dnd-discussion

[peak pecan]

Yes; two backgrounds and some spells

[lavish flame]

"Yeah, that came out during the No Alignments era." and "That came out during the Typically X Alignment era" is a funny concept to me

[rough basalt]

Since it had backgrounds that gave Tough, Skilled, and something else.

[barren badger]

ah yes, i remember those now.

I actually really enjoyed those

[rough basalt]

"Ah yes tha adventure was made in the monster races era where Orcs inherently had -2 int"

[peak pecan]

They had been testing those since Spelljammer though. Or was it Dragonlance? One of those books

[woven flint]

That camr out during the "Volo's Racism Arc"

[barren badger]

Both!

[rough basalt]

I mean the ones that became the standard core origin feats

[barren badger]

Dragonlance was setting specific feats though

But Spelljammer gave instructions on taking feats if you chose a non-spelljammer background

[rough basalt]

Not setting origin feats.

[lavish flame]

Origin Feats are really nice. Could do with some tweaking, some General Feats should be Origin Feats imo. I think overall its a great setup

[blazing holly]

I dunno, I always found it handy to have a separate book, once I had learned a paricular edition, so I really only needed to have that one open for referral

[rough basalt]

But yeah the 2020s were a messy ride.

[lavish flame]

I wish General Feats had Level 8 and Level 12 Feats. Not even Feat Trees necessarily, just Feats that require u to be a higher level

[rough basalt]

We had stuff like Icewind Dale and Quests from the Infinite Staircase which was pretty good.
Then we had Spelljammer and Eve of Ruin that justified the removal of the people beforehand.

[barren badger]

I think dragonlance was a rough adventure, too

[rough basalt]

Dragonlance was just so people would shut up about Dragonlance. Same with Spelljammer.

[atomic kayak]

They've been doing similar things (characters starting with ""more power"") in nearly every single setting book in 5e (barring like. SCAG). Ravnica (one of the earliest setting books for 5e btw) with its backgrounds, dragonmarks in the og eberron release, supernatural gifts, piety, dark gifts, etc. The heroic chronicle in wildemount. And eventually just settling on "backgrounds granting feats explicitly and directly" for everything that came after

[lavish flame]

2022-2023 was a really weird time for 5e. Golden Vault and Book of Many Things feel like they were scraping the barrel for ideas, despite having a million ideas untouched.

[rough basalt]

I think they accidentally made a decent adventure inspiration with Dragonlance that shows how to run a war campaign

[atomic kayak]

I would far rather those than any sort of feat trees

[rough basalt]

I like the Paths they're testing with Definitely Not Book of Vile Darkness UA.

I'd like to see those become a thing for other stuff.

[atomic kayak]

I hate that they are feat trees

[barren badger]

wait did we get any content in 2024? Or were they just working on 5.5?

[atomic kayak]

The concept is fine. The feat trees of it all is not. The 5e feat system. Does not work with it nicely.

[rough basalt]

Quests from the Infinite Staircase and Eve of Ruin

One last banger and one last crapper.

[lavish flame]

Infinite Staircase, Eve of Ruin, then PHB and DMG '24

[atomic kayak]

The piety/renown system (in the dmg for the record) just works. So much better for the concept of paths.

(Unified subclass levels would've been better for it but alas. That ship sailed during the 2024 UAs)

[lavish flame]

Unified Subclass Levels my beloved

[rough basalt]

Originally the "Netherils Fall" supplement was meant to be the original ending to Eve of Ruin and was what they were teasing in several adventures leading up to Eve of Ruin

[barren badger]

Ever of ruin was definitely a strange adventure.

Lets jump to all of the places that you love

[rough basalt]

But old WotC said "we got one last disappointment in us!"

[barren badger]

Yeah, ROTF had ties to Netheril

[rough basalt]

And cut it out late in development leading to a mid adventure at best

[lavish flame]

Part of me thinks they were trying to hop onto the Multiverse gimmick

if Avengers is doing it...

[barren badger]

literally what I was thinking. Or like, an avengers thing where you bring all of the different stories together

[rough basalt]

I think it was clear that Crawford and Perkins didn't wanna be working on dnd anymore with how lazy some products were.

Like Spelljammer was supposed to be a "vibes based supplement"

So they gave you half a book of ship statblocks and said to never use them and to go to FR.

And there was one System that was straight cut out completely from Spelljammer and Light of Xarxys

Which was Doomedspace (Athas)

[lavish flame]

Doomspace (Formerly Athasspace)

[atomic kayak]

Paths would literally be the perfect name for "subclass that can be chosen by multiple classes". Its so sad

[lavish flame]

also it was not cut

[rough basalt]

The "5e will never do dark sun" guy found out about it and he came down like a hawk

[lavish flame]

Doomspace is in the adventure

[rough basalt]

Ima guess it doesn't mention Athas at all tho

[lavish flame]

no, cuz its not Athas

[ripe nimbus]

most rpgs get by just fine with a single core rulebook!

[rough basalt]

Ah so Athas was destroyed or something

Or was it thrust into a pocket dimension like Eberron was

[atomic kayak]

For better or worse there was a similar amount of content in the 5e spelljammer release as there was to the original spelljammer release

Its not dissimilar to a lot of the "5e didnt go over the whole A to Z of everything about a topic that has existed in dnd before" when said topic got the whole A to Z via 2 morbillion expansion books

[ripe nimbus]

if anything i feel like you could at least combine the phb & dmg as a single core rulebook, and let monsters be a separate book since those are closer to content than rules anyway

[rough basalt]

True. Ig the community fixes it at least tho

[lavish flame]

nah Eberron got thrust out of its pocket dimension

[rough basalt]

I meant like how Eberron used to be in its own pocket

[lavish flame]

Admittedly I think Monsters and How To Run Them could be 1 book

[rough basalt]

Still I'm surprised they even let that adventure go near what could potentially be associated with Athas.

[lavish flame]

they never refer to it as Athas or anything, they can have a dying solar system that isnt Athas

[rough basalt]

Ye but it was close enough that people believed it to be enough that it's a thing.

Seems out of character for how risk averse the wotc of said time was.

I would've expected no dying system at all.

[stray sage]

How good is the dueling fighting style?

[rough basalt]

Good

[lavish flame]

no, they straight up advertised it as Athasspace initially, thats why there's a misconception at all. They released a DDB blog post featuring the Map of Wildspace Systems, and the one thats currently labelled Doomspace was previously labelled Athasspace

[rough basalt]

Ah so either an accidental misadvertisement or initially it was meant to be Athasspace, then they changed it to prevent any potential connection.

[atomic kayak]

Its still there

[atomic kayak]

As far as we know it was changed in development

[lavish flame]

yeah but now you can Spelljam into it for whatever reason

[atomic kayak]

(Its also why we got a lot of athas related statblocks in spelljammer)

[atomic kayak]

Thats always nebulously been possible just by the nature of eberron being connected to the wider dndmultiverse at all

Its whole thing in canon was "difficult to reach" but not necessarily impossible

(As nice as it would be for it to be its own entirely separate thing unfortunately dnd has literally never worked that way)

[rough basalt]

Ye so my guess is during development was when they realized that using Athas at all will cause more controversy.

[atomic kayak]

Maybe, maybe not

Frankly they probably just realized they didn't want to write off the setting entirely "just in case"

(Which is what would've been done given the context of doomspace)

[rough basalt]

I do think if the all signs pointing to Dark Sun 5e as the last book this year is true then there will be some controversy regardless. Whether that controversy is just usual idiots screaming about nonsense on their blogs and to the press or having an actual argument relies on how WotC handle it.

[atomic kayak]

I would expect an actual announcement within the next month if it is

[rough basalt]

I think they said at Gencon

My theory is they wanna build up more goodwill

[lavish flame]

Gencon (specifically aug 1) they're supposedly announcing something

[rough basalt]

If Ravenlofts good that'll make yet another good product from the current people.

And Dan Ayoubs push for a Greyhawk guide with Luke Gygax, New Dragonlance stuff from the Dragonlance people, and acknowledging Ed Greenwood and the FR Wiki in the FR books was another good for goodwill move

They've already made themselves pretty standout compared to the old guard. Reconciling with a few important communal figures and making products that are so far worth the print they've been on, and if Ravenloft maintains that trend, that's a lot of cushion against screaming babbling on the internet for "having bad things happen in a fantasy world"

Like certain YTers who quit or went on hiatus due to new wotc not screwing up enough for them to dramafarm for example would probably come back to dramafarm Dark Sun if it gets announced.

[crimson gulch]

im pretty happy with what i have seen from Dan A too

[hasty kernel]

How do yall think, would a weakened god be immune to paralyzed condition?

[last flume]

Gods are inherently immune to mortal magic normally, unless you mean the Avatar of a God?

[barren badger]

Do gods have a body to be paralyzed ?

[jolly canyon]

What does the statblock say?

[hasty kernel]

Idk, its some kind of a weakened sand god, that our group should either use a staff of power to lock away, break the staff and hope to not die, or try to kill (through an NPC we know that its possible) and im wondering if its worth using hold monster on it

[humble cairn]

You're in the realm of homebrew and DM fiat, the rules don't cover this.

[hasty kernel]

Im not the dm

[hasty kernel]

This one apparently does

[barren badger]

Oh it’s up to the DM then

[jolly canyon]

Oh then Goodluck. You can try and paralyze it and hope for the best

[hasty kernel]

Alright, thanks

[rough basalt]

Same. If I'm happy with Ravenloft, I'll have Arcana Unleashed ready to pre-order probably.

[stiff rock]

ravenloft does look interesting to me seeing as i'm midway into a cos game atm. I'm thinking of at least getting the tarroka deck

[thin venture]

Hiii

What is the best build for a damage wizard in dnd 2014 without multiclassing

[livid brook]

Assuming its body is made of sand and can become incorporeal i would guess probably not but that's entirely up to the dm

[lavish flame]

I guess Evoker, but really any subclass will do

[radiant night]

Librarian: hands my mini minotuar a book that's super important to the plot

My mini minotuar: looks at the book intensely, seemingly reading it "mhm mhm, yes, I see, oh wow"

Party: "well! What is it?"
Me:"I don't know I can't read"

[mystic crystal]

I support this

[loud tendon]

This is a good question for #optimization

[grand mantle]

Hi

[errant crag]

One of my players is always missing sessions and when he is there is wanting to leave an hour and a half before the end of the session

He's always like "I can be there but only until X time" or "I can show up but I have to leave at X time"

And I told him just don't come. Just stop showing up.

