homebrew

[slender olive]

Like I could know if it has higher strength than me

I could also want to know if its initiative modifier is higher, then I also get to know what its DEX mod is

[lean elk]

yeah thats the vibe rn

[slender olive]

Also steal some ideas from the Divination wizard

[lean elk]

hunter's sense from monster slayer

[slender olive]

Favored Enemy but it's insight

[lean elk]

I think it should be the choice of the hunter's sense/know your enemy or the stat higher or lower for PB# uses/day, and then at a later level (5) allow detect thoughts once a day

how does that sound to you guys

[slender olive]

Identify spell works better

Since information

Also that 100 gp costing pearl

Just skip ts

[lean elk]

you can't identify a person to find out secrets about them

thats just for items is it not

[slender olive]

You can identify a person to know what kind of abilities, things they do, etc

Detect Thoughts is a bit advanced

[lean elk]

identify only targets objects

[slender olive]

That's the special part

This is a homebrew channel

We're CHANGING it

[lean elk]

other races get a 2nd level spell at level 5, its not that crazy

[slender olive]

To creatures

[lean elk]

you're getting it to do an entirely different job just to make it work lol, detect thoughts is an easier pick for the same idea

[slender olive]

Locate Creature but Identify

[slender olive]

Just changing it from an object-class to a creature-class target

[rancid basalt]

Personally I'd go for Darkvision, Insight prof, Detect Magic at level 1, Detect Thoughts at level 3, then Weird Insight at level 5

Weird Insight is PB times per LR, Insight vs Deception, on success learn a secret or some stats

[slender olive]

Borrowed Knowledge

[lean elk]

right now i kept their rotting gaze as just giving them toll the dead, and gave them their claws with weird insight at level 3

toll the dead reflavoured is the easiest way to get the rotting gaze

[rancid basalt]

yeah go for it

as long as you're happy with it, should be fine

call it an Evolved Nothic, or Nothicborn, boom

[lean elk]

i do like your approach to spells tho, i might add that alongside everything unless you think it would get too bloated

toll, magic, thoughts at 1/3/5

[rancid basalt]

plus claws, weird insight

it's adding up, but nothing's super powerful

it's a niche kinda social RP toolkit

[lean elk]

yeah i think it could do a lot out of combat which is a nice change of the typical power domain things tend to be in

i skipped over darkvision too by accident, saw they had truesight and just didnt add any vision to the race lol

might drop claws for darkvision

and make it a more evolved nothic like you said

[rancid basalt]

give it two regular eyes then its powerful third eye is hidden in its forehead

easier to blend in, just wear a hat

[lean elk]

ohhh wait thats gas actually

i mean i do LOVE the normal nothic's straight up look

maybe the third eye opens vertically from forehead down to the mouth to create that look

who cares if proportions don't make sense biologically, its magic and i said so

or, its one huge eye that has 2 smaller slits that feign normal eyes but it can open all the way across to use abilities

[rancid basalt]

Yeah something like that, makes it stand out from the regular nothics which are real weird looking guys

tbh I think altogether, your Nothic array adds up to be mid-high power, but weighted for social/RP more than outright combat or survivability

[lean elk]

yeah definitely the vibe i was going for with it so thats good news

[rancid basalt]

Claws
Darkvision
Toll the Dead (1), Detect Magic (3), Detect Thoughts (5)
Weird Insight
Insight prof (?)

that's about it, not much in the grand scheme of things

[lean elk]

yeah insight is granted

it sounds like a lot but put together like this its hardly the strongest race i've seen

even in official content

[rancid basalt]

races that have the delayed spells thing tend to have not much else, like Tiefling and Genasi

Weird Insight is a buff, but it's very specific and situational

as opposed to a Resistance or improved movement speed

[lean elk]

yeah exactly, compared to a resistance its definitely not on par, but the other stuff like the claws, darkvision, and free proficiency definitely bring it back up there

slightly stronger maybe but in a wildly different way

[rancid basalt]

feels like Changeling or Hexblood, it'll shine in exploration and RP, but its racial options don't lean towards combat

[lean elk]

2 of my favourite races haha

appreciate the feedback!

thanks for the inputs

[native grove]

hey so i wanna make a monster that is a villain for a campaign of mine that is around CR 7-8. Its an anomaly from the far realm that manifests as a poorly drawn mayor type character who uses illusion magic to create "the perfect town". Any ideas for abilities to give him other than just regular illusion spells?

[spring tusk]

Anyone in chat know anything about Elden Ring?

Was hoping to get a second opinion on something I'm working on

[primal osprey]

I have been summoned

I am returned!

[primal osprey]

Upon my name as Godfrey, the first Elden lord

[primal osprey]

What is it?

[spring tusk]

Oml sorry I got distracteddd

[spring tusk]

I'm working on a statblock- sorta just an exercise so I don't lose the knowledge before I run my next campaign

[rancid basalt]

quick question, I'm making a Dune-inspired thumper magic item for attracting subterranean creatures, like bulettes, xorns, purple worms etc. - what sort of range should the thumps be audible out to?

couple hundred feet, a mile or two, idk

[spring tusk]

I was wanting to start with Margit, but I'm not sure how I would handle the variety in attacks

Do I just give him multiple multiattacks with different names?

[primal osprey]

Do what the 2024 monster manual does. Give him some options that cost one or two attacks during multiattack

Stuff like “Margit can make four attacks, using either a summoned weapon or his staff. He can replace one of these attacks with a tail attack” etc

[spring tusk]

I'd also thought about how all of Mohgs bloodflame splash's are named under the same thing but still have variants, in that situation would it be a bad idea to label it as Bloodflame Splash (Rain) or Bloodflame Splash (Strike) ? Or something or other

[primal osprey]

I like it

[spring tusk]

Another idea I had was giving him pseudo multiattack

Like when he lunges in and does that dagger slash thing.. flavor it as the dagger slashing, but mechanically just have it be like.. 4d4

Or his dagger is more like a shortsword so 4d6

[primal osprey]

You could give him charge

Deal more damage if he moves in a straight line before the attack

[spring tusk]

Alright so then-

Give him three attacks: the erdsteel dagger, the cursed staff, and the giant-crusher hammer

Gahh

I'm trying to streamline the multi attack process as best as possible while still having it feel like you're fighting Margit

Have you seen his combo chart

[primal osprey]

It’s horrifying

[spring tusk]

All things considered it makes sense but still

Okay so on this chart it's assumed that at the end of a line he jumps back to idle

So from idle in either phase 1 or phase 2 he has 8 different possible combos

A leaping stab
two tail swipes
2 cane swings and 2 dagger slashes
2 cane swings

These are the first 4, and they exist solely as themselves, but then you also have

Cane swing, cane swing, into either s dagger retreat or a cane stab that leads into a dagger slash, a windup, and then an unguarded slash

Cane swing, cane swing, that leads into either dagger retreat or two more cane swings OR a dagger throw that then leads into either a leaping stab OR leads into two different cane swings that both lead into the previous combo move, but one of the cane swings also leads into a hammer slam which you only get in phase 2

That dagger throw can also just be the start of the combo

Or it can be windup attack into unguarded slash

And again this is all just phase 1

Oh also after being parried he does either a cane swing or a second cane swing that leads into that first combo

@primal osprey

[primal osprey]

Oh wow
O_O

That’s a lot

I feel like you don’t need to put this much thought into it

But I applaud that you have

[spring tusk]

I feel like I should also take into account that these are all attacks meant for one single person and maybe a summon

Okay so, legendary actions, reactions, and bonus actions

He's very quick, he's very mobile, and he's very trained overall

So, give him a tail swipe reaction

Make his main turn combo 3 dagger attacks and 2 cane attacks,

Or 3 dagger attacks and 1 cane attack, but he can trade one of his dagger attacks for another cane attack

Ehh

[spring tusk]

From a game design standpoint it's also important to consider that as a boss Margit is meant to be early game

But meant to be deadly for an early game

Okay so, Elden Ring stat caps are 99, but D&D stat caps are 30

Elden Ring soft stat caps are 55, which translates to 16-17 if you go by the same percentages

So you're supposed to be able to kill Margit when you have.. 6 in your primary stat

Okay so we need a different translation method

[royal osprey]

definitely miles

otherwise the odds of it working would be isnanely low

[tight flax]

Hey guys, I need help coming up with a homebrew quarterstaff for a lvl 6 way of the open hand monk
I'm looking for something fun and flavourful, not necessarily broken.
I don't want the staff to just allow the user to cast spells, might as well play a caster

I was thinking maybe turning an Immovable Rod into a staff, making it require an attunement and perhaps allowing the monk to activate/deactivate it with a bonus action instead of an action, but don't know if it would be practical. Any ideas?

