dnd-discussion

[silk hare]

exactly

or are jsut super min maxed for certain scenarios

[shy stirrup]

Or, not very good

[tiny grove]

I actually made a custom dragon specifically for a chase scene
It's uhh
practically unbeatable by basically any party even though I worked decently hard on that stat block

[frail wasp]

sometimes you make a dragon and don't give it a hit point bar, because, well, this is a cutscene, it doesn't need one

[tiny grove]

My party's battle IQ genuinely impresses me sometimes
love it when that happens though

[silk hare]

tbh just reverse his AC or make him not take damage, duh

immortal enemies with alternate win cons

[tiny grove]

But that's laaaame
It is valid
But nahhhh
I like to go into detail

[novel moth]

Lairs don’t help much.

[silk hare]

fair, but then again its a story telling game to some extent yk

[shy stirrup]

The party's "Battle IQ" as you aptly put it, has a far greater role in encounter balance than some CR table

[frail wasp]

you hit the dragon with a fireball. it doesn't take any damage, but it's blue now. wdyd

[silk hare]

start to drink with it

[hot reef]

Unexplained reverse AC doesn’t really contribute to the story

[silk hare]

yk, share stories at the bar

[tiny grove]

Depends
an extra legendary action might do a lot since the dragon basically gets an extra move between every turn

[barren badger]

something that's also not discussed is how important it is to combine different types of monsters.

Support monsters/front line monsters/etc.

Monsters have roles!

[tiny grove]

Indeed it does
It's why I'm not scared of making crazy strong enemies, sometimes with annoying gimmicks. I know they'll figure it out

[novel moth]

Yeah. Last game I played in me and another player were good at tactics we turned impossible to win encounters into wins.

But the party was also screwed if one of us missed the game. It would be a too

[shy stirrup]

Believe me, give me a bunch of CR 1/4 Goblins and I can TPK you

[silk hare]

question is what constitutes a bunch and can I control the environment too

[frail wasp]

a DM tpking a party is not an accomplishment :V

[shy stirrup]

You know what I mean

Or, should

[tiny grove]

It's not reversed AC, but I had this trait for an enemy that was quite strong:
Harvest Season. Andromeda does not have a set AC. Instead, there are a multitude of numbers one could get in order to hit Andromeda. These numbers are:
7, 10, 13, 17, 22, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29. Any number that is not any one of these is a miss. If the roll is 30 or above and is a critical hit, then it hits. If the roll is 40 or above, it automatically hits.

Basically, the character, Andromeda, is heavily related to harvesting and seasons (with her magic weapon, a chain with the sickle in its end being heavily related to constellations), and just like how you only harvest certain fruits in certain seasons you can only hit her with a very specific amount of accuracy for her to actually be hurt
And NO they can't roll above 40 if you're wondering, it's there just in case

[silk hare]

oh imma steal that thx

[tiny grove]

No you can't bro
They genuinely can't hit a high level monk 😭

[frail wasp]

for real though reversed AC, or funky AC, it breaks the language of the game

its not a good idea

[shy stirrup]

Missing the point, so here it is: lower CR monsters on paper, if used in tactical ways, can punch way above their weight

[tiny grove]

Agreed

[frail wasp]

theres a lot of little things that we take for granted at the table that are expressed through the language of the game and eroding that is liable to really make things spin out of control

[tiny grove]

In fact
Screw CR bro
Two parties could be exactly identical fighting the same opponent and just because the players are different the fights would be vastly different as well
It very heavily depends on the table

[shy stirrup]

Or the dice, even

[tiny grove]

Yep

We love gambling!
Else we wouldn't be here

[narrow moss]

are lower CR monsters going to have the ability to work that tactically without the DM using meta knowledge?

things to consider.

[shy stirrup]

No meta knowledge required

[narrow moss]

if you say so

[tiny grove]

Depends on the bbeg
or just beg
Someone that's been beefing with the party for long enough could easily know how they fight

[shy stirrup]

Assuming the monsters plausibly can have tactics

[twilit sail]

mr dm my druid is a big animal nerd on account of being a druid

[shy stirrup]

Goblins, yes, a bunch of oozes? No

[narrow moss]

but if your goblins are suddenly Navy Seals imma be suspicious lol

[barren badger]

is this... fun?

[frail wasp]

especially if they start surviving fireballs

[narrow moss]

but yeah does depend on their boss/bbeg too

[shy stirrup]

Aha - well maybe they had some mysterious BBEG train them to be Goblin Seals, "These Gobbos are way too well-trained, what's up with that?"

[silk hare]

lvl 15 Bardic inspiration (max=12) + bless (1D4) + peace cleric bond (1D4) + 19 + fighter superiority die HA!

[narrow moss]

why do i wanna see Goblin Seals now tho

[shy stirrup]

Same, lol.

[narrow moss]

lol

[tiny grove]

As long as it's a one-time thing, yes. I don't plan on using it ever again
You underestimate how fun it is to see their reactions to a 17 hitting and a 27 not.

it's like watching fish struggle outside water

[frail wasp]

O_o

[crimson gulch]

no this is bad dont do this

[tiny grove]

okay bad comparison but...

[crimson gulch]

doing a reverse AC to hit in 5e is such a bad thing to do

[barren badger]

it just feels like a trick

[frail wasp]

or being a troll DM

[tiny grove]

It is a trick
That's
The whole point

[shy stirrup]

Reverse AC what now? THAC0 has entered the chat

[quiet olive]

Where can I post pictures of BG3 charavter

[idle oar]

There's breaking expectations and there's breaking core game rules/mechanics...

[narrow moss]

yeah that was what i thought too

[idle oar]

#dnd-heroforge-etc is the place for that

[frail wasp]

theres a reason THACO is dead :V

[shy stirrup]

Yes

[narrow moss]

yeah thaco was weird

[tiny grove]

1 whole round just to hit someone you could hit anyway 😭🙏

[blazing holly]

Its dead ? News to me...

[tiny grove]

Who's thaco?

[frail wasp]

its been dead for decades...

[shy stirrup]

To Hit Armor Class Zero

[idle oar]

To Hit Armor Class 0 - an old way D&D used to calculate to hit

[shy stirrup]

an old calcuation for To Hit, lower AC was better

[tiny grove]

ew

[narrow moss]

you wanted negative values

[shy stirrup]

That is how many felt about it back then, actually

Yep, -5 AC you were grooving

[peak pecan]

It’s actually pretty reasonable

[barren badger]

do you all miss size bonuses from 3.5?

[blazing holly]

positive AC was a common houserule long before it became the official rule

[tiny grove]

But why
It doesn't make sense
Though I've never done anything but 5e and 5.5e
Bigger is better is easier to understand

[frail wasp]

definitely not

[narrow moss]

idk man

[barren badger]

they were so complicated (for 15 year old me)

[shy stirrup]

Yea, one of those things the community adopts, and then later, officialdom adopts

In fairness, as a player, once you knew your THAC0 it wasn't so bad

[frail wasp]

seeing how people try to minmax weapon sizes in 5e even when its not actually a rule, i am good with less

[silk hare]

yeah but they dont know that, and a 40 is just dope yk xD

[barren badger]

wait how do you minmax weapon sizes?

[frail wasp]

get ye huge greataxe, it does 3d12 damage or something because its huge ... and then you have disadvantage but you cancel it out with ... uh ... something

[silk hare]

reckless attack ofc

[lean osprey]

hi guys. my first time here

[silk hare]

heya, welcome and have fun

[lean osprey]

thx. is this a place where i can share my campaign ideas and stuff or is there a different chat for that?

[silk hare]

mhh if u specifically want dm feedback go to #dm-discussion if its storybuilding/ worldbuilding #dm-world-building might be the place

otherwise this is for anything that u just want to ask people in general without narrower specifications

if its character ideas or sth #character-discussion

if its stuff that would require changing mechanics #homebrew might be up your alley

[idle oar]

Check id:browse to see our many channels for specific D&D topics

Discord likes to hide channels to be "helpful"

[lean osprey]

Awesome. Thank you guys! 🙂

[silk hare]

yeah happened to me the first time I joined, everytime someone shared them via text messages something new unlocked lmao

[novel moth]

May depend on how many players you have. 4 players it’s going to hurt a lot. 6-8 players the dragon is doomed.

[narrow moss]

dragon would eat me if given the chance.

[novel moth]

Yeah dragon vs one pc dragon might win. Dragon vs oni, oni wins

[barren badger]

you're very small (for a dragon)

[novel moth]

Dragon vs bladesinger bladesinger has dragon for lunch

Determined Bladesingers were way over powered

[glad ferry]

Hello all! Thought id come give greetings

[tiny grove]

Greatings weewee

[glass granite]

Hallo

[glad ferry]

I have just been creating characters since I cant play dnd currently lol

[last flume]

So real

[glad ferry]

Make the dragon your friend, and your ranger companion

Even if its a evil dragon

[glad ferry]

Working 5 10s a week, and days off are busy lol

[lime plume]

So I just found a site to print out Warlock spell cards for free. 98 pages later.

[novel moth]

Oh nice.

I think WotC is getting ready to print their own spell cards

[barren badger]

Hey! How did your session go Howlingatmoon?

[lime plume]

It was a bust. The guy who owns the shop where we were going to play got a migraine and never showed up to let us in. It was after hours. He never let anyone know so we ended up standing outside the store waiting for over an hour. The DM called it by then. But we rectified the problem for next month. The DM is getting a key to the shop.

But it gave me an opportunity to get to know the group of guys better, so I feel a lot more comfortable now. They are a great group and I forsee having a lot of fun with them.