I'm not dealing with party members leaving in the middle of the session anymore I'm done with it

[last flume]

Doesn't seem like they're a good fit for your game.

[turbid vessel]

Sometimes schedules just don't align

[twilit shell]

Yeah its unfortunate but it is what it is, F

[last flume]

Quite irresponsible for them to keep showing up and leaving instead of quitting

[delicate owl]

Reminds me of a player that was in the same game I am in now. Kept not showing up last second, and the one time he did show, he was late, and left early.

[dim flicker]

last second cancellations are the worst

[stiff rock]

agreed i'd rather they just quit than constantly cancel last minute

[twilit shell]

My power ranking:
No call no show > cancel after start time > 5 mins before > day of > leave early

[dim flicker]

insane ranking but i agree

[south prawn]

I just booted a player yesterday for lack of attendance and communication

[errant crag]

The problem isn't that he's cancelling

[crimson gulch]

Totally fair thing to say to someone who can't make the time

[errant crag]

It's that he'll be like "I can't play this week" then I get to the game store and he's sitting there playing Warhammer

Clearly he could have made it to the session he's just choosing other shit over it

So I'm done he's not welcome back at my table

[south prawn]

I think of my campaigns as a commitment, not a week by week decision. Wow guy…

I didn’t walk in on the guy I booted, but I suspected he was choosing to play Magic at his LGS instead

[twilit shell]

Yeah, and like fair enough if you want to do other things instead of DnD. But you gotta use your big boy words and communicate that instead of just flaking

[south prawn]

Exactly what we all said. Let’s be an adult about it

[errant crag]

I mean if he told me he wanted to play Warhammer instead of D&D several weeks in a row I'm still kicking him out of the game

[south prawn]

So I used my big boy words to remove him lol

[real pine]

Yo guys im looking for a dm whih channel should i go

[twilit shell]

Oh yeah I agree, if you don't wanna play DnD just say that and leave. Don't force the DM to boot you lol

[south prawn]

#looking-for-dm

[orchid carbon]

Hello

[errant crag]

Hell one of my players showed up for the first session of the game and then decided he didn't wanna keep missing out on MTG night at the store so he left my game, and he told me that

And it's totally fine if he at any point decided he wants to play D&D consistently again he'd be welcome back

Because he communicated to me that he was going to drop out and why

[twilit shell]

Yep exactly, thats someone I'd welcome back

[orchid carbon]

Anyone wanna dnd

[real pine]

Can someone guide for sending a request to a dm

[loud tendon]

Group formation/solicitation is only permitted in the looking for channels. Please read #find-a-game to learn how those spaces work

@real pine see the above post to learn how to make posts and find a dm

[orchid carbon]

Read*

[quiet lichen]

Honestly a terrible system I've been here for years and found 0 groups

[somber spear]

Finally got my AA degree

[idle oar]

There’s no guarantee of getting into a game unfortunately unless you’re paying for a seat

[quiet lichen]

Congrats on sobriety

[twilit shell]

I always get into a game because I run them

[somber spear]

My Associates degree

[idle oar]

You can also check out #looking-for-community to find other D&D servers that offer games

[quiet lichen]

Payed games are expensive and honestly not worth

[somber spear]

Free games is where its at

Except for Destiny 2

[twilit shell]

thats why you gotta play paid games, payed games are like pushing rope

[quiet lichen]

If I pay session one I want a phase spider mount

[dim flicker]

in all my years of playing dnd ive never been interested in paid games

[barren badger]

....what does that word mean?

[lavish flame]

watch this guy crumble

[quiet lichen]

Basically just gross garbage

[abstract swan]

hi all, so have a reasonable/unreasonable ask?

my character is basically an outdoorsy wilderness scout, and I have +6 proficiency is perception, which is where I've shined so far in out of combat situations (scouting ahead etc).

we hit level 4 so we're taking feats and one of my fellow players at our table is taking skill expert. they told me they want to pick perception for their skill to gain expertise in.

I'm kinda worried this sort of upstages my char's best skill, since they'll now have +7 and continue to outscale me as prof bonus increases.

i know typically it's always good to have good perception for group average checks, our DM so far has asked for 1 person to do perception checks. friend also already took the skilled origin feat, so they have 9 total skills they're proficient in to choose from

would it be weird to ask them to pick something else to gain expertise in? or am i overthinking this altogether

[barren badger]

What does that word mean though

[quiet lichen]

Which word

[twilit shell]

it can def be frustrating to have your specialty be overshadowed by somebody else. Not unreasonable to ask, but unreasonable to expect them to comply. Feel free to request it but be prepared for them to say no

[barren badger]

the word before "slop"

[twilit shell]

maybe your DM can let the two of you work to perceive different things while you travel/search and compromise there on differing checks with the same skill

[loud tendon]

It feels like you may be overthinking. Just because one character is good at something doesn't mean others cant be.
Plus, you may not always succeed, or they can take a shift for watch and stand a better chance to succeed.

[quiet lichen]

What does it mean

[crimson gulch]

Pushing rope? What?

[barren badger]

Yes, I'm unfamilar with that word before the word "slop". What is it?

[twilit shell]

yeah paying is to let rope run off a boat and to slacken a line, can't speed rope up by pushing it frfr

[quiet lichen]

Can you type it?

[crimson gulch]

I don't understand what you mean at all.
Running dnd games is my full time job, I feed My family by doing it

[barren badger]

A quick google of the word led to many discussions saying its a slur, so I just wanted to see if it had a different meaning for you

[quiet lichen]

For sure it does

[twilit shell]

paid games are great, you just don't want a payed game fr

[lavish flame]

for sure

[barren badger]

I feel like a LOT of the really good DMs have moved to paid DMing, which is good for them. And the time and literal money that goes into DMing can make it worth it, but it's not something I can really afford

[twilit shell]

I stopped doing paid DMing because i got a job paying me actual money, I kinda miss it

[crimson gulch]

You still are not making any sense, loads of folks pay for games I have a wait list

[errant crag]

This is blatantly anti semitic

[barren badger]

Did you keep the same players in your games? Or did they cycle through a lot? That's something I would be concerned about

[quiet lichen]

Paid games are scams and unless you're running 3 sessions a month at least for flat rates I don't see it

[errant crag]

Thats an anti semitic term

[twilit shell]

Same group of 8 players for like 2 years, side game of 5 players

[uneven stone]

doesnt goy literally mean non-jew tho

[barren badger]

okay thats pretty awesome

[twilit shell]

We'd meet 1-2 times a month, good times

[errant crag]

Yes and by saying that a paid game is goy slop implies that it's a ploy by someone Jewish to leverage money out of non Jewish people

[loud tendon]

I believe they are trying to be funny.. as if payed is a different thing than paid and not a typo. Because that user was a bit pedantic with a typo earlier.

[errant crag]

Which plays into an harmful stereotype

[twilit shell]

I appreciate you adding trying in there lol

[uneven stone]

wouldn't it like, be the opposite, as in, slop made by a goy?

or am i being dumb

[jolly canyon]

What did I walk into

[errant crag]

No the intention of the term is that it's slop made for them

[grizzled lance]

My friend just told me a super scary conpect

Lucid dreaming beholder

[crimson gulch]

Oh here I go assuming folks are being genuine again, silly me.

[uneven stone]

thats stupid

[errant crag]

@uneven stone

Why are you sitting here arguing in favor of the anti semitic term

[barren badger]

The original message is deleted though, so im going to delete my reference to it

[uneven stone]

im not

[twilit shell]

Does it count if I am just a genuinely silly guy

[quiet lichen]

Isn't how you start the race it's how you finish

[crimson gulch]

No?

[uneven stone]

im just saying goyslop is a stupid name

[barren badger]

I've considered getting into it, I'm currently a college student and could use a littttle bit of extra

But the market does seem relatively saturated

[still plover]

Hey, is that the sound of modrons coming closer I hear?

[twilit shell]

Yeah thats exactly why I did it. VERY saturated now

[barren badger]

Are langoliers modrons?

[errant crag]

Stop saying it ffs

[still plover]

You know, I could believe that.

[uneven stone]

what does ffs mean

[errant crag]

For fork's sake

[quiet lichen]

Saying what?

[twilit shell]

for faerun's sake

[jolly canyon]

For Freedom's Sake 🦅

[quiet lichen]

CAAAAAAAAW!!!! 🦅

[south prawn]

Langoliers! Wow that’s an obscure reference unless there’s something I don’t know

[errant crag]

The only thing I know it from is the thing you're thinking of

[still plover]

Perhaps if they're attached to a particular celestial with an interest in keeping the timeline free of detritus?

[barren badger]

the stephen king book/mini-series

[errant crag]

Langoliers. They're what happens to yesterday when it becomes today.

[south prawn]

Yep that’s the one! I saw the 2 part series on TV as a kid

[grizzled lance]

I wonder if there are any other note worthy "overgods" persay

[still plover]

Succinct!

[barren badger]

Same!

The little girl dying gave me nightmares

Spoiler alert i guess?

[errant crag]

It's such a niche movie from what, 30 years ago?

I guess it's a book too

[still plover]

Next you'll be saying that telling them ||IT isn't really a clown|| is a spoiler.

[uneven stone]

there were some in older edititions i think

[barren badger]

Its definitely not an ancient form of energy that's almost as old as the universe

[still plover]

Dang. There's a thought. What if dragons aren't really dragons? Hmm. Good point, what difference would it make? Hmm. Need to pin this for world-building at some point.

[twilit shell]

Or that stephen king is ||from maine||

[barren badger]

Flying lizards that talk and have magical breath and like to collect things?!

DRAGONS ARENT REAL. Wake up sheeple!!!!

[still plover]

(What we call a dragon is a four-dimensional shadow of a far greater being - yes, very conceptual, but: so?)

