/5eg/ D&D Fifth Edition General

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hi

Druids
Are
GHEY!

Most common misunderstandings I see are on the DM's side of things:

>short rests should be 1 hour long (ew)
>I shouldn't liberally reward my martials with magic items so they can keep up

>>52502698
why the fuck did u put a chinese cartoon in my /5eg/ thread

>>52502759
My DM doesn't even give martials plate until level 10 or so. feels bad man

adding prof. bonus to attack but not damage confuses lots of ppl

is onii-chan some chink character from greyhawk or something

>>52502576
wild sorc
vengance paladin
thief rogue
bladelock
champion fighter

>>52502619
Maybe back at level 5, but we are rolling in gold now. Only use Chanel.

>>52502628
About 2 years fortnightly, although we would switch systems sometimes for a couple of sessions and then come back to it so I guess a bit less. It was pretty balanced between RP, combat and travelling

>>52502640
Always have some diamonds spare for it because its cheaper than other methods

>>52502780
Going by the guidelines, martials should have enough gold to just buy plate armor at level 6.

>>52502698
>18 str and 18 dex
>tfw no good armors to take advantage of this or methods to make both stats usable

I really don't like the armors in 5.0 It just feels weird to me that depending on what you go for it all evens out to a 17 AC.

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>>52502760
>>52502799

she should call me onii-sama

>>52502792
>ok, so my damage is 1d8+5?
>No its +3 because you don't add the proficiency to damage
?

>>52502698
Only so long until we become just like /pfg/ now

>>52502842
And you don't add either of proficiency or ability modifier to your spell's damage, even a melee spell like Shocking Grasp.

>>52502741
Moon Druids are faggots, everything else is bro-tier.

>>52502760
>>52502799
We need the occasional biting sarcastic animoo OP so that we can poke fun at /pfg/

Pay it no mind other than a quiet smirk to yourself and all will be well.

>>52502831
Going between ranged and melee easily? Having OK AC even if you're caught naked? Being pretty good vs normal attacks and those that cause dex saves? I know that's not really getting at your core point, but having both of those high isn't necessarily pointless.

>>52502842
you're a fucking faggot, Max

Why is /5eg/ so bland? Like seriously folks you guys talk about nothing new? Is it because the game releases jack shit or is it because this general is just /OSR/'s younger brother?

I mean fuck guys even when you do the whole "lol we are degenerates" thing you all do it like sad old men.

>>52502831
5e does seem to have a lot of "balance" in the sense of everything equals out to be the exact same.

>>52502903
Nearly every thread there's people who are new to the game asking questions about mechanics, etc. If it seems repetitive it's because there's constantly new people playing the game. That, and spam.

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>>52502698
>some kind of hentai OP
>discord server
>didn't link the last thread

>>52502931
Ignore the troll. He'll get tired soon.

>>52502903
What exactly are you expecting? New material is discussed when it's released. The UA for this month already came out and the last big things, Storm King's Thunder and Volo's Guide, were quite a while ago. At quiet moments like these the general content is pretty much answering rules questions and arguing over interpretations or house rules.

>>52502889
Oh I know its just weird. I just started playing the system and was Really happy my stat rolls gave me18's in STR and DEX. I figured I would be locked down some in the first few levels but there would be a feat or something down the line that lets me use both for AC. As is I see no reason to use medium or heavy armor because light gives me so much more.

>>52502925
Yeah I noticed that. I actually kinda like it when it comes to the ADAR of the different classes and what not but it feels like they went over board with it in a lot of places.

I am a Jarl irl
ask me anything

>>52502831
That's bounded accuracy baby

Although 17 is only the cap for non-magical medium and light, and there are other ways to get it higher

DMs of /tg/, at what level would YOU typically give your martials plate mail?

>A Fighter starts with Chainmail AC 16. CR 1/8 to CR 2 monsters have an attack bonus of +3, which gives them a 40% chance to hit versus the Fighter.
>At CR 3, the monsters have an attack bonus of +4, at which point you might expect the Fighter to upgrade to Splint Mail AC 17 to maintain parity.
>At CR 4, the monsters have an attack bonus of +5, at which point you might expect the Fighter to upgrade to Plate Mail AC 18 to maintain parity.

Would you say when they're regularly facing CR4 enemies or higher?

>>52502903
Please, start discussion if you have something to discuss.
Speaking of...

How often do your groups meet, /5eg/? Just started DMing a weekly campaign and am already considering dropping it down to every other so I can focus more on real life shit.

>>52502961
I mean hell at least things like /srg/, /pfg/, and /exg/ all at least have something to talk about in greater depth. I mean hell right after the UA comes out the general immediately goes "fuck it its stupid, ignore it"

Then there's the fact that there seems to be literally no one else out there producing content for 5e. There seems to just be no Dream Scarred Press for 5e.

>>52503012
6-8

>>52503013
My group plays 3 weeks out of every month since one of our players likes to play Army in his spare time and goes to national guard drill.

>>52503021
Kobold Press puts out tons of stuff but /5eg/ gets really upset about anything not official.

And things that are official.

And everything.

Reposting here from last thread

Whats the best animal to awaken and keep in your beard?

>>52502831
Heavy armor goes up to 18 AC.

>>52503013
>How often do your groups meet, /5eg/
Once per week, but I have multiple groups because tabletops are my main hobby.

>Tomb of horrors
>party walks through mist
>all of their gear is teleported to the end of the dungeon
>they are teleported to the beginning

this is the most hilarious dungeon

>>52502878
Don't bully the moon druids!

>>52503029
So splint mail would be a good option for them from 3-6?

>>52503037
That's another thing. Why the fuck is /5eg/ so autistic about core only? I mean fuck man thats the most boring kind of game.

Like if you want to be grognards just go play OSR you will have much more to find there.

>>52503065
18 times a day they can change into their fursonas

>>52503077
usually just go chain to plate in our games

>>52503065
No, I will bully the moon druids, especially since they have the fucking damage soak for it.

>>52503081
shut up

>>52503081
Well you see in /pfg/ homebrew is accepted because even though it's trash, pathfinder is always trash.

When it comes to 5e you have a choice between trash homebrew and actually good official content.

Is there a way for barbarians to effectively barbarian in heavy armor?

>>52503065
Is the moon druid h8 a meme or what?

>>52503134
So basically its because the general has a massive stick up its ass and Mearls cock in its mouth?

I mean shit guys Variety's the spice of life and all that. Thats a fact accepted in literally every other general.

Our custom live-game is at level 17. My elf wizard and his gnome apprentice were spying on barbarians on an island north of Evermeet, and one of them stumbled up drunk and said "An elf and a gnome?" then he looked at the bottle in his hand, threw it down and stumbled off. I laughed because I think that's how an actual Viking would have reacted

>>52503161
Yes, mainly because no one actually hits level 20 so the Onion Druid can't really be a thing.

