dnd-discussion

[valid geyser]

otherwise they use crafting rules same as everyone else

[lavish flame]

presenting some scenario which requires the players to think about their characters in the physical world they're occupying. I don't really want a Skill roll or a single Spell cast to solve a puzzle. Riddles are a solid example. As long as players come up with an answer to a riddle that feels reasonable and judtifiable, I let that answer work.

I had a game in which a "what am I?" riddle's answer was "a secret" but the players instead opted to speak aloud a secret of their characters'. I figured that was fair enough and let them pass.

[drowsy lance]

Alr, i created the form to look for a dm

Yall wanna see my character sheet, stats are naturally roll with no rerolls

[fossil hollow]

you might end up rerolling those anyway

[dim kernel]

Thanks for the offer, but no need

[fossil shuttle]

My party doesn't think all the trouble we went through to get a chest is worth it. I say if it's trapped with disintegrate, then it's gotta have something good.

[cursive fjord]

I doubt we know, be where would I find any information on if Sebastian Crowe Guide to Drakkenhiem would be coming to DDB?

[lavish flame]

Yeah, people don't usually protect things by disintegrating thiefs unless they feel its something worth protecting. Some acid or lightning might deal with a common thief. Disintegrate implies they think whoever wants the chest is powerful enough that its needed.

[fossil shuttle]

I mean, considering the last time I pulled a random chest out of water during a random encounter, we found out it was some 10th level cleric spell we haven't identified because I keep forgetting to show our cleric.

This better be good

[broken imp]

unless ur a beholder

[minor cargo]

Tomorrow is our first session after a two year hiatus.

I don’t even know where my notes for this campaign are haha.

Wish me luck! 🤞🏼

[severe rampart]

Good luck, hope you have fun man!

[mossy pulsar]

I need to rant about this bad dm rn

It’s hurting me

[cinder timber]

What happened

[mossy pulsar]

The dm ruined my characters backstory and ruined the INTRO IDEA I HAD

[cinder timber]

How so?

[severe rampart]

Pardon me but, you didn't let him know about the intro you were planning beforehand?

[mossy pulsar]

Well it wasn’t MINE he said he would do one thing and then didn’t do it
Sorry I’m just really upset

[cinder timber]

He used a different intro then you had in mind?

[mossy pulsar]

He said that the rest of the party was going to meet my character at a pub and then made them meet in a marketplace and made them all know eachother

ALL

[cinder timber]

Huh

[cinder timber]

Oh, I can see how that is irritating

I prefer that a PC knows some party members and doesnt know others

[minor cargo]

Yeah sorry. That sounds annoying.

[broken imp]

oh new dm?

[mossy pulsar]

Like I was thinking I was gonna be mysterious and then he says “You see your old friend” and I it immediately took me out of the campaign

I DID AND THEN HE SAID “oh I don’t care”

[broken imp]

usually decide in session 0 for me, i explain things like this

[broken imp]

sounds like my parents

but damn talk to ur dm

[mossy pulsar]

He’s also like “your character does this” “your character should say something like this…”

I wanna get a divorce BAD

[broken imp]

yea def talk to ur dm then he should not have done that u decide what ur character that's the whole point of dnd

[cinder timber]

I dont like that

Just vetoed his pc 😭

[broken imp]

in to a divorce?

[mossy pulsar]

It was such a good backstory and now I’m shaking and tweaking 😔

[cinder timber]

I dont know if ur dm would just let you retcon it maybe?

[broken imp]

pov what my players almost did

[loud tendon]

Maybe you can swing it to the other people know your character but it is an alias, thats not actually who your character is. Still mysterious. But works within the "you've seen these people before"

[mossy pulsar]

He wouldn’t 😔🙏

[broken imp]

they walked the wrong way was and died to a (few?) beholder

[mossy pulsar]

I WISH HE DID THIS BUT NO
He pulled out my pcs full government

[cinder timber]

That's the alias!

[loud tendon]

If you see a mod typing and immediately think your post was the cause, maybe you need to rethink some posting habits.

We do just converse with folks here

[broken imp]

well like no offense but the mods here is strict as heck

[mossy pulsar]

I’m gonna just use this backstory for a fantasy mc

[broken imp]

a monster, check dm

[crisp verge]

Hello i have a quick question are there any other items of something similar to rope of climbing bag of holding or decanter of infinite water?

[broken imp]

and uhh because our school year is coming to an end (it's for a dnd club) i gave them a ring of 3 wishes

sooo... yea

[broken imp]

kinda

bag of devouring is the anti-bag of holding

[loud tendon]

The handy haversack is another

[broken imp]

otherwise no

oh yea forgot

[minor cargo]

I have definitely seen a mod (and other users I know tbqh lol) typing, then I say something completely unhinged, watch them stop, and then start a few seconds later.

I like to think it’s a skill I’m curating.

[crisp verge]

Should I give it to my players?

[loud tendon]

I do it too. I constantly self-edit.

[crisp verge]

Okay

Are there any other items that require some creativity to be used and not like +1 sword and stuff

Like immovable rod

[severe rampart]

... Ball Bearings

[minor cargo]

Hmm. Sovereign Glue?

[broken imp]

no well it's like a carry on trash can with unlimited volume

[sharp sapphire]

What glue we using lol supper glue

[crisp verge]

Aren't those in rogues staring kit?

[minor cargo]

Oh haha sovereign glue is a magic item. It definitely takes a lot of creativity to use in a fun way.

It only dissolves with universal solvent (also magic item).

[severe rampart]

you said "items", that's an item

[broken imp]

some of them don't have discord and i gave them a ring of 3 wishes because my other dm friend said so too and it turned out to be pretty fun, they still haven't decide on how to use it

[severe rampart]

not necessarily magic items

imagine though, Ball Bearings + 1

[crisp verge]

Ohh mb

[sharp sapphire]

Potter it is

[severe rampart]

(The 1000 ball bearings... and an additional ball)

[unreal turret]

Why does it have to be 1000? Why can’t it be infinity?

[feral mortar]

just a quick question, a rogue who has a 30ft move speed dashes twice in a turn, that's 90 ft yeah?

[severe rampart]

Infinity is infinity

[broken imp]

u know u can sell them for $$$ right?

[severe rampart]

if it doesn't have any other external modifications, yeah

[broken imp]

yea

[severe rampart]

There could be Longstrider, Charger Feat, Boon of Speed, etc. But if you only have 30 ft movement and nothing else then yeah

[unreal turret]

I mean, I could sell them for money. You are right on that.

[broken imp]

iirc the fastest monster in dnd can move up to like 600+ft in 1 turn

[unreal turret]

I say no that

[severe rampart]

My monk player has 185ft of movement at level 5...

[broken imp]

in infinite = infinite money 😛

[severe rampart]

Home Alone

[unreal turret]

I mean, yeah I would like infinity money

[severe rampart]

You wouldn't

Ball Bearings is the new meta, son

[broken imp]

bag of 1000 is 1gp iirc

[rough basalt]

You're now in debt for negative infinity dollars

[unreal turret]

No

[severe rampart]

the economy crashes

[broken imp]

lol he's gonna break the world record for 100m dash

?

wdym

[severe rampart]

there's a build that moves for up to 6960 ft in one turn

[broken imp]

lol just like there a build for carrying like 10tons stuff

[rough basalt]

I do adjust prices but not due to player wealth

I adjust it based on the npcs attitude

[broken imp]

oh i see nope my players really want money but never get that much

[hot marlin]

Not only do I not do that, I strongly suggest you don't do that.

[rough basalt]

If you make an npc angry they're gonna upcharge you

[broken imp]

oh so like u nice prive go down

[broken imp]

i did this when i ran waterdeep

[cinder timber]

All this dnd talk makes me want to DM again

[unreal turret]

You should

[rough basalt]

They won't sell to you if it's a bad cry

[unreal turret]

So what ur point

[broken imp]

lmao my players plot to steal from an adult bronze dragon and they don't ever spend their gold either

[hot marlin]

Which balance? What purpose does maintaining it serve?

[cinder timber]

Imma be busy. But one session a week with minimal prep. I could pull it off 😅

[unreal turret]

If you miss a session, you’re kicked off

[broken imp]

truly devious person right here

[hot marlin]

They made the money. If you feel they have too much money, correct it not by touching the prices but by giving them less money

[rough basalt]

You're supposed to spend gold.

[broken imp]

yea like to bribe ppls

[cinder timber]

The DM gets kicked off?

[hot marlin]

Why? Why do you care whether or not they are "wise" with their money?

[unreal turret]

Nvm

[rough basalt]

Having a lot of money in my games, encumbrance becomes the main issue

[cinder timber]

Can you get 3 hrs of session time with 1 hr of prep?

