/5eg/ Fifth Edition General: Traps edition

Fuck just using the survey, take to twitter and flood Mearls with screaming for the Mystic

I think we can all agree that Crawford and mearls are hacks.

>>51930966
They actually did it, the absolute madmen.

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>>51930810
>>51930902
>What did you think of the UA?
NOT MYSTIC
>What would you improve about the UA?
ADD MYSTIC
>On a scale of 1-5, what did you think of...
VERY DISAPPOINTED
VERY DISAPPOINTED
VERY DISAPPOINTED
VERY DISAPPOINTED
>What would you like to see more of?
MYSTIC

EVERY SURVEY UNTIL THEY LEARN

>todays UA
>Something even the shittiest of DMs makes by themselves

Its like some intern shat something out in 5 minutes.

>>51930991
Why does mearls have a rainbow pic and the ((())) thing?

When did 5eg become a repugnant den of screeching autists?
UAs don't merely cover player content, you unwashed little shits.

Don't worry guys, next week it's going to be Revised Wo4E Monk

>>51931028
Guess.

>>51931028
Because it triggers Trumplets.

>>51931028
Because he's Jewish and supports gays.

>>51931031
This is a simple trap

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I would maybe have been able to stomach it if there was at least something in there about how players could make traps, but of course that's not in there.

>>51931048
Klumpfkins btfo

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>>51930966
Oh man
I cant
I'm just sitting here laughing maniacally
Why wizzards why ?

Mystic fags btfo yet again.
NEVER EVER
E
V
E
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E
V
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>>51931061
Exactly. What kinda self-sufficient kobold can't lay a trap...

>>51930991
this fuck the cunts let's do it.

>>51931028
The brackets mark him as a jew.
It was code that gets through some censors on twitter and the like used by /pol/ types and now some have chosen to mark themselves.
Image that, jews putting the star and tattoo on themselves.

>>51931093
If Simple Traps are 'simple' how are they beyond any race? Or even class. Rogues know how to look for and disarm the shit, but can't make it?

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This is now a Fred Thread.

Post Freds

>>51931138
Go build a bear trap.

>>51931143
If they can't be made where the fuck did they come from in these worlds?

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>>51931139
>traps illustrated
Fred confirmed for faggot in denial

>>51931061
Exactly. >>51931031 is a retard. DMs don't need any help making traps. There's no rules here, like "you have a budget of X points to make a trap; size costs this many points, damage this many, these variant damage types this much, and harder-to-foil or detect triggering mechanisms cost more". It's just DO WHATEVER THE FUCK.

Players are the ones who need rules for trap-making and trap-using because there's fuck-all in the books, which leaves it all to DM fiat, which is why he's not going to do it, because fuck coming up with a bunch of rules himself for the one guy in the party who wants to tinker with traps.

What are we going to see next week?
>HOW TO DESIGN A DUNGEON
>Dungeons don't just have to be dungeons! They could be a wizard's tower, a natural cavern, a city slum at night in the middle of a gang war, or an overgrown forest!
>First, decide what the entrance to your dungeon is. Is there a door? Is it locked? Maybe it's just a hole in the wall. Maybe the party has to climb to it.
>Does your dungeon open into a long hallway, or a room? What size is the room? Is there a trap to harm intruders, or a guard post? How about arrow slits in the walls with sentries on the other side?
>Regardless of what your entrance is like, think of making it or the next room branch off into multiple directions. Give the players choices about how to tackle the dungeon, and in what order. Do they head towards the sound of dripping water, the bright feast hall, or down the dark corridor to the barracks? You may want to have these alternate routes meet back up elsewhere.
>The final room or two of your dungeon should hold a boss and treasure. Is the treasure in a secret room off to the side? Is there an alternate route into the boss' lair that bypasses some of his guards, or lets the party get the drop on him?
>How does the party leave? Does the party walk out of the entrance, or is there an alternate path? Does the whole thing collapse once the boss dies?
FUCKING
USELESS

>>51930966
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0786966211/

>>51931166
It doesn't. The connection is Mearls himself.

>>51931143
In my mind a bear trap needs
>Proficiency in Smiths Tools
>Raw materials
>Either knowledge of how one works (having plans or one nearby to look at), 13+ INT, or a INT check varying from very easy to moderate depending on how common they are in setting.

You can make a Smith's Tools check to be fancy or just take 10+PROF to make a normal one.

>>51931216
What is this, (((Mike)))?

>>51931164
no fuck people have right to be angry about the Mystic the thing was finished in December and was supposed to be done before that. It was then supposed to be released at the start of the year instead we get the artifacer.

>>51931230
Just make a Hunting Trap lmao

As a forever GM without a lot of experience with D&D traps I actually like this one.

>>51931166
Nothing. He's on Twitter. It's a community unto itself and he discusses more shit than just D&D 5E. You put a rainbow flag in your profile because it gets you humorous replies like "FUCK YOU, WOTC IS FULL OF SJWS NOW" and clutters /5eg/ up with /pol/lacks whinging about Jewish cuckspiracies and how cuckten they can cuckstitute words with 'cuck'.

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>>51931230
>smiths tools

>>51931265
Do you know what a bear trap is, anon?

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>>51930966
Which class is more suited to search for immortality?

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>>51931178
No no no, we need to go for bigger 'fuck (you)'

How about next week's UA is entirely Oathbreaker type shit, classes that are for players to look at but not touch so the DM can make more precious NPC villains?

...

AND ONE OF THOSE IS A MYSTIC.

>>51931178
>>51931037
>next week
>next UA is the 13th

>>51931279
Yes I do, and you should be able to buy them.

Relative skill for setting and making traps is Survival

>>51931287
No, that is his personal twitter account.

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This UA reads like an episode of Bubble Guppies and was probably written for DMs with the same mental level as a toddler.
>let's think about traps
>which one of these images is a trap?
>...
>right!
>traps are made up of different parts
>there is the HURTY PART
>and the TRIGGER PART
>can you find the hurty part on this trap?
>...
>right!
>which one of these traps doesn't have a hurty part?
>...
>great job!
https://youtu.be/uxqEPwO2gVI?t=461

>>51931285
Gonna say Warlock. Or Transmutation Wizard wanting it as an effect of a philosopher's stone.

>>51931287
WotC has no policy on having official social network accounts for individual Employees. That's his personal account, and also he posts things related to his work.

I NEED CITY ENCOUNTER IDEAS FOR A LOW LEVEL PARTY THAT'S HAD A COUPLE OF BIG FIGHTS ON THE ROAD.

CITY IS ON THE TOP OF A GREAT BIG WATERFALL AND SITUATED NEXT TO THE LAKE THAT FEEDS THE FALLS.

