deserve to exist as a class because it fundamentally fails to take up enough of a thematic space to justify taking up a whole class worth of design space

[lost flicker]

Hunters Mark on the other hand:

1. Repeatedly takes your Bonus Action
2. Gains next to no benefit's over the course of your subclasses
3. Uses a spell slot, as a half caster,
4. Gives you NOTHING but advantage on tracking and an extra 1d6

[indigo sleet]

still takes concentration

[lost flicker]

absolutely not, we're arguing the same thing, I was talking about it's inability to take up enough thematic space despite it's iconic nature before I ever started talking about its mechanical pitfalls, it's just that now i'm discussing the mechanical pitfalls and you aren't,

[buoyant oar]

Does it repeatedly take your bonus action to maintain it if you don't move it?

[lost flicker]

IT TAKES CONCENTRATION

[buoyant oar]

Which is not a big deal because you can cast it for free. More than once.

[lost flicker]

No, it doesn't, so let's use our Bonus Action once per combat and absolutely lose out on one of the only features your main class ability gives you,

[lost flicker]

it's a big deal because even if you cast it for free it means you can't cast other Concentration spells, and because half of your spell list is Druid, that's a LOT of them

[buoyant oar]

Rangers aren't caster primaries they shouldn't be flinging spells every round.

[indigo sleet]

And that's why I'd argue they shouldn't be half-casters at all

[burnt grove]

Ah hunters mark .. the only subclass that even benefits it is winter walker for temp ho.. sigh wish they had more like that

That’s my point too trif rogue scout reflavoring seems like a better ranger

[buoyant oar]

Well we have only had one release beyond the PHB. Patience is a virtue

[crystal star]

we can pitch ideas for how to make ranger better or why its bad or weak or unfun to play but i really dont see how this is relevant to ranger being a class. you can just change mechanics. theyve made 3 rangers in two editions and one of them actually was pretty good. the revised ranger was pretty quality

[lost flicker]

Nobodies saying they should? but Ranger's entire class is 90% contingent on a SPELL (that can be COUNTERSPELLED by the way) to be able to function, meaning that if you want to be anything even remotely close to not just a fighter you lose the ability to cast any Concentration spells

that's not "wanting to spell sling" that's "wanting to use what is too major an aspect of my class to be constantly taken up by another far too major aspect of my class"

[crystal star]

already waiting for the next revised ranger? lol me too

[buoyant oar]

All spells can be counter spelled. And HM has a range longer than Counterspell

[lost flicker]

Mechanically they'd already made Ranger better, and they scrapped it by getting rid of the Tasha's changes,

[burnt grove]

That also means your licking in a playstyle of a ranged ranger and not melee either lol

[indigo sleet]

But shorter than Divine Favor. Which is imho a better spell

[lost flicker]

And??? "all spells can be counterspelled" the main focus of your class should not be able to be

[crystal star]

inb4 'wizard can be counterspelled'

[buoyant oar]

Step 1 Cast HM.
Step 2 move.

[pliant sapphire]

Wasting a Counterspell in a Hunters Mark is wild

[burnt grove]

True if your countersoelling average 2-3 damage your playing casters wrong

[buoyant oar]

Why counter Hunter's Mark when you could counter revivfy

[lost flicker]

no?? Hunter's Mark range doesn't change, but if you're playing a Melee ranger that means that you are constantly at risk of your classes main LIMITED USE ability being turned off with a concentration check

[pliant sapphire]

I dont think any DM will counterspell a HM

[burnt grove]

Yep which is another problem

[austere root]

Hilarious use of a reaction, I would just to mess with people

Congrats, you wasted that mage's reaction for a low cost, now go to town

[lost flicker]

it's not just poorly designed, it's not just missing out on reaching it's creative potential, Ranger as it's been built is INHERENTLY anti player agency

and I WILL die on that hill

[buoyant oar]

Especially because the next round ranger will just cast it again for free.

