/5eg/ - Fifth Edition General

4e is pretty cool.

How would you do "feats for races" for unusual races like genasi or orcs?

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D&D 5e is a role playing game not a roll playing game

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>>52879731
Alright, chaps! I need a character that can move aroudn the battlefield dancing and kicking ass while avoiding being interrupted by silly opportunity attacks.
I don't care the class, I don't care the multiclass, I don't care the build.
Chaps, build me a combat ballerina!

What are some monsters that can make weird elder race beings for my science fantasy campaign. I already have Dao as crystal headed humanoids who seek to yank the wealth from worlds, and some Devils who are host to the largest crime syndicates in astral space.

>>52879773
There are some that get unique options to where they don't really need them.

>>52879773
Honestly I plan to either let ones that fit other official races have access, some of the Dwarf ones come to mind for Goliaths, or rework a couple to be similar but not copies.

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Anons? I wanna convert the Phanaton for use in my homebrew setting: https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Phanaton

Just how overpowered is this first draft?

Phanaton
Ability Score Modifiers: +2 Dexterity, +1 Wisdom
Size: Small
Speed: 20 feet, Climb 20 feet
Vision: Normal
Bred for the Treetops: You have a Climb speed of 20 feet and Advantage on Athletics checks made in relation to climbing and jumping.
Forest Ghosts: You have Proficiency in Stealth, and gain Advantage on all Stealth checks made whilst in forest and jungle terrain.
Fangs: When you make an Unarmed Strike, you can choose to bite your opponent. Biting causes your attack, on a hit, to deliver 1d4 Piercing damage. If you have the Martial Arts class feature, your bite attack uses your Martial Arts damage dice instead, although it is still Piercing damage.
Glide: So long as you are not Incapacitated, overburdened, or wearing medium or heavy armor, you can use your Reaction to Glide if you fall or jump off of a high place. Gliding negates all damage you would normally take from falling, and allows you to cover a horizontal distance of 20 feet for every 5 feet you descend.

So I'm trying to figure out how to make the Undying Light Warlock work, but it seems pretty mediocre every way I look at it.

I mean, +CHA to Radiant and Fire damage seems pretty useful, until you consider that there aren't many Radiant spells and most Fire spells only hit once. Fire Bolt seemed the go-to cantrip, but unlike Eldritch Blast will only ever apply the CHA bonus once. Same with Sacred Flame and Radiant Hand.

>>52879801
Swashbuckler rogue

>>52879731
OP here. I accidentally left up the link to the survey for UA: Downtime instead of putting in the one for UA: Feats for Skills. Here it is:
http://sgiz.mobi/s3/9faa85b8c0d0

>>52879812
The only possible answer: The Illithid.

>player say would x happen if we did y
>'of course it would, thats just common sense'
>dm says roll common sense to see if your character thinks its common sense
???

>>52879731
>media.wizards.com/2017/dnd/downloads/RJSJC2017_04UASkillFeats_24v10.pdf

Nice link, OP.

>>52879757
>not berserker/champion

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>>52879763
Here's your (You)

>>52879801
AT with mobile or monk with mobile or swashbuckler with magic initiate.

Anyone have any cool stories involving metallic dragons?

>>52879903

The Doom Slayer is literally powered by a Seraphim. His demon asskicking is righteous and holy.

>>52879812
Aboleths are always fun

>>52879962
They're also definitively an elder race.

>>52879936
Yes. One day we found them and killed them all. Then we went after Bahamut. And nailed him. And offered his heart to Tiamat, who ascended from her realms to burn the Astral and Material Planes for a thousand years.
And that's how our game ended horribly and we had to start a new one. A thousand years later.

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First time making a setting here, what is a good general layout for setting notes?

>>52879793
Is this a hot meme I don't know about.

If advantage is roughly a +5, what is the Elf Accuracy bonus equal to?

What's the highest AC you could possibly get, through any amount of magic items, multiclassing, UA, etc?

Is the level 3 Eagle Totem ever worth it on a character?

>>52880062
A second +5 because fuck you that's why, the developers are throwing everything at us and seeing what sticks, until they vomit another PHB.

I see everyone is interpreting Elven Accuracy to mean double advantage, but is that really what it's supposed to mean? I feel like they meant reroll the damage dice.

Is there any precedent for (effectively) rolling 3d20 and taking the highest?

>>52880062
>>52880087

http://anydice.com/program/b6fe
It's hardly OP.

>Orcish fury
So, once per short rest, a Half-Orc with this and GWM could do 5d12 + Str + 10 damage with a single crit? Without any class features.
Looks like I will be making my big-dick Half-Orc champion after all.

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>>52880062

>>52880045
Last thread autists were upset that some DMs give out advantage/disadvantage or let you auto pass persuasion depending on what you say.

They'd probably hate it even more if they knew I do other things so long as I can actually see the character doing it based off their stats.

>>52880119
Well Lucky turns disadvantage into super advantage aka 3d20.

>>52880146
>>52880131
Well my Wood-Elf Barbarian might just be a good character now.

>>52880119
It's the attack hit, if it was meant to reroll damage it would say so.

>Savage Attacker: Once per turn when you roll damage for a melee weapon attack, you can reroll the weapon's damage dice and use either total.

>Elven Accuracy: Whenever you have advantage on an attack roll, you can reroll one of the dice once.

>>52880150
That's just stunting mechanics isn't it? I could see it working. As long as it's not required or anything, I play a guy who has 18 charisma when I only have like 11 for a reason.

Is there an easier way of trying out an encounter than just rolling basis attacks out myself? Trying to avoid killing a Lv3-4 party but also not making it too easy.

>>52879894
>The Illithid
Mind Flayers are are actually more common in my campaign, ala Spelljammer.

>>52879895
That's a Wisdom check.

>>52880196
http://kobold.club/fight/#/encounter-builder

Better than nothing.

>>52879981
Yeah but a whole planet of Aboleth? Cities of Aboleth?

