dnd-discussion

[rough basalt]

If you wanna get even funnier. Play mainly a sword bard and armor dip for +3 plate

Then roll defensive flourish for your Bard die roll added to AC

I remember having 30AC as a bard in +1 halfplate.

Cause I rolled max on flourish

[glass granite]

Even with no magic items, a warforged in heavy armor and a shield with defence fighting style gets to 22, not to mention shield, shield of faith or Shield or subclass features

[paper portal]

theres also beast barb's tail swipe that does a similar thing

[junior jasper]

Hello.

[paper portal]

it also doesnt have a duration listed for the ac boost

[soft forum]

Hey Im new here

[paper portal]

welcome new member

[fossil hollow]

Hi Im new here, I'm Ti Moth

[rough basalt]

I believe it's probably till you're done raging.

[junior jasper]

Hello.

[glass granite]

Hey new here, I’m Nugget

[rough basalt]

Since you get your Beast features during Rages right?

[hollow stone]

Defensive Duelist for +PB to AC, too

[glass granite]

You’re not supposed to keep the “I’m”

[fossil hollow]

I KNOW THAT NOW

[glass granite]

:D

[fossil hollow]

Sobbing

[soft forum]

How do we play it not like how to play DND like is it through an app or what

[rough basalt]

Depends on whose running

[soft forum]

Ah ok

[rough basalt]

There's text games.
Voice TotM
Voice + VTT

[soft forum]

Bcc I have DND beyond

[fossil hollow]

check out #dnd-newcomers

You dont play DnD on this server specifically

[soft forum]

Ok

[hollow stone]

i mean, the question is strange because DND and every other TTRPG that exists isn't so much a game with physical pieces as it is a composition of information that doesn't even have to physically exist

it is very cool but that also makes it hard to describe to people who don't already do it

[soft forum]

True I have my very own starter pack and I got a dungeon masters guild book off Amazon

[hasty narwhal]

Ive was hacked everyone so don't click on any links I may have sent

[still plover]

All you need is a group to play with and some way to communicate. In person, text, voice chat, a virtual tabletop.

[elder tree]

the barbarian is going literally blow for blow with an ice troll

[manic lintel]

Pluh

[elder tree]

(hes level 8)

[fossil hollow]

normal trolls are cr 5, that tracks

[elder tree]

cr8 ice troll

[fossil hollow]

still tracks a bit

[elder tree]

true

[umbral girder]

Yeah the BPS resistance is huge

[elder tree]

update: the paladin got dominated and smited the rogue

the paladin with 24 ac currently

and shield

[severe rampart]

Rogue as in a player or an NPC?

Because players shouldn't fight each other

[elder tree]

they did not pass the saving throw for dominate mind

[severe rampart]

Oh my bad, I thought of a different thing

[elder tree]

"Don't worry you'll dodge all of this" - the paladin about to roll a 30 on the rogue

[vital lark]

guys, im in a session right now, and I used Locate Object with "dead body" - and the DM said that I didn't specify dead humanoid body, so the spell located what was presumably a bird. I personally am of the opinion that magic is intent based, and obviously casting Locate Object on "dead body" while investigating someone would be interpreted as my character looking for dead sapients, because literally what else kind of dead bodies would my character be looking for; would that be classified as railroading? obviously I would've specified fricking humanoid body if he was gonna instantly assume that wasnt my freaking target, sorry for rantish

[still plover]

Not railroading, but maybe a DM being a bit of a dork. Was your intent clear before casting the spell?

[vital lark]

the situation was the party was talking face to face with a guy we knew was actually evil-evil, and I had a chance to cast it without being, like, "why are you casting"

I mean, I would've assumed so, were in a room with an evil guy and binding contract, but I didn't expressly state humanoid, I just said dead body

[still plover]

Can you ask for a minor retcon, there? If the scene's moved on you might have to take the L and be clearer with the DM about what your character is trying to accomplish before the cast next time.

[vital lark]

yeah, we were all forced to sign the contract anyway so we're past it lol, thank u tho!

[elder tree]

update: paladin did 150 in a turn

update2: the Barbarian double crit for 72

[compact crypt]

Hello

[broken imp]

dm being mean

but he can absolutely ask u if ur gonna push the door or pull the door

[severe rampart]

"you push the door with all your might, a stranger passes by and pulls the door open, take 1 psychic damage"

[broken imp]

lol yes exactly

[left oar]

I need some input..... one of my campaign members hasn't shown up, and they didn't last time they canceled last minute...... I have known them for years and the campaign is amongst friends but also like people have time constraints and it is like 2 hrs at the most lax that they have been late and at first, we are all chill, we decided to wait but at this point for just this session idk what to do.....

[cinder plover]

Is the new edition called dnd 5.5e ? Or 5eR

[left oar]

like I could let someone else pilot his PC or have them mindlessly just follow the group?

like I am probably going to need to pull him from the campaign and that is something I will likely do whenever I hear from him next..... but for this session I am kind of at a loss

[cinder plover]

First of all, talk to him abt it

[left oar]

yeah I plan on it.... the problem is tonight :/

[severe rampart]

2024,or 5.5e, yes

[cinder plover]

If he’s unable to, let his PC be present, but you control him. Usually not talking much

[still plover]

Tried calling them?

But yeah, put them in the background, don't involve them, they're just kinda "there" but do nothing, suffer nothing.

[left oar]

yeah I did X/ and I think that is the play at this point...

[cinder plover]

I mean, he can still be on combats, but you dont have to worry abt him that much he can just do simple actions, that way you dont have to worry abt rebalancing the combats

[still plover]

Oh, just take a goblin out, it's easy.

[cinder plover]

But speak to him later abt this. You’re putting an effort and everyone’s coming to have fun yk?

Tell him to at least try warning some time earlier

[rugged hawk]

Control him right into a romcom with a questionable townie NPC

[severe rampart]

Echo is joking

[cinder plover]

Which Echo is joking

[rugged hawk]

Am I? Am I really?

[cinder plover]

One lies the other always tells the truth

[severe rampart]

That one

[cinder plover]

The answer is an axe to the face

Now which one….

[severe rampart]

Out of game problems don't call for in game solutions

[fossil hollow]

There must be an echo around here

[cinder plover]

At least two.

[rugged hawk]

If there is, I've never seen it

[severe rampart]

I have heard of it

[cinder plover]

I wonder if this makes you two

[rugged hawk]

Well yeah, that's how SOUND works

[cinder plover]

Echo Echo

[severe rampart]

Alright alright I hear ya

[cinder plover]

And that’s…..

[tired yarrow]

i wish i got into this sooner in life

[cinder plover]

Supreme 🗣️

[rugged hawk]

No, you saw me, because that's how TEXT works

[severe rampart]

It's just an Echo

[rugged hawk]

Now let's go get this missing player's char drunk so when he comes back to the table, he founds out his char got a drunken shotgun wedding to a kobold

[cinder plover]

Better late than never

[tired yarrow]

also guys should i name my female psuedodragon sunny or sting

[cinder plover]

Bro dyk that movie scene with the guy awakening into conscience and he’s driving a truck running from the cops and there’s a tied guy who falls on the street?

Imagine he’s coming back but you tell him “Your PC got into a specific scene we’ll have to finish that before you continue” 😂

[primal estuary]

Hello D&Discord, just here to give you all a goodnight. keeper loves you! keep your valuables safe

[unkempt grove]

So hey, general question, will the new "Ravenloft: The Horrors Within" expansion be official to WOTC and AL or is it more of third-party material?

[stiff rock]

It's an official publication

[empty thicket]

yeah, why not
I would like to call mine around some flower, maybe find some photo of some PD with black//red color pattern

[rugged hawk]

I hold the (unpopular) opinion that anything WotC is making money off of in the DNDB Marketplace is fair game.

[crimson gulch]

The new book is officially first party

[crimson gulch]

Thats a perfectly fine way to run your tables

[lavish flame]

official, will likely get its own AL rules as its setting-specific content

[rugged hawk]

Given that I am the entire table, yes.

[crimson gulch]

I stick to printed offical material only for my games, If it's not worth printing it's not worth buying

[stiff rock]

I pretty much exclusively buy dnd stuff physically

I'd rather pay £40 to have a physical book than pay £30 for a PDF

[lavish flame]

I only use official stuff too. If a player of mine is particularly inspired by one of the things in some DDB-only product, I'll hear them out on it. I'm almost always saying no to third-party stuff and homebrew

[severe rampart]

I'd buy physical books if they shipped here

[stiff rock]

Same here. It's easier, and I feel like whatever character concept you could possibly have is already covered by the official rulebooks

[lavish flame]

I still use homebrew, but being pitched "please allow this untested homebrew" is almost never getting the greenlight

[severe rampart]

You only exclusively play Solo D&D?

