/5eg/ D&D Fifth Edition General

did you seriously fuck up the opening post? prepare thine anus, young anon.

also futa

first for some pointless meme since this was fucked before it even started.

>>50951761
It's like a helmet made of shredded wheat.

>>50951841
the internet is full of......idiots??? *monocle pops right out, lands in careviar*

>>50951861
i nearly dropped my fruh gwuh reading that!

Is there something worse than refluffers?
>Player is playing a wizard/sorcerer gnome
>But he's actually an artificer with mechanical devices he only knows how to use
>He attachs mechanical stuff to all magic items and expects nobody else knows now how to use them because "only I know how to activate my mechanical devices"
>Expect no other caster can recognice his spells because "It isn't fly spell is my jetpack, it isn't fireball is a flamethrower, it isn't charm is a helm of mind control, etc" and other technobabble
>Same with every mundane item from crowbars "it's an exoskeleton", to ropes "also part of my exoskeleton", etc
>Nobody else is having fun with his unique character that nobody can figure out
>GM caters to every shit that he spouts
Rest of players reached an agreement if this continues we're out

>>50951920
>Expect no other caster can recognice his spells because "It isn't fly spell is my jetpack, it isn't fireball is a flamethrower, it isn't charm is a helm of mind control, etc" and other technobabble
everything but this is fine.

>>50951920
I mean I would allow that sort of fluff in a setting that fit it, but a setting that fit for that would have people who knew how to operate them. Savage Worlds does something like this, with Arcane Backgrounds. Everyone has the same spells list, but for a priest it's holy magic, for a wizard it's his spellbook, and for a mad scientist it's a crazy gadget.

>>50951947
This. It giving actual MECHANICAL benefits is a no-no, otherwise it's cool.

>>50951964
>I would allow that one of the player makes every magic item the party owns only operable by him and only him
No

>>50951973
He's getting mechanical benefits though, he expect counterspell or dispel not working on his stuff because "not magic, just science" and other shit like that.

>>50951978
>but a setting that fit for that would have people who knew how to operate them

It wouldn't be an issue in a setting that worked for it.

>>50951993
Just pull an Arthur C Clarke on him

>>50951920
>Is there something worse than refluffers?
RAWfags, though your example sounds kind of bothersome if he can't convey his character well.

>>50951993
yes, and he said that was NOT okay.

>>50952010
>Just pull an Arthur C Clarke on him
I'm not the GM.
This is what happens when a retard GM goes with "5e is fluffable as fuck", now we're all suffering for his stupidity.

>>50951729
The positive thing is OP can count to potato.

Next time you post, make sure not to slam your face repeatedly onto the keyboard.

>>50952036
Though to be fair, that's the fault of the GM and not (entirely) the player. If I was the GM, I'd say "OK, you can describe your magic as steampunk magitech whatever, sounds cool."
And then when he says "you can't counter my magic spells cause they're sciencey" I'd reply "except it is. Your character sheet says Wizard, the spell name says "fly."

>>50951920
He's doing it wrong. Fluff doesn't give mechanical advantage. What he's doing isn't fluff.

Why the fuck are you retards still in this thread?

>>50952141
The thread had a discussion going on, obviously they were partaking in it. I'm not seeing the issue.

>>50952130
Not him but odd, every example of refluffing I have seen on 5eg always changes something mechanical.

>>50952154
Stop being retards.

New thread, friends
>>50952203

>>50952161
Fluff is explicitly not mechanical. If it changes mechanics, it stops being refluffing and becomes a different thing entirely.
If your group and DM are cool with that, okay. If they're not, like in that guys story, then it's not okay. Plus the change with the gnome he mentioned is pretty unbalanced.

tl;dr: if it makes it work different in-game, it's not refluffing.

>>50952228
or
>>50951878

>>50952243
This.