dnd-discussion

[short brook]

The goat

[rough basalt]

Dude straight up just wants to be the King of an unstoppable country cause there'll be no one within to question his authority, decisions, or value their own lives.

[limber trail]

What's better than voices time is always when you're sitting down thinking about a character and you have a jaw-dropping revelation about something you can do or change about their backstory to make them that much more engaging/threatening/whatever

[steady zephyr]

I mean...

• visual novel style in powerpoint
• custom sprites both normal and pixel
• over 50 custom item assets
• voice acting
• tweening/animation for executions
• probable original soundtrack

[rough basalt]

Or the one Lich that regrets what they did to the world and wants to meet a warrior strong enough to kill them.

[steady zephyr]

god I really wanna show my work! where can I do so though..

Dungeon Master ❎
Game Dev ✅

jk why not both

[rough basalt]

That Lich is probably my favorite npc and it'll suck when I use him and he dies.

[limber trail]

The first DM who should not write a book, but rather should make a game

[jolly canyon]

If you're not selling or recruiting then I imagine #dm-world-building is fine

[limber trail]

#dnd-arts-and-crafts would probably be the most fitting for showing off the art and whatnot

[jolly canyon]

That's better yea

[woven flint]

[Insert the entire metal gear rising sound track here]

[rough basalt]

One of my favorite things for him is he has a 2nd phase where he drags people into a demiplane "to show them what real war is like"

[limber trail]

-# standing here, i realize....

[steady zephyr]

maybe both channels ahaha thanks

[limber trail]

I say arts and crafts just because worldbuilding doesnt have media perms

[rough basalt]

And it's a demiplane that looks exactly like one of the bloodiest battles of the war that happened 200+ years ago in canon.

It's just scorched earth, bodies, destroyed Siege weapons.

[woven flint]

One of my favorite metal gear rising songs is "Collective Consciousness"
It goes hard fr

[rough basalt]

Yeah that's the song I used to write the other villain

It's probably the pinnacle of a "political bbeg" inspiration music.

[steady zephyr]

fairrr tysm

[feral dock]

Hey

[woven flint]

"The FIRES of GREED will burn the weak!
So we'll make freedom obsolete.
Making whole, the fabric of society!
Collective Consciousness controlled as you'll see!"
Banger.

Really well written music
I'm gonna have to play the damn playlist again lmao
And maybe play Metal gear Rising again

[flint ledge]

Good morning, day or evening everyone!

[woven flint]

"Well, if it isn't saucy jack!"

[glass granite]

Goood morning afternoon evening, Wahzzup!

[flint ledge]

Not too much is up today

[glass granite]

Then what’s down?

[flint ledge]

The land down under is down, duh

[fossil hollow]

i just met a reincarnation of karsus today, and shes apparently a naga now

[steady zephyr]

rahhhhh currently writing a campaign where it starts off looking like a romance slight action genre but later devolves into murder mystery with slight horror themes inspired from classic fairy tales and a certain killing game..

[glass granite]

But I’m already there, what’s more down?

[glass granite]

Oh fun

[woven flint]

You're a beautiful soul

[fossil hollow]

the up over

[steady zephyr]

I just need to get my ass off the procrastinating area of my brain

[feral fulcrum]

The Land Down Under. obviously.

[steady zephyr]

speaking of, my socializing ass needs somewhere to yap but DAMN I'm lacking

it's so hard when everyone in your COF is busy

[glass granite]

As stated above, I’m already IN the land down under, what’s down from here?

[fossil hollow]

Up and Over

[glass granite]

COF?

[feral fulcrum]

The Underdark Downunder.

[glass granite]

I see

[steady zephyr]

circle of friends

[feral fulcrum]

Where's my Aussie Drow?

[glass granite]

Ahh

[flint ledge]

I suppose Antarctica

[feral fulcrum]

Drow Steve Irwin riding a Purple Worm...

[woven flint]

New Druid subclass drop fr

Circle of Friends Druid

[steady zephyr]

maybe the true circle was the friends we made along the way..

[feral fulcrum]

Who's the Joey of this Circle of Friends?

[flint ledge]

The underdark is basically already australia but in dnd

[woven flint]

Me

I'd rather be Joey over Yugi or Tristan

[feral fulcrum]

I was thinking of the TV Show, Friends, rather then Yugioh, but that's also a funny pull.

[woven flint]

Lmao

[wind dawn]

Good evening everyone

[woven flint]

Hello, friend

[steady zephyr]

good eve! (it's aft over here ahaha)

[woven flint]

I've been real Yu-Gi-Oh brained lately

I've been on again and off again with the hobby

Before you ask
My favorite deck is Blackwings

Silly birb go brrr

[fossil hollow]

im reminded of alucard's christmas list

[woven flint]

In Alpabetical Order
Ababuio is the first Deity listed and Zuggtmoy is the last Deity listed
This holds no real bearing
But now I can confidently say I know who's last and who's first In alphabetical order D&D Deity wise

[fossil hollow]

ZZeUUUUUS

[tribal plume]

would you say pushing a boulder is a str check or an athletics check

[woven flint]

Athletics

[vagrant notch]

Is vitriolic sphere a great offensive spell?

[flint ledge]

I'm sure that is very necessary information you may need at some point

[eager marsh]

It’s not bad per se. I’d call it ‘alright’ personally

[woven flint]

I'm becoming an Encyclopedia of D&D deity knowledge because I did the same with Greek Gods lol

[vagrant notch]

You know any substitute thats better than it

[eager marsh]

That depends on what you want to do. And if you’re only looking at direct damage spells

[vagrant notch]

There's are so many tht i couldn't choose tho

[eager marsh]

Flavor and what suits a character often matters more than being optimal imo

[undone rain]

What do you guys think of divine favor

[eager marsh]

It’s a spell. Good for long combat damage output

[fossil hollow]

non conc and ba in 24 too

[eager marsh]

I would only consider it good in 2024 personally. ‘Ideally’ on a Paladin using Nick for a 3rd attack to try and utilize the extra d4 as much as possible

[steady zephyr]

update log from writing the campaign!

I think the fairytales I'll be using as inspo for murder mystery will be...
the frog prince, sleeping beauty, the hare and the tortoise, and the 3 little pigs

[undone rain]

I do think its a tiiiiiny bit underwhelming. Perhaps a 1d6 instead but its decent atleast.

Its a simple level 1 spell i cant expect too much of it

[steady zephyr]

I have an inkling, but maybe red riding hood too

[fossil hollow]

i combined red riding hood with fenrir for my setting

[undone rain]

Fenrir?

[fossil hollow]

or much rather, fenrir is her big bad wolf

[steady zephyr]

oooh fenrir! that sounds hella cool

[fossil hollow]

giant wolf monster in norse mythology. one of loki's kids

[eager marsh]

1d4, added to every attack that hits, without concentration. It lasts a full combat usually. It’s more damage than divine smite (2d8 bonus average 9) after you land 4 attacks

[steady zephyr]

I was thinking hwo to incorporate the fairytales into a murder mystery campaign

[fossil hollow]

i think also called fenris

[ripe nimbus]

you don't need a check, raw.

[flint ledge]

That tracks

[ripe nimbus]

there's defined weights for how much you can push

[eager marsh]

There are. Almost every DM will ask you for an athletics check in that scenario anyways tho

[undone rain]

Oh riiiight that guy now i remember. No chain can ever hold him

[ripe nimbus]

30lb × Strength score, or 60lb × Strength score if you have the Powerful Build feature

[fossil hollow]

you can also spend time to just roll it away without a check

[eager marsh]

Fenrir was indeed held by chains made from concepts. Temporarily

[fossil hollow]

then ragnarok

[ripe nimbus]

if you still think a check is appropriate, it's just straight Strength in 2014, and Strength (Athletics) in 2024

[fossil hollow]

nom nom nom on... tyr?

[eager marsh]

That was only his fist and that was before the chains

[fossil hollow]

or was it baldur

[steady zephyr]

for example, the sleeping beauty is not an instant kill, but a slow death induced by poison, so that the death looks like they are sleeping.

execution? the killer is strapped to a template for a cloth felt doll and is run through a giant sewing machine.

y'know, the machine where the needle goes in and out of a cloth....