[barren badger]

:]

[barren badger]

I'm sorry it was a bust, but im glad it went well otherwise

[jolly canyon]

Nice way to make it a positive situation. Hope thr next session goes smoothly

[rough arch]

my dnd party
-hyper active happy rogue/sword sage with tourrete
-a slow talking murder tortle.
-a old senile dude with memory loss
-and a grumpy bitsjy warlock (atm) that tries to leads the party that failed on moment one

ngl the flaws are so hilarious

[indigo wing]

sounds like an awesome party

[noble turtle]

my dnd party (typing!!!!)

• elf with good hearing (she’s cool and good at healing!!!! idk much about her yet)

[rough arch]

already insulted the headwizard🤣

[noble turtle]

• my bsf’s character (aasimar or however you spell it) who is half-seraphim + came from acolyte background

[rough arch]

im playing the rogue🤣

[noble turtle]

• a dwarf who stole a magical book and also kidnapped a child (and gave the said child a dagger …)

nerk ily 🥹🥹🥹🥹

• a half-elf fighter traumatized soldier guy who came from another country or wtv

[undone rain]

Imagine if we combined vicious mockery with a healing spell, healing mockery

[fossil hollow]

nothing is stopping you from making healing word use insults

[rough arch]

vicious mockery on my rogue😵

[twilit sail]

GET BACK UP! YOU OWE ME MONEY!

[undone rain]

Oh yeah it IS healing word so

[twilit sail]

SLAP!

[fossil hollow]

wheres my 5 bucks

[undone rain]

If you die your a chicken

[fossil hollow]

nah, thats when DDB says Cure Wounds: Damage

[rough arch]

nah honestly guys. take tourrette as flaw for your char. give it an dc check and enjoy it. its truly hilarious.

her favourite word is potato-face

[undone rain]

There is also word of radiance

You just shout tyr to a devil and they melt

[fossil hollow]

probably not best to wear difficulties and disabilities like a hat

[rough arch]

so what if u turn ur healing word into a the tic of tourrette so u accidently keep healing ppl👀

[rough arch]

nope not always. combat wise even no. but rp is briliant

[fossil hollow]

... no, even in rp

[rough arch]

because?

[fossil hollow]

thats a bit insensitive if youre just doing it for the sake of doing it

[woven flint]

It's not really funny either, no
It's genuinely a very troublesome thing for people who have it

[rough arch]

its because my dm wanted us to have a flaw no matter what it was? a genuine flaw?

[undone rain]

Idk it dosent feel right

[fossil hollow]

... that makes it so much worse imo

there are flaws outside of mental disabilities

[woven flint]

^ yeah

[rough arch]

like? a dismemebered arm?

[undone rain]

It feels like mocking smth people struggle with

[fossil hollow]

why do you have to go for disabilities everytime

[woven flint]

A Flaw doesn't have to be a physical or mental disability

[rough arch]

its a fantasy game relax

[fossil hollow]

...

[woven flint]

Just because its a fantasy game doesn't mean it's not insensitive

[fossil hollow]

just because its fantasy doesnt mean its not outright disrespectful

[rough arch]

depends on the ppl u play with

[fossil hollow]

thats as bad as if someone used racial stereotypes and their reasoning it by saying its just fantasy

[woven flint]

I mean, I guess, but if you want to use said flaws with characters, you shouldn't make a joke out of them

[rough arch]

so u suggest everything thats slightly disresepctfull or not oke so to say shouldnt be in it?🤔

[jolly canyon]

Bruh

[fossil hollow]

theres a diference between being respectful and saying you should take X disability as a flaw or your characters

[jolly canyon]

Wdym it's hilarious 😭

[woven flint]

Treating a mental disability like a joke isn't SLIGHTLY disrespectful

[fossil hollow]

:\

its almost like theres people of all walks in this server

[undone rain]

I guess some people dont understand

[jolly canyon]

You know what. I'd rather be the white night in this scenario then going into a public place saying nonsense lol

[turbid vessel]

there are respectful ways to integrate disabilities into your character. just sayin. you don't have to go into it as a joke

[woven flint]

"Hey guys, my character has a mental disability and instead of treating it with respect, I do it for laughs!"
Definitely shines a certain light on you as a person.

[undone rain]

One flaw i usually do is like have em have a missing eye or smth. But its often for a good reason

Like losing it in battle and gaining a new one by your god or smth

[woven flint]

It's not "White Knighting"
Its having decency as a person.

There's a thing called ablelism (ablism?) you should definitely look into it.

[rough arch]

not even gonna debate if its decency.

[fossil hollow]

also, theres people here who are on the spectrum of neurodivergency here

i myself have ADD

im not gonna start saying yall should give chars ADD or ADHD

[woven flint]

If you had to live with tourettes as a person, I'm sure you wouldn't find it funny.

[rough arch]

another person i know has it. and find it funny

[undone rain]

So because one person does now its suddenly okay?

[proven mountain]

Yeah, ngl, that just sounds mean

[turbid vessel]

there's certainly situational humor that can come from disabilities, but it's important to ask if your laughing as someone in the gallows, or the gallery. or in other words: are you punching up or down?

[fossil hollow]

its good theyre taking in good faith and not taking it as an insult, but thats not the case for everyone

[rough arch]

yea well its our campaign played how we play it. cant keep in mind the whole world because you felt like its not ok?

[turbid vessel]

it's a public forum, you're not immune to being criticized

[proven mountain]

You can yea, but it doesn't mean we can't be critical of it

[woven flint]

It's almost like people are allowed to have opinions if you share something in public 🤔

[novel moth]

What is the point of forcing characters to have disabilities?

[fossil hollow]

sure, but when youre doing it in a public space, there needs to be some... whats the word for toning it down? im having a bilingual moment

[lime plume]

decorum

[rough arch]

its fine you can be. but i really dont think the way your guys are tbh.
i dont take offensive if you use it as a way to have more fun a game. who knows what i have?

[noble turtle]

compromise??

[fossil hollow]

no, it starts with a d.... and its not decorum

[proven mountain]

Decency?

[fossil hollow]

ugh, gimme a moment to go through a thesaurus

[woven flint]

There really is no helping some people it seems 😭

[rough arch]

likewise. its a game. would u go the same way at it if it was a different game?

[woven flint]

Yes

[undone rain]

Im really not surprised anymore.

[rough arch]

ohhh man better dont look on steam

[woven flint]

In ANY game, I would like disability to be treated with nuance and care.

[lime plume]

sits back and puffs a cigarette and sips coffee

[novel moth]

Yeah it definitely shouldn’t be done as a joke

[fossil hollow]

there needs to be discretion!

[woven flint]

There's the word

[noble turtle]

AGREE!!!!!!

[twilit sail]

I dont think it neccessarily needs to be explored with nuance

Just dont be like "haha this guy is different isnt that funny"

[rough arch]

its a flaw. then it packs out to be funny in this way its how it is

[fossil hollow]

yea?

[turbid vessel]

look at it from a narrative perspective for a second. flaws are utilized in the game because they add an interesting part of a character's narrative. if your character's "flaw" is that they have Tourette's, what does that add to the character that's narratively interesting?
if you don't have the foresight to see how it could be insensitive, then i challenge you to at least see how it could just be plain lazy writing

[proven mountain]

Yea on top of being offensive, it just seems lazy

[noble turtle]

if its a young kid doing it i think it should be handled w more care, since they probably dont know its insensitive, but if you are AWARE its insensitive and ableist 🤩✌️

[fossil hollow]

i tend to be more critical of how games portray race and culture, especially if its Asian leaning, or specifically based of the Phillippines

[lime plume]

People should be accepted for who they are and not made the butt of a joke.

[noble turtle]

attempts to mic drop but trips on the mic stand and falls down 😁😁

[novel moth]

A flaw shouldn’t be funny

[rough arch]

due the backstory i written as a first.
2nd. why should be insensitive. theres SO MANY things that are sensitive any flaw at this point is a no no or ppl TAKE offensove in an FANTASY game

[worldly flare]

What are we talking about?

[tardy cloak]

Does anyone have an idea of defeating mind flayer (like actually defeating it physically,not just closing gates and delaying it)
Real scientific stuff

[novel moth]

Stab.

Pointy end go in

[undone rain]

Slice

[fossil hollow]

scientifically, we dont know that mindflayers are made of

[noble turtle]

ableism (scroll up if you want to see where the convo started im super tired i cant help im sorry 😭😭)

[turbid vessel]

to reiterate a previous point: you can integrate disabilities into a character without it being inherently offensive. as you're describing it, the way you're integrating tourettes into your character is very tone deaf.

[rough arch]

getting attacked by ppl because i took an flaw they dont like basically

[worldly flare]

It’s ok.

[undone rain]

I just think of whatever octopi are made of

[worldly flare]

Ok well that’s obviously biased could someone give a less biased description.

[rough arch]

so?

[woven flint]

Don't get me wrong
There are people with disabilities who take it and make it their own (there are fantastic disabled comedians and hosts of all sorts of thing)

But, it's something that takes a LOT of self-confidence and not everyone is okay with being the butt of a joke just because they're different

[fossil hollow]

right, but thyre from the far realm, which means our laws of physics and science and biology arent gonna be the same

[rough arch]

it is haha ngl

[lime plume]

It's not an attack. It's a criticism.

[tardy cloak]

Yeah,and that's how the story proceeds about finding a way to defeat aka kill it.
It like a hivemind kind of thing kind of a brain theoretically

[proven mountain]

"I'm getting attacked because of I gave a character tourettes as a flaw and I play it for laughs"

[worthy elk]

Hewwo I have a small question: Idk if it was this server or the German server where some players shared they're books... I can't find it so I wanted to ask: Was it this server or the German server 🥲

[noble turtle]

you can integrate disabilities into characters, just treat them with care. for example if you give a character ptsd due to trauma you wouldnt be like ‘haha flashbacks!!!! funny!!!!’ at least i hope

[worldly flare]

That sounds not great.

