🎲tabletop-and-boardgames

[coarse cobalt]

gotta be

[digital copper]

There's some ash on the dragon cus it's used for insense 😂

But I usually just store em in the dragon bowl

[idle hatch]

I mean who doesn't need a dragon bowl right? that's rad

[digital copper]

The set on the top right was my first set

Then all the others came from CR themed bath bombs

Ones scanlan ones Caleb and one was just a cherry set

And the pinky orange one I'm not sure what bathbomb theme that was

[deep mural]

CR themed bath bombs??

[flint hearth]

they actually explode

[deep mural]

What that's so cool

[flint hearth]

no I don't know I was just joking hahahah

just if we look at CR's history of making bombs......

stares in Victor

[deep mural]

Oh damn lol

Fluffernutter??

[flint hearth]

fluffernutter is another example 🤣

[digital copper]

hahahaah

They are just coloured and the dice fit the cr characters

its a UK company

[deep mural]

https://tenor.com/view/leigh574-critical-role-sam-riegel-laura-bailey-fluffernutter-gif-12728088

[digital copper]

https://geekyclean.com/

[deep mural]

That's really cool!

[idle hatch]

Someone said fluffernutter I heard fluffernutter

[sly shuttle]

Why is this so true!?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oE9omrYK7gg

[hoary timber]

i am shamed to say my most recent warlock is both

edgiest edgeboy ive made

twas so edgy that the character i made afterwards was the dragonborn barbarian who baked snacks for her party and gave dragon plushies to poor children while grumpily telling her party that arguing is bad and putting the argumentative PC's in the corner to think about what theyve done.

[idle hatch]

Wholesome barbarians. I love it

[pliant stirrup]

That's just a thing in every existence ever

The Books: Barbarians are gritty, serious warriors who live for blood and battle.

The Players: This is Mother/Himbo/Protector of the Smols

[hoary timber]

.> Shed bake anger cookies and thats how shed go into a rage by eating an anger cookie

also anyone remember the time jester talked to a flower?

[pliant stirrup]

You mean Henry Crabgrass? 🤣

[hoary timber]

the best of the crabgrasses

[pliant stirrup]

Crabgrass is just grass 😂

Not a flower

[hoary timber]

tomato potato

henry crabgrass and Zorth are my favorites

[pliant stirrup]

I don't think I know Zorth.

I'm on Episode 113 rn.

[hoary timber]

oh you know zorth

[flint hearth]

Henry Crabgrass needs to be framed and revered as the precious bean he is

[hoary timber]

and if you dont know zorth you should definitly look em up

[idle hatch]

https://c.tenor.com/SqU2FTBPU5sAAAAM/critical-role-crit-role.gif

[hoary timber]

he made taliesin lose his composure

[flint hearth]

in fairness that's not exactly hard xD

[hoary timber]

and made the rest of the party fall into hysterics

[pliant stirrup]

Ohhhh, the guy they got the moorbounders from!

[flint hearth]

Tal's always up for a good laugh

[idle hatch]

Didn't Tal already talk to grass before? As Percival I think

My memory is eeeh

[pliant stirrup]

I don't think Percival could cast Speak with Plants?

[hoary timber]

https://youtu.be/pNYIih2C8aI

yeh

[idle hatch]

It's fuzzy in my head but there was something involving plants

[flint hearth]

you know what's one of my favourite moments in both campaign

[idle hatch]

Do tell

[flint hearth]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37P7LWcsnNY&ab_channel=sandssavvy

[idle hatch]

Omg the letters

the letters

[flint hearth]

"dear bo, crossed out shit"

"...

THANKS."

[idle hatch]

Ashly burch, I swear

That cinnamon roll of a gal

[flint hearth]

I love her so much

stil my favourite Marisha reaction

like

ever.

cept maybe when she goes notebook goblin

[hoary timber]

i can never forget the goldfish swandive

[flint hearth]

ok no but that's just CR legend at this point 🤣

[hoary timber]

like a gentle fart, you push against the cliff wall

[idle hatch]

The thing that had me roaring in laughter was hearing them talking about the absolute clusterfuck of bad luck that is Will Wheaton with his dice and every dice he touches, like reverse Taliesin magic...and I understood why when they invited him to play

[hoary timber]

and Matts absolute refusal to touch anything Will has touched

[sly shuttle]

people ask me what I love about Critical role, and as we get into the higher numbered episodes of Campaign 2 I cannot stop myself from laughing at this line all the time:

https://tenor.com/view/critical-role-fjorester-fjord-stone-travis-willingham-jester-is-the-grass-upsetting-you-gif-18880319

[proud oriole]

The answer is yes

[hoary timber]

Oh captain tusk tooth.

Who?

Uh I mean...nothing, it's nothing.

[sly shuttle]

"Tusktooth, why don't you have any tusks?"

[hoary timber]

Pfft

[sly shuttle]

I swear, every single time the others introduced Fjord as such every NPC must've gone "where the hell is the tusks!? why doesn't he have tusks!?"

[pliant stirrup]

I mean

He has them now

[sly shuttle]

he does

[hoary timber]

He's no longer shamed of himself

Which is good

[sly shuttle]

Fjord went from "Yes sir, she'll be home by 10pm sharp" to "yhe, she calls me Captain"

[hoary timber]

It was nice to see that they worked on helping him through his self consciousness

[pliant stirrup]

You say that like he won't also get her home by 10pm sharp

[sly shuttle]

oh he still would

[hoary timber]

And the time he put a down payment on a brothel worker XD

[sly shuttle]

Fjord is like, a fucking gentleman

and he is fully fucking aware that her father and mother both could and would have him killed if anything happened to her

[flint hearth]

I guess all Fjord needed to learn was some good ol' tusk love

[sly shuttle]

[hoary timber]

Oh god. Boooooo

Get out of here

That had so much cheese in it that I'm gonna explode.

XD

[pliant stirrup]

...See, the Ruby of the Sea couldn't do that. She's just a courtesan. That said. She'll throw hands and she will win.

[sly shuttle]

I mean, I do point to my Status, but that one is more cause it made me crackle

Courtesan or not, she knows people who'd do ANYTHING for her

[flint hearth]

but am I wrong

[sly shuttle]

because, who would kill someone by themselves when they've got pretty much the entirety of Exandria wrapped around their little finger?

[sly shuttle]

no, you are not, but

[flint hearth]

https://tenor.com/v2Vo.gif

[idle hatch]

https://c.tenor.com/NBDghGZnYG4AAAAM/critical-role-travis-willingham.gif

[obsidian loom]

This convo is amazing

[hoary timber]

Today in D&D land. Player edition. My evil warlock who on the inside was ashamed of what he has done was slowly beginning to reach out for help from a guardian angel that he had been ignoring for ages and just as he was going to say help me please, the party barges in and tries an intervention and said that if he didn't repent and take on there religion that he would be there mortal enemy.

My warlock being in a vulnerable state and being of a defensive nature who reacts with aggression did not take hearing that well and has now shunned the opportunity for redemption because look at these people who are friends. They've threatened me.
https://c.tenor.com/LvWTk7mAkfsAAAAM/bb-can8-big-brother-canada.gif

https://c.tenor.com/_Qcs9o2WMToAAAAM/ugh-ughh.gif

[pliant stirrup]

Imagine your party threatening to murder you because you don't agree with them. Sigh.

[sly shuttle]

It wouldn’t be the first time 😂

[hoary timber]

To be fair my warlock is a bad guy >.> So he kinda would deserve it.

[sly shuttle]

I’ve had plenty parties and party members threaten to murder my characters 😂

[hoary timber]

Kinda murdered an angel of there faith who tried to kill em.

So it's understandable the religious party members would be
https://c.tenor.com/PqJsoGX4qOwAAAAM/angry-cat-noises-shout.gif

https://c.tenor.com/CZZBe9YwcmYAAAAM/unacceptable-knight.gif

But it was so close. 🤏 To redemption arc.

[sly shuttle]

Yhe...

[hoary timber]

My poor GM is trying to hold things together so the game doesn't explode. Bless his heart.

[sly shuttle]

Gods talking d&d reminds me I gotta send my DM the backstory and shit for my character...

[hoary timber]

Oh? Do tell

[sly shuttle]

We’re starting a campaign on the 11th with session 1 but I keep forgetting to translate and send the backstory to our DM 😂

Basically since the entirety of my party is in here: he’s a jaded ass fucker who made a pact with an eldrich being to gain power a long ass Time ago leaving him with a scimitar which he from time to time will talk to if he’s feeling lonely

On top of that he has spend like 2 years traveling around from town to town as a gladiator earning his keep

[hoary timber]

how was your day scimitar? Stab oh you don't say? Stab stab yeah I know what you mean.

Hexblade or warlock with a blade pact?

[sly shuttle]

Hexblade

Gonna grab blade pact once we get there cause it’s really the only out of UA pact I enjoy right now

[hoary timber]

I took Eldritch aight thirsting blade and....the jump one I can't remember what it's called.

Surprisingly enough it's been so dang useful

Never realized just how much more interesting combat becomes when you can jump 30 feet up onto a ledge and pew pew down with a Eldritch bow.

[sly shuttle]

Yhe, a lot of the pacts and boons are super fun to play, idk, I just prefer hexblades and blade pacts cause they can realistically fit with any race and any person

Like “oh I stumbled upon this awesome blade, it’s mine now” is a perfectly fine “this is how I got my pact” for the hexblades

[pliant stirrup]

I mean, my favourite pact is the Chain pact, if only because you get Gift of the Ever-Living Ones.

