/5eg/: 5th Edition General

The cavern is collapsing and rubble is falling on the important NPC and the magical item: which do you save, hero?

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So none of my group have seen the walking dead or read the comics. I chose the group of bandit antagonists they're facing to be similar to the saviours, their leader of course being based on Negan. They fell for a similar "trap" to Rick and co. with attacking bandit outposts and thinking they could kill them all. Right about now they're due a line up and someone is going to die - the players know any of them can die at any moment. We made that clear from the get go. Any tips on executing this?

>>52614640
What's the thread topic?

Rolled 6, 6, 2, 6, 4, 4, 2, 5, 1, 6, 3, 6, 1, 2, 1, 1, 4, 6 = 66 (18d6)

Right, rolling up my character for tomorrows session. Give me strength senpai. Stats in order, rolling a cleric

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>>52614652

First time posting it, sorry.

>>52614691
>14
>14
>8
>15
>4
>11
Could have been worse

>>52614691
Deliciously medicore!

>>52614673
I haven't seen the show. How exactly did the trap work?

>>52614691
Kek my wisdom is through the roof. Gonna have to be a faithless and broken cleric who despises his own kind and order

Anyone else think the 5e statblocks are aesthetic as fuck?

>>52614691
Given my piss weak widom, what domain should i go? Thinking war

>>52614711
Basically, Rick meets another group of survivors called Hilltop. They explain that the Saviours and Negan bully them, they take half of their stuff or they get killed.Rick volunteers to kill the Saviours for them in exchange for setting up trade between the two communites. Rick and his people kill a whole bunch of saviours and think it's problem solved. Only later when they travelling to hilltop do they find themselves ambushed, and realise that there are far more saviours than they thought.

Enter Negan:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuOQpmpzQD0

Have you ever put your party in a position where one of them has to die through the hands of another party member?

Like a situation in which someone HAS to be sacrificed or otherwise everyone will die.

>>52614742
No but it sounds like good bants and I know exactly what my group would do.

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Druids
are
GHEY!

>>52614778
well what would they do?

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>>52614801
Jokes on you, my druid is a Shaman

>>52614801
Yeah my druid is a gender fluid homo/lesbian.

>>52614652
both

>>52614673
Unless they have an NPC follower that's been palling around with them, you can't really pull this off.

As cool as your players say they are, killing a character who has no autonomy over the circumstances of their death is not fun, and they won't like it.

They know they can die any moment, but they can control the circumstances and try to avoid death. Just getting your head smashed in helplessly is not fun.

What's the best class for mini-campaign (4-5 session long) that around level 5-8?

I just backed the Touch of Class kickstarter and bought a bunch of Dungeon Master Guild PDFs (Blood Hunter is hella' cool). How gay am I?

>>52614872
Lucky for me that they do

>>52614895
Very. Class bloat is bad, you should feel ashamed and go back to /pfg/

>>52614897
I highly doubt this.

>>52614736
Yes
Especially when I've dove back into the older books for monsters and the like.

>>52614873
Probably Paladin, Fighter or Barb for a nice mix of tankiness and sweet, sweet damage.

>>52614872
I mean, they did have control of the situation. They got ahead of themselves and started killing folk without doing recon. That's their bad.

>>52614736
I dig how thematic they can get. You get a real idea of the way to play a creature as a DM from them.

>>52614895
Seeing as how the bloodhunter is made by matt mercer ill give you a pass

>>52614929
Sure, but unlike in Walking Dead where they're helplessly lined up, PCs will try fucking everything to get out the situation.

Break out of prison, bolt quickly and head for cover, swarm Not-Neegan and beat him to death with action economy. Seduce Neegan with a great Charisma check. Or pulling some other totally weird bullshit idea that works out of no where that you can't prepare for because they're fucking PCs.

The only way to stop that and have the gravitas of that scene you want, is to railroad them into it, and that is not fun.

>>52614907
They do, they have a little Chinese monk lady they met two sessions ago. She'll be with them when it happens.

Do you let players detect traps and hidden items and so on with passive perception?

>>52614736
>>52614914
>>52614930
They seem very slanted towards combat only information though, which is somewhat disappointing.

>>52614969
Admittedly, yes; which is why I loved looking through the 5th Edition Foes book, with their ecology sections; it's helped me think better on my feet for new things.

>>52614967
YES.
If you don't, do your games progress one square at a time while each square is someone rolling to check for traps?

Shit, if you're going to be checking for traps while walking down this hallway, damn right, that's what passive checks are for.

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Monks
are
TRAHSH!

>>52614961
I'm more than happy for them to take whatever approach they like. I'm not going to have them surrounded by 100 guys or anything ridiculous.

It'd be a tough fight but if they want to fight that's what they can do.

>>52614929
That's what I think. If they'd taken a smarter approach things might be different. None of the bandits were unreasonable and none of them attacked first.

These guys are good players, I've been running with them for a few years now. I know what they're like and I've done worse to them before and they laughed it off.

>>52614977
Monks are fast and do a lot of damage and are aesthetic as hell. Plus Open Palm has the only save or die in the game and Shadow Path has the best movement ability in the game. How are they trash, exactly?

>>52614969
>>52614974
I admit the ecologies were useless half the time, but the other half they were fucking great.

I think some thematic out of combat abilities or powers would be nice in the statblocks instead of in the accompanying text.

That said, some of the accompanying text is pretty great too.

>>52614987
He probably got confused with the Way of Four Elements Monk.

>>52614987
>are aesthetic as hell
haha weeb faggot

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Is there a lower limit on age? Can I play a 6 month old baby elf wizard?

>>52615005
True, WOT4E is trash.
>>52615009
I play my monk like a classic Wuxia Kung-Fu Movie Antagonist complete with lips that don't match my words.
>>52615015
That depends on your DM, anon.

>>52615016
>I play my monk like a classic Wuxia Kung-Fu Movie Antagonist complete with lips that don't match my words.
cringe

>>52614914
>>52614930
Please elaborate?

>>52614640
OP is a DRUID!

>>52614969
Isn't combat info basically the one thing stat blocks are designed to provide?

>>52614640
>>5etools: new and improved
What's changed?

>>52615149
not your diaper, lol
>waves hand in front of my face
shew!

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>>52615149
UAStarterSpells got added.

That's... about it, actually.

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>>52615009
>China
>Weeb

>>52615156
Thank you.
>>52615155
Hi, Homu.

>>52615161
it's all the same
slants leaping around screaming

people say Theurgy is amazing, but i havent play any cleric subclass before so I don't know which to maximizes the wizard subclass

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Guys this is an emergency i need your help

How do i stat this guy

>>52615176
>so I don't know which to maximizes
shut up

>>52615182
fine let me change that to maximizes the my personal fun

I'm thinking of playing a Rogue who's the last living descendent of a Saint of some kind. Going to make him a really generic Rogue who is a member of the church by a technicality and they exiled him for a "Forced Pilgrimage".

