dnd-discussion

[remote onyx]

Dont you have any paper?/

[severe rampart]

You do?

[remote onyx]

I use both

[peak pecan]

What’d you use before, cuneiform tablets?

[fossil hollow]

i have several

one for each campaign

so i currently have... 7

[severe rampart]

I use my computer for session notes, everything organized and I can look for stuff easily

[lyric idol]

Rogues are weaker. And we can agree. But playing a Rogue is a fun experience. You can be an out of combat expert. And having a plus, what, +10 in stealth or sleight of hand just adds a nice sense of accomplishment.

[severe rampart]

I can't even use Docs now😔

[remote onyx]

Why dont you get it on the phone

[junior jasper]

Is making my dad watch MinMaxed a good way to convince him to play D&D?

[empty thicket]

Feeling like the handy guy is good ngl
"Yeah dont worry, i take care of this" kind of person, if not
Stabby stabby or shooty shooty

[graceful tinsel]

Hey guys, good evening. I'm from Brazil, and it's kind of hard to find a table to play D&D there, so I came here. My English is basic; I can understand, but I don't speak very well, so I wanted to challenge myself to...

[limber trail]

I mean if he likes the people who are playing, he might have fun watching it.

I don't know if I'd make him watch it if it's just random people to him, but if he was familiar with the people involved then sure.

[junior jasper]

The YouTube show hosted by Tater the bard? The one with sellsword arts?

[lyric idol]

Nothing wrong with Assassin Crossbow Experting everything to death. You get to deal ridiculous damage once per combat.

[humble cairn]

Haha, I still get a lot of pushback about it, though. That's okay, I'm not with it anymore! lol

[empty thicket]

if not, pray your dm to get flanking available and coordinate with your front liners

[broken imp]

hello! try these channels #dnd-newcomers if ur new to dnd, #find-a-game if ur looking for a group, in particular follow find-a-game and post in #looking-for-dm

[lyric idol]

Honestly I'm waiting for them to add a rogue subclass thats given either more AC or just harder to hit via some ability so they can play frontline via "I can't die if they don't hit me".

[broken imp]

lol and u have the other player to buff u even more, or debuff the enemies, or both even better

[graceful tinsel]

Okay, thank you very much.

[errant crag]

Make a heavy armor rogue

[broken imp]

oh i like those cause of another game i play, i call them dodge tanks

[empty thicket]

swashbuckler dont kinda do that?
if not play monk because the other option is getting a free dodge option with cunning

[lyric idol]

Ngl Assassin Rogue + Crossbow Expert plus a frozen Spell from a chrono wizard attached to an arrow dipped in poison would go so hard.

[paper portal]

does peace give heavy armor? i forget

[limber trail]

(Monks don't get it for free, it takes a focus point to gain the dodge action benefits)

[errant crag]

All clerics do in 2024/5.5e

[paper portal]

o yea

[errant crag]

Or rather all clerics can

Assassin Rogue War Cleric so I can bonus action attack then ready my action to attack when my turn ends so I can sneak attack/assassinate twice in the first round of combat.

Heavy armor rogue as well

[empty thicket]

(Yes but they at least have the chance of it, while rogue only get disengage because the idea of that class is getting closer, attack and disengage while monk can either disengage or dodge in the same turn than an attack action)

[limber trail]

What do you mean by that second half? I don't fully understand the point you're making

[empty thicket]

Figter and barbarian dont get such thing, they must "STAND THEIR GROUND!!".

[paper portal]

to be fair resourceless ba dodge would be kinda busted lol

[limber trail]

They're also given more tools to help their AC and generally have more HP/healing

It's a difference in balance. Rogues and Monks are built around being evasive to stay alive and encourage skirmish/hit and run tactics. They can do some amount of damage mitigation but not a lot. Fighters and Barbarians are way less mobile but way beefier.

[broken imp]

is it possible for me to build a support spell caster, prob a div wizard, that has insanely high armor class so u basically can't hit it and i can debuff more so i'm basically unhittable? and like i'll be on the front like and my familiar will be at the back, i can shield rouge and figher as hiding behind someone gives +5 to AC

is this even possible

[empty thicket]

okey, let me rephrase it
Example: Monk can Get close, attack action and then use ki for dodge or disengage without problem.
While Rogue can only disengage, showing that hte class must get close, attack and then disengage to safety.
If giving a Dodge option to Rogue, would be totally like playing monk with extra steps ngl. But its okey because all the martials are kinda alike

[paper portal]

yeah minmaxed is peak even if the name is a misnomer

[mighty wharf]

Ok so the Rod of Absorption might be the most broken magic item for it's I have ever seen. It's basically a ring of spell storing, but you can cast any spell you know/have prepared with it, you can spend the levels reactively instead of proactively like a spell storing ring, and it has a capacity of 50 levels at Very Rare

[junior jasper]

Who were you thinking of?

[mighty wharf]

You can also use it with a reaction to basically absorb spells an enemy targets you with OF ANY LEVEL.

[viral kraken]

idk being consumable makes it less broken i feel like

[rough basalt]

We grab a scroll
DM: 500 Death Knights

[limber trail]

I mean you can. You'll have issues with armour proficiency unless you multiclass or take elven chain. Enemies can also just attack other characters. It's true that in a direct line your allies will have some amount of cover but enemies can move to either side and suddenly have a totally fine shot. You're also burning a lot of spell slots and resources.

[broken imp]

it's a great item 😊

[empty thicket]

Yep. Fighter can use any kind of armor without problem and Barb get Resistances and other many stuff
I love the balancing of them because each have its own ways to be played but some are alike
Monk and rogue jump a lot in hte battlefield while Barb and fighter can stand their ground without problem against most enemies

[mighty wharf]

The Rod of Absorption? It doesn't say it's consumable

[broken imp]

the idea is i'll be supporting the meleing on the front line, or can i build a bladesinger like this

[paper portal]

yeah but its max 50 levels ever not at any one time

[lyric idol]

Barbarian can literally just move. Barbarians "disengage" is their rage. Where if they decide theyre going to leave and help the party or kill someone else, theres not a dang thing the people in Barbarians vicinity can do about it outside maybe magic.

[mighty wharf]

It's 50 levels ever? Ohhhhh

[viral kraken]

The rod can absorb and store up to 50 levels of energy over the course of its existence. Once the rod absorbs 50 levels of energy, it can't absorb more and A rod that can no longer absorb spell energy and has no energy remaining becomes nonmagical.

[mighty wharf]

Still kinda nuts. Can artificers make these

[limber trail]

They can. It does come at some different costs. There's the physical resource cost of it all - a monk takes focus points to dodge, a rogue doesn't. A monk's bonus action is also way more valuable than a rogue's - it represents at higher levels 60% of their potential damage in a round. Rogues have a weaker bonus action because that bonus action is competing for less things.

[paper portal]

the 5e version cant idk about 5.5

[limber trail]

I believe 2024 can't either

I would be shocked if they could

Yeah they can't

[past blaze]

The rod can absorb and store up to 50 levels of energy over the course of its existence. Once the rod absorbs 50 levels of energy, it can’t absorb more.
When you become attuned to the rod, you know how many levels of energy the rod has absorbed over the course of its existence and how many levels of spell energy it currently has stored.
A rod that can no longer absorb spell energy and has no energy remaining becomes nonmagical.
It's quite explicit in having a hard limit over the course of its existence

[remote onyx]

btw if anyone ins interested in a dnd campaign feel free to dm me!

[lyric idol]

...They may be able to make one with the magic item making rules updated for 5.5e but no its not just a regular infusion artificers can copy.

[limber trail]

I mean they still provoke an opportunity attack. Those do still affect a barbarian - they don't have infinite HP, and at higher levels enemies deal a lot of damage which is quite often not just BPS.

[errant crag]

Darkvision is done

You all get infravision and you'll like it

[lyric idol]

I love infravision ngl. Does this mean like cave gnomes wont be blind in normal light?

[tough sandal]

Gamers, always remember, give your players gold.

Gold is progression. (owo )

[rough basalt]

Did 102 damage on a crit with my hand crossbow

Feelsgood

[craggy summit]

All in one strike? 🤔

[rough basalt]

Yep

2d6 + 10 + 18d6

Thatd make rogue pretty much not worth playing

Their crits are what make up for their lack of attacks

[past blaze]

a crit is already just the attack's damage dice twice, it doesn't make the modifier go twice

[severe rampart]

Formatting sucks and I can't see the words I'm writing, just a bother tbh

[broken imp]

always give ur players not enough gold to be share equally, particularly only 1 player would not have a coin

super fun

[severe rampart]

You mean the 4d6 sneak attack turning into 8d6?

