dnd-discussion

[sullen mantle]

Oooo a wizard

[sinful crater]

I can control you with my magic hehe

[sinful crater]

Omg your PFP is awesome who is this

[sullen mantle]

It’s Robin Hood I think

[sullen mantle]

Heh I’m a charismatic ranger I’ll get you enchanted roses

[sinful crater]

Oh got it where did you get it

[sinful crater]

hehe what do you like most about ranger?

[sullen mantle]

Long range attacks

[sullen mantle]

Pinterest

With my Ranger I can use your magic to enchant my weapon and weaken the dark dragon :p

[severe rampart]

All classes can do long range attacks^

[tame bloom]

Hey guys, I have no idea how to do things here and I was wondering how I’d find people to play a campaign with? I am no where near at dm level but would like to play through the original Stranger Things campaign

[severe rampart]

the instructions should be in #find-a-game

[sullen mantle]

So you’re telling me a paladin can launch their sword from a mountaintop and hit a target blindfolded?

[tame bloom]

I had a look in there and was a bit confused, now idk if it’s because I’m stupid or it’s a bit tricky to understand

[severe rampart]

No. But they are proficient in Martial weapons which include Longbows, Bows, Crossbows, etc.

[sullen mantle]

Didn’t realize I was playing with captain America in neverland

[sinful crater]

Haha your Ranger is cheating with me
I try magic you just turn it into a dragon killing weapon not fair uhm

[sullen mantle]

Mines a hotdog launcher

[severe rampart]

No worries, so in the find a game channel, you have to use the command over there and the post will appear in #looking-for-players

[tame bloom]

Command?

[sullen mantle]

How bout you use magic to weaken its ankles

[severe rampart]

Also regardless, this isn't something a ranger can do, they don't usually get blindsight, no.

[severe rampart]

yeah the /looking-for-players in that channel

[sullen mantle]

Mines special

[tame bloom]

Ahh ok, thank you

[pliant sapphire]

Well they can do it, with disadvantage, but they can do it

[severe rampart]

Yeah, but other classes can do that as well

[sinful crater]

I will weaken its ankles ai ma sure your ranger better not miss the shot huh

[severe rampart]

what they're trying to say is Rangers are the only ranged fighters

[sullen mantle]

Mine uses the luck so with that it’s a 15% chance I’ll hit my target and a 85% I might hit one of yall

[severe rampart]

That is not how "to hits" work

Oh god why am I being such a debbie downer

[sullen mantle]

It is in my magic hotdog kingdom

[severe rampart]

My bad. You're new I shouldn't be rude.

[sullen mantle]

You’re not being rude huh

[severe rampart]

But yeah, generally, even if you miss you don't risk hitting allies

[tame bloom]

I’m still very confused, I’m so sorry😭

[sullen mantle]

I’m jus making stuff up as I go echo you’re ok

[severe rampart]

No,no, I apologize, I was being a little annoyed by your behavior but I realized I just woke up so that's really what I'm mad at

[sinful crater]

Can we stop arguing and just delete the dragon together

[sullen mantle]

I’ll flirt with it using charisma too

[severe rampart]

Okay, so at the bottom of the #find-a-game channel, there will be a command that says "/looking-for-players" all you have to do is click that

[sinful crater]

at this point really the dragons gonna join the party instead of fighting it

[sullen mantle]

Its 3 am for me I need to sleep but I can’t

[mild cape]

Hey guys

[sullen mantle]

Yea screw the dragon we can bore him to death

[sinful crater]

In which place?

[sullen mantle]

New York

[mild cape]

Is acrobatics even that important for a rogue assassin ?

[tame bloom]

Ahh ok, I got it

Thank you so much

[severe rampart]

Arguably yeah

[sullen mantle]

I’d assume so cuz they’re stealth

[severe rampart]

Stealth is for Stealth^

you don't necessarily need acrobatics

[sinful crater]

I am from UK

[severe rampart]

but it is useful for the subclasses that aren't thief rogue

[sullen mantle]

If I’m not mistaken stealth is sneaky and acrobatic is aerial

[severe rampart]

Wrong, at least in D&D

[sinful crater]

Hey wassup

[mild cape]

Well I have invested 11 in both of them

[sullen mantle]

I thought D&D anything can happen

[severe rampart]

Yeah that's fine

[mild cape]

Im good hbu

[sullen mantle]

Oooo

[severe rampart]

There's still rules to follow

[sullen mantle]

Depending on the campaign

[sinful crater]

@sullen mantle Now rogue here what do you think? Hehe

[severe rampart]

Forgive me for asking, have you read through the basic rules?

[sullen mantle]

Nope!

Well half of it

[severe rampart]

Okay so here's what I'm thinking

[sullen mantle]

Kinda didn’t understand like 90%

[severe rampart]

You have only watched D&D through D&D Content Farms, which frequently uses D&D stereotypes so you have this false narrative of what D&D actually is

[sullen mantle]

I never watched anything actually

[mild cape]

You know what's funny
As a rogue I'm always getting around natural 1s initiative most of the time

[severe rampart]

Regardless, you have consumed media that makes you believe D&D is something it isn't

[sullen mantle]

I played the MMO

That’s basically it

[severe rampart]

Heh that's why I keep on using halflings

[severe rampart]

MMO?

[sullen mantle]

You dunno about the online games?

I thought I’d learn the actual game cus the online ones bore me

[limber trail]

I mean there are online games but I don’t know of any DnD MMOs

[mild cape]

I'm playing a human rogue assassin for the fun

[reef tundra]

Neverwinter Nights?

[sullen mantle]

Isn’t neverwinter an MMO rpg?

[sullen mantle]

Yea

[limber trail]

Oh are they MMOs? I thought they were single player ngl

[sinful crater]

your rogue does not roll initiative it just sneaks into the timeline hehe

[sullen mantle]

Multiplayer

[limber trail]

Well dang

[severe rampart]

Huh, would you look at that

[limber trail]

(I’m gonna be honest I partially suspected you were referring to westmarches games)

[sullen mantle]

Echo am I annoying you rn

[mild cape]

Should I take this as a tip

[reef tundra]

I really want a BG3 style video game for Neverwinter

It would be really funny to run a campaign where Auril wants to take over Neverwinter and make it eternally winter there

[severe rampart]

Not really, you are new and there should be grace

[sinful crater]

Yeah kind of If you are often getting low initiative it is a hint your rogue might benefit from boosting dexterity or grabbing things like Alert feat or initiative bonuses

but honestly i feel like rogues do not always need to go first sneak attack works fine when you jump in right after enemies start fighting wdyt

[sullen mantle]

I been watching tutorials on how the game is played tho

[reef tundra]

Assassin is really the only subclass where going first is important

They have one memorable ability and it hinges entirely on going first

[severe rampart]

Assassin needs you to go first

[mild cape]

I got 20 dex. Literally the must have and still sucks

[severe rampart]

Alert.

[reef tundra]

In that case you might just be having bad luck when rolling

[severe rampart]

that is entirely possible

[mild cape]

I make my own luck atp

[sinful crater]

yeah maybe assassin wants that first turn for the big opener but D&D dice do not always cooperate with us

[reef tundra]

I’ve been experimenting with having initiative be rolled using a d6 in my games and so far it’s been pretty good

[sullen mantle]

Yea especially the spherical ones

That’s just a giant plastic marble with numbers

[severe rampart]

That's why they do their best to have the highest initiative

[reef tundra]

IIRC assassin gives you some kind of way to increase your chances of rolling higher on initiative, right?

I cannot recall. I have never played assassin :(

[limber trail]

Does it give advantage?

[reef tundra]

Thief is my bae

[sinful crater]

and still bad initiative just means the dice are trolling you honestly

[limber trail]

I may be wrong but I believe some rogue subclasses give advantage on initiative

[severe rampart]

It does

[reef tundra]

I believe it might be swashbuckler

The goat

[limber trail]

Swashbuckler adds your Charisma I believe

[mild cape]

My dices only work in near death situations tbh

Or in aura farming moment

[severe rampart]

Assassin you have advantage on initiative at level 3

[reef tundra]

Good to see they give it right out of the gate

[sinful crater]

Facts those spherical strategy consultants have zero respect for plans like they sit there like I see your 20 and I raise you a natural 2

[limber trail]

Alert feat is also good

[reef tundra]

How does a spherical dice work? 😭

[sullen mantle]

It doesn’t you just gotta pray it doesn’t fall off the table

[severe rampart]

Erm... it's actually an icosahedron /j

[sinful crater]

your dice is built for drama not consistency its like a movie scenes

[reef tundra]

Where does one even get a spherical dice? How many numbers does it go up to?

[severe rampart]

Infinite? or... Zero?

[limber trail]

I’ve seen sphericalish d100s

[paper portal]

37

[mild cape]

Playing the 2014

[reef tundra]

Oddly specific 😭
Also Hii

[severe rampart]

that one is called Zocchihedron... don't ask why I know these things

[paper portal]

hiiii :3c 37 is the "most random" number

[limber trail]

Why do you know these things

[severe rampart]

Ever since my spelling bee pulled out Rhombicosidodecahedron I had revenge in my sights. They won't get me again.

[mild cape]

My dices have gotten so bad that my DM kinda forced me to be midrange the rather than close up melee

[severe rampart]

the DM forced you?

[tame bloom]

I’m just over here like “smile and wave boys, just smile and wave”

[severe rampart]

please don't post GIFS here

delete that before Themberchaud eats it

[tame bloom]

My bad, I didn’t see it in the rules

Would that be counted in the images rule?

[reef tundra]

So I’m normally a logical person, but now I’m starting to believe there’s some kind of curse

[mild cape]

By forging new weapons let's say.

[reef tundra]

Are you certain you are rolling the d20 and not accidentally the d12? Are your stats the recommended stats?

[mild cape]

Yes

[lavish flame]

the images rule is really a law. you are not "not allowed" to post images. you just can't do it.