[indigo sleet]

My second point is that the existence of ranger as a half-caster hurts druid too. Many spells need to be balanced both for lvl 5 druid AND lvl 9 ranger. And we're probably never seeing a valor/BS style druid subclass

[austere root]

If I counterspell a fireball, I want you to bait the enemy wizard next turn

[lost flicker]

The point isn't that it wouldn't be common the point is that it shouldn't be possible

[burnt grove]

No choice but to be a ranger unit, no choice but to be the same guy every time you play it and I used to love Ranger lol. The only good grace is walker atm cus it allows semi coherently a tanky ranger

[indigo sleet]

It's the opposite of what they did with pally. 5.5 paladin is less funneled into smiting, which is a good change. Ranger got the opposite treatment

[buoyant oar]

As for ranger thematics they fit a niche in fantasy that other classes really don't. They are exploration the class.

[burnt grove]

Druid, Rogue scout.

[crystal star]

finally a fruitful angle

[buoyant oar]

Druids aren't really thematically explorers

Scouts maaaaybe but not in the same way a ranger does.

[crystal star]

too bad ive already checked out

[lost flicker]

Ehhhh i'm 50/50 on it, like yes I agree it's less focused on smiting now but paladins smiting is also kinda their whole thing.. thinking about it there's room to say Paladin without smite is the same as Ranger without hunter's mark- a Fighter with a spell list

[buoyant oar]

And horse

[crystal star]

baking in smite was smart. it was like having barbarian rage on a spell slot

[lost flicker]

...also though they stopped focusing Paladin mechanically as being only Smite focused they also made Smite harder to use, and- yes Kas I was just about to mention that I don't like the inherent push they made with giving Pally's Find Steed

it feels very much like they're pushing this idea of Knight on a Horse

[limber trail]

(Scout also in keeping with Ranger isn’t a very good subclass) (especially in 2024)

[burnt grove]

What about cartographer they literally need to explore lol jk

[crystal star]

you dont want a paladin without smite. so take the choice away, and all of a sudden theres more choices

[lost flicker]

"Holy Crusader!" is just.. ehhhhh

[burnt grove]

Yep

[lost flicker]

I've said it before, I think that Ranger in concept had the capacity to be something really enjoyable

but when it comes down to it mechanically it just had really poor execution

[buoyant oar]

Subclasses imo should lean into more of mixing classes because I am a MC hater mainly.

So a subclass having a bit of the theme of a full class is not an excuse to cut the class.

[lost flicker]

not to mention that Exploration the class is a little funky in concept cause- Exploration is the pillar DM's most often struggle with

[crystal star]

because wotc has largely abandoned that part of the game

skip over travel, roll a random encounter, onto the next scene please

[lost flicker]

yeahhh i'm gonna have to say no to that too, subclasses mixing classes is quite possibly one of the things I hate most about the game

[burnt grove]

Yep no point gathering new materials

[buoyant oar]

I hear that a lot. And I totally get it. But its like downtime and encumbrance and stuff.

Most of DnD's problems are fixed by handwaving less.

[crisp rapids]

hm

it crazy how there are like 100 different version of dnd

[lost flicker]

"We have a Fighter and Wizard.. the Fighter gets to hit twice- maybe four times!! and the Wizard? what's that?? oh! bombs!"
"You know what would really make this super fun for everyone though? if we gave the guy with the BOMBS that ability to ALSO HIT STUFF A BUNCH"

[crystal star]

yeah look i would like for more exploration support in dnd, but honestly it can be easily fixed by "oh, all the components are x gold, but this SUPER RARE ingredient will require a quest!"

[buoyant oar]

The real question is which class is going to get a subclass that allows them to teleport next

[indigo sleet]

Honestly, if they took away spellcasting from ranger and went all-in on beastmaster in theme, You'd have a stronger class, mechanically and thematically

[crisp rapids]

that way to overpowered

[burnt grove]

Barbarian why not

[lost flicker]

except downtime has rules, and encumberance has rules, and exploration has rolling tables with a sticky note that says "have at it"

[crystal star]

so many subclasses got misty steps lmao

shit even a species got it

[lost flicker]

how did you say

shit?

