dnd-discussion

[late kernel]

We're gonna choose to fail, save the suspense.

[fossil hollow]

yall get Charmed by an Incubus who has a chocolate cake

[late kernel]

He would fall for that.

He is a fiend for baked goods.

[fossil hollow]

FIEND?!

[ornate rapids]

so are they

[late kernel]

He's a tiefling so, like, somewhere down the family tree sure.

[fossil hollow]

ah, Tiefling

rage simmers down

[late kernel]

Winged tiefling.

He's a battle-hardened secret agent playing a ditzy sleepover loving rookie.

[fossil hollow]

awww

[late kernel]

He hates it (for now)

He will learn to love it if he doesn't die along the way.

I've got the fun task of recreating the vibe of a hacker's lair in D&D 5e. I do these things to myself.

[limber trail]

11

[fossil hollow]

Hokrun is rife with sorrow

[limber trail]

I mean the turtle died so yeah

[fossil hollow]

and the money before that

[limber trail]

Listen

When you lose 90,000gp

What’s the last 10?

He doesn’t need anything

He has these hands

He has a gun

[late kernel]

Guns are so peak.

I love adding them to my campaigns.

[shy stirrup]

pew pew

[harsh patrol]

spelljammer has facilitated this for me in my games

[winged bobcat]

like rifles and muskets or assault rifles or like...anti material rifles?

[late kernel]

Eberron has done the same for me.

[jolly canyon]

in eberron i have them as arcane flavored guns. Energy beams and lazers

[late kernel]

I tend to go with wild west style guns.

[harsh patrol]

i have an artificer mist walker that does this

[ornate rapids]

Armorer Artificer can also just have an armor suit that shoots lightning out of their chest like iron man

[late kernel]

So revolvers and low-capacity rifles with cowboy levers.

[winged bobcat]

Oh i had an idea for a kind of character like that. Do you use the gunslinger or are you strictly official classes?

[limber trail]

I personally don’t allow any 3p classes which includes gunslinger

[winged bobcat]

Eh, that's fair.
My concept involved Artificer anyways

[limber trail]

If you want to play that type of a character there’s fighters and rangers

[late kernel]

I've never used it personally, seems too complicated.

I just allow Arcane Archer to use guns.

[jolly canyon]

there is a gunslinger in my home game. he's so strong

[winged bobcat]

I had this idea, let me pitch it and give me feedback if it's any good. Kenku Battle Smith Artificer in a setting that lets us have revolvers. Small race, medium robotic companion for a mount. They mimic the sheriff who died while they were the deputy.

[empty thicket]

Arcane Sniper would sound better ngl

[late kernel]

It would tbf.

[ornate rapids]

Arcane Artillerist

[harsh patrol]

Neon Oddesy is 3rd party but i hear they implamented strength check guns

[severe rampart]

Sorcerous Sniper

[empty thicket]

and i would like that Arcane sniper get some extra buffs to arrows itself

[mossy summit]

I'm ready to play and start some confusingly polite mayhem!

[severe rampart]

Alliteration ba-byyy

[empty thicket]

idk if they changed the number of uses in 24 or if there isnt something new about it

[harsh patrol]

sorcerous... stabber?

[ornate rapids]

Cleric Cannon

[harsh patrol]

one of my players is literally this, she joined as a healer and became an AOE

[ornate rapids]

Light and Zeal clerics go brrrrr

[radiant night]

Men only want one thing
It's not power
It's not money
It's.....||I CAST FIREBALL!!||

[late kernel]

Sigh.

Counterspell.

[fossil hollow]

Dread Counterspell

[quiet mist]

Where can I go to play test

[empty thicket]

Sighs Reaction Mage slayer.

[quiet mist]

Sigh 😔
Casted wall of force

[late kernel]

Everybody gets one.

[empty thicket]

wh..what?

[late kernel]

Power word Phil.

Your beloved PC is now a commoner named Phil.

[limber trail]

What level spell is it

[empty thicket]

Sadly, such thing wont happen.

My wizard will cast Wish.

(ally)

[foggy flax]

Hey peeps I have some weird questions and I'm not sure where to direct them.

1. What DND resource do you feel you want more of, minis, creature compendiums, or something else

2. Any one that can recommend the best paid game sites?

3. What's the worst thing you've experienced as a player

[broken imp]

sorry, but this interferes with the Lady of Pain's latest plan, so ur spell failed

[late kernel]

Better hope he phrases it well.

[broken imp]

for #2, dndbeyond or foundry

[empty thicket]

"make nxffy spell dont work, Nuh uh it."

[limber trail]

Always always willing to take more monsters. Minis are ehh, take them or leave them, more monsters is where it’s at

[rough basalt]

1 - Can't say
2 - Startplayinggames
3 - Abuse

[empty thicket]

Its why im here.

[foggy flax]

Appreciate it 😁

[rough basalt]

Ye take more monsters for me id say

[late kernel]

Done, Nxffy can't cast spells. His character however-

[broken imp]

for #3, nothing in particular comes to mind, and for #1, um i dunno if i can say it here

[foggy flax]

Unique condition monsters or just wacky stat ones?

[rough basalt]

Startplaying is a solid site.

Removes a lot of the sketchiness of paid games imo

[empty thicket]

You cant spell now. So you cant talk.

[broken imp]

both are really fun to make and use

[empty thicket]

I did you a 1984.

[late kernel]

O nough

[unkempt spear]

Is there a way to do dnd online for free with maps?

[empty thicket]

sign language brosky 🫴 🫲 🤙 🙏

[broken imp]

yes, make ur own websites

[late kernel]

Dungeon Scrawl and the vtt

[unkempt spear]

Hell no

[broken imp]

oh i thought it's real limited

[foggy flax]

I once made 4 skeletons that guarded an underwater chest and had light ing magic so that when players came in the water they would use one of those spells when too little of health as a last resort attack for double damage. They only guarded the chest so if you didn't touch the chest they didn't touch you and they would target focus the chest hauler if removed

[unkempt spear]

That only works for dungeons tho no?

Like im currently holding some sessions in the mountains

[late kernel]

Dungeon Scrawl is my go-to for battle maps, but if you're looking for something more specific I think Inkarnate has a limited free mode, or at least it did last I checked.

[severe rampart]

I can only answer the third question.

There was this DM who had a DMPC in their campaign, the session was pretty tough, we barely scraped by, however, it seemed like he was fudging rolls so he could be "cooler", living out his fantasy.

When we were cornered and about to die, he cast a spell which he didn't have a spell slot for (he said that), and then he said quote "Okay, I was supposed to die, but I rolled two natural 20s so I'm alive".

[shy stirrup]

How convinient

[foggy flax]

Oh that's gross, thanks for this feedback

[severe rampart]

that was one of many things that irked me.

There were also small things about it too.

[shy stirrup]

S-tier DMPC there

[unkempt spear]

Well it was worth the try thanks anyways

imma be giving up on dnd for a while i think

[foggy flax]

I'd feel it would be much "cooler" to describe a gruesome death and see how you guys as the party handles it

[harsh patrol]

a bit much mabey, perhaps a new game group is needed

[severe rampart]

He gave himself a rare or very rare magic item (I forgot), he seemed to be leading the group wherever we went, he just had so many bs things happen to him and didn't care for the others.

When he would defeat monsters he would describe it in detail, but when players did, he didn't say anything.

[foggy flax]

My personal opinion is a DM knows the beginning and the end and the players make up the entire middle of the story

[unkempt spear]

?

[harsh patrol]

quitting entirly

[late kernel]

Being bailed out because the plot demands it is the least satisfying outcome to a fight both in regular fiction and D&D.

[broken imp]

yea, and maybe give a few different ending if the dm is capable enough

[severe rampart]

I got robbed of my character dying in classic D&D fashion, to this day, none of my characters have died

[little stream]

dm is capable enough

roll initiative

[foggy flax]

Bro/Brodette, not cool everyone deserves a meaningful character ending if they want it. You playing a game? I am trying to start up game soon

[twilit sail]

god descends from the heavens?

[lusty tendon]

i love how in the past my dm said that i was a glass cannon when i was a fighter where he didnt give out any equipment other than our base equipment we had when he made our characters (from level 1 to ending as lv 5)

[little stream]

Is that open to only echo? Just asking btw

[foggy flax]

Not only open to them, no feel free to DM me 😁

[severe rampart]

If you're inviting me to a game I'll have to decline, I'm currently DMing two campaigns and playing in one, and that this isn't really the place to ask, #looking-for-players

[hushed mason]

You should use #find-a-game .

[foggy flax]

Fair enough

[hushed mason]

It's actually a rule or something.

[jolly canyon]

Yee asking outside that channel is against server rules unfort. DMing directly is of course not against the rule.

[empty thicket]

Damn, drama going on in my DnD channel?

[harsh patrol]

WHAT is everyone doing for Ravenloft? I am running an adventure in the Carnival Currently

[fossil hollow]

I want to run the Eboneblade or whichever the sentient weapon is

[late kernel]

Not drama, never drama.

Not in the D&D server.