[severe rampart]

they have 20 dex

[mild cape]

And I'm adding the +5 dexterity

[reef tundra]

Because if you are consistently rolling below 10, you, my friend, should try the lottery because those are astronomical odds

[severe rampart]

Your DM doesn't base the magic weapons off of the player preferences?

[severe rampart]

a statistical anomaly!

[mild cape]

To be honest he did do a fantastic job in the weapon

I don't know how even a short sword and a gun would fit together but he merged it

Kinda giving me more freedom

When I say merge it I mean it literally

[severe rampart]

Shortsword with a gun stapled to it, there you go

[regal socket]

hey wassap?

[sacred pilot]

Ravenloft in June and Thay in September. Did I miss any other release announcements?

[hot gate]

Here's the release post: https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/2136-d-d-2026-calendar-release
I don't think we yet know what the "to be announced" one in winter is

[sacred pilot]

Thank you

[dawn wharf]

How can you cut XPS Foam without using heat or melting/burning it? I don’t have a ventilated area to work in and building terrain has been the most infuriating unfun thing ever simply because I cannot get the XPS to cut properly. I spent 5+ hrs trying to make tiles and I couldn’t get most of them to cut cleanly which completely ruins any hope of it being modular and fitting together, and good luck making doorways or windows or anything else requiring smooth cuts I cannot get it to work advice is desperately needed

[spice crane]

Fine! wbu?

[errant crag]

I hate how often I feel inclined to take goliath for my 5.5e martial characters

[regal socket]

i am pretty good how about you?

[lean wigeon]

how much do you feel a character's ancestry should affect mechanics/character kit? on a scale from race being completely flavor/set dressing to race-as-class

[molten glade]

I'm fine with some races having strengths and weaknesses that lend well to certain classes

[errant crag]

I want my ancestry to matter both mechanically and narratively but not such that they are their own classes like in the earliest editions

I like the amount of gameplay/build diversity that comes from ancestries being mechanically diverse

It's fun to look at my party at session 0 and see that I have a High Elf Rogue and also a Dwarf Rogue and know that there are different mechanical implications to that

And I do personally like for my ancestry to be relevant in world and in the narrative, its a part of who and what my character is and I don't like that to be reduced to as much as the color of their shield or the color of their robes.

[flint ledge]

People here seem to be pretty sure it's dark sun

[hot gate]

I don't doubt that something like that is on the radar, considering the UAs we've got, but winter seems too early imo

[vagrant notch]

Does anyone know a light expansion pack for dungeondraft

[flint ledge]

Have we even gotten potential UAs for what it could be

[errant crag]

The Barbarian Paladin multiclass is finished

What class should I multiclass with Barbarian next

[sleek cloud]

Monk

[errant crag]

Oogh

That was one I wasn't looking forward to

Better get it out of the way

[dim schooner]

what's some good feats for a rogue mainly using bows

[errant crag]

Sharpshooter

Skulker can be nice

[sleek cloud]

Skulker is tailor made for ranged rogues

[errant crag]

Yeah Skulker is really nice

[spice crane]

I am good! What are you doing??

[hot gate]

Could be something that doesn't require UAs, i.e. an adventure or setting

[flint ledge]

Could be yeah, we haven't gotten a proper adventure in a hot minute

[buoyant oar]

There is a proper adventure coming with Season of Magic

[fierce trellis]

I wish i could just play DnD every day. I have so many character ideas that i can't fill with my three games a week 😭

[buoyant oar]

Wotc has said Season of Champions stuff will be talked about at GenCon so don't expect anything until August.

Tbh we will learn more about the Warlock video game first. Which IIRC will be getting a Gameplay reveal this summer

[regal socket]

nothing much i am learning how to play D&D as i am new here what about you?

[spice crane]

Same, I also want to learn how to play dnd!

[normal junco]

Well, first you meet in a tavern. Then you pick up a job. Take some questionable actions and make questionable decisions, everyone laughs a bit, everyone is tense for a bit, and then you collect a quest reward and implore the townsfolk not to ask questions about why that mountain is now on fire.

[tame bloom]

What’s everyone’s opinion on the stranger things d&d sets? I feel like it’s one of those things that proper d&d players hate and think whoever likes it is annoying

[mystic crystal]

Ask the dm very nicely not to die

[valid geyser]

i dont think anyone hates them. It's just that established d&d players arent the target audience

so its more general non-caring about it

[tame bloom]

I mean I like it, and I like playing traditional d&d

[mystic crystal]

I don’t even know what it is

[valid geyser]

i mean it is the same game. its just the starter set with an extra coat of paint

[zinc ingot]

I think it can be a great play through with the right players. People hate on new gen stuff all the time, that could be why a lot of traditional d&d players hate it.

what’s up!

[tame bloom]

D&d have made 2 stranger things starter sets, one in 2018 and another this year

[lyric viper]

Nah, def not. It's a starter set specifically aimed at one part of the audience sure, the cross over of ST fans and D&D interested. But anyone who starts sniffing their nose at the general idea of them and trying to gatekeep won't be supported here.

[tame bloom]

What do u mean by gatekeep?

[mystic crystal]

Oh gotcha, any thing that brings more people to the table is good in my book.

[lyric viper]

gatekeeping is the idea of people standing by the 'gate' of the hobby and stopping people coming in based on their arbitary criteria.

The 'You're not a real fan you're just X' mentality. And that's uncool.

[tame bloom]

Yeah I know what gatekeeping is, I just don’t understand what u mean by it in the sense of the d&d and stranger things thing

[mystic crystal]

I’m not a real fan, I’m just guy that’s addicted to rolling really bad in key situations 😭

[valid geyser]

i guess the only reason i might be more than neutral on the stranger things starter set is that heroes of the borderlands came out a month or so earlier and im not sure if we needed two starter sets, but its not like the latter half of 2025 didn't also have forgotten realms and also forge of the artificer ig

[lyric viper]

" I feel like it’s one of those things that proper d&d players hate and think whoever likes it is annoying" This would be gatekeeping.

[tame bloom]

Ahh ok

[lyric viper]

If someone is declaring themselves a 'proper D&D fan' and sniffing their nose at people who like the ST starter sets and calling them annoying- that's a not cool thing to do.

[tame bloom]

Yeah ok

[eternal helm]

im planning on making a hexblade paladin, yall approve?

[mystic crystal]

Gotta give them a really annoying flaw

[tame bloom]

I do like those ST demogorgon minis

It’s a shame the new ST set didn’t come with any minis

[eternal helm]

thats the goal heehehhe

[mystic crystal]

Make them only talk about themselves in the third person

I had a Nordic fighter named Bjorn and he would only refer to himself in the third person and he referred to his party as other Bjorns. The gnome barbarian we had was called baby bjorn, the wizard was called smart bjorn and my fiancé playing a rouge was called lady bjorn. People thought it very funny lol

[olive storm]

GD IT!

I really liked this art I found but I just saw it was AI.

I hate this world. We should return to simpler times when we banged our problems with rocks.

[mystic crystal]

I don’t think AI is going anywhere

[olive storm]

ROCKS!

SIMPLE PROBLEM FIXER!

[paper portal]

rip

[eternal helm]

and hell constantly do the discord mod hand motion in front of his face

[mystic crystal]

Why not just use that as inspo and draw your own version of it?

[olive storm]

Because I can't draw.

However I do have an artist I really like who I am going to commission.

Clarification: I am going to commission her and NO ONE ELSE DO NOT PING ME

"Hey so I saw you were looking for a commission. Could I interest you in looking at my portolio?"

Art of my character, as I stated above.

[mystic crystal]

Can’t wait for ai to take my job so I can play video games all day

I’m in sales

[paper portal]

Hate to tell you but that's not how capitalism works

[mystic crystal]

Hate to tell you that my statement was sarcasm

[idle oar]

Let’s get things back to D&D

[thin venture]

Can i ask for tips for role-playing a monk

[mystic crystal]

Step one, Punch,
Step two run real fast
Step three flurry of blows

[thin venture]

I think i am already have the knowledge about combat

[idle oar]

Where did your character grow up? What got them into adventuring? Why are they a monk? Use that to identify a bit about what your character thinks and how they approach things.

[thin venture]

That's what i am trying to do right now

But i feel talking like a robot

[woven flint]

I've always played my Monks as calm, level-headed and oft the voice of reason most of the time

[mystic crystal]

I usually try to rp monks as dangerous person who tries to do things the calm way

[thin venture]

That's what's i am talking about

[thorn osprey]

That's how it'll be when starting off dw lol roleplaying isn't that easy without sounding "robotic" or "cringe" in few times^^ but you'll get there

[thin venture]

Can i add any other flavour

[woven flint]

Except my Tabaxi Elements Monk, Sumatra, he was constantly kicking ass lol :p

[mystic crystal]

Like most martial artists you have the skill and knowledge to end almost any threat but you strongly suggest to the baddies that you punch really freaking hard lol

[idle oar]

Role play is not about your actual speaking or voice skills per se but about representing your character at the table

[thorn osprey]

Which subclass is your monk?

[thin venture]

A way of mercy monk

[woven flint]

He killed an Adult Black Dragon..
Screw you, Sablewing!

[thin venture]

I am already doing a multi personality thing that he doesn't now which path to decide

Being good and try to help people or deliver justice by taking enemies down without mercy

[thin venture]

How could a monk be that strong in 2014

[woven flint]

He was a 2024 monk lol

[severe rampart]

because it's 2024

there's an Echo in here

[woven flint]

He didn't kill the adult black dragon by himself, but he did tge most damage and got the final blow

[mystic crystal]

He could be good and trying to help people and also delivering justice. Whoop some baddies but but healing them to keep them from dying if they are humanoid. Trying to redeem the souls of the bandits or whatever

[woven flint]

So pretty much by himself 😉

[thin venture]

Hmmm

[thin venture]

I really could use that

[mystic crystal]

My party has a cleric who refuses to kill and will outright heal an enemy to avoid letting us kill them.

(We all agreed upon it in session 0)

[severe rampart]

It's always fun to go into dungeons and slay some dragons

[thin venture]

This is like my character

[paper portal]

That would piss me off ngl 😭

Good for you guys tho

[thin venture]

He tries to not kill anyone except the very bad bad people

[severe rampart]

Why??