[stiff rock]

I really don't like when my players try to shove homebrew in my face that could quite easily be accomplished by just flavoring a subclass

I'm quite against homebrew for players unless i know exactly what it is i'm allowing

[rough basalt]

The only homebrew I allow is my own

Cause if it messes up its on me.

[rugged hawk]

Pretty much

[lavish flame]

Yeah, and I'm much more comfortable saying "This thing I made isn't working how I'd like, I'm gonna change it." to some stuff I made up rather than some stuff a player pitched to me.

[rough basalt]

Yeah.

[stiff rock]

I've had a few players in the past who were allergic to official material and i find it very difficult to accommodate for them

[silent pike]

26 for passive perception and investigation. Now nothing can hide from me

[frank swift]

Hi am new here were should I start with dnd

[stiff rock]

#dnd-newcomers

[rugged hawk]

Except for anything the DM doesn't want you to spot

[silent pike]

Yub

[rough basalt]

I don't really accommodate at my table regarding character options.

[severe rampart]

Echo is... scary? amazing? not sure

[severe rampart]

Is this what my player is aiming for? (as of right now they have 19 passive perception and investigation)

[stiff rock]

My general rule is that if it's 2024, you can use it. If it's 2014, i'd like to look through it before I confirm, and i'm very hesitant to allow homebrew that isn't my own or i've thoroughly looked through

[silent pike]

Ask if they would like to reflavor the official stuff, if they still refuse then kick their ahh

[rugged hawk]

D&D DM Yourselves
D&D The Solo Adventurer's Toolbox
D&D The Solo Adventurer's Toolbox Expanded

Among other things, I use those as tools and advice for solo DnD. Sometimes I use NWN as well and build battle maps, monsters, and my PC(s) in it. Aurora Toolset is very versatile.

[rough basalt]

My rules are if it's reprinted you use the reprint.

[severe rampart]

My rules are RAW until it's stupid

[silent pike]

Did you took observant and expertise in both?

[stiff rock]

I had a rogue who wanted to completely redo his cunning strike ability because he just didn't like it and he was a triton so it didn't make sense for him to deal poison damage

[rugged hawk]

I'm also intimately acquainted with NearInfinity for Baldur's Gate 1+2, so I can build adventures and encounters there if I want.

[severe rampart]

No they just have high wisdom, no observant feat

[rough basalt]

Coming this fall I'm gonna be able to scratch the 2014 corebooks off my content list.

[severe rampart]

I now know two people who still play BG1 and BG2

[lavish flame]

Same. If it hasn't been reprinted, use the old version. If the old version has some incompatabilities, then we'll homebrew together a solution. I have an Astral(5e) Monk (5.5) and we just went through the redundant features and replaced them with similarly powerful features that fit the theme of the subclass.

[empty thicket]

same, at the end of teh day rules are for make everything work and have fun

[rough basalt]

Yeah if I had a player that wanted to play Shepard Druid, I'd say "how about no"

[silent pike]

I see, the highest one have for perception w/o the feat is 19, yes

[rough basalt]

Nah but I'd be willing to fix their features.

[silent pike]

No it's 21, sorry

[stiff rock]

Tbf the only 2014 stuff I allow in my games is the expanded rules. I see no reason to use the 2014 core rules, since they're completely reprinted

[rough basalt]

There's some outlying subs that haven't been reprinted so they're still on my list

[severe rampart]

Prof Bonus goes up ye

[rough basalt]

Also the "rogue subclasses" in random books

[silent pike]

Double that bonus by espertise

[rough basalt]

Like Ascendant Dragon Monk and Drakewarden Ranger in Fizban

[stiff rock]

Or the random 2 subclasses in the 2014 dmg

[rough basalt]

Giant Barb in AIby

[rigid nova]

Hello

[rough basalt]

And Lunar Sorcerer in the Dragonlance adventure

[lavish flame]

I desperately need the Fizban's and Bigby's subclasses to get a reprint

Lunar Sorcerer is a good call toooo

[rugged hawk]

Reprints can be so disappointing. Daily reminder Shield spell got nerfed into oblivion, used to be a whole 1 Minute / caster level. Now it's a 1 round Reaction.

[rough basalt]

Lunar Sorcerer I could see when they do a Dragonlance setting guide

[cinder plover]

-# What an amazing profile!!

[silent pike]

But it still good tho

[severe rampart]

It's actually 23 I think?, 29 if you also have expertise

[rough basalt]

Since NuWotCs motto is "setting guides? They're kinda sick." Unlike the old which was "boo setting guides. Booo!"

[severe rampart]

I have a Monk with 25 Wisdom so I think that's why

[rugged hawk]

Not at the cost of a whole spell slot per Reaction to use it

[rough basalt]

Shield never did that in 5e

[stiff rock]

What edition was it nerfed from? Both 2014 and 2024 are a 1 round reaction

[silent pike]

10 + wis (max 5) + 6(max pb)

[silent pike]

Ouh i see

[rugged hawk]

3e, maybe?

[severe rampart]

Level 20 monks can have more than 20 wis

[rough basalt]

Yeah that's no surprise.

[stiff rock]

Ahh i'm not in any way familiar with 3e

[severe rampart]

Yup

[rough basalt]

Magic before 5e was an absolute nightmare.

[silent pike]

The AC is godly op

[rough basalt]

Especially in 3.x

[glass granite]

It’s still a good spell, one of the best for its level

[silent pike]

+5 lasted till the end of your next turn is hella good

[severe rampart]

Dodge Tank + Shield is good

[rough basalt]

It is the best 1st level reaction spell.

Absorb elements being a close 2nd

[severe rampart]

Up there with Absorb Elements

[severe rampart]

I echo'ed your words

[rigid nova]

Can I speak to a Mod i need help

[glass granite]

Go to #moderator-support

[severe rampart]

#moderator-support

[silent pike]

Not magic missile?

[severe rampart]

Reaction

[rough basalt]

Magic Missile is an action.

I'd say for 1st level damage spells, Magic Missile is probably the nicest

[silent pike]

Ah i thought we talk abt 1st lv spell in general

[severe rampart]

Also magic missile is... I mean it's alright, but definitely not the best level 1 spell

[glass granite]

I personally prefer guiding bolt

[rugged hawk]

Well, the other issue is Mage Armor doesn't work for my water sorc, and Blade Ward requires Concentration, which interferes with Alter Self, which lets me breathe

[rough basalt]

Ye but you can miss a guiding bolt.

MM guarantees value which feels nice at those levels.

[past blaze]

however, half a fireball is insane single target damage for 1st level

[rough basalt]

Guiding Bolt is as powerful as it is cause it's one of clerics only damage spells for awhile.

[glass granite]

Plus advantage…
Man I love guiding bolt

[severe rampart]

Command, Dissonant Whispers, and Sleep are my personal favorite level 1 spells

[stiff rock]

I don't think i've ever seen anyone hit a guiding bolt

But that's because our cleric is really, really unlucky

[severe rampart]

The bolt didn't guide them

[rough basalt]

Like it's Guiding Bolt, Inflict Wounds, Spiritual Weapon and Spirit Guardians at 3rd and below. Rest is heals, buffs, debuffs

[empty thicket]

its a lot of things in one spell, damage, advantage, a good kind of damage

[rugged hawk]

The bolt guided them to a miss

[glass granite]

What are yalls favourite spell actually?

[severe rampart]

Mirror Image

[fossil hollow]

bless

[past blaze]

chain lightning

[empty thicket]

Healing prayer and eldritch blast

[glass granite]

I personally am a sucker for Suggestion

[rough basalt]

Depends on my mood

[stiff rock]

Suggestion is an amazing spell

[empty thicket]

But high level spells, Ravenous Void. The own name its good for me

[amber swallow]

What would yall say would be the best 3 Battle Master Maneuvers for a ranged fighter

[silent pike]

Phantom steed and leomund hut

[empty thicket]

Revenge storm is another good

[severe rampart]

Parry, Riposte, and Bait and Switch if you have a buddy with you

[shell zealot]

Is there a suffocation spell similar to Darth Vader's force choke?

[glass granite]

If disarming strike works with a ranged weapon like I remember, it’s one of the top three

[stiff rock]

I like augury, scrying, speak with animals, PW:K and fireball

[rugged hawk]

Galder's Tower would be my favorite spell.... if it wasn't locked exclusively to Wizard spell lists

[severe rampart]

I don't think it is, but if that's the case then definitely take that!