Should I make him wear holy robes everywhere or go full crossdressing nun outfit because it's comfier?

Also what would be a good god for him to be a "Priest" of?

>>52615168
shut up Homu

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Anyone else feel like the lycanthrope restriction is a bit limited? Would it be a problem if I changed this to "shapechangers" for my warlock player, like with moonbeam?

How would you stat an Aurochs?

>>52615177
Nevermind just using Beholder (spectator, to be honest). Thanks anyway

>>52615209
theyre in volo's yo

>>52615209
Str 20
Dex 10
Con 19
Int 2
Wis 12
Cha 5

>>52615130
Basically, but you do get the occassional flavorful ability, the cloud giant has a wind aura which also extinguishes nonmagical open flames within a 10 foot radius.

Should I play a new Favored Soul, a Satire Bard or a Glamour Bard in my next game?

>>52615268
David Bowie inspired glamour bard

Do your players try to play it smart, or are they the type that charges right at the enemy and hopes they can take them?

My group is strategic as fuck and never plays it straight. This probably has something to do with most having past experience with OSR style D&D where just charging in and wailing on the enemy is going to fucking kill you. Anyhow, they don't fight fair. Not fair at all. They've become more like a group of elite commandos that strike with surgical precision at the enemy leadership and vanish into the night before anyone can react. Before entering any combat (except ambushes where they can't really decide), they will make absolutely sure that the odds are in their favor, in every conceivable way. And since they obviously like that, I've started to change the game to be more like that as well. Impossible odds that *have* to be evened out to even stand a chance. Of course, it makes the actual fights less exciting when they've already weakened the enemy in every way possible, but I guess easy fights is what they're after, and what they work for.

How about everyone else's groups? Do you go all commando or do you just charge in?

>>52615288
I have one group that has absolutely no idea what on earth they're doing at any given time and basically just bullshits their way through everything, surviving by the skin of their teeth, usually through dumb luck.

My other group is a healthy mix: they're smart and cautious but still enjoy leaping in head on every once in a while, usually spurred on by the barbarian.

>>52615177
dude, that's culturally insensitive

>>52615208
Vampires are shapechangers

>>52615177
kek the giant nose loves gold

>>52613093
Dex barbarogue or melee rogue with BB/GFB (obtain from multiclass I guess) or artificer (don't need shield proficiency)

>>52614699
>4
Lel

>>52614691
>Homerule rolling
I've never understood.

Rolled 1, 1, 5, 4, 5, 3, 6, 4, 2, 2, 1, 1 = 35 (12d6)

>>52614691
>using 18d6 instead of 5(6+2d6)

Check it out.

>>52615421
8 Str, 15 Dex, 14 Con, 16 Int, 10 Wis, 8 Cha.

An autistic weak wizard who somehow has good endurance and coordination.

>>52615208
>Ranged smites
>bow with unlimited ammunition
Why the fuck would you buff that.

I legit can't figure out if you are just
completely retarded or what. Is he really doing that terrible compared to the rest of his group?

I would be mad as fuck if you arbitrarily buffed that shit even more. It is ranged smites, on a class with more level 5 slots than a Paladin, which also regains them on a short rest.

Rolled 5, 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 6, 4, 6, 1, 6, 5, 6, 1, 6, 2, 2, 4, 5, 4, 2, 3, 3 = 87 (24d6)

>>52615421
Legit is bestest.

>>52615457
17, 16, 13, 11, 10, 10 to freely distribute to anywhere. See. Bestest.

>>52615421
I remember this one GM who made us roll 18d6, arrange as desired.

This meant 3 6s anywhere would allow 18 in a stat. And you could dumb all your highest rolls in 2 stats, but have to deal with shit like 5s for your lowest score.

It was actually pretty cool. It gave a lot of options before we even got past rolling, something point buy doesn't.

I want to marry this dragon

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>>52615288

I DM games for a group of girls. These girls are literally normal women who are just a bit nerdy, they are not autistic neckbeards like most on /tg/.

I'm pretty normie too. But I come on /tg/ because I like to read on what to do for my next plots, and /tg/ offers some decent information if you just lurk.

Story time.

>Be me
>Bored with friends
>Suggest playing D&D
>Friends are up for it, but they don't know how to play
>Friends are girls, so they have no fucking clue how to do anything.
>They don't even play vidya
>I'm not experienced at being a DM, have only ever been a player, but I decide to give it a shot.
>Tell them I'll write up a plot.
>The next day I'm excited and help them make their characters
>They choose joke names instead of serious roleplaying names
>One Dark Elf is named Blue Gummy Bear Tits
>Days pass
>Forget that I'm supposed to do the plot on Saturday
>It's Friday, I realize my mistake
>Have no idea what I'm going to do
>Decide to rip-off the entire Morrowind plotline.
>Replace any recognizable names with more obscure names so they can't ever google my plot and spot my plagarism.
>Morrowind becomes Resdayn
>Dunmer become Drow
>Tamriel is never mentioned, I always say "Nirn"
>Ask my brother to tag along, since he has D&D experience.
>His job is to create an exciting roleplaying enviornment
>Little did I know how abrasive things would become thanks to him.

Should I continue?

So what are the best Cleric spells to abuse with Metamagic on a Sorcerer? We use Spellpoints for Sorcerer's combined with Sorcery Points so I imagine twinned Cure Wounds is the obvious one.

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I want to marry this dragon

>>52615509
I'll read your story, anon.

>>52615509

>Asking /tg/ if we wants storytime.

You must be new.

>>52615507
>asks a question
>gets a reply with a question that can help not make a fucktarded decision
>don't get mad hurr
Oh, so you are retarded.

Sorry mate, my condolences.

>>52614826

I'm glad the ph devotes a full page to explaining that characters can defy the traditional Western patriarchal norms of gender, and encourages me to think about how my character might transgress the boundaries of cisnormative stereotypes.

I mean, they could have just said, "Pick a sex for your character: male or female (none or other might be appropriate choices as well)."

>>52615446
It's actually MORE damaging than a smite. 1st level smites to 2d8, each level above does an extra 1d8. Moon bow is just 2d8 per level.

Good bond for a former slave turned misanthropic fighter? He's a Zhent so he's not going to betray the party, as long as he gets paid. Something like "I am only happy in combat" sounds too edgy.

>>52615549
But then how would the players know that they can make their characters demiqueer for example?

>>52615567
"Adrenaline is my happiness"

>>52615566
I just realised.

Holy fuck. I actually thought it was just a ranged smite on a class with faster progression and more slots, on a SR timer.

That was already super good, and trample on Paladins and their smites mechanic. But it is not even just that. It actually scales better.

Like, what. Why. I can't

If You want to buff it further, you are legitimately an idiot. Unless the rest of the party are super strong somehow, this will make a Warlock outshine anyone else by a large margin, and buffing it further.. . God DAMN man.