[rustic zephyr]

it adds flavor to the adventure

[severe rampart]

I'm sorry but if you heal the enemy I'm killing you

[rustic zephyr]

Fr

[severe rampart]

No it doesn't. It just makes combat more annoying and just sabotages the party.

[rustic zephyr]

it happens

[severe rampart]

It doesn't happen, if you actually play your part.

[thin venture]

This is going to cost you to run into the same enemies over and over

[steep dew]

Yeah that sounds like a bad time

[rustic zephyr]

Simply roll higher than the cleric so they can't heal the enemies

[severe rampart]

Is this ragebait?

[steep dew]

Has to be

[mystic crystal]

The rest of the party is free to kill anyone. The Cleric of peace refuses to kill anyone and would rather not watch a humanoid die.

Idk it’s actually kind of interesting. We usually don’t run into to the same baddies over and over once you mop the floor with the bandits they usually move on with their second chance at life.

[rustic zephyr]

Yeah I'm not being serious lmao

[severe rampart]

Yeah just woke up, I don't really appreciate you trying to get a rise out of me

[severe rampart]

But you mentioned the cleric heals enemies?

[limber trail]

monks.... calm and level headed.... yes....

[rustic zephyr]

Not trying to get a rise out of anyone, just being unserious, not many would enjoy their own teammates helping the enemies they're supposed to kill to progress lmao

[mystic crystal]

Yeah the ones on deaths door. She’s not reviving them and she’s not like oh you took one hit let me heal you.

[woven flint]

Your monk isn't a typical monk smh

[limber trail]

every monk uses a gun, or aspires to

[woven flint]

None of my Monks did

[severe rampart]

What?? is there a reason in character?

[glass granite]

Nah, my monk is the gun and them hands the bullets

[limber trail]

not knowingly

[woven flint]

Guns are for cowards

[flint ledge]

Imo a peace cleric doesn't have to heal enemies whatsoever, avoid fights? Sure

[mystic crystal]

Idk she’s a cleric of peace and believes almost anyone can be redeemed. The cleric could better describe her actions better than myself.

[flint ledge]

But healing enemies and then aligning yourself with people entirely set on killing seems at odds

[rustic zephyr]

yes, very contrarian

[glass granite]

I don’t think anything on Peace cleric really says to heal enemies

[severe rampart]

"Oh yeah, let me help the people who are killing my friends, that's very peaceful of me"

no matter how you look at it they're an enabler

[rustic zephyr]

tbf though it's very common for people in general to have certain values and do things that contradict it, either way most people would find it annoying to be playing with someone who heals their enemies

[glass granite]

They arbitrate and lead towards peace, but healing a person specifically trying to kill you and create death feels weird

[severe rampart]

Also with healing being doubled from 2014 to 2024? wow

and she doesn't heal the party?

[mystic crystal]

Who said she doesn’t heal the party?

[severe rampart]

she's wasting spell slots on enemies

[mystic crystal]

I feel like yall are more annoyed than the team is lol

[rustic zephyr]

Fr lmao. Gred specifically said it was agreed upon beforehand

it would be annoying to play with, yes, but some people wouldn't mind

[flint ledge]

I was more thinking of traveling with a party killing people, fully going against what you stand for

[glass granite]

Oh absolutely, if it works it works for yall.
Though I think this is more confusion than annoyance

[mystic crystal]

It’s not every combat and it’s not every enemy lol. It was an interesting quirk we’ve played through a few times.

[severe rampart]

Yeah, confusion

[severe rampart]

so she heals the enemy every once in a while?

if you're going to commit to the bit commit fully

But I feel like a better option would've been, after the fight, cast spare the dying to the enemies, flavor them as having death saves of their own, and throw them to jail

it doesn't expend any resources nor would it prolong combat

[flint ledge]

I'm not annoyed, just questioning how the character itself works

[mystic crystal]

Fam it’s not my character not my flaw, I’m blowing brains out with revolver and throwing jerks in jail

[severe rampart]

I know, still, just wanted to say what I think would've been a better alternative rather than wasting resources on enemies

[rustic zephyr]

you could make a lot of cases that way for people to adopt certain playstyles in order to be "optimal" and not waste resources but this is how they choose to play and how they have fun, who cares about how they play especially if you're not part of their group

[flint ledge]

Ohhh I missed that it wasn't your character, my apologies

[glass granite]

Agreed. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

[rustic zephyr]

I haven't played yet but from every other game I've played, I enjoy playing optimally because I like progressing as properly as possible and once I do play DnD I'll definitely play like that, but if someone else doesn't and I agree to play with them knowing that beforehand, who cares? lmao

[mystic crystal]

As stated previously if your DM plays enemies with an ounce of intelligence it’s not an issue, if I just cooked you in combat and knocked you unconscious and you come back with some health

Are you
A.) Going to pick your weapon back up and get back in the fight
B.) surrender and go to jail
C.) try and run away.

If your answer is A i see a problem

[severe rampart]

oh no, I don't mean that enemies would come back, I meant that combat encounter specifically, you kill enemies, I thought that you deal x damage, the cleric heals the enemy you're fighting

[halcyon bison]

spare the dying is probably a good spell for this

[wicked mulch]

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

A PC drops to 0 HP. What are the two main ways they avoid dying?

[severe rampart]

Spare the Dying and succeeding on death saving throws (Also healing spells)

[halcyon bison]

You don't have to deal with them for an hour and it doesn't use any resources

[lavish flame]

Succeeding on Death Saving Throws and Getting Healed

[rustic zephyr]

Gred said she's healing the ones at death's door if you scroll up

[severe rampart]

oh so the ones already knocked unconscious?

[mystic crystal]

But also it’s not every enemy, it’s not every combat. I’m pretty sure there’s a story element to it in there somewhere.

However I don’t exactly know. I was simply telling the monk that was looking for interesting ways to play the way my friends cleric has done.

[severe rampart]

Death's door can mean very different things

[mystic crystal]

Yes. She isn’t healing the BBEG for 100 plus points making the fight 3 more rounds.

[severe rampart]

I suppose that makes more sense, apologies if I came off as rude

[halcyon bison]

I'm thinking of maybe making a sorcerer, is it worth getting metamagic adept to be able to access all the metamagics I want to?
We're in 5.5e but since metamagic adept doesn't have an updated version it's not a half feat

[severe rampart]

you can probably talk to your DM about that

[halcyon bison]

Already have, the campaign I'm thinking of using it in is a shared campaign with multiple DMs. The ruling is basically that during 5e -> 5.5e you get exactly what the feature says, because that's the most easily standardizable across all the people

[mystic crystal]

It’s cool like I said, we all agreed that she could do it, and it has honestly made for some amazing rp between her self and the party. Just because the players above table are okay with doesn’t mean the party in session with the cleric are okay with it

[halcyon bison]

So non-half feats are still non-half feats

[severe rampart]

Can't you get insane though? with 2014 Species + 2024 Backgrounds?

[halcyon bison]

Oh no old species don't give ability score increases due to the fact that they're now covered by backgrounds
So yeah not everything is exactly the same but it is in the case of feats

Also we use the most modern version of everything if it exists, so you can't play 2014 human for example

[lavish flame]

I thino the craziest thing you could do with this is 2014 VHuman for an extra Feat, but even then you won't meet the prerequisites for any General Feats.

[severe rampart]

oh yeah definitely

[halcyon bison]

as far as I'm aware no one has exploited anything
and honestly I can't think of anything that could be exploited

5.5e really isn't that fundamentally different from 5e

[mystic crystal]

Unrelated but is there any talks about Necromancer in the upcoming releases?

[flint ledge]

They're literally the same version despite that we call it 5.5e

[severe rampart]

No, no, it's very different

[flint ledge]

I would imagine it's in Arcana unleashed

[halcyon bison]

There was a UA with it a while back, I don't know how long it take for things to go from being UA to being released

[mystic crystal]

My first ever wizard was a necromancer and i didn’t really like how his story played out so i want a retry but I want to try it out with updated rules

So I appreciate it yall

[flint ledge]

Not really? Basically all content can be exchanged with little to no changes

[undone rain]

So glad they made true strike actually good now

[severe rampart]

Conjure Minor Elementals is an example that this is not true

You can't really call 5.5e and 5e the same

It has differences, and people have preferences on which of the two they like

[undone rain]

They wouldnt really call it 5.5 e if it wasnt different

[halcyon bison]

also grappling and stealth and casting multiple spells are all changed

[severe rampart]

Surprise Rounds

[valid geyser]

I don’t think there is an objective line where something is different enough to be classified something different.

I think from a big picture it’s not so different the game is completely incompatible

[mystic crystal]

Yall it has to be plug and play otherwise the 100’s of dollars worth of books I have is no good 😭

[crimson gulch]

yeah, old feats still work fine, they just work exactly as they are written

[flint ledge]

I didn't say there's no differences, I'm just saying it's not really it's own Edition

[crimson gulch]

thats correct, you can pick and choose what versions of things you use in your 5e game and everything still works fine

[flint ledge]

They don't call it it's own system though. That's purely dnd beyond not wotc

[severe rampart]

Ah, so that's the point you were making

Yeah, the differences between 5e and 5.5e aren't as great as say 4e and 5e

[limber trail]

basically everything that hasn't been directly reprinted can easily just be ported over with no challenges

[flint ledge]

Hell maybe the unknown book is just one giant reprint

[vernal owl]

Im so out of the loop is wotc releasing new books or what

I need to follow them on insta or something

[flint ledge]

They release their content announcements about everywhere but to save you th search we're waiting for the horrors within ravenloft book, arcana unleashed and one unknown one

[minor cargo]

I actually agree. The release schedule wasn't well communicated this year.

https://www.dndbeyond.com/posts/2136-d-d-2026-calendar-release

In short: Ravenloft Horros Within by end of summer. Then Arcana Unleashed later in the year, and something after. I see results for Arcana Unleashed: Deadfall, but not sure if that's official or not...