I WAS THINKING SOMETHING WITH HEARTWARMING STREET-KIDS

Can rangers even set traps?

Being able to set and make improvised traps would make Ranger more desirable class

>>51931287
It's not, but even if it were, what company fires you for saying "I don't mind gays"? That's the kind of all-inclusive community outreach companies love.

It's Wizards of the Coast, not Grand Wizards of the Klan.

>>51930991
https://mobile.twitter.com/mikemearls

do it

>>51931370
Side-quest where a noble's son is having midnight trysts with the baker's daughter. They're both in love but fear what would happen if they're found out. How will the party help them?

going for a hand crossbow fighter build. what's the best archetype for it? sharpshooter seems like the best for overall DPS but the utility from battle master seems very useful offensively and defensively.

>>51931379
I chuckled.

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>>51931370
Heartwarming traps

Just arrived.

Traps UA? Maximum hilarity.

Didn't care about Mystic, only here for the butt blasting.

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>>51931379
I mean, as long as Grand Wizards of the Klan was anti-elf, might not be so bad.

>>51930966
I was browsing /b/ before i came here, so you know what i thought when i saw the title "It's a trap"...

How does pearl of power work with warlock?
>>51931409
Phuck hyou

>>51931370
There better be something behind the waterfall

>>51931376
Yes, and they startold with one I believe.

>>51931467
A SHEAR ROCK FACE UNTIL I GET A BETTER IDEA.

>>51931483
A chest
With some method to breathe underwater
And then a temple/dungeon at the bottom of the lake.

>>51931476
He has a female wife and biological child, trumplet. The (((jew coincidence symbols))) are part of a Twitter-wide thing to mock butthurt racists.

>>51931483
There is always something behind the waterfall.

>>51931522
Unless the waterfall is a mimic. Or maybe even then, its a cave full of ropers and piercers.

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REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

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>>51931505
for every successful mockery of racists, someone ends up mocking himself

>>51931522
EXCEPT WHEN THERE IS NOTHING BUT A SHEAR ROCK FACE BEHIND THE WATERFALL?

OR PERHAPS A NOVELTY TAVERN

>>51931571
>why can't I communicate with him about dnd without him forcing a political message I agree with down my throat
Yeah, this is the same reason I burn churches, too. I just want to walk down the street without some smug fucks trying to cram their message down my throat, what with their giant crosses and shit. And don't get me started about the assholes on the bus wearing crosses!

Has Mearls formally said no Mystic till President Clinton or is he just (((implying))) so far?

>>51931540
Or a hermit who has seen some shit but everyone thinks hes crazy for believing that the city has a terrible secret [vampires/cult/etc].

If you want to take it to the next level its actually a red herring and have your players secretly spying for the hermit who is plotting to overthrow the city or steal something.

Reward your players for discovering things, don't punish them for adventuring in an adventure game

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>>51931607
So Mystic will never happen?

>>51931586
Bro whats the point of having a waterfall if youre not gonna use it

Guys I'm sure they just want to make the mystic absolutely perfect, hence so much delay.

:^)

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Forever DM here about to finally play my first Rogue, any tips/strategy to keep me alive?
My friend says he'll be surprised if we all survive his campaign.
I'm going for an archery build.

>>51931635
It's his private twitter you twat.

>>51931177
He never fucked Daphney, it was always very obvious. Also, look at that fucking scarf.

>>51931644
>So Dark Sun 5e will never happen?

>>51930966
Metathought: the UA itself was a trap for those waiting Mystic.

>>51931670
It's an ascot, you fucking bumpkin.

>>51931658
>embrace the fear ex-DM
>whatever you do, you are fucked

>>51931673
Well to be fair if President Clinton DID happen we'd be living Dark Sun.

>>51931635
No one gives a shit about what you think. Companies are into messages of tolerance and love because it moves product. They put out commercials with gay or interracial couples because people go "awww" and buy their shit because they think this corporate juggernaut has a heart and isn't some soulless baby-crushing factory.

Putting a rainbow flag on your Twitter account only gets you banned from the White House, not fucking WotC. I understand that this upsets you, but you're being a little baby.

>>51931658
Go swashbuckler.

>>51931714
>ba dum, tsssss

>>51931694
Sorry, I don't speak flaming homosexual.

>>51931633
>Don't punish them for adventuring

Well that was the point of today's UA so I thought maybe if the traps were monsters it would be less obvious.

>>51931748
Baking a cake does not constitute "helping with the ceremony"

I'M SO FUCKING MAD ABOUT THE MYSTIC NOT BEING HERE

THE ONLY THING THAT QUENCHES MY THIRST FOR BLOOD IS JEREMY CRAWFORD CONFIRMING THAT IT'S COMING

BUT FUCKING CHRIST

>>51931658
Crossbow expert. It's like two-weapon-fighting with the fighting style, only ranged.

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>>51931658
Dodge Action + Cunning Action for slipping past unruly circumstances. Also, if you're forced to fight, Dodge + Off-hand attack still deals moderate damage for a rogue if you proc sneak attack off it. Have contingency measures if you're climbing up a tree for advantage. Secure yourself with a rope, for example. And something I did in my previous Rogue campaign, ALWAYS BE POISONAN. Which archetype ya goin for, anyway?

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hello im a freshman in DnD 5e, only ran a few games with the PHB and DMG only

what is Mystic ? why is it important ? pls no bully

here i will share my oc

>>51931820
GODDAMN PSIONICS

THEY HAVE BEEN BLUEBALLING US FOR 4 MONTHS ON THIS

>>51931792
>THE ONLY THING THAT QUENCHES MY THIRST FOR BLOOD IS JEREMY CRAWFORD CONFIRMING THAT IT'S COMING

when did he do that?

>>51931820
It's a class they've been cockteasing us for several months

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>>51931820
Psionics Wizard

>>51931835
>PSIONICS
elaborate ?

>>51931847
https://twitter.com/JeremyECrawford/status/813503825692606464

>>51931730
Well, I was hoping to do a Mongolian Archer type dude and the party is completely swamped with high charisma right now.

>>51931708
...great.

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>>51931835
If they release the Mystic saying that psionics comes from the Far Realm i will pic related!

>>51931856
what does it do ?

also, one thing i dont really understand.. if DnD is a create the world yourself game, why do people depend on official guides ? like, if you know the basic rules, and would like a mystic, just take a few hours and make a class yourself,no ?

or maybe is it for online play ? so people are on the same page ?