It's fine, it's fun, I don't see an issue with it

Hell, the way I do crits is the damage is maximum for the base die and then you add the crit roll

[past blaze]

So a weapon attack shouldn't get any bonus damage being crittable...
but then a spell critting for a total unapologetic 2x damage is fine?

Fire Bolt, 3d10 at 11+, crits for 6d10, that's fine?

[errant crag]

Or just let bonus damage dice be included in the crit

[rough basalt]

Casters dont really have bonus die riders like martials

[past blaze]

What's the point if it's just around 1d8 damage getting any benefit from a crit?

[broken imp]

yea it's fine

[severe rampart]

For level 11+ yeah that's fine

Okay yeah you'll get burnt at the stake for this

[errant crag]

Just play an older edition

[past blaze]

we already have limited casts per day

That's called using spell slots

[rough basalt]

He just wants to play 3.5e

[severe rampart]

Warlocks suffer enough

[errant crag]

I swear people will be like
"5e sucks!!! I hate 5e!!!!"
Continues to play, run, and talk about 5e

[past blaze]

What's the point of having cantrips if they're functionally identical to level 1+ spells

[errant crag]

The other editions are still there

[severe rampart]

To... not expend spell slots?

To not be useless in multi encounter days?

[rough basalt]

In older editions casters would use crossbows and stuff.

[severe rampart]

That's great, with what weapon proficiency

[rough basalt]

They had it.

[past blaze]

if I wanted to shoot with a crossbow I'd pick a class that's good at it

if I pick a class that has magic I want to use magic

[rough basalt]

Wizards in 3.5e had prof in clubs, daggers, heavy and light crossbows, and Quarterstaff.

[severe rampart]

My bad then, I was thinking about 5e, didn't quite see the "in older editions" part of your message

[rough basalt]

ye older editions when you had spells per day youd have a backup weapon

[past blaze]

yeah that's the point
so what's the point if the "thing that doesn't run you out of resources" runs you out of resources

[mighty wharf]

I think cantrips are fine personally. It's not like you get Extra Attack as a wizard or anything, and there's only a few cantrips that actually use bonus actions to bypass that. Compared to martials using melee attacks (especially with weapon mastery), your non-resource attacks are still like considerably weaker than a martials.

[rough basalt]

Its why Elves can make good wizards cause elf wizards start with a light crossbow and get +2 to dex

[errant crag]

Cantrips let me feel like a wizard still even when I'm out of spell slots

I don't wanna just have to be a crummy adventurer when I'm out of spell slots

[rough basalt]

Tho they do have a -2 to con

so dont get hit once

[severe rampart]

"sorry pink, this is the third encounter for the day and you're out of spell slots... so... do we just skip your turns or...?"

[severe rampart]

Huh... is that where the frail wizard stereotype originates?

[rough basalt]

ye older editions wizards only had a d4 hit die

[errant crag]

Yeah mainly the d4

[severe rampart]

of course, the d4

[errant crag]

Hot take they still should have a d4 hit dice

[rough basalt]

DnD was "protect your wizard until he gets stoneskin then you win"

[peak pecan]

“Describe the various ways the Great and Powerful Godrick cowers behind the Fighter, if you please”

[errant crag]

The Magnificent Mablingo monologues from behind the Paladin

[severe rampart]

Never

Then those content farms would be right...

[remote onyx]

They also increase in damage regardless if you upcast them with level

[rough basalt]

Older editions have a lot of fun to be had, but 5e is nice and familiar

[errant crag]

Then why play the new ones if you hate them so much

[past blaze]

and the point of cantrips is not being levelled spells

[severe rampart]

"Right behind my big strong hunk of a fighter, I crouch and cower as they courageously take out the enemies, were they always so strong?"

[errant crag]

The Magnificent Mablingo does not waste his energies on such foolish foes! He allows his big strong lackeys to clean up the riff raff

[severe rampart]

"Hmph! it's not like I needed you defend me or anything..."
-Wizard with 4 hp left and no more spell slots or cantrips

[errant crag]

I honestly have been wanting to try the older editions

[past blaze]

I wonder why they're not limited use then

[rough basalt]

I just got into a 3.5e game on fridays

[errant crag]

They're talking about newer editions there not Cantrips

It's probably because it's the system I started with but I don't have any overarching changes I'd make to 5e

Honestly my issue most of the time is my inability to get advice on how to run certain mechanics RAW because they're things everybody always cuts corners on or handwaves

[rough basalt]

All my issues with 5e were fixed

[errant crag]

As somebody who prefers more challenging games I do find it tricky at times to challenge my players without just curbstomping them

My newer players take study actions to recall info about enemies

Which is fun

But most players don't

[severe rampart]

gave that option to my players

Full action to study - learn everything about the enemy

Bonus action to study - learn just a bit

this is useful because I mostly use custom monsters/add my own twists

[severe rampart]

Last session they had to surrender because the mini boss threatened to coup de grace the monk

[rough basalt]

We hit level 18

I'm FRs strongest tax collector come to make Acererak pay

[woven flint]

We did!
But boy..
I don't think I'm gonna touch warlock again for a long time 💀

[eager marsh]

He's a native resident to Greyhawk sorry Fearun taxes can't touch him

[rough basalt]

Technically, he died there. His Simulacrum doesn't have citizenship.

ToA was him establishing citizenship in FR

So now hes subject to its taxes

[eager marsh]

His simulacrum would have been made there. And it stole his identity. all documents say he;s the real one

[rough basalt]

We have our own forged documents saying he was born in Chult, he will pay

[eager marsh]

forged huh? those gonna hold up in kangaroo court?

[dark basin]

Don't worry, the charisma character is the lawyer.

[rough basalt]

Indeed.

We'll offer him a deal

Full tax amnesty, if he helps us make Vecna and Kas pay their taxes

[errant crag]

I want to kill a player character

[flint ledge]

Woah, where'd this come from

[errant crag]

It came from my desire to kill a PC

[raw crypt]

Do you want to kill a PC as the owner of said pc, as the DM of the pc, or as another pc?

[errant crag]

As the DM

[flint ledge]

Why do you wish to kill one?

[crystal star]

is there a specific PC you want to kill, or will any do?

[errant crag]

No not any specific one

[errant crag]

It's been a while

[hard finch]

Me after just understanding one role

[leaden galleon]

Are the maps the Ravenloft Map Pack unique to the maps included in the Ravenloft Horrors Within?

[lavish flame]

Unknown atm, I assume they'll be from the Ravenloft Horrors Within microadventures tbh

[tulip totem]

Anyone able to help me try to build a bloodhunter lycan for a long term campaign, one particular issue I saw was the MAD ability scores and I was thinking of forgetting about dex by going a str claw based tortle, which would help with ac. I’m planning on muticlassing but unsure on what classes to go to

[rough basalt]

Looking at old dnd art and Dark Sun has a lot of pretty good art.

Find it kinda interesting how theoretically Dark Suns world Athas could be restored to the vibrant paradise it was.

[half igloo]

How do warlocks work? I’ve been trying to figure them out since they seem to be very different in terms of abilities and spells to any other spell caster. It’s like they get a class feat and that’s how they boost themselves. Explanations?

[severe rampart]

Warlocks work by making a pact they have pact slots instead of spell slots and usually rely on Eldritch Blast

[civic bramble]

How would you play Blade from HSR and if the answer is Blood Hunter, how do you make that class viable?

[severe rampart]

Pact Slots are Spell Slots except always at the highest level spell a warlock can use (up until 6th level spells IIRC?)

[civic bramble]

Is profane soul any good?

[severe rampart]

By "Class Feat" You might be referring to Eldritch Invocations

[half igloo]

Yes

[severe rampart]

These grant abilities such as Agonizing Blast, Repelling Blast, Devil's Sight, Pact of the chain, blade, tome, etc.

[feral fulcrum]

They're casters with limited spell slots, that they get back on short rests instead of Long Rests, with Eldritch Invocations that are more like playing fancy dress up doll to better fit whatever flavor you're chasing.

[severe rampart]

They have... a lot less slots

[half igloo]

Ohhhh shoot

No wonder it’s such a good dip

[severe rampart]

They have two pact slots, so two levelled spells per short/long rewt

[feral fulcrum]

It's extremely frontloaded, yes

[severe rampart]

up until level 11, where they get their third slot

[severe rampart]

Sorlock, Bardlock, Wizardlock, Paladinlock, etc.

[feral fulcrum]

Poor LockLock, never to be recognized

[flint ledge]

Aren't they restricted to like 4 slots even at high tier?

[feral fulcrum]

Yup

[half igloo]

So at lvl 6 warlock how many spells do they have to expend?

