'Can someone explain to me why we're suddenly getting furry art in /5eg/';

'>>92570244
HWCS';

'>>92570266
So I have WOTC's consent to fug my wolf wife while playing with a table of friends?';

'>>92570244
The scaly gave up making threads';

'>>92570278
It's actively encouraged';

'>>92570319
If girls get this then it's only fair WOTC throw something in for the lads in their new book';

'>>92570388
You'll get safehorny slop and you'll like it';

'r8';

'>>92570459
What the fuck does safehorny even try to convey, I have only ever seen it on /tg/ and only ever in reference to a video game';

'>>92570582
It's a way of expressing sexual attraction that doesn't fall into 'misogynistic patterns' like wanting to fuck a woman. In essence, it's all about spurning the masculine urge for dominance and wanting to be a beta creep who kisses the feet of his milf muscle mommy. You can express sexual attraction so long as it's 'non-threatening'.';

'>>92570497
Very strong.';

'>>92570634
I fucking hate this clown world';

'>>92570582
safe horny isn't an actual term used by them, it's just something people came up with to describe thie bias and blatant hypocrisy. Horny is permitted as long as it's queen or strange. You can make and produce an RPG literally titled Thristy Sword Leasbians, but the minute a bard makes a pass at a tavern wench, you hold up your X card. Straight male horny is not permitted and not ok, because they are bigots';

'>>92570689
Eh, it is what it is. I'm not a huge fan of the term but I think it's valid because I've seen that kind of pattern on social media.

Let's promote 'dangerhorny'. I haven't quite figured out what the ultimate expression of this is but it's probably something like having a sex dungeon full of Japanese schoolgirls or wanting a dick so gigantic you can fuck the whole planet and literally rape Mother Earth.';

'>>92570799
Eh, I think you're falling for the pesi/coke scam.
Sex isn't even the problem, it's just the first barrier. The problem is responsibility for your own actions. God forbid you ask a pregnant woman to bring the child she created to term.';

'>>92570660
That is probably true.
I was aiming for "covers an interesting niche", and "has interesting mechanics/options"';

'>>92570928
Well, thus far, your interesting niche appears to be doubling spell slots, free scrolls, and Quicken Spell.';

'>Playing an XP game
>"Will we get experience if we use diplomacy or use stealth to bypass threats?"
>DM: "No"
>"Do we get experience if they surrender or flee?"
>DM: "No. You can give them to bounty hunters or prisons, but only if they are nearby"
>Party kills every thing they see

Are XP parties supposed to be more bloodthirsty than milestone parties? It's the first time I'm playing in an XP group vs a milestone group and the difference is like night and day.';

'>>92571122
He's doing it wrong. You get XP for beating the encounter, but that doesn't necessarily mean killing every target, or even killing anything - so long as the encounter is no longer a threat, you should get a reward for it.';

'So I'm invited to join a new campaign. I want to be a mounted Paladin, and while my DM allows it, he has not so subtly tried to convince me to play a druid, since he feels it would fit the game better.

I'm probably going for the paladin anyways, but I'm willing to do some last minute sleeping on it. I'm wondering though, does combat caster work while shapeshifted? Also, do I use my own con stat or the one of the animal? Guessing the latter.';

'>>92571246
>>92571122
Exactly unless you're using a very loose definition of 'kill' for traps/puzzles';

'>>92570497
it is so fucking busted but at the same time so much fun, i love the spell list and being able to all tank hits with each other with pact of the talisman in the aura is insanely broken (and fun)
the 14th level pact of the blade feature actually doesnt stack up with the other options because of how insane they are';

'>>92571280
Casting generally doesn't work while shapeshifted unless you are a form capable of verbal and somatic components.';

'>>92571122
If you only give xp for killing, you're telling the players to kill everything.
> milestone
> constant rate xp
> xp from a variety of sources with explicit pricing guidelines

Will all be far less killy.';

'>>92571280
generally if you are going pact of the moon, you use your action to do a concentration spell like moonbeam and bonus action to transform into a bear or hyena etc depending on your level, you cant cast spells in the shapeshift until 18th level';

'>>92571299

But can't I cast the spell before I shapeshift?

Like summon beast then shapeshift? I think Wild shape doesn't break concentration';

'>>92571329
You can maintain concentration while shapeshifted. Bear in mind, though, that beasts have terrible defenses, so you'll be making a LOT of concentration checks.';

'>>92570112
>Official Art
Kek, really? I haven't played 5e in ages, but every time I check in on it out of curiosity, it finds new ways to fall further and further.';

'>>92570965
I meant role-playing niche, like we've got fey and fiends and whatever covered, but no ancestral family spirits.

>>92571290
I was worried fiddling with the action economy would be too strong, I don't think it's weak so much as it is kind of boring? I should probably go over it again see if I can make something that competes with the other options.
Thanks for the insights, anon.';

'>>92571280
If you really feel like compromising you could do order of ancients';

'>>92571347

>making lots of concentration checks

Yeah, that's what making it a not-so-attractive option for me. Might just go for the Paladin.

I want to BRETONNIA';

'>>92571379
Those are Devotion Paladins, though.';

'Is it worth Rune Knight-ing with zero intention to grapple?';

'>>92571581
yes?

its class feature are insanely good';

'>>92570497
Maybe better blade, idk if anyone cares enough to comment';

'>>92570582
Safe horny is the term used for conventionally attractive characters who lack sex appeal, but are presented as though they do. The calling card of a safe horny character is when they’re described as “mommies.” They are called “mommies” because the basedboys they’re designed for are still, in their hearts, cowards. This makes them incapable of advertising their heterosexuality as anything else but a desperate hunger for a mother figure.';

'>>92571892
>Safe horny is the term used for conventionally attractive characters who lack sex appeal
They can have it (like Cammy or Chun-li) but you have to be dickless in the way you approach them. Like how being a hooker is empowering but being a john is somehow terrible';

'Playing a oneshot where we belong to religious organization and have to recover some relic.

Give me a concept + a class to play that would fit please';

'>>92572230
>no level given
Play a level 20 wizard dumb dumb, gestalt into artificer for another 20 levels, double dumb dumb';

'>>92572251
level 5, give me a concept, not a minmaxed treantmonk character';

'>>92572290
nature cleric custom lineage with warcaster and telekinetic, use telekinetic to push enemies out of your spirit guardians and use thorn whip to drag them back in so they take double damage';

'>>92572230
How many other players? If there’s at least two, they’ll likely be stealing Paladin and Cleric. With double healing out of the way, I’d personally play something glass cannony like a Rogue. Make him less of a street urchin and more of an expert historian and relic recoverer. Lean into it with plenty of rope and a grappling hook, and Athletics for mad rock-climbing skills.';

'>>92572290
You're all part of the same religious organisation? Seems to me you need to decide who your collective god is then come back to us.';

'>>92572230
>>92572290
Zealot Barbarian';

'/5eg/, for my homebrew dnd version would it be a bad idea to change the name of the Attack action to the Strike action?';

'>>92572474
Wherefore?';

'>>92572430
Can't ever go wrong with aasimar zealot, and level 5 is just right to take PAM for that bonus action you have no use for.';

'>>92572426
Correct. Ilmater.
>>92572430
Am considering this. Although we have an aggressive minotaur Paladin so thought it might be too samey; we'll have 3 players.';

'>>92572655
>Although we have an aggressive minotaur Paladin so thought it might be too samey; we'll have 3 players.
Well depending on if the other person picks a Cleric, you could also go for a Divine Soul Sorcerer in order to fill out some arcane utility for that trifecta.
A Zealot Barbarian wouldn't need to be too similar to a Paladin though. You could easily flavor them as more akin to an Oracle whose rage is a divinely induced trance.';

'>>92572655
Time to go scourge aasimar and self-harm for Ilmater.';

'>>92571122
kek been there, then faggot GM called us murderhobo';

'>>92573042
I never understand the people who fail to grasp that the way a game offers XP shapes how the players interact with the game.
Like obviously the players aren't going to accept surrender or retreat from enemies if they're missing out because of it. Players barely accept surrender or retreat as is, so I just can't comprehend how some DMs will deliberately make the problem even worse.';

'>>92571122
yes, and it is a striking difference

>warlock player inists we try and kill the surpise boss despite us already aquiring the macguffin and all the treasure.

In character, it makes no sense to stay when we could just run from the giant golem.';

'Any recommended multi-classes for a Beast Barb? Just turned 4, so need to start thinking about points/feats. Getting Extra Attack at level 5, but the rest of the sub/class features aren't that exciting past that imo.
Kind of limited on Skill levels, I can only go Rogue or Fighter due to shitty Int, Wis, Cha.
Ideally I'd probably go Druid for Wildshape LARP but no Wis and don't want to burn up multiple ASI/Feats to get there when my STR isn't 20.
Rogue, I'd probably go Soulknife for the bonus attack, expertise, and the sneak attack damage though I'd need to talk my DM into allowing the Beast Weapons to count as finesse.
I'm not as familiar with Fighter features, but I know how versatile it can be.';

'>>92570112
WHAT THE FUCK ARE THE CREATURES CALLED THAT MIND FLAYERS USE TO TAKE OVER BEINGS
I CANNOT FIND IT';

'What would you play if you actually got to play a level 15 character in a one-shot one day?';

'>>92573940
google';

'>Artificer uses Dispel Magic to end a spell
>The Artificer uses an Infused Weapon as their focus
>Lets say its an Axe
How does this look visually or at least some ideas as to how it could look, its being done at a distance? What if it was Counterspell?';

'>>92573940
Tadpoles, anon?';

'>>92573923
People always make the mistake of investing too much into Con on Barbarians.

>the sneak attack damage though I'd need to talk my DM into allowing the Beast Weapons to count as finesse.
If you're going Soulknife anyway, then you'll already have a finesse weapon that you'd be required to make attacks with. Sneak Attack is only once per round, so it's not a major issue. You could also likely just use a shortsword in one of your hands and do something like
>shortsword attack, soulknife attack, beast claw attack, soulknife bonus attack
And only one of those attacks doesn't qualify for Sneak Attack';

'Asking in the least coomer way possible because I have already seen this adjudicated in my group, but I'm interested in popular opinion.
Can you have sex during a short rest and still count it as a short rest?
>inb4 jokes about the 5 minutes variant
We already did those, just tell me y/n.';

'>>92573989
It looks dumb, much like your character.';

'>>92570904
Why are we infected with pol? Is it the holidays or something.
Why does a random woman in the middle of nowhere having an abortion bother you but children being bombed in the Middle East and Europe just go unnoticed by this “protect the children” crowd.';

'>>92573995
Yeah and dex too, 14 is all you need. That wouldn't work because you only have 2 attacks so to get an extra beast claw one needs to be beast claw.

As previously discussed, the optimal beast setup is Shifter, for attack, extra attack, claw, bite.';

'>>92574058
>That wouldn't work because you only have 2 attacks so to get an extra beast claw one needs to be beast claw.
Point taken. Even so, it's only one sneak attack per round, and if you're Raging, you're probably making reckless attacks so odds are you're gonna end up hitting with the soulknife strikes. If anything Soulknife doesn't seem bad there, since by its nature it leaves your hands very free for the claw attacks.

Then whenever you aren't raging, you could just rely on shortswords or even longbows';

'>>92574039
>A short rest is a period of downtime, at least 1 hour long, during which a character does nothing more strenuous than eating, drinking, reading, and tending to wounds.
Seems like you're mostly relegated to oral or manual RAW, with some aftercare.';

'>>92574039
If it's less than ten minutes of sex and the rest is afterglow I'd say so, otherwise anything tantric is work, not rest.';

'>>92574039
Very strictly RAW I'd say no more, it's more strenuous than eating or drinking. I'd allow it though.';

'>>92571843
At 14th level it's not too remarkable. Like it's not terrible, but not head turning either.';

'Temperature check on a setting/campaign I'm developing.

The story begins on a small continent on a flat world. The setting is low-magic but for the levels this segment of the campaign is concerned with, that has no greater gameplay implications, casters are still playable. The adventuring party will be fledgling adventurers starting at level 1. The party is recruited by a local hermit who wants them to investigate an overgrown temple. In doing so they discover themselves embroiled in a decades long conflict between the BBEG and the hermit the party is working for who it turns out was previously the BBEG's ally. The temple is one of four on the continent; accessing the other temples allows one to restoring the world's connection to "The Weave" (still using conventional D&D language here but whatever I end up calling it, it's the source of all magic) and reintroducing stronger magic to the world.