[rough basalt]

What would 500 potions do

[broken imp]

i can get 10h of session time with 1h of prep

[hot marlin]

Why do you care whether or not they have 500 potions in that backpack? How would 500 potions even fit in the backpack?

[rough basalt]

Also how are they affording 500 potions.

[cinder timber]

Efficient, do you use sly flourish lazy dm guide?

[broken imp]

lol fr, imaging u suddenly say we're tracking carrying capacity

[broken imp]

the what?

[rough basalt]

I always track carrying capacity

[cinder timber]

That is a no 🤣

[hot marlin]

How would they ever use "only potions"? Potions can't kill enemies, they still need to attack or cast spells. Potions can't talk for them.

[broken imp]

not a lot but witha bag of holding a lot

[hot marlin]

I assure you, I do not understand what you mean. And the more you say things, the less I understand

[broken imp]

pov throw the empty glass bottles as improvised weapons

[rough basalt]

Bag of holdings are basically very rare items in my world.
It makes mounts more nice to have.

[hot marlin]

No. Just confusing.

[broken imp]

i made bag of holding very rare items, the only one they got was because they roll insanely high in stealth ans stole it from a beholder

[ripe nimbus]

if the backpack has nothing else

[rough basalt]

Items are really niche

And they should be used when their niche is available

[ripe nimbus]

if it's one set of clothes, 52.

subtract another 8 for every additional set of clothes you use to wrap it in

[rough basalt]

High amounts of Gold really doesn't matter

[ripe nimbus]

this is answered by the rules; backpacks can carry up to 30lb inside them, potions weigh 1/2 lb, and clothes weigh 4lb

yeah, lotsa people do

[hot marlin]

By making things more costly, there is less versatility in items? Yes. Which is why making things more costly just to scale the economy with their own pockets is something you shouldn't do. Among other thingss

[civic ember]

@bronze stag yoski, why am i banned from passageways?

[rough basalt]

If you get lax because you have potions at low levels you're gonna get in trouble.

[ripe nimbus]

carrying capacity/encumbrance is going to limit the party before gold does i think

[broken imp]

yea beyond ~lv8 it's way easier

[ripe nimbus]

i mean unless you're specifically gunning for plate armor

[rough basalt]

Lot of Gold doesn't trivialize the game early

[rich peak]

The weekly session got cancelled again chat 😔

[minor cargo]

At low levels, I simply do not take damage. Very easy.

[rough basalt]

Like the best things a lot of Gold early can get you is a Musket and Plate Armor.

[hot marlin]

This sentence I do not understand

[broken imp]

at lower lv, i run away, easy
/j

[rough basalt]

But thing about Musket and Plate Armor is there's no better stuff for what they're used for anymore without magic items.

[minor cargo]

Your PC can’t die if you simply do not play D&D. 🧠

[rough basalt]

Truth nuke

No

[ripe nimbus]

also enforce availability by settlement and that'll limit the effects of high gold a little

unless the game's entirely within a big city

[rough basalt]

For the dm, Monsters are just npcs that you use in combat.

It's a blanket term, I'm assuming for streamlining sake

[hot marlin]

See, I think this is backwards. While I am a huge believer in creativity needing limits, this is not one of those times. If you want the PCs to think more, giving them items actually allows them to think more. Because items don't do much. But having a vast diversity of items create new challenges and new ways to approach issues. Something as simple as throwing ball bearings in darkness to cover your team's retreat is only possible if you have ball bearings.

[knotty vine]

Im gonna rip out your soul these gloves

[hot marlin]

When all you have is a hammer, you can think a lot, but you're never going to get any idea other than smash stuff.

[rough basalt]

Or someone sneaking away then using a Bell to draw an enemy patrol their way away from the party or something

[hot marlin]

Because people trip on ball bearing. That's what they're for.

[knotty vine]

Gloves of soul catching is such a god tier item

[rich peak]

Should I give up trying to join this campaign because since I’ve been introduced to it 2 sessions have passed that I couldn’t make because of scheduling conflicts, plus it’s already like 6 other ppl counting the dm

[knotty vine]

It should be an artifact atp

[rich peak]

I don’t have a lot of other options though, this is a small town and not a lot of my friends play this

Most of them don’t actually

[minor cargo]

I was talking to Daniel Kwan about this shortly after it was released and he said he was trying to make “a monk Holy Avenger” (legendary). And yeah, he succeeded lmao. But I agree, it’s up there with artifacts in terms of power.

[rich peak]

Good ideas, thanks

Apologies for interrupting the convo

[lavish flame]

I have a Monk PC and I'm super excited to give them the Book of Inner Alchemy and let them craft the Gloves of Soul Catching

[knotty vine]

Not only does it make your CON a flat 20, which is great as is, but it also makes your unarmed strikes do 2d10, which can heal you OR give you advantage on the next thing you do. It's just such a good idea.

[mossy pulsar]

I was gonna leave the call but now there’s a fight
This session is so BORING

[knotty vine]

Just an amazing legendary for monks

[mossy pulsar]

We’re fighting some machines

[knotty vine]

Judgement

[loud tendon]

Im not clear on what you are asking for here. We have #tales-from-the-table to talk about things that happen in games. We dont have vent channels because they tend to promote negativity not to memtion we dont allow naming/shaming/flaming.

[loud tendon]

Not all sessions go at a break neck pace. Sometimes you have exciting combat and daring dos, sometimes you have a shopping or research session.
They all have a place in building player relationships, worldbuilding etc

[mossy pulsar]

It is? Okay

I just finished my turn

I’m so goated

[knotty vine]

Thats a sheep

[woven flint]

Patience and interaction and the key

[loud tendon]

You can always put suggestions in #server-feedback but i would try and be more clear on what you want the space to do.

No unsupervised emojis, please.... 🗞️

[woven flint]

I'm watching these ones, Jayne /silly
🐑 🐐

No, they're mine

[loud tendon]

Correct. Text should also not be nonsense/spam

[woven flint]

I'm not a psychopath!

I'm a high functioning psychopath.

[knotty vine]

Im a low functioning psychopath

I gain peoples trust and then turn them into fiends and trap them in my book at the last moment

[lavish flame]

Yknow, I never considered that text supervises emojis. Great stuff

nah thats just what Tasha the Witch Queen will do

She's got a travel brochure about demonkind, the Demonomicon of Iggwilv

demonkind

demons

[minor cargo]

Whoa whoa whoa. Let’s not be hasty.

We should at least give the witch some kind of hearing. Maybe even a trial. That sounds like it’d go well.

[knotty vine]

I made the Demonomicon

Its a powerful item that traps fiends mainly demons

The spell I use only changes creature type for magical effects and spells

[halcyon bison]

I'm glad you're so anti-demon!! (we just won't mention what you did to the crook of rao...)

[knotty vine]

My Ex lover was Graz'zt

[halcyon bison]

artifact

mmmm poison

[knotty vine]

Poison doesnt taste the best

[broken imp]

yea fr

[halcyon bison]

no she cursed it so it has a chance of letting 94,608,000 demons out of the abyss

[knotty vine]

A philter of love

[halcyon bison]

5%

[knotty vine]

We all do silly things sometimes

[broken imp]

lol

[halcyon bison]

well it depends on how you use it, if you're careful you won't proc the curse at all

using all the charges or using the absolute banishment feature (banishes all fiends within a mile for 100 years)

[knotty vine]

Honestly if my curse ever happens that sounds more like a "to whom it may concern" cause imma just go somewhere else in the mulitverse

[halcyon bison]

Honestly a very interesting item! Especially after Tasha got to it :D

[knotty vine]

Of course I can most archfey can

I just read the crook of rao and my goodness that can be bad

Iggwilv's Curse. When the Crook was last used against Iggwilv, the Witch Queen lashed out at the artifact, infecting its magical matrix. Over the years, this curse has spread within the crook, threatening to violently pervert its ancient magic. If this occurs, the Crook of Rao, as it is currently known, is destroyed, its magical matrix inverting and exploding into a 50-foot-diameter portal. This portal functions as a permanent gate spell cast by Iggwilv. The gate then, once per round on initiative count 20, audibly speaks a fiend's name in lggwilv's voice, doing so until the gate calls on every fiend ever banished by the Crook of Rao. If the fiend still exists, it is drawn through the gate. This process takes eighteen years to complete, at the end of which the gate becomes a permanent portal to Pazunia, the first layer of the Abyss.

[halcyon bison]

you sure do know how to do a curse

[knotty vine]

I guess so

[hot marlin]

Here's a trick for fun and profit: Activate the curse in Pazunia

Why?

[halcyon bison]

that seems pretty good actually
assuming you can't fix it or anything

[hot marlin]

None.

