dnd-discussion

[tidal skiff]

Was like the meme where dude falls to the ground and they cover him with blanket ?

[twilit ibex]

They actually made it look like they slew him, then collected his "corpse" to get their reward for "slaying an infernal."

[tidal skiff]

Rouge: "Wait...so we aren't cashing that check ?"

[ivory forge]

Wrruff, ok work time bye

[twilit ibex]

I have actually never been in a party with a Rogue, oddly enough. I always end up in Fellowships of warriors, mages, etc. Rangers and Bards are the closest I've ever seen.

[tidal skiff]

That's actually odd. One would expect that there would be at least one even if they would play Duellist with swashbuckler.

[twilit ibex]

It is odd. I was in a party of 7 that didn't have one, and my current party of 6 doesn't either.

[undone rain]

7 and 6 you say

[tidal skiff]

Damn. Considering that's big groups and no Rouge. I wonder why no one plays it. Maybe all expected someone else to play it and decided not to so they won't cross each other ?

[undone rain]

Six se- no ill show myself out

[sudden comet]

i have achieved a +19 on my nature. hehehe

[undone rain]

Im sorry how

[sudden comet]

leme pull up all the buffs holdup

+6 int, +7 wis from primal order:magician, +6 proficiency bonus at lvl 20

+19

[twilit ibex]

I think everyone just wanted to blast and smash. Which is fun.

[sudden comet]

i am nature itself

[tidal skiff]

Yeah, I can understand that. I would probably play Rouge only if I had some idea in mind. My personal "if I don't know, I'll go" is Warlock. Especially the 5.5e is just chef's kiss with Pact of Blade and Armor of Agathys.

[twilit ibex]

I love playing Bladelock in 5.5e. I take one level of Fighter for weapon and armor proficiencies, as well as weapon masteries.

[tidal skiff]

I don't do multiclassing since I usually don't like it especially if I can't actually explain why they are like that. Yet, with me it always comes down to homebrew and asking for something I can't re-skin. Like my favorite kind of sword that isn't official nor can it really be re-skinned.

So yeah, I'm probably nightmare for no homebrew.

[ashen orchid]

knowing that they are in a game and being controlled

[hot marlin]

Oh yeah, no. Don't do that. Under any circumstances

[ivory forge]

+9 stealth ranger before, not as crazy as that but i’m still working on builds

[twilit ibex]

I usually go with "My Fighter made a pact with a being of great power, becoming a Warlock."

[tidal skiff]

I would get why do that since masteries do a lot.

[sudden comet]

+13 arcana, +14 insight and perception, perception has advantage. my passive perception and insight is 29 and 24 respectively

oh and +10 on persuasion

[twilit ibex]

For me, the introduction of Fighter is also how I explain my Pact of the Blade for my Warlock. As opposed to summoning or casting, a Fighter is familiar with the frontline, so his patron gives him a weapon.

And since he casts through the pact weapon, I flavor Eldritch Blast into a silly "sword wave"

[tidal skiff]

Makes sense, my approach is usually opposite. Patron be like: "You're so dumb, I'm not giving you a book if you can barely read and you can't even take care of cactus. Here's a sword, go do something."

[tidal skiff]

Oh that sounds cool, I forgot they can do that now.

[twilit ibex]

It's a fun flavor. Not for everyone though. Some people don't like that stuff

Me? I think all the best heroes call out the names of their best moves when they use them.

[tidal skiff]

I like the idea that Eldritch Blast is like magical sword blast makes it so much interesting and it doesn't break anything so it's even better. Especially if you also use Eldritch Smite it's just like...whole package.

[calm escarp]

Hello. I'm here again. What's the cost of an automatic rifle?

[twilit ibex]

Eldritch Smite is also, funnily enough, the only Smite you can use with a ranged weapon. If your pact weapon is a bow or crossbow, you are in the unique position to Eldritch Smite from range.

Magic Archer Warlock is a fun time

I also flavor firing the Eldritch Blast from a Pact Bow as drawing magical arrows made of energy.

[tidal skiff]

I'm thinking this could make nice Quincy stylized Warlock.

[twilit ibex]

Pact of the Blade Warlock is perfect for both Ichigo and Ishida builds, yes.

[tidal skiff]

I would actually go for Jugram. Since he's mostly close range, but capable of ranged blasts or do Quilge

Since the summoning of pact weapon goes really well with your medallion transforming to like rapier that can also shoot arrows (Eldritch Blast)

[twilit ibex]

I was just thinking that Eldritch Blast/Smite make good Getsugas. Or Wind Scars.

[tidal skiff]

Well depending on how much you know about Bleach, it makes sense these are similar

[twilit ibex]

I know right? Hilarious

[tidal skiff]

But now the biggest question...what subclass for Quincy inspired Warlock

[twilit ibex]

There is a patron that's like...your future self.

The abilities there are nice and favorable if I remember

[tidal skiff]

I'm playing 5.5e so I'm limited now since not much subclasses.

[twilit ibex]

5e subclasses are compatible with 5.5e, just gotta go with 5.5e above 5e

[tidal skiff]

So you move up the subclass to level 3 and it will work ?

[twilit ibex]

Mhm

The only Warlock subclass from 5e that loses a bit of "oomph" is Hexblade, as now the benefit of Charisma-based attacks and damage for Pact weapons is a base Warlock ability

[tidal skiff]

Undead could work as Blut and being important enough it be kept alive

[tidal skiff]

I think that's a good thing. Since previously Hexblade was must for all Melee Warlocks and it was getting annoying. BG3 had this good and I love it.

[twilit ibex]

I have an Undead patron Warlock in my upcoming game. Hoo boy, he is hard-to-kill

[tidal skiff]

Now that I think of it. Archfey would work great wouldn't it ?

[fast latch]

What’s the coolest race/class combination?

I think it’s Orc Bard

Because you get to play drums and be valorous and cast THUNDERWAVEEEEEEEE

[twilit ibex]

The Misty Step shunpo/flash step?

[tidal skiff]

Sending the WAAAGH on them

[tidal skiff]

Well Hirenkyaku, but yeah. Movement is among the more important things and the 5.5e one seems really invested in movement.

[ivory forge]

I want to be this level of magic

[twilit ibex]

Which is great for a Bladelock. I made a Hexblade focused on teleportation using the upgrade to Hexblade's Curse to teleport around targets repeatedly.

[fast latch]

DAMNNNNNN

[tidal skiff]

Now I'm about to mix it with different anime and name the movement ability Boogie Woogie

[twilit ibex]

There is a spell that specifically swaps you with a targeted creature

[tidal skiff]

What was the spell ? I wonder if I could get it on that Warlock for the fun of it.

[twilit ibex]

Trying to find it. Expanded content. Uno momento

[twilit ibex]

'Switcheroo' from Heliana's Guide to Monster Hunting: Part 1, pg. 206

[supple moth]

They updated their FAQ yesterday
https://dndbeyond-support.wizards.com/hc/en-us/articles/48785954711572-Why-can-t-I-order-physical-products-to-my-country

[twilit ibex]

You attempt to switch places with a Large or smaller creature within 90 ft that you can see. The target must succeed on a Charisma saving throw or teleport to your space whilst you teleport to the space it previously occupied.

Casting with higher level spell slots increases the range, as well as the size of the creature you can swap with

[tidal skiff]

I'm gonna write it down on a list.

I was cooking up my ideal Warlock (character) right now and arrived to finally somewhat formed character through this discussion.

[twilit ibex]

Awesome. Warlocks 4 lyfe

Shadow Wizard Money Gang. We love casting spells.

[tidal skiff]

Only fewer spells

[humble cairn]

Sword beams are not silly!

[tidal skiff]

The character now also aligns with his ancestry. Half-Elves don't really exist anymore in 5.5e, but I can still describe him as with Elvis ancestry visually.
Now the question, if I waned to tie Archfey patron to his family in general, what Archfey would most fit with someone descendant of Drow ?

[twilit ibex]

I honestly thought more people styled their Eldritch Blast that way. Same with pact bows and magic arrow Eldritch Blast

[tidal skiff]

Originally in 5e I described them as playing cards that the warlock throws which was aligned with spell they gained later which was like Burning Hands, but with cards, force damage and blindness

[twilit ibex]

I remember the Prince of Frost being a solid pick for Archfey Bladelocks.

[tidal skiff]

Damn, he looks evil

[celest spire]

Yes I saw

[twilit ibex]

Right? He's just the victim of nature though. Poor winter fae

[arctic cove]

Biget

[twilit ibex]

Winter is part of nature, but that doesn't make the summer fae treat you any nicer

[tidal skiff]

It's decided. I will play Warlock looking for legendary John and his 40k Warhammers and was sent to look for this by his patron which is just having shts and giggles.

[humble cairn]

Nice thing about Patrons and Archfey, you can make them up. Maybe something Unseelie.

The Underdark in the Feywild is the domain of the Fomorians, maybe one of those?

[twilit ibex]

A Drow with an Archfey patron who is evil would probably go Prince of Frost, but if you were good you could totally pick his mother, Titania

[tidal skiff]

I waned my patron to like look over the whole family and traditionally send them on useless adventures. Being this like bad parental figure that just allows the worst behavior by the Warlock just because they find it funny. They don't really step it other than fuel the fake goal because it's just endlessly funny to them.

[twilit ibex]

Oh, those fae and their pranks

[humble cairn]

Ok and what connection does this have with Drow?

[tidal skiff]

Well he won't be Drow, just have ancestry and traits such as very light hair and purple eyes. Dude will look like Targaryen now that I think about it.

Some of his ancestors were Drow, way back when. Depends on how long it takes before the blood dilutes.

[humble cairn]

Ok but here you're specifically askign about a Patron connected to Drow.

[twilit ibex]

I have a Path of the Giants Barbarian player in a game I'm going to be DMing whose thing is that their tribe stole the power to turn into giants from the Fomorians. Doing some Irish Barbarian stuff.

Love Fomorians

[humble cairn]

Have you seen the Fomorian Nobles in Bigby's?