[spring tusk]

What do you think of a bonus action movement ability to have him either step in or step out without provoking AOP,

Multiattack consisting of 2 daggers and 1 cane strike, but he can trade 1 dagger attack for an additional cane strike

And for legendary actions he gets an AoE 10-foot Cone tail swipe, and a leaping strike where he lunges without provoking AOP and then makes a cane attack,

[primal osprey]

I like it

[spring tusk]

Also a 5-6 recharge 10-foot Emanation AoE where he deals an amount of radiant damage equal to about the damage output from 2 daggers and 2 cane strikes, but in phase 2 the damage increases to 2 hammer strikes and 2 cane strikes

His daggers also become "swords" so they increase from d6 to d8

Or wait no,

Multiattack,

Dagger, Dagger, Cane

Legendary action tail swipe and leaping strike

He can replace one of his dagger attacks with a hammer attack in phase 2, and gets a recharge ability to lunge and bring the hammer down

Maybe also make the dagger attacks legendary actions

So we have mythic monsters that count as getting a phase 2

But most things in Elden ring get a phase 2,

[remote lance]

You could use an immovable rod as a quarter staff. Look at the rules for improvised weapons.

[graceful atlas]

How does reborn species work?

[true portal]

read it, and why is this in homebrew?

[graceful atlas]

I forgot that rebirthed species aren't homebrewed xD also I cannot read it atm but I will send this in #dnd-rules instead

Also, not everyone learns it just by reading the notes. Having a second explanation helps

[tight flax]

Yes, but the regular immovable rod takes an action to activate, so it's not great in combat as the monk would have to forgo 3 attacks to use it

I'm debating whether I should even make it cost a bonus action or allow the monk to activate it once a turn as part of an attack or as a free object interaction

[spring tusk]

Margit, The Fell Omen

what do we think of this?

[primal osprey]

I LOVE IT

[spring tusk]

:D

yippee

[primal osprey]

I really need to learn homebrewery

[midnight elk]

Please don't make me fight it.

I'm wanting to do another homebrew but I'm not sure of what to do next. Any suggestions?

Should I make a bow that shoots tarrasques?

[midnight elk]

Or something less op?

[elfin viper]

Hello everyone I'm a new dm I haven't played DND before let alone be a dm I'm planning on running a home brew campaign based on the shadow slave world but I'm new to everything like how should I design combat or artifacts/weapon what's too op or too weak I'm also playing with others who are also complete noobs like me also races and classes aren't in this homebrew as everyone is a human and classes don't really exist in the shadow slave world here's a artifact I made

[Grass cutting rapier]
"Once, he was a warrior who waged countless battles, surrendering all he was willing to lose. At last, he laid down the life of war to grasp the life he had always longed for. This weapon endures as the relic of that time."
Weapon scale's off dexterity

[Attributes]
[Growing passion]
Effect:allows the extension and retraction of the weapon range at the cost of essence every 10 cm equals 1 essance
[Vital stab]
Increase dexterity by essence used for every 10 essance used increase dexterity by 1 max of 5 extra dex

(Characters usually have 50 essence at the start and 200 Max)

[true portal]

just a heads up, adding completely new mechanics to a game you are running for the first time is not advised

[elfin viper]

Oh why is that? It kinda is part of the original novel I can't really change that

[true portal]

you can, this is not a perfect recreation

and its not advised because you dont yet fully understand the basics

[remote lance]

How far does it shoot?

[elfin viper]

Well I can't really do anything about it since me and my friends all agreed on doing this then our dm ditched us and I had to step up

[true portal]

you can, just say: this part doesnt come over because i am a new DM

[elfin viper]

What do you mean by that? Sorry I didn't really understand

[true portal]

i mean that this is NOT a perfect recreation of the novel

so you are not "required" to put this in

but if you want to, go for it!

just keep this in mind, okay?

[elfin viper]

I will

Thanks

[spring tusk]

I think i'll work on Godrick next

Or maybe the trolls

[midnight elk]

IDK

It was just an idea

[midnight elk]

Or instead of shooting a Tarrasque at the enemy it always homes in on the nearest Tarrasque.

What about a bow that shoots smaller bows that shoot smaller bows that shoot smaller bows that shoot smaller bows that shoot smaller bows that then shoot arrows the size of toothpicks?

[golden meadow]

Enter the Gungeon type idea

[midnight elk]

Fair

Or something like a Lightsaber but whip

What do you guys think?

Actually I have an idea.

Infernal chain whip

[young compass]

is there a way to make the weapon from "Crimson Lash" spell from grim hollow as a homebrew item?

[spring geode]

doesnt seem particularly hard its just a magic whip on the base

[young compass]

not really... im a wizard and its hit dice is either 1D6 or 1D12, along witht he fact it has different properties

i wish i could change the dice/properties to make it easier

why does it not let us just make a weapon?

[spring tusk]

What

[floral igloo]

making a city druid based off my campaign, which takes place in a large city, but i really cant think of a name, my first idea was circle of the streets but that sounds kinda bad. Any ideas are currently better than mine

[spring tusk]

Druids are the nature class

[floral igloo]

i am aware, yes

[spring tusk]

If you're a druid in a large city the "nature" could be looked at one of two ways

Either, the people

Or the trees in the parkways

The flowers growing through the cracks in the pavement

The birds sitting on lampposts

So perhaps you could make a druid focused on the human aspect- call it circle of society

Or you could make a druid focused on the dwindling aspects of nature in the city

And call it circle of resilience

[floral igloo]

the city does have the agricultural district, could do it about that

[spring tusk]

That is also an option

[floral igloo]

but i want it to be a spy druid, like no one expects the bird on the windowsill to actually be a druid. that kinda druid

[young compass]

homebrew creation options

[spring tusk]

Then

Yeah

Circle of Resilience

[spring tusk]

This is also new information btw

[spring tusk]

Yes

[midnight elk]

Could concrete work with control elements since it's techniclly earth based?

[floral igloo]

yes

[midnight elk]

Glass is just sand. So glass would also work

[void jewel]

Balance opinions:
Wiz subclass, flavor text cut for brevity. Theming is "magical engineer/spell tinker" and is inspired by the subclass in cthulu by torchlight:

Level 3: use intelligence (investigation) as wisdom (perception) and add int mod to initiative.

Level 3: choose one base spell. Create architecture spells from it as desired, using the following:
Change the saving throw or check to one of your choice.
Change the damage type to one of acid, cold, fire, lightning, poison, or thunder.

Preparing the Architecture spell costs a preparation slot as normal. You may change your base spell on a long rest, and this removes architecture spells created from it.

Level 6: choose two base spells to modify, rather than one.

Level 10: as part of a short rest, you may change the damage type or saves of existing architecture spells, but may not create new ones.

Level 14: three base spells, rather than two, and the spell save DC of architecture spells increases by 1.

[midnight elk]

I have an idea

Gun that shoots swords

[spring tusk]

That is a question for your DM but more often than not spells like that specify loose dirt or rubble

[midnight elk]

Dang

I could make a spell for matter manipulation.

[viral raft]

Guys is this dwarf and 3 subraces balanced for one dnd rules?

-DWARF-

[Darkvision] See in the dark 12m

[Dwarven Toughness] +1 HP per level

[Forgewise] Proficiency with one Artisan's Tool

{MOUNTAIN}

[Dwarven Resilience] Advantage against being Poisoned and resistance to Poison damage

[Powerful Build] Advantage against being Grappled. One size larger for the carrying capacity and the weight you can push, drag, or lift.

{HILL}

[Dwarven Resilience] Advantage against being Poisoned and resistance to Poison damage

[Dwarven Wisdom] Proficiency on Insight

{GREY}

[Duergar Resilience] Advantage against being Charmed and Stunned

[Superior Darkvision] See up to 24m

are all of the 3 subraces at equal level?

[sturdy knoll]

Wut? Why not use the actual D&D species and classes - what are you homebrewing here that isn't already covered decently by the official rules or what are you trying to modify?

[viral raft]

because in one dnd dwarf was unified

and I actually liked much more the flavor of the 3 subraces

also Tremorsense felt weird

[sturdy knoll]

Then use the 2014 versions if you want - it's still 5e.

[viral raft]

still the 2014 dwarf is heavily based on weapon and armour training, which I also dont use in my tables, this is exclusive to the character build of my players

So i needed to softly rework them myself

so what you think bro?