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>>51931714
>the reality TV guy who ran on racism, is defunding the EPA, not attending intelligence briefings, keeps trying to staff his cabinet with incompetent donors, and wants to build more nukes ISN'T the one taking us towards a sun-scorched post-apocalypse with a history of bloody genocide ruled by the rich where people fight to the death with bladed turtle shells for the amusement of the masses
I get the whole "lol hillary's a war hawk, we'd go to war with russia under her" meme, but Trump is clearly more Dark Sun-friendly. Don't let your political beliefs get in the way of truly dank and accurate memes.

>>51931860
Psychic guys that are fun

I have a mighty need of them for reasons

>>51931860
The power of the mind.

Fucking Professor X, you know.

>>51931895
As demonstrated by the shitty homebrews posted here on a regular basis, no, a class cannot be made in a couple of hours

>>51931905
>>51931908
allright, got it, then pls answer the second part of my question here
>>51931895

>also, one thing i dont really understand.. if DnD is a create the world yourself game, why do people depend on official guides ? like, if you know the basic rules, and would like a mystic, just take a few hours and make a class yourself,no ?

>>51931908
>The power of the mind.
HEAR THAT WOTC??? >>51931891

>>51931898
My political beliefs are more like 'fuck them all' and I am well aware that Trump could lead us to Dark Sun.

It's just that, President Trump actually happened. Can't use him as an example in Mystic and Dark Sun not happening.

>>51931882
>Well, I was hoping to do a Mongolian Archer type dude and the party is completely swamped with high charisma right now.

Rogue Scout is pretty fun too. I recently made one with crossbow mastery, and it was a blast. Just running around the battle and putting bolts into everyone's asses with all that sweet sneak attack damage to boot.

>>51931813
Well, like I said in >>51931882 I was thinking a Mongolian-style archer, but none of the archetypes seem to be a good match.
The closest thing looks like Scout, but it doesn't seem very interesting and my group doesn't really like UA stuff so I'm probably going to just stick to Thief.

>>51931905
>I have a mighty need of them for reasons
Me too. Managed to convince one of my players to run a short campaign so I could play for once and I want to play mystic.
Too bad WotC apparently has other ideas.

>>51931942
Man, I hope Trump is secretly a sorcerer king. Athas is secretly just the middle east, if you cross the sea of silt everything is fine

>>51931928
allright. and how long has /tg been waiting for mystic ? i guess a long time, so a collaborative effort to make a fan-made mystic could be possible methinks

>>51931931
Try making a fullcaster class by yourself that is either not horribly OP or completely useless. There's a reason there are people doing this as a job, along with a lot of playtesting.

>>51931913
>Nobody should be forced to bake cakes
It's an anti-discrimination law, you simpering halfwit.
>nah I don't want to bake a cake for this homo
>nah I don't want to put out the house fire for this black family
>nah I don't want to give good financial advice to this female
>nah I don't want to treat the cancer of this white boy
>nah I don't want to sell gas to this cis male
If you want to be an edgy contrarian, go to /pol/.

>>51931998
>implying

>>51931969
Where's our fucking dragon, then?

>>51932041
Pence. Trump at the moment has a makeshift alliance with him for his own protection

>>51932041
Just wait until 2057. Then a dragon will be the president. For a few hours.

>>51931984
Should the Mystic use a point system, a slot system or other to count psychic power??

>>51931960
Pic of my potential dude.

>>51932060
Points

>>51931969
Reminder that the closest sorcerer-king to Trump was canonically killed by a fucking half-breed Mul and his interracial wife.

>>51932060
Tradition would dictate points

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>>51932052
>Pence flies through the air screaming GAAAAAAAAAAAYS and breathing lightning everywhere

>>51931960
Perfect, you can climb for height advantage easily and fasten yourself with the improved Cunning Action you get and Hide as a main action all in 1 turn. Consider getting Mobile too since it works well with Thief stuff like Supreme Sneak, Second Story Work and possibly what you can do with Sleight of Handing foes in combat.

>>51932073
Of whom do you speak?

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>>51932068
You know, as soon as I remember to attach it

>>51932125
Tectuktitlay, the Draj dude.

>>51932072
>>51932084
Then the conversion from 2ed Psionics Handbook is pretty simple.

>>51931847
Honestly I would have prefered a apology for blue balling psionic players for four fucking months straight now.

the only books i read are the PHB and DMG, nothing esle, how many classes are there beyond the PHB ? i know of mystic now...

,>>51931969
>Trump declares self Sorcerer-King of America
>killed by a Mul before the wall can be completed
>Pence, the true power behind the throne of America, realizes that his nation must be secure from all threats, both foreign and domestic
>Institutes slavery, rechristens the country as Ur-Draxa, builds half-mile thick wall
>Centuries later he ascends to draconic glory, having purged all degeneracy from the Shining City on a Hill
>The world around him has been ravaged by war, leaving it an endless desert

Just as planned

>>51932227
Artificer was turned into a class too. Either a vial flinging alchemist or a magic rifle shooting gunsmith.

I don't think they've made other actual classes in splats or UAs aside from Mystic and Artificer though.

>>51932227
The only Full 20 level class for 5th edition that is not in the public is the Artificer.

>>51932155
>fiduciaries have to give the best advice they can
>he doesn't know
Dude, just stop. No one is buying your act.

>>51931452
Crawford on twitter said it could restore a pact slot, but it would only function up to the level the pearl restores until you recover it normally during a rest IIRC

>>51932256
>>51932253
thanks.. after seeing a gorillion homebrew classes i thought there would be a few dozen official ones too...

>>51932227
No new classes have been published. Aritificer is in Unearthed Arcana but it's being tested they aren't calling it done.

You are missing some Archetypes from the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide, and Spells from the Elemental Evil book. That's it though.

>>51931658
Crossbow mastery, hand crossbow, multiclass for extra attack. Multiclass into warlock, because at level five you can have darkness and devil's sight, which you can abuse to give yourself maximum range at no disadvantage.

>>51932242
When do we find out that Pence-Rajaat is a closeted homosexual who sought to kill everyone else so he could turn the world over to his gay friends, but is betrayed by his Klansmen when they discover his treachery?

>>51931607
I'll forego psionics for this entire edition and the next for 8 years of Trump and then 1 or more of his kids getting 8 years each.

>>51931835
>>Fufufu...look at you, so swollen with character ideas...begging for the Mystic release...
>>Please! I - need the release!
>>Oh I don't know...one more week, okay? You can hold on that long, right? I'll make it good for you, I promise...

>>51932294
5e is more about Archetypes, using base classes as a chassis and putting subclasses on top of them. There have been a great many of THOSE in UAs.

>>51932294
5e development team is, like, three or five people, anon.

>>51931720
>Companies are into messages of tolerance and love because it moves product.