[feral fulcrum]

But again, they get them back on short rests.

[feral fulcrum]

2

[half igloo]

Wowsers

[feral fulcrum]

There's a reason most of the eldritch invocations are essentially "You get X spell you can cast for free." or "Eldritch Blast goes BRRRRRR"

[severe rampart]

Eldritch Blast my beloved

[rough basalt]

Ye Warlock is very "build a class" you pick what you wanna do and you pick what helps you do it best

[feral fulcrum]

And it's because you've got the magical stamina of a guy with like, one working lung.

[onyx haven]

Upside, they hit hard always 😄

[severe rampart]

Eldritch Blast is already out right the BEST cantrip and adding invocations is just the cherry on top

[onyx haven]

And they come back with just an hour's break

[feral fulcrum]

10 minutes if someone on the team has catnap

[sweet osprey]

Idea, hear me out

[flint ledge]

A possum dragon!

[sweet osprey]

A campaign, two Dms. Two parties same game.
One party works for the BBEG
The other works to defeat the BBEG.
Two rooms so no one cheats or meta games when class, ability, or stats are selected.
Now

[severe rampart]

Won't work

Even if it did it would be too slow

[sweet osprey]

I love slow games

[rough basalt]

Could also lead to some serious problems out of game.

People get can really competitive and immature when stuff is "pvp"

[sweet osprey]

The idea is my excuse to marry the big bad-

:3

I love villains

[severe rampart]

You mean you like attractive villains that don't commit crimes that are too harsh

It'd be a whole different talk if you mean someone like Strahd- shudders

[sweet osprey]

Uh

Back to my timeout corner

Attractive to an extent. But i do love true evil

That evil is exclusive

[feral fulcrum]

Looks at the Archdevil Fierna

[flint ledge]

Ah yes who wouldn't want to marry strahd (literally everyone, I'm pretty sure)

[severe rampart]

True evil... yikes

No, I'd be too disgusted

[unkempt atlas]

Accidental love triangle in my dnd campaign is insane

[flint ledge]

How in the world does that even happen

[severe rampart]

What happened

[unkempt atlas]

So, our dragonborn likes the Cleric dmpc, BUT the cleric seems to like my monk

[dark basin]

Only a love triangle if your monk loves the dragonborn

[civic bramble]

Strange

I never got pinged

[sweet osprey]

Have you played evil characters?

I once played a kenku character. Join a party. Little did the party knew until the meet with the BBEG. My character was the wife. Although they turned the bbeg to dust. And my gal got away

[severe rampart]

No, but also, my definition of "evil" may not be your definition of evil

[fiery nimbus]

yes, i took over a pirate ship and created a Zelous order of Paladins bend on wiping out Fey

[sweet osprey]

We are friends now

[severe rampart]

When I think "truly evil" I think like the evilest of evil.

[sweet osprey]

But at the moment I am playing a chaos born tiefling. Waiting for the villain of a season to die. So I could take over

[fiery nimbus]

kicking puppies?

[sweet osprey]

Punting orphans?

[severe rampart]

None of that cartoony villain tropes, like villain of Sword ART Online s2 evil

[sweet osprey]

Hmm

I can make the geneva convention look like a suggestion in a campaign. If you want

[reef tundra]

Who mentioned marrying evil characters?

I have… no such experience

[severe rampart]

It's a sensitive topic. I think you'll get it from this.

I think like "truly" evil

That's the reason why I don't get people marrying "villains" or "Evil Characters"

[thick void]

Is there a consensus in the community for which expanded rules books are worth buying for a player? Along with the PHB, Monster Manual, I have Tasha's, and Xanathar's. Are there others that I should get to round out the collection?

[severe rampart]

No, and that joke has been overplayed since 2021, good riddance

[sweet osprey]

So catapult

I mean, I could probably make a cult of possums

[severe rampart]

Maybe DMG?

if you're planning to be a dungeon master

[hot gate]

Those are the main ones. Fizbans gives you some more options. Now we also have Heroes of Faerun.

[reef tundra]

He stole my heart

[severe rampart]

Forgive me for asking but... have you actually played in a campaign?

[reef tundra]

I am certain they were just joking, considering their name is possum

[thick void]

That's the 1st to purchase when I do decide I'm ready to start DMing. I don't want to buy it now as I kinda don't want to peak behind the curtain and see how the sausage is made, yet.

[severe rampart]

Yes, yes, I know, but some of the things they mention are a bit too unhinged for an actual game...

[fiery nimbus]

oh i don't even consider it a topic, if something like that happens at the table, the player that does it is out instantly no matter what campaign is this

[severe rampart]

Yeah. That's what I consider truly evil

[severe rampart]

Things such as "Marrying the BBEG" is something that most tables don't even consider.

[fiery nimbus]

Technically the greatest act of evil in DnD is destroying a soul

[severe rampart]

The closest thing is to break their will to live/mind

[reef tundra]

I’m hurt.
-# No I’m kidding, at the actual table I have not married Vecna

[hot reef]

No, it’s optimal to do to the BBEG because otherwise they’ll revive

[reef tundra]

-# But I hope to marry Tasha at the table one day /hj

[severe rampart]

It's fine for jokes "haha guys", etc. But it's something I'll never say nor do

Evil is Evil

It's nice to be nice :)

[reef tundra]

I once had a player who married an antagonist but not a villain

It almost happened a second time but they never got married

[severe rampart]

Depends on how evil the antagonist is, and if their actions aren't to the point where they can't be redeemed

[hot reef]

There’s nothing stopping an irredeemable person from getting married

[reef tundra]

I for one, believe that almost anyone can be redeemed if they try, but then we’re just gonna get into a debate on morals

Also all villains are antagonists, but not all antagonists are villains

[dim kernel]

Hey everyone !

[reef tundra]

-# Note: I said almost, I’m not Steven universe

[reef tundra]

Hello!

[dim kernel]

How are you doing ?

[glass granite]

-# Hi not Steven universe, I’m Nugget

[severe rampart]

But you can make it different, you can make it right, you can make it better, starting with tonight

[reef tundra]

Sleepy

[reef tundra]

-# I don’t like Steven Universe >:(

[reef tundra]

-# I will smite the both of you /j

[dim kernel]

Oh You should get some sleep then

[reef tundra]

If only I could. Currently on the train to my college. No sleep for me <3

Ah dw the caffeine should kick in soon

[dim kernel]

Oh that's bad

[severe rampart]

Why not

[dim kernel]

Oh it will definietly help then

[reef tundra]

His mere existence annoys me /hj

[severe rampart]

Only sometimes

[reef tundra]

Eternally, for me

[severe rampart]

It's so painful, I have to wait a day till I get my router fixed, until then no D&D😔

[reef tundra]

NOOO 😭

Stay strong, soldier!

[severe rampart]

I can't! I can't write my session notes, I don't have references for info, I'm lost

[reef tundra]

Write it on paper

[dim kernel]

What's your plan after college ?
I guess sleep probably ?

[severe rampart]

Like a caveman!? /j

[reef tundra]

University

Oh you mean today. Yeah, sleep

[craggy summit]

98% of our local gamestore uses digital character sheets... The 2% is my brother and one of the DM's who uses a paper character sheet at my games on a different day

[dim kernel]

Oh , i meant after reaching home

[dim kernel]

Yeah

[reef tundra]

Ah wait a minute so sleep for me after college either

[dim kernel]

Got any plans for today ?

[dim kernel]

Why ?

[severe rampart]

We're not in the Paleolithic period! /j

[red forge]

a

[reef tundra]

Writing, college work after college

[paper portal]

rip i have a week of from uni rn

[severe rampart]

Well said

[dim kernel]

Ow that would be tiring , you should get some sleep first

[paper portal]

still have some work to catch up on though

[reef tundra]

Mad respect for your brother. I am a fellow paper scribe

[red forge]

ou

[paper portal]

I write out my own digital sheets on the pdf they have what does that make me

[craggy summit]

imagine needing to calculate health and erasing stuff and not having the whole details of spell descriptions on hand (no disrespect, I just dunno know they do it)

[reef tundra]

A computer scribe

[paper portal]

Sounds accurate I am taking a comp sci degree

[craggy summit]

Respect to you too, but I don't know if I have the patience to do all that 😅

[reef tundra]

Oh sweet. Completely accurate guess from me 😎

[paper portal]

Yep I guess you're just awesome like that or maybe have psychic powers

I assume the latter

[reef tundra]

Diviner powers

[paper portal]

Booo overrated subclass /silly :3

[severe rampart]

Desperate times call for desperate measures I suppose, I might have to buy a notebook and write session notes by hand

[reef tundra]

I may be young(ish) but I like doing it old fashioned. Whip out the book and write my character sheet on paper

My laptop only comes out if I’m using homebrew, or content from other books I don’t have in person

I like it only because if the apocalypse comes and all technology is wiped out, I can still play dnd

[paper portal]

you arent fooling anyone we all know you're unc

[reef tundra]

I’ll smite you /j

Although fr, at the cinema I was both offended and flattered when the man at the front asked me to show my ID for a 15 rated film

Like damn okay am I that small? 😭

[paper portal]

Haha silly goblin

[reef tundra]

-# This is why I don’t play small species

[flint ledge]

Amity is just a silly little goblin irl

[paper portal]

Ah, escapism at its peak

[severe rampart]

Nah, Halfling supremacy

[reef tundra]

No >:(
I play tall people and tall people exclusively

-# If you ignore my one halfling PC

-# And my upcoming gnome PC

[severe rampart]

But little guys though

[terse kraken]

Hi

[reef tundra]

Hello!