[knotty vine]

Cleave

[static nova]

So I have a question if someone could help with. Im joining a group and the system we are using will be 2014. So I was thinking of playing a druid for wildshape (ive never played a druid before).. but they are giving us a free uncommon magic item. And was looking up items that would help. And 2 popped out at me, but not sure if they would work while in wildshape... the items are...

1. Insignia of claws
2. Eldritch claw tattoo

If anyone could let me know if they work while in wildshape I would appreciate it.

[stiff rock]

Mordenkainen's magnificent mansion has a funny name but i've never cast it

[glass granite]

I’d say closest is Hold person/Hold Monster

[knotty vine]

claw tat wouldnt work in wild shape

[silent pike]

Hold person ig, without the choke

[rugged hawk]

Also, Galder's Tower being exclusively Wizard is utter nonsense since all of Galder's other spells can be used by any Arcane casters.

[severe rampart]

Not really

[rough basalt]

There's no spell that chokes people.

[shell zealot]

Darn, that would be kinda cool.

[crimson gulch]

Meteor swarm, I keep a mug of 20d6 ready at all times

[severe rampart]

How do you all imagine Hold Person/Hold Monster? I personally thought the caster was forming an invisible hand to "hold" the person in place

[static nova]

So the insignia would work?

[stiff rock]

Melf doesn't get enough love either. The wizards get all the named spells

[normal canyon]

Homebrew one. Summons an ancient dragon.

[rough basalt]

I imagine it as the signals to your brain that make your body move are cut off temporarily and you can't move.

[severe rampart]

That's a good one

[stiff rock]

Being introduced to d&d by bg3, I imagine a bunch of spectral chains come and wrap you up

[shell zealot]

I mean imagine just walking up casually and KABAM, your enemy is floating in the air, choking!

[rough basalt]

BG3 has some nice spell effects.

[empty thicket]

can flavor power word kill tho

[severe rampart]

Nothing really does that

[shell zealot]

But it would be cool!!

[rugged hawk]

Choking Rope Trick

[stiff rock]

Some of the best I've seen. Honor among thieves has some very creative casting too

[severe rampart]

I mean... you could try to grapple choke someone, but choking someone in D&D is rough

[knotty vine]

insignia would work because the natural weapons is still used in 2014

[static nova]

Thank you

[rough basalt]

Power Word Kill is something I hope to use someday

[glass granite]

I always thought of it as force choke minus the choking, and a lot more paralysis

[knotty vine]

eldritch wouldnt cause most beast use natrual weapons instead of unarmed strikes

[severe rampart]

When my players are above 100 hp

[crimson gulch]

It's a good one

[rough basalt]

The animation and sound effect I have for it in Foundry is absolutely haunting

[stiff rock]

I imagine there's no specific choking spell because there are a few cases where a creature doesn't need air and choking them wouldn't make much sense

[crimson gulch]

12d12 goes brrrrrr

[knotty vine]

doesnt need to breathe

[rugged hawk]

I mean, there's a Drown spell, though

[crimson gulch]

Water elemental whelm goes brrrrrre

[stiff rock]

There is? I'm thinking of constructs or elementals where it doesn't make a lot of sense to choke a magical golem or force of nature

[rough basalt]

Nothing official.

[severe rampart]

Honestly another way I envisioned it is like JJK😅

Like summoning an ethereal being to "hold someone" in place while you slowly walk over to deliver the final blow

[knotty vine]

undead also dont need to breathe like at all

even the half undead like dhampier

[stiff rock]

That too

[static nova]

So natural weapons arent considered unarmed?

[knotty vine]

Nope two diffrent things

Weird I know

[rough basalt]

Now if you wanted to drown someone.
Shove them overboard in a sea campaign then have your caster hold person them.

[static nova]

Ok thank you again

[rough basalt]

Ah wait. Not moving actually doesn't do anything I think.

[stiff rock]

That would be a horrible way to die

[knotty vine]

I am 70% sure that sort of language was removed from the 2024 books

now animals attacks are just

that

[rough basalt]

You know what'd be fun? Being a martial with waterbreathing then grapple someone and drag them underwater.

[stiff rock]

Yeah i'm pretty sure unarmed strikes are quite explicitly labelled as their own thing in 2024

[rough basalt]

It'd do literally nothing since you can survive 3 + con rounds without breathing but it'd be funny

[normal canyon]

Or just be a warforged

[rugged hawk]

That only sounds fun until you remember it involves actually using the grapple rules

[knotty vine]

im talking about natrual weapons

[rough basalt]

Which the grapple rules are fun and fine.

[severe rampart]

So.. a Siren?

[knotty vine]

Just as the language of magical and non magical was also removed

[glass granite]

That’s a very hands on siren

[crimson gulch]

Grapple and drowning someone in a puddle is brutal for duels

[stiff rock]

Apologies, I thought the discussion was about the difference between unarmed and natural weapons

[severe rampart]

All of them are if you get close enough

[knotty vine]

it was what would work in druid wild shape in 2014 insig of claws or claw tattoo

the claw tattoo only applies to unarmed strikes and druids wild shapes attack more often then not use there natural weapons to make there attacks so insig would work

[stiff rock]

ohh right

[empty thicket]

Grapple someone, ask teh wizard to cast create water and then drown the enemy in that water bubble or poodle

[knotty vine]

theres also a funny interaction between that and a barbarbarians rage where you can add a +2 cause all animals use strength for there attacks

[rough basalt]

Ye a common multiclass was Moon Druid and Bear Totem Barb

[severe rampart]

If that's the tone of the campaign

[woven flint]

I'm beating the crap out of fire with my fist
Its lovely

[lavish flame]

I make Dragons do this if they have a swim speed

[empty thicket]

like it?

[rough basalt]

Oh yeah on players it'd be great

[knotty vine]

I dont think thats what they mean when they were talking about the flaming fist

[woven flint]

Nah, I believe we're fighting animate dragons breath

[knotty vine]

Jane

[rough basalt]

You know what'd be crazy?

Have a Dragon drag a player down into frigid water

Cause the cold clothes lose their auto pass on extreme cold if they're wet

[crimson gulch]

Grapple, mold earth, decanter of endless water for a puddle.

Dunk

[hot reef]

Would take a full action from the dragon though

Grapple doesn’t work with multiattack iirc (correct me if I’m wrong)

[rough basalt]

It does.

[lavish flame]

it wouldn't, no

[hot reef]

Thanks

[rough basalt]

Wait I thought you could replace an attack with a grapple.

Or does that only apply to PCs

[hot reef]

They specify they have to be specific attacks

[knotty vine]

It only does if the creature has grapple included with the attack like a giant octopus grapple

[lavish flame]

a Dragon would effectively forfeit their action to grab+drag. Multiattack isn't the Attack Action, which means no Unarmed Strikes from it, which means no Grapple

[rough basalt]

Huh.

[knotty vine]

Or a snake

[rough basalt]

Well you still have a PC drowning in frigid water.

[lavish flame]

Or acid or lava, depending

[knotty vine]

Not every creature can make unarmed strikes imo

[rough basalt]

True.

Water also counts as cover too

[knotty vine]

it does?

[rough basalt]

Yep

[knotty vine]

How much

[rough basalt]

I think it depends on the depth.

[knotty vine]

I dont care how deep the water is I cast fireball

[rough basalt]

Yeah waters surface provides total cover

[knotty vine]

that doesnt sound right

Or else Ive been playing wrong the entire time

[rough basalt]

Least if I'm remembering right

Gonna double check

[lavish flame]

I don't think water offers cover tbh

[knotty vine]

I think it depends of its murky or not

[rough basalt]

They mightve removed it in '24

Or DM i remember used HB

[knotty vine]

only think I remember is that you do gain fire resistance if you are fully under water

[fossil hollow]

Cover =/= Obscurement

[rough basalt]

Yeah you do get fire resistance.

[knotty vine]

thats why I always take elelmental adept and reflavor it as Hell fire

[acoustic forge]

hello friends

[rough basalt]

I think ranged attacks do have disadvantage still

Unless they're certain ranged stuff, mainly throwables, and a crossbow.

[lavish flame]

yeah, using weapons sucks in water

[knotty vine]

Unless the creature has a swim speed or the weapon does Pirecing damage you have disadvangae on using it under water

oh wait
When making a melee weapon attack, a creature that doesn’t have a swimming speed (either natural or granted by magic) has disadvantage on the attack roll unless the weapon is a dagger, javelin, shortsword, spear, or trident.