>>52880165
Yep, good for crit fishing builds.

Is it wrong to make a character whose racial bonuses don't really work for its class?

>>52880245
/5eg/ would encourage you to do so, lest you be labeled a munchkin

>>52880033
I would make a simple map just for you followed by an alphabetical list of locations with notes detailing who and what can be found there.
Don't want to jump the gun but I've seen a lot of DM's get too involved in making a setting rather than a game, you know what I mean?

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I made a homebrew class that I put up here a month or two ago. I got a bunch of critiques and I think I've improved the class with them

There's new archetypes, rebalanced spells, and what was there before has been overhauled somewhat

>>52880245
No its not wrong. Play a character you find interesting rather than a character that is "good".

>>52880245
Depends on the class. Some will suffer more than others, like monks

>>52880245
Not at all.

>>52880255
Well, half of us, anyway. The other half would become frothing REEEEEE autists at the thought of someone playing a mechanically suboptimal character.

>>52880245
Wrong? No, but you will be sub-optimal, which isn't as big of a deal in 5E but does matter to some extent. Just play what you want and as long as you don't go out of your way to take shit options you'll be alright.

>>52880255
Since when? 5eg has always seemed to mostly be theory crafters who don't even actually have groups and so always just make optimized meme builds.

>>52880245
nope, do whatever you want man

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>>52879793
If you do it right.

>>52880227
Of course.

The Aboleth are the great seeders of life, they come down, when the worlds are young and covered in dark and warm seas. And they build their cities in the depths.

The various slave species, foodstuffs, and experiments sometimes lay fallow, especially when a colony collapses. And they grow to take over their worlds. Even adapting to land to take over the uninhabitable dry parts.

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>>52880202
>Spelljammer
Anon, you are a scholar and a gentleman.

>>52880219

Cheers

Can a Barbarian activate a Rage, while Raging just to reset the time of the Rage?

>Wake up
>Dragonborn are now OP as fuark with lmao free 20ft flying
Thank god I don't allow shit variant """rules""" for retarded cucked rollplayers like multiclassing and feats

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>>52880430
No.

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>>52880452
>like multiclassing and feats
Anon, do you enjoy baiting people?

>>52879936
One time we saw Bahamut get stabbed like a punk ass bitch in a divine tavern. We also met his mom and his long lost brother, who were also platinum dragons because our DM wasn't terribly original.

Ironically, we never actually met a normal metallic dragon, even though dragon worship was main religion of the region. We literally met more dragon gods than actual dragons.

>>52880430
No, because the "you must attack or take damage" timer starts at the wrong time for you to want to do this. When you rage, you want to attack or take damage before your next turn starts. So on your next turn, if you stopped raging at the beginning of that turn, it's too late to refresh your rage anyway.

>>52880452
A shame the Vegeta Bait image is already posted.

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>>52880245
It's only 5% worse than picking a race to suit your class. For some people that 5% is maddening and they can't live with it, but for others it's fine.

>>52880430
Can't see anything that says you can't.

>>52880475
Raging also only last for a minute, he probably means this timer.

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>>52880452

>>52879731
Guess I'm gonna go ahead with that Dragonborn Punchbarian build, since Dragon Hide is a thing.

Anyone know where the tome of the stilled tongue is from? I'm trying to track the actual thing down so I can convert it to a pathfinder item but I can't find where it is

>>52880495
>>52880490
>>52880468
>>52880464
>>52880509
Hi retarded and cucked roll"""players""" I see you have stumbled upon the WRONG thread, here let me help you:

>>>/tg/pfg

5e is basically the most perfect edition of D&D and the ULTIMATE roleplaying game, got that kids? ROLE playing not ROLL playing, you fucking RETARDS

>>52880542
Come on anon. You're better than this. You could at least attempt to be subtle. You might actually get genuine anger that way, rather than shallow contempt and pity.

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I have a campaign coming up soon and decided to play something other than my usual spell casting type.
I'll be running an LG paladin of Pelor with protection and shield master so I canreally defend my allies. What oath and spells should I pickup for maximum sun-ness?

Was all this caused by the Everybody's Friend / Party Face discussion?

>>52880542
Yeah this is just kind of sad. Were you the OP that made the "dnd 5e is perfect thread?"

>>52880564
Just stop replying to him for fucks sake.

>>52880575
Devotion.

>>52880575
oath of conquest, or oathbreaker

>>52879994
>>52880474

Stop.

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>>52880575
Oath of Devotion for sure. Make your sword blaze like the sun.

>>52880599
Well, when your group needs to enter the Aztechnology complex in Dowtown Seattle, the Face goes to the main hall of the building to trick the sexy Aztlan secretary while your Decker opens the garage door for the team to get inside, meanwhile- Unless this isn't fucking Shadowrun, and the only face you need is the raging barbarian charging and charging loud.

>>52880645
>>52880603
Devotion it is then. Are tanks actually a necessity in this game?

>>52880606
>Pelor is Zarus meme
Fuck off.

>>52880685
>Tank
Damage Sponge variety yes, "get behind me" variety no.

>>52880685
Not really, but it's always nice to have a solid front-liner, and paladins are great regardless.

>>52880245
Some classes like the Diviner Wizard don't actually give a fuck about any of your stats to be effective, but ultimately a few stat points lost here and there amount to only a five percent difference gained or lost.

Really, just play what you want. Do you, boo.

>>52880685
No, but Paladin is really good either way. Devotion's aura is a bit weaker than Ancients, but Sacred Weapon from channel divinity is amazing.

>>52880685
So why is it Pelor anyway? Paladins don't get their powers from gods in 5e. Or their alignments. It's all from the Oath. You don't even need gods.

>>52880685
>being a rollplayer
look kid, this isn't the game for you, alright kiddo? go play some shitty game like 4e you retarded 4rrie.