[sturdy knoll]

I'm mulling over it. I feel gray is more powerful than the others with the advantage against charmed and stunned conditions and may need to be tweaked.

[viral raft]

I also thought it could be problematic

but at the same time, genuinely asking, isnt superior darkvision a bit weaker than the other 2nd feature of the mountain and hill dwarves?

[sturdy knoll]

Eh... it increases the range at which they can see things in dim/no light.

[viral raft]

like Charmed and stunneds resistance surely are better than poison and poisoned resistance, but for example for the Hill dwarf Insight prof probably stronger than Superior darkvision...?

[sturdy knoll]

I feel the superior darkvision is in line with powerful build, and dwarven wisdom

[viral raft]

I see

[sturdy knoll]

Maybe just make it advantage against being charmed or charm effects?

[viral raft]

you mean trim out the stunned?

[sturdy knoll]

Yeah

[viral raft]

I will test it out, thank you man

wait

what if its advantage against charmed and paralyzed instead of stunned?

is it still problematic? better balanced? worse?

Im trying to keep it along duergar typical features

[sturdy knoll]

No - Just make it one source/effect (like being poisoned/having the poison condition all stems from 1 thing: poison).
Just make it advantage against being charmed and charm effects.

Resistance against two effects would be too much IMO

[viral raft]

Alright

[sturdy knoll]

I got to bounce to other things but good luck with your homebrew!

[young compass]

Ive tried making the lash from the spell “crimson lash” as a homebrew ive hade 0 luck getting it to work can someone help me make one?

This is the stats:

It counts as a Simple weapon with which you are proficient.
It has the Light, Finesse, and Reach properties.
You can use your spellcasting ability modifier instead of your Strength or Dexterity modifier for the attack and damage rolls with this weapon.
Its damage die is the same as the Hit Point Die expended to cast the spell, and the damage dealt is Necrotic.
Each time a creature takes damage from this weapon, its Hit Point maximum decreases by an amount equal to the damage taken.

The damage dice can just be 1d12

[true forge]

Druid: Circle of the Creator

The lands of which nature is grown are just as important as the plants they grow. Druids of the Circle of the Creator have one of the most important jobs in the lands, to create, preseve and reclaim land. Using their primal magics, they are able to call the earth to alter fields and raise new land.

Using the earth, these druids are able to fight on the front lines, as they call the earth to protect them and change the battlefield to their liking.

it is flavour alright

[fierce dome]

How's this for a central 2nd-level druid feature for a subclass themed around spiders?
"Spider Forms
2nd-level Circle of Cobwebs feature

You are at home in an arachnid form. As a bonus action, you can use your Wild Shape to transform into a spider or giant spider form without expending a use of your Wild Shape. All the rules of Wild Shape still apply."

too much? should it maybe be WIS mod uses?

spider i think is fine. its CR 0 and mostly used for like scouting. and its well within a non-moon druid's cr range

giant spider on the other hand, is a little nuts. its a semi combat-viable shape thats cr 1, which a non-moon druid cant do until level 8

that is, i think, the potential sticking point for the feature

however, a moon druid can do cr 1 at 2nd level...and this is just one form...

[paper belfry]

How should I balance a spear that does 3 dmg types

Like alternating

So I made a tier of fire homebrew shit
1 normal
2 green
3 yellow
4 purple
5 black

So it's gonna have green yellow and purple

Green acid yellow radiant purple necrotic

[remote lance]

I think it would be best if you could swap out the damage for no action cost

But there’s not much advantage to different damage types

[paper belfry]

In my campaign yes

[remote lance]

Ok. Maybe use a bonus action then

[paper belfry]

Cause acid is good against slimes radiant is good for MOST fiends necrotic is good if you wanna kill angels I guess

But angels are cute

So swap for ba

What about modifier +2 or +3

It's a sin of prides normal spear he also has a war spear which is huge

[rotund dirge]

https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/guphJl4h11Br

post this again because i still want feedback

it's a Way of the Four Elements revision for 2024

the only feature i dislike is the level 11 one

[paper belfry]

The only subclass for monk i like is way of open hand

Cause topple and all that

[floral igloo]

writing the themes for some subclasses, any thoughts?
https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/8nQXavpqbU-4

[rotund dirge]

Aside from the minor spelling mistakes, they sound really interesting

[slender olive]

I love Kensei

Makes me feel like a Ninja

[paper belfry]

Just be fighter rogue then

Sneaky and versatile

[slender olive]

Monk/Rogue better imo

Especially the new monk

I can pair Sneak Attack with unarmed strike

[paper belfry]

Yah but they also used booms and other tools

[paper belfry]

Oh you can attack 6 times with monk fighter if you do 11 fighter 9 monk

Cause 3 attacks
Action surge then flurry

Wait I think 17 fighter gets 4 attacks

[scenic urchin]

have an idea i'm not confident on but gonna see about testing it out: a Bold Roll. If you tell the DM you're doing something in a manner that is quite brazen, whenever you roll an associated D20 test, roll 2 d20s. The DM will tell you if your roll is Advantage or Disadvantage after the dice are rolled.

[paper belfry]

So but 11 fighter 9 monk still better

[slender olive]

Haste

[paper belfry]

What's haste

[slender olive]

The spell

Gives you an extra full action

[paper belfry]

Fighter doesn't have spells

[slender olive]

Another attack

Eldritch Knight

[paper belfry]

Oh

Well I mean no subclass

Just base

[slender olive]

Eh

I said Kensei so I'm talking subclasses

Also flavorwise, rogue>fighter with Monk

[paper belfry]

To spread out

Would be very bad hp

[slender olive]

Might even go barbarian if wanna be tanky

Barb/Monk

Reckless with FoB

[paper belfry]

I would got monk to 7 then rest barb

[slender olive]

I want Indomitable though

Convince your DM to allow Gestalt

[paper belfry]

So
Level 10 6 barb 4 monk
Level 15 10 barb 5 monk
Level 20 13 barb 7 monk

[restive tusk]

This seems like a better topic for #character-discussion if we're talking character builds

[slender olive]

We're also gonna be including homebrew subclasses

And rules such as gestalt multiclassing

[paper belfry]

What's gestalt

[slender olive]

Look it up, pretty cool homebrew variant rule that allows you to have the features of both subclasses when multiclassing

[paper belfry]

Ehh to much freedom

[slender olive]

That's the point

[paper belfry]

Already am letting my paladin use a radiant gun and use smite which is annoying

[restive tusk]

Gestalt is an umbrella term used to refer to any character building method where a PC levels in 2 classes simultaneously instead of one at a time

There are derivatives like subclass gestalt, species (racial) gestalt, etc within the D&D space somewhat specifically

[paper belfry]

Well I like to torture people

[slender olive]

Yes, and it's mostly homebrew

People love destroying DMs (and by people I mean me)

Ofc, not without hazards

[paper belfry]

Oh if you get annoying enough I'll just target you all combat encounters

[restive tusk]

Eh I'm not too into adversarial play

[paper belfry]

And if you are still annoying just launch the sun on you

[slender olive]

I once got a massive ego boost from beating a Barlgura solo as a level 5 Variant Human Battlemaster

The video's up on YouTube

[paper belfry]

not watching

[slender olive]

No problem, but it exists and going from that to creating barely usable, borderline broken homebrew items

I'd say I went through some character development myself

[paper belfry]

I create op homebrew stuff

[restive tusk]

I'm pretty sure every player goes through the trial of broken homebrew at some point haha

And then learns from it

[slender olive]

Oh no, I'm gonna make a book, I picked up 177 races & classes from every single non-D&D video game I've been playing

The list keeps growing

[restive tusk]

Those that don't go to dandwiki /j

[slender olive]

Nope, they don't

I picked them up from games like Hades 2

I'm also making a race based on Hollow Knight

[paper belfry]

Well my homebrew is mainly weapons

[restive tusk]

That's pretty cool, what Hades species are you translating to 5e?

[paper belfry]

isn't that just the big one

Bug*

[slender olive]

I'm also covering Dead Cells, some underrated Metroidvanias such as Blasphemous

Castlevania

I'm also doing Terraria monsters as playable monstrous races

[paper belfry]

That's to much game stuff

I like to keep most stuff fully homebrew

[slender olive]

I did say 177

And growing

[true forge]

Earthen Armoury

2nd-level Circle of the Creator feature

Your druidic duties requires you to be protected, the earth provides. When you aren't wearing any armour, your AC equals 13 + your Wisdom modifier.

