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Mari convinced M31 that commiting evil is justified in this current objective us ours
that's how M31 interpreted her words

to take down the crime syndicate or whatever we were doing
some sacrifices must be made, for the greater good
neutral lawful
the law of the world
remain steadfastly good even if it means surrendering to evil or will u commit evil to destroy evil?
who's Mari again?? o.o
checking my notes
snake
- the strong survive
- the cunning thrive
- the smart lays low
- the wise keeps the rest in tow
specifically I'm talking about when Mari talked M31 out of taking down the criminals in front of them in a previous session
and instead let them go, so we can take down the whole thing at once later
Neutral good: Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws
M31 would under normal circumstances never let a criminal in front of her go
but she values logic over much other things
and Mari was plenty logical

actually that's more chaotic neutral tbh
chaos for chaos' sake isn't evil
I prefer: Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence
chaotic neutral will make two peepos bicker and argue simply because they think it'd be fun
it isn't evil however
sheogorath is chaotic nuteral
the joker is chaotic evil cuz he revels in harm for harm's sake
M31 got 6 spell slots for "shield" reaction now
and at level 6, she gets "repulsion shield" infusion
making her total AC 23

there's a lot of overlap tbh

I think that version of the joker specifically is more CN then CE
lawful neutral likes order in things, but doesn't lean towards either good or evil
ngl I really like this post
https://www.reddit.com/r/DMAcademy/comments/hzfrjh/good_sayings_for_different_alignments/

i do not want or mean to be bad i just do bad things sometimes 
growing up a street orphan i learned u do what u need to do
definition of neutral
since the char is more or less me i also have the desire to be good if that counts 
i'm just not good at being good
i KNEW IT , this is why girls are all over you , you're a real life catboi 
am not
though I doubt it, since you steal for the sake of stealing
so chaotic neutral

i do things cuz i can not cuz i mean harm
yeah chaotic neutral
only relativly innocent person i'v stolen from is the leonien
you stole form the camp leader that one time 
rest have been actual bad guys
oh and that guy
do you give the stolen money to the poor or needy though, or do you keep them?
but i only stole 2 cookies and i even have him 1 of them 
i was poor 
i did give 50 gold to someone 

yeah, that's pretty neutral tbh
some good, some bad, not really leaning towards either
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honestly it's just that the other options are so damn trash
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i saw a short recently talking about leveling in dnd
feats or something vs exp
exp players could aperantly get high level and OP quickly early
so i had the thought that feat is good for regular but one shots? or like short campaigns could be good with exp
the whole experience thing is why a lot of dms now do progression based leveling
otherwise you could just murder every single wolf and other generic enemy in the starter zone and reach level 20 before the campaign even begins
indeed
but for short campaigns exp could be fun
let the players just level up and have fun with it and try ur best to scale enemies for it
for what we are doing i do as well
and you get to spend time showing off the things you got

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true though
there's a joke in one of the Dimension 20 series where there's a party of antagonists that reached high level by grinding rats in the starter area
uhhhhhhhh soooo now that she is streaming mondays what do we do
there are other mods
mondey streams are gonna become a regular thing?
seems like it
well if it's cuz she had fun with BG3 then i'm happy
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don't have a name for her yet @proud pebble
I think I fixed all the things for level 1

also not fully sure of alignment yet, since I don't know the gods
but likely evil of some kind, or at least chaotic
Calling on the D&D degens here
so I just lost my first honor mode run to the shambling mound (WHY DID YOU PULL OUT ADHESIVE WHIP ON THE LAST TURN)
any multiclass builds that you'd recommend? The gimmick here is that It has to be an all-paladin multiclass
you got a barbadin?
Karlach was my bardadin tank (Devotion Glamour)
but I'm thinking of making Shadowheart my clericdin (Crown Tempest)
Durge was going to be Hexblade Vengeance
rogadin- swashbuckler-oathbreaker
oh snap that's really good
swashbuckler-oathbreaker-death cleric?
another option was for Karlach to be Devotion-Star Druid
barB-adin
could also be oath-breaker and either war cleric or death cleric
but you need at least 7 levels in oathbreaker for the "aura of hate"
and you kind of want 5 levels in cleric as well, reaching the full 12 level total
the 5th level in cleric gives you access to spirit guardians
and for death cleric- vampiric touch for self-healing to the already tanky paladin
or for war cleric, multiple charges of extra bonus attacks
so for war clerics, after level 5, 4 times per short rests you get to
attack 3 times per turn 
can simply do that if you don't want to smite, or run out of smites
if instead doing the death cleric- in addition to vampiric touch at level 5
you also get animate dead, that is further buffed by the oathbreaker's level 7 aura of hate
I don't want to go full aura to hate since the benefit also extends to enemies
But a death cleric oathbreaker is great
you can do 6 levels in both instead then
for paladin aura of protection, and death cleric "inescapable destruction"
that let's you ignore enemy resistances to necrotic damage