[halcyon bison]

pazunia is the first layer of the abyss and also where the portal would lead

there would be some devils and yugloths included too! which would be fun

would definetly mess stuff up but the only people affected would be fiends

[knotty vine]

100s

[hot marlin]

Hopefully the demons would kill every devil and yugoloth

[woven flint]

At least Devils and Demons are usually too worried about killing eachother, so you might have a chance to escape

[knotty vine]

True

cross fire is still a big issue

The curse is just one giant portal

[hot marlin]

It summons one every six seconds for eighteen years.

[knotty vine]

That calls out ot every demon in the abyss

[hot marlin]

No, not every demon.

[halcyon bison]

just cast teleport or something
the demons come out really slowly

[woven flint]

On a plus
Its easier to reason with Devils
But if you can appeal to a Demons ego or claim total subserviennce...

[knotty vine]

Every demon

[lavish flame]

yup. you get one new Demon every round on Initiative Count 20. If a player rolled a 23 on initiative, they'd go before the Demon spawns. if they rolled 19, they'd go after the Demon spawns.

[hot marlin]

"until the gate calls on every fiend ever banished by the Crook of Rao"

[knotty vine]

That can be lots of fiends

[halcyon bison]

yeah, presumably there is a ton of demons who were never banished by it though

[knotty vine]

its not only demons either its fiends

[lavish flame]

Yeah its definitely more Demons than a party of adventurers can handle, but its not infinite

[hot marlin]

One every six seconds for eighteen years. In total, that's 94,665,600 fiends summoned

[halcyon bison]

what you could do is take it to a place where the blood war is taking place and use the banishment to deliberately add more demons to the summoning list

[lavish flame]

wdym?

[knotty vine]

Thats inside

[halcyon bison]

Or go after demon/devil lords (nevermind it doesn't work on them)

[lavish flame]

94 million fiends just sounds like "The entire population of your planet needs to step up" tbh

[knotty vine]

One think that I think is weird is it can summon archdevils but it cant banish them

At the DM's discretion, a portal opens into the presence of an archdevil or demon lord instead, then closes after 5 minutes.

[woven flint]

You'd need some of the most powerful guilds and everyone would be willing to work together

[halcyon bison]

It was probably better at its job before it was cursed

[mossy pulsar]

OMG THE MORE THIS SESSIOB GOES ON FOR THR MIRE I REMEMBER
HE DROPPED MY FULL GOV WHEN THERE WAS SOMEONE I DIDNT KNOW IN THE SESSION

[knotty vine]

The crook can just be like hey here is Asmodues have fun

[hot marlin]

It takes eighteen years for them to all be summoned. It's one every six seconds. Most likely, many of them will kill each other in the chaos

[hot marlin]

No it cannot. Asmodeus' CR is above 19, therefore the crook cannot banish him, therefore he can't be summoned by the curse

[knotty vine]

Granted this is only on a roll of a 91 or 100

[lavish flame]

I reason that this would be the sort of event that makes villains temporary allies with heroes. As much as Tiamat hates mortals, she wants people to rule over.

[knotty vine]

I reread it but it can open up a portal in his presence

Aka one way ticket to meeting any archdevil

[hot marlin]

If the curse activates in front of him, yes, the portal opens in his presence and other fiends start flooding his palace.

[knotty vine]

1 balor and 1 pit fiend appear. At the DM's discretion, a portal opens into the presence of an archdevil or demon lord instead, then closes after 5 minutes.

This is on a 86 or 90

[hot marlin]

But he is a planar ruler, which means that he can probably prevent a gate from opening in his realm, as per the DMG rules

[knotty vine]

So demogorgon can just be chilling and boom random portal

Thats prob why it says DM's discretion

cause the crook can also make a balor or pit fiend appear both being above cr 19

[woven flint]

Demogorgon's just like:
"Uhm, what the actual flark are you doing in my house?"

[knotty vine]

Legit

[hot marlin]

You're referring to what happens on 86-90. I thought we were talking about the Curse.

[knotty vine]

Yeah I thought it was weird that the crook can only banish cr 19 fiends but can summon and can even introduce you to even stronger fiends

Like the god of fiends

Artifacts are weird like that I guess

[hot marlin]

Because the banishment is what it was built to do. The rest is the effect of its failing matrix.

The matrix which is failing because Iggwilv cursing it

[knotty vine]

That makes sense

[hot marlin]

Just don't use that thing. If you loot it, purify it first.

[knotty vine]

Iggwilv went through a very bad break up

A simple remove curse can remove it right? cause destorying it is very annoying

As is true with any artifact

[lavish flame]

I figure it'd need more than Remove Curse

[knotty vine]

Never mind not even remove curse can do that

[hot marlin]

No. You need to wash it every day for thirty days in Rao's tears.

[lavish flame]

that sorta seems like a "bathe it in the Positive Energy Plane for a year" type thing

yeah, u gotta do some obscure weird stuff to fix it

[knotty vine]

You have to make an emotionless god CRY

Artifacts are so funny in dnd

[hot marlin]

Not that hard. People don't need to be sad to cry.

[knotty vine]

Lets take the orb of dragon kind for example

[hot marlin]

A strong wind can irritate the eyes enough to collect a tear. Same with onions

[knotty vine]

A good hit with a +2 weapon should break it

[lavish flame]

Make him laugh or punch him in the gut, should be good enough

[peak pecan]

Which winds are making a god cry? Where do you get the onions to make Rao shed a tear?

[knotty vine]

The crook does give an example
One way to make the emotionless god cry would be to reunite Rao with the spirit of his first worshiper who sought revelations beyond the multiverse long ago

[lavish flame]

maybe just irritate the eye, yeah. a bit of pepper or feathers should do the trick

[hot marlin]

The gust of wind spell. Any vegetable garden.

Growing onions is not that hard

[lavish flame]

I see no reason why a god should have onion immunity

[knotty vine]

Also I feel like getting to Mount Celestia is the real issue

[hot marlin]

Plane shift. Astral Projection. Pre-existing portals. Gate. Plenty of options.

[lavish flame]

By the time you're dealing with Artifacts, Planar Travel isn't often an issue

[peak pecan]

Normal onions will make Rao cry? Normal weapons can barely hurt an emperyean, and that’s three tiers of divinity beneath him

[hot marlin]

Don't be so sure. You can start a campaign with level 1 PCs finding an artefact.

[knotty vine]

Does astral do that?

[lavish flame]

You've always got the Infinite Staircase or River Oceanus if you're struggling to travel instantly

[feral fulcrum]

Mmm, Awakened Onions...

[knotty vine]

GET OU-

[hot marlin]

All you need is a slight irritation to the eyes. It's not that hard. Eyes are already wet

[lavish flame]

I'm gonna remain sure lol. You can do whatever in D&D.

[knotty vine]

How do you know Rao's eyes are wet

[peak pecan]

I would think they’d have to be perhaps hellish onions, or rare Celestial scallions, or even Fey Onions to make him tear up

[lavish flame]

its all just onions though

[hot marlin]

Or, you know, just tell him you need a tear to repair his thingy, and I'm sure he'll try to cry

[knotty vine]

Honestly getting him to cry doesnt sound all that hard since he is the god of peace

[halcyon bison]

you might just be able to ask him to cry so you can fix the crook

[halcyon bison]

beat me to it

[hot marlin]

Fastest hands in the west.

[lavish flame]

he's not a god of acting, can he force a cry on command?

[knotty vine]

Cause(in lore) he doesnt know that his crook was cursed

By me of course

[hot marlin]

No, but he can try to get an irritation going if he can't. Pepper spray. Onions. Strong winds. Plenty of things can irritate eyes enough to get a tear if emotions don't work

[knotty vine]

Kind of ironic

[woven flint]

Rao looks like a very nice guy

[hot marlin]

The crook. You know, the thing we've been talking about.

[halcyon bison]

you should be careful with your methods, he might not appreciate being pepper sprayed

[knotty vine]

The god of peace, reason, serenity, truth and harmony had his artifact cursed by me to open a portal to unleash the most vile creatures

[feral fulcrum]

Delicious Heresy, expect Paladins

[woven flint]

Give him the most succulent meal he's ever had is also an option

We can be nice to a peace deity smh

[knotty vine]

Yall can

[peak pecan]

Or you can show him live footage of the Blood War with a Crystal Ball, and make him feel depressed forever

[knotty vine]

The calm god

[rough basalt]

Managing to trudge my domain of dread setting guide along.
Might have it done by s0

[lavish flame]

punch him in the gut! that makes people cry!

[mossy pulsar]

It’s finally done omg

[knotty vine]

He isnt a people through

[feral fulcrum]

Rolls up sleeves "We can't expect ME to do all the work." Picks up the bully adventurers and yeets them into the middle of the Blood War

[mossy pulsar]

02:53:35

[knotty vine]

I just hit the jack pot

[halcyon bison]

what did you win

[woven flint]

I can imagine deities won't feel pain from a mortals punch typically

[hot marlin]

Funny that a god of peace is lawful good. It seems like it's hard to imagine an evil god of peace

[knotty vine]

50$

[halcyon bison]

holy moly

set for life

[woven flint]

We will have peace at any cost god

Please! PLEASE!