In addition, you gain proficency in martial weapons. Also you can, as an action while holding a simple or martial weapon, causing the earth to surround the weapon, turning it into a Earthen Weapon. This weapon now uses your Wisdom modifier instead of your Strength or Dexterity modifier for attack and damage rolls. The weapon cannot willing leave your hands and as a bonus action, you can summon the weapon back to your hands as long as it is in the same plan of existence as you.

You can spend a bonus action to turn the weapon back to normal.

Aspect of the Earth

2nd-level Circle of the Creator feature

Your connection to the lands has altered you. As a bonus action and spending 1 Wildshape charge, you can cause all the nearby rocks and stones to condense around your body, becoming the Aspect of the Earth. During this minute, you gain the following benefits:

• You gain resistance to bludgeoning, slashing or piercing damage, you choose when you enter this form.
• Your melee weapon attacks deal an extra 1d6 bludgeoning damage on hit.
• As an action, you can send a blast of rocks and stones forwards, causing all creatures within the range of your Earthen Weapon to make a Dexterity saving throw against your Spell Save DC, on a fail, the creature takes 1d6 bludgeoning damage and the creature cannot take reactions till the end of its next turn.

i think this fits

[paper belfry]

Well I think fully homebrew enemies are better

But personal opinion

[slender olive]

I like to reflavor, kinda like creating forks off of other people's GitHub projects

I love original content, but I also love giving back to the community

[paper belfry]

Yah I figuring out how I should make the sin of wraths war spear

[slender olive]

For free, I won't be charging a buck for this

[paper belfry]

It can change from 3 fire types

[slender olive]

All 177 races and classes will be a free sourcebook on my DMs Guild page

[paper belfry]

Well you can't really use homebrew classes unless you do on a manual sheet

Or some other platform

Dnd beyond is very limited

[slender olive]

I have a custom excel spreadsheet designed to look like a real character sheet

Just for this

[paper belfry]

To many words

And to much work

[slender olive]

I do homebrew research as a hobby

This is my "fun time" activity

[paper belfry]

I dont

I sleep

[slender olive]

I also sleep 10 hours a day, work 13 hours a day for 6 days a week, and the only break I get is mid-way through Thursday and the entirety of Friday, and today's a Friday

[paper belfry]

Well I have dnd on friday

And I have to deal with a elf who won't attack

And I am giving her 4 blessings from Micheal

One of which is a custom spell called Jacob's ladder

Inspired by the jjk one

It one shots any fiend cr 5 or below

Like they go bye bye

[slender olive]

Currently, I've only been able to do Chthonic Familiars' spirits

So into the spirit lineage

[paper belfry]

And arch angel Micheal Jacobs ladder one shots cr 13 or lower

The other one makes a 30ft radius Everytime she heals people

And gets 2d4 temp Everytime she heals

[slender olive]

I wouldn't allow something so horribly broken without some form of reasonable justification and "my world, my rules" isn't it

[paper belfry]

Oh I made it

[slender olive]

Can I get it in a google doc for preview?

[paper belfry]

But arch angel Micheal is goated

[paper belfry]

No it's on a charcter sheet

But it is just made to be broken

But its once per day

[slender olive]

I'm currently building Icarus's wings as a sentient cloak item that my PC will inherit as his backstory with @glad veldt who's building magic item based races

[paper belfry]

Nah bro got the +1 dagger race

Lowkey would be

[slender olive]

We're currently figuring out leveling the cloak

Because it's a sidekick

And it also levels up from 1 to 20

[paper belfry]

Doesn't seem op

[slender olive]

From common to legendary

[paper belfry]

Why no artifact

[slender olive]

It isn't, we're doing the math to balance it

[slender olive]

That's epic levels

level 21-25

[paper belfry]

K

Well I am gonna be giving my lv 4 party a legendary spear

Then they will get a artifact spear at level 15

[slender olive]

At level 1, it has a flight speed of 10 feet, at level 20 it has a flight speed of 80 feet (which is the same as the Ancient Red)

Speed = 5 x (1/2 your level)

• MISC bonus

[paper belfry]

Who's winning terraques or my sin of pride

Put in your bets

[slender olive]

I had a +3 Very Rare spear to beat wraiths so... Idk

I had to write a 3-page backstory to justify how and why

[paper belfry]

I'm thinking of making it plus 4 then it can deal acid damage instead of piercing
Then the artifact
Can deal radiant necrotic or acid and is a +5

Still brain storming

[slender olive]

Too much power for a level 4 party, you'll be turning them into murderhobos if they think they can get away with anything

[paper belfry]

No they cant

[true forge]

does this seem good?

[paper belfry]

People are still stronger than them

[true forge]

balanced more like but still

[paper belfry]

Idk

[slender olive]

What's Circle of th Creator?

I need the full circle to judge

[true forge]

the subclass im working on....

[slender olive]

Can I get the doc?

[paper belfry]

Like a commander of the red hawks

[true forge]

its not on a doc and still being made

its on a homebrewery thing

[paper belfry]

In dndb?

[true forge]

homebrewery is a different website

[paper belfry]

Oh

[true forge]

makes your brew look offical enough

[slender olive]

Yeah... I'm not into making edgy anime protagonists, I grew out of main character syndrome long time ago

[true forge]

Druid: Circle of the Creator

The lands of which nature is grown are just as important as the plants they grow. Druids of the Circle of the Creator have one of the most important jobs in the lands, to create, preserve and reclaim land. Using their primal magics, they are able to call the earth to alter fields and raise new land.

Using the earth, these druids are able to fight on the front lines, as they call the earth to protect them and change the battlefield to their liking.

Circle Spells

2nd-level Circle of the Creator feature

Your connection to the earth and the very lands of which nature grows grants you access to some spells when you reach certain levels in this class, as shown on the Circle of the Creator Spells table.

Once you gain access to one of these spells, you always have it prepared, and it doesn’t count against the number of spells you can prepare each day. If you gain access to a spell that doesn’t appear on the druid spell list, the spell is nonetheless a druid spell for you.

Circle of the Creator Spells

Druid Level	Spells
1st	Catapult,Earth Tremor
3rd	Earthbind, Maximilian’s Earthen Grasp
5th	Erupting Earth,Wall of Sand
7th	Hallucinatory Terrain, Summon Elemental (Earth only)
9th	Passwall,Transmute Rock

thats the flavour and spells

[paper belfry]

The red hawks is a guild and she commands it is it that hard to comprehend

[true forge]

im not the best at flavour lol

[slender olive]

I like it so far

[slender olive]

Sounds like Berserk

[paper belfry]

So

I don't even know the thing it's called in berserk

I watched 3 episodes and forgot all about it

Well she has 2 chain weapons one with a dagger like blade and the other with a sickle like blade

[true forge]

anyway, do the features look balanced enough?

[slender olive]

Listen dude, you're doing great introducing new players to D&D as powerful heroes in a small army of sorts - I'm happy for you, doesn't necessitate that I need to love the idea of giving them as much power as you are

[paper belfry]

They have to fight a 2000+ hp boss

[slender olive]

Gimme a sec, lemme run it through the SAC rq

[paper belfry]

They need it

[slender olive]

As far as I remember, the Tarrasque has around 800 HP

[paper belfry]

I know

That ain't no tarrasque

He is the definition of "super serum"

But Everytime he attacks he drops heals for the players

Which heal 4d12 or 6d12 depending on attack

[slender olive]

Oh cool

[paper belfry]

He also has a variation of Jacob's ladder

And 11-13 moves

Can parry attacks

[slender olive]

What'll be the capstone for this?

[restive tusk]

That sounds like that takes a long time to resolve

[paper belfry]

But who's winning sin of pride or tarruesqe

[restive tusk]

Post the full statblock

[true forge]

That i dont have an real idea on lol

[paper belfry]

It's on a app

[restive tusk]

Then post the link?

[slender olive]

Gimme a sec, lemme discuss this with my other artificer friend

[true forge]

Its not an artificer

[restive tusk]

In any case I'd assume it'd be the homebrew monster since it works outside of normal game considerations

[slender olive]

I mean... my friend

Not your druid

[true forge]

Mb

[paper belfry]

I can't send it cause it says no attachments aloud

[restive tusk]

You can upload it to a trusted filesharing site like Google Docs

And then post the share link to that

[slender olive]

That's why I was asking for the doc

Lol

[true forge]

SAC?

[slender olive]

Sage Advice Compendium

[paper belfry]

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xGTJdd4G07UjiV44hWmAo9hIExwclIPvdatkvEpnbQ4/edit?usp=drivesdk

[true forge]

That, doesn't help with homebrew? Ive never heard of people using it for such

[slender olive]

Consider uploading your Druid to DMs Guild, Homebrewery, or GM Binder, etc. I'd love to have it as a usable subclass in the near future

[restive tusk]

Am I silly or does this include ranged weapons, which would then massively increase the AoE of Aspect of the Earth's rock blast?

