dnd-discussion

[visual dew]

Also more funny the other way

[severe rampart]

My whole party, for two rounds, missed attacking a single person who was sleeping on the ground

[remote wadi]

Half joking, but you could upcast shatter to the 5th level and that still wouldn't ring any bells

I do not remember any.

[vapid ore]

i got kicked from m old account and now i lost all connection to my old party

[remote wadi]

How? Literally how?

[idle oar]

Dice have a story to tell

[severe rampart]

... Greed and Luck not being on our side

[fast rivet]

??

[remote wadi]

You know what, I respect that. If not you, then me: I would have made it my life mission to keep attacking just to see how deep this rabbit hole goes

[severe rampart]

So, Target was asleep, the attacker would only get a crit in if they were within 5 feet, the barbarian kept missing, the warlock and I had to use flat rolls for that crit LMAO

[visual dew]

How dose greed get involved in this😭

[remote wadi]

...the entire team focusing on one sleeping person? >_>

[severe rampart]

Nahh, it was just him that was left alive

My sleep spell was amazing

But now that campaign's been on hiatus for two months at this point

[fast rivet]

our campaign is 2 sessions old

[severe rampart]

I ended up stopping concentration on that sleep spell, attacked, then still missed, causing them to wake up

[severe rampart]

Honestly, I just gave up being a player and started being a DM instead

"I'll do it myself."

[visual dew]

Yeah and this was kinda the 3rd one but not really this one was a side quest ig

[severe rampart]

The campaign I now run, the players all respect me as I respect them and no one has missed a single session

[visual dew]

Ur so lucky

[severe rampart]

Thank you Lana from hit show Pokemon

[visual dew]

Like 2 people always show up and 2 show up once in a blue moon

[severe rampart]

Darn, lol, my players actually are earlier than me sometimes

My session is in 8 hours and I can't sleep, too restless

[lean wigeon]

i generally just let my players kill unconscious NPCs if done out of combat to avoid this kind of situation

[severe rampart]

It's funnier this way

[visual dew]

lol

I miss being a player

[fast rivet]

our dnd group is IRL friends

[fast latch]

My Mom doesn’t understand that 00 and 9 on the d100 is 9, not 109

How do I explain it to her?

[lethal bobcat]

How strong would the following feat be:

Magic Initiate, but you got 2 Cantrips from any combination of spell lists and no first-level spell

[severe rampart]

Too strong.

[fast latch]

You’d get Eldritch Blast and Prestidigitation, which is pretty good

[fast rivet]

ur mom rolled 00 and 9 on d100's?

[fast latch]

A set of one d10 and one d100

[visual dew]

I have so many character ideas but can’t make em cuz I’m a dm and making them npc is a waste

[severe rampart]

It is how it is

I'm just now thinking of DMing a second game at this point, just embracing the forever DM curse

[crimson gulch]

It's not a curse it's a higher calling

[lethal bobcat]

I'd feel like EB (or poison spray at low levels) + Guidance or True Strike would be better tbh

Anyway, is that better than having access to Shield or that 2d10 spell?

[severe rampart]

Of course

[severe rampart]

2d10? you mean Inflict Wounds?

oh no, that's 3d10

[lethal bobcat]

Sec as I look for it quickly

[severe rampart]

Shield is better

but getting EB from an origin feat? yeah, nah

[fast latch]

Just make it non-origin

[lethal bobcat]

Spellfire Flare

[severe rampart]

of course with it comes the stress of not being good enough for the players 😭

[crimson gulch]

Your the one running the game, they show up when your good enough, they stay when you are great

[fast latch]

Very profound

[severe rampart]

well said, just gotta rush into it like my CoS game and hope for the best

[lethal bobcat]

(For single-target, I'm surprised how much damage that thing does btw, 5 blasts of 2d10 instead of Cone of Cold isn't a bad trade)

[remote wadi]

Found out something a little worrisome

And that's how even the +2 to damage rolls on 2 handed attacks would even make Fighter much more of a menace

[severe rampart]

I mean, it's okay but I wouldn't say it's better than Shield

[severe rampart]

It's why GWM is a fan favorite

[remote wadi]

No, this was just free as a DM rule

Not GW FS or GWM

[lethal bobcat]

What if I specifically exclude Warlock? (Only full casters with level 1 Spellcasting ability)

Would that still be too strong?

[severe rampart]

Oh damn

[severe rampart]

2 cantrips from the spell lists of all full casters + a level one spell?

[lethal bobcat]

Full customisability but no level 1 spell

[severe rampart]

I don't know any two cantrips that's good enough for that penalty

Guidance for sure... but other than that the cantrips are slim picking, nothing too extraordinary

[lethal bobcat]

So it isn't OP and game breaking?

[severe rampart]

If two cantrips are game breaking then idk what kinda game you're running

[lethal bobcat]

Alright, having a slightly worse Origin feat sounds like a deal to me. Thanks btw!

I'm always afraid that giving freedom like that has some weird combo potentials and I'm trying to make a slim list of slight alternatives which are weirdly missing thusfar

[remote wadi]

Fighter with lvl 5, 20 Str, and enemy AC of 13 would already be a problem. But iirc, flanking rules gave an additional +2 to both attack and damage rolls. Meaning that his DPR would be (and was) 30. And if forbid he got advantage from the enemy and GWM, that's a DPR of 50. Level 5 btw

[empty thicket]

normally most stuff is kinda balanced with some basic rules, like 1 spell per turn for example.
Unless you get action surge but for that one would need to spend 2 levels for it
I would say, see spells and be careful with some magic high tier items

like this funny(nt) spell that is poison and incapacitated

[remote wadi]

But if Ranger got a +2 just to damage, that apparently would have been broken. Not even the hyper optimal one, just the one with a longbow and trying and no chances for advantage (even more chances with disadvantage because of how many people could just sprint 125-200 ft in a turn by sacrificing all their actions

[severe rampart]

Wait- is this Baldur's Gate?

[remote wadi]

An actual DnD game

No BG3

[crimson gulch]

yeah, bad homebrew is bad allright

[lethal bobcat]

I feel like 1 spell per turn is already a rule you should be breaking

Leveled + Cantrip + Reaction spell FTW

[stoic haven]

Cantrips are actually surprisingly weak compared to 1st level spell utility. Losing a level 1 spell for another cantrip of any class is very weak

[empty thicket]

you can a spell and cantrip in the same turn with metamagic

[stoic haven]

Flanking optional gives adv

[empty thicket]

or a cantrip// spell + attack with eldritch knight

[lethal bobcat]

Wait isn't that a thing you can just do? Did I break the rules that often?

[stoic haven]

Ok ok ok, one moment

Depends on '14 or '24

[lethal bobcat]

24

[empty thicket]

oh damn

[stoic haven]

2024 is not a problem, only 1 spell SLOT per turn

[severe rampart]

Yeah

[remote wadi]

This one just gave +2 to both attack and damage. Which, by the way, I did the math again

[stoic haven]

2014 is weirder, but alas does the same thing iirc

[lethal bobcat]

Oh I got worried I really ruined that without any DM ever noticing lol

[stoic haven]

No 2 leveled spells same turn without other ways of casting

[severe rampart]

Also iirc, combined with Warcaster, with your reaction you can cast "Haste" when an ally walks away from your reach

[remote wadi]

If Fighter pulled out all the stops: GWM, GWFS, prone, flanking, and Action Surge, that would have been a DPR of 103 at level 5

[severe rampart]

Why do you need flanking and prone?

you can't stack advantage

[stoic haven]

Flanking only gives +2 ig

Homebrew rule

[lethal bobcat]

May I ask if it's weak but actually usable, or so weak that it needs a buff? (And is 3 Cantrips too much?)

[severe rampart]

Oh right, their homebrew, my bad

sorry sorry, it's very late here

[remote wadi]

All good

[stoic haven]

3 cantrips I think would be enough ish, but the strength of level 1 spells is utility that is too good to be constant, like feather fall, Shield, healing, etc

And if you are taking an origin feat for it, you are usually getting the +1 spell to cover a certain base or weakness

So while yes, 3 cantrips could work, that's also more than some casters start out with

[lethal bobcat]

Well I'll be testing that out then! I mostly never got much out of Magic Initiate in Martial classes and even 2 Cantrips of any choice felt a bit more usable as a start

[stoic haven]

Sorry, small tangent

[empty thicket]

2 cantrips being a fighter can be a lot of things in general

[stoic haven]

Wait, isnt magic initiate now 2 cantrips + 1 level 1 spell

[severe rampart]

Hmm... my party is about to level up to 5... what uncommon or rare magic item should I perhaps give to them...

[empty thicket]

sadly there is no T.hp or heal cantrip i know because it would be giga useful

[stoic haven]

Stupidly good

Even hp manipulation with sacking hp is good

[empty thicket]

Cloak of manta ray, its cute.

[lethal bobcat]

It's a bummer that Druid doesn't feel as abusable (or I'm doing something wrong) but maybe that's the intention lol

For HP and tanking by spamming Wild Shape

[empty thicket]

yeah, but think of something like just 1 class thing.
Like Eldritch blast is something htat most of the time only warlock get

[stoic haven]

As a fighter, if you dont have good casting stats, Guidance, Message, and Minor Illusion could work

[severe rampart]

Just stole the party's weapons and magic items last session, all of 'em

[stoic haven]

Moon Druid does this best, but I would say Druids are quite durable with Wild Shape for early levels.