>>52503160
by being a samurai

>>52503160
If they don't mind being unable to rage.

>>52503168
I really think its because dandwiki sucks so much dick. I've seen people post homebrew classes, etc in here met with lots of support, constructive criticism... or being completely shit on

>>52503160
of course not

>>52503134
Please ignore the troll.

>>52503206
Not being a troll man. I'm just asking questions. Admittedly I am asking them like a jack ass but I really wish to know why you folks aren't just a part of /OSR/ since you people really seem to want to be that.

So I need some help choosing my character for an upcoming game. The current party is:
>Human Paladin (Oath of Vengeance)
>Human Warlock
>Human Fighter (Samurai)
>Half-Orc Bard
>High Elf Cleric
>High Elf Fighter (Pirate)
>Drow Elf Rogue (Arcane Trickster)

Would you agree with this statement:

The five most favorite archetypes (not necessarily most powerful, just most liked archetypes) in D&D 5e are:
>Battle Master
>Great Old One
>College of Lore
>Swashbuckler
>Oath of Ancients

>>52503198
Samurai? I thought that class didn't make it to 5.0 or is in the UA somewhere?

>>52503203
>>52503205
Ok was just wondering. I'm trying to get a grasp on the system. I want to keep it simple and just be a walking slab of metal that hits like a truck and can shrug off a hill giant punching him. I figured a heavy armor barbarian would do the trick until I saw the restriction in their rage. Was seeing if there was a feat or a magic item or something that let me rage in full plate.

>>52503249
no?
not even close

>>52503247
That's a huge party. If DM allows UA, Artificer may be fun. Otherwise, ranged fighter/ranger or a Wizard.

>>52503247
Lucky Halfling Diviner.

You've got no short races, nor do you have a dedicated arcane caster. No, bards don't count.

>>52503249
>>Battle Master
Absolutely

>>Great Old One
Eh, it seems Fiend wins out more often

>>College of Lore
Also absolutely

>>Swashbuckler
Probably

>>Oath of Ancients
It's 50/50 with Vengeance

>>52503247
Is the half orc bard a bardgrappler? If so are we in the same party?

Anyway play a Wizard

>>52503261
Just go barbarian and be a walking slab of meat and flesh. You don't need armor, you have manly pecs.

>>52503247
I'd probably go with something like finding a new group with less people
If you don't want to do that, non-necromancer wizard

>>52503261
A barbarian is a warrior who exemplifies mind over matter. By willing himself stronger via his rages, he becomes stronger and more able to take damage. They often come from primitive cultures who value strength and stoicism.

A fighter on the other hand is a precision trained warrior who uses weapons and armor to enhance his already formidable skills.

Just choose one and go with it.

>>52503261
it's a fighter UA, the level 3 ability gives them a mini berserk that lasts a round and a half

>>52503235
Because OSR sucks.

>>52503261
The Samurai is a Fighter Archetype that gets a 3 times per short rest ability that works like a mini one round Rage without drawbacks.

A thing to note is AC is specificly one thing the Barbarian won't actually be good at, considering most enemies will always have Advantage against you. They tank by killing things fast, resistance to damage and having a high HP

>>52503249
I think we just had a whole series of polls to determine this very thing.

>>52503235
>>52503168
You know you're a massive faggot, right?

Well, I want to win this argument, but I don't want to put any effort into it, so I'm just going to post various lengths of text from a Lorem Ipsum generator and win by rights of brow-beating you until I have the last word.

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>>52503286
>>52503249
Are warlocks that popular in other groups? I've been playing since the playtest and so far I've seen one guy play one

>>52503247
DM. Steal half the party and the current DM and run your own campaign with them, the DM will thank you. Now that your compatriots have been reduced from 7 to 3 or 4, finding where you fit will be a lot easier.

>>52503368
So basically you in no way can explain why /5eg/ has a massive stick up its ass?

>>52503371
I had a guy in one of my groups play warlock. Turns out agonizing blast spam was pretty boring.

>>52503410
Because we're unlikable people with hatred in our hearts. Happy?

>>52503371
More than any other class it depends on the GM. Some are really fucking big on the whole pact patron thing.

Plus... Agonizing Blast Spam is fucking terrible for the fun factor.

>>52503410
because its 4chan why the fuck else

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>>52503303
>>52503321
Well I have the image of Alphonse in my mind so I was aiming for that. I'll probably play a fighter.

>>52503338
>>52503348
Thanks bro's I'll probably play that then.

How is unarmed in 5.0 or is that more of a monk only thing?

As someone who's played in a live game weekly since 5e was released, BM fighters are very common, hunter rangers, wizards of all kinds, life clerics and thief rogues are also very popular. Monks are never played, and druids are very very rare. I've seen people who rolled druids kill them off and try something else, usually a cleric. Devotion paladins are great when played well. Humans elves and dwarves are the common races, but halflings appear sometimes and usually played by women. Never see gnomes.

>>52503440
CHINESE CARTOON GET OUT REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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>>52503440
>>How is unarmed in 5.0 or is that more of a monk only thing?
Outside of homebrew it's a monk only thing.

>>52503352
That's the right answer.

http://www.strawpoll.me/12550821/r

>>52503468
hahahahahaha

>>52503062
I like it because it doesn't kill you and any actual person would give up at this point but players never will

>>52502780
Just ambush and loot some knights

>>52503440
consider the heavy armor feat with samurai, broken flat damage reduction + resistance.

>>52503495
I really hate that GOOlock is so high up, I genuinely don't think there's anything good about it
Create thrall is interesting but that's it

>>52503448
Counterspel

>>52502698
Good job posting cropped lolicon porn there, hombre.

>>52503313
i wanted to leave with some other guys, but two guys were'nt having it bc i'm only one of two ppl who have actually played

>>52503570
http://www.strawpoll.me/12540480/r

For some reason, it beat Fiend and Hexblade.

>>52503574
Good job recognizing it.

About how often does everyone on /tg/ have a player go unconscious and making death saves?

>>52503586
Probably because Create Thrall and that compared to other patrons the GOO will probably fuck with you less

>>52503600
it's not rare

>>52503600
Tends to be at least one every session but they rarely actually die because the party has a life cleric, a devotion paladin and a bard

>>52503586
I think Fiend is pretty dull (pacts with the devil are kind of played out) and Fey is really underrated in my opinion.

>>52502698
sauce?

>>52503586
Every time I see Undying I'll get disappointed, it's exactly what I want for flavor from a Warlock but it's so irredeemably shit. They didn't even give it Invocations in the UA.