Ooooo
Oh that's good
Well now I kind of want an Astarion death-breaker
Toll the dead as a cantrip and chill touch as well

death cleric's vampiric touch also only takes a spell slot the first time you cast it
afterwards, it's a free spell for the next 10 turns
Okay so now I have.....
Durge (Hexblade -Vengeance-abjuration) 5/3/4
Astarion (Oathbreaker-cleric) 6/6
Shadowheart (Crown-Tempest)
4/8
Karlach (Ancients-Glamour) 2/10
A good substitute is probably Gale running support
(Abjuration-Crown) 10/2
if you wanna theory craft something, I'll play it
The problem I had with Hexblade tank was that you needed to force aggro/keep them aggro'd on you
A Hexblade Abjuration wizard would be a menace though
feats:
- heavily armoured(so I can wear heavy armour)
- war caster
- heavy armour master
intended weapons, sword of lifestealing(pact weapon)
armour of persistence when possible- before that, just best heavy armour you can find + shield
naturally grab ring of protection, wonderous gloves, boots of evasion, cloak of protection for the AC
then the wound closure amulet, ring of regeneration and baldur's helm
and when possible, viconia's walking fortress
oh and the bow I always forget that adds resistance to cold and fire
when your other frontline is Aizo's Artificer, me having aggro isn't that big of a deal XD
you can forego the heavy armour master feat, to get sentinel instead
up to the player
if you want to keep stuff on you
could a multiclass work better?
sword of lifestealing also doubly good with pact weapon, since more crits
like take 4 fighter 8 warlock for the heavy armour prof + sentinel feat
If you want that, why don't you just go Sentinel and Polearm master?
need heavily armoured since warlock doesn't naturally get it, and war caster since
you will be concentrating on stuff like elemental weapon later on
you could since you really just need pact weapon from hexblade, but elemental weapon from level 5 is neat as well
but you'd get action surge + whatever fighter subclass you feel like
ouch
granted at 3rd lv they aren't great
but at minimum you can have crit on 19
or maybe battle master wopuld be better
actually, 5 hexblade, 7 fighter
oh true !
fighter gets that
so you want that
stacks with hexblade for lifesteal blade too
so you get crits at 18+
don't hexblades also get "smite"
they do
off hand weapon for one of the act 3 daggers that also gives +1 to crit
for crit on 17+
but fighters also get second wind, which benefits from the wound closure amulet to maximise it

need shield
23AC isn't enough, you want more
so, half orc, hexblade champion
and since you're fighter, you do get 3 feats
5 hexblade, 7 champion
Well about that crit hit thing
Knife of the under mountain King + shadeslayer cloak + orin's knife, Sarevok's helm and champion fighter brings the crit hit down to 15+
possible feats:
- heavy armour master
- savage attacker
- war caster

With Hexblade Curse and elixir of viciousness you're critting at 13+
need the sword of lifestealing though, or the crits are pointless
(it adds 10 necrotic to crits, and heals you for that amount)
and you also need baldurans helm and cloak of protection for this build

I suppose you could have a minor crit build and a full crit hit build
The latter will use great old one pact and you're locking enemies in place while critting them
Unrelated side note sleet storm is so funny when dealing with undead oh my goodness
They have poor dex and constantly fall prone
so, items:
- ring of protection (+ac)
- periapt of wound closure (max heals)
- wonderous gloves (+ac)
- boots of evasion (+ac)
- cloak of protection (+ac)
- darkfire shortbow (fire and cold res)
- ring of regen (heals per turn)
- sword of life stealing (necrotic damage and heals on crits)
- helm of balduran (heals per turn and +ac)
- armour of persistance (permanent blade ward)
- viconia's walking fortress (+3 ac shield)
feats:
- heavy armour master(to double down on physical resistance)
- war caster(to maintain elemental weapon) or alternatively "sentinel" to keep stuff on you
- savage attacker(better chance for high damage)
I think I got it all

for fighting style, defensive fighting or duelling
oh the sword
should be ending up with 29ac, strong damage, and constant healing

Rookie numbers, bring a scroll of mirror image, have a cleric cast shield of faith and warding bond
Boom, 32 AC
could also forego one AC, and do duelling fighting style instead, to add more damage per swing
I specifically want permanent AC, not temporary boons

yee but still someone doing something that isn't you

I know you can reach like 55 with shield and mirror image and such
I think the highest static number you can get is 33 or 34
I've done this build before, with assassin/great old one subclasses
free crits, and crits fear

Bonus gimmick for rocking drow
Tell Minthara to drop darkness and fall back while you go to town
You can roleplay the enemy camp screaming in terror as you carve through them like a shadow 
speaking of darkness- for warlock invocations (you have three by level 5)
let one of them be "devil's sight" so you can see in all forms of darkness