[knotty vine]

I will force you to be peaceful

[rough basalt]

Chaotic evil God of Peace that believes in peace by any means necessary so he can have his peace and quiet

[woven flint]

I want an evil peace deity

[knotty vine]

Evil peace deity sounds cool as hell

[halcyon bison]

orcus

[knotty vine]

Orcus is NOT peaceful 😭

[rough basalt]

Peace is coming to all those who bend their will.

[woven flint]

Literally just make it Ramattra from Overwatch /silly

[knotty vine]

Thats what I was kinda thinking of

[hot marlin]

I'm thinking that part from the Letter from Birmingham Jail, where MLK laments about people who are "more devoted to "order" than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice"

[woven flint]

Ramattra is unironically a really fun villain tbh

[knotty vine]

History will forgive me even if you cannot

[halcyon bison]

he wants to turn everyone into undead to make the world peaceful

[woven flint]

Forgive.

His lines are so corny, but thats okay because Ramattra has aura

[knotty vine]

Ram has major aura

[hot marlin]

So an evil peace god would be characterized by peace through control. Through violent immediate repression of any form of dissent. Pax Romana.

[feral fulcrum]

Evil Peace God enforicing thing through Violence is a bit of a misnomer.

[hot marlin]

Peace is not the absence of violence.

[woven flint]

I can imagine the design of an evil peace God

Blood stained white robes with a blindfold over their eyes, unaware or uncaring to the harm they're causing

[knotty vine]

Tokii is cooking

[woven flint]

Peace obtained through blood

I know the Blindfold is Tyrs gimmick but SHHH

[knotty vine]

I wish blindfighter was a bit better

Ive always wanted to make a blind monk

[feral fulcrum]

Evil Peace God as they slaughter half a realm "Behold, I am the most peaceful man ever. Nobody does peace like me."

[cerulean monolith]

I would go for a person wearing a oversized mail shirt protecting shadows, holding up a bloodied corpse that’s dripping the blood into their eyes

[woven flint]

Its literally just Peacemaker from DC Comics

"I love peace. And I'll kill any man, woman or child to get it!"

[rough basalt]

It ain't real peace if you aren't standing on countless corpses of those who opposed it. - evil God of peace

[woven flint]

Hm...

What if they're holding their own head?
To symbolize that their ideals are separate from their heart? 🤔

[rough basalt]

I like that one.

[halcyon bison]

perhaps this peace god's ultimate goal is to take over the world so no more wars can be waged

[rough basalt]

I feel like it'd fit a nuanced one.

[halcyon bison]

after all mortals are constantly killing each other, clearly they shouldn't rule over themselves

[woven flint]

"My compassion has died long ago. Those who spur the world with chaos deserve no redemption, only to be swiftly silenced so that Peace and Order can prevail. "

[rough basalt]

Stealing all this.

[woven flint]

Maybe their holy symbol is clipped bird wings with a cracked skull in the middle 🤔

[halcyon bison]

redemption paladin is good for this
you can zap people who are violent

[woven flint]

The clipped wings obviously representing the lack of freedom and the skull representing unrelenting punishment for those who brew chaos

I dunno if I'm cooking or its cringe lmao

At very minimum, the holy symbol could be a bird in a cage
Subservient, Bound, yet clueless of being trapped

[remote wadi]

We haven't even passed the first round yet and we already made the poor DM make 20 saves

[halcyon bison]

thats a lot of saves

[remote wadi]

Make that 22...

...23

[feral fulcrum]

532 Legendary Resists on the wall, take one down, spend it around, 531 Legendary Resists on the wall...

[woven flint]

I might be a thinker

[halcyon bison]

me when i think

[remote wadi]

Round 2 of combat, 29

And let's not include Athletics check

32...

[hot marlin]

I don't think we really need the commentary on a game we're not watching, especially without context

[dreamy cairn]

Hi

[remote wadi]

I did give context. Poor DM is getting buried in saving throws. We're level 2...

[remote wadi]

Hello hello fellow ranger

[hot marlin]

How do you even cause 32 saving throws in two rounds at level 2?

[delicate owl]

A very generous dm

[dreamy cairn]

Hello fellow ranger

[remote wadi]

Primarily Entangle, Fairy Fire, Thunder Wave, Turn Undead

[dreamy cairn]

Hru

[remote wadi]

I mean, you're seeing how my evening is going lol

[hot marlin]

Multiple enemies then

[remote wadi]

5 zombies, 4 mummies, and a deathlock. Oh, and 3 venomous snakes

[hot marlin]

Makes sense then.

[dreamy cairn]

Lol i just joined so

[rustic fractal]

Bonk

Hi chat

[halcyon bison]

hi bonk

[hollow estuary]

hi bonk

[unreal turret]

Welcome to all the new players in this chat we are so delighted to have y’all in here if there’s anything that you guys have ideas of, please don’t hesitate to bring them to this chat

[remote wadi]

Well, welcome

[woven flint]

More playing my warforged pugilist today :>

[barren heath]

Need advice, we just finished first session with new character after tpk and due to some shenanigans with the other players gambling a lot with the deck of many things(yes, we each got one) , one of the players drew flames, the demon who now hates him is related to my god in some way and is asking me to kill that player, perma death

What do I even do

[unreal turret]

OK, that’s some really good information to know about that as a new player. Wanted to come in and do all that for me if you know who the player is and people are asking you to kill them, don’t listen to what the other players have to say what do you think is best in your interest into doing you really feel like the players should be killed or should you weigh it out a little bit to see what this player does before making a rash decision.

[hot marlin]

You throw the deck of many things in the nearest trash can, you never touch that thing again.

[halcyon bison]

what do they do

[woven flint]

He kicks ass :]

[halcyon bison]

draw every card and see what happens :3

[woven flint]

He's a Dog & Hound Pugilist, so he has a Dog companion/ pet subclass

[halcyon bison]

oh i assumed he punched but that works too
also dog!!!!!!! yay :D

[keen kestrel]

I wanna join more campaigns and have more characters

I had an idea for a very honest artillerist

[woven flint]

His Dog has some mechanical prosthetic limbs because it was in a rough state when he found it ages ago

[halcyon bison]

poor dog :<

[barren heath]

I'm weighing it out, my character is very devoted to his god cuz the God literally saved him but I also like the player and the shenanigans that have happened. I don't want player and character to mix so I'm really unsure what to do, on one hand, the character I play will do anything to accomplish the task given, on the other hand, it's just cruel to kill on the 2nd session. Everyone put so much effort into their characters. As for the deck of many things, I managed to get a deck of many cursed things and it's self regenerating lol, so it never runs out

Tldr, it's player vs character dilemma

The other players don't know the hit list on em cuz it was a private DM from the dungeon master

[unreal turret]

I mean, if you haven’t doubts about it, also talk to the other players and see what they think too cause their minds might be set different from what you’re thinking or wanted to say but then the guy you have to do what’s in the best interest for you and your teammates but if you think he’s gonna be a good Ally to your guys team, maybe keep him as Ally and see what he does throughout the other sessions but if you don’t think that he is then you gotta make that decision whether you want him there still or not

[dreamy cairn]

Thank you

[fair plinth]

Which do yall think is better, counterspell or dispel magic?

[woven flint]

Both are viable and incredibly good to have

[barren heath]

That's the thing, the god I'm serving philosophy is solo only, no teammates, chaos for everyone kind of thing. It's literally only me having this dilemma cuz I the player don't want to upset anyone. It's literally the first session so our characters don't know each other, I even hid my race and told the other characters I'm a kobold

[unreal turret]

Both are good depending on which one u like better

[woven flint]

Counterspell is almost a requirement for any caster who can get it

Its a caster ✨️ Staple ✨️

[fair plinth]

What about as a warlock, is it still useful with so limited slots (2014 5e btw)

[fossil hollow]

just ask for more short rests

[fair plinth]

Fair point

[marble hinge]

KOBOLD >:3

[broken imp]

depends, used differently

[broken imp]

yes short rest is only 1h

[barren heath]

He's a red dragon born, just posing as a kobold, no combat yet so it's working

[lavish flame]

short resting is basically free

[marble hinge]

Gross dragonborns

evil cousins of the kobold

[lavish flame]

the most expensive part of short resting is convincing ur Resources/Long Rest party members to do one

[woven flint]

Hit Dice ARE basically free healing

[fair plinth]

Sadly my party has been doing a lot of long combats in big battlefield scenarios where i have to conserve my slots

Its fun ofc but i have to be choosy

[broken imp]

gasp

[marble hinge]

Kobold Supremacy

[broken imp]

lol yes fr, all the other spellcasters want long rest
*all other ppl

[barren heath]

I mean, this is like my 3rd character ever so I wanted to play some popular ones, I want to play an awakened octopus for my next character lol

[knotty vine]

conjure fey is such an awful spell now

[feral fulcrum]

Well, not really. You do need to spend an entire hour, so if you're on the clock, or you know, in a populated dungeon with guards...

