dnd-discussion

[fickle field]

Because they go well together. Also, my guy has a split personality.

[undone rain]

Specifically the bear totem

[knotty vine]

Ranger is just used druid spell list tho(for the most part)

[rough basalt]

I don't like when there's one specifically overturned ability that makes everything not worth taking in response.

Bear Totem being that

[knotty vine]

Honestly I feel like they made monk too good in 2024

[fickle field]

Ehhhhh, they work well imo.

[knotty vine]

It kinda out matches everything already

Its subclasses I mean

[fickle field]

Which one?

[rough basalt]

I'm glad Bear got nerfed

[uncut zenith]

That’s how I feel about some of the Metamagic options on Sorcerer. There are some options that are so much better than others that it almost feels like a bad idea not to take them.

[knotty vine]

Base monk is pretty much better then most of its subclasses

[eager marsh]

it wouldnt be so agregious if they'd let you take more than only 2 options before level 10

[rough basalt]

2024s change to twin spell is something I like for this reason.

[woven flint]

We're fighting the White Deer in Icewindale atm
But we're kicking its ass
Specifically me
I've already done a boatload of danage with my pally :]

[knotty vine]

Its level 18 ability has to be one of the best things in the game

[rough basalt]

Old twin spell was just too good not to take most of the time

And subtles always been one of the best and almost must takes

[fickle field]

Here's a question: What's the best multiclass you can do?

[fossil hollow]

best for what

[uncut zenith]

Yeah, Subtle has always been too good not to take

[fickle field]

Anything.

[rough basalt]

Since it makes you immune to counterspell and lets you use spells in situations you wouldn't be able to otherwise.

[knotty vine]

Give a monk the gloves of soul catching and your pretty much unkillable

[fickle field]

What does that do again?

[eager marsh]

that's why you simply dont give them those. They're a legendary magic item and only 1 pair canonically exists per lore. and are currently in Hell

[knotty vine]

Sets your con to 20 and Allows you to do an extra 2d10 force damage that can either heal you or give you advantage on the next ability check saving throw or something

[fickle field]

Oh wow, that is really good.

[knotty vine]

It is a legendary for a reason

[uncut zenith]

They’re also an adventure-specific Macguffin

[severe rampart]

All multiclasses have weaknesses

[uncut zenith]

Idk about yall, but I don’t typically make it a habit of assuming items that are made specifically for an adventure as a Macguffin are automatically available in every campaign

[knotty vine]

Couple that with monks ability to give themself resistnce to all damage expect force and the having prof in all saving throws you pretty much invincible

[severe rampart]

you're always going to have a weakness, that's why you have a party to help you cover those

[knotty vine]

Even without the magic item monk byitself is already strong

[eager marsh]

Again thats why you dont give that item to a monk. it's actually nearly impossible to know they exist let alone know where to find them without metagaming

[fickle field]

Fair enough. Oh and nice to meet you. I'm Aidan, but my characters name is "Bails" (His title is: Soul Splinter) and "Aarone" (His title is: Prince Aarone).

[knotty vine]

By level 11 you can make 3 unarmed strokes

[errant crag]

Yeah that would fall into the "Only exists in that adventure/setting" territory at my table and thus wouldn't be available to the monk

[eager marsh]

and i can personally assure you that despite being very good, Monk is not unstoppable. I've been downed more than anyone else in the party and the life cleric has saved me a lot

[knotty vine]

You get them by level 12

Thats a little crazy

[fickle field]

The next class I'm going to play is a cleric for the next campaign. Any advice on how to play one?

[knotty vine]

Oh its a book for making the gloves

[uncut zenith]

Yeah in my experience Monks are a little like Rogues. Great at avoiding damage, but when they do get hit it hurts.

[errant crag]

Monks are consistently the powerhouses at our tables but I've never felt they were too strong or unkillable or anything as the DM

[knotty vine]

I personally love Evasion

[eager marsh]

I have played my Monk through the exact adventure that gives you the book/recipe for making the gloves and not only does it require some evil acts to make them, the required ingredients are very difficult to source in the first place. fairly unobtainable by reasonable means

[eager marsh]

Deflect Attack is amazing but I'm always taking more than 1 hit

[still plover]

Be careful with your spells, you only get the one concentration cast at a time. Be ready to be second best at everything. Faith is optional.

[knotty vine]

T rex

[fickle field]

Ok, I'll bare that in mind. Thank you!

[fickle field]

Yes, I love dinosaurs.

[knotty vine]

Deflect attacks is great

[uncut zenith]

Yep. Monks are good, but they’re not unstoppable by any means.

[severe rampart]

been playing using martials more than usual now, I hate it. /j
I've rolled so many natural 1s, I get why the crit fumble sucks

[eager marsh]

crit fumbles are a bad rule that only punishes mkartials unfairly

[knotty vine]

I like just like punching 5 times

[severe rampart]

yup

[eager marsh]

same. Acsendant Dragon Monk punching 5 times means I can cycle all 5 elements for flavor

[severe rampart]

I want to play a straight sorcerer next, or a tabaxi monk

[fickle field]

Bruh, I'm so excited for my session today! 😄

[knotty vine]

Muda muda muda!

[rough basalt]

I despise crit fumbles

[uncut zenith]

I’m playing my first martial in years and I’m enjoying it so far. A gunslinging 2024 Battle Master

[fickle field]

Oh, those are the worst.

[eager marsh]

i unironically get happy when i know im fighting organic enemies so i can actually use poison punches

[knotty vine]

I cant wait for the new toxic monk

[rough basalt]

My dnd characters rn are
Rowan (Level 18 Scion Rogue)
Sharie (Level 1 Wizard) (3.5)

[fickle field]

Dude, that's awesome! Can you tell us more about them?

[twilit sail]

I have
Franklin Fighterman
Finn Fighterman

[rough basalt]

Not really. Sharie doesn't have a story yet and Rowan doesn't have much of one either.

[fickle field]

Oh, ok.

[twilit sail]

And a changeling bard

[fickle field]

Would you wanna hear about my character then?

[knotty vine]

3.5e

I havent heard that name in years

[rough basalt]

I typically don't do backstories cause I don't wanna get attached to it.

[twilit sail]

Hath they all passed onto pathfinder

[fickle field]

Oh, ok. Well, you should! It makes the game more fun, trust me.

[rough basalt]

Ime it just made the games worse.

[twilit sail]

Isnt that point of the char death mechanic to build tension

[rough basalt]

But it depends on the person.

[knotty vine]

Kill

[rough basalt]

I mean I don't want my characters to die.

[knotty vine]

Live

[errant crag]

I love when my characters die

[knotty vine]

I always prepared for my characters to die

[rough basalt]

I just don't wanna go through the trouble of making a backstory that won't matter.

[cursive fjord]

Have they said what their Q2 Third Party content is gonna be on DDB? I found the one for Q1.

[errant crag]

Its peak, its literally peak

[fickle field]

I don't either. But it's good for them to have a lasting mark on a story.

[errant crag]

Your backstory mattering is why your character dying matters

[knotty vine]

the what now?

[cursive fjord]

The Third Party content coming to DnD Beyond

[runic sorrel]

does anyone have a campaign i can join?

[errant crag]

Read #find-a-game

[rough basalt]

I don't mean in terms of PC death I mean in terms of its hard to get into a character without being steamrolled by more energetic players so I usually play silent passive supporting characters.

[cursive fjord]

I found the old one that talked about Q1

[errant crag]

That can only be solved by speaking up

[twilit sail]

This is why i do text rp lmao

[errant crag]

That can exclusively be solved by mustering up the energy to project words across the table or into the call

[fickle field]

But the question is: Would you want to play a character that is more involved in the story with personal problems that are interesting.

[rough basalt]

I mean I have a paladin I'd love to try playing again, and I was more active in that game.

[fickle field]

Do it.

[rough basalt]

Well 1: need a game for it, 2: need the right game for it.

[fickle field]

I'm currently remastering my old characters with betters stories and- well, when you find it... do it. Trust me, it is the best thing to ever do with your characters.

[still plover]

Three Sentence Backstory. Fits on a business card. Just enough to act as a character's passport, to seem like a person from a place that's done stuff and is going somewhere.

[twilit sail]

I want to write a villain oc who is working w the heroic party to save their s/o

[fickle field]

That's such a great idea.

[rough basalt]

Like the paladins story is a paladin saved her life on the road after assassins attacked her, so she wanted to be a hero like that instead of a noblewoman so she basically rebelled and became a paladin and the intent was her coming to terms with the reality of "being a hero like that"

[cursive fjord]

I had a Paladin i played into a corner that I had to let go, i need to revamp him

[rough basalt]

It was my first I'd say borderline lawful stupid paladin lol

[fickle field]

That's an interesting concept.

[rough basalt]

Had a no kill rule for humanoids, wouldn't turn on the party for not sharing it cause "we're in battle, I can't hold you to the same ideals as I", but would encourage them when they did show mercy to Humanoid enemies.

[fickle field]

Ok, well don't do that.

[rough basalt]

I don't see what the problem was. It's not like I didn't participate in combat, I just used non-lethal and support spells on allies here and there.

[woven flint]

We almost TPK'd to the moose, but our Druid locked in

[rough basalt]

That's amazing

[severe rampart]

is Icewind Dale just fighting animals??

[rough basalt]

I love icewind dale

[woven flint]

No

[severe rampart]

Moose, Deer, Fish 😭

[fickle field]

Well... don't be like, super against killing. But it would be interesting if he had a rule where there was uneccesary killing.

[rough basalt]

There's quite a bit of wildlife but no.

[woven flint]

But it was rough.

I did the most damage to it, at least :]

[severe rampart]

Paladin?

[rough basalt]

It was strictly humanoids and humanoid-likes.

[woven flint]

Yeap

[severe rampart]

Stradin?

[fickle field]

Still, that can be annoying to have sometimes.