>>52615591
that's even gayer

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>>52615611
Whos the one playing the misanthropic fighter here. You dont take something edgy to begin with and then try and pretend you need to avoid it.

>>52615567
Will give his life to complete the task at hand?

>>52615567
>>52615591
>>52615611
"Only in battle do I truly feel alive."

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>>52615540

I'm new. So I'll continue.

>>52615509

We played5th Edition because it didn't look like absolute cancer to me, and also because it seemed pretty simple. While Pathfinder looks more in-depth and immersive, I just was too lazy for it. I'm a spontaneous last-minute kind of guy anyway.

Either way, I'll give you a rundown of the players, but I'll only use their character names.

>Eira is a short nerdy anime chick who wears glasses
>She named her character Eira so I decided to make her the Nerevarine, just because she didn't choose a joke name
>She also chose to be a Sorcerer, so it makes sense, and her natural magical abilities can easily fit in with the Nerevarine plotline.
>Eira's best friend, was Rogue named Blue Gummy Bear Tits
>Because of her name I decided to address her by her full name during the whole plot
>"You can't do that Blue Gummy Bear Tits"
>"You are under attack Blue Gummy Bear Tits"
>"It's your roll Blue Gummy Bear tits"
>You get the gist
>My brother is there with me, his character is called Rothus, and he's a Fighter who has devotion to the not-dunmer temple
>Invader Waffles was a Rogue Gnome, but unfortunately she got called for work that night unexpectedly
>It's just Eira, Blue Gummy Bear Tits, Rothus, and a filler character I played as DM.
>I open up the game with a dramatic description of the sea
>I give Eira a secret note-card, describing the dream Azura gives you at the beginning of Morrowind
>Blue Gummy Bear Tits wakes Eira up.
>I have the shirtless Dark Elf standing, who explains that he overheard the guards say they'll probably let them go.


>At this point, Eira and Blue Gummy Bear Tits characters get into an argument and begin hitting each other with fish.
>mfw

>>52615617
Stop posting anime shit you faggot

>>52615618
That's good, but he probably wouldn't. Maybe something about always honoring his end of the bargain or something...

>>52615406
Because you are crunch monkey. I bet if you have any negative stats you lose the plot

>>52615592
I also agree the Smites need to be nerfed because it steps on the Paladin's toes but it is importent to remember at level 9 the Paladin has 25d8 worth of slots per Long Rest (Plus the Undead/Fiend boost) and the Warlock has 10d8 per Short Rest and gives up their large damage boost from Hex. Warlock has to do 5d8 per hit as well, they can't split it on weaker things.

Also once out of slots the Paladin does 4d6+10+GWM damage whereas the Warlock will do 2d10+10. Assuming everyone here's optimised of course.

I don't know what Warlock should replace it with on the Pact Weapons, but smite should be removed because it's copying abilities not because it's OP.

>>52615567
Go joke edgy then
>the thrill of the kill is all I need to get by on life
>when people ask me how I sleep, I tell them I just close my eyes
Shit like that

>>52615621
>Eira and Blue Gummy Bear Tits characters get into an argument and begin hitting each other with fish.

This is gonna be good.

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>>52615621

Oh I forgot to describe Blue Gummy Bear Tits

She's a short blonde chick with curly hair and she yells loudly whenever she doesn't get her way. But she's mostly cute and harmless

Anyway

>Eira and Blue keep having a fish slap fight for the next few minutes
>After we're done cracking up about it, I have an Imperial Guard approach them
>"This is where they want you, get up on deck and keep this as civilized a possible"
>Eira and Blue start planning their escape
>They don't trust that the Guards are going to let them go
>After I hint that following the guards is their best option, they cooperate
>They go through all of the paperwork
>Instead of being told to go to Caius Cosades though, they are informed that they will be working under the supervision of the Temple, with Imperial oversight.
>They walk out of the census office, and they notice a magic ring on the ground
>Eira picks it up and pockets it
>Blue and Eira have a quick argument about who gets it, but Eira keeps it
>Enter Fargoth.
>I speak in an extremely nasally voice, and hunch over, looking at them like I'm the hunchback from the 300
>"Excuse me, have you seen my ring? I'm afraid I lost it"
>Blue Gummy Bear steps up and talks to Fargoth first
>She asks how much he's willing to pay for it
>"I...I can give you a discount at Auriels tradehouse" I say, crossing my eyes like a retard, at which point everyone in the room burst out laughing
>Blue and Eira decide to keep the ring, but they don't want to go to the Temple yet like the Imperials told them to.
>They go up to Auriels tradehouse to explore.

At this point, I gave them a map of Sedya Neen so they had an idea of where they were going.

cont.

>>52615639
I rolled a str of 6 scrub. Stop projecting.

Just make the bond: If you fuck with me, I'll kill you nigga.

>>52615673
shut up

I NEED NAMES FOR A SERIES OF SMALL SEA-SIDE VILLAGES, BACKED BY FORESTS.

AT LEAST ONE OF THE 5 WILL BE CALLED INNSMOUTH.

THE PEOPLE THERE ARE ODD, BUT NOT ACTIVELY MALICIOUS.

>>52615673
go further

>>52615752
>>52615673
samefag

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>>52615673

>They walk into Auriels tradehouse
>They proceed to look around for things to steal, but decide not to risk it
>I inform them that they are allowed to do anything they want, but that the consequences may never be the same.
>They proceed to buy some potions and food from Auriel
>Overhear a human at the bar complaining about Fargoth

>At this point, Blue's eyes lit up and she looked very smug.
>Blue and Eira go and ask the human about Fargoth
>"That damn wood elf owes me money"
>Blue asks if he knows where the money is
>"Damned if I know, I searched his house, so he's hiding it somewhere else. He hides it at night, I'm sure of it."

>At this point, Blue and Eira tell the Nord that he's on his own and decide to go back to Fargoth

It's worth mentioning that at this point, I had expected them to either wait for night, or go to the temple. What they did next was unexpected and forced me to improvise.

>Blue finds Fargoth and asks him if he owes money to a human.
>Fargoth confesses in his nasally voice. "Y-Yes it's true, I don't even owe him anything, he's an extortionist!"
>Blue smiles smugly again, and says quietly and deliberately. "I think he has your ring"

At this point I was even impressed at her ingenuity.

>Fargoth replies "H-He has what?"
>Blue says again "He has your ring, I saw him wearing it."
>"B-But that's MY ring, he stole it! He stole it!" Fargoth exclaims.
>"Maybe we can help you to get it back?" Eira chimes in.

cont

>>52615776
cringe story w/ samefag encouragement

>>52615743
Innsmouth
Sarton
Hearting
Furnesse
Wailbay

>>52615743
Fogstone.

Grayshire.

Bunratty.

Logg Hill.

>>52615791
Noice

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>>52615759
(you) don't know the half of it

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>>52615827

I'm looking to play a bladesinger soon. Any tips?