[terse kraken]

Whats good!!

[cinder timber]

Me too!

Now I dont feel weird

[severe rampart]

Being tall is overrated

[terse kraken]

It is

Getting into cars is a nightmare, I would perfer to be like a few inches shorter

[cinder timber]

How tall are you? 7 feet?

[terse kraken]

No im only 6'1 😭 its just the car I have is small

I have to do an awkward pose whenever I get in

[glad arch]

6'1 aint too bad

Thats like average for dudes where im from

[terse kraken]

Not terrible no, I feel like 5'10-5'11 is the sweet spot

[terse kraken]

thats insane 😭 the average height for guys in the US is 5'8

[flint ledge]

Can confirm, I don't feel terribly tall (though I do still hit my head from time to)

[terse kraken]

OMG dont hit ur head bro thats bad for u

[severe rampart]

Oh man! that's a hobby of mine! What am I gonna do on Wednesdays now

[flint ledge]

Damn that's like my favorite activity

[terse kraken]

xD

[errant crag]

What is with players and not searching bodies

This feels like something Id expect players to do a lot

My players are not searching bodies

It's not like I've had tons of times where they did and didn't find anything thus causing them to stop searching bodies

They just kinda never have

[carmine atlas]

maybe they grew a conscience and didnt want to disrespect the dead

[opal wharf]

Obviously they don’t play video games and loot everything

Are you hiding import quest / campaign stuff on the bodies ?

[chilly bone]

quick question

if i made a dungeons and dragons inspired game, just like a small fan game, would i be able to send it anywhere on this server or is it not possible

[glass granite]

Prolly not, if it’s not dnd

maybe #non-dnd-topics ,or #dnd-media (but I doubt this one)

[chilly bone]

alr

[manic radish]

Guys I need sum help (context I run a DND game without any of the 3 books) what do I buy first from the player rules, dungeon master, and monster one

[flint ledge]

Wth my players immediately always ask me if they can loot the bodies

[errant crag]

Players Handbook imo

[errant crag]

This actually could be it

My players like to roleplay their characters and they may simply be playing as characters who are not willing to loot bodies a lot of the time

I'm sure if I decked those guys out with some wicked loot they'd search them though

[flint ledge]

My players just looted some goblin corpses they completely demolished

[ripe nimbus]

hmm

phb has most of the core rules, but they're also in the SRD

the stuff the PHB has that aren't in the SRD are mostly subclasses, backgrounds, feats, and a few spells

[royal oasis]

If a warforged did a painting, would it be considered AI “art”

[ripe nimbus]

so, it depends on whether your players want more subclasses or no

and if any of them have the phb

the dmg is very useful because it contains... many of the other core rules that aren't in the SRD

[errant crag]

Nah Warforged usually have souls and are people

They're just people made of metal and wood

[sweet osprey]

I need to join a new campaign.. i'm running low on art ideas

[manic radish]

What 2nd

[errant crag]

Are you looking into 2024/5.5e stuff? Or 2014 5e stuff?

[manic radish]

Newest version

[errant crag]

I hear the new Dungeon Masters Guide is helpful for new DMs but I haven't got it yet myself or looked at it

But it hear its much more catered to newer DMs than the old one is

But honestly I'd go with the Monster Manual

[manic radish]

Oh? Why

[errant crag]

So you have access to all the monster stat blocks to stock your encounters and games with

[manic radish]

Oh yeah, but I honestly js use the public stat ones

[errant crag]

Maybe the new DMG then if you have to get two and don't want the MM

[carmine atlas]

maybe alude to something important on the bodies next time, something like "you see something twinkle on the body" or maybe "you feel something strong and magical off of the body" or something like that, IF its important for them to stumble across the item on the body otherwise i think its not too important if they loot bodies or not imo

[knotty vine]

delayed blast fire ball circle cast is something I wanna see now

[errant crag]

It isnt important tbh

[unkempt atlas]

My first ever campaign ended tonight

[knotty vine]

Hey I have a question about the "reanimter"

If a creature dies can they just revive them?

[unkempt atlas]

I cannot formulate the words into how amazing it was, like genuinely it was the most insane ending ever

[severe rampart]

How long was it running for

[knotty vine]

Becase the wording legit is "when you cast spare the dying you can modify the spell so it sends a jolt of electricty through the target, reviving it the target gains 1 hp

Did dnd just let a cantrip outdo a 3rd level spell

[severe rampart]

Lmao what

[unkempt atlas]

About.... 3 months? We played once, maybe twice a week

[severe rampart]

Oh damn, short campaign

[still plover]

Nothing wrong with that. Better to play through, have a story and find the ending than have the campaign flame out halfway through.

[knotty vine]

Im curious if the reviving it part is flavor text or is that first level ability really that strong

[unkempt atlas]

DM said that was only part 1 of our campaign

[still plover]

Are you jazzed to do part two?

[knotty vine]

One thing that will be forever funny to me is hexblade

[lusty tendon]

So interesting thing, my character a cursed magical detective, who is both fey and shadow touched, is having a respec and after looking illusionist wizard really does match my character 1:1

[paper portal]

Wdym?

[feral fulcrum]

No. I think you misunderstand Spare the dying. If a creature at 0 hitpoints (that isn't already dead), you can stabilize it.

Reanimator just skips stabilizing them and puts them right back into the fight.

It is, basically, just apllying any healing effect to a downed player.

It just picks them right back up. If theyr'e dead, it does nothing.

[terse kraken]

AHHHHH

[magic flicker]

i just joined this server

[flint ledge]

Well hey hey #dnd-newcomers is usually very helpful. And welcome, I hope you have a lovely time here

[magic flicker]

ok see ya!

[dreamy needle]

I will be honest. I have no idea how DnD works-

Ig it's abt having fun???

[severe rampart]

You mean the rules or the point of playing?

[dreamy needle]

Ig both...

[severe rampart]

The point is to have fun, you can say that about most hobbies

About the rules though, you might wanna consider going to #dnd-newcomers for that

[dreamy needle]

Oooo alr alr thx :D

[knotty vine]

Then why does it say revive they really outta change that

Cause revive in dnd context is to bring a creature back from death not from death saves

See what Im getting at?

[paper portal]

what is this from 😭

[knotty vine]

The reanimator subclass for artifacter

[paper portal]

sounds like it works though yeah

[knotty vine]

When you cast Spare the Dying, you can modify the spell so that it sends a jolt of electricity through the target, reviving it. The target regains 1 Hit Point, and each creature in a 10-foot Emanation originating from the target makes a Dexterity saving throw against your spell save DC.

[paper portal]

well lemme check smth

target has to be a living creature

[tawdry sentinel]

Limited use?

[glass granite]

You can’t cast spare the dying on a dead creature, so tha wouldn’t work

[paper portal]

still kinda busted tbh but its at least not a free revive

[knotty vine]

yea

[tawdry sentinel]

Is there a 2024 grave cleric yet?

[knotty vine]

Dont think so

[wicked mulch]

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

TRUE OR FALSE: You can Hide while a torch is shining directly on you if you beat a high enough DC.

[knotty vine]

No since you half to be..

[paper portal]

oh thank god

[severe rampart]

False

[knotty vine]

obscured

[severe rampart]

Come on this is the only time I'm early I can't dissapoint

[rough basalt]

False.
This ain't Elder Scrolls. Can't sneak 100 crouch and hide in plain sight.

[fair summit]

I mean there's definitely ways where this situation could be true

1. Enemy is blind, so torch is meaningless for the hiding

2. You're invisible

[uncut zenith]

I was about to say, like a lot of the game, there are exceptions, but as a baseline, you need to be hidden in order to Hide.