[rough basalt]

It's annoying if you shove it in people's faces.

[severe rampart]

It sounds like Sora's group was quite alright with it

Sure, it can be annoying if you don't talk to them beforehand, but if everyone is alright with it then there is no issue.

[fickle field]

Ok, good. I do also have a character like that in my campaign. He's a good character, but he's not like never kill anyone.

[fickle field]

Fair enough. Also, hello! How's your day today.

[severe rampart]

7.8/10, too much water

[woven flint]

Yeah, of course

I'm a Triton Paladin

But like.. not really

[severe rampart]

Hell yeah! My view on paladins has changed ever since I played one in a dangerous campaign

[rough basalt]

It was a compelling to play character cause before I left that game she was questioning whether you "can be a hero like that" without killing someone.

[severe rampart]

Yeah because of the (spoiler)

[woven flint]

You remember :]

[severe rampart]

I always remember

except for when I don't

[fickle field]

Well, it's nice to meet you and I hope your day get's better.

[rough basalt]

Cause of a town massacre she witnessed at a person's hands shortly before I left the game.

[errant crag]

I've been realizing that my players fight animals a lot

More often than any other creature type

[edgy badge]

Hi

[severe rampart]

I've been realizing that my players fight with animals a lot

Druid got a taste of how good Conjure Animals is

[rough basalt]

I would like to play a character like that again.
Someone active who has reasons for what they're doing.

Rather than just rolling dice and talking here and there.

[severe rampart]

You can have a 20 int wizard who is dumb

[still plover]

Do you mean they make bad choices?

[severe rampart]

Yup

[edgy badge]

Could someone help me understand the rules to dnd i have never played before

[still plover]

Check out the #dnd-newcomers channel, lots of helpful guides there. Do ask if you're after advice about something specific.

[odd imp]

hey how do i go about searching for a one shot game for a couple friends and myself?

[severe rampart]

So, how about them dungeons Mr. Smith?

[odd imp]

for tonight if possible..

[still plover]

Boy do I like them. And the dragons, man, don't get me started on the dragons.

[severe rampart]

Ohh yeah, I love me some dragons, themberchaud for one

[still plover]

-# That wasn't Themberchaud that passed by...

[still plover]

Check the posts in #looking-for-players , LFG on Reddit, Roll20 or the D&D Beyond forums and cross your fingers. It's not usually a pick up and play kind of game.

[warm meadow]

I have some knowledge

[minor cargo]

Working on today's D&D subclass workout. Gonna do Reanimator Artificer from UA (and maaaaaaaybe it'll be in Ravenloft Horrors Within?!).

Gonna work on some "dead stop" movements with a "jolt to life". Just need to decide if my deadstop movement will be deadlifts or squats or shoulder presses or push-ups or...-

Edit: Maybe bench press from bar into plyometric ("clapping") push-ups...

[knotty vine]

Take a gander

[edgy badge]

When reading the rule book should I read the entire thing or not I just want to be able to start the campaign the starter set gives me

[hollow bluff]

Hello

[edgy badge]

Hello

[hollow bluff]

How you doin partner

[edgy badge]

Not bad just started learning the rules wbu

[minor cargo]

I definitely recommend not reading the entire thing. Just read the parts that are relevant. So if you're a player, your class (features) and possibly your spells.

Otherwise it's just too much and you'll likely not retain what's important.

[edgy badge]

Ok thanks but what if I’m a dm?

[minor cargo]

I would read up on how combat works in general (initiative, attack rolls/AC, etc.). If you're working from a premade adventure, read over that and understand the major events. And then read over the monsters you plan on using.

I wouldn't say you need to memorize stuff, but generally get familiar so when you are using the rules/mechanics you get more of an "aha!" moment and less of struggling to learn it brand new.

[edgy badge]

Alr thank you

[noble ermine]

Hey guys, what type of dragon should it be?

[deft arch]

how would you all handle enlarge/reduce and specific monster effects that affect a creature of size X? For example, if I'm a level 3 moon druid and get Enlarged while in Dire Wolf form, would you consider my bite to knock Huge creatures prone also? Here's the wording as is from the MM:

Bite. Melee Attack Roll: +5, reach 5 ft. Hit: 8 (1d10 + 3) Piercing damage. If the target is a Large or smaller creature, it has the Prone condition.

[frail wasp]

sure Id allow it

[deft arch]

Little baby pseudodragon of course!

Or a green dragon and you could get pretty juicy with how you flavor that 👀

[hot reef]

RAW it doesn’t change, but it makes sense as a ruling since it’s consistent with grappling rules

[deft arch]

^ Yeah that's my thoughts too.. I feel like it would be a common house rule but RAW it's very clear. I wish those stat blocks just said "up to your size" or "up to one size larger/smaller" or whatever but alas

[noble ermine]

That could work

[noble ermine]

But what d you mean by this

[deft arch]

green dragons like to bind sentient creatures to their will, and can be very manipulative

[noble ermine]

So…

You’re saying, for this, the green dragon is like the Gordon Ramsay of the kitchen?

[deft arch]

so up to your imagination! Couple scenarios I can think of are:

• Green dragon is being forced to serve the lich in the bar, but is subtly growing an army of creatures...
• dragon's lair is really the bar and it is the mastermind of the operation, but simply acts as a benevolent taste taster. Occasionally lets some special brews in that charm patrons and employees

[noble ermine]

…

That’s actually a good idea

[minor cargo]

I know it’s not creative, but I’d also go with a pseudo dragon - because they’re much smaller, and thus don’t need as much food.

Unless of course there’s some notorious dragon that hunts nearby. But the staff don’t have much to say about thank, wink.

[fossil hollow]

#dnd-advertisements

[viral kraken]

i might try #dnd-advertisements if that helps

[fierce tendon]

Sorry about that, thanks for pointing me to the right place!

[severe rampart]

turn 1 for combat, I hate playing martials. I rolled a 1, 6, 3, 6, 5, and then a 2 on my attacks (Used both luck points and heroic inspiration and action surge...)

[onyx sluice]

bad rolls would screw any class up

[eager marsh]

casters with half damage on a save laughing

[onyx sluice]

NPC with high dex and Evasion laughing

[eager marsh]

enemies with high dex still take half on save. enemies with evasion are almost nonexistent

[fossil hollow]

My level 1 party was somehow able to deal aith a CR 5 and 3 almost back to back with just a short rest

[eager marsh]

also aoes that arent dex saves exist

[lean wigeon]

deserved for playing a stinky martial

[severe rampart]

This is why Charisma casters are better

[rough basalt]

Icewind Dale is a dangerous place. But not for them.

[delicate owl]

If only I could have such a challenge 🙁

[echo rampart]

Can I join someone party

[still plover]

Check the listings in #looking-for-players for games that want people, read the details, respond as appropriate and cross your fingers.

Type /looking and select the option for #looking-for-dm to advertise yourself as a new player in search of a group. Be sure to include your regular availability!

There are other Discord servers where people gather for games. You can find them in #looking-for-community .

Aside from here, you could also try LFG areas in sites like Reddit, Roll20 or the D&D Beyond forums to get started.

[twilit sail]

I wan a text rp game

But theyre all full 🙁

Ig i could join a community

[minor cargo]

Alright, figured it out:

Artificer - Re-animator Workout:

Jolt of Life - 20 minutes to max:

• 2 bench press w 2s pause

Then
"Fearless, and therefore powerful" - TABATA 40s on/20s off, 4 rounds:

• DB Snatch L
• DB Snatch R
• Deadstop push-up
• Frankenstein side lunge L
• Frankenstein side lunge R

That was fun! Sweaty but fun lol

[median chasm]

Just got a set of dice to play at hs

[undone rain]

So which races raise your wisdom scores

[severe rampart]

None

Not 2024 iirc

[undone rain]

What, surely theres gotta be atleast one

[fossil hollow]

Not in 2024. You get WIS increase from backgrounds

[severe rampart]

No.

[undone rain]

Why do they have to overcomplicate everything jeez

[severe rampart]

wait a minute, John Ranger??

[severe rampart]

What? it's a good thing.

[fossil hollow]

Its equally as "complicated" on species

[undone rain]

Its the fact that i gotta keep track on which system does what

[severe rampart]

Just pick your background

[severe rampart]

You don't have to

all you have to do is read what you need to read for your own character

[undone rain]

Kinda makes sense to change it to backgrounds atleast

[undone rain]

Got no idea what your talking aaaaboooout

[normal canyon]

Hello

Do ye like homebrews or nah.

[severe rampart]

Varies

[viral kraken]

i mean if you have A Million Homebrews i am certain i will like some of them

[undone rain]

Theres bound to be some good if thats the case

[blissful ibex]

I have 0 homebrews and like all 0 of them

[normal canyon]

More like a hundred but ok

[viral kraken]

false advertising!

[blissful ibex]

#homebrew sure does though c:

[undone rain]

500 homebrews

[blissful ibex]

525600 homebrews

[normal canyon]

67 homebrews.

[viral kraken]

that's a couple few alright

[undone rain]

Dont you dare

[viral kraken]

we used to be able to afford to laugh at 69, now we can only afford 67.

[feral fulcrum]

Where's my wand of Banishing

[severe rampart]

that's psychic damage dealt to me

[calm spindle]

I made my first character on d&d beyond, what next 😭

[fossil hollow]

you find a game

[stuck shuttle]

If you’d like it reviewed I recommend sharing it in #character-discussion . Otherwise if you feel ready you can look for a group to play with. Using this server we have instructions in #find-a-game

[blissful ibex]

Once you've made a practice character head over to #character-discussion to have it looked over.

Feel free to ask any questions you still have on the game in #dnd-newcomers or check out the resources in #learn-to-play ; There's a short interactive module you can play to get a feel for the game, or you could seek out gameplay videos online. Once you're ready to play, head over to #find-a-game, one of the many LFG discord servers, r/lfg on reddit, or your friendly local game store. If you'd like a printable character sheet, those can be found here.