[vernal owl]

Oo cool! The ravenloft one sounds interesting

[crimson gulch]

Arcana unleashed deadfall is September

[mystic crystal]

That sounds like a cute lil necromancer

[vernal owl]

Thanks for the link!

[flint ledge]

Season of champions is supposedly the unknown one

Which now that I think of it, it seems unlikely for that to be the dark sun setting

[buoyant oar]

Deadfall is an adventure module companion to Arcana Unleashed centering around the Red Wizards of Thay.

[minor cargo]

Ah, yup. That's my bad. It's even on that same link, just not in the bigger/top graphic.

Yeah, for some reason, I'm just not absorbing the release schedule this year - either it's me personally or the comms this time around were a bit different.

[umbral girder]

I should do a Goose boss fight

Wait isn't there a Giant goose stat block in Bigby's?

[crimson gulch]

yeah things are different this year, Dan Ayoub's interviews at gary con felt way more real and genuine than the announcements over the past few years

[minor cargo]

Yup! https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/3731025-giant-goose
CR 3.

[empty thicket]

funny, the 1 and 8 to 12 are the same rewards almost

maybe the 1 can be sell to some collector

[rough basalt]

Why do you say that?

Kinda seems a given cause the only UA content we got that could fit a "Champions" theme is the Dark Sun UA.

[flint ledge]

Maybe it's just me but dark sun doesn't feel much like the champions theme

[rough basalt]

Also they did update the Dark Sun IP copyrights after the old guard let it stay expired for a year after the Dark Sun UA was well received.

[rough basalt]

Champions of the people?

5e PCs are strong enough to make a difference on Athas. So you could easily market it as the PCs being Champions of the people fighting against tyranny and oppression.

Also it's either Dark Sun or Book of Vile Darkness and Vile Darkness doesn't fit a "Champions" theme.

I imagine the first "season" of 2027 will be "Season of Villainy" or "Season of Evil"

[crimson gulch]

Nah, that's the arcana season

[rough basalt]

Isn't Arcana Season of Magic? Or High Magic or something

[crimson gulch]

Yeah and magical villians

[rough basalt]

I moreso meant that the first content of 2027 will probably be the Villainous book

[crimson gulch]

Nah I think that's coming sooner than that

[violet flicker]

random question but for those who play in-person, how long is your typical session nowadays? I sort of got a feeling that general sessions are running shorter nowadays but maybe it's just me

[rough basalt]

Well I don't think Villainous UA fits the "Champions" theme.

[mystic crystal]

3 hours sadly used to be 4 hours but we meet weekly

[rough basalt]

It could, but all the "coincidences" and I think two rounds of UA for Dark Sun and Psion feels more likely that "Champions" is Dark Sun.

[crimson gulch]

3 hours usually

[minor cargo]

We play for 3 hours, but usually we make time for 4 hours. We chat and hang out before and after.

[violet flicker]

@mystic crystal @crimson gulch right? I got the same here, used to be at least 4 minimum 🤔

[crimson gulch]

It's allways been 3 for me

8 to 11

Or 530 to 839

[rough basalt]

My theory is the reason they're being quiet about it is that Dan Ayoub and the people in charge know that Dark Sun will be a PR mess so they wanna build up more goodwill with Ravenloft and the moves they're making surrounding Dragonlance and Greyhawk.

[mystic crystal]

My first table would meet every 2-3 weeks and do like 6-8 hours which is way to long

[violet flicker]

oh I see, for us it definitely changed overtime. Not sure if it's just cause we're just older and busier than we were in our early twenties

[crimson gulch]

We're getting new announcements at gencon

[rough basalt]

Yeah, but I mean books have been like announced for the year past few.

[mystic crystal]

Meeting weekly though 3-4 hours is more than enough for me no matter how much I love D&D

[rough basalt]

Rather than 2 then one left murky.

[crimson gulch]

I run 6 weekly campaigns and one fortnightly

[mystic crystal]

Oh my

[violet flicker]

ah well, I don't remember last time we managed to meet weekly either lmao

[rough basalt]

Personally I'll be very very very surprised if "Champions" isn't Dark Sun.

And if it isn't I'd probably believe it was meant to be, but got vetoed after the roadmap came out.

[mystic crystal]

My group used pay to play weekly at a local game shop where I was a paid dm. (I was paid by the store and the store charged for a seat at the table) after the Disney card game came out they stopped offering D&D and my table broke off and we became a weekly game session

[rough basalt]

I do weekly strictly.

I've entertained bi-weekly but ime I'd just get tired of the game really quick

[mystic crystal]

I find weekly keeps the party entertained and focused on task

[violet flicker]

sounds good, last time when we tried running strahd we could only play about 2hours at a time but the DM said between that and not being able to meet every week we were losing track of a lot of things

[rough basalt]

Bi-weekly or more I'm just gonna lose investment.

Especially if there's a cancelation

[mystic crystal]

Yeah I once went 2 months with out playing because of cancelations and timing problems. Eventually I told the group I just couldn’t do that anymore and left the table

[violet flicker]

really frustrating when that happens. Tbh I haven't been able to play in a continuous game in like 2 years, basically since our forever DM moved city :D should prob get around finding a new group

[mystic crystal]

Sometimes I want to find a second group to play but I don’t know if I have the time for 2 sessions every week

[crimson gulch]

Wow that's rude that the shop pushed you out for Disney cards

[versed leaf]

Not me quitting my job, and starting a DnD podcast.

[rough basalt]

Ye lately I've started not being too upset I dont have an LGS that's open to the normal public

They seem like more trouble than their worth having around

[mystic crystal]

Sadly they go where the money is and they had so many preorders of the Disney card game that they wanted to give it its own night

[mystic crystal]

We had some bad apples come and play with us

[rough basalt]

the stores around here that'd do games only open during the workday during the workweek so they're inaccessible to me

[rich tundra]

Do you think anyone in dnd community woud like comission a dnd cartoon? Like for example shoving some dungeon expedition with his party or something ?

[oak saddle]

So even after all the 5e side books, the only attack rolls cantrip the wizard has is firebolt

[rough basalt]

Ray of Frost

[crimson gulch]

True strike poison spray

[rough basalt]

Green Flame Blade I think

[violet flicker]

you mean animation?

[crimson gulch]

Chill touch ray of frost shocking grasp

[rich tundra]

Yep. Frame by frame with storyboarding, montage, sound ect

[rough basalt]

Yeah theres a lot of attack roll cantrips for Wizards

[violet flicker]

I highly doubt it then considering how expensive and time consuming it is to produce. Of course there are variables to it but it's hardly accessible imo

[crimson gulch]

if your going to produce an animated show from dnd games, congradulations you have MADE IT like critical role did

[rich tundra]

Well am storyboard artist with 3 years of experience in animation. I think j can make 2-3 min cartoon in a mounth.

[rich tundra]

Nah tht zoomers dnd am talking raw old dnd atmosphere

[violet flicker]

Yeah but what's the result like? And is it just an animatic?

[rich tundra]

With "Primal" art style

[rough basalt]

CR are generally millenials, pretty sure

[rich tundra]

Nope full colored animation

[crimson gulch]

Zoomer? the folks from critical role are in their 40's

[violet flicker]

takes a team of 30-40 people a couple months to produce 2 min of professional finished quality animation

[crimson gulch]

and the their show is brutal and gory

[rough basalt]

Also has quite a bit of other NSFW aspects

[rich tundra]

Look at the design and cringe dialog. Main audience is 16+

[rough basalt]

Ig thatd depend on your region

[crimson gulch]

no its very much a show for adults with the content they have

[rich tundra]

30-40 ? Man am not making new Akira.

[rough basalt]

Yeah specifically I wouldnt watch it on my big tv in my living room while others are home lol

[violet flicker]

haha ok, true it depends on the production but still. I don't think you'll find anyone that can individually fund 2-3 minutes of animation

[rough basalt]

Mighty Nein is even darker I think

[crimson gulch]

yep

[rich tundra]

I live in poor Asian country my prices are bit lower than in First World countries

[violet flicker]

lots more luck if you'd be offering to do an animatic imo, people still find those really cool and it might be more reasonable

I've seen a few D&D animatics floating around youtube and reddit over the years

[rough basalt]

A couple liveplays have like cartoon shorts for some of their funniest scenes which I enjoy

[violet flicker]

^ this is a great idea too

[rough basalt]

One short that comes to mind is a PC being rejected by an NPC and he doesn't know what she's talking about, and the animations makes it 100% funnier

[rich tundra]

I will come back with teaser

[vernal owl]

The show has moments where its lighthearted but the show is definitely for adults lol

[hollow stone]

many DNDs are for adults, as it is a very old game

[viral kraken]

Idk I keep getting older but seemingly no closer to adulthood

[rough basalt]

Yeah, but even its lightheartedness is very adult

[grim kraken]

Can y'all suggest some huge or smaller items (fantasy or modern day) to summon with Creative Crescendo (no gp cost). Rn the plan is 1 flashbang, 3 grenades and 1 gas bomb

[fossil hollow]

im eternally 15, what are you talking about

[grim kraken]

But that's just the 4 tiny magic items. I still need 1 huge

[atomic egret]

I don’t know where to ask this so I’m just doing it here

Can someone explain crossbow expert (specifically the duel welding part) for me
explain it like I’m very stupid (cuz I kinda am)

[vernal owl]

Fr

[fossil hollow]

you add your dexterity modifier to the extra attack made with the light property, if its a handcrossbow

[crimson gulch]

it allows for 2 weapon fighting with crossbows, a hand crossbow in each hand or with one other light weapon

[viral kraken]

Don't setting that have grenades price them as rare magic items per the DMG?

[small heath]

Chat, my question of the day: what advice would you give to a 5 year veteran about D&D?

[grim kraken]

Nope a fragmentation grenade is just a normal item

[crimson gulch]

nothing unless they have something specific to ask

[grim kraken]

In the 2014 basic rules

[viral kraken]

"If no cost is given for an explosive, it can't typically be bought. If you make these explosives available for purchase, treat them as Rare magic items."