>>52880600
Yes, where I personally gutted and destroyed literally everyone on /tg/ provingmy superiority in every aspect to retarded nigger rollplayers (ie you)

>>52880637
No, seriously, my party really did see Bahamut get stabbed in the back. By Tharizdun. In a tavern for the gods. Afterwards his mommy showed up to tend to his wounds. It was a serious plot point.

If you haven't guessed, that campaign got really weird once we started getting close to level 20. I haven't even mentioned our divine tuna buddy.

>>52880748
Because Pelor is basically the god of the commoners. He's the only one that would alocate you and the rest of us on his divine realm, anon. Praise the sun!

>>52880637
Hey. Tiamat is best dragon deity. The bitch has five heads. How many heads you have, faggot?

>>52880809

Tiamat is the sorry result of a Hydra who got gangbanged by a prismatic dragon of each color.

>>52880809
Bahamut has scales of platinum. PLATINUM. How much platinum bling have you got, faggot?

Would it break anything to just fold Dragon Hide into the base dragonborn traits?

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>>52878362
This is for you, anon.

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I think this bit of homebrew is ready for a dry run if anyone's game. Mostly, I want to see if the damage output is what I expect, and whether the CR adjustment I have in mind is appropriate. No RP or fluff for this go around, just good old fashioned number crunching and dice rolling. Initial tests on my own seem promising, but there's no accounting for a player's mindset. Hence this test.

If you're interested, drop me a line on Discord (ELH#5618) and we'll figure out a good time to sit down and do it.

>>52880809
>Tiamat
>best dragon deity
>not Asgorath/Io
Make way peasant, the Ninefold approacheth.

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>>52880766
(you)

How do these racial feats work? Do they replace one of the basic racial feats you get when you select your race or do I take them as normal feats when I level up?

>>52880845
>Io

So this is something I get a bit mixed about. Io got cut in half and became Bahamut and Tiamat. Is Io somehow not dead after that? I mean I would understand since gods are sometimes incomprehensible but I haven't heard.

>>52880870
Normal feats, you swap an ASI for them or take one as a variant human start.

>>52880893
Are you questioning the overpower of the overpowered Io, mortal?

>>52880870
If by "basic racial feats" you mean your racial features, then no. They work just like any other feat.

>>52880925
I'm not questioning it. I seek to understand.

>>52880893
Even though Io was clearly killed and divided into smaller chunks in that engagement, Io is the patron of the Draconic Pantheon in perpetuity, and could not be written off as "Dead" and continues to still grant spells and prayers to its clerics. It is likely that the other dragon gods are simply emanations of Io rather than being wholly separate entities themselves.

>>52880947
Well shit, I don't understand it either!

>>52880956
So Io would not be dead unless Bahamut and Tiamat were too?

>>52880994
Correct.

>>52880599
The what now?

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>>52880676
So, you never rolled to seduce the cultists. If they have a language, they can be bargained with.

Published adventures off the top of my head that use Persuasion/Deception.
Lost Mine of Phandelver: Negotiating with Yeemik for the hostage
Princes of the Apocalypse: Convincing the Druids to fight the Bugbears
Hoard of the Dragon Queen: Reminding Talis of your friendship
Sunless Citadel: Lying to Yusdrayl about the fate of the dragon

If you don't get XP for bypassing combat by talking (rolling dice or just using reasoned arguments), then you are playing badwrong-nofun.

>>52880994

There is an Epic Tier Quest in the 4e Dragonborn supplement book that has the player either retrieve the hearts of both Bahamut and Tiamat and combine them, or convince one to devour the heart of the other. This will cause Io to be restored.

>>52881091
Yeah, Io is a weird case even for gods, because despite being split in half and transformed into two completely separate gods, Io still exists as Io, just not corporeally.

>52880452
>52880542
>52880766

>trying this hard

>>52880809
According to my DM, the best was her homebrew mother dragon goddess, who was just another platinum dragon, but had 3 (THREE!) eyes. Also there was her homebrew knowledge dragon god, who was also just a plain platinum dragon.

I don't recall ever getting a concrete answer why everyone was platinum besides Tiamat. I guess she just decided that platinum meant god dragon.

>>52881192
>according to my DM
>her homebrew
>best anything
Anon pls.

How rare are archers in your games?

How rare are casters?

My first game and it's filled with a thief, totem barb, samurai, and a twf ranger

Se ms like having no caster is a real setback, so I've made the rules lax on spell scrolls and offered plenty of utility magic items

>>52881226
Yeah, that was my reaction. My favorite part was when we had to spend multiple sessions convincing the various sects of the dragon religion to stop quibbling over vague doctrinal issues.

I have to admit, though, it was kind of funny when the Bahamut sect's issue was that Bahamut wasn't talking to them enough. It turned out he was basically too busy getting hammered at the god bar to pick up their calls.

>>52881333
>How rare are archers in your games?
Most intelligent creatures recognize the benefits oh ranged combatants being able to support melee fighters.
>How rare are casters?
rarer than archers however the party will occasionally run into them whether they be evokers, necromancers or clerics of an evil god.

>>52881333
Not really rare. Current game is bard, sorcerer, cleric, wizard, ranged fighter and melee fighter

>>52881349

That's not too far from how he actually acts. He tends to only show up when he is actually needed, not simply because someone asks him for help.

I've been considering running a warlock/fighter with the idea of him being a chosen knight of the archfey. Would this character be more concerned with righting wrongs or preserving the balance of nature?
Should I consider paladin instead of knight for the nature archetype?

>Martial classes
tend to be either players that have little to no interest in the game or veterans
>Casters
Seem to be the most "lol randumb XD" characters and the most argumentative players
>Rogues
Edgy and angst not much else to be said
>Healers
Almost always played by one of the player's gfs and/or the tard wranglers of the game

>>52880841
>different reaches for different attacks
Holy fuck no. What's wrong with you?

>>52881530
Neither. He'd be running around causing mischief and hiding socks.