[fossil hollow]

there is no drama in the dnd server

[late kernel]

Or in Ba Sing Storm Coast.

[harsh patrol]

Nepenth is the one in Vanrichtens guide

[fossil hollow]

There was one mentioned in a DDB article, it corrupted the user

[empty thicket]

im feeling kinda 1984 again....

[harsh patrol]

it deos, its full of hate

[late kernel]

Gonna give my players a gun next session.

[empty thicket]

what kind of gun we are talking?

[harsh patrol]

make sure you give it the ability to blow up spectacularly if they roll a 1

[empty thicket]

The Devil roulette?

[late kernel]

No, we already have a gambling magic item.

[harsh patrol]

The sword is the real darklord of that Domain

[late kernel]

Revolver.

It's powerful but the bullets are expensive and you can only buy them in one place.

[rough basalt]

Hoping once i get the book itll inspire me a bit

[fossil hollow]

oh im thinking about Ebonbane

[harsh patrol]

I dont know what that is yet

[fossil hollow]

Oh interesting, theyre new then?

[harsh patrol]

or its something from 2nd edition theyre bringing into 5.5

[fossil hollow]

most likely

I dont think they actually made any new darklords except for mr octopus face

[harsh patrol]

the mist is particularily dense at that time period

[fossil hollow]

but then again, he was already in dnd's cosmology

[rough basalt]

I think my favorite domain is the dark sun one. Cause the dreadlords stuck in an eternal coma.

Like they deserve

[empty thicket]

damn, i remember saying one that was fun
More Risk = More reward

[harsh patrol]

he was as he exists within a realm we cannot mention, The Public Domain

and the UPN network

[west sail]

I ain't got nothing

[lost flicker]

The new "evil subclasses" play test material is really cool

I'm big on primordial warlock,

[harsh patrol]

Mermaid Man Gif

[late kernel]

Yeah, it's fun. When you cast a spell you tear out a page and then roll on a table (1d10) to get a random spell of the level above, which replaces the spell you were going to cast. On a 10+ you get the benefits of a long rest and +1 to your next roll. If you ever roll a 20 you get revived next time you die. (The current owner is undead, and doesn't know about the revival function.)

[fossil hollow]

My beast master died

[jolly canyon]

Now that's sad. Means the beast is gone too right? idk how BM works

[fossil hollow]

yeah.... Zee Ogre is also perished

[jolly canyon]

The team mascot 😭

[fossil hollow]

ikr

trying to pick a species for my Fiend Warlock now

[harsh patrol]

my players in our prelude game to "Eve of Ruin" have collected, a space guppy, a Pidgeon, a tree-ent with brain dambladge, a sentient Staff of Ice, a second Pidgeon, 8 Auto Gnomes, and a cat.

[rough basalt]

Idk what ima do for my player game fix when my Eve of Ruin game ends.

[harsh patrol]

new characters in the same world

[woven flint]

Rest in peace

[harsh patrol]

once a characters story reaches an end and they are also Level 20, thats it they retire, they cannot gain more XP

[rough basalt]

It's gonna be weird playing a low level 5e PC again lol

[harsh patrol]

I recomend playing a different class, it helps

a different one each time I mean

[rough basalt]

I play whatever I can.

[harsh patrol]

Ever done a Psionic?

[rough basalt]

Not long term. I've played a couple sessions of Battlemind in a 4e game.

[harsh patrol]

"you have to eat the worm" to play psionic

[obtuse hatch]

Anyone have a list of all playable subclasses for 5.5E? (Not the mechanics of them, just what they are)

[rough basalt]

I usually make my character after everyone else does.

[turbid vessel]

My brain is wired to equalize a party comp and it sometimes infuriates me that I can't break away from it 😭

[harsh patrol]

become a wild magic sorcerer then the game will break for you

[little stream]

...fireball it is then

[rough basalt]

Alchemist Artificer
Armorer Artificer
Artillerist Artificer
Battle Smith Artificer
Cartographer Artificer
Berserker Barbarian
Wildheart Barbarian
World Tree Barbarian
Zealot Barbarian
Dance Bard
Glamour Bard
Lore Bard
Moon Bard
Valor Bard
Knowledge Cleric
Life Cleric
Light Cleric
Trickery Cleric
War Cleric
Land Druid
Moon Druid
Sea Druid
Star Druid
Battlemaster Fighter
Champion Fighter
Eldritch Knight Fighter
Purple Dragon Knight Fighter
Psi Fighter
Mercy Monk
Elements Monk
Open Hand Monk
Shadow Monk
Ancients Paladin
Devotion Paladin
Glory Paladin
Noble Genies Paladin
Vengeance Paladin
Beastmaster Ranger
Fey Wanderer Ranger
Gloomstalker Ranger
Hunter Ranger
Winter Walker Ranger
Arcane Trickster Rogue
Assassin Rogue
Scion of the Three Rogue
Soulknife Rogue
Thief Rogue
Aberrant Sorcerer
Clockwork Sorcerer
Draconic Sorcerer
Spellfire Sorcerer
Wild Magic Sorcerer
Archfey Warlock
Celestial Warlock
Fiend Warlock
Great Old One Warlock
Abjurer Wizard
Bladesinger Wizard
Divination Wizard
Evoker Wizard
Illusionist Wizard

I'd save that in a doc

[obtuse hatch]

Jeez, thankies

[rough basalt]

That's not counting the Ravenloft subs coming out in a couple weeks.

[ornate rapids]

the list gets even longer with other sources like tasha's and xanathar's

a lifetime of options

[rough basalt]

5.5e subclasses

Pretty sure I'd nuke discord if I edited that message to include everything you can use officially lol.

oh you thought just the non-reprinted wizard schools XGE and Tashas was everything huh? We haven't gotten to the setting, monster splatbook and adventure subs yet

[woven flint]

Folks..

[rough basalt]

Tho that's only seven subclasses

[ornate rapids]

and if you included UA, even just the ones released since 5.5e came out, that's a bunch more

[rough basalt]

I was only including what's currently out in print.

[ornate rapids]

including an entire new class, the Psion

[rough basalt]

But yeah we got several confirmed subs

The ones coming in Ravenloft.

Then almost guaranteed Conjurer, Enchanter, Necromancer, and Transmuter Wizards this fall.
I think Hexblade got moved to Arcane Unleashed as well.

[ornate rapids]

I really like the new Transmuter, assuming it goes to print as it was in the UA
very neat

[rough basalt]

As for Psion making it to print, we'll see at Gencon.

[ornate rapids]

whether it gets published or not I'll play one someday because it's a cool idea

[rough basalt]

Cause if it does, it'll likely be in the Dark Sun setting guide which I've got money on it being the last book this year that they're announcing at Gencon.

Since Dark Sun and Psionics are like bread and peanut butter

And "Season of Champions" doesn't really fit a Villainous book imo.

So the only remaining UA the book could be is the world where Champions is another name for its bbegs.

[ornate rapids]

whether it gets published or not I'm also definitely using Venom Monk if I ever do play a monk character

originally it wouldve been shadow but venom looks fun

[rough basalt]

If BoVD 5e comes out, it'd be fun if they released an evil adventure with it

[woven flint]

Mercy Monk is probably my favorite monk subclass overall

[rough basalt]

Like how Arcane Unleashed is coming with a small Thay adventure.

[ornate rapids]

my druid's party has an astral self monk and my cleric's party has a custom four elements monk (custom as in it was tweaked with homebrew)

[rough basalt]

I got a whole conspiracy board of coincidental evidence that points to Dark Sun being the last book this year. And I can't wait to be proven right.

[ornate rapids]

hoping so

[blazing holly]

Gotta love a good magocracy

[ornate rapids]

I'm also interested in seeing what stuff gets released in these D&D Beyond Drops
the few new spells they added are fun

my druid already picked up Buzzing Bee

[feral fulcrum]

I'm amused they brought that one back

[ornate rapids]

I hope it means more spells from older editions are going to return

[blazing holly]

Sticks to snakes!

[rough basalt]

Cause 2024, WotC made it clear a year earlier they'd never do Dark Sun cause of its themes. They let the Dark Sun IP expire.
Brink, Crawford and Perkins leave
Psion UA and unmistakable Dark Sun UA comes out after Crawford leaves.
UA is well received with people excited but cautiously excited.
Psion UA gets second run.
Dark Sun IP is renewed by WotC after this and the well received Dark Sun UA drop.
WotC makes good FR books and a decent Eberron touch up and make moves to making more Dragonlance and Greyhawk content which means the new team wants to use DnDs settings.
2026 Roadmap gets dropped.
Horror UA so far everything's confirmed like it was for FR UA.
Magic book announced covers the Magic UAs.
Last book of the year is cryptic and dubbed "Season of Champions."
There'd been only two UA left from the current batch of UA that hasn't been confirmed, Psion UA and Dark Sun UA, Psionics being a core part of Dark Sun.
"Champions" could refer to the Sorcerer-Kings of Athas that were the Champions of Rajaat and the bbegs of the setting. 4e marketed Dark Sun as being heroes fighting against evil and its shown that new WotC acknowledges 4es existence, and in today's current climate, a book about rising up against tyrants that have destroyed the world with their magic pollution?

