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First for timestop is a shit spell

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QUESTION SINCE OP IS A FAG

What is your favorite power source for a villain/BBEG? Study, inner strength, sheer amounts of fucks not given?

Strahd is nearly always referred to as the Devil, what would Asmodeus think of that shitstain?

>>50935662
>QUESTION SINCE OP IS A FAG
No I'm not
ur tho

>>50935638
You're a shit spell.

>>50935662
Vanity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN9DW4rrEjY

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>>50935674
OP is always a faggot unless he is not.

Man, these Volo's guide races are giving me a headache. I can't seem to make them fit into the classes I want.

>>50935674
Not him but that's not a good comeback you three-chinned autistic piece of shit, you forgot a fucking question you chucklefuck.

>>50935725
Repoastan here. tl;dr i'm going for a tank/team support paladin and don't know which Oath to pick. One anon said Crown is really good, another said it's really weak.

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NEW OP NEW OP NEW MIDPAGE OP

>>50935662
>>50935703

Question of the Thread: What is your favorite PC race from Volo's new book, and why?

Thread Essay Question: Please describe the causes of the War of 1812, and describe the various factions that fought within the war. Compare and contrast the War of 1812 and the American Revolutionary War.

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>>50935566
>I got laid two days ago
Did you like it?

>>50935788
eww no

>>50935662
ANCIENT
ALIEN
TECHNOLOGY

>>50935788
Nah, no one would want to lie with that colossal turbotard.

>>50935786
>Thread Essay Question: Please describe the causes of the War of 1812, and describe the various factions that fought within the war. Compare and contrast the War of 1812 and the American Revolutionary War.
Are you purposely being a shitstain?

>>50935818
>Are you purposely being a shitstain?
NO
MAYBE

>>50935818
Should I remake it again?

>>50935566
Was it pleasant? Was he or she pretty cute, or so-so?

And is Spiritual Guardians as awesome as it sounds?

>>50935844
Fuck off.

>>50935848
I can tell the story. It would require a vocaroo but it's quite a story, I assure you.

>>50935848

Spirit Guardians is as awesome as it sounds. I like to fluff it as my character going super saiya-jin.

>>50935662
Study and Evil Patrons

>>50935860
Awww MeanGuy had a bad Chwistmas
I'll be praying for you

>>50935757

The easiest answer is that it doesn't really matter, and you should pick whatever you like best/best represents your character/idea or whatever

The better answer is that it doesn't Really matter until 7th level with the Aura or aura equivilent. That basically means your options are Ancients and Crown and what's better for your party can vary based on number, composition, or how often you expect to find enemy spellcasters

>>50935665
They could date. It would be pretty cute.

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>>50935786
Favorite race is Firbolg

>>50935902

idk sounds gay

>>50935939
This thread is gay friendly. Welcome

>>50935883
I caught up with lots of friends and drank too much, but sure, whatever helps your delusion.

>>50935953
Why you so angry tho?

>>50935969
Why are you a being a little shit for no reason.

>>50935981
I'm not

>>50935757
Crown is an okay oath that deals less damage, but for the level you are going for it is 100% the best "tanking" oath.
All of its oath abilities is about getting hit and preventing everyone else from being hit.
It is also an amazing oath at level 9 because of spirit guardians alone.
You will be more annoying to hit as a conquest and deal more damage as a devotion/vengeance, but your ability to control the battlefield as crown is great.

>>50935991
>getting called out for starting a shit thread
>having a weak comeback
>including shit in a mid thread op, turr-durr I'm so randumb
>generally acting like an annoyance

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>>50935981

>>50936029
yea kys your self, OP

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>>50936029

NEW NEW OP - Getting It Just Right Edition

Question of the Thread: Did you play any 5e over your Christmas break? Did your games incorporate any Christmas themes? MeanGuy is a nigger fucking faggot bitch.

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Hey /tg/
I'm currently overthinking the backstory of my Tiefling Paladin. Out of curiosity, how long would one have to train/be a squire to become a level 1 Paladin?

>>50936081
Hahaha, you've only revealed yourself as a little shitstain punk ass bitch.
Cry harder, emo kid.

>>50936105
Puberty to age 18

>>50936111
I am actually crying right now

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Anyone got firbolg character art? Apart from the one in the book I can't find shit.

>>50936129
They seem to be humanish in past editions

http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Tavis_Burdun

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>>50936129
Maybe just use bugbear art?

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>>50936196
bit too monstrous for a race that is supposed to be friendly forest dudes

>>50936081
You wish you've had sex.

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>>50936230
I use this art for Firbolg druid

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>>50935638

>>50936105
until your lord stops fucking your ass because you have too much beard hair and are no longer cute

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>tfw your firbolg waifu wn use herbs and poultices to cure you ED

>>50936293
This, this is good. Moar.

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>find wood elf
>edit out ears
>Firbolg.exe

Why is the Nature domain so fucking poorly designed? Who was the fucking genius that thought giving a Cleric both heavy armor proficiency and barkskin as a domain spell was a good idea? Jesus fuck those domain spells are fucking awful.

One of my players (being a big ol days) wants to play a pixie, and asked if I would homebrew one together, because I said if anyone wants homebrew it would have to be either reviewed or made by me.

I'm not a fan of a flying race, but given different stats to the pixie in the MM, would a hovering PC be tolerable? Able to fly over pits maybe, but any decent amoubt of height and the winds become too strong for tiny ass wings, so a flight speed of 25-30 but with a limited height of say 20 feet?

For stats I was thinking along the lines of the volos guide races, and giving maybe 2 Dex, 1 cha and -2 STR?
Probably unable to wear any armour (would be too heavy to allow flight) but due to small size probably give them 13+Dex AC.
Being tiny they would be even more limited than small races. I was thinking maybe allowing them to two hand small weapons, and maybe making a pixie bow 1d4, though they want to play a warlock so that's not too important. Just picturing them holding a dagger like a two handed weapon.
Probably some innate spell casting, druid craft at will, maybe sleep, invisibility at 3 once a day each.
Maybe the elves thing that gives resist to charm and immunity to sleep spells.

Does that sound okay?

>>50936364
You cast barkskin on someone else.

>>50936105
Paladin 1 is a squire isn't it? It isn't until level 3 when you take up your oath and become a real paladin.

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>Strange smells in my forest... who goes there?

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>>50936293
Okay so what the fuck are Firbolg supposed to actually look like? The only consistent imagery I can find is they're kinda big and tend to have red hair.

But sometimes they're white, freckly nords and other times they're blue-grey and fresh from a punch to the nose.

>>50936406
Oh and I told the player that i would be giving disadvantage on alot of things, namely just about every strength save/check, which he said he was okay with

>>50936406
>Probably some innate spell casting, druid craft at will, maybe sleep, invisibility at 3 once a day each.
>Maybe the elves thing that gives resist to charm and immunity to sleep spells.
These are fine, but I'd counterbalance it with some flaws related to being so much smaller.

Maybe reduce their hit dice by 1 step, and give them disadvantage in strength checks (as occurs in creatures reduced in size via the Enlarge/Reduce spell).

>>50936497
I did think of reducing hit dice, but I didn't want to mess with the class stats too much. And disadvantage on strength is pretty much given. As an addition, because losing that much HP seems like a big deal, maybe adding in stealth in other players squares like halflings as well?