[tidal skiff]

Well I more or less assumed others won't probably touch someone with Drow ancestry for whatever reason. If they would that's another matter entirely.

[twilit ibex]

I have. Very cool

[humble cairn]

Supernatural Patrons aren't often bothered by mortal prejudices.

[tidal skiff]

Nice, so I'm looking or making patron with worst sense of humor in existence.

[humble cairn]

Someone who thinks cruelty is funny? How about a Hag?

[twilit ibex]

A fey could choose a Drow to serve them because they want to "redeem" the Drow, or because they think Drow have pretty eyes. They're very fickle.

[humble cairn]

Hags make perfectly decent Archfey Patrons.

[tidal skiff]

I did Ranger with Wisdom as primary stat that just travels around and carries his trusty Shillelagh with him casting Shillelagh to make it Shillelagh².

[empty thicket]

a fey maybe?

[tidal skiff]

Oh right, they are Fae too...so Hag that just sends people to random adventures that don't have real goal. Wouldn't surprise me.

[twilit ibex]

There's a whole Druid subclass devoted to using Shillelagh.

[empty thicket]

they tend to be the kind of.... dark jokes and stuff like that.

[twilit ibex]

It's actually really cool

[atomic kayak]

Idk if I would say that spores druid is "devoted" to shillelagh

[humble cairn]

That'd be at least two of the Third Party Druid subcs.

[atomic kayak]

Ah third party homebrew

[humble cairn]

There's two Third Party subs that enhance Shillelagh usage.

[tidal skiff]

The ranger was failed Druid. He didn't have the patience to be one.

[twilit ibex]

Oh no, different one. The subclass boosts the effects of the spell as a core class mechanic

[empty thicket]

or just practical jokes that only make them laugh themselves while you are coated in feathers and hot wax burning you
After saying "you dont feel so COCKY now?!"

[humble cairn]

Creepy Grandma figure

[tidal skiff]

Grandma Retcoina.
Was always part of the family.
Yeah, Hag is it. This will be great.

[twilit ibex]

The Unbroken Circle from Griffon's Saddlebag.

[tidal skiff]

Now the only thing I will have to is bother DM with custom weapon type. Hoping they won't find it too bold and everything will be fine.

[twilit ibex]

They have a level 3 ability-Improved Shillelagh, and level 6 is Shillelagh Mastery.

[humble cairn]

As well as Circle of The Old Ways.

[tidal skiff]

Shille Laugh is great especially in 5.5e

[humble cairn]

Currently playing a Shillelagh Ranger, and having a blast!

[twilit ibex]

Oh, yes. Also good.

[atomic kayak]

(Im not particularly interested in any of the third party stuff hence why I didnt know about it)

[twilit ibex]

No problem. I like some of it though, especially from Griffon's Saddlebag

[atomic kayak]

Have done this a few times tho. Good fun

[tidal skiff]

What about Jim's spells ?

[twilit ibex]

Never seen that.

[atomic kayak]

Shillelagh ranger and swordboard blindfighting fog cloud ranger have been some of my favorite rangers

[tidal skiff]

Jim's Magic Missile? It's peak

[twilit ibex]

In Griffon's Saddlebag there is a Fighter subclass called Steel Hawk. All about leaping in the air and crashing down on enemies with a lance.

Now that is a Dragoon reference if I ever saw one

I wonder if being a Steel Hawk means you floor tank...

[empty thicket]

this sound epic

but remind me to cavalier in some way

[dawn elk]

hey, os i have been working on a homebrew conjuration subclass, and i gave conjuration wizards a cool unique treasure tpye in my campaign, anyone wanna see it?

[humble cairn]

#homebrew

[errant crag]

I need to put more weird old women in the wilderness all alone in my games and have the twist end up being that they're completely innocent sweet old women doing nothing wrong

[severe rampart]

have them have a sad backstory "I live here because my husband planted all of these trees and this is the place where I feel closest to him"

[solar crow]

I still can't believe my campaign has ended lol

[errant crag]

Me neither

But only because I wasn't there

So I couldn't have seen it and thus couldn't believe it

[solar crow]

It was my very first campaign ever

We all pretty much became Gods at the end quite literally 🤣 we got the powers of time from our custom party item thing

[severe rampart]

your first campaign followed through? from beginning to the end?

[solar crow]

Yeah

[severe rampart]

amazing

[solar crow]

It was run through the D&D club at the college we all go to

Normally those campaigns last a semester long but we took 2 semesters

[severe rampart]

I feel envious of westerners, they get all of these cool things like clubs, etc. lmao

[solar crow]

The dms for the club are told to plan their story to take a semester long and end it within the semester

[solar crow]

Lol

My dm and the druid player from my party aren't going to be here next semester, with my dm graduating after the summer and the druid player, who also happens to be my crush, is taking a gap semester

They're both 2 of my best friends

[severe rampart]

added a little fun fact there 😭

Happy for you that your campaign finished without any hitches

[tidal skiff]

There's some fun when it comes to getting together with friends playing DND while drinking and hoping DM won't get hammered before finishing the session.

[rough basalt]

Having a campaign actually finish is amazing.

[solar crow]

So I've heard lol

[severe rampart]

Indeed, I'm going to try to brainwash (teach) my friends, but we'll see how it goes

[rough basalt]

Yep. I think only 5% of long term campaigns at most actually finish.

[solar crow]

The end was planned out for when it was going to happen from the very start though lol so

[solar crow]

We had time limits cause of our school club

[rough basalt]

Well it being a school club probably helped.

[tidal skiff]

A lot of people that don't seem like they would enjoy DnD do which I found surprising, but it's also good.

[solar crow]

Oh for sure

[severe rampart]

it can look like a lot

I wouldn't call my friends "good D&D friends" I know about them enough to know that

[rough basalt]

The reason almost all long term games fail is very often because people who wanna play in long term games don't really wanna commit to them.

[solar crow]

I started the campaign literally not knowing ANYTHING at all, and ended it with being one of if not the biggest damage dealer in the party

[tidal skiff]

Damn, what I found out that you can form a group with one friend. Since they may know people that waned to try DnD but never had the chance. I just saw one group like this form around my friend.

[paper portal]

D&D players without commitment issues are like an angel without its wings

[solar crow]

Oof

[rough basalt]

DnD players when you tell them they should only sign up for games they plan on showing up to: screeches

[tidal skiff]

I think it's not a good idea to play long term campaign without playing quite a few short ones before, because some people may want to test out other classes and characters and stop being interested in their basically first characters.

[solar crow]

Our D&D club has both semester long campaigns, but also one-shots for those who don't want to do a semester long thing

[rough basalt]

I'm just not big on short ones.

Mainly cause idk how to gauge time.

Can't say "hey this game will be 10 sessions"

[severe rampart]

even a short campaign is like what? 10 months?

[rough basalt]

Nah a short form campaign would be like 2 to 10 sessions roughly

Now that could be 10 months

[severe rampart]

(talking about modules, it can definitely be shorter with homebrew)

[rough basalt]

But I'm assuming weekly.

Ah it depends

[tidal skiff]

Well it's more like, not planning a lot of content. Since when DM goes in with massive plan + players doing everything around it naturally ends up being long.

[rough basalt]

Well my main issue with short ones is players

Like I forgot to add.
Can't say "this game will be 10 sessions" cause if we have someone who refuses to learn their sheet or how to use foundry, then combats will take longer.

[tidal skiff]

"let me take a look at what spells I can use"
~Wizard~

[rough basalt]

Naturally I just remove people who refuse to learn their sheet now.

So short has been coming up as a play again.

[paper portal]

Yeah there's so many people who wanna play as little D&D as possible in D&D

[severe rampart]

they like the idea of playing D&D

[rough basalt]

A lot of 5e players would really love Fate

Or other systems that are just free-form rp with dice.

[tidal skiff]

I love how some of my fellow players have problem with 5e and my friend began describing 3.5e and I was like... "Oh"

[rough basalt]

Very much so. To a lot of "5e players" dnd is just a way to pass the time when they got nothing better to do.

Not something they should have to learn and don't really understand why they get removed when they don't show up.

[severe rampart]

fortunately, my players look forward to our D&D time

[stray lantern]

The speedrunners paradox.

[knotty vine]

Players are expected to go through 6-8 medium to hard encounters each adventuering day

[lyric viper]

I recall a 3.5 game ages back where we were waiting for a player to respond and he was taking ages and eventually replied "I'm walking the dog" to which we were like "??? But it's the middle of the game, we're not done with session?"

And his response was an equally confused "??? I have to stay there for the whole 5 hours? It's a game?"

[knotty vine]

(This was online, by the way.) In 2018, we were playing a game, and one of the players forgot to mute. Apparently, he went to order fast food mid-game.

[viral kraken]

don't lots of dogs have to go out during a five hour span? i feel like caring for a living thing is more important than a game, but also i would have talked to the group about that beforehand. we schedule breaks into our sessions so hopefully someone could use that time for that

[limber trail]

I have to be honest, one time I briefly went outside to collect fast food, my food was missing, I got locked out, and had to run like 20 mins in my pyjamas over to my brother’s to get a spare key. Missed 40 minutes. That was a rough one to come back to. I didn’t have my phone so I couldn’t even tell them

[lyric viper]

Oh yeah I understood it, and get the opinion 'its just a game' but also found it baffling that he didn't think to mention and just left. For a little more context, he'd been a friend in Nevewinter Nights persistent worlds were it was far more normal to just play for the amount you could then hop out and rejoin later.

So applied that same logic to a more traditional DND game

[viral kraken]

ya not mentioning it at all is wild, we pause down if someone needs to use the restroom even, otherwise they will miss stuff

[limber trail]

Wireless headphones are so useful for my games, I can leave my computer and still hear everything

[lyric viper]

But he was very much of the opinion he was not going to schedule a game . Certainly not for whole 5 hour blocks every weekend. Which, yknow fair enough.

