dnd-discussion

[jolly canyon]

Ohhhh! Right right yes!

[woven flint]

Marshal Sentinels*** my mistake

[nimble dew]

Oooh thank u! Does MTG also has books?

[fossil shuttle]

Tell me about it. My two campaigns I play in are "everyone here has more experience than me and we have a super serious setting" and "Oh sweet lords this guy is making a boss from Mewgenics as a character and the other refuses to make anything besides an elf and neither of them have played before".

[long plover]

Hi im new

[chilly narwhal]

Magic the gathering is a card game while DnD is tabletop rpg

[nimble dew]

Okay okay!

[woven flint]

Me too lmao

[chilly narwhal]

lol! That’s so cool, I bet it’s fun

[lavish flame]

I think so, but they're like fiction books. e.g. You'll read an adventure that the character Jace Beleren went on. MtG is mostly a trading card game.

[nimble dew]

There is so Much info to remember Idk how u Guys do it

[woven flint]

I'm just built different /silly

[flint ledge]

Oh yeah isn't there literally MtG books for dnd?

[jolly canyon]

My memory is so bad so it's constantly rereading the same thing over and over and over for myself. I'm not built for DMing but I gotta cause my friends won't

[chilly narwhal]

Everyone is just so nice here

[lavish flame]

I've been invested in this hobby for like a decade and some change. I figure I oughta know

[fossil shuttle]

It is, but sometimes I wish I had a campaign where everyone was on more even footing and was able to take it seriously, but not so seriously that goofing off a bit gets a PC killed.

[chilly narwhal]

I cheat (I have a dm screen)

[jolly canyon]

I have my obsidian notes to help me remember stuff when I'm playing and I keep the DMG and PHB open 25/8

[nimble dew]

Some of the books are so pretty tho like Dragon delves

[woven flint]

A lot of my characters play generally the same, if I may be honest
I'm a very martially inclined individual even when not being a martial
There's TWO characters I'm playing right now that aren't very up in your face individuals
My Bugbear Gloomstalker and My Tortle Knowledge Cleric

[chilly narwhal]

Same. Hit me up if you ever need a dm for that kind of game lol

[jolly canyon]

My cleric is your typical "I wanna save all living people and I hate undead" super hero syndrome and a splash of idiot.

[woven flint]

Currently I'm playing:
Drow Celestial Warlock
Warforged Dog & Hound Pugilist
Dragonborn Battlemaster Fighter
Tortle Knowledge Cleric
Bugbear Gloomstalker
Air Genasi Forge Adept Artificer
And
Triton (POSSIBLY) Vengence Paladin

[lavish flame]

Yup! We've got 3 full books and a digital expansion.
Ravnica (urban fantasy), Theros (greco-roman fantasy), and Strixhaven (fantasy academy) all got full books dedicated to them. Lorwyn (Fey-like fantasy) got a digital expansion alongside the release of another setting.

Of the 4, I liked Ravnica and Theros. Strixhaven's setting book is like 80% an adventure, and Lorwyn's digital expansion has absolutely no relevance to its parent book and honestly barely qualifies as a setting book.

[woven flint]

I'm a lad with many lads.

[errant crag]

I feel like online I always see this idea that campaigns are either full blown joke games with no seriousness, or they're dark gritty no nonsense joke-and-you-die campaigns, but the balance is so much easier to strike than people assume it will be

There is absolutely middle ground

[lavish flame]

The middle ground is really nice

[jolly canyon]

Mine I try to keep balanced. Serious when it needs to be and joking when the vibe fits

[chilly narwhal]

I play with the same group so I wouldn’t know lmao (but god some sessions just end up being so weird)

[woven flint]

I play with quite a few groups
There's a middle ground, but despite my moniker, I'm typically one of the more serious players at a table

[errant crag]

The jokes land a lot better when there is a serious overtone that the jokes can provide levity from
And the seriousness hits a lot harder when it's not all that's ever happening

[jolly canyon]

My players follow as well. They take it serious when it's obvious I'm being serious and otherwise make a bunch of jokes at each other's expense. Its great

[chilly narwhal]

Getting sidetracked into video games is definitely common

[errant crag]

They enhance eachother

[lavish flame]

I like joking with my friends and also I like telling a story that takes itself seriously. Having a goof is fun, having legitimate drama is fun.

[errant crag]

I feel like it's not as difficult to have both as people make it out to be

[chilly narwhal]

I agree! It’s important to balance levity. A 100% serious game can sometimes cause problems, and a too silly game is a slog

[woven flint]

There was one session where I was absent with my Monday group.

They all died.
My character is the only one left alive
And he can't bring them back
And I can't wait to play his misery and agony at losing his friends way up

[jolly canyon]

Yup yup. For one shots I don't mind comple unseriousness. Gag characters the whole way through

[lavish flame]

When the time for drama begins, the players know when to tune in. They're also pretty good about not shattering an atmosphere with out-of-pocket comments

[woeful copper]

Hi guys, can someone explain to me how to play DND because I wanted to play it someday but I have no one to play with.

[olive storm]

For my brother's Curse of Strahd game, I have settled on an adorkable reborn wizard.

[woven flint]

If he had enough charisma, I'd ask the dm for a class change to a vengence paladin, but I enjoy him as a Battlemaster fighter

He currently seeks to crush a Necromancer for the time she killed the groups bard (who we managed to bring back)
And the Mindflayer that killed everyone else permanently

The kind, gentle, knightly dragonborn, who hates hurting people... REALLY wants blood.

[chilly narwhal]

What’s your guys longest game?

[lavish flame]

There's information in #learn-to-play that should help you get started, and then after that you should check out #dnd-newcomers and maybe the Basic Rules of the game (in Learn To Play). The Basic Rules has a very solid breakdown on what the actual gameplay of D&D is like.

The long-and-short of "how to play D&D" is that its a call-and-response game. Your Dungeon Master informs you about the scenario your characters are in, you make decisions as your characters would given your circumstances, the DM informs you what the outcomes of your actions are.

[jolly canyon]

My home campaign is going on session 7! The westmarch I lost count but also not that many? Maybe DMd 4 and played 8?? Around there

[chilly narwhal]

The rules are used to keep consistency and fairness

[chilly narwhal]

That’s amazing!

[woven flint]

The longest game I've ever been in..
was a Year and A Half long.

I Played a wildfire druid who was cursed by a lich to loose his memory and need to feast on the flesh of other humanoids to survive.
He was a drow in his pervious life
Sadly, that campaign was ended due to drama that two of the players in the group caused

[chilly narwhal]

Oh no! I’m so sorry drama ruined it

[minor cargo]

Hmm.

In college, we started a game and it went on for... 6 years total before we stopped? I decided I didn't like playing with one of the players and let them know I was walking away.

Also during college, we played a game with me and the other summer camp counsellors. That was about 4 years, off and on.

My current game has been going on for... I want to say another 6 years? Probably 7 or 8 is more accurate.

And during that time, I definitely have had shorter games. A lot of mine are like 6 - 12 sessions only and then we end the campaign.
edit: Oh, yeah. And of course there are 1-shots and stuff I do for charity and junk. I've been a part of a handful of short-run campaigns. Like we plan for 4-10 episodes and stuff.

[lavish flame]

It probably doesn't count, given that we haven't played in a handful of years, but I've been in a campaign since 2015 or so. We've made it to 13th level but life is getting in the way.

[chilly narwhal]

My longest campaign started in 2019 and is still happening

[crimson gulch]

I had one campaign go for 3 years. Most of my games are 25 to 40 sessions

[woven flint]

His name was Vaskhir, I actually have art of him somewhere in this server lol
He was one of my favorite characters

[chilly narwhal]

The scheduling curse

[chilly narwhal]

Plenty of breaks though

[lavish flame]

The longest campaign I've been in that actually ended was Tyranny of Dragons, which took us ~1.5 years to complete.

[chilly narwhal]

That’s amazing!!

[fathom gate]

Damn that was one long session

[chilly narwhal]

My campaigns tend to last long, mostly because the groups are so long standing

[jolly canyon]

I'm hoping mine doesn't last more than 2 years. Not that I don't love it but I wanna run multiple settings

[chilly narwhal]

Lmao!

[jolly canyon]

I wanna do CoS. FR, uhh idk what else but I'm sure something

[lavish flame]

I find that having a campaign book to work with leads to campaigns actuslly finishing. I've finished Curse of Strahd and Baldur's Gate: Descent Into Avernus twice, I've finished Tyranny of Dragons and Waterdeep Dragon Heist. I've never finished a homebrew campaign.

[chilly narwhal]

Most of my campaigns finish, but my long one is really just a comfort thing for the group now

[woven flint]

I'm playing
4 Official Moduels rn
Rime of the Frostmaiden
Baulders Gate: Descent Into Avernus
Vecna: Eve of Ruin
And
Dungeon Of the Mad Mage (Which is a continuation of our Waterdeep: Dragon Heist Campaign)

[minor cargo]

I have the most success with campaigns when I plan to have some kind of ending. And by success, I mean we get to a point where we can stop and everyone feels generally satisfied (comparing to a group that falls apart due to scheduling, where I think it's fair everyone leaves dissatisfied).

So yeah, in that wya, I guess I think of my campaigns as a "book" I'm going off of.

[paper portal]

Good meowning everypony

[jolly canyon]

I'm jealous

[chilly narwhal]

How lucky !

[jolly canyon]

I have no one to blame but myself tho lol it's self imposed limitations

[chilly narwhal]

It’s also been going on so long that dming it is easy

[woven flint]

I'm in more game than that 😭

I really want another Pathfinder game If I'm being honest
Need more TTRPGS in my life

[chilly narwhal]

Occasionally rotating DMs is also really fun

[lavish flame]

I try to write my homebrew stories in "books". I think the Tiers of Play are pretty solid, so I often think of my conflicts as "level 1-5 conflict" and "level 11-16 conflict" and stuff. This way, if our campaign ends at some arbitrary point between arcs, we can just sorta pretend we stopped when the last book finished.