>>50936482
Its because its one of the many things D&D takes the name from something then makes it fairly different and so you end up with them being portrayed as everything in between.

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>>50936482
Their appearance changes from edition to edition. I'd say younger Firbolg look more like humans, but older ones begin to appear more "monstrous" and they eventually retreat into the woods. Make then fey-touched humans perhaps? You'd have to extend their lifespan, maybe tie their lifespan to the place where they were born? If their homewood gets cut down or burned they die? That would be a good reason to adventure, to protect the woods, and they would be natural members of the Emerald Enclave. I dunno just trying to flesh them out a bit and explain the differences.

>>50936523
>As an addition, because losing that much HP seems like a big deal, maybe adding in stealth in other players squares like halflings as well?
That sounds fine, and would make sense.

Since this is a one-off for your PC, it's fine to load them up with this many special traits, but make sure they remember all of it.

>>50935566
grats on getting laid OP

>>50936560
>>50936523
Instead of reducing hit dice, it would be about the same to reduce con by 2 instead of STR, still on average 1 HP per level less, and doesn't mess with what classes are supposed to have. Disadvantage on everything strength and The weapon limitation is good enough to replace -2 str

>>50936406
The built in disadvantage is pretty redundant, since they're going to have it from being a Tiny race anyway. They might be able to grapple a Halfling but that's about it.

Flight speed with a limited height is good, maybe with a built in glide as well.

The most important thing to remember with 5E race design is that it's all about the benefits and not so much on the penalties. Instead of finangling with all of the details, try and refine it to the most definitive pixie features.

And those features can be redefined if they seem to powerful, see also your thought with flight.
I'd try something like a passive dim-light in a 5 foot radius or something to help with the fact that they'd be killer in stealth.

Everything like armor and weapons can ultimately be solved via custom/magical equipment, so there isn't a huge point in making those limitations (aside from flight)

>>50935662
money and friendship

>>50936633
Passive light is a great idea, and the disadvantage would also be to strength saves and such IE avoiding being blown by a gust of wind, or checks like breaking open a door.

The weapon and armour thing is partly to give some bonus for being smol as fuck and hard to hit, and also similar to enlarge/reduce lowering damage by a die, picture a medium longsword being lowered to a D6 at small, and a d4 at tiny, essentially being a dagger at that point.

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wtf I commissioned "Jennifer Connely, as an elf, on a toilet" and got this

I'm planning on make a piratey campaign with plenty of underwater combat, probably

how's the rules for that in 5e? never came up during our regular sessions.

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wtf, I commissioned "the world's baddest motherfucking sun elf evoker" and got this

>>50936733
Maybe you should have been more specific.

>>50936735
Crap. Imagine the normal combat rules (crap) but with the possibility of some people being slower or faster. That's it.

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wtf I commissioned "the most qt fem-dwarf fighter" and got this

>>50936733
lady standing on toilet must be high on pot

>>50936874
kek

>>50936866
You got a proper dwarf.

>>50936848
and we at fourtheditionx.com all laughing!

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wtf I commissioned "th cutest possible halfling thief, w/ goggles" and got this

>>50936482
They're ancient Irishmen

>>50936926

>It'sJustTristana.png

>>50936926
Your fault for asking /tg/ instead of /a/.

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wtf I commissioned "Jordynna Jonessar burning up a guard" and got this

>Spells known always available:
>sorcerer, bard, warlock
>Prepare from spells known:
>wizard, ranger
>Prepare from entire list:
>cleric, paladin

Did I get it right?

>>50936105
You can be a squire up to level 20.

It really depends on what your DM says would be the power levels of a squire, anyway.

>>50936406
Half-pixie, half... Something small.
So not tiny, but small instead. Smaller than a gnome or haflling, but not quite tiny.

+1 dex, +2 cha
Can wear armour if they fucking want, come on.
They have a flight ability. Their flying speed is equal to their walk speed. However, at the end of their turn, if they are mid-air, they fall - it's identical to eagle barbarian's flight. They can and will take fall damage from this.
Speed is 25ft.
Druid craft at will, sleep 1/day, invisibility 1/day as you said.
Resist to charm, immunity to sleep.
Can talk to small animals like a gnome can.


Something like that, anyway. That's how I'd design it.

>>50937011
Rangers also use memorized spells known.

>>50937028
Ramza was a squire and he killed a god

>>50937011
Rangers are part of the spells known, always available group. Also you left out druids, which are with Clerics and Paladins.

>>50937011
Spells known, always available:
>sorcerer, bard, warlock, ranger, arcane trickster, eldritch knight

Prepared from spellbook
>wizard

Prepared from entire list:
>cleric, paladin, druid

>>50937011
>book preparation, can add stuff to book
Wizard
>innately knows
EK, AT, Ranger, Bard, Warlock, Sorcerer
>prepare from entire list
Druid, Cleric, Paladin

... I think.

>>50936482
They look like demigiants in 5e, but originally they're Irishmen in mythology

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>"I stole this for you, Master. I hope you like it..."
>hands you a bag of gold

>>50937181

What I'd like better is...(You)

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>>50937227
>"Why are you looking at me like that, Anon? Don't you have hobbit females where you come from?"

Why is this thread always so cancerous?

>>50937028
Your homebrew is terrible for 5e.
Go back to 3.pf

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>>50937253
>"Haha, he likes you, Anon!"

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>>50937227
you're at the tavern and this motherfucker smacks your halfling thief's ass

what do

>>50937328
Cast true polymorph on him. Now I have 2 halfling thief girls.

>>50937317
That worg is tapping that ass.

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>>50937328
>you're at the tavern and this motherfucker smacks your halfling thief's ass
>Suddenly this motherfucker puts down "Tales of Brandobaris" and draws his daggers.

>>50937337
The ass-assailant screams for help half panicking half feeling up their newly developed breasts.

The commotion causes every head to turn and realize that you just genderbent one of the local adventurers against their will.

They do not look pleased. What do.

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>been traveling on this road too long
>just trying to find my way back home
>the old me's dead and gone

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What makes a good DM? What are some chronic bad DM mistakes?

w-what? .. I'm not new or anything... b-baka >.>

>>50937457
u deserve a good answer
but it's elusive

>>50936866
>Dara Irontoe wn kick you in the dick when you refuse to follow her orders

>>50937457
There isn't really a definitive answer, it's highly dependent on what bad/good habits you have as a creative personality.

For me, general rules of thumb:
>Better to say "Yes, but..." than "No"
>Players are smarter than they seem
>Players are dumber than you'd think
>Better to keep a good pace and handwave rules than to stick to the rules

>>50935566
Is 15 AC acceptable for a two handed Barb at level 5? Trying to get a better sense of the numbers in 5e

>>50937309
How is it any worse than the one I was replying to?
It fits 5e much better, considering it doesn't have arbitrary armour limits tied to race, and it has it as a small creature instead of a tiny creature. It also has less dex because that would drive them to become rogues more likely, which feels less fitting to a pixie than, say, a sorcerer or feylock.

I've improved on everything in terms of making it fit into 5e.

>>50937530
sure long as you're not the tank

>>50937548
/5eg/ treats all homebrew as inherently shit.

To be honest I've often been tempted to post official content as 'homebrew' to see how much it gets shat on, but typically there's one or two people who've basically memorized the PHB that would catch it.