A ranged weapon attack automatically misses a target beyond the weapon’s normal range. Even against a target within normal range, the attack roll has disadvantage unless the weapon is a crossbow, a net, or a weapon that is thrown like a javelin (including a spear, trident, or dart).

Creatures and objects that are fully immersed in water have resistance to fire damage.

thats underwater combat

[rough basalt]

Now I wanna run a kraken and throw PCs

[knotty vine]

Ive fought a kraken

10/10 do not recommned

[rough basalt]

I haven't fought anything like that.

[fossil hollow]

more krakens needed

[knotty vine]

it kept throwing me under water so I couldnt use my spell 😭

[rough basalt]

Oh wait. There was a one shot.

But in an actual campaign it'd be fun to fight a titan or something.

[knotty vine]

Honestly ive been wanting to throw some stronger monsters at players but ive been thinking of weaknesses to give them as well to make the encounter easier if they figure it out

[rough basalt]

I make my players fight the enemies as they are or harder than they should be.

[lavish flame]

cook

[knotty vine]

Yeah but throwing in a monsters weakness to see if they figure it out by accident or on purpose is really fun

Cause I sometimes like doing repeat encounters

[rough basalt]

I have three titans written into my HB setting currently

One of them might potentially make an appearance at some point.

The three being a Kraken, the Tarrasque and the Colossus.

[neat depot]

Can we create poles in here? I’d like everyone’s input on a conundrum I’m having currently.

I’m looking to see what a better name is for my company I’m starting up. We will be doing paid GMing as well as doing our own supplements and content that people can buy.

I can’t really decide on what name is better.

Ghost-Light Studios

Or

Black Lantern Studios

[knotty vine]

Dude I love the Colossus

[rough basalt]

I like ghostlight

[knotty vine]

Ghost light Studios

[rough basalt]

But it is close to Ghostfire

[glass granite]

I also like Ghostlight

[knotty vine]

Thats the same reason I picked Ghostlight

[severe fox]

Ooo we picking a name Ghost like does sound really cool

[rough basalt]

I respect the FR book creators for putting an adventure hook involving the Blob of Annihilation

[neat depot]

I have a logo done up for black lantern studios. But I’ll change it over to ghost light studios.

Wanna see the logo? It has a different plaque depending on what facet of the business is being used.

[knotty vine]

I just love GH

[hot reef]

Black Lantern does sound like a black light

Would suggest Dark Lantern but iirc that’s the Brelish spy agency in Eberron

[lavish flame]

yurrrrp

King's Dark Lanterns, but that still has Dark Lanterns in it

[rough basalt]

Maybe I might have the Blob of Annihilation crash onto my settings planet for a short form t4 adventure.

[knotty vine]

Reminds me of low laturn

[rich peak]

Have any of you joined up with an online campaign that you really enjoyed?

[knotty vine]

Many

[fossil hollow]

yeap, although it was mostly DMs i was familiar with already

[rough basalt]

I enjoy my current circles for tabletop

[rich peak]

I see. How does one go about joining those? Are there online forums?

[rough basalt]

Luck

[knotty vine]

Only one I know is people using reddit

I found my best dm via over watch fun fact

[rich peak]

Oh interesting

So it is luck

[fossil hollow]

theres r/lfg, #find-a-game , start playing (this one is paid tho)

[knotty vine]

It really does feel like it

[rough basalt]

I found my best dms by crying here (Do not do this)

[knotty vine]

Ha

[rich peak]

Well paid isn’t really on the table for me so I think Reddit is a decent idea

[knotty vine]

D&D beyond forms is another thing people use

[rich peak]

Oh wow yeah I’m alright that seems like a less than foolproof strategy

[rough basalt]

r/lfg is good for finding dnd games, its all systems but 9/10 posts are dnd 5.x

[rich peak]

Oh i see

[lavish flame]

I've got a Blob of Annihilation readied up for a wizard's magical menagerie/prison. In my mind, the complex's entire ceiling is made of Magical Force, which reveals the Blob of Annihilation sitting atop the Magical Force. Should the Wizard need to quickly kill everything in the menagerie, all they need to do is remove the magical force barrier and a Blob of Annihilation floods the demiplane, killing anything on the inside.

[rough basalt]

That's pretty awesome

All my ideas are either stolen or very simple

Brain no good

Unless I'm in my bi-monthly brain good phase

[woven flint]

Me when my character with a -2 Charisma modifier manages to be diplomatic enough to stop a fight

[knotty vine]

Im sending this to the guy who says I cant stop a fight with only a 12 in charisma

[empty thicket]

There is no better diplomacy than an intimidating prescence and the power to back up the intimidation

[woven flint]

Nope, he was kind and cordial and even spoke their language to them

[knotty vine]

I still think its weird that theres a spell that can give you expertise but its 5th level

I feel like if a spell gives you expertise it would be like 2nd maybe 3rd level

its in a skill you have to be proficient in as well

Skill Empowerment seems like an over leveled spell tbh

[tame kelp]

As I used to be dm, banning Silvery Barb making me a bad dm?

[hot reef]

Not necessarily

Common ban

[rough basalt]

I used to ban it

But now its in my allowed content cause I own strixhaven now (my policy is if I own it, its allowed unless its in my setting then theres species restrictions)

[crimson gulch]

I have allowed it in most games, I make a book list for every campaign I run, and its only very recently I have cut down that list for some new campaigns

In practice it burns so many caster spell slots so that's a good thing

[fossil hollow]

Yeah, its such a neat resource spender

[knotty vine]

I dont understand why people ban SB it gives casters something to do with there reaction besides just shield

[fossil hollow]

I personally think if you ban SB, its a skill issue

I just generally dont allow Strixhaven since i dont run it

[crimson gulch]

People ban sheild too

There are bad dms out there that ban all reactions

[knotty vine]

Boy ain’t no way 💀

[fossil hollow]

there are many skill issues out there

[woven flint]

Like you, pookie

[umbral girder]

What we need to do is ban dice/jk

[knotty vine]

Ive been wanting to make a grim character recently whos trying to redeem themselves

[limber trail]

Average attack rolls ftw

[knotty vine]

10.5+ your to hit mod?

[umbral girder]

10+numbers. +/- 5 for advantage/disadvantage

[knotty vine]

good news you cant roll nat 1's anymore

bad news you cant roll nat 20s either

[lavish flame]

some monsters are always a hit and some are always a miss

[severe rampart]

How do you mean

[limber trail]

If you’re not rolling attack rolls then for some monsters it’s just impossible for them to hit and for others it’s impossible for them to miss

[knotty vine]

I mean the lowest to hit i know is just 0

[severe rampart]

Oh I thought they meant, "some monsters will always be good at the table, some will always be horrible"

[knotty vine]

I think even zombies have a +5 on there slam

[severe rampart]

I didn't think "hit" as in actually "hitting"

[umbral girder]

+3 actually

[lavish flame]

if your bonus is +7, then you hit up to AC17 monsters. If you come across an Iron Golem (for example), you're screwed

[knotty vine]

Really?

Oh im thinking of the strhad zombie

Wait no thats +3 too

[umbral girder]

Dodge action to turn that +7 into a +2

[severe rampart]

Oh yeah, the party I DM has an AC of 16 or above, some monsters don't even hit them, that's why I throw saving throws at them

[knotty vine]

Dm also know as the almighty

[umbral girder]

Or some other ways to give disadvantage like the Sap mastery

[knotty vine]

It also know as she/he

Or they

[severe rampart]

Druid - 16 AC, Monk - 16 AC, Fighter - 17 AC, Warlock - 17 AC, Grave Cleric - 17 AC

I'm ngl I thought they had higher AC

This is actually.. surprisingly very low

[knotty vine]

I still think its bull that clerics cant start with Scale mail anymore

[umbral girder]

Give them some magic item for someone’s AC

[severe rampart]

the Cleric has a cloak of protection they don't attune to because it's sentimental, (it's from a dead PC who was a sorcerer)

[knotty vine]

Theres very few magic item that boost ac that everyone can se

[severe rampart]

Rings of Protection and Cloaks of Protection?

[knotty vine]

I was gonna say thats one of them but never mind

Rings of protection are rare

[umbral girder]

I see 3 classes that can use an armor or shield for an AC bonus

[crimson gulch]

They sure can, starting gold is wonderful

[knotty vine]

I mean with starting equipment

[severe rampart]

Only one of them are using a shield

[knotty vine]

thats what I mean

not everyone wants to lug around a metal plate in there face/not everyone has war caster

I always take war caster cause yeah

[umbral girder]

And?