[crystal star]

too late world tree got it already

[lost flicker]

what, woah

[crisp rapids]

ye true but like it so dumd like u can just teleport away from a fight

[burnt grove]

Wouldn’t know never played 2024

[crystal star]

highly recommend its better than 2014

[buoyant oar]

There is a whole running exploration section in the DMG 5.5

[burnt grove]

Tried 11 games all fell flat I just want a game man

[crystal star]

I do have one coming up, if youre interested. shoot a dm

[buoyant oar]

There is even a whole travel tracking sheet

Other rules for exploration also exist in the 5e DMG

[crystal star]

if ranger died so a summoner/beast tamer could live i would be so happy

and no i dont mean the awful initiative hogging summoning style of 2014

[lost flicker]

AUGH YES

[knotty vine]

cause you will die die die

[dapper cloud]

It’s so funny that the name ranger comes from Aragorn but the default ranger in fantasy is obviously based on Legolas.

[knotty vine]

You can try try try

[buoyant oar]

Then you compound it further and the most famous DnD Ranger is an elf that doesn't use ranged weapons.

[atomic moat]

Drizzt is actually fighting the way rangers are suppose to be played with early editions, when they got a bunch of 2 weapon fighting feats for free.

[knotty vine]

You can try try try but you can t expect a demigod to beat a decapod

[burnt grove]

Look it up

Love that song

[knotty vine]

Same

I NEED to make a wizard cleric

just gotta figure out how to make it better

[burnt grove]

Hmm.. Wizard cleric Wis plus int 3 cleric x wizard?

Probably war wizard to take advantage of that initiative buff

To either buff your team with bless or nerf them with like slow or whatever

Shrug I’m not an optimizer just thinking lol

[knotty vine]

I mean more or less lore wise

[dense tusk]

how would you turn a 2024 pact of the tome warlock back to 2014 version

[errant crag]

I'm playing a TWF Sea Elf Ranger, glad to see I'm keeping with tradition even if unintentionally

[severe rampart]

holy moly this oneshot I'm in has an amazing DM

[rough glacier]

Hello everyone

[rough glacier]

How so?

[severe rampart]

The voices, the descriptions, everything

[rough glacier]

That's nice to hear, good for you!

[red steppe]

2024?

[wicked mulch]

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

You have two different sources of advantage on one roll and one source of disadvantage. What do you do?
A) Roll 3 d20s and take the best.
B) Roll 2 d20s and take the best.
C) They cancel to a normal single d20.

[limber trail]

Aha! [Answer Classified]! You cannot fool me!

[lofty tinsel]

What are some good topics to bring up in session 0? First time DM here, listened to a lot of horror stories to know what to avoid, and I’m getting ready to have the session 0 after I make some maps

[rough glacier]

Depends on the order, advantage doesn't stack so it would be C, but if disadvantage is in the middle of the order then I guess you roll 2

[wicked mulch]

Interesting.

[rough glacier]

Unless the feat lucky is in the equation then you roll all the dice and pick the best

[severe rampart]

I just rolled a 1 on a d100 oh my

[wicked mulch]

Scenario in gameplay where I might see this or a DM would need to make a call?

[still plover]

• Scheduling and absence handling
• House rules
• Safety tools, theme and tone

https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/929-how-to-run-a-session-0-for-your-d-d-game

[rough glacier]

There are some instances where you get advantage post adding effects, so if you had an ability to give you advantage and you had disadvantage it'll be a normal roll, then it'll be affected by the external advantage and you'll roll 2

Hold on ill bring one up

[lofty tinsel]

Yo, thank you!

[severe rampart]

I attacked my party members

[rough glacier]

I think I might be wrong actually, I could swear there was a scenario where you could (kind of) order the effects in a way that'll end with you gaining advantage again

But it seems only lucky and and pre rolled dice can save the situation

[timid anvil]

Once you have disadvantage on a roll you can't regain the advantage to roll 2 dice for it. It always cancels out regardless of how much advantage you have

[severe rampart]

It used to be abused back then no? because of the way "Lucky" was described

[rough glacier]

Seems to be the case, I know the amount of advantages don't matter but I could've swore there was something about being able to order it but I must've had a brain fart

[rough glacier]

Yeah lucky would be able to turn a disadvantage into a triple d20 dice roll

Not sure if that's the case anymore tho

[timid anvil]

The order does not matter in the slightest. You can only always turn a disadvantage roll into a straight roll

[rough glacier]

Fair enough

[fast venture]

I want y'all's take on something someone just said to me

The character I wanna play is a warlock and I already know what I want the dynamics to be and when I brought that up the guy said this

Patron is created through embodiment of dm with player input. However I tend to not get patrons involved til around lv5

Pretty much saying "I'm making your patron and not you" which.....uh.....what?