[lean wigeon]

im currently in a 5e and a Daggerheart game

[meager fractal]

Daggerheart?

[lean wigeon]

it's a TTRPG

[chilly narwhal]

Exploring out of DnD is so refreshing

[jolly canyon]

Afaik it's built off dnd 3.5 right?

[lean wigeon]

it's when
when

[fossil shuttle]

I've really wanted to play DIA with my tiefling character because he's directly tied to Avernus (And I have done so much autism fueled research into how the Hells function)

[jolly canyon]

Wait not daggerhart. Pathfinder

[lavish flame]

Daggerheart is the flagship TTRPG produced by Darrington Press. Its a fantasy roleplaying game thats particularly narrative-focused.

[jolly canyon]

My bad

[lean wigeon]

PF1e was pretty much just a derivative of 3.5e in many respects

PF2e is its own thing

[minor cargo]

Pathfinder 1e was based off of D&D 3.5E, yeah. Some people lovingly call it D&D 3.75E.

It uses a d20 system just like D&D, but tried to streamline some clunky systems and balance things a bit more (avoiding "ivory tower" design). It was a lot of fun!

Pathfinder 2e is often seen as a crunchier kind of TTRPG, still using a d20 system. It has some great online support. Paizo is also an interesting company and hires a lot of really, really cool talent.

[crimson gulch]

ah i have finished a lot of both

[woven flint]

My descent into avernus character is a Bugbear fellow named Bogey (Bow-Gee)
He has a Wood Elf wife 🧐

And he works for the Zhentarim
He's one hell of a sinner 👁

[jolly canyon]

Only thing I know about either is that the og fans love them. I've heard almost only good things about 3.5 and PF. excluding some unfortunate but expected elitism but all communities have it so it is what it is.

[thin viper]

Is it okay to play dnd without know the rules but all of the players really ahd fun, we tried to understand it but we js cant, i tried to mske a campaign its so trash that it became a legendary campaign

[chilly narwhal]

Having fun is the goal!

If it’s fun, it’s good. If it’s not fun it’s bad

[lavish flame]

no its not fine! we'll have your head for that!

nah dawg, enjoy your board game nights however you'd like. you play the game to have fun.

[paper portal]

Idk if it's really D&D and that point sounds like youre just rping but like calico said as long as you're having fun

[jolly canyon]

None if my players in my campaign even looked up the free rules lol its OK tho I expected as much. I learned they take notes last session and even that surprised me

I'm so proud

[lavish flame]

To some extent, yeah. Consider that you might just like freeform roleplaying with your friends. You might have a better time just roleplaying without attaching a game to it

[thin viper]

So its really okay in anyway as long as we had fun?

[crimson gulch]

pretty much all of my players have only ever finished campaigns with me, so many games crumble before their time

[minor cargo]

Or you can pick a game that's maybe a little more freeform - something like Wanderhome. That's a TTRPG where a GM is optional. ✌️

[paper portal]

It's a game, the point is to have fun not to follow the rules to the letter

[chilly narwhal]

Always! Rules facilitate fun

[lavish flame]

i'm not gonna cosign everything you do in ur campaign, people get up to some crazy shit. I just think playing while not knowing the rules isn't too terrible.

[jolly canyon]

Yee what makes dnd actually dnd is the ruleset. No one will tell you you're having fun wrong of course. You just might not be playing dnd

And that's OK!

[paper portal]

Having said that I personally think the game is more fun if you (mostly) stick to RAW but that's cus I'm evil

[turbid vessel]

Junkyard DND is a popular form of DND lol
But if you want some hot insider TTRPG knowledge that the DnD elite don't want you to know... There are some other tabletop roleplaying games out there that have much less rules and are much easier to learn
But don't lettem know I told you

[buoyant oar]

Imo 75-80% of complaints with the system can be answered by handwaving stuff less.

[crimson gulch]

haha junkyard dnd i like that phrase, reminds me of things

[lavish flame]

I agree. I think the game of D&D is actually really fun, most/all of its rules included. I like carrying capacity and nutrition and coin weight, the inclusion of those rules makes the game more fun for me.

[woven flint]

I think..

We should have more Minotaur player characters in this community 🤔

[jolly canyon]

So a bunch of dnd players in a dnd chat say dnd is fun?? So called free thinkers! Lol jk

[chilly narwhal]

I’m a rules person, although sometimes cool is a valid rule

[woven flint]

I want more beautiful bull men and women adventuring for fun 🔥

[buoyant oar]

And if you still have complaints after handwaving less. Then the issue really isn't the system. But rather an incompatibility of what you desire and what the system is designed to do.

[paper portal]

I also think some of the shenanigans that comes with RAW can be fun but there's obviously a point where it's just stupid lol

[woven flint]

I'm waiting for the day i get to play my Minotaur Death Cleric of Baphomet 👁

[viral kraken]

idk coin weight make me as dm have to do a bunch of logistics with how does banking work in this world, and how quickly do funds deposited here become available here and that sort of stuff

[paper portal]

Imo they should buff minotaurs to be lore accurate to greek mythology sounds balanced

[minor cargo]

I agree, but they might be shy. We don’t want to cow them.

Then again, maybe it’s better to take the bull by the horns.

[woven flint]

I like that D&D minos have their own lore

[crimson gulch]

100% reserve, Vault on sight, no account transfers is my way

[turbid vessel]

Are you sure people won't have beef with that?

[woven flint]

You don't have to be completely accurate to the source material

[lavish flame]

This is basically my reason for enjoying all the stuff people usually dislike.

People usually just gloss over stuff like Material Components and Carrying Capacity or all of the advice in the Planning Encounters section of the books, and then they have complaints about how people are getting away with stuff. Keeping those rules in play almost always removes those problems

[buoyant oar]

At least the Forgotten Realms handles that already. That information already exists

[viral kraken]

so funds are only available locally?

[paper portal]

No I think every minotaur in D&D was made because a guy pissed off poseidon so his wife got with a bull and then they were trapped in a labrynth as a child

[woven flint]

@turbid vessel @minor cargo
I'm watching you two
Don't give me Bullshit now 😤 /silly

[crimson gulch]

Yes, you deposit at the Costal bank of Waterdeep, thats where you gotta go to Withdrawl

[buoyant oar]

This is the problem with offloading A lot of the work on teaching the game to the dungeon master. Because a dungeon master will teach what is important to them but not necessarily what's important for the system as a core rule

[chilly narwhal]

Do you not enjoy economics and logistics of a medieval society?

[viral kraken]

good to know

[minor cargo]

I’m not afraid. I won’t hide.

I’ll reap what I sow.

[buoyant oar]

Learning by osmosis can be good. However, it is also the fastest way to spread errors in understanding

[thin viper]

Our campaign was abt some event called shattering of the sky, its a event that only happen in centuries and apparently the players have the find 3 monks that has the ancient scrolll to fix the problem with ductape. Ive put so much effort i even made a coolass map, and yet the first thing they did is to rob the starting village they spawned in(dont mind me i js like sharing my experiences)

[viral kraken]

i just am not familiar with them, and money is just not really my thing

[meager fractal]

Someone stole our minotaur ally 🙁

[lavish flame]

yeah I dont think the Lord's Alliance really has bank accounts that are transferable between city-states. Waterdeep isn't just gonna give Neverwinter its money (not again, at least), its difficult as hell to do so.

[chilly narwhal]

Do you not enjoy planning for potential plagues and its effects on the valuation of precious metals?

[paper portal]

Probably @woven flint

[sullen mantle]

I just made my first character this is lowkey cool asf

[paper portal]

Yeah making characters is great fun

[woven flint]

Hey, just because i think Baphomet is a beautiful man doesn't mean i stole your Minotaurs!

[sullen mantle]

I’m a Ranger

[viral kraken]

that sounds rough

[buoyant oar]

I know the sword Coast traders Bank will allow people to deposit money in waterdeep, Baldur's Gate, and daggerford and withdrawal at all three locations as well.

[sullen mantle]

I’m still learning tho

[chilly narwhal]

For shame! Everyone knows DMs must know the trade route of every good and the waste management of each town! /j

[thin viper]

Yea until ur character dies in a campaign... we had a rule that we cant reuse dead characters

[viral kraken]

"sorry i can only run one session a year, it's just i have to do all this economic modelling between sessions to keep the prices up to date based on what has changed in game"

[buoyant oar]

The primary function of a bank in places like the Forgotten Realms would not necessarily to have a mass system of Transit to withdrawal your funds. But rather as a place for loans and to convert currencies.

[jolly canyon]

There is no perma perma death in my campaign. Even if they tpk ima just do reverse Dante Inferno something or they got captured or whatever. Wasn't my choice. My new players didn't like the thought of dying permanently.

[paper portal]

That just means you get to make another!

[lavish flame]

TBH i do think stuff like "primary export" shoild be info we know about most places in a setting book. A City that mostly ships out Metal is a pretty different place than a City that mostly ships out Tobacco. I figure thats reasonably important to know.

[viral kraken]

i like the idea of a tpk (if and when it happens) leading to a quest from the god of death or whatever. i have a good setup for this one i am running, they have already bumped into the god of death a little

[buoyant oar]

The trade map in the third Edition forgotten Realms campaign guide is a godsend to this day

[lavish flame]

Was thinking about it when I was typing that lmao

[jolly canyon]

Eberron has a ton of cool planes. Ima yeet them to one if they tpk in a situation where the enemy wouldn't capture.

[chilly narwhal]

"Welcome to the town of Deeprock. You walk up to the garrison fortifications, which are made of wood because although deeprock is a mining town, it’s a copper mine and the people export most stone. Also stone forts take too much labor and the ox is already being used to get the firewood. Underneath you is a nearly dried source of groundwater that has made the villagers consider moving the well although it would take too much work. You may notice the people of this village are slightly hungry which is due to pestilence in the nearby region where they get their wheat…"

[viral kraken]

that begs so many more questions i now need to know the answer to, why is the water dried up, why is there a pestilence, what is the nature of the pestilence, etc. the answers to those will beg even more questions! that way lies madness

[long violet]

Hey anyone here running a one shot later today

[chilly narwhal]

Now that I think about it, there might be an interesting quest there lol.