[fossil hollow]

i mean, you can try to kill their elder brain leader

[turbid vessel]

well, you're right that i can't make you care about something you don't want to care about.

a thing that i usually only have to say to children.

[woven flint]

Literally a fallout 4 message pops above:

Everybody disliked that

[undone rain]

True true. I wonder what would happen if a mindflayer got a tadpole if thats even possible

[fossil hollow]

that would be like if you put a baby in a human

[rough arch]

i said its funny due what situations that can arise in how it can end up

[fossil hollow]

and not through the normal way

[proven mountain]

I don't get the humour from that

What's the joke here?

[jolly canyon]

Oh we still talking about this

[worldly flare]

I mean I don’t think you need Tourette’s if your goal is physical comedy.

[twilit sail]

Chat who else has played a redemption pally

[tardy cloak]

Yeah but how, theoretical physics we create a wormhole to reach their realm(planet), it makes a psychic connection with u and kills u

[proven mountain]

"Lol isn't it funny when my character ticks or says stuff out of their control?"

[twilit sail]

How does it generally play

[proven mountain]

Is that the joke?

[rough arch]

now ur changing litterly what i just said

[undone rain]

I suppose the joke is just saying random words at random times but i dont really understand whats so funny

[worldly flare]

Not me. I don’t even know what that is.

[fossil hollow]

ok, what you have to realize is that:

1. dnd is not a physic simulator
2. dnd is a game
3. its a game with heavy focus on combat
4. magic is a thing

[twilit sail]

Paladin with oath of redemption

[noble turtle]

i dont know what that is to be completely honest 😭 this is our first campaign

[worldly flare]

Cool. And no I have not.

[undone rain]

Its...ehhhhh. Not great when it comes to its tenents

[twilit sail]

Sadness

[turbid vessel]

as someone with disabilities: there is absolutely humor that can come about my symptoms. it is also very easy to tell when someone sees humor because they see my disability as a spectacle, rather than having enough sensitivity and understanding to find humor out of the irony of the situation.

[fossil hollow]

oath of redemption is the most support and healing oriented paladin, its the peace cleric of the paladin

[undone rain]

It wasnt a fav of mine

[lime plume]

I found a really cool leather bound spell book for cards on Amazon. I'm going to order it payday.

[fossil hollow]

noice

[rough arch]

its.. not? like i said. the situation it creates its funny. its a huge drawback on my char itself. never intend to play as a goal in mind.

[tardy cloak]

But we are not involving the magic in it.its our choice right .
We are just mere humans, may be we can consider the most intelligent ones for creating that wormhole thing,

[fossil hollow]

ok what

[woven flint]

We all know that the best Paladin is Oath of Glory

[worldly flare]

I mean I joined the convo halfway so I don’t really know what’s going on.

[twilit sail]

Peace clerics thing is emboldening bond right

I feel like redemption is more protecting

[proven mountain]

Yes

[fossil hollow]

so, are you just playing commoners???

[rough arch]

look. its not the tourrettes that funny. its the situation that creates it. Ots not making fun OF it. its the situation it creates it

[tardy cloak]

Yes,but intelligent ones.

[twilit sail]

Look youre not winning this argument

[fossil hollow]

find stronger people to do the slaying

[rough arch]

yea its good no worries

[twilit sail]

Its not gonna go anywhere

[woven flint]

Commoner Engineering

[rough arch]

im not trying to win an argument. just explainimg what it is

[fossil hollow]

thats. really the smart thing to do if youre commoners trying to hold back a mind flayer invasion.

[flint ledge]

A lovely Timezone y'all!

[fossil hollow]

yall are not going to live that long

[undone rain]

Eat em

[fossil hollow]

volo says they taste bad

[twilit sail]

Commoners cant afford adventurers

[woven flint]

It's alcohol o'clock for this creature.

/silly

[fossil hollow]

thats what their governments are for

[undone rain]

They may taste bad buuuut nothing a lil seasoning can fix

[tardy cloak]

It's not about finding stonger ppl,it's about making a real interesting story, and finding the answer of how.

[flint ledge]

Hah, yeah one of my friends was also out drinking this evening

[fossil hollow]

ok, well all i have to say is that youre playing far from the norms of dnd, so cant really help you there

[rough arch]

then can you understand the situations it can create because of it? good or bad situations, funny or not?

[woven flint]

Best way to "create a wormhole"?

Put a Bag of Holding inside of another Bag of Holding.

[fossil hollow]

the issue we all literally have is you treating it like merely a hat to wear

[turbid vessel]

yes, i can. and it seems like you have some understanding of that as well. but you oughtta see that how you were talking about it at the beginning of the conversation can easily be seen as insensitive and not fully representative of what you're intending.

[rough arch]

i should add more context next time😅

[fossil hollow]

but that doesnt even 100% gaurante theyll not return. they can and are known for travelling through planes

[jolly canyon]

Me putting a Portable Hole trap forgetting my PCs have bag of Holding

[fossil hollow]

thats a good trap

[turbid vessel]

indeed! topics that affect a lot of people, like disabilities, deserve all the nuance we can afford 🫶

[flint ledge]

Hmmm, I feel like that may have unforseen consequences....

[still plover]

Best kind.

[tardy cloak]

It wouldnt be that interesting if we just say we have a magician who will make psychic connection with mind flayer while the fighter kills the defenseless body using clerics superstrong weapon.

[fossil hollow]

i disagree

[worldly flare]

Wait what are you trying to figure out again?

[fossil hollow]

interesting is also a case by case basis and is subjective.

[flint ledge]

I like to imagine whenever you appear in chat the g-man appears behind whoever you're speaking to

[rough arch]

yea its not that im trying to make fun of it.
wording isnt my best at all. i can use the excuse card of "not first language". but thats feel rather pathetic.
due the wording it derailed while i thought it was understandable where i came from

[woven flint]

My Divine Soul Sorcerer killed an Eldritch Lich and himself by using a ring of three wishes to create a temporary blackhole.
It also destroyed the Liches entire castle, which was its Phylactery

[fossil hollow]

you can make interesting stories with powerful characters, thats literally what dnd is built to do

[tardy cloak]

But think about we start the story blank as commoners, and go on finding a way to first reach to it,ppl suggest 100s of ways and among them a way super interesting pops out to lead out the story ,and continued

[rough arch]

apology if so still. not my intention😵

[fossil hollow]

i would rather play Call of Ctuthlu for that vibe

[undone rain]

How is palock or waradin? Whatever the name for paladin and warlock multiclass is

[flint ledge]

Oh I recall that was one of your characters who sacrificed themselves

[turbid vessel]

the text based medium is chockful of situations that can cause miscommunication. it's why i always encourage people to explain themselves and add context, especially context that might feel "implicit" in face-to-face conversations

[flint ledge]

Petition to call the multiclass padlock!

[woven flint]

Yup!

The other one sacrificed himself to hold off a lich so the party could escape the shadowfell

[undone rain]

I agree with this

[rough arch]

yea. something i gotta work on. not only here. bin years a struggle for me personally lol. but hey im learning. some day ill get there

[tardy cloak]

Dnd in not constrained to the norms right. It just goes on.
Likewise...

[fossil hollow]

dnd is heroic fantasy

[flint ledge]

Something with you and sacrificing yourself against liches

[woven flint]

K'ura (Aaracokra Divine Soul Sorcerer)
And
Jabal (Earth Genasi Noble Genies Paladin)

Both died for the greater good of their friends 😎

[fossil hollow]

what ur suggesting is something similar to Stranger Things, which is not heroic fantasy

[tardy cloak]

Yeah but playing it as a 3 hr campaign remove the great pleasure we can have with the story to move at its own pace and conditions

[woven flint]

What can I say?

Liches love me

[undone rain]

The holy always did have a tendency for sacrificing

[fossil hollow]

you can say that of any campaign, i do not get the relevancy of this point

[woven flint]

Oh, My Paladin wasn't a holy individual, hd did it out of the pride of the Earth Elemental people, he refused to run

[flint ledge]

Well I wouldn't call trying to kill you love... But sure... Let's say that

I think you should be thrown at Vecna and Acererak, for another few sacrifices

[woven flint]

My Divine Soul Sorcerers character Arc was complete.

He was a fiend warlock, broke the contract that he was stuck in after defeating his patron in combat, earned divine favor and sacrificed himself lol

[undone rain]

So paladins get their powers from their oaths but where do the oaths get the powers. Do the gods just bless em

[tardy cloak]

If our characters our the greatest mage , the most feared fighter , obviously we would defeat any monster,but think of like finding a way,like really finding a way,which isn't written somewhere.
That's gonna be mindblowing

[woven flint]

You tried to kill me
But you love me /joking /silly

[fossil hollow]

im fairly sure ive already established i cant help with your scenario there mate

if im a commoner, im not trying to fight eldritch horrors

[woven flint]

I would

And I'd win

[fossil hollow]

my mind is simply not that expansive/malleable to contain all that stuff im trying to supress

[woven flint]

I'd simply outfreak the Eldritch abominations

Scare them off

[fossil hollow]

"Jokes on you, im into that"

[woven flint]

We get married, simple

[flint ledge]

Actually I have a very curious observation guys... The new Ravenloft book says it stats 17 different dark lords and names Cthulu as one of the examples.... I find that very interesting....