Well yes that's the best part
I RMB in my first durge run, told Gale to cast wall of stone to seal off Moonrise
Went in alone and mopped the floor
so warlock invocations:
- devil's sight(see through darkness)
- beguiling influence(talk better gooder)
- fiending vigor(start all fights with a little extra health
or - repelling blast, because repelling blast is fun(but you don't really need it)
so, you're a tank with high AC, you fight best in darkness and see through it yourself
you heal at the start of your turn, if you crit something AND if you kill something
you also crit more often than normally, and your regular hits already do a lot of damage
full description of the build thus far

if you pick sentinel as one of your feats, enemies also cannot escape your darkness
Thing is, the enemy AI is programmed to find you, but if there's no visible route they will run into the darkness to fight you
They will also go to where you last were
It becomes very easy to lock down a choke point with darkness and have your other party members fight anything that goes behind the cloud of darkness
with this build, at the start of your turn you heal 6, if you crit something you heal 10, if you kill something you also heal 10
and if you kill something WITH a crit, you heal 20

all the while being extremely difficult to hit, get away from
and doing strong damage
and even if something does hit you, you generally take vastly reduced damage from said hit
with casters, this gets even more evil
you can nuke the whole area outside the darkness cloud with Evard's Black Tentacles and icy surfaces
that way, they can't move at all and skip turns entirely
it could also be kind of fun to make a non-combat character for DnD
not every character needs to be able to fight

like.. a cook, or a blacksmith
I mean, my redemption paladin is a pacifist
but even she still has stuff for combat
does good meals provide any sort of benefit?
or is there no such thing
kind of why I think crucible fighters from grim dark could be fun as well
because they kind of aren't combatants, they're more like mad scientists
who drug themselves up if combat happens

There isn't a specific benefit for this rn but maybe I'll homebrew something 
it won't be relevant in the campaign, but for M31, I might switch one of the ASI feats from 16 and 19
to be "Mage Slayer" instead, so I can punish casters for thinking they can cast spells next to her 
she already gets "Fire Shield" as part of the armorer spells at 13, so she just needs to punish casters as well

why does elemental adept only affect spells, and not just "all damage of that type"?

M31 in her guardian model trying to be stealthy

@proud pebble how does multiple spells per turn work again--
if I cast a cantrip, I can only cast other spells via bonus action yes?
and vice versa
yes
perfect
thinking of meta magic for my eldritch cleric
mind sliver that reduces saving throws, then bonus action via meta magic
some of the other control spells
meta magic as in the feat

since the final features for eldritch cleric is at 17, might even go 3 levels into abbarant mind sorcerer
though of course we won't reach that high level, but fun to think about anyway
with the current plan I have, you could end up as high as 16th lv by the end
the eldricth feature prior to that is at 9, with cleric cantrips gaining their mid-way improvement at 11(mind sliver/sacred flame damage up)
so if 16 is the end'ish, I could go 11 eldritch cleric, 5 aberrant mind sorcerer
the sorcerer part also nets me the "dissonant whispers" spell, which is a pretty good first level psychic spell
that does damage, with a chance for defense in the form of forcing them to run away
since it's also a targeted spell, it triggers the eldritch table
it would also give me a few more sorcery points

I'm considering what kind of backstory I could make for her- perhaps prior to joining the party
she infiltrated an inquisition church and either stole something important, or killed some figure of authority
and that's why they're after her(beyond her being heretical to them)
@proud pebble would an amulet of the devout be too strong? or should we not start with magic stuff at all 
just thinking the normal +1 version
probably not but it may well not be avalible

can u only have weapons that are listed in the rule book or whatever it was called?
basicaly wondering if i could have a scythe 
dnd has spears right? if it's not already in the game for stat purposes could say it's a spear with slashing/pierce dmg
a scythe would likely have to be a glaive or a greataxe, depending
but it's up to the dm


which grim hollow background/talent would fit a heretic cleric?
all the clergy ones seem to be good aligned

ah yes, that could also explain why I was with the church to begin with
so I didn't infiltrate the church, I was with it- something happened
and I slew a person of import, or stole something, and then fled
or went somewhere you shouldn't and had the "truth" revealed to you by your god
was initially thinking a twisted preacher for the clergy
or an envoy from the aristocracy
but lapsed inquisitor works good as well
yee

when the druid stops fucking around
Witch Hunter
You have honed and perfected your skills fighting against spellcasters. You gain the following benefits:
- Whenever a hostile creature targets you with a spell, make a Wisdom saving throw against the spellcaster's save DC. On a success, the creature must choose a new target or lose the spell. This does not protect you from area effects, such as fireball.
- Whenever you hit a spellcaster with a melee attack, the target's speed is reduced by 10 feet until the beginning of your next turn.
- You have advantage on saving throws against being cursed.
would make sense, since I used to be inquisition too, as they hunt witches(magic users)
<@&1284336728831950879> we start <t:1754766000:F> RMB that
whats going on here?
new campaigns are starting before the end of the month
how do we create chars? stats and so on?
4d6 drop the lowest
I am gonna do an announcement post in the next week or so to get everyone arranged into the different groups
mkay
then with each group I'll set a date for session 0 where we can go over all the character stuff together
is using chat gpt or a avrae bot to roll stats ok or no?
you can if you really want to
I personally prefer real dice
just because computers aren't true random
i most of the time use avrae to roll stats for IRL chars. this is the roll now 
I've seen worse XD
My character in Justan's game has 5 charisma
do we need specific book for chars to take or any dnd book will be good to make lvl 1 char? and hp on lvl 1 max?
no specific books although keep it to official stuff and not 3rd party, the one exception to this is Grim Hollow materials are ok
lv1 character
max hp on lv1
do you have any grim hollow pdfs to read? but i think ill just create something on dndbeyond using my 2014 books ๐
when ill make something ill drop a link to dms for charsheet
this is the players guide
ignore the advanced background and the talent stuff
also not gonna use transformations at lv1
mkay
idk much about chatgdp? the AI thingy but how would that work? for rolls?
u just tell it to give u a random value out of 20?
avrae is a bot made specially for dndbeyond to use in discord ๐
but you need brain to use it ๐ it even supports maps.
this my eldritch cleric thus far- things marked with a level
is because I don't have it yet, and shows when I would 
she's fragile
but with a focus on control
can potentially turn around any fight
also, having looked at the classes, I'm afraid of "first vampire" warlocks