[ornate rapids]

if those guys leaving is why we're getting all this stuff coming then I'm glad to hear it

[rough basalt]

It is, I'm convinced.

[barren badger]

I personally dont mind dark sun as a setting, but I question a lot of DM's ability to handle some of the issues in the setting with grace. I dont even know if i want to be a DM explaining how Muls were created in Athas.

If it does return, I expect the setting to change a bit and for it to have a slightly different tone, even if a lot of the setting stay the same.

Dark sun is not a setting I would like to play with a random DM from the internet.

[fresh bloom]

Between NPCs in a campaign, a life cleric or a child wizard, who is more likely for the enemies to take hostage to force the party to do something?

It's still a low level, but it's more due to how these enemies act.

[harsh patrol]

that would imply Hasbro will allow them to make a good decision, i mean a Mad Max style setting would do gang busters monetarily if Descent into Avernas is any indication

a warlock pact if ever there was one

[rough basalt]

My assumption is they're gonna use the 4e Dark Sun guide for a lot of it

As the 4e Dark Sun guide was pretty cut and dry that the world sucks and it needs to change.

[blazing holly]

depends. Who is more closely related to the party ?

[rough basalt]

Where as 2e Dark Sun they were a bit vague then there was a supplement that well. Kinda left a stigma on the setting.

[lavish flame]

do your players have kids? if so, the child wizard

[harsh patrol]

2e seemed really insistant on a lot of things that would become not okay in the future

[fresh bloom]

I would say the child, but the cleric is the only healer in the party

[lavish flame]

such is the path of progress

[narrow moss]

do they know their classes? if not, the child.

[fresh bloom]

Not yet, generally the players in the party are young, between 17 and 22 years old (I include myself in that age range).

[narrow moss]

perhaps they use the child to exploit the cleric's views

life, yeah?

obvs if they're a psychopath the baddies wouldn't know.

[barren badger]

Very true. and the playerbase for DND is vastly different than it was in the 2000s.

I think it would have been EXCEEDINGLY rare to find a woman in her 30s/40s playing dnd in 2008, but I think its relatively common now.

[rough basalt]

I think the average player is probably in their 30s

Or late 20s at least.

[blazing holly]

/starts counting on his fingers

[rough basalt]

Tabletops just a pretty fun hobby especially as you get older.

Since it doesn't require much.

[fresh bloom]

Yes, they know, those enemies have already seen the cleric healing

[barren badger]

I think there is DEFINITELY room for settings that challenge us emotionally, I just want a story to be told. Not just being edgy for edgy's sakes

[jolly canyon]

I got older and got into 40k and D&D. The joked write themselves

[rough basalt]

40k
DnD
Pick a financial struggle man /hj

[blazing holly]

then it depends, are they kidnapping to weaken the party, or to coerce them?

[left sable]

The concept of a child wizard being a part of a party is really interesting... Well, any types of characters who are canonically a child, actually since they need to adjust to not only being the part of the party but also the world as well. 🤔

[rough basalt]

I get it though, I feel myself being pulled into 40k

[jolly canyon]

It's so true

[rough basalt]

I have a lot of friends who love 40k and Warhammer games are so good.

[fresh bloom]

It's basically to force them to obey them at a certain point.

[blazing holly]

I'm about 8 (or 9) editions behind at this point, I feel the struggle

[rough basalt]

I'll probably just stick to video games though

[blazing holly]

Then I think the child would still be the "better" target

[rough basalt]

DnD already takes too much money from me

[barren badger]

a lot of my investment in dnd goes to patreon. Which feels slightly better than large corporations

[fresh bloom]

I'm just wondering if they have some kind of anti-magic stuff to use with it, but it's probably just a matter of removing the components, right?

[rough basalt]

I have monthly dnd costs

[fresh bloom]

Okay, thank you very much for the suggestion.

[rough basalt]

With Forgevtt for hosting foundry

[barren badger]

Self hosting foundry saves a bit on money for me

[rough basalt]

Then I pay for patreons now

Tho I'm only gonna do that twice a year.

[barren badger]

yahhh, i was using cloud hosting for a while, but I got frustrated with storage limitations

[rough basalt]

That's if I keep Czepeku anyway.

They're great maps but it'd be easier for my patreon updates if it was only 20ish

[barren badger]

i was subscribed to czepeku for a while, but it is relatively expensive

[rough basalt]

You get what you pay for tho I'd say.

They're niche maps but on the other hand, because they're niche, you could use them to create adventures.

[barren badger]

I did a bulk download of their back catalog and resubscribe once or twice a year to get uploaded

I am SO spoiled by DMAndy for curse of strahd

[rough basalt]

Mad Cartographers CoS is what I wanna use when I run CoS.

Their phandelver I used because they made it free was absolutely amazing.

And their free Death House is just perfect.

[barren badger]

I use some of the cartographer's stuff too

[rough basalt]

But patreons I'll always keep is PSFX, JB2As animations, and Ripper93

I like my big booms and noises and ripper has great modules.

[barren badger]

I would seriously recommend DM andy though. I think he legitimately has made the best maps for COS

[barren badger]

yesss

Theres also one that helps with character information in foundry, but its probably best not to mention it in the server

[rough basalt]

Somewhere down the line I wanna run 5 flameskulls and do the "five big booms" meme with fireballs.

[barren badger]

*googles curiously*

Oh just 5 fireballs? Yes.

random question. Does magic missile cause 3x concentration saves?

Let me double check the spell

[rough basalt]

I know there's a Sage advice about that

[ornate rapids]

magic missiles all hit simultaneously if used on the same target

[rough basalt]

But I can't remember the answer.

[frail wasp]

i try to rule it as only one save cause otherwise its a bit much

[barren badger]

death saving throws :p

[rough basalt]

My dream is to finger of death a downed PC whose on 2 death saves.

[barren badger]

Where as Scorching Ray makes three attack rolls, so i think it would cause three instances of damage

[ornate rapids]

yes

[frail wasp]

scorching ray can be multiple sources yes, magic missile is only special because it always hits

[ornate rapids]

magic missile is different in that it specifies in the spell that they're at the same time
The darts all strike simultaneously, and you can direct them to hit one creature or several.

[rough basalt]

I await the day I get to use a Death Knight in dnd.

[ornate rapids]

honestly though the damage from them is so small that most things you hit with it likely would make their con save anyways
unless you had Mage Slayer and forced disadvantage

[rough basalt]

Given my luck with recharge abilities, I foresee big booms.

[barren badger]

it's weird DMing at higher levels because you look at a statblock and you're like, "No way. that's farrrr too powerful for my players."

Then you look at the xp budget and they can take 3x of them in a fight

[frail wasp]

yeah i just write off higher levels tbh

[thick acorn]

is this a good backstory concept for a campaign that I am in? The campaign takes place in the feywilds and my idea is that im a paladin who was tricked and got my name stolen so I am going to the fey wilds to try and reclaim it.

[rough basalt]

Encounter balancing is just the most safest form of gambling

[barren badger]

you've already done that?

[rough basalt]

Cause even if an encounter is completely fair, players can still tpk to it.

[thick acorn]

no?

[barren badger]

What level are you starting at?

[barren badger]

Let me rephrase, has your paladin already reclaimed their name?

[frail wasp]

people say they run balanced t3 and t4 campaigns in this discord and I just won't believe any of it if I can't see it

[rough basalt]

Either from very bad luck or forgetting what's on their sheet.

[thick acorn]

no my idea is that they havent yet and still need to

[ornate rapids]

i love that the campaigns im in are long-haul and go from tier 1 to 4

[rough basalt]

There's no bigger dangers to players than the players themselves.

[barren badger]

Okay I like this idea :]

[blazing holly]

sounds good to me, how were you tricked ? Fell of your horse and the queen of Fairies caught you ?

[barren badger]

what would their oath be? Oath of vengeance?

[rough basalt]

Wish I could be in one of these and it was a good campaign

[ornate rapids]

basically only play with my friend group
2 of the 6 run campaigns and a third is going to run one too from 3-20

[barren badger]

unrelated. Did you know that there's a CR5 creature that knows mass cure wounds AND revivify

[rough basalt]

As a player anyway. My Monday game is a good game, it started at 1 and they're currently at 7

Doing a 1-20 as a player would be on my ultimate bucket list.

[thick acorn]

I havent thought of that yet, but ill come up with something.

[frail wasp]

is it the couatl?

[rough basalt]

My Monday players will be hitting level 8 before long.

[barren badger]

Dragon Blessed from FTD

[rough basalt]

Only two more levels after that till they enter the area where encounters start getting crazy with XP again.

[frail wasp]

mmm

add it to the pile

[barren badger]

I think it would be really fun to play. I would worry about magic item bloat, but I guess things become obsolete eventually and slots become an issue

[rough basalt]

Attunement slots really solve this pretty well.