>>52881192

She didn't even have to homebrew those deities. There is a draconic god of knowledge and a draconic goddess that many believe to be the mother of Bahamut already made.

>>52881588
>Rogues
>Edgy and angst not much else to be said

I never got this. Warlock or Paladin seem like the ones all the edge masters go for.

What's the rules on killing someone in their sleep?

>>52879915
Not him, but I'm a new player that started with 5e. What made 4 so bad?

>>52879801
Satire bard gets disengage+dash as a bonus action.

>>52881674
Don't exist outwith advantage and autocrit if you do manage to hit.

>>52881530
Neither, you'd be first and foremost concerned with fulfilling your patron's wishes, which of course depends on your patron.

If you're more interested in preserving nature or doing justice than in being a vassal, then you might want to play a OoA paladin instead.

>>52881621
I find it weird that paladins attract edgelords. But I guess it might be understandable - plenty of them are retarded enough to think that any kind of badge means you can do whatever you want. Or that murdering without evidence can be justice.

>>52881752
It's mostly the Chaotic Good "I'm above the law" thing. Where they can have a tortured past and hate everything, while still being one of the strongest characters in combat with little to no effort.

>>52881621
I envy you. Every rogue I've played with has either been a halfling obsessed with stealing from every NPC and sometimes other players. The worst by far was a kitsune assassin back in 4e.

>>52881825

I wish paladins didn't have that shit associated with them. When there's a player that actually knows how to paladin they should be cherished.

And often when its not edgy 'I'm above the law!' its stupid in the exact opposite way - cheesy 'I can never kill anyone!' Neither of those is right.

>>52881886
I've seen a couple of the latter. Literally just "No, we must hand this over to the proper authorities" when they stumble upon plot hooks.

>>52879731
we got psionics yet?

>>52881953
A while ago brahj.

>>52881839
Jesus christ. I can see why you would be wary of them. It makes me sad that not enough people play Rogues that understand "Gee, we just got a pile of gold from that dungeon but I'm going to rob this guy for 2gp cause I'm a Rogue, lol". At least the downtime rules give a reasonable course of action for if they want to rob someone.

>>52881886
Very true. Not enough people realise that a Paladin is like a Lawful Good Fighter that tries to do his best and follows and Oath. As long as you try your best to do what's right, are willing to admit when you're wrong and follow your god damn Oath then you're a good Paladin.

I find it a shame not enough DM's are willing to punish people for breaking their Oath. I understand no one likes hearing "You fucked up and lost your class" but if they completely break it multiple times they should lose it.

>>52881928
See I don't get how it can be so hard. As a paladin, there is a time to talk. And there is a time to fight. Tongue. Sword. Tongue. Sword. You're supposed to know that you can do both and when either is appropriate. That bit is supposed to be why you deserve the powers of your oath.

>>52881953
yes, round 3 of it.

https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/unearthed-arcana/mystic-class

>>52881928
>Proper authorities

How about the ones that get tied up on thinking they have to obey the unjust laws of a land... because its the law there? No matter how corrupt the ones who made it are.

Especially if its because the paladin is lawful good. You're Lawful GOOD. You believe that the law is good, and good is the law. If its not good... then its not the law.

>>52881980
I am loving the downtime rules.

Especially the DC 2d10+5 ones. Pit fighting and gambling. You know what you are getting into, but can't guarantee anything.

I wonder why they put that in order to gamble a week away, you need to put at least 100 gp down. That is two years wages for a skilled laborer.

You still need to cover lifestyle expenses during that.

>>52880062
+2.3 on avg.

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>>52882043
Text book example of how to be lawful stupid, if the laws are unjust then they are to be ignored or changed.

If an enemy is beyond redemption they are to be put down.

>>52882043
I'm so sick of player alignments I don't even believe in them anymore. At most it should be an invisible tracker on the DM side based on player actions, but then again it serves no purpose.

>>52882128
Always remember to try though.

>>52882096
They're pretty great. I personally allow them all except I don't allow people to hunt for specific Magic Items while looking for a seller, his stock's all random.

With these it feels like there's a real reason for a character to have Money. People might not agree but I love magic items and the opportunities to use strange enchantments for clever tricks.

>>52882099
That is on top of the advantage, right?

Got maths to back that up?

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>>52882176
Key there is beyond, always try but know that once it is clear they are, protect the weak even if it costs you everything.

Which melee weapons can you use your dex mod on? I know rapier for sure, but what about longsword?

>>52882229
The ones that have the finesse trait.

>>52882229
Daggers and scimitars too.

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>>52882128

Always do the right thing. Only you're supposed to be smart enough to know what that is. And a lot of them just aren't.

>>52882244
>>52882254
Thanks guys

>>52882260
I'm happy with an honest try though.
Sometimes the 8 int paladin and his 9 int player just did their best and got out schemed.

>>52882260
Anytime some asks how to play a paladin like that I tell them always look for the better solution. Just because a solution is in front of you does not mean it is the best. Also Samurai Jack is a decent example of how to carry yourself.

The feats for skills and races for feats aren't too bad. They also make the autists triggered by 5e's skill system look like frothing-at-the-mouth autists.

>>52880245
Going with this, DMs should allow the race for feats apply to races other than the ones they were intended for, this is what 5e is intended for.

>>52882367
You don't need feats for that, its 5e!

>>52882212
http://rumkin.com/reference/dnd/diestats.php
compare
1d20 vs 2d20D1 vs 3d20D2, the avg. goes from 10.5 to 13.82 to 15.49, the +5 for advantage is actually pretty generous, it does significantly improves your chances to crit, though, from 5% to 9.8% to 14.3%.

Is there any reason at all to play a rogue with high Strength? I'me thinking of a street thug type of character.

>>52882450
expertise in athletics, barbarogue and become the grapple master.

