🎲tabletop-and-boardgames

[pliant stirrup]

Tasha's Cauldron of Everything

[brisk bramble]

Thanks

[hoary timber]

A human artificer who built rune cannons for a prayer ship he was crew of

[jade jewel]

I've played artificer for a Christmas themed one-shot 🎄 It's an interesting support class but not great for a one shot since a bunch of abilities are designed to bestow long term buffs on party members and that doesn't really balance in a single session

i do want to play Artificer again tho. i think it's a cool class

[little glacier]

Hmm, is it difficult to learn?

[hoary timber]

I would say not really? The only thing that may be a bit confusing that it gives you a lot of options to choose from.
https://c.tenor.com/laiMfEvq6m4AAAAM/thinking-batman.gif

But once you understand it, it becomes simple. In a nutshell, at low levels you can make little trinkets like boxes that repeat something you said or boxes that emit light like the cantrip.

Above that basically you learn infusions which basically let you turn let's say a regular pair of boots into a pair of boots of the winter lands. Typically they are magic items that already exist.

They don't really get any spells above 5th level though if I remember right. The biggest draw to artificers is you can make a battle suit or turrets or have a robo dog or make potions or poisons depending on your subclass.

Also artificers can attune to more than 3 weapons or items and unless they changed it they get a bonus to AC for each item they are attuned to.

At later levels at least.

Sounds hard but it's pretty easy once you make your first one.

[tawny moon]

i'm playing in a masks campaign soon and i'm so excited

[little glacier]

Thank you!

[river heart]

"Does his bottom half digest the poop from his top half?" - @fleet berry , 2021

[fleet berry]

Look, SOMEBODY has to ask the important questions here!

[idle hatch]

https://c.tenor.com/6pmUYqomIvwAAAAM/saturday-night-live-maya-rudolph.gif

[fleet berry]

😎

[flint hearth]

this is why we appreciate Decom

[main wave]

now, since he has four arms, when standing on twos, he just like Machamp or Goro from MK..... with elongated torso

[sly shuttle]

Vixen is a meme thief

[river heart]

Those are facts

[sly shuttle]

I’ll post one she hasn’t stolen from me yet then

[elder spade]

look at this beautiful wholesome meme in tabletop, i love to see it

[river heart]

wholesome. necessary. how, when this comes back to me like muscle memory, I will treat any newbies

[leaden coral]

aw so good

We Love to see it

[idle hatch]

You never know who needs help, and that's how you encourage them to get more passionate instead of being wary of what they love. And I'll friggin' fight for it

[river heart]

Gatekeepers can choke

[sly shuttle]

Gatekeepers and rules lawyers can choke

I don’t care what the official D&D books say, the rules in there are clearly stated to be guidelines and that every DM might have their own view on these rules as to which ones they want to and don’t want to use

[river heart]

Which is why I always clarify with the DM instead of arguing the book. XD

[sonic brook]

hy

[sly shuttle]

Yhe, like, I know so many DMs (myself included) say “you know what, if it’s simple spells that aren’t high dmg spells or something, you don’t need the materials”

[river heart]

because at the end of the day, it all depends on the DM's energy level and what's important to them. Are cantrips so important you -have- to make sure you're keeping track of cheap-ass ingredients and marking them off every time you use them and stuff? Or will the DM decide that, because they're used so often and they're very easy spells, and they're ones you've already mastered, you'll just remember to keep the ingredients on you and stock up when you can so you don't have to keep track?

[sly shuttle]

Like, armor of agathys, simple 1st lvl warlock spell, but you need 1 Cup of water to use it... like imagine having to go “so I’ll fill this coffee mug with water and I’ll cast armor of agathys on myself” in the MIDDLE of battle

[idle hatch]

Didn't gigax said that the only rule was to have fun too? I think I've read that somewhere

[river heart]

like... It's the player's job to make DMing fun, and the DM's job to make playing fun. there's a balance there

[sly shuttle]

Yhe, the ONLY rule that is a set in stone rule in D&D is “have fun”

Which, I love how free D&D is with their rules, like sure there are some things that just make sense like spell slots only regenning after a long rest (short rest if you’re a warlock) and the whole you need to be rested and well fed thing, like, those make sense

Though 99% of players always end up having their 20 provisions on them from the moment they start till they end cause who uses those?

[proud oriole]

We have "have fun" and "in case of disagreement, DM is right"

[river heart]

most best house rules

[proud oriole]

also I make my players use their provisions, but they always hunt stuff and forage, so they never need them

[idle hatch]

"listen to your DM unless they're being a prick"

[proud oriole]

but despite our bard trying, she can NOT hunt with a rapier

If your DM is a real prick and the chemistry between you and them does not work, quitting the group altogether might be worth a thought

Same for if you're dming and your players are pricks

[sly shuttle]

Listen here, I, as a DM, love using the “well fed” system, like sure you can eat your provisions but by being well fed from the day before you might have 1 health die (depending on class) extra health the next day because you’ve taken care to eat properly

[elder spade]

as a DM I definitely roll with my players punches for the most part- but I will make sure they get to where they need to eventually to progress the story- I let it happen as naturally as possible

[river heart]

-makes notes-

[coarse cobalt]

“Rule of cool” is the rule I go by when I’m dming

If you come up with some cool ass shit and want to make it work, I will work with you to find a way to make it work

[elder spade]

^ same

[proud oriole]

I also go with what my players do, but I had players that decided to re-characterize their characters in the moment I used their backstory for a plot hook

[coarse cobalt]

That did get one player telling me I play favorites at the table and take my annoyance out on players though

[sly shuttle]

Being well fed and well rested have definite pros, like you’ve slept on the ground in a forest vs a luxury inn room? Some times being in a town or city really makes bigger quests easier for the party

[proud oriole]

Oh, yeah, if my players come up with a creative way to solve a problem and I see that it could work, why not let them try

[elder spade]

oh yeah there are definitely limits, I guess I'm lucky my main group doesn't test me too much XD

[coarse cobalt]

Like??? Bud no, I was gonna let the barbarian do their plan cause it was a matter of an attack roll and a dex save. Your plan that you talked over the barbarian’s plan to do was like 15 separate roles there was so much more room for it to go wrong

[river heart]

I love that we have so many people here who don't mind DMing, because.. I don't think I ever could. I'm not organized enough and I'm too anxious. 😛 But I love making characters and working inside of someone's world building

[sly shuttle]

Listen here, the “rule of cool” is the rule all DMs should use, like, if you have a player that’s creative enough to come up with some crazy shit, fucking, work to make it work

I love DMing, but I’m too bad at improv to do it properly, so when I do DM it’s always the pre-written campaigns or adventures that already exist

[idle hatch]

Wait they talked over someone else? That's so rude

[proud oriole]

I love dming

I have tons of fun doing it

if my brain works with me that is

[sly shuttle]

My primary D&D group has the “forever DM” too, which, when they do play as a player, they’re ALWAYS, and I mean always, asking to do crazy ass shit

[elder spade]

DMing is a lot of work and I'm exhausted most of the time- but the reactions of my players are worth it at the end of the day

[proud oriole]

^^^

I have a friend I trade dming with

Like I have my campaign and they have theirs, and it's really fun

[fiery ice]

I like both DMing and playing but the group I DM right now is VERY taxing because it's a very combat focused group so there's next to no RP and I need to prepare tons of fights

[sly shuttle]

When I DM, even when it’s just pre-written stuff, I ALWAYS love my players to death, cause the group I do DM for is super patient if I need a moment to think something over or something

[coarse cobalt]

Yeah okay so the barbarian wanted to save an NPC being held over a low cliff by standing under him and using her big ass anime sword to cut his captor’s arm off and then catch the NPC. But the rogue was like NO I HAVE A BETTER IDEA that involved like sneaking up the cliff and tackling the captor to try to make him drop the NPC instead

[sly shuttle]

Also, the whole “I’ll act like one crazy mother fucker but I’m secretly in love with all your characters” is 100% how I DM...

I’ve got an entire Spotify account purely made for creating playlists for my players and their characters

[proud oriole]

I try to make my players scared for their characters but I'm too soft and could never kill any of them 😂

[idle hatch]

Aaah gotcha

[sly shuttle]

I think I’ve killed a total of 1 or 2 characters

All on accident cause my players rolled shit for encounters while walking in the woods 😂

[river heart]

I wish my ex-boyfriend had the same attitude when he taught me how to play the game 15 years ago and let a giant slice my halfling literally in 2 in like our 2nd or 3rd session

[sly shuttle]

One way to make your players fear: make them roll for weather and encounters

[proud oriole]

ooof

[sly shuttle]

Cause that shit is FUN

[coarse cobalt]

Barbarian’s plan: attack roll, dex check to catch the NPC
Rogue’s plan: stealth vs perception, bullet time initiative, a strength contest to grapple, a dex save to catch the NPC/not step on him when you’ve missed the save

[proud oriole]

I know there are people who enjoy this kind of game. I am not one of them

[fiery ice]

As a player I tend to ping pong between "I want to keep playing them" and "if they die they die" and very rarely "get this lose out of here"

[proud oriole]

I hate playing against my players, I want to challenge them but not tpk them

[idle hatch]

That is a LOT of steps

[sly shuttle]

I am one of those players that when making a character at the same time write and roll 10 other characters “just in case”

[coarse cobalt]

Yeah it’s a lot of different rolls no shock some were bad and the plan went wrong right?