It's revealed that the BBEG and hermit were part of an adventuring party that severed the flow of magic to the world decades ago because magic was a constant source of catastrophic conflict; a previous war using magical relics left the world recovering from near-apocalyptic conditions. In doing so, they weakened the world and put it in a dying state. Only small amounts of magic trickle in now which is why cantrips and lower leveled spells are possible, but the world is slowly withering without a font of magical power. This can even be seen in the commentary of NPC's the party meet who comment on how the horizon visible from shore is dwindling away and many conspiracy theorists believe the end of the world is imminent and that the continent will one day drift off the edge of the planet.

(cont.)';

'>>92574235
The hermit reveals to the party in their travels that reducing the flow of magic was only supposed to be a temporary solution while they figured something else out, but BBEG became bitter and complacent to let the world die if that meant that it would go out with a whimper instead of a bang. He genuinely believed the inhabitants of this world should live out the rest of their days in relative peace with the threat of magic defanged. The hermit in his day was a powerful Wizard but is no more capable than anyone in the party with the rate of magic reduced, so he can't hope to stand against BBEG on his own. He knows this because he's tried with former alumni of the original party and became the sole escapee and survivor.

The party travels the continent and restores the temples with the BBEG always on their heels and several dangerous encounters, but also opportunities for side quests along the way. This culminates atop the tower of the fourth temple where the party faces off against the BBEG before restoring magic and life to the world.

Once this restoration happens, it's revealed the world was never flat. The continent the adventure took place on was a raised plateau erected to hide these temples from the rest of the world so BBEG's plan to suffocate the world slowly couldn't be meddled with. Once the world returns to its natural shape, the hermit warns there are likely many powerful magical relics and evil spellcasters who are all too aware that the power of magic has returned to the world who are eager to take advantage. He requests the party to travel, recover magical items, and stop evil while looking for a solution his party was unable to find.

The first part of the campaign (start to restoration) is supposed to be levels 1-10. Everything after is however long the party wants to go because I'm going to send them on lethal dungeon crawls and expeditions rather than a narrative-focused campaign after that point. Does it sound stupid? is it cool?';

'>>92574235
>>92574264
You've attached too much importance to the NPC when you don't know how your players will feel about him';

'>>92574046
>why are you bothered by this thing I've decided you are bothered by
>why aren't you concerned about an unrelated topic which I assume you are unconcerned about';

'>>92574046
I wouldn't usually engage with this kind of bait but I don't care if middle easterners live or die but in the grand scheme of things I'd rather all non-whites die';

'>>92574316
yeah shoot that's true. my players do want a narrative so I figured I could be a little railroad-y but it is very much all eggs in one basket if they don't trust him or prefer BBEG's outlook of the world or something else. Back to the drawing board lol, thank you for pointing that out to me';

'>>92574264
Sounds cool to me. How do you handle divine magic and the gods?';

'>>92574342
Just make the npc a hot witch style hermit and they’ll follow her no problem.';

'>>92573995
Yes, I see that now that I'm pushing 50 HP, But also, they're a Barbarian, even swapping Dex and Con, it's a marginal difference as I just used the standard rolls. Feels fine for the character that they don't have smart stats.
I guess with that many attacks per turn, it wouldn't matter if the sneak attack was on the knife or any of the other attacks. Makes it simpler.
DM gave us all plot weapons, so I won't be picking up a short sword.
So, going 5B/3R would get Soulknife Sneak Attack, Claw 1, Claw 2, Soulknife Bonus Action.
>>92574058
Yeah, I wasn't aware of the shifter being an option when I rolled, playing the GMs homebrew race. It's fine, but missing a free bite stings.
>>92574083
The claws are obviously the best for damage, but I roll a D6 to determine what kind of transformation I make whenever I rage. 1/2 for fangs, 3/4 for claws, 5/6 for tail. I'll stop eventually, but it's fun for early combat variety in the meantime.';

'>>92574348
Whatever I end up calling "The Weave" isn't just the source of magic but life itself in this universe so even Gods are downstream of that. Divine magic that Clerics or Paladins would use are inherited from their God or Oath, but that is in turn inherited from "The Weave," so the Gods are in decay as well. Perhaps that's a way to give an out if players don't trust/don't like the hermit NPC, a God(s) plead with the players to assist them in restoring the world for some kind of reward?

>>92574352
Might actually do this lol';

'>>92574235
>>92574264
>The setting is low-magic
Already a red flag.
>that has no greater gameplay implications
And a second
>In doing so they discover themselves embroiled in a decades long conflict between the BBEG and the hermit
Okay, what stops them from fucking off and ignoring the conflict? What if they agree with the BBEG?

>The hermit in his day was a powerful Wizard but is no more capable than anyone in the party with the rate of magic reduced
>The first part of the campaign (start to restoration) is supposed to be levels 1-10.
A level 10 Wizard, even if diminished from a level 20 Wizard, is still pretty damn potent.
>He knows this because he's tried with former alumni of the original party and became the sole escapee and survivor.
And how the fuck is the BBEG still so strong then?';

'>>92574417
nta but is making a character that is explicitly non-magical bad? They'd still use magic weapons and trinkets but they themselves are deprived of all magical capabilities.';

'What elemental damage feels appropriate for a Tyr worshipper? Thinking of a homebrew 3-charge item/boon that's like a downcast Thunder Step with 1d10 damage.';

'>>92574432
Having a nonmagical character works well enough.
The red flags in question are trying to run 5e as low magic in the first place, but also not even putting in any consideration for how to make that happen.
5e isn't low magic by default, and especially isn't low magic beyond level 5 or so.';

'>>92574417
I imagine the BBEG as being a level 16 Eldritch Knight (obviously not for purposes of his combat statblock as an enemy but historically as a character) whose entire kit is built around shutting down opposing mages. He's still extremely capable as a warrior, basically a living legend, and is working with some of the highest level magic available in-world despite the reduced magical flow. From a lore perspective, he's a perfect counter to a caster and the magic he does employ gives him an edge versus strictly martial combatants.

One of the lore reasons I hashed out for why a low-magic setting could be compatible with no gameplay implications is basically a little bit more magic flows into the world per temple they visit. If they keep natural pace it should never affect them. If they get sidetracked into too much other business and get ahead of the level curve I planned, they will be slightly punished by being unable to cast higher level spells. I imagined each temple being worth a spell level; cantrips, 1st, and 2nd level spells being naturally possible in the world. So they finish the first temple relatively early in the campaign and unlock 3rd level spells, the next 4th, and so on until the final temple restores true magic to the world. But the first arc is only levels 1-10 so 5th level spells will be available to them for the final confrontation which is naturally on time for that level range.

But yeah I do need some answers for if the party doesn't want roped into all this or agrees with the BBEG.';

'>>92574467
Fire. As in "trial by".';

'>>92570112
Have you thanked the party casters yet, /5eg/?';

'>>92574661
Who is this and why are her booba so big and where can I see more';

'>>92574677
Lulu from Final Fantasy X. Her boobs are big because she's a black mage. You can find pictures of her pretty much on any booru ever made.';

'How much use has Thieves Cant gotten in your games?';

'>>92574661
cooming';

'>>92574882
lol you're so mad';

'Letting another PC die, acceptable or no? I left them to die in a situation that could have been turned around(probably). I am evil aligned(I know, but dm approved) no one else in the party knows I let them die.';

'>>92570904
God forbid you ask the man who impregnated her to stay and help.';

'Which 5e gods are the jewish ones so I know which clerics to hate crime? is it just waukeen?';

'>>92574916
It really, really depends on the specifics of the situation. Stop vagueposting and give us a storytime';

'>>92574803
I've never seen it roleplayed, but in the past I've seen notes/whispers be used to the rogue so that only they know what the conversation actually was about. This stuff usually just turns into, "I wanna go to the seedy part of town and then find out about rumors and jobs about ___" anyways.';

'>>92570582
safe horny means shit that isn't actually attractive to men but (((they))) can pretend it is and market it as such. See things like the vampire lady from Resident evil 8 or how all the baldurs gate 3 companions were intentionally written to be pretty much the max age you can with their stories even though it wouldn't make that much sense based on their other characterizations and then also make them massive whores. Vs a decade ago we got mass effect where 2 of the female characters were virgins. Hell even mass effect 3 would be an example. the 3 romances for male rider were a bird, an ugly old woman and an ugly asari all of whom had extensive past sexual experiences and the only cute girl was lesbian only';

'So did the Spelljammers book with the hilariously tonedeaf racist minstrel monkies come out yet? How was it recieved?';

'>>92574961
The internet has too many buzzwords to keep up with. This is literally just
>Anything not catered directly to me as an individual is a psy-op';

'Boy do I love the Table Top Role Play Game discussion in these threads.';

'>>92574981
It came out a while ago, anon. It was received poorly on account of the fact that, despite being released as a boxed set, it had no content whatsoever. It didn't even include rules for spelljammer combat, instead advising the DM to run every ship-based encounter as a boarding action.';

'>>92575088
Bro, a wizard offering to teach you magic is the equivalent of a stranger in an unmarked van offering you candy. You took his offer, that's on you.';

'>>92575109
can you explain an actual compelling reason why the bg3 character creator didn't have an >are you gay, toggle when they had a pronouns independent of sex toggle? Or why literally all of halsin's dialogue is about him wanting to fuck you?
>>92575126
best part is, they never actually patched out that >bug, they said they patched out after people got made about gale. you can dump the variables from your save into a txt file and I did it and I had cut gale's hand off as durge, so I never spoke to him and he was dead, and the game still had the variable for romancing him at the tiefling party active.';

'Is Waterdeep good for you?';

'>>92575144
No, it's fantasy New York, and New Yorkers are bastards.';

'>>92574920
Real talk. As a bloke I can literally move to the other side of the country and dodge all responsibilities. If they somehow catch up to me. I can just move country.';

'>>92574940
Basically, the party was split (lol). The cleric came with me and was almost downed in the first encounter. Meta game wise at this point the other party members were looking like a total wipe, and so far we had eaten a fireball every encounter(We're level 9 so it served to soften us up). Next encounter starts with enemies pouring into the room, about 8 lower tiered goons. I take out 3 on my turn with GWM, and the cleric gets surrounded.
Before my next turn 3 more guys show up and gang up on me. I slip out the door(disengage) leaving the cleric to die. DM pulls punches to give the cleric a chance to follow me (I am assuming here), but they pull out a spirit guardians I know they didnt have a slot for, and every enemy manages to fail its save and dies.

Next round boss mob shows up at top of the round with two more goons. cleric heals and pops a potion (we do potions as a bonus action) and goes to fight the boss. I remind them concentration is a thing and they die fairly quickly after. The kicker is the DM leaves them alone on death saves to make it my choice to kill them or not. I leave it to death saves and that was that. I could have stabilized, but no healing to speak of. We were alone so no one ic knows what happened.

TLDR; they fucked around and found out, I coulda stayed and helped but they could have run too.';

'>>92572474
what purpose would this serve';

'>give the rogue an anti-magic dagger that ignores AC bonuses from magical means and suppresses magical effects on-hot
>calls it weak
motherfucker half your enemies are magic users';

'>>92575482
>party member is being hypnotic pattern'd
>shank him to dispel it
Heh.';

'>>92575482

>here, let me walk all the way up to this fucking mage so I can stab him once, then get railed on by every other enemy in the area because I have no cover

>sneak attack? what sneak attack? There are no allies nearby adn I'm not hidden, so I need no sneak attack!';

'>>92575528
He's a swashbuckler, he can proc sneak attack by himself.
>let me walk all the way up to this fucking mage so I can stab him once
it's a dagger, he can throw it so he can proc the magic suppression.';

'>>92575021
>>Anything not catered directly to me as an individual is a psy-op
>I can't see the forest trough the trees.