>>52878189
>Fuck the gods, the divine-dependant players can suck on a dick. We had a cleric of Corellon once who was an absolutely prick. So, we fucking killed Corellon. The cleric is now a level 20 commoner. We regret nothing.
How the fuck did you autists fucking kill Corellon, you baiter?

>>52882450
Get into bearbaraian territory later and grapple for days. Also, suplexes.

>>52882450
Nothin wrong with that, but you gotta remember you can only sneak attack with finesse weapons, though you're allowed to roll with strength on em

>>52882212
>>52882400

Also here >>52880131

Feral Tiefling Battlerager with their Spiky feat.

Dragonborn Stone Sorcerer with their +1 AC.

Any Drow with their new racial feat.

Hill Dwarf Long Death Monk with Dwarven Resilience.

Elven Champion.

Tiefling Red Dragon Sorcerer.

Are there any other new interesting characters I can make with these? I asked the DM and he said they all look fine to use. Right now I'm leaning towards Tiefling Red Dragon Sorcerer.

>>52882502
>>52882486
I was under the impression that grappling sucked and just made it harder for your ranged teammates. How do I use it effectively?

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>>52882400
>>52882517

>>52879812
Giths

>>52882395
Good point, bro.

Sort of new to 5e. What is the rule for characters switching weapons in combat? How my friends and I have house ruled it was (for example) going from a ranged to melee weapon was free but you couldn't draw your shield or off-hand weapon for free until the next round. If you wanted to fully equip with both hands, it would cost your action.

What is the normal practice though?

>>52882550
If you shove them and get them prone, the ranged ones will get disadvantage, but if you use grapple rules + jump rules, you can disable a foe by suplexing them and giving your melee allies advantage.

>>52881680
anyone?

>>52882692
Not what made it so bad, it is what made it so different.

It is almost a different game. Almost.

>>52880838
Well it's not as muscular as mine and the suckers on its feet aren't visible in the original pic so they didn't get in this one either but much thanks anyway, brother.

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>>52881680
>>52882692
Nothing, it was just different from 3.5 so all the fags bitched and moaned because if it wasn't 3.5 it wasn't d&d to them.

Anyway, anybody working on expanding the racial feats to all the kitchen sink options?

>>52880838
The thumbnail looks like a cowpaladin of the ancients.

>>52881680
4e isn't actually bad, as a system it has amazing and deep combat...which can also take fucking forever to resolve. It's a great system.
People who didn't like it also didn't like change and the way Wizards handled their marketing. This is why the corpse of 3.5 and PF still plods along after a decade.

How are you finding 5e?

>>52882691
>grapple rules + jump rules
How does that work?

Grappled: Speed goes to 0.

High Jump: 3+Str, if you can move 10 ft. (3+ Str)/2 if you can't.

So, you lift someone up with a standing jump, and then what?

>>52880838
That looks like what the leucrotta (sp?) should've been, fuck the horrendous art in Volo's. Good work.

>>52882692
4e is... closer to a video game RPG than a tabletop one in most of its mechanics. I didn't look deep into it until recently, and I've played so many fucking games that the rules were immediately familiar.

And there's a lot of tabletop players that are/were butthurt about video games. And then right when people were trying to process this... it came. Pathfinder. 4e lead to its creation. But the poor thing didn't mean to.

>>52882798
When you grapple someone your speed if halved. This means you have 15ft of movement.

Play a Goliath and make your height 8 feet and you only need to jump one foot to slam someone.

You can jump 1 foot 15 times per turn... for 15d6 damage and a free prone at level 1.

>>52882798
But YOU can move at half speed, so you can use your speed to do a running jump and cause fall damage and prone status to a foe that's shorter than you.

Then it has to use an action to either get out the grapple or having disadvantage and if he breaks he has to use most of his movement on standing up...

>>52882798
You're not Grappled (the condition) while grappling.

That said, while dropping people from high up is get them prone (in addition to some damage depending on distance), so it's little different from using Shove to push them to the ground. Unless you're built for super high jumps, in which case the damage can be meaningful.

Huh, I like the latest UA for racial feats.

>>52882854
this is a terrible meme.

>>52882881
>>52882902
Tabax-nic can pound someone to dust.
That's meme^2

least favorite monster, go

>>52882902
>>52882927
It's the Martial equivalent of Nuclear Druid.... except better.

>>52882945
your mom

>>52882945
Beholders. Nothing about them is interesting to me.

>>52882951
I guess a pissed DM would have all foes wear a brooch of shielding and every fight would be on a 8 ft. tall tunnel.

>>52882788
I like 5e! It's fun and I have a great time playing with my group.

>>52882831
Funny considering I got that from the Lower Planes creature generator at the end of the AD&D DMG.

>>52882854
>>52882858
>Falling
>A fall from a great height is one of the most common hazards facing an adventurer. At the end of a fall, a creature takes 1d6 bludgeoning damage for every 10 feet it fell, to a maximum of 20d6. The creature lands prone, unless it avoids taking damage from the fall.

You need to jump at least 10 ft up, or you have pulled the foe onto your shoulders. Grappling just means your tussling with someone. You can't even jump that high, using the usual jump numbers. 3+Str = 10 requires 24 Strength, in a system that caps off at 20 in all abilities (barring magic).

>>52882945
there's a bunch of monsters i really don't care about, but i specially don't care about goblinoids, orcs or ogres of any kind at all.

>>52882945
Anything in the MM.

>>52882951
What is a nuclear druid?

>>52883019
I can't stand goblins, but I've never actually seen hobgoblins or orcs in any campaign

>>52883013
You're 8 feet tall and according to the PHB you can lift things above your head equal to half your height.

You lift him up and he's 12 feet in the air and then you just need to jump 1 foot to slam them.

"When you move, you can drag or carry the grappled creature with you". Carry means you can literally carry the creature as long as they're a lower weight then you can life (Thank you Powerful Build).

Same as Nuclear Druid in the "No DM will let you do this" but with pure RAW there's nothing stopping you.