[harsh patrol]

oh im running one of those, it started as a heist to steal a magic book that was casuing Far realm stuff to leak into reality, and now they are trying to stop Vecna and Shar who have gotten married, this is a spelljammer adventure where the villans goal is to sink reality into the negative energy plane by unsticking the domains of dread from the shadowfell, also the Astral elf villan from spelljammer book has been taken over by Vecna in secret as "new religon" using the book of vile darkness

[blazing holly]

Fair enough, just saying, if it worked for Tam Lin, it could work for you

[rough basalt]

Tho my level 19 Rogue has resistance to all damage except BPS

Cause I have all the rings of resistance

[ornate rapids]

the thanos gauntlet of resistance

[rough basalt]

Well almost all

I get Psychic Resistance from being a Scion of Bane.

[frail wasp]

my current character got passwall a few sessions ago and i'm very ready to make it the DM's problem

[rough basalt]

I can't wait to use my rogue again.

[ornate rapids]

ive had the fun of using passwall a few times in the past

[harsh patrol]

one of the villians in my insane campaing is a Scion of Shar

[rough basalt]

I have a Ring of Invisibility and a Vorpal Scimitar.

[barren badger]

how do you even build fights at level 19

[rough basalt]

Me looking at my Tuesday DM when I say I crit twice on Vecna for
3d6 + 34 + 20d6 + 2d6 + 53

[barren badger]

i guess you all are fighting *checks notes* three dragons

[frail wasp]

and how do you make a dungeon at level 19 that isn't filled with 'oh you can't bypass this dungeon with this laundry list of spells'

[rough basalt]

We bypass all of it we don't get all the good loot.

Also our casters are an Artificer and a Warlock

[barren badger]

i think its just.

We're going to heaven to kill the avatar of this god

[frail wasp]

no you can't just teleport to the treasure room and then teleport out ... there's uh .... lead. no wait, that's scrying. there's uh ... astral stone. sorry. can't teleport

[narrow moss]

wards.

when in doubt, wards.

[frail wasp]

millions of em

[narrow moss]

you think yer the first sap to teleport?

[rough basalt]

Yeah we ran into a Glyph of Power Word Kill

[narrow moss]

wards will port you to a jail cell

[frail wasp]

and also this dungeon has a lot of regular pit traps too for some reason

[rough basalt]

It's cause you wouldn't expect the classics.

[narrow moss]

pit traps work.

[frail wasp]

they're not deadly at this level but they are everywhere

[livid brook]

Any more news on the psion?

[woven flint]

We simply ball

(I'm the Warlock :] )

[cerulean monolith]

Likely coming with the Dark Sun book that’s coming out either late this year or early next year

[livid brook]

Ooo ok

[woven flint]

I'm also the main healer again 😔

[rough basalt]

I forget, did we change our mind and decide to go to Avernus

[ornate rapids]

when my wizard's party was level 18 we were fighting custom armored enemies that had up to 9th-level magic and often really strong spells like Dark Star
and we one time fought one of those flying sky storm creatures...a tempest i think it was called? My wizard turned into a Blue Dragon and did battle with it in the air

[woven flint]

I think we're contacting Zariel but heading to the Demon Web Pits

[rough basalt]

Ah

[woven flint]

We also still need to Bargain with Graz'zt lol

[rough basalt]

Yeah Zariel probably would help, she's evil, but she's not dumb evil.

She can't kill demons ||if the whole multiverse implodes.||

[ornate rapids]

now my wizard is level 20 and that party is in their postgame campaign in another plane attempting to overthrow the reign of a tyrant who created an army of mini-tarrasques

[woven flint]

Graz'zt and Zariel are frankly the most reasonable evil beings we'll be talking to, funnily enough

[rough basalt]

Yeah it's pretty hilarious.

Graz'zt is pretty chill by demon lord standards.

And Zariel isn't as evil as other Archdevils.

[thick acorn]

what background sounds good for this? (this campaign is 5e) I feel like rewarded may work in some sense because my god could have helped me after I was tricked, or I can do something else

[ornate rapids]

the base 2014 backgrounds don't give feats so if you can take rewarded and get a feat then go for it

[livid brook]

Imagine casting a spell like hypnotic pattern or Tasha's hideous laughter as Psion and Noone knows wtf is happening

[ornate rapids]

psions being able to cast all their spells without verbal components is pretty cool

[barren badger]

You can do that already!

Great old one warlock

[livid brook]

That's funny

[barren badger]

when you cast a Warlock spell that is an Enchantment or Illusion, you can do so without Verbal or Somatic components

[narrow moss]

lol

[thick acorn]

could I select an orgin feat if the background doesnt have a feat or is that only 5.5E?

[ornate rapids]

i had an idea for a Thri-Kreen psion because the only language they can speak verbally is their own bug language and have to use telepathy so it makes sense that they wouldn't cast verbally

[barren badger]

You could just manually add the feat too, right?

[ornate rapids]

no idea, i don't make characters via dndbeyond so im unsure how it works

i think 5.5 states you can pick an origin feat if your background doesn't give you one but that's to be backwards compatible with 5e backgrounds

i'm not a fan of 5.5's way of doing background and always just do a custom one, as follows:

• Feat
• 2 skills of your choice
• 2 tool/instrument profs or languages
• 50gp to spend on equipment

but that's our group and not everyone has that freedom

[narrow moss]

i do like that tho

[mighty pulsar]

Anybody know any good melee ranger spells figured I might as well make one

[ornate rapids]

we also generally get to choose any feat to be a starting feat, so long as it isn't a half-feat and doesn't require prerequisites like higher levels

[narrow moss]

probs anything upping ac or chance to hit?

it really depends.

[ornate rapids]

i don't know any offhand because the only ranger i've ever played was a ranged weapon specialist

[hollow estuary]

I mean at our table if you want a dragonmark you can get that for free too as long as in the previous editions your race matched with it

[humble cairn]

Zephyr Strike, Ensnaring Strike, Steel Wind Strike (but that's for much later). Entangle is good for enabling melee. And there's always Hunter's Mark and twf.

[ornate rapids]

yeah my cleric has a reflavored dragonmark (flavored to be a 'mark' of Selune's favor, and nothing to do with dragonmarks)
basically was just a way to showcase it, he's a human (mark of passage)

[mighty pulsar]

There are spells that do that? 😭

[fossil hollow]

shield

aint on the ranger list tho

[narrow moss]

probably. Just look at the ranger list

but off the top of my head not sure

[hollow estuary]

Right also forgot to mention warforged at my table are always marked with making

also specifically for them their dragonmark automatically advances without taking a feat.

which is really great at later levels

[ornate rapids]

Grim Hollow (2024) has a neat spell rangers can take called Thorn Armor which I found to be a cool defensive spell
but that's partnered content

[mighty pulsar]

Ooh enhance ability is really cool

[ornate rapids]

i think the only spell my ranger had for melee was Zephyr Strike and that was mostly to get out of melee range and back to shooting arrows

[mighty pulsar]

I was thinking about doing ranger but I wanted to deviate from that and try a melee ranger but it seems the entire class caters towards being at range.

[hollow estuary]

you ever played a mark of storm ranger?

[humble cairn]

Do you want to go Str melee weapons or Dex?

[mighty pulsar]

I’m playing a Shillelagh ranger

[ornate rapids]

ranger can excel in melee but it does best when multiclassed
but that's the ranger class in general

[woven flint]

Ensnaring Strike :]

[hollow estuary]

mark of storm ranger is realllly op

[mighty pulsar]

So wisdom focused

[mighty pulsar]

I want to try beast master, I like the idea of a companion

[humble cairn]

Ahh that is specific, and fun! I'm playing a Shillelagh Ranger right now!

[ornate rapids]

i really only played a ranger because it was a temporary character to play while i waited on my cleric to be resurrected

[humble cairn]

That's what I'm doing!

[mighty pulsar]

Ooh

[narrow moss]

looking into a ranger monk myself

[mighty pulsar]

How does gameplay loop feel?

[hollow estuary]

bro is cooking.

[narrow moss]

not really it just fits this character idea i played once.

he was always unarmored too

[humble cairn]

It feels very good! Constantly use all of my action economy every turn, so if you like something with some potential complexity, it's good.

[narrow moss]

just never thought monk would work

[mighty pulsar]

I’m mostly worried my PrC will spend most of the time doing nothing since I want to use BoSky primarily

[narrow moss]

but gloom/shadow monk could be fun

[fossil hollow]

ophidimancer is the other person i knew who was playing a beast master ranger

i dm for his ranger

[hollow estuary]

Mark of Shadow, Shadowmonk, gloomstalker = Insanity.

[narrow moss]

it fits his hit and run strat

[hollow estuary]

I broke the game with that build once

[humble cairn]

Primal Companion and Beast of the Sky, phew never seen those abbreviations before.

[hollow estuary]

Its actually like REALLY good. if you havent tried it try it

[ornate rapids]

my ranger was also my only muilticlass character
gloom stalker ranger 5, assassin rogue 3

[mighty pulsar]

Yeah I just came up with them 😭

I’m getting dreary

[severe rampart]

and... Bugbear?