[calm spindle]

So I submit my character into there? How do I like save the pdf?

[blissful ibex]

with ddb you just set it to be public and share the link

just ask if someone can look it over to make sure you did everything correctly/forgot anything

[calm spindle]

Ohh ok lemme try and do that rq… I’m sorry I’m like very new to this… I wanted to start cuz my gf into this and I’ve been wanting to start for a year now

[blissful ibex]

you're good c:

[calm spindle]

Tysm 😭

Ok ok how do I save link 😭

[blissful ibex]

I think you just like copy/paste the link; unsure as I don't use ddb myself; I prefer roll20

[calm spindle]

Ohh

[stuck shuttle]

On the final sheet there’s a share button right next to the long/short rest button on the upper right of the page

If you click that share button you can either generate a PDF to share or share the link to the page directly

[calm spindle]

Ok it’s shared

[final sage]

How can u get a monk to use spells?

[viral kraken]

magic initiate would do the trick right?

[lone coral]

shadow monk

[final sage]

And can you use variant Aasimars race for the 3 or 2 spell they give

[blissful ibex]

or run the Mystic Warrior Subclass out of the fairly recent UA

[final sage]

Wait how do u get that sudclass on dnd beyno

[blissful ibex]

You'd need access to the 5.5e(2024) Player's Hand Book

[final sage]

Can you plz explain that to make because im still kinda new

[final sage]

Thx

[blissful ibex]

It's playtest material; your DM would need to approve it and you'd need ot manually enter it as 'homebrew' into that section of ddb if you're using ddb as ddb no longer supports Unearthed Arcana content

Basically a beta for a possibly upcomming subclass

[final sage]

Nice i use and make homebrew a good bit alright thx you

[blissful ibex]

but that subclass is basically a Monk that gets access to Sorcerer magic

let me find the PDF for you, sec

[final sage]

Ok let me find it

[blissful ibex]

https://media.dndbeyond.com/compendium-images/ua/mystic-subclasses/mrF6k4xf0yYFJL2m/UA2026-MysticSubclasses.pdf here you go

it's the first one on there

[final sage]

Ok thx u

My thing is rip_blaze09

My main stuff is not on it the pulibc were test one

[edgy badge]

On the character sheet skills part can you only use the ones with the black dot

[stuck shuttle]

The black dots just denote which skills you have proficiency in

Your DM may call for you to make any kind of ability check, regardless of if you have the relevant proficiency or not

[tacit halo]

I Was just gonna shadowquit but i guess im just gonna have to say it out loud to my whole party (╯°□°)╯︵ ┻━┻

DM just royally p'd me off

[empty thicket]

The ones with dark dot normally mean you are proficient with it, meaning it get upgraded
While the rest you can use them but they wont have such upgrades.
Rogue for example get Expertise that is a higher upgrade than proficiency

[tacit halo]

They just Killed off a PC by running them straight into a horde of enemies

This was due to the PC failing a Saving throw to "Enraging Gas"

That per the DM

While enraged she was under the DM’s control

[empty thicket]

Oh and there is this feat Skilled / Skill Expert who give you upgrades to one skill and expertise to another

[tacit halo]

Sorry to butt in about this

But this literally happened like 10 minutes ago

[blissful ibex]

yeeeaaahh, That's a massive red flag >.>

[twin sierra]

Guys how do I make homebrew in the dnd beyond app?

[blissful ibex]

there's a section for it somewhere on the website; not sure about the app. #homebrew or #ddb-support could likely help more

[twin sierra]

K thx

[uncut zenith]

AFAIK you don’t. The DDB app is more of a database for the books you purchased and character sheets but it’s not designed for homebrewing

As far as homebrewing on DDB goes, you’re better off using the browser site instead of the app.

[twin sierra]

Ah ok

[tacit halo]

On top of a mountain of Black and Red flags

#tales-from-the-table message

#tales-from-the-table message

[minor cargo]

That really sucks. Sorry to hear that. 💔

[twin sierra]

I just can't really use a browser right now

[tacit halo]

This has been like a month in the makng

[uncut zenith]

Sorry to hear that, but those are kinda your options

[twin sierra]

K

[tacit halo]

Also

I was just planning on bringing a plan for an exit up to my dm of my character either going on a priavteerimg spree or on a s- run to attack a city thats been our enemy

Then i got told of the PC Death

Keep in mind this was ina. 1x1 mini adventure

[pseudo mortar]

I don’t really expect anyone here to talk to me.

[blissful ibex]

Well, you expected wrong!

[pseudo mortar]

Haha maybe I did 😅 but I’m glad you proved me wrong.

[pseudo mortar]

You seem pretty easy to talk to actually what made you join here in the first place?

[blissful ibex]

Had been playing for a while and realized I'd never joined the official server 😅

[tacit halo]

||I joined because well

D&D||

[ebon apex]

So i was just re reading a bunch of the feats. Is Lucky literally just one of the best ones?

the others have very specific use cases while Lucky is just always good

[pseudo mortar]

Haha fair enough 😅 sometimes you play a game for so long and only later realize there’s a whole community around it. How’s your experience been here so far?

[blissful ibex]

Do you mean 5e(2014) Lucky or 5.5e(2024) Lucky; because they're very different feats

[ebon apex]

2014, i dont know how .5 works and i refuse to learn it

[blissful ibex]

yeah; 5e'14 Lucky was mega busted

[ebon apex]

basically just getting 3 free rerolls whenever per long rest is incredibly good

[blissful ibex]

Dece

[ebon apex]

also being able to possibly prevent a hit on your or at the very least being able to stop a critical hit

[blissful ibex]

Ye, it only imposes Advantage (or disadvantage on attacks against you) in 5.5e; but you get PB uses of it per LR and you can start the game with it as an Origin Feat; so it's sill fairly decent

They had to tone it down quite a bit

[ebon apex]

...what is pb and lr

[blissful ibex]

Profficiency Bonus; Long Rest

[ebon apex]

ah ok, i am not used to seeing those abbreviated

but yeah so many of the feats in '14 just seem so underwhelming

like 2 different ones give you more health

a bunch are just fine

[empty thicket]

Tough and? what is the another?

[blissful ibex]

which is one of the nice things they fixed in 5.5e; they made a lot of them half ASIs and also buffed several

[ebon apex]

great weapon master continues to be amazing

[pseudo mortar]

Are you saying it’s kind of average so far? 😄

[blissful ibex]

I think the Dwarf specific one

[blissful ibex]

It's fine; lots of fun people here to discuss with c:

[ebon apex]

nvm i misread it. durable is just better healing

but it does increase your Con so technically more health

but then there are feats like keen mind, which are really neat on paper but vary wildly on how good they are depending on dm

because if stuff like time matter then its amazing

or being able to basically strong arm your dm into reminding you of something with the feat

[empty thicket]

okey okey

[ebon apex]

what

[blissful ibex]

it's a spam bot, ignore it

[ebon apex]

HAH, real time kick witnessed

[pseudo mortar]

That sounds like a good vibe 🙂

Do you chat a lot here or just play quietly?

[severe rampart]

Some chat more than others

Games aren't hosted here btw

[blissful ibex]

This isn't really a server to play on

[severe rampart]

There's an echo in here

[blissful ibex]

Mostly chat and offering support to people with questions

[blissful ibex]

And it's you

[ebon apex]

Echo? i didnt hear any echoes

[severe rampart]

I got 17 hours before a session, what to do...

[blissful ibex]

I got thirty minutes

[severe rampart]

Whatcha playing

[blissful ibex]

One of our players is out so we're running a One Shot i think

not sure yet; one of the other players might be running

The table is a post Frozen Sick Homebrew campaign though

[severe rampart]

I see

[minor cargo]

We chat. We argue. We laugh and cry. We make Linkin Park references - but in the end, it doesn’t even matter.

[blissful ibex]

DM's first campaign IIRC; has been doing a good job so far

[pseudo mortar]

Ohh got it.

[craggy drift]

any ideas on how to make a character Zoro themed? i’ve seen alot of people recommend battle master into swashbuckler

[pseudo mortar]

That actually makes sense more of a chill space for talking and helping people out.

[severe rampart]

battlemaster sounds about right

Maybe one that uses Rapier + Shortsword or Scimitar

[minor cargo]

I would do Champion and leave the flourish to flavor. But yeah battlemaster is very good.

[blissful ibex]

Valor Bard could also work, depending on which character we're talking about O_o

[whole otter]

Hi, Somebody here play D&D in SPANISH, i have a some days play in beyond with maps, and i wanna talk with somebody with more experience for changes ideas or play with us 8 )

[severe rampart]

Unfortunately not the place, maybe you'll have some luck in #looking-for-community though

[severe rampart]

Love Valor Bard

Gotta dip in fighter though

[blissful ibex]

ooh, or bladelock

[severe rampart]

Hmm... What should my next character be...

[empty thicket]

ugh.... wish i could speak in spanish here but sadly it wont be

[craggy drift]

what about the level distribution? i’ve seen people online say to do a 5 level dip into battlemaster and the rest in swash

[empty thicket]

want to rolla 1d12 to determinate it?

[whole otter]

a very aprecciate it, i a little lost with so many channels xD

[severe rampart]

Wynaut

Not gonna play a martial, though

[pseudo mortar]

If no one here minds, can I ask something? @blissful ibex @severe rampart @craggy drift

[craggy drift]

i don’t mind

[blissful ibex]

What's up?

[noble ermine]

For that special brews part
What about people who don’t drink alcohol
And I know they could put it in food
But what about people that don’t eat at all? Like warforged, undead, etc.

[severe rampart]

What up

[buoyant nest]

hey so i originally was in this server a long time ago and got banned (IMO wrongfully) for making a homebrew campaign that was just "a little" to off the edge of the rules for dnd. it still followed the base ruleset but i was removed access to the posting for LFG's. i am a dungeon master and also a player and since this is the most popular dnd server in discord id love to be able to regain access. does anyone know.. well, how?