>>52503614
>>52503606
That sounds about right. I think I've gone down at least once or twice per session for the past 4 sessions.

>>52503012
I would just pay them reasonable amounts of money for a bunch of warriors risking their lives and not be all "the peasants don't have anything to pay you with" or "you find a grand total of 50 gold's worth of valuables in the dungeon and a useless magic item that's priceless somehow so you're not allowed to sell it". Enough for each party member to get several hundred gold for a completed 'quest' if they split it evenly. Or I would have the martial find plate armor on an adventurer's corpse if I feel like letting him save his money for something else he wants.

Actually trying to carefully calculate the loot and item allocation of every party member based on the arbitrary CR guidelines written by the same apes that wrote the rest of this abortion of a system is stupid.

>>52503600
I'm running a game for two people. It's only happened once in about ten sessions, because if one of them drops, that effectively means game over.

>>52503656
It depends a lot on party composition, tactics, and what you're fighting.
I'm running SKT so most of the players go down in 2 hits, tops, so multiattack ensures there's at least a few KOs per session.

>>52503403
i wanted to do that bc there were originally only 5 guys (current DM, me, and 4 others. don't really like the current DM tho.) But one of the newer members (super close friend but we were on rough terms when i formed the orig. group) would be pissed if i didn't let him in my group.

>>52503665
I always just have the armoured players happen upon some plate because I feel sorry for them.
DEX is already a good stat to invest in, they don't need any more discouragement.

So does anyone know about the "Hero's of Orient" thing on the DM's Guild? Looks interesting and I heard there were Kensai.

>>52503710
there are kensai in UA already

>>52503710
There's a UA Kensai that's much better then it looks at first.

>>52503600
Every other session. If its me, I normally die. Maybe its bad luck or maybe I'm just shit at rolling dice

>>52503716
>>52503722
Still doesn't really answer my question.

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>touch a selu'kiira in Silverymoon Palace
>trigger a trap, get instantly teleported to a cell deep underground
>High Mage Taern Hornblade appears and places his finger on your forcehead
>He's gonna blow your brains out
>He says "Why did you touch that stone?"
>He's pissed af
>wut do?

>>52503710
There are a lot of absurdly big design flaws with lots of it. I think it was lifted from stuff in previous additions and made to fit 5e, but the person that did it doesn't seem to have English, on top of not seeming to have the absolute best grasp of the rules.

It's not absurdly broken one way or the other, but there's a lot of goofy decisions. You'd probably be fine with using it if the DM was okay with it (the UA Kensai is better, if that's all you want), but I wouldn't necessarily recommend it.

Someone give me a race class combination they've never actually seen someone play. I was thinking Dragonborn Sorcerer because I've never actually seen it but I'm open to ideas.

>>52503802
Orc Wizard.

>>52503733
yeah that'll be because nobody reads everything on the DM's guild and the one thing you seemed especially interested in already exists elsewhere in a place we've all seen

>>52503817
If you haven't seen a lolrandumb someone's boyfriend/girlfriend play that overdone joke I feel happy for you.

>>52503802
dragonborn sorcerer is extremely common for obvious reason
I haven't seen any dwarf bards and I think they could fit together very well

>>52503870
Dwarf Bard is a good idea.

Now that I think about it, Halfling might be the most underplayed race. I think I've seen a Ranger and a Rogue but that's it.

Here's a cave I'm planning on running a party of four 3rd-level adventurers through. Ancients paladin, artificer gunsmith, totem barbarian, and divination wizard.

>1 swarm of snakes, somewhere along the way.
>3 vine blights
>2 giant toads
>1 giant scorpion
>level 6 druid NPC with charm person, thunderwave, heat metal, spike growth, conjure animals, tidal wave, healing word, and stinking cloud. Spell DC 17. He has 74HP.

Think that would be a little much? Should I tone down the DC on the druid?

>>52503802
Seen in person, or heard people playing?

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Google has failed me yet again, so I come to you once more.
I'm making an Eldritch Knight with Greatsword and Great Weapon Fighting. Does GWF affect the crit rolls?

>>52503937
>I'm making an Eldritch Knight with Greatsword and Great Weapon Fighting. Does GWF affect the crit rolls?

Sure does.

>>52503935
Either's good. I'm trying to get some ideas for something fresh to bring to my next table.

>>52503937
Don't see why it wouldn't

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>>52503937
I forgot to add if it it also affects Cantrips that require a melee attack, like Booming Blade?

>>52503802
I've never once seen someone play a gnome or a dwarf. Every other phb race I've seen played at least once, with myself being the only halfling player I've seen.

>>52503802
Human Variant fighter

>>52503955
Crits effect every dice roll. BB, GFB, Sneak Attack and all.

>>52503920
Spike growth can do wild amounts of damage. The setup doesn't sound so bad, though, assuming they don't fight them all at once.

>>52503191
The Angry Onion works reasonably well though.

>>52503972
I was talking about GWF, not crits specifically.

>>52503960
Really? I've played a Ranger Dwarf and I made a Deep Gnome Gunsmith for a one shot.

>>52503961
That's the other option. Go with something so common and standard but do something fresh with the roleplaying.

>>52503955
GWF only affects the damage dice of the weapon itself. So it does nothing to the cantrip's added damage, but it does work on the portion of the swing that's just the weapon.

>>52504009
Oh, sorry. I don't think so. I know they ruled it doesn't on Paladin Smites.

>>52503937
Only for the weapon.

>>52503972
He means the GWF rerolls, I believe. Which says it only applies to attacks made with melee weapons made with two hands. So yes gfb, which only requires a melee weapon attack, but no to other general spells and rolls

>>52503972

All dice, roll twice.

>>52504059
If it's brown, flush it down.

>>52503902
I've seen a few bards as well

/tg/, I need a solo adventure. As anyone ever published one, and if so, optimized for which class?

>>52502698
>Anime pic
>Discord
>No previous thread link
Has OP ever been faggier?

>>52504175
Published? No. You'll have to find a homebrew. Google should help.

>>52504175
That's sad.

Do it like everyone who has no friends, join roll20 and spend months searching for campaigns, when your finally accepted, spend more weeks planning you're character just to have the DM quit 2 sessions in.

>>52503012
Whenever they get enough money to afford it.

It's not that I don't have friends.

It's that I've been solicited to do it for practice for my larger group and I want to get my head around it before I accept / decline

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>>52504175
I would like to know if there is one as well, I would like to play

>>52504175
play video games you friendless loser

>>52504260
Sorry to break this to you sonny jim, but you got bamboozled.