[broken imp]

popular or strong

[broken imp]

conjure woodland beings is better

[halcyon bison]

how come :<

[broken imp]

look at the stuff it can summon

[halcyon bison]

oh wait you said conjure not summon

[broken imp]

lol

[knotty vine]

Yeah but conjure fey is just F tier

[broken imp]

^^

[fossil hollow]

pixies

[halcyon bison]

i understand now
6th level is crazy for 3d12+spellcast mod

[knotty vine]

6th level spell slots for 3d12+spell casting is garbage

[broken imp]

fireball is better 😛

[knotty vine]

Sure auto frightened is cool but it still eats up your con and bonus action per turn

[halcyon bison]

woodland beings is good though! better than an upcasted moonbeam in most scenarios

the new conjure spells are kinda hit or miss

[knotty vine]

Im just sad to see what happened to my old favorite conjure spell

especially since frightened isnt that hard to use

[stiff rock]

What are some good 3rd level warlock spells? I've just gone up to level 5

[knotty vine]

Also I think disentegrate is a bit overrated

[unreal turret]

It’s not the overrated why do u think that

[knotty vine]

Its a single target suck or save pure damage spell

So if the target has good dex its almost worthless

And it doesnt even do half damage

[unreal turret]

True but if you know the spell then it’s easy

[knotty vine]

a 6th level spell for single target damage isnt the best

especially so when the spell only does damage if they fail

[unreal turret]

Yeah, it might not be the best but also the strategy too is if you know the player and what spells they use and stuff and they keep using it over and over again then you kinda know the pattern that they’re gonna use

[knotty vine]

You only get 1 6th level spell per long rest btw

until you hit level 19-20

[unreal turret]

Well, if you only get one spell, then you know exactly what spelt they’re gonna use each time but I’m saying the other spells that they have if they keep using them over and over again, and you know like the levels in the spells in the strategy that they’re gonna use each and every single game, then you start picking up on it and you know what they’re gonna choose

[knotty vine]

Contingency heal Mass Suggestion

The scary Magic Jar

[unreal turret]

OK, well if they keep using that strategy and keep using that spell, then you know every single time why he’s gonna do

What

[knotty vine]

Globe of Invulnerability Sun beam

[broken imp]

magic jar used to be better

[knotty vine]

Chain lightning

[broken imp]

contingency is great

[broken imp]

the globe is bad, wall of force better

[knotty vine]

Im listing off spells that are better investment then disentigrate

[unreal turret]

And your guises sense of mind which spell

[broken imp]

oh lol

[unreal turret]

Out of all of the spells

[broken imp]

mental prison?

[knotty vine]

I was just saying that big number does always mean its a good spell

[broken imp]

also sun beam bad arguably worse than disintegrate

[knotty vine]

Disentagrate is decent but not godtier as everyone says

[knotty vine]

It can target mutiple people and still does half damage

[lean wigeon]

i mass suggest everyone to poop their pants

[broken imp]

depend on dm i guess, i get my monsters to spread out

[knotty vine]

the only issue with sunbeam is that its a con save

[broken imp]

lol mass fowl is funny too, too bad it's not in 5e

[knotty vine]

Also sunbeam got upgraded too Until the spell ends, you can take a Magic action to create a new Line of radiance.

For the duration, a mote of brilliant radiance shines above you. It sheds Bright Light in a 30-foot radius and Dim Light for an additional 30 feet. This light is sunlight.

meaning you can keep doing it until the 10 rounds is over

[broken imp]

i mean con and dex saves are really common

[broken imp]

oh in 5.5e?

[knotty vine]

Con is the second worse save to target right behind stength

[eager marsh]

sunbeam always let you fire a new blast for teh duration tho

[broken imp]

yea str con dex

[knotty vine]

Yeah I just checked

[broken imp]

huh must have forgotten

[knotty vine]

So again if disentagrate fails thats just it

a waste of a 6th level spell slot

[broken imp]

soul cage has interest usages

[unreal turret]

If it fails try something else don’t give up to u can’t figure out anything else

[broken imp]

like on a teammate

[knotty vine]

Soul cage shouldnt be used on a team mate since that stops them from being revived

[knotty vine]

Cast a lower level spell?

[broken imp]

no but it's fun 😊

[knotty vine]

Wasting a 6th level spell slot isnt fun

[broken imp]

i'm a very good teammate

[unreal turret]

Yes u can to throw them off there game but think before u do

[knotty vine]

disintegrate will forever be D tier for me

[broken imp]

oh i meant trapping their soul and stuff

[lavish flame]

it was like this in 5e as well

[broken imp]

wall of force is way better tbh

[knotty vine]

10d6+40 looks strong on paper but it really isnt

[broken imp]

for soul cage what is the definition of see

like say arcane eye or familiar

or smt like that

[knotty vine]

9th level globe of inv

[crimson gulch]

70 damage on average, instant kill at zero hp.
Disintegrate is not just an attack its a statement

[tidal skiff]

Every enemy is healthy because they are eating their vegetables and adventurers

[knotty vine]

Pass the save nothing happens

Man cool beam

[crimson gulch]

Pass the save and get massive dopamine hit for surviving

[tidal skiff]

Jim Darkmagic making notes about new spell name

[lavish flame]

yeah, save or suck holds it back for sure

[knotty vine]

the fact that its 6th level is really what sells it for me

Granted I wouldnt know where else to put it

[broken imp]

tbh 9th lv spells are kinda disappointing

[knotty vine]

only like 2 of them are

Foresight is still an amazing spell

[broken imp]

fine, not as good as they should've been

[lavish flame]

this is valid. you get to take the derivative of a living being, whats not to love?

[broken imp]

like yea there's still amazing ones

[tidal skiff]

9th level Aid goes brrrre

[broken imp]

9th lv spells, not upcasting a spell to the 9th lv

[knotty vine]

another spell that i think its way too over leveled is Skill Empowerment

Very bad spell Xanather

[broken imp]

lol xanather is kinda cute, at least the one on the cover is

[tidal skiff]

Your opinion on spell points ? 🎤

[sharp sapphire]

Okay guys as a master, do u think as my Sargent of end my fiance @unreal turret him and I talked about bring a new campaign person for a 30 days to see how they do what do we think about letting a new person in guys bc I'm not sure should I do a back round check on him

[broken imp]

looks hugable

[knotty vine]

Interesting

Id never use them through

[tidal skiff]

Would make more sense logically.

[broken imp]

it's interesting but more balancing needed

[slender flicker]

hey ya'll this is my alt of my main account of angelsstrawberrygarden but I need to get back into my dnd severs

[knotty vine]

Yeah but only the full full casters would be able to use them

Aka warlock doesnt get to use spell points

[sharp sapphire]

Okay guys as a master, do u think as my Sargent of end my fiance @unreal turret him and I talked about bring a new campaign person for a 30 days to see how they do what do we think about letting a new person in guys bc I'm not sure should I do a back round check on him what do we think

[broken imp]

bro don't ur gonna get perma banned

at least don't say it's an alt account for the very least

[tidal skiff]

True, the specific limitation on number of spell slots is balancing and without it imagine spending all points for too much Shield.

[sharp sapphire]

Bc I'mma need a whole ass new caipin

[knotty vine]

Shield is a funny spell

[lavish flame]

Should be how one of the spellcasters works, Ideally Sorcerer to help further differentiate Sorcerers, Warlocks, and Wizards.

[tidal skiff]

Fair enough. With how they work, it seems fair. Could be explained as since they are given the power, they can't pick and chose.

[knotty vine]

Since its really depentnant on how your dm plays if its good or bad

[broken imp]

+5 to ac is cool but casting as a reaction afterwards... too bad some atks want saves instead of ac

[knotty vine]

Aka if your dm rolls to themself

[broken imp]

lol

[knotty vine]

Your pretty much trying to guess if it beats your ac all the time

[tidal skiff]

Yeah, I love Armor of Agathys. What's better than not being hit ? Being annoying to hit.

[crimson gulch]

Rolls and numbers should be open, that's my personal philosophy

[knotty vine]

So you wasted a spell slot and you sitll get hit

[knotty vine]

Not all dms think that way tho

[broken imp]

but like when i do this i get to turn down smt if it's too high, say i roll a crit and it's gonna kill someone, i can tune the damage down, but also vice versa

[crimson gulch]

And I'll fight them on that one

[tidal skiff]

Since they already have different kind of points, I could see that being a part of the gimmick.