[viral kraken]

indeed

[jolly canyon]

We can't solicit games outside of #find-a-game . Apologies, AJ. We must stick to there

[chilly narwhal]

My dm brain won’t turn off!

[cobalt owl]

Dude same

Brain doesn't exist

[sullen mantle]

Lmfao

It’s okkkk

[cobalt owl]

Also first time?

[chilly narwhal]

A rot from the earth, and empty husks of grain. The soil cracks beneath your feet in the intimation of webs. Standing on Garret’s farm, it almost seems like a drought.

[chilly narwhal]

I have been consumed! 😭

[fossil shuttle]

I remember in my campaign when we determined that I am not allowed to purchase enough ball bearings to fill a bag of holding because the amount of time required to make them would mean commissioning every smith on the continent and that means nothing else would get made during that time and the economy would fall to pieces.

[chilly narwhal]

Or more realistically, you would get it in 40 years after the smith you hired finishes and your quest is long done lmao

[chilly narwhal]

Smiths see your character and close shop instantly.

[fossil shuttle]

At one point the party killed a giant sand worm and we had an idea months later while visiting a taxidermist that if we had the skin, this old guy would probably become so obsessed with completely this work of art that he would become a lich just so he would have the time needed to complete it, finish the task, and then fade to dust.

[sullen mantle]

Wanna see the pair of dice I’m getting? :p

[chilly narwhal]

Of course!

[sullen lotus]

I’m pretty new to dnd still but I had an idea of like A dragon rider type campaign like httyd reminiscent or would that be to hard to write a campaign type of thingy

[errant crag]

Trying to decide on species for my weird multiclass characters

[halcyon bison]

Hexblood are fun I think

[knotty vine]

I think its really cool that some monsters just kinda slightly ignore spell rules

Like ||strahd|| and a few other monsters can just cast spells faster

Aka he can cast animate dead as an action

[empty thicket]

damn, then it was that

i thought for a minute i was getting hooked into something... dangerous

[slim garden]

mannn I’m so excited for warrior of venom monk UA

[empty thicket]

The around 500 enemies immune//resist to poison:

[versed leaf]

Side quest: kill them.

[hot marlin]

If you steal a person, it's called a kidnapping.

[limber trail]

It replaces the damage with Acid iirc

[empty thicket]

Some cultist have my paladin hostage

if they kill him...

i will take an oath.

[woven flint]

Knemesis

[lavish flame]

they can if they want, like the Monk feature giving them access to Force damage

[slim garden]

likeee yeah it sucks for the poison effect but the subclass lets you substitute poison damage with acid damage if you didn’t know!

[winged vapor]

Why do the directions read like stereo instructions?

[meager kiln]

yall

i’m finally a dm :)

[knotty vine]

Yall what is this point of this
Tree Shape (2/Day). Over the course of 1 minute, Derwyth can magically transform into a Huge or smaller tree and remain in that form for 24 hours or until she ends this transformation early (no action required). Her equipment melds into her new form. While in this form, her Armor Class is 16, she has the incapacitated condition, and she can’t move or speak.

[frigid plank]

Congratulations! I was forced to be the DM because all my friends said they would play but not learn or attempt too DM lol

[valid geyser]

ambushes?

[knotty vine]

I can become tree

[minor cargo]

Sounds like a cool, chill ability. Wish I could become a tree.

[meager kiln]

i’m doing a seven deadly sins and seven heavenly virtues thing

[frail wasp]

sounds great to me

[knotty vine]

I guess it could be used for an ambush

[errant crag]

Trees, not bushes

[meager kiln]

they said “do NOT homebrew on your first time as dm” ion know

[knotty vine]

but it takes 1 min of set up

[errant crag]

It's good stealth if you're outdoors

[frail wasp]

a good tree can't be rushed

[knotty vine]

"who put this tree here"

[feral fulcrum]

The Wizard did, obviously

[frigid plank]

The rules are there to serve you lol. Rule of cool for me.

[frail wasp]

what is this noble ability from

[knotty vine]

Quests from the Infinite Staircase the npc Derwyth

[feral fulcrum]

It's better to learn to actually figure out the basics and general concept and functions of the system before going crazy and taking an axe to the whole thing with extensive homebrew

[woven flint]

... corn?

[knotty vine]

I was looking for elf/wizard npcs for the party

[frail wasp]

oh sick, I'ma make this into a charm later

[meager kiln]

soup can

[woven flint]

SOUP

[knotty vine]

Become tree charm sounds like a cool ability

[feral fulcrum]

And if you're just gonna ignore all the rules anyway...why have you even presumably bought the books?

[meager kiln]

tomato soup with a pinch of salt 🤤🤤🤤

[knotty vine]

Aka im trying to find stat blocks for npcs before I make them character sheets

[frigid plank]

I bought them to use what I like and discard the rest. I don’t care if someone has bat crap in their pockets. Or if my 9 year old wants to tame the wolf and goblins everywhere they go and also not really paying attention to the rules.

[woven flint]

Soup-Can Armor

[knotty vine]

Soup can

[empty thicket]

its in one way epic and in another sad.

[halcyon bison]

Soup can’t :(

[woven flint]

Soup might.

[odd valley]

soup could

[meager fractal]

soup is the best

[halcyon bison]

Soup won’t, though

[rough basalt]

Poison is the most community punished damage type for sure.

[empty thicket]

yep

and the funniest part is, anyone can access to fire.

[rough basalt]

Cause there's more enemies that aren't immune to it than not

But DMs primarily to exclusively use the ones that are.

[empty thicket]

undeads, fiends and what else?

[rough basalt]

Constructs

[empty thicket]

constructs?

[rough basalt]

Elementals.

[valid geyser]

its about 1/3 of the monster manual

[rough basalt]

Nah

1/5

[empty thicket]

One of hte most resisted//immuned

[valid geyser]

oh yeah i got the number wrong

[empty thicket]

I would like to poisoner get an upgrade feat that let you pierce that immunities

[rough basalt]

There's around 500 statblocks and 112 are immune to poison.

[eager marsh]

It’s actually only roughly 20% iirc when the math was done for 2014 with some adjustments

[empty thicket]

or is there any spell that let you break an immunity?

[eager marsh]

Nope

[empty thicket]

Damn, would be so dope that

[valid geyser]

that being said, i really hope wotcs idea of balancing poison damage isnt having poisoned attached to debilitating effects, seeing the venom monk's level 6 and sylune's viper

[rough basalt]

Poisons the way it is cause they expect DMs to lock in and use stuff other than Undead.

[valid geyser]

i think the 1/3rd was like, for creatures above CR 10 or so

[empty thicket]

That is fair ngl, but in another way, 1/5 of hte book is or 1/3 is immune to it

that... is a big number...

[valid geyser]

yeah, 35 out of 102

[empty thicket]

And poison is like the few non magical things that a martial can use

Fire, poison, explosives and... that it is

caltrops and then the whole armery

[torpid hound]

Is the Armorer Artificer the most SAD class?

[rough basalt]

It's also cause Undead and Fiends make up a crapload of monsters.

[valid geyser]

but that being said, its not like mundane poisons are that good. 100 gold for a single extra 1d4

[rough basalt]

Ye the actual poisons suck but the damage type isn't that bad. It's mainly dms fault

[empty thicket]

a vial of acid was if im not wrong 1/4 of that price and do more damage

[rough basalt]

DMs need to level up and use a Humanoid or Monstrosity for once.

[empty thicket]

without save.

[valid geyser]

no it's a save

[empty thicket]

the acid vial?

[paper portal]

Technically 5e druids are ZAD so if you have low stats that's a great direction to go, otherwise any dex or wis character will generally be able to dump all three of the minor saves

[valid geyser]

yeah its a dex save to avoid 2d6 acid

[empty thicket]

oh, then another thing said, but yeah, cheaper and more damage

[bitter kraken]

Can't apply those to weapons, would be inapplicable to food etc.

[rough basalt]

I think regular Poisons are more geared towards the "social pillar"

[valid geyser]

more damage than poison, but literally everything is more damage than 1d4

[rough basalt]

Where you're dealing with more ordinary people.

[empty thicket]

Poisons would work for some kind of Spy stuff. Wont deny that

but... the prices for combat poisons are...

[rough basalt]

Still they do suck, and DMs need to take off the training wheels and use a Giant or Dragon.

[empty thicket]

Yeah, i know a purple worm or wyrm poison is powerful but its worth what? 1 uncommon magic item?

[rough basalt]

Very Rare iirc

[valid geyser]

it's 2,000 gold

[empty thicket]

A Very Rare ITem price for a few uses poison.

[umbral girder]

2000gp is half a rare price

Rare is 4000
Very rare is 40,000

[jolly canyon]

^

[empty thicket]

Beads of force are 2kgp
Purple worm vial is same price.

[jolly canyon]

Only reason I know that is cause my player is in debt 4kish for making a rare item

[umbral girder]

Pretty sure that is also 4,000gp

[rough basalt]

Oh right purple Worm poison is 2k gp

[valid geyser]

that is the price of a rare consumable, which it probably would be classified as

[umbral girder]

Only Scrolls and Potions I believe is half instead of all consumables

[rough basalt]

I thought it was very rare.
Might be thinking of BG3.

[errant crag]

I wanna play in a more difficult game

[empty thicket]

Yeah, its 21dc const save, i will give it that and its 10d6 damage

[jolly canyon]

Oh yee the distinction from rare consumables and rare magic item should be noted

[errant crag]

The difficulty of CoS was oversold to me it's been very very easy and not dangerous so far

And my other games are more roleplay focused so there's no difficulty whatsoever there

[umbral girder]

Poisons actually don’t rarities that is a BG3 thing

[empty thicket]

Difficult like Darkest dungeon or difficult like Dead cells with all the stuff up?