Also a dragon

[hoary timber]

Is that the one where you don't need to sleep anymore?

You can just stay awake 24/7

Oh dang it's automatic max healing when your familiar is near you.

Crazy stuff

[pliant stirrup]

Yup

It only costs 10gp and however long your familiar can stay alive.

especially helps since the one warlock I've played is a fighter dip

[proven vale]

dragon familar is best familar

[hoary timber]

Nein matcha familiar is best familiar.

[graceful cove]

Is that from Dragon Stew by any chance???

[hoary timber]

Yes!

I love there book haha. Soon as I bought it I started using the cooking rules in my game.

[graceful cove]

Ahh awesome!! I backed Hexbound and am getting Dragon Stew I'm SO excited for it, and the art looks so good

[hoary timber]

I thought about getting hexbound but I couldn't help but wonder if my players would actually use it or not.

[graceful cove]

Oh that's fair! I have a pretty mixed bag of players, and at the very least I'll enjoy the NPCs and items haha. But I have 2 that are stoked for the witches and 2 that are stoked for cooks, so hey it works out! 😅

[heavy granite]

👀 I just noticed this channel

[sly shuttle]

for our Bards out there:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nC3j-rof6I

[main wave]

is the book like, used to play DnD? (im totally clueless)

[hoary timber]

Yeah it's a third party source book with rules on how to cook monsters for special effects, subclasses and creature stats for some creatures that are centered around the book theme.

[main wave]

oh nice. the designs got me intrigued

[primal perch]

little fun fact

tiefling takes over the bloodline

so if say lets get an absurd combo uh

a tortle and tiefling have a kid

[flint hearth]

centaur tiefling

[primal perch]

thats gonna be a tiefling

autocorrect corrected tortle to turtle lmao

at least

[sly shuttle]

I mean, is there a difference

[primal perch]

in forgotten realms

[flint hearth]

hey if the turtle and the tiefling both want to get it on 🤣

[heavy granite]

in Pathfinder they're a good blend of the original race and tiefling

demon torts

[primal perch]

this is a tortle btw

[kindred hare]

there was a tortle in my 1st re-attempt into getting into dnd

[primal perch]

its mostly like that in dnd but in forgotten realms its not according to the expansion books

[sly shuttle]

Personally, I leave genetics to 50/50
so say you have a Tiefling and a Centaur, say bye bye to the human top and say hello to devil top

[heavy granite]

👀

[primal perch]

that makes sense

[kindred hare]

he ended up having a paralyze skill that we now affectionately call "rufilin" now

[primal perch]

to explain tiefling take over thing tho

due to a thing asmodeous did all tieflings take over the blood line

its gone over in 1 of the books series that takes place in forgotten realms

[sly shuttle]

that's called magically dominant genetics

[hoary timber]

I think there's one other d&d race thats the same as tieflings

I just can't remember what it is

Where there genetics become the dominant traits

[primal perch]

also yes this only applies in 5e and maybe 4e? i dont know my 4e lore but ik in 3.5 tieflings werent at that point yet

aasimar maybe?

[hoary timber]

No not aasimar. It'll come to me eventually

Also, I just got april fooled in a campaign.

[primal perch]

oof

ok hot take from what ive seen no one really cares for it

rune fighter is the coolest fighter subclass

[sly shuttle]

I don't ever play fighters all that much

[primal perch]

same

im mostly a warlock girl

[sly shuttle]

same, I tend to stick to Warlock multi-classes

Most of the time, Palalock

[hoary timber]

GM was like alright everyone we are doing a silly campaign to celebrate the day so roll up a level 7 character and give them 2 greater healing potions to start.

After everyone rolled up there characters he was like you all wake up in your rooms in a tavern that you had picked out the night before. At the foot of your bed stands a older gentleman with silver grey sideburns in a pink suit. He opens his mouth and softly says "April Fool's" and everything goes dark. End of campaign.

I was like .....oh you sum o beetch

And I feel like Eldritch knights need a little more love honestly. I can't help but feel like they were did a disservice.

[heavy granite]

I try to be something completely different every time I play
which is not as often as I'd like

[hoary timber]

That's understandable. I've played just about nearly everything now so sometimes I'll just roll in discord to figure out what race and class I'll play then I'll pick a subclass that I think would work with the personality I feel they'd have

[primal perch]

its less abilties for me

more personality

for example

two of my favorite characters to play

ingstrom and storm

ingstrom was an 8 year old who made a pact with a devil named little timmy and she was very childish and not really the most helpful

storm on the other hand was a paragenasi orphan who was in love with changeling, they got captured as slaves by a group called the black rose, and in one of those come back and save me later momments she managed to escape. she was a hopeful person who kept losing the people she cared about

[heavy granite]

one of my favourites was when I played a 4 int Orc Barbarian

[hoary timber]

Stay away from any and all brain dogs

Lol

[heavy granite]

the party leaves one bandit alive to interrogate

Krugga had come around the back after chasing down and maiming another bandit

[primal perch]

btw the reason i dont have a lot to say of her backstory is she started as a joke character

[heavy granite]

there was a cliff overlooking the camp
Krugga critically succeeds her attack roll on the remaining bandit and makes absolute mincemeat out of the supposed captive

[hoary timber]

My favorite was a Human Barbarian named Torne. He was on a platform atop a bottomless abyss that would be insta death.
There was this ledge he had to cross to find a chest around the corner and the GM was like roll acrobatics to keep your balance. I was like can he do it with athletics? To which he said nope. I said I bet you he can find a way to do it with athletics.

He said Bet and my character looked down at the abyss then at the ledge and he hopped off and grabbed it with his hands and started swinging himself across on the ledge despite the GM giving him Disadvantage on the rolls and making me roll 5 times to get over there and 5 more times to get back.

Was a priceless moment.

[heavy granite]

superbig kusa

I once played a demon outcast (more demon than tiefling basically) who was an alchemist
I detonated a beached whale corpse cause the town guard wanted to clear it out
I was the only person to succeed on a dex save to not get covered in whale guts

[hoary timber]

Lmao

That reminds me of the time a Tiefling player in my party was covered in rust monster guts because he was ambushed by a very friendly rust monster that climbed on his face for his Jewelry.

[heavy granite]

omg you just reminded me of another story from that same campaign

[hoary timber]

Lol

[heavy granite]

so kind of similar concept

except instead of a rust monster it was a giant monster frog that was lured by greed (because we definitely just robbed some incompetent bandits)

we manage to put it down
I'm stepping forward to take a sample of it
it gets back up and immediately leaps at us
DM says to make a dex save
I'm just like "can I make an attack instead"

cause it was leaping with its mouth open
and I had bombs

so I roll a 19 + bonus with my shrapnel grenade to get it right down the gullet

that time I did not manage to avoid getting covered in guts

[hoary timber]

Lol

[sly shuttle]

a party of adventures enters a tavern;

or rather, 2/3rds of the party does, the last 2 members are religiously trying to fit through the averagely sized door

[flint hearth]

the last member apologising to the doorframe for making it groan slightly

[sinful spade]

Not sure if you've remembered at the moment but my friend and I were able to come up with a list of potentials: Genasi, Djinni, Gith, or Shifters?

He also enthusiastically added Kalashtar as soon as I sent that

[hoary timber]

lmao i think it might be Genasi

[pliant stirrup]

Djinni are a type of genie and I don't think Gith work that way?

https://twitter.com/vaethryn/status/1377549711012327431?s=20

𝔳𝔞𝔢 (@vaethryn)

the warlock bullying continues

Twitter · Apr 1, 2021, 9:13 AM

[hoary timber]

lmao

[idle hatch]

https://byflowerfox.com/product/arizona-tea-set-of-7/

The price may have gouged my eyes out but the dice stole my heart

https://c.tenor.com/c6rY5YGOM9EAAAAM/heavybreathing-cat.gif

[flint hearth]

I just found these on etsy

and I am not okay

also these

[undone sky]

God I'm weak for pretty dice goddamn

[idle hatch]

Holy Molly those ones

[pliant stirrup]

Technically Mollymauk is unholy.

[idle hatch]

https://c.tenor.com/zySGP75JLWgAAAAM/well-yes-but-actually-no-well-yes.gif

[pliant stirrup]

the fun part is that it's holy moly, not molly

[kindred hare]

I had a friend in a dnd campaign who got successfully ambushed by a broom (twice) and scared by their own reflection to the point they destroyed the mirror for no reason. Also they got possessed by a ghost child who was so scared of everything they almost peed themselves

My chara was already possessed by an aged spirit so they were safe

[pliant stirrup]

How to protect against possession: Just possess someone else

[kindred hare]

Mine was possessed before birth because reasons so he was raised by the spirit (tho he didnt fully know it) since his parents were killed at a young age

Under a technicality he was still a child but either the oldest or 2nd oldest of the party

[flint hearth]

speaking of adorable dice

I jsut got me these 😄

mini lesbian pirate set

because joy still exists in this god forsaken world

[idle hatch]

Will you quit it, my wallet doesn't appreciate that

https://c.tenor.com/qzQR4P9N074AAAAM/oscar-isaac-i-want-all-of-it.gif

[flint hearth]

https://c.tenor.com/pyiK5mYZoEcAAAAM/kiss-matthew-mercer.gif

[proud oriole]

DM: You guys had time to heal!
Player: Yeah, but not fully. We didn't take a long rest.
DM: smiles

[sly shuttle]

the mind of a DM is a scary thing

[proud oriole]

It's even scarier if said DM is Matthew Mercer 😂

[sly shuttle]

yes

or your ex boyfriend who knows everything you're scared of...