[rough glacier]

Could you rephrase? I'm kinda confused on what you mean

[halcyon forum]

I do think its normal to collaborate with your DM on your patron's goals and personality etc. so i dont think it should be either 100% Player controlled nor 100% DM controlled.

[fast venture]

More or less that DM is saying that he's determining the traits and relationship of the patron of my character when I told him what the patron was like

[rough glacier]

Hmm, was it a patron that's already in his world and or setting or did you make it?

[halcyon forum]

Patrons are not that different from other NPCs you come up with as part of your backstory essentially. The player comes up with the groundwork and then the DM has to fit that into the world and portrait those NPCs.

[fast venture]

For added context my character found a old sword in the forest that housed a fae empress from ages past and took up the sword to gain strength to go on adventures as my character is childishly obsessed with storybook archetypes and saw this as her sign to go on her own adventure

Sort of a mix of archfey and hexblade as a patron

The patron is meant to be a semi parental force and reign in her naivety and guide her along (sorta like Navi from LoZ)

[rough glacier]

Well, I second what Omegon is saying, neither of you should have complete control but I'd say the day should get a bit more say, if you completely make the patron yourself it just kinda turns into another limb of yours, it'll be hard to have them be a genuine fleshed out character if it's just all your ideas and wants

Warlock characters shouldn't be just their patrons worth and vice versa

If you are just what your patron embodies then you are playing a cleric with eldritch blast

[fast venture]

It's more like my patron is meant to be piggybacking off my character to regain their strength, my character gets more powers as they level up because they are both getting stronger

[wicked mulch]

D&D is a communal, conversational experience. Why I put these questions out to the serious players. To listen and learn.

[fast venture]

And the patron knows she can use my characters naivety to puppet her

She's not evil but she's not good either

[rough glacier]

I hope we'll get another question tomorrow, one that I'll get right hopefully lol

[rough glacier]

That's more of a case to let the dm cook them up a bit more, if you make the patron yourself then you'll just be making your own character backseat drive your other character, let the dm make a good chunk of them and see where it leads

[fast venture]

It's more them being like "no you aren't gonna have your patron with you" like ????

[rough glacier]

Ohh you mean not seeing them until lvl 5? That's just a weird update they added, It's silly and affects clerics too

That's a discussion you should have with the dm, if your character is dependant on having the patron with them it can be a bit silly to limit that to lvl 5

But I could've sworn warlocks and clerics learn / choose their diety at level 3

[crystal hatch]

I think she's saying the DM isn't letting the patron be an active guide

[fast venture]

Like they are meant to be intertwined

I'm fine with them having more control over how they behave and stuff

But the DM just chose a really weird hill to die on and is making me not want to take part

[crimson gulch]

I can see why a dm wouldent want to do that.

Your pc is yours to rp and use but forcing the dm to come up with and do all this stuff may be off putting to them

[woven flint]

Yeah, the point of D&D is to play your own character, not have the dm puppet them

Even when I played my Third Party Parasite Patron warlock, where my characters Patron lived in his brain, he still had control of his actions, he just looked very frail and ill and sometimes the Parasitic being would whisper to him, but that's about it

[lyric viper]

I think 'puppet' here means more 'manipulate'

not literal control of the PC by the DM, but that it's a hook that the patron can influence the PCs decisions through manipulation and suggestions. Which some DMs would love to use for drama.

[limber trail]

On some level I do think it's a little weird for a DM to minimize the input of the player in creating their patron. I do think it's up to the DM partially how involved the patron can be. But I think this is the big sign that you and your DM might not be totally aligned on this character. I would reflect on it and consider how much fun you think you're really going to have this way, because to me at least, this level of dissonance between what the player and the DM want, when it's about such a big part of the character's core identity, can be really hard to navigate.

[woven flint]

You know, I have a BIT of a problem with Warlock as a class as I feel it invokes a "Main character" type of feeling lol

[reef tundra]

Agreed, same with sorcerer. I wouldn’t say it’s the fault of the class but the lore does let people have an easier time making main character energy

[woven flint]

Not that it's BAD for players to feel like main characters
Because they ARE the main characters

[halcyon forum]

I do think the patron being with the PC at all times is kinda of a lot for a DM. Maybe their state means they can rarely talk directly to the PC because it requires the right circumstances or a lot of power?