Never said it had to be for all of them

[knotty vine]

Monks cant use shields

warlocks dont get shields base

[severe rampart]

Only the Warlock is using a shield iirc

[knotty vine]

im assuming thats a hexblade then

[umbral girder]

Yeah I said 3 of them.
Cleric, Druid, Fighger

[severe rampart]

oh right, Clerics can use shields

I forgot about that

[knotty vine]

Clerics weirdly enough dont use sheilds enough

[severe rampart]

Yeah

[knotty vine]

I do through

[umbral girder]

It’s in their starting gear

[severe rampart]

I always run Shield + Cleric, I don't know why I forgot

The party actually had to fight tooth and nail for that shield

[jolly canyon]

Ou why is that? I have shield and wondering if I'm doing something wrong

[knotty vine]

wdym?

[severe rampart]

Sorry who are you replying to?

[jolly canyon]

Curious what the reason here is

[knotty vine]

Oh because you cant cast spells without a free hand

[severe rampart]

+2 AC is always nice

[knotty vine]

you need to do the VSM

the S needs a free hand unless you have a ruby of the war mage of war caster

[severe rampart]

You can always just doff your melee weapon while casting

[knotty vine]

doff is the wrong term for putting away a melee weapon

[severe rampart]

Well, you'll have to pick it back up, but still

[crimson gulch]

Stow

[severe rampart]

I'm too tired to think right now

[feral fulcrum]

Sheathe

[knotty vine]

you Doff armor!

not weapons!

[severe rampart]

It's Doff now because I say so

[knotty vine]

One sec gotta sheathe my shield

[severe rampart]

Not all weapons have sheathes

[severe rampart]

Thank you

[feral fulcrum]

They do if you try hard enough.

[jolly canyon]

Right! The free hand needed. That makes sense

[knotty vine]

you do run into another wall of needing to do the martial component cause that needs another hand free or an acrane focus

[severe rampart]

I let my player circumvent this by having their crystal arcane focus as a necklace as well, and then his character died

[knotty vine]

through im pretty sure you can also wear an arcane focus the PHB isnt really clear on it

[severe rampart]

Yeah

now his new arcane focus (Hexblade Warlock), has a crystal embedded in a glove of his

[knotty vine]

But for people like wizards its usually an orb or staff

[severe rampart]

If Wizards are so smart why are they hurking around a giant glass sphere

Just use wands like the rest of us

[knotty vine]

Cause a glass sphere has 100 times more aura then just some fancy stick

[prime pewter]

I have the sudden urge to play a warforged

Robot :D

[crimson gulch]

One meter glass sphere as a focus is a huge flex

[knotty vine]

Urizt gets it

[limber trail]

don't be a coward, use a staff

[severe rampart]

Wands are clearly better

[prime pewter]

War thurible

[limber trail]

they are not.

[knotty vine]

Ngl glass shpere makes me wanna be a wizard who only uses divi magic

[severe rampart]

Light on the wrist and easy to carry, and cheap

[severe rampart]

When have you ever used a staff as a weapon, as a wizard

[limber trail]

it's not about the weapon, it's about the aesthetic

[prime pewter]

Flavor only makes sense with a character who has a connection to the divine tho

[crimson gulch]

So happy I am flying back home tommmorow, having to book off 2 weeks of sessions for a family vacation has been rough

[knotty vine]

I will find you..

[severe rampart]

I feel like a weakling, I had to resched my session to this day because I just took a vacation, I'm already missing my D&D

good news is it's in 7 hours

[limber trail]

All spells are divination if you're confident enough.

"In the spheres, I foresee a terrible accident befalling you... I cast fireball!"

[severe rampart]

Tarot Cards as a spell focus

[limber trail]

The Great Glasses tell of your great fortune turning sour... silvery barbs

[severe rampart]

rolls 8 damage

[knotty vine]

Tarot cards are amazing ngl

[crimson gulch]

I love my deck of many things

[severe rampart]

I wanna run LoMP at some point

but with 3d6 in order for every stat

[knotty vine]

I love the deck of many more things

I was gonna make a wizard one day who draws who thinks they "got" a deck of many things

so whenever they pull a card they just cast a spell

[crimson gulch]

3d6 hardcore is so fun, I did TOA like that

[knotty vine]

Did you know theres a rule set in dnd called epic hero fantasy where long rest are only an hour

and short rest are 10 mins

[severe rampart]

yup, very fun

[crimson gulch]

Yes the optional resting rules in the 2014 dmg

There's also gritty realism where a short rest is 8 hours and a long rest Is a week

[knotty vine]

I thought that was interesting

[crimson gulch]

Never used either, across 29 campaigns of 5e I have ran

[knotty vine]

Id prob reduce long rest to 72 hours instead of a whole as week

[severe rampart]

Hmm.. what should I put my players through this session...

I already know I'm giving them consequences for their actions

[knotty vine]

I still dont think I fully understand the role of dm in dnd

Mainly when it comes to rules

obivously your there to breathe life into the world

But there has to be more to it then just at

[humble cairn]

Referee. Make rulings in the moment to the best of your ability with the purpose of keeping the game moving and fun for everyone, including yourself.

[knotty vine]

Mmm thanks

[humble cairn]

Collaborative storyteller, playing the role of the VS in the narrative conflict. Conflict (narrative) - Wikipedia https://share.google/n6L6oxLly5iXcKr2W

[knotty vine]

✍️ word

[lavish flame]

You get to be an actor, director, teacher, improviser, storyteller, worldbuilder, and referee all in one

[humble cairn]

Don't forget that you're also a player, there to have fun as well.

[ripe nimbus]

imo the two most important tasks the DM pulls off are:

1. referee. you apply and enforce the rules of the game and clarify ambiguities, making rulings for parts of the game which the rules don’t cover.
2. keeper of secrets. you know information abt the world and fiction that the players don’t, and to find out more information abt the world the players go through you. you reveal things to the players as their characters discover them.

[ripe nimbus]

short rests 1h long rests a full day of downtime in a settlement is my default now

[brave fiber]

.

[rough basalt]

Another good skill for a dm imo is to use your players words.

If your player says something that gives you some kinda inspiration, keep it in mind.

Players who are very active at the table can be good sources of ideas.

[vagrant notch]

Does anyone know hot to start a horror dnd campaign

[hot marlin]

First you start a D&D campaign.

Then you put horror themes and narratives in it.

Done.

[cobalt owl]

You should also consider which horror you're going for

[rough basalt]

yeah horror is a very broad umbrella

[stray sage]

How good of a cantrip is sacred flame?

[severe rampart]

I mean... it's alright

not my favorite

but it's still pretty solid

[glass granite]

I take it for my clerics but it’s just aight

[rough basalt]

So and so.

It can have its moments.

Best cantrip to kill Zombies at least

Since their dex sucks and radiant is needed to kill through their Undead Fortitude reliably.

[severe rampart]

It is fun to just see how mangled the zombies get after you get them down for the 5th time

[errant crag]

My group has been having people bring friends to the LGS to sit in on and spectate our D&D games these last couple weeks

Which you know, that's whatever, they have a friend from out of town over and don't wanna leave that person sitting alone while they go play D&D

But if that person is just gonna be sitting there looking so annoyed and bored like they hate being there, id rather they just not or that you not show up to that session while that person is in town

I'm not asking that they care about the game and what's going on in it, but I'd rather they not just be sitting there looking like they despise being there and wanna be anywhere else

[humble cairn]

Are they making nuisances of themselves? Interrupting the game or something?

[errant crag]

No but the presence of somebody sitting there looking absolutely miserable and judgemental about us doing voices and such really brings down the vibe in my opinion

I dunno I just don't want somebody sitting there looking like they hate being there and hate what they're seeing when we're trying to play D&D

Like why drag this person here

[still plover]

That would harsh my vibe, for sure.

[errant crag]

Yeah it really sucked it doesn't matter if he's actually interfering with the game or not

[still plover]

You got the space to throw them a sidekick sheet?

[errant crag]

I'd rather he just not be there

Hey you wanna participate in this thing that you're obviously hating?

Yeah no that doesn't really work

[still plover]

One to mention to the folk involved, then. "You're harshing my buzz, man, you need to make like a banana and split."

[fathom path]

With 2024 find familiar using an Owl, with the “touch” spell does the Owl need to be within touch range or just 100 ft?

[spring timber]

How do concentration spells work

[errant crag]

When you're concentrating on a spell, it will end if you cast another concentration spell, or if you fail your concentration check (constitution saving throw) after taking damage

[glass granite]

You can only concentrate on one spell at a time, so if you cast another concentration spell the former ends. Additionally, every time you hit you do a con save to keep concentration

Annndd pink just said everything I meant to say

[errant crag]

Yeah but you pinged them for higher visibility

[spring timber]

So the spell gets casted and I have to concentrate to keep it active?