[fossil hollow]

veteran as in from active duty?

[atomic egret]

The dice are mean😣

[small heath]

To clarify: a player who's been playing/involved in D&D for 5 years.

[grim kraken]

Oh sorry 2014 not 2024

[viral kraken]

Ah no clue then

[fossil hollow]

youre always learning.

[small heath]

I see videos and posts about people giving advice to new players. And I just thought to myself, "why not give advice to experienced ones as well?"

[grim kraken]

Try out new playstyles and builds!

[versed leaf]

You guys are rolling above a 6?

[vernal owl]

Pathfinder fixes this

[grim kraken]

I feel like a lot of experieinced players slip into a main class and main trope

Their PCs all feel same-y even if they're not

[crimson gulch]

hard to say, untill someone starts to say things very wrong and then you can correct them

[fossil hollow]

cuz you typically already have heard of said advice

[grim kraken]

Also like RP'ers should try optimization heavy playstyles while Optimizers should try RP heavy playstyles

[atomic egret]

Not when it counts
reliable talent is carrying

[small heath]

Honestly, I feel this. I only have about 7 months of experience at this point, but my DM friend (who got my introduced into D&D) is either a Sorcerer or a Druid, and never anything else. They are also an extreme optimizer and min maxer, so sometimes when I play with different campaigns we're both in, it is like playing with the same character really.

[crimson gulch]

my take on years of experience is Session played is more important than years played

[grim kraken]

Hahaha that's interesting. I'm a big optimizer so I swap my builds every campaign. I'm very close to having played every single class once

[small heath]

I respect him a lot because he does a great job explaining ideas and is great at the roleplay aspect, but I would love to hopefully see a bit more variety with him when he does a PC.

[viral kraken]

Well bear in mind characters are translucent, not opaque. You're going to see the player through the character no matter what, just depends how much

[atomic egret]

I had to banish three d20s to dice jail just last session

[vernal owl]

Wise words

[small heath]

I will say that so far in my experiences, I have learned so much about the game and the mindset of balancing the combat portion of D&D, with my personal preference for roleplay and character development, and how to make the 2 actually work well thematically.

[woven flint]

Your characters are always gonna have a LITTLE bit of your personality in them

[small heath]

I personally love to challenge myself by playing completely different characters (and I even voice act all of mine if I can), with different personalities just to see what I like and don't know.

[grim valve]

Avantris already hit $2.6 Million on Neon Odyssey!

[violet flicker]

I wish this wasn't so true

[small heath]

I get that. After all, it is the player controlling them and you can't easily change a player themselves.

[woven flint]

It's not necessarily a bad thing
Your character is who you're experiencing the world through

[small heath]

Since this took a bit into playstyles, I like to be the 'comedic relief' character. I like to have fun and make jokes and be generally upbeat in moments that time very well. So even though I have a large variety of species and classes that I play for each campaign, a common thread is that all of them will make a well-timed joke at some point each session.

Some more than others.

[violet flicker]

Yeah but sometimes I wish I could have more range, I can do that if I really focus but if it's a more laid back thing I revert to the default template.

which is the jokester with bad puns at the most inapproriate times

[small heath]

Funnily enough, despite being someone in our parties who like to make jokes and memes, I have yet to play a bard

I also like to have a common trope/reoccuring statement or behavior in my characters to make them flavorful. For example my lizardfolk ranger is constantly hungry but has ethical and moral delimnas because he got a headband of intellect and now is having an identity crisis throughout the last few sessions.

[ruby cedar]

hey everybody

[small heath]

yo

[violet flicker]

haha of course! Same, my jokester is always a cleric, wizard or druid. They always went through some shit in their backstory but have high spirits in spite of that

[violet flicker]

yeah that really helps with making them stand out

[small heath]

Another character, my first one, is a draconic sorcerer kobold who's a die hard follower/devotee for a homebrew god in the campaign he was in, but had absolutely 0 filter in how he spoke about others. Which is ironic because his 'god' is meant to stand for justice and fairness.

So for him, "justice" means "being insulted for doing what you just did or how you look because you're not perfect enough." (For example).

[violet flicker]

haha damn, sounds more like he should worship the god of judgement 😂

[small heath]

The party ended up enjoying Bh'aub le'Kobold as he was friendly, just very blatant which lead to some funny pranks our barbarian did to him a few times while exploring.

[vernal owl]

I would play my trickery cleric as a jokester but i genuinely cant think of something funny for the life of me

[fossil hollow]

life

[vernal owl]

Ive been playing with him for a while and hes lowkey bland and has no defining characteristics other than being materialistic as hell

[small heath]

Sometimes it helps being a jokester outside of the roleplay mid session. All of my stuff is done online and through discord, so I like to throw in gifs and memes a few times when I can think of a perfect one to add in.

[fossil hollow]

#character-discussion might be able to help

[vernal owl]

Lowkey smart

Forgot i could do that since im playing online

[ruby cedar]

you know I just realized there should be a version of D&D for the elder scrolls

would be peak if D&D and The Elder Scrolls had a crossover

[errant kettle]

We should have a competition who can make the best bag of guy magic item

[cedar bane]

to be fair dnd actually works extremely well for the elder scrolls as is, is more about changing the world than the setting

[errant kettle]

Preferably the same guy gets summoned

[ruby cedar]

that's why I had the idea

[versed leaf]

Is there a way to port all my paid for content from DDB to Roll 20? Or do I have to spend another 10 million for everything again?

[still plover]

The Beyond20 extension for Chrome can help.

[versed leaf]

Thank you a lot!

[vernal owl]

It lets you roll using your character sheet on dndbeyond instead of getting the content from dndbeyond to roll20 btw

[bold umbra]

Spend money. They don't import the books. One complaint alot of people have. So either buy books in DND and use mapsvtt or AboveVTT or buy books in roll20 and just use roll20
IMO

[frosty garnet]

Oh boy do I have the wiki for you.. Google UESTRPG

they have no fewer than TWELVE yes TWELVE custom completely free to download and use books

and from what I can tell even the art is unique

might be wrong tho

but the wiki is insane, thEY HAVE TINY CAT KHAJIIT

[still plover]

I presume there's one or more tabletop versions of the Elder Scrolls in the world, but yeah, I think you could probably do a fair job just using the world with D&D rules.

[frosty garnet]

honestly though you totally could yeah and even without doing too much work, icl this conversion is pretty damn bespoke

[valid geyser]

There is the similarly named uesttrpg which uses a system more like call of Cthulhu/runequest with d100s but that’s about all I know

[frosty garnet]

fascinating..!! I didn't even know that!

[valid geyser]

Thinking about it I think d100 makes more sense to me because of how the skills in elder scrolls games work where they go up to 100 but im sure both are, fine

[frosty garnet]

yeah, I guess it's more for whether you're used to d20 or d100 more

[valid geyser]

I know there is a stigma for games that are hacks of d&d 5e, but I did try Star Wars 5e and I found it really cool since they put a ton of effort to make it unique and not just “pretend a paladin is a Jedi”

[frosty garnet]

I have heard very good things about SW5e!!!

[versed leaf]

I bought Age of Rebellion.
And no one wants to play!

[little crow]

hi there!

It's nice to meet this community, and I hope to get to understand D&D even more while being here ^^

[still plover]

Tried their forums/ Discord, or advertising on Roll20? There's someone for everything out there.

[still plover]

G'day! Check out the #channel-guide when you have a moment to see all that goes on here, feel free to jump into a chat or ask a question if you'd like advice.

[little crow]

of course!

[sinful hatch]

Hi, im sorry if this is the wrong channel but I can't seem to use the submit button when filling out the /looking-for-community form. any guidance would be greatly appreciated <3

Edit: it works when doing it in the server, not from dms <3

[woven flint]

Star Wars may the 5th be with you

I'm so funny

[woven flint]

May you have many nat 20's ahead of you

[frosty garnet]

til feats have ceased to be optional and are now a main game mechanic in 5.5e, im ngl yall so many of the changes are so damn good

especially the part where they all also give you a +1

[sleek cloud]

Look behind you

[frosty garnet]

til 5.5e removed 'magical damage' woa

[valid geyser]

Yeah definitely for the better. Means low level martial characters aren’t useless against werewolves

And most incorporeal or generally hard to hit creatures are still resistant to weapon damage types

[wintry spindle]

I also support this change

[jolly canyon]

Oh? I didn't know about this change.

[rough basalt]

ye BPS is a pretty rare thing

[jolly canyon]

So magical weapons don't do anything different than mundane besides the +1?

[rough basalt]

Most of its Swarms of Insects and Animals

[jolly canyon]

And other effects like warning

[valid geyser]

Most monsters that did have nonmagic weapon resistance got a bit bulkier to compensate

[feral fulcrum]

There's been no change to magical weapons, only a change to Magical/Nomagical BPS resistance.

[rough basalt]

Its just BPS damage now

[jolly canyon]

Yee that was my question. I just worded like I was asking about the weapons themselves. That's interesting

[feral fulcrum]

Personally, I feel it doesn't actually change much

[woven flint]

I'm behind me

[feral fulcrum]

Because getting ahold of magicla weapons was...rather trivial

[valid geyser]

I mean for stuff like silver weapons it’s baked into the weapon now instead of the monster trait

[rough basalt]

Yeah silver weapons instead do extra damage to certain enemies

[valid geyser]

Depends on your DM. I find newer DMs are much more stingy with loot

[severe rampart]

what's the use of silvering weapons now again?

[severe rampart]

ah, thanks Sora

[valid geyser]

There’s some bonus for hitting creatures that are shapeshifted

[feral fulcrum]

It makes it Shiny and thus better.

[severe rampart]

that's 1/4096...

[fossil hollow]

Giving your party magic items if you hate them or are super stingy

[feral fulcrum]

Gold Plate your Greatswords!