[eager marsh]

Baldur is the one Loki gets killed

[cobalt owl]

It's very funny to see 3 players roll the same number for confusion

[eager marsh]

Mistletoe arrow

[fossil hollow]

idea: sleeping beauty plus romeo and juliet

[steady zephyr]

👁️ pray do elaborate

[fossil hollow]

it was a suicide all along

[eager marsh]

So nothing changes

[steady zephyr]

ooohh

[fossil hollow]

well, you add in the sleeping beauty stuff before that

[undone rain]

Fair enough, its a decent enough spell to pick up. When your a martial you want to do as much damage as you can

[vague vessel]

ok i got a question

[fossil hollow]

but take that ending, instead of the kiss to wake up

shoot

[vague vessel]

imagine the world like baldurs gate or any other DnD world

[fossil hollow]

so faerun

[vague vessel]

but full on zombie apocalypse like EVERYWHERE

how would that be run

[fossil hollow]

you want thay

[steady zephyr]

oooo

[fossil hollow]

make the campaign about the Thay Red Wizards

ssazz tamms as your bbeg

[vale kettle]

There are other settings besides FR

[fossil hollow]

bg was specified

[eager marsh]

Drums of the Dead Adventures League convention Epic that was set immediately after the ending of the Tomb of Annihilation hardcover adventure is what you want

[vague vessel]

just as refrence

[eager marsh]

It’s literally an undead epidemic event

[undone rain]

Well the zombies are definetly gonna break their teeth trying to eat a paladin or fighter

[fossil hollow]

theres also Hold Back the Dead (level 4 adventure) for 2024

[vague vessel]

im talkin all cities have fallen too

we talking MEAN AS HELL zeds

[eager marsh]

Literally not feasible with zombies only

[fossil hollow]

hmmm. i dont think waterdeep will fall that easily

laerel silverhand being there

[eager marsh]

Waterdeep physically can’t fall

[fossil hollow]

theres also the statue mechas

[undone rain]

Everytime i hear waterdeep i just think of gale

[fossil hollow]

and halaster for a wildcard

[eager marsh]

Anyways you need an outbreak starting point and almost every location you pick will have that problem contained within the year

[vague vessel]

that would crazy to hear to in a story this great city of magic and stuff is in complete ruins due to the undead hoarde

[eager marsh]

In order for D&D settings to work there have to be strong established nations and powers at play

[fossil hollow]

manshoon (who was a vampire already before) and xanathar would rather not have his base of operations turned into a zombie outbreak too

[vale kettle]

Is it because the only time that city is ever mentioned in baldurs gate 3 its through gale?

[flint ledge]

Ah, gale of waterdeep

[undone rain]

Correct

[fossil hollow]

that is where hes from

[eager marsh]

Waterdeep is like Baldur’s gate. Kinda

[steady zephyr]

yapping time abt my poster inhale

[vale kettle]

That city is more interesting than the character

[fossil hollow]

as someone running both waterdeep modules i kinda agree

[eager marsh]

Low bar waterdeep as a city is more interesting than any single character because the city as a whole includes the lore for multiple insane characters

[vague vessel]

just think bout the story implications that even the cities have fallen

fun thoughts

[flint ledge]

Speaking of, is gale a canon character within the FR?

[fossil hollow]

that would require modern era level of writing pre etablished characters who are competent to be incompetent

[vague vessel]

just need an evil as hell horde that arent just brainless hungry zeds

[eager marsh]

If the major cities have fallen you aren’t playing D&D anymore that’s just a modern zombie apocalypse movie. Those scenarios don’t really work in D&D without just being a ‘why bother’ situation

[fossil hollow]

ya aint killing manshoon, the silverhands, elminster, or all of baldur's gate that easily

[vague vessel]

yeah i bet

prob a good plot point for heros to join in

[flint ledge]

We know Karlach is but I don't know about the rest of the BG 3 cast

[fossil hollow]

baldur's gate already has an undead problem too thanks to the dead three

[eager marsh]

If established national superpowers couldn’t stop it the player party will never have the means to fix an already complete apocalypse

[fossil hollow]

karlach, shadowheart, and astarion are depicted in the fr books

[eager marsh]

You want the players to narratively play a key role to prevent that instead

[flint ledge]

Oh yeah astarion even got his own book I forgot about that

[vague vessel]

come on thats a classic heros of the age story

[fossil hollow]

least to say, killing everyone feels cheap as hell

its just uninspired imo

[undone rain]

Speaking of bg3, i am scared for the upcoming show

[vague vessel]

that i agree with

[undone rain]

If we get the rock play minsc im gonna lose it

[flint ledge]

I mean the national superpowers could be busy due to different reasons

[vague vessel]

they gotta protect the city and hold supply lines

the undead horde keeps growing and they gotta hold a stable line so they dont loose the ground they have gained

[fossil hollow]

chris pratt as gale lets goooo

[undone rain]

And im even more scared of bg4, what if some money hungry company makes it. Dlc everywhere, over priced crap, bad updates

[flint ledge]

Oh yeah a different studio than larian is picking up the franchise

[eager marsh]

Not if they’re being actively overrun

[static frigate]

in all fairness if a money hungry company makes it, it probably won't be good enough to warrant buying DLC and overpriced add-ons for

[undone rain]

Dont forget Awkwafina as shadowheart of course. Cant forget her

[crystal hatch]

AI generated side characters

[undone rain]

Ugh good lord i wouldnt be surprised if they did that

[vague vessel]

if the zombie horde have broken the cities the powers must hold the line and keep supply lines going at all costs cuz many cities and stores and supply line would be DESTROYED due to the undead horde and they need a shock unit of heros to do strikes and explore areas of intrests

it would be a very fun story. would it be canon? hell no

[undone rain]

If that happens im hopping over to divinity

Or the pathfinder game

[crystal hatch]

I haven't really gotten a reason to buy BG3 because it's expensive and would just make me want to play dnd

[flint ledge]

Quite honestly BG 3 only popped off due to the absolutely amazing game Larian presented, I don't belive the Baldur's Gate series was anywhere near as popular before it

[fossil hollow]

honestly, a manshoon clone invasion seems more reasonable

[undone rain]

Thats a fair reason.

[fossil hollow]

if thay had the power to overwhelm everyone else with undead, it would already have been done

cult of the dragon also wants more dracoliches

[undone rain]

I do want more games that has dnd in it. Mostly because i only play like once a week and our dms are experiencing burnouts now

[crystal hatch]

My favorite part of TTRPGs is the RP aspect as opposed to the actual game part, so things like BG and Divinity are cool but don't hold my interest very long

[fossil hollow]

id say they have a better chance too with an undead army

shoutout to my boy orcus

[undone rain]

Larian come back we miss you

[vague vessel]

whole ass dracoliches and undead giants tearing down walls

[fossil hollow]

the question would be ig. is kelemvor just having a bad day in retirement?

[vague vessel]

why i say it would be a non canon story so we can have some wiggle room

[fossil hollow]

right, there is no true canon. but it just feels cheap as hell to kill everyone.

[vague vessel]

obviously not EVERYONE

just enough to make the players say oh crap

[fossil hollow]

and sorry, but turning dnd into last of us or wolr war z doesnt seem too attractive, and i run undead as my #3 enemy

[flint ledge]

If there's an undead army Kelemvor is having a little more than a bad day

[flint ledge]

There's probably a crowd for that sort of campaign out there. Although that probably goes for everything

[vague vessel]

i would play it but obviously writing and the story will have too carry hard i bet

[feral fulcrum]

Larian's not going to touch WOTC with a ten foot pole. They hated working with them.

[fossil hollow]

gimme bloodborne dnd over last of us anyday

[flint ledge]

I think any fromsoft game could make for an awesome dnd campaign

[cloud bison]

how might one go about adding a free cast of a spell in the dndbeyond homebrewer?

[flint ledge]

I recommend asking the fellas over in #ddb-support

[fossil hollow]

issue would be how to translate delays...

[steady zephyr]

update log: MWEHEHEHE I LOVE ANGST

[flint ledge]

You mean like delayed attacks?

[fossil hollow]

yeah, or the sense of a dance of attack, dodge, flask

themewise though, should be easy to translate a bit

hmmmm now im hankering for an undead campaign myself... i have an empyrean of death sitting in my back pocket.

[flint ledge]

Yeah I suppose the base system would need some decent amount of homebrew but after that the translation could go pretty clean

[rough basalt]

Thematically itd be easy to do something souls related in tabletop

But you'd need to come up with a way to penalize dying since death wouldn't be permanent

Tho id personally just adopt something easily transferrable and just run an adventure in the same theme

Like have PCs have an insight score like bloodborne where once it gets high enough they can see stuff other people don't

[jolly canyon]

That would be cool idea

[rough basalt]

PCs trying to go in through a big door to a building but the dude with Insight sees the Eldritch Horror hanging above the door staring at him

[steady zephyr]

woah a miracle...I have 7/7 people for the va 🔃 custom sprite trade already THAT'S SO FAST

I just need like...6 more people to voice already pre-made characters 😭 wish me luck bru

[rough basalt]

Good luck

Now i kinda wanna do something like that

Run a Domains of Dread game and have a unique score that the higher it goes certain effects happen

Like people see stuff others don't, hear stuff other's don't

[jolly canyon]

You have so many ideas! I have none but I do have a desire to run more at least.

[rough basalt]

I almost never act on them is the issue lol

[jolly canyon]

I don't think it's an issue. Maybe if you weren't doing anything then maybe. But your creativity is merely stunted by lack of free time. If you had all the time in the world to run as many tables as possible I'm sure you'd act on it.

I imagine that's not the case though

[rough basalt]

Uhhh, uhhh.

Your honor can I go to the bathroom?

[jolly canyon]

Maybe I got it wrong? I assumed(maybe wrongfully) that you're already running two tables right?

[rough basalt]

I get too preoccupied by discord is the main issue

[rough basalt]

ye

[jolly canyon]

Well there you go! That's a huge time sink right there.

At least for me it would be but I do lack skill/exp

[rough basalt]

Yes and no.

A lot of the work was pre-campaign

Reality is, I need to extremely hyperfixate to get stuff off the ground

[jolly canyon]

It takes me like a full week to plan my upcoming session. We'll mostly just night's and about 2 hours a night at most. But I still count that as a weeks worth of work.