[paper belfry]

Btw all the damage can be radiant or necrotic

So it's not really a set dmg type

[true forge]

Ah, mb, its supposed to be melee lol

It was before I changed it only weapons with the reach property lol

[slender olive]

Required Changes

Circle Spells

Change: Move spell levels from 1st/3rd/5th/7th/9th to 3rd/5th/7th/9th/11th

Fix typo: "proficency" → "proficiency"

Earthen Armoury

Change: AC formula from "13 + Wisdom modifier" to "12 + Wisdom modifier (maximum 17)"

Change: "martial weapons" to "scimitars, shortswords, and javelins"

Remove: "The weapon cannot willing leave your hands"

Fix typo: "plan of existence" → "plane of existence"

Aspect of the Earth

Change: Duration from "minute" to "10 minutes"

Change: Bonus damage from "1d6 bludgeoning damage" to "1d4 bludgeoning damage"

Add: Range specification for stone blast: "within a 15-foot cone"

Missing Features

Add: 6th-level feature

Add: 10th-level feature

Add: 14th-level feature

[true forge]

Its apart of an mythology based expansion im making

And its for 2014 lol

[restive tusk]

It probably wins based off of ignoring core rules alone

[slender olive]

Omg, bestie!!! I need you, I'm also working on a mythological magic item race

[paper belfry]

Yep

[restive tusk]

Some stuff is nonsensical, doesn't read like 5e

[slender olive]

e

[paper belfry]

Rules don't apply to the strong

[restive tusk]

At that point I don't see the point in a comparison

[slender olive]

Me when I'm an edgy gothboy aasimar

[true forge]

Hmmm, idk about those changes......., its suppose to be a gish, that limits it heavily

[slender olive]

Angelmaxxing

[true forge]

(Besides typos ofc)

[paper belfry]

All it is is a dragon who uses a false light

[slender olive]

Gish-Focused Changes

Critical Changes Only

Circle Spells: Move from 1st/3rd/5th/7th/9th to 3rd/5th/7th/9th/11th

Add: Range for stone blast: "15-foot cone"

Add: Missing 6th, 10th, and 14th level features

Fix typos: "proficency" → "proficiency", "plan" → "plane"

Optional Changes for Gish Balance

If AC feels too high: Add maximum of 18 to "13 + Wisdom modifier"

If bonus damage feels weak: Keep 1d6, or make it scale at higher levels

If weapons feel too limited: Keep "martial weapons" but specify no heavy weapons

If duration feels short: Extend from 1 minute to 10 minutes

The core gish concept (martial weapons + Wisdom attacks + good AC) stays intact. Most changes were overly conservative for a melee-focused druid.

[restive tusk]

The spell level change at least doesn't need to happen

[true forge]

I did say its for 2014 lol

[slender olive]

Keep it standardized with other druids?

[true forge]

Druid is 2nd level subclasses in 2014

[paper belfry]

It is

[true forge]

Wait, is that ai?

[restive tusk]

Druids get their subclass spells at 3/5/7/9

[paper belfry]

Who using ai

[restive tusk]

Oh wait

misread

[true portal]

not me

[true forge]

The last one you sent before and this one about AC are different

[paper belfry]

Why did you delete the server

[true forge]

One saying 17 and this one saying 18

[slender olive]

This one is with the Gish-focused changes in mind

[paper belfry]

For the spell jammer stuff

[slender olive]

I made the AC higher

[true forge]

And weapons

[true portal]

it got nuked

[restive tusk]

The 11th level shouldn't exist though since I don't think any druid gets more spells at level 11

[true portal]

i didnt delete it

[paper belfry]

How so

[true portal]

no idea, it just disappeared

[paper belfry]

Is it the freaky bunnys fault

[true forge]

They dont, mine doesn't have spells at 11th lol

[slender olive]

Eh, doesn't hurt to have something like the Mystic Arcaneum such as Warlocks since it IS called the 'Creator'

[paper belfry]

Who charcter age was 17 if my memory was correct

[true forge]

Creator refers to creating land

[paper belfry]

And you let them do 18+ things

[true portal]

no i didnt

[slender olive]

Have Fabricate as a spell lol

[restive tusk]

Guys let's keep it on topic

[true portal]

lets move to DMs

[true forge]

That, isnt what the subclass is about

[slender olive]

I know, it's a suggestion

[restive tusk]

yeah fabricate doesn't fit the flavor imo

[slender olive]

I've added what I thought could be well for it

[true forge]

It feels like how AI formats thing so that's why I said it

[slender olive]

Is it because of the em dashes?

I use a ton of em dash in my phrases lol

Like... every large paragraph has loads of em dashes

I prefer them over brackets

[true forge]

Eh, it seems like it with the unessery bolding and titles

[slender olive]

Oh nah, it's just for formatting plus the markdown for emphasis

Big title

Little big title

Tiny title

Markdown is convenient because I zoom-in/out a lot to read

[restive tusk]

So far I'm seeing the core idea of branding a weapon an Earthen Weapon then getting some benefit from using it. I think to encourage that the 6th level should be Extra Attack + some other ribbon feature like an upgrade to Aspect of the Earth

[true forge]

Ik, homebrewery uses it

[restive tusk]

Maybe make the rock blast also inflict restrained

[true forge]

Eattack was planned, or something like a BA attack, same with the upgrade, making thr resistance into immunity, ect ect

[true forge]

I was going to do stunned lol

Limited ofc

Once per use of the ability

[restive tusk]

AoE stun seems pretty crazy haha

[true forge]

Yeah that's why it was limited lop

[slender olive]

Yeah... stun is supposed to be single-target

Power Word: Stun

[slender olive]

Flurry of Stuns

Closest to AoE but still targeted

[restive tusk]

I'm browsing somewhat similar subclasses in that they have alternate uses for wildshape (Spores, Stars, Wildfire). I guess to be consistent the capstone should also be an upgrade to the Aspect

Though imo it would be cool if that flavor leeched into Druid's other spells somehow. My initial thought was some small damage boost or movement reduction for offensive spells

[slender olive]

Earthquake Smash - you raise yourself like a rocket, come crashing down like a meteor (like the https://www.dndbeyond.com/magic-items/2188399-scroll-of-the-comet) and destroy everything you created along with yourself

Opposite to creation

I found this insane magic item recently

Icewind Dale is crazyyy

[slender olive]

Scroll of the Comet:

By using an action to read the scroll, you cause a comet to fall from the sky and crash to the ground at a point you can see up to 1 mile away from you. You must be outdoors when you use the scroll, or nothing happens and the scroll is wasted.

The comet creates a 50-foot-deep, 500-foot-radius crater on impact. Any creature in that radius must make a DC 20 Dexterity saving throw, taking 30d10 force damage on a failed saving throw, or half as much damage on a successful one. All structures in the crater are destroyed, as are all nonmagical objects that aren't being worn or held.

Rogues and Monks will have a blast with this one

[paper belfry]

Try to beat 600ft 100 deep

[slender olive]

I thought - maybe this antarctica ahhh sourcebook doesn't have anything outside of popsicles, boy was I wrong

[paper belfry]

Also uhh 3d12+5d8+20d4

That's big boy damage

But might still be less than 30d10

What about
3d12+12d8+14d12

[restive tusk]

3d12 + 5d8 + 20d4 is significantly less damage and significantly more hassle

[slender olive]

Bro is coping so hard

[paper belfry]

No

I'm comparing

[slender olive]

That's a MF-ing comet

It's an asteroid

A spacerock

[paper belfry]

HE CAN THROW THE SUN AT YOU

Which is probably his weakest attack

[restive tusk]

So they have an instant kill ability

[paper belfry]

Strongest is the deheader

[slender olive]

The other close thing to the Comet Scroll is Meteor Swarm

[restive tusk]

This is also weaker

[slender olive]

I feel like I should stop feeding the troll, the moment he said "strong guys don't have rules apply" - I knew that was a tripmine of unbalanced powergaming

[restive tusk]

True, it's hard to engage in legitimate discussion when one side is not playing 5e

[paper belfry]

It's not my fault I'm special

[true forge]

I have thinking something along the lines of all spells removing 10ft of movement once per turn

[slender olive]

He's giving a group of level 4s, access to a +3 item, which he shall upgrade to +4 for their convenience

[restive tusk]

Oh trust me that's just the surface haha

[paper belfry]

Different weapon

[slender olive]

That's right, they're facing that sht

At level 4

[paper belfry]

And it's actually
+4
Then +5

[paper belfry]

201 hp ain't that much

They can deal with a ghost

[restive tusk]

Sounds like a good ribbon

[slender olive]

You won't say that when I use a modron to hit you with the 120 Hp Judgement beam

[restive tusk]

A ghost has 45 HP (on average) not sure what you mean

Though I assume you've also discarded CR as a metric for challenge

[paper belfry]

It's sin of wraths spirit

[slender olive]

Anyone who knows what I'm talking about - you are goated

[paper belfry]

Well I can't do much when the limit is 30

[restive tusk]

That doesn't really mean anything in the context of the system

[paper belfry]

If it was higher I would make him like cr 34

[slender olive]

Bro is not the Dungeon Master, he is THE Doomsday Monseur

[restive tusk]

Have you looked at the expected monster damage output by CR?