[knotty vine]

its raining outside

[halcyon bison]

It will rain for me soon hopefully

[slow swan]

Hey, question is posting for a game recruitment post for a gundam 5e acceptable, technically not d and d.Since it's the gundam universe, but it's a five e conversion i just want to know if it's okay if I can post a recruitment post and find a game

[rough basalt]

ngl I mightve lost it

[knotty vine]

I think as long as its dnd/table top adjacent you'll be fine

I saw someone recruiting for dagger heart once

[slow swan]

Cool I appreciate it i just wanted to make sure out of respect to the server

I have a once a month gundam 5e game i want to get started i spend some time writing lore for my own alternate timeline, and really would like to get a game going set in it

[lyric viper]

Our rule for games is that it has to be playable using a character made by official rules.

[knotty vine]

Ah I see

[slow swan]

Understood appreciate the answer to my question

Seriously, I appreciate at least getting an answer most discord servers, i've been posting on canada, just ignoring message, which I get, it's kind of a weird question to ask out of the blue but appreciate answering

[knotty vine]

Most dnd discords are kinda dead

[blissful ibex]

the AL one I'm in is very active at least

[woven flint]

I am no longer the April Fool 😔

[slow swan]

Yeah, I've already made a Reddit post. Trying to find players which usually has been more helpful than going through discord. But so so far i've gotten no bites.So i'm trying to post another places, too

I feel like when I have a hard time.Finding people since gundam is kind of a niche

[knotty vine]

You have been stripped of your title

[errant crag]

Not telling anybody they're going to walk the dog is weird

Getting mad at someone for walking their dog is weird

Weird situation

[woven flint]

No, April is just when I'm full power

[knotty vine]

Its may!

Just a few more days till raven loft

45 more days

[lyric viper]

We fully get that it's a bit blurry and homebrew is a huge part of DND but we got to draw the line somewhere and that made the most sense. Being based on a D&D system doesn't make a game D&D. Urban arcana, star wars ttrpg and exodus aren't DND despite being published by WotC and using the d20 system. Pathfinder isn't DND despite being a clone of 3.5 that went it's own way. Star wars 5e, bleach 5e and so on aren't because again you'd need to make a character with those 3rd party books and not be able to play a character made using just DND books.

[slow swan]

Ohh yeah, no I understand my last response was more in reference to the mention that most.I'm looking for game servers are dead

[lyric viper]

And ain't nothing wrong with not being DND but we are the DND server
And no problem at all, thanks for checking. Could always pop into #non-dnd-topics to ask for recommendations on other ttrpg platforms to post your game ad on

[knotty vine]

Only 6 sundays left till ravenloft

[crimson gulch]

32 for preorders!

[knotty vine]

I might preorder it myself

[lyric viper]

TBF our disgruntlement was more at just walking away from the game without telling anyone and thinking it fine to just drop out whenever.

Not at the dog or having real life responsibilities that get in the way.

[rough basalt]

I'll be preordering Ravenloft

[olive storm]

What are some ways to use Manifest Mind in D&D 5E?

[rough basalt]

This was what I took from it, having to take care of your dog makes sense but just disappearing can be aggravating.

[uncut zenith]

I just preordered it this week

[umbral girder]

With hopes and prayers

[uncut zenith]

I’m so excited for it

[rough basalt]

Me too

[uncut zenith]

I’m also crossing fingers and hoping that Beadle and Grimm’s makes a limited edition to go with my VRGTR set

[rough basalt]

Rn im working on my setting thing for my domain of dread for an upcoming game

Its rough but im getting somewhere

[reef tundra]

I hope they do a hells or abyss book soon

I’ve been reading through heroes and adventures in Faerun and both have been pretty cool, I’d love to see its style for other places. Although maybe not always split into two

[knotty vine]

I cant wait for the new subclasses

[uncut zenith]

Yeah I’m excited for Reanimator Artificer and the updated Grave cleric

[errant crag]

I have things I like and dislike about new grave cleric

Old grave cleric was my favorite cleric subclass

[knotty vine]

What happened to the new grace cleric

[errant crag]

Well I liked that it was a destroyer of undead and a ward from death

Now it does a bunch of necrotic damage which doesn't feel very destroyer of undead to me

And it doesn't get improved spare the dying anymore

[knotty vine]

damn they dont even get death ward as an auto prepare?

[still plover]

Sounds like they confused Grave with Death.

[errant crag]

Yeah

And I'm not happy about it. Mechanically it's fine

[umbral girder]

UA ≠ official release. We gotta wait and see.

[errant crag]

It's not weak or anything imo

[umbral girder]

After all Purple Dragon Knight is no where near it’s UA counterpart

[errant crag]

I doubt as many people would have the same thematic problem with it as they did with PDK

[rough basalt]

I'm starting to get in a creative groove again I think

[uncut zenith]

One of the players in the new Dungeon Masters actual play is playing a Grave cleric, so that might be a good sneak peek at the final product. But yeah, we won’t get all the details until we see it on paper

The new actual play is showcasing the new Ravenloft book, so 3 of 4 players are playing Ravenloft subclasses. They have a Reanimator Artificer, a Shadow Sorcerer, a Grave Cleric, and a Winter Walker Ranger.

[minor cargo]

(I've been wracking my brain on how I'll build workouts for the new subclasses, so I'm also hyped - but in like two very different ways lmao)

[errant crag]

I actually rather like 2014 Grave Cleric with 2024 Spare the Dying because the wording of the Spare the Dying ability on old grave cleric that "for you it has a range of 30 feet" interacts with 2024 Spare the Dying Cantrip Upgrade wording saying "the range doubles when you reach levels...". Making it so Spare the Dying goes from 30ft for Grave Cleric to 60ft at 5th level, 120ft at 11th level, and so on

Which isn't amazing or anything but is a fun interaction

17th level Grave Cleric casting Spare the Dying from 240ft away is humorous

[uncut zenith]

That’s probably why Spare the Dying isn’t just a given cantrip anymore

It’s a good cantrip for any cleric now

[errant crag]

I still think it would have been fine

It just stabilizes them it doesn't wake them back up and get them into the fight

[umbral girder]

It was very amusing, I had a player who played Grave Cleric

He would always use a bonus action to spare the dying to stabilize and an action to heal

We pointed out just healing automatically stabilizes and he naturally asked “what’s the point of having spare the dying???”

[errant crag]

For when no spell slots, no healers kit, and no medicine proficiency

[rough basalt]

when you dont got slots

Aight im done with the big city of my upcoming horror game

[bronze wave]

bc healing is a lvld spell and spare the dying is not

[rough basalt]

only 11 more settlements to go

[errant crag]

If I stabilize someone and then heal them does that then wake them up?

[bronze wave]

heals wakes someone up alr

[uncut zenith]

Stabilizing keeps them from rolling death saves but they’re so unconscious, healing brings them back to consciousness

[errant crag]

If so then that itself is a reason, if a downed PC is near dangerous enemies or some such they can be stabilized to not be dying while we deal with those enemies or other threats so they're not getting brought back surrounded by enemies.

[rough basalt]

Well stabilize can be undone by damage

[uncut zenith]

Yeah, all stabilizing does is keep the target from rolling death saves. But if they take damage while unconscious, they take 2 death saves anyways

[errant crag]

I'm asking if I heal somebody who was stabilized already will they get back up instead of being unconscious for 1d4 hours?

[viral kraken]

i destabilize the enemy with my mace!

[uncut zenith]

Yes. If you heal a downed character, they return to consciousness

[errant crag]

Then spare the dying definitely has value

To ward off them needing to make death saves and to reset their death saves if they take damage again

[uncut zenith]

As long as they have 1HP, they’re conscious

[viral kraken]

i didn't think death saves reset until a rest, do they reset when you get any hp?

[uncut zenith]

They reset once you’re conscious

[viral kraken]

that's good to know!

[uncut zenith]

So if you had to failed death saves and you’re healed, the death saves reset. And next time you go unconscious, you start from scratch.

[umbral girder]

Which is amusing because healing potions are dirt cheap and easy to get/make

[errant crag]

Like you may not be in the best spot for me to pick you back up right now, but I can pause your death saves until I can get you back up.

[viral kraken]

tells me i am not downing my players enough that i don't have to interact with these rules much

[uncut zenith]

Yeah, 5E isn’t designed to be a meat grinder lol

[errant crag]

I really wanna try older editions

[empty thicket]

"cheap" 50gp isnt too cheap lets say, but it depend of each campaign

in some they threw gold like crazy
In others not so much

[errant crag]

It's cheap once you're at a level where spare the dying is barely necessary anymore

[uncut zenith]

50gp is pretty cheap by the time you get to T2

[errant crag]

Unless your DM is stingy like many are

[crimson gulch]

there are folks that run games without any treasure whatsowever, its Cheap if they are following the DMG Treasure guidelines though

[uncut zenith]

Assuming the DM isn’t skimping on the gold they’re handing out

[errant crag]

I feel a lot of DMs are scared to give their players gold

[crimson gulch]

but sadly we can never assume folks are using the DMG

[empty thicket]

Yep.
And for a 2d4+2, in best rare scenario its 10hp
In worse is 4hp

So in theory 4 to 10hp is worth 50gp

[umbral girder]

It’s cheap by level 2

[empty thicket]

At least artificer experimental elixir healing is upgraded

and get higher numbers with the levels

[uncut zenith]

Yeah if you’re following the treasure rules in the DMG, it doesn’t take long for the party to start raking in the gold

[empty thicket]

2d8 + int, 3d8 and finally 4d8 `+ int

[humble cairn]

Gold values are utterly arbitrary. The DM control everything that goes into the value of anything in the game so the only purpose for gold is as a meter for how much stuff the DM wants the party to access.

[errant crag]

I feel like there's a considerable ceiling on just how much stronger the PCs can personally get via gold alone. Like if you gave level 1 PCs 10,000 gold I really don't think it would break the game in terms of their actual power level. Naturally it would mess up the item economy and stuff like that, but I don't think they really would be able to get too powerful from that gold alone.