[rough basalt]

I mostly just sit here for hours

Until something comes to mind

[jolly canyon]

Well you seem like a good dm to me, or that's the vibes I get at least. So whatever is working for you!

[rough basalt]

I think I oughta just tackle it tomorrow

[jolly canyon]

I had two players back out of Saturdays session(for extremely valid reasons) so that gives me an extra week which feels so nice 😅

[jolly agate]

Ma Warlock Cow seduced a Lich successfully last session

i love dnd

[hot gate]

Sometimes it's good to have a little time- out like that

[shut spoke]

Is there polite way to tell a grown man in your DND group to shower and use more deodorant. Great dude, don't want to lose him, but it's baaaaad folks. And he sits right next to me on our table.

[blissful dragon]

Feeling annoyed my Monday dm switched game to milestone and we where close to level up and we just activated a big objective goal but since we where over the recommended party level cause of xp it’s not levelling us up now

[jolly agate]

Perhaps if you tell him face-to-face in a calm manner, in person and not with the rest of the group present.

[shut spoke]

I mean obviously that's what I'm gonna have to do, I just don't want to you know?

[jolly agate]

Like "Hey dude sorry but you smell like shit but i like you so I'm telling you becuse we friens"

[shut spoke]

I cast "Old spice Red Zone!!"

[jolly agate]

Ye I've been there

[minor cargo]

In classrooms, you often have a “smelly kid” - and usually it’s a sign of a rough home/personal life. If you’re good friends, this might actually be a time to check in.

If you’re not close like that, you can try to ask if, as a group, we could have a hygiene or grooming expectation. Not a dress code but stuff like avoid PJs, shower first, brush your teeth if you had a really pungent meal before hand, etc.

[shut spoke]

This is my +2 febreeze

[jolly agate]

We aint talkin abt no kid, we talkin abt a grown ass man

but i kinda get the point ngl

[shut spoke]

He's 28, but he's originally from India.

[jolly agate]

How bad is the smell anyway?

It can't be that bad

[shut spoke]

And absolutely I teach high school history and you definitely want to check on the stinky ones.

[shut spoke]

On a 1-10? Think a garbage can on a hot august day. So like 7.5? However it's compounded by sitting next to him for 6 hours.

[jolly agate]

Ye u gotta tell him

But be tactful and calm while you say it.

[minor cargo]

You know him best, but another option is to hand him a handwritten note. That might feel less confrontational - which isn’t to say it’s better than saying something privately, but another option depending on the circumstance.

[shut spoke]

I kinda thought about sending him a text message from one of those sights that let you send a message anonymously. 🤣😈 You're right of course. Just dreading the conversation

[jolly agate]

He's 28, It's awkward, yes. But he can take it cmon

[shut spoke]

"Habib, man i love you and you give so much to the group, but you just have AoE smell dude."

[jolly agate]

But the important thing is to think carefully about what you say and not hurt him unnecessarily. Only say what is fair and precise, and of course, say it calmly. That's very important.

[lavish flame]

Honestly could be fun to mask the scent with incense and get all seance-y when you D&D

[jolly agate]

It's a delicate situation dammit

cuz ppl sometimes just smell like ass and they do not notice shi

[shut spoke]

That's like shooting a spit wad at an elephant

[lavish flame]

is incense not potent for you?

cuz like, it could be anywhere in a house and itll also be in my nostrils

[shut spoke]

No this old boy's stank will cut through it, then I've just got Nag Champa and body odor in a delightful combo

[jolly agate]

And keep in mind that he's sitting next to him.

[lavish flame]

I mean that doesn't necessarily need to remain true, right

[shut spoke]

And just to be clear I really like the dude, and he's just about the best contributor we have.

[lavish flame]

a few more feet of distance couldn't hurt

[shut spoke]

Of the 6 person group, two other people have brought it up to me indirectly when they were drunk.

[lavish flame]

that was somethin I was thinking about. had you moved and could still smell it, I figured other ppl could too.

[jolly agate]

Well have THEM tellin his stinky aaah that he smells like shi

Or yall 3 at the same time

It could also work

[lavish flame]

it might be a good time to check in with ur buddy and see if they're doing alright, especially if this is a new change.

I just don't forsee a way to avoid an awkward conversation about hygiene tho, might just have to bite the bullet and have a kind enough convo abt it

[jolly agate]

*Take the bullet

Talking about bad hygiene is never comfortable.

[past blaze]

tell everyone to be presentable at X date for a group photo to commemorate the friendship

[jolly agate]

You can look presentable and still smell like ass

[minor cargo]

Did you see that the first d20 was rolled in space on Artemis II? 🚀

[vale kettle]

“Hey bud, respectfully you need to take a shower before coming here”

How are you offending them ????

[glass granite]

Do we know what the roll was?

[minor cargo]

It was a 7 lol.

[glass granite]

Oof

[quick coyote]

I didn’t really know where to ask this but why did they remove the Orc as a monster? I’m looking through the dnd basic monsters and I can’t find it anywhere except the Legacy one!

[vale kettle]

I cant find it either

Might be removed fr

[severe rampart]

Drow, Duergar, and Deep Gnomes too

[quick coyote]

I bet it because that orc art work they posted back in 2024 with the orc pack and wanted them to not be more ”friendly/relatable”

[tribal plume]

Well

I don’t think the orc monster had any super unique features, you could just make bandits into orcs no?

[severe rampart]

What basic features would you give to a boss to give them a little spice?, mechanically and flavor-wise

[quick coyote]

Well yes but it’s just such an iconic enemy in my opinion, because you can technically say that about goblins too

[wanton sable]

What's going on

[quick coyote]

I’m complaining that they removed orc’s as a monster

[vale kettle]

I wouldn’t say im complaining really orcs statblock was nothing special

You can take a bandits statblock and just say thats an orc/dwarf etc

[quick coyote]

Ait ”I’m” complaining

[tribal plume]

Most races don’t have monster statblocks

[still plover]

Shinsnap the Ogre has INT 12, maximum HP and the Topple mastery. They command a band of hobgoblins.

[past blaze]

Berserker exists as a statblock

[severe rampart]

Weapon Mastery! oh yeah!

[tribal plume]

The orc has this weird history where they weren’t a player race and then they were so you got orc and orc (enemy) as two seperate things it’s best not to muddle it any more

[still plover]

Add a species feature if you're feeling spicy.

[vale kettle]

Honestly id say its better that they made statblocks for like
Archpriest, Bandit, berserket etc. pretty much can be any humanoid race

[hot reef]

They wanted to transition orcs to a core player character race. They didn’t do that for goblins (in fact they made them further away from PHB races; they’re now fey)

[vale kettle]

So orcs being removed is okey cause less unnecessary stat blocks to deal with

[snow wing]

Although it seems silly orcs are no longer a thing in the MM, I think the the most egregious offense is lycanthropes are not resistant to anything. Right behind that is why did they separate all the dragons, devils and demons into individual entries?

[noble tusk]

Yeah the 2014 Orc monster statblock had like, nothing special really. It's more effective to just have a bandit statblock or bruiser statblock and make it whatever species you want.

[past blaze]

on the other hand I do lament the lack of things like Nurtured One of Yurtrus, or Blade of Ilneval

[keen valve]

As opposed to humans, where it's perfectly fine to be confusing and all over the place.
(Sarcasm.)

[hot reef]

Those are better saved for setting specific books

[vale kettle]

I wouldn’t say its silly, atleast it doesn’t take up a whole page of just (heres berserker but its an orc or heres a mage but its a gnome)

[severe rampart]

What are three Battlemaster Maneuvers fitting for a boss

[vale kettle]

Depends how the boss fights

[keen valve]

Personally, I say whatever best stunlocks your enemies.

[severe rampart]

Heavy Battleaxe

[vale kettle]

Are they more defensive? Reckless? Tactical?

[severe rampart]

Reckless most definitely

[noble tusk]

Commanders (if they have minions)
Menacing
Parry

[hot reef]

I’d suggest just adding whatever riders you feel like rather than having to keep track of amount of maneuver dice
Unless there’s something special to be gained by showing the players that they have battlemaster levels

[vale kettle]

Take what you believe makes sense and if none of the features make sense just make its unique battle manoeuvres

You don’t need to abide by the rules of creating monsters as if they were pcs

[severe rampart]

Yup, I know, just a little something I'd like to experiment with

I could actually also split it into 2 phases, one where he's tactical and when he's bloodied he starts to get more reckless

[tribal plume]

For 6th edition they should make orcs black n white and exceptionally good at swimming and hunting pinnipeds

[severe rampart]

Disarming Attack, Evasive Footwork, and Riposte for the tactical phase

[vale kettle]

Lunging Attack
Menacing Attack
Pushing Attack
Sweep attack

I would say buff those manoeuvres if they seem weak for a boss

[noble tusk]

If it's a BBEG type deal you could incorporate more party affecting mechanics into the existing maneuvers. I.E Menacing causing a fear emanation maybe, sweeping attack targeting a cone not just 1 more

[severe rampart]

I could probably flavor Bait and Switch as him using the minions as meat shields

[vale kettle]

Yeah as a reaction grabs a creature increases their ac by 5 or something for that turn and on a miss they deal damage to a minion instead

[severe rampart]

yeah, I'm gonna have the minion take the hit so that the fighter doesn't feel like they wasted their attack

[limber trail]

There’s monsters called Merregons which have that ability

Could work nicely as a basis

[remote wadi]

Question out of curiosity

Why is enemies grouping up in a circle/room so common, but being in a narrow hallway/single file almost unheard of?