>>50937530
Unless you're bear totem 15 AC is on the slightly dangerous end. I hope it's Dex that you're lacking and not Con.

>>50937559
I am but I sure as hell am not using a bitch ass shield

>>50937583
Protector Aasimar for delicious wings
Str 16
Dex 14
Con 16
Int 10
Wis 14
Cha 14
I got weird as fuck stat rolls. I considered going Cleric instead but I want to be a melee murder machine

>>50937457
Stop worrying about balance.

If the players have too easy a fight, make it harder on the fly, and vice versa. It's super easy, and didn't require worry.

As an extension to that, don't be like the retards on this thread who read about the players being allowed to do something cool and shit all over it because while raw, they think it was op.

Don't treat the players like they're the center of the universe. Odds are they'll do something retarded. Make their characters live with the consequences.

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>this girl joins your Roll20 game and wants to play a Pixie Hexblade named Juno
>wat du

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>>50937530

this was my last character

>15 AC
>HALF ORC
>BEAR TOTEM
>NO POTIONS
>ALWAYS RAGE
>RECKLESS ATTACKS ONLY
>FINAL DESTINATION

>>50937627

you know I'm pretty sure you can use medium armor to bring that up to 16 without losing any barbarian feature. gameplaywise it's not worth going unarmored if your bonuses don't add up to 17

what are the essential items for a new DM? I got the DM guide and Monster Manual as gifts.

>>50937674
You're right. I could forego that +1 to Dex and Con for something like Great Weapon Master or Polearm Master and still sit at 15-16 AC

>>50937684
Imagination and a 4e dmg.

>checked both the discord and the catalog

niggas I need a game to get in. Whatever the setting, Ill do it. Who the fuck is running shit?

and also my friend too maybe

>>50937684
A players handbook.

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>this girl joins your Roll20 game and wants to play a Halfling Thief named Buppi
>she keeps showing her soles on camera
>wat du

I want /tv/ to leave.

>>50937725
The cowboy came up to the counter with a copy of Basic Instinct 2 and 2001: A Space Odyssey. How could he walk in those jeans? I could make out the exact hang of his penis in those things. Did they inflate when he farted?

>>50937699
If you're the team tank, Tough is a pretty viable options as well, since that gives you the equivalent of +4 Con in health.

what's a cool 'sea serpent' enemy for a party in the 7-10 range? the plesiosaurus seems great but it's too weak, the hydra is really not what I'm going for

>>50937725
i will not show myself. not to a bastard like you.

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>>50937699
Last question about my chracter. Which would be better? Great Weapon Master or Polearm Master? Which one do Halberd wielding Barbs get more mileage out of?

Halbardbarians

dungeons & dragonballs 5th edition

>>50937811
w/e u liek

please keep all hootin and hollerin within the confines of this thread please

>>50937457

Good points >>50937527. Especially in my 3.PF games, getting bogged down in whether or not the rules officially support some specific thing, rather than just going with what makes sense at the time, can completely kill the pacing, and the fun right along with it. Having played a couple games in 5e, it looks a lot better in this regard, but it's still a practice as a DM to keep in mind. Same with saying, "Yes, but," or the slightly more ominous, "You can certainly try," as opposed to outright denying a reasonable request that may not fit neatly into the rules. Bear in mind, this pertains to actions during the game, and is in the interest of preserving the flow of action, but it's well within your right to say "no" to your players as well. Indeed, some players, sometimes to no fault of their own, may try to take a mile, given an inch, and a DM that does not assert themselves and draw a line can find themselves in a tough spot.

i always smile when i watch dick trickle accept the god damn 1989 rookie of the year award and you just come up to my house and see whose smiling
aand it s going to me smiling up there by the widescreen
and if i got the hose on it means im washing the tv before the race

>>50937811

I think polearm master is better for minmaxing but great weapon master just fits the barbarian better

>>50935566
>I got laid two days ago
i went to a hobby shop too. and by hobby shop i mean a friends house to play brawl. and a girl was there. and we didnt have sex, so it was pointless. i pray for death nightly

How do I make a newbie DM realize that TRPG is a team story building experience, and not his solo masturbation story telling stage.

*grafe goes to kiss his cousin, she pushes him away*
i..im sorry tylre.. i met someone..

>>50937894
Since I only have 16 Str, my attack rolls would be a measly +1, but I can circumvent that with Reckless Attack

Ive got an elongation from reading tihs thread. NErds make me so hot.

>>50937911
>Since I only have 16 Str, my attack rolls would be a measly +1, but I can circumvent that with Reckless Attack
wtf idiot

>To be a juggalo... is to live a life quick with praise, reward, and no regret.

>>50937928
Weird stat rolls + being a race with no useful stat bonuses. At least with Reckless Attack I can roll twice

Crunchwise, how good is Oath of Conquest?

>cares a lot about rules and math and dice and stuff

>>50937948
you're fucking stupid

>>50937948
A 16 str gives you +3 to attack rolls.

>>50935818
Do your work you fucking narc

>>50937961
>>50937984
Of course I know it'd be a +6 to attack rolls at level 5, but after GWM it'd be down to a +1 if I use its function

>>50937576
If you want to call it shit, then, tell it to the person who was trying to make it in the first place.

I love to shit on homebrew, but I was merely making suggestions to improve it.

Though, honestly, you can do whatever if it's your campaign with homebrew. The problem is when people expect homebrew to be something you can use in most games, such as with the D&D wiki.

>>50937956
It is okay, but not amazing.
It can work as a real juggernaut by using heavy armor master and armor of agathys without multiclassing.
You also get to use a shield without worrying about the bonus action from polearm master because of spiritual weapon.

>>50938015
so don't use it if the enemy has high ac. it's really quite simple.

>>50937984

yeah but he gets a -5 from GWM. it's optional though and the rest of the feat is pretty good as well.

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>>50938028
Duh

>>50937811
If you're already using a halberd, get PAM first, and then GWM afterwards.

Barbarians get most of their bonus actions and most of their reactions, so PAM is great. Also, they get +rage damage to every attack, including that bonus and reaction.

Fighters love GWM, though they can use PAM.
Paladins love PAM, though they can use GWM.
Barbarians are kind of inbetween. If you're using a maul, you can get away with GWM, though later on if they have enough ASIs they could get both. GWM has affinity with reckless attack, PAM has affinity with rage damage.

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Why aren't you basing your characters after DotA Two Characterscheck 'em :^)

>>50938059
I had forgotten about PAM's reaction attack. Being a Protector Aasimar that gets that 1/turn extra damage with Radiant Soul activated, that could be really good extra damage in a big fight.

1d10 Halberd
3 Str
2 from rage
then 5 from Radiant Soul
A 1d10+10 opportunity attack sounds pretty cool

>>50938028
Is there any real way to tell the AC of a dude without metagaming or is it completely GM reliant?

>>50938104
Guess that makes a butcher out of (You).

>>50938197
easy actually, when you miss on a 14 and hit on a 16, or you ask the dm whatthe enemy looks like. it's not really metagaming for your character to know that giant beast with iron-hard plates covering it's body may be a tad harder to wound than some dork in leathers.

>>50938197

"What kind of armor do I see that he's wearing?"
"You can tell, now that you're closer, that he's wearing X armor and does/does not have a shield."