[severe rampart]

basing magic items off of players is key

[rough basalt]

Yep. Their attitude out of game decides items

[woven flint]

I'm dubbing D&D Friendslop now

But in a good way

It's like any other game i play with other people

It makes me question my mental health 😎
/silly

[rain spade]

me and my group are going to be playing strahd and me and one kf my other freinds managed to convince everyone else to play as catholic members of the church

[rough basalt]

DnD is indeed friendslop.
If you want friendgem however you play pathfi-

[rain spade]

Oh hey tokii long time no see

[woven flint]

GIZMO :0

Long -

I was just about to say ths same thing.

[valid geyser]

I don’t love completely tailoring what items I give my players or asking the dm to give me a specific item but I also don’t think you should strictly use the magic item tables (especially since 2024 made the new item tables pretty awful if you wanna roll on them I will never let go how dirty they did it it’s not weighted at all everything is as even as everything else I hate it)

[rough basalt]

Adding a cannon and a gatling gun to my next game.

[severe rampart]

Reading this I kinda feel bad now, I give my players the options to make some encounters harder for magic item rewards (rolled on the table)

they almost always (never) take it

[valid geyser]

yeah the tables more just feel like theyre made for you to handpick, which isnt bad i think thats a valid use of die tables but it feels like a grim oversight when a +X weapon is as likely as a consumable potion or wondrous item thats fun but not neccessary

[fossil hollow]

I do find myself rerolling a lot more on those tables

[valid geyser]

also i just dont think its great design if consumables are on the same table as permanent items

[frosty garnet]

extra crit damage!!

[frosty garnet]

this is why i call my campaign Friendship & Daggers :)

And No Other Reason

[woven flint]

Backstabbing

[valid geyser]

the dmg14 tables def shouldve been renamed from just magic item table A, B, etc since its not 1979 anymore

[errant kettle]

Someone sent me this 😂 https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items/11527399-bag-of-gerald

[woven flint]

Yeah, a bag of gerald.

[frosty garnet]

you know what they say, its always 1979 somewhere!

[viral kraken]

wait what year is it?

[fossil hollow]

3025

[viral kraken]

ah okay

[woven flint]

You've never had a Bag of Gerald?

[woven flint]

Naming the fiend in the bad of devouring "Gerald" btw

[errant kettle]

It’s actually useful for my character

Dark Bargain Hand of Death Cling to Life. When you have 0 Hit Points at the start of your turn, or when you die, you can instead choose to regain a number of Hit Points equal to half your maximum. Once you use this feature, you can’t use it again. After using it, whenever you regain Hit Points through any means, you gain only half that amount. Once a Humanoid (other than you) dies within 30 feet of you, you regain the use of this feature, and you can regain Hit Points as normal.

[severe rampart]

bad of devouring?

[feral fulcrum]

You've heard of bad of devouring, but have you heard of good of regurgitation? :V

[errant kettle]

Bag of Holding But you don’t get the items back

[versed leaf]

I'm embarrassed to say that thought didn't even cross my mind

[severe rampart]

I wonder... how many loaves of bread it has consumed.

[errant kettle]

I Wonder how many Gerald's it’s eaten?

[humble cairn]

Used to be in 2014 whenever people asked about unarmed fighting builds it had to be some very specific builds to access magical unarmed damage, now it's not the case.

[feral fulcrum]

Kono Dio Da?

[fossil hollow]

Oh god its Dio

[severe rampart]

why did you say Dio twice Ba dum tiss

[errant kettle]

it was me dio

[fossil hollow]

Oh Dios Mio

[boreal sapphire]

are there specifities to flight in general or is it just yeah now i also move vertically ? like is there some maybe equivalent of concentration to stay in the air ?

[fossil hollow]

there isnt

If a fly speed has restrictions, whatever is giving that creature a fly speed will say so

[boreal sapphire]

alrighty

[errant kettle]

Unless you have hover if you’re is reduced to 0, you fall

[balmy thorn]

Guys, you know, I guess what my friend just did last night

[errant kettle]

Sleep

[balmy thorn]

No worse me and him are in the DND group with other people. He made the DM mad.

[errant kettle]

Siiiiiiiiiilvery Baaaaaarbs!

or “My AC is only 30” me last season

[tawdry sentinel]

There are rules for how much you can carry which I normally use to bat down "I have a fly speed so carry the whole party 300ft up despite having 8 strength"

[errant kettle]

Would that be encumbrance?

[feral fulcrum]

Technically that'd be more the Drag/Push rules rather then Encumberance

[errant kettle]

I thought it would give you zero movement speed as your should be carrying so much

[fossil hollow]

Grappling and carrying other creatures is def carry capacity

[fossil hollow]

It only reduces your speed a bit, not to 0

[errant kettle]

You have a maximum you can lift in in core rules

[fossil hollow]

yeap, doesnt make speed 0 though

[crimson gulch]

Grappling and carrying other creatures is based on size catigory more so than actual encumberance rules

[errant kettle]

Push, Drag, or Lift. You can push, drag, or lift a weight in pounds up to twice your carrying capacity (or 30 times your Strength score). While pushing or dragging weight in excess of your carrying capacity, your speed drops to 5 feet.

[feral fulcrum]

Yeah but it should still make at least some sense. I don't care if you're Large, you've got 3 strength, you're not lifting that Huge Dragon no matter what you roll.

[errant kettle]

that make more sense

[fossil hollow]

i dont think you can lift if youre Medium anyway

[hot reef]

I believe it has to follow both the grappling rules and the carry/drag rules

[feral fulcrum]

I did very specifficaly specify being Large.

[fossil hollow]

oh, cant read. Sorry, DND player curse

[errant kettle]

I like How you can this in scenario you can’t fly with heavy armour but you can drag someone who weighs more?

[fossil hollow]

Aaracokra?

theres a difference in wearing armor and carrying someone

[errant kettle]

Bad grandma, as I’m dyslexic

[severe rampart]

bad grammar?

[errant kettle]

I guess I read it weird in my head

[flint ledge]

Nope, you're a bad grandma Echo

[tawdry sentinel]

That's where you just make a ruling. Maybe you can grapple a person sized creature in a combat where it only lasts a few seconds, but if you wanna lift the plate armoured cleric up the wizards tower. You can do a strength check to not drop them and con save Vs exhaustion.

[wraith arch]

@left carbon please

[fossil hollow]

not the place to ping people

[dense nacelle]

Man low level wizard is so hard

[severe rampart]

just gotta survive till you get Fireball

[modern knoll]

man, I wanna see a villainous party member done well, like a character that is evil but merely does evil things not to get in the way of the party, but to help them and get everyone closer to the main goal

[spark urchin]

yeah low level wizard is rough, but once you hit level 5, it really takes off

[severe rampart]

there's plenty of that

You know what I want to see?

I want to see a hero fail. No matter how strong they are, what they want is something they cannot achieve. Something that is out of their reach forever.

That would be a good conclusion to a story

[modern knoll]

eh that depends on how its written

a reader could read something like that and go "I just witnessed this bum go through all of this and in the end he accomplishes nothing? Why did I bother watching/reading this?"

[severe rampart]

sounds like the same people who only watch Shounen Anime for the fights

[modern knoll]

Eh, I think that's kinda being unfair. What I'm saying is that there's a difference between an unsatisfying ending that's written satisfactorily and an unsatisfying ending that's just unsatisfying in its entirety

[mystic crystal]

Nothing like watching everything you love and desires crumble before your eyes that’s how you make a BBEG

[agile jungle]

can i have some help leveling my paladin to level 3? 5.5e

i'd like to skip taking my phb to session today, i need a better bag and stuff.

want to get any essential information on note cards that i can refer to when needed

[tawdry sentinel]

You get a subclass so it's a bit hefty.

Not on paladin I don't think

[agile jungle]

ah yes, i was reading through the handbook and saw the oath of the ancients spec and thought it seemed cool

not quite what i think of when i think of a paladin so i thought i'd try it out

[viral kraken]

5.5e everyone gets their subclass at level 3 right?

[tawdry sentinel]

There was another message that got deleted.

[fossil hollow]

aye. Paladins always got level 3 subclasses since 5e though

[viral kraken]

ooh i see

[agile jungle]

it took me like half an hour to go to level 2 when we got there lol

[tawdry sentinel]

About them getting level 2 spells. But they're half casters so won't get those until 5.

[agile jungle]

hopefully i'll get better at this

[tawdry sentinel]

I'm not sure if you're allowed to just say what it does specifically as it's "paid" content.

[drowsy pond]

Anyone have any other reliable lfg recommendations outside of this server? I wanna cast a wider net and try and get a game soon before I get busy again

[fossil hollow]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rjwuod1lNBM5n4X_TH2ZoqTULv53jWaVMXtrzKVboms/edit?usp=sharing
Razorwing's Guide to finding a game

[blissful ibex]

community centers, libraries, boardgame cafes, LGSs, r/lfg on reddit, other LFG focused dnd discord servers, etc.

[drowsy pond]

Thanks

[drowsy pond]

You made this?

[fossil hollow]

Nope! Another person in this server

[drowsy pond]

Well good to have it on standby lol

[agile jungle]

i'll be 4 sessions in to our game of out of the abyss today

at 80 dollars monthly i'm not sure how i feel about it

[fossil hollow]

oh, its a paid game?

[agile jungle]

mhm

[severe rampart]

oh wow

[agile jungle]

though it's sponsored by my Friendly Local Game Store™

[severe rampart]

so 20 dollars a session?

[agile jungle]

indeed

[crimson gulch]

Try it out and see If you like it, paying for a game is not a guarantee of quality but it's more likely to be good than a free one

I would hate to have any players uneasy about paying me in my paid games, and I charge more than that

[agile jungle]

it does come with accoutrements like minis, climate control, safe public space

but that's more than a standard phone plan

[crimson gulch]

i have been running professional games at a shop for nearly 3 years now and being able to make a welcoming and safe space for the game is amazing

[agile jungle]

i'm not discounting the alleged value from the pricing, it's just not something i enjoy justifying "in this economy" right

it has been nice to have something to look forward to each week and know that everyone at the table is invested to get things done

[buoyant oar]

If you can't justify it that is totally normal. Paying for dungeons and dragons is a luxury. I have had players bow out for a myriad of economic reasons. Any DM worth their salt will bid them farewell from the table with a open invitation to return when they can.