[lavish flame]

part of playing in Urizts' game is forking over your phone number /j

[broken imp]

lol

[crimson gulch]

Visa too, I charge per session

[knotty vine]

Hero's Feast is an S tier spell Imo

Poison resistant and immuntity to charmed and fright is really good

Not enough people use it

[tidal skiff]

Existence of Hero's Feast would suggest existence of Villain's Fasting

[knotty vine]

Oh yeah your hit point max also increases by 2d10 as well

[broken imp]

lol u get more damage instead of hp

[tidal skiff]

Extra Action: Bite
You are hungry and take bite off enemy

[knotty vine]

2d10 extra damage per hit for 24 hours sounds likea scary spell

[unreal turret]

Okay guys as a master, do u think as my Sargent of end my fiance @unreal turret him and I talked about bring a new campaign person for a 30 days to see how they do what do we think about letting a new person in guys bc I'm not sure should I do a back round check on him what do we think

[tidal skiff]

It's like...a lot

[broken imp]

lol my group of newbies asked if they can heal by eating someone

[limber trail]

Haste ofc

[broken imp]

that might be a bit much...

[knotty vine]

It is a legendary item

[tidal skiff]

Allow it, but give them the sickness cannibals suffer from reducing their Wisdom if overused.

[dreamy cairn]

Does anyone know about any open d&d campaigns?

[knotty vine]

#find-a-game

[cursive fjord]

I asked this before but never say the response, is there a way to see if there is any info that Sebastion Crowe Guide to Drakkenheim will come to DDB? I'm not sure where I should look.

[broken imp]

oh the meat was raw so they got sick instead, good idea tho, however they was not a least bit concerned

[cursive fjord]

I really love the Apothicary class, but I REALLY wish i could make it on DDB

[knotty vine]

you dont say..

[crimson gulch]

There is none

[knotty vine]

There is

Its referanced on DDB infact

[dreamy cairn]

Okie

[sharp sapphire]

Hi hello

[crimson gulch]

Where? I don't see it on the partner content roadmap

[sharp sapphire]

I sent u a friend request

[broken imp]

are u sending everyone?

[sharp sapphire]

I sent u one

[sharp sapphire]

So we so we can do a vc chat

[knotty vine]

It only has a few spells from the book

[dreamy cairn]

Hi

[woven flint]

I just did 54 damage with one punch :]

[broken imp]

really are the king of goofy

[fast latch]

Nice

Monk or Pugilist?

[crimson gulch]

Red cape and bald head right?

[rough basalt]

My domain of dread is starting to shape up

[knotty vine]

its only done 45 damage with a bunch before

[fast latch]

Niceeee

What’s it like?

[rough basalt]

It's very barovia coded.

[woven flint]

Pugilist

[rough basalt]

Without the misogyny

Its larger than barovia and has a few sizeable castles for megacrawling

[knotty vine]

I want the villianions options right now

[rough basalt]

Castle Bloodstone, Castle Grimm, and Castle Bernstein. Mixed on whether to look forward or not look forward to mapping them lol

[broken imp]

lol we all want to be mean

ragebaiting is fun

[rough basalt]

With my new mapmaker software ill be able to have awesome animated maps for them at least

[knotty vine]

I cant wait to be immortal by level 12

[rough basalt]

Rn im typing out the rest of the twelve towns and then im making the POIs

Starting with the starting area for the campaign in case my creativity kicks again

[woven flint]

Well, he's a warforged, he doesn't have hair so bald, yes

[fast latch]

Twelve whole towns, impressive

[broken imp]

twelve towns💀

[rough basalt]

Well most of them are villages

[knotty vine]

warforged can have hair

[rough basalt]

its an icewind dale type situation where theyre called towns but more like villages

[broken imp]

lol fr, which way are u going for, lickdom sound the most appealing to me

[fast latch]

Yeah, by stealing it

[woven flint]

Not typically made with hair.

[knotty vine]

I will steal your hair

[woven flint]

Hair serves no mechanical purpose for a warforged, so typically, no, they wouldn't be created with it

[knotty vine]

Sounds like a horror villian

[lavish flame]

ay some of those Ten-Towns are basically cities

[rough basalt]

Theres a few normal towns and 1 city (Seylem, Grimm's Hollow, Blighton and Bloodstone)

[rough basalt]

ye true I only seen the small ones ingame so i forgot how big Bryn Shander is as well as a few others

[knotty vine]

Grimms hollow

[crimson gulch]

great now the Hairforged is stuck in my head

[knotty vine]

Hair forged

[rough basalt]

Where one of the castles is

[woven flint]

disgusting.

[broken imp]

waterdeep sized cities?

[knotty vine]

I wonder where you got that name

[rough basalt]

more like Silverymoon sized city

[rough basalt]

I think I like the name Grimm and wanted a town with Hollow in it

[knotty vine]

Oh

[rough basalt]

I didnt realize till now lol

[knotty vine]

Thats funny

[rough basalt]

Castle Grimm is basically Castle Frankenstein in the anthology this domain is being built from so i decided to put a town around it

[feral fulcrum]

Is there a horrible girl called Mandy, and a particularly dull boy called Billy in Grimm's Hollow?

[rough basalt]

There will be now

[knotty vine]

Billy and mandy

[rough basalt]

When the adventures are Grim

The starting POI will be fun to bring to life

Gonna take ambience from one of the most horrifying horror maps in a game ive loved since i was a kid

[strong wave]

Grim adventures of Billy and Mandy

[feral fulcrum]

And once again the mad Wizard Fairy rocks the boat hard, and twists part of the Prime Material into a Fey Dominion of a new Winter Archfey to counterbalance her own rise to power in the Prime Material.

[strong wave]

I understood some of those words

I guess everyone's playing DND rn

[empty thicket]

loved that one

the hallowen special was funny

[strong wave]

It's a classic show

I like the one where the meteor makes Billy get him brains

[empty thicket]

oh yeah, the meteor that eat brains and got dumber for eating billy brain

[empty thicket]

wish but dont, had session today in the morning

it was... pretty good in more than one sense

[strong wave]

What do you mean

[empty thicket]

my poor fighter got... character development

[strong wave]

Oh no

I'm so soryy

[empty thicket]

it was all in self defense but still

the paladin is captured and he is going to need to explain everything to his companion artificer

In fact, it seems im the protagonist of the campaign...

[near adder]

Can one pop in the "looking for" chats to help explain certain things?

[harsh hinge]

You'll probably have more luck just asking your questions outright and folks can answer as they're able!

[astral torrent]

every NPC in my DM’s campaign are sooooo hot, man; wdym i can’t roll a charisma check on the elderly buff knight who gave me water?!

[idle bone]

Gang

[astral torrent]

? :3

ya?

[idle bone]

You might need to find a life 🥹

[astral torrent]

damn 🥀 maybe I do…. 💔

[broken imp]

lol one of my player tried to seduce an npc

and she rolled a nat 20

[astral torrent]

that happened in a homebrew i DMed, they ended up married with a kid who was stolen by a fae

I love the random funny rolls tbh

[broken imp]

wahhh

[astral torrent]

and then it ended up being the whole main plotline of the campaign and everything, ending with the world abt to combust internally

[broken imp]

i made it so that the city guards rushed in before she said anything because i was too embarrassed to describe what she said she want to so

[astral torrent]

crazy stuff bro 😭

That player of yours has a creative heart of gold and maybe a lack of filter, I love that for her <3

[broken imp]

well it was a school dnd club so nothing too crazy can happen

[astral torrent]

SCHOOL TOO-

[near adder]

Reminds me of a time when someone tried DMing for me and a group.

They made an NPC that the group KOSed....
And a boss that our bard charmed into joining our party.

[astral torrent]

amazing way to redeem the villain, otome ‘em up

[thorn osprey]

One of my players keeps insisting that it'll be "fine" if he can see into the future with his "special eye" 😭

Like, talking about literally seeing what the enemy next action will be.

Do you all think I should let him have this? I am personally very against it.

[astral torrent]

? I think you should maybe limit his foresight to random flashes or through vague meanings

[knotty vine]

Dnd true or false: The only Condition that stacks is Exhaustion

[rough basalt]

True.

[slim garden]

mannn I am so excited for the warrior of venom UA

[idle bone]

Should low-key let them be God. I'm sure it'll work out 🥹

[astral torrent]

I find future sight to be an amazing way to tell the story and open up plotlines but it can also ne too OP

[slim garden]

they see themselves getting eaten by a pack of wild dogs oopsie

[knotty vine]

Foresight(the spell) is already broken enough

aka you can advantage on everything and everyone else has disadvantage on you

[glass granite]

I don’t. Future sight is both powerful and kinda hard to do

[broken imp]

do like a cleric can get cryptic hints from his god

[glass granite]

Snippets of the future in dreams? Maybe

But omnipresent foresight is too much

[broken imp]

well it is 9th lv

[slim garden]

ooh that sounds cool

[astral torrent]

that’s such a good idea

[knotty vine]

Just make it limited foresight

[broken imp]

lack of filter is one way to put it

[hoary totem]

Or a warlock from their patron.