[elder spade]

the one time recently I made my players have a little bit of fear was when they were going through a dungeon-esque area and I had a bowl that I would put D6s in every time they performed an action that would take a significant amount of time. then once the bowl was full I'd roll the D6s and depending on how many 1s were rolled, a bad event would occur

I'm usually very easy on them so this threw them a bit haha

[river heart]

-watches the other DMs take notes-

[coarse cobalt]

Rogue got the barbarian to agree to his complicated plan and then they almost killed the NPC and the rogue got mad at me for it

[river heart]

..... what a dick

[coarse cobalt]

Yeah he was

[river heart]

I'd give him negative xp points for being a dick

[coarse cobalt]

He didn’t last much longer in the campaign anyways lol

[idle hatch]

Roll at disadvantage for being a dick

[sly shuttle]

As a DM, I’d make up some magic BS and have him lvled down a couple notches for that one

[coarse cobalt]

“God’s mad at you, you now have permanent disadvantage”

[river heart]

"Let me see your character sheet. Int is 10? yeah, no, this is a stupid fucking plan and you're rolling at disadvantages for being stupid enough to come up with it"

[coarse cobalt]

They were level 2

[sly shuttle]

Down to 1 then leave him behind the others for being a dick

[river heart]

BEING A DUCK

[coarse cobalt]

Lmao

[river heart]

I SAW IT

it made me chuckle

[sly shuttle]

I’m on my phone

[coarse cobalt]

Okay so! I took another group through this encounter right?

[sly shuttle]

Fuck and Dick goes to Duck

[river heart]

I love typos. I think sometimes they add so much more to what we were saying

DUCK YOU

[sly shuttle]

Ducking sun blocking my screen

[elder spade]

yeah I've embraced letting fuck be duck on my damn phone- no matter how hard i try!!

[coarse cobalt]

They managed to get through the goblin-filled cave with negotiation and befriending wolves, with such a good roll that the stupidest wolf became the halfling cleric’s pet/mount for the rest of the adventure

Moon Moon was a good wolf

[sly shuttle]

Moon Moon

😂

[river heart]

Unrelated, but I called my husband MoonMoon the other day; he got mad

[coarse cobalt]

Moon Moon got his name because in that goblin cave, he tried to attack a goblin, had a nat 1, and jumped straight into the reservoir instead.

Cleric had to pull him out

[idle hatch]

That's the best omg 😂

Reminds me about my very first dice set who landed me three nat 1 almost in a row during a goblin fight too

[coarse cobalt]

He managed to survive the entire campaign, too

NOOO that’s some dice jail worthy offenses

[idle hatch]

That d20 is at the bottom of my bag

Shame because it glowed in the dark

[coarse cobalt]

Right where it belongs

[sly shuttle]

Oh love glowy dice

[coarse cobalt]

I have a d20 that’s the opposite problem. It really likes nat 20s, but only when it’s attacking my party. It’s the party killer and does not get used

[sly shuttle]

Gods I’m so close to backing the Pixels programmable Bluetooth dice Over on KS...

[idle hatch]

They're the ones with lights right?

[sly shuttle]

Yhe

They fancy

And I do like me some fancy dice

[coarse cobalt]

I backed that one!

They look so pretty

[idle hatch]

I love dice with objects in it like flowers or mushrooms. I always fear it can change the balance tho

I have one set with skulls and moss in it but the d20 always lands on certain numbers so I never use it 😔

[coarse cobalt]

There’s a way to check to see if dice are balanced, though it may not work for heavier things

[sly shuttle]

Oh that sucks, my friend has a couple forest themed dice sets, with small twigs and moss in them

Those are perfectly balanced

[coarse cobalt]

lemme see if I can find the video again cause that would explain it better than I could

[sly shuttle]

We’ve done the roll 1000 times and write down every number as you go test with them

[idle hatch]

Wasn't there a test you can do in a cup of water? With something in it

[sly shuttle]

I’ve heard about salt water being used but I usually just sit down and roll with the dice for a while

[idle hatch]

That's a fun way to check

[sly shuttle]

It is

The shiny math rocks go brrrr

[river heart]

my husband and I have a literal song we sing about dice

'Shiny math rooooocks, clicky clacky.
Shiny math roocks, clicky clackyyy.
Shiny math rooooocks, clicky clacky.
Shiny math rocks click-ky clack-ky'

I'll sing it for you guys some time

[idle hatch]

Dice lullaby

[coarse cobalt]

Yeah! It’s salt water, so the dice float

https://youtu.be/_HhFz7fsFKk

[worldly flax]

omg we were talking about moon moon

i remember moon moon. what a good wolf.

[mystic tundra]

It’s true though

[hoary timber]

Me thinks the paladin and the Assassin rogue use the same type of stealth.

[twin thorn]

Hahahaha

Yes

I agree

I'm currently playing as the latter

[coarse cobalt]

40 minutes before our session 0, one of my players tells me he might not be able to come 🙃

[river heart]

Give me his sheet, I'll play his character, it's fine

[flint hearth]

gee Shlee how come you need someone else's character ?

[river heart]

I was offering to help Elsa!

Trust me, i can come up with plenty of characters on my own (and need to!)

[idle hatch]

Filling those sheets is the best feeling even if you don't end up using those characters

[flint hearth]

I have legit 4 extra characters already xD

[flint hearth]

I should have added "so quickly" at the end of my sentence but my brain farted ><

[timber mountain]

I have 4 characters ready to use but I don’t get the chance because I’m always stuck being the DM

[hoary timber]

Ahhh the forever DM. What a heavy burden to bear for the greater good.

https://c.tenor.com/dcwAVN47o-UAAAAM/hot-fuzz-greater-good.gif

[sly shuttle]

The poor forever DM

[timber mountain]

Funny thing is I’ve only played a single campaign before I got placed in the dm position lol I really like to play but never get the chance

[coarse cobalt]

lmao I didn’t see this last night

We’re playing curse of Strahd and this was our session 0 so he wasn’t able to ask any questions or give feedback about if he wants his character to know the rest of the party at first or not

[loud sapphire]

Oh anyone interested in Pokemon as a TTRPG? Cause Pokerole version 1 is high recommendation from me. My friends and I stream it from both the trainer/pokemon and the PMD version and it's heckin' fun

[placid plaza]

I'm interested but I have no idea what you are saying but I'm interested

[loud sapphire]

It's basically DnD Pokemon. There's a DM and players who go around a region and literally just find pokemon, interact with them, face challenges or gyms set up by the DM. Or if you do the Mystery Dungeon version, you are the pokemon with your friends and your DM makes a world that's a lot closer to DnD in the way it's set up. Idk if I can link the YouTube where we post stuff, but we do put it online - and this isn't really a self-promo it's just easier to show than to explain lol.

[coarse cobalt]

I finally took a nice photo of my dice hoard

[idle hatch]

https://tenor.com/view/i-need-it-robert-downey-jr-gif-15118751

[coarse cobalt]

The big d20 in the middle currently holds 5 sets of mini dice

[graceful cove]

It's beautiful 😭

[pliant stirrup]

But where is your dice jail.

[pliant stirrup]

Simple, but effective

[coarse cobalt]

it used to have a post-it on it that said "dice jail for bad and naughty dice" but it fell off

[flint hearth]

I just got some cursed halloween dice

they're gorgeous and I love them

but all the salt in the dead couldn't get them to float xD

so I have no idea if they're balanced or not

they just sink to the bottom with the determination of the damned

how much salt you don't ask ?

[graceful cove]

Oh my lord

[flint hearth]

they STILL DIDN'T FLOAT

NO MA'AM.

not even the d4 🤣

[graceful cove]

I-.......
HOW

Dead men tell no tales indeed

[flint hearth]

cursed halloween dice

🤷‍♀️

they make everyone impulse purchase

it's really unfortunate

[coarse cobalt]

Some very heavy dice don’t really work for that

[graceful cove]

Yeah they just look like normal dice to me in the pictures so I'm surprised haha

[flint hearth]

they're resin ToT

allegedly...