[severe rampart]

Even better if you're a halfling and minor illusion a cardboard box over yourself and crouch down

Custom sneak attack

[stoic haven]

I think best early tiers of play go to Druid, Cleric, and Barbarian

[lethal bobcat]

Oh ye, Moon Druid feels more balanced but still stupidly good lol

[stoic haven]

But also, stupidly good for exploration and infiltration

[lethal bobcat]

Flight and Invisibility go a long way

[stoic haven]

Mhm

[severe rampart]

What's a fun magic item for a Way of The Sun Soul Monk...

[stoic haven]

I absolutely adore playing druids

But favorite is still Hexblade Warlocks

[stoic haven]

Mmmmmmmm, do I say it......

[spare nacelle]

Wraps of Unarmed Prowess is a safe and good answer

[livid brook]

anyone able to help in Optimization

[severe rampart]

🤝 Hell yeah

[severe rampart]

Go on

[severe rampart]

Hmm sounds like Wraps of Unarmed Power... but better?

just straight up an upgrade

[spare nacelle]

Either or works wells

[stoic haven]

Eldritch claw tattoos reflavored, Dawnmaker, Amulet of the Devout (I know >:))

[spare nacelle]

Or you could give them a belt or something that allows them to recover ki mid combat as a action/bonus action

[stoic haven]

Sun Stone

[stoic haven]

Dragonhide belt

That is an actual thing

[scenic valley]

Im working on my first campaign and I need feedback

[severe rampart]

Dawnmaker? or Dawnbringer

[fast rivet]

with what

[scenic valley]

The campaign

[stoic haven]

Yeah, that, mb

[severe rampart]

They're level 4, so NO I won't give them a legendary item

[remote wadi]

They already have heightened metabolism

[fast rivet]

i meant what do u need feedback on, like the specific thing

[scenic valley]

Not really

[fast rivet]

???

[scenic valley]

So a bunch of adventures (the players rest at a tavern right after a long journey (thay do improve bar things until thay meet forexinstare who starts talking about dragon sittings and then everyone gos black mid sentinc (thay dont know this yet but the hole tavern gets swallowed buy a dragon thay wake up in a dragons stomach ware thay have to jump a pit of acid and then find the dragon hart wich is super fragile but will like nuke explode at the slightest damage (improve them finding a way to withstand/block the blast) then thay end up free falling ware thay land in thare own way then thay see a village that forexinstare says that's ware she grew up we go thare and we see its being attacked by ice elementals thay are thanked and taking to the mayor and that's it so far

[empty thicket]

Pffff
"I will spam this 30 times before the mission"

[knotty vine]

Ill make it stack

[fast rivet]

im too sleepy to read this

my eyes hurt

[scenic valley]

Lol

[errant crag]

I wanna give my players a Belt of Dwarvenkind

[peak pecan]

What’s stopping you?

[errant crag]

A number of factors as to why I can't right now in the game I'm running

Namely the martials already have a lot of magic items and I need to give some more caster specific magic items

[stoic haven]

Aw man

Just give attunement stuff, that'll be fun

[halcyon bison]

What are some buffs that a necromancer can give their minions that wouldn’t be better off on other player characters? (Or have a large enough amount of targets that you can buff both them and your minions)

[fiery nimbus]

it's Criminal DnD Beyond still doesn't have Spell Loadouts

[sly crest]

it's criminal dnd doesn't have a lot of things

like antelope people, for one

[atomic kayak]

dnd beyond is different than dnd

[sly crest]

oh

[fossil hollow]

antelope people also seems like an easy reflavor for satyr

[hot reef]

or shifter

[sly crest]

but they're not in the looooooooooooore :<

At least Lupin are coming

[hot reef]

I don't see why specifically antelope people out of all the potential animal-human hybrids should get a place

[atomic kayak]

Pretty sure there is an antelope person in the lore of the fr anyway

(or at least deer-adjacent)

[sly crest]

there's a favorite species of mine that's too obscure to be a whole species. also deer are overrated.

[hot reef]

Looked it up and found Hybsils

[fiery nimbus]

wasn't Antilope person a main singer in Zootopia?

[sly crest]

I'm referring to the eastern bongo, specificaally

Honestly? I wish they'd give more along the anthropomorphic spectrum that was between "humanoid" and "furry" or "cartoon animal"

Satyr is darn near perfect, but that's about it

[fiery nimbus]

There is, some Furry artists pull out chart so you can choose your prefered drawing type as if they asked you how well you want your steak done

[sly crest]

I meant playable in 5e

[atomic kayak]

? There are multiple

[fiery nimbus]

It goes
Human > ~~Lupin ~~ to be released> Shifter > Tabaxi

I guess we can fit Satyrs somewhere on there

[sly crest]

Shifter seems like a good mix.

[fossil hollow]

between shifter and tabaxi

[atomic kayak]

Dragonborn, Shifter, Kenku, Leonin, Kobolds, Lizardfolk, Loxodon, Minotaur, Satyr, Thri-keen, Tortle, Aarakocra

[fossil hollow]

do we count Centaur

[atomic kayak]

you could yes

[fiery nimbus]

The Shifter's like a half-lycanthrope
With four different types with exclusive features
You can't transform, at least not fully
So you'll often look more like a freakish creature

[fossil hollow]

-# Tieflings often have animal traits due to demons and rakshasa being a thing. Probably can say the same for celestials. RIP Aardlings

[sly crest]

Tieflings are goated.

[fiery nimbus]

they are not goated, they are demonic, devilish or Yuggolothish?

[fossil hollow]

I got a tiefling whose rakshasa traits manifest as elephant ears and small tusks

[sly crest]

nice!

[fiery nimbus]

Im playing Merfolk

[sly crest]

I want to do a gnoll Tiefling. Still got the horns, but has spots on her skin/fur and is noticeably scruffier

[sly crest]

don't they need to be in water every so often?

[fiery nimbus]

no

[sly crest]

ok

[fiery nimbus]

and even so, don't you take a shower every day, its kind of the same

anyway that Merfolk is based on Dragalge Pokemo

[sly crest]

I like your sense of design

how do merfolk walk on land btw?

[fossil hollow]

they walk

[remote wadi]

A little curious about something

Why have they not make a polearm with finesse?

[mighty wharf]

I think polearms being a dex weapon is moreso Genshin logic than DnD logic

[fiery nimbus]

by putting one feet in front of the other

and than just repeating until they get somewhere

[mighty wharf]

A bostaff is like one thing, but an actual polearm? In reality, polearms are pretty heavy and cumbersome.

[sly crest]

do their legs show up once their tails are dry of

[fossil hollow]

You might be overestimating the weight of weapons there

[mighty wharf]

Maybe. I guess it depends on what you classify as a polearm.

[fossil hollow]

A polearm or pole weapon is a close combat weapon in which the main fighting part of the weapon is fitted to the end of a long shaft, typically of wood, extending the user's effective range and striking power.

[crimson gulch]

Why would they?

[mighty wharf]

Is that the description in DnD context?

[undone rain]

I wonder, could someone technically be half aasimar half tiefling. Or rather half fiendish half celestial

[fossil hollow]

i dont think weve been talking in DnD context for the last little part

[crimson gulch]

That's just human as it turns out

[remote wadi]

It just feels like it would be a good fit. Especially because dex melee weapons always felt super limited

And in theory, it would definitely by possible

[undone rain]

Wat

[crimson gulch]

Nah, dex is good enough, 2h weapons being all strength is fine

[glass granite]

Scimitar, shortsword, rapier, dagger, Revenant blade double bladed scimitar, whip
There’s options

[undone rain]

Wait do aasimars even count as celestials

[fossil hollow]

no

[glass granite]

Don’t believe so

[undone rain]

Well thats...weird isnt it

[fossil hollow]

Is it weird Tieflings arent fiends, or genasi arent elementals?

[undone rain]

In my opinion, yes

[remote wadi]

For reach, a d4 is pretty ouch

[fossil hollow]

Theyre plane touched

theyre mortals with powers associated with an extraplanar or plane of existence

[glass granite]

To be fair, the dex based classes mostly can use it better than most. Rogues can sneak attack with it, and monks get bigger dice

Ranger doesn’t get much though

[remote wadi]

Unfortunately so. They could technically just use a pike, but that requires a very good strength stat on top of dex

[glass granite]

On the bright side, you can use a shield with it

Only reach one handed weapon

[mighty wharf]

Javelins are thrown and they don't have finesse, I'd say they are very close to polearms

Spears have the thrown property and versatile, but not finesse either.

Pikes, Glaives, and Halberds I'd say can be argued as types of polearms, are classified as heavy and two handed. These are what I was thinking of polearm in DnD.

Even quarterstaffs, which I think bostaffs would fall under, don't have finesse. That is kind of weird to me.

I guess DnD just considers any long stick things to not be very dextrous...

[fossil hollow]

those are all actual polearms...

except for javs, those are projectiles

[glass granite]

I still find it silly that tridents aren’t polearms RAW

[harsh elk]

throwing a weapon would require strength to increase the kinetic output/damage it deals, but actually using a polearm in melee combat requires dexterity for sure more than it requires strength.

[mighty wharf]

Even those don't have finesse. As far as DnD definitions go, the properties of polearms are fairly consistent.

[glass granite]

Oh I don’t think tridents should have finesse

That would be kinda busted for rogues

[mighty wharf]

If there was a Pike having the finesse property and no other polearm having it, then that definitely wouldn't make sense since those are like the heavy two handed polearms.