Have an imagination bud. Its obvious to people with eyes. You just don't wanna see it.';

'>>92575566
>throw dagger
>magic dagger: gone

post the dagger';

'>>92575482
That's like handing out toilet paper when your encounters are mostly shit and expecting your players to be happy for the toilet paper.';

'>>92575595
You know you can pick thrown weapons back up right?';

'>>92575625
not if the enemy picks them up';

'>>92575625
How the fuck is that a legendary. It's worse than a simple +2 dagger.

You should've AT LEAST made it a +1. This is just insulting.

It doesn't even ignore resistances to non magical weapon attacks because it's not even a magic dagger itself.';

'>>92575618
I suppose. My friends are having fun with it though. First time DM so I'm doing my best.
>>92575645
Kill them and take it back.
>>92575648
It's legendary since it's basically a constant level 8 spell with reduced range. I probably should of added a +1 to it but man it just feels like a lame addition.';

'>>92575625
this is a 9 year old legerndary dagger';

'>>92574128
Right, okay. My last attempt for the night, I swear';

'>>92575645
Not a problem for bladelocks or battle smiths';

'>>92575755
the rogue who got the dagger is neither';

'>>92574803
Featured quite strongly recently.
Character with a smuggler background was allowed to know a few specific markings related to his profession in a smuggling run though an urban-underground labyrinth.';

'>>92575759
Lol';

'>>92575618
nta obv, but if i encounter a lot of shit you can bet i'd be glad to have some toilet paper';

'>>92575675
>2+2d6 damage
>fire resistance
both nice
>dominate monster solely on fire elementals
cool but rarely used
>creates devastation orbs
cool but would be used even less than the spell above,.';

'>>92575832
it's also a +2 dagger';

'>>92575648
So what rarity would you give it then? Rare? Very Rare?';

'>>92575841
I am none of the previous anons and I would give it Rare.
It's extremely niche. The best part about it is that it's adamantine, assuming it works like other adamantine weapons.

Here's some Very Rare shit I've made, for comparison';

'>tfw I only ever give the players custom artifacts designed specifically for their characters and the party roles they've leaned into
I've never worried about rarity in my life.';

'Halfling women are sluts whose only goal is to create more halflings';

'>>92575407
Cleric was a dumbass going to fight a boss while low, but it was at least a bit of a dick move just leaving them there when you could have stabilised them.';

'Im thinking of running my first hexcrawl and im trying to standardize all the vague DMG shit and non-sense as well as homebrew rules into a very simply system. How do you guys run them?

here's what im thinking so far
>each hex is 1/2 day travel (4h) to cross or full day (8h) to explore. Difficult terrains (hills, random bad weather, etc) doubles each
>each hex can have either a landmark (can been automatically found from adjacent hex or from traversing), a standard poi (can been found if hex explored), or a hidden poi (need exploration + DC check)
>players know the terrain in every hex in the region, and maybe a couple landmarks already, but no other POI. Players should be exploring for something with an unknown location, such as "hidden tomb of king" or "lost shrine of god"
>each time enter a hex or camp for the night, roll random encounter, chance of encounter depends on hex, but its pretty low. The goal is to make the party feel there's danger, but not have constant combat
>food and water and supplies: not even bothering with it since there's a ranger with outlander';

'I'm going to run a Saltmarsh game soon, and it bring in Greyhawk, I need a bit of a lore primer on it. There's some in the book, but I know the least about Greyhawk compared to any of the other classic DnD settings, just half-remembered details from readings years ago. Anything I should definitely know, or any fun quirks or things people love from old Greyhawk? Anything about Saltmarsh anyone would suggest? Did have a good couple posts of it a few threads back, but figured I'd ask.

Also, any good nautical/piratey art appreciated.';

'>>92573923
cant go wrong with extra attack
when you use the claws with the attack action you attack twice with the first attack action and once with extra attack so action surge gives you another 3 attacks and BM gives you additional damage dice';

'>>92574803
The Rogue questline in FFXIV was great.';

'>>92576566
cant go wrong with bm fighter* lol i dont know what happened there';

'>>92574363
Soulknife and Rune Knight seem like your best bets. Do you know what level you'll get up to roughly?';

'>>92570582
I was wondering the same thing. The replies this post tell me it's a term used by bitter virgins to project their impotent frustrations on others. They specifically seem to be targeting anyone who tries to express an Oedipus complex in a healthy manner.';

'>>92570582
>>92576946
>I have only ever seen it on /tg/
From what I can tell it's a /v/ thing';

'>>92576463
Seems fine overall. Without food/water being a real concern though, it does seem like you'd need some other method for having the party decide if it's worth spending the extra time to explore somewhere.
Things like random encounters also only do so much, though if they're not very frequent and a party is exploring hidden tombs and shrines regularly, then it may work out. I tend to have the random encounters I throw at my players to be more akin to points of interest, like a camp of goblins outside a cave where they have the choice for whether to deal with it or not, rather than road ambushes, although obviously that's not quite the same sense of danger.';

'Hey tg, what PC concepts do you have that you never got to try out?
I’ll go first
An Infantry Officer that’s charges through enemy lines (Monk with Mobile feat)
A Rogue Sniper who deserted from the army
Neutral evil death cultist who travels to fight evil because “that’s not how the world is supposed to end”';

'>>92577026
>A Rogue Sniper who deserted from the army
Actually played something like that, albeit he was a fighter / rogue multiclass.

The Red King, an Oath of Conquest Paladin with delusions of grandeur, think a slightly more violent Don Quixote.
Nile Moore, a Whispers Bard looking to start a great war for the sake of "weaving a masterpiece".
Texol'tan, a very confused monk from the school of "Paci-Fist" who feels like he has been kinda bamboozled somewhere along the line but by golly he'll give it his all!';

'>>92577090
I was also planing on figher1/rogue multiclass so I can beg the dm for a firearm';

'>>92577114
Heh, sweet. So what were your plans on the reason behind the desertion?';

'>>92577124
Charter heard rumors of the Army losing funding and saw that’s he would be positioned in a way that would expose him.
He puts two and two together and shoots his commanding officer and hightails it
My ideal way he would meet the party is him almost passing out from exhaustion after running for 3 days without a break';

'>>92577145
Expose him for what?';

'>>92574046
>Why are we infected with pol?
Neomarxists have decided to turn everything into a vehicle to further their political agenda. When everything is political, you can't escape it. Every aspect of our culture is a battleground.
I just wana play pretend man. I just wana play toy soliders. I just wana play cards. I just want to escape this hellscape they are constructing around me, just for a short while. I can't even have that.
They could have just left me alone, now I'm radicalized.';

'>>92577193
He would be positioned more closer to the action even though there were other safer options';

'I want to sneak up behind guards, stuff a handful of thorns into their armor, and cast Plant Growth on them.';

'>>92577215
Ohhhh, the whole "cheaper to send him home in a bodybag then with a retirement package" sorta deal?
Fair enough then.';

'>>92577236
Anything stopping you?';

'>>92577262
Finding a playgroup, but maybe next week that could change. I'm getting the want to explore underused spells and feats that most campaigns never see.';

'>>92577312
Fair enough, hope you get a game going and have some storytimes to tell later then.';

'Describe your BBEG's motivation in three words or less';

'>>92577376
Get the cash
Kill the god
Fuck you over
Colonize the lessers
Dig too deep
Make bigger ocean';

'>>92577376
summon ancient monstrosity';

'Hello, new DM for new players.
How should I go about justifying why the players are adventuring together? Should I just say that they are friends/coworkers and leave it at that or should I just throw them at some encounter and let them figure it out for themselves during play?
I feel like the latter seems better since they develop bonds organically but I understand that it makes the question of why these randos do life and death situations together loom even larger in everyone's minds so I'm back to square one.';

'>>92577376
Corrupt yo gods';

'>>92577402
It depends on what kind of game your playing and of your players care. If they are the type to like role playing then I suggest you ask them to come up with connections during charter creation.
If you want “natural” development just make it so fate brings them together for some reason.
Here’s and example of strangers getting to make a party
>”During your stay at the X, all of you have been just bumping into each other throughout the week and have gotten to know each other based off of small talk”
then ask what charter Y would be doing then ask another charter would be doing with them';

'>>92577402
entirely depends on the campaign
in lost mines we were all employed by gundren rockseeker to help him
in my dms homebrew campaign we are all soldiers defending a town on the outskirts of a kingdom and we got the attention of one of the major factions fighting against demons and devils invading the material plane for their blood war when we closed a portal and killing off whatever came from the other side';

'>>92577376
Survive';

'One shot, heist
>lvl: 20
>Race: half-elf
>Weapon heavy crossbow
>Class: champion3/scout 17
>Ability scores: 12/20/14/10/14/10
>Saves: STR: 7, DEX 11, Con 8, INT 0, WIS 8, CHA 0
>Feats: elven accuracy, resilent: dex, sharpshooter, squire of solmnia

Without sneak attack, I still sharp shoot to fall back on with two attacks per turn thanks to sudden strike.

I'm debating between resilient:dex and piercer. With a crit fishing build, piercer is pretty great. But the difference between 5 and 11 dex save is pretty massive for evasion. What do you think?';

'>>92577674
>heist
>level 20
How is that going to be hard unless your stealing from gods.';

'>>92570497
>free spell slot
>costs exhaustion

>patron empowers boons

why aren't these in the base class again?';

'>>92577674
>started fighter
for why? you should be using crossbow expert if you want sharpshooter
starting rogue spares you a feat';

'>>92577376
i want fuck';

'>>92577839
I'd lose CON saves in exchange for INT saves, and sudden strike lets me use my crossbow while avoiding the loading property's nonsense.

>>92577698
I trust my DM will make it fun, at least.';

'>>92577875
you can sneak attack on normal turn and sudden strike so you really dont want to miss, shooting 4 times to secure 18d6 seems way more important than adding +10 to two attacks per round';

'>>92577875
and why are you more worried about con saves than int saves?';

'>>92577376
Become a Dragon
Make everyone miserable
Oppress the Foreigners';

'>>92577953
im retarded, im thinking of thief 17th extra turn per round so you cant use crossbow xpert but still, losing +5 to hit to get +10 damage when you reduce the chance to land 9d6 is not worth it';

'>>92577953
Oh, yea. But I played a lvl 20 fighter in our last campaign that ended in March, so I wanted to go rogue and 5% crit, action surge.
>>92578007
SS is for avoiding half cover and extra range, the bonus damage is when I can't get advantage.

>>92577959
Con saves are far more common

>Fighter then rogue (resilient)
save prof: STR 7, CON 8, WIS 8, resilient DEX 11
>Rogue then fighter
save prof: DEX 11, INT 5, WIS 8, piercer.
>Fighter then rogue (piercer)
save prof: STR 7, CON 8, WIS 8, DEX 5, piercer.';

'>>92571280
just do oath of ancients
your paladin could be someone raised by a druid enclave, so you can feel the party's need for a druid rp wise but play the paladin like you want, while still having thematic powers
ask the dm for a magic wooden sword or something';

'i want to do a helldivers inspired oneshot with some friends, if it goes well maybe extend to a longer campaign
they only know 5e so i gotta work with it and bend the game to a space setting
i'm thinking of keeping the magic so "magic was used to create "technology" that was used for FTL travel"
martials are straight forward, and so are wizards for the most part, my problem is how i would adapt divine magic with clerics, paladins, gods, warlock patrons and etc
any tips?';

'>>92578063
why not just tweak spelljammer?';

'>>92578063
idk wtf helldiver is and how it works

tell me how you implemented wizards and i can maybe help you, since there is no way wizards can be straightforward and divines a pain-in-the-ass';

'>>92575675
I'm partial to Bookmark myself.';

'>>92578063
Tweaking spelljammer like >>92578194 suggested would probably be a good idea in which case I'd recommend Wildjammer. If you want actual sci fi with 5e stuff you could check out Dark Matter.';

'>>92578384
It's a rip-off of the starship trooper movie';

'>>92579079
A good ripoff, it's a lot of fun.';

'>variant human
>male
>rogue
>inquisitive archtype
>observant feat
>proficiency in investigation and insight
>leather armour
>rapier

rate my setup
fuck "im a le sneaky rogue!!!!" I wanna investigate shit';

'>>92580423
I played this exact character in a one-shot, it was fun.';

'>>92580423
I went a similar route but battle master fighter with that tactical insight manouver instead.';

'>>92577784
WTOC doesn't like to include any double-edged swords, which is one of my favorite mechanics so I am acutely aware of their absence.