Left wingers are broke and shouldn't be catered to because they don't buy shit except video games, fast food, and useless shit like rims.

>>51932317
>psionics will arise naturally when Trump declares himself Sorcerer-King

>check the D&D plebbit to see if they're similarly outraged about Mystics
>WOW PLEASANTLY SURPRISED BY THESE NEW OPTIONS
>AS A DM I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FORWARD TO NEW OPTIONS LIKE THIS
>WOW THIS IS JUST WHAT I NEEDED TO MAKE SOME TRAPS
what
there's not even new information or rules in this
it's just
>here are some examples of the most common traps ever devised by fantasy

>>51932358
t. economically anxious fly-over state voter who buys all his Chinese-made goods at Walmart

>>51932379
And here you see the difference between even the least radical board of the Internet hate machine and the hug box hellscape that is reddit.

>>51932379
>the same plebbit that was 100% sure that Clinton would win
>the same plebbit that still is a Clinton propaganda machine

I prefer 4chan cancer.

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> /5eg/ is so disappointed with the newest UA, it starts talking about Donald Trump instead

>>51932437
The mind instinctively wanders from one colossal failure to the next.
>we got here because some Anon is hyper-triggered over rainbow flags on Twitter

I'm a forever DM, and I like this new UA because it's exactly the kind of thing needed to show new DMs who lack confidence in their skills.

I'm getting to play a PC occasionally because of how friendly this edition is to new DMs.

>>51932416
Sorry bro, it's the same shit now. /pol/ and Reddit are one and the same thanks to the the_donald sub. You am become the hugbox.

>>51932466
This shit was in the dmg though.

Is there any benefit to using a monk weapon over your fists once your fist is a d6?

I guess two handing a Spear or Quarterstaff could fit.

>>51931178
You and the rest of you screechers are so fucking autistic.
They are providing free content. Stop going full retard, you snivelling snots.

>>51932437
Speaking of D&D and lunatics, here's a DM resource that's even more useful for your table than some shitty trap UA.

>fantasy creature soundboard
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_5VtoysNFs

>>51932466
fuck off mearls

>>51932356
Mate.

Mate.

No one cares. Fuck off.

>>51932482
If you throw daggers a lot there is, defensive duelist as well, other than that no not really.

Guys, do preferred weapons for deities still exist in 5e?

And if yes, does my Cleric get proficient with the weapon of his god?

Or am I just stuck with a mace?

>>51932482
That, as well as different damage types on rare occasions, any special or magic weapons your DM gives you, and the option of throwing spears, javelins, or handaxes.

>>51932485
>telling us things we already know is free content

>>51932487
I'm not Jewish and I'd hunt down gay PCs with blue dragons though.

>>51932466
We know it's you Mike. Stop trying to justify this bullshit

>>51932498
No. Some domains grant proficiencies though

>>51932475
Tell me about it bro. That's why i said i prefer 4chan cancer. I didn't say that 4chan was objective.

>>51932466
How do you do, (((fellow anon)))?

>>51932498
Deities still have preferred weapons, but there's no listing of them in 5E. You have to go back to Faiths and Avatars or whatever the religious book is for your setting.

No, you don't get proficiency with your deity's weapon. Some domains grant armor and weapon proficiencies.

The only thing relating the two is a snippet in the Spiritual Weapon spell that says the weapon may take the form of your deity's favorite weapon.

>>51932498
They exist but there is no mechanical benefit. Your weapon proficiencies are decided by your domain. You may have a trident as your god's weapon but you may not be proficient. But a nice GM can over look that cause it doesn't really matter unless it's a heavy weapon.

>>51932506
Right of course you do.

>>51932485
>They are providing free content
They are claiming to be supplying us with playtest material for their books which we're spending money on.
This isn't extra free content, this is "We'll give you guys an early peek at paid content if you help us test and balance it."
Plane Shift shit is free content. Half of DM's Guild is free content. UA is a symbiotic relationship.

To the screeching autists so buttblasted about the traps UA, sorry about your weight.

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>>51932539
I always thought that floating weapons are boring and make no sense for some gods, so I've made them take shape of spirits or animals or other shit in my games.

>>51932551
It was in the DMG.
Even if it wasn't, there's nothing here that someone wouldn't already know from either playing D&D themselves or watching enough Road Runner cartoons.

>>51931673
do you really want 5e dark sun?

>>51932518
see
>>51932532
>>51932568
>>51932487

>>51932593
A good few of us do, yeah. It's a fun setting

>>51932593
Anyone who doesn't is a faggot and a liar.

>>51932552
>which we're spending money on.
This isn't extra free content, this is "We'll give you guys an early peek at paid content if you help us test and balance it."
Are you fucking serious? Do you actually think before you just start spewing on your keyboard?

>>51932587
Shit, wrong pic. Is funny though, so I won't remake the post.

>>51932593
Yes. Why would you not want as much content for 5e as possible? I want content for Eberron, even though I have no interest in it.

>>51932593
Hell yeah.

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>>51932593
Do you NOT?

As a War Cleric, can I use my Attack to shove someone to the ground, then use War Priest to bonus action attack?

>>51932593
I want a new setting when I am good and sick of forgotten realms. Then I'll try some other settings.

5th Edition is my first edition and I want to play Forgotten Realms until I'm sick of it.

>>51932552
You didn't pay for anything, you fucking lunatic.
Your sense of entitlement is fucking ridiculous though.

>>51932589
Right, and that content can never be expanded upon. Never. Not only because it sets off the screeching.

>>51932655
Does the War Priest bonus attack key off you "taking the Attack action"? Because shoving is part of the Attack action that replaces an attack made during it, so yes, in that case.

>>51931684
Motherfucker how the fuck is his fuckin profile picture him jamming it down your throat

>>51932568
choke an dick mike

>>51932655
Yes, because a shove is an attack action.

>>51932010
WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REFUSE SERVICE TO ANYONE

>>51932671
>expanded upon in a way that doesn't help anyway
>gives no new information to the DM
>gives no new fun to the player
>adds no rules
Nigger, this UA could have been a link to an Orcs Must Die gameplay video, and THAT would have helped people come up with cool traps better than this wet fart of a release.

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>>51932644
Ah, the memories! Thank you anon.

Here is a homebrew conversion of Dark Sun to 5e i found at enworld.

>>51932669
Forgotten Realms has been around a long time and a lot of us have been sick of it since before 5e.

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>>51932608
You're right, we should be getting paid to playtest and help balance the content that the team produces as their career and primary occupation.
They've committed to publishing this material so we can help them improve their books in hopes that we buy them in the future, assuming you're not one of the cunts who uses the Mega files not for convenience but because you haven't bought the physical material. They've teased this content for months, and their lack of commitment to this aspect of their career is inconveniencing and pissing off plenty of their consumer base.