[narrow moss]

normally i don't mc unless there is a reason

[ornate rapids]

Owlin, actually

[narrow moss]

it fits him rp-wise too

[woven flint]

I play a Bugbear Gloomstalker in one of Ti's games

He's a Devil Killing menace

[narrow moss]

like a specific thing i want i mean

[humble cairn]

I tried to use my Land companion because I'm a gnome and the Primal Companion is the best mount int he game, but it ends up being very fragile so now I basically only use Sky.

[hollow estuary]

bugbear monks are scary

[fossil hollow]

when he doesnt remember to track arrows /j

[narrow moss]

i could probs build pure better but i dun wanna

[mighty pulsar]

What’s its armor class?

[woven flint]

Gloomstalker is scarier if you ask me

The right conditions make you a monster

[fossil hollow]

tbf... i dont think i remember you mounting mango that much

[fossil hollow]

13 + wis mod

[narrow moss]

shadow monk and gloom have synergies but yeah

[severe rampart]

the mount is named Mango 😭

[mighty pulsar]

Well that’s the natural one yeah

[woven flint]

Also, the main reason I'm playing a Gloomstalker Bugbear fellow is purely for Bogeyman vibes lol

[narrow moss]

i am still thinking about it.

[severe rampart]

That's an easy way to get attached

[mighty pulsar]

You can bard for PrC’s too

[fossil hollow]

named after its bright yellow plummage

[mighty pulsar]

iirc

[hollow estuary]

😭

[fossil hollow]

oh this one doesnt have barding

[humble cairn]

The sky beast has flyby, which means I can position it very far away in safe locations. Not getting targeted in the first place is basically the best defense. Their AC scales with your Wisdom, and their saves scale with your PB, but hits will get through and area effects are fairly hurtful to them.

[narrow moss]

You cannot handle the Mango

[humble cairn]

I did in the beginning, but she kept dying!

[mighty pulsar]

Poor mango

[humble cairn]

Mango, my pet velociraptor.

[fossil hollow]

thats because she was ripping them to shreds!

[narrow moss]

valid

[woven flint]

Ti murdered my Pugilists dog for the first time last session of Orien Trails

[fossil hollow]

eeeeehehehehehehe

[humble cairn]

Now I mostly use Blueberry, my archaeopteryx.

[mighty pulsar]

You could bard mango by RAW but might wanna ask dm first to see if it’s allowed.

[fossil hollow]

hi

[humble cairn]

At this point most armor would be a downgrade.

[mighty pulsar]

? how

[fossil hollow]

he could if he wanted to, hes probably got the money for it, but they gotta fight empyrean twins first

[woven flint]

I feel like it's... not as impactful but a bit rough?

Probably because I keep forgetting that Vigil can Grapple, Shove or Prone things on forced strength saves

[humble cairn]

Their AC scales with Wisdom.

[fossil hollow]

he has 24 or so wisdom?

[mighty pulsar]

it could jump to like 15 + 6 wis modifier

[humble cairn]

22 only

[fossil hollow]

is your wisdom 22 or 24?

[hollow estuary]

what level is this campaign?

[fossil hollow]

16

[fossil hollow]

armor uses dex/str

[mighty pulsar]

Oh you guys are late game nicee

[humble cairn]

And their base stats don't level up.

[hollow estuary]

dang.

[woven flint]

I played a Harengon Bladesinger with 30 Intelligence in that campaign :]

[fossil hollow]

that wizard retired to raise two dragon kids. one of them being a reborn god

[woven flint]

Yup ^

[mighty pulsar]

To add onto it yeah but it’s still base 15

[humble cairn]

Daddy Malaketh

[barren badger]

I would watch this sitcom

[mighty pulsar]

So base 15 + wis modifier still exists

[barren badger]

Two and a half dragons

[ornate rapids]

i love having crazy stats
the best case of that is my level 20 wizard having a save DC of 25

[fossil hollow]

honestly. i have already imagined a bit of a pilot episode already

[humble cairn]

Zaddy Malaketh

[narrow moss]

love me a Zaddy

[mighty pulsar]

wtf 😭

[fossil hollow]

barding uses normal armor stats, and they dont get to add wis to it

[hollow estuary]

the hardest fight I ever had in my DND career was not the one time I fought dispater solo and won.

it was probably the time I fought Gyges.

[woven flint]

I was gonna save it for later, but Malaketh has also become a Dragon for the sake of teaching his kids how to dragon ... also while learning how to dragon

[fossil hollow]

:)

[mighty pulsar]

Do you know what page?

[fossil hollow]

for which

[mighty pulsar]

The not adding wis bit

[olive scroll]

Does anyone have any paladin recommendations in terms of feats and subclasses? I mainly wanna go pure immovable object

[fossil hollow]

thats a general rule, if you have two ways to calculate AC, you pick one or the other

i dont remember exact page tho

[woven flint]

Malaketh is the multiverses best single father

[hollow estuary]

You just want OP garbage?

I gotchu bro.

[olive scroll]

No multiclassing tho

[hollow estuary]

Kay, 2024 or 2014? Is legacy content allowed?

[fossil hollow]

i would reccomend conquest or crown

[olive scroll]

2024 and no legacy

[woven flint]

Glory. :]

[barren badger]

I enjoy the noble genie paladin. Its not overpowered, but you can wear cute clothes and no armor

When you aren’t wearing any armor, your base Armor Class equals 10 plus your Dexterity and Charisma modifiers. You can use a Shield and still gain this benefit.

[hollow estuary]

alright, For your fighting style pick defense, for your weapon pick greatsword (or maul), for your subclass pick ancients, or Oath of Vengeance

Feats: Great weapon master, Sentinel.

[barren badger]

Great dexadin build :]

[woven flint]

My Noble Genies Paladin died second session of the campaign be was in...

He was holding off a Lich for the party 😎

[fossil hollow]

i remember my dexadin, she died from a fire elemental :(

[narrow moss]

to be fair a lich is dangerous af

[hollow estuary]

I had a strength ranger.

Or "Stranger"

she died to gyges.

[olive scroll]

Funny enought that was the build i was already running guess i did things right lol

[narrow moss]

stranjah

[frail wasp]

liches are required by universal convention to cast power word kill as their first round action

[fossil hollow]

could you even say... a mysterious stranger?

[ornate rapids]

the lich my druid's party fought used power word kill as his final act instead

[narrow moss]

hears the music

[frail wasp]

otherwise theyre not a lich, just a sparkling bone wizard

[woven flint]

He was an Earth Genasi

His father was a Dao who was never really that proud of him

But now, back at home, his Father built a golden/jade(?) statue of his son for his feat of holding off a lich

[ornate rapids]

before his head was caved in by our cleric's hammer

[hollow estuary]

No, I died to the first encounter against a Hecatoncheires named gyges.

[fossil hollow]

theyre smart enough to try to confirm their kills first

[thick acorn]

the redemption paladin in a campaign im currently is a tortle with a sheild, and I the cleric can cast sheild of faith on them, and warding bond, and the wizard can cast haste, the paladin also took sage background to get sheild spell. so
17+2(sheild)+2(sheild of faith)+2(haste)+1(warding bond) [+5 (sheild spells)]=29 AC. but can use an action to do shell defense for +4 AC, but is prone with advantage on STR and CON saves, disadvantage on DEX saves but no reactions.

[fossil hollow]

it was a fallout reference

[narrow moss]

shield go brrr

[fossil hollow]

but eyyy, Gyges my man. Hope briares is doing well

i love the hundred handed ones

[hollow estuary]

No no, its a CR 57 monster from dnd 3e that makes 100 attacks and has 50 heads

[fossil hollow]

my favorite monk was based off them

[woven flint]

It's sad, because my Earth Genasi fellow was actually kinda handsome, his body was strong and stone, but his muscles had golden accents and his eyes looked like pure jade

[fossil hollow]

.... mysterious stranger was a fallout reference. i know what hekatoncheries are in both dnd and greek mythology

[mighty pulsar]

Couldn’t find anything for or against it, I guess it’s just dm discretion

Unfortunately 😔

[hollow estuary]

😭

The thing can summon another hecatoncheires

[fossil hollow]

its more so. you cant add them cuz theyre seperate equations

[mighty pulsar]

My dm is kinda mean

[fossil hollow]

good, it should summon briares

[hollow estuary]

it summoned cottus.

[fossil hollow]

show yall why the olympians won the titanomachy

[mighty pulsar]

I had no idea DMs could create their own spells RAW

[fossil hollow]

only gaea's best

[barren badger]

An Armor Class (AC) is the target number for an attack roll. AC represents how difficult it is to hit a target.
Your base AC calculation is 10 plus your Dexterity modifier. If a rule gives you another base AC calculation, you choose which calculation to use; you can't use more than one.
Source: PHB'24, page 361. Available in the SRD 5.2.1 and the Basic Rules (5.5e/2024).

[mighty pulsar]

Interesting

[frail wasp]

DMs have broad latitude to create mmm

[blazing holly]

A DM can create whatever he or she wants

[fossil hollow]

bubblemoth to the rescue!

[mighty pulsar]

Thank you!