[glass granite]

I wouldn’t say it’s unheard of. When people fight, it’s often more efficient to stick in a group, and open spaces are usually more common than narrow, restricted paths.

[silk hare]

also, being an a room with a bunch of enemies that can group up is usually more satisfying to fight

[remote wadi]

The unheard of bit is mostly hyperbole. Mostly.

[glass granite]

Not to mention it’s usually less fun to play in narrow corridors-
Yeah that

[silk hare]

bc e.g. in a narrow hallway, there could be an argument made for half cover at least, simply for those enemies existing behind each other, same goes for the party

so now only 1 player takes the brunt of the attacks

imo theres certain enemies which excel at being run in narrow hallways, like gelatinous cubes, while others just dont make sense to be run in that way

[glass granite]

And it’s also difficult for some in the back to hit

[remote wadi]

I agree. But you would think that a good chunk of DnD enemies wouldn't be too close in a world where most of the strongest attacks in the game are a circle or square

[silk hare]

I mean, magic itself is supposed to be rare

and most enemies that can think to that extent usually make use of crossbows and the likes

[glass granite]

I mean, mages usually aren’t common enough or expected enough to instill into training or reflex

[remote wadi]

Rare overall? Yeah. But like, ehhh...

[minor cargo]

Hmm. Yeah in my games, a lot of combat happens in bigger rooms - just because it gives players more options. And I’m a fan of the players haha.

But yeah. Sometimes I force the into “claustrophobic fights”. That itself provides a challenge to players.

I will often combine narrow corridors with ethereal/incorporeal monsters to really drill home how much danger they’re in.

[silk hare]

honestly im gonna steal some of that I think

narrow hallway and incorporeal moving through walls is awesome

[remote wadi]

Just having one of those "love lightning bolt, hate how situational it is" moments

[silk hare]

also yeah, you as the dm are not working against your players

I could also have them fight the big bad at lvl 3, bc why wouldnt he be in their hideout realistically?

[glass granite]

I wouldn’t say it’s situational, 8d6 is a lot, but compared to fireball ye

[silk hare]

or if the big bad is actually powerful, why would they even hire only commoners/ people that have no special abilities

[glass granite]

Though it makes it so you can attack while also not hitting allies, so in melee forward parties it has a use

[silk hare]

also theres plenty of utility to move enemies around, you just gotta coordinate with your party

• iirc overall theres less lightning resistant enemies than fire resistant enemies

so it might actually be better single target damage

[remote wadi]

It's the same as fireball for the most part

And the common point of "most enemies are resistant to fire" holds less water. I don't really see many fire resistant enemies from levels 5-9. And if there is, then it's one of those moments where spells as a whole are less effective

[minor cargo]

Oh. Lightning bolt. Haha.

So again, I’m a fan of the players. If I know you have a LB waiting, I can build an encounter with may large or larger creatures. I do this because it’s easier to lineup a really good bolt through them, plus other small ones if you time it right.

[glass granite]

It’s minor, and usually not meant as the clear use case

[remote wadi]

Was about to bring that up. Lightning bolt is not something for single target damage because while that much damage is nothing to sneeze at, it's not exactly worth burning a 3rd level spell slot for

[silk hare]

true Ig, but what will u do

if you think in meta builds, 90% of spells arent even worth looking at

[glass granite]

I mean I’ve seen players expend it for less

[silk hare]

its a fun alternative to fireball + your dm should be in your corner, like steve said

so if you picked that over fireball, there should be some use cases coming up

[glass granite]

8d6 for a good chunk of burst damage on a big enemy can be very effective and/or fun

[silk hare]

• depending on your class you could get bonus thunder damage

[remote wadi]

I prefer to do a blend between casual and some semblance of power

Like, I will run Lightning Bolt and I will have fun. But no denying that it will be overall more situational than the ever present Lord Fireball

[glass granite]

Oh yeah probably, though that’s more a testament to how strong fireball is lol

[silk hare]

true, but then again, its your choice and your dm should at least make your choices feel worthwile sometimes

[remote wadi]

I will say this much, though

I do appreciate that Chromatic Orb has some deceptively great upcast potential

[gaunt roost]

Question about interaction/lack thereof between mark of the sentinel vigilant guardian feature and mirror image. Vigilant guardian allows to swap places with an ally hit by an attack roll to tank the hit (you get hit). Mirror images allows you to roll to see if an image took the hit when you are hit by an attack roll attack.

Do they interact (so an image might take your friends place) or does the mark feature turn the attack roll into a simple "hit" without attack roll and therefore images cant trigger?

[austere root]

single target fireball is better than haste most of the time for most martials you can buff with it

so keep that in mind when managing lv3 spell slots

[severe rampart]

interesting!

[glass granite]

Doesn’t mirror image only activate when you are targeted? Are you targeted there?

[gaunt roost]

No targeting, the trigger is "hit by an attack roll"

In 2024 at least

[glass granite]

Ah yeah that got changed

[severe rampart]

I'd probably allow that

[glass granite]

I mostly know 2024 versions of spells but there’s some I know the 14 version of

[severe rampart]

I love Mirror Image

[remote wadi]

Slightly unrelated, but it gets even sadder when you realize in BG3 that Fireball is easily more accessible than Lightning Bolt as a whole

[severe rampart]

and it's NOT concentration?

[silk hare]

well yeah, its THE marketable spell

[gaunt roost]

And mark of sentinel states that "you are hit by the attack instead" meaning that it indeed isnt just the effect but the full attack that is applied

[silk hare]

oh yeah lol

[silk hare]

I mean I would argue that your mirror images dont count as "you"

[severe rampart]

helps with maintaining concentration a ton

[glass granite]

I’d say mirror image counts

[gaunt roost]

Nah its not concentration and can be quickened easily

[severe rampart]

also very nice flavor, as an Echo

three illusory duplicates appear? yes please

[steady zephyr]

Update: I have made the UI! Still looking for willing voice actors, but will emphasize soon in #dnd-advertisements

[glass granite]

I’d rule that mirror image would apply, tho idk the RAW

[steady zephyr]

Oh I meant elaborate*

[glass granite]

Nice

[gaunt roost]

The thing is they sort of do? Because the trigger is an attack hits "you" and after that it checks if it was an image

[severe rampart]

Logically, it might be your main body that switches with the one being attacked, but I reckon if DM rules it as mirror image applies, in-universe, could have switched and brung the three illusory images with you

also dnd has no logic, so

[silk hare]

yeah was looking at the 2014 version, that one is way different

but yeah with that in mind:

partymember A is hit, you use your feature to swap with it, then mirror image triggers imo

[severe rampart]

Mirror image is just the GOAT, I'm sad it doesn't get mentioned very often

[silk hare]

but keep in mind if you miss the D6, youll be the one that gets hit

[gaunt roost]

Thats pretty neat interaction then! I dont have a ton of spellslots but its definetly in flavour to protect my squishy friends

[severe rampart]

though, since mirror image isn't concentration, you still can very well dodge hits with the three duplicates

they don't go away if you get hit

[silk hare]

true, wait actually you might be able to hold your dodge action no?

[gaunt roost]

I mean if you dont want to be hit at all you probably shouldnt go for mark of sentinel but yes, its a slight gamble still

[severe rampart]

so have like 18 AC, take the dodge action, have three duplicates

[severe rampart]

perhaps yeah!

If you still want to have an action you can just concentrate on blur and have war caster

[silk hare]

so just dodge, and try to "take damage" for someone else

[severe rampart]

I take mirror image for the cool factor and the mechanical usefulness

If I can't be an Echo Knight then I'll be an Echo Bard

[gaunt roost]

I mean I explicitly chose adamantine armor for my magic item instead of weaponry so I could take crits for teammates, this just makes it even more fun

[severe rampart]

Oh my god it's him! It's John Tank!

[silk hare]

uhhh damn yeah, nice build

what class did you pick?

[gaunt roost]

Paladin/sorcerer

[silk hare]

what lvl

also defensive fighting style?

[gaunt roost]

Yes

6 paladin 4 sorc

Its supposed to be a very defensive support build and so far its working nicely

[soft flume]

So when is Ravenloft pre-order available? Any information on that?

[vale kettle]

The wut?

They gonna re-release ravenloft for 5.5?

[soft flume]

you just can't be serious, can you?
https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/2136-d-d-2026-calendar-release

[cobalt owl]

Oh lol preorders open today don't they

[idle oar]

Hey easy there. Not everyone follows D&D releases. Please assume folks are well intentioned until proven otherwise (and if that happens, use the Alert Mods functionality to ping us so we can moderate things).

[vale kettle]

I mean i didn’t know…

[silk hare]

that last remark made no sense in that context, as they were being civil, in contrast to your original mesasge

[vale kettle]

What is Arcana unleashed going to be about?

[buoyant oar]

All things Magic

[vale kettle]

Like items? More spells for 5.5? Any adventures? Subclasses?