[broken imp]

yea exactly

[astral torrent]

I can’t judge because my comment two minutes ago is how I have to bite my tongue for dear life to not roll charisma for every npc I meet because my DM reads a03 romance fics

and it reflects in his description and character design

[knotty vine]

I wanna be a vampire

[broken imp]

i'm pretty sure it's a actual race

[knotty vine]

Its not

Best we got is dhampier

[astral torrent]

And in comes the humble homebrew

I once had a homebrew where a character was a talking rat king

[slim garden]

yall, I have a question- there is a dm who posted an interesting looking 5.5e campaign in the LFP channel, described as using only the 2024 players handbook. Would it be fair to DM them and ask what their thoughts would be on using a UA subclass (warrior of venom) before applying, or would it be better to just look elsewhere

[idle bone]

Just a flash bang of a sentence.

[knotty vine]

I just reread that and you are right m

[knotty vine]

It decent

[astral torrent]

ty <3

[near adder]

I have not seen any Homebrew races in a campaign, however one campaign I played did set up a specific Inflict Wounds case for my character.

[harsh hinge]

Nothing to lose by asking!

[knotty vine]

Nothing too big

[idle bone]

What if they lose everything

[slim garden]

I just love wuxia/martial arts novels, and the subclass has such cool flavour reminiscent of those

[slim garden]

😔

but okok thanks

[knotty vine]

Dragon race

[idle bone]

We should have everyone in this server join a VC and have one big dnd session.

Surely nothing could go wrong.

[graceful cairn]

that shit would go for centuries 😂

[near adder]

Quite the Agent of Chaos.

I respect it. 😛

[idle bone]

A century of fun 🥹

[graceful cairn]

our grandkids grandkids can keep the campaign going 🥲

[broken imp]

5d later... welp we finish the our first combat encounter, beaten an ancient red dragon at lv1 😛

[raw crypt]

there's gonna be one wild magic sorc that spends half an hour per turn looking up their surges

[idle bone]

What IS the biggest session you all have been a part of?

[raw crypt]

7 ppl I think (at once)

[astral torrent]

15 ppl in one session, I was trying to open a small dnd group in my school and was very nervous of making ppl upset so I couldn’t say no.

[near adder]

I don't think I've been in anything above 5 players.

[graceful cairn]

relatively new to dnd so my campaign with friends rn there’s 6 of us total

[raw crypt]

15 people is crazy though, could've been 3-4 parties

[slim garden]

wtf fifteen

[broken imp]

um like 8ppl but only for one combat encounter, another group join on one of my players special invitation

[broken imp]

15

[slim garden]

above ten sounds like insanity imo

[raw crypt]

15 people sounds like 2 hours for one round 😬

[astral torrent]

unsurprisingly, it fell apart and I just asked my actual friends to join after and not just random friends of friends who were just there because

[thorn osprey]

Do you guys think it'll be a good idea to let the players choose a feat at level 2?

[slim garden]

yyyyyes

[raw crypt]

depends™

[broken imp]

combat is hard with 15, and balancing in general

[broken imp]

depends

if i'm ur player NO

well YES for me

[thorn osprey]

They're very NEW

So, it's not like they'll break the game in level 4

[broken imp]

no

takes too long unless they do if on their own time

[slim garden]

maybe give them another origin feat if youre using 2024 or something

[raw crypt]

god I wish my DMs gave me a feat at level 2 (they probably shouldn't)

[thorn osprey]

How does that work

[broken imp]

it took my party nearly 2 month in total for their characters (we meets once a week cause it's a school club)

[astral torrent]

that wasn’t the hard part, the hard part was getting them to shut up for one second or to get off of TikTok or to log off minecraft

[thorn osprey]

I am most likely running this online

[idle bone]

The dm doesn't NEED to know you magically attained a feat at lvl 2 🥹

[broken imp]

oh lol telling them to shut up was hard

[thorn osprey]

If we did it IRL only, we'd finish after getting married and having children

[slim garden]

mmm it's just a smaller list of feats that aren't generally as powerful/role defining as the rest (specifically suited for pre lvl 4 gameplay)

[raw crypt]

which ruleset are you using?

[thorn osprey]

trying to use 5.5e

[slim garden]

nice, nice

[astral torrent]

but once I narrowed it down to 6 ppl, it was the best homebrew of my life; until a few months ago when it was obvious they had no more interest in the story I was telling or the campaign so we ended it abruptly

[raw crypt]

but see I like having a set of restrictions so I can still optimize

[thorn osprey]

Ohhh, the origin feats? Those do seem far less destructive so maybe

[near adder]

Oh, that sucks....

[broken imp]

i like having minimal restriction except for the obv bans

[raw crypt]

then origin feats are basically "starter feats" that all characters start with (humans get 2!), and are generally less impactful than "general feats" and don't directly add to a character's state

oh nvm you seem to know what those are

[thorn osprey]

the "human gets two" might convince my barbarian to become a human

[broken imp]

i mean my party is a group of my friend in school and um i dunno if they understand the fact that usually they work together

[thorn osprey]

I am not trying to have 3 elves.

[raw crypt]

I mean yea, but other races get their funny perks too so to each their own

[astral torrent]

they were just abt to face off against the final BBEG too but its fine now because now i’m in an elden ring campaign where I sadly have access to every NPCs facecard due to them being Elden ring chars and we got to meet Vyke, oh Vyke…

[broken imp]

lol elves are nice in 5.5e, usually in 5e i like variant human, but depends

[thorn osprey]

I mean, I don't mind it^^ but just kinda want some variety instead of "strong elf" "magical elf" "elf with a bow"

[slim garden]

lmaoo yeah

[thorn osprey]

One of them wanted to go with a dwarf then said

[broken imp]

a soul like dnd game?

[idle bone]

You can do that?

[thorn osprey]

"dwarves are very ugly tho" man hasn't seen a proper handsome dwarf and it shows

[astral torrent]

it works like dnd minus some changed spells etc. and a few differences

[broken imp]

how about very strong elf that's a support and carries the party

[astral torrent]

like different races

[near adder]

Now I want to spread awareness of the mighty Kenku.

[thorn osprey]

Haha. . . .

Yeah, these three players and one of them as "support"

[raw crypt]

sometimes I want to play a grungly bitter old man and dwarves are great at that

[slim garden]

short kings

[astral torrent]

i guess, it’s rlly fun so far so idm.

[thorn osprey]

I'll have you know, I am running into three people with egos bigger than the length of the story, sadly

[lavish flame]

the party made Vyke their maiden, right? he's too hot not to

[raw crypt]

just have someone bring Human Fighter™

[slim garden]

urghh I want to play a crotchety old poison geezer who speaks 50% in chinese idioms sooo bad

[thorn osprey]

Honestly BG3 made me realize that dwarves aren't to be messed with lol, especially those in the under dark, they ROCK you

[broken imp]

oh i thought it'd be like "oh u rolled a 3 on str check to open the door, take 10d6 of damage, halved hp maximum and disadvantage on all str, dex, and con throws for the next 1d6 month + some other stuff"

[broken imp]

sorry what?

[near adder]

It took me playing a Dwarf Cleric to know they are not to be trifled.

[thorn osprey]

It's just human nature to go "haha small" and not take them seriously

[raw crypt]

dwarf war clerics :D

[broken imp]

me think fighter bad cause me optimizer

[near adder]

Order, actually.

[astral torrent]

no…. but I did succeed a singular charisma check on him and got a hug, which was good enough ig, but we were going to fight Radahn

[thorn osprey]

but then you'll have a dwarf weight twice as much as you, charging at you at maximum speed.

[near adder]

My party was full of squishies who barely could heal or spellcast.

[broken imp]

oh lol this sound fun

[raw crypt]

I start optimizing martials when I get bored

[slim garden]

no its honestly so fun

[astral torrent]

we were in catholic school, it was the most I could get from him w/o breaking a catholic code

[raw crypt]

like spells are cool and all, but watch me physically tenderize a guy with all this damage dice

[thorn osprey]

Sounds like my current party lmao, a ranger a wizard and a barbarian, don't ask them what happens when they all get low

[astral torrent]

Will be asking my DM if it could be like this from now on

[broken imp]

pov when u see optimized martial characters that deals 150 damage on the first turn at lv8 and kills the final boss

[near adder]

My favorite thing about him was the very specific Inflict Wounds move he had.