I took some pills now I'm dying

http://vocaroo.com/i/s1gewsh9fLEH

>>52503600
Happens every session. To be specific, the same player is making them EVERY SESSION. I have no clue why they voluntarily pick the worst times to split from the party.

What is your favorite starting quest worth a new party or run for a party?

I personally love raids on enemy bases as a starting quest, both as a player and as a DM. Not so much dungeons, but rather encampments.

>>52503012
In most campaigns I've been in, at it about level 3.

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>>52504422
fucking loser

>>52503029
>>52503665
>>52504258
>>52504523

So what you're all saying is it will vary wildly across campaigns and is entirely up to the DM.

>>52504599
Yep.

>>52504599
like all things

White Plume Mountain, Area 17 the Boiling Bubble

The Bubble is ~35ft. across and 60ft. long.

But how tall is it? The crab is Huge, so it has to be at least 20ft. tall for him to fit (if not higher), but the adventure says someone swinging with a two-handed weapon would puncture the bubble.

Why? The reach of a greatsword is 5ft. How is i slicing open the bubble if the crab is 15ft. higher than the sword could swing?

>>52504708
Part of it will be from the height of the person swinging
And presumably it isn't a flat ceiling since it's not a cube

>>52504708
Oh boy this is some geometry stuff.

What non combat situations might there be for a PC could get Advantage in?

>>52502741
I have had someone play Druid in every game of 5e I have played ever, and I have DMd for most of those.
I really like the idea of druids and I think their powers are neat. That being said
FUCK DRUID

>>52503012
I let them do it at level 3. It makes them maybe a bit too powerful at the time, but it feels fun.

>>52504769
literally anything

>>52504708
Well bubbles are normally a sphere right? So if your standing in the middle layer it'll be 30ft up at the highest point to the top.

So I imagine the crab is standing in the center of it which can fit him and people will be running around him. I feel the Greatsword swing thing is a little weird though, I haven't read that adventure but maybe making it an Athletics check if you miss the crab to avoid swinging too far?

>>52504779
It's funny, literally none of my players will ever pick Druid. I don't think any of them like the aesthetic.

>>52502698
/pfg/ is leaking again . . .

>>52504769
Depends on if the DM thinks you should really, really have the upperhand in overcoming the odds.

>>52504769
Talking with someone drunk?

Trying to convince an NPC of something, and saying it extremely well?

Playing an instrument as a Bard and preforming in real life?

>>52503371
Dude, there's two types of D&D player. The storyteller and the Autist. The Autist only ever plays chaotic good barbarians, warlocks and maybe paladins.

>>52502698
Some stuff I tried (and failed) to assert in my last campaign:

>Persuasion is not opposed by Insight, it is opposed by a DC determined by the relationship between the two creatures and the nature of the request, so everyone does not immediately become a mind-slave of the character with the highest Persuasion
>You do not get advantage on attack rolls for flanking
>A critical miss does not mean a critical hit on the closest party member
>Commoners are able to take the Disengage action
>Detect Magic does not cause blindness
>Simulacrum is not limited to creatures of CR 1 or lower
>Being a jackass does not grant Inspiration
>Speculating out of character does not confer the Frightened condition in character
>If the source of the Frightened condition does not exist, that does not mean the Frightened creature is completely unable to move
>Efreeti are not immune to Planar Binding
>Mezzoloths are not immune to Banishment
>Owls do not have an inconsolable fear of bushes
>If the text of a spell's description states a creature obeys your commands, it does not mean they can do whatever they want
>If a wizard tries to dismiss their familiar, their alignment does not change to chaotic evil

I only stayed because they were the only 5e group in my area. I considered leaving after getting advice online and did so when the DM spazzed out when I tried to teach the Druid about his spells.

>>52505042
>You do not get advantage on attack rolls for flanking
That's in the DMG though.
The rest of that shit just makes me question what the fuck was going on with your DM.

>>52505042
Go for Roll20, it seems you can't get a worse group

>>52502698
>Move Actions
>MOVE
>ACTIONS
>5 FOOT STEP
It shouldn't bother me so much but it does. Movement is not an action and it never should have been in the first place. I could probably concede having 5-foot steps but I don't see much purpose in it.

>>52505042
>>If a wizard tries to dismiss their familiar, their alignment does not change to chaotic evil
Story time

>>52505042
>>You do not get advantage on attack rolls for flanking
But that's wrong, you motherfucker

>>52505042
Other then flanking (Which I'm a fan of) your DM a shit.

So I just took Death House and converted it to a Haunted Frat to DM for my fraternity

They're pretty into d&d, but have never ran a module before. I on the other hand have never DM'ed

Some conversion was pretty easy, Durst House looks almost like our frat's building plant, Rose and Thorn get refluffed as pledged instead of kids, and black robes into black togas

Anyone else's got any more ideas I could use that they want me to throw at a bunch of chads?

>>52505075
>>52505139
Okay, I'll concede that point doesn't deserve to be on the list because: (1) it was the only thing the DM stated to be a houserule before the game rather than be made up on the spot like everything else (2) it was the the only inanity I was able to actually talk the DM out of.

>>52505139
Don't act like an optional rule in the DMG is the standard.

>>52505042
>>Owls do not have an inconsolable fear of bushes
Please explain

>>52505042
>>Owls do not have an inconsolable fear of bushes

Okay, this one has got to me. Explain

>>52504783

Honestly I prefer 5th level.

Level 1-2 is apprentice/green
Level 3-4 is experienced/veteran
Level 5 is people come seeking out your help plus plate armor + magic weapon = fireball

>>52505227
Literally everyone is using this rule, anon. Everyone.

Do Firbolgs get played much? Personally I'm a fan of their lore and the fact it's a more gentle giant type. Planing on making a Ranger but I don't know if I should go GWM Hunter, Dip a level in Druid (for Shillelagh) with PAM on a Primeval Guardian, or be a Beastmaster.

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This was helpful for cobbling together a few odd races.
I don't remember where I found it, and I didn't see it in the Mega Trove. Is there an updated one around? Maybe even an author to thank?

>>52505312
>Do Firbolgs get played much?
One of the most unpopular races in Volo. That, and tritons.

>>52505312
They're stuck in Volo, so the purists that don't want to spend extra don't bother.

>>52505193
A magical pledge pin is a requirement

Also possibly a drinking contest with one of the pledges, could even have the DM and the players drink or play beer pong or something

>>52505307
my group isn't

>>52505330
I don't hate Tritons myself. The asshole Merfolk isn't really my thing though.

I'd have to say my least favorite is either Kenku or Hobgoblin. Core only it's Tieflings, they're always so fucking edgy.

>>52505307
I didn't use it in the campaign I DM for because I feel like it makes it way too easy to get advantage and kind of makes class features that give it reliably kind of useless.