>>50938114
Oh, if you get bonus damage to your attacks, all the more reason to go PAM and all the less reason to use GWM. GWM is less effective the more damage you do - you decrease the chance of dealing your already-increased damage, just to potentially increase damage. The bonus attack at least gives you a chance of dealing that extra damage if you missed your other two attacks or used them to grapple or something, and the reaction is.. Yeah.

Though I think there might be bonus action clashes with both rage and activating the feature, you'll still get good use out of the bonus action attack.

>>50938197
You can generally guess unless the DM throws out edgy sonic OC-tier monsters that have 'His shadow powers give him BONUS AC!', though you'd have to metagame and roughly know all the monster ACs already and hope your DM actually understands AC when designing monsters.
Obviously, if you attack a few times you can work out the AC and apply that to similar monsters.

>>50938197
Sizing up an enemy should require no in-game time or action at all, just ask for a description from the DM about what they're wearing and wielding. Maybe if they're more monstrous, attempt a relevant knowledge check to get a little bestiary information. Also, you should get a feel for their AC within a round or so of combat. Not much to it.

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Are there any resources out there that sort monsters by environment, as opposed to alphabetically? E.g., a section for creatures found in swamps, creatures found in caves, creatures found in the Underdark, etc. I'm trying to design some encounters and I'm not sure how to limit my options faster than reading through the entire MM, along with all the other books with monsters in 'em (Volo's etc.)

How many books have monster statblocks in them, anyway? Not counting the Appendix of the PHB, I know the Monster Manual and Volo's Guide probably have the most, but then there are also all the modules. Do those have unique creatures in them?

>>50938197
Most things hover around 14-16 AC. Unless it's obviously better armored, like it's literally wearing platemail or has overtly thick skin/scales, 15 AC is a fairly safe assumption.

So I'm playing a Firbolg Druid, trying out the Circle of the Shepherd. I want my character to be a sort of an up-close caster, focusing on spells like Thunderwave and Shillelagh. Any ideas/advice?

I'm trying to decide between having a higher Dexterity with light armor+shield and just using my shillelagh's WIS bonus for damage, or having a higher strength and using medium armor and a shield.

>>50938319
Back of the DMG

Is there only one kind of shield in the PHB? No bucklers or tower shields?

>>50938387
Yes, it's pretty minimalistic RAW. But you could easily modify it as necessary.

>>50938319
The back of the DMG and the back of VGM have appendices listing monsters by environment.

Yes, there are unique monsters in the adventures. Check 5etools in the OP for easier access to them.

>>50935662
My players were being dick bag murder hobos so I started fueling the BBEG's power with their misdeeds. Worked fairly well, kinda railroady though.

>>50937712
>her soles rule everything around me

>>50938319

To search through a comprehensive collection across multiple books, this might come in handy. https://5egmegaanon.github.io/5etools/bestiary.html

I haven't seen anything for environments, though.

>>50938430
>>50938367
Terrific, thank you.

>>50938475
>>50938430
It seems as though if we already have some lists the autistic riffling might already be partially done. You'd just have to index the existing lists to their statblocks and then riffle through the modules for monsters not included there.

>>50938475

D'oh, I stand corrected, Appendix B. Thanks >>50938430 >>50938367.

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So I'm working on a homebrew paladin sublcass, the Oath of Romance. A subclass that focuses on buffing allies mechanics-wise, and flavor-wise is dedicated to ideals of beauty, truth, and love. Basically a paladin oath for worshipers of gods of love, art, and beauty(Venus, Apollo, and Hathor being prime candidates from IRL pantheons.

I just really like the idea because I'm an amateur writer and poet that sometimes would like to pretend he's a literal warrior of art. It's going well so far, I just need to hammer out the 15th and 20th level features.

I wanted to use the Homebrewery to make up a nice PDF of it and use pic related in it, but I can't seem to find the sauce on this thing. Reverse image search isn't pulling up shit, and I usually try to credit artists whenever I blatantly steal their stuff. Anyone happen to know who did it?

>>50938397
>Forearm strapped shields: Weapons with the two-handed and versatile properties can be wielded with two hands while wearing these shields. A creature proficient with shields may use its reaction to grant +2 AC against an incoming attack that it can see.

>Buckler/Targe: +2 AC against melee attacks. Can be wielded as a one-handed light weapon if you are proficient with shields, dealing 1d4 damage. A creature proficient with shields may use its reaction to provide +2 AC against an incoming ranged attack that it can see.

>Pavise: +2 AC when held. Can be set up as freestanding cover or reset for individual usage. Provides three-quarters cover against ranged attacks covered by the pavise.

Would this suffice?

If a character is fighting against something made of stone, like a stone golem or a gargoyle, and uses Shape Stone to rip a 5ft cube from the creature, should that deal damage?

>>50938559
I found your source. Tineye is wonderful, God only knows how it works but in my experience it beats out Google every time.
>http://regourso.deviantart.com/art/Paladin-of-Beauty-529360355
Apparently the guy does requests for /tg/ so they'll probably be cool with you using it. Judging by the name of the piece they may have had a similar idea in mind themselves.

I like this idea as well. I'm not so sure about the name, but I suppose the other meaning of "romance" (which doesn't necessarily have to do with "romantic" love as we understand it, e.g., Arthurian romance) is also generally concerned regardless with stuff like beauty, truth, and love. I wasn't sure whether to object to that or not, because the name either doesn't quite work or it works wonderfully, depending on what the subclass is actually like.

I'm also willing to help you come up with 15th and 20th level features if you're willing to post what you have so far for the earlier ones.

>>50938754
purely RAW, I'm pretty sure constructs such as golems no longer qualify as objects as listed in Stone Shape. Gargoyles can appear to be inanimate but nothing says that they are actually stone and thus affected by Stone Shape.

>>50935662
Jews

>>50938781
Okay that makes sense. Since a golem has some form of magic binding it together, a spell like that would have a difficult time ripping it apart. Still I think if one of my players is creative enough to think of that, then I might give a couple d8 in damage, or possibly give it permanent disadvantage from having a limb ripped off.

>>50938776
My swarthy compatriot! Makes sense since I found it in a /tg/ archive.

I chose to name it the Oath of Romance after the Romanticism movement in art. Emphasis on passion, individualism, nature, the past, all that feelsy stuff that the Enlightenment said was a load of shit. Perhaps it is a bit obscure, but I can't think of a better name atm. Anyway, here's what I got.

Oath Spells
>3rd color spray, sleep
>5th calm emotions, warding bond
>9th dispell magic, tongues
>13th private sanctum, conjure woodland beings
>17th legend lore, creation

Channel Divinity
> Inspiring Beauty. You can use your Channel Divinity to inspire your allies. You may use a bonus action on your turn to sing a few lines of song, speak a fragment of a poem, or play a few notes on an instrument. Choose one creature other than yourself within 60ft who can hear you. That creature gains a Divine Inspiration die, a d6.
Once within the next 10 minutes, the creature can roll the die and add the number rolled to one ability check, attack roll, or saving throw it makes. The creature can wait until after it rolls the d20 before deciding to use the Divine Inspiration die, but must decide before the GM says whether the roll succeeds or fails. Once the Divine Inspiration die is rolled, it is lost. A creature can have only one Divine Inspiration die at a time. Your Divine Inspiration die changes when you reach certain levels in this class. The die becomes a d8 at 7th level, a d10 at 15th level, and a d12 at 20th level.

Cont.