[proud oriole]

Also scary for sure

[kindred hare]

if my ex boyfriend was my DM he'd have me to fear

[sinful spade]

I'm not sure about Gith as well but we wanted to cover the bases, so anything that seemed fitting in the slightest aspect was thrown in

[sly shuttle]

I bought dice... and I don't regret

they're so pretty tho

[unique harness]

Bro I'm hella late but those arizona tea ones brought tears to my eyes

[hoary timber]

Oooo potion of healing dice

[twin thorn]

Forbidden cherry jello cubes

[idle hatch]

https://c.tenor.com/u8ukYJDixewAAAAM/leaking-water-leaking.gif

[hoary timber]

https://c.tenor.com/BIDzMhE92mQAAAAM/triggerfav-kick.gif

[primal perch]

Would y’all recommend city of mist?

[hoary timber]

I've never played it. It looks interesting though. Reminds of shadowrun

Just modern instead of gritty futuristic

I might look up the rules and see about running it with my group if it catches there interest

[oak python]

If anyone's looking to join a dnd 5E game on Roll20 and discord, I'm running one on Friday evenings at 7PM CST!

I need about 2 players and I'd be happy to send you world lore stuff if you need!

[hoary timber]

Oof I'm two hours behind and work until 6pm on Fridays so I can't but tell everyone about the premise of your game? They might want to.

[oak python]

It's a very open world game. The current party has had a bit of bad luck. After winning a tournament and getting some gold they were abducted by mind flayers, and had parasites transplanted into their heads. They're trying to find a way to get them out but are also having to work while they do it since they aren't exactly rich. Very early in the game right now, only 3 sessions in. But we've got like 2 people who are leavign or not showing up so I'm looking fo rmore

[hoary timber]

Sounds interesting I hope you're able to find two people :)

[hoary timber]

Today In D&D Land! Easter edition. The city had an event where you chased and killed a giant modified rabbit. The rest of the party tried to kill it but went unconscious. My barbarian Dragonborn lady refused to kill the poor BunBun as it was called. She instead knocked it out, healed the two other party members and then proceeded to run into the forest with the large bunny over her head yelling "You can't kill BunBun!!!!"

[somber valve]

d-dovahkiin?

[hoary timber]

The other kinda Dragonborn lady

Lol

[hoary timber]

This just in! After saving the Easter bunny, my dragon born discovers it is evil as it surprise attacks her in the forest and deals 80 points of damage in one round

Luckily my exhausted dragonborn caught it while it dive bombed her with a bunny hop.

She is about to Kinniku buster it.

https://youtu.be/QTognhz9K6U

And now my barbarian Is dragonborn Louise

https://c.tenor.com/scDeKlKLJN4AAAAM/bobs-burgers-louise.gif

[primal perch]

Perfect

[hoary timber]

quick question yall.

which do you think looks better?

[zenith rampart]

I like the colors.

[hoary timber]

thanks! ill go ahead and finish creating it and use that one then.

[zenith rampart]

Mhmm :) It's a really nice looking map.

[hoary timber]

thank yew ☺️

[zenith rampart]

What are you making it using?

[hoary timber]

I use DungeonFog. Been using it for like a year now. theres a free version and a subscription version.

Some of the people in that community make amazing dang maps

like this person

when i saw it i was like whaaaaaat

[zenith rampart]

I will have to check it out. I am always looking for new ways to make maps. That is fantastically done.

[kindred hare]

you can use the black and white version for flashbacks to that dungeon later in the campaign if you ever do, or flashback to the map in a future campaign

i mean there are many ways to use both, like if you have a character who is more or less is blind and only sees through sound you could have it be black and white cuz they aren't sure of what colors are

or you could have an enemy that 'eats' color

[hoary timber]

Ohhhhhh I like this I like this! I hear some people aren't able to see colors in there dreams either so I can see how I can use this color filter during dream sequences.

[hoary timber]

Thanks for the ideas!

[kindred hare]

there's any way you can spin it to make use of it. I mean the world is your oyster, you can create whatever it is you so wish. don't limit yourself to just "which color should i use" but "which set up is better depending on the situation."

because if you don't think outside the box you can't surprise your players

[hoary timber]

This works for me because one of my players tends to play edgy characters. Recently the party thought they were clever because when asked what reward they wanted from a list of options they instead picked the cheshire cat of holding that was transporting the options. Now it follows them around and holds there items for them. What they are unaware of is that it is an Eldritch aberration. It's offered to help the edgy cleric out of three messy situations in exchange for a snack of it's choosing when it feels hungry.

The edgy cleric agreed each time and made a deal. A string appeared on there pinky every time they made one.

I've had him roll a random Wis save which he failed and we continued as if nothing happened. He doesn't realize that this cat dominated his mind, had him do something terrible and then ate his memory as a snack.

The player hasn't realized his character has lost an entire afternoons worth of time despite me saying it's about 12 Pm right before the save and then after the save I said. You round the corner away from the city watch building you exited. The night is dark and the lanterns on the streets give off a warm glow as you head to the docks.

The people on the street kept backing away from him until one of them finally asked him if he was alright or needed medical attention and pointed at his armor.

When he looked down he saw blood on his hands and armor. He thought it was from the bleeding paladin he had saved before he left the city watch building. He made an excuse, disguised his armor and kept walking when he saw a bulletin board warning people that a murder happened at the docks and to be vigilant. He's worried he looks suspicious as hell and doesn't realize that it wasn't actually the paladins blood on him.

He later made a 3rd deal with the cat but despite me saying he now has a second string on his pinky he hasn't made the connection that 'wait....I already had 2...why do I have 2 again? What's going on?'

So in the upcoming memory scene if he ever recalls what happened or in the dream sequence where he has a nightmare recalling what he was made to do I'm gonna make the map black and white.

https://c.tenor.com/-EP6ZsEo2vYAAAAM/smirk-christmas.gif

[kindred hare]

beautiful

i think i'd be great as a co-dm but actual dm is too hard because i dont know the mechanics well

so good

would you mind if i explained your idea to a dm friend of mine?

i think he'd really enjoy it

[hoary timber]

I thought much the same. I waited until I was comfortable enough with the game mechanics and then I said I'll never learn enough if I don't give it a shot.

What the brain dominating memory eating Eldritch Cheshire cat that they thought had no repercussions making deals with?

Go for it.

[kindred hare]

yes absolutely

[hoary timber]

Do with it as you will.

Haha

[kindred hare]

ty for this snack

[hoary timber]

That is indeed what the cat said right before eating the memory.

Next memory he's going to eat is the edgy clerics memory of his mother.

[kindred hare]

oh my god so evil

https://tenor.com/view/beauty-and-the-beast-evil-laugh-i-love-it-love-it-gif-7816873

[hoary timber]

Lmao

[sly shuttle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwmVKJm6Rgg

[hoary timber]

Lmao

The King: "oh fantastic you are back we are saved!"

Smirking one shot questers Bard: "Yup I did what you asked, I layed those dragons"

Confused king: "you slayed the dragons....."

Confused Bard: "I....layed the dragons?"

Increasingly traumatized king: "you....slayed the dragons?" He begs

Bard realizing the mistake made squeaks out "I...." Just as a half dragon pops outta nowhere.

[pliant stirrup]

So. I've been procrastinating on making this dungeon (dubbed the Daggerford Depths) but it's actually somewhat important that I make this, since it involves the backstory of one of my players. Basically, under the town of Daggerford, there's a secret tunnel that is supposed to be an escape tunnel from the keep in the middle of Daggerford. For reasons, the players have to use it as an entrance.

However, I'm struggling with the creation of it. I have a few things I know I want to do, but I also have very little idea as to what I want to do outside of that. Since there's actually very few servers I'm in that I don't share with one of my players, I've come here to poach ideas off of you lot, if you're willing 😅💦

I have notes regarding what I do have, if any of you guys are willing to help me on this.

[hoary timber]

Hit us baby one more time.

[pliant stirrup]

I don't quite know what you mean by that 😅

[hoary timber]

What do you know you want the dungeon to do and why does it matter to this player in particular. Is it a well known escape tunnel? Has parts of it collapsed? Did certain things take residence in it? Did an umber hulk excavate it's way in there and is it hungry? Will it start to actively stalk them.

[hoary timber]

We want the deets

https://c.tenor.com/QbbTJUIQajEAAAAM/details-details-christy.gif

So they have to go in through the exit to sneak into the fort?

[pliant stirrup]

Right. Well, it's not a well-known escape tunnel, no. As for purpose, it's essentially meant to be a point of transit/slow the party down. As far as they'll know, they might be attempting a prison break or something.

• Zone 3 is technically the entrance to the tunnel; that's where the players want to get; they entered from the other end.
• There are other doors on the map, but the marked doors are 'puzzles' - the door in Zone 4 is just some rocks that need clearing away.
• One of the blue dots that is not within the four zones will be a mimic. I haven't decided what the other one will be yet.
• Either the blue dot in Zone 4 or Zone 3 will be a particular character. The other one will simply not be there.
• Zone 2's trap is going to involve the water that is held behind the door being released, but I haven't figured out if the mechanism to open the real door will be behind it or not.
• After getting through the tunnel, the party will be facing off against a succubus, the sister of a party member (read as: level 1 bard with more HP) and a level 15 paladin. Both the sister and the paladin are under the succubus' control; I have yet to decide if other enemies will be present, due to the sheer power of this paladin.