[coarse cobalt]

I have spin down counters that are too heavy

[flint hearth]

thinking more bones of the Wicked tbh xD

[sly shuttle]

yhe sorry Vix, but those are some cursed and possessed dice and you need to yeet them into holy water

[flint hearth]

Anu I'll self combust if I do that

[sly shuttle]

wear gloves

you'll be fine

[flint hearth]

it splashes

[sly shuttle]

then the solution is a hazmat suit

[idle hatch]

🎲

[pliant stirrup]

Just invite over the local exorcist, put the dice in water ready-made for them

[graceful cove]

I mean I think you just keep the dice and this is your warlock origin story

[sly shuttle]

we don't need Vixi's level of Chaotic with the warlocks, they'd become too powerful

she is past true chaotic

[flint hearth]

https://tenor.com/ysQd.gif

[graceful cove]

No. We must dive further. Perhaps she can ascend to be her own eldritch God and our sever can have a patron

[sly shuttle]

please no, she is already too powerful

[flint hearth]

it's too late Anu

https://tenor.com/bblte.gif

[sly shuttle]

[flint hearth]

Eldritch patron of all the Coral Island

[graceful cove]

https://tenor.com/view/gt-live-matthew-patrick-mat-pat-stephanie-gif-9458347

[sly shuttle]

[flint hearth]

https://tenor.com/view/dr-evil-laugh-evil-laugh-邪惡-嘿嘿嘿-gif-3867290

[river heart]

There is ONE PATRON GODDESS OF CORAL ISLAND AND SHE'S THE GODDESS OF FLOWERS NOT DICE

https://tenor.com/view/shoo-go-away-johnny-depp-captain-jack-sparrow-gif-4877675

[flint hearth]

TOO LATE SHLEE

https://tenor.com/o4z8.gif

[graceful cove]

I feel good about this

[sly shuttle]

@flint hearth

your end has arrived

[flint hearth]

why are you summoning my pet

[sly shuttle]

you do not control Pookie

[flint hearth]

I could 😉

[sly shuttle]

but you do not

[flint hearth]

or do I

[sly shuttle]

[pliant stirrup]

The thing is, Shlee. Gods in D&D work in a very funny way. If enough people believe in them, they exist. The more people that believe in the god, the more powerful it becomes...

[flint hearth]

believe in me my children

I shall bestow upon you riches thou canst only dream of >:3

[pliant stirrup]

That being said

Typically the other way to become a god is to consume another god's portfolio... thereby destroying them

[idle hatch]

Who the heck gave more chaos powers to Vixen again

[flint hearth]

https://tenor.com/sXOi.gif

[sly shuttle]

do not give Vixen the power of gods, for Vixen would misuse it to throw the world into a hell filled only with birds, screaming birds that never stop screaming dad jokes

[pliant stirrup]

Well see, there's only one god who is all-powerful in D&D, and that's Ao. And he literally exists outside of existence.

The only times he's manifested literally tore worlds apart

[flint hearth]

that sounds like an excellent idea 😄

[pliant stirrup]

(also note that this is typically the rules for the Forgotten Realms; the 'default' setting. I do not speak for other settings)

[flint hearth]

so what you're saying is I need to eat Ao

alright

https://tenor.com/Xe4U.gif

[idle hatch]

https://c.tenor.com/dCYm-FjP6XwAAAAM/critical-role-travis-willingham.gif

[flint hearth]

https://tenor.com/view/critical-role-crit-role-arsequeef-cr-travis-willingham-gif-20064289

[sly shuttle]

stealing that gif

[flint hearth]

figured you might 🤣

[pliant stirrup]

TARVIS WILLINGBLAM

[sly shuttle]

I am adding that to my Travis gif hoard

[flint hearth]

https://tenor.com/bnXk4.gif

[sly shuttle]

https://tenor.com/view/critical-role-no-travis-willingham-gif-14642424

[idle hatch]

https://c.tenor.com/z-CFZ2EXfrIAAAAM/critical-role-oh-no.gif

There's more chaos

[sly shuttle]

I'm not on my laptop...

[obsidian loom]

I love all of these

[sly shuttle]

my entire Travis gif stash is on there...

I have... an unhealthy amount of gifs from Critical role

https://tenor.com/view/travis-willingham-critical-role-yas-yes-heck-yeah-gif-12729327

[idle hatch]

Travis Gifllingham

[sly shuttle]

oh hey, my old pfp

[flint hearth]

https://tenor.com/view/critical-role-crit-role-cr-arsequeef-matt-gif-14564756

[sly shuttle]

Vix, go grab a bottle of wine

I'll open one too!

[idle hatch]

https://c.tenor.com/A9jIogrq6QsAAAAM/critical-role-crit-role.gif

[sly shuttle]

https://tenor.com/view/cleric-rogue-rpg-funny-heal-gif-13204198

[river heart]

oh my god

[sly shuttle]

oh heck, found that one

[river heart]

Here I am, busy streaming and coloring and thinking I'm keeping Vix out of trouble in my stream chat

Come back, she's back on her bs

[sly shuttle]

what'd you expect?

[idle hatch]

She needs parental guidance , despite all the dad jokes?

[flint hearth]

I'm unmanageable Shlee

[sly shuttle]

Vix might play all cinnamon rolls but she herself is an absolute demonic thing

[flint hearth]

I'm also crocheting a bag for my dice all the while 🤣

[sly shuttle]

I've known Vix for 2 years, and I still question how the hell she grew this much on me

[flint hearth]

😉

[sly shuttle]

run before she does the same to Y'all

[flint hearth]

natural and supernatural charm

[pliant stirrup]

I think it's too late for that.

[sly shuttle]

she's like an invasive species, she never leaves again

[idle hatch]

Ah so she adopted you against your will too?

[flint hearth]

https://tenor.com/view/diabolical-laughter-fox-lol-funny-gif-5236736

[sly shuttle]

Nah, I adopted Vix, I'm the parent friend of our group yelling at everyone to sleep

[flint hearth]

I'm a non refundable child

[sly shuttle]

Vix grows on you like barnacles on the side of a ship

you can scrape her off, but she'll be back before you even look over your shoulder

[graceful cove]

Don't mean to interrupt but eeeeeeee very excite

[flint hearth]

I'm the hopgoblin in httyd

ooooooohhhhhhh heelllo !!

[graceful cove]

I'm just staring at it unopened. Waiting for my partner so we can open it. I'm dying

[graceful cove]

Yeah but if that means I gain some sort of power then sounds like a good deal. Plus look at that picture. So cute. So cheeky.

[flint hearth]

I'm a birbnacle

[twin thorn]

Birb! 💛

[solid harness]

ahhhh!! i want it!!

[flint hearth]

(birb is unfortunately not mine, just for the record)

[idle hatch]

Savage

[bitter saffron]

im going to be dm'ing for the first time this weekend, does anyone have any advice or tips?

[obsidian loom]

Expect your players to fuck up your plans, theyll love a minor npc you gave little thought to, and dont worry about messing up any rules

You got this!

[sly shuttle]

Best advice I can give: the rules in the source books are all guidelines, most importantly, the DM sets the rules for your games

And Yhe, expect your players to fuck up your plans, and expect them to want to adopt minor NPCs

Also, don’t be afraid to try and railroad your players a bit if they get too far off track to what you’ve got planned, a good way to do this could be exchanging the BBEG’s original character with one or more of your players adopted “minor” NPCs

[zenith rampart]

If you don't know a rule and think it'll take more than a minute to look up, make a reasonable ruling, tell your players, "this is what we're doing for now," and look it up later. Most players will be chill with that as long as they aren't blindsided by it, and it'll help keep the game moving.

[flint hearth]

I feeneeshed eet

[undone sky]

That's so cute omg I love it

[flint hearth]

Thank you 😄

[idle hatch]

Those wee little dice so cute. Are those opalite??

[flint hearth]

the brightest one is (and says fuck you instead of 20) the others are a resin set called pixie puke

[hoary timber]

Today in D&D land my players met Mr. Merlin. The grumpy sleepy green tea teacup dragon that lives in the Adventurers rest, a small cafe attached to a pastry shop.

[flint hearth]

oh look, me

[hoary timber]

lmao

[sly shuttle]

Awww he’s cute

They better have remembered to give him pastries and something good to drink!

[hoary timber]

The edgelord is pretending to be disgusted. The paladin thinks he's adorable, the warlock that found him in her cup of tea was indifferent and the kid NPC rogue thought it was the coolest thing ever.

They did find out that he's a type of familiar made by brewing an unfertilized dragon egg in a tea of choice which is different from just casting a find familiar egg.

Despite being a very sleepy dragon he makes a wickedly strong green tea with the little tea pack on his tail.

[flint hearth]

ok but

can you pet it

or rather does it appreciate being pet

how would it feel about me brushing and braiding its beard

[hoary timber]

Anyone who he likes enough to make a tea for who drinks drinks a mug no older than a day old is gonna get haste for a minute.