[woven flint]

And now i get an Eldritch HusbandWife

[tardy cloak]

Commonwr doesn't mean a 12 y/o sitting up in school. It could be like a man spending 20 years of his life in libraries to figure out the old religious texts to fight the devil kind of analogy

[fossil hollow]

im casting Run Away Together

[fossil hollow]

where did i say children? im an adult myself in carpentry

[woven flint]

THE BEST CARD EVER

[strong wave]

I played for the first time in like a year and I had fun too

[flint ledge]

Whaaaat you don't want to fight an eldritch horror as a carpenter?

[woven flint]

My Lawful Good Goliath Monk has a Demon Lover

Time for my next character to have an Ilithid lover

[fossil hollow]

only if i get to bash their heads in with the sledgehammer

[undone rain]

Or eat them

[woven flint]

Sledgehammers..
Yes
Carpentry at its finest

[fossil hollow]

you would not believe how many times we have to bash walls to be within the lines

also, our main tool is just a handheld sledgehammer

[woven flint]

You're a handheld sledgehammer 🔥

[fossil hollow]

as hard headed as i am, its not that hard

[flint ledge]

I think everyone has wanted to bash something in with a sledgehammer before

[twilit sail]

I ship it

[woven flint]

Thank you :3

[flint ledge]

Don't encourage him...

[woven flint]

Encourage me.
I get stronger

[tardy cloak]

So u make sledeghammers in ur carpentry studio?😅

[fossil hollow]

im a framer

we use sledgehammers to bash walls into place

[tardy cloak]

That's kinda cool for a storyline.u can make a story on a char with sledgehammer. Fantasy doesn't always need to mean fairies and dragons.

[fossil hollow]

you try moving 30 ft walls to make em square and level with the foundations, or moving roof trusses

[fossil hollow]

ive made several fighters and barbarians with mauls and warhammers yes

and if it doesnt have faeries and dragons, count me out, im here to play Dungeons & Dragons not John Dungeon

[ornate rapids]

Dungeons & Dungeons

[tardy cloak]

That defines u just wanna get away from ur own life gul

[flint ledge]

How about fairy dragons! (Insert censored sponsorship or something)

[fossil hollow]

ive used them like once lol

[lime plume]

Could I have a fairy familiar?

[fossil hollow]

dude.

[flint ledge]

That is escapism yes! A very frequent thing in dnd and TTRPG communities

[fossil hollow]

if i wanted a different flavor of fantasy, i would not be in the dnd server playing dnd

you dont see me in other ttrpg servers for a reason

[ornate rapids]

either ask the DM or get pact of the chain somehow and get the Sprite familiar

[woven flint]

I see you in my dreams

[flint ledge]

I mean well I wouldn't exactly say dnd has the best dragons

[fossil hollow]

its almost like i wanted this specific flavor of fantasy

[tardy cloak]

Don't u wanna play a urself better version in a dnd game in the real world?

[fossil hollow]

my only complaint about dragons is that it aint monhun level of lore or has lungs in 5e

[flint ledge]

Tokii what does that even mean here

[fossil hollow]

no.

[woven flint]

I dunno, you know me...

I'm a creature

[tardy cloak]

Whay

[fossil hollow]

because its my preference? much like how you have your own??

[tardy cloak]

Like u seem a quite experienced right?
Didn't u even tried it once

[foggy cedar]

Any tips on sorta making a TTRPG? I wanna make one for something like Bleach or Invincible to play with a group of friends

[fossil hollow]

Also, im mostly a DM. I dont have the time to play as myself

[flint ledge]

I like hamburgers and dislike spinach! Why? Idk I just like hamburgers more

[fossil hollow]

At best, i had a fighter monster researcher who was a play on my name, Ty Mothrim

wasnt a self insert tho

[flint ledge]

Asking why someone likes their flavor off TTRPG the way they do seems redundant in my opinion. Also usually self inserts are frowned upon. At least from my experience

[neat marsh]

I refuse to play humans. I’ve been doing that my whole life. Give me elves and genasi please.

[hot marlin]

Today a friend of mine, running Curse of Strahd, told me that the PCs, well fortified in a house, saw Strahd outside, exchanged insults, and one of them said "why don't you come in here and prove that you're so big"

[woven flint]

1000 iq play

[fossil hollow]

pfffft

[hot marlin]

... Why are people so bloody stupid?

[woven flint]

"Why don't you come here and kiss me on the mouth, Strahd?"

[hot marlin]

She told me that, I facepalmed so hard I think I need a neurologist.

[foggy cedar]

Don't invite the vampire man good loooord

[woven flint]

Your about me is hilarious

[foggy cedar]

Thanks!

[woven flint]

Which one?
He has three big toes 😔

[fossil hollow]

... eyo

[foggy cedar]

All three in the mouth

[fossil hollow]

EYO

[woven flint]

Cackling

[foggy cedar]

No friend requests pls

Thank you

[woven flint]

Fair enough 😔

[foggy cedar]

You're chill

[woven flint]

We're unofficially best friends now though

[lime plume]

Awe how sweet

[woven flint]

I'm not sweet

I'm strange

I'm esoteric

An anomaly simply put

[noble turtle]

anomaly …

[dire swallow]

can I ask something? I'm new to a table like for two weeks with their characters being fleshed out, seem to have repor and have knowledge of the world.

Is it normal to feel like an outsider sometimes? How did you help yourselves with that?

[noble turtle]

tmc vaguely referenced …..

[woven flint]

Time to Vague-max

[lime plume]

The real treasure is the friends you made along the way

[flint ledge]

I think too many franchises use the word anomaly for it to be a reference to a single thing

[dire swallow]

I sat in last session for like a full hour without speaking because I couldn't find a good moment to interject and join in.

[woven flint]

The real treasure is the trash you found

Me :]

Man, I should play a Goblin Glamour Bard one day

It's literally me

[neat marsh]

Definitely normal. You have to be proactive. If you see the opportunity to help jump in. Maybe it’s just offering to make meals at camp or sharpen someone else’s blade. Share anecdotes when it might lend wisdom.

[flint ledge]

The real price of playing dnd isn't the books or anything, it's being together with a group and feeling your brain cells slowly melt away after repeated aneurysms

[woven flint]

Truth.

Believe it or not, i try to get my groups to avoid making dumb choices

[dire swallow]

It just feels weird, I'm not a very outspoken person so I'm trying to find space to speak but someone else starts speaking so I'm just in silent mode.

[flint ledge]

I choose not to believe it

[hot marlin]

Oh damn it, her Curse of Strahd stories are getting worse. I'm on the verge of a panic attack. A magical oracle told them something was "on a nest of raven", they find a building swarmed by ravens everywhere, enough to block out the sun, and they don't even think to check?!

[fossil hollow]

me fr

[neat marsh]

Maybe be more descriptive in combat. Paint a vivid picture of your character and others at the table will grow curious about what they’re doing outside of combat.

[harsh hinge]

I'd rope in the DM if you're unable to be assertive yourself. I think a DM should be cognizant of how much spotlight everyone is getting, and if they aren't aware, point it out to them!

[main willow]

Does anyone have some tips for making a backstory? I've been dmming for some time and I've forgotten how to write one lol.
(Thinking of doing a circle of stars druid currently)

[hot marlin]

You are not that stupid, take it back. Nobody insults my DM but me. Not even my DM.

[harsh hinge]

Three sentences: 1) What are your origins? 2) What shaped your history? 3) Why do you adventure?

[mighty pulsar]

what even is the purpose of the beast master ranger, I just got inspired by a friend talking to me about it and I checked the subclass features. It seems awful, like gameplay wise and minmax wise

[fossil hollow]

:D

[dire swallow]

The moment I was spoken to someone brought up speaking to my character I was almost shocked. They asked for the elf(character isn't an elf because hasn't told them yet.) I just yelled. "Wait me?"

[fossil hollow]

are you looking at the 2014 PHB one?

[tardy cloak]

This happens when u don't plan about the storyline or play up pretty obvious dnds

[mighty pulsar]

nope, i use 2024 rules

[fossil hollow]

its pretty damn good

[mighty pulsar]

why do you think so?

[fossil hollow]

im playing one rn, and i have a player as one

[mighty pulsar]

oh how are you making it work? best I can think of is playing wis focused

[fossil hollow]

The massive action economy between you and your beasts is a lot, and it also has great utility and mobility

[woven flint]

I'm a fellow player :p

[fossil hollow]

I am doing WIS focused, shillelagh and bonking

[mighty pulsar]

Can you do anything special with the action economy from the beast? Doesn't it take one of your attacks?

[fossil hollow]

If you chose to replace one of your attacks. You can command it as a bonus action to make an attack of its own. At level 7, you can also have it take a Bonus Action to essentially Cunning Action it with that same BA

Oh it can also give the Help action as a BA too

[dire swallow]

I feel like I'm having imposter syndrome with my table.

[mighty pulsar]

Wait so you have to replace one of your attacks AND use a bonus action

[fossil hollow]

No

[barren badger]

Why do you say that, shinx?

[tardy cloak]

I played dnd in school, actually it wasn't real dnd game more like carrying the story forward realtime, we had play for weeks with the same storyline becoz it would eventually become so interesting and nobody would want to finish it...

[fossil hollow]

You can either replace an attack or use a bonus action to command it to attack

[novel moth]

Think of things the dm could use to add to the story. Things that could come up in game.

[fossil hollow]

that sounds like a DM skill issue

[mighty pulsar]

Lets say i play ranger and get shilellagh and i guess a knife, the best i think you can do is attack with the club twice then with the nick EA use it for beast command

but even that sounds meh

[fossil hollow]

i use a qstaff

But the beast's attacks are pretty ok

[tardy cloak]

We didn't talk about fairies gul😂,
We made a real interesting story with a real aroma of dialogues and emotions

[mighty pulsar]

using a club can give you basically a free action

[fossil hollow]

especially if its Beast of the Land

[fossil hollow]

qstaff can knock prone

[mighty pulsar]

yeah i wish they had special attacks or abilities outside of the mini features

[novel moth]

You have to use a club for dual wielder

[fossil hollow]

Land has a built in charge

and Sky has Flyby

[barren badger]

the beast also has its own reaction as well, right?