It's a party of seven; barbarian, bard, cleric, druid, ranger, rogue, wizard. They're level 4.

[hoary timber]

Put a chest in a room on top of a carpet.

[pliant stirrup]

May I ask why?

[hoary timber]

The party will suspect the chest is a mimic without realizing the carpets the actual mimic.

Or a rug of smothering

Or a pit trap

Mimics are actually devious little creatures and they'll set things up to get one over other creatures

[pliant stirrup]

They don't know there's going to be a mimic ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[hoary timber]

Oh trust me

Everyone at some point goes

There's a chest I'm a catacomb In an escape tunnel

https://c.tenor.com/s1wnF2DiWA0AAAAM/skeptical-futurama.gif

[pliant stirrup]

Not these guys 😂

[hoary timber]

Fair enough lol

What levels your party.

[pliant stirrup]

I gave them a description of a room with holes in the mouths of the carved dragons and an ornate chest, and they didn't bother to check for traps 😂

Level 4, they'll get to 5 after this.

[hoary timber]

Didn't see the arrow trap huh?

Or the fire breath

[pliant stirrup]

Poison gas

[hoary timber]

Alrighty a level 4 party sneaking through some catacombs into the underbelly of a fort because they think they are here to break someone out of prison.

[pliant stirrup]

I mean, it's really just meant to be a tunnel, not the catacombs. That's just the aesthetic of the tileset I used 😅

[hoary timber]

Ahhh I see. Made me think a part of it was a cave that eventually lead into the tunnels under the fort.

You're gonna need a cube

https://c.tenor.com/3rrIw8VFOSAAAAAM/gelatinous-cube.gif

[pliant stirrup]

...You mean of the gelatinous variety?

I don't want to throw too much combat in there, though. As I said, the other end of this dungeon has a level 15 paladin who, as far as he's concerned, is facing off against very dangerous people.

[hoary timber]

Indoodle. A good way of warning the party without telling them straight out that there's a see through nearly invisible dungeon cleaning monster is mentioning that despite it being dark and unknown, the halls are surprisingly clean and free of dust.

A level 15 paladin against a party of level 4s? Oof.

One smite and the barbarians dead

If there in fact is a barbarian. lol

[pliant stirrup]

There is, I did include that in my notes 😂

[hoary timber]

Ahhhh my bad my bad I missed that bit. A party of seven. Well at least they have action economy on there side.

So you want these tunnels to be more of a nuisance than an actual threat.

[pliant stirrup]

Yeah. Some damage is good. Full combat isn't

[hoary timber]

A Cr 2 cube isn't bad for a party of 7 level 4s. If they aren't the careful type the barbarian in the front will just walk right into the cube taking 3d6 acid damage.

Gelatinous cubes are a good way of telling your party careful, you might walk into another or something else.

The really scary ones are black puddings cuz of the whole they melt your armor and deal 1d6+4d8 when they wack you.

[pliant stirrup]

Mm. Again, I'm not really looking for combat. I'm looking for traps and puzzles 😅

[hoary timber]

Fair enough fair enough my bad lol.

[pliant stirrup]

No worries!

[hoary timber]

You considered putting a fake keyhole? So that when the rogue tries to pick the lock a springboard underneath him flings him up in the air and the proper way of getting to the lock is actually pushing up or down on the keyhole revealing the actual hidden keyhole?

[pliant stirrup]

Hm, certainly not the worst idea, I suppose

Better than mine, which are approximately none.

[hoary timber]

Lmao

You can also consider a puzzle in front of the water room where there are a few statues with there hands held out. Each has its hand held out palm up with a riddle underneath it. The party would need to find the right items in an adjacent room or somewhere on a wall in a previous room it showed the statues holding certain objects.

Not a hard puzzle but if they're observant they'll definitely make a connection.

Do any of these characters require a light source to see in the dark?

[pliant stirrup]

Hm, I did consider something like that. I definitely know I want a statue in there somewhere

[pliant stirrup]

Human, halfling and dragonborn.

[hoary timber]

For the water room I'd definitely have a riddle above the door that indicates something along the lines of "cold and damp beneath the ground we wash your sins for free, while at times it's the blind and bold that in this world, can see."

And the truth of the matter is if they snuff there torch out it turns out there's a crack in the wall with light pouring out of it from an ever burning torch on the other side of the wall and they have to find the mechanism that'll open a little passage through the water room without getting a face full of tide

[pliant stirrup]

mm, I don't quite understand the purpose of that, but I'm suspecting that the goal is to get them to put out their lights?

[hoary timber]

That bit lol

If they fail to get the puzzle and they open the water door I'd have the force from the water carry them out to a previous room, maybe take a bit of damage from being battered about.

[pliant stirrup]

Not too sure about that, but I've always like the 'go forth in blindness/darkness' puzzles. Some people will literally just never close their eyes.

I'll see if I can't incorporate something like it 😁

[hoary timber]

Lol just an option. If they figure it out then they'll feel a little sense of pride. If they don't and get washed out, extinguishing there light then when they came back they would be able to see the gap in the wall and go.....is that what it meant?

What kind of puzzles and traps were you thinking about.

[pliant stirrup]

I'm not sure, really, but I need to figure these out by the 16th, because ostensibly that's when they'll be reaching the town this takes place under 😅

I do have one for the statues idea, though - mine was more about mirroring the statue, rather than giving them an object.

[somber valve]

idk this felt like it could be of importance to dice/tabletop rpg lovers

[idle hatch]

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

how many dice they say?

[somber valve]

216k?

auntie that gif scares me, did i do something wrong?

[hoary timber]

Enough dice to fill a swimming pool

[somber valve]

enough dice to hide the checkerboard floor 👀

[hoary timber]

Just make sure to leave out any d4s

[idle hatch]

No I just want 'em all

[somber valve]

https://tenor.com/view/lucky-puh-luck-faciliated-erleichtert-gif-15260770

you had me scared

[pliant stirrup]

@somber valve You misunderstand. As with all of the dice goblins, we must find the click clack rocks and then c o n s o o m.

[somber valve]

CLICK CLACK ROCKS
end me 😂

[pliant stirrup]

The shiny maths stones are to be coveted

[somber valve]

stop makig me laugh i beg

[woeful reef]

We're fighting a Fey Prince in the Feywild who can confuse us and his tree has lair actions and we're level 4

Send luck please xD

[pliant stirrup]

Sorry, you picked a fight with the fey, I'm not gonna touch that with an immovable rod.

[woeful reef]

They started it!

[pliant stirrup]

Hmm

Is your DM the kind to roleplay?

[woeful reef]

They kidnapped some hutners daughter and then when we politely asked for her back, yanked us into the feywild into a giant tree puzzle dungeon

[pliant stirrup]

Because you could technically accuse the prince of being a poor host.

Fey are bound by laws of hospitality

As for the Hunter's Daughter, realistically your DM can't prepare for this right away, but you could essentially try and convince them to... bet her, I suppose, in a game of wit. It's up to you.

¯_(ツ)_/¯

I'm a mythology nerd, I give answers based on the irl interpretations.

[woeful reef]

I kinda like the idea of the bad host accusastion xD

Will keep that in mind

[hoary timber]

I'd be careful on that one.

Fey aren't dumb so if your GM is clever the NPC will twist your words and do there best to make you feel accommodated and next thing you know you're trapped in an illusory world dancing for all of eternity in a ball made just for you with everything you love.

Only you can never stop dancing.

[woeful reef]

We kinda already ended up in combat so I don't think talking is on the table for this round

So the main concern is getting OUT of the feywild, I think

[kindred hare]

tell'em their house aint shit

make'em so mad they pass out

increase their blood pressure

im sure they are all grandparents anyway

[hoary timber]

You could suddenly blurt "wait wait! But if you kill us you won't find out the secret!"

[kindred hare]

throw out their hips!

[hoary timber]

The GM might be like oh?

[pliant stirrup]

If you do that you give them power over you by being a bad guest

[kindred hare]

i mean if they are already being bad hosts by fighting what does it matter XD

[pliant stirrup]

Gives them more power

[woeful reef]

I'm not sure we're considered guests if we're unwilling guests?

annnnnd he summoned satyrs

[pliant stirrup]

You're in their home and are thus guests

Oh

Take out the one with the flute first

[woeful reef]

💯

[heavy granite]

plot twist they all have flutes

[woeful reef]

... I think half of them do.

Kill ALL the ones with flutes!

[pliant stirrup]

That breaks the satyr rule, tho ;~;

[heavy granite]

I think your DM may not like you

[pliant stirrup]

There's only one thing left to do

[woeful reef]

The past couple boss fights have been brutal xD

[pliant stirrup]

S E D U C E

[woeful reef]

The last one was against a swarm of monsters inspired by the apathy-grimm in RWBY

[pliant stirrup]

Also, side note: I love 'Conjure X' spells. Woodland Beings is something I've decided will be my Magical Secrets if I ever get the chance to play a bard.

[hoary timber]

What the whole summon a gang of pixies and have them turn everyone into T-Rexes bit?