[empty thicket]

it would get good equipment, maybe can buy a mascot or some mercenaries.
But itself self upgrading... i dont think so much

[bronze wave]

i mean idk lol you can get pretty strong gear from rare/very rare, tbh even from uncommon

its a sizable gap a party with magic items and one without

[empty thicket]

Would be useful for future upgrading tho, but at first would just get the best equipment possible, some common//rare item and that it is

[umbral girder]

Very rare is like 20,000gp in the cheapest

[errant crag]

Are magic items officially purchasable?

[umbral girder]

Rare and uncommon is more common

[errant crag]

Like with listed prices?

[umbral girder]

Their prices are in both DMGs and Xanathar’s

[bronze wave]

pretty sure you can buy them

[umbral girder]

2014 was a range
Xanathar is a formula
2024 is the price on the dot

[valid geyser]

price is based on rarity but still requires the DM for you to be able to buy them

[umbral girder]

Yeah it does also say by location

A city can only have up to Rare tier

[errant crag]

Yeah like your local general store isn't gonna have a Defender's Longsword or something like that

[umbral girder]

If you want Very rare and legendary you gotta go to places like Sigil and the City of Brass

(That’s in the 5.5e dmg)

[viral kraken]

oops i have had very rare in my major cities on the material plane

[olive storm]

I told my GM what I planned to do with Manifest Mind and he said he was giving the BBEG Dispel Magic! Guys my GM is so mean.

Don't you 👍 me! I'm having a crisis

[umbral girder]

I think Common and uncommon are in towns

And villages and hamlets got nothing

[empty thicket]

And all consideration that you dont try some persuasion and find some way to lower the price

[severe rampart]

You shouldn't reveal your cards

[empty thicket]

Cleaning stones would be there
Chest of preservations too

[olive storm]

That's fair... I shouldn't have told him...

I wish I could take it back...

[viral kraken]

why? is it the only thing your character can do and like the only thing you have been building to?

[severe rampart]

you can do other things

[olive storm]

No I just wanted to do cool stuff... I mean I can do other things I just never played a Wizard before...

Out of curiosity how many spell scrolls are there in Curse of Strahd?

[viral kraken]

it's always better to talk to the dm, they might have had dispel magic anyway and then you would have had to feel this defeat in the moment with no ability to plan around it

[bronze wave]

i mean i think youll prob get some use lol now you can plan around it

[viral kraken]

maybe you can do the cool thing to some other enemy?

[empty thicket]

Adamantine armor is 400gp in theory and make you dont suffer from critics so...

[glass kayak]

hey im a bit new but im jus asking does anyone got any campaigns to join?

[olive storm]

Idea: Challenge someone to an arm wrestle. Before doing this, cast Unseen Servant. Have the Unseen Servant take the Help action to help you cheat at arm wrestling.

[viral kraken]

https://discord.com/channels/516367331358801950/1029842470810439810

[viral kraken]

could do this with a familiar too i think, just have a rat on your person helping you cheat lol

[normal canyon]

#find-a-game

[olive storm]

Pretty sure the issue with that is that the rat is visible.

I wanna have a familiar, manifested mind and like a couple other companions all at once.

[viral kraken]

i mean depends on the dm i guess. since creatures can mount creatures larger than them i would have my rat riding around in my cloak somewhere if the dm permitted

[olive storm]

Yeah but they have to be actually helping you.

So other people would see them helping you during the arm wrestle.

The whole point of the unseen servant is that it is... Unseen.

They aren't just magically lending you dice.

[viral kraken]

so picture your "bicep" bulging, but it's actually the rat in your sleeve helping

[olive storm]

How is the rat contributing to the arm wrestle?

[normal canyon]

Weight

[viral kraken]

pulling the arm perhaps?

[olive storm]

With what leverage?

And whose arm?

[umbral girder]

What weight it’s a rat

[olive storm]

It weighs like half a pound.

[umbral girder]

Also in order to help you require to have the skill proficiency you are helping with

I don’t think Rats got arm wrestle proficiency

[viral kraken]

not much leverage, just grabbing with the back feet and the front feet on either end of the bicep to help add some muscle. my rat would likely have more muscle than me anyway if i was playing wizard

[umbral girder]

Also half a pound is not really much

[olive storm]

You are proposing a half pound rat use its own weight to influence arm wrestle as if it was a perpetual motion machine

[viral kraken]

dnd is not a physics simulator fwiw

[olive storm]

An unseen servant can at least actually pull your arm.

It absolutely is a physics simulator.

Spells have intentional counterbalances against engineers abusing them.

[viral kraken]

your magical spirit posing as a rat could probably find a diegetic way to help

[umbral girder]

Especially in DnD where character’s push/lift/pull capacity is 300lbs for a 10 strength commoner

[minor cargo]

Just for what it's worth: https://www.dndbeyond.com/spells/2619209-unseen-servant

It has AC 10, 1 Hit Point, and a Strength of 2, and it can’t attack. If it drops to 0 Hit Points, the spell ends.

[umbral girder]

Chapter 1 of the DMG actively says “DnD is not a physical simulator”

A core rule book

[olive storm]

I'm just saying a half pound rat cannot meaningfully contribute to an arm wrestle without being seen.

[umbral girder]

Even says it in Bold text

[minor cargo]

Are you trying to tell me that an average person can't just rip a 300 lbs deadlift? Pfft.

[viral kraken]

sounds like the dm isn't the only one limiting your fun then

[olive storm]

We're getting off topic.

I need to learn some cool spell combos for my wizard.

[fair summit]

Bites the opponents leg unseen under the table to distract them 😏

[olive storm]

That is actually just visibly cheating.

[viral kraken]

reverse gravity vortex warp

[minor cargo]

https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/4775836-rat

Oh, haha. A rat also has a strength of 2. How about that.

[umbral girder]

Also a tiny creature too

[olive storm]

I kinda vibe with teleporting a manifested mind into the enemy's castle to cast Guards and Wards on them.

[empty thicket]

an ogre and a raven have same int

[umbral girder]

Requires a 2nd player but Wall of Force + any damage over time spells

Like flaming sphere or wall of fire etc

“The microwave” as the community calls it

[knotty vine]

the humble chrono wizard

[umbral girder]

They aren’t playing one

Scribes

[empty thicket]

The 2 bandits left realizing im doing something so cruel that the kingdom isgoing to make a law to ban it and they are going to be the example of it:

[tough lynx]

Chron wizard my beloved

[knotty vine]

They would need another sorcerer walrock or wizard cause they are the only ones that get sickening radiance

[umbral girder]

Never said sickening radiance

[viral kraken]

someone called?

[tough lynx]

Mordenkainens faithful hound is also a good microwave spell

It lasts 8 hours

[knotty vine]

it takes way longer throuhg

And only wizard and arti gets hound

[bronze wave]

You start the first genva convention

[knotty vine]

Theres not a lot of good microwave spells

[empty thicket]

Got too silly

[fathom gate]

Boblin the goblin strikes again

[bronze wave]

Boblin got boiled alive

[fathom gate]

Make a con save

[umbral girder]

Well faithful hound isn’t concentration

It’s an action

[knotty vine]

Its also a dex save

[umbral girder]

So yeah it’s a good wall of force combo

[knotty vine]

If you have two wizards

Second wizard also has to burn there action over and over

[umbral girder]

Could even be pulled off with one Wizard

[knotty vine]

Oh yeah your right

faithful hound isnt con

[umbral girder]

Just eats some big slots

[gritty totem]

I have a question about a character I built, what do you think about a mounted combatant cleric with sanctuary on the mount and spirit guardians

[peak pecan]

How are you casting both Sanctuary and Spirit Guardians?

[knotty vine]

I guess it depneds on the mount mainly

[umbral girder]

Well not on the same turn I’m assuming

[bronze wave]

dont think you can double con

[umbral girder]

Or if 5.5e rules magic initiate

[gritty totem]

sanctuary isn't a concentration

[knotty vine]

sancutary isnt con

[peak pecan]

My bad

[bronze wave]

rlly?

[knotty vine]

Nope

[gritty totem]

1 minute

[umbral girder]

Yes

[bronze wave]

i dont rlly care for mounts but it could prob work then

[umbral girder]

Might be confusing it with Shield of Faith

[knotty vine]

Just last a the min until the creature does something

[gritty totem]

owlbear

[tough lynx]

The Geneva Convention only applies to you if you are a country and as you are a group of adventurers who aren’t associated with the government you cannot commit war crimes

[bronze wave]

This isn't looking good for your plea deal

[knotty vine]

I mean the enemy could just attack you

[tough lynx]

Oh I won’t be caught (in dnd)

[viral kraken]

wait how does that work? countries don't do things, people do. aren't the people who ordered and committed the crimes the ones responsible, not some place?

[bronze wave]

wait a min...

[peak pecan]

Some adventurers work on behalf of nations and kingdoms, and as such can be held responsible for their action and crimes

[gritty totem]

they first have to attack the owlbear as per mounted combatant, and they would have to get through 20 AC

[bronze wave]

its ppl assoicated with a gov

[viral kraken]

ah okay

[bronze wave]

otherwise its just ilike terrorism or human right violations

[tough lynx]

Yes that is how it works but if you aren’t ordered by the country you cannot commit war crimes

[knotty vine]

What rule is that?

[bronze wave]

so like your sitll cooked

[knotty vine]

Also how in the world does an owlbear have a 20 in ac

[gritty totem]

not the owlbear, I do

[tough lynx]

That is correct but I wouldn’t join a specific kingdom as their hit team

[knotty vine]

So they can just attack you

[viral kraken]

so soldiers could roam around with flame throwers or whatever and as long as they weren't ordered to they are not guilty of a war crime? just some regular crimes then presumably?

[gritty totem]

isn't it that they first have to attack the mount?

[peak pecan]

Speak for yourself lady; my characters are only loyal to gold

[bronze wave]

their saying no matter what the first hit has to be on the owlbear and the 2nd+ has to deal wirth 20 ac

[knotty vine]

Thats just a wisdom save

[bronze wave]

well no they are auto apart of a gov, they work for one

[knotty vine]

No?