But that's what homebrew is for.';

'>>92577207
Now that's what I call projection!';

'Do you remember your first tiefling bard, /tg/?';

'>>92570112
How would you guys do a wagon chase? Basically, got 5 players and an NPC that will ride atop a wagon, transporting a mortally injured npc while werewolves chase them.';

'>>92580782
How can I remember something that hasn’t happened?';

'I need character art for one of the premade characters I'm giving my players for a one-shot we're doing to fill time while a baby is happening.

Gimme something that fits the name Bedsby Bittenbinder, a sturdy fellow with hypochondria.';

'>>92580834
Ah, to be young...';

'>>92580782
The only one I can remember is the one from BG3.

I was genuinely looking forward to getting her as a party mate until our resident psychopath fucking murdered her in her sleep.';

'>>92580985
If you don't remember doing it, did you even do it, really?';

'My DM is introducing some means of purchasing feats into our games, on the caveat that you're only allowed to hold a single scroll at a time and they're one time use, so no passin around the party.

I'm playing an Echo Knight fighter, of these options, what do you guys think I should snag?';

'>>92581060
what fighting style do you already have?';

'>>92581081
I've got dueling as my style, I'm playing a Dex-fighter for a chance that uses a rapier and a shield. Dhampir in fact, since we're playing Curse of Strahd and these are some bonus goodies he's adding to special rare merchants.';

'>>92581116
I don't know how much cash you have to spare but when I played CoS we had a little to spend on some magic items from special stores that our DM added in to it
I would like both fighting initiate and martial adept to get 3 different maneuvers and 2 dice per short rest to spend them on
bait and switch would be one of them because if an ally is in a dangerous position you can swap with them using the maneuver and then swap places with your echo so you both are out of melee range of this enemy and you can attack with your echo for good measure
ambush and riposte would probably be my other maneuvers but focus on bait and switch to beef up the wizard to give him potential +6 to his AC which he can make +11 with shield';

'>>92580763
Nice gaslighting
Anon asked a question, I answered it.
But I guess you're right, an obscure image board is the most powerful force in modern politics, it has nothing to do with the political group with the core tenant of "everything is political ". It's not like before they started actively subverting neiche and nerd hobbies no one went on pol and b was the most popular board on the site or anything.
Leftists can't be held responsible for the direct result of their very political actions.';

'>>92580954
>young
I've been playing D&D in some form or another for a decade and a half. We've just never included tieflings in any of our settings.';

'>>92581247
The idea that "neomarxists" are the ones doing everything is just a scapegoat for fascists to push ever-harder for more power. "Accuse others of what you are guilty of."';

'>>92581277
Right.
The scary Germans that we defeated in the 1940s are the problem.
Obviously they're responsible for changing decades of established DnD lore and turning the forgotten realms into current day Seattle. I mean how could you have combat wheelchairs without German engineering? The Nazis were well know for their wheelchair accessible war machines.
Female custodes in 40k, and then gaslighting your fan base that the lore they have had for 30 years dose'nt exist? The SS were known for their strong female warriors. They were really big on representation.
Releasing a set of MtG cards based on a beloved classic setting, then making Aragorn black? The nazis were well know for their propaganda and how they would rewrite modern myths to insert POC into their history and stories.
And when you browse the x profiles of the people who promote and support this stuff, next to the pronouns, you see the German war flag and not the hammer and sickle right?';

'Furry viking goat girls? You expect me to play a setting with furry viking goat girls? What kind of circus are you running here?';

'>>92581551
GIVE GOATWIFE';

'>>92581060
Depending on your character and party size, Inspiring Leader can be a sleeper hit. Adding temp hp to the entire party after every short/long rest is a huge amount of damage soaking over time.';

'>>92581551
Yeah but what I say you're on the side that's against the furry Viking goat girls?';

'>>92581576
Give multiple goat wives, if I'm going to be a Muslim, I'm going to do it right';

'>>92581271
Ah, to be old...';

'>>92580763
Current state of the internet, as caused by distinctly american politics. I thought it was a /pol/ thing but if you go to left leaning sites you see the same thing but reversed. Instead of people screaming about woke unprovoked you see people screaming about Trump/rightwingers unprovoked.

Both sides hate "both sides bad" but it's unironically true, at least when it comes to shitting things up for no other purpose than to "own" the other side. Also uhh, favourite subclass?';

'>>92581551
Yeah, what kind of circus is this? And what other pictures from it are available?';

'what's an appropriate antagonist for kobolds?
the party is in sandbox and I want them to ally with either kobolds or some other tribe of monsters that live in hills/mountains, of equal power level
>inb4 different kobold tribe';

'>>92581638
gnomes or dwarves would be probable rivals as they all live underground and would want gold and precious minerals';

'>>92581638
Cultists or lizardfolk that hate the kobolds because they're all competing to be the sole servants of a dragon';

'>>92577402
In the game I'm running they all accepted the same help wanted request from a wizard and met up on his chartered boat.
Another group, we were all contracted to be plain clothes peacekeepers for a city event
Another, we were responding to some call to adventures from a royal king or some shit and all happened to sit down at the same empty table.';

'>>92577402
What's the adventure premise?';

'>>92581638
If you have preference for them allying with the kobolds, I'd recommend a bigger and nastier threat, maybe Orcs or something. People tend to root for the underdog, at least in my games.';

'Holy fuck, I didn't think I'd see this kind of brainrot on /tg/ but here we are
I just wanted to post about fucking the wolf girl from the new book, not set off some retarded /pol/fag';

'>>92577402
You can bake it into character generation during session 0. Make each player justify a link to at least one other character until they're all connected.
>So Pig and Horse are brothers, Horse did a job before with Tiger, Pig and Goat were rivals for the same lover, and Goat is Tiger's father-in-law
And then that's all there needs to be, the rest is on the party.';

'Has anyone ever run Brancalonia? Does it add anything new or different?';

'What level of PCs could handle a vampire themed one shot? Probably mostly against some spawn and maybe some humanoid servants.';

'I feel like Curse of Strahd is overrated at this point. It is repeated, time and time again, as the so-called best module, and yet it is one of the first ones. How can this be?';

'https://youtu.be/xfKj9sb3q2g
What do we think of this guy?';

'>>92582045
If you have even an ounce of grey-matter than the level doesn't matter because you can adjust the encounters.
The character level just establishes how experienced they are. Do you want them to be bumbling or pros?';

'Can you recommend me any free map making tools? I want to remake an old map, tried out Inkarnate and I'm not liking it. Would prefer it to be free but I'm not opposed to torrenting stuff.';

'What's the last 3rd party product you purchased / used / ran?';

'>>92582057
A stopped clock is right twice a day';

'>>92582057
He's posting YouTube videos instead of writing articles, so he's trash.';

'>>92582173
True enough. I just want them to feel like they can handle it without shidding themselves.';

'>>92580985
That's my experience exactly. Still shocked there wasn't a Bard party members, seemed like an oversight. Better than getting saddled with that fucking gnome late game like NWN2 though.';

'>>92580782
My first bard was a dwarf. Total princess archetype who manipulated the party for selfish orgood reasons but generally got the party in trouble. Despite 20 charisma she rarely made the difference in battle.';

'What was the point of getting rid of Magical Beasts and then putting the rest in the category of Monstrosities';

'>>92582901
Because “monstrosities” is more evocative and covers a wider range of possible archetypes than “magical beasts”';

'>>92582975
well alright then';

'>>92582727
You know you can respec all the characters, right?
You can make Astarion a bard if you want. Or Shadowheart a not-shitty-domain cleric.';

'/5eg/, im thinking of giving both bards and artificers a shared spell list. what should I call it?

>polymath spell list
>runic spell list
>wild magic spell list
>creation spell list
>creator spell list
>inspired spell list';

'>>92583252
>Or Shadowheart a not-shitty-domain cleric
I'm assuming this makes no difference to her storyline';

'>>92583385
Correct! You can fully take her off cleric and it would probably all read the same, though I haven't tried.
Have to rectify allowing player choice with a directed narrative somewhere.';

'>>92583385
I made her a light cleric and the irony throughout was funny at times.';

'Here's some homebrew.
>Superhuman Feats
>There are certain Feats reserved for those with the potential to transcend their limits. Bards, clerics, druids, sorcerers, warlocks and wizards cannot obtain these feats.';

'>>92583385
You can even make her a Paladin and there are some Paladin of Shar dialogues unique to her since nobody else can pick shar without mods.';

'>>92573923
I'd at least go with level 6 for beast barb (and go to level 5 before even thinking of multiclassing).
For Fighter, Battlemaster, Samurai, rune knight could be sound choices, I personally liked Cavalier a lot but some of the gm homebrew really eased me up on picking that.
Rogue multiclass is a decent one too, skills+potential expertise on Athletics for grappling meme, and it has a nice flavor to it depending on how your rp your barbarians: subclass wise; I always had trouble picking one that would fit with Beast Barbarian flavour wise; I think that Soul Knife is the most "meta" one for that multiclass';

'>>92572230
mercy monk
former ascetic that fell off the wagon hard and this is his penance for not being excommunicated';

'>>92583491
>superhuman feats
>they are still bad
berserk doesnt do fucking anything for barbs except a +5 to damage?
>enhanced agility does not give enhanced jumping or movement speed
>aura doesnt let you replace all attacks with the special beam attack
what the fuck are you thinking
if these are supposed to be amazing feats that give pseudo spellcasting to martials to bridge the gap, WHY DO THEY SUCK BALLS?
>they also boosts the maximum scores but not the current score to max so you will no longer have max ability score and thus you are not eligible for the feat';

'>>92577026
-Ranger Gloomstalker with a castlevania/undead hunter vibe; a 40+ lady looking a bit like a stuck up headmistress/house governess with a vengeful bent; either wielding a not!belmont vampire killer whip or an axe (the later would require making a STR ranger build and it all felt suboptimal unless the gm would tailor a finesse axe for some reason)
-Genie Warlock who is a shady merchant/con artist/treasure hunter; was my initialy plan for our current campaign, but I went with Barbarian with a backstory linked to a Dao ancestor as I played warlock in our previous campaign
-Grave/Death Cleric who fight with a shovel staff; old, a bit creepy and omnious but a very nice dude overall (pic related is what initially inspired me a lot and what I wanted to use for the portrait before the campaign died before really starting)
-Conquest or Glory paladin, but with a Landsknecht aesthetics and only living for war, conflict and personal glory';

'>>92583650
Barbarians are better off picking the other feats. Berserk is more for fighters and paladins that want rage boost, not barbarians to get angrier.
>>enhanced agility does not give enhanced jumping or movement speed
It gives 30 speed and it allows you to Dash with your additional (hasted) action. You gotta combine it with enhanced acrobatics/athletics and then the pseudo-teleport lets you do crazy shit.
>aura doesnt let you replace all attacks with the special beam attack
You can. Unless you mean "replace every attack on your turn with one super kamehameha attack". Then yeah, it doesn't.
>>they also boosts the maximum scores but not the current score to max so you will no longer have max ability score and thus you are not eligible for the feat
This is basically to make you get one feat (increases your max), then use another ASI to bump your current stat to the new max, THEN use your last ASI to get another feat.';

'>>92577376
Have multiples one in that campaign
Get lands back
Raise a daughter
Get daughter back
Hunt everyone
>>92577402
Common employer and a clear goal before the campaign even begin is what I try to do most of the time, and really hammer that with my players beforehand to settle expectations. Some instance in my campaigns and those I played in (not just dnd mind you were)
>all part of the same pirate crew
>all part of a pilgrimage (includes bodyguard for the less religiously inclined pc)
>fulfill a last will
Mind you, some of these works better for one shot or shorter campaign';

'>>92580423
Incredibly based, don't really want to play Rogue anymore, but it's a nice focused archetypal character your are doing here; my personal inquisitor type concept was a grave cleric, not much mechanics to back it up besides the obvious skill but the vibe was right';