(Sun elf bladesinger, have to use the standard 15 14 13 12 10 8 array, campaign will be mostly FR underdark. I'm not against multiclassing or other elf races if someone can make the case).

>>52615743
>>52615791
>Wailbay
>>52615801
>Grayshire

THATS 3 FOR 5

CAN I GET A COUPLE MORE?

>>52615827
Nice inspect element.

>>52615849
Open google maps and read the names of port towns in Ireland.

>>52615849
Fogmoor
Bleakford

Muffintown

>>52615862
...are they really that ominous?

>>52615863
splitting the difference with Bleakmoor

How would a character in a D&D setting end up with a permanent impairment, since magic is a panacea? Stuff like a missing body part, fucked up knee, or something like that.

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>>52615851
(you) shouldn't keep poking the hornet's nest

>>52615849
Doublemoor!

>>52615885
Magic costs money and most people don't earn much.

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>>52615886

>>52614652
Magical Item. Important NPC's can be true ressurected given enough time and effort. Magical Items that are worthy of questing to attain them are usually irreplaceable.

>>52615885
a wound dealt by an enchanted/ancient weapon?

perhaps a family curse?

or something to stigmatize the wounded from all casters?

>>52615849
Brineston

Whoopieburg

I rolled 15, 14, 14, 13, 8 ,6... what should I play for STK

>>52615964
You mean SKT? Roll a wild magic sorcerer for fun

>>52615964
Play a Human Barbarianthat's dumber than an Orc.

>>52615964
play an orc so you can get 4 int

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>>52614640
>PC has a dragon
>stronger than any other PC by a long shot
>PC has a pike as a weapon
>one day PC decides to throw her pike
>DM says it's okay
>she throws the pike and does a 12 of damage
>bring everything to a halt
you can't throw a pike it's way too long, you can only really use a pike stationary and under arm.
>pikes come in different sizes
yes but the difference between a pike and a spear is the length if the spear is short enough to be thrown effectively it's not a pike
>pikes can be thrown they're the most versatile weapon on earth

DM doesn't know shit about history. what else is new

>>52615776
Keep the story going anon.

>>52615964
Orc Wizard.

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Rate character based off Mad Jack Churchill

Level 5
Str: 8
Dex: 16
Constitution: 14
Intelligence: 8
Wisdom: 10
Charisma: 16

Half-drow (recolor of variant human for the setting)
Feats: Tough at level 1, Sharpshooter at level 4

Bard with Valour College

Weapons:
Basket hilted broadsword (longsword with finesse, same as rapier basically)
Bagpipes
Longbow

Spells:
0: Light (gonna make my sword have the colors of the flag before battle), Prestidigitation, Vicious Mockery
1: Comprehend Languages, Heroism, Dissonant Whispers, Healing word
2: Heat Metal (works on arrows), Blindness/Deafness, Suggestion
3: Fear, Dispel Magic

Acrobatics, Deception, Expert Intimidation, Expert Performance, Persuasion

Using hide armor for battles and leather armor outside of battles.

Essentially I'm going to fire shots into the enemies and eventually charge in bagpipes in one hand and broadsword in the other, thoughts? Of course being the insanely honor driven Mad Jack.

I'm autistic and made a sprite for it

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>picking a race based on what suits the class you want to play
>not picking a race based on your already decided back story

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What's your favorite cantrip or spell from last Monday's UA?

Suggestions on weird treasure and trophies found on a bleak and black Shadowfell adventure. Drawing a blank. Help?

>>52616150
>not rolling everything randomly in order and then deciding how to explain character ending up like this in backstory

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>>52616150
>not removing racial attribute bonuses entirely in exchange for flavorful features and ribbons

>>52616150
>>52616169
>>52616177
>Not rolling to see which spells you pick every level
scrubs.

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>>52616184
>when you roll Hold Portal as your level 1 spell

>>52616169
This is the way forward anon. 3d6 in order (4d6 if you prefer that) class before rolling. Race after rolling. It works well for groups that struggle to RP

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>>52616197
>when you roll grease and alarm as your level 1 spells

>>52616184
I actually did roll a d30 for my first level wizard's spells. It's fun.

CAN A NIGGUH GET SOME BACON AND HASH

>>52616308
I don't know, can a nigguh get some bacon and hash?

>>52616338
no

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>she can do literally everything
>has lots of friends and smiles a lot
Is Barbie a good inspiration for a Bard character?

>>52616384
what do you think

>>52616384
Depends. Would being beaten to death by 12 angry bugbears fit Barbie's "Kid-friendly" image?

>>52616384
you ever j/o on one?

>>52616395
Yes

>>52616395
no

>>52616395
maybe

>>52616395
YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME NOW

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>>52616144
Is this a horrible idea or utterly unoriginal and boring? If the latter, how should I spazzle it up?

>>52616453
YOU SKIPPED TWO LINES.

>>52616462
nah dude. flamethrower bagpipes? Well, they've already been done, but they're still a cool concept. If you wanted to jazz it up just replace it with another instrument you blow into. Like a harmonica. Or a trumpet. Maybe you could give it some lore, like the Trumpet of Asmodeus. It breathes flames and produces a sound that feels like doom.

>>52616402

I can't think of anything more kid-friendly than Disney idols, and they go off the deep end all the time.

If all the bugbears do is kill her, it's pretty damn kid-friendly compared to what it might have been.

>>52616482
CAN YOU REPEAT THE QUESTION?

>>52616497
I meant if I was emulating Mad Jack well or if there were better ways to do it, but flamethrower bagpipes would be neat.

>>52616462
kys

>>52616501
>Cleric boyfriend sheds tears over Bardbie's broken body
>Raise Dead spell is cast using tears of pure love and a bunch of diamonds

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>>52616501
>tfw ywn get barbie to suck your dick because she's so off her tits on coke and whiskey she can't tell you aren't her boyfriend and this is the middle of a convenience store and not her bedroom
Feels bad man

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>>52616527
Wow, slow down there friend! Are you feeling ok?

>>52615841

Booming blade and gfb are overrated. You are right to play a high elf.

Bladesingers kind of suck in this edition. No elven chain, shit saves, MAD. If you go w/ this, you'll still be stuck in the back row spamming fireballs. Just on those rare occasions when the tanks lose control you'll have ok AC.

Try dipping monk to boost your ac

>>52616526
well, if you think you'll have fun with it who are we to stop you? It all makes sense in the rules.

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Playing in a new D&D game.

I made a Halfling bear totem barbarian (18 str) who uses a battleaxe with two hands.

Lucky is a pretty sweet ability, but I don't know how I feel about losing Great Weapon Fighting feat for the -5 Attack +10 Damage... Should I stick to Halfing or change to a medium sized race?

>>52616534

This is even better than the fan fic I wrote for bugbeargangbang.com

Barbie shaved off her hair, does a mountain of coke, and does a sex tape of herself with a bullette.