[mighty pulsar]

i meant like how octopi can grapple and stuffs

[fossil hollow]

nothing is stopping yer beasty from Grappling, they have decent STR scores except for Sky

more efficient if they grapple as an OA though, to keep enemy there

[dire swallow]

Just not being able to engage with the world in game and everyone else having the knowledge of the world. I feel like I'm always playing catch-up. That I'm just trying to have knowledge but I don't have it.

[barren badger]

i also think rangers dont do much with their bonus actions, too

[fossil hollow]

except like, maybe HM, but thats a set up spell

[dire swallow]

I probably used the wrong words to describe it. But I just don't know where I fit right now.

[thick void]

Often times I wonder if the things I think are important to my character, or why I think they are important are the same things the DM see as important. I know he's putting in alot of effort to craft a storyline for every player and I want to see what he's come up with, but I worry.

[fossil hollow]

Im looking at my Beast Master's BA's its all from Hobgoblin, Shillelagh, Zephyr Strike, and HM

Didnt take Ensnaring Strike or Hail of Thorns

[harsh hinge]

You can always start that conversation!

[dire swallow]

I just need to force myself to not be uncomfortable I just feel weird.

[fossil hollow]

My Hobgoblin Beast Master Ranger, Qiln Tempestheart, for reference

[thick void]

Like, when I spent my free time at the festival playing with the children, did he read that as "a man who's trying to get back his lost youth" or "a man who is longing to be the father he never got to be"

[mighty pulsar]

idk if im explaining this right but I don't mean just basic stuff I mean actual new abilities like a whale beast of the sea being able to shoot water for utility and damage or a wolf beast of the land being able to have a pseudo pack tactics idk. Even grappling isn't possible depending on what the beast actually is. For example, a beast of the sea whale shark can't really grapple thematically, no?

[tardy cloak]

Fine gul, don't u have ur work tomorrow sleep up now

[fossil hollow]

what are you on about

[tardy cloak]

Ur sledeghammers will miss u if skip the work tomorrow

[fossil hollow]

Monsters have a special caveat where they dont need hands

[fossil hollow]

what? its 6pm where i am

[thick void]

I know, but it feels weird, like I'm saying "This is the story I want you to tell"

[barren badger]

Like, in game or just all the time?

[harsh hinge]

I think you can make a request but recognize the DM has the right to decline it.

[mighty pulsar]

thematically

[fossil hollow]

Orcas can bite

theyre known to bite onto seals so they can slap em around

[tardy cloak]

California?

[fossil hollow]

whale sharks also just. Can swallow creatures

[fossil hollow]

No, Alberta

[barren badger]

It's probably a good thing that beastmaster beasts are relatively simple, just to keep combat flowing

[mighty pulsar]

could just make a table

[fossil hollow]

also, even with the changes to 2024 monsters, Beasts in general are shit (ask Moon Druids)

[frosty sequoia]

I can vouch for that. almost got swallowed by one

[fossil hollow]

the animal kingdom is a GINORMOUS list of animals

[mighty pulsar]

yeah

[barren badger]

im still sad that giant eagles are no long beasts. But it kind of makes sens, i guess

[mighty pulsar]

in groups of familys and shapes, then have make a section where a dm decides which specific attack they get

[fossil hollow]

i dont think you realize how modular and extensive they would have to make it

to be able to thematically fit every animal

[mighty pulsar]

They really wouldn't have to make it that big I could probably make a list

[barren badger]

flavor is also free :]

[lime plume]

There are so many classes of animals. Mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds, etc. And so many in each class. The list would be massive.

[fossil hollow]

so glad you didnt say FIsh lmao

[mighty pulsar]

Thats true but I was also including utility

[barren badger]

I think crate just wants some unique abilities, right? Other than just "Attacl"?

[fossil hollow]

Not to mention that extinct species in our world are also a thing in dnd

[barren badger]

fish is not an animal

[fossil hollow]

not even a biological term lol

[barren badger]

like vegetable!

[frosty sequoia]

Yes, a fish is an animal. Biologically, fish are classified as aquatic, gill-bearing vertebrates (animals with an internal backbone)

[tardy cloak]

U should get back to 8th class textbooks bro

[barren badger]

I'm not your bro, friend

[dire swallow]

Basically all the time. I know it's just me who needs to settle in a bit more just feel like the outcast.

[tardy cloak]

Fish is an animal.lol

[fossil hollow]

its not a true biological term/category

[frosty sequoia]

Yes, "animal" is a foundational biological term. In science, it refers to any multicellular, eukaryotic organism that belongs to the kingdom Animali

[tardy cloak]

Every single species in animal kingdom is considered as an animal. Right from sponges to humans

[idle oar]

Hey folks! Please keep things civil and on topic

[mighty pulsar]

You'd think an entire subclass would make the companions more unique i guess? They say they're somewhat magical:

You magically summon a primal beast, which draws strength from your bond with nature.

The most magic I see is sharing spells at super late game, resummoning, and changing damage type from P/B/S to force.

[fossil hollow]

i dont see how those two are mutually exclusive

[idle oar]

Not sure we need to dive that deep into scientific categorizations...

[barren badger]

Its only in your head you feel left out or looked down on.

Just try your best, try everything you can. And dont you worry what they tell themselves, when you're away.

[fossil hollow]

-# im also not the one who said fish arent animals

[tardy cloak]

There's nothing for u to see in there, its what it is.

[barren badger]

Seriously though, it just takes some time. :]

I dont think you;re alone in feeling awkward

[fossil hollow]

#dnd-discussion message

[crimson gulch]

Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms belonging to the biological kingdom Animalia

In other news I'm hype to use a pair of green dragons tonight to try and wrek my players in my campaig

Dragons aren't animals but sure are creatures

[fossil hollow]

im having to flashbacks to that level 16 oneshot

[mighty pulsar]

I feel like I'm going crazy too because beast of the sky seems like a slightly better version of a familiar 😭

[peak pecan]

What age category?

[barren badger]

familiars cant attack (usually)

[mighty pulsar]

yeah, hence slightly better

[tardy cloak]

If dragons existed ,they would have been categorised under animals only

[mighty pulsar]

BoSky damage is kinda bad

[fossil hollow]

they have more AC and HP than one

[frosty sequoia]

So GOT got it wrong?

[crimson gulch]

Adult

[fossil hollow]

assuming Game of Thrones, thats a different media altogether

[hot marlin]

Yes. Everything alive is either an animal, a plant, a fungus, a bacteria or a protist.

Obviously this is not a useful framework for D&D

[fossil hollow]

cuz magic

[idle oar]

Let's move eh?

Back to D&D

Not scientific categorizations

[crimson gulch]

I have corrupt dryads riding the dragons

[peak pecan]

Can’t wait for my players to get to that stage yet

[barren badger]

Hyopthetical situation.

You are visiting a chromatic dragon tomorrow.
They know you are coming and will NOT hurt you if you can bring something from our world that they will want to add to their horde.

What do you give them?

[fossil hollow]

what do i have?

[barren badger]

Whatever you have in our world

you also have like, 5 grand to buy something new if you dont have anything worthy

so maybe like a used car or a fancy laptop

[frail wasp]

limited print run 3rd edition monster manual, 100%

[hot marlin]

Oh, whatever I have?

[idle oar]

Probably a nice book of poetry - I think they'd find it amusing and engaging.

[fossil hollow]

Phone? its a small device that has access to a near infinite source of information

[ornate rapids]

a lava lamp

[hot marlin]

Yeah I'm dead. I was thinking some nuclear material, hoping the cancer would kill the dragon

[barren badger]

do you have games on your phone?

[fossil hollow]

... not anymore

[barren badger]

do NOT give a dragon enriched uranium

[hot marlin]

No way am I ever giving any of my books to a dragon. I will die first

[fossil hollow]

realizes im an adult now

[barren badger]

i wonder if a dragon would enjoy a gacha game

[fossil hollow]

... they would probably torch the headquarters and demand all their profits

[ornate rapids]

if metallic dragons are based on metals then we can have a uranium dragon

[fossil hollow]

theres dragons. then theres capitalism

[tardy cloak]

That's what any 8 y/o guests son asks me

[peak pecan]

“Oh great and fearsome worm, accept my offering” and it’s just my comic collection

[barren badger]

https://danddfanon.fandom.com/wiki/Uranium_Dragon

maybe real?

[fossil hollow]

book fort

[fossil hollow]

fanon

[barren badger]

ooooh. fanom

[fossil hollow]

we do have mercury dragons tho

[hot marlin]

Think of how many early researchers of radioactivity have died horrible deaths researching it. I say that's not so bad a move

[peak pecan]

Can dragons get cancer? You’d think that’d be a bigger deal seeing as they’re biologically immortal for 1000 years

[hot marlin]

Not immune to diseases, not immune to poison.

[barren badger]

if a lobster cant get cancer, i dont think a dragon can

[peak pecan]

Red Dragons live in volcanoes, and yet I’ve never heard of one with lung disease

[hot marlin]

It might be a long shot, but it's a shot

[fossil hollow]

i dont see that ruling out cancer

just lung cancer

[barren badger]

i dont think dragons should be on the internet

also like, door dash could be dagnerous for them

they could order so much stuff

[twilit sail]

Imagine typing with massive claws

Ig they can shapeshift

[fossil hollow]

thats what shapechange and minions are for

[ornate rapids]

it's interesting that mercury dragons are considered 'mentally unstable' because real-life mercury causes brain damage

[hot marlin]

It doesn't even rule out lung cancer. It rules out smoke-caused lung cancer.