>>50938888

>Alluring Presence. As an action on your turn, you present your holy symbol and exude beauty, using your Channel Divinity. A creature within 30 feet that can see and hear you gains advantage on Charisma (Performance) checks, Charisma (Persuasion) checks, and Charisma saves for one minute.

Aura of Love
>Starting at the 7th level, your affection for your companions manifests as a powerful divine barrier. You and friendly creatures within 10 feet of you have resistance to bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical attacks. At the 18th leve, the range of this aura increases to 30ft.

>>50938861
Yeah, if I were DM I would definitely run with that. 5 cubic feet is a lot even for a large creature, so I'd have it be incapacitated or restrained for at least one turn until the stone reconstitutes. Maybe give extra damage to attacks that target the interior.

>>50938861
On one hand, I've never been thrilled with magic classes having an answer for everything. On the other hand, I think I'd have to reward a player for having the right tool for the encounter and employing it. Some damage is straightforward, but a debuff based on the sudden disfiguration would be more interesting.

Stupid question because I'm watching a Colville video: Is there a mega link for the 4e books anywhere?

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>>50936482
Here's some extra concept art from Volo's

>>50938960
>4e mega
Probably in the 4e general.

>>50939063
There isn't one though

>>50935662
My current BBEG is an ancient ghost-king who gained his powers by rounding up everyone in his kingdom that he could and having his soldiers drown them in his palace, then bathing amongst their bodies

>>50939075
Must have been a big pool.

>>50939073
Then I guess you're fucked. Maybe check out a pdf share thread or start a thread of your own.

>>50939075
for what purpose?

Did he know he'd get amazing ghost powers? Or was it just on his bucket list and just kind of excepted his new life as a ghost king.

Also what happened to the soldiers afterwards? They powerful ghost dudes too?

>>50938888
>Perhaps it is a bit obscure, but I can't think of a better name atm.
Nah, that's what I meant by how it could be a perfect name, sir quads. Although the Romantic Era's individualism boner might not jive perfectly with the party buff mechanic, that period doesn't have exclusive rights to the word so I think it works.

>>50938347
Is there any reason to not use shillelagh with medium armour and a shield?

Heck, if you really, really insist, you can still use shillelagh alongside polearm mastery.

I'm not exactly a druid expert though.

>>50935662
!!SCIENCE!! and teamwork alongside other evil guys.

My ideal BBEG isn't even that strong, they're just a great leader.

Why did they make paladins need a hand free from their sword and board to cast spells?

They keep fucking that up, paladins have shields, not "free action to let go/regrip" twohanders.

>>50939404
That's what I was thinking. I wasn't sure if I was overlooking some benefit of light armor or something though.

>>50939451
Attack, sheaths sword
Cast, draw sword, attack
Just plan ahead!

>>50939393
So what do you think of those features so far? Balanced against existing oaths?

>>50939451
Isn't the official stance that they can just paint their holy symbol on their shield and cast with that?

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>>50939521
iirc that only lets them skate past focus requirements, they still need somatic.

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>>50939451

How hard do they even think about whether a spell should have vocal/somatic/material components aside from the ones that require hundreds of GP worth of diamonds and shit? Especially when they decide shit as simple as
>>50939521
removes half the requirements?

Getting ready to run Curse of Strahd. Read through the adventure. Any tips? I'm moderately experienced

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I want to reintroduce the concept of Divine Ranks/Mythic levels without making it shit. I like the idea of PCs attaining actually outright God-powers here and there, to give them a feel of Divinity.

I know I should just make it narrative in nature, but I like to have a system in place so I can gauge such things and keep track of progression. What sort of homebrew options are available to me?

Just watched this, think it's really cool. Anyone done anything like this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoELQ7px9ws

>>50939614
>Colville has been shitposting about the 4e DMG lately to get people interested in his upcoming video

>>50939626
Wut?

>>50939492
Seems like it to me. I thought I'd have more ideas, but I'm embarrassed to say I don't. I was thinking, though, at the beginning, that an interesting tenet of the Oath could be something to do with a resistance to the use of Charm Person or mind control effects. It seems to me that that would make sense in the context of a paladin focused on individual freedom as well as truth. I suppose an immunity to those sort of effects might work as a higher level ability but it doesn't seem particularly splashy as those abilities might want to be. Sorry I don't have anything better to offer.

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>DMing for a brand new all female group
>tell them to pick premade characters
>their party now consists of
>tielfing warlock
>halfing druid
>dragonborn monk
>half-elf rogue
>gnome bard
>mfw they have no means of healing
>mfw none of them have higher than 10 hp or 13 AC
>mfw the monk has 8 hp
>mfw they are all choatic neutral for some reason
>mfw its all a fucking mess

maybe i just havent seen what new player stats are like in a while but i am fucking scared for them

>>50939654
>Druid and Bard
>Not healing

Have you looked at their spell lists anon? I think you should

>>50939589
Make Strahd mean, and make it clear (in character) how their only means of escape is to kill him. The Vistana is good for this. My players had trouble with motivation until I made this clear.
Take their stuff, kill their friends, and them, get them lost in the mist, don't let them sleep easy. Make them hate him. Don't forget that he's super smart and you have a long time to mull over his decisions.
Also, make sure to describe the food they're eating throughout the adventure. Their trail rations should dwindle soon, and they'll be stuck with wolf meat, beetroot soup, hard bread, and wine. Adds to the oppressive feel of the world, and gives any chance of finding nice food and warm rooms more appeal.

>>50939451
I for one welcome the new polearm paladin overlords.

But do note that most of the spells unique to the paladin class are verbal only.

>>50939654
Why did you offer a premade monk with 8 HP if you thought that was a bad idea?

>>50939638
Hmm, I didn't think to specifically mention that, but I think the tenets I had drafted up so far covers that. Probably should have posted those since they give a good idea of the flavor I'm looking for.

>Speak Truth. Always tell the truth. Beauty points to the truth, and it is the key to unlocking even the coldest of hearts. Falsehoods are ugly, they breed distrust and hatred.

>Bring Peace. Violence is your last resort. Strive to resolve conflicts peacefully, but do not hesitate to fight to defend yourself and others. Life is too beautiful to waste.

>Nurture Love. You must always do your best to help love grow wherever it can. Provide what aid you can whenever it is appropriate. Remember to persue love in your own life as your strive to bring it into that of others.

>Have Respect. Sometimes love isn't meant to be. Respect the boundaries of others and make sure they do the same.

>Seek Beauty. Beauty is what makes life good. Spread it as often as you can and defend it where it exists. Appreciate it in all its forms. Devote yourself to creating your own beauty as well.

>>50939654
>>mfw none of them have higher than 10 hp or 13 AC
>mfw the monk has 8 hp>mfw they are all choatic neutral for some reason
What level did you start them at? That doesn't sound unreasonable for level ones. If they're premade characters I'm not exactly sure how you can expect them to have fucked up.

>>50939464
Medium armour allows you to get 16 AC with 14 dex with no stealth disadvantage or 17 AC with 14 dex with stealth disadvantage. And light armour is up to 17-
Oh, fuck, I just remembered that druids aren't supposed to wear metal armour, though. It'll be much worse for them.

Unless you can get anything better than hide, there's no reason to wear medium armour. However, wisdom is still more important than dex, so I'd probably aim for upping dex, but I'm not super confident when it's not a moon druid since turning into an animal replaces your str/dex/con scores.