my poor little cleric has 10 health at level one-
a first vampire warlock using their necrotic strike feature
and a single spell slot, would deal 11 damage as a low average
all the way up to 25 damage at level one, with ideal rolls
oh yea we will start at lvl 1 yes?
according to cannon, that's the plan for now

yes, lv1
is it normal to sometimes start a campaign at higher levels?
often lv2 or lv3 is the starting level
I'm still not fully sure on alignment- I want her to find amusement in mental mischief
like making peepos bicker amongst themselves, or causing riots for the fun of it
her morals are kind of twisted, but she's not full on chaotic evil
for now I've just put neutral evil
both games will be in grim hollow right?
how do i change the default thing that opens files on my pc?
still hoping I can start with the amulet of the devout
as part of me having stolen it when I fled the inquisition 
how do we make chars again?
my character sheets open as a pdf file in the edge browser for some reason
and if I forcefully open them with something else, they go all wonky 
I just copy the sheets off my other characters and empty them out
so I can make a new one
same but mine is fine with being opend in gx instead
yes i had one ready for that i'm just not sure what to do
i like the loong death monk tho i didn't like the torture part but i'm allowed to ignore that right?
choose your race, your class(and intended subclass) and then choose a background
then go from there
hmm yes race 
I typically figure out my initial intent, and then go from there
like for this one, I'm an eldritch cleric, so I like mind shenanigans and madness
yee long death monk fits 
then you just need a background to shape who the character is
like why the sadness and such

a duty of death and a lover of life 
to start with, if you have an empty sheet- you can at least look up monk, and put down it's starting status
then when you figure out a race and background you can add on to it
u happen to know which page monk is on?
i keep forgetting u guys use that
why was i given the player handbook then 
200+ pages
monk paths aren't until level 3, so you can ignore that for now
but still make your background include it, so it shapes who you are

6d20
and for monk, you're looking for high dex and high wisdom, and rest in constitution
17, 5, 15, 6, 20, 16
and then i just allocate them?
i will have 1 really good stat and 2 awfull stats
I suggest then:
5 str
20 dex
16 con
6 int
17 wis
15 cha
but you can switch str and cha
why would high charisma be good?
talking is a huge part of dnd, possibly even more than combat
but it depends on what you want

true just hard to do that part when i'm lacking in conversational skills irl >.<
but could be fun to try it out would fit the char i think
charisma is stuff like persuasion, intimidation and deception
strength is stuff like athletics and grapple checks
but am dum dum 

now how does modifiers work again 
charisma in dnd doesn't necesarily means you have to be good at talking
it can also simply be how believable your words are
each 2 points is +1
so 20 is +5
12 is +1
your 5 would be -3
yes i figured if i had higher charisma npc might percive me as more idk friendly then if it was low
17 is also +3?
i see and 6 is -2?

do i chose proficiency in saving throws or is that specific to the class?
depending on your race, your stats might go up a little
ah then i need to figure out what race i want 
monk has str and dex prof for saving throws
so my -3 becomes a -1? or would the saving throw be +2 regardless of the modifier?
saving throws are also affected by modifier
so if you have -3 it would become -1 since we have +2 prof at level 1
yes

looking at the sheet i see my rogue has +4 on initiative was i suposed to add that when we rolled initiative?
on the other hand, your dex saving throw is +7 with prof
and you also have +5 to initiative, since initiative is based on dex
yes

ah this means i could have done alot better 
but don't fret, I forgot to add stealth proficiency when we did that thing in justin's campaign
since M31 has stealth proficiency
or well just gone sonner

by we the we don't have to pick human, but cannon said humans are the predominant peepos where we are
just for reference
alot of stuff to try and keep track of
though other races do exist, the humans apparantly don't see them well
also, regardless of which race you pick
a stat cannot surpass 20 in that manner
this website is weird cuz everytime i try to use the search function it gives me no results
what are you looking for?
will not pick a race that boosts dex unless i just think they are cool
atm just race but i'm clicking my way through the page fine just couldn't search for it
yee, my cleric is just a human, albeit a variant human
I might do shapechanger instead though, if cannon allows

unlikely but possibly, either way GH stuff is avalible to both parties
it's roll 4D6 and remove the lowest result
do that 6 times
i think i like shadar-kai
but thats a total of 24?
remove the lowest result
so you roll a 3,3,4,5
you remove one of the 3
so it's 3 +4 +5 = 12
now i have to do math 
dnd is just maths with pretty number rocks
that ups the average a lot
I haven't seen peepos roll stats like that before
that's much better