[soft flume]

We don't know yet, but most likely yes. Magic Items, spells, etc

[buoyant oar]

Arcana Unleashed will offer new high-magic character creation options, including the Conjurer and Enchanter wizard subclasses, as well as new feats, new spells, and a new magic item system that allows items to grow in power alongside character leveling. Arcana Unleashed will be released in September 2026.

[buoyant oar]

5.5e first non anthology adventure will be called Arcana Unleashed: Deadfall and will focus on a war in Thay, Land of the Red Wizards in the Forgotten Realms.

[vale kettle]

Ohh item progression with the character is cool

[limber trail]

There’s also going to be a new adventure module alongside it, if I’m not mistake- yep got beat to it

[buoyant oar]

It is a separate book

[silk hare]

no ones gone soft, just telling you that your retort didnt make a lot of sense, just for future reference

[silk hare]

yeah sounds dope

[vale kettle]

Had a discussion in homebrew about that type of item, I’m curious to know how wotc designs the item that progresses with the character

[silk hare]

true, imo there could be a lot of pitfalls for that kind of item

hope they actually put enough thought into it

[vale kettle]

At very least i hope it can be used as a template to homebrew stuff faster

[abstract zephyr]

So, I have a plan for an encounter and it is basically a man at a bonfire waiting for the pc's to talk to him. The can talk and attack him, however if they do they will reveal that their are bow men on the roofs of the abandoned town. My question is thus:
Should I tell them to roll investigation to see if they spot them before choosing to attack or should they just be wary and ask me to roll investigation.

[reef tundra]

When they approach, you should ask “What is your passive perception?” And then after they tell you their passive perception scores you just proceed as usual, and only let them roll investigation or perception to see the archers if they ask.

Put them on edge 💪

[abstract zephyr]

Mmmmm, good idea.

A good medium.

[reef tundra]

I always go for the medium, I like my games difficult but not too harsh

I hope the encounter goes well!

[still plover]

Investigation might reveal: those rooftops look like they might be good spots for a ranged ambusher to hide.

Perception might reveal: you see someone moving.

One is deduction, the other is awareness.

[steady zephyr]

Update Log!

I've thought of the second murder details and I wanted to incorporate the Romeo Juliet + sleeping beauty murder

That was suggested earlier

Something something air genasi can hold their breath indefinitely unless incapacitated

So they can play dead

Allowing the killer to easily mistake them for being actually dead

Smth along the lines of that

[silk hare]

mhh sure, depends on how the killer "kills" the genasi tho

[bronze canopy]

There is a spell called feign death

Looking like you’re dead takes more than just holding your breath

[steady zephyr]

yeah

[knotty vine]

the more things change the more things stay the same

[amber horizon]

I’m currently working on a tiefling bard character, but I’m seriously struggling to choose a subclass. Aesthetically, he’s closest to Whispers, but I want him to have more of a combat focus, which lead me to Swords, but I feel like that takes a lot of the focus off of his cool magic flavor, and he’s still a musician, not a knife thrower or blade dancer. I wish there were a necromantic bard subclass tbh.

The bard in question is a charismatic metal musician who uses his charms to get information on his terrible deadbeat dad so he can find him and beat him to a pulp. He wields a hammer in battle.

[umbral girder]

Passive perception is literally this

Investigation is more of a logic and small details thing

Perception being aware of what’s around you.

[wicked mulch]

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

True or False: If two different features would add your proficiency bonus to the same roll twice, you add it twice.

[glass granite]

False! If it was a feature that says you adds A BONUS EQUAL TO your proficiency bonus, it would work.

(I hope that’s right)

[fossil shuttle]

Depends, some stuff is just worded really weirdly, like how 2014 Witch Sight didn't give warlocks truesight, it just gave them something that functioned exactly like truesight

[rough basalt]

Thankfully 2024 just says true sight

[umbral girder]

Yall ever think about how one of the best dragon slayers in dnd is a group of actual children.

[wicked mulch]

Nailed it!

[glass granite]

Yippee

[amber horizon]

Does anyone have advice/suggestions regarding this? Bards aren’t my wheelhouse so much

[umbral girder]

#character-discussion should help you more

[amber horizon]

Alr

[lyric idol]

If you want combat and a theme leaning more towards Whispers', have you considered College of Glamour?

Its a goos mix of the two.

[thorn hare]

a 2 feet hafling using giants stature

goodbye

[knotty vine]

ghost wise halfing

[vagrant notch]

How do you play as a bladesinger wizard

[hot marlin]

Get your weapon, get your bladesong on. Get your AC as high as possible, have defensive reaction spells, consider enemy placement when blasting, have fun

It's not much different from playing a normal wizard, you just want to be in melee more

[vagrant notch]

Bladesong isnt a passive ability?

[vale kettle]

Its an active

[hot marlin]

Nope, needs to be activated.

[vale kettle]

If it was passive!!! Omg

Broken

[hot marlin]

With a bonus action btw. It lasts for a minute, but you only can use it as many times as your proficiency bonus until your long rest. So there are times where you don't want to activate it, just to save the uses

[vagrant notch]

Do u need to use your action to activate it?

[vale kettle]

Bonus action

[hot marlin]

Although at this point, you should probably just read the subclass

[umbral girder]

It’s a limited 1 minute at a time ability

[vagrant notch]

Is it a critical role?

[hot marlin]

What?

[vale kettle]

No

[umbral girder]

You start off with only 2 uses last I checked (haven’t seen the updated version)

Then you gotta wait a long rest to get them back

Tokii should know more as he plays one

[flint ledge]

Don't think the updated version changed much

[vale kettle]

Wdym

[umbral girder]

I remember Bladesinger can’t use armor I think which lowered their AC options

[vale kettle]

Like is it made by critical roll?

[umbral girder]

Might have been a UA not sure if it made final print

[woven flint]

As someone who's played a Bladesinger Wizard

Best Advice I could give:
Use defensive spells and spells that enhance your melee prowess

Know when to dip back and get away

Remember that you are ALWAYS still a wizard and can fall back on just casting If a situation gets rough

[vale kettle]

They dont need to

Mage armor + blade song + shield spell

[rough basalt]

ye they removed the light armor allowed

[umbral girder]

Alright I checked Bladesinger can no longer wear armor

[woven flint]

Also, pump the hell out of Constitution

[umbral girder]

So they got worse off I suppose since Magic Armor is off the table

[woven flint]

You'll need it lol

[umbral girder]

Bright side is they can use INT for attacks

[vagrant notch]

I dont think i know how dnd is working

[vale kettle]

What?

[rough basalt]

ye they removed light armor so bladesingers couldnt get magic studded leather

[umbral girder]

Also they can use their sword as a spellcasting focus (no weapon masteries)

[woven flint]

I played a Harengon Bladesinger for the longest time
He was very fun :]

He's retired for fatherly duties now, alas

[rough basalt]

They say if you want 20 static ac better get a robe of the archmagi or cloak and ring of protections which is based

[flint ledge]

I don't think they need weapon Masteries while also being a wizard

[vagrant notch]

I Need to starts read all of the rules and classes

[umbral girder]

Never said anything about them needing it.

[vale kettle]

You might

[woven flint]

That's generally how you start, yes lol

Anyways.
I'm attempting another Two-Weapon Fighting Paladin
This time
In Rime of The Frost Maiden lol

[vagrant notch]

Im thinking to buy the physical copy, not sure tho if i can read through all of the pages

[rough basalt]

Don't need to read all the pages

[flint ledge]

With how some of my players play sometimes, I beg to differ

[umbral girder]

Let’s hope the Lich of that module doesn’t get you.

[rough basalt]

Just how to play, the class you wanna play, and the items you wanna use

[woven flint]

... there's no Lich in Rime of the Frost Maiden... right?

[umbral girder]

: )

[woven flint]

Stare

[limber trail]

schrodinger's rime: there both is and is not a lich. You will only know once you finish the module.

[umbral girder]

Tokii 🤝 Liches

Sacrificing TWF Paladins

[woven flint]

Everyone's been wanting to kill me with Liches, I swear

Two of my characters have died fighting Liches in the past

One died holding it back for the party
The other took himself out with the lich and the liches entire castle

[limber trail]

You gotta make a character with the sole goal of killing this dang lich

[woven flint]

No, no, two different Liches, my bad lol
Very different campaigns

[limber trail]

oh no but one day you gotta finish the job on a lich

[woven flint]

One was a Regular Lich, the other was an Eldritch Lich

[limber trail]

just any lich

[flint ledge]

In a poetic ending tokii's character and the lich kill each other at the same time

[glass granite]

I’d cast bless on you for luck but knowing me I’d accidentally do stunning strike

[limber trail]

the lich readies pwk, tokii readies an attack

[rough basalt]

Me when the Tundra Mummy Lord kills Tokii tonight

[woven flint]

The Eldritch Lich is who my Warlock become Divine Soul Sorcerer (reclass after killing his patron) took himself out with lol

[limber trail]

tokii one day I'll run a one shot for you and kill you with a lich

[glass granite]

Maybe I’ll be able to join that one

[rough basalt]

I wanna throw a Blob of Annihilation at someone

[limber trail]

blob of allichination

[rough basalt]

Which I believe one of the Adventures in Faerun one shots has a blob of annihilation in it

[glass granite]

Blob of twolichination

[limber trail]

blob of the two lich nation

[rough basalt]