But nah, every pointy stick thingy does not have finesse

[harsh elk]

any sharp/pointy weapon is (in real life at least) going to be better in the hands of someone hwo is agile moreso than the hands of someone who is strong

[undone rain]

As a reenactor who actually has to carry a pike i can confirm they are not finesse

[harsh elk]

aye pikes are hefty though that is true

[undone rain]

They are clumsy and are not balanced.

[mighty wharf]

I mean irl speed is basically everything isn't it? If you can be agile with a warhammer, well you've basically compensated for the weakness of a warhammer. The question is moreso can you be agile with a polearm.

[undone rain]

Definetly not fun to carry on your shoulder. Boy does it make it sore

[harsh elk]

pikes however were moreso used for being in formation against a charge, and you didn't really use them in combat with a 1 on 1?

[undone rain]

Correct.

[mighty wharf]

See this is what I think the reasoning for DnD polearms is. Generally speaking, most would be kinda clumsy with a really long stick that has a weighted tip.

[harsh elk]

so you'd drop your pike or let it be stuck in the horse and draw your sidesword

[fossil hollow]

spears and halberds:

[mighty wharf]

It would take someone specialized with polearms to use it dextrously so polearms shouldn't have the property by default.

[undone rain]

They were easy to counter so thats why they just dropped it and took out their secondary

[jolly agate]

I love great hammers and War hammers

[mighty wharf]

Like a monk having a feature that would allow them to use DEX for a polearm

[glass granite]

They can

Spears and quarterstaffs particularly

[fossil hollow]

on Qstaffs and Spears

[undone rain]

Mmm stick my fav weapon

[mighty wharf]

If you've seen spear use irl you know people can be fast with them but don't typically like, flip them around and do acrobatics with them, they generally keep them pointed at the enemy and stationary. The dexterity from using them comes from the dexterity of using any piercing weapon, accurately landing a stab without being blocked or parried.

[harsh elk]

speed edge alignment and draw length are what counts with swords the heaviest of zweihanders were like bellow 15 LB, which was an absurdly large sword 7 ft long! most zweihanders which are greatswords in D&D were 5-8 pounds and very balanced so you were quite agile with it

[glass granite]

I think it should be noted that weapons in dnd use strength and Dex for balance and variety more so than realism

[mighty wharf]

Yeah, greatswords in DnD are MUCH more agile than they are irl so using IRL logic for the game at all is kinda not very logical. But greatswords also don't have the finesse property either do they?

[harsh elk]

I'd say that axes and maces are actually good with the STR stat as their base

[glass granite]

Agreed, plus mauls too. But that’s secondary to balance in my mind

Bludgeoning weapons make more sense with strength due to their lesser force multiplier

[harsh elk]

was what I was getting at

[mighty wharf]

Yeah, axes, hammers, maces basically anything that would still do a ton of damage if you hit heavy armor or had your attack blocked fit the STR depiction in DnD very well.

[harsh elk]

is also why I could see greatswords not do bad with a dex stat really

(and longswords)

[glass granite]

I don’t think even those weapon would do a ton of damage to heavy plate

[harsh elk]

oh ... they would

[glass granite]

They would?

I somehow doubt smacking a person in full plate with an axe is gonna do a TON

[mighty wharf]

Those weapons are famous for beating the hell out of armor.

[harsh elk]

a flanged mace strike to the chest even with plate on will knock knock the wind out of you.

and possibly break a rib

a knock on the head and you're out cold

[mighty wharf]

Axes have enough weight behind them that they can generally cleave through a lot of plate armor as well. Chain they might have a bit more of a struggle against I think? But still.

[glass granite]

Couldn’t plate armor at some stage take a bullet? In all fairness I’m no expert, but I’m skeptical it would cleave.

[mighty wharf]

And hammers are just the bane of armor. Archeologists have found holes in skeletons from hammers, armor be damned.

[harsh elk]

if we are talking like a one handed footman axe, then yes, it would struggle... but a turkish/janissary war axe or pray tell a russian bardiche, that will hurt

[glass granite]

ah I love me a bardiche

I like partisans as far as polearms go personally

[mighty wharf]

I think halberds axe heads are historically scary too. Halberds in general are terrifying weapons.

[glass granite]

Tbf, most weapons are terrifying if you’re fighting someone with one

[harsh elk]

very strong defensive weapon, especially if you had plate armor and didn't need a shield for sure

[glass granite]

Billhooks are also cool

[mighty wharf]

Yes but a halberd combines the mechanical advantage of basically a long ass lever and a hammer...

[empty thicket]

yep, but in theory expensive and one must have the strength and learn how to use it well

[mighty wharf]

With the piercing capabilities of an axe

And the reach of a spear.

[empty thicket]

Spear, axe and hammer in one weapon, in dnd is only reach and slash but irl is like, top tier medieval weapon

[mighty wharf]

Exactly.

[harsh elk]

-# ad mortem inimicus in the background

[empty thicket]

still 1d10 is good, i would put it like 1d12 tho

and make it 15gp more

[harsh elk]

I actually co-designed a weapon for my barbarian orc that is a bardiche with my DM :o

[empty thicket]

its look like a greataxe or is what i found in google right now

Flavor is nice always tho

[mighty wharf]

I think it's statblock is very nice. Reach, cleave, and slashing basically covers everything without giving it too much and 1d10 feels appropriate considering it's not really a specialized weapon like greatswords and greataxes.

[harsh elk]

it's custom drawn and it's basically absurdly heavy (50 lb) and anyone with STR under 12 cannot use it in combat and under STR 16 rolls attacks with disadvantage

[mighty wharf]

It's not redundant with anything else I think is what I like about it.

[empty thicket]

D...damn...

[empty thicket]

true, but i just want martial weapons to be more op honestly

[harsh elk]

and we added that for every 2 points of STR above 16 adds 1d6 bludgeoning damage on a hit with a max cap at STR 26, so the damage will scale a little here but not too much

[mighty wharf]

Actually, I think it could use piercing instead of slashing. Because even the axe part of a halberd would basically pierce armor.

Because as it stands the glaive and halberd are almost mechanically the same, just different mastery properties.

[empty thicket]

hard happening but i see from you would be going

If not, special magic weapon or just special weapon. Halberd "Insert name of some great adventurer or legend in your campaign"
Can be used for either piercing, slashing or bludgeon damage

[undone rain]

So druids get their powers sometimes from nature gods. But what about rangers

[fossil hollow]

Thanks to their connection with nature, Rangers can also cast spells that harness primal powers of the wilderness.

[candid forge]

Hey, what's a good reward for finding candy for an engineer in a ship's engine room? The engineer is a fairy, so what would she do as a reward? This is a low level area.

[empty thicket]

same, both get their magic from embrace the nature powers and sense them

[undone rain]

So technically. Almost every class has something holy about them, wether it be their own class or subclass aside from 3

Damn what is this holy dnd

Zealot barb
Clerics no need to explain further
Druids sometimes
Same with rangers
Sun soul monk kinda but not really
Paladins
Celestial warlock
Divine soul sorcerer
Smth smth wizard i forgot the name

[ripe nimbus]

if it’s 50lb anyone Medium size with strength under 20 shouldn’t be able to use it and anyone with strength under 25 should get disadvantage

that’s an insane weight for a weapon

real life bardiches are like 6-7lb

[undone rain]

Six se-

[ripe nimbus]

quiet teenager

[undone rain]

Ill see myself out

[ripe nimbus]

lol

just bantering

[undone rain]

Ik lmao. We good

Anyway i was actually thinkin of playin ranger. Any suggestions for a subclass that are fun and not just optimized

[ripe nimbus]

in general d&d’s weapon weights are pretty accurate and when they’re wrong it’s mostly in the direction of too heavy…

[glass granite]

2014 or 2024?

[undone rain]

How about both. We do a lil funny

[glass granite]

Winter walker and Gloomstalker are fun. Oh and Drakewarden!

[undone rain]

Thank yew

[glass granite]

I’d only do drakewarden if you know it’ll be high level tho

[undone rain]

Gotcha

[sour fractal]

Hi friends

[glass granite]

Hallo

[undone rain]

Oh wow gloomstalker seems really fun. Ill be playing that

Feels like a ninja subclass lol

[craggy summit]

It's basically ranger meets rogue 🙂‍↕️

atleast from what i can recall of gloomstalker

[empty thicket]

more like Assassin meet ranger but yeah, gloomstalker is okey

the winter walker one sound funny

[craggy summit]

Ah well if we're talking about specifics then yeah it's assassin rogue 😌

[craggy summit]

"what's your speciality?"

"I walk... in the winter."

[empty thicket]

+"I was raised by a pack of wolfs in the winter mountains, now where is the next mission?"
-"The....dessert..."
+"What is that?"
-"Ermmm....

[craggy summit]

I'm pretty sure that's the main reason they got rid of favored terrain 😅

[peak pecan]

“And for the rest of the year?”

“Well, it takes me 9 months to hone my skills…”

“Get out of the party.”

[craggy summit]

"Frickin seasonal rangers.."

[fossil hollow]

"You got leave with that?"

[empty thicket]

na, people tend to just ignore it or smt like that

[odd valley]

yeah a winter walker would definitely be more at home in icewind dale than in chult

[empty thicket]

in general sound a class that is a bit more tanky for the HM thing and the extra cold damage sound nice

[peak pecan]

“No, but you can work from home.”