[barren badger]

Dragons are a lie made up by the leaders of waterdeep to get you to pay adventurers stupid amounts of money

[cerulean patio]

curious but is there anyway to animate undead creatures from the bestiary? ik animate dead has skeletons and zombies with grim hollow adding spells to animate cr 2 and 3 undead creatures but i was hoping to find a way to animate even more powerful ones

[uneven stone]

nah waterdeep is made up by dragons to uhh idk

[idle oar]

Not outside of asking your DM and them homebrewing it.

[errant crag]

I need to find players who hate their families as much as I hate mine

[cerulean patio]

just wanted to check if there was anything official before homebrewing

[barren badger]

Create Undead allows you to animate wights and mummies

but i guess a mummy is cr3 for a NINTH level spell slot

[cerulean patio]

create undead is for ghouls

[barren badger]

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a 7th-level spell slot, you can animate or reassert control over four ghouls. When you cast this spell using an 8th-level spell slot, you can animate or reassert control over five ghouls or two ghasts or wights. When you cast this spell using a 9th-level spell slot, you can animate or reassert control over six ghouls, three ghasts or wights, or two mummies.

[river vector]

How would y'all make the pied piper in DND, in a way that isn't just an annoying charm dependent on hearing? I do plan on having that as a effect, having the DC to resist the control start at like 5 and increase as more rounds continue without the players covering their ears.

[cerulean patio]

oh yeah sorry didnt catch that. sorta figured it was just the control more effect at higher level

[stiff rock]

as in how to homebrew that mechanic, or how to make a character styled around the pied piper?

[uneven stone]

tf is a pied piper

[errant crag]

The Hellfire Club starter set has a pied piper encounter in it

[barren badger]

folk tale

hypnotize kids with an Ocarina

[uneven stone]

a what

[stiff rock]

i always thought it was a flute, not an ocarina

[still plover]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pied_Piper_of_Hamelin

[barren badger]

i think you are right

[uneven stone]

oh the rat catcher

[shy stirrup]

A disgruntled, unpaid contractor.
Ya gotta avoid that situation, it doesn't end well

[river vector]

How to make a good mechanic around the hypnotizing powers, how the character would be is some form of chaotic alignment, most likely.

[turbid vessel]

It's a piper, who is pied.

That's not even a joke, it's a flutist whos colorfully clothed (pied)

[river vector]

I'll take a look

[stiff rock]

the glamour bard has a pretty good base for it. could steal their beguiling magic feature and alter it to suit your needs - every time creature does x, it can choose a character to attempt to charm

[uneven stone]

yeah no i just realised that in english yall call the rat catcher of hameln a pied piper

that sounds like a name for a way to prepare potatoes

[stiff rock]

it probably is, fairytales all have odd names

[barren badger]

how is the hellfire starter box?

[jolly canyon]

I've heard good thing

[stiff rock]

depends how much you like stranger things i suppose. i've not played it, but a few of my DM friends have and don't have amazing opinions on it

[river vector]

thinking of having the piper be some sort of fey creature

[stiff rock]

as for actual content, i think it supplies enough things for a beginner, but if you're not super into stranger things you may like some of the other starter sets instead

[shy stirrup]

Meant as an entry point into the hobby for fans of the show, if you and your players are that, have at it. Otherwise, you may want to consider other starter sets.

[ripe pilot]

Hey guys! Is there anything in the phb about barbarians getting 12d6 healing from a feature or smth?

[river vector]

I can def steal enthralling performance

[barren badger]

thats a lot of healing

[stiff rock]

definitely doesn't sound official unless your player has some incredible loophole

[uneven stone]

well we dont know ur whole parties build do we

[ripe pilot]

Ik,the barbarian from my party...has that? At lvl...5?

[uneven stone]

using an allies spell slot?

[ripe pilot]

I don't get it,it's nowhere in the rules yo be found

[stiff rock]

they're definitely lying about something then. ask to look at their character sheet

[ripe pilot]

No...it's just like...he has 18d6 of pure healing for himself that he can just use whenever he wants,evidently

[barren badger]

can you look at their character sheet?

[turbid vessel]

I can't think of a witty and geopolitically based response to this without knowing your native language so I'm just gonna take the L on this one

[ripe pilot]

I mean prolly if i ask

[uneven stone]

he may have misinterpretted some rules

[twilit shell]

is the barb dating the DM

only explanation that comes to mind

[stiff rock]

^ the only two excuses for this situation

unless they're actually just lying lol

[ripe pilot]

Funnily enough the dm doesn't even like the barb that much

[uneven stone]

its not an L its just unique

very much so

pied piper...

[ripe pilot]

I have the feeling some rules got heavily misinterpreted on this and the dm is an upstanding guy

[ornate star]

honestly tho that's hilarious

[river vector]

I love critter db

[stiff rock]

bring it up to the dm and ask to look through the guy's character sheet. if there's no obvious source of the healing then they shouldn't be using it

[ripe pilot]

Like...he could do this from level 3.

[lavish flame]

i mean 6d12 healing on a short rest isnt unheard of for Barbarians

[ripe pilot]

Wait wait wait how and why

[lavish flame]

but that would take a short rest and would just be hit dice that amybody could use

[stiff rock]

at any point they so choose, and at that low of a level, is quite unreasonable

[ripe pilot]

Oh no

[last flume]

When you shortrest you can use your hitdice to heal?

[ripe pilot]

I misunderstood it

[uneven stone]

most likely a misinterpretation of a subclass feature?

[lavish flame]

Barbarians have a d12 hit die, at level 6 and higher, they have enough hit dice to do 6d12 healing over a Short Rest.

[uneven stone]

what subclass is lil vro

[ripe pilot]

Yeah i get it

[last flume]

You get an amount of hitdice equal to your level

[lavish flame]

I'm thinking it is a misinterpretation of how Hit Dice work tbh

[barren badger]

yeah, i be this is the misinterpretation

[ripe pilot]

I have...no idea,wildheart mabye

[barren badger]

ah. the charlie day subclass (it said wildcard before the edit)

[uneven stone]

you mean wild magic?

[ripe pilot]

Yh I don't think barbarians can stack short rest healing or smth

[ripe pilot]

No,heart

[turbid vessel]

Have you considered asking this player outright

[barren badger]

path of the wildheart is a subclass in 2024

[ripe pilot]

Tbh I was just looking at the barb rules when it struck me like 2 min ago,I just thought it was a barbarian feature until now

[turbid vessel]

Definetly ask them and report back to us, I'm very curious how they'd respond

[uneven stone]

oh, 2024.

[ripe pilot]

I asked the dm once about it and he went yeah,2024 barbs are that op

[ripe pilot]

Yh defo

Tmr in fact

[river vector]

It should be obvious to players that they need to cover their ears with something if they encounter a guy who pulls out a flute in response to them drawing weapons, but I know some of them won't get it at first.

[ripe pilot]

Players after all,the bard might team up with flute guy

[river vector]

I doubt it if I implement pied piper like in the tale where he kills kids

[errant crag]

Probably gonna leave my Saturday evening game. We haven't played in over a month because we keep canceling due to one player's anxiety

[stiff rock]

imo it's hard to apply that sort of logic to a situation when you're already putting focus into interpreting the dm's description of the scene and looking at your character sheet to decide what action to take next

[errant crag]

I'm about to solve it for them and just leave the game so it can't happen anymore because it only has 3 players

[stiff rock]

that does sound really irritating

[river vector]

true, perhaps I should establish that the music is bad by doing it like the story

[ripe pilot]

Oh,THAT guy

[river vector]

have him be a scorned contractor

[stiff rock]

yeah definitely place focus on how the sound is affecting them, not just 'this is his ability, you take 3d12 psychic and are charmed'

[ripe pilot]

Has anyone else based their BBEG of a random dream they had

[errant crag]

Im just so tired of it. I'm tired of "Anxiety" ruling my D&D games with an iron grip. I'm gonna start hard denying people with any signs of anxiety because I'm tired of being forced to be at the whim of people's anxiety

[uneven stone]

anyways baii yall ima go eep now :3

[stiff rock]

i don't think it's a great idea to outright bar anyone who shows any sign of being anxious, but it should be the responsibility of your players to manage themselves when committing to a game and yeah you do reserve every right to remove them if they can't manage that

[river vector]

something about the music being enchanting, maybe he already took the kids, but the townspeople don't remember how ( due to the enchantment) and the party is sent to save them.

[stiff rock]

just don't think it's amazing to ban them from the get-go

[jolly canyon]

I wouldn't specify anxiety tbh. I would make it a hard rule about anyone who has complications that make it hard for people to show up. You can be empathetic to someone who has hurdles in their life but that doesn't mean you have be OK with games being postponed. Just really dont single out people with anxiety imo

[river vector]

If I describe a colorfully dressed man who abducted kids, the party might even just instantly understand who it is lol.

[uneven stone]

or they think its just a billionare

[errant crag]

If they're so rattled by their nerves that the biweekly D&D game gets cancelled every week, then they're making their anxiety into everybody else's problem.

[stiff rock]

at that description there are a million things that come to mind before pied piper

[errant crag]

I'm done dealing with it

[river vector]

LMAO

[river vector]

perhaps, I only think pied piper because I already know

[south prawn]

As in they have social anxiety and struggle to attend? Or they're dealing with anxiety from something else in their life (somehow preventing them from making the session)?

[jolly canyon]

Again not anxiety specifically but just the fact they are constantly canceling session is a good enough reason. If say I got into a game with you and said "sorry my wife is very sick with a disease so I have to cancel tonight" over and over you have the right to ban me. It's not you or your tables responsibility to look after MY sick wife.

[errant crag]

I'm tired of being expected to jump through flaming hoops to cater to the anxiety of grown adults who take the fact that they're super anxious and say "I'm gonna join a game where socialization is mandatory"

It's like having broken arms and legs and begging your friends to take you rock climbing with them

I haven't played in this game in over a month over this one player canceling due to anxiety all the time

I don't care if it sounds harsh anymore. I'm done with flaky players.