[pliant stirrup]

No, not at all

I just like being able to summon a satyr squad

[hoary timber]

God. My disdainnnnn for Satyrs.

Last Satyr that one of my characters met would not stop rapping.

And threatened to attract the evil guards chasing us if we didn't pay them

And for some dang reason he had a werewolf friend who was incredibly afraid of people getting close to him.

Nice guy, I liked him.

Very polite but yelled if you approached him.

[pliant stirrup]

Hmm... sounds more like the DM was having fun to me

[hoary timber]

Of course he was.

[woeful reef]

Last campaign we managed to actually make friends with a Satyr named Puck

[hoary timber]

That's the point of the game.

[pliant stirrup]

Indeed it is

[woeful reef]

After fighting some boss in the feywild that we were NOT expecting, I just yelled into thin air "PUCK GET OVER HERE AND EXPLAIN THINGS"

Nat 20 on persuasion

pop Hey guy - whoooooah what'd you DO?

[hoary timber]

Lol

[pliant stirrup]

Always good to make a friend.

[woeful reef]

So far in the fey wild I have had to insight check the prince, a flower, and a voice inside my head

Not going well xD

[heavy granite]

just wait until you have to roll a persuasion check against the grass

[pliant stirrup]

Henry Crabgrass doesn't need persuading

[woeful reef]

(We won! He surrendered because our paladin knocked him to 1hp with a non lethal attack xD)

2 people of the 5 were unconscious tho, I've never used Spare the Dying so much in a single fight because one of them had a bleeding effect that kept knocking them out again.

[amber prawn]

I hosted my first d&d game for Christmas! It was very silly. We have another silly family holiday one shot this Friday for a delayed Easter game. :) what edition do y'all prefer? My family is too used to 3.5E

[woeful reef]

This is 5e! Both campaigns I've play in currently use that, though I started with 3.5 and dipped my toes into... 4.2, I think.

5E is my favorite so far, it simplifies some of the more confusing bits 3.5 had (grappling shudders) but isn't quite as numbers oriented as 4.2 felt.
And have fun with the oneshot!!

[heavy granite]

5e is very very easy to pick up and play

if your favourite part of 3.5 is the insane amount of variety and options, then I'd actually recommend Pathfinder 2e over D&D 4 or 5e

[amber prawn]

Oh yeah and prototyping a board game conversion of an app game I like (polytopia)

[hoary timber]

I have to stop backing so many Kickstarters 😩

I could not help myself though, it was a Dante's Inferno supplement for D&D 5E and I love both of those things. I am contractually obligated to get it because my Username is based off it.

Plus it's pretty >.>

[heavy granite]

I have all but metal dice and weird shaped dice

I definitely fall under super sparkle tho
both in terms of fitting that and most of my dice being that lmao

[pliant stirrup]

Monochromatic generic dice and metal dice... and it fits.

[sinful spade]

The metal dice had no business being so accurate

[idle hatch]

...super sparkle and classic 2 color polys mostly...not sure about the pun addict part

[flint hearth]

I'm definitely super sparkle 🤣

[hoary timber]

Where's the edge dice category??

[undone sky]

The only personality trait is edgy

😎

[hoary timber]

Lmao. Imdeed

[worldly flax]

i have every dice set but metal dice is the mostg accurate,,, and to be fair my prized dice sets are all metal

[hoary timber]

Mr. Bears Smithy in my game from when i told yall they wanted to adopt him

And Mr. Bear

[kindred hare]

GIVE ME MR BEAR

I WANT GRUMPY DWARF CAT

[graceful cove]

That cat is beautiful and powerful and I wannit😂

[hoary timber]

Feel free to bring Mr. Bear into your games if you wish. He's secretly a shapechanger who likes the compact form because places are less cramped for him that way. He likes open spaces.

He actually looks like so 👆

When he's not in his minime form

The party has yet to find out he's a shapechanger and when he's a cat he only speaks in grumpy Meows

[heavy granite]

smol kitten

[hoary timber]

Tis a wee bean

[pliant stirrup]

You're talking about the small one, right? That's his real form?

Also, I can just imagine Mr. Bear is working away at his anvil when the party comes in, and they're just shocked to see this other small animal in there with him. And he (if he could talk) just goes 'yeah, that's my kid. keep him away from the fire.')

[hoary timber]

No the large ones his real form. He turns into the grumpy cat because he doesn't like how cramped places feel when he's big.

So he works away at his anvil when he's a cat and when he's threatened he turned into the big boy.

Though I wonder if I should make his true form a rakshasa instead.

[heavy granite]

https://tenor.com/view/laura-bailey-critical-role-rakshasa-demon-gif-15735072

[hoary timber]

It'd fit though he isn't really an evil creature and rakshasas are known to be

Hahaha

[heavy granite]

I knew there'd be a gif of that

[hoary timber]

Laura has a gif for everything by now

[kindred hare]

plot twist his final form is a gel cat

[hoary timber]

His final form shall beeeeeeeee Garfield.

https://c.tenor.com/mOXi0dOQMUsAAAAM/garfield-belly.gif

[heavy granite]

I mean when you've been making content for that long, there's a solid chance

[pliant stirrup]

See, I'd make him a fey

[hoary timber]

Naw day wouldn't work in my world. Fay in my world are different and they have there reasons for living where they do compared to civilized lands. He's an Abberation from an elemental plane of earth or wind that traveled to this plane and he likes to settle down for a bit, experience life on this plane before moving on.

He might be a Djinn now that I think on it 🤔

[pliant stirrup]

So an elemental

[hoary timber]

Could be.

[pliant stirrup]

No, that's literally what Djinni are classified as in D&D. 'Elementals' are more... 'Primordials' in a sense.

[hoary timber]

Depends on what the GM says honestly.

But yes Djinn are elementals.

What I meant by could be is I'm not sure if I want him to be an Abberation or a Djinn.

Would make more sense story wise if he's an Abberation.

Though I do love my Djinns

I shall think on it.

[pliant stirrup]

Abberations are more... things that Don't Belong. Like Illithids/Mind Flayers canonically shouldn't exist in the Forgotten Realms; they come from another planet or existence or whatever, I can't remember

[hoary timber]

They come from outside the veil that binds all planes of existence together within there bubbles yes.

They were neither created by the gods more the being that created the cosmos. They are creatures that bend the very fabric of understanding to be gazed upon.

Etcetc.

I know the Cheshire cat of holding that my party is making deals with left and right is in fact an Abberation.

It was bonded into servitude until one of the party members foolishly chose it as there reward.

And now it's its following them along secretly tormenting them and feeding on there memories

[pliant stirrup]

Basically: is it something Cthulu would do? Abberation. Is it something that could kind of exist? Monstrosity, in most cases. Is it intelligent or magical? Probably fey, maybe elemental or fiend

[hoary timber]

Cthulhu is such a terrible example though. All cthulhu cares about is the destruction of all creation. There are many other Old ones that have much more interesting plans with existence. Well, plans in general. Cthulhu just wants to smash and destroy.

[pliant stirrup]

Actually, Cthulhu doesn't care, to my knowledge

He's above it all

[heavy granite]

I don't know that his motivation was ever explored in the original lore

he was just napping
and anyone who got too close went insane

[hoary timber]

He was too beautiful for there eyes to understand

Cthulhu has 30 charisma after all.

Must have sparkled in the light.

[heavy granite]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-squarepants-squidward-beautiful-gorgeous-gif-6025465

[hoary timber]

Pffft

I honestly thought his eyes were going to start to glitter and sparkle.

[kindred hare]

but what if the bard IS a grandma

i now want a grandma bard but i already have a grandma... something or other i haven't seen her sheet in a while because my pc was broken lmao

oh! it was Grahtra, a level 9 Goblin Witch

and this is what she looked like, lol

[proud oriole]

Someone please help! These

or these

Or am I absolutely irresponsible and get both

[elder spade]

https://tenor.com/view/why-not-both-why-not-take-both-gif-11478682

[proud oriole]

Because I don't need that many dice xD

[heavy granite]

looks at my bag of dice bordering on a kilogram

y-yeah who needs that many dice

[proud oriole]

I know a lot of people are dice gremlins xD I'm not

I don't judge dice gremlins

But these are all the dice I own

[elder spade]

I double down on both sets now... but it's hoarder mentality I know XD

[proud oriole]

😂

You are REALLY tempting me to go back on Etsy

and get them

HHHHHHHH WHY

I usually prefer a d20 and a fitting d6 over a complete set, but there are barely any pretty d6 being sold

nvm

Just found it

[brisk bramble]

Lnk to the dice sets please, i need a set#

[proud oriole]

https://www.etsy.com/de/listing/787477904/angehoben-voller-satz-dichroitische-glas?ref=internal_similar_listing_bot-1&frs=1

https://www.etsy.com/de/listing/734131582/voller-satz-lila-fluorit-edelstein-dnd?ref=home_signed_out_opfy-6&pro=1&frs=1&variation0=1230657116

I found a shop that sells single d6, so I got a single d6 and a single d20 from the flourite set and the full rainbow set 😂

help

[elder spade]

I'm not a good influence here since they all look wonderful

if you had to really pick one though then I'm leaning towards the latter

[brisk bramble]

thanks!