Tomb of Twolichination

Theres two Acereraks and both of them want the other gone so they can be the main villain

[woven flint]

Between me and you folks, I'm really excited to play my new Paladin in Rime of The Frost Maiden
Because (Don't look if you're in the damn campaign!): ||We rolled Secrets and I got Reincarnation and the dm and I decided that it was either Auril herself or one of her Druids that revived him, however he doesn't know yet||

[rough basalt]

||I got that one too when I ran frostmaiden, we decided my PC was a mom who was chosen as a sacrifice||

Rime is a really fun module which shames me cause its not one I own yet

[woven flint]

||My fella was thrown overboard off a ship when traveling to Icewindale, he was revived a few days later as a Triton because the pure rage he felt during his death intrigued the mistress, though she's no merciful lady and she may eventually use him as a puppet||

It's gonna be fun

I think the worst thing about it is: ||He'll never be able to go back home to his family because they'd probably never believe him, so he can't see his wife or kids anymore and is slowly learning to accept that fact, though it eats at him||

Anyways, sorry for the bog blocked out text 😭
I just know a few of my party members frequent here and I've been brimming with excitement for this character lol

I would've asked the DM if he would've allowed Sahuagin (mostly for character dynamic) in this campaign but they don't get cold resistance like Triton lol
And, also, he's generally probably not allowing those books, so it's fine anyway lol

I killed the chat, damn

[cedar bane]

the character is so good it just needs time to be basked in

[woven flint]

Lmao

[flint ledge]

Tokii, killer of chats

[fair plinth]

Any of yall got pcs you hope to play as someday but likely wont?

[stoic haven]

Mornin yall

[umbral girder]

Nope not really

If I want to play a character I usually do.

[severe rampart]

Oh yeahh

[stoic haven]

Also playing Rime of the Frost Maiden with some homebrew classes and my character is so much fun. ||He's a gambler casino man who's secret is he is a runaway author after having found out about some big guys demonic cult back in Baldur's Gate, and is now hiding in Icewind Dale||

[flint ledge]

Morning

[severe rampart]

Probably my Drow Paladin

[rough basalt]

Nice

[steady zephyr]

update log: I made my first character NPC profile for the campaign! you can check it in #dnd-arts-and-crafts ! ☺️

[steady zephyr]

okay damn

[short brook]

Is there anything in the game that resists force?

[steady zephyr]

it's starting to kick

[steady zephyr]

very rare

the helmed horror is I think?

[short brook]

Ya, I haven't seen any... or at least remember any

Old bear barbarian is the only one I remember

[steady zephyr]

oooh

there IS immunity, but resistance..? not sure

[cursive hill]

Hey all x

How are you doing today

[severe rampart]

Pretty well, session cancelled last minute so a little sad but it's fine

[cursive hill]

That's not good :3

I'm Sure there will be more

[umbral girder]

Amethyst dragons

Star Spawn Emissary

Netheril’s Fall has one I know

Old Helmed Horrors were immune to force

And the Gem Greatwyrm is immune

There is a handful more but don’t feel like saying

[short brook]

Ic

[flint ledge]

Speaking of dragons, am I the only one who thinks a lot of dragon stat blocks are just kinda boring?

Most dragons just end up seeming like recolors but with differently large hp bars

[undone rain]

I would not be a very good paladin because my feet are murdering me

[hollow hawk]

dragons kinda lost their magic for me too

[flint ledge]

Why a bad paladin specifically? I feel like you need to walk as any adventurer

[undone rain]

Mostly because im a paladin main is all lol

[flint ledge]

They're honestly the reason that any time I homebrew a monster I want at least one unique feature on it

[undone rain]

And also wearing 20kg of armor is gonna be worse

[hollow hawk]

makes sense

[cursive hill]

I'm starting to lose the magic with most games

[flint ledge]

You mean like dnd or games in general?

[still plover]

Playing or running?

[cursive hill]

Both :3

[flint ledge]

@cursive hill also was that friend req on accident?

[cursive hill]

Yes

[still plover]

Take a break. Get a hobby, exercise, tidy your space, enjoy some art.

[cursive hill]

Thank you

[viral kraken]

like a benjamin button campaign where you start out a high level caster and level backwards? that kind of losing the magic?

[cursive hill]

Yeah

Pre much

[past iron]

For some reason I can't seem to make a character correctly with the mobile app. That's weird.

[cursive hill]

Oh nice

[hollow hawk]

also got one on accident

yeah, losing the magic with this game tends to happen from time to time.. each time and each person has its own set of solutions for the problem, in my experience

[cursive hill]

Oh no way

Also Stupid screens has issues

[past iron]

?

[cursive hill]

I dropped my phone

[past iron]

Ohh that's why I got a random friend request.

[cursive hill]

yeah

Soz

[past iron]

I deny all friend requests unless I've had extensive conversations with the individual beforehand.

Also, since brass looks so similar to gold, I was thinking about making a brass dragonborn character that people keep confusing for a gold one.

[cursive hill]

I'm extremely sorry for this mishap

[hollow hawk]

same here, always a good strategy

[cursive hill]

How do I report spam requests from a server I don't want contact from

anymore

[woven flint]

Salutations, friends

[viral kraken]

well firstly you can right click on the server and disable direct messages from people in the server in the privacy settings

that should help but actually reporting them is done by right clicking the message

[cursive hill]

Thank you it's suppose to be a friendly server

Where everyone is respectful

[tulip wraith]

In my experience, those are the worst servers

[cursive hill]

How many you dealt with

[tulip wraith]

A handful

They're gonna do their bs no matter how it goes. Block and move on

[cursive hill]

I've dealt with 15

And I'm doing that rn

[cunning trail]

has anyone done a pvpve game and how did it go?
like hells kitchen, youre not fighting each other, youre fighting objectives but the higher score "wins"

[cursive hill]

I've been wanting to try new games

Any recommendations

[cunning trail]

depends on ur taste but if u mean a new game as in flavour/twist on dnd i think a fgo game would be cool

[hollow hawk]

respectful servers are equivalent to workplaces that are like a family...

[viral kraken]

project zomboid? b41, the stable build

[hollow hawk]

did any of you try Solasta 2? supposed to be the first game on the 2024 rule set

[minor cargo]

What sorts of things are you looking to try out in terms of games? Or are you maybe just looking for a "blast" of people's favourites and you'll sort through them?

Either case, we can talk about it in #non-dnd-topics ✌️

[cursive hill]

Ooo what's it based on

I've asked in the non DND topics

[vagrant notch]

How fast can you kill a wyvern with a level 8 team, i think its gon be a great creature for mini boss

[tulip wraith]

Optimised? Probably one round if you can do enough damage

[vagrant notch]

Nah idt my friends even understand tht

[tulip wraith]

(Talking out my arse here) With perfect dice rolls: Hold Monster, Barb 2x Crits, Pally Smite Crits, Rogue Sneak Attack Crits

[valid geyser]

In general, very fast. A single creature 2 CR under the party is mathwise a very easy fight

[woven flint]

Well, Hold monster is a 5th level spell, they wouldn't have it at level 8.

[vagrant notch]

Yeah ive seen his stats, it only has 13 AC i think i need to find another creature yall got any recommendations

[woven flint]

They would at level 9, though

[tulip wraith]

Fair, but that doesnt change perfect Dice rolls. Replace HM with Stunning Strike from a Monk, and Crits on these as well

[valid geyser]

Two wyverns would work

[woven flint]

Which is still white room.

[limber trail]

One round flat, it’s a trivial difficulty fight for a level 8 party

[dense flax]

I wonder what supclasses will be in Ravenloft: The Horrors Within

[umbral girder]

I say use Two Wyverns for an alright fight to drain resources.

Three if you want it to be a boss fight level fight

[valid geyser]

Actually three probably. Assuming party of 4

[tulip wraith]

@woven flint

[woven flint]

I'm aware

[umbral girder]

Because with 3 Wyverns that’s nearly 400hp of damage they need to do

And the Wyverns do an average of 37 damage each if they hit their attacks

[tulip wraith]

Try a little resource draining smaller fight beforehand if you want it difficult

[woven flint]

White room hypothetical perfect rolls shouldn't be really taken into consideration regardless, imo

[umbral girder]

Like I did a fight with my level 16 party.

A death knight aspirant would lose hard.

My players burned a ton of stuff against 3 of them.

[vagrant notch]

We are a party of 11 ppl

[woven flint]

3. Death Knights.

[umbral girder]

Death Knight Aspirants yes

[woven flint]

Weren't they death knight aspirants?

[umbral girder]

Cr11 each.

[valid geyser]

Oh, well I don’t think you should have one creature of anything for a party that big

[woven flint]

We did way better than I expected tbh especially after getting Hellfire Orbed 4 or 5 times 😭

[umbral girder]

If I did three actual Death Knights that was going to be a TPK.

[woven flint]

ESPECIALLY considering our rogue wasn't there and it was just the three of us

[umbral girder]

With that Cr10ish werewolf

[woven flint]

That is true... But I carried /silly

[umbral girder]

Now get ready for 3 Matron Mothers /hj

[woven flint]

500 Matron Mothers.

[umbral girder]

It would be so much worse

Mainly because action economy is 4x crazier than those Death Knight Aspirants

[woven flint]

I can't wait to see who dies first in Rime of the Frost Maiden
We've got
A Paladin
A Barbarian
An Artificer
A Bard
And
A Cleric

[umbral girder]

The Lich targeting the Paladin

[severe rampart]

I'm guessing... Artificer maybe

[limber trail]

The cleric must die. It is law.