[severe rampart]

Probably have to go to #moderator-support .

[noble ermine]

How would they charm them then?

[craggy drift]

btw echo

[pseudo mortar]

Look

Don’t take it the wrong way, I’m new in this server, so will someone guide me?

[empty thicket]

then go warlock

Fey or celestial ,chose what make you happier

[pseudo mortar]

What is D&D?

[severe rampart]

Hm... or I could play a Sorcerer :)

[craggy drift]

Wizard supremacy 🧙‍♂️

[broken imp]

a real old TTRPG

[blissful ibex]

Here's the recomended reading/process for learning the game and finding/starting a table:

[For Players]
Read the information in 'Playing the Game'; Then follow allong with 'Creating A Character' using either the dnd beyond character builder or roll20 to make a practice character before heading over to #character-discussion to have it looked over.

Feel free to ask any questions you still have in #dnd-newcomers or check out the resources in #learn-to-play ; There's a short interactive module you can play to get a feel for the game, or you could seek out gameplay videos online. Once you're ready to play, head over to #find-a-game, one of the many LFG discord servers, r/lfg on reddit, or your friendly local game store. If you'd like a printable character sheet, those can be found here.

[For DMs]
Read the information in 'Playing the Game', 'The Basics', and 'DM's Toolbox'
Feel free to ask any questions you still have in #dnd-newcomers, #dm-discussion, or check out the resources in #learn-to-play. Once you're ready to play, head over to #find-a-game for instructions on how to post to #looking-for-players or browse #looking-for-dm to find a group looking for someone to DM for them.

[severe rampart]

Charisma casters are just better

[craggy drift]

Just admit you haven’t been to school ohohoho 🧙‍♂️

[blissful ibex]

It's the worst stat though q_q
WotC should have kept it so Warlocks could be your choice of stat q_q

[empty thicket]

but warlock funny patron thingy

[broken imp]

gasp what?! bard is cool i guess but wizard better

[blissful ibex]

mostly because the social pillar is my least favorite; otherwise it's fine

[craggy drift]

my wizbro

[severe rampart]

Charisma isn't just Bards.

[empty thicket]

wizard is good but bard give that juicy inspiration

and other many things

[severe rampart]

Sorcerers, Warlocks, and Paladins, for one

[cerulean monolith]

Are you ready to embark on fantasy adventures with your friends? Dungeons & Dragons invites you to play imaginary adventurers who delve into dungeons and other perilous locations together, face fearsome foes such as dragons, and build friendships forged amid fantastical dangers.
Fueled by imagination and rules, D&D invites you to adopt a fantasy persona—a mighty Fighter, a cunning Rogue, a faithful Cleric, a magical Wizard, or something else—and then solve problems, fight monsters, and visit wondrous places.
There’s no winning and losing in D&D, at least not the way those terms are usually understood. Together you and friends create an exciting story of adventurers who confront perils. Sometimes an adventurer might come to a tragic end. Even so, the other adventurers can search for powerful magic to revive their fallen comrade, or the character’s player might create a new character to carry on. No matter what happens, if everyone has a good time and creates a memorable story, they all win.

[empty thicket]

he is in fact, the rogue and ranger of the casters

[broken imp]

sorcerers? really?

[severe rampart]

What's wrong with Sorcerers?

[broken imp]

ranger is so nice i made a really optimized combat build with it and i think it's a bit too strong

[broken imp]

it uses cha? nothing wrong tho

[empty thicket]

ranger is okey, not bad but not the best of them all

[severe rampart]

Yes?? it concerns me you don't know that

[cerulean monolith]

Who needs to argue over which class is better when you can go to #optimization and discover that the only valid classes are Wizard and Warlock

[blissful ibex]

and druid!

[broken imp]

huh well i haven't play one or have anyone of my player play it for like 1y and um yea

[severe rampart]

never touching that channel

[cerulean monolith]

I believe they tend to say “some Druids” iirc

Or maybe it was some Warlocks. Can’t remember

[blissful ibex]

druid is third

[severe rampart]

optimization is 90% 2014 rules

[empty thicket]

i think each one fill a spot
Wizard is versatile like fighter

[severe rampart]

that might be an understatement

[broken imp]

ranger is better combat wise assuming they're not play till like lv20

[blissful ibex]

hence why I'm rarely in there >.>

[cerulean monolith]

Nope you’re wrong if you’re not playing a Wizard or Warlock you’re suboptimal

[severe rampart]

us 5.5e players 😔

[blissful ibex]

5e rules are bunk

[pseudo mortar]

Thanks for putting all that together thats actually a really clear guide for beginners.

[blissful ibex]

Druidlock best "class"

[severe rampart]

that's MAD ba dum tiss

[empty thicket]

kinda, i think both can fit in almost ANY campaign and they can fit many fantazies

[blissful ibex]

Yes; but they complement eachother exceedingly well

[severe rampart]

Oh? do tell

[broken imp]

at lv8 on my first turn assuming: 20dex, i goes first, have surprise, using hand crossbow
2 * (1d6 + 10 + 2d6) + (1d6 + 10 + 2d6 + 1d8) + (1d6 + 10 + 2d6)
i swear i'm missing smt but i can't remember rn off the top of my head

oh yea i remember now extra atk

[blissful ibex]

Druid lacks stopping power (especialyl single target ) and Warlock lacks utility/bredth of options

also I have like most of the skills covered stat wise

it's a very good setup for the Exploration Pillar of play and is also decent in combat

[empty thicket]

funnily enough i think warlock is the other side of a coin

[pseudo mortar]

But theres one problem.😔

[empty thicket]

where there is artificer
While warlock invocations center on him
Infussions can be shared with the team

[scenic zinc]

Huh

Neither of those two statements are correct

[broken imp]

fyi u want longer messages and not split them really short because it's considered spamming here, same with single emoji, and text formatting should be avoided (personal experience) also avoid links other than from dndbeyond too unless ur sure

[fossil hollow]

wot

[blissful ibex]

I dunno XD; they just work ™

[empty thicket]

Still i would say, warlock celestial have really juicy stuff. Sadly its... pact things are okey

[blissful ibex]

Having the extra 3rd level slots is rather nice because most of druid's decent spells are at 3rd

also EBARB is a nice option to lean on

and EIs working in Wildshape is kinda nice c:
even if I only rarely use it

also getting access to stuff like Counterspell off of warlock is clutch

[severe rampart]

EBARB and Spike Growth right?

[blissful ibex]

I don't run Eldritch Cheese Grater; a little too cheeseey for me

[broken imp]

yea warlock is really fun to play, same with sorcerer, tho there's one thing that i really like and my players enjoyed too was an amulet of wildmagic it was kinda chaotic but really fun, better then wildmagic sorcerer

[scenic zinc]

A warlock/druid multiclass is very, very MAD

[severe rampart]

I let my players lawnmover last session

[empty thicket]

wildmagic is... dangerous but funny to play

or seems to, didnt had the chance yet

[noble ermine]

Do they just lace the air?

[broken imp]

it's really funny tho it took me like 2h in total to make a wildmagic table because i didn't like the one on the PHB with the subclass

[late kernel]

Theres a lot of talk about being unprepared for players doing stupid stuff, but I recently encountered the rare case of me as the dm being unprepared for the stupid stuff I just did.

I'm so cooked.

[noble ermine]

Do they polymorphism them then charm them

HOW WOULD THEY DO IT!?!?!?

[fossil hollow]

You dont need to be physically attractive to be charming

[late kernel]

This is true.

[severe rampart]

My favorite trope :)

[fossil hollow]

Example:
OG Sirens of Greek Mythology

[late kernel]

My favourite example of this is rumplestiltskin from Once Upon a Time, if anyone's seen that.

[severe rampart]

My favorite is when a character's personality just shines through

[cobalt escarp]

sirens used some form of magic didnt they?

[noble ermine]

This

[noble ermine]

And this

[fossil hollow]

their song was supernatural yeah

[late kernel]

We all know the famous three Harpies, Sam Dean and Cas.

[empty thicket]

the one that hte book give wasnt good for you?

[broken imp]

lol luckily i had a lot of practice with improv on my players doing stupid stuff after my current party of newbies did some stuff ranging from dumb to no really appropriate for the school dnd club we're in

[broken imp]

no i didn't like some of the things, kept about a third but edited some and made some new ones

[noble ermine]

@fossil hollow
there are people that needn’t eat and drink, so how would the green dragon charm them/force them to do its bidding?

[late kernel]

I accidentally improved too hard and set a God loose on the campaign setting...

[noble ermine]

???

[severe rampart]

So the dragon is making them indulge in desires?

[fossil hollow]

what does eating and breathing have to do with charm?

[severe rampart]

Just make that, activities, festivals, games, things that they would love.

[empty thicket]

any example of? im curious ngl

[severe rampart]

Make it like paradise so they'll never want to leave.

[noble ermine]

Quoted from the person:

so up to your imagination! Couple scenarios I can think of are:

• Green dragon is being forced to serve the lich in the bar, but is subtly growing an army of creatures...
• dragon's lair is really the bar and it is the mastermind of the operation, but simply acts as a benevolent taste taster. Occasionally lets some special brews in that charm patrons and employees

[fossil hollow]

Those are examples

[severe rampart]

Can you refresh our brain?? What are you talking about?

[fossil hollow]

you can think of something else for stuff that doesnt need nourishment

[noble ermine]

Like what

[fossil hollow]

dunno

[noble ermine]

Undead and warfoged can’t breathe, so poisoning the air can’t do much

[fossil hollow]

Warforge are only resistant to Poison

[severe rampart]

Again, what are you talking about? what is this for?

[cobalt escarp]

the poison in the air could rust the metal or something

[noble ermine]

That would kill/disable them, not make the dragon able to mind control them
-_-

[fossil hollow]

why does it have to outright kill?