If he likes you hell appreciate scritches. And pets but he'll start snoring in his teacup.

[flint hearth]

I can live with that.

[hoary timber]

The cheshire cat of holding they found isn't particularly fond of him.

There's also flower tea teacup dragons, earl grey and matcha tea cup dragons.

Each one considers there teacup there den with there own little dragon horde of things in it

If anyone's curios the book is called the teacup dragon care guide

It's a free pdf that's related to the dragon stew d&d source book

[bitter saffron]

(thank u so much by the way for the advice!)

also thats adorable!

[hoary timber]

Biggest rule in the game fun is imperative and if you need any help feel free to run on over and ask this chat a question.

Also don't let rules lawyers push you around. Some want to help you by saying hey just letting you know the book says such and such for this situation and that's all right and good but others will try and manipulate rules in there favor by going
https://c.tenor.com/nnUyxuqaeNcAAAAM/actually-nerd.gif

In regards to those just tell them thank you for letting me know but in my game I'm running it a different way.

They'll either back off and say ok or they'll try and argue there case to get what they want. If they are the argumentative type then you might need to take them aside and have a conversation with them because they are causing issues with the flow of the game

I doubt it'll ever get to that point though. Most people are chill about the GM going that's cool but im running it this way.

[light vigil]

It's important for you as the DM to have fun too.

Don't put important knowledge or tasks behind skill checks. If the party has to do something to progress forward, it should have some non-skill check method of access.

Freely share as much information as you can. Somethings should be secret, but the players need information to make good choices regarding their actions.

Don't be afraid to tell your players "no" if you think something is too outlandish to actually work, but explain why. Related, a natural 20 doesn't mean something automatically succeeds. It just means the character gets the best possible result for their skill level.

[hoary timber]

👆 passive skill checks work for this as well.

[undone sky]

This was a while ago, I have at least 5 more sets now lol

[idle fjord]

oh wow!!! its like a whole rainbow!!

[undone sky]

Hell yeah

[idle hatch]

that's a looot

I never counted mines...guess I know what to do now

[undone sky]

I gravitate towards blue dice cause my main character's main color is dark blue ahfks

[sly shuttle]

I need more dice...

[mystic tundra]

Dice

[rotund quail]

I really want to start playing dnd

Where should I start as I want to be a master with my friend online

[mystic tundra]

I never really finished one character to even participate

[undone sky]

Well a good first start is probably creating characters together and reading the rules! Are you familiar with the rules at all?

[sly shuttle]

I’d say a great place to start out is pre-written adventures and the sourcebooks for D&D

I’d also say, it’s a lot easier to learn the ropes as a player first then move into DMing

[idle hatch]

I was lucky enough one of my friends wanted to start DMing on us, we haven't played a lot but it's so nice when it's with your old pals

[rotund quail]

Yeah I don't really know rules though it is just a easy rp

My friend is more into it in years

I just want to help them

Because I have big imagination

[undone sky]

If you want a simpler system with less rules and more room for rp, or that's more rp heavy than dnd there's a lot of stuff out there

[coarse cobalt]

Are you looking for a virtual tabletop or are you planning to play over voice with discord?

[undone sky]

I know for example vampire the masquerade is almost all rp, very little rules and very little combat

[rotund quail]

Been thinking about voice in discord but didn't really know there is a virtual tabletop

[idle hatch]

I've heard a lot about Roll20? dunno how it is tho

[undone sky]

There are a lot of virtual tabletops!!

[coarse cobalt]

I use roll20 and I really enjoy it

[undone sky]

Roll20 is really good. It takes a bit to learn but it's fantastic

[coarse cobalt]

You can also buy modules on roll20 if you find one in a system that looks fun

[rotund quail]

You have to pay for Roll20?

[coarse cobalt]

nope!

[rotund quail]

Oh that's nice

[coarse cobalt]

You can if you want, but you really don’t have to

[zenith rampart]

I'll add that the usefulness of a virtual tabletop varies with what system you're playing in. Pathfinder or 5e? Really good to have. Call of Cthulhu or Mistborn? Not as necessary.

[undone sky]

That's a very fair point. Especially if you wanna be loose with the rules and more rp heavy. Still nice to have all the sheets etc in one place for the dm i think

Also for me personally I hate playing with voice chat only. Seeing people's faces in rp is so important

To me at least, I know some people prefer voice only

[idle hatch]

turns out I have around 200 dice

https://tenor.com/view/dragon-gold-hoarder-hoard-smaug-gif-15973167

[sly shuttle]

About to say... sure the rules thing is true, but everything else really depends on your DM, my VM DMs always like to have a shit ton of fights and political dilemmas prepared

[zenith rampart]

True, though if you aren't using the tabletop portion I'd look for other solutions for character sheets, like D&D Beyond or Hero Lab.

[sly shuttle]

Sure VM is very RP based, but gods does everything there depend on your DM, VM is a part of the WoD games group so you can mix and match everything there

Also Yhe, you don’t need a Virtual tabletop either to play D&D with dungeons and maps, I personally love using screen share and my art programs and such with small player tokens on top of a dungeon map

[coarse cobalt]

Even if you don’t use maps, I find having like a scene setting image can be nice

One of my former gms barely used maps but he had different backgrounds set up for us in roll20 to help set the tone

[sly shuttle]

Yhe, just something like a picture of a creepy cave from Google can be amazing for theater of mind play as well

[coarse cobalt]

Exactly

[zenith rampart]

I like that the virtual tabletops let your players move their characters for themselves. I have one friend who's just using google sheets they've shared with their players who have little token images they can move.

[sly shuttle]

I bought permanent access to Fantasy grounds a year ago, though we never really end up using it, I’ve moved onto using inkarnate and then my art programs cause while the virtual tabletops are great, idk, I never really got along with them

[zenith rampart]

I like that there are enough options that each group can use or not use anything based on how they want to play.

I know I'm waiting with much anticipation for TaleSpire which I think looks awesome. However, convincing players to try new things can be hard. So, whatever you choose for your group has to be something the entire group can get behind.

[undone sky]

True! I love ddb, I make and keep all my characters in there

[undone sky]

I mean ultimately everything always depends on your group and gm haha. I just mean generally, how the system and the rules are set up. Dnd is "supposed to be" a very combat heavy game

But like... None of my groups play it that way

[sly shuttle]

I’d say the combat heaviness really depends on the version you play, cause 3.5E is a lot more combat oriented than 5E

[zenith rampart]

I honestly don't go looking for systems to try if they don't have digital character sheets anymore...

That makes me curious as to how closely Pathfinder followed 3.5 in that regard. In my experience pathfinder games have not been noticeably more combat heavy than any 5e games I've been in, and both have been pretty evenly mixed on combat vs. straight rp.

[sly shuttle]

Yhe, it’s as with any role playing game really, it’s up to the players how they do it, like I run head first into most fights in video games even if the mission is a “stealth” mission, it’s up to the players how you play

Gods... that reminded me of an old friend of mine that played a rouge with a streak for carrying around chains, pots and pans

[zenith rampart]

I know a paladin like that. And an oracle. Stealth? What's stealth? I clank too much for that so why bother.

Chains, pots and pans? Did they have a reason for this? Other than, cooking, I guess?

[sly shuttle]

Their mother was a cook at the king’s castle and she’d gifted him his pots and pans all enchanted to create large meals after 4 hours of being over fire

The chains he used to tie the pots and pans to his person

The chains also came in handy when we dealt with bandits and shit so just another plus

[zenith rampart]

That makes a lot of sense. I like it.

[sly shuttle]

His mom did end up adopting pretty much the entire party 😂

That was one of the most fun campaigns I’ve played in honestly, watching a rouge still somehow get 35+ on stealth rolls when they sound like the entire damn Circus is just, so much fun

[zenith rampart]

Mom NPC! I've got a group that's on the road to doing that right now.
That's some pretty impressive stealthing.

[sly shuttle]

I think that party of ours also really pissed off our DM... cause he hasn’t allowed us to meme PC ever since...

[zenith rampart]

Aw...