'>>92583732
>it is intended for the feat to push you past max and therefore not work since you arent eligible for the feat
you are a fucking dickhead
>you need both agility and athletics for the pseudo teleport to even work but both push you up to a total of 24 so they wont work minimum until 16th level
the wording on aura does allow you to replace one of the attacks with the beam, a monk can attack 4 times, it can only replace one attack with the beam
why cant aura be unlimited duration?
enhanced technique is the only one worth using because it gives you a decent feature without needing to go into ranger';

'Thoughts on playing a 5/5 Barbarogue through Curse of Strahd? Which races, subclasses, backgrounds should I consider? I kind of like a Wolf Totem/Mastermind leader of men.';

'>>92583817
>>it is intended for the feat to push you past max and therefore not work since you arent eligible for the feat
>you are a fucking dickhead
The "prerequisite" is just to acquire the feat. Once you have it, you can use it.
>the wording on aura does allow you to replace one of the attacks with the beam, a monk can attack 4 times, it can only replace one attack with the beam
You CAN replace your attacks, though, except for flurry of blows which specify they are unarmed strikes. The phrasing is the same as grappling and shoving on the PHB.
>why cant aura be unlimited duration?
Well there's no limit to the amount of times you can do it, so you can just refresh it whenever it turns off.
>enhanced technique is the only one worth using because it gives you a decent feature without needing to go into ranger
It also lets you damage liquids and gasses so you can Moses some shit if you want.';

'>>92583491
If you need 7 points for a feat I feel it should probably just be a boon or set of boons rather than a feat';

'>>92582053
Simply put in my eyes, Strahd reputation (and what DM/storytimes made him out to be) overshadowed the campaign as a whole. Gothic horror setting also distinguished it quite a lot; and the sandboxy nature of it (which doesn't work at all lmao)

I played it from start to finish, ultimatly it was fun, but only thanks to the rest of the players/characters and the DM.
Even the gm said it was shit and reworked a lot of stuff so that some encounter/plot points worked better, made more sense or had more impact narratively. After reading it myself, i understood 100% of these choices. Our final confrontation with Strahd was quite disapointing, didn't even get a hit on him, but at least our Rogue bullied him with a double crit in two turns.
Problem is that it's disjointed, unbalanced and Strahd being a good antagonist is only really in the hand of the GM (which could be said of all npcs in all of the modules ever made I guess?). The ending of the module is insulting imo, like I get it's a dark setting but it fucking sucks
Also isometric maps for castle ravenloft is slap in the face of any DM wanting to prepare the campaign, at least there are well made map online.';

'>>92583817
Oh I forgot:
>you need both agility and athletics for the pseudo teleport to even work but both push you up to a total of 24 so they wont work minimum until 16th level
You just need enhanced agility for the pseudo-teleport. If you combine it with enhanced athletics/acrobatics, it becomes even better.
>>92583883
Boons are given to you by the GM. Feats you take with your own hands. I gave my martial players a bunch of crazy shit in my last lvl 20 game, like an earthquake punch for the rune knight, and the samurai got Steel Wind Strike on-demand.';

'>>92583900
Yeah but a DM needs to specifically introduce this to begin with. It makes more sense to say "hey martials pick one of these boons" than it does to offer these on the same plate as savage attacker and shield master IMO';

'>>92582053
Why would being one of the first make it illegible for for being good? Do you think new things are good by virtue of being new?';

'>>92583934
More recent things should be better by virtue of having old mistakes and flaws fixed.';

'>>92583919
Like I said, that's what I did in my last game.
The problem with boons and the DM offering you mid-game power-ups is that they come when the DM lets you get them. Just like magic items.
>inb4 just spend 3 downtime years crafting your flametongue sword
The DM needs to specifically introduce the superhuman feats to begin with, yes, but if they're there from the start, every player knows what they need to get to them. Fighters and rogues can get these going earlier than barbarians and monks, a player can tell which one they'd rather get over the others, they're not just sprung up in front of them like "I wish I'd known about these before I made my choice to play a swords bard".';

'>>92583958
That's only true in theory, not practice. And a lot of innovation is done by making something new rather than trying to "fix" what's old.';

'>>92583971
My main point is they're not really on the tier of any feats except the optimised ones, which you'll still be taking first if you're optimising. They work better as a separate offering rather than yet more ASI competition.
>. Fighters and rogues can get these going earlier than barbarians and monks
Which is ironic because Barbarians and Monks probably want/need them more than Fighters and Rogues. Just say "hey if you pick a martial you can pick one of these boons at X level, and another X levels later"';

'What's a good revenge idea for a mediocre wizard after the party ruined his cushy setup as the leader of a bandit gang?
Asking because my party didn't catch the dude in act 2 of Phandelver.';

'>>92584018
>Which is ironic because Barbarians and Monks probably want/need them more than Fighters and Rogues
I don't agree with that purely because barbarians and monks both get fantastical effects (especially monk) while fighters and rogues are far more barren as base classes.
>My main point is they're not really on the tier of any feats except the optimised ones, which you'll still be taking first if you're optimising. They work better as a separate offering rather than yet more ASI competition.
They're far better than the other feats because that's what they're meant to be. That's why they're superhuman feats, in that regard. And if you have to choose between "+10 damage/-5 accuracy" and all that crazy shit, at least it offers some variety in your build. But if someone wants to offer them as boons instead of feats, that's fine.';

'>>92584059
>Asking because my party didn't catch the dude in act 2 of Phandelver.
Everything is set up to make it as hard as possible to catch him. Then there's no real push to bring him back, he's just gone along with one of the best magical items you could ever get at level 3.

You could always have him go running to the Black Spider and show up with a gank squad after the players clear Cragmaw keep - there's a footnote about a hobgoblin trying the same thing.';

'>>92584059
Either have him meet up with the bugbears at cragmaw or throw him in echo cave';

'>>92581247
>actively subverting neiche and nerd hobbies
It's sad that you actually see the world this way.';

'>>92584281
I don't think people understand that the whole "shoehorning minorities and LGBT garbage into everything" is their attempt at counterbalancing the decades of stereotypes, blackface, white-man-playing-any-race, and general mishandling of these things. There's a documentary I watched on the TV series Kung Fu (starring David Carradine), and it goes into some of the drama surrounding the production, Bruce Lee's stolen idea, the casting of white people in asian roles, etc... but also praises that series like Kung Fu, while stereotyping, gave asian actors a chance to perform in an industry where they mostly got cast for martial arts rather than acting. Nuance is everything. You need to think of this whole thing as a pendulum; once, we swung one way, and now, we swing the other way, so it'll go back and forth in equilibrium.';

'>>92582057
>doesn't know "magi" is the plural of magus
3/10, unsubscribed';

'>>92583868
>so you can just refresh it whenever it turns off.
So why does it have a duration if the usage is limitless.
>The "prerequisite" is just to acquire the feat. Once you have it, you can use it.
So it's not a feat, then. Feats stop functioning if you lose their prerequisites. This is a boon.';

'>>92584186
>>92584188
I ask because while chasing our frothing at the mouth boomer dwarf hit him with a natural 20 throwing axe.
Iarno has since shown up in the tavern to threaten the party, with a grisly scar down the side of his face, and poofed himself away again.
I feel like I have to have him link up with either the cragmaws or the spider at this point.';

'>>92570582
"That is not my fetish and I'm tilted about it."';

'>>92584379
>So why does it have a duration if the usage is limitless.
Why do rituals?
>So it's not a feat, then. Feats stop functioning if you lose their prerequisites. This is a boon.
Oh they do. I'll just write an exception to the rule under the superhuman feats section.';

'>>92584059
Teaching enough goblins enough magic to have apprentices ready to magic missile the party at the next ambush. He also finds a booyagh, which is much less helpful.';

'Periodic reminder to show lots of appreciation to your < medium size party members, /5eg/.

Enlarge/Reduce is NOT the same.';

'What are the most unconventional weapons you could see a Rogue using effectively? A sling, maybe a whip if it can find the proficiency anywhere?';

'>>92570582
>I have only ever seen it on /tg/
You really haven't been on /v/ much for the last year, it was a super popular faggot buzzword like 6 months ago, every other post on /v/. It's 'supposed' to be like, barely SFW porn but people just turned it into another overused nonsense detrimental term for anything remotely attractive that they didn't like.';

'>>92584431
>Why do rituals?
Because rituals are specific tags for specific spells with existing durations only possible to use outside of an encounter, with specific effects that aren't fucking flight and advantage against spells and disadvantage vs ranged weapons. You literally are offering the effects of a very rare magic item as an at-will bonus action in parcel with a feat.';

'>>92584440
Okay that's actually kind of great, I'm going to make a semi-fun semi-serious encounter involving him and a renegade band of Cragmaw goblins';

'>>92584448
One real classic is a leather or rubber cosh, or a telescopic metal one if it's a little more advanced.
If your rogue is less of a cutpurse and more of a mugger it's great at conveying that homemade weapon vibe.
Just use the club stats for it';

'>>92584496
>specificspecificspecificfuckingliterally
You sound really upset for some reason.';

'>>92584448
Any weapon at all really, considering it's a rogue.';

'>>92584448
Electric stun baton.';

'>>92584565
As poorly designed as 5e is, mechanics are introduced for a reason. Trying to justify your poor design by assuming there's an arbitrary comparison to something else that does have thought behind it is very poor argument. If you have difficulty understanding this or see no patterns in rituals that makes them seem arbitrary, I suggest learning how to play the system as it is before shitting more homebrew into the world.';

'>>92584066
>especially monk
Monks get lots of things that LOOK flashy and fantastical, but in actuality suck. They and Barbs are most definitely in greater need of fantastical options that actually do something than Fighters and Rogues. Far, far greater need. Not to mention that because they're so MAD those two classes will not be able to obtain these feats in any reasonable amount of time. Monks have two core stats they need to raise with their ASIs. A rogue gets to take Enhanced Acrobatics far before they do and laugh in their face as they crib all of Monk's features mobility features, in addition to already having a better dash/disengage action.

I know for a fact that I would be absolutely seething as a barbarian if all I can do in terms of utility is give myself advantage on strength checks, and I have to use my scant few ASIs to up my stats, but the fighter can take Enhanced Power and do more barbarian-type things than me with ASIs to spare.

TL;DR there's no reason for monks and barbarians to be gated from this harder than stronger classes are, and there's little reason for this to be tied to ASI progression rather than being something martials can take at set intervals (other than enforcing aforementioned gating).';

'>>92584448';

'>>92584617
Barbarians are fun as fuck in campaigns from like levels 1-7/8 though';

'>>92584629
What are the little pebbles inside for...';

'>>92584631
Fighters can be too. Barbarians still have no spare ASIs and fall off a cliff after level 6.';

'>>92584446
Nope, I specifically put objects up on high shelves to annoy them. And I weigh them down so that they can't be moved via Mage Hand.';

'>>92584666
gives the whole thing more "bumpy" texture, it's like a veiny one but even better because the pebbles can move around inside';

'>>92584734
FUCK YOU HUMI- I mean do you mind getting that down, I could if I wanted but I'm busy';

'I only play humans, I can't stop they're just too good and fun to rp.';

'>>92584832
Nah, sounds like a pain. I will pick you up by your armpits and hold you up so you can reach, though. 50/50 chance I'll forget what I'm doing and put you down on top of something tall, though.';

'>>92584918
I'm a short king
I'm a short king
I'm a short king
I'm a short king';

'This is a human only thread, goblins GTFO.';

'>>92584281
I don't know what to tell you, I live in reality. The racist who works for WoTC who said openly that white males can't leave the hobby soon enough, I guess he's from pol too then huh?
There's example after example, how ma y times does this have to happen to the things you love all around you before you start to notice it?';

'>>92585088
nta but source on that? glad i've never spent a dime on them';

'>>92585088
You sound like a midwit teenager with that second paragraph, it's like I'm actually on /v/';

'This one always gets me';

'>>92585175
Whoops wrong tab
Jannies delete pls';

'>>92585100
Search "Kyle Brink white males" on youtube. Several people clipping it should come up';

'I simply ignore everything that doesn't directly effect me or my table. What some corpo paper pusher says is no concern of me. I will continue to pirate books, will continue to ignore rules I don't like, create rules I do like, and play with my friends in a Dark Sun game regardless of what some cunt on twitter thinks.';

'>>92585138
>attacking my intelligence instead of engaging the point
Hey we're making progress I guess, at least you're not trying to deny reality anymore.
And I might be dumb, but at least I'm not unironicly a communist';

'>>92585310
No one actually fucking cares how you play at your table, stop believing /tg/ schizos that think they're being targeted by a communist blue haired witch hunt.';

'>>92585336
They're /v/ retards bringing their bullshit to other boards after playing baldur's gate';

'>>92585313
They didn't do that, but I can see why someone like you would take it that way (I am doing that).';

'>making a ranger
>rolled stats
>got 15, 10, 9, 17, 12, 13
Should I go Wood Elf, Half-Elf (wood), or Variant Human (and if so what feat?) Subclass I am using is
https://www.worldanvil.com/w/thylea-stormageddonv/a/ranger---amazonian-conclave-article
(Setting specific).';

'>>92585336
>dumb cunt on 4twitter shares their opinion
>>92585355
5e has been /pol/bait since the beginning. The spergout when the phb has an orc as the paladin was hilarious. Waterdeep heist having trannies caused another. The gay gnomes from DoIP, all of Tasha's and Strixhaven. Only a tourist would think BG3 started it.';

'>>92585434
Anon, when's the last time you looked up pictures of muscular women';

'>>92585463
You see however that I'm actually a well-adjusted adult, so I can see things that don't cater to me and not feel the need to go on an online crusade against it';

'>>92585464
DM had informed me that in the setting that the land the Amazons are from in the setting would be mostly either humans or elves, but not anything like half-orc. I might be able to convince the DM to let me make a goliath, but if I can make it fit the setting the DM presents, I'd rather do that.