I can't anymore I haven't played D&D in over a month because of people cancelling left and right

And that's with me having 3 games a week

3 games a week and haven't played in over a month

[jolly canyon]

Boom right there "flaky player" that's perfect. Have a hard rule against flaky player no matter the reason. Good bad. If you're flaky ban them all. It's valid rule and doesn't single out any one

[crimson gulch]

If you have to keep canceling for one person that's unacceptable imo, the show must go on

[errant crag]

The game has 3 players

And the DM won't run without everybody there

Because it's a "StOrY DrIvEn GaMe" so everybody needs to be present every session

[crimson gulch]

That's not great at all

[errant crag]

I'm just sick and tired

[jolly canyon]

Leave that table fo sho. Doesn't matter why the player leaves. Good or bad reason. That's not your problem

[lament nebula]

I love monk in this game

[errant crag]

Im starting to have no sympathy for anxiety

[lament nebula]

its just funny in concept

[errant crag]

I'm tired of it I don't see it as a valid excuse anymore

Get a grip.

[jolly canyon]

You gotta stop singling out anxious people pls

Just say flaky ppl in general

[crimson gulch]

People come to my games to get away from the anxiety and pressure of life

I have never had someone cancel on me because of that

I usually get weeks notice from folks If they are going to miss a game

[proven mountain]

You can be frustrated but don't blame people for having a medical condition

[crimson gulch]

Like I know I'm down 2 players on June 18

[jolly canyon]

Now that's damn good communication

[errant crag]

It's the only excuse I see

[crimson gulch]

Yeah it's intense, I have 7 groups of locked in dedicated players

[errant crag]

Are we really acting like anxiety is a medical condition

[proven mountain]

Anxiety isn't an excuse, it can be debilitating

[errant crag]

Being nervous is a medical condition

[proven mountain]

It is a medical condition

[crimson gulch]

It sure can be

[idle oar]

It actually is so let's not make light of it please.

[jolly canyon]

Pink chill

[errant crag]

Fine

It's fine I'm going

[minor cargo]

Yeah, this is why I think this analogy, although a bit blunt, actually makes sense. #dnd-discussion message

Like if you had a friend who wanted to join everyone in a hobby, but that hobby is really difficult for them to engage with because of their condition, you can both sympathize with that but also try to ground everyone in reality: this hobby, the way we're doing it, just isn't for you.

but I think that also leaves room for the conversation about how some hobbies are more accessible to others, and ways we (as community members, designers, players/DMs, etc.) can make it more accessible if we can.

Edit: I think this framing is also helpful because it's not saying that the person with a condition is a bad person for wanting to participate. It just means the whole situation is a challenge - and that's the problem we are trying to engage with.

[errant crag]

Nobody ping me

[south prawn]

My buddy has ADD, also a condition, also frustrating

But he knows it and it's a thing we do make light of at the table, so it's all good (mostly)

[jolly canyon]

I won't ping pink per their request but again everyone has the right to have a hard stance about playing with or letting Flaky players into the game. It sucks when it's a good reason to be flaky and it's annoying and/or disrespectful when it's a bad reason. As long as we're not singling out anyone specifically it's ok to hard stance on flaky players.

[twilit shell]

As a dm with ADD it gets rough sometimes lmao. If my players don't remember something obscure and no one wrote it down, it might as well have not happened

[cunning chasm]

It sounds like Pink you think that this is a transactional. That they arent people with lives issues or problems. This isnt a sport or some kind of job, its a social collaborative game where yo uwork together to creative with each other there is a base companionship that must be established in order to play properly. (You need to get along and play together or its very uncomfy at the table) If a player is that anxious? Its ok to leave its ok to say 'hey x player isnt able to play, i do ima leave'

But its even easier to ask 'hey x player, you good?'

[crimson gulch]

Finding a good group you can rely on is difficult that's for sure

It's valid to vent about missing a month's worth of games for any reason

[proven mountain]

We have a 'I'm not gonna be there' channel in Discord and somehow we always forget when someone is away 😂

[loud tendon]

Valid to vent. Not good to villainize what can be legitimate medical reasons and/or paint everyone with anxiety with one brush and forever veto them.

[errant crag]

Villainize?

[jolly canyon]

Exactly why I said widen the scope. ALL flaky players.

[errant crag]

I'm expressing frustration over it, not attributing moral failure to them over it

I left and came back to people claiming I'm treating it as transactional and not caring about the person and that I'm villainizing them

[jolly canyon]

I would like to point out that I validated your frustration while trying to offer a better alternative than specifying a single group of people. Wider scope will be better anyway. Cause there is lots of types of reasons out there for being flaky. Not just a single medical condition.

[errant crag]

You're right I shouldn't single out anxious people

[loud tendon]

Villanizing the condition of anxiety and everyone in future experiences with it. Not that one person in particular.

No one is saying you cant vent frustration. Just trying to give advise to not go so hard against a condition that people legitimately suffer from.

People also did not at you but are discussing the situation. We can all learn from different interactions.

[errant crag]

Alright well I'm going, and I would appreciate people not maligning me as being transactional and uncompassionate while I'm gone just because I'm frustrated over missing a month of D&D due to flaky players.

[idle oar]

Valid. It's very frustrating to have folks fail to communicate and fall through last minute.

[jolly canyon]

As just an unimportant fyi since I do think this community is one of kindness I think. I like talking dnd with you, pink. Your takes and opinions often make alot of sense to me and you're positive about 5e and 5.5e which makes me, as a new player playing 5.5e, more comfortable to ask you questions. Hope to continue talking to you in the future! 🙏

[barren badger]

I think people with legitimate issues that cause people to miss sessions can also be people who are inconsiderate. (its not the issues that are making them incosiderate, it's the choices they make) Whether that's social obligations (children and family), medical issues, etc.

I once tried to run a game for a person who was very interested in playing dnd, but was dealing with barriers that made it difficult for her to socialize. I set everything up, found players, cleared out my day. And less than 45 minutes before show time, she told me that she would not be to attend.

That's okay, we can work through this. We talked through things, came up with a plan that would ease her issues and she felt more comfortable.

I prepped everything, set stuff up, and cleared out another Saturday for it. She bailed again, 20-30 minutes before session.

This repeated two more times before I stoped offering.

If she had simply communicated a bit better and told me further out, I dont think I would be as hurt.

It's not her fault that she had these issues, but I do think she can still be responsible for her decisions.

[crimson gulch]

if someone cant make it to my games anymore regardless of the reasoning its usually no big deal and i get a new player in to fill their seat

Canceling sessions over and over is not the way

[barren badger]

I didn't cancel those sessions, but i was setting these up specifically for her to experience them

[crimson gulch]

yes, but that other person had a months worth of canceled games

[barren badger]

OH, yes. I agree.

I also will run a session as long as we're not missing more than one person.

And if a player in my campaign is continiously missing, I would talk to them

[crimson gulch]

in my games i play as long as i have 2 players

i normaly have up to 6

[barren badger]

For me ~4-5 is the sweet spot, I'll play with 3 or 6, but I think 5 is ideal

[errant crag]

If I have at least 3 players I run my games

[rough basalt]

Alright ive started doing interviews for my games and yeah I shouldve been doing these all along

[jolly canyon]

I'll run for 2 if my players want but we all haven agree we'd rather run with 3 so if we only have 2 we'll postpone

[rough basalt]

Managed to catch something on what wouldve been a trouble player for my table

[errant crag]

I don't bend over backwards to come up with reasoning for players' characters to disappear or reappear, you're just there and then not there the next session or vice versa.

It's part of why I stopped running super narrative driven games

[barren badger]

Yeah, it is the way

I have a list of questions I ask. Once always is:

"If you HAD to play an evil character in a campaign, what would be their motivation? How would they be evil"

[cunning chasm]

I mean im a veteran with PTSD. I get anxious over alot of stuff sometimes its choking. Causes me to basically shut down. I dont mind people playing but people often feel uncomfortable taking control of others characters. So they are present but not active.

[shy stirrup]

With internet randos, its a must.
Even going so far as to run a quick and dirty 3-room dungeon 30 min 1-shot isn't a terrible idea. You can learn alot from a player just by playing with them (works both ways, they can see your DM style in action, and see if it suits them)

[rough basalt]

I got to yapping and they yapped, then near the end of the yapping was something transphobic casually and that was a "ding ding ding, we have a not coming to my table"

[cunning chasm]

So My anxiety IS very real and yea it makes me skip games sometimes but it doesnt mean that I want that to occur. If anything people with alot of anxiety? Its a vicious cycle. Because you get anxious about skipping, anxious about disapointing people. Then anxious about even starting the games again based on peoples perception of people. So its a really complicated issue that is often times out of hands of the people who have anxiety

[barren badger]

I once applied for a game in this server and the DM added me the campaign INSTANTLY without asking any questions and it was an instant for me

[rough basalt]

My throats sore and i got two more verbal interviews tonight

Gonna be straight forward with them lol

[outer pulsar]

interviews are a must! i interviewed the people from here even just over text and was able to tell if they fit my table or not

[barren badger]

What are red flags for you all when joining a table of randos? (either as a DM or as a player)

[outer pulsar]

i wouldnt say its a red flag persay, but i am more drawn to applications that arent just “hi im interested”

[shy stirrup]

Asking questions that contain traps, traps that will out undesirable or unsuitable players, might seem a bit Machiavellian to some, but I find its necessary. Classic interview questions in that vein like "why did you leave your last job?"

[errant crag]

A lot of banned player options

[hollow estuary]

Y'all people with a amulet of proof against detection and scrying can't be targeted by hunters mark.

[stiff rock]

anything grimdark, anything with a lot of homebrew

[barren badger]

yeahhh, homebrew is a red flag for me

[errant crag]

Any indication that the DM thinks spellcasters are overpowered

Lots of homebrew and lots of house rules

[jolly canyon]

This true??? Interesting if so

[errant crag]

You also can't cast Guidance on them

[jolly canyon]

I can't think of any Stat blocks off the top of my head with HM but I'm sure there is some

[stiff rock]

grimdark campaigns, unless they're done well (they usually aren't from experience), tend to just turn into edgy excuses for DMs to punish players with needlessly gruelling homebrew mechanics

[barren badger]

While wearing this amulet, you can’t be targeted by Divination spells

[hollow estuary]

Unless they allow you too

[jolly canyon]

Oh that's straight forward

[hollow estuary]

While wearing this amulet, you can’t be targeted by Divination spells or perceived through magical scrying sensors unless you allow it.