[umbral girder]

I am now playing a vampire as a PC. So this game is neat.

[barren badger]

Please remove the “I can’t read” hat from my head

[fossil hollow]

that is a curse all of us must bear (refers to my own hat)

[mighty pulsar]

When I think that I normally attribute it to homebrew but the DMG gives a mini guideline

[hollow estuary]

Yeah I actually won this fight and Gyges is now in Porphatys

[barren badger]

Of course!

I once had a player with tortle monk that was trying to add their natural armor and monk defense thingy.

[mighty pulsar]

Best bet for mango is bracers of defense 😭

[mighty pulsar]

Wait it doesn’t work like that?

[barren badger]

No.

[fossil hollow]

nope

[mighty pulsar]

huh

[fossil hollow]

tortle also specifically calls out you dont add dex

[fossil hollow]

and theres this

[blazing holly]

Homebrew is basically just sharing whatever you as the DM made up in your campaign

[mighty pulsar]

Oh it literally specifies yeah

[barren badger]

Nor does mage armor and other defenses

[fossil hollow]

tortle, mage armor, unarmored defense, those are all different ac calculations

[mighty pulsar]

I think I might DM more then

[frail wasp]

DMing has its privileges

[fossil hollow]

if something says your AC is X, it cant stack with other things that say your AC is Y

[blazing holly]

wonderful! The world needs more DMs

[barren badger]

Heavy is the head that wears the crown of DMing

[mighty pulsar]

My first action will be 1000 water spells because we don’t have enough!

[fossil hollow]

500 spells

[barren badger]

I try not to homebrew tooooo much.

Most of my homebrew is when I have to make up something on the spot because my players are very creative.

[frail wasp]

water you doing

[woven flint]

You've been a fan of the 500 meme lately

[fossil hollow]

laughs at 30 pages at least of monster homebrew

[narrow moss]

water you waiting for

[fossil hollow]

i blame you

and horizon

[mighty pulsar]

Shape water reallly should be able to do damage

[blazing holly]

and so the puns begin

[humble cairn]

I have a third party magical item called the Voyage Collar. You can put it on a beast to make them grow to Large Size, manifest a saddle, and get +2 AC for 8 hours. It's pretty great.

[narrow moss]

i didn't start it.

but i do have gallons of em

[fossil hollow]

didnt start... the fire?

[barren badger]

I think I’ll get into monster homebrew eventually. But I’ve only been DMing for like, 3-4 years! I have no idea what I’m doing

[frail wasp]

i'm fine with shape water doing 1d4 cold damage, dex save to avoid

[humble cairn]

Also it's more the saving throw effects that kill my pets.

[mighty pulsar]

Resource…?

[ornate rapids]

in my group's very first campaign, we didn't know Control Water couldn't be used to lift up a massive cube of water and drop it on an encampment, killing everyone within
but it still happened!

[fossil hollow]

(ive been dming for same amount too, but thats what i started to focus on lol)

its a hyperfixation for me, monster homebrew

[barren badger]

All all my players secretly think I’m a bad DM even though they tell me they love my games. I’m secretly a bad DM

[humble cairn]

Griffon's Saddlebag: https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items/9445585-voyage-collar

[mighty pulsar]

I find that so dumb but it’s for balancing I guess

[ornate rapids]

i love the griffons saddlebag
so many fun items

[barren badger]

I think it would be too versatile

[mighty pulsar]

yeah.

[frail wasp]

the curse of asking the players if they're having fun ... do they really mean it?

[mighty pulsar]

I always mean it, if I’m not having fun I probably won’t say anything 👀

[humble cairn]

Even if they don't you should probably take their word for it?

[hollow estuary]

my homebrew menu is the summary of scum.

the most diabolical devious creations of the community bro 😭

[mighty pulsar]

I’m vocal about my fun!

[blazing holly]

its all fun and games until it happens to the players when the're asleep in their camp

[hollow estuary]

Once of my players asked me in a campaign.

" Whats 19 dollar fortnite card "

(I have a homebrew spell on my collection named 19 dollar fortnite card.)

Divination, Cantrip.

Point at a target within range, You and that target die

[frail wasp]

from a designer perspective player feedback is less about the words and more about the subtext behind the words

if they tell you what's wrong, trust them. if they tell you what's right .... eh

[lavish flame]

diagnosing a problem is pretty easy, but diagnosing its solution is a nightmare

[mighty pulsar]

I feel like most problems are easily solvable in D&D though? Maybe I’ll stumble across something when I DM more

for now I’ll make my 500th cartomancer bard

[fossil hollow]

youll be surprised how many "issues" there are in a game if youre looking for them

[barren badger]

it’s just a game :]

No problem is ever that serious

[frail wasp]

thats a lot of bards

[mighty pulsar]

yes it is

[fossil hollow]

idk, killing your players is very serious. do you know how much cleaning services are?

[severe rampart]

Yummy.

[barren badger]

Is this like yugioh

[mighty pulsar]

More like gambit

[severe rampart]

Cartomancer Bard but it's just Kaiba

[hollow estuary]

Naw. Keraptis dosent clean his halls

[fossil hollow]

wheres my fifth blue eyes white dragon

[barren badger]

My heart

[ornate rapids]

I summon a blue dragon to the field in attack position

[mighty pulsar]

I get a kick out of having high level spells/bombs in my “trump card”

[severe rampart]

It's time to D-D-D-Duel!

[barren badger]

GambitMyBeloved.gif

[hardy solstice]

Who's gambit?

[mighty pulsar]

Who doesn’t lose gambit

[mighty pulsar]

Rogues husband.

[fossil hollow]

unless your name is rogue, i think ur out of luck

[woven flint]

Mutant from Marvel

[frail wasp]

especially gambit with trap cards mmmmm

[barren badger]

Creole card player

[fossil hollow]

xmen character

[hardy solstice]

Ohh

[fossil hollow]

the cajun card dealer thief extrordinnaire

[woven flint]

Gambits ability is to control kinetic energy (in a sense)

[hardy solstice]

I'm not really into superhero stuff

[barren badger]

Cajun? Creole? Is there a difference?

[fossil hollow]

ive never heard creole before

just cajun

[severe rampart]

Just like Cyclops has portals in his eyes to the punch dimension

[frail wasp]

now we're D&Din'

[woven flint]

YEAH BABYYY

[mighty pulsar]

I feel like there is no other feat as good as cartomancer.. lemme check

[frail wasp]

that's correct

[mighty pulsar]

Elements monk

[fossil hollow]

2024 mage slayer

[mighty pulsar]

Really fun build

[barren badger]

While Cajun and Creole share a Louisiana heritage, they stem from vastly different cultures. Creoles were the multiracial descendants of European and African settlers in New Orleans. Cajuns are the descendants of French-Canadian exiles (the Acadians) who settled in the rural bayous

Fascinating.

[fossil hollow]

mmmm

[barren badger]

Is it wrong to give enemies mage slayer?

[frail wasp]

unless we count homebrew

[severe rampart]

Nope

[fossil hollow]

thats called legendary resistances

[frail wasp]

the D&D police will confiscate your enemies if you do that

[woven flint]

Me waiting for someone with an "Enemy Stand User"-Esque pfp.

[humble cairn]

I think there is a difference, but they're related?

[barren badger]

I’m interested in the breaking concentration bit

[fossil hollow]

oh, you can slap that on yeah.

i think theres 7 monsters that can just end concentration straight up

[barren badger]

👀

[fossil hollow]

2024 tarrasque, scion of grolantor

[frail wasp]

they have to shout the name of their ability when they do that though

[fossil hollow]

i think the other scions of giant gods too?

[frail wasp]

its not subtle

[barren badger]

Oh yeah, let me just drop a tarrasque on the players

[mighty pulsar]

It’s pretty neat after reading it, most useful on like a monk or rogue I’d assume

[fossil hollow]

unless youre counting incap effects, those World-Shaking Movement effects tend to be on CR 25+

[fossil hollow]

its a good feat for anyone really

[barren badger]

Chat, is a tarrasque too powerful for a level 7 party?

[frail wasp]

are they optimized? :V

[woven flint]

Nah, too weak, throw Asmodeus at them

[fossil hollow]

taking it on like any other monster? maybe

if you have 500 dragonators? sure

[mighty pulsar]

Full part of aaracokras(?)

[fossil hollow]

we are not going over the aaracokra archers again

[barren badger]

Fighters love it :]

[woven flint]

Believe it or not
Flying and shooting a Tarrasque to death isn't a very viable option.

It can just burrow.

[fossil hollow]

or swim!

[barren badger]

I read this as Amadeus

[fossil hollow]

become the gojira

[mighty pulsar]

Didn’t know they could swim tbh

I thought they would be more like hippos

[fossil hollow]

technically all creatures can swim, some are just better than others

[mighty pulsar]

Just sink to the bottom and gallop

[fossil hollow]

i like to imagine them more like godzilla

[woven flint]

"Durr, I'll fly and the Tarrasque can't touch me!"