[bronze wave]

also they would just be killed them selves mutiny and shit

[knotty vine]

The mount and you are two diff creatures

So any enemy can attack you are the owlbear

[sand garnet]

Yeah there's no rules that say you have to attack the mount if you're mounted on it

They have either option

[viral kraken]

ya i would hope that even stuff they weren't ordered to do would be something that someone would be held accountable for

[knotty vine]

mounted combat (the feat) just allows you to force an attack to hit you if it would hit your mount

[gritty totem]

oooohh

[tough lynx]

I’m not some shill to a king or queen I am bound to no creed

[gritty totem]

got it, thanks

[bronze wave]

would you shill for a magic item tho

[umbral girder]

Scooby Snack for adventurers /jk

[empty thicket]

Im loyal to my party and kinda my boss, mostly loyal to my survival

[tough lynx]

I would simply steal from them

[bronze wave]

just crime after crime...

[bronze wave]

are they magical scooby snacks

[knotty vine]

I just kinda do my own thing

Thats why im always choatic N/G

[bronze wave]

are you implying you wouldnt sell your soul for a dc boosting magic item?

I might

[knotty vine]

Do I get a cool hat?

[bronze wave]

the magic item is the cool hat

[knotty vine]

Then yes

ONLY

[bronze wave]

what if its a cool staff?

[tough lynx]

I would sell my soul for eldritch blast and some short rest slots

[knotty vine]

If its a jester hat

[bronze wave]

youll get arcane recovery and a firebolt buddy

[bronze wave]

its a wizard hat with a crooked top

[tough lynx]

I actually prefer Ray of frost

[knotty vine]

Nah I wanna be a jester for the king

[bronze wave]

have you seen the reel of the jesters tumble its amazing

[bronze wave]

loves that -10 ft, ive always liked mind sliver

[fossil shuttle]

A true symbol of power, a wizards hat with multiple points!

[bronze wave]

real

[tough lynx]

My wizard cantrip list is
Firebolt (to target objects), ray of frost (combat spell), mind sliver, mould earth, minor illusion.

[bronze wave]

I need my mage hand pres minor ill combo

that with a firebolt/ray of frost with mind sliver

[still plover]

A jester unemployed is nobody's fool.

[viral kraken]

i love making fire with firebolt

[tough lynx]

Prestidigitation is used for the tech. It’s insane what you can do with it

Minor illusion doesn’t need you to know what you’re making

I’m illusioning a map of the dungeon

[viral kraken]

ya next time i get a cantrip it will be prestidigitation, i took minor illusion and poison spray for mine (they fit well thematically)

[tough lynx]

I know what the dungeon looks like and all the monsters in it

[still plover]

I'll assume that's a joke vis a vis the omniscient sensors some magic has.

[tough lynx]

No it’s raw but most people don’t allow it

[delicate owl]

Hello all.

[empty thicket]

Hello none

[woven flint]

Hello maybe

[umbral girder]

Hello some

[viral kraken]

how do you phrase what you are making an illusion of? are you making an illusion of the dungeon, and then peeking into that, or making an illusion of a map thereof?

[still plover]

Yeah, that'd be a stretch.

"I make an illusion of something that clearly describes the solution to this puzzle."

I'm not seeing it myself.

[tough lynx]

Where in the rules does it say you need to know what you are making an illusion of?

[viral kraken]

"i'd like an illusion of the trapmaker developing this trap" would be fun if we are just letting it ride

watch it get put together to see how to avoid it

[tough lynx]

You could also make an illusion of the person who killed your friend in your backstory

[peak pecan]

How do you know your illusion is accurate?

[tough lynx]

Because it doesn’t say the illusion can be wrong

In cases like augury it has rules that can give you incorrect information

[viral kraken]

Artificial Illusion hallucinations eh?

[tough lynx]

In minor illusion it doesn’t

[woven flint]

That's an assumption

[tough lynx]

That’s fair

[woven flint]

It doesn't say that the illusion can't be wrong
But illusion magic isn't omniscient either

[still plover]

You know what, I'm not going to waste my time looking. This feels like a bad faith reading of the game rules. But at your table, you do you.

Don't forget if the player characters can do it, so can others in the world!

[woven flint]

What I'd guess is that you create illusions to the best of your knowledge

[peak pecan]

If I use Minor Illusion to make an illusion of a three eyed cat, have I described a real creature? Or could my initial assumption be incorrect, leading to a bad output?

[tough lynx]

I am aware

[peak pecan]

If my character is Blinded or Deafened from birth, do they create perfectly accurate visual or auditory illusions with Minor Illusion?

[viral kraken]

i often wonder about this, since magic generally seems to be omniscient. the idea of "infallible magical relay" is a consequence of the wording of many spells that don't specify conditions have to be known by the spell to work, like the difference between magic mouth and contingency

[tough lynx]

I don’t think that this is going to lead to a good conversation so I’m leaving it here

[woven flint]

I think it's common sense tbh

"If I don't know something, I fill in the gaps with my imagination which could be wrong."

[lyric viper]

'Rules don't say otherwise' is not a good reading for this.

It's perfectly reasonable to assume you can't make an illusion of something you've never seen but might exist, like saying 'I make an illusion of a wompety-gumbo' and being like 'I have now proven a wompety -gumbo exists.

[peak pecan]

That Magic Mouth exploit shouldn’t work either

[viral kraken]

what magic mouth exploit? magic mouth has to be aware of the trigger, unlike infallible magical relays is what i was saying

[woven flint]

No exploits should work but people like trying to exploit the game although they KNOW it's not RAI

[viral kraken]

doesn't it?

[peak pecan]

Casting Magic Mouth on a sword with the trigger being an invisible creature approaching, or a Mimic, or a trap in the vicinity

[tough lynx]

It’s the “whenever someone says something true say yes”

[viral kraken]

oh i did not know magic mouth was also a more limited infallible magical relay

but just talking to the players can usually stop any such chicanery

[tough lynx]

If the dm doesn’t allow it I wouldn’t do it exactly

[woven flint]

Dms always got the last say
"No, that's not how it works, sorry."

People who try to exploit a game of pretend are odd to me.

[tough lynx]

The game of pretend has rules and reading the rules is fun

[woven flint]

Yeah, but trying to twist those rules to your favor is.. odd.

[tough lynx]

You end up in silly scenarios when you read the rules as they contradict each other. There is an example of this in the sigil book.

[woven flint]

Maybe it's just me, but I'm satisfied with my capabilities without trying to break the game.

[lyric viper]

For discussions like this, what's the goal? Is it theorising on potential limitations and uses of magic? Saying something is 'Raw' so should be allowed?

[viral kraken]

i like shenanigans when they are based on a mutual understanding of the game. it's a problem when only the person doing something agrees it works that way in a collaborative game. that is a reason why i encourage my players to tell me what they are planning, so i can forewarn them if there is some problem with the plan that i see that is based on a miscommunication about the way the world works in this particular campaign

[tough lynx]

I was saying in theory this works but many DMs don’t allow it

[lyric viper]

To what purpose?

[tough lynx]

Because I enjoy looking at that portion of the game

[viral kraken]

i assume to educate people or get them thinking? i had not scrutinized minor illusion that way before

[woven flint]

Its RAW vs RAI
RAI, I'm sure you couldn't map out a whole Dungeon with Minor Illusion without knowing anything about it because that wasn't the intention of the design
But RAW, I guess it's a thing that was overlooked.

[atomic kayak]

Even then its only very arguably RAW

Not even a "yea this is flat out"

[tough lynx]

I usually build characters with the assumption of raw. Because rules as intended isn’t always what is believed to be intended for everyone

[crisp verge]

Hi just wanted to specify my wizzard asked me to homebrew silvery barbs because he wanted to prepare them in later levels would it be cool for him to find a scroll with them or better something different?

[woven flint]

Me, personally? I'd be like
"Okay, you map put the parts of the dungeon you know, but fill in the rest with your imagination."

[peak pecan]

Just make it available to them in their spell list when they level up

[lyric viper]

Because for sure, there can be a lot of interesting things to think about how spells might actually work and be utilised. I always liked asking how DMs flavour true-sight / witches-sight. Like how does one see the true form of a creature- do they ignore the false form, see both, see the true form in their mind?

But I'm not sure the focus on 'RAW' is helpful in those situations. RAW is not the be all of the game. Especially not 'Rules as not written'

[atomic kayak]

(This is the case with a lot of alleged "techs" or "exploits" - at least the ones that are actually following what the text actually says. A lot of them flat out do not)

[proper forum]

I have so many ideas for my D&D campaign and I don't know how to put them together??? Help???

[crisp verge]

Me too and our first session is month away🥀

[woven flint]

#dm-discussion is a good place for this kinda thing :]
Many amazing story writers there

[still plover]

Situation, location, opposition, complication. Put one of them into a sentence that covers those four.

[woven flint]

Or
#dm-world-building

[proper forum]

Bro why Do I have ADHD. I get an Idea, I like it and develop it a lot, and then I quickly lose interest within a week max and find another one that doesn't necessarily match with the previous one. How do I even make a campaign like this??

[woven flint]

One thing I'd personally like to say is
Get a top 3 of the ideas you'd like to implement and go from there with exploring other things as well, but take it a step at a time, do it one-by-one, don't overwhelm yourself.
It may take time, but taking time is better than rushing and things not going as smoothly

[bronze wave]

wtf is RAI

[proper forum]

If you want further details I'll tell you in #dm-world-building or if you want to help me

[woven flint]

Rules as Intended

[peak pecan]

Rules as Intended

[tough lynx]

Rules as intended

[bronze wave]

does anyone else want to tell me

[woven flint]

Lmao

Oh! Its rules as Intended BTW /silly

[bronze wave]

but my goat RAW will only be used. RAI sounds oike some weird medical term

[tough lynx]

It’s not a great thing to argue for or against because everyone has a different idea on what is intended

[idle oar]

Sure since you asked - Rules As Intended /jk

[viral kraken]

so medication helps me immensely with ADHD, do you have access to get medication?

[crisp verge]

Since you can upcast spells can you down cast them too?

[peak pecan]

No

[crisp verge]

That's unfortunate

[peak pecan]

It’s not; it’s balanced

[bronze wave]

I thought it meant Retail And Industry

[viral kraken]

i downcast level 1 wish. i wish for a sandwich.