>>52883013
Not the goliath idea, but it should be reasonable to limit grapple-fly-drop scenarios.

https://twitter.com/mikemearls/status/575756293668913152

>inb4 (((Mearls)))

>>52883076
You can be a Brawny whatever if you want.
Also, unlike Nuclear Druid, RAW this can be done.
If your DM can DM, it's unlikely to allow it, but maybe. I'd try.

Also, how should I go about buying an Airship?

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>>52883042
A terrible meme.

>>52883092
Honestly as long as you realise the Character has to be able to lift the enemy with their carry weight it doesn't seem as bad.

Against humanoids or orcs, yeah it'll fuck them 9 ways to sunday. Against anything where you don't expect the party members to be killing 1 enemy a turn at least then it's likely too heavy to lift.

The game might not give monster weight but I'd rule no on bears, small dragons and other real threats.

>>52883156
THE FUCK

Does Unarmored Movement stack with Dragon Wings via your interpretation? Unarmored Movement doesn't specify 'walking speed,' just speed.

I like making greedy greedy characters, but after so many adventures with gold and magic items aplenty, what do you like to spend money on after fully outfitting your character with the best equipment? Sellswords to amass an army? Power and influence in a local government? Just more and more mystical shit and nice stuff?

>>52882842
To be fair, the most common video game meme for 4e is based on a misunderstanding of the rules. Stupid people think that because every ability is well defined combat wise, they can't use them outside of combat. It's retarded to think that, but a lot of people did, resulting in the video game criticisms.

>>52883224
Yes it does.

>>52883228
I played a lizardman barbarian that was amassing enough gold to buy his own swamp, he had planned to live the rest of his days lazing around in the murky waters.

>>52883076
>Push, Drag, or Lift. You can push, drag, or lift a weight in pounds up to twice your carrying capacity (or 30 times your Strength score). While pushing or dragging weight in excess of your carrying capacity, your speed drops to 5 feet.

So, a goliath might be able to have the carrying capacity to not have their speed drop (because lifting up a foe should slow you down).

No direct ruling on if lifting a foe takes an action, but considering that the grapple took an action, and pulling a lever (use an object) eats your action, lifting should be an action.

So, congratulations. Two actions, for probably two turns of combat, for 1d6 (no modifiers) bludgeoning damage. Oh, and they might win the grapple contest, or try to escape. And it only really works with tall PCs (goliaths). Jumping up for the suplex can add 1d6 damage, if you somehow boost your jump height to 10 ft, which would normally require 24 Strength.

>>52883276
Would he stock the swamp with goldfish?

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Any ideas for Wall of Stone shenanigans? I've already made the walls bridge a chasm and then made them disappear when enemies crossed over it.

>>52883282
>>No direct ruling on if lifting a foe takes an action, but considering that the grapple took an action, and pulling a lever (use an object) eats your action, lifting should be an action.

This is where the whole issue with it comes in. Obviously this isn't RAI, no one could argue that 15d6 damage at level 1 is a reasonable thing.

RAW, Rules as Written, the rules in the book. There is nothing saying you can't lift your grappled target above your head with no action. They have never clarified it requires an action.

No DM will let you use this but from a purely RAW perspective there's nothing stopping you. We're talking about RAW and you've just made up some new rules to counter argue. Your rules a good and I agree with them but they're not RAW.

>>52883282
Some things don't use your action, but your bonus action, or none.
And what uses it or not is decided by the DM.
Who will probably say what you said.

"You normally interact with an object while doing
something else, such as when you draw a sword as part
of an attack. When an object requires your action for
its use, you take the Use an Object action. This action
is also useful when you want to interact with more than
one object on your turn."

>>52883282
8+(8)/2 = 12

You only need 20 strength to suplex, to get the 8 ft high jump.

I made a bunch of Curse of Strahd NPC tokens because there weren't any on the Mega. Enjoy guys!

https://gofile.io/?c=1YWaJI

Is it worth taking Warcaster on Paladin? Seems like there's a ton of spells with somatic components, and advantage on concentration doesn't hurt either.

>>52883400
You can use a painted shield as a focus and forget about somatic or material components

>>52883465
That only accounts for material components, you still need to wave your hand in combat.

>>52882842
>>52883231
And it' also the reason why we can't get nice things. Fuck the little shits who detest change and whose incessant whines produced Pathfinder.

>>52883577
Don't forget those same people are responsible for the current state of martials (particularly barbarians and champion fighters) in 5e, because they didn't like having multiple options in a turn.

What's the best Totem for a Wood Elf Barbarian at level 3? I was actually thinking of Elk just to mix things up and have 60 movement.

I'm going for the sub-par route of Dual-Wielding as well so I'l probably take 1-3 levels of Fighter.

The basic idea is Elven Accuracy and Reckless Attack makes up for the low Strength,

>>52883654
runs fast and always hits, even if not that hard? Your barb sounds fun anon

Do I have this right /5eg/?

>Combat has started no one is surprised and everyone can see each other.
>Rogue's Turn they find a large tree that gives them total cover.
>They move and get behind it and use their bonus action to make a hide action to hide behind the tree.
>They beat their target's passive perception making them hidden.
>They use their action to shoot a crossbow/longbow/dagger at an unsuspecting target for advantage.
>Attack hits, sneak attack+weapon damage.
>Rogue is now visible.

Sound about right?

>>52883617
That autistic screeching was probably maliciously intentional too, let's try to wreck a system was probably their thought, we can't have it stand up our preferred autismal edition.

>>52883689
Yes, this works

>>52883689
The rogue isn't visible if they aren't, but yeah now the enemy knows where they were attacked from.

>>52883689
If you were seen, that means a roll
>>52883763
Pleasu don't.

>>52883686
I was getting sick of GWM and decided I don't give a fuck about being the best anymore. Just want to play a savage Elf who can Skirmish really well.

Though if I dropped dual wielding I could take Eagle Totem for escaping better and having 90 foot movement... I think the extra chance to Crit might be worth it on this guy though.