“How can I adventure at home?”

“The same way you train your Winter Walking: far, far away from us.”

[empty thicket]

and can always flavor it like a Dessert walker, instead of cold you can get resistance to fire and that it is
Change the elemental thing to fire and there

[sage pebble]

quick question i just started a new campaign and i went ranger/druid was that a good pick?

[fossil hollow]

a bit redundant on spells

[peak pecan]

Are you enjoying it? Then yeah, technically

[sage pebble]

cant really say we only had one session so far

[empty thicket]

in flavor wise, kinda yes
IN gameplay not so much but if you are having fun, go whatever make you happier

[sage pebble]

ok thanks

[cinder timber]

How do I get my interest back in dnd?

Or make it fun?

[empty thicket]

try new stuff, strats, campaigns, change your expectations, play with other kind of objectives in mind, etc etc.

[idle oar]

Try other TTRPGs as well. It can be good to explore other game systems and see how they handle things.

Also okay to just take a break.

[past blaze]

my flavoured terrain is dessert

[rough basalt]

Second this

[empty thicket]

Or fight 400 baboons

[rough basalt]

Trying other things can make you appreciate something you enjoy more.

[empty thicket]

A whole 5 session chapter in a campaign about fighting an army of 500 baboons

[quick briar]

what character should i use next in D&D game? Thesekar, wanderer with dragon cub, or The Un-named one, he wears a black cloak and an animal skull as a mask and uses dark magic as well as a giant demonic ghost dragon that lives inside of him, he can sometimes open dark garganta like portals and he really like metal and rock music (lets just say NIN, RammStein, and MÅNESKIN exist in this D&D game. Also my DM said I could use either of them)

[cinder timber]

Im not sure i know another

[cinder timber]

I could try that. Maybe be a better roleplayer

[rough basalt]

Pathfinder is what I'd recommend if you go the try another rpg route

[peak pecan]

Ask your DM first

[rough basalt]

It's very free to play friendly

[quick briar]

I have, he didnt directly answer but said I could use both

[rough basalt]

And is DnDs cousin

So it's not that far away from how dnd is.

[peak pecan]

Flip a coin

[rough basalt]

It's action system is also a lot less complicated than it sounds and honestly less complicated than 5e.

[cinder timber]

Okay I can try it

[rough basalt]

Just 3 actions and your done and everything costs 1 or more actions

[quasi dock]

yoo hey where can I find a best art

[quick briar]

im gonna name the un-named one, his name is now La Carne and I'm gonna use him, now instead of demonic dragon and strange dark abilities, he uses flesh

[rough basalt]

Playing a bit of PF initially made me feel like "I kinda like how easier 5e is to play" and I got back on the proverbial 5e horse.

Older dnd editions is also a decent choice. You get to see how the game has changed over the years.

See the good, the bad, and the ugly of older editions.

[idle oar]

Tried Shadowrun yet? Wrath & Glory? Roll for Shoes? Blades in the Dark? Rogue Trader? Go do some internet research on TTRPGs, pick something that piques your interest, give it go.

[quick briar]

gonna rephrase that, he is now a giant living ball of carrion

[rough basalt]

Shadowrun is definitely a system that'll make you appreciate 5e more lol

[cinder timber]

Okay, ill try it. Maybe, ill drop the campaign im in then

[rough basalt]

And if you end up enjoying it, most Shadowrun fans love nothing more than new people.

That goes for most systems despite internet reputations.

Like 9/10 if you ask a Warhammer 40k fan how to get into 40k they're gonna excitably bombard you with lore, likely about their favorite faction rather than the 1/10 that soils their internet reputation would do.

[empty thicket]

or just take a break from it, its okey doing that

[cinder timber]

Yeah, how do you make dnd fun?

[empty thicket]

I like big numbers of damage and some roleplay

That it is, im that basic but in other way im kinda new to DnD so i have still an exploration window

[cinder timber]

How do you make dnd fun?

[turbid vessel]

Wdym "make" it fun?

[odd valley]

find what you think is fun about dnd

[fast latch]

Homebrew, homebrew, and tons more homebrew

Especially making it yourself

[odd valley]

think what exactly about it do you like

[fast latch]

What’s your favorite animal? Make (Insert animal)folk

Like Lizardfolk, but that animal

[cinder timber]

Losing my interest so just asking

[rough basalt]

Idk

For much of my initial time playing dnd it was rarely fun

[peak pecan]

What parts are you finding unfun? Find a way to minimize or remove those elements

[rough basalt]

I nearly quit tabletop altogether cause of bad experiences.

But then I got in the current circle of dnd people I'm in currently and have been enjoying it again.

[cinder timber]

Just not getting immersed in the world

And not enjoying rping as much

[peak pecan]

Have you been playing a lot of D&D recently

[cinder timber]

Fair enough, thx Sora

[rough basalt]

Could be burnt out

[cinder timber]

No, im returning from a hiatus

[peak pecan]

You’re allowed to be out of practice at the things you like; as you play more now that you’re back playing, you’ll get back in the groove in no time

[turbid vessel]

like sora said too, sometimes it's the people you play with. i've played with people that made me wanna quit the hobby all together

[cinder timber]

I seem. None of my friends play unfortunately

[odd valley]

do also note though, that your friends may not be the best dnd players

(in this instance i mean they might be problematic players)

((not that they would be good at playing dnd off the rip))

[turbid vessel]

i liked the game a lot better when i found a group that didn't care nearly as much about optimization as my last group

i don't mind making a strong build but it gets on my nerves when people try to tell me off for making a choice with my character for flavor and/or non-combat

[cinder timber]

Oh thats valid. I do appreciate the rp and narrative more. Perhaps, im in the wrong table top tho

[turbid vessel]

i'm in a group where sometimes we forget to roll dice with how involved we get in the roleplay

[cinder timber]

That sounds great, ngl

[broken imp]

yea fr like sometimes i intentional choose not to do something during combat just so we won't end it before the enemy took their turn

or most of the time i build my character for support & utility

[empty thicket]

i try to build mines to make a certain task properly

The fighter im playing must stand his ground and literally obliterate some enemy

[oak saddle]

Anyone know of any save increasing items that don't cost an attunement slot?

[fossil hollow]

No, as a general trend, they all require attunement

[empty thicket]

would be too good then, attunement is a way to balance the things too

[broken imp]

battlemaster 3 gloomwalker 5 assassin 3 and maybe a few extra lvs if u can spare it = obliterates every enemy ever

[valid geyser]

God I missed playing a fighter. I missed extra attacks so much. Killed 6 out of 8 twig blights in an encounter

Also I got to respectfully nog the other martials who were doing less damage than my minimum with GWM 2024 and fighting style

I do think I love the proficiency to damage that 2024 gives to gwm over the -5 +10

[real hare]

forgive me if this is a silly noob question but what on earth does LFG mean in the context of dnd ???

[valid geyser]

looking for game

[real hare]

oh my god thank you it all makes sense now

[empty thicket]

na, im doing for now a 1 class per character thing.
Later after experimenting some of each i will multi

[umbral girder]

Let’s Feed Gnolls /jk

[real hare]

I only know what LFG stands for in dumb internet slang and I tried to say it and got put on timeout cause I didn’t know swear word was illegal 😭 that was a very humbling experience

I would feed gnomes, maybe not gnolls unless we were chill like that

[formal ocean]

How to post in looking for dm?

[fossil hollow]

Read #find-a-game

[formal ocean]

Ty

[amber cosmos]

Tips for first time dm?

[crystal star]

run lost mine or dragonspire peak. theyre the starter set modules, and you can find them for free online iirc

[amber cosmos]

What?

I have my own world

[odd valley]

you can find lmop for free but you have to pay for icespire peak

[crystal star]

ahh thats it

[glass granite]

Communicate with your players
Respect your players
Put passion into the game
Don’t overprep
Expand your vocabulary
Show, not tell (and use descriptive language that talks into all senses)
Have fun, no stress, and COMMUNICATE
Have a session zero
You don’t write a story, your party lives through one. Don’t prepare tales, prepare scenarios.
Try to know more than your players
COMMUNICATE

[fossil hollow]

keep your platter small, make sure everyone is having fun, reflect on mistakes, hydrate

[glass granite]

I second “hydrate”

[amber cosmos]

That’s like perfect thx

[odd valley]

third that, you’re talking a whole lot

[amber cosmos]

Oke doke

[crystal star]

they're pretty open, so you could even slot them into your own setting without too much trouble. I recommend them mostly because they are so good at teaching new DMs how to DM. that being said, if you are dead set on running something unique, let nothing stop you

[glass granite]

Oh and if you want help specifically with anything, ask. #dm-discussion is one place

[amber cosmos]

Ok I’m going as unique as possible but still like dnd

[amber cosmos]

Ok thanks

[glass granite]

Oh and remember that lore is only as good as your players can absorb it

[amber cosmos]

I’m gonna do a test run With just 1 person to start

[amber cosmos]

Good to know

[glass granite]

Focus on things that are happening or will happen over history, because unlike history your players will experience the story directly

History can be fun to write and add lore, but not everyone will want to read 5 pages. Keep it concise, sharp and engaging.

[broken imp]

also i recommend giving ur player a "cheat sheet" for the common rules, have a list of names for inprov, and look through ur player's character sheet

[amber cosmos]

Ok

[broken imp]

keeping a notebook is nice

[amber cosmos]

I was thinking of making some things up like characters up as we go along (npcs ofc)

[glass granite]

Naturally, you can’t build the entire world at once down to every detail

[amber cosmos]

Exactly

That was my thought process

[broken imp]

yea exactly, have some stuff like names for improv makes making stuff on the spot easier

[south prawn]

Care to share the unique-ness?