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Can a level 7 party consisted of:
Bear Barb
Samurai
TWF Ranger
Drunken master
Gun Artificer


Beat this?

My party trekked 80 miles through a forest and I want to punish them so to speak by making them encounter extremely powerful creatures since they are going through the heart of the forest.

>>52616559
>monk dip for AC
But anon blade singers can use light armor.

>>52616069
Int 4 can be fun.

We rolled for stats once, and I made a Gnome Monk who was raised by wolves. Literally. Couldn't talk with int4 and fought using fists/nails, and was basically just the pet of the party. She could talk to the animals, at least fhe wolves, but only the Warlock had some shenanigans to actually communicate properly with her.

The druid also rules to "speak to animals" allowed it, but in all cases, it was pretty difficult to make any thoughts coherent.

She got better when the GM let the Druid cast Awaken on her.

>>52615567
"I've lived through enough treachery and plotting, no need to add to that. I'll keep my end of the deal, and they better do the same."

Or something less wordy.

Holy shit my wife just died. Anyone got 5000 gold worth of diamonds?

>>52616681
Hey that's pretty good

>>52616582
yo what?

halfing lucky is not lucky from feats, and GWF isn't relevant to your race

Halfing is small and prevents you from using large weapons effectively.

>>52616582
Well if you DM is a rules nazi you're gonna have disdvantage on attacks rolls with weapons with the heavy rule as a halfling. So maybe switch it up for that but I like the idea of a halfling barbarian

>>52616693
>>52616582
My bad anon, just read that as great axe not battle axe. Ignore what i said

>>52616688
>GWF isn't relevant to your race
>Halfing is small and prevents you from using large weapons effectively.
Pick one.
>>52616655
Probably.

>>52616144
> Using hide armor for battles and leather armor outside of battles.

Wasting 1 minute (or 5 minute) at the end of each combat? "I change into my comfy cloth after combat! And wait! I need to get into my good armor first!" is a bit too autistic and will get old fast to your party. Especially for only 1 AC..

If you want to look nice, just get disguise self spell.

Hey /tg/, should I take Haste or Slow on my Wizard?

>>52616741
do you want to be fast, or do you want the other guys to be slow?

>>52616741
Haste. Slow let the creature save every turn.

>>52616741
Haste wont be resisted by your allies

>>52616713
It's not that terrible. Just tell your DM you're doing that as a presumed thing, unless circumstances actually prevent you from changing (such as having to run the fuck away).

This of course means you will be at a disadvantage and can't really heckle when you're ambushed, but hey, life sucks.

>>52616582
you're an idiot

>>52616709
>>52616706
>>52616693
>>52616688

Right guys. Like I said:

Should I forego the chances of ever obtaining GWF for halfling barbarian antics and their ability to reroll 1's? Sounds like I'd be harder to kill as a halfling..

>>52616144
You can't cast Dispel Magic without Warcaster feat. It doesn't have Material Component, so you can't use your bagpipe to substitute with Somatic component.

>>52616763
It's still wasting people time after every combat. What if someone has limited time buff spell going? That 5 minute to appease his autism will make the party waste resource without good reason.

>>52616655
There is a good chance this could kill some of them m8. Unless that is what you want. This would be a deadly encounter for a party of that level, maybe tone down the AC a little

>>52616777
Keep the halfling barbarian man, its not very often you get the chace to do stuff like that. I believe in you anon

>>52616655
Polymorph into bag of devouring.

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>>52616115
I dont like pikes either

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How much room does 5e give for raising ability points? Would it be possible for someone who is perfectly average to go from zero to hero with time and effort (and magic)?

>>52616859
i dunno

>>52616859
Well, you raise ability scores (a bit) every 4 levels or so. And there are magic items that will permanently raise your ability scores as well. Neither will realistically get you ridiculously jacked.

Your all-10s farmer probably won't ever be the coolest badass warrior in the kingdom, sadly. Of course, he could just get Gauntlets of Ogre Power or something.

>>52616876
Then why did you reply, you dolt

Would a dex based paladin work? I've been toying with the idea of a swashbuckler-style defender of goodness (possibly multiclassed to a bard even), but I don't really have experience with how Paladins work.

>>52616880
i dunno

>>52616859
PC already have some kind of training.

>>52616888
Multiclass will not work since you need 13 STR to multiclass out of Paladin.

DEX paladin does work though. Not that great in damage department compare PAM paladin, but it will do fine.

>>52616901

We're going with 4d6, drop lowest, assign as desired, so strength probably won't be a big issue.

What are people's experiences with 1-on-1? Just a DM and a PC. How do you design encounters? What's the best character to have if you're travelling solo?

>>52616929
no one does that

>>52616929
I'm running a 1-on-1 campaign right now. I can't help you with solo though, since the PC has followers. I would recommend it, since having just one character in there is going to make combat hard to balance.

If you're worried that having NPCs helping might steal the player's thunder, make them a couple of levels lower.

>>52616929
If you have the DMG, you can find the XP allowances per character in there. You should probably keep away from enemies that can just shut characters down with stuns or whatever, because then he'll more or less die instantly.

>>52616929
It is fine honestly.
>What's the best character to have if you're travelling solo?
Literally anything, because you design encounters based on thr class.

Rogue? Sneaky thievery shit
Paladin? Give them dudes to order around or make him a guard of some squishy cleric
Fighter? Mercenary who is hired for tasks with different groups. Or maybe a gladiator who runs around and 1v1s faggots
Once we hit spell casters, it becomes even easier.

I once played a 1 man party with a Bard. I was actually traveling with the heroes to see their great deeds, and handling a lot of shit around them they forgot about. Things like politics and public image. It was super fun playing a hero maker kind of campaign, where I was pretty much the manager of a team of NPCs.

>>52614873
Best at what?

>>52615021
That's what subtitles are for.

>>52614967
Perception is to detect traps.

Investigation determines how to disarm traps.

Dex(Thieves Tools) disarms the trap.

Traps require teamwork since it's unlikely to find a character with high WIS, INT and DEX.

>>52614987
Why do you think Monks do a lot of damage?

>>52615446
>bow with unlimited ammunition
That part is a little petty to mention, considering this is a warlock. It's not like he'll run out of eldritch blast.

>>52617039
Everything, since I won't know our party composition until actual session.

>>52616890
Not necessarily a PC, but think a peasant saying "fuck this, I'm gonna go bag me some goblins," grabbing his crappy "heirloom" "sword" and his "armour" made from hay and patches of leather, and somehow making it.

>>52617074
>He he thinks rogues won't spot traps
What shitty rogue doesn't have expertise in perception? They'll easily have 16+ perception with no wisdom modifier at all. They will easily rival a druid and cleric later on.

>>52617106
It is still a bow, which rangers still need arrows for, and they wont do remotely close to the same damage unless they get some sick magical bows.