[knotty vine]

If your already invisible isnt hiding kinda useless

[uncut zenith]

Nope

[fair summit]

Invisible is not the same as hidden

[uncut zenith]

You can still make a lot of noise when you’re Invisible

[knotty vine]

Just read your name

2024 hiding just gives you the invisble condition

[uncut zenith]

Being Invisible makes it easier to Hide, but it’s not automatic

[fair summit]

If you go invisible or otherwise unseen in combat, the enemies still know your location u less you take an action to hide

[uncut zenith]

Hiding makes you Invisible, but being Invisible doesn’t automatically mean you’re hidden

[glass granite]

In 2024, Hidden is just Invisibility with a loss condition

[knotty vine]

Yeah but you canstill be attacked while hidden no?

[uncut zenith]

Kinda like how being Unconscious makes you Incapacitated, but being Incapacitated doesn’t mean you’re Unconscious.

[glass granite]

There’s no clear statement that says enemies don’t know where you are, and nothing clear that states you’re unheard

[knotty vine]

If yes then it doesnt make it all that diff cause it just uses the unseen attcker rules

Being hidden and invisble might be two diffrent things but they are mechanically almost the same

One just needs a DC 15 stealth check

[uncut zenith]

Almost the same, but the difference between them can be big

Hence the differentiation

[knotty vine]

Like what exactly

[glass granite]

I can’t think of anything big enough to change this

[knotty vine]

Because one legit just gives you the other condition

If you are hidden in 2024 you are also just invisable as well

the biggest diff between them are what breaks them

You stop being hidden immediately after any of the following occurs: you make a sound louder than a whisper, an enemy finds you, you make an attack roll, or you cast a spell with a Verbal component.

[wintry spindle]

Whats the best thing to drink at a dnd session

I like a good vitamin water with some coffeine

[woven flint]

100% pure alcohol /joking

[glass granite]

I like juice

[dawn plover]

This only genreal I see but I wanted say this who ever in server changed the server profile picture it's fire nice choice for white and smoke background looks great

[wintry spindle]

You might be onto something

[loud tendon]

As a dm? Room temp water. Boring but good for the vocal cords.
If you dont have an issue with speaking for a long period of time then drink what makes you happiest.

I like diet coke or diet dr pepper if I'm not drinking water.

[errant crag]

I drink too much soda and eat too much candy at DND

[atomic kayak]

Trail mix and water is one of my go to combos when DMing

[sleek wren]

Ooh I’m a beer or two haha

[errant crag]

I don't allow alcohol at my games

And don't like playing in games with it

[vagrant notch]

Im thinking about this concept on a high risk, high reward "gambling" mechanic for distributing loot like weapons, gold, or spellbooks in my campaign lul. My idea is to have players interact with a magical altar where they must test their luck by rolling a d20 if they roll below a 15, the altar rejects them and deals 20 damage. "there's going to be 3 altar and each of them serve for a different purpose and also deals different damage", but if they succeed with a 15 or higher, they receive a high quality items and if they roll a nat 20 id give them something thats more powerful.

[glass granite]

They can just farm the altar with rests and healing no?

[sleek wren]

That’s cool

Yeah beware of spam

[vagrant notch]

Its in a dungeon, so idt thats going to be wise

[sleek wren]

Spamming the altar

Disappears after is used??

[vagrant notch]

Nah how about if they try to abuse it the altar will spawn a bunch of monsters thats above their level

[sleek wren]

Love it. Or it’s secretly a mimic

[glad arch]

Maybe put a limit to attempts/succeses

Could do it per player too

[glass granite]

The way I see it, they just use it, down themselves, get back up and try again

[sleek wren]

I get knocked down… 🎵

[glad arch]

The 19hp wizard /j

[vagrant notch]

Ouh and also, when they leave the dungeon the altar will be disappear

[glad arch]

Ever seen that video of the 'blood bank' where you get payed for damage taken then theres a guy outside killing people who reduced themself to 1hp?

Yeh, that

[vagrant notch]

Ouhhh thats also a cool idea

[glad arch]

Just watch out for tpk

[vagrant notch]

Whats tht

[sleek wren]

Haha 1hp for the last player

[glad arch]

Total party kill

[woven flint]

Can also be
Total Party K.O

[glad arch]

If everyone is low hp its very easy for an encounter to go south and kill everyone

Could say they deserve it for risking their hp in the middle of a dungeon but just be aware of the potential

[vagrant notch]

I mean, its all their choices tho, i wanna see which player have a gambling addiction and not

[glad arch]

What level are they?

[sleek wren]

Then send help for those that do

[vagrant notch]

7 i guess? Im still planning it

[glad arch]

20hp is still a decent chunk at lvl 7

Your wizard will love this

[vagrant notch]

Yeah thats why its high risk high reward

[sleek wren]

2 or 3 hits and most will be down

[glad arch]

3 for probably anyone but a barbarian that rolled well

[sleek wren]

Yup agreed

[glad arch]

Actually nah barbarians are fine for 3, average +3 con barb has 75hp

Could even live for 4 hits with +4 con or decent rolls

But most characters will still be 3 hits

[woven flint]

Me waiting for "Intoxication" monk to come out so I can get sloshed before every session and call it Method acting

[still plover]

So they find this altar with instructions. It clearly indicates it has a prize, but it'll be random whether it's an item or agony. They believe it.

What stops them from literally setting up camp there, maybe blockading the entrances until they have bags full of free loot?

[sleek wren]

Are you not the drunken master already

[woven flint]

I might be 🤔

[vagrant notch]

Nah how about if they try to abuse it the altar will spawn a bunch of monsters thats above their level. This one will work

[woven flint]

There's admittedly a few times I've had something to drink before session, but it's not all the time lol

[vagrant notch]

. Also

[glass granite]

How does the altar know what counts as “abusing”?

From what I see, it’s getting more blood

[vagrant notch]

A player tht try more than 3 times. So probably 3 is the limit

[glass granite]

Any warning of that?

[severe rampart]

"that statue looks strange" "Verbal Abuse!"

[still plover]

Feh, it's got the omniscient sensors as all magic does. How do the characters know what counts?

[glass granite]

They don’t, they just feed it blood for treasure

[vagrant notch]

Id give them something like this, the altar can talk and telling them that ......... Yeah something like tht

[glass granite]

If the players know then I’m fine with it

[wintry spindle]

You can make it look like there has been water from it eyes that now has dried

[glass granite]

Though…I feel like there is a spell somewhere that fixes this

Leomunds comes to mind

[wintry spindle]

Robe trick

[vagrant notch]

Maybe immunity to that spell?

[wintry spindle]

When in doubt use robe trick

[glass granite]

You’re making an altar immune to summoning a hut?

[still plover]

I wish for when the altar is removed for it to leave an equally sized hole in the floor that goes down forever. And has whispers of fabulous gifts within.

[wintry spindle]

Make it immune to the light spell

[severe rampart]

How many people actually prep leomund's?

[wintry spindle]

Twilight clerics do

[glass granite]

One of my players do

[tough lynx]

I do if I’m playing a Chron wizard

[vagrant notch]

I dont even know whats rope trick, there's like tons of spells that i doesn't even recognize yet

[glass granite]

Summoning a hut is leomund’s, rope trick is semi similar (you just make a room you climb up with a rope)

[tough lynx]

It’s a great defensive spell that is portable full cover

[wintry spindle]

Rope trick lets you win dnd

[tough lynx]

Tiny hut is better but it’s also a third level spell

[vagrant notch]

I know leomunds spell like the sanctum one eh isnt thats mordenkainen? They're the same?

[severe rampart]

I should learn better spells

[tough lynx]

Mordenkenens private sanctum

[kind bramble]

Need ideas on a rare weapon to pick for my genies paladin. If I go plate +1 id have an ac 21 with shield which would benefit the tank role, but as a genies paladin my base unarmored ac is 16 (18 with shield)

then the arrow catching shield seems interesting as it ups ac against ranged attacks and can intercept them.

And finally there's the vicious longsword that requires no attunement and gives a flat 2d6 bonus damage

[wintry spindle]

Elminsters elusion is a good spell also

[tough lynx]

Then there is mordenkeinens magnificent mansion

[wintry spindle]

Cloak of bilowing

[tough lynx]

I disagree I think it verges on bad

[vagrant notch]

Whats the difference

[sleek wren]

Love love this spell

[wintry spindle]

I think its pretty good

[still plover]

Do you want to be tougher or meaner?

[tough lynx]

One is better one is worse
One is 7th level the other s 4th level

[kind bramble]

Lol bought that for my rogue in another campaign xD the aura farm cloak

[tough lynx]

It’s a concentration defence buff.