>>51932692
Yes, but your reasoning behind doing so is what matters.

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>>51932692
>the business equivalent of pic related Facebook posts

>>51932605
>>51932606
>>51932624
>>51932631
I don't really see how it could be good. Without a major rewrite of the setting or many changes to the PHB as written. Not including the idea the Wotc is going to have to embrace and basically write books about slavery in 2017.

>>51932723
No, it doesn't.

>>51932697
All of that is there in the UA, do you actually know how to read?
Continue to be impotently buttblasted, autist. Sorry about your weight.

>>51932692
>we refused service to this guy because he was a shirtless jackass
Congrats.
>we refused service to this guy because he was black
PAY DEBT

>>51932742
It's fantasy, anon. Most people are going to play the triumphant slaves that escaped their slavers. Are you opposed to slaves revolting against unjust masters?

>>51932742
Literally use the rules for desert survival already existing in the PHB. Introduce psionics. Introduce alternative weapon and armor rules to represent the lack of metal

>>51932757
>Sorry about your weight.
Is that a new reddit meme OwO

>first-time DM
>mistakenly lead one of my future players to believe that the Kobolds of D&D were rodents rather than reptiles
>guilty about misleading him and getting his hopes up
>high and convinced that his character idea is amazing
>declare that the kobolds of my campaign are rodents and give him my guarantee that it'll be ok
>I'm now going to have to deal with that jarring disconnect every time we play, especially since one of the players is a purist

How should I handle this? Is suicide the only option?

>>51932720
Your fucking sense of entitlement is fucking ridiculous. What the actual fuck.

Tell me more how it upsets. Sorry about your weight.

>>51932773
Oh, and also
>give Mul

>>51932778
> mistakenly lead one of my future players to believe that the Kobolds of D&D were rodents rather than reptiles
How did this even happen?

>>51932736
>expecting facebook to respect this
>still using nsabook in current year

>>51932777
It's the only response that's meaningful in this insanity.

>>51932742
Setting aside the notion that most adventurers are "the good guys" and want to stop slavery, even if you were playing an evil campaign (say, a bunch of Templars in a pro-slavery state, maybe with a slave PC in the party) it's not like everyone is suddenly going to explode. It's economic and class slavery, not racial slavery.

Also, this is a game where you make pacts with demons and murder everything you encounter. Slavery is several rungs higher on the ladder of moral permissivity than that.

>>51932736
>doesn't know legally binding is whatever you can get a judge to agree to.

I can write my last will and testament on a watermelon if I want to.

>>51932778
>especially since one of the players is a purist

The purist is more of a problem than the guy playing the rodentbold. Tell the fucker to deal with your setting.

>>51932644
>sand sharks

I HAVE A MIGHTY NEED

>>51932806
Well said anon.

>>51932778
>especially since one of the players is a purist
Purge the purist.

>>51932816
And I'll appeal the case to a smarter judge in a higher court because I don't care what the Honorable Judge Postlethwaite said, anyone who writes their will on a rotting watermelon is not of sound mind and body, and that inheritance belongs to ME, NOT YOUR FUCKING CAT, GRANDMOTHERRRRRRRR

>>51932806
>It's economic and class slavery, not racial slavery.
Amerifat fixation on slavery is funny to me. We don't have that. Though our history lessons can be summed up as "serfdom was bad, m'kay", so I guess I can sort of relate.

What a fucking retarded decision this UA was. It was written by an intern in an afternoon.

>>51932850
>implying WotC would allow the d&d team of 3 chucklefucks to have an intern

>>51932855
t. assblasted n-no i'm really an anti-establishment progressive believe me Trumpcuck

Is /tg/ nothing but 20+ year veteran forever DMs and screeching autistic players?

I've DMed a long time but I'm not perfect. I like content examples like this UA does for traps, and I read /5eg/ to occasionally pick up stuff like this.

I still remember Escargeode.

>>51932791
I've never encountered any before and me and said friend had played Warcraft together. This was in the early stages when I hadn't binge-read the lore.

>>51932826
>>51932840
Yeah we haven't started playing yet, I don't think he's going to be too awkward about it but I expect the odd comment here and there. In the group that I'm a player in he will occasionally say that he doesn't consider UA to be the real D&D and that if people want to play it they don't really want to play D&D (context: a gunslinger character). He's a nice guy so I don't think he'd let it get in the way of the game but I don't want to make it too jarring for him, which could make problems down the line.

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>>51932779
>Go to a local ice cream shop
>Bike Bearls stands behind the counter
>"We've got samples, want to try anything? How about our new raspberry?"
>I'm planning on buying some ice cream, obviously, having come here, so sure why not
>He hands me a spoonful of chocolate instead
>"Sorry, we'll get you raspberry as soon as it's ready! How about a bunch of other samples?"
>Go through every old flavor, not bad, even one other new one
>Alright, how about that raspberry?
>"Sure thing hoss"
>Next 2 samples are literally frozen urine and shit

>>51932901
>I like content examples like this UA does for traps
It's not a content example.

>getting this upset over free content.
Before your pudgy hands miss the multiple pies in front of you, and your grossly fast fingers start mashing on the keyboard with your jowls quivering, you actually have not paid for any of the free UA material. And hey, you may even not if your assblasting hurts so bad. This is free will.

>>51932901
This shit is in the DMG.

>>51932915
I'm using that poison room trap at the end in a session tonight and you can't stop me.

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>don't feed it anons

>>51931646
it was important to have a geographic obstacle in that spot and I detest the "lonely mountain" trope

>>51932933
No, the traps in this UA are not in the DMG. These are all better than the DMG trap examples.

>>51932947
Aw, I fucked it up.

>>51932913
>a bucket labeled RASPBERRY gets wheeled out of the backroom
>fucking finally
>he cracks it open
>doesn't look right
>spoons some into a sample cone for me
>lick
>This is bubblegum.
>"Sorry, raspberry didn't test well with our focus group, so we changed it!"
>But this isn't even close to raspberry, or any berry.
>man in a Double Bubble t-shirt and hat lines up behind me and says "Just play a Battlemaster and get over it."
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>51931340
Still better than Sophia the First or any of that Mickey Mouse bullshit.
But, here comes a question about the one good show on Disney Junior: Would you run Elena of Avalor as a 5e campaign?

Can we just have a regular thread about D&D?

None of this shit is on topic. At all.

>>51932940
Did you really need this UA to know that "poison" was a thing you could have in gas or liquid form, possibly enough to fill a room?