>>52505407
Depends on the party makeup I've found.

One issue with it is it makes swarms of enemies even more powerful and single ones even weaker.

>>52505307
Except this guy's group >>52505217, this guy's >>52505393, this guy's >>52505407 and mine then I guess. It is a bad rule, single enemy encounters already generally suck due to action economy. The monsters don't need to be further screwed over because tom and frank are standing on opposite sides of them. It also means most class features that give advantage are now pointless.

>>52505372
I'm not entirely sure you know what slice of life frat status quo is like.

It's a lot more mellow than that.

>>52505307
How do people consider companions and magic items for flanking? I'm against letting people get a flank off of familiars, beast companions, and spiritual weapon type stuff

>>52505461
Not like go hard levels of drinking, but casual weekday beer pong is fucking fun. You'd be surprised how much better you actually are compared to how rekt you usually are when it gets played. Plus I was just spitballing ideas figured you had a pong table around

>>52505312
I really like them but even when I asked if any of my group wanted to use a Volo race they all just said no

>>52505490
>Companions
Flank
>Spiritual weapon
Doesn't flank
>Magic items
What

>>52505307
My group is using it, and I fucking hate it.

3/4 are melee combatants, so it just means "free advantage forever, might as well just throw away that faerie fire spell"

>>52505498


... we do actually. God damn it

>>52505490
Beast Companion I'd say yes. It's an actual trained creature for fighting.

Familiars and anything else that isn't a trained companion I'd say no.

>>52504769
Any situation where a fellow PCs Help would help.

>>52505490

What is the help action in combat even for if you allow flanking

>hear people talkin shit about /pfg/
>"well it cant be that bad, i'll check it out"
>its a scum of hive and villainy

>>52505519
how are 3 people all opposite one another around an enemy

>>52505515
Like if you had a weapon that could attack by itself. I think I would rule that only things that control themselves can set off a flank. So companions and other things controlled by the player doesn't give them free advantage on every enemy

>>52505581
when someone who has some sort of cover on one side (a wall, an ally, etc)
or when you can't reach the other side this turn

>>52505307
Except for any group that likes a semblance of balance and/or one that encourages any ability that enables advantage to matter.

>>52505596
Triangle I guess?

>>52505596

Conjure Bullshit

>>52505124
In Xonthal's Tower of the Rise of Tiamat campaign:
>Me: "We've gone down paths A through H, sent my familiar to scout above the maze, and have even gone through whatever portal was inside the sundial. I might stand to reason that we should try to enter the hedge itself. Who's with me guys?"
>Party: "Nah."
>Druid casts Conjure Animals and gets eight honey badgers.
>Druid commands the honey badgers to dig.
>The ground fills up and kills all eight honey badgers.
>Druid: "Well, they're fey, so it's not animal cruelty, right?"
>DM: "Right."
>Me: "I send forth my familiar to scout inside the hedge."
>DM: "Your familiar doesn't want to."
>Me: "It's not allowed to disobey, it says it in the spell description."
>DM: "It doesn't want to."
>Me: "Is there some sort of magic in the hedge interfering with my familiar right now?"
>DM: "Roll Arcana."
>Me: "31, natural 20."
>DM: "You don't know."
>Me: "I cast Detect Magic."
>DM: "You're blinded."
>Me: "I'm not going into that hedge not knowing what's on the other side. I tie my familiar to my staff and poke it through the hedge."
>DM: "Your familiar leaves you."
>Me: "I telepathically tell my familiar, 'Headwig, you have violated cosmic law! If you do not comply I will file a complaint to the Fey Courts and there will be repercussions.'"
>DM: "Your familiar isn't having any of it."
>Me: "Okay. Obviously the hedge is having some sort of effect on my spells. It might stand to reason that my familiar has been irredeemably corrupted, in which case I'll need a new familiar. I dismiss Headwig, permanently."
DM: "He feels hurt. You just rejected him."
Monk: "I thought you were neutral good. I'm starting to question that now."
Paladin: "I know I nearly killed you in our last few encounters, and I said I was going to buy you healing potions to make up for that since you were the only person in the party without any. But now, I take that back."
DM: "Yeah. In fact, wizard change your alignment."

>>52505193
Change the required sacrifice in the basement into a hazing ritual to appease the frat gods.

Anybody here run homebrew campaigns with dungeons or lairs ripped straight from official books?

Which ones have you found the most enjoyable to run? What about your players?

>>52505843
I feel like you're leaving something out to make yourself look good.

>>52505307
It's a shit rule and I have never run a game with it nor been in one. If I found a DM who used it, I'd tell them they are unequivocally and completely wrong and should be forcibly re-educated.

>>52505861
I might be since it was some time ago. But I was pretty passive during game, so I might not be. However, I did condense it so that I would fit in one post so I probably am.

How does marriage work in the d&d universe? What kind of traditions and laws to different races and religions follow?

>>52505854
I haven't done it, but a friend of mine is running a semi-homebrew campaign based on Hoard fo the Dragon Queen and is ripping dungeons straight from Tales from the Yawning Portal, and he tells me it works pretty well.

>>52505917
Marriage works however the DM and/or the players want it to work.

>>52505843
previously, on Things That Never Happened...

>>52505917
Nothing about this in the Core books, as far as I recall. Either extrapolate from religious/racial flavor texts, modify real world examples, or just make it up.

2 of 5 players in my group have been absent for 4 of 9 sessions. How long is a reasonable amount of time before I decide to boot them?

Hey, /tg/. What's a good place to get dice?

>>52505974
Games Workshop.

>>52505917
it depends on the setting

seriously

>>52505843
>>52505955
I have dealt with DMs at this level of stupid. I can believe it could happen.
How old is the DM?

>>52505861
Damnit, I can't think of anything. Ignore >>52505906 for now.

Is the Primeval Guardian good? It seems like it would be much better then the other Rangers.

>>52505937
>Hoard of the Dragon Queen

this one interests me the most. well this and Out of the Abyss, but I just ran a homebrew demon heavy campaign.

is Hoard good as an overall adventure?

>>52505974
just get a chessex pound of dice

>>52505993
We were in univsersity. I was a freshman and everyone else was a year or two ahead of me.

>>52506012
not really but its nothing some tinkering can't fix

>>52505955
That's what it should be in theory, but you know what they say about theory and practice.

I just DM'd my first session. My players started a race riot, threw a butcher down a bottomless pit, befriended an Owlbear, and killed an Animated Armor by throwing a slab of beef at it.

Job well done.

>>52506012
I'm currently running it. Lemme give you a quick rundown.