[glass granite]

Ye

[spring timber]

Ight

[errant crag]

Spells that have a duration but don't have concentration, like Longstrider for example, will be able to persist alongside concentration spells.

[spring timber]

I always thought I had to concentrate for that long to cast it

[stuck shuttle]

-# you can also drop concentration on a spell for free at any time

[glass granite]

Oh yeah that too

Though that’ll obviously end the effect

[still plover]

Once it's up, concentration is free. Doesn't cost an action or anything.

[glass granite]

Nah that’s different

That’s spells with a casting time of more than an action

[rough basalt]

Which you generally don't cast in combat

Unless it's like some once in a lifetime thing.

[cinder timber]

is knowledge cleric fun or good?

[errant crag]

The owl needs to be within Touch range of the target you're wanting to cast the touch spell on; but you can be up to 100ft away from the familiar while doing this

[lethal bobcat]

People left you hanging lol

The owl actually needs to fly down within range to use spells with Touch

Oh speaking of timing

[still plover]

Versatile and knowledgeable (because, well...)

Useful if the party lacks a skill monkey. Read thoughts is a bit of a weird flex, but it's there. Obviously good in exploration, investigation and similar, but can also be useful in a dungeon to figure things out.

[errant crag]

Knowledge Cleric is fun skill utility

They're very skill focused cleric subclass and information focused

[rough basalt]

Their 2024 version is a bit nicer since they get 3 spells per domain spell levels instead of 2.

[errant crag]

Knowledge Domain gets so many nice to spells to always have prepared

They're great utility tbh

[rough basalt]

Ye their new expanded spell list really fits the "knowledge" theme alongside their features.

Lots of ways to find stuff out.

[errant crag]

The word "Detect" is in my spell list like 4 times

[rough basalt]

And another nice thing is their Mind Magic which let's them use a domain spell for free with channel divinity

[errant crag]

Yeah without material components for something like detect thoughts and identify

[rough basalt]

The not needing material components being the big kicker

[errant crag]

I took Augury on mine just to keep the theme going

Also I think it would actually be useful in CoS

[rough basalt]

Then Legend Lore and Scrying for free later on.

[errant crag]

Cast Legend Lore on Strahd

Get major spoilers

My DM really overstated the danger of that last session so my character didn't die so I didn't get to play my replacement character

Like I was kinda looking forward to

5th level though

[north vine]

Dude just told he doesn't like most high level rogue abilities are for combat😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[humble cairn]

I don't know what that sentence means.

[north vine]

They are not satisfied regarding the fact they have learned that most of abilities rogue class in Dungeons and dragons get past high levels are usually meant to be used in combat, rather than social interractions or exploration

[severe rampart]

Why so many unecessary emojis?

[north vine]

Because i am genuinely not sure what do they expect from a martial class

[humble cairn]

Ahh okay, but the low level ones continue to work pretty great.

And I would consider Reliable Talent somewhere around middle level.

[still plover]

There's some that have a different focus, right? Inquisitive at least. And doesn't Assassin come with disguises and such?

[humble cairn]

Arcane Trickster continues to gain more Utility spells as they level by dint of accessing the Wizard spell list.

[still plover]

That's got value.

[still plover]

D&D as it stands is still focused on combat first, with exploration and interaction being secondary. There are options but fewer of them.

[knotty vine]

My friend was complaining about how theres too many classes in dnd 5e so I hard drag him through 4e and 3e to show him just how bad it could have been

[fathom path]

Since I can telepathically talk to it as well use action on it’s turn.

Hold action: the moment I say “go” using it’s 60 ft of fly to fly down towards ally and fly back up.

Oh wait using a hold action uses up reaction. And that
Uses up the moment they need to do touch spell..

[humble cairn]

No, because it needs its Reaction free to channel the spell through it. So you don't have a Reaction available to move.

So it needs to be already touching the target before your turn comes up. Have the owl fly to the intended target and land on them if they are friendly.

[fathom path]

Hmm noted

…I just realised it says I can summon a CR 0. I summon Commoner so I can just summon a dude in.

Would I be able to choose what he wearing or holding?

I assume it would disappear the moment it dies.

Dang it’s a I summon friend spell.

I was thinking about using Find familiar for my Cleric.

I would summon a Common Knight with high AC just to Be able to avoid hits. But sadly can’t attack back.

Or a spider attached to the martial.

[humble cairn]

Find Familiar lets you summon a CR 0 Beast. Not any CR 0 creature.

[fathom path]

Okay good to know.

[limber trail]

Knights are CR 3 creatures so even if you could summon a humanoid (which you can’t), they’re too high of a CR

Commoners aren’t just any person. They’re specifically, commoners. They use the commoner stat block, that’s the equipment they have

Characters with armour, weapons, etc are other stat blocks

[knotty vine]

FF only works with beast no?

[lethal bobcat]

||Giant Fly my beloved||

[knotty vine]

I still don’t think that should work

Giant fly should be a construct not a beast given the context of what it comes from

[lethal bobcat]

It does following RAW and at sanctioned events the DM us forced to oblige

[knotty vine]

There’s a lot of silly things you can do raw

[hot gate]

Yeah, it's clearly not intended

[lethal bobcat]

You can use the sane logic for making the Lion a Construct so I doubt they can make that errata... However, CR 1/4 fixes it. Tbh it could also use an attack

There are Beasts which don't look like Beasts at all (Tomb of Horror has a few) so Giant Fly is at least more beast-y than that

[knotty vine]

No the giant fly is apart of a magic item which is why it doesn’t have an attack

https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items/9228621-figurine-of-wondrous-power

[hot gate]

And it's the reason why it wouldn't be an option outside of DDBeyond, which happens to list it as part of it's database structure.

[humble cairn]

The very fact that it comes from a Rare Magic Item is why I would disallow it for Find Familiar. Because a 1st level ritual shouldn't get you the benefits of a Rare Magic Item.

[knotty vine]

Exactly

[lethal bobcat]

"Would" doesn't matter and expectations are RAI

They can easily errata it too

[hot gate]

There's no need to errata something that isn't a mistake.

[knotty vine]

Ebony Fly (Rare). This ebony statuette, carved in the likeness of a horsefly, can become a Giant Fly (see the accompanying stat block) for up to 12 hours and can be ridden as a mount. Once it has been used, it can’t be used again until 2 days have passed.

I just said "it should be" not that "it is"

[lethal bobcat]

Wait until you hear about 2 Lions which are part of a magic item

[vast saddle]

As a player, how do you deal with clique?

[humble cairn]

It matters in my game and that's all I need.

[knotty vine]

It didnt even have a CR in 2014 which means it couldnt even be vaild for FF

[humble cairn]

Making one? Becoming part of one? In-character? Out-of-character? What?

[knotty vine]

No clue why they changed it

[lethal bobcat]

No it wouldn't have

[knotty vine]

Also you still need that specail mount to even ride the flying creature so

[vast saddle]

Becoming part of it, both in and out character

[humble cairn]

What do you mean both in and out of character?

[vast saddle]

Yes

If it's tough, you can have your time

[humble cairn]

Your question is too vague to answer.

[knotty vine]

very vague

[vast saddle]

Then, just leave them then? There is no clear answer to deal with clique

[humble cairn]

You'll have to give a lot more context for anyone to even begin to try and answer without making a lot of assumptions.

[lethal bobcat]

Personally I'd love a RAW errata with it actually having a CR 1/4 or tbh higher if there were some way for it to be a magical Beast summoned by the Warlock as that sounds awesome

[knotty vine]

You need a 50gp mount to even get on the thing

[humble cairn]

No, I mean none of us know enough about the situation you're talking about to even begin to try and answer.

[lethal bobcat]

That is already a step ahead and for proper travel that is more than fair

[vast saddle]

Well, use Grammarly if you have difficulties in understanding this, I'll type whatever I have in mind....regardless it's grammatically correct or not

[knotty vine]

Exotic harness is what you need

[humble cairn]

Grammarly won't give me more information about your situation.

[lethal bobcat]

I heard DMs online say no mount other than horses should be able to be used so RAI can go wild

[knotty vine]

RAW you need an exotic mount to ride a flying creature

[lethal bobcat]

Yes

I don't see the issue there?

[humble cairn]

Saddle, you mean?