[jolly canyon]

Nice

[barren badger]

oh yes, i should read the entire item

[hollow estuary]

So guidance still works because they can give consent

[barren badger]

yeahhh, i dont even think grimdark campaigns are that bad, but they can attract sketchy people

[stiff rock]

i agree, but i rarely see them done right - especially not in random groups

[hollow estuary]

Which is of course not as strong as the broom of flying or spring boots but it is very strong because it makes you immune to a whole school of magic

[glass granite]

When a player actively refuses to go read the rules, and wants to learn it as they go.

[barren badger]

I applied for one and in the interview the DM was making super questionable jokes that made me feel uncomfortable

[barren badger]

a looot of people just want to use LLMs these days

[errant crag]

LLMs? What's that?

[barren badger]

chatgpt

[glass granite]

AI

I think it’s smt Language Model

[hollow estuary]

Oh also can't be targeted by mind spike

[errant crag]

Oh large language models

[lavish flame]

someone asking about Homebrew character options before hearing the campaign pitch is a HUGE red flag imo

[glass granite]

Yeah that

[shy stirrup]

"DM, ChatGPT says you should allow it"

[glass granite]

smited!

[severe rampart]

Lmao that's why in my campaigns I don't allow AI for anything, art, backstories, even rules

[woven flint]

Steel Chair to the dome

[stiff rock]

llms are quite possibly the worst way to learn d&d rules

[errant crag]

AI isn't good for learning things in general and definitely not good for game information.

[minor cargo]

llms are quite possibly the worst way to learn
ftfy

[jolly canyon]

I naturally said no AI at my table in my most recent session 0. From chathpt to ai tokens. I openly admitted it might be a bit much banning tokens but it'd a hard stance I have unfortunately. No AI at my table what so ever I don't even want to read backstoried written by AI. My players agree tho so we're good

[glass granite]

The acronyms are killin’ me

[severe rampart]

There was one person here who was asking so many easy questions about D&D, when asked why they were asking so much they said it was because they asked chatgpt first

[barren badger]

DM, chatgpt says I need to make a fortitude or will save

[severe rampart]

No, no, it's not too far for the tokens.

Picrew is free.

[jolly canyon]

Idk what that is but I'm guessing I should

[errant crag]

I use HeroForge for my tokens

[severe rampart]

Hell, I commission art for my players because I love them

[rough basalt]

DnD 4e fixes this.

[twilit shell]

Absolutely. Tells me that they want to play a mechanical concept, not a character

[barren badger]

i feel so bad, but i judge people who look at ai generated images and think it looks really good

[stiff rock]

i see a lot of people here asking for help with ai-generated campaign premises, session plans or homebrew stuff. it always confuses me that they'd ask for a human input to improve something that a llm spat out

[errant crag]

Be careful doing that because there's a lot of fake DMs who scam players with this

[hollow estuary]

Quite possibly the worst use of ai I've ever seen. 😭 😭

[rough basalt]

I'm a bit too lenient I think by preferring they don't use AI for tokens.

[woven flint]

SO, I asked this earlier to absolutely no response a few hours ago

What do we think about sea druid?
(I'm considering one)

[minor cargo]

Picrew are character creators with swappable hairs, faces, etc. Think like paper doll apps.

One thing that's great is that if your whole party uses the same one, all characters have the same "style", while also feeling unique. ✌️

[severe rampart]

Lmao I don't ask them to pay, I surprise them with it

[barren badger]

Sea druids are great! What would you like to know about them?

[twilit shell]

I steal my art the old fashioned way off of Pinterest and google images

[glass granite]

Not bad, they’re ok. Middle of the road for me.

[barren badger]

pinterest is getting so bad these days. Artstation is nice

[stiff rock]

pinterest is a wonder if you can sift through the AI

[woven flint]

Do we think gishing is a good option? 🤔

[severe rampart]

Careful. Pinterest is riddled with AI Generated slop nowadays.

[hollow estuary]

I mean I allow ai token art in my games but only if you play a construct race.

[twilit shell]

I’ve trained my Pinterest algorithm pretty well and don’t get too much of it these days

[jolly canyon]

Yea I straight hard banned it. I did apologize to them saying it might close-minded of me as tbh I'm not well versed on AI in general. But I just don't like the idea of it

[minor cargo]

Honestly? Google images is almost as polluted. It really, really sucks.

[twilit shell]

Still more than I’d like

[woven flint]

Thorn Whip someone into my
MEGA GAY WHIRLPOOL

[rough basalt]

Yeah I keep forgetting piccrew exists

[valid geyser]

Not the best I’d say. You gotta be right up close to enemies which can be scary

[errant crag]

I don't care where my players get token art as long as they don't lie to me about it. But I don't usually run games online so.

[valid geyser]

But otherwise the spells you get are okay

[rough basalt]

Even tho my PNG avatar is from piccrew lol

[severe rampart]

Picrew and the other one... I think it was Neko?

[minor cargo]

Simply cosplay as your character and take a selfie. Also dress up to every session. 👀

[woven flint]

Nah, I'd win

10 foot emination that can push people away into my Area Control spells :3

[jolly canyon]

I DLd a bunch of tokens from my czepeku subscription which I assume isn't AI since it's so widely recommended to people. Pls tell me they aren't AI ill cry if they are

[rough basalt]

Me when my chunky self shows up to a session in a pink frilly Wizard outfit.

[barren badger]

#character-discussion or #optimization might be better channels.

I don't if there's a lot there for gishes, but I enjoyed mine

[barren badger]

they are not

[severe rampart]

They're-... I don't know

[rough basalt]

Czepeku is human made.

[jolly canyon]

Phew thank goodness

[woven flint]

My friend, I'm sorry, but asking me what I'd like to know then directing me to another channel right away is bonkers 😭

[severe rampart]

And slaying. Queen.

[rough basalt]

I couldn't cosplay.

[barren badger]

You can stay here, i just think you might get more responses there. :]

[woven flint]

I mean, I suppose, but I just want a general opinion on Sea Druid, people seem 50/50, it looks pretty damn good to me all things considered

[rough basalt]

I'm too self-conscious.

[errant crag]

There's this page/composer on Spotify I've been getting D&D music from and I'm assuming it's not made using AI since a lot of it is from before 2022 and generative AI wasn't very good before 2022 but I don't know for sure

[barren badger]

I only mentioned it because you said you didnt get responses earlier.

[severe rampart]

I just use video game music.

[errant crag]

I hate using video game music for my games

[severe rampart]

Castlevania is a blessing for Curse of Strahd.

[errant crag]

I don't mind it in games where I'm a player

But I don't like using video game music for games I'm DMing

[rough basalt]

I use Tabletop Music

[jolly canyon]

I like using Dos2/BG3 music for my games but those are indeed the games that brought me here in the first place so

[severe rampart]

Tabletopmusic is also good.

[jolly canyon]

But Bardify has been used too

[severe rampart]

But the search function is bonkers for me.

[barren badger]

I use a lot of Adrian von Ziegler

[woven flint]

I think the only thing I dislike about Sea druid is that their main gimmick is 100% save or suck

[rough basalt]

Tho for my horror game I was gonna use the Original Resident Evil 2 Safe Room theme for the landing page

[lavish flame]

I basically exclusively use music from the Civilization soundtrack. I don't play those games, and neither do my players, but they have a wide variety of songs to use in their soundtracks

[rough basalt]

I've only played Civ Rev 4

The console exclusive one from 360/PS3 era

[lavish flame]

For stuff like The Astral Sea, I might grab music from EDM and Eurorack musicians. For most regular locations, a more regular song will do.

[barren badger]

Horror movie music has been a go to for me as well.

The requiem for a dream song is really great too

[rough basalt]

It has a declaration of war soundtrack I'd like to drop in a tabletop game once.

I'm that kind of music user

[errant crag]

Bardify is really good but a lot of their stuff is a little too epic and grandiose

[lavish flame]

I find that to be a problem with a lot of music for D&D

[errant crag]

Can be overpowering

[twilit shell]

This is why I force our bard to provide live music

[barren badger]

yes, this is an issue I have with a lot dnd music

[rough basalt]

I was using the usual go to music for Desert games in my old Wednesday game lol

[lavish flame]

When I look for "Fantasy boss fight" music I don't always need an entire 200 person orchestra and choir. I can do with a String Quartet or something

[rough basalt]

Sitar melodies and stuff

[lavish flame]

The thing I always look for microtones in my D&D music tbh

just feels right for the time period I'm emulating

[blissful dragon]

feel annoyed was meant to be facing the final boss of the thursday tonight but player no showed so it delayed till next week

[jolly canyon]

I'm learning my taste in music is uhh not the best I'm guessing lol

[rough basalt]

Tho Draconia I don't use any music that fits the civilization.

[barren badger]

https://www.youtube.com/@WitchBoltMusic

I like witchbolt a lot. I was a little unsure when I saw "synth" at first, but its honestly verry chill for dnd

[lavish flame]

do you like the music you hear?

[rough basalt]

I should use the Kugane music from ff14 for the main capital

[jolly canyon]

Yuh. Like the grandiose and epic music, video game music and the 200 orchestra music for boss fight(dark souls music example)

[twilit shell]

League of legends has some good instrumental tracks

[lavish flame]

Seems like a fine enough taste in music to me

[rough basalt]

Tho if I ever have my Monday PCs fighting the high level npcs of the countries armed forces, I'll break out the western religious choir music.

Or crap. Music from the Heavensward OST from ff14

[jolly canyon]

I used the Sif boss fight song for a tragic Warforged who went mad cause his partner was killed.

[rough basalt]

On my bucket list is running the FF6 final boss as a bbeg fight just like the game and hoping my players don't realize it.

[jolly canyon]

He was strong too! 20 AC vs a lvl 4 party

[errant crag]

Dark Souls music is great, some of it is just subtle enough

[jolly canyon]

Of mostly new players

[lime plume]

I too have very real anxiety issues. I do my best to overcome it for the sake of the game. Social anxiety rears its ugly head at times. Knowing this full well I am playing my first game in decades on Saturday. I'm just going to go and deal as best I can and hope people understand if I'm a bit awkward.