If you are using conc on something it better be something that can solve encounters

[tawdry sentinel]

Tiny hut is also a ritual so you don't need it prepared

[kind bramble]

That's what im not entirely sure of, we have a fighter with a glaive and Sentinel (which my paladin also has)

[severe rampart]

I suddenly remembered myself in Pokemon only picking damaging moves instead of status or buffing moves, I feel like that except with D&D

[sleek wren]

Buff is better often than damage and impacts whole party

[wintry spindle]

Just hit twice 😎

[still plover]

What are they like as a person? What's their opinion on violence?

[kind bramble]

Mother hen

[still plover]

Armour, then.

[kind bramble]

Thanks

[tawdry sentinel]

The cursed shield that makes all ranged weapon attacks hit you but gives resistance is pretty great.

[severe rampart]

Sorry mate, slow internet, messing things up

[tough lynx]

Tbh that’s only beneficial if your party has low ac or if you have a low ac

[crimson gulch]

i had a player take the sheild of missle attraction, and then their first session they had 25 drow crosbow bolts at once hit them, a HAIR away from dead

[severe rampart]

Oh my

[severe rampart]

Does that only apply if the weapon is targeting you?

[tawdry sentinel]

No you become a 10ft radius black hole where any arrows, darts, cannon balls, from friend or foe, are magically attracted to you.

Still has to hit your AC.

[severe rampart]

Damn that's very good for tanking

[tawdry sentinel]

Yes

[severe rampart]

I should keep that in note...

[tawdry sentinel]

I had a similar situation where the shield was the best thing since sliced bread for about 3 sessions, and then they were trying to sneak onto a pirate ship using a rowboat and got spotted. Cue 15 pirates filling the Cleric with holes.

Also it's funny whenever someone forgets and shoots the shieldbearer in the back of the head.

[severe rampart]

Why does the cleric have the ring

[woven flint]

Me when my party is heading to Candlekeep but our Wizard is gonna be absent this session

[tawdry sentinel]

Barbarian, cleric, and a sharpshooter ranger.

[woven flint]

Hmmm.
Should I see if I can remember the name of every single party member in all the games I'm in without looking? 🤔

I'll be right back lol

Okay, I did it, and I only couldn't remember 2 names out of 18 in 5 separate games

(Not counting my own characters, of course)

Actually, Scratch that, I just remembered one of the two lol

Wait, did I even...

I didn't do the Sunday game I'm in!
But, two characters are retiring
Out of the group of six for new fellas, so

They were the first group I played with in that server, so I can remember their character names pretty easily

[fallen verge]

yeah, i don't know all of the players names. I know their characters. Mostly.

[woven flint]

I know majority of the other players in the games I'm in pretty well

I can pretty easily remember all of my cyrrently active characters lol

Orizontas, Sovis, Bogey, Artanza, Sentry and Gustav
(Two more coming because I'm built different)

[severe rampart]

I know all the names of the players of the games I'm in, because now I'm only in one game

1 I DM, 3 on hiatus, and 1 cancelled

This is fun, I say as the house burns behind me

[severe rampart]

8 campaigns? holy, when do you sleep

[woven flint]

Ah! I remembered the name of the one character I was forgetting

It's Kladian.

I was really intent on not looking at any of the Beyond character sheets lol

[woven flint]

Good question.

[errant whale]

clearly they're an elf

[severe rampart]

Elf with "Catnap"

[limber trail]

Who'd you miss?

[woven flint]

I ended up remembering every name

[limber trail]

hell yeah

[sour fractal]

Hello friends how’s everyone doing?

[woven flint]

Ew, no

[reef tundra]

Warforged

[woven flint]

Nope

[umbral girder]

Tokii clearly loves elves

I know because he is playing one

[rough basalt]

He's a short king

[woven flint]

I only like Drow
I'm not a big elf guy otherwise lol

[solar crow]

Tomorrow is the final session for my very first ever D&D campaign

[umbral girder]

Nice

[solid echo]

Bit of a physics question and I might be thinking to much about it, Water breathing. if you get a feature that gives you that ability Do you grow gills? Or do you gain the ability to extract oxygen from the water using your lungs?

[solar crow]

It's exciting and sad I don't want it to end🤣

[umbral girder]

Entirely based on the feature

Its main thing is that it’s magic so many times physics doesn’t matter with it.

[solid echo]

I guess, I like to think about the little things., I’m playing Water flavored fighter, and one of the abilities I’m getting is the ability to breath underwater, I’m planning on having it be the latter of what I mention, I guess flavor is free and is entirely upto the player :p

[umbral girder]

Yep

[sudden comet]

i have a doubt with fighter class at lvl 5.

it says i get an extra attack. The wording is 'Whenever you take the Attack action, you can attack twice'

and action surge says: "You can take one additional action"

which means that, if i use a glaive and someone comes within 10 feet of me,

i get 6 moves in one turn.

1-reaction
2-bonus
3-choice
4-choice
5-(action surge)-choice
6-choice

right?

[severe rampart]

That's right

When you take the attack action, you can attack twice at level 5

[sudden comet]

oooo

im gona hit like a truck lmao

[reef tundra]

Reaction isn't part of your turn but I still get what you mean

[severe rampart]

Technically only 4 choices

Action, Action, Reaction, Bonus Action

[severe rampart]

Well... eh, sure

[glad arch]

Let the man enjoy his perceived power 😂

[severe rampart]

yes yes, for now

[reef tundra]

It's still gonna hit hard, and it's every turn at level 5

[severe rampart]

Action surge is still only for one turn

[glad arch]

Action surge isnt

[severe rampart]

And the casters have access to... fireball

[reef tundra]

Oh right, I forgot action surge was in there

[glad arch]

2 attacks by themself are whatever tbh

[reef tundra]

Only twice at that level

[severe rampart]

He should invest in light weapons

[glad arch]

Bare minimum for a martial

[reef tundra]

Anyway, let's not slip into this debate, it's always insufferable

[glad arch]

Stares at rogue

[severe rampart]

Except that they're Ao3, 8d6 damage, and guaranteed even if the enemies save

[reef tundra]

But it's still only twice, and then you gotta take a long rest

[severe rampart]

Aoe* forgive me.

[fossil hollow]

average damage for a success fireball is 13

[glad arch]

Wdym rediscussing an argument made 100x is insufferable /j

[severe rampart]

Warlocks :)

[reef tundra]

You got me there

[fossil hollow]

warlocks have one subclass who get fireball

[reef tundra]

Warlocks my bae

Anyway let's just agree to disagree and keep enjoying our games how we like

[glad arch]

Yes, enjot your action no cont3x

[sudden comet]

i mean i got a teny fire ball....if you consider throwing 'produce flame'

[severe rampart]

Indeed

[sudden comet]

2d8 at lvl 5 i think

[glad arch]

Firemarble

[severe rampart]

If I play a martial I'll play a spellcasting martial damn it! (Magic Initiate at the very least!)

[glad arch]

Paladin my beloved

[severe rampart]

Paladins are... okay

[glad arch]

1 more level until the best feature

[glad arch]

Blasphamy /j

[severe rampart]

I'm sorry but Bards sweep😔

[glad arch]

Wheres the martial in that though

[severe rampart]

Valor

Love me some Valor Bard

[reef tundra]

Supposedly they have a bad spell list. But that's just someone else's opinion

[glad arch]

I assumed you meant like play the 1/3rd casters like rogue or fighter

Not the fake magic martials

[fossil hollow]

...

[severe rampart]

No, no, they have a bad spell list.

[glad arch]

Magical secrets baby

[fossil hollow]

i didnt realize we were in optimization

[severe rampart]

That's a fact.

[severe rampart]

They are not fake!

[reef tundra]

I find that every opinion about dnd is in a great game of rock paper scissors. Everything is bad, and everything is great at the same time, every opinion contradicts each other, and if everyone's objectivity contradicts, then that means nothing is objective

[sudden comet]

i could have sworn i read something somewhere about giant's rune or am i just confusing it with giants might

[fossil hollow]

rune knights get runes and giant's might

[tough lynx]

It mostly comes from differences in play styles tbh

[severe rampart]

Yup

Play how you want to play, in a way that doesn't harm others

[tough lynx]

And how high up you go in terms of optimisation

In a low op game with 1 encounter days everything is amazing

[reef tundra]

Indeed, because in reality, it is all actually objective, but only at the table of the person saying the fact

[sudden comet]

yeah i know that bit,
to my understanding...the only runes i think will be useful is flame, cloud and hill

[normal junco]

as long as the table is in agreement and it brings no harm to anyone there or not there, it works.