I can safely say you really don't need to use strength, though. If you did something weird and maxed dex you'd use dex, but eh

quarterstaff (with shillelagh) and shield is probably what you'd be using, though.

>>50939537
>>50939578
>>50939451
I'm pretty confident that they said a cleric or paladin can use their shield hand for somatic and material components if they have a shield with a holy symbol on it, but it MUST have both. If it has only a somatic component but not material, then it doesn't work.

Oh, right
http://www.sageadvice.eu/2014/11/26/holy-symbol-replace-somatic-components/

>>50939654
They are fucked, so very fucked.
I can gaurantee it.

Especially the monk. ESPECIALLY the monk. No, seriously, the monk couldn't have raised as many death flags in any other way. Fucking dragonborn with a non-positive con score?

This group would work fine if they were very cautious and knew what they were doing, but...
>new

>>50936129
Fuck. I first saw this the other day and I was instantly attracted to this race.
>>50939055
Now I see this, open my digital copy of Volo's and have a good read through of the fluff, and I think I might have a new favorite race.
>that size comparison picture at middle and top of image with the human and the female firbolg
>that kindly smile
my heart feels funny

>>50939746
That's kinda funky, but I can see the logic behind it. With that, I count roughly a third (16 spells) from the core Paladin list that can't be cast with a weapon and shield.

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>>50939674
they didnt note down any healing spells
>>50939715
they found them online and printed out sheets for themselves
>>50939718
just basic level 1 sheets they found somewhere
>>50939766
yeah... yeah

>mfw reading their sheets, complete with backstory and art but only a single weapon each
>mfw their relentless optimism and
>it'll be fun, anon :^) dont worry!

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Wanting some opinions. I'm about to play in a mid-level campaign and I want to play a support spellcaster, but I'm torn on what I should pick for my class. Should I go for Sorcerer or Wizard? I like the divination school for Wizard, but as a Sorcerer I can twin cast spells like haste, slow, or polymorph. Tough choices.

>>50939785
Yeah, I wasn't a big fan of Firbolgs at first, but I really like that art.

>>50940050
Bard.

>>50940050
Sorcerer's only real trick is to twin haste/polymorph/whatever.

Wizard gets so much more, your party will be thanking you for throwing rope tricks around or actually having the spells known to keep 'slow fall' prepared or any number of things like that.

Bard or cleric is also an option.

>>50940050
Bard is the best for support. Between those two, Wizard.

>>50940066
>>50940094
>>50940097
Sadly the party already has a bard so it looks like wizard it is. Thanks m8s.

>>50940050
Why not Druid?

>>50940050
>>50940102
Remember that wizards are pretty shit at buffing party members but are pretty good at debuffing and battlefield control

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Reposting again from last thread just out of curiosity and to garner further discussion, what is the most efficient weapon for Revised Beast Master considering they never gain access to extra attack? Heavy Crossbow?

Why is medicine a wisdom skill?
I just want to be a crime scene investigator but using wisdom to figure out how long ago a victim was killed or if they're even dead in the first place doesn't seem to make sense to me

>>50940240
Lance is the greatest choice

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>>50940042

>>50940249
Wisdom is mostly about perception so it's noticing clues about a body like maybe how warm it is or what color their nail beds or lips are.

Intelligence is more about taking obvious clues and making a logical deduction from them, like solving the old riddle about the suicide on an ice cube or whatever

>>50940313
I looked again at the PHB and it says investigation is used for determining cause of injury. "discern from the appearance of a wound what kind of weapon dealt it"
It's beginning to sound like my DM and me have just made a mistake (we're both fairly new)
I think for anything you're searching with your hands instead of sight, sound or smell you should be using investigation instead of perception as well, or am I mistaken on that one too?

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I don't think it's even possible, but what's the non-edgiest Fallen Aasimar concept, and if it doesn't exist, what is the absolute hammiest most edgy Fallen Aasimar concept, the kind of thing you'd be proud of at least committing to.

>>50940461
>non edgy
Touched by the forces of darkness as a child, but still a total bro and nice guy who happens to throw shadow instead of light.

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>>50940461
An angelic sponsor that was absolutely insanely rigid and unforgiving. Eventually the aasimar stopped putting up with it when the voice in his head *insisted* he'd better not help that orphan. Whatever, threaten me all you like with how I'll never be a paladin or cleric. I can help people without your damn "power".

Alternatively, an aasimar that was obsessed with doing good and eventually had the voice die down as they grew up and no longer seemed to need guidance. They went quite mad and made a pact in order to keep "doing good". Unfortunately due to some combination of their unhinged nature and a fiend's influence, they're in a sort of Pyrovision world, and won't know the difference between axing a naughty child or rapacious goblin unless someone points him at the right (or wrong) one. And he's determined to "save" everyone.

>2nd day of newbie campaign for my friends
>one manages to get himself arrested on suspicion of being a spy
>he accomplished this by stealing a confidential scroll from an allied guard bunker and triple failing roll checks and crit failing a persuasion while performing drunk.
>begins screaming at me that I'm railroading him to kill off his character
>meanwhile I can't think of a logical way to railroad the party to their objectives since they are now 5 days late

Should I just kill myself at this point?

>>50940646
Point out he failed all his rolls, and the have the guards use them as cannon fodder on objective

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Gonna run Lost Mines of Phandelver for a newbie group tomorrow. I've never GMed before.

Any advice, guys?

>>50940646
> critical fail rule
You should kys just for that.

>>50940656
I did. He knows he fucked up, but is an irrational cunt.

I think I'll just end up punishing them much further down the line for fucking up so badly. Some darkest timeline shit

>>50940673
>playing a campaign where you are never able to fuck something up so bad that it alters the story.

Would hate to play the railroad trash that you shit out.

>>50940673
>fail as badly as possible
>nothing bad happens
Sorry, we'll put the saftey railings back on your railroad, in case you try to jump off the train.

>>50940687
You can do that with normal fail.

Are you one of those paizo neckbeard who think a professional ambassador who been train for years and been on job for even longer should fail their job 5% of the time?

>>50940687
>>50940711
It's fine. Your LOLSORANDUM game should be remedy with a patty of Lucky Halfling Diviner.

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>>50940675
Nah, to do that well you need lots of subtle hints and warnings. Especially with a fag like that.
That way when they go "What the fuck DM!" you pull out a scroll that falls to the floor and read them the giant list of things they did that lead to this moment with expression of pic related.
Keep in mind tho, if the game isn't fun, you've failed.

>>50940740
*led
I need to go to bed

>>50940711
Can you post your 1-20 chart for fails and successes then?
I want to know how much different a 1 is from a 2 in your game.

>>50940735
Crit fails are a good way to get literally everybody in the campaign in the party to play as either a halfling or take the lucky feat

>>50940815
Only if they are bitches. If you can't enjoy losing at D&D you are an immature player, and need more of your characters murdered in overly grisly fashions.

>>50940852
It's a shame my Lucky Halfling Diviner died, but I'm glad I have his twin brother!

>>50940852
>Party wants to negotiate the price to buy a flashy house to live in
>nominate the thief with +17 persuasion to negotiate
>roll a one
>price increases

>>50940917
just realized that reliable talent stops this from happening, make that a +13 mod

>>50940852
I find the one who enjoy crit fail to be the immature one.