[paper belfry]

Cr 30 says 454-480 elite for the hardcore thingy

[slender olive]

So like a slowdown effect?

Make the terrain difficult instead

So while they move, the terrain around them becomes difficult terrain

[restive tusk]

Ah the Inevitables my beloved (I assume)

[slender olive]

HELL YEAH

No attack roll

Just straight hit you with 60 DAMAGE

FORCE

[restive tusk]

Incorrect. The official DMG guide lists 303-320 per round

[paper belfry]

For a standard enemy

Not an elite

[slender olive]

Modrons are so nonchalant

I love 'em

[restive tusk]

Elites are not a term in 5e

[paper belfry]

Well Guess what idc

Irish jig

[slender olive]

Like.... I just sent an edgy goth kid to the center of the universe, casual tuesday guys

[paper belfry]

It's not tuesday

[restive tusk]

Ok? Then there's not much substance to your homebrew or comments

[slender olive]

I end my participation to your content hereby

[paper belfry]

Okay

No one asked you to join

You decided to join not my fault

[restive tusk]

Yeah let's get back to the point of the channel

[slender olive]

I actually need a modron as a player race

Like a warforged x aasimar

[restive tusk]

So autognome? jk

[slender olive]

Nahhh, I don't wanna be a shorty

[paper belfry]

Probably the only balanced homebrew I made is a simple katana that does cold instead of slashing

[slender olive]

They'll call me the robot fairy

Instead of stealing your teeth, I'll steal your nuts & bolts

The bolt fairy

[paper belfry]

Then wouldn't that be fairy then warforged

[restive tusk]

An autohit for minor damage would be funny

[slender olive]

1 piercing damage, magical

[paper belfry]

Makes more sense cause aasimar is a angel/angel like being

[slender olive]

Like a poke

Invisible poke

[paper belfry]

And fairy is just a fairy

So the name bolt fairy could be misleading

If its a aasimar

[restive tusk]

Give them something like Sentry's Rest

And the construct creature type, of course

[slender olive]

I was thinking more aasimar than warforged, so it's a godly creation

A holy robot

[paper belfry]

🫛

[slender olive]

Just like the warforged, still affected by creature spells because player race

[paper belfry]

🫛

🫛

[restive tusk]

I'd say a lineage choice like Celestial Revelation would be cool

[slender olive]

I was going for being more Modron aligned, the whole impartiality flavor

Like knowing things others don't

[restive tusk]

Insight proficiency?

Wait, choice of insight or perception

[slender olive]

Probably would be better to have History because modrons don't age

So they have a good memory

Insight, Perception, History, or Nature

[restive tusk]

I'd cull nature, makes a little less sense to me than the other 3

And keeps the list tighter

[slender olive]

Then I'm doing Nature and?

Also wanna give them a free spell once per long rest

Maybe Identify?

No material

No slots

[restive tusk]

No I mean no Nature

Identify 1/LR is good though

[slender olive]

But once per day

[slender olive]

Then later Locate Object

or Creature

Maybe an option between Creature/Object?

They can choose from

[restive tusk]

I'd do object

[slender olive]

Yeah, stays aligned with the machine theme

[slender olive]

Darkvision?

Warforged don't have darkvision

But aasimar do

[native hatch]

I made a high tier boss. someone tell me if I went to crazy lol

https://i.imgur.com/jUpuyYK.png

[restive tusk]

I'm gonna lean towards no, but for funsies I say flip a coin

[slender olive]

Oh wow, we gamblin

[paper belfry]

What cr

@native hatch

[slender olive]

Okay, I'm gonna roll a d4, odds says no, evens say yes

[native hatch]

i'm terrible with calculating CR for homebrew creatures

[restive tusk]

What level is this intended to be fought?

[paper belfry]

I would say 3-4

[restive tusk]

That is wildly innacurate

[paper belfry]

The ac

And the attacks are decently hurty

Nothing to bad

[slender olive]

4

We're keeping darkvision

[paper belfry]

A level 4 party could beat it

[native hatch]

the AC is 22 O_O

[paper belfry]

Yes

[restive tusk]

Please do not troll in this channel Barrito

[paper belfry]

My cr 30 has a ac of 22

[paper belfry]

IM NOT TALKING TO YOU

[restive tusk]

No need for all caps

[slender olive]

This guy is either new to D&D or is ragebaiting for clicks

[restive tusk]

Yeah let's keep our cool here

Anyways

[native hatch]

nope. I didnt understand what he was saying. he said "the ac" and something along the lins of CR 3-4

which... made no sense to me.

[paper belfry]

22 ac is high

[slender olive]

Okay so we're keeping darkvision, I need a free cantrip spell for this guy at level 1

[paper belfry]

Apparently

[native hatch]

yeah that's what I thought

[paper belfry]

But the hp is pretty low

And dmg medium

[native hatch]

is 22 too high for a creature that can eat it's minions and regenerate?

[paper belfry]

Yes

[native hatch]

we thinking like 18?

[slender olive]

Yes, we're going False Hydra territory levels of scary

[paper belfry]

Well how much

[native hatch]

how muhc regeneration?

[paper belfry]

But maybe 18 or 19 ac then

Yes

Really up to you

[restive tusk]

22 puts its defensive CR above CR30, but that's if we're only considering AC

[slender olive]

This reminds me of Darkest Dungeon

[native hatch]

a swarm of insects (spiders) has 22 (5d8) hp and gains the remaining hp it had left

[paper belfry]

He can also Regen

[paper belfry]

17

[bronze trail]

let's put it this way, my lvl 12 cleric with multiple +1/+2 items is a 21 AC

[native hatch]

sounds great

[paper belfry]

5d8 healing thought

That's kinda storng

[restive tusk]

It's a bit more complex than simple regen

[paper belfry]

Maybe cr 7

[restive tusk]

The action economy on it makes it interesting

[paper belfry]

Idk

[native hatch]

heck, lets' put it at 16 and get rid of the natural armor

[restive tusk]

I'll reiterate what level you expect your players to fight this at

22 AC 190 HP is light work starting from late Tier 2

[paper belfry]

Tier 2?

[restive tusk]

So I'd put it at maybe CR 8

[native hatch]

no idea, honestly. They'll fight it when they're ready

[paper belfry]

Sandbox campaign?

[native hatch]

bit of sandbox, bit of railroad

[bronze trail]

Tier 1: Local Heroes (Levels 1-4), Tier 2: Heroes of the Realm (Levels 5-10), Tier 3: Masters of the Realm (Levels 11-16), and Tier 4: Masters of the World (Levels 17-20)

[native hatch]

let them choose the path, put them through a story arch

[restive tusk]

Actually, CR9-10.

[paper belfry]

I usually start with rail road for first 4 sessions then freedom

[restive tusk]

The legendary actions bump it up

[paper belfry]

Does defeating the sin of wrath count as heros of the realm

[native hatch]

oh, the spell infection is a homebrew spell. It allows the caster to interrupt a healing spell and turn the healing into damage

which is one os the spells this thing knows as a reaction

[bronze trail]

depends. are they 5-10?

[paper belfry]

No they are only level 4

But that's a big feat

He's high demi god level

[bronze trail]

then they're well on their way and thats a reason they'll be heroes of the realm, but they're not there yet

[paper belfry]

Yah well he isn't gonna die

He's has 4 appearance's

[slender olive]

This is comparable to the Marilith (189 HP, AC 18)/Iron Golem (210 HP, AC 20)

[paper belfry]

Spirit form human form
With out flame core
Then with the flame core

Yah but my demons and imps are scaled balanced

Which are different from normal dnd

I make all my enemies

[restive tusk]

Woah just saw the Dex/Con stats

Yeah I agree with Yitaow. I perhaps won't put it directly at CR16 though

[slender olive]

Things you can add:

• Lair actions
• Regional effects
• Web as a Legendary action

[paper belfry]

Wait cr 16 is supposed to have 190-210 HP?