[tough lynx]

In a 100 encounter day with high op then only the best of the best can survive

[severe rampart]

Viltrumite Purge😭

100 encounters holy

[tough lynx]

I love me a good 100+ encounter day

[severe rampart]

How do you even live that

[tough lynx]

With a tactical mind

[tidal void]

Can you find the DM manuals online?

[tough lynx]

Also 200ft move speed

[tidal void]

Or you have to buy them

[fossil hollow]

if you want them legally, yes

[reef tundra]

My players are miracles

[normal junco]

they have digital versions on dndbeyond. or there are versions of them on vtts like roll20 and foundry, i think. i don't use those. either way you need to buy them.

[peak pecan]

Genuinely how long would it take to run 100 encounters?

[tidal void]

Ok thanks

[reef tundra]

Once I offered them a long rest and they deadass said no?! 😭

[severe rampart]

Assuming all of them are not boss fights, etc. I assume around... 100 hours

[tough lynx]

Honestly I can usually get through 10 - 20 encounters per session

[severe rampart]

How long are your sessions wth

[tough lynx]

Most encounters are determined who wins by turn 2 or earlier

[tough lynx]

2-3 hours

[severe rampart]

How??

[reef tundra]

Oof, at one of my table, one encounter often takes up either the whole session or most of it

[tough lynx]

My fellow players are all very efficient

Like for 14 conjure animals rolling everything before their turn

[reef tundra]

My players are new and forgetful. And Idm one bit

[tough lynx]

And knowing exactly what to do on your turn.

[severe rampart]

"I ready action guidance"
"I investigate the room, 24"
"20ft wide, 30 ft long, dark dim light"

I imagine it's just like that one skit

[tough lynx]

Also forcing default kills helps with speed

[severe rampart]

That's the only way in my brain I think a 10 encounter session can go

[tough lynx]

Granted this is when we just want to rush through a dungeon with no roleplay

[severe rampart]

My games have like... 2-3 encounters a session

[tough lynx]

With roleplay it can get to 5 ish

[flint ledge]

How do you get anything done, mine are like 3 hours+ (and half of the time I'm losing my sanity)

[sudden comet]

this storm rune description is really bumming me, so i have to etch it only my gear like any other rune, and i can activate it as a reaction to give advantafe or disadvantage to opponents or allies at anything?

it just...seems like a lesser version of cloud rune.

[tough lynx]

Forcing default kills makes it go quicker

[severe rampart]

I used to run 5-6 hours, I'd tell myself I'd only run for 3 hours but then get too carried away and it'd double, had to put my foot down and stop, had to strictly run 3 hours, for mine and the players' sake

[reef tundra]

Say, what are default kills?

They sound like they might be useful

[fossil hollow]

it also works on saves last i checked

[tough lynx]

There are spells that when cast can make it so the enemy cannot do anything. In those situations we call them default kills. The enemy cannot hurt us we kill the enemy with x resources used as there is no reason to play out the fight anymore.

[shut relic]

I am thinking of giving my fighter magic initiate to give it some strong cantrips since its wisdom is high

[reef tundra]

Ohh I see. nvm

[severe rampart]

Damn

[tough lynx]

Example there are 10 melee only enemies

[shut relic]

is this a good idea? what should i pick?

[tough lynx]

I cast sleet storm.

They have half move speed and can only move 15 ft

[severe rampart]

Well, what cantrips do you think you'd need?

[tough lynx]

We could play the encounter out but there isn’t a point

[sudden comet]

oh...i mean i could combo it up with the restraint of fire rune...but at that point it just feels less worth it then the hill rune right?

[shut relic]

I am not sure I am a noobie

this is my first character

I am a battlemaster

human farmer that has invested in strengh

I will prob take cleric as I have high wisdom

[still plover]

First step: don't pick a thing because the name sounds cool. Read it through, see what you'll get from it. Will it be useful, that's the question.

[severe rampart]

No, no, with magic initiate you can pick which stat you use for spellcasting, either Charisma, Int, or Wisdom.

[shut relic]

oh

[severe rampart]

Think about what you lack and what you need

[shut relic]

OH

[severe rampart]

Why pick magic initiate if there's already a caster than can do those things for you?

[dusk turret]

this depends since some people like to have more roleplay aspects than actually having good stats

[severe rampart]

You should think about what you and the party needs

[thorn wedge]

In 2014 it’s class dependent.

[thorn wedge]

Are you playing 2014 or 2024 rules?

[severe rampart]

That is also an option, an option I like

[fossil hollow]

its also good for when your allies need to have better chances, or your enemies more chances to fail against spells and other things

[shut relic]

2024

[reef tundra]

Well there's a difference between picking what's cool and fun to have an picking it off the name

[thorn wedge]

Then you pick what stat to use, yeah

[flint ledge]

Prestidigi- (Something something I can never say it right)

[still plover]

You don't get that many options to craft a character. Sometimes you've got to pick what's best mechanically.

[dusk turret]

sometimes they're the same thing though

[shut relic]

ok what feat should I take from versatile then?

[severe rampart]

Flavor is free

[shut relic]

we have 3 spell casters in our party

[reef tundra]

Yes, but if you pick just from the name, there's a chance you'll pick an ability that you find unfun

[valid geyser]

There really aren’t any bad origin feats to get at level 1

[severe rampart]

Again. Think of what you need and lack

[shut relic]

i am farmer so I have tough

[valid geyser]

Tough is probably the best one but I am biased
Otherwise probably skilled or alert

[severe rampart]

Savage Attacker maybe?

[plucky arch]

Question for dms say I wanted to play a wizard whos goal was to learn magic so they could be a great healer how would that work cuz wizards get like no healing spells.

[reef tundra]

The advice that was given was "pick something you'd like, not from the name"

[still plover]

Taking a feat isn't flavour.

[fossil hollow]

if your dm allows it, take mark of healing

[severe rampart]

Flavor

[reef tundra]

I think abjurer wizard would be closest

[shut relic]

I alreaddy have heavy handed fighting style

savage attacker would be reduntant

[fossil hollow]

two seperate things

[woven flint]

You left us.

[plucky arch]

What is that?

[severe rampart]

And MI:Cleric works wonders since they're only learning "I can only cast cure wounds once per day"

[fossil hollow]

if youre playing 2024, its a feat that lets you add healing spells to your spell list

[fossil hollow]

gotta eat

[shut relic]

Is it an origin feat?

[plucky arch]

Ah I see i mostly have played 2014 so I didnt know this was a thing

[fossil hollow]

oh no. its a dragonmark feat

[fossil hollow]

in that case, you have to be a mark of healing halfling

i think theyre halflings

[shut relic]

then I dont think I would be able to use it

I am human

[fossil hollow]

i was answering scruffy

[reef tundra]

Humans can get dragonmark feats

[severe rampart]

Dragonmark doesn't mean it's for dragons

[fossil hollow]

they cant

[reef tundra]

Wait what?!

[shut relic]

How do you get dragonmark feats?

[fossil hollow]

dragonmark feats arent origin feats. theyre dragonmark feats

[valid geyser]

Dragonmark feats are setting specific

[fossil hollow]

in the world of eberron, you can just be born with them

[shut relic]

Oh we are playing normal

[fossil hollow]

you get them through background in 2024, or species in 2014

[shut relic]

not world of eberron

[reef tundra]

Your DM might still let you have it

[fossil hollow]

theres no such normal

[shut relic]

I am farmer

[reef tundra]

I let my players have setting specific feats sometimes

[severe rampart]

Eberron isn't "abnormal"

[fossil hollow]

fr isnt "normal" either

[shut relic]

wait is Eberron the planet on which dnd takes place

[fossil hollow]

its one of the many settings of dnd

[valid geyser]

It’s a specific setting world

[shut relic]

I see

[fossil hollow]

Forgotten Realms, Eberron, Krynn, Sigil, those ar specific settings/worlds of dnd

[shut relic]

so anyway

our party is the classic 5

I am battlemaster

[atomic kayak]

Incidentally, a classic dnd party is 4 members

[reef tundra]

Krynn mentioned. One day

[severe rampart]

plus the DM

[shut relic]

oh like frieren

[atomic kayak]

(And in 5e terms, it would be made up of a Wizard, Cleric, Fighter, and Rogue)

[reef tundra]

Bring back fighting man

[shut relic]

so what feat should I take

[reef tundra]

We need fighting man

[hard finch]

guys I need help with my character

[atomic kayak]

No love for Magic User?

[severe rampart]

Again, what you need and what you lack.