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This UA was great, both in examples and the design advice they give. I look forward to see this printed in the expansion book alongside other such things (downtime rules, variant rules, etc.).

>>51932989
Is she fuckable?

>>51932989
Are You the same dude who was asking about running 5e for his 10 year old niece? If so then no, have more respect for your family then that.

>>51933007
Every edition is somebody's first.

Just because something isn't useful to this board - some of the most experienced D&D players going - doesn't mean it isn't useful to anybody.

>>51933007
Those initiative mechanics were a nice touch. And I did not think about treating a trap like a legendary monster. I appreciate the detail.

>>51933031
Are these new-to-5E people also coming from a country that doesn't have fucking television, movies, or popular media?

BECAUSE I'M PRETTY SURE PIT TRAPS, POISON GAS ROOMS, AND SWINGING SCYTHE BLADES ARE PART OF THE FUCKING CULTURAL ZEITGEIST OF MOST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

>>51933039
It reminds me of some of the traps in SKT, which I liked.

>>51932806
Except all muls and half Giants are born into slavary, and exculding Tyr later down the meta plot every city in the world is powered by the blood and sweat of non-opsable culturally sanction slavary. It has nothing to do with good or evil in this setting the world is simply built around it.

>>51933048
...you know not everyone is the same age, right?
Like... yeah, there are probably people starting D&D now that have never seen, say, an Indiana Jones movie.

>>51933020
As you can see Mike, this whole thread agrees with you.

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>>51933023
>>51932989
>Since she is only physically 16 years old (although she spent another 41 years conscious inside the Amulet of Avalor, actually making her 57)
HOT LEGAL LATINA TEEN MILF POUNDED BY SPECTRAL FOX XXX

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>>51933020
THERE IT IS, THE MEMORIZED 25 SECOND SPEECH

Do you plan encounters specifically to challenge your players or do you build them for what a party of that size and level can handle?

A friend of mine mentioned that specifically planning your encounters to be difficult to your party is not fair.

>>51932847
I guess we'll see who has a better lawyer. You or your grandmama's cat.

>>51933127
Grandma's cat can actually afford the better lawyer though.

>>51932773
You forgot remove paladins. Completly rewrite preist cus no gods. Same goes for warlocks, bards lose spellcasting. Druids lose circles add templars add alignment requirements because there is currently nothing stopping me from playing a good deflier orba lawful preserve

>>51933110
>planning encounters
What?
I just throw shit at the group. If they do too well, more shit shows up or things they haven't sussed out the stats for are now stronger.
If they get their ass kicked, things they haven't sussed out the stats for get weaker, enemies flee, etc.

D&D is about telling a story and facilitating the occurance of cool shit, not jumping between steamrolling static fights or getting clobbered by the TPK dragonturtle due to bad rolls, make new characters faggots.

>>51933110
Usually a generic party, but I think whining about "fairness" is stupid.
The DM's job is to challenge the players.
Tailoring encounters is legit - especially if the enemy know about the PCs and what they're like.

>>51933110
>A friend of mine mentioned that specifically planning your encounters to be difficult to your party is not fair.

One encounter in many should be *challeging* to your party. They should make an effort in order to overcome it. Head on brainless battle tactics get you killed sooner or later.

>>51933048
Implementing them into a framework is not something everyone can do the fly. And this UA provides a more-detailed framework than the DMG, which frankly sucks.

>>51933149
>Paladins
They're all jackass Templars now.
>Clerics
Domains themed towards the elements only. Rules for refluffing existing domains to other elements (making Light do Cold shit instead of Fire).
Bards are Psionic now.
Warlocks are fine as-is, only patrons need to change.
Druid circles are fine.
Optional rules for Defiling / Preserving arcane casting.
Refluff all potions and scrolls into magical FRUIT
done

>>51933183
Okay pal, I think it's time you dropped your forum signature.

>>51933192
See >>51932716

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>>51933202
FOR THE GOD EMPEROR'S SAKE MAN, DON'T FEED IT!

>>51933273
Ok

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Updated everyday until you love it or the Mystic comes out and is shit.

>>51933147
Depends on if your grandmother was canny enough to keep a lawyer on retainer, who in theory would still work for her estate, watermelon will or no.

>>51931216
Also here:

https://www.amazon.com/Untitled-RPG-Accessory-Wizards-Team/dp/0786966181/ref=sr_1_17?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1488227344&sr=1-17

So we've got some sort of products coming out June 20th and October 17th.

Not sure about the prices. If they really are $10 and $25 then they're definitely not books. I could see the $10 being custom 5e dice (that they've shown on Twitter before, made for special events).

Have any of you tried Adventurer's League? I really want to play since I moved to a new area and need to find D&D people but I worry it'll just be a bunch of murder hobos and power-tripping DMs. I guess it's either that or something like Meetup.

>>51933625
I've had mixed experiences with it. For one, I feel like I knew the ins and outs of the AL special rules better than the DMs (probably just because I was very careful to make sure my characters were totally legal), and a few even fudged the 5e rules and terms in general with 3.5 and PF shit. The modules are also of varying quality.
I've come to believe that I'll never fully enjoy it because I enjoy group cohesion and progression and the freedom of plot and mechanics D&D can provide- which are broken by the tendency of AL groups to be mercurial at best and the modules be self-contained with very little DM modification allowed, and often out of order.

>>51933808
The waterfall anon visited you too, huh?

Is it true that there's no UA next week?
That Mystic will be, at the earliest, on the fucking 13th?

>>51933509
Man, 5e dice sound like a good idea.

>>51932055
Dunkelzahn was the best president we would ever have

>>51931138
What makes you think they're "beyond any race?"

It just doesn't behoove them to come up with a universal rule for this sort of thing, because you know what will happen?

it would be giving players permission to stack 100 traps in a very small area and instantly kill everything

then players would bitch at the cost of a poison needle or boulder and go OMFG IT TAKES ME THAT MUCH MONEY TO MAKE IT SO A ROCK FALLS ON YOUR HEAD FFFFF

>>51934028
Forget about the Mystic. It seems to be a D&D hot potato that nobody cares to touch.

They're obviously going to go through the DMG, giving us extended rules from every entry.

>>51934151
>an expansion of the encumbrance rules is next

>>51934223
The mod is deleting all the troll posts, so it's no longer be-a-baiting-fuckstain-o'clock. You can stop.

>>51934047
This kind of thinking is retarded. It takes time to craft and set traps. Each trap has a detection chance. 100 traps would almost surely have a few detections, giving away the entire game. The idea that you could stack hundreds of traps in a small area without them being ineffective is stupid, and gamist as hell.