[restive tusk]

Not always

[paper belfry]

Okay

[restive tusk]

There's variation as said before

[native hatch]

oohh, lair actions would be nice but i've never looked at those before.

[restive tusk]

Since HP is only one part of defensive CR

[slender olive]

This is a very lair-y boss if that makes sense

[native hatch]

And web is already there as a legendary action, along with casting swarm of insects

[bronze trail]

first rule of dnd homebrew, treat almost nothing with a "set in stone rule"

[native hatch]

makes TOTAL sense.

[slender olive]

Also regional effects

[native hatch]

heroes are definitely going into a den to find this guy

[bronze trail]

i concur with the "give it web". if this thing is outside of its lair, all the web stuff is turned off

[slender olive]

Or if you're crazy, send them to Australia

[paper sable]

I’m really sorry to interrupt but I have a question does anyone possibly have a jojo sub class i could use I can’t figure out how to make one in dnd beyond

[native hatch]

already there, and gets it as an action at will

[paper belfry]

Jojo?

[native hatch]

same thing? lol

[restive tusk]

Have you looked at the official Way of Astral Self Monk?

[paper sable]

Jojo bazaar adventure

[native hatch]

astral monk? that's what I used

[bronze trail]

eyes glazed right past that...

[slender olive]

Have it be a remote island as its own area - like the Turtleshelled dragon

[native hatch]

it's all good lol

[paper sable]

I don’t own the book for it

[paper belfry]

What's JoJo's tho

[paper sable]

It’s a anime

[paper belfry]

Isn't it the weird freaky anime

[native hatch]

technically thing this is in a forest, atempting to make it's own fey domain

[bronze trail]

JoJo's Bizzarre Adventure manga/anime

i hope at least, and not JoJo Siwa

[paper sable]

Ya the anime

[slender olive]

Ooooh, you can make it a floating sky island that has a forest
Jack & the Beanstalk but atop the stalk is a forest with a giant spider-ish boss

[native hatch]

that oculd be fun

[native hatch]

doyou have any suggestions for lair actions or regional effects?

I'm looking some up right now

[paper belfry]

Does any body have an region effects of hell

[slender olive]

Depends on the area but potholes, crumbling grounds, quicksand to suck players in if they don't avoid specific areas, pressure-plated traps that shoot web

[native hatch]

I'll have to study some creatures that have them. find the pattern

my mind instantly goes to spider eggs bursting and webbing exploding

[slender olive]

Yessir, it is time - for research

[restive tusk]

If you wanted the official version, I suggest seeing if your DM or another player in your campaign has the relevant book and a Master Tier sub for content sharing. Otherwise you could remake it the homebrew creator if you have other legal access to the books (e.g. physical copy, library)

As another option I'm sure someone on DDB's homebrew database has made at least a halfway decent JJBA subclass\

[slender olive]

Maybe have an Aranea as his wife?

Convince the Aranea to help you

[bronze trail]

first one comes to mind is new swarms spawn for lair action

[restive tusk]

Ewww dandwiki /hj

[slender olive]

Homeboy, that's a pirated link

[bronze trail]

is it?

[slender olive]

I suggest you remove it ASAP

[bronze trail]

nvm then

[slender olive]

And the other site that has dot in it

Also pirated

[bronze trail]

TIL, appreciate it

[paper belfry]

What does til mean

[bronze trail]

today i learned

[native hatch]

maybe... this is HEAVILY just inspired my spider themed sorcerer subclass

[paper belfry]

Ahhh

[slender olive]

I love spiders (and traumatising one specific arachnophobic friend on Halloween's) so if you can get this done before 31st October, it'll be hugely appreciated

[native hatch]

unfortunaltely this project won't e released until December or January

[slender olive]

Call it "exposure therapy" lol

[paper belfry]

THIS IS THE TYPE OF DUNGEON MASTERS WE NEED

[paper sable]

Do you need a subscription to get homebrews

[native hatch]

Spiders are a big theme in the creature list

[restive tusk]

Nope, the homebrew database is free for everyone

[paper belfry]

To use them yes but to make them no

[bronze trail]

i do this with my friend, but its clowns

[paper belfry]

Well to use them online

Yes you have to subscribe

[slender olive]

Ah, no problem, his birthday's on February, I still have time for a birthday boy surprise

HEHEHEEH

HAHAHAHA

[restive tusk]

You just need to toggle on homebrew to enable stuff you've added to your personal collection

Subscription is only needed if you need to content share

[native hatch]

Trap door spiders (giant spiders that have fake doors on their backs)
spider themed subclass
Roseroth, Cluster King
Spiders that create their own walls

trying to find other ones I can make lol

[slender olive]

I had the 4 cardinal demons as jesters for a Bard subclass - College of the Faustian Contract

[paper belfry]

I checked it said requires subscription

[bronze trail]

LOVE that

[paper belfry]

When I pressed to add to collection

[restive tusk]

What did you try adding to your collection

[paper belfry]

A magical item

Random sword

[restive tusk]

Which one?

[paper belfry]

Ashbrand

[slender olive]

We love a little tomfoolery around these parts

[native hatch]

I made a College of Mixology for my tavern book

[paper belfry]

Also just tried 3 other hombrew items didn't let me

[slender olive]

A BARDtender if you will

[native hatch]

Exactly!

[paper sable]

Do you guys know if I could like import a pdf of a subclass into DnD beyond

[paper belfry]

No

[slender olive]

Should be, as a homebrew item

[native hatch]

nope. you have to actually go through and create in their creator

[slender olive]

Maybe there's extensions?

To avoid the hassle and get auto-fill?

I know that AboveVTT helped me copy content across DDB to VTT apps

[paper belfry]

Wait are maps free now

YESSS

FINNALY

[paper sable]

So I’m assuming I’m kinda boned until I ether get a subscription or learn how to use the homebrew creation in dnd beyond

[paper belfry]

It's not that hard

[true portal]

they are

[paper belfry]

Not trying to say in a mean way

[paper sable]

Ik

[true portal]

it is pretty easy yeah

[paper belfry]

But when you actually make a item it gets easy

[paper sable]

Ok

Im just Like super new so I’m having troubles

[bronze trail]

i suggest finding a youtube vid tut for homebrew

[native hatch]

you don't have to get a subscription. You can just buy the book that astral monk is in

[restive tusk]

Ah I see yeah if you're using other's published stuff. Nothing prevents you from making your own personal collection and using it

[true portal]

but it still costs money

[restive tusk]

Yeah DDB's homebrew creator isn't that refined

[paper belfry]

It's still good enough

[true portal]

i like it a lot, even though its pretty limiting

[paper sable]

Ya

My main problem is the abilities and skills and stuff

[bronze trail]

i wish the DDB importer would create my homebrew items from FoundryVTT in ddb

[native hatch]

have youtried searching the homebrew for a jojos subclass?

[paper belfry]

Need subscription

[restive tusk]

If you have access to Astral Self then none of it's components are super hard to import. Quite a lot of it is manually tracked instead of something that could be a toggle/setting

Again if they make it themselves no sub is required

[paper belfry]

Ik

[paper sable]

Yes but most of them ether go and say echo night and astral monk or it’s a pdf thing

[restive tusk]

Or if a DM shares it with them

[native hatch]

https://www.dndbeyond.com/homebrew/subclasses?filter-name=jojo&filter-author=&filter-author-previous=&filter-author-symbol=&filter-rating=-40

[paper belfry]

How do I use vvt

[paper belfry]

They need a subscription to add to their collection

[restive tusk]

Depends on the VTT and better asked in #third-party

[paper belfry]

Dndb

So not really 3rd party if it's in dndb

[native hatch]

ohhhhh, didnt' know that

[restive tusk]

Then you might want to ask in #dnd-discussion or #ddb-support

[native hatch]

I should stop paying for mine. I never use it anymore lol I use pen and paper now since I own so much 3rd party content

eh, if it's not WOTC produced then I count it as 3rd party

[paper belfry]

Bean

[restive tusk]

Both aren't stellar which would be my criticism of both subclasses. Outside of configuring Astral Monk in DDB's homebrew creator I'd suggest just picking something that has the mechanics you want to evoke and then reflavor

[restive tusk]

You've pretty much hit the nail on the head as far as definitions 😅

[paper belfry]

Can you hit me in the head with a nail

I'll get smarter trust

[slender olive]