Okay buddy, then it burrows and goes on to keep destroying villages

[barren badger]

I wonder if ghosts can swim

[mighty pulsar]

I haven’t watched a single one.. 😖

[fossil hollow]

baby shark + jaws mashup

[cerulean monolith]

I really love abilities that are used by shouting the name of the ability. My personal favorite is shouting “Power Word Kill!” and then someone drops dead. Feels freeingly on the nose

[frail wasp]

ghost tarrasques can

[fossil hollow]

thats three words

[barren badger]

Omg are there baby tarrasques

[fossil hollow]

theres a whole plant of em

[frail wasp]

i dont see why not

[barren badger]

I bet they’re ugly :/

googles curiously

[narrow moss]

i hope not.

[barren badger]

Ugly :[

[frail wasp]

slaps big cute eyes onto tarrasque

[barren badger]

Wait hold on….

[narrow moss]

i mean hope not on baby tarrasques

[barren badger]

Where would big tarrasques come from

[mighty pulsar]

Anyone know how to make a unique paladin? I’m getting tired of the super righteous ones.

I wish I had the ability to conjure a paladin PC like minthara

[narrow moss]

i just assumed a mage got drunk

[humble cairn]

You trying to make the Tarrasque sound more terrifying?

[fossil hollow]

their actual creation is that theyre war engines of the gods

[mighty pulsar]

Yes

[fossil hollow]

moo deng/pygmy tarrasque

[mighty pulsar]

Jumping from sea floor to attack is terrifying

[frail wasp]

a tarrasque with a trebuchet in each hand?

[humble cairn]

The one time I played a Paladin he was an insufferable narcissist. Literally thought of himself as the messiah.

[frail wasp]

and if you destroy them, they just make more

[woven flint]

Hippos running undrrwater is so funny

[barren badger]

Vampire oath who swore not to drink blood

[woven flint]

And my Warlock hated him

[humble cairn]

Ok, but a Tiny sized Tarrasque would be adorable.

[frail wasp]

me too

[barren badger]

Oath of the revels. Satyr paladin who swore to party

[mighty pulsar]

Wait that sounds cool

[fossil hollow]

its still Cr 30 >:D

[mighty pulsar]

Dhampir paladin duel wielding pistols

[humble cairn]

Was workshopping Personalities and ended up on Condescending Gym Bro.

[fathom arch]

Hi I'm new to the game and would like to buy the dm guide, I know dndbeyond only does english for the digital content but is there a way to buy the virtual+physical bundle with english for virtual and another language for the physical?

[fossil hollow]

average chiuahua be like

[mighty pulsar]

Oath of vengeance maybe?

[ornate rapids]

the level 20 party my wizard is in is trying to overthrow a tyrant who took over an entire plane with an army of mini tarrasques
mini as in they're like size large or huge

[frail wasp]

thats not mini :V

[mighty pulsar]

How do you workshop a personality?

[narrow moss]

"war engines of the gods" aka you made the dm angry

[barren badger]

Maybe #ddb-support ?

[humble cairn]

Can't really duel wield pistols effectively.

[ornate rapids]

it's mini compared to the real thing!

[woven flint]

Paladins can't smite with purely ranged weapons 😔

[frail wasp]

it must fit in an average hand to be mini

[fathom arch]

thank you

[mighty pulsar]

I get too scared of veering towards non cooperative

[barren badger]

Good luck!

[fossil hollow]

.... "that was. a 40-inch. plasma screen tv."

[woven flint]

They can smite with Melee weapons and thrown melee weapons

[mighty pulsar]

bruh

[humble cairn]

Uhh .. by brainstorming and then tweaking and altering and revising until I get one I like?

[woven flint]

Its so they don't step on rangers toes.

[livid owl]

WHEEZING

[narrow moss]

how else do you workshop a character?

[fossil hollow]

restraint level 0?

[narrow moss]

obvs.

[barren badger]

Paladin who swore to like defend a library or museum.

All sacred objects belong in a museum

[humble cairn]

That's why you get all the players consent and sell them on the idea before playing.

[livid owl]

Yeas

[narrow moss]

squints

[fossil hollow]

:DDD

[mighty pulsar]

Tell grand wizard to make rangers actually cool then

[frail wasp]

session zero, the workshopper's hero

[barren badger]

It belongs in a museum!

[narrow moss]

screams

[woven flint]

Rangers are cool

I used to be a hater..
Until I played one lol

[frail wasp]

yoinks artifact out of monsters hand with a whip

[mighty pulsar]

I’ve played multiple, each one.. feels like they’re lacking.

[fossil hollow]

ur only saying that because youre a shaggy doom slayer

[narrow moss]

is it weird i rarely use a bow as a ranger in any medium?

[barren badger]

It falls on the floor and breaks

[humble cairn]

I specifically went and asked all the players before I played this Paladin, he was designed to be annoying as possible to the characters but hilarious for the players, but you can't just assume everyone will know what you're intending, so you explicitly ask them.

[woven flint]

Isn't he just great?

[mighty pulsar]

My favorite was a swarm keeper

[fossil hollow]

my two rangers have never used a longbow, or a shortbow

[frail wasp]

giant rolling boulder appears behind paladin

[humble cairn]

Rangers are cool actually.

[barren badger]

A paladin who swore an oath of mercy.

Not like, healing people. But ENDING the suffering of those who are suffering….

By… you know. Killing.

[woven flint]

The Furred Doomslayer

But he's not the FURRY doomslayer, no

He's a Bugbear, not a furry, there's a difference

[frail wasp]

"wait I'm not suffering anymo--- ACK"

[humble cairn]

My Ranger is a Sticks and Stones build. Shillelagh and Magic Stone.

[mighty pulsar]

Gotcha, I’m thinking a more self serving than team oriented but still willing to work as a valuable teammate.

I’ll chat with my friends

[barren badger]

I think I’m getting bet—

[mighty pulsar]

I just can’t figure it out then, I’ll say it’s on me.

[fossil hollow]

Thayan healthcare

[woven flint]

I had a concept for an Unarmed Fighting, strength based Ranger Leonin fellow lol

[barren badger]

Maybe a paladin who swore an oath to like, keep secrets. An oath of silence!

[humble cairn]

The one thing in common between Paladins is that they're all very passionate about something. It doesn't have to be all the same thing. An Ancients Paladin could be very passionately into art.

[woven flint]

I'll maybe play him

One day

[barren badger]

That’s literally just a lion

[woven flint]

His name was Atlas

[frail wasp]

no no you need to pass the insight check first to discover that

[barren badger]

*shrugs*

[fossil hollow]

the lion doesnt concern himself wi-

[neat marsh]

I have a Leonin ranger. It’s quite fun.

[barren badger]

I got a 9

This is a sir bearington situation

[oak grotto]

I rolled a 14.

[woven flint]

"I ain't no damn lion, though my kin may look so, no ma'am, I'm a MONSTER, a FREAK of nature, I'm Atlas "Goddamn" Salvador and don'tcha forget it! Yes, "Goddamn" is my nickname. "

[neat marsh]

I willingly failed my roll

[barren badger]

Dm I’m going to make an animal handling to check to see if he has paws under his gloves

I rolled without you agreeing or telling me to. I got a nat 20

[woven flint]

He doesn't..

[fossil hollow]

the lion doesnt concern himself with nat 20s

[woven flint]

His hands are massive though
He could probably palm your head

[barren badger]

DM can I use my herbalism kit to search for catnip

[woven flint]

How many times do I have ta tell ya?!
I ain't no damned kitty-cat!!!

I prefer BEER!

[neat marsh]

That proves nothing

[barren badger]

*uses prestidigitation to make a laser pointer dot*

[frail wasp]

thats a wisdom saving throw right there

[woven flint]

The only thing imma get ta swattin' is yer head clean off!

[frail wasp]

the DC is ... uh ... how strong is the dot again?

[peak pecan]

quite

[narrow moss]

tbh Grimm would love Atlas' attitude.

[barren badger]

It’s not legal in several regions

[frail wasp]

DC alot

[barren badger]

||@woven flint I’m just teasing and I hope I’m not annoying too much||

[woven flint]

Atlas is extremely ill.
Mentally
He thinks he's the strongest being physically ever to live
He also actually ate a person in his backstory..
But he was asking for it!!!

[neat marsh]

hides the ball of yarn yeah what moth said.

[narrow moss]

Grimm is also mentally ill

but what adventurer isn't tbh

[barren badger]

I’m not ill, but I’m pretty sick

does a kickflip

||im lying I can’t do a kickflip||

[frail wasp]

every party gotta have at least one normal though

[woven flint]

Gnarly..

Dc 20 Dexterity saving throw

[frail wasp]

someone to witness

[barren badger]

I got an 8

[woven flint]

You wipe out, you absolutely eat concrete

[neat marsh]

Folded like a lawn chair

[barren badger]

*breaths in through teeth and grabs shin*

[woven flint]

Anyways, accept my friendship

[barren badger]

Hello friend!