what I see peepos do is roll 6d20 and reroll any that hit 1
there's 4 generally accepted ways to do stats:
- point buy
- roll 3d6 for each
- roll 4d6 drop the lowest
- everyone gets 15, 14, 13, 12, 10, 8
how did you get a 1 if you remove the lowest roll
13

yes >.<
oh wait i'm suposed to remove the 1
the most official way (as stated in the player's handbook) is roll 4d6 drop the lowest
yes

which ever die result of the 4 is the lowest
get rid of it
add the other 3 results up
6,4,6,1=17-1 so 16
yes
1,3,4,6= 14-1 so 13
yes
just doing this to show the process and also so i can remember in a moment
is now a good time to tell you that back in school, I did basic arithmetic in the millions
for fun

so cannon
4,1,2,3=10-1 so 9
about that amulet of the devout
i keep getting 1


ok i now have 13, 16, 13, 9
2 more
4,2,2,2=10-2 so 8
i liked my other stats more 
5, 6, 5, 3=19-3 so 16
that's a pretty decent array
i saw the big numbers and was like oh high
16 dex and wisdom, 13 con- rest as you wish
pretty much
then whatever your race gives
ok so thats now 16 dex, 16, wisdom, 13, con, 13, charisma, 9 int, and 8 str
good bye 20 dex 
8 and 9 is -1?
yes
yes
if you have proficiency in them, yes
all of what?
saving throws
monks have proficiency in strength and dexterity
those are what gets benefit from proficiency
thats the modifer +2 on all of them?
the rest is just your stat mod
ah i see
oh btw, it's now canon that Xopah has a little sundial wristwatch
it fits her tribal background anyway 

i'm def going with shadar-kai seems cool
do i get all the things listen in the race page or do i have to pick?
unless it says to pick one, then you get all of it
unless you mean both versions- you only get one version

but for starters, you can increase one of your stats by 2, and another by 1
or 3 different ones by 1 each, but peepos typically focus on the best stats
I'd suggest putting dex at 18, and increasing con to 14
cuz then i get +4 dex and +2 con 
oh wait i'm a little confused now
there is 2 sets of more or less the same info
that's what I meant with different versions- usually you just pick the first(top) one
since the below ones typically are special versions that the gm might not play with
but up to cannon really
the shadar-kai's trait to do a ghostly teleport actually fits with your deathly monk too
indeed
i felt the description and look of the race was very fitting
also having teleport and darkvision seems nice
also proficiency in perception, and inherent necrotic resistance
very fitting for a monk that lives around death
now how do i do proficiencies for skills?
just toggle the little dot next to the skills if you have proficiency
and things with the dot, you can add the proficiency bonus to

oh so i only get perception?
that's just your race
from monk: Skills: Choose two from Acrobatics, Athletics, History, Insight, Religion, and Stealth
i thought i got to pick some

once you pick a background, you will likely also get some proficiency from there
https://dnd5e.wikidot.com/#toc3 for backgrounds
though generally stick to the "common" ones
I think grim hollow had backgrounds too, but if we ignore the advanced backgrounds like cannon said
there are only like 4 normal ones in grim hollow, so difficult to use those- I also don't know where cannon found them
since all I can find are the advanced ones

I get it from the actual player's guide pdf
just lucky for me that one of the normal grim hollow backgrounds fit my character perfectly
I'm not sure when the last part of inquisitor's stare comes into play, but being able to detect whether peepos are hiding things innately by looking at them is pretty neat
it's a roleplay thing I guess
like if you're interrogating something
i think i found the backgound i want but how does rolling on the feywild table work?
faylost seem to work well with both my char and race
race has fay ancestory and i can have the faymark which have flowers wilt in my precense
the mark is pretty much just a flavour thing
you can roll a d8 if you want, or you can simply pick one you like for your character
great
i didn't notice i needed to roll so i picked the wilt one but i did roll and got a 6 so i got lucky and got 7 for a sprite on visitor

yee
great thats works alot better for me
the feylost background also gives you proficiency in deception and survival
as well as let you pick between elvish, gnomish, goblin or sylvan for an extra language
tempted to pick faerie dragon for visitor cuz dragon is cool 
i see i have marked off having prociciency in insight but i can't remember why
you picked it from your class
this
oh yeah neat
either i didn't do a good enough job with my rouge or i'm getting alot more stuff with this char
monks get a lot of options
just for features and such i'v written down 7 things atm and still have a few more to add
i think i skipped writing one down cuz i thought i would remember but i think i'v forgotten
oh i remembered
keen senses
it just gave me proficiency in perception so didn't think i needed to write it down
you should have 5 proficiencies now
your proficiencies as of right now(if I recall) should be:
- survival (background)
- stealth (class)
- perception (race)
- insight (class)
- deception (background)
personality is more of a flavour thing, if you know what you want to do with your character there is little point
but can be funny to make anyway
one of them is being forgetfull very fitting for me 
I like having them as a little reminder in case I'm ever struggling in a rp scenario
i like nomad, empathy, forgetfull and i do what i can to protect the natural world
for M31, she is pretty much a secluded genious inventor
and while she's smart, she's only smart in regards to creating and tinkering
her experience with hooman interaction was limited to "I need this.. okay it costs this" begins creating
pretty much