[severe rampart]

That's what happens when you don't give context to what you're talking about

[fossil hollow]

again, warforge are resistant to poison

[late kernel]

A lot of things you can just handwave as the result of magic, it's what I do.

[viral kraken]

it looks like the new warforged do not say they do not need to breathe, just that they do not gain exhaustion from suffocation

[noble ermine]

Warforged are robots, as of such, they don’t breathe

[cobalt escarp]

if a funny man with a funny hat can light people of fire with a thought, a robot can be mind controled

[noble ermine]

Rust damages metal

[half igloo]

which means they do not need to breathe

[fossil hollow]

doesnt mean it kills outright

fire damages humans

[noble ermine]

Could kill over time

[fossil hollow]

keyword, over time

[late kernel]

Precisely.

[cobalt escarp]

im pretty sure some parts of warforged are organic

[fossil hollow]

Im not even sure what youre asking at this point

[viral kraken]

that's not the same as they "can't" breathe which is what was asserted. in 2014, they didn't need to breathe, but there is no such text in the newest release of them.

[empty thicket]

yeah, like all the constructs if im not wrong

and you cant use "spare the dying" on them too isnt it?

[fossil hollow]

constructs are typically immune

[half igloo]

why would a machine breathe?

[fossil hollow]

in 2024, Spare the Dying and healing spells all work on Constructs

[viral kraken]

ask an iron lung i guess? i am not sure

[noble ermine]

Going back to the subject, how would the dragon mind control them?

[fossil hollow]

using Magic

[empty thicket]

okey okey

[cobalt escarp]

by taking over whatever gives them sentience

[half igloo]

I guess if its a steam punk kind of construct but im not sure what air would do for it

[fossil hollow]

they get Charm magic

[empty thicket]

magic or they presence would submit you and force you
Isnt your mind the one doing what it say, its your body in panic mode

[broken imp]

surrounded by music, shout when you speak, immune to be drunk is a few

[late kernel]

Honestly, trying to make stuff too realistic is just going to have you going in circles in a world of dragons and fireballs. Sometimes the answer is just "because they used magic."

[scenic zinc]

Is your question about narrative or mechanics?

[empty thicket]

oh, those were silly but i understood why you would change them

[noble ermine]

Both

[fossil hollow]

Spells

[scenic zinc]

Then Nxffy has the best answer - magic.

[broken imp]

yea right? my player kept asking what happened to te players who weren't here and kept asking for more and more realist reasons until i ask them well we haven't been tracking carrying capacity, food, water, sleep...

[rough basalt]

Magic is always the best explanation

[cobalt escarp]

warforged and autognomes are sentient for a reason, something gives them that. mind control spells and effects take over whatever that thing is

[late kernel]

I gave up on tracking rations a few sessions in.

[empty thicket]

magic is tricky, is why i dont use any (Beside my weapons and equipment)

[broken imp]

yep exactly, magic

[rough basalt]

If players try to access narrative magic, tellem it doesn't work

[empty thicket]

Players must justify their magic

[late kernel]

Nah, let them have access to narrative magic but make em work for it.

[rough basalt]

Trying to comprehend it causes your brain severe pain or burns your hands as you touch the narrative spellbook.

[broken imp]

i told them it interferes with the lady of pains plan, and um yea : )

[scenic zinc]

"Dude. We're playing a game. The character isn't there because the player isn't. Chill."

[rough basalt]

That would require making the spell. Too much work.

[late kernel]

I love doing unnecessary work for my players I'm just a glutton for punishment.

[rough basalt]

I need to find balance.

[late kernel]

I made them all little paper minis for their combat today :D

[rough basalt]

I did write out the spell used to bring a PC back in my Monday game.

It's called "Essaems Eternal Puppet"

[broken imp]

lol same, tho i always use the stuff i make, sometime i think up a really weird items and test them out on my players too

[rough basalt]

It's a True Resurrection that makes the target subservient to you until you die and doesn't need the targets consent. (It's an evil spell)

[late kernel]

Sometimes I just throw weird NPCs at them when I think they've earned a treat.

[broken imp]

i really need this to use on my fellow party members /j

[pseudo mortar]

@blissful ibex If you don't mind.

[late kernel]

And I finally managed to strike a balance on making homebrew monsters that posed a real threat!

[rough basalt]

Usually it involves turning their body into a living doll. It started as a reflavored reborn.

[late kernel]

Ugh, I love DMing.

[pseudo mortar]

Can you send a friend request 🙏

[rough basalt]

Tho there's a lower level version I haven't written out yet

[severe rampart]

the trick was to not to try to make it balanced

[rough basalt]

But it's eviller.

[severe rampart]

Sometimes I do get carried away, killed two PCs last session, they got revivified, though

[rough basalt]

And its sister spell only works with constructs.

[late kernel]

Honestly yeah! That was the advice I got and it worked like a charm.

[broken imp]

oh last time i tried this it was real confusing for me as the dm and my players because i was very unclear with my wording and i uhh kinda forgot the second half on another piece of paper

[rough basalt]

It's based and named off of Soulkiller from Cyberpunk.

[late kernel]

I lost a PC today.

[broken imp]

ah yes perfect exactly the right mindset

[severe rampart]

first time?

[empty thicket]

i will try to find a way to get a raise teh dead, if not reincarnate or smt like that.
Killed friend for accident

[late kernel]

Yeah, first time. Poor guy had his soul atomized when a God took over his body.

[rough basalt]

I like there being narrative reasons for resurrection.

[broken imp]

my party got TPKed because they decides to fight a beholder for it's treasures (they're at lv3, the the beholder is buffs as it's a opt story boss for later on)

[rough basalt]

If the party can't do it themselves.

[severe rampart]

Indeed

they didn't have a diamond to revive

[empty thicket]

How bad i am if i have to fight a Solars?

[severe rampart]

so I made them sacrifice their rare magic items, along with a cost

[pseudo mortar]

Can I ask where you from?

[errant crag]

Cartographer Artificer is so darn nice

[broken imp]

depends, somewhat to very

[errant crag]

Being able to teleport twice on my turn with just my movement is super sick

[empty thicket]

of what?

[rough basalt]

Yeah it's a cool sub

[severe rampart]

Weird thing to ask somebody, we just met

if you must know the most I will be comfortable giving you is that I am asian.

[empty thicket]

damn, knowing china is tehre the number is giga big so hard to find

if i said from where i am, that is the Antartica, that is giga easy to doxe

less of 100 people there

[broken imp]

if it's directly ur fault or indirectly

[empty thicket]

in which i have more chances of winning? or at least surviving?

i read there is only 24 of them.... im scared

[broken imp]

um neither if they really wanna kill u

u should be fine if ur higher lv tho

[late kernel]

Your best bet is not getting on their bad side, really.

[empty thicket]

Oh...

[late kernel]

Same reason you don't interfere with divine plans, just not a fight you can win (easily)

[empty thicket]

So if there is one i might not be in the right place..... damn...

[pseudo mortar]

Yeah, thats totally fair.
No need to share anything you’re not comfortable with, especially when we’ve just met. I wasn’t trying to push it was just casual curiosity.

[idle oar]

Please also note the User Safety section of our server rules and avoid soliciting/sharing personally identifying information.

[austere reef]

How do I apologize to my DM

[broken imp]

if there's just the solar it's not that bad, but usually kill a god's servant is not the best idea

[late kernel]

Sincerely.

[broken imp]

"sorry {what happened}"

[austere reef]

I'm no good with apologies I have to repay my debts

[late kernel]

Terrible idea.

[pseudo mortar]

Got it.

[broken imp]

just talk to him/her

[empty thicket]

Okey, time to confess that you all might not like
Im living in you all bags of holdings.

[broken imp]

yea in general working against a god is a bad idea

[late kernel]

In my session today I may have pitted my party against a God.

The God is however confined to a human body so they're not overly cooked.

[novel ridge]

Oh hi there Booster Gold pfp

[pseudo mortar]

So are we not allowed to talk privately with someone if they’re comfortable with it?

[idle oar]

The server rules are for what happens here on our server

[empty thicket]

And im going to be honest with some of you all, please clean your bags of holding, its disgusting

[idle oar]

If you have questions about the server rules, come to #moderator-support and ask for a private thread.

[late kernel]

Listen, our artificer promised to install plumbing in a Noble's castle, realised he couldn't do it and just mounted a bag of holding to the bottom of it.

[severe rampart]

Okay Bagman.

[limber trail]

Wonder what’s gonna happen once the bag of holding runs out of space

Bet that noble’s gonna be real mad

[late kernel]

Me too, man. Me too.

[crimson gulch]

Nah its like cast iron, mine is Seasoned

[severe rampart]

Hmm... really thinking about if I should use a 9th level spell against level 6 players

[late kernel]

Depends on the spell.

[crimson gulch]

I have

[severe rampart]

Meteor Swarm, Wish

[late kernel]

If it's the wish spell to make them all five inches shorter I'd say go for it.

[pseudo mortar]

But I have a question

[severe rampart]

I'm not burning wish for that

[severe rampart]

How'd they do

[late kernel]

You're the DM, you don't run out.

(/j)

[pseudo mortar]

If i want to talk to someone privately, is that possible?

[crimson gulch]

They successfully used counterspell

[severe rampart]

oh my god

[nimble atlas]

Hello

[limber trail]

I mean you can DM people, it’s not illegal

[idle oar]

We don’t block discord direct messages - but best to ask the person if they are okay with you private messaging them before going to direct messages.

[empty thicket]

tell him to never store something shinny, im stealing it.

[late kernel]

You'll have to dig through the poop bag but yeah.

It was our only one...

[empty thicket]

I did....im becoming a boss in 5 sessions.

[late kernel]

Darn.

You'll have to spend those five sessions showering.