[woven flint]

You see, we did stats a LITTLE strangely
Everyone rolled stats in order
BUT
We put the stats on a table and everyone was able to select from overall rolled
We got shit out of dexterity because there was like a 15 and the second highest was an 11 or 12 lol

[short brook]

Tbh it might just be the barb

[severe rampart]

How'd that work?

[woven flint]

It was more cordial than you'd think
We looked at our classes and then were like
"Okay, I want you to have what YOU need and then I'll pick what I need" essentially, we all looked out for eachother lol

[limber trail]

I feel like every time Ti starts a game he searches for increasingly abstract ways to roll stats

[woven flint]

Nobodies got the BEST stats
but nobodies got the WORST either

[woven flint]

Its a pretty cool concept, admittedly, gotta give him props tbh

[limber trail]

I definitely feel like this needs a group who can work together. I imagine a group of folks recruited fresh outta here could struggle with that system

[woven flint]

It was effectively a team building exercise

Almost EVERYONE refused to take the good dexterity because none of us wanted to be selfish, but we begged our Cleric to do so afterwards because we wanted what was best for them lol

[severe rampart]

That... is actually a pretty nice session 0 bonding moment

[woven flint]

We were almost out of luck with Charisma and Wisdom, but Ti threw us a bone and made the two highest of each (which weren't very high) 14's

[severe rampart]

14 Charisma Bard?

[woven flint]

Wait, bard?

[severe rampart]

14 Charisma Paladin could work, but wow, hopefully the dice are on the Bard's side

[severe rampart]

^ you mentioned a bard here

[woven flint]

OH, lemme redo that
Paladin, Druid, Cleric, Artificer, Barbarian
We don't have a bard lol

[limber trail]

What’s the best stat across the board?

[severe rampart]

Ahh got it, still, poor Paladin

[woven flint]

I'm the Paladin.

I'm fine with 14 Charisma, honestly

[woven flint]

Strength got consistently high rolls

[limber trail]

Ah

[severe rampart]

What Paladin are you playing?

I'm assuming not a Dexadin based off of the earlier comment

[woven flint]

Here were the overall statrolls:
STR: 16, 16, 15, 13, 11, 10
DEX: 15, 12, 11, 10, 10, 8
CON: 17, 16, 15, 14, 12, 12
INT: 16, 15, 14, 14, 12, 12
WIS: 14, 14, 12, 11, 10, 8
CHA: 14, 14, 12, 10, 9, 8

(The two 14's for Wisdom and Charisma were given to us by the dm out of pity)

[severe rampart]

nothing below an 8? pretty nice

[limber trail]

Real good Cons

[woven flint]

Yeah, I took the 14 because I wanted our Cleric and Wizard to have decent cons lol
Our Barbarian took the 17 (Which is fine with me because their AC scales off of that)

[limber trail]

Wise

[woven flint]

I'm deciding wether I want to play it safe and go Sword and Board or be a little risky and do Two Weapon Fighting on my Pally

[short brook]

Sword and Board is always cracked, but TWF is fun

[woven flint]

Both have Pros and Cons imo

TWF having a decently high damage output especially at early levels (With fighting style included)

Sword and Board always having good survivability

If anything, I can always change my fighting style when I level up
But of course, we're starting at level 1 (because Rime of the Frostmaiden)

[woven flint]

We're incredibly lucky on that front

I'd ask our Wizard if I could have the 16 con because I'm a frontliner, but honestly, it is what it is lol

[sour fractal]

Hello friends

[short brook]

I remember level 1 in that module

We fought a pack of wolves 🥲

[normal canyon]

Wut happened

[short brook]

They have pack tactics

It didn't end very well, almost an instant tpk

[drowsy yew]

I have a weird question. So im hankering for a specific kind of book, yet I do not know if it exists. Im wanting to read a story that is essentially, when boiled down, where arcane magic and divine magic are at odds. Any ideas?

[short brook]

I remember raging as a barb only to get an instant crit upon me

[woven flint]

I think I'm gonna have to go sword and board with him for a bit

[severe rampart]

Oh how I love level 1

always the risk of a TPK

[sour cave]

Rolled stats my greatest foe

I’ve have never rolled anything close to what point buy gives I don’t how some people have 17s in stats starting out

[thorn quarry]

Lost my first dnd character yesterday unfortunately

[proven mountain]

My group almost TPKd to a leech. It's still one of the best sessions we ever played. Low level play can be so much fun.

[severe rampart]

I've never experienced a TPK as a player, none of my characters have actually ever died

I did TPK my party once as the DM

[short brook]

Im indifferent at level 1

Like it's fun but it also feels super barbecues

[proven mountain]

I haven't either and thankful for it but having that risk definitely ups the stakes

[short brook]

barbecues lol

Barebones

[proven mountain]

Glad to hear you've had no deaths Echo

[severe rampart]

Mm level 1, when a goblin ambush can tpk you

[proven mountain]

It has a very traditional fantasy adventure feel when the giant rats in the basement can kill you in three hits.

[severe rampart]

feels fun honestly

when you genuinely believe you can die

[short brook]

Idk how you guys never feel that risk, I stg playing martials always leaves me at deaths door in later level combats

[steady zephyr]

oh my god

all it took was one fb post

[severe rampart]

I love my bards

[indigo sleet]

at lvl 1, there's a reasonable argument ranger is the best class

[steady zephyr]

and the interested potential voices for my characters came flying

[severe rampart]

Fighter.

Medium Armor Proficiency, Masteries, Shield Proficiency

[steady zephyr]

I'm gonna cry from joy and overwhelmingness

[indigo sleet]

entangle is the best control/shutdown spell at that level

[reef tundra]

My saying goes - if a martials is consistently doing bad in a game, either the DM or the player is missing something

[short brook]

I don't think that was necessarily the case

[severe rampart]

my martials (battlemaster and way of the sun soul monk) are honestly doing really well for being new players

[short brook]

Just that combats were more difficult

[severe rampart]

my entire party (Cleric, Druid, Warlock, Fighter, and Monk) all have an AC of a 16 or higher

[reef tundra]

There’s also the option of martials not being your style, not the tools you’re used to, or the tools you can use most effectively

[short brook]

Lol none of those were the case either

[severe rampart]

Martials are nice to play from time to time

I do love me Valor Bards

[reef tundra]

So what was? Because I’ve never seen a martial go badly without the previous factors

[short brook]

I just said combats were harder with our DM, fights were tough and dice weren't lucky either sometimes. People always said that combat is so easy later but I never felt that was the case on my end. Purely anecdotal evidence, not saying it's factual

[thorn quarry]

Which subclass would work the best for a character who doesn’t their soul?

[severe rampart]

for which class

[thorn quarry]

Not sure yet just looking for options

[normal canyon]

Raw?

[severe rampart]

Soulless? probably a Warlock subclass?

[thorn quarry]

Alr. He’s also kinda dead already too

[severe rampart]

I'm sure you can flavor most if not all subclasses to fit what you're looking for

[reef tundra]

Actually that’s true. Everyone’s table is different, and what happens at mine won’t reflect every table. My apologies for being very insistent on my way

[reef tundra]

Shadow sorcerer

I believe so

[severe rampart]

I like making combat difficult but fair

[thorn quarry]

Thanks

[reef tundra]

Canonically with some shadow sorcerers, their heart beats only once per month and it always takes them by surprise. And I love that so much

[short brook]

I personally love hard combats, even if my martials were almost dying, most of my PCs relish that feeling so it was cool

[severe rampart]

ended last session with the fighter, druid, and monk downed

[reef tundra]

I run soulslike campaigns, so hard combat tends to be my jam 😎

[severe rampart]

and I think the Warlock had 7 hp left? (The Cleric was full hp)

[thorn quarry]

That’d be perfect for my character since he’s technically dead but doesn’t have a soul no more

[short brook]

The feeling of punching up their weight class, never really gets beat for me

[reef tundra]

Although I don’t often go deadly

[reef tundra]

What species?

[short brook]

Soulslikes? 👁 so you're running peak is what im hearing

[reef tundra]

Very true, beating the odds, no matter how stacked against the party, is always satisfying

[thorn quarry]

Water genasi

[reef tundra]

Not to toot my own horn but correct 😎

[severe rampart]

I usually buff enemies in modules to have a grander time

[reef tundra]

I love them

[severe rampart]

Most recent one is giving this boss Battlemaster Maneuvers and Superiority Dice to go along with it

[thorn quarry]

They’re fun

[short brook]

I love seeing bosses with class features, its awesome

[severe rampart]

Lmao, when my Battlemaster hears "I'm going to Riposte that"

[reef tundra]

I think the last boss I used in a campaign that was truly a soulslike boss was Champion Queelign, the undying champion of the Gith

[severe rampart]

He always starts with a strong opening "Halberd, Cleave, Goading Attack, Savage Attacker"

[reef tundra]

Using goading attack against players must have been awesome

[severe rampart]

oh nah, I haven't used it yet... I'm going to use it next session

[short brook]

riposte is my favorite maneuvers ngl, so hearing it used against me would be such a betrayal 😭

[severe rampart]

I also buffed some of the maneuvers

[reef tundra]

”You dare use my own spells against me, Potter?”