my eldritch cleric on the other hand, her personality is supposed to be kind of twisted
she takes glee in causing mental mischief, and if she can make peepos fight for no reason, she's happy


yeah it's gonna be interesting having a bunch of dicks in a party together

so i can atm have 3 languages?
race giving me common and 1 extra and background giving me 1 of the options listed
btw is Sunday before stream or Tuesday before stream better for you?
both work
- common
- your choice of either: elvish, gnomish, goblin or sylvan
- your choice(within reason)
I've just made my cleric speak all the evil languages
stuff like abyssal, deep speech, infernal and such
yeah, there isn't a specific old one language
yes
do i get anything form monk background?
from monk
from feylost
you also have proficiency in whatever musical instrument you choose
the feywild trinket table: https://dnd5e.wikidot.com/trinkets
how does the rolling for that work?
1d100 and 1d10?
but trinkets generally do nothing anyway, is just flavour
yes i was confused by that but clicking on the wild beyond the witchlight it says feywild
just the D100
you're welcome
I think in actual terms it's called a percentile die
same you roll for divine intervention
oh I see what you mean
basically it's just rolling 2D10
the first D10 is the tens
the second D10 is the units
but i have a d100 so i can just roll that and then roll d10 after 
great i finaly get to use it 
first up is 48 which is an 8 inch glass ant figurine...
seems usefull
if i rolled 48 again can i say fuck that and reroll?
it's just meant to be something that can add to your backstory, like why do you have this trinket
not meant to be useful or anything
a cookie cutter shaped like a unicorn
I don't know how relevant it is in grim hollow, but apparantly my character can drive
I also have fine clothes, perfume, and I have ink and pen

if you need to travel long distances, it's generally over land
so carts and that kind of thing

so i have an 8 inch glass ant figure, a cookie cutter shaped like a unicorn and a tiny hourglass with no sand in it
my character is wearing a scale mail that is fashioned such that it looks like a dress
and part of the scales are shown so it looks like decorations

oh cannon
that's me
can i has scythe?
clerics also start with a shield, but I specifically opted to not use a shield for this character
fine, it will have the stats of a spear
that's what he initially said, so that works for him

I found online that peepos usually do either greataxe or glaive
it will do slashing damage instead of peiceing damage
aizo showed a glave which seems fitting as well
might have to be a spear, so it can be one-handed
nah, a scythe is at the end of the day, a farming tool not a weapon
farming tools have been used as weapons in wars before 
is spear a simple weapon?
my cleric has no physical weapon at all
she also has negative strength, so even if she slaps someone
it does 0 damage

yes Val
minimum damage of an attack is 1
great i now have proficiency with my scythe
or wait no
i was confused
i simply have it

am i spelling scythe right btw?
yes
yes
atk bonus is dex modifier+ proficiency?

yes
your unarmed is 1d4+dex mod as well
the 1d4 for unarmed increases as you level

damage with the scythe will do up as well as you level
because it's a monk weapon
technically
yee
monk weapons uses the martial arts die if it's higher- it won't be at low level, but it does go past 1d6 after a bit
with 14 con i have 10 hit points right?
I think it'll be a D8 by the end of the campaign
at 5 it becomes 1d6, at 11 it becomes 1d8 and at 17, 1d10
nice
i wanna keep my items list sorted so trying to figure out what weapons i have
atm only scythe
tpk session 1
but my character's whole spiel, is to make enemies unable to act anyway
or at least lessen their effectiveness
I assume you're available either day?

list as it stands now
as a cleric, she does have access to healing and revivify
but you can bet your nose that she won't spend her turn casting a heal

not sure exactly, but I was thinking her scale mail to be fashioned akin to this
so it's protective, but still looks purrty
reminds me I should do a hero forge thingy
hmm so as a monk i only have 1 weapon?
monks mostly do unarmed, their weapon often just complimentary
i can't seem to see any other weapons just confused since i started with 3 as rouge
ah i see
Rouges carry weapons
Monks are the weapon
sickles
i want/need scythe just for the asthetics
people think scythe when they think of reapers
making this char has taken quite sometime but it's fun 

oh i get 1 feats from my class
unarmored defence and martial arts
text on the feats thingy has gotten really small >.<
musical instuments
viol is just short for violin?
where is list of languages?
A viol is technically a different instrument to a violin but they're so similar that I wouldn't worry about it
other then common and elvish what is another commonly spoken language?
the languages should be divided into common and uncommon languages
is passive wisdom 10 by default?
10 + perception modifier
that is up to you
ah so i just pick?
elves live up to about 750 years and are considered children until they hit around 100
i think i rolled something last time and somehow got close to what i am irl 
out of lazyness i'll say 500+
or should i pick a specific number
depends on if you character even remembers at that age
do earmuffs exist in grim hollow?
I don't see why they wouldn't
i think i just need my 3rd language and my char is done
oh wait i forgot what my trinkets was
8 inch glass ant figure, cookie cutter shaped like a unicorn and tiny hourglass with no sand
i can't find languages >.<
hmm not sure which i want more between dwarvish and sylvan
oh wait i need a story don't i 
I specifically toned down some of the colours, but basically I could make the collar part and belt part
the same metallic purple as I did with the wrap, to emphasize that it's a scale dress
to tired to think of a story atm
would just be like this instead
you have plenty of time to come up with something

and if I go 11 cleric, 5 sorcerer
I also get access to counterspell--
not until literally the final level however