[undone sky]

I just got such a fun idea for a character ahh

Consider this: extremely unlucky halfling who accidentally fell into some sort of magic trap thing and became a wild magic sorcerer

[flint hearth]

wouldn't that just be a person with regular luck then

unless you're SAM AND REFUSE TO USE YOUR LUCK UNLESS YOU'RE DEFENDING A DEADLY DAGGER

[undone sky]

Lmao yeah I wouldn't use luck with them

I'd probably replace luck with something else

[flint hearth]

I think you mean lamo

don't they @idle hatch

[idle hatch]

THE MOMENT I COME BACK AND LOOK

THE SECOND I OPEN THE APP

[flint hearth]

https://tenor.com/PXyJ.gif

what can I say, I have amazing comedic timing

[idle hatch]

https://c.tenor.com/emVYEW-fhlgAAAAM/critical-role-crit-role.gif

[idle hatch]

I love that idea

[flint hearth]

Tal's expressions tell a thousand tales

[idle hatch]

He's been around enough

[flint hearth]

million and a half years, give or take

but also yes, that sounds great Biv

I'm always game for ill fitted characters having to deal with shit they're wildly unprepared for xD

we're trying to write a character in starfinder with a friend where my character basically got turned into a kestrel familiar after some reality magic shenanigans

[undone sky]

It would be a very big fuckin challenge for me cause I can't stop myself from making Good Characters and I wanna get better at making Bad Characters 😭

[flint hearth]

meanwhile my first character ever is a giant goliath druid 🤣

[undone sky]

But making completely unoptimized fun characters sounds is so cool bc there's so much rp potential there

[flint hearth]

I also have a dwarf monk

[idle hatch]

I have a character I've never used who's a shy half orc druid who don't know orcish but knows gnomish because she got abandoned in a forest and adopted by this bubbley gnome druid. One day I hope to use it.

[undone sky]

Incredible I love Goliath druids

Awww so cute

[flint hearth]

her name is Vanessa with no last name, she has 7 int and 20 wisdom

[undone sky]

Low wis high int club

Wait

High wis low int club

[idle hatch]

"I think I shouldn't eat that but you know what? Imma do it anyway what's the harm"

[undone sky]

Really showing my own stats here huh

[flint hearth]

she loves using words she doesn't understand because they sound long and complicated

"you got yourself into quite the continuum huh"

[undone sky]

I would love to play more int and cha characters cause the classes are so cool but I'm fuckin stupid and can't talk good

[flint hearth]

also you're fine Biv I have 0 int 0 wisdom 🤣

[undone sky]

Gang gang 😔

[flint hearth]

it's so much more fun though

you get away with everything cuz stoopid

or like one of the CR animated series would say

"you literally can't write anything that's too stupid for Grog"

[undone sky]

Whenever I take those "what are your real life stats" quizzes I get 11-9 on every single stat 🥴🥴 mediocrity is my middle name

But playing a good dumb character takes so much brain forreal

[flint hearth]

anyone ever told you it's not about the numbers but how you use them Biv 😉

[undone sky]

Anyone can play a dumb character but playing a good dumb character almost takes more brains than playing a smart character

[idle hatch]

I love characters that goes totally against their stereotypes. The rogue? Steals for the party only, always makes sure they stealthy fill their bags with goods. The bard? Won't seduce you but WILL make sure you end up loving yourself more after their speech. Etc

[undone sky]

Same!!!

[flint hearth]

that's adorable

[undone sky]

But leaning into stereotypes is fun too sometimes

[idle hatch]

Oh yeah def

[harsh nimbus]

I knew someone who made a Paladin with 5 intelligence. He spoke limited words.

[flint hearth]

my goliath druid's super chatty and nerdy and a little shy

but also a hulking mass of 8 ft and 400 pounds of mostly muscle

so like as long as you don't ask him anything

[sly shuttle]

Gods Vix, Roli is a fucking cinnamon roll

[flint hearth]

you can sort of have the illusion that he's dangerous xD

cept he'll prolly be fiddling with a loose thread on his clothes and looking uncomfortable

[sly shuttle]

or Braiding Aaron's mane?

[flint hearth]

100% braiding Aaron's mane and telling him about potions he can brew to help maintain a healthy coat

[harsh nimbus]

I did create a Elf who was raised by Gnomes so unlike the typical Elf, when he was taken into their prestigious academy he caused disruptions, flirted arounds with his fellow students (male and female) and dyed his hair whilst wearing flamboyant clothing.

[idle hatch]

I love hearing others talking about their characters so much you have no idea

[flint hearth]

well they're our babies ya know :3

[sly shuttle]

So we have a party of, 2 Warlocks (a hexblade and a fiend pact), 2 Bards, a Druid and an unknown

[flint hearth]

which honestly sounds like the start of a bad joke xD

[idle hatch]

Unknown?

[sly shuttle]

our Last party member hasn't shared their character yet

[flint hearth]

we kidnapped coaxed Shlee into joining us >:3

[idle hatch]

Ooooh mysterious mystery

[sly shuttle]

hoping to get something tomorrow for Ses0

[idle hatch]

https://c.tenor.com/EELRCcwAZMsAAAAM/raccoon-weird.gif

[harsh nimbus]

Me too. And characters that go against the grain. Like how in Planescape torment there's a Succubus who is a Paladin.

[idle hatch]

The more creative you get the best it is

I should create another one just to put on the stack

[sly shuttle]

Roli, our Goliath Druid is a cinnamon roll
Aaron, our Hexblade warlock is a jaded fucker who fights people for a free meal and a place to stay in any city he's in

[flint hearth]

honestly when I was trying to make a characters I looked at all the stereotypes and asked myself "how do I break all this" 😂

[idle hatch]

Chaotic until the very end

[flint hearth]

like the very first character I made was a bright sunflower yellow tiefling with massive oryx horns

[harsh nimbus]

I have a Evil character. A worshipper of Lamashtu (God of monsters and deformities) and he's a semi-handsome half-elf.

[flint hearth]

cuz I was like "hmm this colour never pops up lemme break it"

[harsh nimbus]

He sees his Elven features as monstrous.

[sly shuttle]

oh yhe, Leonin are by lore typically in the good alignments, mostly lawful or true, Aaron is a Lawful evil Leonin who made a pact with an eldrich nightmare just cause

[flint hearth]

goes to show the power of perception

[sly shuttle]

Player's handbook: Tieflings are usually red or normal human skin toned!
D&D Players: so Blue, Yellow, Green, Purple and bright pink tieflings got ya'

[idle hatch]

Quick question if I wanted to make, say, a cleric very much against undead creatures, but like with a vivid passion, would Kelemvor works as a patron?

[sly shuttle]

I'd take the Raven Queen or any god of life/death

[idle hatch]

Oooh the Raven Queen

Dope one

[sly shuttle]

but Kelemvor could work

[harsh nimbus]

I prefer Pathfinder's alternative Tiefling/Aasimar races so you can have some interesting looks.

[sly shuttle]

we did get the Feral Tiefling with the Sword coast adventurers guide, adds some more looks to the tiefling

[harsh nimbus]

Sadly I only of Pathfinder deities and the Goddess of Death is against undeath.

[sly shuttle]

we've got the variants there, but it doesn't add quite what Pathfinder does

[hoary timber]

Kelemvors pretty good. If I remember right he defeated the previous god of death and took over there position.

He's very much into maintaining the balance between life and death and absolutely hates when it's messed with and that includes undead.

[sly shuttle]

he'd hate Dhampirs

[hoary timber]

.> He sure does.

Not that I would know <.<

[sly shuttle]

half living, half dead

oh, he'd hate the undead Warlock pact too..

[hoary timber]

He's got the don't mess with me moustache beard combo

[sly shuttle]

oml yes

[idle hatch]

I've read his story and I was like ''badass...'', still not sure which one to choose

Big Daddy Death

[hoary timber]

I find it interesting that he unlike the other gods of death wanted to make death understood as a natural process and literally went into the land of the dead to rid it of corruption as well as accepting those without faith or those that had a subfaith to a god that that god didn't approve of.

[hoary timber]

Also remember that depending on the setting certain gods of actual mythologies are accepted. Such as Anubis and Hel.

You could say your character came from across the sea from a far off land that worshipped a little known god.

[harsh nimbus]

I had a idea for a fighter. He's a hobgoblin raised in a military nation. He married a Elf, but she was killed by her brother and framed. I roughly based this of Ka D'argo from Farscape.

[hoary timber]

At least little known to this part of the world

[idle hatch]

Yeaaaah so many to chose. Maybe I should precise that I want him to be a cleric of the grave domain? Dunno if that would influence it too much

[hoary timber]

Yeah best bets kelemvor. Grave clerics hate undead.

[sly shuttle]

Grave Clerics typically have that whole "fuck the undead" look on the world

[hoary timber]

Raven queens very good too but what she's really interested in is knowledge

She loves secrets and hidden things.

If you do make a raven queen cleric, you could go Shadar Kai since they worship her.

[idle hatch]

Thanks for the insights y'all

[harsh nimbus]

Sorry I couldn't be of more help.

[idle hatch]

Nah don't worry about it

[bleak summit]

I'm not super clear on if it's okay to link by server rules but has anyone seen the Kickstarter for Coyote and Crow? I'm kinda hype for it +___+ Alternate future where the Americas were never colonized by Europe, dev team is mostly Native

D12 system

[river heart]

you can link it. mostly we don't want self-promos like to other discords and things, but we were linking the kickstarter for say, Roots of Pacha when it was active, etc.