[bronze wave]

you summon a tarrqsue on yourself

[tough lynx]

There is one spell you could possibly downcast but even I don’t believe that ruling

[woven flint]

I wish to see the Banana Man.

[viral kraken]

oh?

[tough lynx]

And yes it is wish

[bronze wave]

you also summon a tarrasque

[primal wolf]

who needs to downcast when prestidigitation is already the best spell in the game

[peak pecan]

Wish cantrip: I ask someone to buy me a sandwich. He refuses

[bronze wave]

is it bc you can use wish to do any other spell?

[woven flint]

Nooo!
I wanted Banana Man by Tally Hall to play! Damnit!!!

[peak pecan]

It’s really not

[viral kraken]

noo! my sandwich!

[woven flint]

I get to play my Firbolg Bard today (hopefully) 🧐

[viral kraken]

you can crap people's pants with it. other people's pants

[tough lynx]

Wish spell states you can cast any spell of 8th level or lower. There is a stupid reading that says that lower is its own thing so you cast lower which is you down casting wish

[woven flint]

He's a Moon Bard 😎

[tough lynx]

Get ready for more tech

[peak pecan]

You can make a stain that looks like they crapped their pants; it’s not actually crap

[bronze wave]

I use wish to cast firebolt as if it only did 1d10 dmg

[lean wigeon]

command

[woven flint]

"I PISS yourself!!!!"

[lyric viper]

I mean, I would 100% pick Presti as a in real life spell if I only got a few.

Also, let's avoid too crass toilet humour folk 😉

[woven flint]

I'd choose Elementalism personally

[viral kraken]

fair enough, you can i guess specifically "soil" their pants, but ya is good fun

[woven flint]

Be a mini avatar irl

[lyric viper]

For RL, if you only got a few cantrips, Presti, Mending and Spare the dying are great. Move earth and shape water aren't too bad either.

[bronze wave]

just saying

[bronze wave]

mage hand is amazing

[woven flint]

I'd choose
Elementalism, Guidance and Thaumaturgy

Make my voice boom when I want people to shut up 🔥

[tough lynx]

guidance allows you to time travel

[bronze wave]

what

[woven flint]

But also, use Thaumaturgy on Halloween

[bronze wave]

explain?

[woven flint]

It absolutely doesn't.

[tough lynx]

It says a skill check before the spell ends

[bronze wave]

what

[woven flint]

That's not time travel.

[primal wolf]

Prestidigitation can:
Raise the dead
grant infinite exp
summon sleep grenades
induce mind-control-esk effects
create infinite fog
turn the sky red
create infinite food

[bronze wave]

also what

[sudden comet]

can i use 'Hunter Sense' on myself?

"You touch a willing creature. For the duration, the target’s senses are heightened. Whenever the target makes a Wisdom (Perception) check, it can treat a d20 roll of 9 or lower as a 10."

i mean, i can become a creature by using wild shape.

[woven flint]

I love bad faith readings 🧐

[lyric viper]

These don't feel in good faith.

[proper forum]

Can someone help me with something in #dm-world-building please?

[tough lynx]

If you base a decision off of a skill check succeeding or failing, you make a roll and don’t roll guidance. Then later on you can roll guidance.

[lyric viper]

Are these intended as 'RAW can be silly, look at the silly' or 'These are legit things you should be able to do in the game, change my mind' type statements?

[peak pecan]

All that when you, RAW, can only have three effects going at a time

[tough lynx]

Do I recommend this hell no!!!!

It is so vague and confusing

But that’s why we don’t play hyper raw

[hot marlin]

Your character is already a creature. In theory you are already a willing creature and can touch yourself.

[primal wolf]

Yeah so you don't have them all going at once

[tough lynx]

Raw is silly

[woven flint]

Hey, don't i know it 🍻

[lyric viper]

Raw is indeed silly at times.

[hot marlin]

What

[primal wolf]

bit of both tbh

[hot marlin]

Seriously people, I've been away for one week and this is what I come back to the server to?!

[near karma]

(in 5e not 5.5)

[tough lynx]

Oh yeah all the stuff I’m saying is 5e

[near karma]

you can also prestidigitate water

[hot marlin]

That the number one rule that spells only do what they say they do is already forgotten?

[primal wolf]

this is my 5.5e list

[tough lynx]

If you cannot tell from my name lol

[lean wigeon]

can i use shape water to fill a guy's lungs up with water

[near karma]

prestidigitated trinkets only last 2 rounds in 5.5 so ig you have to shove that food down real fast

[lean wigeon]

heehee

[hot marlin]

So to people who don't know: No, prestidigitation can do none of that. Absolutely none of that

[tough lynx]

Yes but raw it won’t do anything

[woven flint]

I'm taking away ya'lls spellbooks. /silly

[primal wolf]

The spell says I can do these things

[near karma]

oh also the infinite xp from prestidigitation by killing a ton of birds or worms doesn't work

[hot marlin]

... Why do you hate me so much?

[primal wolf]

that might be true actually

[near karma]

if it doesn't have a stat block, it's not a creature that can give you xp

[hot marlin]

You almost gave me a stroke when I thought you were being sincere

[woven flint]

Foolish Wizards.

[echo phoenix]

Greetings!

[hot marlin]

Two things.
One: How do you kill birds with prestidigitation?
Two: How do you even get any XP from CR 0 ordinary birds?

[woven flint]

Salutations

[primal wolf]

CR0 stuff gives 10xp, iirc

[near karma]

for question 1, I don't remember what book the trinket is from, but there's a trinket that is a bird in a cage

for question 2, you don't, since they don't have a CR and also aren't creatures

[echo phoenix]

how goes it

[hot marlin]

Oh yeah, you're right. They're not even CR 0.

[primal wolf]

Petrified mouse

[hot marlin]

You're gonna need to be more precise.

[woven flint]

Alive 🧐
Thriving

[primal wolf]

I forgot to add infinite money

[near karma]

Acquisitions Incorporated trinket 37: A small pigeon in a cage

[near karma]

mice dont have stat blocks

rats do though

[echo phoenix]

Hear hear

[primal wolf]

We love the rat room

[near karma]

that's pretty crazy

[primal wolf]

Actually can we use chickens?

Roosters have statblocks

[civic bramble]

Damn

Scourge Aasimar seems attached to the hip for Barbarian.

[near karma]

I don't think there's a chicken trinket

[umbral girder]

Why?

[halcyon bison]

i have objections to "bag of rats" techniques

[civic bramble]

Well, Extra weapon damage, AOE damage, Healing, and even thought the AOE damage hurts yourself, you have resistance to it. Oh, and also, in dealing damage to yourself, you have a free, easy way of not having to worry about Rage being shut down due to not being damaged or taking any damage. Not to mention, barbarians have the highest hit point total in the game, so you can shake off the damage you take pretty well.

[umbral girder]

Don’t see why it’s a Barbarian thing

That can apply to Fighters and Paladins too after all

[civic bramble]

I’m just not even gonna try anymore.

[halcyon bison]

its just nicer for barbarians
i see this

[civic bramble]

This is true, neither did I say a fighter nor a Paladin could use it well.

[halcyon bison]

the self damaging aura is not something i thought about but is pretty clever

[civic bramble]

It just works slightly better with Barb due to a class interaction.

[empty thicket]

yep, barbs are nice HP sponges

[halcyon bison]

also healing for characters with lots of resistances might count twice as much

[civic bramble]

Zealot Barbs are very, very nice.

[civic bramble]

Not to mention, it’s kind of hilarious and cute for the Barb to pop out healing magic on the cleric and pay it back a little.

[empty thicket]

"oh boy, we managed to kill that crazy guy"
Barb get instantly revived and full healed
ReaDY fOr RoUnD TWO?!¿

[severe rampart]

Beneath 150 hp stands the Barbarian... And he’s not happy!

[woven flint]

I'd love for my Pugilist to fight a Barbarian

He can turn his hits into force damage now though so.. he might have an edge lol

[primal estuary]

death pill

instantly kills whoever consumes it. but they have to be willing to consume it. also no mind control allowed. persuasion does work tho

[halcyon bison]

im very sad that zealot barb got rage beyond death replaced in 2024... though i do understand why
and to be fair the new feature is still quite strong

[woven flint]

Brilliant

[primal estuary]

“can you eat this pill?”
“who eats a pill? do you mean take the pill?”
“shut up and take the damn pill”
nat 20
“well, ok then, stranger”
dies

yes i made fun of my own grammar

[halcyon bison]

they don't necessarily have to know what the pill does...

[primal estuary]

if they ask you gotta tell em the truth

[civic bramble]

I also had quite the edgy idea for A Scourge Aasimar. So, generally, given the description, they are said to be vengeful and swear to fight evil. However, it seems like a common Aasimar motif was that they have wings. An idea I had is “What if Scourge Aasimar was a Protector Aasimar who was in some way warped and/or tortured without necessarily losing favor with their god?” Boom. Then flavor the rage and ability as just an eldritch horror emanating from out them, causing them to burn with unknown divine energy.

[woven flint]

I liked Samurai Fighters Strength Before Death...
That was pretty badass

[civic bramble]

In the case of mine, I wanted to be a bit metal and say “his wings get ripped out and used by an evil mage as spellcasting components”

[woven flint]

"Starting at 18th level, your fighting spirit can delay the grasp of death. If you take damage that reduces you to 0 hit points, you can use your reaction to delay falling unconscious, and you can immediately take an extra turn. While you have 0 hit points during that extra turn, taking damage causes death saving throw failures as normal, and three death saving throw failures can still kill you. When the extra turn ends, you fall unconscious if you still have 0 hit points.

Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again until you finish a long rest."
Love it, too bad it'd probably be changed in 2024

[civic bramble]

It turned from “I CANNOT DIE!” Into “It’s going to take a lot more than three nat 20’s to take me down with this block of HP”

[woven flint]

I imagine that one Baki scene where the dude is still fighting despite being unconscious...
That might be something else though 🤔

[civic bramble]

Which, honestly is not too much off the block. You could just say that divinity makes you more stocky and durable than literally immune to death.