But you would still be a full caster so you would get all the spell slots of a 16th level wizard

wait, full caster doesn't mean that one level of sorcerer would let an 11th level cleric cast 6th level sorcery spells, does it?
the sorcerer have to be the level to pick up the spell, yes?
No the spell levels have to be the ones that class can normally pick
yee I got confused for a second

for cleric, I get the last "boon" at level 11, where cantrips get an additional dice of damage- the next would be at 17th level
so if the plan is to stop at 16(even if we only manage to hit 15, or even 14) multiclassing sorcerer nets me some fitting things from abarrent mind

also the pretty decent and fitting spell "dissonant whispers" at 1st level sorcerer
I might even multiclass the first level of sorcerer at level 2 just for that, and then continue cleric until 11

puts on best announcer voice
Monday at 11pm, the fate of the world will be decided. Will our valiant heroes end the soul curse? Or will they fall and be defeated? Find out soon
I considered taking spirit guardians, but opted not to since it's just damage and doesn't even target anything
this cleric rather use her spell slots to control the field

aoe is a type of field control...
if an enemy can't be somewhere because it's on fire then are you not controlling the battlefield

I got plenty of ways to fear and charm and command, or even just debuff and hinder already
mostly, my spells need to have at least one target, to trigger the eldritch table
the 1st level bane spell is pretty decent for that, since it hinders 3 targets
and triggers the eldritch table for one of them
also who tf has proficiency in charisma saves XD
clerics

I still don't know why dnd want clerics to have charisma and intelligence
they have prof in wisdom and charisma saves, and religion is for some reason intelligence

because it's remembering stuff about religions rather then having faith in them
you know the augury and commune cleric spells, right?
Yeah, we meet up for games on wednesdays
eldritch clerics gets access to this, at the same time as commune

let me go insane

this is so good for me- 1st level damaging psychic spell that scales with upcast
triggers the eldritch table, and on a success, forces the target to run away, so also defensive
This is why I like adding stuff like Grim Hollow
makes peepos think about their character in a new way

I just need that one level into sorcerer abarrent mind, since cleric doesn't get the spell on it's own
on paper it's not until level 6th eldritch cleric
but I also like the part where my thoughts are so insane
others can't read them, and even takes damage if trying

is the grim hollow stuff on any website or do i have to use the pdf
i want to play a corrupt member of the inquisition that made a pact with an old one so probably a zeal paladin thats secretly also a hexblade warlock , no idea if that will break my oath tho 
fwen

"lapsed inquisitor" I did something and now they hunt me
oh so ill be hunting you to keep up my cover then 
you don't know who I am though, that's my whole spiel
I'm very good at mind stuff, and especially deception

that'll be fun
basically my character's backstory is that I used to be an inquisitor
but during my time there, I encountered something that revealed the absolute truths to me
and now I'm an eldritch cleric, and I left the order, on.. hostile terms
my plan is that I either slew a figure of authority from the order and/or stole an item of import
when I left, and now I'm masquerading as just a normal cleric, while working my mind shenanigans
my character is.. not a nice person, but peepos might think I am
๐ผ
i am simply inflitrating them to help my "god" 

these stat rolls are filthy holy shit 
one of my ideas for reasons why I became an eldritch cleric was that my curiosity got the better of me one evening after curfew in the inquisitor place
and I snuck out into the halls, and there, I came upon a door that was normally closed shut, and heard voices from inside- as I peeked in, I saw one of the elder inquisitors interrogate a prisoner, but I weren't quite as sneaky as I thought, and the prisoner got his eyes on me without the inquisitor noticing, and as he did, the dead gods voices infiltrated my mind through him, which awakened me to my eldritch abilities- as this happened, I used my newfound abilities to slay the old inquisitor, and then I made my escape

I was hoping cannon would let me pick up an "amulet of the devout" off his corpse, as my starting magic item, but he says the item might not even exist in grim hollow, so it might not be possible
but eitherhow, basically, the only person who knows who killed him, is the prisoner, who's basically aligned with me

making backstory is fun, fleshes out your character

we're not using the advanced backgrounds right?
cannon said to ignore those

okay so my char is gonna kinda suck until i hit lvl 4 
but after then he'll be crazy

cuz i need 3 lvls in warlock for pack of the blade
and i have to go paladin first for the heavy armor prof
my 2nd level will be multiclassing abarrent mind sorcerer
so I will also be a level behind in cleric

but it nets me some fitting things
dissonant whispers, and silvery barbs
oof you'll want charisma strenght wiz and con on that char
don't need any strength for this one- she's a full on caster, not a frontliner at all

also con not so needed since she doesn't plan to get hit
the plan is to make her a full on control caster

not sure whether I should take warcaster at level 4, since a lot of my spells require concentration(though she doesn't plan to get hit)
or the alert feat, so she can go first, and make her move before others
cannon says the campaign will likely take us to level 16, or towards it
so my plan for now, is to go 11 eldritch cleric, 5 abarrent mind sorcerer
with the first sorcerer level being at 2nd level and then going back to cleric until 11(which is 12)
beeeg boi