There are so many ways as a dm to balance traps just from common sense that your complaint of "reeeeeeee hundreds of freeeeeee damage reeeeeeee" is ludicrous. I hate that 5e is balance around retards like you who think the player having options is a bad thing.

While I do enjoy the content for traps, and the fact that this content will almost sure make it into core books 2.0 because of how user friendly it is, I WANT MYSTIC OR WARLORD.

>>51934328
Warlord is never coming back. It was too useful and fun while not being a caster for WIZARDS of the coast.

>DM gives inspiration for being a goody two shoes
>Playing a pragmatic Neutral character who it'd be very out of character to do so with
>have never gotten inspiration
Its only a minor pet peeve but man is it irritating.

>>51934436
Inspiration isn't about following your alignment, it's about following the ideals, bonds, and flaws that your character has, as well as exceptional roleplaying moments or making choices that work to your detriment because "that's what the character would do".

Your pragmatic Neutral character surely has some traits and ideals, doesn't he? Embody those.

Everyone keeps saying that the Mystic was done back in December. Is there actually any proof of this?

>>51934436
I guess the deal is inspiration is a counterreward for doing something that hurts your character, playing to a flaw.

Say, the paladin putting their life in danger to save someone, or the helplessly greedy character being greedy (And not greedy in a stupid 'Oh, look, money with spikes all over it! I jump on the money.' way but actually making a reasonable sacrifice in persuit of their goal. It's really hard for me to think of an example for that, though, that doesn't sound stupid. Maybe like 'I'm going to let my pet drown while I loot all this stuff, because even if my pet might save me later this loot is going to disappear behind a slowly sealing door if I don't gather quickly.'

>>51934473
That's what I mean, im careful to act how my character should and not how I would (as a "muh ethics" white knight fag).

It just so happens that the DM evidently doesn't care about this, and if I go out of my way to be "nice" I won't get it either because "you're neutral lmao"

>>51934476
Just what Mearls and Crawford said previously on Twitter.

>>51934384
I want a fucking int martial
A tank who's whole idea is providing more opportunity to his friends.

Next UA in two weeks time:

'Relationships in D&D: How to implement cuckolding into your game, using the power of your mind.'

>>51934555
So what are your Ideals, Bonds, and Flaws, Anon?

>>51934592
Awakened Mystic can do that already.
>Occluded Mind
>You want to bone me hard, right here, right now.

>>51934599
Sorry anon I think my DM lurks here so I'll keep my whiny babby bitchfit anonymous.

It's worth noting that I do follow bond/ideal/flaws in a reasonable manner and not "LMAO FLAWS" as the one anon stated.

>>51934617
This isn't in-game content. This is like the traps UA:
An in-joke about cuckolding all the players waiting for mystic even though they've literally never even bothered to write anything, calling home every other day to tell the players 'it's alright, we're definitely not fucking a trap right now.'

>>51930966
I am pissed about the mystic but this is much better then Mass Combat shit.

Traps never get enough complex love like the examples here.

>>51933028
No, because my nieces are 4 and 2, and only the 2 year old would be able to have enough of an attention span and lack of brattiness to actually play.
Elena of Avalor is the only kids show that I would base a game on, because it's the only show that features competent people.
>>51933094
You're right, Elena is best run using PF and the tables from FATAL. Because Disney doesn't deserve a good system, they deserve FATAL.
Disney shows are the worst kids shows to ever come across the screen.

Hey Anons, sorry I'm late.

Not Mystic, what the fuck kind of retard shit is this, reeeeeeeee etc.

Anything else I need to catch up on?

>>51934712
>Traps never get enough complex love like the examples here.
Because people don't think of traps as encounters like they do with monsters, they just think of them as a resource tax. Just like monsters, you're supposed to design the things well and expect them (complex ones) to take 30 minutes to solve.

>>51933149
>priest

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anyone have this by any chance ? seems a great side quest or single session adventure

/5eg/ before I even post it, I've completed a first draft of a homebrew class. Is it okay to post it here for you critique/gutting?

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https://github.com/5egmegaanon/5etoolsR20

Import list now has an option to overwrite existing entries. Also, I fixed the problems with attack types being undefined on imported sheets.

>>51935025
True though I will always fondly remember the days where my DM had a 6 second hourglass and we had to come up with ideas while taking damage every 6 seconds. Made us hurry.

What subclass is better for a melee combat-oriented bard - Valor or Swords?

>>51935222
Post it. Don't take it personally if people call you a retard idiot baby

>>51935222
I don't use the sight but from what I've heard reddit's probably better for feedback. Also GitP I think.

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Valor Bard?

>>51935342
Fighter with magical items.

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>>51935319
The only reason I'd get offended is because calling me a fucking retard doesn't help me make my homebrew better.

But seriously, gut this fucking thing. I know it needs work. Nothing is off limits. Even if you hate the way I wrote the fluff and have nothing to say on mechanics, I'll welcome it all.

>>51935325
Oh, I'm sure I'll absolutely get responses on reddit more readily than here, but quality>quantity. I have no idea what GitP is.

>>51930966
So if you don't get the Tough feat asap you're wasting its potential.

I was thinking of getting Lucky, but I'd want to choose Tough

>>51935391
>I'll absolutely get responses on reddit more readily than here, but quality>quantity

Reddit's homebrew community (/r/UnearthedArcana) is more constructive than here

>>51935222
As >>51935325 said, reddit or GitP would be a better bet. General replies here will be 'its a homebrew so its shit', mostly because that is true most of the time.

>>51935391
>2d4 Hit points per level
>2 uncommon saves
>Spellcasting progression no other class has

Stopped reading there. There's a reason most classes do things the same way, don't fuck around and change them.

If you fix those and keep posting it I'll give real advice next time.

I am sick of gish homebrews though, like seriously there's a shit ton of ways to do it by the book.

>>51927048
>>51927133
>>51927168
>Booming Blade, Green Flame Blade, Mage Hand
>I thought arcane tricksters couldn't take booming blade and green flame blade?
>I don't see why not. It's part of the wizard spell list, and there's no restriction on what wizard cantrips you can learn.

Not the OP but I'd really like to know this for sure. I'm not seeing those spells listed in my PHB

>>51935468
They are in Sword Coast Adventurers Guide, they are added to the spell lists for wizards, sorcerer and is it warlock I think? As Arcane Tricksters take from the Wizard list they should be fair game.

>>51935535
Cool. Thanks

>>51935391
>half caster (?) with spells at level 1
>no strong save
>pointlessly non-standard hit point progression
>subclass that gives a different spell progression for a spellcasting class
>this alternate progression is also non-standard

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So what warlock spells are must haves besides eldritch blast and hex for damage?