[idle hatch]

https://c.tenor.com/w0yjJaV1R68AAAAM/wheres-my-wallet-wheres-my-wallet-terry-crews.gif

why do y'all keep sharing these, I want them so bad 😂

[proud oriole]

I'm sorry 😂

[elder spade]

no you're not

😄

[proud oriole]

I kinda am sorry

[idle hatch]

Nah don't be, my dice hoarding soul wants to know how many I can find

https://c.tenor.com/cWNpE2earJkAAAAM/chris-pratt-rubbing-hands.gif

[worldly flax]

this all reminds me, i need a mismatched 3d6 set for my monter of the week character patches...

[idle hatch]

Oooh didn't see that, love the ones on the far right! They're pretty

[proud oriole]

thank you! I've had them for a long while and use them for my dancer/warrior ❤️

[pliant stirrup]

@proud oriole I mean, getting full sets is a good thing. Also, if I had been here, I'd have gone for the lighter ones

[proud oriole]

I don't like getting full sets I prefer having dice that fit together but are not exactly the same

Also I don't need a second d4/d8/d10/d12... and I have a tiny dice bag that I'm very attached to

Well, in the end, I got the one full set for dming and the d20 from the other set 😂

[pliant stirrup]

Having full sets means you can roll all of the dice for a big spell at the same time

[proud oriole]

I currently have no characters that need that

I mean that's true

I kind of want more characters xD

[pliant stirrup]

That's why you make characters tho

You don't need to be playing them to make them

[proud oriole]

😂

[pliant stirrup]

I have 16 unused characters and 12 that were originally meant to be NPCs in a campaign I ran

[proud oriole]

I'm usually like... when I make a character, I want to play them

So the only unplayed characters I have are unplayed because their campaign ended

[idle hatch]

https://c.tenor.com/Vy7BQeCL604AAAAM/guilty-guilty-as-charged.gif

[versed aurora]

Fellow dice goblins, what's your preferred way of storing the math rocks?
Just got a dragon egg that holds all mine

[brisk bramble]

Ive got a dice bag where one side (utside/inside) is rainbow cats and the other is stars

[versed aurora]

That sounds so cool!
can you choose which side is the outside?

[undone sky]

I use 2 big dice bags my friends made themselves :D

[versed aurora]

that's so cool

[proud oriole]

I have a tiny dragon dicebag I crocheted for myself

[versed aurora]

Do y'all have pictures of these awesome things?
cause selfmade stuff is always special ^^

[proud oriole]

I can get one in a moment

[versed aurora]

[versed aurora]

O M G THAT'S ADORABLE

[proud oriole]

Also made a whale for my sister

[versed aurora]

Awww, is it based on a creature?

[proud oriole]

It's based on her favorite deity in a setting we played, which is a giant white whale

[versed aurora]

A whale as a deity sounds really cool!!

[proud oriole]

My sister's obsessed with them xD

[versed aurora]

Honestly if ya gotta be obsessed with something, whale deities is an awesome thing to choose

[proud oriole]

I got her dice with little whales in them for her bday xD

[versed aurora]

omg 🥺🥺 can you link them cause they sound amazing

[proud oriole]

https://www.etsy.com/de/listing/967427487/blauwal-wurfel-set?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=whale+dice&ref=sr_gallery-1-1&organic_search_click=1

[versed aurora]

Okay they exceeded my expectations

[idle hatch]

https://c.tenor.com/Y57tyeWZwwUAAAAM/im-sorry-i-need-it.gif

[versed aurora]

https://tenor.com/view/dj-khaled-another-one-one-more-time-gif-4816107

every time I look at dice I wanna buy xD

[undone sky]

They're in the basement and I'm lazy im sorry 😂 next time I'm down there I'll send a picture!

[versed aurora]

Haha don't worry about it, I'd be too lazy as well

This is my dragon egg with a d20 for scale

[hoary timber]

Here rests Sir Squeaks The Brave. A more noble Hamster there never was for without his inspiring Hamster battle cries the heroes would not have defeated the mighty dragon.

[woeful reef]

Where did you get that and are there more of them???

[hoary timber]

Etsy is always the answer

[woeful reef]

Thank you!!!!

My dnd group has done a secret Santa the past couple years and everyone always gets at least one new set of dice xD

So now time for dice holders!

[hoary timber]

Hahaha great idea

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

[pliant stirrup]

300 dice

[versed aurora]

As someone mentioned it's from Etsy, I got the eggstravagant one and for the time being it's enough to hold all my dice but I'm getting dangerously close XD

Aaaah seeing all these great dice makes me wanna buy more even though 3 sets arrived recently

[worldly flax]

fff so many prety dice

anyone got suggestions for independent / custom / ooak dice sellers where i can get a mismatched 3d6 set in purple, blue, black, and gray?

because i want mismatched i don't think gemstone or metal is the right way to go, and they need to be balanced bc they'll be used, but i'd like the lettering to be the same font/color, just different colors on the body of the dice

if all else fails i know i can fall back on diehard dice but i want to support a small seller

[river heart]

Etsy is your friend

I don't know if anyone sells just random dice or b-dice or whatnot, and I think most online dice sellers that sell "cheaper" sets of acrylic/plastic dice get them form wholesalers in places like china (though a lot of those dice are gorgeous, so I'm certainly not judging)

But if you don't mind spending the money, etsy would be your best bet

[worldly flax]

true and valid! i was more wondering if anyone has specific positive experience sthey can share uwu

i endded up also reaching out to diehard dice to see if they have any experimental in-house acrylics or can recommend a mismatched metal 3 - they make a lot of their own dice, it's rad

[sly shuttle]

So, if anyone is interested I found an amazing dice shop a couple days and bought a set from them, they’ve got mystery bags with a dice set in them that’s generally cheaper than their other dice, but their dice aren’t the most expensive either!

https://etsy.me/2OMzEoJ

[primal perch]

Question what would y’all say is the most common source of damage from demons in 5e aside from slashing bludgeoning and piercing?

[agile grove]

fire or poison or necromancy?

[primal perch]

You mean necrotic?

[agile grove]

yes

[primal perch]

Prob fire of the few I just don’t know my areas of enemy knowledge are devils and undead

Also should I take a dragon mask or robe of the arch magi?

[agile grove]

I've only played... 2 sessions? Of DnD 5E so... 🤷

[primal perch]

Ok

[pliant stirrup]

In what context?

[primal perch]

Going against demons am warlock already have resistance to a damage type of my choice that means the mask would give me immunity and heal me more

[hoary timber]

Robe of the archmagi

The fact your spell save DC becomes 20+, your AC becomes 15+dex and you save against all spells and magical effects at advantage is too good to pass up

Then again though most monsters at high level play have legendary resistance 🤔

Mmm considering your level of play you probably have 4 slots the mask might be a better choice unless you hit level 20 warlock and can just refresh your spell slots by asking your sugar daddy or sugar momma for more magic

[primal perch]

The 15+dex doesn’t matter I’ve got +2 plate

[hoary timber]

Hexblade with Eldritch armor invocation huh

Then go for the mask

[primal perch]

Ye and a revolver

[hoary timber]

Ahh you took the UA one. Cool

[primal perch]

Huh?

Revolvers my pact weapon

[hoary timber]

Unless you have the UA invocation you can't make a revolver a pact weapon

Unless of course your GM is like sure why not

[primal perch]

GMS ruling ye

It was long before that ua I made this character

At least I think

I don’t remember that being in a ua but I take it it was the tashas one with invocations

[hoary timber]

https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/unearthed-arcana/draconic-options

New U.A. just dropped

Apparently Dragonborn can now actually bust a Rihanna and shine bright like a diamond

By that I mean you can play a gem Dragonborn now

[river heart]

ooooh

[sly shuttle]

Oh about time! The gemstone dragons has been around for so long, was wondering why they didn’t have Dragonborn

[pliant stirrup]

Well, it's entirely possible that they weren't intended to exist! I don't think we know anything about gemstone dragons in 5E - I literally never knew they existed until I started researching D&D dragons for my campaign.

Beginning tangent now; if you would like to skip it, go down to the bold text. Dragonborn as they exist today are only a part of 5E and 4E. Canonically, the dragonborn are technically aliens. They come from a planet called Abeir. The 'canon' planet is Toril; they used to be one planet, Abeir-Toril. Ao split Abeir and Toril to prevent the destruction of all existence due to a war between the Gods and the Primordials. In turn, the Primordials of Abeir were destroyed and defeated by the dragons, who became the new great power.

This was due to the dragons being tired of being enslaved under the primordials. Ironically, they then created the dragonborn to be their servants, who in turn rebelled against them, and were displaced to Toril during the Second Sundering. With that tangential explanation over -

I can only find one instance of gemstone dragons existing in D&D 5E, through a statblock/info from a totally legitimate website - the Adult Sapphire Dragon, as part of the Sapphire Anniversary Dice Set pack (released in 2019).

What I can find contains about a page of information on sapphire dragons, and a page on gemstone dragons in general.

[sly shuttle]

I’m just happy they’re finally getting around to them, as a DM the sapphire dragon has been one of my favorites to play around with just glad we might actually get around to seeing the others again too

[pliant stirrup]

Depends whether or not they keep up with the theme, because if so, there's some dragons that're overdue 😂

[sly shuttle]

Just

I honestly miss a lot of the things from earlier editions in 5E but as it is right now, they’d need some way to fit it all in

[pliant stirrup]

Not all of it, I don't think, but certainly a large portion of it

Since, well, half of 5E is about it being simplified and easier to pick up.