So, Dragon Wings + Unarmored Movement. Fun or terrible?

>>52883689
Yup. Some might argue the enemies would see you run to the tree and then not come out and put it all together, some might argue that other turns happening in the fight would be enough to distract. Hopefully your DM just lets you do it, it's not a big deal. In fact, the DM probably put the tree there so you could do just that.

>>52883689
Yeah, as long as you pass the Hide action's stealth check.

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I want to explode with holy power

Light Cleric
Undying Light Warlock
or Sun Soul Monk

>>52883689
>>52883777
>>52883801
That's what I meant, if you were seen, you need to pass a contest instead of a passive perception.

>>52883834
Definitely Light Cleric. Sun Soul monks are less holy and more Dragon Ball Z.

And Light Clerics have more ways to explode light everywhere.

>>52883779
As often as movement is important vs attacks in combat, I think you'd rather have that bonus action attack. Maybe take three in fighter for the fighting style, but also to get champion and get that extended crit range since you're going critfisher

>>52883800
Get the other feat for extra AC too.
Get mobile.
Get alert so you can never be surprised and take to the sky at the start of any combat.
No need for ASIs.

>>52883765
>>52883763
>>52883777
>>52883801
So if I moved to another tree and did the same thing would this be at advantage (+5 to their passive perception) for the target i'm trying to hit or just a regular stealth vs Passive perception?

>>52883777
> If you were seen, that means a roll
What did he mean by this?

"Roleplay not rollplay" memers: what about the G in RPG? That's where mechanics come in and make it more than just free form RP.

>>52883834
Why not all of them together?
Do you even praise?

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>>52883384
Good work

>>52883554
Yes, but there is no specific way that you have to move. Slamming a tower shield onto the ground to cast fireball could work, as could banging your sword on your shield to cast Knock.

>>52883869
Don't be a munchkin, accept the DM's judgement.
>>52883875
It's just a game, Bro.

Working on more racial feats for the non-PHB races
How does this sound for Lizardfolk
>Crocodilian
>+1 Con
>You gain the ability to hold your breath for two hours. This includes ability to short rest underwater.
>Darkvision to 15 feet

>Serpentine
>+1 Str or Dex
>When grappling or pinning enemies you gain the ability to constrict them as a bonus action, dealing 1d6 +Str bludgeoning damage

>Terrapin
>+1 Con or Wis
>Your natural armor bonus increases to 14+dex and you gain resistance to non-magical bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage with the dodge action

>(Komodo) Draconic
>+1 Str
>A successful bite attack that deals 4 or more damage to a target applies the poisoned condition, should the target be vulnerable.

>>52883834
Undying Light + Favored Soul.

>>52883866
*yawn*
>>52883869
I can't think of anything like getting advantage for successive perception rolls, passive or otherwise. I think the second round would go just like the first one, unless you don't pass your hide check the second time.

>>52883869
>>52883873
Again, I'd have you roll a contest instead of just going behind a tree while being in plain sight and not coming out.
They roll perception, you roll to hide.
>>52883905
While I do agree with pretty much all you've said, why the name?

>>52883864
That's how I feel, the last 3 levels of Barbarian are good but probably not that good if I don't plan to go above 16 or so Strength ever.

Then again that means my bonus action attack from the Fighting Style only gives me +2 Damage. Maybe it would be better to take Mariner or something for the +1 AC to stack with my DEX, CON and Dual-Wielder feat for when we need a tank more then damage.

>>52883875
Sure, but "Role not Roll" is meant more for "play a character you find appealing and fun to be, instead of just being a statblock built to fight with minimal character." Or at least that's what I thought it was. You can roleplay within the rules of the game, too.

Besides, when you let the "G" in "RPG" take too much precedent, you get 4e.

>>52883905
> accept DM doesn't read PHB
You're just stoking his ego and further his god complex power fantasy.

A real friend would punch him in the face for not following the establish rule between manly man.

>>52883910
Yeah, those sound fine. Terrapin definitely needs "until the start of your next turn" on it to define the time frame. Komodo dragon may want a con save.

>>52883930
>They roll perception, you roll to hide.

Isn't that called a search action which cost an action? How could they do that on my turn?

>>52883930
Wrong. please read PHB or go back to /pfg/.

It isn't even hard to understand why 5e developer want passive perception to reduce the among of unnecessary rolls like this which bog the game down.

>>52883092
>That fucking rainbow ampersand.
You know...just fuck that guy. Nothing against gays, but fuck that guy.

>>52883976
>>52884010
Passive Perception was a mistake.

>>52883976
Don't listen to him. He's foxfag from Pathfinder trying to migrate into this thread because their ship is sinking. He doesn't actually know the rule but assume that he does because he play the previous edition. And when confront with that fact he will response with "But muh roleplay not rollplay!!"

>>52883910
I'm trying to think of some for the volos races like Goliaths and Assamirs. Might just open up certain ones that I think could fit to those races.

>>52883976
>>52884010
No.
A search action means they have already lost sight of you and are trying to find you.
A contest like this means that the foe is aware of you being here and is trying to keep track of you, as defined in contests (PHB 174).

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Warning: autism incoming.

Is rolling for your HP upon level up a meme? From my understanding, seeing as how this is literally the only point in the game where you're allowed to round up, you should always take the average.
Just take a bard level up as example, hit die is a d8.
>Take expected value of 4.5, round up to 5 by default
or
>Roll a 1, 2, 3, 4. Get worse outcome
>Roll a 6, 7, 8. Get better outcome
>Roll 5. Get equivalent outcome
The way I see it, there's a 50% chance of getting a worse outcome, and a 37.5% chance of a better outcome, and a 12.5% chance of equivalent outcome.

Would it be disingenuous to add the 12.5 and 37.5 to say there is a 50% chance of "equivalent OR better outcome"? I ran some stuff through Excel and it seems like you should always take the expected value rounded up.