What invocations are must haves besides agonizing blast and misty visions?

>>51935468
Must be enchantment or illusion

>>51935584
Not for cantrips.

>>51935580
Repelling Blast is pretty useful as they don't even get a save.

>>51935431
Tough gives the +2 for each level you already have, so you have the same total in the end if you take it at 19 or 4. But it's not great, a simple Con boost instead gives +1 per level and better saves.
But Lucky is strong as hell, depending on how your DM operates. If he rolls in secret, you lose maybe half of its effectiveness.

>>51935580
Agonizing blast and repelling blast are the real must-haves unless you're doing something funky with the new UA.

Does a Ranger Barbarian have any merits? I was thinking if dipping 1 or 2 into Barbarian for Rage and Reckless Attack.

>>51935342
Battlemaster. Link doesn't cast spells, fairies and gods just enchant his gear. All those mana pickups are just restoring charges to his shit.

>>51935455
>>51935461
I'll give it a shot, but I will never be able to forget r/PCgaming's custom build guide saying that the motherboard didn't matter, and anyone disagreeing being shouted down into the dirt. I don't trust them anymore than here to get an honest opinion, but at least I don't have to look at reddit.

>>51935464
>2d4
>2 uncommon saves
>spellcasting prog no other class has

Thank you! I went with 2d4 because I wanted a bit more consistency with HP than 1d8, but I recognize it's kind of odd. Can you explain what you mean by "uncommon saves" though? None of the classes have the same saves, or even similar ones.

>>51935569
Thanks!

WHERE'S THE MYSTIC
YOU SAID THERE WOULD BE A MYSTIC
WHERE'S THE MYSTIC, EGGMAN?

>>51935676
The saves spells usually ask for are Con, Wis and Dex so having these saves high is generally better than Str, Int and Cha. Every class gets one good save and one bad save usually.

>>51935676
>going to /r/PCgaming for custom builds instead of /r/buildapc
Well there's your first mistake

>Can you explain what you mean by "uncommon saves" though? None of the classes have the same saves, or even similar ones.

There are two types of saving throws: strong and weak. Strong saving throws are dexterity, constitution, and wisdom, while weak saving throws are strength, intelligence, and charisma. Every class has proficiency with one strong save and one weak save.

>>51935676
There's three common save that come up a lot, Dexterity, Wisdom and Constitution. Then there's three that rarely come up, Strength, Intelligence and Charisma. Personally I'd say Constitution and Intelligence would work best.

Your Hit Dice should always be the same as what you get at level 1, so either 1d8 all the way or 1d10 all the way.

Also it might feel bad but making Spellcasting begin at level 2 and follow Ranger and Paladin progression's the best idea.

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>>51935692
I didn't say Mystic
I said Mimic

Is sword-and-board worthless now? Fucking polearms everywhere. Show me one fantasy medium that's not vidya where the protagonist uses a fucking halberd or a pike as his primary weapon. I doubt it will be something well-known and not shit.

>>51935780
Stormlight Archives.

>>51935780
Uh, it's really common in other things. Vidya actually rarely has polearms on it's protagonist.

>>51935780
>Is sword-and-board worthless now? Fucking polearms everywhere.
Stop playing with minmaxing autists

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>>51935780

>>51935720
>>51935729
>>51935744
Ahh, I see what you mean about the saves. Yea, Con/Int seems the best then.

As far as hit dice, I see now that I have both 1d10 and 2d4, and remember that I had originally picked 2d4 and decided it was dumb. I guess I must have changed one but not the other, although now I'm thinking 1d10 might be too tough.

As far as first level spell casting for a "half" caster, I was trying to combine Warlock functionality with spell slots. I didn't even want to really use spell slots, but I wanted a "spellsword" archetype that relied on using it's spell resources to modify its physical abilities like monk, but also had arcane casting. Using a point system just felt too weird. Any suggestions on that?

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>>51935780
>mfw autists ruined polearms for me
I just want to be with my Voulge in peace.

Would changing the Beserker Barbarian's Frenzy to once per Short Rest fix it?.

>>51935780
People think DAMAGE DAMAGE DAMAGE is the meta, but these people also think you can get 20 AC as a level 4 Monk, every game goes to level 20, no one at your table is going to look at you weird for your three class multi character, and other badwrong things that only exist in their theorycrafted universe.

Sword-and-board with Duelist and optionally Shield Master cleans faces and keeps you alive. It's good.

That said, I wish there WERE more polearms in vidya. I'm tired of being swordguy.

>>51935884
Thanks for clearing it up.

>the meta
>in fucking coop games of make-believe

Oh, I get it now. Autists. I'll just ignore that from now on.

New thread >>51936049

So the party I am about to join has a Paladin, a Moon Circle Druid and a Barbarian. What would be a good way to complement this?

The party was able to reach level 4 and held it's own on the healing department with the Paladin and Druid healing capabilities without much problem, thanks to the Barbarian rage soaking most damage and the Paladin being an all around tank.

>>51936131
Rogue could be good.

>>51936131
Rogue, Bard, Mystic for a skillmonkey.
Ranger, Ranged Fighter, or Warlock for ranged blasting.
Wizard if you want to be That Guy.

>>51936147
>>51936153
Thank you, I've never played a Rogue in 5e before.

The race I picked was a Warforged and due to story reasons (A long one at that) he was Fighter 1/Rogue 1.

So more of a frontliner there. I think Swashbuckler can be a good fit, but I hope that doesn't sacrifice the Rogue skill monkey-ry.

>>51935646
I'll just stick with Lucky then and try not to use my -1 on con.

The Feats vary so wildly on good and bad it's hard to not feel like they were sloppily created.

There ought to be a dozen or so more of them and some of them are just fucking awful.

>>51935391
>>51935676
The deal with spellcasting there is...

What you've posted is NOT the spellcasting feature.
The spellcasting feature works in a specific way. You can never end up with a different number of spell slots to one of the possible combinations a wizard has. It's just a half caster only gets more spell slots almost every other level instead of every level.

Call it 'Astromancy' or whatever the fuck you like, but never call something 'spellcasting' if it isn't the spellcasting feature specifically.

If an archetype gives you better spellcasting, specifically state that once you take that archetype you discard your old spellslot granting feature for this new one.

>>51936312
The only caster that doesn't get the "spellcasting" feature is the warlock, and all of their tables are slightly different. None of them align perfectly with the wizard's spell table, either.

I'll change the archetype language.

>>51935468
To continue this, >Find Familiar, and two other enchantment/illusion, probably charm person or disguise self or tasha's hideous laughter.

Find Familiar is pretty hot. What other options are good suggestions while I continue reading through them?