"As a young girl, Rhea were often praised for her affinities for the divine, and when she came of age, were recruited into the Inquisition.
The inquisitors had high hopes for her, said she'd make it far, possibly even a place of authority within the Inquisition one day.
As the seasons passed, Rhea's talents bloomed, and missions to quell the vile arcane users sated her thirst for adventure.. There was just one issue; Rhea was curious, perhaps too curious..
One evening, her curiosity got the better of her after curfew at the inquisitor's place, and she snuck out into the halls. There, she came upon a door that was normally closed shut.
From inside, voices could be heard.. and as she peeked in, she saw one of the elder inquisitors interrogate a prisoner, but she weren't quite as sneaky as she thought, and the prisoner locked eyes with her without the inquisitor noticing, and as he did, countless voices of dead gods and elder things infiltrated her mind through him all at once, which awakened her to her eldritch abilities.
With her newfound abilities, and knowledge of dangerous truths the inquisitors had tried to hide, Rhea let her presence be known, as she whispered under her breath; "Bleed". The old inquisitor turns around and makes the motions as if trying to say something, but no voice leaves his mouth.. His eyes go wide as blood begins trickling from them, then from his nose, and then his ears.. And then the old inquisitor was no more.. Rhea looks at the prisoner briefly, and then made her escape."

tried keeping it brief, but I made it into an actual backstory now
are you going to be a zeal paladin then from grim hollow?
or are you going to lean more into the warlock side of things

by the way, I know the command spell doesn't work like I made it here
but hey, background flavour

good, a meatshi-- I mean, a frontliner to stand in front of me

you smite the enemies, while I "hold person" them

in early levels, she will be doing bane on enemies which reduces their attack rolls and saving throws by a 1d4 when they do either
and in the meantime, I can do "mind sliver" which further reduces their saving throws by a 1d4(granted they don't succeed against my spell save)
so total of 1d8 negative to their saving throws, and negative 1d4 to their attack rolls

feel free to use things that forces them to do saving throws
mind sliver also is a scaling cantrip, so it's 1d6 psychic at first, and after 5 becomes 2d6
and then from eldritch cleric's "potent spellcasting" gets + wis mod to damage after 8
and then becomes 3d6+wis mod after 11
just a little bit added damage to all the control stuff I do
Me big sword me divine smite me branding smite me eldritch smite me crit on 19 me do yes damage
Me get 2nd attack me do that again me kill God in one turn 
you two might not even be in the same party yet, I haven't decided yet
im probs gonna be an hour late again today, need to help le fam again
@sudden frost
cheeezes so much text here
we be yappin
real footage of M31's guardian model trying to be stealthy
question to dm - can i choose Greatsword instead of Greataxe as starting weapon?
yes
then i think ill be this - ||https://www.dndbeyond.com/characters/150619418/KNQCym|| but ill think more for sure
<@&1284336728831950879> next session we're going to drop into a large fight in the inn, it will wrap up business in the harbor but as we go into the capital, here are some quick blurbs of NPCs you've met:
Clovis - veteran of the Maltor Civil War, extremely bitter to Tieflings, ex-harbor security
Jubal - Hobgoblin, owner of the Waning Moon inn, sees Clovis as an estranged son.
The Gull and the Owl - druids employed by the Mafia, operate as eyes and ears in various areas.
Karron Taranis - Son of the Taranis Mafia family, wanted for the murder of a nobleman, served time working for the League
So what is the deal with the new campaign
Who are the chosen people
I tried to keep up but honestly I am very confused
@proud pebble
Live M31 reaction when she cannot dome someone
<@&1248006648744902809> @short hare
For the upcoming campaigns:
There will be TWO campaigns
one will be held on Sunday and the other will be held on Tuesday
both will be held THREE (3) hours before stream time and will go on for around 2.5 hours each week
If you have a preference for which day you want to play on the please let me know.
Once I know everyone's preference, I will arrange you all into groups.
If I have already spoken to you about which day you will be playing then please ignore this part of the message
Both games will have a session 0 that will be held in three weeks
that is the 31st of August for the Sunday Group and the 2nd of September for the Tuesday group
During that session 0 I will discuss with each group what type of campaign will be run and help with character creation.

also Monday is on as normal this week
I would prefer Tuesday, but I wouldn't mind either
Tuesday is perfectly fine
Sunday for me plz, I'd still be at work on Tuesdays
have heard from everyone except @lofty warren
what are we doing?
this
i dont have a dnd role so i havent seen the ping
ah sorry, I didn't realise that
you can get the role by going into the tabletop channel and reacting to one of the pinned comments there
pretty much any day is good for me. just depends on time. like say if its today - and my time now is 19.30 at what time the session would be?
to just understand time diffeerence ๐
so 22.00 not bad. so any day just ping me few hours before ๐
it should be every week so hopefully that won't change much
the character is all ok? its some how a mash up of 2024 rules and 2014
seems fine to me
I'll divide y'all into two parties then and make an announcement
๐
make sure you get the role so I can ping you
<@&1248006648744902809>
works
noice
i can do either, use me to fill a spot
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You don't need stealth if they're too scared to snitch 

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