First chapter is insanely overwhelming, the PCs have to do about 4 days worth of heavy fights in one night.
Second chapter is easy, so long as the PCs aren't totally stupid.
Third chapter is moderate.

In the middle, there's a bunch of empty, boring chapters that you can fill in with your own stuff (for example, you can put much of SKT in the middle just fine, and it even has an obvious tie in).

Finally, it has a couple cool dungeons at the end.

If you search online, you can find some amazing maps for it too.

Man, Circle of Land druids got shit on in the strawpoll.

RIP nature casters.

>>52506163
Their features are just so damn bad compared to what every other archetype gets.

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Need good ways to test alignment for a PLD. It's his first time playing a LG and he's saying it's too easy an alignment and he gets it.

I don't like that, it sounds like a challenge.

Dragonborn, worships Bahamut (because fuck you he's Bahamut)

Hey guys?

Why does no one ever play Druid?

The only people I've ever seen play Druid say it's because of Wild Shape. Whereas I've seen people play so many other characters, Wizards, Fighters, Monks, Rogues, ect, because they think the class as a whole is cool.

What's wrong with Druids?

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>>52506198
This, but with Dragonborn babies.

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Do you like playing a fighter class character? How do you deal with people calling them "boring" classes? What's some stuff I can try to make sessions more fun with a fighter class? What's the best way to tell my GM to fuck off when he asks me to just roll a barbarian instead?

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>>52506254
that's chaotic dick.

>>52506257
Yes, laugh at them and say "Seven ASIs Nerd," play up the warrior culture/become a FightGyver, and "Nah, I'd rather not, I find the concept of Fighters to be fun," respectively.

>>52506198
Don't try to test LG. As long as he's acting reasonably LG then it's fine. If you make Paladins a bitch to play and have to give up all their stuff then no one will play them for fun.

That's how you get a group to be a bunch of Evil murderhobo dicks. By making it harder to be good. Also remember he doesn't even have to be LG, as long as he follows his Oath he can be Chaotic Evil.

>>52506253
I've been a Land Druid and a Sheapard Druid, both were fun. I think people generally look at Druids and wonder why anyone would chose to play them over a Cleric who get so many more interesting features. Druid spell list is honestly god-like though.

>>52506257
Sharpshooter Fighter is my favorite option for a no magic character. Knight's also fun.

>>52506257
>Do you like playing a fighter class character?
No

>How do you deal with people calling them "boring" classes?
Agree with them

>What's some stuff I can try to make sessions more fun with a fighter class?
Make sure you're an Eldritch Knight or multiclass into something interesting

>What's the best way to tell my GM to fuck off when he asks me to just roll a barbarian instead?
Tell him Barbarians are just as boring if not moreso than fighters for being "Fighters that get angry" and play a half-caster/full caster.

>>52506198
That's not how alignments (or Paladins, for that matter) work in this edition.
Stick to descriptive, rather than prescriptive; an offhand commentary about alignments shouldn't be an invitation for you to come shit up the joint for a player.

>>52506198
Don't test the alignment, that's nebulous as fuck, test his oath (I'm assuming Devotion) but let him know ahead of time.

>>52506257
SAMURAIIIIII

>>52506320
>>52506356
>>52506371

that's what he wanted. It's why he went LG in the first place. Thought it sounded like fun, and he's only ever played CG before. That's why I'm doing it.

Is there more creative ways I can make him feel like something less than just "Good Plus".

jesus im not a psycho. i was only replying to the first guy when i started typing this.

>>52506257
Spells are for fags.

Swords and Muscles are for real players.

>>52506390
Alignment has no real effect on the game but alright. If he specifically wants you to give him moral dilemmas then go ahead. Make sure that's literally what he wants though.

I can't tell you any good ones of the top of my head but make the good decision have a happy ending in the long run. It'll make him feel like there's a point to actually being Good.

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>>52506257
>Do you like playing a fighter class character?
Always.
>How do you deal with people calling them "boring" classes?
They don't, because I'm FightGyver.
>What's some stuff I can try to make sessions more fun with a fighter class?
Be FightGyver. Get twelve backpacks and/or bags of holding, make sure you have three of every non-magical item in the PHB and DMG, and watch every episode of MacGyver, Have Gun Will Travel, The A-Team, Mission Impossible, and Burn Notice.
>What's the best way to tell my GM to fuck off when he asks me to just roll a barbarian instead?
Be FightGyver. He'll still ask you to roll a Barbarian, but for entirely different reasons.

>>52506390
There's plenty of ways to involve acts of lawfulness in a campaign, have the character receive orders from a high ranking baron or king, etc.

If he wants to be challenged, then simply make those orders or whatever something that would be a dilemma for him or his character. But most importantly, don't try to force him to act in whatever manner you deem lawful for fear of consequence. And don't try to make him change his alignment or character if he acts in a way that clashes with his alignment, unless he wants to change.

>>52505972
Three in a row.

So bit of an issue.

My party of new players managed to do tomb of the horrors in one go,

spoilers
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with only one person dying to the tomb opening and smashing the shit out of him.

They engaged the demilich and it WOULDVE one shot the entire party with howl, as they all rolled under 15, but I ended up changing it to a blind because TPK like that is fucking dumb.

Seriously, an instant kill if you roll under 15 on a con save?

>>52506494
They haven't gone that far. I'll keep it in mind.

>>52506528
>My party of new players managed to do tomb of the horrors in one go,
>after I did a bunch of shit to baby them through it
hmm

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>>52506390
>less than just
more. fuck.

>>52506435
I'll consider that. Thank you.

and always. In the end i want them to have fun. That's why I'm running this stupid game. Even if he makes the wrong decision I won't hit him that hard, or tell him.

>>52506528
You fucked up bigtime.
Acererak is bullshit.
Acererak is the sonny boy of motherfucking Vecna.
Also, your fighter and diviner a shit.

>>52505307
No and its fucking stupid as shit rule considering how many medium enemies exist that you can flank with zero effort.

>>52506546
3 of them lost all of their gear in the beginning and did the entire dungeon nude.

They are new to DnD and not stupid, they checked for traps and inspected everything

Took 6 sessions.

There is no ingenuity, coolness or satisfying death than some asshole skull howling and killing the entire party because of a bad roll. You can't position. You just roll a save to not instantly die.

>>52506528
Yeah they should've all died. What part of "Tomb of Horrors" don't you get?

>>52506550
>>52506198
Would having the lich BBEG resurrect the LG Cleric of Bahamut he killed be a dick move?

>>52506594
It's Tomb of fucking Horrors, it's not meant to be fun. Piss baby.

>>52506528
>Guys, my party went to Tomb of Horrors and died
Working as intended.

>>52506594
The entire point of tomb of horrors is to be the biggest dick move ever though. Changing it to make it easier defeats the purpose.