[empty thicket]

infact only 2, im using cleaning stones and some special brew of aromatic herbs
1 for myself
2 for making my evil plan

Even some angry guy need to have his priorities there

[empty thicket]

Im not him, i dont want to drag anyone here in the bag, not kingdom find me so i dont pay taxes

[late kernel]

Hmm, I'll allow it, but if you arrive as a boss and you're stinky from the poop bag I'm letting the artificer turn you into a grandfather clock.

[pseudo mortar]

The real issue is that I need a friend.

I don’t have any friends and honestly, I’m broke🙂

[broken imp]

#looking-for-community ?

or just do it in real life man

[jolly canyon]

#looking-for-community is actually clutch. You'll find it less pressure too since it's often Westmarches and private AL afaik

[late kernel]

Not to overstep my bounds but you're probably not going to see much success sequestering random people in the general chats, you should look into the channels suggested above. <3.

[feral fulcrum]

Oh god the Bee's have Mecha's, I repeat, the bees have Mechas!

[late kernel]

This is the one thing we didn't want to happen.

[pseudo mortar]

So if I say that I don’t have a PC…

[unkempt atlas]

Whats the best website to use for online sessions?

[covert fox]

hello everynyan

[covert fox]

i personally love dnd beyon

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[viral kraken]

owlbear rodeo here

[late kernel]

Honestly before I would have said Roll20 but I really like the D&DBeyond VTT.

[unkempt atlas]

You can run campaigns through beyond? Thought it was just characters and books

[broken imp]

it's fine, it's just links to discord groups

[covert fox]

yep! its at the top

[unkempt atlas]

You guys rock

[broken imp]

dndbeyond, owlbear, there's also this other one u can buy on steam for like $50 can't remember the name off the top of my head

[covert fox]

owlbear is okay just alot of it is paid

[idle oar]

Depends on the group - “best” depends on folks technology capabilities, needs, etc.

[crimson gulch]

Owlbear rodeo is best and free

I'm running 4 online campaigns on it

[covert fox]

is there anyone whos looking for like a player or smth? im a wizard so if you need a wizard im right here.... if youre starting the campaign tonight thatd be cool beans and cheese with a side of awesome sauce

[crimson gulch]

We have channels to search for games in

[covert fox]

is there a channel i should be asking in

alr ty ty ty im new

[crimson gulch]

https://discord.com/channels/516367331358801950/1070720656917938227

[pseudo mortar]

I mean, I don’t have enough money to buy a pc and play games.

[late kernel]

Are you thinking of tabletop simulator?

Best Akinator impression there.

People remember Akinator, right?

[crimson gulch]

the 20 questions thing with the genie

[pseudo mortar]

Huh? What’s that?

[crimson gulch]

Akinator

[lavish flame]

akinator

[strong wave]

How much money does 5e players handbook cost on DNDbeyond

[lavish flame]

is akinator a relative unknown now?

[strong wave]

Not 5.5

[crimson gulch]

29.99 USD

https://marketplace.dndbeyond.com/category/players-handbook?pid=SRC-00002

[strong wave]

Does it ever go on sale?

[fossil hollow]

from time to time

[strong wave]

What's the best bargain to wait for

[fossil hollow]

holiday

[pseudo mortar]

Oh sorry🙏 I don’t know i just checked and it’s a video game.

[broken imp]

depends on where u live

[strong wave]

America where the roads are paved with cheese

Wrong response

[pseudo mortar]

Same

I am also from America.

[strong wave]

Nice

[calm spindle]

Same

[broken imp]

same here

[pseudo mortar]

What are you looking for?

[vernal crystal]

Can anyone teach me how to play dnd

[fossil hollow]

#dnd-newcomers

[vernal crystal]

Thanks

[feral fulcrum]

And today's side session ends with "And now the bees are immune to fire."

[late kernel]

Why would you do that.

[empty thicket]

let me guess, they werent bees isnt it?

[feral fulcrum]

They were definitely bees.

[empty thicket]

But?

Or im missing something?

[noble ermine]

I want it to be discreet mind control, counterspell exists

[broken imp]

yea there's so many, counterspell, antimagic field, dispel magic...

[noble ermine]

Yeah, the mind control has to be subtle, like in food or drink

[buoyant nest]

hey how can i gain access to LFG's?

[vernal owl]

Yi sang spotted

[noble ermine]

And as long as the dragon isn’t seen, or people aren’t extremely cautious, it can work

@late kernel, with all the counterspells and such, magic can’t be plausible

[late kernel]

Well, if you're saying magic can't be plausible and anything imbibed wouldn't work on a warforged I honestly don't know what to suggest.

[grim mist]

I would like to know how to get a store involved with organized play and adventure league

[late kernel]

You could make it an ability, they can't be counterspelled.

[grim mist]

I am the head DM for this new store

[noble ermine]

I used a gif

The dragon ate it

I want to feed the dragon

[loud tendon]

strongly recommend you do not spam things to trigger the dragon. that is spam

[viral kraken]

maybe make it an artifact causing this?

[noble ermine]

The dragon needs to be fed tho :(

[late kernel]

The dragon is a digital entity and as such only requires a steady diet of power and cooling, both of which it has in abundance.

[noble ermine]

It’s just a joke -_-

[late kernel]

I was also making a joke, my apologies. Dry humour and all.

[noble ermine]

Gtg now

Bye :)

[lavish flame]

I'm about to start an Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden game!! We're figuring out theming and stuff for the game rn. I'm very excited!

[outer pulsar]

that module looks so awesome! i hope you have fun

[rough basalt]

It's a good module

Easily one of the best of 5es life cycle

[surreal whale]

money

[feral fulcrum]

Mr Krabs you play DND?

[surreal whale]

I cant be Mr Krabs im not a

[lavish flame]

oh boy, a fill in the blank!

[jolly canyon]

I want to play and run that too one day

[plush cove]

Anyone new or kinda experienced that can answer any question I got about DnD, I can DM

[jolly canyon]

You can just ask here tbh

[plush cove]

Oh alright, how does a game that a DM make up have rules? Why is there editions? How does a character choose what powers they can use?

[jolly canyon]

Are you asking why is DND not just free form role-playing?

[viral kraken]

oh so editions are there to tell you what rules are compatible with each other and which are not. the developers come up with new ideas and sometimes they make it into content for the current edition and sometimes they make a whole new edition if what they want to try is different enough

[cerulean monolith]

Start by reading the rules. That’ll answer your questions better than we can

[viral kraken]

#learn-to-play has info

[jolly canyon]

D&D is D&D because of the rules in place. It's a TTRPG. A game with rules. When the rules go through a major change they become different editions. Different TTRPGs have different rules to separate them from D&D. Ex. Pathfinder

[frail wasp]

question: why doesn't D&D use mana over spell slots as its default

[viral kraken]

i think because tradition? it came from vancian casting right?

[plush cove]

So when a DM is doing a campaign, do they stick directly to the rules or do some have different perspectives and it all depends on the group you play with?

[frail wasp]

sure but the last edition to have vancian casting was 3rd edition, it seems like if you're gonna change the tradition you could go further

[viral kraken]

so the rules themselves say to the dm that the rules are tools and guides, not rules ironically. they can add or remove rules ideally in pursuit of everyone having fun

[jolly canyon]

Each DM has "houserules" or "homebrew" rules which can be slightly different. But most DM shouldn't stray to far from the core rules or its better to play a different system entirely

[viral kraken]

ya there is some expectation, until something is communicated to you otherwise, that the game will probably be pretty close to the rules in the books

[plush cove]

Got it, so learn as much as I can about the current edition and kinda learn as I go. Is what I’m understanding

[viral kraken]

have you checked out the basic rules yet?

https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/br-2024

[plush cove]

I’ve done the YT crash courses to get the idea. But now I’m actually looking to get into the game and find a campaign so I’m going to have to actually learn, rather than get a general idea.

[humble cairn]

You could, but not everyone in the community is going to like that. Wizards of the Coast has to walk a line of being stewards of D&D that they inherited and innovating to make the game better. You can see it not only in the response to Fourth Edition, which many thought was a change too far, as well as in the response to various playtests, in which things that break too far or too fast from the established conventions of D&D get pushback.

[frail wasp]

at no point have they even tried officially polling it tho, its not a case of 'we tried it and the community didn't like it so we reverted it'

lots of things were tried in next, but not that

[eager marsh]

spell point systems (usually variant rules) enable the casting of a lot of high level spells per day which is generally against their current design/balance philosophy as well

hm. unless the internet is lying the 5e version of spell points variant actually locks you out of having multiple spells per day of lv 6+ each like a warlock. hm...high level casters would actually lose 1 extra cast of 6th and 7th lv spells per day technically in exchange for the obscene versatility

[frail wasp]

yes spell points doesn't let you cast more than one 6th, 7th, 8th, and 9th level spell

i know it exists, i'm just posing the question as to why not try it as the default

[eager marsh]

largely tradition and simplicity

[frail wasp]

simplicity?

[humble cairn]

Is it even popular enough that there's a demand for it? Because honestly I would rather just use spell slots.

[eager marsh]

you can cast spell of X level only Y times. it's very direct and simple. there's less choice paralysis with direct cast limits. But also tradition too

[frail wasp]

i'm gonna have to disagree hard if you think spell slots are simpler than mana >_>

[humble cairn]

What do you even mean by "mana" though? Do you mean spell points?

[frail wasp]

yeah

[eager marsh]

yes

I would gladly try playing with spell points over slots sometime just to see how i feel about it. I wouldnt miss the 2nd 'slot' for lv 6 or lv 7 spells anyways. most games just dont even go that high

[humble cairn]

So like we have a system for that, spell points. "Mana" is bringing in cultural elements that don't have to be there.