[barren badger]

they can turn into a humanoid form i think?

[fossil hollow]

and also minions

[tardy cloak]

What??

[fossil hollow]

They just have a kobold who switches from Coco melon and ordering UberEATS

[lime plume]

puffs a cigarette

[tardy cloak]

Whhhhhattt?

[hot marlin]

Just because volcanic smoke does not cause lung diseases in red dragons, does not mean they cannot get lung diseases at all

[mighty pulsar]

what did i even come back to lol

[empty thicket]

nice

[fossil hollow]

can dragons get cancer

[tardy cloak]

Do u guys even what cancer is???
What kind of stupid discussion is this

[barren badger]

maybe one of us is a dragon right now and no one even knwos

[mighty pulsar]

they should be able to

but also be able to get rid of it

[ornate rapids]

gem dragons are based on gems (minerals) so there could be an asbestos dragon

[mighty pulsar]

i think dragons are all spellcasters

[hot marlin]

Dogs suffer severe toxicity from onions, right? I do not. Does that mean that nothing is severely toxic to me? Of course not

[fossil hollow]

y-yeah definitely

[barren badger]

oil dragon?

ooh. coal dragon

[twilit sail]

"I'm sorry Mister Smaug. It seems like breathing fire and smoke is bad for your health."

[fossil hollow]

we do not need gogmazios

[fossil hollow]

arent humans the only ones who recreationally turn every toxin into spices

[barren badger]

what's your favorite kind of dragon?

[hot marlin]

I don't quite understand the point you're making

[twilit sail]

its a joke

[lime plume]

Are there doctors for dragons?

[hot marlin]

We have yet to turn mercury into a spice, or arsenic.

[barren badger]

Dr. Dragon

[fossil hollow]

oh wait, Dolphins pass around pufferfish

[neat marsh]

Lemurs and dolphins do this too

[ornate rapids]

3rd edition also had ferrous dragons which are pretty cool

[barren badger]

I think house from the hit tv show House could diagnose a dragon

[fossil hollow]

yeah, just remembered dolphins do pufferfish and lemurs do centipedes

[hot marlin]

Yes but they do it because it's toxic.

[tardy cloak]

Do u know about bahamut?

[barren badger]

from final fantasy?

[hot marlin]

Same way some humans do liquor.

[barren badger]

elephants also eat fermenting pumpkins

[fossil hollow]

there are pumpkins in africa?

[little stream]

Ik this is late but isnt he like a deity in a way?

[tardy cloak]

Yeah the greyhawk

[barren badger]

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10581541/

I have been lied to.

The inebriation of wild African elephants from eating the ripened and rotting fruit of the marula tree is a persistent myth in Southern Africa.

[lime plume]

sits in a pumpkin patch waiting for the elephants

[fossil hollow]

ah

[neat marsh]

We need to work on your definition of fun

[late kernel]

Man, adding stupid stuff to your otherwise serious campaign has to be one of the best benefits that DMs get. Also, hello gang!

[shadow vapor]

I need to know what is the blade of luck like huh.

I read it's first ability and was "like huh I bet the second ability will allow you to give someone bad luck when you hit them with an attack, making it so that have disadvantage on there d20 test, this is a really cool thing once pre dawn, this is a bit of a high rarity for something so simple but cool." then I looked down and saw 3 wishes and I was the most confused ever in my life like where did that come from how is reshaping reality a lucky thing? I don't get it, I was also so confused when I saw the d3 I was like "really why not just a 1d4 is this recourse really so powerful that it must be limited to just above a coinflip." then I saw the recourse and it all made sense really.

[fossil hollow]

its called a luck blade because whoever gets one is extremely lucky

[shadow vapor]

I guess lol

but isn't there already like a wish ring. (I might just be remembering and overlord thing.)

[fossil hollow]

why not make it a sword too

[hot marlin]

There is. Not quite called that

[fossil hollow]

Ring of Three Wishes

[hot marlin]

Also a ring of djinni summoning that could be considered a ring of wishes

[ornate rapids]

my wizard used a luck blade to cast a (mostly) unrestricted Wish at the conclusion of the final boss fight of his campaign
he could've ascended to godlike powers but used the wish to bring back a party member who'd just died in the fight

[late kernel]

You can't wish for more wishes, sure, but could you wish for something that grants wishes?

[fossil hollow]

does it summon genies that have wish?

[fossil hollow]

yes, but you might get monkey pawed

and lose the ability to cast wish

[ornate rapids]

Genies are the worst way to wish for things

[late kernel]

Not if I have my lawyer draft the wish.

[ornate rapids]

they almost always twist the wish

[hot marlin]

Maybe. It summons a "particular djinni".

[fossil hollow]

"Times up, im heading out"

[fossil hollow]

is it from... a certain anthology?

[hot marlin]

Whether or not that particular djinni is one that can cast wish is for the DM to decide

[late kernel]

If the genie doesn't make a time limit clear at the start then it's fair game.

[ornate rapids]

Dao & Efreet would absolutely screw you, Marid might, Djinn are the least likely
but most of the time they all are less reliable than just casting wish yourself

[hot marlin]

Oh please people, just use wish to duplicate a spell, why do you bother?

[barren badger]

I once had a character idea for bard. They were a lawyer that would review contracts and wishes between mortals and extraplanar beings

[shadow vapor]

there is a ring of 3 wishes and a sword of luck that grants 3 wishes, is there like a genin acme I should know about?

[hot marlin]

It's simply almost never worth using wish for anything but spell duplication

[ornate rapids]

were they an eloquence bard
that'd be fitting for a lawyer

[fossil hollow]

just head to the Elemental Planes

[late kernel]

I had a necromancy wizard who did the same thing. He called his undead servants "Paralegals."

[barren badger]

What if I want to see the lady of pain?

[fossil hollow]

get flayed

[barren badger]

"I wish the lady of pain would have the PERFECT breakfast"

[hot marlin]

You plane shift to Sigil, and either wait for someone to do something to trigger her or you do it yourself

[barren badger]

then i see her and she shakes her head

[hot marlin]

It's not hard to see the lady of pain

[barren badger]

one does not simply walk into sigil

[late kernel]

Oof, Monkey's Paw, it's the perfect breakfast by your standards, not hers. She flays you.

[barren badger]

she doesnt even like people worshipping her.

She wishes not to be percieved

[fossil hollow]

the LoP mews you

[late kernel]

Lady of Mogging.

[hot marlin]

That is literally what Sigil is for. Walking into it, then walking into other places

[ornate rapids]

interacting with the Lady of Pain is not recommended
even other gods avoid directly messing with Sigil

[hot marlin]

See, the problem is that those two statements lack any logical connector

[barren badger]

She's not a god(dess), i think

[ornate rapids]

it's theorized she's like the overgod of Sigil but yeah no one really knows what she is

[barren badger]

I am not a logical person

[late kernel]

Honestly the way I see it interacting with any Gods is inadvisable purely because they're so far beyond mortal that they just can't perceive morals the same way.

[ornate rapids]

the mystery and sheer power she has makes her one of the most interesting characters in lore, and one of my favorites

[late kernel]

That's why my players are currently working to kill one!

[ornate rapids]

only one god ever dared invade Sigil and that was Vecna

[noble turtle]

crying why cant i use excessive caps i love excessive caps 😭😭😭😭/silly

[barren badger]

It is spam. It messes with screen readers

[fossil hollow]

messes with screen readers

[late kernel]

Accessibility is important!

[idle oar]

Please review the server rules and if you have any questions about them or a moderation you're involved in, go to #moderator-support and ask for a thread to speak witha moderator.

[lean osprey]

is it bad that I wanna make a tabaxi barbarian npc who is lactose intolerant and has a crippling addiction to soy-milk. Regular milk triggers his rage

[barren badger]

I also learned recently that responding solely with an emoji also causes issues for people with screen readers.

[idle oar]

But yes, accessibility and usability is why we ask folks not to over-use All-Caps, post single character posts (even of reacts/emojis/stickers), and not over-use formatting.

[noble turtle]

ohhh okay!! i didnt know that

[fossil hollow]

Khajit?

[late kernel]

I hear they have wares, if you have coin.

[ornate rapids]

goes to coffee shop and buys a drink
"is there milk in this?"
"yes"
tears down the coffee shop

[lean osprey]

what?

[hot marlin]

Just about every novel where gods appear in the Forgotten Realms make this statement non-canon to that setting

[lean osprey]

yes. exactly lol

[round vector]

Naturally, if a player fails a roll and tells the GM they succeeded, that's cheating, but what about a player succeeding on a roll and telling the GM they failed?

[lean osprey]

his name will be Mittens

[fossil hollow]

i saw cat and cheese/dairy and thought of skyrim

[hot marlin]

How does the player know they failed or succeeded?

[round vector]

I've never done the first, but I've done the second multiple times.

[round vector]

I didn't hit the DC

[lean osprey]

oh okay lol. Ive never played

[ornate rapids]

the only tabaxi character I've made was khajit-coded in the way that he spoke, and he was a fortune teller (specifically a spirits bard)

[hot marlin]

Why did you know the DC?

[late kernel]

At my table the written lore is a suggestion, only the rules are sacresanct.

[round vector]

I always know the DC?

Across every GM I've ever had?

[barren badger]

is this cheating?

[round vector]

GM says give DC 12 Athletics

I get a 16, say I got a 6

[hot marlin]

Strange. I've just about always been in games where it was "give me athletics".

[barren badger]

the GM sets the DC.