>>52615549
I know this is bait, but a full page? Come on man, that's totally not believable and you know it.

>>52617131
Assassin build with DEX, CHA, and CON prioritized.

>>52617131
Someone else is the perceptionbot

>>52615592
The smite has to be a certain power or no one would ever use it. 5d8 would be weaker than AoA, often weaker than Hellish Rebuke, and way weaker than the "suddenly fireballs" that fiend's EB could do. Plus paladins don't even scale into 5th level slots.

>>52616834
you can do that to a purple wurm too

>>52616655
So this may be too vanilla and they can probably still kill it in 1 or 2 rounds.


Aside from beasts like Saber tooth and crocodiles, what are some tough and numerous creatures?

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So to the DMs here, has anyone retired a campaign setting? Not because of it didn't work out or anything negative like that but because of just simply ending a campaign story with your group that last years.

My group has reached the 7th year of our campaign and the story has come to a point where this is the final ride for them all (the usual, something about angry god, a demon, an end of the world and them saving it with loot at the end.) I have to admit, it's all good and exciting and my players are looking forward to bring closure to a story (on the side, we have a secondary campaign running at its 2nd month so it's not like we're gonna stop DnD soon) but I have to admit, behind the screen, I'm kinda getting anxiety over leaving the world we've all created together. I've grown attached to the NPCs, the cities and the home areas my players have made for themselves. I know to end it when it's all good but I can't help it, these characters we all played and interacted as a group has been with us since high school and now we're all working adults so there's that melancholic thing to it.

So yeah, to players and DMs, how did you feel about ending campaigns with your table? Was it just a "whatever, onto the next one!" or were there emotions running on your end?

Why is /5eg/ and just the 5e community in general always so angry?

>>52617317
Because it's volatile. The game is still being built every day, every week, every month, with new stuff being made and old stuff being fixed, all while people are afraid of the boogeyman known as "3.5" or "3.PF," saying shit like "WotC is going to make this game into another 3.5."

And to top it off, as the game gets bigger with more stuff added to it, it pushes idiots who can only work with the simplified stuff out more, so they get angry whenever new classes change the balance beyond what they can comprehend.

Why the fuck is mega used? I can't download all the trove without having to fucking wait 12 hours or pay?
anyone have another link?

>>52617406
am i just autistic?

>>52616976
>>52616985
>>52616992
Thanks anons!

>>52617310
I love it.

There is something super satisfying about finishing this long story.

We often do small revisits, play in the same world, and have these legendary people pop up.

We had a campaign where the bard decided that she was done being a public figure (she had almost been assassinated 4 times.), so she retired herself as a maid of some Lord she kind of admired, and who was a decent wizard (level 7 only, compared to the level 20 Bard.) It was a quiet life, which was fitting after what they had done.

Much later, a new party was making trouble in the same country, and had accidentally lured 2 "powerful" warlock to this lords place. The old bard player was the only person other than me (GM) who knew this was where her Bard has retired to.

The Lord looked a bit at these two warlocks, and the party anxiously hoped he would help them (they were pretty much TPKd otherwise), as the Lord just shrugged and told them his maid would deal with them.

It was pretty hilarious letting the old Bard player just curbstomp 2 level 6 warlocks as a level 20 Bard with a lot of her super magical gear still on her possession.

How do I create the greatest tank support that ever was or ever will be?

>>52616929
>>52617445

Additionally, do what video games do. PC is the hero and he gets a pool of NPC party members. Your PC can create them for you and you run them on non-combat situations and make the last call on their backstories, character, etc. and the PC controls them in battle and also have a say in the NPC's ability checks.

My 1-on-1 is going well with this setup. I've set up like around 5-6 NPCs he can meet and ask to join his cause. The setting is an empire and he starts in the rundown parts of the city where crime is rampart. He joined up with a rogue he met and they've been going about the lower city doing shit and meeting more possible party members. There are times NPCs I've made on the fly even end up being party members as well cause my PC likes them and I just roll up numbers fit for an adventurer.

>>52617513
Life Cleric. Cast Spirit Guardian, walk into enemy group and spam Dodge action.

When will dual wielding be fixed? Why is it so shit compared to everything else?

>>52617651
it's not broken

because it is shit compared to everything else.

>>52617651
Twf is for edgelords anyways lel

>>52614652
Even if the NPC wasn't important, always the NPC.

>>52617651
how many ambidextrous people have you met in your entire life

>>52617784
Myself.

>>52617800
so 1/1 500 000, as a general estimate of how many unique people you've encountered over your life.

Dual wielding is right where it belongs.

How would one build a con artist Wizard, all illusion spells?

>>52616655
Is Lightning Charge a bonus action or an action to use? Or can you only get it through Lightning Channel?

>>52617821
How many wizards have you met in your entire life?

>be a spellcaster
>have access to medium armor via feats/multiclass/ect.
Is there any reason to broadcast my spellcastyness by wearing robes and a pointy hat over my armor besides being /fa/?

I have no spell casters in my game. What's a monster that really fucks up melee characters?

>>52617903
Rust Monster. Gelatinous Cube.

>>52617903
Most of them, in large enough numbers.

A Bugbear will do if it's early level.

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>>52617838
Yes. And here's how you pull it off.
>Start off with small cons using major and minor illusions, prestidigitation, disguise self etc.
>Use major illusion to produce an orphan, make him as pitiful as possible.
>Disguise yourself, or just dress up in fancy clothes if you have them, look like a haughty orphanmaster.
>Beat the fake child in public, really make him cry out in terror.
>Some goody two shoes will come along and demand you stop, probably a paladin or a cleric or whatever, best if you do this somewhere they're likely to be.
>Offer to sell the child to them for a measly hundred gold, otherwise they can fuck off and I will keep beating the child if I wish
>They hand over the gold, set the child free (probably from the chain around his neck or whatever, or a rope, who cares.
>If you're a high level Illusion sorcerer, make the child real so they won't put their hand through him.
>They walk away with the child, you need to run as fast as you can at this point.
>Dispel the spell, change out of your disguise into a different one, repeat.
>When you have enough money open a strip club full of illusory babes.

5e is terrible.
That is all, carry on

>>52617888
No. And you can cast disguise self to turn armor into a /fa/ clothes.

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>mfw I make an artificer named Mendel Cavendish and the other players ask why he has such a weird name
Yeah, I guess I should have named him Grognak or Valandipithir or something...

Does anyone have any good homebrew ideas that put mithril/adamantine weapons a step above normal weapons but still below +1 magic weapons?

I was thinking of making all Mithril weapons light and finesse. Also making Adamantine weapons indestructible and crit on 19s. Except I have a champion fighter in my group and I'd rather not introduce weapons that makes his archetype choice suck. Unless I make them crit on 18s for him.

>>52617917
And what should the melee characters do to fight those?

>>52617943
It sounds like a finnish random victim of isekai.

>>52616655
sexy image you have here

>>52617955
Wooden/stone weapons and alkali?