[bleak summit]

Oh okay, thanks Shlee!

In that case https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/connoralexander/coyote-and-crow

I'm super excited about it and just need to shaaaare

[hoary timber]

https://c.tenor.com/ZFc20z8DItkAAAAM/facepalm-really.gif

Today in D&D land.

My party met a blacksmith named Mr. Bear.

They wish to adopt him.

They don't know he's a shapechanger.

They don't know just how much what happens when he loses his temper and that he hates being talked down to like a common house cat.

https://c.tenor.com/9dt5Ill9w2sAAAAM/things-are-about-to-get-interesting-get-ready.gif

[flint hearth]

ruh roh hehehe

[light vine]

So....

who here read the Inferno by Dante Alighieri?

or has a unending grudge against Jack T. Chick?

[primal perch]

Can someone help me decide on a race for my character?

My instant interest doesn’t exist in my dms world yet (he assured us that after the events of this campaign there would be more races)

[primal perch]

Looks neat

[coarse cobalt]

If your dm has limited races in the campaign you’ll be playing, you should probably discuss your options with him and not uninvolved folks

[primal perch]

Ik my options

It’s just like non beastials and non war forged plus nothing from ravnica tho that last bits pretty standard

So like Volos and phb mostly it’s not super limited

Also he don’t count Dragonborn as bestial for the sake of it

I was planning on doing a lizard folk until I got the lore news

[sly shuttle]

does you DM allow Unearthed Arcana (UA) races?

[primal perch]

Also he’s hella busy lately so I don’t wanna bother him

[sly shuttle]

(a lot of DMs don't cause they're not technically done being balanced for the game, but UA races right now have people from the Faewild realm under them since they're playtesting them)

[primal perch]

Not generally unless it’s being treated more as class features + for the new stuff as well as shifter

[sly shuttle]

yhe, that's pretty common, so You've got PHB and Volos?

[primal perch]

Pretty much

Moderkeniens is cool too

For the like 3 sub races in that

Scag isn’t tho

[sly shuttle]

that's the girth then and some sub races to the basics

[primal perch]

True

It’s just not my ideas lol

And there aren’t any dwarfs where our characters are from

So well in the campaign world dwarves are fine they don’t exist in the town

[sly shuttle]

bestials would cut out a bunch of the races too, Tabaxi, Orc, Kobold, Bugbear, Firbolg, Goblin, Possibly Hobgoblin, and more than likely Kenku

[primal perch]

Dwarves are a mostly self focused race in his campaign world with only a few leaving home countries

Orc bugbear firbolg goblin and hob aren’t bestial?

[sly shuttle]

we usually go "they have a monster they a beast"

but yhe they technically aren't

[primal perch]

I mean orcs in some campaign worlds are bestial ig cause they’re done as pig like by some dms

also kobolds would be fine but in his universe Dragonborn serve their purpose

And he hasn’t figured out a new use for em

[sly shuttle]

you ever try the Yuan-Ti Pureblod as a PC? those are usually fun to play, at least IMO

[primal perch]

Well I can’t say I have I am actually about to

[little glacier]

What is a good class to play for a Loxodon character?

[primal perch]

For another campaign

Uh

Let’s see 3 arms

So

You could make a 2 handed fighter with a shield

[sly shuttle]

most classes go with most races, though Loxo's I'd say fighter or Cleric

you'd want a Con or Wis heavy class for them though since their racial trait gives +2Con +1Wis

[primal perch]

Well tho remember

You can rearrange the wis buff now

[sly shuttle]

I didn't get that option when I rolled my Owlfolk Cleric 🤔

[primal perch]

It’s in tashas

I can get the page of you want

[sly shuttle]

that's why then

haven't bought Tasha's yet

[primal perch]

I think the books at my dads rn

Ah ok

[sly shuttle]

I use DnDBeyond for my books, Tasha's just wasn't released yet when I bought everything on there

should get around to buying that tho... I DID pre-order ravenloft a couple days ago

[primal perch]

I haven’t heard that name in years

What was that now 19’ when we ended cos

I loved my character in that campaign

Ingstrom

[sly shuttle]

ok, Tasha's bought, time to see if it'll allow me to move Wis

[primal perch]

Should also be able to make a custom lineage now

[sly shuttle]

yhe, got that in my Character creator

just checking with the Loxodon right now if it'll let me move that +1Wis or if DnDBeyond doesn't have that feature in there...

ok, so that's why it wasn't working, it's a toggle, you could move those Ability scores around yhe

[primal perch]

Okay

I was trying to send a pic of the page but wifi wouldn’t let me

[sly shuttle]

yhe, I figured it out, had to hit up support real quick

it's been too long since I've done anything that wasn't the by lore given ability mods

[primal perch]

I think it’s to make dnd 5e less racist or something but it’s really not imo especially compared to past editions

[sly shuttle]

yhe no, 5e really wasn't that bad

each race has their "thing"

[primal perch]

I was annoyed by how orc lost int purely because no other race loses a star

[sly shuttle]

like Leonin has strength and Dex mods

[primal perch]

Stat

If most races lost a stat then it would be fine imo

But it was only orca

Orcs

[sly shuttle]

yhe ok, I never really played Orcs, half-orcs sure, full orcs, nah

[hoary timber]

Loxodons are pretty versatile, they can go cleric or fighter a Barbarian loxodon is very intimidating considering they can lift huge loads with there trunks as they have powerful build the only unfortunate thing about it is the trunk isn't dexterous enough to wield a shield or weapon.

[primal perch]

I thought they where?

[hoary timber]

They are very convenient for holding a lantern though or for holding up the halfling who's holding a lantern

Naw the trunks aren't allowed to wield weapons or shields

[sly shuttle]

the trunk is only really useful to slap someone

[hoary timber]

Monstrous races are pretty bad ass.

[sly shuttle]

give them a good old bitch slap with your nose

[hoary timber]

I'm just sad that minos and loxodons and centaurs are medium

[primal perch]

Wait

[hoary timber]

Where as in the monster manual minos and centaurs are large

[primal perch]

Loxodon armorers really good then

[hoary timber]

Yeah loxodon armorer can be quite good as long as you are willing to give up the int bonus in race.

[sly shuttle]

yhe, my old DM kept saying it had something to do with the PC playables being from a different world and thus evolved differently than their Monster manual cousins

[primal perch]

Don’t need to give it up

Tashas

[hoary timber]

But imagine a Loxodon Barbarian who's a bouncer part time who's just grappled two people and then another with the trunk before flinging them all out the window.

[primal perch]

So let me explain loxodon armored

The gauntlets are built into the limbs not held by you

So you could dual weapon fight well having a shield

[hoary timber]

You're suggesting a Loxodon armorer would create some sort of metal attachment on there trunk to weld a shield onto it?

A GM might allow it though that'd be a bit of a stretch haha.

[primal perch]

no

the gauntlet would be on the trunk too

one of the 2 normal hands weilds a sheild

[hoary timber]

So blast with the trunk.

[primal perch]

punch with the trunj

gauntlets is the melee option

[hoary timber]

Gotcha.

Honestly I don't see why a metal cannon ball can't be put on the end if the loxodons strong enough.

[primal perch]

that would be artillerist

[hoary timber]

Then they can sing 'I came in like a wrecking ballll'

As they move through a room

[primal perch]

the way i interpurt it at least

if you wanted a single blaster do the snealth and ranged armorer

but if you can dual weapon ifhgt with a sheild its strictly worse except for on a stealth mission

[little glacier]

Armorer?

[hoary timber]

Artificer subclass

[primal perch]

armorer is ooga booga

[hoary timber]

Techno junkies

Heh

[primal perch]

well most artificer subclasses are like

balanced with each other

armorer is at least to me

the clear best

[hoary timber]

Somewhat I just don't like they don't go past slot 5

But in exchange they get many shiny things

[primal perch]

slot 5?

[hoary timber]

Spell slots

[primal perch]

o

ok

ye thats fair but'

imagine if they did

or hell if you want to go grab the og artificer ua

THEY WHERE A WIZARD SUBCLASS

[hoary timber]

Lol true true.

Today in D&D Land! My oathbreaker paladin player finally gets home after three years of being dead after having been killed by his paladin commander to keep him quiet.

I say 'and there he is your son looking at you surprised and just the way you left him when you went off on your mission.

Paladin didn't pick up on the verbal clues. Was overcome with emotion.

Fast forward a day during a dangerous fight, paladin suddenly feels a pain in his side, looks down sees a sword in his side. Looks over, sees his son holding said sword.

Turns out his real son had left in search of there mother after paladin dissapeared. What the paladin thought was his son turned out to be a doppelganger henchman left by the paladin commander in case the paladin returned.