[amber cosmos]

It takes place on a alien planet

But still magic and monsters

Not futuristic

[broken imp]

also if ur using a campaign book like ones made by wotc read it thoroughly, once i didn't read carefully enough and had to look up the pronunciation of a name in the middle of the sentence

[amber cosmos]

Do not have any of those just a map and dice

[broken imp]

oh ok

yea having a paper map is always nice

[amber cosmos]

My friend lives in new York so uh no we doing digital

Other side of America lol

[amber cosmos]

Thanks you were EXTREMELY helpful

[fossil hollow]

-# i cant tell, is that sarcasm or is that genuine?

[amber cosmos]

Genuine

I couldn’t tell myself lol

[cloud bison]

dndbeyond lagging rn?

[amber cosmos]

Wait does it ever NOT?

[steel bane]

What do you say is the most fun class to play in your opinion?

[fossil hollow]

In my opinion: Tie betwen warlock, barbarian, or paladin

[amber cosmos]

I’ve only ever played shinobi it was really fun

[steel bane]

Ok

Thx

[fossil hollow]

I take is Shinobi is a homebrew class

[broken imp]

lol me too

[steel bane]

Can I have the details for the class?

[broken imp]

um i dunno i like warlock, wizard, and for melee i dunno

[amber cosmos]

Bow katana and grappling hook also low health and poison darts

[broken imp]

fighter and ranger is cool, paladin too

but it's half caster so idk if it counts

[woven flint]

My favorite class to play is Clerics, because it's got the most DOG in them out of the casters imo

Looks over at my Tiefling War Cleric

I should play Karkas again one day

[broken imp]

lol one of my player played a cleric, no offense but i don't like it tho

[woven flint]

My War Cleric killed a Lich twice in the same combat :]

Once temporarily, it then absorbed some hp, came back to life, then he killed it again and we destroyed its Phylactry

[amber cosmos]

Guys I’ve only ever done 1 campaign and I’m not even done with it we’ve done like 3 sessions

[broken imp]

oh lol lich are annoying

[broken imp]

what about it?

[amber cosmos]

Idk I thought it was really fun

[steel bane]

I’m on the fence between bladesinger, paladin and shinobi

[wraith arch]

Hi

Am new

[woven flint]

Shinobi isn't an official class, so you'd have to ask your dm.

[candid forge]

Are Sleight of Hand, Strength, and Persuasion a good mix of skill check options for a challenge? I didn't wanna leave anyone out,

[wraith arch]

And I want to play

[fossil hollow]

challenge for what

[candid forge]

Options for a skill check where you're trying to grab a ring through a sewer grate

Slide your hand through, lift the grate, or ask for help

[woven flint]

I can't wait to punch more people in the face with Sentry tomorrow :]

[steel bane]

Bladesinger then

[fossil hollow]

are you ready to deal with a dragon first

[woven flint]

We're already talking to her smh

[broken imp]

try #dnd-newcomers , or #find-a-game for info

[fossil hollow]

still havent dealt with her :P

[wraith arch]

Ok

[woven flint]

Doesn't she have a job request or something for us?

[fossil hollow]

:)

[broken imp]

dragons are stronger compared to cr early but later it's mid

[woven flint]

I can't imagine with how cordial and apologetic she's been acting that she'd want to kill us

We didn't kill her Minions when they attacked us either smh

[lethal flax]

Guys guys pls help I spilled some stuff on my desk and in a panic I grabbed the closest piece of paper I had but that was actually the plan from my D&D campaign and it was the only thing I had it stored on

And now it's ruined

The thing I spelled was paint

Spilled

[broken imp]

... um try to save what u can and redo it?

[lethal flax]

Ok

[elder swan]

How do I get rid of the new to dnd role?

[fossil hollow]

id:customize

[meager fractal]

How do I rp better

[severe rampart]

there's no direct solution, the only thing there is to it is practice

try describing your character's options more

[humble cairn]

I find a good set of PBIF (Personality, Bonds, Ideals, Flaws) helps with this. It's basically a self written custom guideline for your character. Use them as touchstones when you don't know how to act in-character.

**Personality **- The default emotional “stance” of your character or their standing animation at the character select screen, if you will. This is how your character generally behaves when nothing else is going on.
**Bonds **- The people, places, and things that are important to your character, either good or bad. These are the connection points between your character and the game world, very important for integrating the character and the plot.
**Ideals **- These are your character’s ethics. This is where you state how your character believes people should behave.
**Flaws **- These are your character’s blind spots or things that plague your character in a way that drives the story forward and makes the plot more interesting, a built-in conflict generator. Usually they will be a kind of weakness in your mindset, but it can be anything else that consistently obstructs your character’s life.

A solid and clear Personality is a default stance you can always fall back on whenever you don't know how to act in-character. Having that as a starting point from which you can branch out is usually helpful. Also helpful to pick one or two signature behavioral tics. It doesn't have to be an accent, but that's one choice. It can also be habitual word choices, catch phrases, posture. Always flipping a coin, perhaps. Or biting your nails nervously.

That Personality bit is probably the biggest acting guide part. Pick a stereotype of your character and just keep repeating it until you feel comfortable doing it. Once you're comfortable with the most stereotypical bit of your character, you can start branching out form there and adding nuance.

[prisma prairie]

There’s no like true base line of how to rp, do what’s comfortable for you. Don’t overstrain ya self to do voices/accents ect.
Stuff comes with time

[fiery nimbus]

so... is detecting poisons species dependant?
Would a dog person detect chocolate?
Would a Sheep fail to detect Holly Berries?
Would a human mark down the Dwarfs Food?

If im Allergic to Gluten would my Detect Poison just detect regular bread?

[still plover]

Asking the real questions. The spell seems to me like it would pick up the capital P poisons as listed in the book. I suspect dietary incompatibility would be out of scope there.

[frail wasp]

yep, for the same reason dragons dont intrinsically detect as magic i'd reckon

[storm magnet]

Can I use the mending can trip to fix a torn bag of holding

[frail wasp]

no

well, you can use mending on it, but it explicitly can't restore magic to a broken magic item

[halcyon forum]

well poison does depend on the dosage, so technically everything is a posion

[frail wasp]

maybe thats why the druids spell detects the ocean as poisonous ... and they're overreacting for no reason

[storm magnet]

What are good or creative uses for mending

[frail wasp]

magic show for sure

[odd valley]

fixing torn clothes

[still plover]

Patch up a shredded letter?

[frail wasp]

sealing small portals

[storm magnet]

It can seal portals?

Torn up letter is cool

[frail wasp]

unpicking fruit

[storm magnet]

If there was an earthquake that caused a huge fissure, can I fix it

[frail wasp]

huge fissure? mending has a size limit

huge aint it

[storm magnet]

Many Small fissures that make up a big fissure?

[frail wasp]

mending can fix things explicitly coded for mending yes

[storm magnet]

Ooo you can mend lockpicks

[humble cairn]

Erasing evidence of breaking and entering. Just be mindful that it's a one minute cast time.

[glad ferry]

Gotta pay gold to have the bag of holdings enchantment restored which isn't cheap

[past blaze]

mending could mend a lock 👀

[glad ferry]

Just break all the pins inside and make it seem like someone attempted to break in and failed leaving in a hurry

[still plover]

"...single break or tear in an object." So if you'd clipped a bolt, sure. If you'd gotten a lockpick stuck in a key lock and it's broken off, jamming the mechanism, not so much.

[vapid ore]

My enire old account got deleted but somehow i msnaged to contact someon from my old party

[left carbon]

how do i ask about players wanting to join my campaign

[vapid ore]

Go to find a game and then make a post in looking for players

[left carbon]

im not allowed to post in looking for players

apparently

[vapid ore]

Then look in looking for dm

[left carbon]

i dont think you understand, im asking how to gain permission to post in those channels as they are locked to me

[severe rampart]

my players just messed up their stealth mission 😭

[fair summit]

You cant post in them directly, only on the threads posted there

See #find-a-game for instructions

[humble cairn]

Oop, did you have a contingency plan for that being derailed?

[severe rampart]

Improv baby!

[cobalt owl]

It's just the gta v diamond casino heist

You go loud once you get spotted

[fair summit]

No one will notice you if there's no one left to notice 😏

[humble cairn]

Heavy Stealth

[fair summit]

My party was plying through Keys From the Golden Vault (A module of heist type one shots), and asked for a horn of valhalla
Horn of valhalla
Which summons a bunch of berserkers
For heists 😭

[undone rain]

So when it comes to fiend warlock, i suppose you usually make pacts with lesser fiends and not someone like zariel yes?

[still plover]

Could be. Higher level warlocks are maybe on Zariel's radar. Most starting adventurers are basically interns.

[undone rain]

Well that would give me an idea for a zariel tiefling

[frosty fulcrum]

Hey, I got a paladin thing im curious about
Let's say a paladin swore an oath to protect someone they held dear
But that person then betrayed the paladin and their allies, and the paladin then swear an oath to avenged his slain allies, what would happen?

[minor cargo]

I think what happens next would be something to explore in the game. ;)

Or are you asking other DMs how they might start pulling on that storybeat?