Nah, maybe I should roll to hit you with a Tome of the Player's Handbook & Dungeon Master's Guide because you skipped the preschool of running D&D games

[spare flicker]

Hi everyone! I have been a DM for some time now and run a self-written campaign for my players that has been ongoing for a couple of years. I'm by no means a Pro and every day is a school day when it comes to DM'ing but i thought i had been at it long enough that it was about time i dabbled in some Homebrew content. So far I have created 2 Full Classes with 3 associated sub-classes each as well as a new sub-class for the Warlock class. I have drafted them up on Homebrewery and would like to share them to see what people think! I hope you enjoy the content as much as I enjoyed making it

BloodBound (Class + 3 Sub-Classes) - https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/DGoCq7mRdB7X
Seal Breaker (Class + 3 Sub-Classes) - https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/G2HncO-7BuFM
Time Lost Heiress (Warlock Sub-Class) - https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/z-cN4gyuIoaR

[native grove]

hey so i wanna make a monster that is a villain for a campaign of mine that is around CR 7-8. Its an anomaly from the far realm that manifests as a poorly drawn mayor type character who uses illusion magic to create "the perfect town". Any ideas for abilities to give him other than just regular illusion spells?

hes supposed to be an aberration

[chilly jewel]

maybe some sort of charm to get the party to join the town?

[finite elbow]

If I were to make a street tier superhero campaign how should I go about it yall?

[rancid basalt]

What ideas do you have?
What's a superhero in DnD?
What is "street tier"?

[finite elbow]

Batman, Batfamily, Gotham, Green Arrow, Arrowfamily, and the Question would all be involved.

[rancid basalt]

would you be using spells, magic items, magical abilities etc - what classes would that involve?

or are they all just fighters, monks, barbarians, and rogues?

[slender olive]

Use the Modern Handbook 5e

Also use the Cyberpunk Red content

[rancid basalt]

alternatively there are existing superhero TTRPGs

[slender olive]

No, D&D itself has content catered towards modern

world

Such as firearms

The laser rifle

Just reflavor leather as vests

[true forge]

yes no not really

it has very limited options

aka 2 weapons

[rancid basalt]

DnD is classic fantasy grained in, to its core - ripping it up to make an urban low-magic setting is possible, but how much work is worth it?

DnD is popular and lots of people like it and don't want to learn new rules, but with games like Prowlers & Paragons or Masks right there, gotta ask at what point is homebrew excessive

[slender olive]

Uhm Actually

• Dungeon Master's Guide
• • Renaissance Items (Pistol, Musket - Bullets)
• • Modern Items (Automatic Pistol, Revolver, Hunting Rifle, Automatic Rifle, Shotgun - Bullets)
• • Futuristic Items (Laser Pistol, Antimatter Rifle, Laser Rifle - Energy Cell)

[true forge]

so 10 weapons?

[slender olive]

There's also flamethrowers and handcannons

Which you can easily reflavor

That's kinda the point

You gotta create

[true forge]

it can work, but takes alot of work to make sense

[slender olive]

You don't build a campaign in a day, even a oneshot requires prep time

[true forge]

if you wanted normal life, everybody has to play a martal, which sucks after the 3rd combat as its just the same, i hit this guy till death

and if magic, it opens many cans of worms

[slender olive]

Gritty realism rules work with magic as well, there's people who play famine-infected worlds with low-magic and more technology, or low-magic, low-tech, and more ability

[true forge]

how does magic work, what powers magic, how is it enforced, ect ect

[slender olive]

You can just say magic is energy, electricity is lightning magic

[rancid basalt]

having to reflavor everything is so much work

[slender olive]

Yeah... sourcebooks weren't written in a day or by a single team

[coral delta]

Agreed with Bobble. While DnD does provide the most basic structure for modern settings, those options are only really well used in modern fantasy settings. DnD isn't made for modern fiction.

[slender olive]

There's reasons why people tak their time to do it

[rancid basalt]

exactly, so I'll just buy the book that gives me everything straight up

DnD doesn't do that

[slender olive]

And if you really dedicate yourself, you bloody well put the work on it

[coral delta]

Thankfully, as also mentioned before, there are plenty of other game systems made for superhero settings.

[slender olive]

Instead of relying on plagiarism and calling it an "inspiration"

[rancid basalt]

well I think we've covered the bases, so yeah if you wanna put the time and effort into remaking DnD 5e into a superhero system, then fair enough - I'm not doing that

[slender olive]

Many people do, and are doing

[amber hollow]

The mood has struck me once again
Anyone got any slightly quirky ideas for Monster homebrews?

[rancid basalt]

by no means do I disagree

[slender olive]

Wdym quirky

[native grove]

anyone have any ideas?

[slender olive]

PERFECT

Perfect Cell

Perfect Town

[native grove]

uh, i want advice on what abilities and mechanics to give the character

[rancid basalt]

what's this creature's idea of a perfect town?

how does it manifest this perfection and enforce it?

[amber hollow]

I've made things like Tandem Bosses, an undead that has an attack come from cursed targets (puppeting them) and can initially inflict the curse by offering a heal after a wound or just "stitching it into the target by hand" (melee attacks), bosses with telegraphed attacks (it threatens an area, then on its next turn that 'attack' or other effect goes off in that area), a rival mercenary group that mostly gimmicks on grapple-proning their targets, and a statblock for 'assassin' mercenaries with extra spooky power to them with an Assassin Rush stance they assume to do a more devastating attack on their next turn

As an example of what I'd call quirky, off the top of my head

[slender olive]

Steal abilities from the following existing monsters:

• Mind Flayers
• Mind Flayer Arcanists
• Cloakers
• Green Slaads

Suggestions for abilities:

• Confusing Gaze (from the Umber Hulk)
• Giberring (from the Gibbering Mouth)
• Probing Telepathy (from the Aboleth)

[native grove]

have you played the game "we happy few"? Its sort of like that. It keeps the towns people trapped in a hallucination, where their senses are tricked into thinking everything is perfect when the actual town is very strange and liminal

[slender olive]

Also look up the False Hydra, you will love it

[native grove]

im thinking of giving them eye rays

[slender olive]

The Mirrorgast

This creature exists partially in reflective surfaces and can only be harmed when players attack their own reflections. When a PC strikes a mirror, window, or polished surface while the Mirrorgast is "inhabiting" it, they deal damage to both the monster AND themselves (half damage to self). The Mirrorgast's attacks manifest as the players' reflections suddenly moving independently, reaching out of mirrors to grab them, or their reflection's weapon striking while they're defenseless.

[rancid basalt]

I guess the question is how the charm or illusion is maintained, or what happens when it wears off or someone succeeds on a save

[slender olive]

Kinda like a mimic and echo knight

[amber hollow]

While a very interesting prospect, I already foresee a plethora of issues incorporating that into fitting into a statblock, and running it as a creature on a battlemap.

[slender olive]

Beholder moment

[rancid basalt]

give it the ability to build and embellish the region around its lair into something idyllic, and when creatures enter they could become charmed and join the illusion

[slender olive]

Xanathar would be proud

[amber hollow]

I think I already have a workaround, working more akin to Echo Knight, or appearing in multiple places at once and being empowered while doing so, and "haunting" nearby reflections (so, "tagging" them) so they can be specifically messed with to get rid of the reflections and reduce it to one entity...

[slender olive]

Account for darkness and dimly lit areas

For creatures with and without darkvision

[native grove]

any ideas on what eye rays they should get? my main ideas are fear, confusion, freezing and melting

[slender olive]

paralysis, stun, vampiric (they lose HP, monster regens), and healing

[native grove]

though to be fair a charm ray might be a good idea

[amber hollow]

I think it'll be in 2 states...
Its true form being invisible, but see invisibility witnessing a malevolent flurry of shining shards
And it showing up in bright light around reflectives, losing the invisibility but being empowered by the brightness and reflections.

So in an environment that's bright and reflective, it's obvious to see, but duplicitous and powerful.
In an environment that's darker or matte, it's much more difficult to see and fight, but it isn't boosted by reflections

[slender olive]

It gets weaker in darkness

Spells like darkness deal damage

Dark sensitivity

[amber hollow]

Yes, but of course being harder to see because a creature of reflections isn't so substantial without reflection

[slender olive]

No light, nothing to reflect

[slender olive]

Best is charm, yes

[finite elbow]

Could I recreate a early 40s Batmobile?

Thats not me being clever or nothing I'm genuinely asking lol

[slender olive]

Absolutely

Use a wagon

A chariot even

But instead of making it animal-pulled