[idle oar]

The DM sets the DC (or knows the targets AC) and if the player meets/beats that with their D20 roll (plus modifiers/bonuses), then they succeed/hit.

If not... well then they didn't succeed.

[barren badger]

idk if a DM can really... cheat? If the DM says you pass, you pass. right?

[hot marlin]

As to the question: Yes, lying about your rolls, no matter the reason or purpose, is cheating.

[round vector]

My GMs have always told the player the DC, and then the player rolls and reports success or failure

[hot marlin]

In the same way, breaking the rules, in any way, is cheating. Even if the DM does it

[lean osprey]

so I was thinking about watching The Legend Of Vox Machina. Would it be better to watch the campaign or the show first?

[ornate rapids]

i've not seen the dm give the DC ahead of time on checks or saving throws
but i do announce my character's save DC to the DM when doing things because that's just polite

[severe rampart]

I don't know if this is comparable, but if it's a social encounter and we're having fun, I roll a nat 1 on a check but I have advantage, sometimes I ask the DM to let me take the nat 1 for fun

[round vector]

I can tell you why I'd do this

[hot marlin]

And this may be unpopular, but cheater DMs are just as bad, maybe worse, than cheater players

[severe rampart]

"DM please let me take this nat 1 in medicine for fun"

[barren badger]

How can a DM cheat though?

[late kernel]

I allow my players to willingly fail checks, but only if it makes sense for their characters to do so. For example, one of my players chose to fail insight because he inherently trusted the person he was speaking to. But yes, lying about it is not cool.

[severe rampart]

Fudging rolls

[hot marlin]

By breaking the rules in any way.

[ornate rapids]

secretly adding HP to a monster to prevent it from dying

[barren badger]

i think that's bad DMIng, but idk if it's... cheating?

[frail wasp]

DMs can cheat like my computer can cheat when I play BG3

[idle oar]

DM's can break the social contract and cause issues at the table

[ornate rapids]

or manifesting an anvil above the player's head and killing them instantly

[barren badger]

This is more accurate.

[round vector]

We were rolling to navigate a wet, treacherous staircase, it would have been very funny if somebody fell off, and everybody succeeded on their roll.

[topaz tangle]

hello how are yall

[round vector]

I told the GM I failed

[fossil hollow]

that just sounds detrimental to teh party as a whole

[severe rampart]

You could've just asked to willingly fail the check

[hot marlin]

Yes, that is cheating. Being detrimental to the party because "aha very funny" is bad player behaviour

[barren badger]

Yeah, DMs are almost like... part of the game engine of a table.

[round vector]

It was fun though

[severe rampart]

I ask to willingly fail checks in social scenarios

[frail wasp]

It's ridiculous that the computer fireballed astarion like that when they were behind a pillar, dang cheating

[fossil hollow]

was it for the rest of the party

[severe rampart]

You could've had that same fun while being honest

[barren badger]

thats why we have skeleton man

[late kernel]

A lot of DMs have gotten very comfortable with the fact that the players can't see behind the DM screen, and fudging/changing things on the fly. I recommend to any DMs trying a few games without one, if you're lucky enough to play in person!

[lean wigeon]

i'd award inspiration for doing so

[round vector]

I slid down the steps arse first, fell off a cliff, had my fall stopped by a rope, and slammed into the side of the cliff and had to get hauled back up

[hot marlin]

In VTTs I recommend DMs to never hide rolls, except rolls for actions that the PCs are not aware are taking place.

[barren badger]

I personally roll all dice publicly, so my players have no reason to think I'm cheating :]

[severe rampart]

Hm, sounds like you were just slowing the game down, personally.

[round vector]

I'm just dangling at the end of the rope swearing

[late kernel]

I award inspiration for stupid stuff, I once arm wrestled every member of my party and anyone who won got inspiration!

[hot marlin]

Fudging rolls, whether to the benefit or detriment of the PCs, is a very dangerous habit

[severe rampart]

It's one thing to fudge rolls, it's another thing to purposefully be a burden to your party.

[empty thicket]

I save my inspirations and lucky points for saves mostly

[lean wigeon]

metacurrencies fix this

[hot marlin]

Let's also consider something. Deciding to fail the roll for the stairs is also a roleplay failure.

[frail wasp]

it's very possible to fudge public dice rolls >_>

[barren badger]

I also think that lying to the DM is a bad thing.

[hot marlin]

The character would not have purposefully fell down the stairs just because it's funny to some imperceptible observer from another dimension, risking limbs and life

[severe rampart]

they mentioned they fell, then had to get hauled by the other players back up

[placid sand]

Do y'all take exhaustion points serious?

[round vector]

Why?

[severe rampart]

the player above table doing it purposefully is still bad

[fossil hollow]

. see here

[round vector]

Failure is fun though

[late kernel]

The dice are the engine of the story, once you disregard them you might as well decide the outcome of any roll yourself.

[fossil hollow]

at this point just ask the dm to fail

[barren badger]

People overestimate their ability to tell a better story than the dice.

[hot marlin]

Yes?

[severe rampart]

I know. I know it too well. But lying to your DM? lmao.

[fossil hollow]

shite did i ping ya

[lime plume]

Do you have a favorite dice set? And if you are getting bad rolls you trade it out for another dice?

[hot marlin]

Yes, for a dot

[fossil hollow]

i could have sworn i turned it off

[last flume]

What do you mean?

[idle oar]

And a single character period too Ti!

[fossil hollow]

oop

[barren badger]

Also, was it funny for everyone? Or just the person who lied about the roll?

[peak pecan]

Do I use them? Yes; the rules are reliant on them

[late kernel]

Sometimes the dice are just funnier. Like the time I had an NPC roll a history check to remember the home address of an employee the party needed to speak to, and he failed, good stuff.

[jolly canyon]

ive got some semi cheap red ones with gears in them. I pretend they are my Artificer Dice lol

[barren badger]

And if you dont want players to fail, dont have them roll!

[ornate rapids]

I have a dice set for every character

[hot marlin]

So yes, all in all, lying about your roll to fail, for a cheap laugh, is bad-faith playing that would absolutely infuriate me at my table

[severe rampart]

Well...

As a player, using this dice set I rolled four natural 1's and didn't land 14+ attack rolls in a row.

As a DM, using this dice set I rolled four natural 20s against my players and killed two of them last session.

The dice taketh and the dice giveth.

[late kernel]

This! I have a personal test which is "could the average person do this reliably" and if the answer is yes there's no roll.

[severe rampart]

I now have 9 player souls (7 because 2 were revivified)

[hot marlin]

By infuriate me, I mean I would have turned purple, grown claws, all my teeth would have fallen out, new sharper ones would have painfully grown where the old ones stood, my finger bones would have grown sharp, piercing my skin, and my legs would have broken and reoriented in order to allow for a quadrupedal position, after which I would have hunted down the offending player.

[severe rampart]

Tiefling Bard, Human Sorcerer, Elf Fighter, Elf Wizard, Satyr Bard, Dwarf Cleric, and Goliath Monk

[torpid hound]

If you think about it, a rap battle is two Bards spamming Vicious Mockery

[late kernel]

By this logic 8 mile was the first D&D movie.

[placid sand]

Whenever your character has an exhaustion point(s)- do you roleplay with that in mind or only if ur DM remembers? Does that make any sense? Seems like for us .. we get the point about then it's like if we never did... I don't understand why we get them if it never affects our play

[lean wigeon]

i feel the opposite way
i feel like GMs rely too much on the dice to tell a story. feels like the average GM makes players roll for some of the most boring or certain of things

[barren badger]

Even if the average person couldn’t do it, an expert wizard can probably remember basic facts about arcana without having to make a check

[lean wigeon]

or have players repeat rolls

[hot marlin]

This is not actually an opposing view. In fact both can easily be reconcilied and can be seen as two different symptoms of the same disease

[empty thicket]

oh god....

[torpid hound]

Roll for Constitution to breathe
Now roll for Dexterity to walk
Now for Strength to open the door

[severe rampart]

Yep...

[mighty pulsar]

amazing

[empty thicket]

Isnt... what they are fighting? armies?

[hot marlin]

Those DMs the cr 30 kobold is talking about are exactly the sort of people who "overestimate the ability to tell a better story than the dice". Therefore, they force the die to bend to their way. Others disregard it.

[late kernel]

Yeah, for situations like that I don't ask for rolls either.

[lean wigeon]

i once had a session where we just rolled for 2 hours trying to cross a river, when the entire scene could've been resolved in a single roll in just 10 or so minutes

[mighty pulsar]

Now act out how you seduce the barkeep please! Forget your persuasion skill.

[ornate rapids]

D&D but it's QWOP

[lean wigeon]

i don't want to be mean to the GM but i ended up just zoning out for most of that session

[torpid hound]

I made that joke before with the "Potion of QWOP" that forces you to roll for everything

[lean wigeon]

just because the GM really wants players to roll

[severe rampart]

No, no, four of them died because of goblins

[late kernel]

On a small aside I disagree with how a lot of people expect you to act out your charisma checks IRL.

[fossil hollow]

oh yeah, wasnt here for the finale, how was the TPK?

[late kernel]

I can be quite awkward sometimes, my 20 charisma bard probably isn't.

[severe rampart]

they didn't TPK, they managed to escape, albeit with casualties

[fossil hollow]

dammit

more goblins next time

[empty thicket]

oh, so you dont have like 9 players per session?

[severe rampart]

Cleric got sniped, The Monk got crit and insta died

[severe rampart]

Five players per campaign

Curse of Strahd and Phandelver and Below

[twilit sail]

i just realized the campaign i signed up for was hoard of the dragon queen

[barren badger]

If goblins could play video games in our modern world, would they? Which games would they play?