[undone rain]

Now i got a thought. You could technically turn eldritch knight into a sort of halfcaster. If you use booming blade and green flame blade

[glass granite]

They’d break the oath of protection and change it to an oath of vengeance, is how’d I rule it

[glass granite]

Yup, that’s how I’d play my Eldritch knight

[still plover]

Is the first one an Oath oath, like Devotion or Crown, or the kind of vow or promise anyone could make?

[undone rain]

It is smarter to do em like that after all. They are frontliners so

My god i wish paladins had booming blade

[glass granite]

They wouldn’t be able to make much use of it past level 4

But you can get it through magic initiate

[humble cairn]

It doesn't play well with Extra Attack. And Paladins don't have Hextra Attack.

[humble cairn]

They are already a third caster, though?

But yes, Eldritch Knights using Blade Cantrips is pretty standard.

[undone rain]

No no ik that, i was more just suggesting the fact that they could technically be off brand halfcaster with those cantrips

[humble cairn]

I kind of assumed all EKs used those already.

[undone rain]

Wait dont they get an extra attack at level 5 or smth or is my memory that bad

[humble cairn]

Paladin gets Extra Attack at 5, yes. But Booming Blade doesn't work with Extra Attack.

It's not that hard for Paladin to get Booming Blade, being a High Elf or having Magic Initiate can get you access to that spell. But once they get their Extra Attack, they're going to want to use that instead of Booming Blade.

[undone rain]

Dangit

[humble cairn]

"Hextra Attack" which is a fan term and not an official one, is what we call the version of Extra Attack that allows you to replace one of your attacks with a Cantrip.

Eldritch Knights do get Hextra Attack, which means they can weave Booming Blade, Green Flame Blade, or True Strike into their Extra Attack.

[undone rain]

I see, what a shame but understandable

[humble cairn]

And is something that probably all Eldritch Knights do, since it's just basically free extra damage.

[frosty fulcrum]

The idea just randomly came to mind, but I have never played a paladin before, so I was wondering how it would work

[undone rain]

That im very much aware of lol

Its like smites but cantrips instead

[sudden comet]

quick quection, how powerful are 9th level spell slots?
on a scale of, this is good to- im ending the world with a snap

[still plover]

They're pretty good. They won't end the world, but they're the best a mortal caster can manage.

[undone rain]

Uhh im ending the world with a snap basically

[humble cairn]

You might want to rephrase the question. Ninth level spell slots can be anything from using a 9th level slot to upcast Find Familiar (no increased effect), upcasting Magic Missile (increased effect, but it's still a 1st level spell) to casting Wish (the most powerful spell currently existing.)

[undone rain]

Well wish is powerful thats for sure

[still plover]

Better answer, yes.

[humble cairn]

So are you asking about Ninth Level spells?

[undone rain]

What are even the limits of wish

[sudden comet]

well, im joining an overlord-anime-themed campaign, we start at lvl 20, im tryna make a 'Johnny Silverhand' but customised cuz why not,

a spell-which makes any magic 10 feet without you dissapate, but let's you cast magic- is that too strong or does it come under 8th slot(round 1 hour duration)

[humble cairn]

DM fiat, basically.

[undone rain]

So it could be anything

[humble cairn]

Again you should understand the difference between "9th level spell" and "9th level spell slot" before you homebrew stuff.

[sudden comet]

well im like consuming the slot to use the spell right?(sry, never played mage)

[undone rain]

Im pretty sure they mean a 9th level spell

[humble cairn]

You can consume a spell slot to cast a spell of that level or lower.

[sudden comet]

yeah, we get 1 i believe.

[sudden comet]

yes

so leme clarify, im talking about making a spell

[humble cairn]

So when you're referring to a spell itself, don't call it a slot.

[sudden comet]

mb(holy lol)

[humble cairn]

Especially when homebrewing, you're going to want to be very technical with wording because it makes all the difference.

[still plover]

Perhaps have a look at some existing level 9 spells to use as a baseline, rather than trying to make up magic without a frame of reference?

[humble cairn]

Also the people in #homebrew will probably be of more help.

[sudden comet]

kk

[humble cairn]

Also this already exists. Antimagic field does exactly this as long as you exclude yourself from the emanation.

[undone rain]

You think tiefling horns can grow back if their broken off or no?

[severe rampart]

probably not

[undone rain]

Why not

[severe rampart]

would depend on the material, I seriously doubt that those horns are made from keratin

[humble cairn]

Yes, if you want. No, if you think that's cooler.

It's fantasy, not biology. Do whatever feels cooler.

[reef tundra]

And also there's validity on both sides because irl a lot of creatures that have horns grow it back, but others don't

But take that with a grain of salt bc fantasy

[undone rain]

Well id say no, better if they want a helmet to fit lol

[paper portal]

I think all fantasy should be 100% grounded and realistic and I HATE escapism

[humble cairn]

Ew, "realism."

[reef tundra]

If I were a tiefling I'd just find a helmet made for tieflings I am not cutting off my precious horns

[humble cairn]

That's a very humanocentric assumption that helmets aren't built to accomodate horns.

[undone rain]

If i were one i would probs do it cuz they would just be in the way depending on how big they are. Some go far back to the head

[reef tundra]

I just got a really good idea for a homebrew item, a magic helmet that is summoned around the horns, a one-fits-all for tieflings and other horned species, as the helmet adapts to the location of the horns when summoned

[reef tundra]

You only say that now because you don't have horns, if you had them as part of your body you might feel differently

[undone rain]

I dont play tieflings alot give me a break

[reef tundra]

Would you dislocate your shoulder to put a shirt on?

[undone rain]

While your right a shoulder isnt usually in the way. Big horns can be really annoying. If they were smaller yeah id keep however

[glass granite]

Just put it in, don’t care if it tears the shirt, and cast mending!

[undone rain]

But again i dont wear helmets or hats for that matter usually

[reef tundra]

I physically cannot wear hats irl because of my hair

[undone rain]

I only wear a tricorn for reenactment lol

[humble cairn]

It wasn't shade against you, just a comment about the assumption.

[undone rain]

Dw i didnt take offense lol. I just usually dont see helmets fit for horns is all

[still plover]

It's usually good to look around at new things.

[undone rain]

I suppose it also depens on how the horns are shaped and size

Since they come in all shapes and sizes

[humble cairn]

We live in a world where humans are the only ones we consider to be people, which means we don't really know what it would be like to live in a world with so many nonhuman peoples. Among those assumptions are how clothes are made.

[undone rain]

I suppose so

[reef tundra]

Also there is art in dnd of horned people wearing helmets

[undone rain]

Oh damn, havent seen it i usually see art without helmets so

[reef tundra]

The only one I can recall right now is a fey warrior in Adventures in Faerun

But I swear I've seen more

[minor cargo]

If you were looking to use Tieflings as a way to tell queer stories (and a lot of folks do), then “removing horns” might be a really clear (and visceral) way to talk about ways queer people are often forcibly changed.

Even then, horns could grow back (you can’t stop being who you are) or the don’t (you bear the scars - and get still survive).

So yeah long way to say, I agree, do what works for the group haha.

[undone rain]

Hmm thats kind of a good point

I wasnt really thinkin of it but it gives me an idea for sure

[reef tundra]

Now that's metal af

Wait are tieflings used as a way to tell queer stories?! Is that why I play tieflings so much?!

[undone rain]

Like getting rid of the horns to look more human or hiding the tail.

But later accepts who they are

[reef tundra]

Maybe that's why I am so viscerally opposed to cutting off the horns

-# Oh man, hits close to home

/hj

[undone rain]

Well i didnt mean any harm when talking about the horns lol

[limber trail]

(Not sure if you are serious or sarcastic here but it’s a fairly common stereotype. I’ve seen a handful of PCs who do fit the stereotype, not enough that I can personally speak to how true it is)

[reef tundra]

Oh no worries, I wasn't actually offended or anything

[undone rain]

Thank the gods. Last thing i wanna do is be rude lol

[reef tundra]

I am serious, I had no clue, but this is a wonderful new discovery for me

[lyric viper]

Changelings, elves and tieflings are Def common fabs among queer players due to how they interact with gender presentation, objectification and oppression based on perceived morals.

[errant crag]

I should try making a 5e character using old school style rolling where you roll your ability scores in order and can't plug them in around

[undone rain]

I understand changelings but why elves

[reef tundra]

I play changelings too 😭

[lyric viper]

Elves are also often treated as other, objectified and nebulous in gender presentation.

[past blaze]

when I pick tiefling it's because of fire

[errant crag]

I like playing super cute fairies

[undone rain]

Perhaps the meme that queer people often play tieflings was true afterall

[limber trail]

I do want to play a fairy pc at some point, they have such a cool vibe

[errant crag]

Ive played a fairy wizard and fairy ranger

Gotta play a Fairy Barbarian or Fighter some time

[undone rain]

I do have a fairy ranger in mind

[errant crag]

I built mine around two weapon fighting and throwing daggers

[reef tundra]

I am queer incarnate /lh

[lyric viper]

Elves are typically seen as more androgynous, gender fluid. Bit more queercoded based on those stereotypes.

[severe rampart]

I love Elves

[undone rain]

Well thats a new fact i didnt know

[severe rampart]

hah! nice!