[errant crag]

I've never played either of those things

[woven flint]

Fear & Hunger, clearly

[valid geyser]

you got it the other way around. the price of non scroll/potions is halved when crafting

[errant crag]

Difficult as in challenging, not easy

[empty thicket]

wait, let me think an example for the second one, i didnt liked it

[rough basalt]

Rn I'm getting a game together that'll be pretty difficult.

[empty thicket]

In a way i would like it, in another F&H is... hard...

[rough basalt]

I don't foresee all beginning PCs getting out of the starter dungeon.

[empty thicket]

a trap can instant kill you and sometimes your life depend in a 50/50

25% if using double coin

[umbral girder]

Don’t remember bringing up crafting. I was talking on buying prices

[rough basalt]

I can't wait to run my horror game.

[umbral girder]

Might have missed the crafting part of the convo

[rough basalt]

I'm looking forward to start filling my PC Graveyard every week. /hj

[valid geyser]

i was reading the wrong part, but it applies the same for buying. except halved price for consumables other than scrolls

[empty thicket]

Go on, craft a vial of purple worm poison.
Find some purple worm poison that let you milk his poison without idk
Being buried and used like a nest for his eggs.

Like those wasps that use spiders while being paralyzed and then the larvas came out and eat hte spider

[viral kraken]

i was all for trying until "milking" got involved

[umbral girder]

Ah got it.

Been selling scrolls wrong it seems

Basically 100gp per spell level

[empty thicket]

someone had tried to bargain a price with a merchant?

[rough basalt]

Same here.

[umbral girder]

I think

[empty thicket]

lower the price of those healing potions bringing back the bottles?

[umbral girder]

Ah wait I see the table now

[empty thicket]

For flavor wise, i could put healing poison in my waterskin?

[rough basalt]

I'm due another PC soul to be harvested

[empty thicket]

so if i want a lvl 5 spell scroll is 500gp?

or lvl 3 revivify lets say, it came with all fixed? components included?

[umbral girder]

No I got the proper list

PHB has a list

3000gp for a 5th level

Also you then add the components to the price

[stoic haven]

ello ello

[empty thicket]

Oh....

so 1300 a revivify...yikes

[halcyon bison]

Hello hermes

[umbral girder]

So 300gp for a 3rd level scroll then add component to the price

[lavish flame]

300gp (scroll) + 300gp (Diamond Material Component) should add up to 600

[umbral girder]

Basically it’s the scribing spell scroll rules in the PHB the double it

[empty thicket]

oh wait, it was 300 and not 1000, nvm

still 600gp is painful for me

and for saving my friend who i accidently killed him i would need to get +500gp and someone who can revive him

[scenic zinc]

And do it within a minute of him dying

Since revivify is useless past that

[empty thicket]

yeah, its why im saying the another that cost 500gp

time had past

[lavish flame]

Raise Dead to the rescue!

[scenic zinc]

That's what, 10 days?

[umbral girder]

If it’s been 10 days

[jolly canyon]

Gentle Repose if no one is lvl 9

[umbral girder]

Also to use the scroll it has to be in your class spell list

[woven flint]

Or

Let them die for good :]

[umbral girder]

So a wizard or a fighter can’t use it

[lavish flame]

Its a little bizarre to me that Raise Dead is limited to 10 days and Resurrection is limited to 100 years. What an insane jump for the next tier of resurrect spells

[scenic zinc]

Death should be difficult to fix

[umbral girder]

5th level is drastically more common

[jolly canyon]

1 minute to 10 days is pretty big too

[woven flint]

To be fair, its some of the strongest magic mortals can muster

[frail wasp]

there's no logic behind it because old school DND spells were designed on vibes 😛

[empty thicket]

10 days is a time... but i will see what i do

[scenic zinc]

If you're resurrecting people who have been dead that long, that's a historically important npc.

[umbral girder]

600gp shouldn’t have been hard. Thats the amount of money even level 1 adventurers can make in a single session.

[lavish flame]

1 minute to 10 days is pretty big, but I can at least wave that away with "one is a defribulator, the other is a whole hog resurrection spell" but like damn 100 years? Not 1 year, but 100?

[jolly canyon]

The big one hundo

[empty thicket]

yeah.... normally... i dont work in that "normally" rules

[scenic zinc]

A single session might be a bit of a stretch

[frail wasp]

sorry that corpse has been dead for 101 years

[hidden bobcat]

isnt that how the new ones are made?

[empty thicket]

but still, i will see what i can do

[jolly canyon]

LOL I totally saying that in my campaign

[scenic zinc]

Unfortunately no. New things are based on mechanics first because the community has drastically shifted.

[frail wasp]

new ones go through a design document process and they get play tested

no one person is entirely responsible for a spell when it gets printed

[paper portal]

Which is a good thing

[scenic zinc]

Too many people are focused on ways in which they can exploit things rather than have fun.

[rough basalt]

Old spells there's a lot of goofy ones.

[paper portal]

For some people exploiting things is fun

[lavish flame]

Sticks to Snakes!!!

[hidden bobcat]

they took my boy

[scenic zinc]

Good for them, and I assume you.

[lavish flame]

I still play that arcade game from time to time. Sticks to Snakes may be gone, but it will never be forgotten.

[hidden bobcat]

forgot about the arcade game i think i watched something on that like 8 years ago

[primal estuary]

i think i have found the worst player in history

[lavish flame]

There's times I really like this, and then there's times where the mechanics really get in the way of fantasy. I really love how they've systemitized a lot of the game, it makes the game flow very well imo. I have specific gripes (like how 5.5 Lycanthropy triggers) where mechanics interrupt the fantasy.

[limber trail]

How bad could it possibly be

[stoic haven]

How are we all

[primal estuary]

he made fun of the other players for role playing in a role playing game, he was on his phone the whole time, and then when he actually did PLAY the game he just killed a child and went back to being on his phone

[woven flint]

Tonight is the night when my dead party members (everyone but me) talks about the new characters they're making 🧐

[limber trail]

Okay yeah that’s pretty bad

[primal estuary]

none of this is exaggerated btw

[hidden bobcat]

thats not great but its lik 6/10 bad

[umbral girder]

Not the worst I’ve seen but pretty bad

[primal estuary]

i’m still very new to the game so it’s by far the worst i’ve had

i’ve had problem players before this was a different beast

[hidden bobcat]

i mean atleast they wernt a distration player or like tried to kill the party

[primal estuary]

also his character was completely unrelated to the campaign entirely and he tried to homebrew his own stuff in my campaign

[scenic zinc]

He would have been removed from the table well before the attempted murder.

And I say attempted because I as the dm would have not allowed that action to happen. A dm is allowed to have lines, just like a player.

[primal estuary]

no, your ranger cannot learn “arrow cage” we’re level one

[primal estuary]

he doesn’t have a car

[scenic zinc]

I don't care.

[hidden bobcat]

i mean thats dependent ive had issues where if the player is like can we add xyz and then if its more them trying to be helpful is a better player than someone whos like yeah i have a dragon now because of my backstory and kinda doesnt consult the dm and ive had dms who say they want to add stuff thats not in their world is someone who cant do collaborative writing which is also not great

[scenic zinc]

He can walk home

[viral kraken]

is that like a nice cage to keep your pet arrow in?

[primal estuary]

no less i didn’t want to seem like a doofas-face (i don’t think i can swear here) in front of my new party

but they were sick of his tihs too

[hidden bobcat]

have him get an uber

[primal estuary]

nah, it was a spell type thing where he shot a bunch of arrows at once and then made a 15 foot radius cage

of arrows. as if they’re not thin sticks than can be stepped over

[viral kraken]

i can't imagine people would have much trouble getting out of a cage made of arrows

[hidden bobcat]

i mean idk how that would be very hard since its wood

[primal estuary]

verbatim a conversation i had

“first of all, no. you’re a level 1 ranger, i don’t even know if you can learn any cantrips, let alone spells. second, how the hell would that work? arrows are thin sticks no bigger than like 9 inches usually, i think.”

“well, no, they’re like big arrows. like logs”

“THEN HOW ARE YOU SHOOTING THEM AS A LEVEL 1 RANGER???”

i had to physically bite my tongue

[hidden bobcat]

i should do some more one shot stuff its been like 3 years

[primal estuary]

fortunately everyone else had a blast

[stoic haven]

Oh gods, how did the latter even happen?

[jolly canyon]

That's a definitely not invited to the next session scenario

[feral fulcrum]

I put five bucks on "I stab the orphan boy and steal his organs to sell them."

[stoic haven]

Mate, as someone who does archery, what is he goin on about logs being arrows

[feral fulcrum]

But I may be wildly wrong, and poisoned by the insanity of Rimworld's Organ Farming Economy.

[errant crag]

What's the average range of HP that players will have at level 15?

Do you think most classes would be above 100 max HP at that point?

[feral fulcrum]

It really depends on the Class and Con Score

A wizard probably won't hit 100 by then if they've got low con, and had mid to poor rolls

A d6 just has too much potential to leave you on pretty low hp.

My group hit lvl 16, and my Wizard (now with 20 con) and the Tough Feat, is sitting pretty at 198 HP.

[paper portal]

It's pretty common to have +2 con

[halcyon bison]

a very tough wizard!

[paper portal]

And d8 hit dice are by far the most common

[halcyon bison]

he might be able to survive two sneezes instead of just one

[paper portal]

so that's 108 for a "normal" level 15 character

[primal estuary]

“you see a [various people of dnd races], and a young goblin walking with his grandmother-“
“i shoot the goblin”
“uhhh, what?”
“i shoot the goblin child”
“roll for accuracy, i guess?”
18
“fine, sure.”
and so forth

[timber turtle]

Are barbarians any good if you put levels in your dexterity in the place of your constitution ?

[feral fulcrum]

They started off the campaign compensating for being the size of toddler by launching themselves at people and biting them, then progressing to setting themselves on fire, and then biting people. And slowly evolved into stabbing people with a custom Sunblade, while on fire. Being incredibly tiny and homicidal leads to Alot of bodily harm, and thus ever increasing "What doesn't kill me only makes me stronger, and angrier!"