[errant crag]

Bloodborne music in particular is pretty great as it never gets too big and loud and epic

[rough basalt]

A 4 phase fight in dnd for no reason other than my own whimsy.

[jolly canyon]

Ohhhh I'm saving BB music for some very important fights

I can't wait!!

[minor cargo]

What’s a microtone? 👀

[rough basalt]

A player in said hypothetical game whose played FF6 or FF14 and hears me say "Legendary Action: Heartless Angel"

Queue nuking two PCs

[crimson gulch]

Tonight is the only night this month I'm not running a game

[jolly canyon]

I was gonna say I hope you get to rest tonight but being a father I imagine your work for tonight is not over just cause you're not running a game

[little stream]

Tonight will be the night that I will fall for yaouuuu

[barren badger]

I'm proud of you for doing this!! This hobby is full of awkward people playing together. I think they'll be happy to have you at their table

[woven flint]

Everyones music taste is valid..

Unless they like AI music :p then they might need a little bit of help

[barren badger]

Oh i might need to look into this. One of my players is a HUGE final fantasy fan. maybe I could steal inspiration from the games

[lavish flame]

Ooh yay! Microtones are notes between the western 12-tones (Bb, B, C, Db, D, Eb, E etc.). Sounds can onviously be at any pitch, not just those specific pitches, so Microtones is the term used for something like a B Half-Sharp (a note between B and C). They're usually found throughout African, Asian, and pre-Classical European music, where the entire field of music theory is different (see: Indian Ragas vs European Scales). Certain instruments, like Turkey's Baglama or Japan's Koto are "specially" designed to play these notes.

Music theory is a relatively modern notion, I don't think D&D music would sound like European Classical music, I think it'd sound music from 1400s Tajikistan and Chad.

There's your Gwyn rant for the day, nobody bring up Eberron!

[jolly canyon]

So about Eberron

[hot reef]

Yeah, about Eberron

[jolly canyon]

I'm running two Eberron tables. One with handwritten adventures and One is Oracle of War. Gwyn please go into a long discussion about literally anything

[lavish flame]

where's that gif of the emoji disintegrating

[woven flint]

Chad Eberron

Chadberron

[woven flint]

The Emoji of Doom and Despair

[twilit shell]

lord of blades is a hear me out candidate

[lavish flame]

valid, he's just so dreamy...

[jolly canyon]

I can't wait to run that statblock for the first time ever. I'm too excited

[woven flint]

I can imagine him sounding like Gabriel from Ultrakill

[lavish flame]

maybe a Quori is dreamier

[woven flint]

Except Gabriel Ultrakill is a CLANKER hater.

[jolly canyon]

I teased him to my first group and they are super excited to learn more about him specifically. Next session they hear about Dyrrn tho cause they're in Khyber.

[feral fulcrum]

He hates everything, don't he?

[woven flint]

I dunno

[twilit shell]

He tolerates hatsune miku

[lavish flame]

ooh what're they doing in Khyber?

[woven flint]

I know the Lord of Blades hates all Organics though (As he should)

[lavish flame]

well hold on, he has no beef with animals

[feral fulcrum]

Beep Boop, Meatbag

[woven flint]

He hates HUMANS the most out of the Organics, iirc

(based)

[jolly canyon]

They're on a mission for the Trust to rescue an operative who snuck into Darguun kobold ranks and got trapped in khyber under the seawall mountain. No idea if in Lore the trust woild ever work with outsiders but I need a reason for them to go down there lol

[twilit shell]

this is anti-warforged propaganda propagated by the elves

[errant crag]

Well if the Warforged hate me then I hate them

[twilit shell]

they're mad he stoll their double sided scims

[woven flint]

... No, its literally the Lord of Blades Ideology
He hates us

He's my favorite evil clanker besides Megatron

[visual sage]

supnerds

[twilit shell]

Nah propaganda fr

[lavish flame]

Yeah, cuz Humans are the people with the Mark of Creation. That said, he doesn't dislike organic things for being organic. He's basically an anarchist and warforged supremacist

[hot reef]

Hasty generalization

[visual sage]

I have a big old homebrew campaign and I 'll be asking random people for ideas

[twilit shell]

Justice for the Lord of Blades, King of Blessings!

[woven flint]

Being a Supremesist typically means you dislike things that aren't like you.

[jolly canyon]

I wanna run him so bad 😭

[woven flint]

(At least looking at it from a racial standpoint, which is iffy conversation topic material)

[twilit shell]

I ran his block as a high level izzet boss once he was dope

[lavish flame]

Yeah, he dislikes Humans and Elves and Orcs and stuff, he dislikes them for the role they played in the Last War (basically how nobody fought for Warforged until it was over). He doesn't dislike them because they're made of meat

[jolly canyon]

What's the lowest level yall would throw him at for a party size of 4? I want him to be as difficult as possible

[twilit shell]

3

[lavish flame]

they can handle him at level 1 yeah

[twilit shell]

Not all encounters are mean to be won.

[jolly canyon]

Oh OK. For a fight that's meant to be won then.

[lavish flame]

nah i'd prolly do like 13-15 if you want it to be early enough that its scary but still winnable

[errant crag]

Hating people for their actions and not what they are? Unheard of

[jolly canyon]

True

[twilit shell]

He's brutal if you have melees, the thorns damage alone is pretty rough (if you have him grapple shenanigans)

[woven flint]

Its funny because in lore he is perceive as "a power-mad tyrannical warlord, self-proclaimed prophet, and racist psychopathic abomination bent on founding a warforged empire and challenging other nations for control of all of Khorvaire. "

[jolly canyon]

Only 1 melee ATM. Rogue can do both if he wants I think

[lavish flame]

oh yeah, in lore he's like an uber terrorist

[woven flint]

And considered an uber racist...

[twilit shell]

the difference between a terrorist and a freedom fighter is who reports the news

[lavish flame]

My point is that he does not dislike people for being organic, as he has no issues with stuff like animals

[twilit shell]

Warforged Nightly tells me he is actually the best social advocate

[lavish flame]

He dislikes people for what they've done, but he doesn't harbor some hatred for living things. If he did, he mightve turned to necromancy before artifice

[woven flint]

"and advocated for their supremacy over other races and Khorvaire, calling for a world where his followers rebelled against, conquered, destroyed, and enslaved the puny, so-called "weak-fleshed" or "flesh-bound" races."

[hot reef]

Have one of the Lord of Blades’ underlings cast Shield of Faith on him, then make his armor +3

[lavish flame]

Adamantine Plate +3 is diabolical (give it to him)

[woven flint]

I think The Lord of Blades indeed does not like organics

[twilit shell]

if your party doesn't have disintegrate, having him wall of force off the casters after legendary blade dance is entirely valid to slaughter them

[jolly canyon]

Lvl 13 is what. Lvl 6 spells only?

[twilit shell]

But they better have counterspell to stop it

[severe rampart]

7, no?

[jolly canyon]

No clue!

[severe rampart]

It's level divided by 2 rounded up.

[jolly canyon]

My highest party is lvl 5.

[jolly canyon]

I will keep that in mind!

[errant crag]

Trying to paint this guy as a freedom fighter or anything good aligned would be crazy

Don't think Tokii is but someone did in there I'm pretty sure

[woven flint]

He's not though, he's literally an evil, manic individual

That's literally, verbatim, how he is

Unabashedly evil

[lavish flame]

this still isn't Animals and Plants so it definitely isn't Organic Life. I'm not sure how my point is being missed

[errant crag]

That moment when the guy called the Lord of Blades is actually evil

[twilit shell]

There's a slice of life to be had in here where he is just a world renowned sashimi chef

[woven flint]

Your point ISN'T being missed.
Its LITERALLY stated that he hates organic fleshbound creatures!

I'm sure its NOT just people.

[errant crag]

I also hate plants and animals

But that's because I hate food and all food is either plants or animals

[twilit shell]

or mushroom

[errant crag]

Yeah I guess they're not plants

So they're exempt

[lavish flame]

stance on protists?

[jolly canyon]

Mushrooms win again 😎

[woven flint]

Best thing ever to exist

[lavish flame]

yeah u do kinda have to hand it to them

[woven flint]

They're just nothing they choose NOT to identify

Which is honestly?
The coolest evolutionary choice ever

I am NOT an animal
I am NOT a plant
I am NOT a fungus

I am..
Protist

[twilit shell]

putting the protist in protagonist

[woven flint]

Imagine Dragons

[oak grotto]

Ok, what do the dragons do? Are they chromatic or metallic?

[peak pecan]

Done, next question

[woven flint]

Imagine me.

[woven flint]

No, a third.. more sinister option

[twilit shell]

gemstone actually L + Ratio + Gravity magic

[tropic plank]

Crystal

[oak grotto]

Gem dragons then.

[woven flint]

Yerrr

[oak grotto]

They're not very sinister. Idk why you'd say that.

[woven flint]

because saying
"No, but a third more sinister option" is funny

[tropic plank]

They’re more than sinister, they’re sassy

[twilit shell]

I bet they taste like gatorade flavors if you cook and eat them

[woven flint]

I don't think I've seen you in ages

[oak grotto]

Was also joking. Gem dragons aren't that sinister. Not usually at least. 😅

[tropic plank]

I’ve always been here.

[woven flint]

Have you?
Are you real?

[peak pecan]

…Done

[twilit shell]

Sam Reich! He's been here the whole time!

[woven flint]

Am I handsome?

[tropic plank]

Gem dragons are like the Tieflings of dragons

[peak pecan]

Aye, sire

[topaz eagle]

So I dmed my first campaign but I tought the hunger system was too complicated so we played without it.
It's almost time for me to run another campaign and I really want to incorporate this system.
Can anyone explain it to me ?

[oak grotto]

Hunger system?

[jolly canyon]

Most DMs don't run hunger rules afaik

[twilit shell]

You just gotta eat once a day

[jolly canyon]

Can't confirm of course

[oak grotto]

DnD doesn't really have a hunger system? I think you just have to have one meal?

[topaz eagle]

yea like buying some food at town before going in an adventure

idk I saw it online

[oak grotto]

That's probably not an official mechanic.

Many people see hunger as an afterthought when playing DnD.