[limber trail]

There are tables out there that would absolutely eat something like that up, but that might not be what this DM wants to run, and it is completely valid for you as a player to see that and chose not to play with them (because yeah, maybe this game won't be that enjoyable for you!).

Being physically with your patron at all times I do agree, starts to get challenging to logistically run as a player and a DM.

[woven flint]

I just think Warlock In particular as a class has the most potential to either accidentally derail a campaign or alternatively, help push it forward

[limber trail]

Warlock is definitely very up to the DM and how involved they want the patron to get

[reef tundra]

I wish I could DM for more warlocks

I’ve only done it once and it was very very fun

[violet cave]

My warlock's patron is with her at all times, but in the sense that he is literally residing with her head looking through her eyes, and he's a great old one so it's not exactly like they have much straightforward communication besides eldritch whispering

[woven flint]

I love Warlocks overall
I have a love/hate relationship playing them though

[reef tundra]

No wait, twice

[reef tundra]

-# Let me guess, Eldritch blast? 😭

[woven flint]

My current Warlock is a Drow fellow who's Patron is Eilistraee

[severe rampart]

I'm fighting my first dragon oh boy

[limber trail]

They're a class which is incredibly enticing to newer players, which sucks because newer players sometimes don't create the best warlocks in terms of backstory

[reef tundra]

There’s nothing quite like a first dragon fight

[limber trail]

o7 go get em tiger

[severe rampart]

This might be my first PC that dies

[woven flint]

After the campaign the idea is for him to devote himself fully to her and become a Cleric of hers

[reef tundra]

It’s like a first dog

Except it’s not your pet and you have to put it down with a sword

[severe rampart]

It is... beautiful, ethereal, otherworldly, one could say

[woven flint]

(If he survives fighting Vecna lol)

[severe rampart]

I just rolled a nat 1 in initiative.

This Dragon is eating me alive 😭

[woven flint]

I've dogwalked a few dragons in my Career lol

(With my parties of course)

[limber trail]

have any dragons dogwalked you in your career?

[woven flint]

Nope.
I've never once been downed or killed by a dragon

[limber trail]

Weirdly I think I've run more dragons than I've fought

[severe rampart]

I think outrunning a dragon is more impressive

[limber trail]

lmao

(I mean running them as a DM)

[woven flint]

I've been downed by accidental friendly fire WHILE fighting a dragon though lol

[reef tundra]

I remember when me and the party killed an adult white dragon at level 8

One of the most stressful and cool fights I’ve had as a player

[limber trail]

You just gave me an unreal hit of psychic damage

[woven flint]

You'd be surprised at what lower level players can actually handle

[limber trail]

Remembering the person suggesting level 8 parties go out and farm adult white dragons for very rare magic items

[reef tundra]

What 😭

[woven flint]

It's a whole thing, a guy that only plays westmarches lol

[limber trail]

Specifically AL i believe

[reef tundra]

Dear god

[woven flint]

They also talked about farming aspects of Tiamat for XP.

[reef tundra]

Now I wanna DM for this guy and show him what a real adult white dragon can do

[reef tundra]

WHAT 😭

[limber trail]

Aspects of Tiamat, a thing that famously exists

[reef tundra]

I really wanna fight an aspect of Tiamat one day

[limber trail]

I wanna run one somehow

[woven flint]

It was nothing like Egotistical or anything, I just think he thinks that's how the game works from games he's played.. while D&D is not, in fact a Video game lol typically

[limber trail]

I've got a Tiamat Equivalent in my setting I could use

[reef tundra]

Sounds like he needs guidance
-# And to have this mindset beaten out of his head by a white dragon

[severe rampart]

Maybe if I didn't roll a 1 on the d100 I'd have more hp against this dragon

[limber trail]

Naphuzola, the first dragon who hatched from the sun and landed on the earth, who would one day die and form the moon

[reef tundra]

Do tell! I love hearing Tiamat variants

[reef tundra]

Metal af, as usual

[limber trail]

The father of the metallic and chromatic dragon axis

[woven flint]

Something weird I found out:
Demigods aren't partial Gods in D&D, they're full on deities that are just less powerful than lesser deities/have a smaller following

[eternal ember]

hello fellow dnd enjoyer

[severe rampart]

oh god the dragon is attacking me

[eternal ember]

i new here and to the game

i hope i get accepted well here

[limber trail]

Oh trust me that's good

It could be so much worse

[eternal ember]

btw does this place host any session ?