>>52506616
Yeah, and they figured out tons of riddles and puzzles by playing well and taking it slow and RPing.

I'm not gonna just spoil all of their fun because they all rolled piss poor on one round.

If they did something stupid, or it was something unavoidable, sure, death? But there is no way any party, anywhere can deal with that unless they have legendary resistance themselves.

>>52506641
I'm not changing the tomb. Many enemies in 5e have the skill howl. All demi-liches have it. Banshees, etc

It's a stupid ability.

>>52506253
I have always disliked how essential Wild Shape is to the Druid class and its overall identity. At this point I would not only prefer to play any other caster with druidic flavor I would honestly pick Totem Barbarian over Land Druid if I wanted to play some sort of animal dude.

>>52502698
Can anyone help me figure out what's the difference between Cube Range and Radial Range?

>>52506641
Imagine of Spec Ops: The Line was called "FUCKING INSANE WAR CRIMINAL" instead. I mean, it's exactly what it says it is, Tomb of Horrors, as in the horrors of the players when they get TPK.

>>52506652
Never run Tomb of Horrors again, you manchild.

>>52506086
>My players started a race riot

This should be how all campaigns start

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>>52506679
One is a square, the other is a circle whose affected tiles varies based on how you choose to interpret tile coverage.

>>52506713
So if your party is fighting a CR4 Banshee, and they are all level 20, and they all roll low.

The banshee TPKs a group of legendary adventurers.

>>52506679
A cube is a box shape. Radius means it's a sphere shape. Are you a literal retard?

>>52506740
If your party of level 20 dies to a Banshee, they deserved to die and I question how they made level 20.

>>52505041
Not including variant human fighter's in Autismo-kun's repertoire.

>>52506731
>>52506745
Yes The thing is about higher range. Do I just go 4x4 because it says "20 foot cube"?

>>52506740
>Legendary adventurers
>Died to a banshee
Had it coming.

>>52506755
Its the SKILL YOU FUCKING MORON

kill yourself

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My group is getting quite big, this last session we brought up having 2 DMs to help keep things moving along, has anyone tried this/something like this? if so, how did it work?

pic unrelated

DMing for a group of first time players. They've just hit level 10 and now they've got property in the main city, they're thinking of buying a ship, and they've gained a large bit of renowned.

They're all genuinely loving it and are heavily invested in the world. Feels good man.

There's only two loose ends they haven't tied up and they're both related to the big bad. My only fear thus far is that they've really built up one of the loose ends and I think they suspect him of being a big bad. He's really just a minor villain connecting two parts of the plot. What are your favorite narrative ways to reveal a bad guy isn't as hot shit as your party imagines him to be?

I'm pretty sure I know how I'm going to handle it, but I'm just curious.

if anyone is still lurking from the Paladin discussion a few minutes ago, thank you.

>>52506740
The characters don't die, they fall unconscious

>>52505123
This is literally a you problem. Just determine distances more exactly if you've got a grid going, you'll have no issues then.

>>52506800
Yes, and the banshee is gonna just let them wake up?

>>52506777
If you have two DMs just split the group in two. Tie the campaigns together for extra fun.

Give them opposing goals for extra extra fun,

>>52506731
For being such a large and complex part of the game, the PHB does a really terrible job of explaining the intricacies of spellcasting. Would it have killed them to include a few non-ambiguous examples and illustrations?

Shit, the rules for AoEs are all about whether tiles are excluded from the blast due to total cover (whether a fireball or sleet storm goes around a corner), nothing about how much of a tile needs to be within a circle to be considered an affected tile. Depending on where you place your origin point and calculate tiles, the AoEs for spheres can be wildly different shapes and may encompass areas larger than a square of similar size, which is the opposite of what should be happening. They changed cone calculations, too, and people still fuck up line effects.

Goddamnit, Wizards. I bet their own internal playtesters don't handle the same case in identical ways.

>>52505307
My group isn't. Not that it would come up anyways because I'm the only frontliner but hey, DM doesn't like flanking too much.

>>52506804
>implying she has a choice

>>52506804
After it ties them up, yeah. It's just lonely. It wanted to have a chat but knew the party was only interested in armed robbery.

>>52506781
The easiest way is to literally have the players go after him. No amount of paid guards, alarm spells, or magical circles will stop them from busting into his manor office and glaring him down. He may have a spell to toss or a magical weapon to wield, but it'll become apparent to everyone that he's not as hot as he made himself out to be.

>>52506804
Maybe the banshee wants to keep the adventurers there as slaves, forced to remind her of her beauty constantly.

There's tons of reasons and ways to make players survive all of them falling unconscious.

>>52506740
I'm actually kind of on your side here. Somewhat.
Here's the thing. I think you were right in that, in general, just killing them off and making it a TPK as in "you die, roll new characters" would've been a bad move. And that a good DM changes things up to the enjoyment of the party and the group as a whole.

However, I do believe you robbed them a bit of the true experience of Tomb of Horrors, and that's fine if everyone is okay with it. But if I had been in your position, where the party was weak and fighting a powerful demilich, I would have killed them. But done my best to do the final scene justice. Especially because they came so far Might have even given them a final "death round" where they were allowed to RP their final moments as group and tried to pump some inconsequential damage into the demilich as they fall.

Few people realize how memorable failure can be, and that's why tomb of horrors is so infamous and fun.

>>52506848
Not him, but don't you think it's silly that a CR4 creature can insta-KO a PC with hundreds of hit points, just because of a bad roll?

>>52506877
No.

>>52506877
That's life.

>>52506877
No. I don't think so.

>>52506890
K

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What, uhhh

what level can i run tomb of horrors

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>>52506809
>play a campaign about a cold war between two nations that's bubbling into a hot one
>have one group playing characters from Nation A, and another group from Nation B
>neither knows the other group exists
>they are both aware of agents from the other nation doing things but think it's just NPCs because there's no indication otherwise
>tfw all six people at the table one night and they learn the terrible truth

>>52506877
Grow a pair.

>>52506800
What is this, Pokemon?

>>52506906
Did I wander into /wowg/?

>>52506253
Because the Land Druid is weak and the Moon Druid is a boring tank because you can't cast spells in animal form till like 17th level.

>>52506877
I do think it's silly that the wail skill reduces hit points to zero. It seems apparent to me that it's meant to be something similar to the scream of a mandrake, which is said to instantly kill any who hear it.

Personally, I would rewrite the skill to instead inflict a condition, probably paralysis on anyone that hears it and fails the check past a certain level, maybe 10. A low level adventurer probably would immediately faint/become incapacitated by such a horrible scream, but a seasoned adventured, probably less so.