[topaz eagle]

Managing hunger in D&D 5e defaults to a simple rule: characters need 1 pound of food per day... (Gemini)

[jolly canyon]

Might be slightly mistaken if you read it online and didn't read it in the rules. But regardless I don't use it either

Gemini

[idle oar]

Don't trust AI results

[topaz eagle]

hey nobody judges me for using gemini 😢

[twilit shell]

Just 1 ration a day if your DM (or if you as a DM) care

[topaz eagle]

okay I guess

[tropic plank]

If you’re desperate for a hunger mechanic tell them they either need to eat at a tavern or something or buy supplies
Like, a week of food is 20 gold or something, and if they don’t they might get an exhaustion level

Don’t worry too hard about realism or anything

[jolly canyon]

Valid. My bad fr fr

[oak grotto]

We don't trust AI on this server. I don't recommend seeking AI for advice.

[tropic plank]

Then nobody has to think about it

[idle oar]

You're better off actually reading the free rules: https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/free-rules

[topaz eagle]

omg I hate these kind of ppl

no offense btw

[twilit shell]

god forbid you have to read something in a game with rulebooks

[idle oar]

Why? It's the actual game rules though - e.g. what's actually used.

[tropic plank]

Have you
Not checked the rules?

[idle oar]

Not some AI-generated hallucination

[topaz eagle]

I am just asking a quick question I don't want to read a 400 pages document

[tropic plank]

Discord is not the first or second place to be looking for rules advice

[topaz eagle]

But thanks anyway guys

[topaz eagle]

Quick question dw

[oak grotto]

...Did you read the rules though?

[tropic plank]

Also, you don’t need to read the whole book

[idle oar]

I mean at least they are actually asking on the official D&D Discord server...

[topaz eagle]

Yes.

[jolly canyon]

OK you can't hate people who say read the rules. It takes like 90 minutes at best to read the How to Play section of the free rules and there are more reliable sources than AI.

[twilit shell]

Eat one ration a day, or don't. Ask grok ig

[topaz eagle]

bruh

I tough AI was bad

[oak grotto]

Don't ask Grog.

[topaz eagle]

*Grok

mb

[oak grotto]

I don't really care how they're called. I avoid them like they're a power hungry lich.

[tropic plank]

The rules are still just out there

You can run a great campaign without any rules at all if you really wanted, but if you’re asking for an official rule then check the official rulebook

[jolly canyon]

Gronko is a goblin I just thought of and will be adding to my next session. He will give bad advice

[topaz eagle]

Lol great idea

[tropic plank]

He should give real world advice for fantasy problems, the inverse of AI

[idle oar]

So here's the rules on malnutrition and dehydration: https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/br-2024/rules-glossary#MalnutritionHazard
https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/br-2024/rules-glossary#DehydrationHazard

[oak grotto]

Still probably better advice than Kronk or whatever the hell he's called.

[topaz eagle]

Remember Grok used to be able to generate weird content

[tropic plank]

Don’t disrespect Kronk

[topaz eagle]

my goat

[crimson gulch]

Ai is not going to be reliable for dnd rules

[jolly canyon]

I don't use Twitter thankfully but I heard about that and immediately want to change topics

[tropic plank]

Kronk is the third best Disney character he don’t deserve that

[jolly canyon]

Pull the lever!

[oak grotto]

You're right. I should have not disrespected the most lovable himbo it has come out of Disney.

Wrong leveeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeer!!! Takes 8d10 bludgeoning damage.

[tropic plank]

Every dnd game needs a good Kronk character for the BBEG to play off of

[frail wasp]

best i can do is evil Kronk

[twilit shell]

Evil Himbo is a great archetype

[oak grotto]

Ok, now I want to make dumb-ass himbo for the party to interact with. However... the party's fighter already fills that role very well so should I bother?

[frail wasp]

of course ... everyone can use a foil

[jolly canyon]

My pc is a Himbo. I love him

[oak grotto]

I wasn't even thinking about making a himbo villain. Just a lovable himbo NPC.

[twilit shell]

the fighter ought to be the only one they respect

[jolly canyon]

He's a Warcleric Goliath and constantly thinks he can take any attack from any source cause his God protects him. He's gone down 5+ times and died once

[oak grotto]

I mean personally I wouldn't want to play a dumb character so recklessly. Seems like a good way to lose a character.

[woven flint]

I had a Tiefling War Cleric that was very similar

Except he was only ever downed twice

I've spoken of him aplenty

Karkas, my beloved

[jolly canyon]

More context. He doesn't try to take damage for no reason. He puts himself between danger and his allies.

[oak grotto]

I've only played a dumb character once. Barbarian. Don't think he went down.

[tropic plank]

Make him the fighters rival
Dare I say enemies to lovers?

[woven flint]

This man wasn't dumb, but he was the only frontliner in his group

[oak grotto]

It was a three-shot or something though.

[woven flint]

He had resistance to 7 or 8 damage types :3

[oak grotto]

He already has a crush on two of his childhood friends and doesn't even realize it.

[tropic plank]

To hell with it, add a third

[oak grotto]

A quadrouple?

[tropic plank]

Just call it poly if it’s more than three

[oak grotto]

No, I will call it quadrouple.

[indigo wing]

Yaasss we love dumb himbos!

[indigo wing]

Damn

[lavish flame]

quartet!

[minor cargo]

They could be quad gods.

Thick thighs save lives.

[twilit sail]

I prefer my queers w angst

[fluid orchid]

Any news about hexblade warlock?

Any change or update on a new book?

[feral fulcrum]

Everyone needs a Kronk

[lavish flame]

Won't be featured in Ravenloft: Horrors Within, I think we also got confirmation it won't be in Arcana Unleashed, so itll either be a Srason of Champions (so Fall-Winter '26) or itll be a 2027 release

[fluid orchid]

Rip, i still play 2014 hexblade in 2024 rules

Level 6 trait feels bad

[lavish flame]

the specter one? how so?

[fossil hollow]

CR 1/2 at that level is pretty meh. Also needs ya to kill hoomanoids

[fluid orchid]

I play as level 9

Yep feels bad i used it only once

[fickle prairie]

King @warm cove

[severe rampart]

the day before session 11, a bit nervous

[shy stirrup]

After 10 sessions?

You must have a reason

[severe rampart]

Gotta pull off a surprise

[shy stirrup]

Ah

[turbid tinsel]

So, I'm in a SW5e game. And it got me looking into things from 5e. What is up with the magic item economy in 2014 5e? Like, I get it, the designers for what ever reason didn't want to put price tags on magic boots, rings, cloaks and codpieces. But why aren't scrolls given actual pricing for players to be able to buy one shot use scrolls or even potions?

[severe rampart]

||Using their dead party members as revived vampire spawns to use against them||

[twilit shell]

Because 5e is a humiliation ritual for DMs

[fossil hollow]

magic items are given prices based off rarity

[shy stirrup]

And what's your concern

[severe rampart]

The reveal

[fossil hollow]

Spell Scrolls and Healing Potions are given prices based off said prices

[turbid tinsel]

I can believe that. I've been making a 6th level character for SW5e and going into 'enhanced items' which is their magic items stuff there's absolutely nothing there, it's all "make your GM have to do m ore work."

[shy stirrup]

Second thoughts about how you're going to stage manage that?

[turbid tinsel]

healing potions sure... what about a potion of Grease? or Entangle?

[twilit shell]

I have just stolen and amended people’s homebrew lists of item prices and arbitrarily decide how much stuff costs based on how I personally feel about it

[fossil hollow]

Theres a table in the DMG. Half the number there, you get your price

[turbid tinsel]

So, what is the rarity of an oil of grease?

[severe rampart]

Depending on where they go ||different party members will be revealed||, all hell breaks havoc in this town they're in ||There's a dragon, werewolves, vampire spawn, etc.||

[fossil hollow]

what rarity is it?

[turbid tinsel]

....that....that's the question I asked...

[fossil hollow]

Im just gonna assume you mean Oil of Slipperiness

[twilit shell]

I just make my players buy me olive oil if they want that oil

[fossil hollow]

theres no item in official content called oil of grease

[turbid tinsel]

Grease is the spell I'm thinking of...

[solemn whale]

Hiiii

Can we post/advertise one shots

[fossil hollow]

Assuming Oil of Slipperiness, which is Uncommon, and also is just duplicating the Grease spell, 200 gp

[turbid tinsel]

So...sorry if I'm getting terminology wrong. I've played less than 20 games of 2014 5e, none of the 2024 redux. It used to be, potions could hold spells up to X level, I want to say 3rd. If it was a buff or debuff on a person it was a 'potion' if it was a buff or debuff for an object it was an 'oil' So if you wanted to put the spell grease into a potion, it would be an oil of grease

[barren badger]

#looking-for-players

[fossil hollow]

doesnt the DMG have guidelines for doing so?

[solemn whale]

Thank you

[fossil hollow]

Cantrips and 1st level spoells are considered Uncommon.

[turbid tinsel]

Hi....I've not played 5e 2014 in over 6 years, and even then didn't get too in depth in the game. So I'm rather ignorant about these things. It's why I'm discussing it here on this discord. 🙂

[barren badger]

Potions can hold spells?

[fossil hollow]

Im looking at the 2014 DMG

[turbid tinsel]

awesome. so does the DMG have guidelines for doing so?

[fossil hollow]

It has the table

[solemn whale]

Won’t let me post, so I need approvals

[fossil hollow]

...

[turbid tinsel]

cool!

[fossil hollow]

We are not escaping the cannot read allegations

[barren badger]

#find-a-game gives instructions

[rough basalt]

It ain't allegations. It's caught red handed with a whole stockpile of evidence.

[turbid tinsel]

in older formats of D&D potions were based off the spells a spellcaster would cast. A potion of cure light wounds was just cure light wounds in a bottle. A potion of keen edge was an oil of keen edge using the keen edge spell.

[fossil hollow]

Said table btw, Chapter 9: Dungeon Master's Workshop of the 2014 DMG https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/dmg-2014/dungeon-masters-workshop#MagicItemPowerbyRarity

[rough basalt]

Got 1 more player interview left. my voice is exhausted

[fossil hollow]

Has this passage

Maximum Spell Level. This column of the table indicates the highest-level spell effect the item should confer, in the form of a once-per-day or similarly limited property. For example, a common item might confer the benefit of a 1st-level spell once per day (or just once, if it’s consumable). A rare, very rare, or legendary item might allow its possessor to cast a lower-level spell more frequently.