[halcyon bison]

but being literally immune to death is way more fun

[civic bramble]

Agreed. So much agreed.

[woven flint]

Its also incredibly busted.

[halcyon bison]

i know........

:(

[civic bramble]

Honestly, D&D is a game about fun and finding a lot of those combos to just make a character work well. It also is for RP and players that don’t want to do optimization as well. That’s the wonderful thing, it’s versatile.

[woven flint]

I don't know what that has to do with being immune to death being busted, but, yeah, I agree.

[civic bramble]

I mean, hell, I just toon 12 CHA, 8 WIS and 8 INT because I felt that my Barb would not be that wise.

[civic bramble]

I’m kind of here for Martials having a bit more bust to them given Spellcasters do (a lot of times) outdamage. Unless it’s something like a nova.

Imo, each martial has it’s own schtick: Fighter is consistent in damage and attack output, Barbarian is durable and more likely to score crits, Rogue is very versatile in social situations in addition to combat and deals massive amounts of single target damage, monk has the lower damage but higher attack output and the ability to control the battlefield. Finally, Paladin makes the concept of the Rogue more versatile with lessened burst damage which corresponds to spell slots and similar (but less good due to lack of expertise) social stats. Even then, Paladin has its own unique niche as a a supportive DPS as well due to aura and such.

[woven flint]

Monk doesn't have lower damage anymore, I can assure you that

[civic bramble]

I play mostly 5e. 5.5e did wonders to the monk, I will admit.

[glass granite]

Can confirm

[woven flint]

Also, Paladins are half-casters, not pure martials

[civic bramble]

Fair point, but they are pretty martial.

[woven flint]

Barbarian, Rogue, Monk and Fighter are the pure martials

[halcyon bison]

battle master fighter my beloved

i love being a martial with more things to do than just "i attack again"

[woven flint]

And so are Rangers and some Artificer subclasses, yes, but
Paladins, Artificer and Ranger are still considered half-casters by the wider community

Also 2024 rules fixes a lot of issues with the core martials

Giving them more shit to do, for one

[atomic kayak]

Half caster less means "half and half" and more "you just get half of the spell progression of a full caster"

Thats why artificers are still half casters despite not getting things like ex: extra attack

(And also why warlocks are still full casters. Because they get 9th level spells)

[civic bramble]

How so with all of them? Is it just the weapon specialties or?

[glass granite]

Also gave them more options (generally) in their class features

[civic bramble]

I think I saw a bit of that with Rogue in the fact that they can now sacrifice sneak attack damage die to instead cause status conditions.

But how does this translate to the rest of the martials?

[lavish flame]

Barbarians have Brutal Strike which is fairly similar to the Rogue's Cunning Strike. Fighters don't get anything alike that feature tho, they get some out-of-combat stuff now.

[shut lance]

I hate only having such limited dice for it though. At least weapon masteries help

[sudden comet]

quick quection- what's stopping me from carrying a portable hole around, throwing like 4 concentration spells in Glyphs in there which 'activate when the caster me, myself and i step on it.' gain 4 concentration spells buff's on my normal attacks and go wild?
portable hole is an interdimensional hole so it doesnt break the 10 feet glyph rule.

[wise moth]

Anyone feel like monks are like Hella powerful in 2024 now in low-to-medium levels? I mean duh they have the upgrades, but whenever I play one on the table, I consistenly take down the most enemies in combat. Never had kills like my monk characters do whenever I play other characters, even as wizards

[glass granite]

Barbarians now can use extra skills using strength when raging and can use Brutal Strike (no advantage from reckless attack for effects), monks get more attacks/damage and SO MUCH BETTER ki/focus management, fighters get the ability to boost their skill check rolls and are the best at making use of weapon masteries

[civic bramble]

So one attacks, one causes effects with weapons, one tanks and the other now causes debuffs.

[glass granite]

They’re very strong now

[atomic kayak]

Thats precisely why it breaks the rule

[glass granite]

Weapon masteries go to all those classes except monk

[wise moth]

I can feel the upgrade. Just earlier in my campaign I took down more than half the enemies in an encounter with like 10 monsters

[glass granite]

Fighters just get the most, have the most attacks, and can swap masteries

And all of them attack

[civic bramble]

What is Brutal Strike for a Barbarian?

[glass granite]

If you use Reckless Attack, you can forgo any Advantage on one Strength-based attack roll of your choice on your turn. The chosen attack roll mustn’t have Disadvantage. If the chosen attack roll hits, the target takes an extra 1d10 damage of the same type dealt by the weapon or Unarmed Strike, and you can cause one Brutal Strike effect of your choice. You have the following effect options.

[lavish flame]

In many cases where the rules don't stop some exploit, the Dungeon Master might. This might just be a level of power that your DM finds undesirable and will either tell you not to do it or give you some reason why it cannot work. Perhaps moving the container (and its extradimensional space) still counts as moving its contents. Perhaps your DM introduces you to an enemy wizard who has taken this thought process to the extreme and dumps a bunch of Glyphs of Warding onto your party.

[glass granite]

(Summarised: a push attack, a slow attack, an attack that disables OA and gives disadvantage to a save, and an attack that gives the next ally more accuracy)

[lone pollen]

Nothing like a good arms race between Players and DM's

[severe rampart]

when the DM pulls out a "Meteor Swarm at home" and gives the wizard enemy CME + Scorching Ray

[civic bramble]

Scorching Ray is somehow seemingly better for early level shadow sorcerer than late level shadow sorcerer.

Albeit, shadow is kind of like general buff without too much directions.

Low level buffs to hit spells, then gives you a companion and strengthens save spells, then it gives you a conditional misty step that wastes no spell slots, etc.

[knotty vine]

Why is a giant crab the size of a fridge

[marble lion]

It just is

[knotty vine]

thats one big crab

[spice spear]

Hey

[normal junco]

hello.

[halcyon bison]

Where is this crab

[spice spear]

Whats up

[normal junco]

are we talking full legspan, or like the central body being fridge size? there's real crabs that can for sure occupy the space of a fridge. but they're mostly legs and their body's generally the size of a medium sized cooler.

[halcyon forum]

oh god i can hear the crabs dancing

[normal junco]

well, thats settled. from here on out i'm adding a table rule that all crabs have proficiency in performance.

including apparatus of the crab

[knotty vine]

1 An Amulet of the Planes.
2 An Artifact of the DM’s choice.
3 The corpses of two gods who were entangled in battle when the blob consumed them.
4 A Cubic Gate.
5 A Deck of Many Things.
6 A magic key that opens a door in Sigil that no other key and no spell can open.
7 The preserved corpse of an empyrean.
8 The remains of half a kraken.
9 The skull of a death god.
10 A tarrasque that just died.

The blob of Annihilation can have some crazy things inside of it

[silk hare]

why shouldnt it be

[silk hare]

the coconut ones right? e.g.

[silk hare]

raving* right?

[halcyon forum]

yep

[normal junco]

alaskan king crabs are absolutely huge, but they're so spindly. still the bodies are bigger than you'd expect. coconut crabs are stubby dog sized arthropod tanks.

[silk hare]

yk what, I should make a BBEG that uses clone on a baby tarrasque he found

[silk hare]

ohhh I see, yeah i just know theres thsi one crab that can climb trees and stuff with long legs lmao

I think its a coconut crab?

or sth similar

[normal junco]

you want maximum chaos? cast awaken on the tarrasque.

[silk hare]

yeah but then its harder to control 👉 👈

[normal junco]

just be very far away. heroes will sort the rest out

[silk hare]

but but infinite terrasque + simulacrum terrasque going on a duo rampage

like everytime it dies it just becomes a baby again or sth lol

they gotta hunt down the laboratories before it grows big enough to cause chaos

[normal junco]

thats not really a good thing. there's movies with baby godzilla. one (or more) in the english dub where he sounds like he's voice by Don Knotts.

[halcyon bison]

Those all seem like pretty normal everyday objects to me

[twilit ibex]

Funnily enough, bees also have proficiency in performance.

[normal junco]

its all in the knees.

[severe rampart]

Thinking about my first DM is so funny, we killed so many goblins, we asked him how much xp we got he said "9." "9 what? 9 hundred?" "no 9 xp", I think he didn't know how to play D&D

nor do I think that he has even seen the xp tables

[twilit ibex]

That's okay, I never learned how either

[normal junco]

or he's using milestone and pulling your leg

[severe rampart]

No, no, he wasn't

[knotty vine]

Ah yes the skull of a death god just next to my lamp and spoons

[severe rampart]

He straight up thought 1 enemy = 1 xp

[knotty vine]

1 xp

[severe rampart]

he had I think a month prep? he had no VTT prepared, no story, no plot hooks, nothing, he said "do whatever you want"

I tried to roll with it I said "Okay, I look for quests in the tavern", there was one but it was "in a language none of us could understand"

[jolly canyon]

"It's a sandbox, you just don't get it"

[knotty vine]

I can i be a whywolf

[candid solar]

Sounds like a new dm

[knotty vine]

I dont really get the purpose of sandbox games ngl

[severe rampart]

I would've been fine with that, but being new isn't an excuse to just... not give anything, no plot hooks, no narration, nothing

[normal junco]

sandbox works if the world is more or less established. like a hexcrawl. "that thing on the map looks neat, what is it? some ruins? let's go loot it."

[frail wasp]

freedom and immersion

here's an unexplored world, go

[knotty vine]

Alright but whats the goal

[frail wasp]

like minecraft, or subnautica

the goal is to explore it

conquer it

[jolly canyon]

The journey is the goal

[severe rampart]

He said in his post "a solarpunk-esque world with ..." the campaign was nothing like he described, I'm being generous by saying campaign, I left after the first session

[frail wasp]

in fairness I think a lot of sandbox D&D tables don't do a good job representing a good sandbox

[jolly canyon]

^

It's hard

[frail wasp]

sandboxes need a lot of sand, a sandbox without that feels ... like a half-baked campaign at best

[candid solar]

Hm, sounds like he made a campaign based off an idea and not much else. That does tend to be a problem.