Also elf women can be buff.';

'>>92585463
Meds.';

'>>92585492
You didn't answer the question.';

'>>92585499
To directly answer your question; I haven't deliberately ever searched for pictures like that. I simply thought that the character idea was neat. Not a fetish thing.';

'>>92585336
92585310 #
>No one actually fucking cares how you play at your table
Apparently you do, you felt the need to reply to him and tell him just how much you don't care, and to drive it home you even used the f word as an exclamation to drive the point home. We get, you totally don't care about how he runs games at his personal table.
His take is completely based BTW, you or wotc has not control over what happens at his table. He bought the table, and I know property rights bother but....
Anyway, I don't have schizophrenia if multiple people can look up the same video of the wotc exec making the statement. He's on tape, you can't just deny reality. Schizophrenia would imply the video only exists in my head';

'>>92585519
Fair enough, personally /fit/ women can be ridiculously attractive without it being a fetish thing
Also a buff elf would be cool, too many broccoli munching hippie elves out there';

'>>92585530
You misunderstood me. I'm trying to reassure him that he can run his table however the fuck he wants and that he shouldn't be so bothered by whatever longnose agenda cucks of the coast or literal nogame trannies on twatter are trying to push on his table.';

'Should I let my players determine if NPCs are cis or trans with Perception checks, or is that none of their business?';

'>>92585621
People can generally tell at a glance if someone is an elf.';

'>>92585661
What if they cast [Disguise Elf/spoiler]?';

'>>92585567
>dumb cunt on 4twitter can't stop sharing their opinion';

'>92585705
How the heck did that happen?';

'>>92585712
What ya gonna do about it?';

'>>92585719
He fucked up his cast';

'>>92585474
And yet, here you are on 4chan with the rest of us.
Listen I know 5e is likely your first experience with ttrpgs, but for 30+ years before it, things weren't that way. And this hobby wasn't "cool" or "trendy", people took shit just for taking part in it. And now 5e comes along and starts changing, and what was that word I used before? SUBVERTING the game and it's lore. Turning things into a joke. Orcs are stands ins for black people? Handicap accessible dungeons? Off the wall shit.
Then we're told by a wotc exec, we're ot wanted any more. We can't leave soon enough. And here you are telling us we should just leave because this is no longer for us. WE BUILT THIS PLACE.
Our tables belong to us. You're not welcome at them, and we're not leaving.
If you completely destroy dnd we'll play another game, or an old version. Hell that's already a whole thing, OSR is pretty awesome.
And you brought up the gamers and /v/earlier. They were told the same thing. "Gamers don't have to be your audience anymore, gamers are dead". And that radicalized a generation. Now /pol/ is the largest board on this site. Oh, and the gamers never left their hobby so...';

'>>92585761
tl;dr;dc (did cringe)';

'>>92585724
Not give a shit, because you're not at my table. It's like you didn't read my post or something. Git gud, artard.';

'>>92585761
Hi ChatGPT';

'>>92585775
Apparently you do, you felt the need to reply to me and tell me just how much you don't care.';

'>>92585761
Are you the same schizo that was getting assblasted by that one conversation about disabled or crippled adventurers';

'Would it be weird to ask randoms in a party how old they are? I joined a campaign with randoms, and haven't spoken to any of them in voice chat or seen their faces yet, but I suspect many of them are younger than I am. I don't wanna spend my Saturdays in a discord call with teenagers but I also don't wanna leave if I don't have to because the setting sounds interesting, and I'm worried I'm just being autistic. Should I ask, or just say something came up and silently dip?';

'>>92585786
>newfag figures out what replying is
Don't worry anon, you'll fit in in a couple of years. If you ask a question, don't be confused when somebody answers.';

'>>92585849
>and I'm worried I'm just being autistic
Don't worry, you definitely are.

>>92585870
Stop hitting on me you silly boy.';

'>>92585849
Ask casually what they do for work. If they say they're in school, that's when you ghost them.';

'>>92585814
The combat wheelchair homebrew has been fantastic bait since the literalwho posted it online. It's fucking great.';

'>>92576896
I asked my DM before we started to play and he just gave a "as long as people are interested we'll play" kind of answer. We started level 3, and the party is engaged well enough so far. About a month and a half before DM gave us level 4. So I'm sure it will be a while before getting to level 10.
I'm leaning more toward going rogue just as it gives faster utility returns without having to get to the subclass to be useful.
What's the Rune Knight all about?
>>92583601
Yeah, current Rogue plan would be B5 to get the Extra attack, R1 for expertise and sneak attack, then B6 for the magic weapon adds, then R2,R3.
I definitely haven't been grappling a lot, but have been utilizing athletics for a lot of climbing/jumping maneuvers while attacking.
Can't decide if I should go +2 for STR, or pick up GWM for the cleave damage.
I think Soul Knife fits in fine if you just change the knife portion of it to a mental projection of claws or something like that.
>Amid the trees of ancient forests on the Material Plane and in the Feywild, some wood elves walk the path of the Soulknife, serving as silent, lethal guardians of their woods.
Plenty for a woodsy animal larper.';

'>>92585434
I'd be tempted to go human and get the lucky feat just to minimize the chance of losing your thrown Chakram, unexciting as it may be (although i guess your bird could go pick it up for you sometimes).
Your character doesn't happen to be a princess does she?';

'>>92585911
I just think mechanical/prosthetic limbs are cool as fuck and an evergreen storytelling device';

'>>92585768
>>92585785
Listen I know your entire worldview is based on 100+ years of failed economic theory, so you're used to not actually engaging with point people are making because it ends badly for you. You can't keep doing that or people will think you don't have an argument.
You've provided no argument against what I'm claiming is happening. Instead all you've done is gaslighting and called me a schizo. You've attacked me, a faceless anon on the internet, and not my arguments. That dose'nt work here. You're not on twitter or reddit anymore.

Anyone with functioning eyeballs can clearly see the subversion you lot are trying to pull off in out hobby. We see you.

>>92585814
Nah, different anon
What people do at their own tables is up to them. I just think it's silly and shouldn't be part of mainstream lore. It's a humiliation ritual, to turn the world and it's lore into a joke. I'm going to trek through the brush to find an acient, yet wheelchair accessible dungeon, and fight a dangerous dragon, all in my combat wheelchair. It's just silly. It wrecks the internal logic of the setting and the world, and for what? This is a game of pretend, your character dose'nt have to be incapable of moving their legs from the waist down. There have been plenty of wheelchair bound nerds that have played this game with us for 30+ years, not once have we needed a combat wheelchair for a fictional character. Their disability is physical, not mental. They recognize it would be silly.';

'>>92585972
i remember when I was playing Pathfinder one of the Paladins in the settlement we were making had a prosthetic leg, helped explain why we weren't dragging him along in our exploration (wasn't an enchanted prosthetic leg or anything, so his movement was ass) but meant we had someone who was pretty good at defending a gate from the local wildlife.';

'>>92581517
“My life is so hard because fictional characters don’t always line up to my imagination that I have to shit up the thread and real life”
Talk about some 1st world problems. This the kind of nibba that complains women are getting more air time in the lord of the rings show but also thinks it ok that in the films there’s like 3 minutes worth of dialogue between female characters.';

'>>92585972
magic robot arms are indeed cool';

'>>92586048
>“My life is so hard because fictional characters don’t always line up to my imagination that I have to shit up the thread and real life”
>also thinks it ok that in the films there’s like 3 minutes worth of dialogue between female characters.
This kind of nigger that complains when fictional characters don't line up to their imagination and then complains when other people call them out for it.';

'>>92586048
>3 minutes
>He doesn't know
https://youtu.be/wW4fLBD5MPs?si=SVsTrBktBsfjW8aY';

'>>92586048
>>92586075
>dumb cunts on 4twitter share their opinions';

'>>92585972
Yeah I agree with that. It's can be an awesome character concept. Especially if you have like a mechanical arm that's brass and clockwork with gears and stuff. Just to be clear, I don't have any issue with disabled characters.
The issue I have is changing the world around them to such a ludicrous level that it becomes a joke, where the internal logic of the setting crumbles apart, just to accommodate a single player character.';

'>>92586039
>>92586072
Pic related is always a great example.
Long John Silver's past in the royal navy and the fact that he lost his leg in battle for his country, as opposed to while being a mutinous pirate, is something that adds an entirely new layer to the character beyond his greed';

'>>92586109
Nobody asked for the entire setting to change though
If you're not playing something high fantasy with a magical prosthetic, have it be an interesting problem to be solved by the player.
>Cannot wield a shield and this influences their character's fighting style
For example';

'>>92586022
Mate I could not express to you how little I care about economic theory. You really are a creepy little weirdo, huh? Continue to cope and seethe.';

'/5eg/, do you prefer skills having default ability scores associated with them, or do you wish wotc would throw off the training wheels already?';

'>>92586160
It depends. Defaults but with the DM allowing slight wiggle room at their discretion is best';

'Please ask me to make a Constitution (Investigation) check, I cannot tell you how horny this makes me';

'>>92584358
Nta but these types wouldn’t even be bothered by the past and don’t have the brain cells to understand the nuance or even put themselves in someone else’s shoes. To them it’s a personal attack to change Aragon black but it was perfectly ok for every antagonist in the past to be a black man. Can’t even acknowledge it was equally if not more political back then too.';

'>>92585530
>Apparently you do, you felt the need to reply to him and tell him just how much you don't care
He cares about the post, not the state of a rando's table';

'>>92585958
>Your character doesn't happen to be a princess does she?
Yep. The whole thing is essentially a Xena reference, which I'm completely cool with. The backstory linking the character into the campaign is that over a decade ago the Amazon queen was killed, and the player character managed to escape and now needs to seek vengeance.';

'>>92586172
Figure out which of these liquors is the highest proof';

'>>92586048
Kind of off topic, but LoTRs is one of the foundational inspirations for this game though, so not completely.
People didn't like Rings of Power because it was shit and shit on the lore. People like Lord of The Rings because it's one of the most foundational fantasy epics of the past 100 years.
The amount of women or female interactions in a story or film is often not a direct factor on its quality.

And yes, I'm not blind to the fact that many people complain about strong female characters being inserted into everything, or race swapped characters. But that's all part of the subversion thing we were talking about earlier. Stop fucking with people's shit and they will stop getting upset.';

'>>92586199
Yes, yes, gods yes. Could I make a Dexterity (Arcana) check, pretty please? I'll do anything you want...';

'>>92585191
I’m pretty sure the context is “less toxic white males means more diverse player base which will amount to more money and coverage”

I’m a poc. Moved to a new city. Been playing magic since 2008 and have a really heft collection. We just smashed home drafts for each set. Probably opened 3-4 boxes each time and with some smart trades my binder has to be insured now. I tuned up to the local store to jam some modern. First opponent scoffed at me and made comments as if they didn’t know how to play. Beat him. Second opponents kept checking my cards to see if they were real.
After the rounds I left my binder out for trades. When I collected it and went to leave. Clerk checked me for stealing. The only player who spoke out and defended me was trans. The fat sweaty white guys just chortled in the corner frothing for some drama.