[vast saddle]

In the West Marches server I have joined, a DM recommended me to be active on online roleplay

[knotty vine]

Takes a lot of gold

[vast saddle]

However, it's so difficult to either start or join the online, because most players have their own cliques due to their irl campaign experiences

[knotty vine]

also very heavy to get around when the mount dies

[lethal bobcat]

RAW if going purely for min-maxing you'd never look past your Owl so I feel like Giant Fly is getting a bad rep when you can have advantage every turn at level 1

[knotty vine]

advantage every turn isnt that hard to get

[vast saddle]

Dammit, the topic gets mixed up

[knotty vine]

you can also just kill the owl

[vast saddle]

Thanks to this....Monday Night RAW nonsense

[humble cairn]

This takes time, just keep playing with them and get to know them over time.

[knotty vine]

Its sunday

[lethal bobcat]

Sure if you use a Ranged or spellcaster against your low level party

At level 5 everyone can fly or teleport anyway

Giant Fly is still cool tho, ignoring using it for flight

[knotty vine]

Does your DM just not have ranged attckers at tier 1 or something?

[lethal bobcat]

Tier 1? Sure

[vast saddle]

Will it be a good idea to consistently ask them? Getting invited to join a RP in first try feels like gambling

[knotty vine]

Is everyone stuck to using melee or

[lethal bobcat]

I don't think it matters at Level 4 tho

[knotty vine]

Cause if thats the tier 1 play sounds easy as hell

[humble cairn]

There's really no other way. Just keep showing up. It takes time to build relationships with people.

[lethal bobcat]

Tbh Tier 1 is supposed to be easy

[knotty vine]

Thats where your wrong

It can be easy doesnt mean it has to be

[lethal bobcat]

Most of the Tier 1 campaigns here recommend or only allow pregens because they're meant to help new players first. Tier 2 has that too, tho clearly less so and I'd feel bad for players jumping into a level 5 Bard

The biggest bummer tbh is that Tier 4 isn't popular as that'd be the best meat grinder tier

[knotty vine]

Because tier 4 isnt popular at all

[lethal bobcat]

Yes

[knotty vine]

For good reason

Theres a reason its called Masters Of The World

[lethal bobcat]

It'd be a funny end to characters though, going the full arc from humble adventurer to failed demigod

[still plover]

It's a headache. Players can't remember half the stuff they can do and the half they do is nonsense. And if they haven't worked their way up to it and become invested in the world, it's General Zod time two minutes in.

[knotty vine]

Trust me I can hardly remember half the thing I can do at the higher end of tier 2

And thats me when I play wizard

The main reason I play wizard is cause they dont get that many class features

[lethal bobcat]

Druid my beloved

[knotty vine]

Druid is the biggest criminal of that overall imo

[lethal bobcat]

Give me all the complexity and I'm a happy player

[knotty vine]

You either always turn into the same animals or have to keep track of every animal you know that your character has seen in and out of game

[lethal bobcat]

Yes

[knotty vine]

It gets boring over time

[lethal bobcat]

Skill issue

It never got boring to me

[knotty vine]

Turning into the same animal doesnt get boring for you?

Pity

[lethal bobcat]

I haven't done so yet but under the 2014 rules I kept track of the soap and whetstones I was using

[knotty vine]

At least the spell list is good

[lethal bobcat]

Animorphing is always a blast to me

[still plover]

KCD?

[lethal bobcat]

I have no idea what that abbreviation stands for

[knotty vine]

back in 3e where druids couldnt use metal objects or armor

But druids are the best for survival based games

[lethal bobcat]

And now in 5e you can have a Lamp

[knotty vine]

I have dark vision

[lethal bobcat]

Rip Outlander foraging

[vast saddle]

Man, roleplaying as an orc is pure pain

[knotty vine]

What are you waffling about?

[lethal bobcat]

Didn't Orcs become much easier in 2024 compared to Evil in Volo's?

[vast saddle]

Everyone who gets good roleplay.....are human-like species

[knotty vine]

You mean a stereotypical orc or

[still plover]

It's a video game. Your character's social skills are impacted by your appearance and folk may react negatively if you roll up covered in blood and mud.

[vast saddle]

This

[knotty vine]

then dont?

[lethal bobcat]

Oh nice

Social Standing is always fun

[knotty vine]

You can be a smart orc or something

[lethal bobcat]

GORK SMASH

[knotty vine]

If anything rping as an elf is even more insufferable

[still plover]

MORK KRUMP

[lethal bobcat]

What is an Orc but a cursed Elf anyway

[knotty vine]

Elfs live longer and are more stuck up

[humble cairn]

Their own species, with no relation to elves.

[lethal bobcat]

Just like Dwarves actually

[still plover]

In my Grim Fels game, the First Folk were elves, orcs and dwarves. All were massively in decline at the start of the game, but the orcs remained most present.

[knotty vine]

Elfs live longer then Dwarfs too

[lethal bobcat]

Yes, folklore and Tolkien books have them 100% seperate

[knotty vine]

Pretty sure elfs over all are just the longest living race outside of class feature and all that

and warforged

[lethal bobcat]

One specific class' class feature too

[knotty vine]

its two

undying warlock

[lethal bobcat]

Oh I didn't even know oops

[knotty vine]

Undying Nature
Beginning at 10th level, you can hold your breath indefinitely, and you don't require food, water, or sleep, although you still require rest to reduce exhaustion and still benefit from finishing short and long rests.

In addition, you age at a slower rate. For every 10 years that pass, your body ages only 1 year, and you are immune to being magically aged.

[lethal bobcat]

At least both Warlock and Druid share having mediocre class capstones

[knotty vine]

thats not its capstone

[lethal bobcat]

It's also better than Druid's

[knotty vine]

also 2014 druid had nearly the strongest capstone

just inf wildshapes

inf hp

you can also cast spells inside your wildshape

[lethal bobcat]

Druids deserve it for being a bit lackluster

[knotty vine]

timeless body was at 18th level

they also got beast spells

Wizard is only strong is cause the spells it has access to ngl

[severe rampart]

my party just exhausted their resources on a weak encounter 😭

[lethal bobcat]

How murderhobo are they?

[knotty vine]

They arent murder hobo they just arent the best

[lethal bobcat]

Hopefully they know to run

[knotty vine]

Dnd players dont know what running is

[indigo cedar]

sounds like a great way to teach that preserving resources is a good thing

[lethal bobcat]

Murderhobo behavior then

[knotty vine]

Ive had mutiple TPKS on this one encounter thats made to be ran away from

granted thats also cause aura of murder is cracked

[indigo cedar]

running away in 5e?!?

[knotty vine]

Aura of murder has to be my favorite monster ability through out

[lethal bobcat]

I never had this issue in PF pods...

[knotty vine]

all of 5e

[indigo cedar]

5e has a tendency to make players feel like superheroes and superheroes don't tend to run away froma fight 😄

[knotty vine]

Yeah but when the enemy can go invisable and give you vulnerbility to a damage type they seem to be really good at doing running is a amazing idea

[lethal bobcat]

Superheroes also never get stinky it seems

[knotty vine]

I use magic to keep my self smelling fresh

[lethal bobcat]

I like the idea of a wizard smelling like flowers while standing on top of a septic basement

[knotty vine]

Simulacrum being called a illusion spell is still wild to me

I had made this perfect copy of me!

Its an illusion but it can also do whatever I can do

Yes it can also cast wish why do you ask?

[lethal bobcat]

And bring back healing and fertility necromancy spells why you're at it

De-aging

The community should write 6e

[knotty vine]

Not a good idea

[lethal bobcat]

I see no issues

[turbid vessel]

Ah yes, the community, famous for having concise, organized and agreeable ideas

[lethal bobcat]

That's why

I veto adding "kidnapped by One Direction" as an official adventure module

[knotty vine]

Making players home brew become in game balance speed trying not to laugh

[turbid vessel]

Just wait till we have to contend with the writers that want spell points to become the default

[lethal bobcat]

Still see no issues here

[knotty vine]

We’d have like 100 more Sylunes vipers

[lethal bobcat]

Everyone starts as a Commoner at level 0

[knotty vine]

Alright I force myself to level up to 1

[lethal bobcat]

Whoa you now have 1d4 HP and 1 spell slot

[knotty vine]

Wouldn’t it be two?

[lethal bobcat]

Never played Baldur's Gate?

[knotty vine]

Which one

[lethal bobcat]

That one, or 2

3 uses 5e

[knotty vine]

I know

Fire ball

[lethal bobcat]

You need not know more

[turbid vessel]

Real cRPGcels are out here playing Pool of Radiance

Computer game with ADnD 1e as the engine, what could go wrong

[lethal bobcat]

Doesn't sound bad but is the game itself good?