[steep dew]

Muscle wizard

[halcyon bison]

i approve of this strategy

[feral fulcrum]

That's Strength, Con just means you're very durable and stubborn.

[errant crag]

This is just as much on the DM as it is the player

Both in the wrong

If my players ever try anything that is going too far they get shut down

[feral fulcrum]

Yeah, a DM doesn't, and shouldn't allow a Player to do just whatever they want, especially if the group isn't on board with it

[errant crag]

If that is what you're choosing to do when you have agency then you get less of it

Simple as

[feral fulcrum]

I'll never get why people even do that sort of thing in the first place.

[stoic haven]

Because for some reason they think it is haha funny

[errant crag]

Because they don't take the game seriously and the DM didn't do a very good job of vetting said player before welcoming them to the table

[feral fulcrum]

You're playing a collaborative storytelling game with friends. Not playing GTA

[timber turtle]

If I played a wizard it would be heavy armour wearer who melees with metal staff and misty steps

[errant crag]

You can do that

[feral fulcrum]

You'd need to invest in some feats for that though.

As I don't think there's a way to start with Heavy armor profficiency.

[valid geyser]

start as not a wizard

or just get a level of cleric

[timber turtle]

What school of magic is teleportation spells?

[feral fulcrum]

Actually...can elves pick up armor profficiency's with their racial memory thing?

[halcyon bison]

usually conjuration

[limber trail]

What can help here is just shutting down the idea and moving on as fast as possible. “Ok sure you stand off in a corner doing that. Meanwhile, what’s everyone else doing?”. No rolls, no gameplay, no narration - essentially just skip through them, and then at the end of session message them and have a more complete discussion about it

[timber turtle]

How do I let my party know I'm not a furry while playing a human with a tail and animal ears?

[empty thicket]

Alter self

[feral fulcrum]

You don't.

[empty thicket]

Hide them all the time too, a cap and wrap the tail around the waist and make it look like a belt

[timber turtle]

Why did it write sons

[feral fulcrum]

Denying it only makes it seem more like you are, but are in denial.

[timber turtle]

That's so weird

[timber turtle]

I just like it because it's kind of like playing a werewolf but you don't have to turn into anything

And it's a good explanation for the barbarian rage

[hidden bobcat]

could be a kitsune i guess

[timber turtle]

Has to be a canine I think

[hidden bobcat]

not sure then

idk be a furry i guess?

[feral fulcrum]

That's less shutting it down, and more like not engaging with it, while allowing it. Which is very poor practice.

[timber turtle]

I can't be a furry

Pls

[halcyon bison]

how come

[feral fulcrum]

If a player is doing problematic things, adress it, if they don't correct their behavior, boot em.

[primal estuary]

i followed through, gave that jerk the boot

[feral fulcrum]

And random murdering children for the lols is definitely something to adress immediately. Because there's a clear disconnect in expecations.

[feral fulcrum]

Have you heard of Shifters?

You could easily flavor that to what you desire.

[timber turtle]

Yea

Or simic hybdrid

[feral fulcrum]

They're basically diet Lycanthropes.

[woven flint]

"No. You try to shoot the child, you are arrested and put on trial for attempted murder."

[feral fulcrum]

Like how Dhamphirs are diet Vampires (If you choose to take them that way.)

[woven flint]

Or, Alternatively
"Hey, don't do that, be sensible."

[feral fulcrum]

Oblivion Overly Enthusiastic Guard dialogue goes here. "Break the law on MY WATCH will you!"

HYAGH!

[idle oar]

Kicking problematic players from the table is also okay

[woven flint]

That too

[feral fulcrum]

The mighty Boot is a DM's most potent tool.

[woven flint]

The Mighty Hammer of B'an!

[rough basalt]

"Stop! You've violated the law!"

[hollow stone]

summon a Death Knight against them that says the Oblivion dialogue lmao

"Stop right there, criminal scum!"

[halcyon bison]

"Then pay with your blood!!!!"

[errant crag]

Not only is it okay, but you absolutely should do it when necessary.

[primal estuary]

lesson learned, no doubt

his character was arrested for murder and general buttholery

[rough basalt]

Excited for my upcoming game

[primal estuary]

and he was send to the “non dnd player” box permanently

for legal reasons that’s a joke i did not actually permanently put him in a box

[jolly canyon]

what is it

[rough basalt]

The horror game

[jolly canyon]

DND, yes? or diff system

[paper portal]

booooring

[empty thicket]

Opinion from you all about adding some sort of Luck chart for the players.
Throw a coin, Face Good luck // Tails bad luck
And then roll some X dice for one of the outcomes.
Random always and i would determinate when it would happen.

An example:
Good luck high roll = Look, you found a dead body with some loot on it. Checking his backpack you found "insert name of X funny item"
Bad luck high roll = the skeleton became alive and attack your party, you were the first harmed.

[frail wasp]

maybe instead of rolling dice, you could draw a card from like, a magic deck or something

[empty thicket]

mmmm.... liking the idea.
A poker deck and each card mean something
From a half is good luck
From another half is bad luck
Each kind of card determinate what they get

[crimson gulch]

I would say it's not just ok, it's nessisary

[forest glacier]

I am not dming more than playing rn and it feels wrong

[idle oar]

Oh yeah 100%. One of the DM's important roles is ensuring the game is fun and safe for everyone and if someone is ruining that important social contract and making things not fun or even unsafe... then the DM needs to act.

[oak saddle]

So the only way to gain new cantrips is by leveling or a feat, yeah?

[crimson gulch]

Some magic items give you more spells too

[idle oar]

Generally yes. Sometimes scrolls or magical items that allow casting a cantrip. But yeah typically levelling or feats.

[empty thicket]

Kinda, can get some items that let you use some cantrips but in general yeah

or getting a multiclass or feats

i would like a gun that shoot fire bolts or some of those cantrips

or some tattoos that wont be cheap and would require attunment but give you some cantrips would be nice

[noble pine]

What can you do with hombrewing

[idle oar]

Anything

But the more you go beyond the expectations of D&D game design, the more you should consider whether D&D is the right game system for your ideas.

[empty thicket]

yeah, i expect someone already made it because

1. DnD is old so there is a period where people make up stuff
2. I know im not creative and giga special to make stuff like that

[noble pine]

How much can you change with rules etc with homebrew

[idle oar]

Again anything/everything but the more you move beyond the expectations of D&D's game design, the more it may make more sense to consider whether D&D is the right game system for what you're trying to accomplish.

[lavish flame]

You can change damn near anything, but with enough changes, you might not feel like you're playing D&D.

[idle oar]

might even end up fighting against the D&D game system design expectations

[empty thicket]

A lot, but i dont want to defy the rules
I like to play between them in lots of ways

[crimson gulch]

Best not to change anything at first, get a feel for things Rules as written

[normal junco]

yeah, you can potentially change D&D with rule adjustments to the point where it is actually a completely different system. there's a vast number of different TTRPGs out there, and different ones do different things best.

[empty thicket]

Maybe some house rules are okey for X campaigns

but beside that, the system is okey

[normal junco]

knowing what things work and how they work is fundamental to knowing what to change and what to keep the same.

[crimson gulch]

Exactly, and honestly you never need homebrew

[errant crag]

Oh Urizt did you see that I got my first TPK on Sunday

[empty thicket]

There is layers of homebrew tho
first layers being some okeyish items, nothing giga special but okey. Can be used without problem

[uncut bison]

I need to find a Harry Potter D&D campaign asap

[crimson gulch]

No I missed that, how did it go?

[uncut bison]

I got the post movie clarity and I need to fill the hole

[paper portal]

Personally I think homebrew should be kept to making new content as opposed to changing rules cus if you don't wanna use the rules of the game you can just play a different game

[normal junco]

hmm.... how magic works in the wizarding world is quite different from how it works in D&D. but if you're looking for that magical school feel, you might look for Strixhaven stuff.

[errant crag]

The level 1 players opened two doors at the same time that definitely shouldn't have been opened at the same time, resulting in them getting pinched between a Giant Spider and a Demogorgon Spawn (ST Demogorgon) at the same time

At least they got to watch the Giant Spider and Demogorgon Spawn fight each other while they failed their death saves

[empty thicket]

True, but at the same time using some homebrew systems for filling a concept campaign can help too.

[uncut bison]

Yeah it would require some serious home brew to pull it off 1:1

[crimson gulch]

Oh man, split exploration at level 1

That's rough. That would do it

[scenic zinc]

I think you can add or change things without it no longer being dnd. There's certainly a critical mass, though.

[empty thicket]

First lesson of magic defense: PARRY A POWER WORD KILL!!

[errant crag]

It was also one of my players' first time having a character die at the table

[paper portal]

Ofc I'd just rather not change the rules at all as a rule of thumb

[errant crag]

Everybody had fun

[noble pine]

How do u like to play

[scenic zinc]

Beautiful

Love to see it

[normal junco]

there's a level of change. compare the bare bones forgotten realms PHB stuff to the world of Eberron. there are some quirks to that world which would be considered homebrew if they were not in an official book.

[crimson gulch]

My pc killing has stalled out, no kills in April, still at 29 for the year.

[errant crag]

He actually died twice but the first one was so early he was able to pick up one of the other premade sheets and have that character take over, said character being the one who died in the TPK

[knotty vine]

Hello everyone I have come to ask a question

[scenic zinc]

Forgotten realms may be the flavor used, but it isn't "the phb".

[normal junco]

ask your question, witch. i am not afraid

[errant crag]

Level 1 premade Wizard with 9 HP + Giant Spider critting for 23 damage = dead level 1 Wizard

[paper portal]

Well most things would be considered homebrew if they weren't in an official book /silly

[paper portal]

How dare you. to the pit you go

[knotty vine]

I will put you in the book

[errant crag]

This really does go to show how brutal the Welcome to the Hellfire Club starter set dungeon is

[normal junco]

true, 5.5e's trying as much as possible to be setting agnostic with the PHB. and rightly so, they can then have isolated setting specific rules and quirks without messing with other settings.