Anyone have some fun disarming situations happen I your game?

>Evil Lord has an open audience in his castle.
>only 1 person at a time. They want to know if they actually fet to meet him
>one of the PCs decides he wants to try.
>they tell him to disarm
>he has 4 swords, 4 daggers, a sling with a bag of pellets, and 20 throwing knives, a whip and a quarter staff strapped to him.
>after he finally dropped it all, they try to subdue him
>He kicks their ass, because the weapons are for just for show.
The monk had some issues with being severely underestimated for the first 6 levels, so he started running around with an entire arsenal at all times, just to seem more intimidating. It works, especially when someone thinks disarming him will actually make him less effective in combat.

>>52617930
go find a thread with a game more to your tastes then.

Had my players (all lvl 5)

fight a catoblepas. it death rayed a player and he died instead of being KO'd. he feels ripped off. What's a good way to calm him down?

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Guys, if the sorcerer can switch his spells when he gains a level, can a wizard do the same with his cantrips?

The wiz in my group just gained level 4 and wants to switch one of his cantrips (Chill Touch to Toll the Dead), and I'm not quite sure about this.

>>52618100
did he take chill touch before toll the dead came out? If so it's a fairly understandable decision. Just play it off with some lore reasoning about how it got converted to the other one.

>>52618065
adventure in the after life to reclaim his body or someone else's

>>52617948
Make them a +1/2
Mithril makes them +1 to hit
Adamantine makes them +1 to damage

Also remember that, while +1 is technically +1 to hit and damage, it almost always comes with additional effects.

Make it indestructible, but not better crit, and especially not finesse. That's actually insane. I might allow that on a +4 item, but making a two handed weapon like a Greatsword or Mail "Finesse" is a massive fuck you to strength characters.

>>52618118
Yeah he did.

He's a necro, so he wanted a damaging cantrip that's in the necromancy school, ever though Fire Bolt is better. But now that Toll of the Dead is out, he'd like to have that.

>>52618150
Well let him have it then, just say this is a one time thing because of it not being possible to take it before the UA came out.

>>52614679
Thread topics are unnecessary. /5eg/ is a fast general.

need spelunking music for white plume mountain

What are some low level minion monsters of average intelligence for a greek campaign? Goblins don't exist in my setting but I hate to use humans. Undead is a good fit, but not really all that intelligent.
Help.

>>52618221
Satyrs or other fey?

>>52617513
Moon Druid. Conjure Animals, Wildshape and wreck every encounter with OP Bullshit.

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>>52616150
>Not picking a class based off of what you want to play. Then picking a race based off of what suits your class, both stat and role play wise. Then picking a background that suits both.

>>52618146

I like this. If you had to put a price on Mithril/Adamantine weapons?

>>52617948
Some other options are adding an extra die on crit or double damage to objects, but then mithril and adamantine armors are actually in the magic item list.

What are some classes multiclass well with battlemaster?

>>52618270
Probably x3 price.

Stacking with silvered weapons obviously, so x9 if they also have to pierce mundane resistances.

>>52616888
I had a Dex based OoA Palladin 5/ Swashbuckler Rogue 3 and it was incredibly fun. Duel wielded shortswords, danced in and out of combat getting tasty sneak attack smites combos.
I would recommend, had a lot of fun and it's a nice to turn the stoic big weapon heavy armor honorable crusader concept on its head

Can anybody help me with troubleshooting the 5etool API script? I don't know how it works I think I am doing something wrong.
I'm clueless about much of this.

What are the overall thoughts on the HexBlade?

>>52618277
Battlemaster.

Does nobody play pure classes anymore?

>>52617948
Make the effect stack with the Champion's crit-thing. Makes the blade feel powerful with him and it's not really anything game breaking. More like an olive-branch than anything else.

I'm thinking about rolling a revised Beast Master.
Any cool things you could do with him or the companion? I don't want to play a small creature who mounts his companion though.

I kinda thought about playing a stealth duo, but the attacks of the companion only scales with str.

New DM here. How the fuck do you guys make and use random encounter tables?

>>52618530
well, my party is wandering through the heart of a great forest foolishly.

So I decided that these 5 lvl 7 adventures are going to fight 6 dire wolves and 1 reskinned winter wolf.

Otherwise I just look up what monsters are to what environment and populate accordingly. I roll a d20 at intervals during travel and rest, with the DC depending on what the party is doing.

>>52618454
I'm pretty sure most people in these threads just theorycraft. I haven't met a single DM who'd allow the heavily multiclassed, Unearthed Arcana-using meme builds that /5eg/ seems to love

>>52617317
shut up

So, my party has really latched on to the idea of taking out this villain in my campaign.

The only problem is... he isn't really a villain, he hasn't even really done anything nefarious, which I've tried to make abundantly clear. How do I move forward with this?

>>52618743
Why do they want to take him out?

>>52618383

The import to roll20 script?

>>52618769
They think he's the head of this big conspiracy/is just generally a dick. He is kind of a dick, but he's had literally 0 connection to the "conspiracy" of any sort, they just assume that this powerful, vaguely dickish guy must be connected to everything by dint of being powerful of dickish.

>>52618679
Neither have I. If such a GM exists, he is an idiot. He'll better be really fucking good, otherwise he will have serious trouble with nuclear druids and similar cheese builds.

>>52618743
just make him a villain then

>>52618530

Ask yourself:

>Where is the adventure going to be set?
>What creatures roam these kind of lands?
>What non-combat encounter can I throw in?
>Should I change the encounter depending on time of day?

Look at your adventuring area, are you in a kingdom with an untamed land around it? A forest? Urban area? Swampland? A desert? These environments give you an expectation on what kind of creatures you can put in the tables.

If you're setting the campaign in a kingdom with a rather untamed wilderness, for example, things like roaming bandits, goblins, wolves, orcs roaming outside of the city walls is plausible. For non-combat you can throw traveling merchants, a chest buried in the area, commoners walking around, etc. You then try to compose the number of creatures you want per encounter. Like if you want them to run into orcs, think how many they'll run into. You can just make a solid "4 orcs" but if you want some randomness to it, make it "1d4+2 Orcs" Also it's fun to add some surprise encounters too. Players will get a good kick if they run into a monster out of their expected environment.

When you get a list of monsters/creatures/NPCs that your players might encounter in the area, tabulate them. Decide how many encounters you want and put it in the table. Of course, make it appropriate to the dice you're using. So have 12 encounters planned for a d12, d6 for 6, d20 for 20, etc. Of course you don't have to be too bound to solid numbers. You can make 19 encounters and let a d12+d8 decide. Ultimately, jot down your desired encounters on the table.

For fun, you can change it up depending on time of day or after a big event. Like in our example, the kingdom with an untamed wilderness suddenly had an uprising of demons due to a ritual gone wrong. After this point in the adventure, your PCs random encounters in this area has now demon-type enemies popping up.