[halcyon forum]

noit directly, but you can find games in #find-a-game

[limber trail]

This place doesn't host sessions, but in the #find-a-game channels you can seek out folks who do

[severe rampart]

The Dragon Missed, I'm on top of the world

[eternal ember]

aight then

[woven flint]

I, personally, think Dragons should grapple more

[eternal ember]

thanks

[woven flint]

I think SOME dragons have Auto-Grapple attacks?

[reef tundra]

It is very very fun

[limber trail]

shoutout my glorious black dragon acid pits

[woven flint]

Shoutout to those Manticores from last night for giving my Cleric a staff of Healing

Which I'm probably only going to use for Mass Cure Wounds lol

[limber trail]

unreal loot pull lmao

I was not aware just how generous Ti would be with his magic items lmao

[woven flint]

Had to unattune to my headband of intellect because my Amulet of the Devout and Robe of Eyes were too good 😔

[limber trail]

god if it wasnt for the fact that i had 3 magic items attuned I'd be so tempted to see what a 19 int hokrun looks like

[woven flint]

Artanza is still a smart boi though
He's got Proficiency in about every intelligence skill lol

As a Knowledge Cleric should

[limber trail]

I do think my tattoo is starting to fall off but the +1 is just

good

[blissful ibex]

they should totally add the charisma cape and the periapt of wisdom to 5.5e
I could totally be trusted with either of those

[woven flint]

Have you used its extra damage lately or are you waiting for a boss fight?

[limber trail]

I've used it today for the "vampires"

[knotty vine]

Because you will die die die

[limber trail]

the extra damage is nice but the bonus action is just too taxing considering I would probably get more damage out of just flurrying

[woven flint]

Ah, so it was wasted because we didn't know they were normal ass guys 😭 only pretending

[fair plinth]

When 6e

[limber trail]

I cannot believe I wasted a 9th level spell on them

[woven flint]

A spell you can only cast TWICE because of getting it from the deck of many things lol

[limber trail]

I have two spells I can cast

message and time stop

[woven flint]

I still have that Divine Intervention I can do whatever the hell with from the temple card

If Imos would've insta-died from that Heart trap, I probably would've used it them

I'm rather fond of the 5 of us lol

[limber trail]

That heart trap was

an experience

[dark basin]

After a few more layoffs.

[misty flax]

heyo, im in the middle of a campaign and ive asked my dm if we could add some homebrew and he accepted all of them, but now im worried its too much for him and i might become a problem.
so the homebrew that was added was
1.a spell that lets me revive corpses as undead that will retain all abilitys they had in life, but i can only have 2 active at a time (there are parameters like i have to hit a certain roll to revive them and they have to be about equal my level and there is going to be a big downside he hasnt told me about yet)
2.we changed the weapontype of blackrazor from greatsword to halbert
3.a mimic heavy armor (normal heavy armor stats) that can change appearance at will (purely cosmetic) and can use a tentacle as a grappling hook, either to pull something to me or me to a location with 20 foot range as a bonus or full action (we havent figured that part out yet)

would you say thats too much homebrew?

[limber trail]

If you've got blackrazor then you're probably fine with all of those things

[misty flax]

wdym

is blackrazor a bad thing?

like for the dm?

[severe python]

#unknown

[limber trail]

Oh no, it's just a phenomenally powerful magic item

[misty flax]

ah..

[woven flint]

Yeah, Black Razor gives you temp HP equal to an enemy you killed with its HP lol

[limber trail]

If you're a level where you have it, balance has probably started to become more of a suggestion

[misty flax]

i kinda wanted it for the lifesteal cus im running a glass cannon build as a tank

[severe python]

Where do I find people who want to play? I can't get the link to work.