[wintry spindle]

what are we talking about?

[agile jungle]

i'm on a tangent leveling up my paladin for today's session

[sleek cloud]

What level

[agile jungle]

the goal is to not need to take my phb today while i finish figuring out what my loadout will be going to my Friendly Local Game Store™ each week

we reached level 3 and got to a town area last week

but as a not seasoned player the act of leveling up is time-consuming

and i'll definitely miss things

[wintry spindle]

ask your dm for help

[chilly narwhal]

Sounds depressing

[rough basalt]

I think that recruiting has to be the hardest part of a campaign.

[chilly narwhal]

I would hate an ending like that because I don’t like tragedy and play dnd as an escape

I can definitely imagine people enjoying it though

[molten glade]

I mean, most people watch and play media so they can see the good guys win

[chilly narwhal]

Yeah, I enjoy the good guys winning

[chilly narwhal]

If you wanted to watch the protagonist get crushed by overpowering forces, just ask corporate for a raise

I like the escapism and comfort

[hot reef]

In stories where the good guys don't win at the end, it's for a reason
either to set up for a sequel, or as a message about the nature of the conflict and how the good guys addressed it

[chilly narwhal]

The same reason the military involves carrying a heavy pack and wearing heavy stuff. Dragging someone who weighs more usually involves adrenaline and necessity.

[tawdry sentinel]

Take a photo of the page on your phone.

At level 3 you only really need to know what your class specific channel divinity is and the couple of spells.

[thorn osprey]

What are your favorite homebrew books or other sources to pull encounters from? That aren't too far from the regular "vibe" of dnd.

[tawdry sentinel]

Loot tavern does fun boss monsters in their monster hunt series.

[umbral girder]

The Monster Manual /jk

I think the guys in #third-party might have some ideas

[thorn osprey]

Didn't know that channel is a thing lmao

[rough basalt]

Third party is pretty good but can be pretty unbalanced so it's good to research them further.

Flee Mortals is probably the best third party bestiary.

[fossil summit]

Hmm I wonder what would be the funniest race to play as a fighter champion

Gnome springs to mind as funny, but Halfling could be an actual interesting character

[sullen mantle]

@severe rampart I see wym now when everyone can do long range attacks

I equipped a revolver and sword

[severe rampart]

not my point, but okay

[fossil summit]

Likewise Goblin could go incredibly hard as a character concept with fury of the small and whatnot

[sullen mantle]

Oh ik im jus sayin my weapons

[severe rampart]

also games usually don't have guns, did you talk to your DM about that

[severe rampart]

meet my Goblin Paladin

[sullen mantle]

I don’t have one believe it or not

[severe rampart]

Yeah, usually in most campaigns there are no guns

[sullen mantle]

So what would you recommend

[severe rampart]

You can ask your DM or you can flavor a crossbow/longbow.

[sullen mantle]

Longbow sounds promising

[fossil summit]

There are low power guns like matchlocks

Aka muskets and the like

They're just not really good

And yeah ask your dm if they're included.

[sullen mantle]

I have a composite longbow slingshot and sword

[rough basalt]

I like having Guns in my games

[sullen mantle]

Especially in a western setting

[jolly canyon]

I made the executive decisions to allow arcane guns in my game

There is black powder too but rare

[haughty nimbus]

I feel really stupid over something I just realized

[woven flint]

Relatable

[haughty nimbus]

I don’t like playing gender binary characters.

[keen valve]

More like gobladin.

[rough basalt]

For my upcoming game there's more advanced firearms but they're expensive and require knowing the right people.

[haughty nimbus]

I feel like it would get annoying for my table if I keep playing enbies

[keen valve]

Dude, I only play gay guys and no one at any of my tables are upset because of that.
I don't think playing constant enbies will be a problem.

[rough basalt]

There's an alternative to said firearms that's for more morally questionably inclined PCs.

[spice spear]

whats up

[rough basalt]

Which use Blood to fuel them rather than expensive ammunition.

[woven flint]

I mean
I think that's perfectly finevto do if you don't want to play as binary people

[haughty nimbus]

I just worry that I have to worry about that now whenever I make a character

[rough basalt]

I mean if you have to worry about it then it's not the right group

[haughty nimbus]

It’s probably my ocd

[molten glade]

So like that uhhh
That one horror fps that came out recently where the gun takes your blood as ammo

[keen valve]

It could be, but it could also be personal fears. In either case, I would say that you have to brave it and be confident and reaffirm yourself.

[rough basalt]

True I moreso meant that if someone actually gives you crap for it then you shouldn't be in that game. I worded it very badly

[rough basalt]

Dunno what that is.

[molten glade]

I'll look it up later

[haughty nimbus]

No I get what you mean. I just have ocd that tells me the worst case scenario

I was more so coming here because I want to theory craft an eldrich knight shifter but I don’t know what animal to base it off of

[sullen mantle]

What now?

[woven flint]

If your table is that concerned about you playing what you're comfortable with playing tgen you shouldn't play at that table tbh

[haughty nimbus]

I don’t like playing male or female characters

[woven flint]

Damn, basically what i said lol

[sullen mantle]

Oh so you like playing Dragonbornes or Orcs?

Cuz technically they can just be

[haughty nimbus]

No. They’ve always felt too masculine to me

Which is the issue I run into

[sullen mantle]

Interesting

[onyx sluice]

Changeling are my go to, though I do genderfluid mostly.

[keen valve]

Androgyny nor nonbinaryness is not bound by species, tbf.

[sullen mantle]

I prefer playing both male and female characters

Doesn’t bother me fr

[haughty nimbus]

I know, but male born and female born orc bodies are polarizing different

[molten glade]

Be a plasmoid
They can present as whatever they want physically

[paper portal]

plasmoids are peak

[woven flint]

Alternately....

Be a Changling

[keen valve]

An orc's body can be whatever you want it to be. I never do burly orcs, for example.

[haughty nimbus]

The issue I have is that I noticed that even in rp, I still don’t like being referred to as he or she

[woven flint]

Changings can literally just.. have no gender if they don't want to

[keen valve]

They can have no sex*. Gender is not sex, it's conceptual.
In that sense too, however, they can also not have that.

[onyx sluice]

Either gender, neither gender, all gender. Changelings are fun

[haughty nimbus]

Yeah, one of my earlier dnd characters was a genderless changeling

[woven flint]

yes, that's what i meant

[paper portal]

D&D is about escapism I don't want smth similar to my irl body /silly

[sullen mantle]

[woven flint]

Stare

[keen valve]

Yeah, agreed, it's why I don't play as a mindflayer.

[sullen mantle]

Yea this ain’t the conversation for me

[woven flint]

Its why i don't play as a deity smh

[grand mantle]

Hi

[woven flint]

I am THE Goofy one.

[keen valve]

So valid, king.

[woven flint]

Thanks, queen 😎

[delicate owl]

Dont feed his enormous ego 🙁

[haughty nimbus]

I had the idea of a cowboy gensai named Chekov. Their whole vibe was based off a smoking gun

[woven flint]

MASSIVE...
ego.

[keen valve]

You should probably clarify to your parties that you prefer they/them or other pronouns. If they can't respect that, those are some sucky people that you should get away from. Provided it's not accidentally missaying and immediately rectifying it.

[paper portal]

Why give my D&D character body dysmorphia when I can just do that irl

[haughty nimbus]

Oh, no that’s not the issue, I came out as nonbinary, my group knows I am, there’s just an occasional misgendering due to my build.

[woven flint]

All of my characters are

Fellas...
All my fellas.

[keen valve]

Sorry, for some reason I misunderstood this for a split second as to say that your character's class build was somehow indicative of a gender.

Which is an utterly bizzare, but slightly comical notion.

[haughty nimbus]

No. I have broad shoulders

[keen valve]

So does my mom.

[sullen mantle]

Broad shoulders are dopeeeee

[haughty nimbus]

At this point I’m just gonna make an enchanted armor set or something

[keen valve]

This sounds more like an issue of perception of the body. Maybe that's something to look into, personally, on your end. I don't think this is the place to discuss that.

[woven flint]

I had a Changling Spirits Bard

Their name was Malochè
They were masculine presenting...
But also a Diva (mostly to hide insecurity about being a changling)

[haughty nimbus]

My changeling was going by the fake name Charlot Ann Montoya

[woven flint]

Because being a changling in that specific world was a death sentence because thry were hunted by other humanoids out of fear...

His main appearance was
A male Drow named "Eadric Scarborough"

Eadric was actually a group favorite lmao

[errant crag]

A Changeling who gets hit by moonbeam is revealed to be a changeling right?

[woven flint]

Yes, or if they die

[errant crag]

I always heard that dying doesn't reveal them

[haughty nimbus]

Yeah fun fact that’s what happened to my changeling

Right before a ‘boss rush’ one of the enemies threw a stone charged by the moon at my changeling and revealed their true form

[woven flint]

2014: You stay in the new form until you use an action to revert to your true form or until you die.

2024: You stay in the new form until you take an action to revert to your true form.

(in 2014 they did)

[errant crag]

My Changeling got sniffed out by the rest of the party because she had an inordinate amount of knowledge about fey in a setting where most people don't know very much about the fey at all, so they cornered her and demanded to know what's up

So she revealed herself to be a changeling, and now they all trust each other way more

[woven flint]

But, yeah, for the longest time, dying did indeed reveal their true form
That's how mine was figured out, but he got revived

[errant crag]

I wonder why they removed that

[woven flint]

Idk, it's a wee bit strange but
Shrug

[errant crag]

It's so weird to me that they removed Fey from paladins divine sense

[woven flint]

Changlings stay winning ig

[keen valve]

The real top dog move is to just be straight up from the get go.

"You seem to know a lot about the fae... for a human."
"Dude, I'm a changeling, what are you talking about?"