Same with dnd. Found an online group. Joined them. Ended up being 4 fat sweaty white guys who never washed. Lived in filth and kept making really inappropriate comments about poc and women. Found a more diverse group and we have been playing every week without fail for the past 3 years.';

'>>92586209
Or maybe it's just cool to have different types of storylines in things and sometimes it doesn't work out.
The Jews are not out to get you bro';

'The spooked lion sinks its claws into you. Give me a Constitution (Animal Handling) check to see if you can endure the piercing until the lion calms down and retracts its claws.';

'>>92586230
Based King of Games';

'>>92586221
Make a check to see which of these 7 wands ISN'T a wand of fireballs';

'>>92586221
>Dexterity (Arcana) check
'Using finesse, I want to extract the arcane power core from the magical staff'.';

'>>92586239
So like when my cats jumps on my chest while I'm sleeping';

'>>92586249
How well do you tend to roll when that happens?';

'>>92586258
Depends. Most nights pretty good and I just pull the blanket up to increase my AC against piercing damage. Others I fail and use a reaction to shove him off. Of course he also gets a reaction to tear my shit up. And my rage doesn't hit til after so I take full damage.';

'Why the fuck do people willingly own cats, they're little bastards';

'>>92586290
Wife wanted a cat and I didn't. Guess what happened. He's cute, but dogs are better.';

'>>92586290
Do a Constitution (History) check to see if you can stomach the thought of cats long enough to remember why people like them.';

'>>92586290
My sister's cat, who's living with me at the moment, is an ugly little creature (personality-wise) but mine is a beautiful darling.';

'>>92586290
Because it's good to have another living thing in my house, and I don't have a big enough yard to have a dog.';

'>>92585761
Holy shit. He’s not even joking. He thinks his smelly nerds build the whole thing. Here’s the thing mate. If you lot actually paid for shit and build the entire thing. Then the execs (who only care about money) would pander to you more. You’re a dying species and your relevancy is almost non existent. Why on earth would a modern company try and pander to shut in nerds with little income or social standing. You didn’t take shit for playing dnd. You took shit because you are closer to a piece of shit than actual breathing human. Then the chads at cr made your hobby popular and then real humans got invested and the execs saw a chance to not only make money but move their brand away from one of the most toxic subcultures out there.';

'>>92586290
Well, for some people probably toxoplasmosis.';

'Do cats make good adventurers?';

'>>92586352
>some';

'>>92586022
What subversion anon. It’s about making money. You do believe in the free market right? If it was some carefully planned Psyop then a kind anon could just release a degenerate d20 system and you lot would buy it out and it would become popular right? Or have you finally realised that, single white men who struggle socially are actually quite a small and insignificant group?';

'>>92586344
>The chads at CR
Got a good laugh out of this bit';

'>>92586363
I'm currently playing a tabaxi and have been described as a liability more than once so I would say no.';

'>>92586230
Glad you found a group that's a good fit for you.';

'>>92586374
Are your friends furries too, or...';

'>>92586290
They kill mice.';

'>>92586379
I believe they're all humans, elves and a gnome, so yeah, I'm the only furry freakshow of the crew.';

'>>92586075
I’m not complaining just merely pointing out the hypocrisy. If you have a problem with media representation then you should have a problem with it across the board. Not and only specifically when your group isn’t represented enough. Comes across a bit dishonest really.';

'>>92586374
What did you do that made you a liability?';

'>>92586394
Anon it's adorable that you think these people operate on cause and effect';

'>/5eg/
>Armchair Psychology';

'>>92586416
You don't need to be a psychologist to point out the schizo fighting invisible enemies in the thread';

'>>92586404
Nothing too extreme, I just tend to be the first one to kick down doors and rush into shady alleyways and such, partly because the party tends to take too long to make simple decisions.';

'>>92586394
>If you have a problem with media representation
Where did I say that? You're the one who randomly brought up Lord of the Rings not fitting your imagination while bitching about other people doing the same.';

'>>92586379
I play a tabaxi too and I'm not a furry.
The PC I'm bringing to my next campaign is a dragonborn, by the way.';

'>>92586431
LEEROYYYYYY CATBOOOOI
...But fair enough.';

'>>92586442
Something tells me you've bookmarked the funny robotic cat website';

'>>92586416
people treating dnd like therapy or a soapbox has done irreparable damage to the game';

'>>92586464
I've never seen anyone treat my table like therapy and I've been DMing for 5 years
Literally not once';

'>>92586497
>5 years
cute
also good for you';

'>>92586452
Not sure what you're referring to.';

'>>92586511
I think you've pretty clearly got your own issues to worry about before getting hung up on other peoples'';

'>>92586086
Did you mean
>4X
anon?';

'>>92586535
Garbo beer, almost rather drink VB';

'>>92586535
>the platform formerly known as twitter
shut up elon';

'>>92586410
I’m like bottom of the barrel iq and critical thinking and it really boggles my mind Americans can’t see cause and effect.
>let’s enslave a whole group of people
>let’s segregate that group and hinder their opportunities and reduce their rights
>all of our media portrays them as a violent, thuggish bad guys
>an arm of our government has introduced that community to hard drugs and have even propped up some criminals

Queue shocked face as this one group commits most violent crimes.';

'Can orcs use giant spiders as mounts? I think they should be able to. Mine are going to do that.';

'>>92586578
Hey, if it is good enough for the Drow...';

'>>92586578
I'd rather see giant spiders mount elf slaves.';

'>be wizard
>party explores a underground dungeon for a mcguffin
>be hesitant because NPCs warn us several times we need another mcguffin for our safety
>party ignores this
>we trudge trough it with our resources nearly drained
>found mcguffin so naturally take it
>dungeon begins collapsing
>not enough time to run out
>DM allows me to use my last dimension door to escape above ground
>party begs me to choose one of them
>feel terrible I cant save them all and was forced to choose one to survive

Was my DM evil? I mean we ignored his warnings several times bit damn man to see the entire group just look at me with despair.';

'>>92586438
Aren’t you the same nigga that’s complaining about a fictional character being race swapped on a fucking card game or the fact that wheelchairs are an option?
I’m just saying if you think it’s some Marxist-communist psyop to subvert your little gaming hobby. Surely you’d think the same about Eminem being a rapper? White actors playing Egyptian kings?';

'>>92586596
That sounds pretty cool desu. Party was punished for being hasty but DM was graceful enough to prevent a TPK and sprinkling some drama on top with you having to choose someone.';

'>>92586464
People pretending the imaginary dice game is central to a non existent culture war is pure unfiltered cringe.';

'>>92586596
From what you described, you fucked around and found out. DM played it fair from what I can see.';

'>>92586596
That's messed up... I love it. Why did you end up picking who you did?';

'>>92586596
And your group learned a valuable lesson that day';

'>>92586596
Did the party member you saved reward you with sex?
Just asking';

'>>92586596
Did the player whose character you saved reward you with sex?
Just asking';

'>>92586344
>>92586368
So the knives come out huh? Too bad we own all the firearms.
Keep trying to bully me for being white and male though. The normies see you.
And we both know the people pushing for this stuff aren't capitalists. What is it the normies are all saying now? "Go woke, go broke." And you'll notice I haven't used that word once, that's your word, and I don't even think it's proper English, just goes to show what you think of black peoples intelligence. Anyway the normies have latched onto it, they may not fully understand what's happening, but they definitely don't like you. I've called this shit out for what it is from the beginning, a neomarxist subversion tactics. I've read your playback dude, even if you haven't and don't fully grasp what you're involved in.
Anyway it's funny that you would bring up capitalism when just last week WotC announced their profits were down 30% and that they were firing their CEO. Great argument there buddy.';

'>>92586643
no
>>92586647
yes';

'>>92586654
Holyyyyyyyyy';

'>neomarxist
This will never not be funny';

'>>92586628
I choose the fighter because hes my big bulky meat shield and has been a reliable companion but I still wish I could have saved everyone';

'>>92586656
I was describing the player here >>92586669 not the pc, just to clear it up';

'>>92586669
A reasonable decision, wonder what your replacement party members will be like. A little faster on their feet, hopefully.';

'>>92586669
>>92586697
HOLYYYYYYYYYYYYYY';

'You ever narrated a romance scene so effectively that the player became obviously horny?
Ever done it for a player you definitely shouldn't have?';

'>>92586729
No but im usually edging in my games anyways while I wait for the rest of them to figure out what theyre doing';

'>>92586729
No, but I'm interested in how you managed to fuck up in such a way that you seek sympathy from others.';

'>>92586729
What do you mean shouldn't have? I don't get it';

'>DM banned maximillians earthen grasp
>allows hold person
Am i missing something? It does damage but it's also Strength based saves.';

'>>92586649
I’m not bullying you mate and if I were it’s got nothing to do with just being white and male. It’s being a smelly, socially repulsive white male that I have issues with.
My white brothers who have remained relevant are always welcome at the table. You lot aren’t even allowed in stores anymore.
We have 2 stores in this city. One is full of grogs who complain about blacks and trans in a card game and the other is a pretty diverse place and even hold “LGBTQ dnd nights”
Can you guess which one is expanding and which is closing down this year?

Really how much of an impact has black Aragon actually had on lord of the rings?';

'>>92586896
That's very weird. Restrained isn't a bad condition, but it's a single grounded enemy. That's good against lone enemies, but lone enemies are more likely to be big things like dragons or giants';

'>>92586896
From what I know its a weaker hold monster';

'>>92586649
>>92586909
You're both as weird as each other, just be fucking normal holy shit';

'>>92586733
Nice.
>>92586736
Not sympathy, and I don't even really regret my actions. I just need the wrong people not to find out.
>>92586742
Let's just say the person was off-limits.';

'>>92586910
And big things usually have good strength so, im lost. ill get over it though,
>>92586914
pretty much, noticeable differences are that the hand takes up a 5 foot space, and can be reused if the target escapes + damage.';

'>>92586928
Did you typefuck someone's girlfriend, anon?';

'what what's best to use for homebrew skill actions?
>Action
>Bonus Action
>In place of an attack as part of the Attack action
>Bonus Action immediately after you take the Attack action
>Action or in place of an attack as part of the Attack action';

'>>92586963
What are the "AA" subs? Flavorful, potentially strong, and fun, but suboptimal?