[paper portal]

That'd be cool as hell actually

[peak pecan]

I got to skim over a copy of that recently, is it really that challenging for players?

[errant crag]

It's moreso just that the first dungeon is really swingy for level 1 characters

If the dice aren't on your side it can be deadly

If they are it can be easy

[knotty vine]

Should I use stat blocks or player character sheets for custom NPCS the players might happen by

[jolly canyon]

HotB can be hard if they go somewhere they shouldn't but is has built in safety nets for TPKs. of course youre welcome to not use them of course.

[errant crag]

Stat blocks or sidekick sheets

[knotty vine]

I honestly forgot about sidekick sheets

Thanks pink

[normal junco]

honestly, use stat blocks. they're much simpler to make and use for NPCs

sidekicks have devoted sheets now? i thought they were still just stat blocks

[woven flint]

Pink coming in clutch 🧐

[errant crag]

You give sidekick levels to an existing stat block

[normal junco]

yes, then it basically becomes a new stat block.

[errant crag]

Great for NPC companions that you want to scale alongside your players as they level

[normal junco]

if there's some kind of new official sheet to fill in for a sidekick floating around out there, i need to hunt it down. i didn't think sidekicks were updated to 5.5e

[rough basalt]

Man, I cant wait to use my horror maps

[errant crag]

They weren't but they port over just fine from TCE

Applying the sidekick levels to 5.5e MM stat blocks works fine in my experience

[normal junco]

that'll work. now what about these specific official sidekick sheets?

[fossil hollow]

the only ones im aware of that are filled out by wotc are from dragonlance

[normal junco]

any blank sheets?

[errant crag]

I just called them sidekick sheets they're just a stat block with sidekick levels

[normal junco]

ah

[fossil hollow]

not particularly, since they work off statblocks

[errant crag]

I just called them sheets because with sidekick levels they're more comparable to player characters as they have levels and such

[oak saddle]

Dang, what kind of items? I'm a level 5 wizard and rn I don't have any attack roll cantrips or ones with range longer than 60 ft

[normal junco]

i know Muk's Guide to Everything he Learned from Tasha has a rudimentary sidekick sheet in it. not exactly official, but it is Extra-Life.

[empty thicket]

Consistent system, basic rules, will see if players try to be creative with their stuff

[agile pulsar]

You can sue someone in 5e right?

Like there's court maps so I'm assuming you can absolutely sue someone

(It's for a Npc)

[empty thicket]

idk but there must be some

[agile pulsar]

I wanted to do that thing Incredibles did but with awesome magic

[empty thicket]

ban all magic and those that use it hide them?

[halcyon bison]

i dont know but one time we took a lady to court for murdering her husband and using gentle repose over and over to keep his soul around for years

[paper portal]

Depends on the setting and such, this is a question for your DM (unless you're the DM then it's your choice)

[halcyon bison]

we went through all the crimes she could be convicted of
it was pretty fun

[empty thicket]

welp, the idea isnt bad but you should make sure to make magic users rare

[agile pulsar]

This guy was the founder of the town and a chrono-mage, so he stopped someone from hurting himself

The guy is now mad at the founder

[normal junco]

i'd think that civil suits would be fairly rare unless it were between nobles and/or possibly merchants.

[halcyon bison]

oh also we revivified said husband so he stood witness against his own murderer

[agile pulsar]

I am the DM I'm just askin around

[lavish flame]

5e doesn't have rules for legal recourse. Additionally, I think the justice system of most D&D societies probably doesn't have a delineation between Criminal and Civil trial. So you'd just be trying to prove someone did a crime. If there was no crime committed, then you're prolly SOL.

[normal junco]

like, commoners don't really have anything of value to get out of a civil suit. and commoners wouldn't have the funds available to file a civil suit. however, there's the hilarious possibility of having a large number of commoners file a class action lawsuit.

i have a feeling there are other TTRPGs out there that would work much better with courts and justice systems.

[timber turtle]

So people ever play as vampires in dnd?

[umbral girder]

Vampires aren't a PC race but there is a half vampire called the Dhampir in D&D

[lavish flame]

You can start as a Dhampir, which is a kind of vampire-like Species you can choose.

If you want to be a Vampire proper, you need to like... go out and get bit by a vampire and do a whole process thereafter. Its not really easy to become a vampire.

[feral fulcrum]

It aint easy, bein (Un)dead.

[fossil hollow]

theres also a high chance you become an npc

those are third party

[normal junco]

i can't imagine a party of questing vampires not becoming like What We Do in the Shadows: Medieval Adventures Edition.

[empty thicket]

you have dhampir, in fact. Temu Vampire.

I told that to my paladin who is one, "Okey temu vampire"

Next session i will have to save him

[vernal owl]

Just mentioning it

[errant crag]

Our DM had a recurring NPC in his game that suddenly stopped showing up in the game when we as players started openly plotting to kill him above game

[empty thicket]

"i dont know why but i started to feel some kind of.... Danger around you all...from you all... so i will go to the next continent away."

[errant crag]

We all really hated that NPC and I think us openly planning to murder him at the table gave the DM the hint that we hated him

[molten glade]

So you're telling me a whole gun only does 1d10 piercing

A whole pistol

[halcyon bison]

why did you hate him

[empty thicket]

That is... fair... there could be better ways but meh, it is what it is

[empty thicket]

flint pistols werent... "THAT" good

[errant crag]

The way our DM played him

He was just very annoying and obnoxious

[fossil hollow]

for reference. a commoner has 4 hit points

[errant crag]

The DM clearly intended for us to like him

[molten glade]

Damn

[idle oar]

Game balance and abstraction... D&D is not a physics simulator.

[empty thicket]

and it apply vex too, one of the most op weapon masteries.
Still is giga expensive, ammo too so...

[fossil hollow]

also worth noticing its as lethal as a two handed longsword

d10 is very much fine

[empty thicket]

But i think it would mix well wiht some light weapon and dual wielding

[lavish flame]

Consider for a moment, the commoners of the world. The common folk of D&D have merely 4 hit points. A single shot from a pistol is more likely to instantly kill a regular person than it is to simply maim them.

[empty thicket]

oh that too, think there is no weapon that isnt dual hand that have a Dice of 2 digits

[molten glade]

Well, I didn't know normal people only got 4 hp

[fossil hollow]

and has a 30% kill them twice over

[empty thicket]

Halberd, greataxe, glaive have the highest dices but they dont let you get a shield comfrotable

[lavish flame]

also this, its as lethal as a two handed longsword or a glaive

[sleek cloud]

Ti has 5hp, built different

[empty thicket]

and at range so...

[lavish flame]

and 1 hand!

[fossil hollow]

i actually have an 8 in con, so 3 hp

[empty thicket]

get some repeating shot on it from your friendly arty and you have a really op thing

almost same with a musket

[twin chasm]

I miss the old exploding die firearms

[sleek cloud]

And to think I vouched for you

[empty thicket]

still 250 and 500gp is...

[fossil hollow]

as a cleric, i must not utter misinformation

[lavish flame]

not exactly in the budget for most

[empty thicket]

For a Common weapon.
Not even magic but would let you use some nice spells on it

[fossil hollow]

magic items get their normal price stacked on top of their rarity pricing

[empty thicket]

now imagine getting a +3 of any of those or with some magic effect. Rare as 2 bears doing side jumps

[lavish flame]

Honestly, killing pirates is pretty lucrative if you just steal their guns and sell them.

[empty thicket]

Depends of the setting
I would prefer help them before killing them

having some pirates that recognize you in some not so good situation might help you

Call it an island bar fight or floating in the sea

[umbral girder]

Yep!

In 2014 it was killing wizards now in 2024 it’s pirates

[fossil hollow]

i guess looting spellbooks is pretty lucrative

[umbral girder]

Because wizards have spellbooks and those things are sooo expensive when you added up the spells in it to the price

50gp per spell level I think right?

[halcyon bison]

spells in wizard spell books aren't spell scrolls

[umbral girder]

And?

[halcyon bison]

wait is there a price for non-scroll spells?

[umbral girder]

It can still be copied after all

[empty thicket]

Imagine some wizards have a chain on their books and unless you have the special word for it they are blocked

[umbral girder]

Yeah it’s called a Wizard Spellbook rules

[fossil hollow]

if you find the right buyer, its worth a lot. even in a spellbook, higher level spells are still lucrative

[empty thicket]

and others more powerfull have that if their body stop living, so death.
their book just turn on fire and explode or smt like that

[errant crag]

I feel like if I shot someone, they would be in a state where shooting them a second time would be easier

[halcyon bison]

Oh but that's not necessarily how much you could sell it for

[umbral girder]

Yeah rules as written it’s half

[empty thicket]

It depends mostly, Vex is a weird feature honestly but it works

[errant crag]

These treasure tables in the 2014 DMG are low-key confusing

[halcyon bison]

From where? I don't think ive heard of this before but it makes sense

[empty thicket]

Shortsword have Vex so it help to dual wielding with advantage

[lavish flame]

you can still sell a spellbook, presumably the list of spells in there offers it a great deal of value

[umbral girder]

Both PHBs

[lavish flame]

Truth be told, the 2014 Treasure Tables make way more sense to me than the 2024 Treasure Tables

[umbral girder]

When selling any item it’s half the price

[halcyon bison]

yeah yeah I just thought people were overestimating
but didn't think very hard about where the numbers were coming from, so my bad

[umbral girder]

Tbh even then those spellbooks are just good cash in a single item.

[lavish flame]

plus, if you're a Wizard yourself, those spellbooks are of incredible value to you

[cloud prism]

hello

[umbral girder]

It’s still stupid small compared to the once per session treasure hoards

Those are way more expensive

[fossil hollow]

arent unused spellbooks still like, 100 gp?

[umbral girder]

50gp

I think

[fossil hollow]

ur rite

[umbral girder]

Tbh in DnD gold is not that hard to get

The difficulty is mainly spending that gold.