[sly shuttle]

Oh for sure, there are some things that could fit in, from reading the bestiary on the sapphire dragon the other gem dragons are at least mentioned, so who knows, might get to see these babies some time soon

[pliant stirrup]

We might get a template, ala the Dracolich.

[sly shuttle]

Yhe

[sly shuttle]

that feeling when you get the message that your dice has been shipped out like:

https://tenor.com/view/mailbox-charlie-brown-mail-looking-anxious-gif-10836639

[pliant stirrup]

I have an emote for that, even

[undone sky]

Holy shit that's so cool wtf

[pliant stirrup]

Which thing is cool, sorry?

[undone sky]

Oh totally forgot to hit reply lol I meant the new ua!

[hoary timber]

Sadly the only gem dragon born art I have found so far are these two. Hopefully more is made in the future

Considering a dragonlance setting was in the works I'm guessing this U.A. is testing out some of the options in that setting so we'll probably get more gem dragons if it's released.

Last I heard though wizards of the coast canceled the setting due to pressure from the culture after the whole your creatures are racist stereotypes thing that happened.

The creator of the dragonlance setting was suing them for suddenly being canceled after nearly finishing the book.

I heard rumors it might be getting worked on again so we'll see

[undone sky]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/unlimitedrealmsltd/ginny-dis-library-of-witticisms

Oh my god I love this 😂

[hoary timber]

Lol I saw that it's quite funny and some of them cracked me up.

[hoary timber]

The trial Dungeon beneath the tomb of Sir Squeaks The Brave

[sly shuttle]

I’m so happy i backed a dice Kickstarter and they just pulled the funds from my account, so getting pretty dice soon

[turbid oasis]

Ohhh those are gorgeous!

[somber valve]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-squarepants-i-need-it-i-definitely-dont-need-it-gimme-addicted-gif-12142810

[dawn osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/meme-collection-robot-gif-12434608

[sly shuttle]

Oh yhe, for anyone that wonders; this is the campaign I backed:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/awesomedice/hieroglyphic-rpg-dice-sets

Not sure if they’ll release afterwards, hope they will cause I kinda regret not getting at least 2 sets of each

[hoary timber]

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/japanbooknook/medeival-minialley-booknook?ref=section-homepage-function toLowerCase() { [native code] }-4-staff_picks_newest

Aghhhhhh I need this!

Oh my god but it's so expensive! 😭

I want em all

[undone sky]

Wtf thays stunning

[hoary timber]

They're little bookshelf worlds between your books!

There's a japan one and a wizard one as well

But they're like 200 dollars each

[proud oriole]

this channel is bad for my wallet

[hoary timber]

Preach.

[proud oriole]

takes deep breath I have nowhere to display this I have nowhere to display this I have nowhere to display this...

[hoary timber]

Lmao

takes a deep breath if I buy these I have to buy a nicer bookshelf, if I buy this I have to buy a nicer bookshelf...
https://c.tenor.com/G_lclj-OA8MAAAAM/leave-me-alone-stressed.gif

[versed aurora]

god damnit... in my last year of college so I don't have the money for this but holy hell do I want that

[worldly flax]

miniature diormaas!!!! im talking about making some with my boyfriend :D!

i like workinbg with foam, so it's perfectly possible that we will

[oblique canopy]

https://wecanthavethat.tumblr.com/post/648650975855378432/vigarath-ayriath-sensicalabsurdities

[somber valve]

https://tenor.com/view/okay-seinfeld-got-it-keep-telling-yourself-that-gif-13973650

[proud oriole]

😂

[maiden escarp]

Do any of y'all play DnD?

[next carbon]

Heck yeah

[hoary timber]

waves hand through the entire chat

Short answer is very much yes.

Long answer is hell to the yeeeeeeeeeeee

We just finished showing everyone etsy dice we really wanted, shared a map, talked about some map making, some characters.

It's a good time

[maiden escarp]

I'm playing DnD this sunday and I'm super excited. New campaign

I'm playing a nonbinary aarakocra named Tex

[next carbon]

Noice

[hoary timber]

Woo!

What class?

Monk?

[next carbon]

I’m currently a Grung Barbarian called g’Oong

[maiden escarp]

Ranger

The entire party thinks their adorable, and it's already been decided our druid is gonna adopt them

I know Tex isn't a good fantasy name but it's the only one I could think of

[hoary timber]

Hahaha have you had trouble communicating with the rest of the party with your Grung yet?

I had a Grung monk. Sounded like Stitch to everyone else but to anybody that could understand Grung he sounded like a Posh British Gentleman.

[hoary timber]

Bah. The important thing is you have fun, doesn't matter if it's Tex or Trogdor the Destroyer.

Tex is a fine name :)

[maiden escarp]

I'm trying to figure out Tex's voice

I wanted a one syllable name that would be hard to forget.

And I'll be honest, I remember mundane names a lot quicker than fantasy names

I honestly have never played with anyone who rolled Grung before

[hoary timber]

They're a lot of fun except when you accidentally poison the people trying to heal you when you're hurt or unconscious

And the fact they're the only player race that doesn't know common.

[maiden escarp]

Huh, yeah I now know why I don't encounter than often.

[hoary timber]

I once had a Loxodon named Tim. They were a shy but goodhearted big guy who was very timid during fights and cried because he hugged a tree so hard for comfort once that he accidentally snapped it in half and asked it for forgiveness

[maiden escarp]

Awww

Oyr druid is named Theo. He's actually from our world, but has been summoned by his patron god. He's my favorite character in the party

[maiden escarp]

I love Tim

[next carbon]

Lol I went a stitch voice route too, they think I’m rather dumb which works as I am

[hoary timber]

Pffft bahaha

[hoary timber]

And thank you. Tex sounds adorable.

[maiden escarp]

Tex is this feral wild child (they're actually 8 which is Aarakocra equivalent to mid 20's but I digress)
They have no social skills, or sense of danger.

You listen to any dnd podcasts?

[hoary timber]

I used to but work took up most of my time unfortunately.

Plus my ADD makes me drift off to other things

Like looking for constant stimulation on my phone. Tis a struggle.

I want these so much 🥺

So dang pretty

500 bucks though

https://c.tenor.com/86lEK_rp5yQAAAAM/dead-out.gif

[maiden escarp]

EXPENSIVE!

[hoary timber]

Understatement haha.

Definitely not worth it but so dang pretty

[maiden escarp]

Somehow in The Adventure Zone (DnD podcast) Justin keeps losing his d6 dice

[undone sky]

Kenku technically don't either do they?

[sly shuttle]

Kenku can write, read and understand common, but they can only speak using their mimicry trait

[undone sky]

Fair I forgot that goes into knowing a language too LMAO

[somber valve]

OH MY GOD WHERE DO YOU FIND THESE DICE

500$ for dice? are they carved out of real marble?

[undone sky]

Very possible haha

I've seen full on gold dice, like real gold

[somber valve]

gold dice dont sit right

gold seems too soft for those math rocks to always clack perfectly

what if i get really into it and dent them ;o;

[undone sky]

One of the most expensive dice I've ever seen was a huge solid tungsten d20 by wyrmwood, 1.5k$ lol

Oh yeah expensive dice like that are just decor

And they're making an even bigger one now, wonder how much that one will be

Gemstone dice also notoriously suck ass, they chip so fast

Liam o'brien has real meteorite d20, the thing rolls like complete shit

[somber valve]

well dice can look pretty and still be sturdy

having dice just as flex-material is kinda sad ;-;

[undone sky]

But honestly, even chessex dice can get insanely expensive. Og borealis sets can run you over 500$ since they're a super rare collector's item

For sure

[somber valve]

well collectors items are another league of their own

[pliant stirrup]

You want to find that sweet spot of $20-$200

[hoary timber]

They're carved out of Howlite and apparently they prevent it from chipping by surrounding it in a thin layer of resin after applying the bronze numbers.

Very pretty but I don't think I'd spend 500 bucks on a set of dice even if they are insanely pretty

They also made these

[pliant stirrup]

Woooooow that's a wall of images

[maiden escarp]

Pretty dice!

[idle hatch]

https://c.tenor.com/JHgIT_QyEdkAAAAM/need-want.gif

[maiden escarp]

My dumb self just tried to win a disagreement with my DM by reading the DnD first edition handbook

[rugged sleet]

pfff

[tawny moon]

i need to buy tarot cards. for tabletop games

[idle hatch]

Oooh lots of good ones out there. You want a theme in particular?

[hoary timber]

Ooo. I collect those

I use mine for magic decks in game like the deck of useful things or deck of illusions or deck of many things

Most recent one I got

[idle hatch]

Where did you get that oooone

I need to knoooow

[sly shuttle]

My most recent tarot deck is a dragon deck 😂

Anything with dragons will sell me 10/10

[hoary timber]

Lol it's from an etsy shop called PixelOccult. I had discovered them last year when I found there kickstarter for a deck that I backed and then I found out they had an etsy shop with more decks.

This is the one I backed last year that made me fall in love with there art style.

[idle hatch]

https://c.tenor.com/hmIcAq1ABhQAAAAM/nice-awesome.gif

[primal perch]

ok honest question

how cant kenku just speak

i mean theyve heard say yes before so why cant they mimic yes all the time

wouldnt a kenkus speech just be multiple vocies trading out the words

[coarse cobalt]

They’ve heard it but they might not have picked it up

[primal perch]

cause we as humans tend to learn language from others speaking it

so wouldnt they do the same?