[eager marsh]

that's just semantics and not the discussion they were having tbh

they know spell points is a system they were just thinking it should be the default over spell slots

i just ran the exact math actually. 5e spell points has enough points to perfectly replicate the spell slots by level actually. The lv 6 and lv7 slot worth on points at level 19/20 are just extra spell points due to the limitation otherwise. But still surprising. old spell point systems had less points than a 1 to 1 conversion from slots

[fickle heart]

I guarantee you could find this out somewhere in a historical blogpost but I speculate it's because mana doesn't work amazingly well without restrictions to usage that I'm guessing felt too convoluted at the time.

[eager marsh]

keep in mind the 5e devs thought declaring feats a variant rule was also a thing

a good idea* sorry. it very much was a thing

[fickle heart]

If you read the DNDNext playtest packets, it makes sense why they did. Hindsight is 20/20.

[frail wasp]

i've had two discussions in the past two day with two different people about this topic and they made some pretty compelling arguments for trying it-- I see now it was tried in playtest packet 3 but there's zero articles or discussion that I can find about that playtest

[brittle estuary]

What stats should i go for wizard?

[eager marsh]

friendly reminder that playtesters also didn't like battlemaster maneuvers being base fighter features for 5e either so I dont really consider their beta testers to be the wisest bunch

[frail wasp]

that was just with sorcerer having spell points, and that was at the time when sorcerer was a half caster, so its not easy to just Intuit anything from the packet itself on the subject

[eager marsh]

sorcerer was a what

[fickle heart]

Friendly reminder that hindsight is 20/20, and that you are using years of context for something that actively had no context. That's itself not very wise.

[eager marsh]

I dont need context to think the idea of removing physical maneuvers as a universal class feature was a smart thing to think

[chilly coyote]

Is it normal to start a campaign with only 2 players?

[eager marsh]

not really no

[frail wasp]

not normal

[frail wasp]

playtest sorcerer was wild mmmmm

[chilly coyote]

Is it even possible to play like that?

[frail wasp]

they were a half caster but they got intrinsically stronger as they cast spells

[fickle heart]

You do need context, because your opinion on the matter is likely fundamentally shaped by your experiences with the system at large.

[flint ledge]

Possible definitely but not the usual amount

[frail wasp]

the idea was like, the draconic sorcerer gets dragon features as they cast magic ...

all scrapped and we got the sorcerer in the PHB instead

[eager marsh]

nope. its based on my expeience with a previous system. I already considered fighter to be bland as a baseline and saying they get less of a cool physical ability is quite plainly a bad idea imo and always would be

[odd valley]

this is also blatantly disregarding the context of the play testers

[fickle heart]

So that's called context, yeah.

[eager marsh]

the context you named was already having the edition be out for ten years however

it wasnt a hindsight opinion

[chilly coyote]

I usually needed at least three people to play.

[fickle heart]

Most people that complain about 5e generally don't have experience prior to it, so that was an assumption on my part.

At the same time, "this is a bad idea" and "I don't like this idea" are not fundamentally aligned at all points, and the latter doesn't necessitate the former.

[eager marsh]

fair. my understanding is that a lot of the beta testers disliked 4e and the issue (supposedly) was that maneuvers as a base fighter feature reminded them too much of of an actually balanced sysem /j

[frail wasp]

the lesson the designers took from the feedback was "complexity in combat is bad, complexity out of combat is good"

[fickle heart]

Yeah, 4e was famously panned because it didn't evoke the standard enjoyment a TTRPG aimed for, and it's retroactively favored in a time where videogames are mainstream.

[frail wasp]

the thing is, if that logic were true, well ... spell points are less complex than spell slots >_>

[fickle heart]

I mention video games because a lot of criticisms of 4e (with modern context) is that it felt like playing a video game, which was not what people wanted from the game.

[viral kraken]

is that true? i don't have an unbiased view on this, so i am curious. spell slots seem intuitive to me, but i have been doing dnd for a hot minute, so that's no way to tell if it is normal or easy

[frail wasp]

its based on the idea that tracking one single number is easier than tracking up to 9 different numbers

[fickle heart]

Points are definitely less complex directly, but arguably create more complexity with how D&D does spells.

[eager marsh]

Instead of having to track all your spell slots individually you just have a total point number and subtract for each spell you cast. That’s actually literally more straightforward than slots

[viral kraken]

spell points had all sorts of caveats that made it less straightforward than just tracking one number, like only being able to make one level 6-9 spell slot per long rest

[frail wasp]

that does make it more complicated yeah

[fickle heart]

I have an entire spreadsheet for slots and points and my own variation that is actually Mana, and the difficulty really is the quantity of spells that can be used and how that affects the effects of spells.

[eager marsh]

Considering you can’t even have more than a single slot for spells level6-9 until character level 19/20 that’s not even a bigger complexity change over slots

[frail wasp]

i would rather those restrictions not be necessary

[eager marsh]

They’re necessary for balance and are a fair point imo

Access to multiple spells above level 5 is a balance warping potential and why most rules prevent that.

[viral kraken]

but now you are tracking spell points and spell slots, so why not just track spell slots?

[fickle heart]

Something like Shield is a great example. How do you design Shield to be useful in a world of spell points?

[eager marsh]

You aren’t tracking slots. It’s easy to say you can only cast lv6-9 once per day each. Most games by number rarely break level 10 by the end anyways so the specific rule won’t even come up as much

What do you mean? Shield remains fully useful in spell points or slots

[fickle heart]

It's too useful with points, is the issue. That's the difficulty, because you'd need to retune it.

[frail wasp]

i mean i could go for 'Shield: spend your reaction and X mana, and raise AC by the amount of mana spent until the start of your next turn' and see how that lands

[viral kraken]

seems more complicated to me, but i grew up on spell slots

[fickle heart]

But how much mana do you have to start with?

I'm not actually trying to blow hot air here; these are all questions I've had to ask myself and solve for a total revamp of spellcasting I'm doing

[eager marsh]

Shield being able to be cast more still limits other spells to be cast. And shield is less good when the DM doesn’t announce the attack roll value so the caster has to guess the bonus helps (intended use)

[frail wasp]

if i were designing the system from scratch i'd have an answer

[odd valley]

i’m of the opinion that it’s gotta be a flat boost to ac

[frail wasp]

the system i'm designing for a video game, level 1 players start with 10 spell points, but that's completely disconnected here 😛

[frail wasp]

i'm fine with that too i'm just brainstorming ideums

[fickle heart]

The big thing is that after 4 casts with slots, Shield loses efficiency. It never loses that efficiency with mana/points, and that entire upcasting inefficiency baked into the game disappears.

That inefficiency existing very very broadly.

[eager marsh]

I mean I would argue that spell point systems further encourages actually extended adventuring days so the increased efficiency is (intended to be) balanced out by a greater continued cost of resources during the day

[fickle heart]

Fireball is another example I use a lot, because it starts at 8d6/5 points and increases to 9d6/6 points.

[frail wasp]

oh yeah upcasting would have to be redesigned, it might not even be something that survives a full redesign

[fickle heart]

To be very clear, I'm not saying mana/points are bad, just that the game's stuff was not made with them in mind, yeah.

[eager marsh]

Fireball being (deliberately) over-tuned for its level would have to actually be addressed yes

[frail wasp]

that too hehe

[eager marsh]

‘Iconic’ my arse. Doesn’t excuse deliberately making it unbalanced smh

[brittle estuary]

How to get spells as a wizard?

[frail wasp]

you get 2 spells every level for free, and then the other way to get spells is to find them in the world and copy them into your spellbook

[fickle heart]

Like, I'm making an entire rework and one of my biggest considerations was "how much mana do I want to give spellcasting classes?" which was driven by "how many spells do I want them to be able to cast?"

Iirc, my method of mana has about a 22% efficiency loss compared to spell points, which I see as a win.

[frail wasp]

i will say, it's probably easier to playtest out ideal spell point quantities than it is to playtest out ideal spell slot quantities 😛

[brittle estuary]

It says i could get 6 lvl 1 spells at lvl1?

[frail wasp]

yes you start with some spells at level 1 as well

[fickle heart]

Interestingly, I would actually consider it being much easier to playtest slots than points, because slots allow you to force behavioral changes and scarcity of actual uses.

[frail wasp]

sure but if you cut a 3rd level slot arbitrarily from like a 9th level character, that makes the spell slot table look lopsided

cutting a few spell points doesn't have that downside

if a DM reports the wizard in their 9th level adventure was casting too many fireballs between rests .... cutting a few spell points vs rebalancing the spell slot tree .... eh maybe its not that big a deal now that I think about it

[eager marsh]

Easy answer: correctly rebalance the damage dice for Fireball to WotC’s own ‘damage by spell level’ chart instead

[frail wasp]

7th level casters only get one 4th level spell slot instead of two >_>

[fickle heart]

I'm mostly considering it from a planning perspective. Being able to say how many things are used and how powerful those things should be is much easier with slots, because you can only view points from a "sum total" perspective.

The more levels there are, the harder it is to ensure the ratio of power between spell levels, y'know? That ratio matters much more with points than slots.

[eager marsh]

5e largely cares more about casting multiple spells over level 5 by design philosophy seen between arcane recovery and sorcerer point slot limits and the like

[frail wasp]

well yeah, but the tier breakpoints are kind of a good place to have those ratios spike

[eager marsh]

Aside from a few outliers, it ‘should’ remain fine

Fireball being an outlier that merely needs its damage dice reduced to correct values for example

[frail wasp]

if a wizard casts 7 cone of colds and they're completely donezo for the day, there's only a problem if 7 cone of colds can get them to a rest stop, but if we're designing things from scratch we just need to make sure the current tier of content accounts for that

[rough basalt]

Whats the discussion?