[woven flint]

Damn skippy

[narrow moss]

lol

[woven flint]

I've the urge to play a Barbarian

Maybe when another one of my characters die

[fossil hollow]

i was about to say you had someone die, then i remembered there was a barb in that party already

[woven flint]

If Sentry dies

Berserker Barbarian

[woven flint]

R.i.p Artanza
We'll miss you, old man

[fossil hollow]

yall are facing a hydra, in crummy, deep water. cant wait to see how that goes

[ornate rapids]

a member of my group is going to be starting a new campaign, levels 3-20 and I'm working on deciding what to play
all I know for sure is it won't be Cleric or Druid as I'm already playing those classes in two other campaigns right now
and likely not a martial, but if it is a martial, likely Venom Monk. But i'm waiting to see what the others pick to see where I can fit

[woven flint]

Hydras are large, right?

[fossil hollow]

this particular one is huge

no grapples

[woven flint]

:[

[ornate rapids]

besides the Monk option though, I'm thinking Genielock, Creation Bard, or Armorer Artificer

[woven flint]

Oh, you're so right
Monk and Barbarian have both been in my
"I WANT TO PLAY THIS AGAIN" box

[barren badger]

Can you grapple an inanimate object

Like a ship

[woven flint]

I've played many Barbarians and Monks

But I yearn for more

[barren badger]

Monkarian?

Raging monk

[woven flint]

I refuse to multiclass them.

[barren badger]

Hidden kitten

[barren badger]

I don’t think I’ve ever multiclassed in 5e

[woven flint]

Good

[ornate rapids]

I'm unsure what Barbarian I'd play if I did one
I do like the Lament one from the recent UA

[barren badger]

Trees :]

[ornate rapids]

if i had to pick from the 5.5e list it'd probably be wild heart
i like the 'resistance to all but 4 damage types' feature

[fossil hollow]

world tree is so fun

[neat marsh]

I’ve never not multiclassed 😳

[lavish flame]

the new 5.5 subclasses entice me a lot. World Tree Barb and Sea Druid sound awesome

[woven flint]

Berserker is a classic good time for when you just wanna double down on being a barbarian

[paper portal]

giant!

[lavish flame]

I've never multiclassed and tbh I probably won't ever

[ornate rapids]

ive only multiclassed once and it was for a temp character
as a full caster enjoyer i do not want to tread near multiclassing at all

[narrow moss]

Try to roar your words quietly

[barren badger]

You should try not multiclassing

[woven flint]

2024 Berserker, to be exact]

[neat marsh]

That sounds so boring.

[barren badger]

I think you actually do miss out on a lot by multiclassing

[paper portal]

not even armor dips?

[ornate rapids]

Nope

[paper portal]

depends if you do it well

[barren badger]

Spell progression

[woven flint]

Armor is for wimps

[paper portal]

a bad multiclass shoots you in the foot numerous times

[humble cairn]

I sometimes multiclass and sometimes not, it depends on the character.

[narrow moss]

casters usually don't want/need to mc.

[barren badger]

I could see multiclassing with a rogue or ranger

[narrow moss]

depends.

[humble cairn]

I generally only MC for specific mechanical synergies.

[neat marsh]

That makes it even worse. 9th level spells are so boring.

[humble cairn]

Interesting. But I respect it.

[ornate rapids]

the campaigns I play in are all long haul, and are likely to reach level 20
multiclassing would delay or even remove the ability for me to get that epic boon

[barren badger]

But… you delay every other level of spell too

[woven flint]

I'm playing a Sea Druid soon.

He will be the ultimate menace 🧐

[fossil hollow]

i will drown that fish

[barren badger]

See, Druid!

[narrow moss]

sea druid. see ocean.

[woven flint]

He's murdered a family before :]

[barren badger]

Humans or animals?

[woven flint]

Probably both

[narrow moss]

Yes.

[fossil hollow]

he should try raising some

[barren pagoda]

Hey, so I’m new to the DND community (just joined the server 2 days ago?) and new to DND since last year, does the community come up with new class/subclass/spells/eldritch invocations/fighting style/etc and share with other players? Like is this a community practice?

I’ve seen “Unearthed Arcana” being a play test material but idk if it’s play test by official DND writers trying new stuff or players pitching ideas and then those getting selected

Essentially how does the greater community work in DND especially with players coming up with new ideas for subclass/spells/mechanics?

[barren badger]

Good fish cat

[humble cairn]

I'm currently playing a Beast Master Ranger and I was fairly determined to play it monoclassed with the 2024 rules, but at a certain point I looked at it and wanted a few more spell slots for my playstyle, so I dipped Druid.

[woven flint]

I.. don't only play Tabaxi? Lol

I've only played like.. 2 or 3.

My pfp is my old grave cleric :p

[fossil hollow]

unearthed arcana is official playtest, as for homebrew, theres many forums. in this server, we have #homebrew

[west timber]

Im giggling to myself thinking what monsters im gonna make out of two silly toys i bought in japan

[humble cairn]

The community does do this, it's called homebrew. Unearthed Arcana is official WOTC playtest. Homebrew is a respected tradition, but many DMs do not allow homebrew in their games.

[narrow moss]

mmhmm

[barren badger]

I see everyone in this server as their pfp

[peak pecan]

A time honored traditional

[narrow moss]

always ask the dm.

[barren pagoda]

Is homebrew something that gets posted someplace (outside of here in discord) for others to test out and such?

[woven flint]

Contrary to popular belief

I'm not a cat person or a CAT PERSON lol

[fossil hollow]

yes

[barren badger]

We have frog, furry wolf, snake lady, teto

[west timber]

Yee saw the Toku section of the toy store and my mind went brrrr....

I got an Ultraman to be a Runic Colossus

[ornate rapids]

homebrew is basically anything that isn't official content

[fossil hollow]

to list off where anyone posts their homebrew would be a never ending list

[humble cairn]

Yes, plenty of homebrew posted online. Also the DNDBeyond site has homebrew available as well.

[woven flint]

Ophidimancer is a man

[fossil hollow]

im not teto 😭

[barren badger]

There’s also a lot of third party content!!

[humble cairn]

Snake Lady was in reference to me?

[barren pagoda]

Ah yeah I just googled and that website came on top, I initially guessed that was basically for 5.5e

[ornate rapids]

the partnered third party content is a good place to start for cool homebrew

[woven flint]

I suppose so lol

[barren badger]

Oof. I thought the picture was a lady. Sorry

[peak pecan]

Beyond is home to both 5e and 5.5e material

[fossil hollow]

beyond is the official, wotc owned website

[barren pagoda]

So I’m guessing if a homebrew gets popular enough, it gets tested as Unearthed Arcana?

[fossil hollow]

no

[barren badger]

Rose Bloodflame I think?

[fossil hollow]

yee

-# aaaagaaadoo

[woven flint]

I don't understand you

Timothy Mothington

[ornate rapids]

Unearthed Arcana is exclusively content written by WoTC

[fossil hollow]

you dont need to

[barren badger]

UA is where WOTC lets the community test their content

[woven flint]

Okay

Feet liker

[barren badger]

Oh the actor from dune?

[woven flint]

No

[fossil hollow]

says u

[woven flint]

Yeah, so what?

[barren badger]

I enjoy having fe[a,e]ts

[woven flint]

I'm the freakmaxxer

[fossil hollow]

as much as it would be interesting to be timothy c, im not him unfortunately

[humble cairn]

@fossil hollow heh, she called you Timothy Chalamet.

[barren pagoda]

So does any homebrew ever make it to official status? Or is that not a thing?

[barren badger]

Not really :/

I guess maybe the guy from critical role

[fossil hollow]

usually not a thing. at best, theres some people in the past whose homebrew settings become official, but there arent moments like that anymore

[humble cairn]

In general not really a thing, there were some celebrity creations that kinda made it halfway official in partnership with WOTC, but just fan made stuff? Never.

[ornate rapids]

the closest third-party homebrew gets to official is getting 'partnered' and put on D&D Beyond

even then it's not official

[fossil hollow]

See:

• Ed Greenwood with the Forgotten Realms
• Keith Baker with Eberron
• Matt Mercer and the rest of Critical Role with Exandria

[barren pagoda]

Ah okay. I actually did see the Critical Role guy Mercer something and it seemed Exandria was his creation entirely that people thought would be pathfinder but then he played in dnd mechs and now it’s official dnd so I thought it’s a tbing in dnd

[barren badger]

Yeah, that was a very unique situation

[barren pagoda]

I see, so just rare instances

[ornate rapids]

it got very big and popular so

[fossil hollow]

they did originally start with their own homebrew setting, but their popularity was something that wotc wanted to also capitalize on

[barren badger]

Yes yes. Def not TC. And def not a Dragon

[fossil hollow]

y-yeah, definitely not a dragon

[barren badger]

Oh my god. This bag of gold coins is SO HEAVY

thankfully I have this plump goat to help me carry it

[barren pagoda]

You mean they started without Wizards backing first? As a show using dnd stuff, wouldn’t it cause licensing issues? Or it did?

[barren badger]

How else could a party lure a dragon?

[fossil hollow]

drooling violently

[fossil hollow]

they started without wizards sponsors or anything, yeah. live plays arent really cause for licensing issues