[severe rampart]

The Boss has two phases (don't read if you're part of my CoS campaign)
||Tactical Phase (Not bloodied) - Disarming Attack, Evasive Footwork, Riposte||
||Reckless Phase (Bloodied) - Bait and Switch (flavored as using minions as meat shields), Lunging Attack, Sweeping Attack||

[severe rampart]

Oh yeah, my player always uses Riposte when I miss an attack roll

Riposte this fireball

[short brook]

My go to maneuvers being parry and riposte, and goading for sure.

[lavish flame]

Ravenloft Pre-Order is up, we can see what the book has:

• 16 Domains of Dread
• 17 Darklords
• 7 Subclasses
• 4 Species
• 4 Backgrounds
• 11 Feats
• 68 Monsters
• 47 Maps
  Sweet!

[severe rampart]

My battlemaster's Goading, Riposte, and Bait and Switch

[short brook]

New book?

[lavish flame]

yup!

[severe rampart]

I've been hearing of people talking about this, where can we check it out?

[short brook]

Sweet! I gotta get this one

[lavish flame]

I went to the DDB website and it was on the front page and Marketplace

[short brook]

It has a two brand new subclasses, and 6 updated ones

[lavish flame]

I'm excited for whatever is in the DM's screen

I'm only seeing 7 subclasses listed on the ultimate bundle

[severe rampart]

Oh my god 😭 , seeing the prices in my country's currency gives me a mini-heart attack every time

[severe rampart]

Wait, did they update Hexblade?

[short brook]

Yes

[umbral girder]

Hmm 16 domains of dread.

[lavish flame]

16 Domains of Dread but 17 Darklords

I wonder which floater they have

Azalin Rex, Lord Soth, or Vecna could be neat

[short brook]

Reanimator Artificer and Hollow Warden Ranger

that sounds so sick actually

[lavish flame]

7 subclasses, but the Horror Subclasses UA had 8 subclasses in it

Did they scrap Hollow Warden Ranger?

[cursive fox]

Hexblade didn't make the cut

[short brook]

Maybe you're right

aw what

[reef tundra]

Apparently it’s in there

[lavish flame]

maybe Hexblade didnt make the cut, yeah

[cursive fox]

If you click on Jump to Product Details it lists all the subclasses

[reef tundra]

Oh yes it’s hexblade

Hexblade is gone :(

[umbral girder]

Wait Lord Soth is in the book?

[short brook]

Unfortunately, that's my favorite warlock

[lavish flame]

yup, Lord Soth and Strahd are both mentioned

[reef tundra]

WOO Soth time

[lavish flame]

also: new Domain of Dread! "Innsmouth" is home to the Great Cthulhu

[jagged sentinel]

Anybody love carriages? Like medieval ones? Love them as transportation.

[umbral girder]

So Lord Soth is likely the Darklord without a Domain

[woven flint]

Hmmm, 7 Subclasses?
That must mean one didn't make it

[umbral girder]

Hexblade

[woven flint]

OH

It was just said I didn't see lol

[severe rampart]

... This is... a great pain

[woven flint]

honestly?
Valid, it didn't fit the Horror theme naturally

[lavish flame]

Oh, hey. Heres the subclasses:

• Reanimator Artificer
• Spirits Bard
• Grave Cleric
• Hollow Warden Ranger
• Phantom Rogue
• Shadow Sorcerer
• Undead Warlock

[severe rampart]

Yeah, still, Hexblade is such a good class 😔

[umbral girder]

Only 2 new subclasses.

[woven flint]

It'll probably be a different book

[severe rampart]

Here's to hoping

[lavish flame]

8 Bastion Facilities!!!! I love that they always add more

[woven flint]

I can people wanting it cut because It didn't fit the theme and also, Warlock getting 2 subclasses in one book while nobody else did lol

[umbral girder]

You mean the shadowfell warlock subclass in the book thats in the shadowfell?

[woven flint]

I mean SURE, whatever, but I'm glad Hexblade was cut in favor of Undead.

[umbral girder]

Fair enough

[woven flint]

Otherwise, Hexblade probably would've taken all the lime-light or absolutely blown chunks in this book

The Darklords are exciting
So are the species, but I think I can guess what two of them are
(Reborn and Hexblood lol)

[jagged sentinel]

Would magically turning a team member into a horse (temporarily) be a clever way to get somewhere faster? Asking for a friend 😇

[lavish flame]

Hexblade could be in a future PHB2 book and I'd be fine with that

[lavish flame]

yeah, horses are fast af

[umbral girder]

There are usually better ways for speed if you have that ability

[severe rampart]

I mean... probably shouldn't waste a polymorph for that... but yes

[uncut zenith]

Or Azalin Rex, if they’re building off of VRGTR

[jagged sentinel]

Sorcerer: (turns to barbarian) "You're a fast runner, right?" Barbarian: "Yeah, why... Oh no not agai—"

[cursive fox]

those and Lupin and Dhampir.

[severe rampart]

Raging Horse

[umbral girder]

Possibly. I noted 17 dark lords and 16 domains.

Lord Soth is a notable “I’m not part of the Dread Domains anymore” character

[jagged sentinel]

The horse is jacked 🤣

[umbral girder]

And the book does depicte Lord Soth in the market place preview

[woven flint]

Nope, probably not Dhampir again, that was already released seperately

I'd be frankly pissed if they did Dhampir 2...

[cursive fox]

It's literally listed in the product details

[woven flint]

Please don't tell me-

WHAT!?\

WHY?

[umbral girder]

Wasn’t in a physical book

[severe rampart]

That's a shame, I was hoping for Reborn

[woven flint]

Ah, fair

[umbral girder]

That’s probably why

[uncut zenith]

True, I’m just basing my assumption off the fact that Soth technically already broke out of Ravenloft in VRGTR. In VRGTR Soth’s domain was already scrapped, but Alazin Rex’s domain was falling apart

[cursive fox]

This will be the official physical book to get it, previously it was digital only

[umbral girder]

We got Reborn, Dhampir, Hexblood, and Lupine

[woven flint]

Reborn and Hexblood ARE in the book

[severe rampart]

Oh they are?

[woven flint]

Reborn, Hexblood, Dhampir and Lupine

[umbral girder]

I did in fact say that

[jagged sentinel]

NPC: "Why is your horse neighing vulgarly at the other horses?"

[umbral girder]

Then wouldn’t that support what I’ve said?

[jagged sentinel]

Sorcerer: "He hasn't been right since he ran into a tree. 😏" Barbarian: 🐴🤬

[umbral girder]

Since he has a Domain so he wouldn’t count on the 1 domain less Darklord.

[uncut zenith]

I also wouldn’t be surprised if the 17th Dark Lord is Strahd and the book says “For more information on Barovia, see Curse of Strahd”

[novel prism]

that new kaiju druid. unearth arcana seems pretty cool

[umbral girder]

That would be very amusing and seems likely

[umbral girder]

#1026901431132885064 has a channel for this!

[novel prism]

oh whoops

[woven flint]

Do we have any idea about any of the Dark Lords right now?

[reef tundra]

Now what is a Lupine?!

[umbral girder]

Werewolf

[reef tundra]

-# Please say wolf species

[severe rampart]

I'm assuming it's a wolfman

[reef tundra]

YESSS

[woven flint]

what the name would imply
Werewolves

[reef tundra]

FINALLY

[severe rampart]

Technically the first dog species

[woven flint]

Meh, I'll stick to playing Shifter lol

[reef tundra]

Amen

[woven flint]

Unless it really impresses me

[umbral girder]

My guess Strahd, Cthulhu, Dr Mordenheim as the big 3.

[severe rampart]

I'm sorry what?

[woven flint]

SHIFTER* Lmao

[severe rampart]

there's a species named that?

[umbral girder]

Maaaaybe Kas? Or the Darklords from Van Ritchen’s guide

[severe rampart]

Ahh, gotcha

[umbral girder]

Shifter is “we got a spirit animal we can partially turn into”

[jagged sentinel]

Nah too late

It's shiter now

[severe rampart]

Any idea how powerful the dark lords are?

[umbral girder]

Vary usually

[woven flint]

2024 Draga Salt-Biter (It'll never happen)

[severe rampart]

What's the range, if there is one?

[woven flint]

He hasn't been in D&D since second edition

One can wish

[umbral girder]

Well we had 1 at Cr1 and another at CR26

[prime pewter]

Fun things to make with the forge clerics channel divinity? :D

[umbral girder]

And we don’t know Cthulhu’s CR (I think)

[short brook]

Which one is CR26??

[jagged sentinel]

Wish for the Nile...

[woven flint]

Vecna

[umbral girder]

Vecna is one of the former Darklords

[short brook]

Ah, that was a stupid question lol

[severe rampart]

Fun! perhaps at the end of my CoS campaign I could maybe implement some of that, to permanently end the cycle maybe (Though I don't really think it'd be a good idea)

[short brook]

I completely forgot 😭

[woven flint]

It amuses me that, I believe Szass Tam is .. CR 30, right?

[jagged sentinel]

I think I saw his hand in the mouth of a vampire a while ago...