Paladin face : :O

[flint hearth]

I'm gonna sign up to your dnd news letter Dante istg xD

[hoary timber]

Lmao

[flint hearth]

lamo*

[hoary timber]

Well it's nice to know people enjoy reading it now and then.

[primal perch]

oh

on the top of oathbreakers

[flint hearth]

that's brutal

[primal perch]

i hate them as a concept

it doesnt matter the oath you break

you become evil

what if youre conquest

and spare some dude

you broke your oath

oath breaker time

[hoary timber]

Depends on the oath honestly.

You can be a conquest paladin whos oath is to fight against the oppression of a country who is trying to take over yours.

[idle hatch]

https://c.tenor.com/Y8Ixm5imxycAAAAM/stare-glare.gif

[hoary timber]

Just because you spared a man you defeated doesn't mean you broke your oath.

[flint hearth]

https://tenor.com/bgBfL.gif

[primal perch]

"Douse the Flame of Hope. It is not enough to merely defeat an enemy in battle. Your victory must be so overwhelming that your enemies’ will to fight is shattered forever. A blade can end a life. Fear can end an empire."

oath of conquest

you break that oath

you become a oath breaker

reminder

lizardfolk dont feel fear

[hoary timber]

They do feel fear. It's just a physical reaction to them though.

Unlike humans where it's an emotional reaction.

Theyre incredibly emotionally detached

[primal perch]

the way i interupted it is its less fear by a human standard more

i agknowledge you are the stronger person here

[hoary timber]

I always thought of it as. That's a big bad guy and they have a lot more teeth than me. I will not fight the many teethed thing because it may kill me so I will find other teethy things like me to fight the teethier thing.

[primal perch]

ye but thats not fear ands a calm and focused response

fear can be overwelming and can change a battle

"Frustration and fury, more destructive than a hundred cannons."

[hoary timber]

That's because people put emotions behind that fear. Fear at it's base is just a chemical reaction that causes a creature to seek aversion because something is threatening to them. That's how I interpret lizardfolk fear.

So in my games if someone plays a lizardfolk and they get feared by a dragon it's sending so much of that chemical through there system that they absolutely need to get away because there body is trying to keep them alive.

Ergo the run away mechanic

You know one thing I don't like about lizardfolk though? That there bite feature only works once.

I think it would have been nice to work on 1 use per con score. Because the temp hit points are negligible once you get passed like 5th level.

🤔 that may make them overpowered though. Hmm.

[primal perch]

maybe 1 per profeincy?

youd get up to 6 and it wasnt their style yet but

it would scale with level

[hoary timber]

Badum tis

[primal perch]

which is wha ti like about profeincy

[hoary timber]

That'd work.

[primal perch]

having stuff scale with stats never made sense to me like that

cause generally its your main ability for the class

meaning you prob max it out in your first if not second increase

[hoary timber]

It definitely makes sense. racial abilities scaled by proficiency would definitely make sense.

The question is though. Crocodile lizardfolk or bearded dragon lizard folk?

Also this conversation makes me want to make a rogue lizardfolk, proficient with poisoner's tools.

They then apply them to there teeth and nom.

Ala komodo dragon

[light vine]

Have a hug happy Grung

or if your planning to dump Charisma go ALL IN on the Fleshspawn!

[hoary timber]

They're GM isn't allowing monstrous races.

Just humans elves tieflings, halflings, dwarves and the like.

[primal perch]

no

i said bestial not monstrous

big difference

i was gonna play lizardfolk but thats bestial

[hoary timber]

So goblins and orcs and hobgoblins are allowed?

[primal perch]

ye

[hoary timber]

Ahh gotcha gotcha.

My bad.

Considered changeling?

[primal perch]

not super fitting of my character but mayb

[hoary timber]

What type of character are you thinking about?

[primal perch]

drakewarden

someone whos kinda shut in

sorry ik this is basic but

im in classic rn so being fast

well actaully i shouldnt lie

not in it yet

just doing schoolwork for class and prepping to get in

[hoary timber]

All good. You do you. Education is important. i always tell people d&d is fun but don't forget how important life is so I getcha.

Consider a Drow drakewarden. They were seperated from the underground and decided to live in the darkest part of the forest where they found a dragon who gifted them a scale which they eventually made into a drake who is their companion.

Could also be a human ranger who was assigned to this section of the forest. Theyd watch over it and kept to themselves mostly until something happened that forced them to leave and search for a way to stop the damage to a forest.

Could also be a shifter if your GM allows that. Shifter ranger that's kind of standoffish who works as a bounty hunter and their favored terrain is urban environments

[digital copper]

Hello critter lurkers

[rare lagoon]

[idle hatch]

@sinful spade CR is Critical Role, it's a dnd podcast/show

[rare lagoon]

How do we get into the Critical Role Discord?

[sinful spade]

I love CR :D i also love that one episode with vin diesel if you know which one. but i dont think it was CR, or was it 🤔

[idle hatch]

Oh I think I've seen that one, it wasn't with them tho

I can't keep track of every podcast I get my hands on, I need more

more dnd stories means I iz happy

[deep mural]

Gasp. More critters?? We're everywhere

[hoary timber]

It was. That's where he played a blood hunter I believe and it was based on the movie he was in where he was a witch hunter.

[flint hearth]

ALL DAH CRITTERSSS

[hoary timber]

Lol

[flint hearth]

we actually have a CR group chat with other peeps from here if any o' y'all are interested xD

[idle hatch]

It was?? damnit my memory

[hoary timber]

Ye

[idle hatch]

Do I want to be in another server with you? Do I?

[deep mural]

Yeah, it was run by Matt, I believe? And I think Laura was in it. It's been a while though

[flint hearth]

it's not a serverrrr

[idle hatch]

it's been a whiiiile

[deep mural]

Yes. Yes I do want this.

[flint hearth]

mmmmmmmmmakinmyway

aight I'll shoot you a friend invite

[idle hatch]

it's still a closed virtual room with you, which means C H A O S

but hey as long as you let me profess my undying admiration to my lord Taliesin

[flint hearth]

what else do you think we do in there

[digital copper]

My love for the immortal soul Taliesin

My username is immortalalli and that was before i knew about cr

it was fate

[flint hearth]

niiice

[hoary timber]

All hail the undying ancient one lord Taliesin.

I gotta get back into that show. Just between working 11 hours a day and running a game on the side and my love for my bed I slip.

[digital copper]

yes its hard once you start missing episodes

im still trying to watch the recent one

[idle hatch]

11 hours a day? and you're still alive? mad respect

[hoary timber]

https://c.tenor.com/UGpcL6Dst0AAAAAM/hello-money.gif

[digital copper]

I work aroudn 12 hours shift 3 times a week and im dead so idk how you do 11 hours a day

[idle hatch]

https://tenor.com/view/nods-yes-not-wrong-its-true-story-valid-point-gif-14782869

[hoary timber]

I keep telling myself if I want more shiny stones I need more money.

It gets me by

[idle hatch]

damn truer words I've never been spoken

talking about that, I havent bought ones in ages

[digital copper]

I have a tray full of dice and I havent even got a dnd game going

[idle hatch]

I only did some sessions and one shots, not a lot, but after the first one I started the dice hoarding...Couldn't help it

and then I discovered CR and Laura Bailey taught me I was in the right

[digital copper]

I also kept buying dice set bath bombs

omg yess

[deep mural]

I got mermaid dice for Christmas but I haven't played since before the pandemic. I'm dying ;;

[hoary timber]

I've spent mine recently on supplements for dungeons & dragons primarily one on Kickstarter about a carnival circus led by a cosmic clown You probably saw it came out on critical role. I was happy to see them stay to advertise it a month after I backed it.

[idle hatch]

you can't say that and not link it

[hoary timber]

Lol the kickstarter campaign ended a few months back but they may still be taking pre orders. It's made by the same his who made the animated deck of many things and humblewood. The setting where you play woodland critters. I'll grab the link. I'm so excited for the popcorn dice.

[idle hatch]

the POPCORN DICE

https://tenor.com/view/panda-angry-mad-tantrum-cute-gif-16639230

[digital copper]

do you have photooos

[flint hearth]

one cannot just say "popcorn dice" and leave it at that

[modern void]

o.o i don't play d&d but if "popcorn dice" is in it, I want in.

[digital copper]

oooooooooooo

[hoary timber]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hitpointpress/heckna-cosmic-carnival-horror-campaign-setting-for-5e-dnd/posts/3076244

[flint hearth]

oh

my god.

[deep mural]

https://tenor.com/view/give-it-to-me-mine-gif-6484587

[idle hatch]

https://tenor.com/view/heavybreathing-cat-gif-6111353

[hoary timber]

Comes with a popcorn dice bag.

[idle hatch]

oh. my. god.

[digital copper]

omfggg

[hoary timber]

Lol I think preorders are still open if you're lucky.