I don't typically play flying species (aside from Aasimar) in fear of fall damage

[halcyon forum]

just play a monk

[undone rain]

Aasimar my beloved

[severe rampart]

I play Knomes when I play monk

[reef tundra]

It appears that Knome has infested your brain /lhj

I haven’t played Gnome yet

But I have a gnome PC idea that I might use soon

[severe rampart]

Knomes are very fun to play

though that may be because my only experience with it was using a level 20 monk

[limber trail]

You play what

I mean based I’m also playing monk rn

[errant crag]

I find it kinda odd that Resilient can't be taken more than once with different save proficiencies

[reef tundra]

Speak of the devil and he shall appear

[reef tundra]

I thought it could

[limber trail]

I’m not a devil

Smh

[reef tundra]

I will make you

[limber trail]

well dang, that's the most creative threat ive ever recieved

[dapper sandal]

is there any d&d server that anyone can send it to me?

[cosmic roost]

Ready to play Dungeons & Dragons?

Visit #find-a-game for everything you need to start your search, including:

• Instructions for finding a game here on the server (including how to post in our #looking-for channels).
• Suggestions for finding a game outside of this server.
• Basic advice to help you in your hunt.

[dapper sandal]

??

[idle oar]

Check the Looking for Game channels

[gusty charm]

For resources? Or to play with people?

[dapper sandal]

only want to see people playing online

[idle oar]

Like #looking-for-community is D&D servers that have games

[severe rampart]

Oh you want to watch people play

[dapper sandal]

yes

[idle oar]

YouTube and Twitch have D&D liveplay streams

[dapper sandal]

no on discord i want to know how they do it on discord

[idle oar]

D&D recently started a liveplay stream: https://youtu.be/mY9w7n84PmM

[dapper sandal]

thank you for the video, but i also wanna know how they do it** Online**

[feral fulcrum]

Not much different from doing it in person?

[gusty charm]

Are you trying to learn how to do it yourself? I’m confused

[feral fulcrum]

Like, the basic game doesn't magically change from Online and In Person.

[dapper sandal]

I know, im not looking for learn d&d that much more want to know how they do it online, not the game but hosting it

[errant crag]

They usually use a virtual table top like Roll20 or Foundry

[dapper sandal]

hmm

they are free?

[gusty charm]

Owlbear is used too

[knotty vine]

Yall I have a dnd question

[errant crag]

There are a number of free virtual tabletops

[dapper sandal]

witch one is better?

[knotty vine]

Why havent we gotten a dragon themed barbarian

[merry sigil]

you can ask the DMs if you can spectate but if they allow you make sure you don't disturb their game or share your advices, just watch.

[dapper sandal]

im not gonna talk at all

[errant crag]

I don't have much experience outside of roll20 but thats mainly sunk cost fallacy, its free but its a bit more limited than if you pay money. Most VTTs are free with better options for if you pay.

[feral fulcrum]

Because dragons are more tied to Sorcery then anything else.

[limber trail]

My personal preference is owlbear rodeo. It's free and works pretty well. It doesn't have too many bells and whistles, which is a win in my book. It's the only one I found which doesn't try to integrate character sheets.

[merry sigil]

so go to #looking-for-players and find a game you think sounds good and ask politely if you can spectate.

[knotty vine]

So "rage of a dragon" doesnt sound cool

Also we legit have a dragon monk right there

[errant crag]

Elements Barbarian would be sick, Giant kinda has that

[knotty vine]

Theres also drake warden

But thats more so owning a dragon

But I want a barbarian that like gets a fly speed whenever they rage and maybe a breathe weapon or something

[dapper sandal]

Dragon’s Fury

[knotty vine]

Exactly!

When you rage you also get resistance to whatever dragon type you picked Its as easy as that

So why havent we gotten a barbarian themed around dragons!

[errant crag]

Thats kinda why we don't have it though theres a lot of stuff already in that wheelhouse

You can just play a Dragonborn Barbarian

And get those same things

[knotty vine]

Im not playing a fruad

[errant crag]

Dragon Monk is a Monk who just gets the same things as Dragonborn (with some extras)

Its like why we don't have wild magic warlock and wild magic wizard

[limber trail]

It doesn't need to be a fraud. It can be a dragonborn who when they rage, taps into a more innate part of their heritage and uses their draconic blood to fuel that rage

[feral fulcrum]

I don't we think we need a subclass that just apes Dragonborn features

[merry sigil]

My personal preference is 🥁 🥁 Theater of the Mind. I know many people hate Theater of the Mind, but I have hyperphantasia, so Imagining all those adventures for me is super cool.

[knotty vine]

Dragonborn is so boring through

They also arent even real dragons

[limber trail]

That might be true in some games, I DM for a dragonborn who's got such a rich connection to their culture and their draconic heritage. It's awesome.

[feral fulcrum]

Neither would a Dragon Barbarian

[limber trail]

I like a bit of in between. I do think theatre of the mind is great for most of the time in a game, but I do love when a combat can take place in an expansive battlemap.

[knotty vine]

You dont know that!

[feral fulcrum]

Know, I do kow that.

[errant crag]

I much prefer battle maps with grids or hexes

[feral fulcrum]

Because subclasses don't magically turn you into a different race

[errant crag]

Mainly because I run combat heavy games

[knotty vine]

Not what I meant

[limber trail]

I do dislike battlemaps for more exploration and RP-based seqeunces. If we aint in combat I'd rather imagine it. I dislike the video gamey feel of dungeon exploration with a full dungeon map up.

[errant crag]

I'm fine with TotM for exploration and roleplay or intrigue scenes but for combat and dungeon delving I need a battle mat

[knotty vine]

Lore wise a draconic bloodline sorcerer is more dragon then a dragonborn

[still plover]

What kind of ideas would you look for to bring a draconic theme to a barbarian?

[knotty vine]

at least in 2014 I aint sure how thats effect in 2024

[feral fulcrum]

There's always homebrew for whatever weird bugbear you've got with not being dragony enough.

[errant crag]

I feel like positioning and such is too important for my games for me to handwave them in combat and dungeon crawls

[merry sigil]

that's what I do when I DM. most of time we use theatre of the mind but when combat comes I have all of the battlemaps prepared. but by combat I mean a really big combat and not one evil little goblin and two of his kobold friends.

[knotty vine]

I dont know Im not a game designer

[limber trail]

Both dragonborn and draconic sorcerers do pretty explicitly reference having draconic ancestors (and draconic sorcerer actually says this is only one option, and most draconic sorcerers have more tertiary connections to dragons)

[knotty vine]

Made by dragon gods not real dragons

[merry sigil]

The hardest and most scary part in DND is scheduling 😂

[knotty vine]

Still think its weird that they arent native to Toril either

[feral fulcrum]

I think it's more neat then weird

[still plover]

I see damge resistance was mentioned. There's precedent in Bear for that. Perhaps coupling it with a PB bonus to damage dealt of the same type? Would also need a magic weapon, most likely. Hmm. Maybe elements monk could share something. One for #homebrew, but it's sounding possible.

[knotty vine]

They just kinda fell from Abril into Toriel

[limber trail]

Based on the text of the Draconic Ancestry feature: "Your lineage stems from a dragon progenitor. Choose the kind of dragon from the Draconic Ancestors table."

It also mentions that that's one such story, and another is that dragons created the first dragonborn themselves without the gods' blessings. They do not offer a very specific insight one way or the other.

[feral fulcrum]

It was hardly an accident, they deliberately moved to escape slavery

[knotty vine]

Really? I could find like no info on how they did it

[limber trail]

I'm going based on the 2024 PHB

Which granted, isn't a novel that describes the entire history

[knotty vine]

I meant how the dragonborn jump ship from Aberl to Toirl

If anything there more so aliens in lore

Granted that would make a lot of races Aliens like humans and dwarfs as well

[limber trail]

the concepts of what is and isnt alien gets a bit bendy in a game like dnd

[still plover]

Gith?

[knotty vine]

Them too

Another thing I found really weird that that in like dwarfs did like little to nothing until the second sundering

They were just kinda there

It was the elfs and fey that did the flowering after the dragons and giants almost killed each other

It was the humans who made wonderful giant floating citites

Dwarfs were just.. kinda there

Didnt really do anything noteable

[still plover]

Compare with Dragon Age where the dwarves were basically in charge of keeping the darkspawn bottled up until they couldn't, but at their height had a vast subterranean empire independent of the kingdoms above ground.

[knotty vine]

I enjoy gith lore but they are so... insufferable sometimes

[errant crag]

I gotta play one

[knotty vine]

"yellow as a toad and twice as ugly"

I like that they get medium armor prof and a invisable mage hand

[worldly lion]

How do i make a bomb? Is it alchemy?

[severe rampart]

you can't really make bombs in D&D

[gusty charm]

Are you player or DM?

[worldly lion]

Player

[gusty charm]

Ask your DM

[knotty vine]

Yes you can

[severe rampart]

not modern bombs

[knotty vine]

https://www.dndbeyond.com/equipment/200-dynamite-stick

Boom stick

[worldly lion]

What if i use my long rest make spell write in a book ,everytime i rest

Then boom!!

[severe rampart]

... what?

[knotty vine]

https://www.dndbeyond.com/equipment/546-bomb

[gusty charm]

Also

https://www.dndbeyond.com/equipment/198-gunpowder-keg?srsltid=AfmBOopOTo1BYJ7MqldZS8aX6rpUrCZbiFGtlGeCtTeZiB2MhaColqvm

“Setting fire to a container full of gunpowder can cause it to explode”

[gusty charm]

???