[errant crag]

Well one of the party members used to be from a faction that would hunt down and kill changelings because they were associated with a doppelganger

And I'm much more interested in my character behaving in character and preserving her own life than making power moves

[halcyon bison]

i like changelings

if I could be a dnd species in real life I would be a changeling

[haughty nimbus]

Y’know what, I’m just gonna make a scrawny eldritch knight and anyone who thinks that the idea is stupid will be proven wrong

[errant crag]

Why would anybody think thats stupid

[haughty nimbus]

Dunno

[errant crag]

My Eldritch Knight was a Gnome and was a total badass

[haughty nimbus]

I wanted to play the ‘mysterious forest child’ trope

[halcyon bison]

Changeling players make sure to grab a ring of mind shielding or an amulet of proof against detection and location so people can't tell what creature type you are

Mind shielding ring is usually better

[woven flint]

"Uh, i have a permanent Nystuls Magic Aura cast on me."

[errant crag]

As long as you're not trying too hard to be mysterious to the party then that goes over fine

[haughty nimbus]

It’s more “who are you” “does it matter? I’m not trying to kill you, am I?”

[versed leaf]

Druid or ranger?

[haughty nimbus]

Fighter

[errant crag]

Almost all of my characters would say "Yes it does matter, plenty of things that are not initially trying to kill me do try to eventually, so who are you?"

[versed leaf]

fireball

[haughty nimbus]

The character is going to wear an animal mask, which is what they will refer to themselves as.

[errant crag]

It's a world of magic and wicked hags and doppelgangers and enchantment magic

I just find that in my table experience characters like this tend to cause more issues than interesting scenarios

Most adventurers aren't keen on keeping around a person who never tells anything about themselves

[worn topaz]

Not trying to butt in here, but I wonder what the roleplay opportunities with the party are for a character like that

If you think you could make a character like that and still have them tag along with the party and interact (and not just be silent the whole time), I think it should be fine, but its still probably a fine line to cross

[errant crag]

Though maybe I've just been at too many tables where somebody's urge to be mysterious and secretive causes problems, my recommendation is having the party be the only people you trust or open up to at all, even if you have to work up to it

[errant crag]

That's what I'm thinking

[haughty nimbus]

“Those mushrooms are poisonous” “how do you know” “why don’t you know this? It’s basic stuff”

[errant crag]

That would get annoying to me

[marble lion]

Make sure not to be antagonising

[woven flint]

Yeah, it gives a presumptuous air, not a mysterious one lol

[errant crag]

Yeah it just seems stuck up

[marble lion]

Teamgame, always remember

[haughty nimbus]

Maybe the tone came across wrong-

[errant crag]

I've had so many games be dragged down by one person's insistence on being a mysterious secretive, and the other people roleplaying as their characters would actually behave, being like "Who is this person and why are they following us?"

[worn topaz]

For example, I play a very silent vampire character thats heavily neurodivergent coded. Though I made her genuinely seek connection and want to be friends with the party, even if she is silent and stuff. I have her interject a lot with weird tidbits and Sometimes share some of her interests with the party. She's definitely quieter than most of my other characters, but I make sure she always interacts with a member of the party in some interesting way that doesnt just make her a "brooding" dark type.

[glad ferry]

Hello pink!

[errant crag]

Especially since in most D&D settings, mysterious forest beings are often malicious

[jolly crypt]

How do you guys feel about campaigns that take inspo from what’s popular at the time? WITCH HAT ATELIER IS SO PEAK and I want to start a magic academy campaign but I’m worried about losing steam once my fixation dwindles.

[errant crag]

Hey weefee

[worn topaz]

Though tbh that doesnt sound like what youre trying to do.

[glad ferry]

How's the buffs for vampires and werewolves?

[woven flint]

I don't mean to sound any type of way

But if someone is acting mysterious, I typically ignore them because my characters usually got more important shit to be doing..
Like the rest of the party

[worn topaz]

all of the campaigns Ive dm'ed have been based to some extenct on a show I was watching. Generally, though, I try to take the idea of the show and not the actual world for that.

[severe rampart]

It is pretty good

[glad ferry]

I got a character that is an information broker on the shady and good side lol

[uncut zenith]

The buffs are being strong as heck. The nerfs are not being able to play your character anymore lol

[errant crag]

It's just not very engaging to roleplay off of if your character is being secretive all the time

[woven flint]

Only my inquisitives like my Knowledge Cleric would actually care about secrets lol

[worn topaz]

I think they could deffo make it work, but it'd have to lean more into the weirdness of the character than the silent-ness

[glad ferry]

She's not secretive all the time

[haughty nimbus]

Yeah, I don’t like playing silent characters

[errant crag]

A character like this actually works a lot better in a less roleplay focused game.
Combat heavy dungeon crawl? The party is probably glad to have the extra body around.
Roleplay driven narrative game? Why are we letting this person who keeps secrets about anything regarding them follow us?

[woven flint]

I had an Aberrant Mind Sorcerer
He wasn't secretive, but there were so many strange things about him that the party thought he was hiding secrets, even though hs was always forthcoming with every question asked lol

[worn topaz]

Had someone like that in a game I DM'd. It kinda ended with him being tied up, but then they made up and it was all good.

[errant crag]

My most secretive character was my Changeling Barbarian I play on Saturdays, she didn't trust the party and wasn't willing to open up to them but instead of just not telling them anything; she lied! She came up with an elaborate backstory for the persona she was presenting as, being Paddythwack Gilgoddershine the rambunctious Gnomish warrior raised by Goliaths.

[woven flint]

They asked where he was from
He said "The Far Realms, why?" And they just didn't believe that such a normal looking guy would be from there

Well "Normal"
He was an Aasimar

[glad ferry]

The party obviously gets the information, plus she can help just not with upfront melee attacks. As for others they have to pay for information

[woven flint]

He even admitted that he was extremely unfamiliar with the customs of the realm and didn't quite understand morality, but enjoyed being kind

[jolly crypt]

I’m stuck between on whether to run my magic academy campaign idea or my Pokemon-inspired campaign idea (all subclasses with a pet! Echo Knight, Beastmaster, Chainlock etc)

[errant crag]

I guess the main takeaway from this conversation should be that if you're playing a mysterious secretive character, have a reason that the party would want to keep the character around. Because if you're just following them around not telling them anything about yourself, then you come across as a threat unless the other players are just fully suspending disbelief and not caring.

[wanton anchor]

lol I made a mistake/gem of a character once that involved being secret for a different ttrpg game. Have yet to do it in DND but I had a couple concepts ready. The big thing I think is coordination with the DM to make sure things still progress and not to draw the focus around your secret unless the DM is cool with it being a whole story arc. Unfortunately I derailed the other campaign in cyberpunk 77 because my secretive character somehow succeeded to "do the thing" which how now lead to a possible world ending sidequest. XD I told the DM it was fine to punish or kill my character multiple times but I either got lucky or they liked what I was doing for story reasons. In DND I have a Kenku build that i might use one day..... i'll let your imagination run on that one.

[errant crag]

And I assume you want the players to care about your character

[glad ferry]

There is a reason she's around once its done she's leaving them

[woven flint]

Simply the most chad of characters

Mysterious seeming individuals who are just honest even if thought to be lying

They have no reason to lie or no reason to prove something

[glad ferry]

Though she'll still help them out. Theres only one thats questionable to her as whether they'll say to much or lose the mission

[worn topaz]

well my player WAS a warlock and was being taken advantage of without him knowing. He just thought he was a normal guy

[errant crag]

The only other way I see characters like this really making sense are when there's a mutual patron, like the NPC hires the party for a job and is like "Oh and this is Mysterious Forest Girl she'll be joining you, you can trust her she's good at what she does"

[normal canyon]

Is getting 30 feet of speed equal to getting a resistance?

[severe rampart]

... in terms of what?

[errant crag]

No, one is 30ft of speed and once is a resistance

[severe rampart]

I believe that those two things are imcomparable and are better for different situations

everyone gets 30ft of speed, not everyone gets a resistance

[errant crag]

If I had to choose I'd take the speed

Assuming this is a bonus you're receiving

I oughtta play an Aasimar Wild Heart Barbarian so I can resist all damage except for Psychic and Force

[woven flint]

I had a Tiefling War Cleric that resisted over half the danage types in the game :]

He was scary

Good Ol' Karkas

[severe rampart]

... Rings of Resistance, added with Fire Resistance of Tieflings?

[woven flint]

Nope
BPS from War Cleric
Fire from being an Infernal Tiefling
Cold and Poison from Infernal Constitution (Feat)
Necrotic from a Ring of Necrotic resistance..
And a few more i can't really think of rn lol

[severe rampart]

Honorary Barbarian

[errant crag]

I finished the Barbarian Paladin multiclass character
Next is Barbarian Monk

Barbarian Monk is tricky

[severe rampart]

... now how would that look...

Seething with Rage?

[errant crag]

Inherently they don't really offer a lot to each other

[severe rampart]

could maybe make like an Empath

like they can feel the emotions of others but their emotions are also heightened?

[errant crag]

What?

[severe rampart]

that's the best I can think of

[severe rampart]

Monk + Barbarian, like a spiritualist empath

[errant crag]

I gotta get the mechanics of this character down before I even start worrying about flavor

It's Barbarian Monk

[severe rampart]

Ahh gotcha

[thorn osprey]

How would you do a Wizard who has a pact with a devil

[severe rampart]

Warlock

Flavor or Mechanical?

Wizards love knowledge so probably the pact would be unveiling secrets of magic, etc.

[woven flint]

Not everyone that makes a pact needs to be a warlock

[severe rampart]

I know, the second one is the flavor, but if I want a pact mechanically I'd get either Eldritch Adept or dip in Warlock

[errant crag]

In my quest to make a Barbarian multiclass character of every class at least once and try to see what value I can squeeze out of these inherently conflicting classes, I've made some pretty fun characters

[chilly narwhal]

I would recommend having a shorter campaign / one that can achieve satisfying endings easily. An academy is great as usually there are years/terms and at the end of a term/year you can finish a quest so it isn’t unsatisfying if you lose steam after 12 sessions.

Making a campaign based on your favorite media is actually the origin of DnD and the desire to roleplay lotr style worlds