[empty thicket]

Some drown while others die of thirst

[umbral girder]

Like my last campaign my players had well over a million gold each and 30ish magic items each

Not including magic items they bought

[sleek cloud]

You can sell a Spellbook, but can you spell a Sellbook? 🤔

[empty thicket]

400 baboons

[lavish flame]

It is for this reason that I think domain-level play could be a great money sink for 5e/5.5. I want to use my 400,000gp to build a town and add to the world

[empty thicket]

I remember reading that a lvl 1 player with 10.000gp wont be able to do too much to break the game at start

will get some good stuff obviously, but nothing that would make him be Invincible

[umbral girder]

I just sell them consumables

[sleek cloud]

How much gold would you assume a level 9 party would have

[umbral girder]

Depends. Starting gold?

Because gold scales to how many adventures the Players have went on in sessions.

[sleek cloud]

Let’s say campaign started at 3 and they got to 9 so far

[umbral girder]

And the monsters they faced

[peak pecan]

My level 3 party has gotten a solid amount of gold from dungeoneering that they rarely spend; ended up having to do this for one of their quest rewards. Gave them some trade bars and one dose of Oil of Taggit, which they can sell or use in combat

[umbral girder]

A good 70k probably

Assuming they didn’t face any Cr11+ creatures

If they have then we could be well over 100k

[sleek cloud]

Ah

Now I have an indication of how poor I am

[umbral girder]

Notably it doesn’t scale with player count

Since you gotta divide it with the party usually

[sleek cloud]

We as a party have made about, maybe 4 or 5k

The gold is not flowing in Avernus lol

[umbral girder]

Odd since Avernus actively says it’s filled with tons of gold

[fossil hollow]

funny, thats one of the layers where it is iirc

[umbral girder]

Like so much gold because the devils keep throwing away there

[fossil hollow]

especially with tiamat stuck there

[sleek cloud]

welp

We did just get a sweet party boon though of +2 con to everyone

Permanent

[umbral girder]

And?

[sleek cloud]

And I just think that’s neat

Especially when one is a particularly squishy warlock

[umbral girder]

That is a very dry loot. Good luck!

[sleek cloud]

We are actually getting magic items decently enough

[umbral girder]

Ah got a good 45 magic items?

[sleek cloud]

I’d say probably 15ish between the party, but they’re all pretty solid

[umbral girder]

Oh. I see. At level 9.

[sleek cloud]

yep

[full valve]

There is a twist I wanted to do where one of the the PCs is a reconstruction of a dead person that did not know this, similar to the film “The Thing”. I don’t know if I should tell the player this backstory or keep them in the dark about it? Especially due to the fact that it has a connection with their patron

[fossil hollow]

definitely work with them

no need to tell them everything, but offer a concept or hook

[errant crag]

I have a player I'm probably never giving many magic items to again

If I give you magic items and you go 3 whole levels worth of adventures without using them then I'm just not giving you as many magic items

[jolly canyon]

What was the item

[errant crag]

A cap of vanishing that lets you turn invisible 3 times per day

[jolly canyon]

Bruh

[errant crag]

And a dagger that does an additional 2d8 poison damage once per day

[jolly canyon]

I'd ve spamming that. I'd make my dm take it away

[broken imp]

wait why don't i get those stuff

[errant crag]

And that's exactly why I probably won't give him as much

Because there were other players who wanted them if he wasn't gonna use them

[jolly canyon]

I'd treat my adventuring team like my son when I went to get milk. They'd never see me again 😭

[errant crag]

And he wasn't willing to give them up but also didn't use them

[fossil hollow]

probably why its 3/day

[jolly canyon]

Yee I exaggerated. But wild how you don't use that item in 3 levels

[broken imp]

cause like i can make my nice combat build-that-i-never-had-a-chance-to-use-yet even better

[jolly canyon]

My players have some strong items already and they been spamming them. Living weapon, repeating shot pistol, clockwork amu uhhh I fogor whatelse

[errant crag]

He was all like "I feel like I need to save them" but brother even when you knew the adventure was ending after this encounter you still didn't use them

[jolly canyon]

Save them? They come back 😭

That's wild

[fossil hollow]

i dunno why i didnt realize catti-brie is a red head

at least, according to the mtg card

[umbral girder]

Yeah, I think she is frequently refered to as such too

[fossil hollow]

i must have missed them entirely trying to find more bruenor scenes

welp, time to make a deck using catti and drizzt

which one as commander though...

[umbral girder]

Strahd clearly /jk

Also this is a DnD channel and not a MTG channel

[fossil hollow]

fair nough

[tame bloom]

Hello👋

[broken imp]

oooo sounds like me in other video games

"lemme save this great weapon until i need it!" 5h later "hmm i need space for another op weapon, well lemme throw out this one" throw out the one i had been saving and never used

[umbral girder]

I’m fine with giving the players more items

Because eventually I can stop caring about leaving answers for the problems I place as their toolbox of options gets bigger and bigger

[rough basalt]

It's why I'm a level 1 purist

I like the creativity that the limited toolbox has.

Tho I need to work on my treasuring in general.

[broken imp]

well um sure

[broken imp]

same, also i've done a joke where i suddenly told my group of newbies after they got like 20 bars or silver that we're gonna track carrying capacity

they were like "tf?"

[rough basalt]

Nothing better than tracking everything

[broken imp]

"starts tracking how much food and water they need"

[jolly canyon]

Next campaign I run ima start at lvl 1 fa sho

[rough basalt]

I track food and water too.

And coin weight

[lavish flame]

admittedly tracking nutrition and thirst is very easy as the game has basically just assigned 1 Ration to be 1 Day of Food and 1 Gallon of water is 1 Day of Water. All you gotta do is have like 1 bucket and everyone should be fine

[jolly canyon]

I'd play in a campaign that tracked food and coin weight icl. Sounds fun to me but I'm clearly that demographic. I can see why lots of dms/players don't bother

[rough basalt]

Clean food and water is gonna be a pain sometimes in my upcoming game.

[jolly canyon]

Is purify food and drink on the table?

[rough basalt]

Yep

[broken imp]

pov soullike dnd game be like

[jolly canyon]

Wizard, you talk too much. Lol jk jk

[rough basalt]

However, not gonna be sure you'll always be safe long enough to ritual cast it.

[broken imp]

i've never done this for my pc but i have tried a quest based on this

[jolly canyon]

I wanna do campaigns like that too eventually but for now I just wanna get better at DMing in general

[toxic wigeon]

Is it possible for campaigns to not fall apart due to scheduling issues

[umbral girder]

Yep

[jolly canyon]

Hope mine doesn't but can't predict the future

[toxic wigeon]

I have a small 100% sample size

[rough basalt]

You just kinda gotta keep the game going

If someone regularly doesn't show up then don't hold out for them.

[toxic wigeon]

I am trying for the last time

[rough basalt]

I wouldn't give a final to something like that

[umbral girder]

Also do smaller campaigns

[rough basalt]

If you wanna run long campaigns you need to cultivate the players for that.

[umbral girder]

I like to roughly restrict my campaigns to a single tier of play.

[toxic wigeon]

It's not fun though, when there's supposed to be 4 people and only 3 show up or even 2

[rough basalt]

If people don't show up then you find people who do

[toxic wigeon]

I guess

I've just switched to pbp for a couple games, and they are literally going on even after so many months

[rough basalt]

My Monday game is roughly 7 months in?

They're level 7.

[toxic wigeon]

Wow

[rough basalt]

That's accounting for the month off for December after I removed some players.

[toxic wigeon]

You started at level 1?

[rough basalt]

Yep

[toxic wigeon]

Wiw

Also wdym cultivate players

Grow them like plants?

[rough basalt]

Run stuff, keep the players who show up and contribute.

[umbral girder]

Encourage behaviors you want to see

[rough basalt]

And man the XP gaps in t2 are really staggering

[umbral girder]

Yep.

[rough basalt]

19k until level 8 if I'm remembering off the top of my head right

[eager marsh]

the game wants you to spend longer playing each level than the last basically

[rough basalt]

Until t3+ then it's like a runaway roller coaster at times

Due to what PCs can handle.

[turbid vessel]

Think of it like making friends. Reach out to people, see what works. But only grow as much as they're returning the effort. Trust as much as they trust. If things aren't cutting it, then politely move on

[rough basalt]

My issue is, I'm too lucky at killing PCs.

If I have a recharge ability as a dm, there's a 99% chance it's a 5 or 6

And a 87% chance it'll be higher than average damage or close to max.

Tho surprisingly, I've never killed a level 1 5e pc

[toxic wigeon]

The only time I've killed a level 1 pc is when I was playing it

The DM, the other players, everybody said it's a bad idea, but chaos goblin tendencies

[turbid vessel]

Sometimes we have to suffer for our principles

[rough basalt]

5 level 2s, 2 level 3s, 7 level 4s, 1 level 6, 3 level 7s

[flint ledge]

Good Timezone everyone

[rough basalt]

My upcoming horror campaign might finally be the 1st level 1 pc to enter my graveyard.

[toxic wigeon]

You remember these?

[rough basalt]

I have a discord where most of them are logged

There's 6 that aren't from my first campaign that are in "unmarked graves"

But I more or less remember how all of them died too

[flint ledge]

Sora the PC killer (I know there's people who do worse)

[rough basalt]

They sustain my hunger. /j

I'll most definitely be adding more dead PCs to my archives over the course of this year.

[turbid vessel]

I've killed a few PCs in my time, but honestly I've only had 1 that I actually felt good about (there was a clear communication of if you do this, you will die and it was an awesome character moment that was the highlight of the campaign)

Most of the others were from one of my first campaigns, tomb of annihilation
When I didn't understand game balance very well and like 3 PCs died over the course of the campaign due to overtuned encounters

[mental spoke]

I'm making a Victorian setting for my players in a Sherlock Holmes kinda way and I want guns to be a part of it but I think the 2d6 and 2d8 are quite a lot for 1890s weaponry, do yall have suggestions for damage?