[coarse cobalt]

There’s so many different voices and ways to say yes, if there isn’t one that seems fun to them, why would they pick it up?

Especially when something more interesting to them gets the job done

They aren’t humans. They’re birds. Bird intelligence works different than human intelligence sometimes.

[sly shuttle]

when playing a Kenku one must think of how Parrots and Corvids (like ravens and such) learn to speak, they learn by mimicry, so while they might know the spoken word "yes" they might not know when it is appropriate to use it, so you could say to a Kenku "hello, what is your name" and the Kenku not knowing better verbally would probably just go "hello"

[graceful cove]

So per lore part of the Kenku's curse is that they lack imagination and the ability to create. So they can mimic things but they are bound to pure mimicry and cannot use it to create their own sentences. So if someone asks a yes or no question, they can say yes. But if the answer has nuance to it then they're screwed.

In some games people like to have a super limited amount of words their kenku has because it's fun but unless official sources say otherwise and I just haven't seen it, a kenku should be able to answer yes or no questions

Assuming the kenku in question has been around society in the first place at least

[sly shuttle]

Yhe, as per official Kenku Write, Read and understand common fluently, the speaking of common and speaking in general, has become a source for many house rules

[graceful cove]

Yeah the way it gets ruled is ultimately up to the table and the particular kenku's backstory.

Like I've considered making a kenku monk where most of the monastary works under a vow of silence so the kenku has heard next to no words before. Because I liked the idea that the party could be total butts and teach me super useless phrases lolol

Also sorry I know my answer is super late, I just think the kenku curse is so tragic and I love it lol

[primal perch]

quick question

if youre multiclassing

do you gain the 2nd classes saving throw profiencies?

[heavy granite]

I believe no

[rugged sleet]

nope

[primal perch]

ok

didnt know and its my first time multiclassing so i decided to ask

[pliant stirrup]

@primal perch There's actually a list of what proficiencies you gain based on your chosen multiclass.

Please note: you can get additional proficiencies from class features, i.e., multiclassing into cleric gets you light+medium armour and shield. Choosing the Life domain in turn gets you heavy armour proficiency.

You also need to meet the multiclassing prerequisites for both your current class and your new class (unless your DM is nice about it).

[vernal snow]

I need to persuade my friends to play D&D more. I reaaaaaaaaaaaaaally wanna try it but we did one session and then never played again

[harsh nimbus]

I know that feeling lol

[vernal snow]

Like I keep up with the new books and UAs but I never actually play it's very sad

[proven vale]

I'm next time I level up my character I'm taking a wizard level as multi class so I will be Warlock (Hexblade) 8/ Wizard 1, very excited to have MORE SPELLS

[pliant stirrup]

Mood. One of my favourite characters (tch, like they aren't all my favourites) is a warlock/fighter with a particular Invocation that made me love it all the more.

[proven vale]

I'm planning to take the blade song school for the wizard class which I hope will go GREAT with the hexblade but that will probably take a while to get too hahaha

[pliant stirrup]

Actually, that depends. If you use a shield or medium/heavy armour, or a two-handed weapon, you won't even be able to use the bladesong

Bladesingers can only use light armour and attack one-handed or dual-wielding.

[proven vale]

No shield, but I do currently have medium armor, but on the look out for decent light since we are like mid level hoping to at least buy some when ever we get to civilization again (We are currently in the underdark 🤣)

And my weapon is one handed so I think it will even out

[pliant stirrup]

Ahhh, studded leather is really your best bet.

Or magical leather, depends on your DM

[proven vale]

yeah, my DM is pretty noce about items but still have to find them, or shell out the dough (Which I do have a decent amount of so far)

She is aware of my intentions so I hope that will help with my luck of finding things

[pliant stirrup]

That is very fair. Communication with your DM is the answer to all problems.

[proven vale]

Like she basicly handed me a wizards spell book, then stabbed me in the back with characyer plot but worth it hahaha

God I love DnD I wanna play now hahaha

[pliant stirrup]

Mood

I just love my characters, okay? 😢

[proven vale]

saaaaame

[primal perch]

one of my players refuses to except his dnd character is dead

hence my status

[vast trench]

I don't know what level you guys are at but if it's high enough I can see why xD

[primal perch]

i didnt even kill the character he did

[primal perch]

29

[vast trench]

My god. How?

[primal perch]

we where using an epic levels thing

[heavy granite]

29 and he still got himself killed smh

[vast trench]

Never used it. But really want to try it once. But how he killed himself it's an art form for sure xD

[primal perch]

tho no one went into epic level bonuses we all just multiclassed into fighter and warlock over time

[heavy granite]

lmao

[primal perch]

it was a sequel one shot to a previous campaign

he was the one non fighter warlock

[vast trench]

So it's a one shot what's the problem?

[primal perch]

he was the paladin of being lame and breaking an 8 year olds stick

[vast trench]

Were you in the beginning

?

[primal perch]

sequel thing so it was cos before

[vast trench]

But are you going to do a second sequel?

[primal perch]

maybe

[vast trench]

And can't he just create a new character and you add it to the campaign ?

[primal perch]

not much we can do i mean we litterally killed orcus

[heavy granite]

if a prequel comes before and a sequel comes after
then is the thing in between just a quel

it's 4am ignore me

[vast trench]

At the same level the others are at? We do that sometimes. We have "trow away characters" for people that just want to join for one or two sessions and then later come back. Basically they just need to warn the DM in advance

[primal perch]

ye he can but i think he wanted oreali to show up in one of his campaigns later cause he likes having dm pcs

despite how no one else in our group enjoys dm pcs

oh yeah i should note he was dming

he killed the character

[heavy granite]

then what's
the problem

[primal perch]

died in one of the few areas (in our world) where souls cant get out off

[vast trench]

So wait. He was the DM, and he killed his own character, at level 29??!?

[primal perch]

YEAH

[vast trench]

That's another level 😂😂

We don't play with dmpc

[primal perch]

dmpcs are cringe

[vast trench]

Let the DM be the DM. He can already kill us with the monsters he decides to create

[heavy granite]

DMPCs are... fine if played right

[vast trench]

No need to add more complications

[primal perch]

name one time they are

[heavy granite]

when they're more useful than an escort quest but not overpowered to the point of not bothering

[vast trench]

But how did he kill himself? He literally could control the enemies to not attack him!

[heavy granite]

like Lady Kima in Critical Role campaign 1

[primal perch]

you are giving the one person who already plays 99% of the characters including monsters and is in every or almost every combat not to meantion have knowledge of the entire campaign so you dont really in my experience trust them with decisions

[heavy granite]

that's exactly my point
they have to be played right

I'm good at ignoring meta knowledge to instead focus on what my character would do

[primal perch]

ye well seamus isnt

[heavy granite]

most DMs aren't tbh

[hoary timber]

Only time DMPCs are actually good is when they help the plot move forward by giving prompts to the players or being a board to bounce thoughts off of because at times players can be a bit thick about things and they'll decide to just sit somewhere instead of search around or connect certain clues.

[vast trench]

Yep. And it really depends on the person. Me and my group of friends could not do it xD we are currently deciding to join the dark side of the campaign we invented just because. If our DM had a pc he would literally try to make sure we got killed xD

[heavy granite]

I'm gonna go sleep now

ninight

[hoary timber]

https://c.tenor.com/3-Mtd3Vr1IsAAAAM/bedtime-sleepy.gif

[pliant stirrup]

I've had 'DMPC's' before where it's literally just... 'this is a level 2 character because the party is level 1 and they'll literally die otherwise', aka, the party can still very much die if they're not careful

If they're stronger than the party, or they have X amount more knowledge than the party, or they're taking the spotlight from the party - then it's a problem

[hoary timber]

Agreed.

The campaign is ultimately about the players characters playing in a world of the GMs creation. Once you start creating NPCs that follow the players around that are overpowering I'm comparison to them then how is it your players story. It becomes watch me use this totally kewl player character idea I have and....I guess you all can't sit back and watch.

Only character I've had in my players party tbh is one the party took it upon themselves to "adopt" and it's become a constant "oh god whered she dissapear to?!?!? Find the little kleptomaniac before she gets herself killed!"

[pliant stirrup]

Oh yeah, also they can't stay with the party forever

[hoary timber]

But that's what they get for dragging around a level 4 sorcerer when they're level 7. They'll figure out maybe they shouldn't bring an 8 year old street urchin into caves and dungeons

[idle hatch]

Dmpcs are legit fine as long as you have a good DM

[hoary timber]

When used as a means for a DM to share thoughts, clues, lore information and the such I definitely agree.

If it's to have a super amazing awesome NPC character who saves the day while the players are like well....what do we do? Then not so much.

[idle hatch]

Exactly

[hoary timber]

I do have to admit though Pumat swol was pretty badass

[pliant stirrup]

Pumat Swole let the party continue on to the 'boss fight' while he held off the 'reinforcements' - aka, he left the party, aka, wasn't there to save the day

[hoary timber]

I mean itttt. Lol. Watching that canadian Firbolg get beefy made me freak out.

[pliant stirrup]

What spell even was that? 😂

[hoary timber]

It was a wizard spell.

I think 7th level

Gives you advantage on strength you become proficienct with marshal weapons

[pliant stirrup]

I know that, but I'm asking what spell was cast specifically

[idle hatch]

Pumat swol was something else alright

[hoary timber]

Oh

It's tensers transformation

One sec

[pliant stirrup]

Oh hey, thanks