Isn't that the great thing about roleplaying games? You don't have to follow the rules as if they're the word of god, make shit up if it makes the experience more fun for everyone.

>>52506912
I wish I knew enough people to do something like this.

>>52506957
ya but can still call you a faget

Is it true that Death House doesn't care if you so much as sacrifice a pet mouse in the dais?
Feels kinda retarded, but I want my players to have a clever out other than running away

>people in this thread literally argue in favor of flanderizing the Tomb of Horrors into something that fudges rolls to SPARE players and actively helps them get through it

Fuck all of you limpwristed faggots. The Tomb is meant to be a real fucking punishment or challenge for players that yawn and steamroll their way through modules and other challenges. It's not HURR HURR I SURVIVED THE TOMB OF HORRORS AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS LOUSY T-SHIRT

>>52506877
The DC's 13, there's a very small chance that it's going to take out everyone in a party of level 20's.

Monks have amazing saves, Paladins have the save boost, Fighters can reroll if they even fail and most ranged characters will not even be in the 30ft radius.

Hell most parties will kill her before she even acts from a distance.

>>52506957
>You don't have to follow the rules

I only play AL games so I do.

>>52506981
The module says "A creature must die on the altar. The apparitions don't care what creature it is. They aren't fooled by illusions."

So yeah, the players could kill a mouse if they wanted to to appease the cultists.

>>52506995
>challenge
>punishment
>demilich uses wail and instantly kills everyone

nice challenge. It's irrelevant what the party does, an infinite amount of players fighting the demilich can still die due to this 'challenge' because of instant death ability.

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>there are people who seriously get into fights with spellcasters without dropping Silence on their dumb asses first

>>52506981
The out should be you don't actually have to sacrifice anything at all, the blood just runs toward the switch, pointing it out.

>>52507038
>sacrifice an orange on the dais
>the house just wanted a little citrus

>>52507019
>Infinite amount of players will all infinitely roll low

I don't think you know what infinite means.

>>52507019
>players are capable of dealing enough damage in a single turn to pulp an enemy
>this is fair
>enemy is capable of using an ability in a single turn to pulp the party
>this is unfair

Fuck off.

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>>52507031
>there are DMs who seriously don't use blindness and silence on PC casters

>>52507019
If your players are too stupid to put wax in their ears or beat a fucking 15, they deserve death.

It's like saying that players shouldn't die from a Fireball spell because they failed their reflex save and didn't get to half the damage.

>>52507087
>there are DMs that don't have villains break the hands and cut out the tongues of PC casters

Stop treating them like babies

Have you ever played D&D with children? What happened?

>>52507087
>ambush my players in the night
>the enemies know all the martials are just going to pick up sticks or punch them to death
>pointless to steal their weapons or try to murder guys with more HP than sense, even if they are naked and helpless
>they take the casters' spellbooks and foci and component pouches and geek them first instead

>>52507128
Wasn't sure if the Book of Erotic Fantasy was just bad or if the kids simply weren't into it.

>>52507128
>Have you ever played D&D with children?

I've DM'd. There's really no difference.

>>52506877
>>52507019
>>52507105

This.

Real the rules for Wail again.

It specifies that they must be able to HEAR her. Banshee wails are easily stopped by plugged ears. It's like the oldest trick in the book.

>Omg Medua's gaze is so OP

Use a mirror, retard. Don't remove the save or die portion of it.

>>52507128
Kids are great. You can magical realm to your heart's content and they'll never catch on.

>>52507173
You know that got me to thinking about why the return of the Catoblepas in Volo's has it not be nearly as deadly but other gazes are still around.

>>52507128
Think of playing a game with normal adults.

Now think of what would happen if they enjoyed every plot line, tried to talk to monsters and actually had clever ideas to get past thing.

Children are like that except they don't minmax

>>52507173
Silver mirrors and small white candles are a 10ft pole's best friend.

>>52507173
>hear

Oh well, then I, the dm, say that no sound is allowed. What is the demilich going to do now?

poor little baby cant use his instant TPK move

>>52507173
>plugged ears

I guess I never thought about this because it's not mentioned explicitly like averting your gaze is for a Medusa.

The question is, would plugging your ears be enough or would it be too loud?

>>52507206
Real men use 13 foot polls.

>>52507218
Depends on how hard you shove those little sausages down your ear hole.

>>52507218
It's a classic trick in stories everywhere so I doubt anyone would say it doesn't work.

Other then asshole DM's.

>>52507206
>small white candles

For what?

>>52507213
...That's what the Silence spell is for. Why would you need to homerule "no sound allowed" in the Tomb? Might as well, as the DM, not put the demilich in the tomb in the first place. You're supposed to be trying to kill them, dumb ass.

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>>52507218
Demiliches? Banshees? More like dorks lmao!

>>52507218
It kills you because it's loud, not because it's some auditory basilisk. The sci-fi brain-crasher concept, not the creature.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BLIT_(short_story)

>>52507218
>I guess I never thought about this because it's not mentioned explicitly
Yeah that's the only reason.

>>52507239
Lighting the room, drawing attention to the mirror

>>52507239
Making wax to plug your ears
Serving as back-up lights
Using them as floaters in liquid
Throwing them to make noise etc

THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS

>>52507252
>Yeah that's the only reason

What did he mean by this?

>>52507239
Shoving in your ears, sticking things together, identifying dead air, greasing up objects, making trespass detectors, time-delay fuses and traps.

>>52507265
Setting the mood for when you want to force the DM and all the others at the table to listen to you describe your sex scene with whatever it is you're trying to fuck.

ENDLESS

>>52502698
>What's the most common and frustrating rules misunderstanding you see?
Thankfully my group hasn't done this, mostly because they can fucking read, but every time - EVERY TIME - a new UA comes out with an archetype that changes your AC calculation, the sage advice tumblr is filled with people asking if you add your Dex to it. And since I follow them, my fucknig dash is filled with it. No, you do not add your Dex unless it explicitly tells you to. Go back to remedial English and learn some fucking reading comprehension.

Yeah, I know, >tumblr. All my pornographer friends post their porn there, gimmie a break.

>>52507276
Praying to Jebus too

>>52507218
>The question is, would plugging your ears be enough or would it be too loud?
I'd say it's at least worth advantage on the save.

>>52507288
nice blog

>>52507276
>identifying dead air

What is dead air and how do candles identify it?

>>52507321
Air that was turned into the undead. The undead are weak against flames, so they take double damage from lit candles.

Dnd really needs to be balanced by you guys

>walking around
>you encounter a bandit
>bandit rolls higher initiative, you don't get to put on your anti-bandit ointment
>bandit uses omnislash, TPK
>roll new characters