[lavish flame]

mmmmm cones of cold🍨 🍦

[frail wasp]

i mean right now things get kinda off kilter in tier 3 and up because casters don't have a LOT of big guns, but they do have them, so like, you can't design encounters with the assumption that the wizard is gonna cast circle of death 7 times, but you do have to expect them to do it at least once or twice in an encounter day

and stretching expectations across 6-8 encounters like that is ... it's hard for me

[frail wasp]

the root of the discussion is: what if spell points were the default instead of spell slots

[rough basalt]

Ah

I was wondering why 7 circle of deaths was on the table lol

[lavish flame]

Admittedly I question whether or not WOTC cares about usage of high level spells given how many magic items let you cast potent spells

[eager marsh]

Circle of death can still only be cast 1/day under the official spell point variant to be fair

[eager marsh]

Magic items are always optional and at your DMs call to even be available

Magic items are bonuses handed out at the whim of a DM and not a thing the player always has access to with specific choices

Class features are always guaranteed however

[lavish flame]

yeah, but regardless, the Magic Items chapter lists a good amount of items with big ass spells on their list. I feel like this says something about how they value Spells/Day

[eager marsh]

You mean items that are either very rare or legendary?

The game as of 2024 is designed to be balanced around no magic items being in play after all

Magic items are a bonus and up to the DM to give out and adjust challenges for

[rough basalt]

The magic item tracker is a good thing to use

Dun be like me and give out a very rare at level 5 cause the party cleared a Wizard tower POI.

[lavish flame]

no, I mean stuff thats Rare mostly. A Cube of Force is merely Rare and it has Wall of Force among its list. the Staff of the Woodlands is Rare with Wall of Thorns on its list. I also don't think we can just arbitrarily disregard Very Rare and Legendary magic items in this conversation

[eager marsh]

Be better and give out a legendary at level 4 for it

[eager marsh]

I wasn’t disregarding them I was pointing out they are intended for higher level gameplay. But also still. All magic items are optional by DM call. Many parties never see a cube of force. Being ‘only rare’ doesn’t guarantee a player can access a given item at any specific point. And again, magic items are bonuses applied by the DM and are never a guarantee. The limitation on spells per se are still a core design philosophy for the game. Just like how martials with damage bonus features (rune knight giant form, sneak attack, smite, brutal strike barbarian, etc) all have a 1/turn trigger limit. But they can get unrestricted bonus damage dice on all their attacks with magic weapons that have elemental bonuses for example. But that’s not a guarantee and thus the balance intent remains intact

[keen valve]

Are we talking about dishing out magic items for any specific reason? I only ask because half of the time I hand out magic items, my players forget they have them. I can't even blame them cause I do the same when I play and am given magical items.

[eager marsh]

That largely depends on what items you give them

If you hand the martial a magical weapon they literally can’t forget

[keen valve]

That's true.

The magic spigot I made for my martial-y character has not been forgotten by him.

(If he stabs it into any solid object and sets it to flowing, alcohol starts coming out.)

[keen valve]

Do you think the reverse would work? A magic item that is so mundane that it sticks out compared to a mage's inventory?

For example: A wizard with a ring that just... glows. Nothing else.

[eager marsh]

An item with good flavor is always remembered

Cape of Billowing: most op magic item

[keen valve]

I think I'll do a Cloak of Slaying.

(Double entendre.)

[hot gate]

On the point of flavoring, I think it's a great thing to do with any existing magic items. A +1 longsword is boring, but "Steelsong", that just happens to also be a +1 sword, has a history.

The DMG also has some minor attributes that can be added on top of any magic item to make it more unique.

[keen valve]

Actually, that's really smart. Names give things great importance.

What's the best naming convention to inspire curiosity about it though?

[hot gate]

I'd go with short and easy to remember. We do, after all, also have artifacts with such names as "Whelm" and "Wave"

Perhaps the name also gives a hint to its creator, so a goblin-made weapon would have a goblin-sounding name.

[eager marsh]

“Hack n’ Slash” the longsword

[humble cairn]

Named my +1 Rapier "Thorn."

[limber trail]

Could also go “the x of the y”. The Blade of the Devotee, The Conquerer’s Flail, etc all work

[humble cairn]

And later when I got a Moonblade, I had a whole rp scene discussing with it what name it should have. Ended up with "Moonsong."

[eager marsh]

Make the magic item sentient. Can’t forget something that talks at you

[dusky harbor]

I with the Hound on naming weapons

[cedar bane]

the arm of goop

but yeah the minor attribute table is always a great way to get flavour, and then just give it a cool name in relation to one of its attributes

[silver nest]

yo guys, i just had an excelent idea for a character, but that character needs a brother. Any1 wanna hear abt it?

[silk hare]

sure post it in #character-discussion or sth

[silver nest]

i did, u can check it out

[spiral fox]

will Jack of All Trades work on Initiative with 2024 Alert?

cuz the wording for alert says i add my pb, which is the same as being proficient in it. however, it does not specifically state that you're proficient in Initiative checks

[keen valve]

John Goblin.

[glass granite]

Don’t think so, it’s not a skill

[cedar bane]

i dont think they stack no

[keen valve]

Yeah, there's a small misconception I've seen here or there in regards to Alert. It's that you add your proficiency bonus to your initiative, not that you have proficiency with initiative.

[torn lion]

If I got a nickel for every time a DM just straight up fell of the face of the earth and ghosted the whole party I would have 2 nickels… not a lot, just weird is happened twice

[keen valve]

Soon you will have more. It happens quite a bit for some reason.

I wouldn't hold it against them, though. They don't deserve that.

[vast saddle]

Man...I guess I'm destined to be typecasted as Warforged

My roleplay as a Human is....bland

[cedar bane]

oh thats crazy on a dance bard

[vast saddle]

Aaahh, I see a Feat talk again

Why Feat is way more important than roleplay?

[cedar bane]

its not really talking about feats its just clarification on how one works with a bard feature

[halcyon forum]

jack of all trades only works on skill checks in 5.5e, initiative is not a skill check

[feral fulcrum]

Because you won't be roleplaying very long with a charecter if they wind up dead, or if you hate them because they perform bad in (Or out of) combat.

[vast saddle]

How could you say so?

I'm struggling in open roleplay right now

[cedar bane]

feats and roleplay are kind of seperate things, though they can coincide

i dont think anyone is saying feats are more important than roleplay

[wintry spindle]

Whata the discussion?

[lyric viper]

Also worth avoiding what is called the 'Stormwind fallacy' withing the community- the falacy being that building for more optimal gameplay is counterproductive to roleplay.

It's perfectly possible to do both, but can depend on your focus and goals. I think the idea people get stuck on is that if focusing on narrative and gameplay the idea of picking a feat that makes more sense story wise than build wise is more acceptable than if focusing on optimisation.

But even then, folk tend to try and pick the better options that also make sense narratively.

But whether you're putting narrative or optimisation first, you can still do both and mix'n'match your priorities.

[wintry spindle]

Whats the stormwind falacy?

[vast saddle]

Idk man....West Marches is kinda narrative>gameplay

[undone rain]

So do eldritch knights get their powers like wizards do

[vast saddle]

I thought that joining the world building from scratch....could help me to be better in narrative

But...it's way more difficult than I thought

[lyric viper]

Through study? I think that's implied in their lore, yeah. But they commit a few to memory instead of keeping a whole bunch in a book.

[undone rain]

That explains the limited spells

What of arcane tricksters

[vast saddle]

ADHD + emotional numbness + struggle in reading the emotional queue....idk what to say

[wintry spindle]

"Eldritch Knights combine the martial mastery common to all Fighters with a careful study of magic." So yes study but you can always talk with your dm abiut it

[lyric viper]

Hmm. Arcane Tricksters have less lore behind them. They learn from the wizard spell list, but that doesn't mean they have to learn like a wizard. I suspect it might be study, but also similar to how rogues innate skill in trickery also allow them to manipulate magic items too (Like Thief, or the old UMD skill in older editions).

[vast saddle]

I see.

Understanding your class and subclass are way more important too

[undone rain]

It would make sense.

[vast saddle]

I guess I may not be satisfied with my gameplay that I should put narration aside

[undone rain]

So lets see if i got everything right
Bards get their magic from hearing the weave
Clerics their faith
Druids faith or nature
Same with rangers
Wizards/EK/Arcane tricksters from potential study
Sorcerer from birth
Warlock pacts
And paladins their oaths

[paper portal]

Hi chat :3

[edgy badge]

How am I meant to know what all the spells do and what you nead to roll to cast them?

[edgy badge]

Yo

[paper portal]

Every spell comes with a description, don't feel like you need to learn them all as a new player

[undone rain]

They have descriptions lol

[edgy badge]

Where can I find it tho

The description

[woeful dune]

this might not fit entirely in here but i don't know where else to ask, does anybody know what miniature this is?

[paper portal]

Where are you seeing the spells

[edgy badge]

Character sheets

[woeful dune]

nevermind i can't post pictures

[cedar bane]

#dnd-minis would probably be best

[cedar bane]

if you look through the books or the dndbeyond website they should have descriptions

[paper portal]

They won't be on the character sheets, you'll have to look in the books/whatever website youre using

[edgy badge]

Ok thanks

[undone rain]

Changelings can change their height when they change apperance right

[cedar bane]

i think it has to be medium or small but yeah

[undone rain]

Right no like ogre size lol but they can be as tall as like a goliath

[fair summit]

Mordenkainen's Changeling: "You can also adjust your height and weight and can change your size between Medium and Small."
Eberron's changeling: "You can also adjust your height and weight, but not so much that your size changes."

So depends which one youre using

[undone rain]

Excellent

Was thinkin of playing one someday so just making sure i got everything right

[worn silo]

Ive just started GMing, I now understand why people say scheduling is the hardest part of it

[spiral fox]

isn't it a dexterity check?

ok i just checked the wording differences in the 5e and 5.5e. thanks man <3

[undone rain]

Yep, scheduling is the true bbeg

[worn silo]

And also one of my players wants to play every single week.

[paper portal]

That's pretty standard

Weekly sessions are the most common afaik

[worn silo]

I don’t think they are but even still most of us can only do every other week because of other priorities

[humble cairn]

Are they? Not in my experience, not with work and family responsibilities and such.