[severe rampart]

Yes, person with pfp that looks like Zuko

[reef tundra]

It's still funny but fighting man just fills me with more joy when saying it

[shut relic]

I honestly dont know what I need

[severe rampart]

Perhaps just... take what you like :)

[hard finch]

he is Noctic from shadow slave by the way
can u tell me how can I improve my character

[reef tundra]

Life is too short. Pick the feats that call to you

[severe rampart]

Go on, do tell about them

[sleek cloud]

Amity asking for feat picks, how scandalous

[reef tundra]

Improve in which way? Roleplayability? Backstory? Power? Personality? etc

There is no objective "good" in dnd

[hard finch]

Roleplayability

and how can I improve the level

[severe rampart]

There's really no "direct way" to improve how you roleplay

All it takes is practice

[tough lynx]

Best way to improve roleplay is to make a character that feels real

[hard finch]

what is the diff between oneshot and campaigin

[tough lynx]

You don’t need to be a world class actor

[severe rampart]

One-shot is one session, campaign is multiple sessions

[reef tundra]

A oneshot is a campaign. But a oneshot is a campaign that lasts only one session

[severe rampart]

Off topic but I hope one of my characters die

[tough lynx]

You just need to think what your character would do in any circumstances but dont use it as an excuse to annoy other players

[sleek cloud]

Which one

[hard finch]

why

[tough lynx]

For the plot or for playing another

[severe rampart]

I haven't felt a character's death, all of them have survived thus far

[severe rampart]

I wanna feel it, "wow they're really dead, I can no longer have those fun moments with them"

[hard finch]

do u play online or irl

[severe rampart]

Online

[tough lynx]

You could taunt your dm and say it’s too easy…

[severe rampart]

Even when I was level 5 and fought an adult gem dragon I still survived, and Silas has a cool gift of the gem dragon feat

[hard finch]

cool
can u tell me how we play online
did we sit on vc and what about the map

and dice

[severe rampart]

I told multiple to "Go on, do your worst"

[severe rampart]

Map is called VTT, That's where you move tokens and see the maps, tokens are characters, NPCs and players.

Yes, VC, with mic, some groups use cameras

And the dice either come in DnD Beyond or in the VTT itself.

[tough lynx]

There are some that do something called play by play which is basically where you just roll when you have free time

[hard finch]

u play in Roll20 ?

[severe rampart]

Owlbear

[hard finch]

looks cool

[still plover]

(Play by post.)

[severe rampart]

Sometimes it's also called play by play, no?

[crimson gulch]

never head of that phrase for play by post

[severe rampart]

hm, I might be confusing them since sometimes it's abbreviated to pbp

[knotty vine]

Im going insane

[normal junco]

is that a good situation or a bad situation?

[severe rampart]

Foundry problems?

[knotty vine]

Foundry problems

[wintry spindle]

foundry problems!

[severe rampart]

Should get a generic movie poster of a cat hanging on a tree branch with the words "Hang in there" at the top

[wintry spindle]

I havve that at my work

[crimson gulch]

Foundry = Problems

[still plover]

Sympathies.

[severe rampart]

That's why I want foundry

[wintry spindle]

Is foundry one of those online systems?

[still plover]

It's the VTT for fancy-pants types. Amazingly capable, somewhat of a learning curve to use.

[severe rampart]

It's the best VTT currently

[crimson gulch]

not really no

[severe rampart]

Paid*

[crimson gulch]

also no

[wintry spindle]

Interesting

[severe rampart]

Really? which is better

[wintry spindle]

long time since i've played online

[crimson gulch]

its a massivly complicated program that keeps breaking and will slow down your games

[severe rampart]

I don't consider Owlbear as paid, as it doesn't have a paywall

[thorn wedge]

Been using foundry lately and I really like it. It will occasionally make you want to jump out a window when you’re making something new work on it, or when you’re first learning. But once you get it dialed in, it’s so great.

[wintry spindle]

a real dm will ofc use ms paint and share their screen

[crimson gulch]

not gonna lie, there are professionals that do that

[still plover]

Real DMs do it theatre of the mind style.

[crimson gulch]

a VTT is entirely optional

[severe rampart]

I am not descriptive enough to do that

[wintry spindle]

I like theatre of the mind but i just have an easier time keeping track with visuals

[severe rampart]

When I imagine a scene their design contorts and moves in ways that it shouldn't

[thorn wedge]

Maps and ambiance are cool. Not necessary; but very helpful in creating a cool game.

Keeping track of ranges and stuff in totm is rough too.

[wintry spindle]

But I have a virtual live battlemap so it's nice. but i just use either videos or maps i show via powerpoint

[severe rampart]

I just don't want a storage limit

[still plover]

Disclaimer: I'm not actually opposed to using a VTT and they can be useful, I just sometimes get this little voice inside screaming "If I wanted to play Warhammer, I'd play Warhammer!"

[crimson gulch]

i have a huge hard drive, i drop in things into owlbear as i need them

uploads are instant and i delete them out as im done

[still plover]

Folders are your friend.

[severe rampart]

Yeah, that, but I do it with dynamic lighting, etc. Also rolling initiative is always slow, I get there are extensions in Owlbear for that but those need character sheets manually typed into them

[crimson gulch]

Dynamic lighting is a trap, dont do it
trak initative on paper, dont do Data entry when you are running a game

[severe rampart]

I prep maps and tokens manually before or during the session

[hard finch]

what is ur character name ?

[thorn wedge]

I like it. I have foundry setup to where it tracks initiative and turn order on its own

I don’t have to do anything. It’s great.

[crimson gulch]

Dynamic lighting makes it so the player interacting with the computer can get information that you have not yet presented, it breaks the flow of the game entirely

[thorn wedge]

My main complaint about foundry is their implementation of DnD. They don’t have all books, and importing the books from DnD beyond is a big pain to do.

It’s doable, but man is it annoying.

[severe rampart]

Which characters? There's
Kalos, Percy, Silas, Azaez, Ceto, Fennel, Rylie, Don Jon N. Duragon, etc.

[hard finch]

how many character do u have

[severe rampart]

Many, some inactive, some active

[hard finch]

what is there level ?

[severe rampart]

Of course, I am turning out to be a forever DM...

[severe rampart]

Varies from 1-20

[thorn wedge]

I’ve got something called triggers, if a player steps on one it freezes movement until I unfreeze it. Good for traps, doors, portals, etc.

[hard finch]

How can I upgrade my character level ?

[wintry spindle]

John Dragon?

[severe rampart]

In 4 games right now
3 on hiatus, and the one active is the one I DM.

[severe rampart]

Don John N. Duragon.

[wintry spindle]

John Dragon Human Fighter

[severe rampart]

Hes a Human Farmer Paladin who has known no trauma or pain, he lives in a farm with supportive and loving relatives.

[wintry spindle]

I vibe with that

[severe rampart]

Oath of The Ancients

[wintry spindle]

I'm not a big fan of traumatic backstories

[severe rampart]

I suppose I could... buy a notebook and track using that... like a caveman /j

[severe rampart]

You can give them trauma in campaign

[wintry spindle]

true

[severe rampart]

Oh boy, I hope he dies /joking but not really

[crimson gulch]

that is the way, honestly, run the game on paper and you will master it

[wintry spindle]

But I think when players focus to much on trauma and less on motivation their charachter become a doomed concept

[severe rampart]

I have never felt the pain and anguish of losing a character permanently.

[severe rampart]

Yeah, honestly, after this campaign I'm just gonna be a forever DM

[prisma prairie]

I think it’s also comes from if they’ve gone through so much will the stuff they go through potentially in the campaign affect them?
plus no one wants a "OOOOOOH YOU DONT UNDERSTAND MEEEE" in the party lol

[severe rampart]

I'm tired of some DMs cancelling the campaign right before session 1.

So far none of my players have missed a session I've run

Nor have we had to cancel, so that's fun

[wintry spindle]

I have but we just run with 1 player less

[severe rampart]

I should run a second campaign... but which one

[wintry spindle]

module wise?

[severe rampart]

Yup

[crimson gulch]

so many folks fail before they even start and thats very unfortunate

[severe rampart]

I've heard Phandelver is amazing

[crimson gulch]

a masterpeice

[wintry spindle]

do you like RP, Exploration or combat or like what do you prefer

[minor cargo]

It’s a Phan favourite.

[severe rampart]

Grittier combat mechanics and RP are the elements I lean to, I'll try to improve on my exploration pillar.

[wintry spindle]

Some modules have their strengths ins certain areas. But phandelver is good for a base

[severe rampart]

Thank you Steve, you're a doll

[wintry spindle]

I personally like tomb of anihilation because of it's more dificult, fun combat and exploration

[severe rampart]

Planning it to be especially deadly perhaps...