[stray lantern]

And even then you still need a few directions they can choose to easily follow to help them get a foothold in the sandbox so they can learn what they might want to do

[candid solar]

Sandboxes need alot of sand but there also have to be toys in there to do something with the sand, sounds like the guy just had an empty pit in the ground

[jolly canyon]

My game is pseudo sandbox. I let them go anywhere but I do generally try and Shepard them to what I have prepared. Only my session 2 did i have to fully make stuff up on the spot for them

[severe rampart]

that wasn't even the worst part, my party members were new to the game, but were also disruptive

one of them attacked the other right before the 5 minute mark

[normal junco]

"We stole the sun from the sky. To power the machines of our invention. To spite the gods that have abandoned us. And when they finally come back, to bring extinction of our species, we will be ready." ~ Yellowcake

[severe rampart]

It left a bad taste in my mouth for rangers, because I was playing a ranger back then

[woven flint]

Rangr

Barbian

[halcyon bison]

Clerc

[woven flint]

Figher

Wizad

I'm gonna stop before I get smited lol

Lovely day, friends :]

[halcyon bison]

Onk

If you could mix and match subclass features of the same level and class what combos would you make

[woven flint]

Monk combined with Monk

[halcyon bison]

No like
Subclass things

[woven flint]

Monk.

[halcyon bison]

So you could have open hand technique at level 3 and shadow step at level 6

[frail wasp]

"my unarmed strikes have unarmed strikes"

[wheat shoal]

hi

[knotty vine]

Build a subclass sounds kinda cool

[lavish flame]

I've always wanted people to be able to grab a second subclass if they did a handful of things beforehand, like earlier edition's Prestige Classes.

[proper forum]

Guys, what would you name someone known as the Swan Knight? He is male.

Oh and he is not related to ballet in any way whatsoever.

[severe rampart]

Darn.

[viral kraken]

Ryan Swanling

[proper forum]

Wrong. A baby swan is called a cygnet. Not a swanling.

[valid geyser]

Cygnus is the genus of swans

[proper forum]

I was thinking of naming him Edward Cygnus but idk why I don't like it

Btw I need a full name. First name and last name.

[valid geyser]

I was thinking "Dive" being part of the name. Like a swan dive

[viral kraken]

it's weird to ask for a name and say the name is wrong once they come up with it

[proper forum]

I was just correcting the fact that baby swans are not called swanlings

[viral kraken]

ah word

[proper forum]

Would be nice to consider, but do keep in mind that swans don't actually dive. They reach for the bottom using their long necks.

Bro why am I pointing all of that out I'm naming a D&D character

[lean wigeon]

bob

[proper forum]

Yk what. Edward Swann. The swan knight. Plain and simple.

I give up.

[viral kraken]

sounds good, tho now i am picturing a part swan person doing the "i know what you are" scene from twilight

like, ya i am clearly part swan

[proper forum]

Bruhhhhh I just realized it's the names of the main characters mixed together 😭✋️bye

[still plover]

Edwin, then?

[proper forum]

Maybe James Swann? Or Eric Swann?

Henry Swann?

[still plover]

How do you feel about Thaddeus?

[proper forum]

Nahh sounds stupid

[strong wave]

Thaddeus Swann

[proper forum]

I'm gonna start google translating Swan to different languages until I find a name I like

[strong wave]

Swan in Latvian is gulbis

Not as nice

[proper forum]

Google says swan in Irish is Eala. I can work with that.

[proper forum]

Nice enough, will keep in mind

[severe rampart]

If we're doing that, Swan in Tagalog is Sisne

[knotty vine]

There’s another dnd player that keeps making jokes that I’m going to ||groom|| him and it’s making me really uncomfortable and the dm isn’t doing anything about it what should I do?

[still plover]

"Hey, that's not cool and I'd like you to stop."

[knotty vine]

I already did that

[lean wigeon]

leave

[jolly canyon]

100% I leave. That's an obnoxious situation to be in.

[rough basalt]

Yeah leave

[jolly canyon]

Also what an awful DM. I assume the dm has a similar age to to offender(aka immaturity). I can't imagine being an adult and hearing that and not acting on it.

[primal estuary]

what’s a good ranger background for a newbie

[jolly canyon]

Farmer! Assuming 5.5e since tough is no thought on the player side

Soldier is fine but I constantly forget about savage attacker lol

[errant whale]

as someone who is playing lvl 1 ranger with farmer background can confirm it is good

I survived by 1 hp twice against a group of goblins that had consistent attack rolls above 16

[jolly canyon]

Yee a good origin feat that is set it and forget it? Deff gonna be great for newbies

[reef tundra]

I did guide for my last ranger and used it to get shilelagh

As well as a free casting of cure wounds, spare myself the one spell slot

[jolly canyon]

Yee plenty of good options. I just voted farmer for its simplicity

[heavy cloak]

really depends on your playstyle but solider is always a solid one

[severe rampart]

Never knew people actually use Shillelagh

[heavy cloak]

i think it got a buff recently

[severe rampart]

who uses a club and a quarterstaff as a weapon😭

[errant whale]

quarterstaff is a solid weapon

for a simple one at that too

[severe rampart]

It's a d6 or a d8, its certainly solid but not something I'd use over a crossbow

[heavy cloak]

i think its mostly for spellcasters who accidently got close to an enemy

[errant whale]

crossbow and quarterstaff have very different purposes

[severe rampart]

Yup

[reef tundra]

With shillelagh, it makes it the d8 even when one handed

And it makes it do force damage, automatically that gives it some worth, as suddenly nothing in the entire game can resist its damage

Combined with some extra attack, magic quarterstaff, polearm master, and duelling, it can rack up some respectable damage

[jolly canyon]

I did not know that with. My next pc is a druid too soo

Hmmmm. Decisions Decisions

[severe rampart]

Wait you can use polearm master with a quarterstaff?

I always think of Halberds and stuff with it but never a quarterstaff... hm...

[reef tundra]

I also combine it with my ranger's hunter's mark and fey wanderer's d6 extra psychic damage, even though it only happens once it's still a good boost

[reef tundra]

What is a quarterstaff if not a polearm but just pole

[severe rampart]

6, darn

[reef tundra]

Also shilellagh increases the damage dice of the weapon as you level up in 5.5e

[rough basalt]

Not looking forward to my session tonight

[reef tundra]

Oh no, why? 😭

[rough basalt]

Exhaustion

[heavy cloak]

irl or did you roll a 1 on athletics?

[rough basalt]

I can barely stay awake even tho I got a nap. And I got at least half of the kitchen worth of dishes to do (less than 12 hours worth)

[rough basalt]

Irl

[reef tundra]

As of level 5, my ranger is doing 2d10 + 1d4 + 4d6 + 11 force damage with a little bit of psychic every turn. Shillelagh is very respectable

[severe rampart]

What... how-

Tell me so I may be aware of it in the event my druid learns of it...

[reef tundra]

2d10 from two attacks with the quarterstaff, 1d4 from polarm master extra attack, 4d6 from three strikes with hunter's mark and an extra d6 from fey wanderer's psychic attack, plus 11 from my wisdom modifier being added three times (9) plus... wait I did the math wrong. It's +12, because I have a +1 quarterstaff

I am not an optimiser, I just kinda... chose stuff I found cool

All i know is that I wanted to play a ranger girl from the forest who wields a bo staff

[severe rampart]

Mhm... writing this will be useful for an NPC I'm making...

[still plover]

Nice.

[errant whale]

like a restaurant kitchen?

[vast sapphire]

How to DM? I have little experience as player and no experience as DM but since I can't seem to find any game in my timezone that lasts anyway I figured I'd give DMing a chance

But I'm intimidated and don't know where to start

[reef tundra]

If it's online, you don't have to have players in the same timezone, as long as the time works. I got players from south america, north america, europe, africa, all over the place

As for advice, #dm-discussion can provide

[vast sapphire]

My campaign just got cancelled on session 1 and this isn't the first time I got cancelled on before or after a session

[heavy cloak]

play dark souls. should give you plenty of inspiration for areas, npc, enemy placement, special stuff to put in the world. its a very slept on strategy

[severe rampart]

Timezones are insane, I got a player from just about every continent except Antarctica

[jolly canyon]

Don't let it get you down. It happens alot! Keep trying!

Coming here is a good first start

[reef tundra]

I'd be very concerned if someone was playing from antarctica

[reef tundra]

As a fellow souls player, I approve 💪

[severe rampart]

I think it would be cool

[open dawn]

If I had a dollar every time that happened to me…

[reef tundra]

Hey, no worries, we all have hundreds of dead campaigns behind us

[severe rampart]

Welcome to the club... again

[vast sapphire]

I'd have 5 or 6 😭

[open dawn]

Agreed , it’s hard getting a bunch of schedules on like up especially with different time zones….

[vast sapphire]

That does make me feel better even though my sorrow is the wasted potential and the cool people I could've been friends with

[open dawn]

Dnd is a hobby for most people but unlike most hobbies that can be done alone it needs a group so it makes it harder

[heavy cloak]

tbh its not that different even if you all are meeting irl

[reef tundra]

Yeah, it's always a bummer. But if it failed, it wasn't meant to be

[vast sapphire]

If I can do it offline I'd do but it's not even a thing where I live

[severe rampart]

That do be how it is🥲

[heavy cloak]

dnd online is free on steam

[open dawn]

I miss irl dnd like a lover who went out to sea….

[vast sapphire]

I miss it even though I never played it offline

[vast sapphire]

What's that?

[heavy cloak]

its just a dnd game you can play alone

i like it if i dont have people to play with

[severe rampart]

I can't oversleep for my session if I don't sleep at all...

[rough basalt]

May as well be.

[errant whale]

that sounds rough

[rough basalt]

I had to take a break cause of the sheer colossal undertaking it is getting through this pile of dishes

[open dawn]

Me when I get that lil creative buzz going on in my head

[severe rampart]

Indeed, just too excited for the session

But I can't sacrifice the quality of it by not sleeping