Your argument doesn't even make sense since you can still fail even without the rule in place. Rolling 1 or 2 or 3 will result in failure most of the time.

Having 1 turn into LOL YOU JUST FART AT THE KING, doesn't make the game more enjoyable to people unless you're edgey 13 years old.

>>50940898
>implying I wouldn't specifically set up situations that are completely ridiculous to succeed in JUST to describe your antics
I wish I actually had people that played some of the cheesier things on /tg/

>>50940917
>>50940934
>Implying just because you are good at something, godly at something, bad things can't happen 1/20 times
While I think some make ridiculous asspulls with critfails sometimes, that mentality of yours makes you a bitch.

>>50940968
>sweaty nerd on an anime imageboard for playing pretend calling anyone a bitch

lol

>>50940966
>LOL YOU JUST FART AT THE KING
I know there are DM's that do this, but I've never seen them. If you have I can see while you have that opinion. Even if it's wrong.

>>50940980
That looks like something a bitch would post

>>50940984
Oops, *why

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>>50940672
read the entire book
be prepared
have the statblocks tabbed
know it inside and out

How do you guys keep the handbook close? You have the book or you have pdf on laptopt/tablet?

>>50940968
Somehow I don't think jazz dancers dislocate their knees one in every twenty times when they dance, even amatures

>>50940968
>just because you are good at something, godly at something, bad things can't happen 1/20 times

A fighter drops his sword or accidentally cuts himself on a 1. As he levels up he gains more attacks, he now has a higher chance per turn of dropping his sword or cutting himself. A fighter get less skilled the higher level he is. A level 20 fighter is almost 4 times as likely to drop his sword or cut himself as a level 1 fighter. Yeah, crit fails beyond 'you miss' are really idiotic.

>>50940990
Are you overcompensating for your inability to bench over a hundred pounds, anon?

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>>50940968
yes, that's exactly what everyone is implying. If you're good at something, having something explicitly BAD happen 5% of the time is fucking retarded and can ruin a otherwise serious campaign. If you want to have any semblance of a actual functioning campaign that isn't just memes and XD XD XD XD XD XD XD then having something fail 5% of the time is fucking asinine and just not how it works. 1 out of 20 times when opening a door, you don't randomly bash your head against the wall. 1 out of 20 times when communicating with someone, you don't randomly flip your middle finger at them or come across as so rude that they get mad at you.
it's not about 'not wanting to suffer the consequences' it's about not wanting consequences laid on you that you had literally 0 control over and had literally 0 reason to happen. If you already failed a save, there's no fucking reason to have a 'megafail', it's punishment enough.

>>50941048
I would be okay with critfails if they were far less likely to happen
You DO have a chance of getting terminal melanoma every time you walk outside into the sun, just far far lower than a one in twenty

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>>50941082
I've been doing crit fail confirms so whenever a 1 is rolled, the player rolls another d20 and if that would have missed or failed the skill they crit fail. This prevents the whole 5% chance of "Oh shit I just threw my sword into my ally despite my life long service to the army."

>>50941048
Steve Irwin rolled a nat 1 on his handle animal check.

>>50941135
No it doesn't, it still means a fighter is more likely to drop his sword the higher level he is.

>>50941146
>Steve Irwin rolled a nat 1 on his handle

Point taken

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How do you or your DM deal with insight?

I feel like a lot of players overuse it as a method of forgoing roleplay.

>I don't trust this random npc shopkeeper
>I want to insight check them
>Tell me all his secrets and lies

In real life you can not trust someone but you'll never know the actual truth.

>>50941146
Steve was in close proximity to dangerous animals far more than just twenty times across his career.
Besides in a game context it would make more sense like this way
>You spot an aggravated stingray in the water
>initiative is rolled, Steve goes first
>Roight, i'm gonna try to figure out what's got 'im in a shake and calm 'im down
>Steve rolls a 1, adds his proficiency and wisdom mod to the check
>Aw crikey, does an 8 handle it?
>'Fraid not, Steve. Is that your turn?
>Blimey, guess it is, mate
>The stingray attacks you
>Steve is dropped to 0HP and fails his saving throws

>>50941198
If they pass the DC then I truthfully tell them if they can see if the NPC is lying or not, if they fail the DC I tell them the opposite. Insight isn't detect thoughts.

Additionally I'll use it to have players read emotion of people they are unsure of.

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>>50941146
>>50941180
Point not taken. Steve rolled a natural 1 on a d1000000, he interacted with animals literally everyday of his life, and there was a reason that every 1 time out of 20 you didn't see a headline saying "IRWIN LOSES ARM TO ALLIGATOR" or "IRWIN IN CATATONIC ARREST FROM POISON" 24 fucking 7.

>>50941039
>>50941043
>>50941048
>>50941082
>>50941135
>dancer breaks ankle
a dancer can twist an ankle anon
>Swinging my sword around more times faster increases my chance of dropping it, even if I'm hitting my enemy more
I... um. Duh?
>Bad things never happen %5 of the time, it's actually way less then that
I mean, if the door was so unopenable you had to roll athletics to open it, I fail to see why a small chance of you breaking the knob, smashing down the door (depending on how you open it) or alerting the guards with a loud squeak causes you so much butthurt.
You must live in a very nice world anon.
>Getting a terminal disease from going out into the sun
I mean, if that was a perception check you critfailed I would say blinded for one round because the light was bright.

You guys sound a little hysterical. Where did the bad DM touch you anons?

>>50941044
Keep talkin sweet cheeks, it just lets me know you like it

>>50941263
Here's your (You)

>>50941198
What >>50941224
said.
I also use it to give "bad feelings". Corrupted land, possession, people being "off". Kind of like perception checks.

>>50941198
>>50941224
Basically this, just give hints like "From his body language and tone of voice it's obvious that he's not telling you the whole story" or if they fail the check say something like "your interrogation has clearly made the man very anxious, and he is likely doing everything he can to end this uncomfortable engagement as soon as possible"

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>>50941263
(You)

>>50941224
>I truthfully tell them if they can see if the NPC is lying or not

So presumably they call for a check every conversation?

>>50941288
>>50941282
I like to assume I give the players enough information in my dialogue or in the sitatuion.

>A suspicious man working for unknown groups, clearly with their own objectives
>I want to insight check every bit of information they give me

Otherwise you could fall into telling players what they think.

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My players have befriended a tribe of Lizardfolk, and want to trade for some of their spoopy bone armor. Where would ribs lashed onto leather fall? Maybe studded leather? But at the same time I want to reward the fighter since he impressed the Lizardfolk the most and they see him as a "Honorary Reptile". I know 5e isn't really the system for durability but maybe give him plate mail or splint mail that has a chance to break whenever he takes bludgeoning damage? It's a little too early in the game to give him true plate right now.

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>>50941268
>>50941295

>>50940723
Considering 5e's squished modifiers, and the swinginess of d20, that ambassador fails their job more like 50% of the time.

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>>50941295

>>50941326
They are newer players so they don't know to take advantage of me, but I see your point, a skilled player who notices that I do give a lot of information just from this could probably make me change how I do this.

>>50941326
No anon, the key is to NOT give the "players" enough information.
It's to give one player enough information in front of all the others and watch them shit themselves. I use it for atmosphere. Feelings not thoughts, and the key is to be sparse with it so they have to convince the others in character. Makes for excellent roleplay. Just like you want the scout to pick up on the ambush first, you want the priest ( or whatever idk) to pick up on the town being a little weird first. Build the suspense.