[thorn osprey]

"and any future door you open will explode, removing a piece of your armor"

[raw crypt]

the main issue is that spellcasters are good in literally every situation that isn't "kill that one guy", but man I love optimizing damage numbers on martials for "screw that one guy in particular"

[astral torrent]

There’s always sheer dumb luck to help u out, I once witnessed a lvl 1 sorceress chuck a beer bottle down the throat of a fae and she rolled a nat 20, that’s how a fae died and they got put on ‘fae and order’

oh and how a sorceress saved her child from the fey

:3

[broken imp]

lol he suicide just to get ride of the debuffs because he's weaker than a lv1

[woven flint]

My Pugilist beat the shit out of a lot of aberrations this session :>

[broken imp]

or screw that group of guys

[astral torrent]

i have 3 hit points in that campaign rn w/ 1 armor ;-;

[raw crypt]

oh yea that's a class now, I forgot about that

exhaustion as a resource is wild

[lavish flame]

Vyke from Elden Ring is a very beautiful individual. Elden Ring is a game (series) that features "maiden" as a title of great importance. I did some extrapolating.

[broken imp]

lol fr

[woven flint]

Nope, its a third party class.

[raw crypt]

it's on dndb, close enough

[near adder]

My DM let me have a move called the "Slap Of God".

Basically: A Radiant Inflict Wounds done at the highest possible spell slot, that the dice will ONLY let me hit if my character was truly angry.

[broken imp]

oh i see, only just started playing

[woven flint]

Thats not how DnDb works.

[broken imp]

sounds like power word yeet kinda stuff

[woven flint]

Not everything On DNDB is official content.

[raw crypt]

at least at the tables I've been at generally the DMs are fine with pugilist, but I'm aware a lot of stuff on dndb isn't under wotc official

[near adder]

Oh, and it was done as a backhand with my shield.

[astral torrent]

when my friend showed me how Vyke looked w/o his helmet, I knew i’d never talk normal again or ||sit normal if I could roll the right number||

[slim garden]

me when no UA on dndb😔

[woven flint]

My pugilist did 54 damage in one punch today, it was nice :>

[slim garden]

w h a t

[raw crypt]

the amount of times one of my friends petitioned to use tunnel fighter

[slim garden]

pshhh yeah thats just silly

[woven flint]

Yeap :>

It was a crit haymaker hit with an extra 3d4 damage from my doggo

which was maxxed to 12

[broken imp]

tsk tsk only 54

/j

[woven flint]

In a PUNCH smh

I flavored it as an "earth shattering" in strength punch and it made an eldritch being scry on me out of curiosity

[meager fractal]

hi

[raw crypt]

one punch builds are fun, I had a funny oneshot oneshot cleric/sorc that would pttg into an upcasted inflict wounds, after an upcasted absorb elements

it was wildly inefficient but man did it feel good

[slim garden]

one punch man themed pugilist would be fun

[meager fractal]

how is D&D going this weekend

[slim garden]

p good p good

[woven flint]

I hope that my Warforged Pugilist fellow gets to fight the Lord of Blades.
I want CLANKER on CLANKER
VIOLENCE

[broken imp]

one punch man reincarnated?

[meager fractal]

rockem sockem robots

[woven flint]

One punch man if he had a dog and was a Mechanical being

[raw crypt]

there's always genos

[woven flint]

His name is Sentry :>
His dog is named Vigilance

They were part of an Eberron Law enforcement branch called
"The Marshal Sentinels" Under House Denith
Sentry met Vigilance when he was chasing a crook and came across an injured dog

He's retired now and not really a part of them, but he has a strong stance against killing if he doesn't have to

However, he's killed...
Many Aberrations these last two sessions.
Mostly because they were another party members people who were transformed, suffering and couldn't be cured and the party member requested him to kill

[broken imp]

this sounds like an exciting campaign

[slim garden]

oh mannn

[woven flint]

It is, that's just my character of course, the rest of the party members are a lot more interesting
The only thing abnormal about my character is him being a warforged I suppose? but its Eberron, the setting they come from lol

[broken imp]

personally i wanna play a high stake, combat heavy, eldritch horror & epic fantasy kinda campaign,

[woven flint]

We have
A Warforged Dog & Hound Pugilist
A Dwarf Battlesmith Artificer
A Human War Cleric
A Kalashtar PSi-Warrior
and
A Hobgoblin whom was Ruinbound Sprits Bard

[slim garden]

what does it mean to be ruinbound?

[woven flint]

Ruinbound are individuals infected by the smybiotic weapons/tools that the Daelkyr made (Eberron stuff)

[slim garden]

ooh cool

[woven flint]

Our current enemy is the Dreaming Dark
Which is like.. a Conspiracy Group that deal with the Quori

Quori being outsider interloper-esque beings who are attached to the dream realm

[split dagger]

Light
Does it turn off if my character goes uncon?

[woven flint]

No, as its not a concentration spell

[broken imp]

nope

[slim garden]

and this is all eberron worldbuilding?? I had no idea there was so much to it

[woven flint]

There's a lot to it

Eberron is such a fun setting

[slim garden]

mhm, I've never played it but it sounds cool fs

[woven flint]

You should totally try to find a campaign or do research and run your own, its very interesting and fun

[broken imp]

it is

[hot reef]

Indeed

[woven flint]

Daelkyr and Quori are just a small little morsel of Eberron worldbuilding

[umbral girder]

Man I’m sad that Song of Rest isn’t a Bard feature in 5.5e

It was such a fun vibe of an ability

[bright belfry]

anyone know an item to hold scrolls? i remember seeing an item that holds a buncha scrolls and only uses a bonus action to draw them

[broken imp]

um i dunno if there is such item, ask in #dnd-rules

[bright belfry]

thanks

[umbral girder]

Scroll case in the Player’s Handbook I believe

Holds 5 sheets of parchment or 10 sheets of paper (which ever a scroll is)

Worth 1 GP

[broken imp]

isn't a scroll case the case that covers the scroll? like a hard cover for a book

[umbral girder]

It’s a tube to protect them from the elements

[fair plinth]

Did they change it so in 5.5e warlocks automatically get the spells from their subclass list added to their prepared spells, in contrast to 5e in which they just get it added to the warlock spell list?

[woven flint]

yes

[fair plinth]

Alrighty thx

[empty thicket]

yep, all of them. The thing is chosing which one use with your pact slot

[fair plinth]

It seems like a pretty big buff from 5e but im sure warlocks needed it

[empty thicket]

Guiding bolts and Cure wounds with the pact slots is giga powerful

and each upcasting is literally casting another cure wounds

[broken imp]

lol

[lavish flame]

they did

[rough basalt]

Almost done with the top floor of the dungeon my next campaign starts in

Dungeon Alchemist is such a nice software

[clever cove]

How to actually start a campaign? I’m the DM and my dad is the player

[rough basalt]

Since you're doing a 1 on 1, you'll need to decide whether your dad is alone, has some npcs under his control like a CRPG or under yours helping him.

Also better move to #dm-discussion

[broken imp]

i agree but sigh the price

[slim garden]

do any of yall have opinions on the recent “warrior of venom” monk UA subclass :P

[umbral girder]

#1026901431132885064 is for that topic

[slim garden]

Oop thanks

[rough basalt]

True, so far its paid its way for me

[cinder timber]

What makes a campaign premise interesting to you as a player?

[buoyant oar]

I am always more than willing to pay a premium for premium software.

I have used dungeon alchemist maps exclusively for my last 200 sessions. More thank worth the price of admission.

[errant crag]

Gonna run the first session of the Hellfire Club starter set for my 10yo nephew tomorrow

Hope he enjoys it

[rough basalt]

I just made my first dungeon floor with it and while it did take a few hours (I was taking breaks and yapping a lot) I wouldn't have been able to make it in DD

Now to do the finishing touches in foundry

[toxic nebula]

Hi

[stray sage]

hot take:i think frightening presence should be exclusive to chromatic dragons

metallic dragons already have their secondary breath attack for status effects AND shapeshifting, chromatic dragons dont get anything unique.

[humble cairn]

Good news! Check out the 2024 dragon statblocks.

[lavish flame]

metallic dragons are still terrifying though

[stray sage]

wait brb

wait red dragons dont have frightening presence either

[humble cairn]

Correct, but all of them have some sort of spell thing. Only Black and White Dragons have Frightening Presence.

[stray sage]

okay... why?

[rough basalt]

Only one major issue with dungeon alchemist

[humble cairn]

They personalized the spell effects for each dragon type.

[stray sage]

why only them?

[rough basalt]

the ram needs

[humble cairn]

Why not? They made each dragon type more unique by giving them slightly different abilities.

[stray sage]

i mean that is cool but why not both? Give all chromatic dragons frightful presence AND let them cast spells