[barren badger]

So, I think it’s difficult to create a price tag for every magic item. There are tools other DMs have created, but I think each magic item would have a unique price.

[turbid tinsel]

but there's no actual.. a cantrip/orison/whatever druids call their stuff for a 0 level spell potion is insert gp value a 1st level spell is insert gp value a 2nd level spell is insert gp value, so on and so forth?

[fossil hollow]

Again. You look at the prioce table by rarity

[turbid tinsel]

but there's no actual.. a cantrip/orison/whatever druids call their stuff for a 0 level spell potion is insert gp value a 1st level spell is insert gp value a 2nd level spell is insert gp value, so on and so forth??

[fossil hollow]

why are you posting the same thing twice

[turbid tinsel]

because it wasn't answered. 🙂

[fossil hollow]

1. I did answer it
2. Thats considered spam

this table has the price range
https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/dmg-2014/treasure#Rarity

[turbid tinsel]

you keep linking me to a book to buy

[fossil hollow]

Unfortunately, the 2014 Basic/Free Rules do not include the table

[turbid tinsel]

yes or no please. Is there a chart somewhere in 5e dnd that states what each spell level 0-9's "Rarity" is for using it for making scrolls and/or potions?

[fossil hollow]

I literally said yes multiple times

[rough basalt]

Yes in the 2014 dmg where he's been saying

[fossil hollow]

If you dont have the DMG to look at the specific table, thats of no fault of my own

Ive been giving you the source with what i have

[twilit shell]

50% of problems in dnd are based on poor communication skills, 45% are reading comprehension, 5% is a nat 1. Scheduling is 100% in its own right

[tropic plank]

There is nothing more anyone can do for you

[fossil hollow]

If you want a better table, i would probably look at the 2024 Basic Rules instead, it at least has that included
https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/br-2024/magic-items#MagicItemRarity

[twilit shell]

How much do you think a dose of keoghtom’s ought to cost in your eyes

[rough basalt]

DnD players: "I got 5% luck, 10% social skill, 15% concentrated power of illiteracy"

[barren badger]

its on page 135 of the dungeon masters guide if you have access to that book.

[fossil hollow]

Honestly, depends on how much doses are left

[twilit shell]

Well I mean the cost per dose

[fossil hollow]

yeah, id do it based off that, cost vs demand typa thing

[twilit shell]

I’m thinking of pegging it at the cost of lesser restoration scroll + greater healing potion I’m reworking some of my prices

[fossil hollow]

the item itself is Uncommon, but each one is worth a Cure Wounds in healing

[barren badger]

Additionally, page 133 of Xanathar's guide to everything has the cost and time required to craft spell scrolls.

[barren badger]

Is lesser restoration even a good spell?

[fossil hollow]

BA to remove certain conditions, including paralyzed

[twilit shell]

Only if it can end hold person 😉

[rough basalt]

Yeah

[barren badger]

Is it able to remove paralyzed caused by hold person?

[fossil hollow]

yes

[twilit shell]

Lmao

[barren badger]

okay i was just curious

[fossil hollow]

It ends the condition, period

[rough basalt]

Yeah Lesser Resto is a great spell

[timber latch]

hello ^^ im new to dnd and im gonna play my first game in a couple days! any tips?

[barren badger]

Wear sunscreen!

[fossil hollow]

remember what your character does
have fun
work with the party
hydrate and eat

[twilit shell]

Moisturizer always

[timber latch]

lol thanks!

[rough basalt]

Read the basic rules. Specifically the how to play first, you don't need to read the whole thing.

Then when you decide on a class to play, read on how to play them.

[small sand]

Came up with an easy way to make surnames for tiefling characters

Theological demon/demon appearing in the Goetia, and add -i.

Like, you'd get Belethi, from Belethi, or Paimoni, from Paimon, etc. (Beleth and Paimon are both Goetic demons)

[twilit shell]

Sounds like Pokémon (not a bad thing)

[fossil hollow]

Paimon... emergency food

[rough basalt]

Then you can go from there. As long as you're willing to put in effort to learn and remember the rules you have to, most DMs will love having you.

[timber latch]

was about to say that lol!

[rough basalt]

And well. Don't be a problem at the table.

[turbid tinsel]

I have a friend I can pester with the book. I just wanted some concrete information before I went pestering them over whatsapp. SW5e has "techpowers" that are essentially reskinned spells, while adding new ones. Countermeasures makes you immune to the games version of magic missile. Smoke cloud is basically obscuring mist and oil slick is basically grease. I wanted something to bring back to my DM to go "hey, these are the 5e rules for making potions" Can we use these rules to make one shot gadgets turning 'smoke cloud' into a smoke grenade, or 'oil slick' into something I can have my speeder bike drop behind us to help with escapes.

[barren badger]

paimon is not emergency rations

[timber latch]

thank u im rlly nervous the DM wont like me because im new T-T

[fossil hollow]

she very much is

[twilit shell]

They’ll like you more if you bring snacks

[rough basalt]

If that's the case, you can find a better dm.

[timber latch]

thanks!

[rough basalt]

If a DM doesn't want new people, they'll generally say so in their ads.

Those ones are fine since they let ya know up front.

[barren badger]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ2PQp9UWw4

[rough basalt]

But a DM that let's you in then suddenly drops it on ya? Nah.

[small sand]

Oh if it's one of the demons that has a seal, you could also use it as the symbol of the character's family

[timber latch]

they didnt mention anything about it so hopefulyl they dont mind ^^

[solemn whale]

I’m always beginner friendly. We got to start from somewhere

[rough basalt]

Most likely.

[fossil hollow]

This wont stop me because i cant read!

[rough basalt]

Beginners are fun to run for as long as they're here to play.

They tend to be a bit more creative ime.

[barren badger]

As a DM, i'm happy to have a new player! They're usually enthusastic

and i can lure them them into traps

[solemn whale]

It’s 90% rp usually haha technical stuff is jus experience

[timber latch]

im super exited ive always just watched vids of ppl playing ^^

never rlly got into the technical stuff though lol

[barren badger]

also, when in doubt, just open the door. Dont worry about danger. Touch the handle. Open the door.

[rough basalt]

On my to do list this year is to write my own tutorial adventure for fun.

[barren badger]

If the DM ever asks something like, "So you touch the treasure chest?" Just say "yes!" The DM is trying to make sure YOU get the loot first

[timber latch]

oouuuu thank u!

[rough basalt]

It's interesting trying to put an adventure together with just what's allowed by the OGL.

[barren badger]

:]

[twilit shell]

“Well first I ask the chest for enthusiastic consent”

Just in case it’s a mimic chest yknow

[barren badger]

mimics arent real, Just touch the chest

[rough basalt]

True.

Come to think of it I've used more mimics as a dm than I've seen as a player

[solemn whale]

You’re so evil !!

[barren badger]

No, I'm BubbleMoth

[timber latch]

may I ask whats a mimic chest? I think I have an idea but I just wanna make sure ^-^

[rough basalt]

Mimics are creatures that well. Mimic.

They hunt people so they commonly appear as chests to eat adventurers.

[timber latch]

right thats what I though thanks ^^

[barren badger]

There are creatures that hide as common items and when adventurers touch them, they attack

[rough basalt]

They can be anything but the default is a chest

Like I've had door mimics

[barren badger]

What would the be the most evil thing to make a mimic?

[twilit shell]

Emphasis on seen 😉

[twilit shell]

Health potion

[barren badger]

The healing potion inside of a bottle?

[jolly canyon]

Mimics only ever appear as chests so feel free to let your guard down and be none the wiser when you don't see a chest nearby.

[barren badger]

Lol, you beat me

[twilit shell]

Just millions of nanoscopic mimic healing droplets

[barren badger]

Touch the gold coin on the table

[twilit shell]

Mimic helmet might be peak

[feral fulcrum]

Another mimic has breached containment, get the flamethrower.

[barren badger]

One of my favorite dnd moments as a player was when i got stuck to a mimic, butttt I was able to cast "inflict wounds" >:] (the good 2014 version, not the horrible 2024 version)

[twilit shell]

God bless 2014 inflict wounds

[barren badger]

probably the worst nerf of 2024

[twilit shell]

Nah moon Druid. I don’t want spells. I want an extra hp bar! And any beast!

[barren badger]

that was a big change

[livid brook]

out of curiosity

what summon has the most hit points

kinda wana know the max hitpoints a summon could have if paired with shepherd druid

[empty thicket]

close, im latino too

but if its for getting into a campaign who speak Portuguese, sorry i dont.

try to dont doxe yourself please.

Let it "open" just contients

[twilit shell]

I wish I was allowed to dox myself

[empty thicket]

Just lets try to not, saying continents is already enough for coordinate.

[gaunt vault]

Sorry we didn’t tough about that

[twilit shell]

I’m a grown man aged <redacted> and I wanna reveal personal information about myself!

[cyan tide]

Well what Summon spells do we have…Summon Aberration, Summon Beast, Summon Celestial, Summon Construct, Summon Dragon, Summon Draconic Spirit, Summon Elemental, Summon Fey, Summon Fiend, Summon Greater Fiend, Summon Jack-o'-Lantern, Summon Lesser Demons, Summon Leviathan Avatar, Summon Plant, Summon Sea Spirit, Summon Shadow, Summon Shadowspawn, Summon Undead and Summon Vehicle

[empty thicket]

No.

[little stream]

Yes

[cyan tide]

Its probs summon Leviathan

Since 7th level spell

[barren badger]

You’re obviously a crab

[twilit shell]

Knock knock

[barren badger]

Uh, who’s there?

[twilit shell]

Wow can’t believe you’d ask for personal information that’s crazy

[errant crag]

Summon Vehicle?

[fossil hollow]

UA spell

[errant crag]

I summon a wicked scooter

[twilit shell]

I’d have to dig into the avernus module, can the hell engines be summoned?

[fossil hollow]

They are Vehicles