[knotty vine]

what is a "modern bomb" to you

[severe rampart]

Grenade

but I suppose bombs don't have to be Grenades

[knotty vine]

Thats.. just a bomb

adventuering equipment

[still plover]

Just making additional copies of the spells your wizard already knows? It's good to have a backup spellbook. Expensive, though.

[knotty vine]

Are they talking about glyph of warding tech

Could could circle casting to make a fireball

[worldly lion]

Writing an explosive glyph of warding in spell book..

[knotty vine]

Weve been over this time and time again

[limber trail]

The second you move more than 10ft the spell dissipates with no effects

[knotty vine]

You wouldnt be able to move the spell book

[limber trail]

It's in the description of glyph of warding

[iron cave]

The demogorgon has new powers

[limber trail]

I don't think he does - not for the last few years

[worldly lion]

So if i want to use it i need to be in a explosion rage?

[limber trail]

No, just that when you cast the spell, it can't be moved. As soon as you take the spell book 10ft in any direction it fizzles. So, you need to cast the spell and then not move the book.

[idle oar]

You need to cast it in the area where you want explosion to happen. But you can't move the glyph more than 10 feet before it goes away.

[limber trail]

Which can work but it requires you to lure enemies to one specific spot which is not always possible to plan super far in advance

[worldly lion]

Yep gonna use this one

Thanks

[limber trail]

It's good for setting traps

but it's hard to use offensively

[vagrant notch]

If i turn into a giant ape by using polymorph will my war caster feat will also be disappear

[still plover]

I don't think so, but can't say for certain.

[knotty vine]

I just was rereading tiamat lore and why does she need 3 of herself in avernus

Tiamat had three manifestations in Avernus as well, one of which never left the gate to Dis. Her manifestation as Azharul[6] was her other 'public' face used for when foes challenged her to combat, meanwhile her original body remained secluded in her lair.

[limber trail]

Feats aren't one of the things retained when you get polymorphed so yes, it will

[rotund abyss]

Can I and should I make a whole quest in one page

I have a quest idea but it's last minute but like it's so genius

[idle oar]

Yes you could! Look up "one page dungeon contest" to see how others have done this.

[rotund abyss]

How have you done it

[idle oar]

I haven't done it myself - I'm just noting others have done it and you can get inspiration from what they've done.

[rotund abyss]

Alr

[still plover]

Situation, location, opposition, complication.

First scene, a conflict. Move on into exploration, investigation, solving a puzzle or social interaction. Two of those scenes, then a big battle for the finale.

[rotund abyss]

Guys my quest is genius

So the questgiver wants the players to catch a fairy, and then they catch it, right? Easy as that, quest over
But the thing is, once they long rest, they don't wake up in their camp, they wake up in the house of the Sylvador crime family

And then they meet the Fairy Godfather, who is the uncle of the fairy they caught

I'm a genius guys

[humble cairn]

I like it, now tell me how this turns into a quest and isn't simply an execution?

[rotund abyss]

They quest is catching the fairy

The goal is to escape the Sylvadors

And they're actually in Fairy Land or smth

I'm a genius guys I deserve a reward

[humble cairn]

That seems like just a prelude.

[rotund abyss]

I'm copywriting this

[frosty fulcrum]

Is this the general chat?

[humble cairn]

General D&D chat, yes.

[gusty charm]

I love this

[rotund abyss]

Rhehe

[frosty fulcrum]

Ah I see well I’m new. Hello

[rotund abyss]

OH IM IN THE WRONG CHANNEL

HELP

[severe rampart]

Well it's the general channel

[humble cairn]

Try not to use all caps, it messes with some people's assistive tech.

[gusty charm]

Instant ban

[rotund abyss]

I was meant to post this in the dm discussion channel

[rotund abyss]

Help

[severe rampart]

It's fine, not that big a deal

[gusty charm]

Oh wow I didn’t know that. Thanks for sharing!

[rotund abyss]

I gotta practice my Fairy Godfather voice

[frosty fulcrum]

I’ve never done D&D before but it looks interesting. I’ll admit. I need a new hobby other than staring into a computer screen…😭🥹

[humble cairn]

So by the fairytale logic of the Feywild, does the Fairy Godfather just kind of monologue like a storybook villain and allow them time to escape? Or is this supposed to be a lesson about how not to trust the first person to give you a quest because you might be doing something bad to someone with a family?

[reef tundra]

Hi! Welcome! To learn how to play there’s #learn-to-play and for any questions you have there’s #dnd-newcomers

[gusty charm]

It’s a big learning curve tbh, but it’s worth it :)

[frosty fulcrum]

Hopefully… 😅

[rotund abyss]

I'll improvise

I'm willing to spend a whole session just for this one joke

[errant crag]

Wondering if my character can still be called good aligned if she isn't really actively altruistic

[severe rampart]

Improv is great, sometimes you panic and it makes for funny moments

Tried to sneak in a Hamilton reference and my players caught that immediately

[gusty charm]

The best DMs (me) are like this

[rotund abyss]

Oh yeah I panicked so hard once my party, who was escaping the dungeon of the evil church, had a dance battle with the church's cheer squad

What church has a cheer squad

[rotund abyss]

Ok bro

[gusty charm]

To cheer on the Lord

Can I get an amen

[rotund abyss]

Amen 💔

[severe rampart]

my party just arrived in a new town, talked with the priest and asked for any advice, panicked and said "Talk less, smile more, don't let them know what you're against or what you're for, this town is in a power struggle between ..."

[rotund abyss]

Wuh

[loud tendon]

Hamilton fan.. funny. Did they catch on?

[severe rampart]

Yes

[errant crag]

I don't know anything about Hamilton

[severe rampart]

Clocked immediately, the Monk snickered and said "He's making a hamilton reference"

[severe rampart]

It's a musical made by Lin Manuel Miranda, it's my favorite for sure though it's off topic for this channel

[rotund abyss]

Oh man what if the Fairy Godfather's house has doors that lead to different dimensions and later in the campaign we could use it to do some Peacemaker episode 8 type stuff

[severe rampart]

Why would a mobster have those?

[gusty charm]

Peacemaker>>>

[gusty charm]

Would the godfather commission them? Or do you just expect them to take over the house

[rotund abyss]

I expect them to kill him and take over the house yes

They did that with... my entire kingdom

[gusty charm]

Typical

[feral fulcrum]

Multi-planar racket.

It would not honestly be that unusual for a powerful leader of a crminal orgnization to have routes into places like the City of Brass.

[errant crag]

Wonder if there's a homebrew stat block for an Ashiarai Yashiki yokai from Japanese folklore

[tender pier]

Anyone tried doing a DnD sci fi campaign?

As far as I know DND is just fantasy campaigns, but I wonder if sci fi is possible

[crystal star]

It has certainly been tried. There are many other systems better suited though

[loud tendon]

Free League has an ALIEN ttrpg for example

D&d closest might be spelljammer

[rotund abyss]

I tried convincing my friend to let me play the Thing from the Fantastic Four

Instead I'm playing the Object

Legally distinct

[severe rampart]

I've already run out of my D&D character names

[lean wigeon]

i would rather just use a different system

[severe rampart]

the last two I've made are named Don John N. Duragon and Jonathan U. Man

[feral fulcrum]

Anything that involves technology is probably going to fall flat with D&D

DND has been built in with built in expectations for what kinds of settings it can be played in.

[tender pier]

Free league? Never heard of em till now

[lean wigeon]

you should also check out Dragonbane heehee

[tender pier]

I only got this idea after watching way too many Stellaris lore videos

I don't know how much...

[valid geyser]

i remember being really excited to start a dragonbane campaign and it got cancelled like a week before session only announced in the lfg and not the discord we were invited to

[woven flint]

Pathfinder fixes thi- /joking

[lean wigeon]

Starfinder does though

[woven flint]

I loved playing Starfinder with my homies

I played a Ysoki (Ratfolk) Mechanic named "Bucket" and he had a robot companion named "S.A.K.R" (Super Ass-Kicking Robot)
They were great

S.A K.R was a crew favorite..
Well, except for the Android that didn't like machines and was trying to become human..
She learned to accept her fellow cybernetic individuals by the end of the campaign though

[rotund abyss]

Can you guys give punny names for a fairy themed Italian crime family

I have the Fairy Godfather alr

[gusty charm]

Hmmm… I will think on this

[lean wigeon]

tinker bell

[errant crag]

Tiny Soprano

[rotund abyss]

Tiny Soprano ‼️‼️

Love it

[severe rampart]

what's an underrated species for Rogue? 🤔

[errant crag]

Goliath

Would it be reasonable that if I were a Changeling and I had means to grow to Large size I could use my shape shifting to make myself look like a large creature such as an Ogre or the sort

Like if I had Enlarge or I was a Giant Barbarian

[severe rampart]

Having the urge to play a character but not having any campaigns to play them in 💔

[gusty charm]

Me with my character John Isekai

[fiery nimbus]

Centaur

[severe rampart]

... is this the "no one suspects the horse" joke

[fiery nimbus]

you can negate Centaurs inability to climb with Thief Rogue

[errant crag]

I can't get over the visual in my head of a Centaur Druid turning into a regular horse

[severe rampart]

"peter, the horse is here"

[lethal bobcat]

I tried some solo DMing after some tips here to maybe not keep playing with players I don't like

it felt good to brutally die to the dice myself at the tutorial encounter

does someone know of a good solo oracle module focused on wilderness, outer plane or dungeon survival or something like that? I now feel the siren's call to play a game with limited resources and no long rests basically