>>50941327
just make it some type of Heavy armor that doesn't give Stealth disadvantage?

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>>50941404
Yeah that makes sense seeing as there wouldn't be any chain to jingle and I'm imagining this bone armor to be a bit more flexible.

Another thing I'm thinking for the fighter is perhaps a triceratops skull shield that can be used as an offhand weapon but he forgoes the plus 2 AC until his next turn. I got the Idea from the Monster Manual lizardfolk art with the turtle shield that apparently has 2 punch daggers on it.

>>50936482
Originally they are Irish Fey.
In DnD they are Fey-blooded giants.

>>50941404
>>50941456
Just keep in mind that "Heavy armor that doesn't give stealth disadvantage" is equal to uncommon magic item (Mithral Armor).

>>50941756

Well If I go that route it'll probably only be chainmail at best

>>50937638
Tell her to play an Elven Blade pact Warlock.

>>50941456
And while the off-hand attack shield is a neat idea, It's imposing extra mental burden to the player, something 5e tend to avoid like plague.

It kinda disturb the game flow and immersion too, if you (or someone else on the table) have to remind him that the enemy attack hit because he lost 2 AC due to his last attack. Which could happen every few round.

>>50937811
For characters using Halberds pole arm master is better cause you get a bonus action attack and attacks of opportunity.


For raw damage and crits using a Greatsword is better since 2d6>1d12.

>>50940042
well the druid will be able to switch out her spells quickly enough once they realise that standing around with bleeding wounds isn't a great idea. Beyond that you'll probably just have to apply pressure slowly until you find how much will kill them. Don't be surprised if that isn't very much. Who knows, you might actually have a proper adventure with actual tension instead of a dick measuring contest between gm and players.

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>>50941772
Yeah that's true, maybe I'll just do something simple for his personal reward like a plus 1 sword that is flavored to like a Hawaiian shark tooth sword but velociraptor teeth. The rest of the party are all lightly armored so they can get the bone armor as studded leather while trading with the Lizardfolk

>>50937793
Giant constrictor snake or five and have that be the big twist that there was more than one.

Alternatively a hostile bronze dragon that no one got a good look at.

>>50941772
>>50941889
A shield that lets you do the bonus attack from the shield master feat without the AC change would work from a game flow perspective (though not necessarily make sense why a tribe would have better designed shields than a nation of knights)

Allow HAM to reduce magical sla/pie/blu damage, but only if you're wearing magical armor.

Y/N?

For how long is an enemy considered "surprised"? Until the end of the surprise round? This is for the purpose of things like Assassinate

>Any character or monster that doesn’t notice a threat is surprised at the start of the encounter. If you’re surprised, you can’t move or take an action on your first turn of the combat, and you can’t take a reaction until that turn ends.

>>50939604
Blessings, charms, boons in the DMG.
This is refluff edition.

> DM without system mastery
> allow the use of stuff in DandDwiki
> "It's fine! Just run it through me first"

This seems like a red flag.

>>50942152
Yes. So assassinate can only trigger once per encounter, and only when the star align (since you need to win initiative too)

>>50942271
But on every attack you make in the first round, if you have multiple attacks (TWF, haste)

>>50942034
I don't see why not. The number doesn't increase, so it's still going to drop off in power with levels.

>>50942034
Yeah that's fine. Forge cleric becomes stronger but it's not like DMs throw magical weapon damage out a lot.

>>50942263
Depends on what they do when you run it by them. If they give you a yes on the spot, then its a flag, not necessarily a red flag, cause DMs may just want to get to the action.

Wait... I think I found and improvement to Sharpshooter+GWM improvised longbow meme build...

> Ethereal Weapon (1)
> As a bonus action, you can momentarily transform a weapon you hold into psionic energy. The next attack you make with this weapon requires no attack roll. Instead,the target must make a Dexterity saving throw against this discipline. On a failed save, the target takes the attack’s normal damage and suffers any additional effects. On a successful save, the target takes half damage from the attack, but suffers no additional effects that would normally be imposed on a hit.

This mean -10 to attacks doesn't matter, but you still get +20 to damage right?

>>50942263
>>50942419
I mean yeah if he spends a lot of time reading and analysing the mechanics of the stuff in comparison to what's in the core. But pretty much everything I've seen in DanDwiki, bar maybe a couple races, is instantly and completely fucking dumbfuck unusable shit, so I don't see why he would allow it if he was such an analytic DM

>>50942505
Can't use GWM when you're not making an attack roll.

I'm sure this question has been asked:

Is there a full sci-fi conversion for 5e? Classes, races, backgrounds, items, skills, etc.

>>50942544
Haven't heard of a full conversion yet, but there is always:

Do it yourself.

>there's an abandoned house/cave
>people hide inside to take refuge
>vampire tries to enter what they think is an empty building

Does the vampire realize there are people hiding inside because they are unable to enter? Or do they freely enter what is an empty place from their perspective?

Just want to make sure: If I'm a Warlock 1/Bard 9, I can cast Armor of Agathys using a high level Bard spell slot, right?

>>50942616
The vampire would not be able to enter cause they are technically residents. So the vampire knows it's occupied.

>>50938902
That aura is a strictly better version of the war cleric capstone.

Does the sorcerer's draconic resilience combo with the barbarian's unarmored defense?

>>50942761
They set your AC, they don't give a bonus to AC. So no.

>>50942761

No, since they are both calculations which -set- AC. You want a set AC with an ability which -increases- AC, like the Bladesinger.

>>50942778
>Bladesinger
Is that even in 5e anyway?

>>50942788
Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide. Check it out nerd.

>>50942788

Yeah. Check out the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide.

>>50942795
Thanks.

>>50942761
Yes. So you end up with 10+CON+DEX+13+DEX for a grand total of 23+CON+2*DEX at level 2, with 16/16 that is 32 AC. And you can add a shield if you are proficient.

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>>50942862

>>50942862
I was just asking if it was 13 + con +dex.

>>50939654
They're new. They made decisions that seemed rational at the time without the context we have. When they read that 10 is an average Con score and is neither good nor bad, they believed it. When they looked at their spell lists, they assumed that every spell was a viable choice. They didn't know, nor could they have known, that some choices were secretly mandatory while others were secretly traps.

5e doesn't have as much ivory tower game design as previous editions, but it definitely still has some, if only by accident. A lot of options are presented as equivalent, and you can only learn from experience that they're not.

>>50942761
>>50942862

No.

Read the rules for Unarmoured features.

And if you want a high AC build then a Dex based lvl 20 barbarian with max Dex/Con has 22 AC, with the mariner fighting style +2 AC when not wearing armour, can use a shield for +1 AC and after taking the magic initate feat can gain access to the shield spell +5 AC on reaction

So it caps at 30 AC.

>>50942951
The real answer is no. Methods of calculating AC never stack with each other.

>>50935700
Hobgoblin Wizard
Firbolg Druid
Goblin Fighter
Kobold Rogue
Orc Barbarian
Aasimar Paladin
Goliath Sorcerer
Kenku Druid
Lizardfolk Cleric
Tabaxi Bard
Triton Warlock
Bugbear Rogue
Yuan-Ti Sorcerer