[limber trail]

Use the official PHB firearms which are roughly 1d10 and 1d12

Those are designed for that exact situation

The DMG firearms are more designed for modern settings

[mental spoke]

I'm using the dmg, and the 1d10 and 12 is for Renaissance, which is a few centuries off the mark...

[umbral girder]

Still gets the job done.

In fact I think they removed the renaissance tag in the 2024 PHB for them too

[limber trail]

They’re renaissance inspired but they fit in any setting

[mental spoke]

Should I use that for damage but keep the stats of the dmg ones then?

[limber trail]

I would keep all the stats of the PHB ones

Just use them

Flavour them however you want of course

But yeah just use the PHB weapons

The only time I’d use the DMG firearms is if you want firearms to be stronger than other weapons

[mental spoke]

Well like the webley was accurate to 150 feet about so I think the 50/150 would make more sense?

[umbral girder]

Remember DnD isn’t meant to simulate reality

[mental spoke]

I want the highest damage to be around same as a greatweapon

[limber trail]

Those are the PHB firearms then

You can flavour them however you want and if you really want then you can increase the range

[umbral girder]

Yeah Glaives and Greataxes do d10 and d12 just like those guns

[limber trail]

But I don’t think you need to and I don’t think you should be that adherent to real history

[umbral girder]

Yeah it’s a fantasy world so irl history didn’t happen

[limber trail]

DnD isn’t a physics simulator is a common catchphrase that gets thrown around but what that means in practice is that you shouldn’t be using realism to justify balance choices. Balance should be consistent and coherent of course but you don’t need to justify it as “this real world weapon fires at X range”

[fierce trellis]

Can movement be a held action?

Aka Ready Action

[limber trail]

I don’t believe so, because the ready action itself already only applies to actions

[fierce trellis]

Yeeeh and it doesn't seem worth it since it uses your action anyway.

[limber trail]

Some DMs may allow you to ready the dash action to achieve that effect but that would be homebrew and entirely up to them

[fierce trellis]

Just thinking of monk shenanigans

[glass granite]

You take the Ready action to wait for a particular circumstance before you act. To do so, you take this action on your turn, which lets you act by taking a Reaction before the start of your next turn.

First, you decide what perceivable circumstance will trigger your Reaction. Then, you choose the action you will take in response to that trigger, or you choose to move up to your Speed in response to it.

Seems you can move

[limber trail]

Oh shoot I didn’t know

That’s sick

[glass granite]

Ikr

It’s also the case in 2014 FYI

[errant crag]

I always see people tell new DMs to just copy stuff

I wish they'd stop because I'd love to have a wider pool of DMs with games I wanna play in

Take inspiration, don't just copy

Some of the actual worst games I've ever played in were obvious copies of existing video game sequences and stuff

[limber trail]

I think different people have different definitions of copy

Which is the real issue

[errant crag]

Probably

[jolly canyon]

what do they mean by copy stuff?

[errant crag]

I've played in games that are 1 to 1 video game sequences beat for beat

I played through the entire opening of Diablo IV in D&D and it was pretty rough

[limber trail]

There are some… less creative DMs out there who hear “copy stuff” and assume they should lift it 1:1 into their campaigns without any reworking

[versed leaf]

No creativity??
Just play the video game atp

[errant crag]

And these would be honestly fine if the DM was like "Hey guys I made this game the Diablo IV opening" but they don't usually do that in my experience

My definition of the word copy is the definition of the word copy

[limber trail]

I generally don’t want to set a real requirement for what you need to play DnD but I do kinda think some creativity is essential to be a good DM

[jolly canyon]

i am genuinely not that creative so the DM position is so hard. its why im avoiding a homebrew world for now

[sullen mantle]

I prefer playing with my Ranger

[errant crag]

I ended up telling that Diablo DM that if you're gonna tell us your game is homebrew and then just have it be video game sequences, literally just run a module it'll be so much easier on everybody involved

[versed leaf]

Run an established game. Lost Mine of Phandelver is good.

And there's a few for free on DnDB

[jolly canyon]

I ran HotB starter kit and now im in an Eberron setting

[errant crag]

I feel like a lot of DMs are averse to running premade adventures

[jolly canyon]

those DMs are creative. im not

[sullen mantle]

Did bro copy a video game and put it into dnd?

[versed leaf]

I should build a campaign with my new book. 🤔

[sullen mantle]

Yo pillow

[versed leaf]

Me?

[fierce trellis]

I think Dark Souls would make an intense campaign if done right.

[sullen mantle]

You should try an adventure in the frozen lands

Would be fun with a bunch of giant snowmen attacking you with frozen rocks

In those case frost giants

[versed leaf]

You are absolutely correct.

[sullen mantle]

Think about a frozen wasteland inhabited by frost giants and ice dragons

Since it’s frozen visibility is limited making attacks hard to direct

You gotta use wizards to cast the spell of visibility which only lasts 120 seconds each 2 turns

[versed leaf]

Not to mention the abandoned temples with the undead snowmen.
Also...how long has it been since you rested?

[sullen mantle]

Unless there’s 2 wizards which double the duration

[jolly canyon]

Friend of mine is running dark souls ttrpg but I think using a different system

[versed leaf]

Roll con saves

[sullen mantle]

I actually haven’t played before I’m still learning

Best I’ve played was the MMO on Xbox

I just have a really good imagination

[versed leaf]

Welcome! Ignore the price of the dice, just buy it.

[sullen mantle]

The ones I bought are 2 bucks

But bro the boss should be a frost king who can control the environment on one turn too

[versed leaf]

Read over your sheet often too! You chose that cool feat, use it!

[sullen mantle]

I’ll send you my sheet

[fierce trellis]

It could work in 5e just use more cone damage effects for big boss swings and have delayed attacks that can allow you to dodge using movement, rather than just being an exchange of attack rolls and spells.

[versed leaf]

Doesn't it have its own system, too?

[sullen mantle]

Also on frozen wastelands nature spells don’t work due to the frost king controlling the habitat

[stuck shuttle]

You can also share it in #character-discussion for feedback!

[stuck shuttle]

I know it has one but I think it’s unofficial

[thorn osprey]

What does recharge 5-6 mean?

[flint ledge]

Basically it's an ability that upon being expended needs to recharge and you roll a 1d6 at the beginning of the monster's turns, if you roll a 5 or 6 it recharges

[thorn osprey]

OH, I am glad I asked LOL

I assume it's "in 5/6 turns"

[flint ledge]

That would be quite silly as most combats don't last that long

[upper seal]

Whats a good dnd app? Idk dnd beyond just seems kinda poo

Whats yall opinion on homebrew btw

[rough basalt]

Ddb is pretty much the only app

[upper seal]

Damn

[errant crag]

I don't have anything against homebrew but also don't allow it in most of my games

[rough basalt]

I allow my own.

The caveat is that it's subject to change.

[errant crag]

Not allowing homebrew allows me to blame more things on WotC

It wasn't my fault you guys got TPKed, that encounter was unbalanced! It's WotC's fault!

It's not my fault that the boss was disappointing, your classes are OP, it's WotC's fault!

||/j||

[rough basalt]

Reminds me I got a lot of work to do for my upcoming game which starts in 12 days

Maybe that's why I can't sleep even tho I'm sleep deprived.

[plucky sentinel]

3 humans in a trenchcoat pretending to be a kobold to sneak into a kobold nest

[sinful crater]

Are horror campaigns making a comeback? so would you all play a full ravenloft game or not

[hot gate]

Curse of Strahd's been popular since it came out was my impression

[oak lava]

Elllo

[lavish flame]

I'm not sure if they're making a comeback, they've been somewhat common since Curse of Strahd. The Van Richten book definitely helped boost horror campaigns, and the new Ravenloft book will likely do the same.

i've ran Curse of Strahd twice now, so if I were doing a Ravenloft game, I'd love for it to be anywhere but Barovia

[sinful crater]

I think whats happening now is less new hype and more people circling back to darker horror style campaigns again and strahd just fits that vibe perfectly so it keeps popping up in conversations maybe

Have you played or run it yourself

[hot gate]

Yeah same

I mean "horror" means different things to people.

For me it's a slightly creepier normal D&D pretty much

[sinful crater]

What you are going to try next

and how long have you running this

[reef tundra]

As soon as that book comes out I’m charging in with Cthulhu

I may okay and love Call of Cthulhu, but given the chance to use Cthulhu alone in dnd, I will absolutely take it

[sinful crater]

different for example?

[hot gate]

What I said - I run CoS as a slightly creepier normal D&D campaign.

Other people may think that any sign of levity is breaking the "horror", but I have plenty of humor in it as well.

[lavish flame]

Same, I kinda just emphasize the parts of the world that are there normally but we gloss over them. I'll emphasize stuff like "monsters actively eating Person" and specific disgusting elements of the environment (wood rot, scarabs crawling around, corpse smell).

[sinful crater]

Oh got it so do you lean more into atmosphere or character interactions for that vibe what you think about it

[lavish flame]

truth be told, I'm looking at the Forgotten Realms for the setting of my next campaign. those recent setting books are really nice.

For Ravenloft, I'd want to do something in either Dementlieu or Har'Akir. I love a campaign set in one city and I also love The Desert in fantasy.

[hot gate]

Mostly atmosphere I think. When it comes to people, I leave out stuff that we have agreed in a session 0 to be off the table.

[sinful crater]

Nice thats actually a really strong split of vibes and yeah true forgotten realms gives you freedom to do almost anything but if I say about ravenloft is where the tone really carries the game

[sinful crater]

How many players are playing in your campaign

[hot gate]

I have three running rn, all with 4 players

[sinful crater]

which classes

[hot gate]

I think I've had all of them at one point or another

[sinful crater]

thats great

[lavish flame]

I was gonna say. There's 12 classes in the PHB, you could have them all right now

[sinful crater]

by the way, which one do you like the most from all of them thats your favourite one

Personally, I like wizard and paladin

[lavish flame]

I've always liked Wizards. I'd like all the spells I can get

[sinful crater]

Oh, same vibe and what race do you prefer for the character when you choose wizard

[sinful crater]

For any campaign?