I went all in and a lil extra with my pledge >.>

I could not resist. I love creepy horror games.

[deep mural]

Ugh but I'm so poor ;;

[idle hatch]

I gotta wait a bit before ordering more stuff dangit. I have my eyes on some beautiful ones with mushrooms in it

[hoary timber]

Mushroom dice? O.o

[idle hatch]

so sad my local game shop isn't open because of covid...there is a legit big ass tray with D20s there

yeah on Etsy , they're hella pricey but I'm looking for some just like those https://www.etsy.com/listing/740975402/fairy-garden-in-purple-mushroom-dnd-dice?ref=internal_similar_listing_bot-1

[digital copper]

omg dont

thats gorgeous

[idle hatch]

and they make so many with flowers and all too...but again the price damnit

[coarse cobalt]

those are so pretty i'm jealous

[deep mural]

Oh god those are so beautiful.

Shiny math rocks ;;

[idle hatch]

https://tenor.com/view/dice-gobin-dnd-dungeons-and-dragons-dice-goblin-gif-20132498

[hoary timber]

Aghhhh so pretty

Yet so expensive 😭

[flint hearth]

these are the ones I'm drooling on rn

[hoary timber]

Oooooooooi

https://c.tenor.com/R0d3sZ4fq6EAAAAM/money-dollars.gif

Those are dice I would wanna look at but not use because I'm afraid of chipping them

Lol

[flint hearth]

ikr

[hoary timber]

😱😱😱😱

https://c.tenor.com/77CBlK2TW_8AAAAM/i-need-that-shit-need-that-thing.gif

https://c.tenor.com/JisBNwIT_XgAAAAM/i-need-it-spongebob.gif

[flint hearth]

gonna end up making you cry Dante 🤣

[idle hatch]

https://tenor.com/view/parks-and-rec-andy-dwyer-chris-pratt-jaw-drop-shocked-gif-4421172

[flint hearth]

ikr

I did get these the other day

they're cursed

and I love them xD

[deep mural]

https://tenor.com/view/tenya-iida-bnha-my-hero-academia-bakugo-what-are-those-gif-16423636

[flint hearth]

those would be halloween dice, Kay~

[deep mural]

Those are. So. beautiful. Wat. Omg

[flint hearth]

the 6 on the d6 is legit just a skull 🤣

[flint hearth]

oh these are gorgeous Dante o:

[idle hatch]

I. want. those.

[flint hearth]

oh fuck yes

please and thank you

are they from URWizards

[idle hatch]

currently stalking their website

[flint hearth]

they have these

it's also where the first dice set I shared is from

it's indian agathe

[idle hatch]

it's so pretty

[flint hearth]

ikr

it's 10% off on etsy rn and I'm crying

[hoary timber]

I must stahp looking. I was like two seconds from buying them all.

Lol

[flint hearth]

hahaahahah

ain't that a mood

imma go grocery shopping

[hoary timber]

I was like this is why I work so much!

[flint hearth]

and stay away from that devil website

[deep mural]

cries in currently unemployed

[hoary timber]

Had to get rid of the gif because it was hurting my eyes.

[flint hearth]

I might start working next month which I'm super exited about ><

I'm also gonna have to try not to blow my entire pay on just dice 🤣

[deep mural]

Just blow the first one lol. That's your reward pay

[hoary timber]

This last year was Interesting expletive, interesting expletive, foul expletive

[flint hearth]

Yuuuppp

You can that again, with feelings xD

[hoary timber]

Says it again with the intensity of a thousand suns

[deep mural]

Preach

Remind me to take a pic of my dice hoard after my little person goes to nap. Otherwise they'll all get lost in the void.

[hoary timber]

Hahaha will do.

[deep mural]

I've got the original Kickstarter set of elder dice and they're. Pretty spiffy.

[hoary timber]

Ooooo 👀👀

[deep mural]

Every new character gets a themed set of dice, and we were doing an Eldritch horror themed game. I have no regrets cause they roll super well

[hoary timber]

Very cool. I love Eldritch horror stuff. Bought a deck of cthulhu tarot cards because of it. I ran a game of delta green which is based off call of cthulhu but my friends didn't seem to get into it so I ended up dropping it.

I will be expecting to see these dice!

[deep mural]

Ugh that's so disappointing. Ours only lasted about 4 sessions cause the other married couple couldn't stop bickering and totally killed the spooky vibe. So we stopped hosting. I was so disappointed.

[hoary timber]

Awww that sucks. I did mine online and I made sure to remind everyone before it began to respect the mood and the tone of the game and that everyone should know you aren't superheroes in this type of game, you're just trying to survive as long as you can before something crawls into your skin and makes it there home or you go crazy. I started noticing people started making more and more excuses whenever I was starting up a session so I finished up the mission and afterwards just ended the campaign.

It's such a buzz kill when people bring there relationship stuff into a game with there friends. Keep that at home when others aren't around. Today is game day. Have fun.

I'm sorry that your game tanked because of it.

[deep mural]

Not exactly Laura Bailey levels of dice goblin, but these are my babies

[idle hatch]

we postin' dice collection now? I'm in

[naive heron]

My brother gave me a bunch like that in a cut open coke bottle. About half of them look awesome and the other half just look terrible

It's a gamble

[idle hatch]

my sets and my orphans

[deep mural]

My elder babies

Yours are so much better organized than mine lmao. I just have a leather bag and a bunch of assorted little boxes all over the house

[idle hatch]

they be flamboyant

[flint hearth]

Auntie I've decided your rent for the house will be paid in dice.

[idle hatch]

I have a pocket for each type of dice in my bag, if I'm stressed I take them out and organise them lamo

[idle hatch]

https://tenor.com/view/tgn1-zombie-orpheus-onward-the-gamers-harper-gif-17195840

[deep mural]

I desperately want one of those dice bags of many things. I keep losing mine because I can't organize them, and then my anxiety goes haywire lol

[idle hatch]

Dice bag of holding sounds like a nice idea

[deep mural]

Expensive though if you're not artsy. And I am not.

Forgot my newest set. Hard to see, but there's shells inside

[idle hatch]

ooooh they're so pretty!

my last one had lil skulls and moss in it

[deep mural]

I think I've seen those around! Or ones like it. They were on my Christmas wishlist lol

[coarse cobalt]

OH CAN I POST MY COLLECTION AGAIN

[flint hearth]

please do

[flint hearth]

hahahahahha I love that you just had it at the ready 🤣

[coarse cobalt]

lmao i just took this picture like last week

for reference, the dice are about 2-3 deep in that box

[obsidian loom]

I love that so much, looks hella cool

[coarse cobalt]

and there are 5 mini sets within the big d20

[obsidian loom]

Is that a d20 dice jail lmao alfhsjd

[sly shuttle]

My current Dice collection is sad... most of my dice went poof when we moved a couple years back

[coarse cobalt]

nah my dice jail is a mug on my desk, that's just my cool dice box!

[obsidian loom]

Honestly? Very valid

[coarse cobalt]

I usually keep the dice i set aside for the BBEG of a campaign in that, but i'm between campaigns rn so it's holding the mini dice, which i use for child npcs

[obsidian loom]

That is,,,, so valid

[coarse cobalt]

This is dice jail

[obsidian loom]

And adorable

Alfjakjdjajs true jail

[coarse cobalt]

it has three d20s in it currently

[idle hatch]

and they shall stay there

[deep mural]

https://tenor.com/view/homer-the-simpsons-whatever-i-dont-care-gif-5239711

[coarse cobalt]

i had a doppelgänger npc and they rolled extremely badly for him

[flint hearth]

D: nooooooooooooo !

[coarse cobalt]

he ended up hog-tied and carried as a purse

which was a big hit and that paladin has declared the next time she sees him she's making him into a hat

[sly shuttle]

The current collection, I’ve got about 15 sets in my cart on Etsy tho

Just... need that money

[coarse cobalt]

so purple!

[sly shuttle]

I was... very obsessed with purple when I bought them

the multi colored D6s with the dot numerals on them I found on the ground outside the TTRPG store back in 2015, left them there for a day, when they were still there I snatched them

[idle hatch]

it was fate

[sly shuttle]

they're unlucky as all fuck tho

I haven't EVER rolled above a 2 on any of them'

[idle hatch]

that would explain why they were left outside then 😂

[digital copper]

yooo we showinf dice?

hol on lemme organise

i'll show u what it usually looks like too

[coarse cobalt]

my first tabletop die i found in the woods

[idle hatch]

https://tenor.com/view/kermit-darkside-star-wars-evil-innerme-gif-13048146

[sly shuttle]

my first die i got from my ex-boyfriend

[sly shuttle]

we're still friends so if I ever use that die and we're at the same table he screams at me like some Romeo

[coarse cobalt]

this is my d8 from the forest

[idle hatch]

obviously it's magical