I'm thinking stuff like Mastermind Rogue or Shepherd Druid';

'>>92586909
Ok. If Aragorn being black dose'nt matter, then why did they make him black then?';

'Do you let your players design their own magic items/spells? What was the outcome?';

'>>92586963
Haha yeah, something like that.';

'>>92587004
To make money. To virtue signal to consumers that this a woke product that they can support without feeling guilty. Bonus points if it convinced a handful of black nerds to try the game and spend money.
It’s like Spider-Man. Originally he was support to be poc but the execs said “nah fuck that shit. Nigs can’t afford comics and our white male audience won’t buy into it. Make him a straight white male”';

'>>92587094
Did you typefuck someone's wife, anon?';

'>>92587094
storytime, tell us what happened.';

'>>92586896
I guess hold person only works on humanoids, maybe they aren't planning on having many as major foes.';

'Do you reckon these people are just blackpilled and cynical towards companies, or are they genuinely incapable of imagining that people might just be interested in writing diverse characters? I write fantasy and/or porn as a hobby and have never shared any of it with anyone and I tend to include a range of skin colours and sexualities etc. because variety is the spice of life.';

'>>92586896
They probably want a bunch of flying enemies (or one very important flying enemy). Outside of wizards with fly, those tend not be humanoid.';

'>>92587176
Not specifically /tg/ related but you get the idea.';

'>phoneposting
>screenshotting your own post
>post isn't even that good
sure smells like reddit in here';

'Give me your best Thorn damage stories.';

'>>92587288
Are you really complaining about phones in 2024';

'>>92587176
I'm imagining that people who are interested in writing diverse characters would want to make sure:
1) their characters are well written
2) their character isn't a lazy race/sex swap from an existing character
Which is also how it's clear that companies aren't actually interesting in writing diverse characters. They're interested in pretending to do so in order to pander to people.';

'>>92587384
are you really defending that "post"?';

'>>92587367
Oddly specific... but alright.
One of my parties had a flying kobold built for speed who loved picking enemies up, dashing into the sky, and dropping them for big damage. Eventually another player came up with the idea of casting spike growth and having the flying kobold drag the foe through that instead, was a funny strategy.';

'>DM invites cousin to play
>oh my god he plays "lol so randumb" rogue
>absolute caveman tier decisions that get us in trouble
>worthless shit for brains in combat
And lower level than the party
>last straw was him stealing the sorcerers blood vial to drink the blood then throwing it away in a cliff after drinking it because lmao XD i am a sorcerer now
>sorcerer snaps and plane shifts his ass to carceri
>"wtf dude that was so lame. Yo DM can I portal back or something?"
>sorcerer tells him there is no way out of the plane
>storms out flipping him off

why just why did our DM think bringing in this spasmaticus low IQ monkey into the party was a good idea? Also I think the DM might try to bring back his character but we are praying carceri keeps the retard locked and shut';

'>>92587412
>Also I think the DM might try to bring back his character but we are praying carceri keeps the retard locked and shut
If the DM wants to, it won't. You need to get together as a group and collectively tell the DM that you won't be playing anymore if he invites his cousin back.';

'>Many rumors exist of why Sir Helbrook was disgraced, but only one thing is known for sure, it was so heinous that he would rather be known as the most ruthless outlaw then as a former Magus Knight. His quest is not for justice, or vengeance, but to eliminate those who know the truth
just unironically pitched this as my character for a potential game this summer, everyone is eating it up, they have no fucking idea';

'>>92587101
Well it's not working. The most recent box has like a 30% return rate on Amazon and they've pulled the box because they're loosing so much money. And again, WotC just literally fired their CEO last week.';

'>>92587443
Sir Helbrook the bar builder? Why wouldn't they love him? he's a great guy! He was generous enough to start building me a stable too.
Might go check on how that's going actually.';

'>>92587443
Sorry bro I didn't expect to read this here, I won't tell any of the other players...';

'>>92587409
Awesome. I'm trying to make the most out of Wall Of Thorns but the best i could do was Strength checking enemies back into the wall after they get out';

'>>92587504
>>92587488
did I mention his beloved steed, Kelly';

'>>92587507
Suppose if you happen to have a handy dandy warlock with repelling blast in your party you could make it veeeery difficult for them to escape the thorn zone.';

'Should I add rape mechanics which causes debuffs and chance pregnancy? Now before you ask why. Its because the world is a shithole and everwhere is kinda grim where the players are a band of brigands, my players themselves have done rape on female npcs to and other atrocities but I belive the parties only female half elf rogue needs a rude awakening after messing with the wrong noble.';

'>>92587572
go make a fatal thread, retard';

'>>92587572
You can rape whoever you want anon, as long as it remains in your fiction';

'>he doesn't rape his players to enhance verisimilitude
ngmi';

'>>92587572
Guess you could toss in some STDs, pregnancy seems like the sort of thing they're just gonna abort with little thought though, unless the setting is like that one DM I had where stillborn and aborted children became mini atropals.';

'>>92587610
That sounds really good. Abortion in the world is a grave sin the fetus becomes a monster hunting the mother or be forced to carry it to term while struggling with your body';

'>>92587476
That’s because magic as a game is shit and dying. Mechanically it’s a garbage game.
Wotc are greedy they didn’t test shit for several years which almost killed a bunch of formats. Then we had issues with standard rotations being too pricey and lost a lot of players. Issues with tournaments and how they’re worked out. Then balance issues like oko, mh1 and 2 and to top it off obvious insider training with larger marketplaces.

Why on earth would a modern company want to align itself with something like this >>92587572
you’d be mad not to do all you can to alienate these types of people without outright banning them.';

'>>92587176
you can clearly see that all black women either has the stereotypical afro or is debra wilson, they also all act the same, e.g, sassy
companies are forced economically and socially to make black characters, that is just a fact';

'>>92587572
Has the female half-elf rogue raped anyone? Also what's her age and physique?';

'>>92587572
The Book of Vile Darkness might have some rules you could convert for 5e.';

'>>92587740
No the player preety much rps her like a psychotic daddy issues girl, shes very skinny and is 32 years old';

'>>92587645
Thet might explain an overall decrease in sales, but it dose'nt explain the high complaint and return rate. People are buying the product that I assume thatvthey want, opening the packs and seeing whats in it, then returning it to Amazon with a complaint. And it's cards, so it's dead product, they can't rest repackit and resell it. And Amazon isn't a card store that sells singles.
And why do you care what that anon does at his own table, he's not asking for WotC's approval. I assume his players consent and are quite used to his edginess by now, or else they would have noped out a while ago. And this is assuming anon is actually playing the game he's describing and not just posting edgy shit on 4chins for yous.
His table, his game. Why do you guys have such an issue with this concept? He's not asking you to play with him.';

'/5eg/, how does this idea sound? Instead of Extra Attack letting you make multiple attacks, it lets you take multiple Attack actions, basically functioning as a more limited Action Surge.

For example, a 5th level Barbarian can take two Attack actions, or they can take one Attack action and one Dash action';

'>>92587855
Would probably make the rogue very sad.
Would this work for monsters and their multiattack to?';

'>>92587855
Why are they able to use the Attack action to dash? What determines whether it requires a full action or an Extra Attack action?';

'>>92587855
Are you actually retarded?';

'cantrip damage increase based on overall level or class level?';

'>>92588102
Overall level. Warlock 1 Fighter 19 has a full powered eldritch blast.';

'>>92588107
thanks könig
running artificer with INT/CHA maxed and looking for suitable multiclass
cantrip scaling important for versatility';

'>>92588118
That would be a strange multiclass, but paladin/artificer could neat.';

'Help me understand something /5eg/

Hexblade and Pact of the Blade. I know they benefit each other clearly, but I just have a question on some particular phrasing. Hex warrior under hexblade states

"The influence of your patron also allows you to mystically channel your will through a particular weapon."

Single weapon, whole reason you're even a hexblade, picked up a cursed sword or whatever. But later in the same paragraph it also says

"If you later gain the Pact of the Blade feature, this benefit extends to every pact weapon you conjure with that feature, no matter the weapon's type."

Ok, I'm still getting it, but the thing that has me scratching my head is the next bit under Pact of the Blade which says

"You can use your action to create a pact weapon in your empty hand. You can choose the form that this melee weapon takes each time you create it. You are proficient with it while you wield it. This weapon counts as magical for the purpose of overcoming resistance and immunity to nonmagical attacks and damage."

Hex Warrior extends to pact of the blade I understand that so you get all your benefits as far as that is concerned, but the thing I want to make sure I understand is your PACT weapon and HEXBLADE are different weapons correct or does your hex weapon count as both the hexblade AND the pact weapon? Like I can hold my Hexblade weapon in my main hand and then summon the pact weapon in my off correct? I mainly ask because I want to maintain my hex weapon as a unique object and potentially use my pact weapon for variety if I want to use different weapons. I know alot of people just use both features on a single weapon so the hexblade and pact weapon are a single weapon, but I just want to make sure I understand correctly.';

'>>92587917
Multiattack is different from the attack action, but I suppose so

>>92587964
I might have misworded that. The idea is that when you gain Extra Attack action, it grants you a second action which you can only use to take the Attack action, instead of granting you two attacks with one action';

'>>92588161
i am talking person i hate low cha to gimp myself
dm might asshole but paper say number cant argue
will bard whisper or warlock genie for battlesmith when hit jolt for +2d6 when twin scimitar make
attack bonus 2d4+11 and when damage is 2d4+5+2d6+2d6 once on turn';

'>>92588182
Yeah, they can be two different weapon if you're some sort of faggot.';

'>>92588206
jesus christ imagine actually having to deal with this shit in your game';

'>>92588206
Start with a concept you like first, then worry about multiclassing and numbers. You don't need to by hyper optimal to have fun.';

'>>92588218
have dm so know how fast turn but hard to use steel defender when most fight gimmick have not played classic fight in 4 session
always puzzle enemy/boss no friend npc no town for hub always run around
i am with support mindset since new players at table let them have fun

>>92588233
on level 10 story at good point for branch out option for bard/warlock open and dm glad for it because i am run story forward';

'>>92588246
I'm not talking about your "build", I'm talking about you. Hope everyone's english is as broken as yours.';

'>>92588246
What is this english?';

'>>92588182
As written it looks like you could hex warrior one weapon using the standard long rest ability while having a separate pact weapon (that also gets the benefits of hex warrior) if you really wanted to. So one "hex but not pact weapon" and one "hex + pact weapon".';

'>>92588182
Yeah, you can theoretically have a shortsword that you're using as your hex weapon, and then conjure up a pact weapon shortsword if you wanted to dual wield, and get the Hexblade benefits on both, just for an example.

Generally though, the pact weapon is much better off being used for something like a greatsword or polearm if you're a hexblade, since you get to use Charisma no matter what.
That said, maintaining the hex weapon as its own thing and conjuring the pact weapon as something else would still be an option regardless. It's just that mechanically speaking, there's not much reason to do so, aside from the aforementioned possibility of dual-wielding.';

'>>92588253
>>92588255
table play in local language only not need english
thank you for information';

'>>92588269
What language? I wish to mock you in your native tongue.';

'>>92588285
no';

'>>92588292
Wasn't a yes or no question';

'>>92588294
svn is country why mock i honest';

'>>92588305
Courtesy of google
Iskreno povedano, če želiš močan trik, je večrazrednost v čarovnika v redu. škoda zaradi eldritch blasta je lahko koristna, vendar je resnično vredno le, če vzamete dve ravni. Čarovnik je veliko boljša možnost za večrazrednost.
>why mock
because this is 4chan, vlad';

'>>92588312
večerazrednost na čarovniku je samoumevna ampak se zaradi narave bojnega kovača znajdem v bližnjem boju, ter mi ne pomaga noben podrazred, razen morda abjuration
eldritch blast se dobi z vsestranskim orodjem, genie pride prav zaradi talismana in uporabnosti svetilke
hkrati pesnik pride prav zaradi tega ker nimamo stalnega obraza in drugi igralec ima avtizem oziroma ga ne briga za igranje vlog in doda na podporni možnosti

thank you for effort is hard to explain';

'>>92588347
Že imate visok CHA, ste že obraz. In čarovniki dobijo podrazred na stopnji 2, ne na 1, tako da večinoma iščete vse tiste dodatne reže, ritualne ulitke in dodatne poskuse. 1 povprečna škoda zaradi EB ni tako razburljiva. Očitno ti ne morem preprečiti, da bi postal čarovnik, vendar ne morem dovolj priporočiti, da bi postal čarovnik.';

'>>92588358
>>92588347
tudi tvoja mati je kurba';

'>>92588191
You don’t seem to understand the rules. Attacking and Dashing are separate actions; two Attack actions is effectively what Extra Attack already achieves.';

'>>92588358
na žalost čarovnik nima tako močnega vpliva poleg ritualnih urokov in podrazredi nimajo tako močnih dodatkov kakor warlock ali pesnik, razen morda abjuration ali war
hvala za poskus in hvala za trud, bom že nekaj skuhal

>>92588370
upam da bojo tvoji otroci v rikverc hodli in da ti zelje zgnije';

'>>92588382
With regular Extra Attack, you have to attack both times.
With Action Surge, you can do whatever you want both times.
With this guy's proposed rule, you can do attack once and do whatever you want once.';

'>>92588208
>>92588258
>>92588261
Ok cool, it was more of a curiosity thing I intended to go axe and shield with the axe being the hex weapon, and if I wanted to try something else like the double bladed scimitar I could use the pact weapon. I figured the hexblade weapon could be both, but for flavor reasons I wanted to keep the axe as the hexblade weapon mainly since it's the centerpiece of HOW and WHY my character would be a warlock';