[limber trail]

What level are you

[woven flint]

#find-a-game should help

[severe rampart]

This dragon got nothing on me 💪

[misty flax]

nono, i dont have it yet, but he agreed to give it to me, so im asking. cus if its too much i can tell him to remove that stuff

it would be a part of my characters story

[woven flint]

Dragons, despite being well, THE monster of Dungeons and DRAGONS.. are particularly underwhelming

[misty flax]

all of that would be aquired over the span of the campaign

[severe rampart]

Feels great fighting dragons though :)

[halcyon bison]

just wait until you meet the dungeon.........

[misty flax]

but i want it to stay fun for my dm too

[limber trail]

ah

[misty flax]

he did say the campaign wouldnt be easy and it defenitely isnt, so i figured id make a pretty optimized build on top of that

[limber trail]

I mean okay some of that homebrew is pretty strong

That first spell, what is the roll you need to make? I wonder if something like a check with your spellcasting ability modifier, DC 10+CR of the creature you're trying to bring back might work.

Changing blackrazor to a halbert makes sense.

The tentacle grappling hook, could maybe function like the thorn whip cantrip? At higher levels it could upgrade to grasping vine?

[misty flax]

wait let me look up the roll he told me about rq

also he knows all the details in the end, he hasnt told me about everything

[severe rampart]

The dragon just entered the second phase 😭

[limber trail]

I'd have some faith in your DM to create homebrew that they're fine with

[limber trail]

I am praying for you

Sprit bombing my energy your way your next roll will be a crit

[normal canyon]

Roll a d20 on a bunch of attacks in a row

[misty flax]

im mostly worried that he ends up not having fun

i cant find the message tbh but i have to roll against their ac in some way if i remember correctly

[hybrid granite]

How would you guys describe getting hit by a Shadow Dragon's breath? Would it leave burn scars?

[misty flax]

as for the grappling hook, it could be used to pull levers, collect items and that sorta stuff, but also to pull them to me, provided they fail a con save

[umbral girder]

5 more phases to go!

[severe rampart]

oh god, I'm looking through the Dragon's eyes

[cobalt owl]

Resisting force is usually strength

[limber trail]

(not to be confused with resisting Force, which is usually not done)

[severe rampart]

I think my character is about to die

[craggy summit]

may the luck of the dice be on your side echo 🤞

[cobalt owl]

Revivify exists for a reason

[limber trail]

You wll crit death save. It is foretold.

[cobalt owl]

Get ready for uppy downy

[severe rampart]

There's no death saves

[severe rampart]

There is no spellcaster with us

[cobalt owl]

Shit man thats some house rule

[limber trail]

que?

[severe rampart]

Mind Break

it promised to show me infinity

wait I'm not dead

[cobalt owl]

Uh huh, now thats a house rule I don't agree with but your table is your table not mine

[severe rampart]

I'm at 0 hp, collapsed, bleeding from my brain, not dead yet, but just took 32 points of Psychic Damage

[limber trail]

Does that affect death saves at all?

I'm not familiar with it

[cobalt owl]

Its likely a homebrew thing

[severe rampart]

nope

I'm still in the game baby!

The dragon showed me the secrets and the beauty of the universe, broke my mind a little but I'm okay

[tribal night]

What's your favorite honeybrew class?

I personally love the sniper cla- (I'm sorry)

Has to be mind weaver in actuality, I really love being a mindflayer

[misty flax]

ah fair

thanks for the info

[tribal night]

How I feel when I see my magic missile deal 1 damage every hit

[hybrid granite]

should be hitting 2 per hit

[glad arch]

Magic missile is 1+d4 isnt it

[tribal night]

Ah, one time there was an enemy with such high defense it just did not deal higher than 1

[glad arch]

You mean resistance?

[hybrid granite]

resistance is a fickle thing sadge

[tribal night]

yeah resistance mb

Oh well, just one good whack and they died

[severe rampart]

My character survived, he just needs a little therapy

[tribal night]

No character can ever survive the big bonk from fighter/barbarian

[fast venture]

Yes this

[lucid reef]

Can Aasimar fly at a certain level?

I'm playing one and I don't know if they can

[severe rampart]

When they transform they can choose an option that has a flight speed

"Heavenly Wings. Two spectral wings sprout from your back temporarily. Until the transformation ends, you have a Fly Speed equal to your Speed."

at level 3