To use them roll a d20, if it's 18 and up, roll your random encounter dice to see what comes up.

>>52618776
Yeah I'm cutting and pasting it but I have no idea what I'm doing. I just ctrl + A everything and paste it into the new script
this is rocket science to me

>>52618798
Honestly I would go with the flow. I'm not saying you should always change the world accordingly to the player's theories, but if that's what the players want to do, at least this once, let them have it. It will be fun.

>>52618818
I'm considering having him continue to not be a villain, and when the party finally gets to him he'll be like: "what the fuck is your issue with me, jesus christ," I'm already laughing.

>>52618798
I say let them. If he's a murderer, let them find evidence after he's dead. If he's not a murderer, have him return as a revenant perhaps and/or have other consequences haunt them.

>>52618838

The instructions on https://github.com/astranauta/astranauta.github.io
are pretty straight forward.

The only thing not mentioned is that you cant have a folder in your Journal called Monsters/Spells/Items for whichever you are trying to import.

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>>52618868
THERE WERE INSTRUCTIONS THE ENTIRE TIME AND I MISSED IT AAAAAAAAAAA

I need help with maps and scales.

You see I made this city, and my players have been around quite a lot so our adventures have been very urban-heavy. Now they want to go out and see the next city. Thing is, I'm not sure exactly how to make a proper scale as I draw my map esp when hexagons are concerned. I mean, I keep thinking in my mind it should take 2-3 days to get there but whenever I draw my map, it looks so fucked up that you'd think it was just around the corner.

Pretty much, I'm not really good with calculating distances. Sometimes I underestimate just how damn far certain miles are and such. I know I shouldn't be too realistic cause this is all fantasy but I still want it to be within the realm of possibility for my players when they travel.

>>52618061
That sounds dope.

>>52616338
depends on the setting

New Warlock Invocation: Hideous Blow
Prerequisites: eldritch blast cantrip, pact of the blade
When you cast Eldritch Blast, you may make a melee weapon attack with your pact weapon instead of a spell attack. If you hit, you deal your weapon's damage as well as damage from each Eldritch Blast ray.

r8/h8

My ONE complaint with 5e is that scaling is COMPLETELY bizarre in it for many characters.

The OH monk, for example, gets ZERO offensive upgrades after level 5 and before 17.
The Eldritch Knight gets a cantrip + weapon routine at 7th that starts off good, but goes nowhere.

Why do they do this shit? Is it just to break my heart?

Besides dinosaurs, what kind of monsters and things should you have in a sort of prehistoric area?

>>52618970
No.

>>52618988
your martial arts upgrade to d8s and you get a lot more ki to play with which refresh on short rest. it's there, but it's not as obvious.

>>52617784
You don't need to be ambidextrous to use both hands in a fight. Otherwise weapons like the main-gauche would never have been developed, and dimachaeri wouldn't have existed.

>>52618970
>Guys, here's how to fix bladelocks
Fuck you.

>>52619068
oh good point, ty

>>52617651
Dual wielding isn't shit.

Its not as good as 'power attacking' in terms of raw damage, but then again power attacking is not at all reliable.

>>52619015

Spell-casting dino-liches

>>52619015
sabertooth tigers
gigantic sloths
huge crocodiles
mammoths
elementals

>>52615177
Best roleplaying boardgame right here

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So my group got back into 5e.

Is there any way to make a bard bad ass? Thanks for any help. I'll be re-absorbing this edition after all.
This won't be a politics, non-combat type of game, diplomacy and and whatnot will not be the order of the day.

I hate caster supremacy editions. They're complete and utter bullshit. I've been playing for awhile now, in case that's relevant so you can throw all the pros and cons at me at once if you feel like it.

have you ever played an adventure where the players participated in a full-on army on army battle?

>>52619346
Bards are one of the most powerful casters in the game, significantly moreso than, say, wizards. So, yes?

>>52619346
I made Mad Jack earlier if you want to have a look, not sure how bad ass it is though.

>>52616144

So is Kalshtar comin' to 5th or what? Our group is converting a campaign from 4th edition to 5th, and I'd like to keep my character race, even if Variant Human is cool.

>>52614652
>implying we can't just dig the magical item out later

>>52618856
you should have him tie into some other sort of shady stuff, maybe not explicitly evil, but definitely immoral, something with smuggling or the sorts

>>52619444
Just use Aasimar. What constitutes a "celestial" is far more expansive nowadays.

But yes, if the Mystic is printed, you'd better believe we will get highelf-but-psionic.

>>52616713
Sorry bad wording on my part, meant leather armor for cities as in "non combat" and hide armor for adventuring.

>>52616789
Right, I'll pick it up next chance I get, thanks.

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>>52615509
>Story about grils and the d&d aka this post didn't actually ever happen in any reality ever
Also:
>Grils
>Bad at rping
Son it's the only thing they *are* good at.
It's like you even think to know how or whatever, anon.
0/10 got me to respond

what should my elf name his pet hawk

>>52619697
Skeeliel!

>>52619558
I had a girl walk out of a game because we were fighting drow, and my wizard told the other party members to kill the women first. She didn't understand that among the drow the females are far more dangerous, and she got all butthurt and offended.

Once they explained it to her she eventually came back and apologized to me, but I called her a fucking stupid cunt and she walked out again. Women games lol am I rite...........!!!

>>52619697
Jizzy

>>52616160
Download the encyclopedia magical Vols. 1-4. BOOL, billions of weird, crazy magic items at your fingertips. It's 1e so be prepared! For crazy shenanigans! Some convert well, some won't (looking at you, sword of backstabbing!!)

>>52617838
josh?

>>52618383
>>52618776
>>52618868

Have there been any reports of them banning people for using it yet?

>>52619901
Name's Ferris, friendo.

>>52619381
More powerful at later levels or early levels? At all levels?

Honestly it seems d&d only has five levels worth playing and the rest are nothing but grinds. I'm not convinced my group will ever play d&d "right" but they're having fun so it's whatever. My gnome wizzy in hotdq was becoming broken quickly. I'm not looking to repeat that experience at all. Really hate seeing my class obviate the need for others and 5e doesn't shake that status quo at all. A shame! I'm playing a druid, friends are playing a Barbarian, ranger and bard, none of which are optimized but when I'm tossing Thorn whip around willy nilly, my party is already looking askance at me. I'll just drop playing casters altogether.

>>52619901
yea, hey

>>52619912
Look at it this way. Having to re-enter all of your character data or stuff wouldn't be fun, to say the least, but what's the worst that could happen if they ban you?

Just create a secondary account, through a different email address, and make it a GM in your room. Then, leave it untouched as a contingency plan for the event that you somehow are banned.

>>52619382
I saw that. I'm not adverse to playing someone's build but this isn't for me. I'm looking more for what can my friend do to optimize his bard because he's woefully underperforming. I'll show him your build though and see what he thinks. Thank you :)