BG still slaps

[valid coyote]

Guys can anyone play right now?

[knotty vine]

I’ve play 2e

[turbid vessel]

As good as commodore 64 games could be

[lethal bobcat]

I do remember there being a good emulator for Linux so that isn't too bad

And no C64 here here plz

[knotty vine]

Die Vecna Die was such a fun time

[lethal bobcat]

Fake 16 bit support goes hard

[turbid vessel]

If I could pick a non 5e module to be ported to 5e, id say we bring back the modron march

[knotty vine]

I’m actually trying to do that rn

It takes a stupid amount of time

[lethal bobcat]

I feel like recent popularity kinda forces Forest Oracle as a contender

[knotty vine]

Forest Oracle is got damn hilarious is why

I’m doing Die Vecna Die for 5e

[lavish carbon]

Play what?

[valid coyote]

No like dnd

Like is it possible for y'all to play rn or you only play once a week

[cosmic roost]

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[humble cairn]

Everyone has different schedule. I play twice a month, but one of the members of this server runs around 8 different games a week as a paid professional DM.

[lethal bobcat]

wait I just realized something. Someone mentioned that Giant Fly is only a creature RAW because it's in the DDB Creature list. Just for my sanity, this isn't true right? And if it is, does that mean that Boomerang is also RAW? (It's technically in a list, even if not in any book)

[knotty vine]

I mean yeah it’s barely even a creature

[lethal bobcat]

oh you were probably who said that yes

but is that actually how RAW works and does that make the boomerang an option for AL?

[knotty vine]

Boomerang is just a returning weapon no?

[lethal bobcat]

basically yes, but it's also a Boomerang

[knotty vine]

I know boomerang isn’t listed as a base dnd weapon but throw weapons exist for a reason

[lethal bobcat]

https://www.dndbeyond.com/equipment/40-boomerang

I'm asking about RAW rules here as it's actually really funny to use a Boomerang as a Fighter, and the list even lists +1 to +3

[knotty vine]

Oh I’ve never heard of it cause it’s from princes

Yeah that book is like hardly ever used

Again I did say base dnd

Meaning PHB

[cursive thorn]

It is a magic item from princes and I think DDB it has to be in there for database purposes. Its a DDB thing IIRC from a previous conversation regarding this.

[lethal bobcat]

people do say it isn't RAW and following any logic it shouldn't be but if what you said is true with Giant Fly being RAW because DDB lists it, then Boomerang should too

[knotty vine]

It also doesn’t have its own proficient

The boomerang is a ranged weapon, and any creature proficient with the javelin is also proficient with this weapon.

[lethal bobcat]

oh it was never printed in a book anyway

[slender mason]

has anyone ever played with 2014 DMGs Speed Factor Initiative rules

[cursive thorn]

Yeah it is just a DDB thing IIRC.

[knotty vine]

Yeah cause it’s from princes

[knotty vine]

How does it work?

[cursive thorn]

Yeah, they added the base item in DDB to make the magic item work.

[umbral girder]

Yeah Boomerang was never a weapon, just a magic item

[lethal bobcat]

it is but again, if that's what makes Giant Fly RAW then this should too?

[knotty vine]

It’s a magic item

[lethal bobcat]

oh wrong reply... to that message, no it isn't technically

[umbral girder]

It was made in DDB due to an old limitation when that module was released

[knotty vine]

And again the only reason I personally don’t think the giant fly should work is cause in 2014 in didn’t have a CR

[lethal bobcat]

storm boomerang is a magic item but the one I linked isn't

[knotty vine]

But that’s changed in 2024

Cost: -- Weight: --

[lethal bobcat]

tbh if we could still follow the 2014 rules I'd have a lot of fun with Origin Feats and multiclass combos but alas

[knotty vine]

2014 doesn’t have origin feats (kinda)

[slender mason]

everyone declares intended actions, you roll Initiative with modifiers, and then go High to Low

starting again at the top of each round

Spells are slower than Daggers etc

[knotty vine]

That’s awful

[slender mason]

seems somewhat interesting, I just wonder how it pairs with Ready Actions

[knotty vine]

I doubt it takes into account of the spell uses all 3 components or what if the spell uses no components IE meta magic

[empty thicket]

There is so much common items that are so... good but for a common life

[lethal bobcat]

every replacement feat implies it is the same feat but updated so you can end up with bonus to your stats and a stronger feature if you could use the replaced feat if there wasn't a hard rule on 2024 only in AL and following the "what's updated" and errata blocks and changes in RAW

[slender mason]

I mean it says the DM can add stuff like that, the table it gives it just a starting point

[knotty vine]

I mean what’s it name did start the trend of backgrounds giving feats

Book of many things

Those being rewarded and ruined

There’s also wild spacer and rune carver

[knotty vine]

Also about that the main reason 2014 backgrounds didn’t give feats is cause they gave other benefits/roleplay elements

[empty thicket]

Life would be nicer with some
Chest of preservation = Perfect fridge
Bottle of Boundless Coffee
Heward's Handy Spice Pouch
Thermal Cube
Clothes of Mending
Cleansing Stone

[lethal bobcat]

yep, still rip Foraging

[knotty vine]

Ive never had a table where foraging was a thing we did

[lethal bobcat]

10 days on adventure and I hope your Druid prepared Goodberry

or rather than your have a Druid but

[knotty vine]

Create water is also a must also anybody can obtain good berry

[lethal bobcat]

at character creation sure, going for Magic Initiate (Druid)

(almost feels like a waste to do so)

[knotty vine]

Rune carver

You can cast good berry up to 3 times a day without wasting a spell slot

[lethal bobcat]

is that still legal?

[knotty vine]

Of course it has other good spells like fog cloud chomo orb

It’s from Bigby’s so I don’t see why not

You can also invoke a rune inscribed on an object you are wearing or carrying and cast its associated spell without expending a spell slot or using material components. Once you cast the spell in this way, you can’t do so again until you finish a long rest.

[stiff rock]

does anyone know if kobold fight club is updated for the 2024 mm?

[limber trail]

I don't believe so, it's still 2014 from memory

[knotty vine]

What what what what

[stiff rock]

guess i'm going medieval with my encounter balance then

[knotty vine]

Kobolds are dragons in the new rules

[limber trail]

it does use the 2024 DMG rules as a basis for its encounter balance. What I do is just use a 2014 monster with an equivalent CR to the one I want to use from the 2024 mm

works out fine

[stiff rock]

that'll work, thank you

[knotty vine]

Do you think that if the older races get reprinted that goblins will be fey?

[limber trail]

Potentially. There's prescedent for them being fey in the 2024 MM and iirc the new eberron book features non-humanoid playable species

[knotty vine]

I know it makes me so excited

[limber trail]

So there's prescedent for it all

I think it's kalashtar that are abberations?

[lethal bobcat]

I still cri about Giant Eagle

[knotty vine]

I’m hoping for one of each player race gets

[limber trail]

And yeah changelings are fey so i'd believe a goblin fey species

[knotty vine]

Yeah they are

[knotty vine]

That thing is a celestial now

[lethal bobcat]

yes 😢

[knotty vine]

I think almost all the giant beast are no longer beast

[limber trail]

most still are

[knotty vine]

I know a few were changed

Like the giant Vulture owl and elk aren’t

[vagrant notch]

Quick question can i dump my int till it reach 5 and then use the remaining points to increase my charisma till it reach 18 lul. Itd be so funny having a warlock thats dumb as rock but still can rizz tons of girls

[knotty vine]

No

[limber trail]

Those three plus the eagle are all four non-beast giant creatures

[still plover]

Not with point-buy.

[limber trail]

Point buy has a max of 15 and a min of 8

[vagrant notch]

You need to do it manually yea, by dm approval

[knotty vine]

What gnome said

[still plover]

Right, but none of us are your DM.

[umbral girder]

15 is the max I think points after 13 cost double the normal cost

[limber trail]

I mean sure but that's homebrew and against the direct rules of the game

[knotty vine]

Starting with an 18 in all of your physical stats would go crazy

Call yourself Toji at that point

[limber trail]

The ability score costs represent the entire range your stats can be with point buy

[knotty vine]

Or monk would be even more broken at level 1

18 standing ac +6 to hit doing 1d6+4 in damage

That’s without background bonuses

[wind dawn]

Mornin

[empty thicket]

Str, dext and const or you mean all of them?

[knotty vine]

Physical stats

[empty thicket]

yeah, those are the physical

[knotty vine]

Then yes