[late kernel]

9 players is far too many.

[barren badger]

We love dragons!

[severe rampart]

They would not

[late kernel]

Survival crafting games.

[lean wigeon]

they would play the same games everyone else plays

[fossil hollow]

i salute ya

[lime plume]

What happens if you die in game? Is that character finished or can you be resurected for the next session?

[barren badger]

break computer

[twilit sail]

yeah

[severe rampart]

Depends on the campaign, usually you're permanently dead

[torpid hound]

Only if someone casts Revivify on you

[empty thicket]

okey, so those 9 named were the dead ones?

[last flume]

Exhaustion is a real mechanic, it's a debuff you have to remove by resting or by other mostly magical means.

And yes I try to incorporate that in to my RP.

[fossil hollow]

depends in the scenario

[late kernel]

Typically I provide some avenue for resurrection but, unless stated otherwise, they're gone for good.

[severe rampart]

Yeah

[empty thicket]

Damn... that is a number

[ornate rapids]

one of the campaigns I'm in has something about its setting that resurrection magic (beyond revivify) was impossible
so i lost my cleric for a good long while
i got him back recently, but it temporarily broke things in the world for a brief time

[torpid hound]

The main reason OG Berserker was absolute garbage (sorry Grog)

[severe rampart]

I've only been a DM for like 3 months

[last flume]

Fortunate it got changed for the 2024 Edition

[severe rampart]

I also wasn't counting oneshot deaths

[late kernel]

I've only lost 3 PCs in my main campaign. Two left of their own volition to pursue other goals, one got their soul atomised when a God took control of their body.

[severe rampart]

there's 8 oneshot deaths, 7 campaign deaths

[late kernel]

Your players must be pretty experienced making characters by now, haha.

[severe rampart]

last session ended with them seeing a dragon and going "we are so dead"

I hit my level 6 players with Meteor Swarm

[empty thicket]

fair, i hope my players dont die too much

[twilit sail]

😭 😭

[late kernel]

There was nearly a TPK in my last session! Twinsies.

[last flume]

Did they instantly explode?

[late kernel]

I'm throwing an absolute monster at them next session too!

[severe rampart]

No,

The Rogue was too far away for the AOE, the Monk and the Warlock went down, the Cleric actually tanked it, not going to 0 hp, and the Druid used their relentless endurance (Orc) to not go down and to heal the others

[placid sand]

You see... I like that. Our group seems to disregard them ( even if I don't rest) and it bothers me ... I don't want to say anything to the DM. I was just wondering if that's a common thing or not.

-# thank u for answering

[lime plume]

I've just started playing again. I put a lot of time and effort into my Drow Warlock. I'm invested in him. I would be so bummed if he was knocked off.

[late kernel]

My party (level 5, 5 of them) have a CR 11 spellcaster and minions to deal with next session.

[last flume]

If your DM gives you exhaustion levels and it gets ignored that's not a thing that should happen, talk to your DM about it

[frail wasp]

it's hard enough trying to predict what humans find fun >_>

[severe rampart]

Oh nice, let me check the CR of the monster I threw at my level 6 players... two CR 12s and one CR 8, along with some minions

[fossil hollow]

i sent 5 CR 13s at my level 9 party last thursday

[late kernel]

I don't like killing my player's characters haha. (But I will)

[severe rampart]

I don't play to kill my players

[wanton whale]

Is it odd that I am basically broken as a barbarian in a warhammer 40k campaign

[late kernel]

Me neither! I'm still very new to trying to balance combat.

But I'm getting there.

I've figured out throwing a lot of encounters with lower CR creatures at them before a boss fight will make the boss fight more tense! Like tenderising meat.

[jolly canyon]

how many PCs?

[fossil hollow]

5

[late kernel]

You may just be evil. /j.

[jolly canyon]

and the 5 CR 13s were all in a single fight or over an adventuring day?

[placid sand]

I think I'll bring it up... Thank you again hun

[fossil hollow]

its was 4 manshoon simulacrums and manshoon prime

[fossil hollow]

single fight

[late kernel]

I think the fun of boss fights is as much the spectacle as the mechanical challenge.

[lime plume]

I printed everything out on card stock. Made a binder. Labeled it with my char name. I plan to play him for a long time to come.

[late kernel]

Card stock may just be God's gift to arts and crafts.

[crimson gulch]

i love seeing when my players do that

[jolly canyon]

Ok so as a new DM following the DMG. how is it yo manage to keep that balanced? I believe youre a skilled DM so this is deff a genuine question. But according the the DMG ecounter budget... 5 lvl 9s is 13,000 XP. 5 CR 13s is 50,000xp. assuming no Lair was used. Is there anything you do on your end to keep it balanced or are your players just very skilled/experienced. genuine question fr. not trying to accuse of anything if it comes off that way i apologize.

[ornate rapids]

our group plays online and uses google sheets character sheets
i like customizing mine quite a bit

[late kernel]

There's nothing like seeing a player get attached to a character in your campaign. Genuinely one of the greatest joys as a DM.

[fossil hollow]

they all have a lot of magic items and summons

and a level 5 sidekick

[late kernel]

As someone adding a sidekick to my party in the upcoming session, do you find it's difficult to have an NPC constantly with the party? When it comes to having to play them all the time?

[ornate rapids]

like my Twilight Cleric's sheet is blue & white with stars all over it

[last flume]

Having to reduce a combined HP of almost 1000 is crazy to fight on first thought

[torpid hound]

Can a Gelatinous Cube be full of itself?

[late kernel]

As in smug?

[torpid hound]

No, I mean literally

[fossil hollow]

it gets easier if a player controls them in combat

[frail wasp]

gelatinous cubes can eat each other yes

[lime plume]

I even printed out spell cards and am buying a spell book to put them in. I'm invested. lol

[jolly canyon]

Ok!! my players do have quite a bit of items but no summons. i do account for the sidekick heal bot they have tho

[late kernel]

Smart, he's going to be a knight retainer for a knight in the party so I'll foist that responsibility upon them.

[fossil hollow]

yeah, they have one of each of the elementals

[jolly canyon]

dang!

ok ill keep that in mind if they ever have summons and stuff

[placid sand]

I have even cried 😆

[crimson gulch]

gelatin to the fourth power

[ornate rapids]

summons are fun
in one boss fight my druid's giant spider summoned via Giant Insect kept one of the minion monsters stunlocked in place the whole fight by keeping it from moving at all

[late kernel]

I once had a gelatinous cube NPC who kranged himself into a warforged body and he was pretty full of himself... smug, I mean.

[pure spoke]

good evening everyone

[late kernel]

Me too... me too.

[jolly canyon]

im very aware that action economy plays a huge roll and i know lots of tough DMs run double the recommended xp or more. i am just unsure how its balanced since i havent gottent that far yet. I will learn tho!

[ornate rapids]

action economy made my cleric's party have a bad time last session
we had to make it from one side of a maze-like library to another, all while fighting infinite swarms of animated books

[near kindle]

Hey I’m new-ish! I’ve played about 10 hours a while ago and have been looking for a group after the one I was with stopped meeting. I would love a group that is open to a new player and meets on weekdays. I joined DnD beyond and I’m just looking for a on line group, no game shops anywhere near me! Also I’m over 21 but not 30. Looking to play as an artificer!

[twilit sail]

#find-a-game

[late kernel]

It gets easier to do with time but honestly the best way to do (that I've found) is to test your party a few times early in the campaign to get a feel for what sort of level they operate at then throwing stuff at that level at them.

[fossil hollow]

i actually upgraded the Manshoon Prime to legendary, so tehres a chance he was actually CR 15-17

[placid sand]

Even had kids and I cried for them too 😆 they felt so real

[lime plume]

I am joining my group mid-campaign. Not sure yet how the DM is going to fit me in.

[late kernel]

I killed off one of my darlings last session, I managed to convince the party that I was crying in character as an npc who had witnessed it.

I'm sure they bought it!

[jolly canyon]

geez lol and here i am stressing about using to many deadly encounters in single day

[lilac stirrup]

hellooo

[fossil hollow]

after the deck of many things hit the party, balance has never been the same

[jolly canyon]

LOL

so true

[fossil hollow]

im thinking of throwing a second one

this time, the Deck of Many More Things

[late kernel]

They need a new name for deadly lowkey, I always see it in the encounter builder and am like "maybe I should lower this slightly?" But I've managed to put that instinct in the corner.

[jolly canyon]

omg. not sure when im gonna introduce the DoMMT but im deff gonna

[placid sand]

Oh gosh, I'm sure they did!
I was playing the curse of strahd and one of the hags took my son and cooked him into the pies .... My soul was sobbing I hate hags now lol oOf DND is awesome lol

[jolly canyon]

ime Deadly buget is like the only way to get people to burn resouces cause anything lower they just use cantrips all the time but i felt bad cause like maybe they want a chill fight sometimes

[fossil hollow]

yeah, its hard to get into teh mentality of sending a variety when you just wanna get them to burn more faster

[late kernel]

Maybe mentally reframing "deadly" as "resource intensive" is a good way to get more confident with balancing.

[storm magnet]

What feat lets me protect a teammeate that's being attacked

[late kernel]

Fighter initiate, protection.

Is one option.

[ornate rapids]

at close rage, Gift of the Metallic Dragon can within 5ft

though its AC bonus is based on proficiency bonus so it's less useful at lower levels

[storm magnet]

Protection seems really good!

I got a shield

[late kernel]

I love shields. So does my AC 20 wizard.

Please don't ask him to make a save he's sensitive about those.

[fossil hollow]

I need a WIS save

[late kernel]

From me or the wizard?

[fossil hollow]

both