>>52884031
The opposite. Rolling 5-6 times (once per each PC or enemy on the field) everytime something hide is a mistake. WotC know that and that's why they develop passive perception system.

>>52884048
Fuck and of course I mess up on something simple... That should be 28=8+5+5+5+5

>>52883945
I think focus con for that meat rather than AC, and maybe hope you've got an EK or something in the party that can draw ire with high AC.

Besides that, get something that'll let you get a reaction attack, like mage slayer or sentinel.

>>52884048
...I'm sorry m8 but everyone already knew that.

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>tried 5e out on a friend's campaign
>wanna play again
>nobody's DMing
>offer DMing
>nobody wants to play because it's 5e
>don't want to play online with strangers

>>52884046
> He doesn't actually read PHB and just pick a random ability check page

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA

WRONG AGAIN. Just get out, why are you even in /5eg/?

>>52884077
What a bunch of plebs.

I want to be a Gnome Spellcaster.

I also want to be mysterious and cool.

What should I play?

>>52884077
Get better friends.

>>52884048
Good DMs will allow their players to roll hit dice, and then take the average if it's higher. This gives them a reliable increase in hp, so they can handle appropriate CR monsters, but adds a sense of fun and excitement to leveling up. (within approved boundaries, of course, see DMG)

>>52884106
Do not play a halfling or gnome if you're trying to be cool.

>>52884106
Enchanter Wizard that makes people think he's cooler than he is.

>>52884079
Can you read?
You were already seen.
It's perfectly reasonable for me as a DM to ask you to roll against an aware foe, because he does know you were there. Opposing goals and all that.
>>52884121
I just let them pick average or roll, they like it.

>>52884121
>roll hit dice, and then take the average if it's higher
Fuck off, they chose to roll rather than just take the average, they made the choice to take the risk for greater benefits. Why even make them roll the dice at that rate if they don't have any risk involved. Just roll a d4 and add that much to the average.

>>52884106
The way you're phrasing this makes me think you want a mysterious and cool spellcasting class, which doesn't exist. You can however make a mysterious and cool gnome character and pick whatever the hell spellcasting class you want.

namefag is a mistake.

>>52884106

Infernal pact warlock that sold his soul to learn the guitar.

>>52884225
Yes.
Yes it was, but I said I would wait until the first complain to drop it.
Good bye, if you see Evilfag, it isn't the same of this last few days.

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>>52884172
I don't think that's how that works anon.

>>52884077
>nobody wants to play because it's 5e
Are they 3.pf faggots, grognards, or hipsters who dislike dnd because it's a brand?

>>52884172
> "I'm a DM so I can create new rule!!"
GOD COMPLEX

>>52884260
That's what you get for not putting on trip. Or using your containment namefag prison like Discord.

>>52884263
it's just people who dislike 5e because it's very boring and it doesn't offer the level of customization that say, 3e offers

i understand where they're coming from, but i don't mind the system being slightly dumbed down in order for more options to come out of the box already working

>>52884077
We won't be stranger anymore after our first session *wink wink*

>+1 to any ability score, and pick either the Human Determination or Prodigy feat.

There, I fixed humans.

>>52884069
Good plan. Between CON being better then DEX and not really needing a high STR I'm actually surprisingly not as starved for ASI as most Barbs. My DM allows level 1 feats so I'll pick up Elven Accuracy and start with something like this.

15, 14, 15, 8, 13, 10 and then up STR and CON at 4. After that I pretty much just pick up Dual-Wielder with my next ASI and the rest in CON.

War Picks need love too

>>52884315
show them dandwiki and get the hell away from them

>>52884330
Or just Variant Human but they can only take one of those feats.

>>52884303
>advocating tripfaggotry
Kill yourself

>>52884262
Yes, I meant that you were seen and they are keeping an eye on you, again, based on the original post of
>I'll just walk over this tree to get sneak attack after being seen.
>>52884281
Applying another rule as intended (for that rule) in a situation I as a DM, feel like it fits better than assuming you can just walk into a tree and disappear, not making a new one. Then again, it could be argued.

>>52884303
>trip or discord
Not THAT much of a fag mate, the doppelganger situation doesn't bother me. I'll just be confused when switching devises.

>>52884315
> who dislike 5e because it's very boring and it doesn't offer the level of customization that say, 3e offers
Are they actual retards by any chance?

Sure, the 3ex's offer a level of customization but you literally have to wade through a staggering amount of shit, non-options, options that actually hamper and weaken you and way overpowered options, which basically amounts to a similar number of options offered by 5e, with the added condition that 5e's options actually work as intended out of the box.

>>52884315
So, 3.pf faggots.

Typically they think dnd was always excel spreadsheets and tier lists and that powergaming is the norm for every group. Get out while you still can.

Also you totally can powergame in 5e, it just isn't as bloated like 3.pf is. Tabaxi, GWM, 2h paladin, etc.

>>52884340
Sounds reasonable. Absolutely weird, but should be alright.

> Want to play necromancer wizard
> Doesn't want to be that guy with all the skeletons tracking

H..help anon...

>>52884153
Good thought. I'll give it a look. Thanks anon.

>>52884474
What is it you do want out of necromancy?

>>52884474
Ask your DM to consolidate your skellies into a 'skeleton swarm'

>>52884474
Ask your DM for a single bigger skeleton.
It'll be worse action-economy wise, but I doubt your DM will deny it.
>>52884497
That works too.

>>52884414
>I'll just walk over to this tree to get sneak attack after being seen.
It's not exactly that anon I'm hiding as well. What if there are more trees or potential locations I could have hidden why would they suddenly know I'm at that exact tree? If we allowed an active perception check what's the point of the search action if your making it so they can be done on other players turns? Also, that would highly weaken the hide action in general.

Does anyone else throw situations at their PCs without any clear solution in mind?

>>52884511
No, just if you were seen, but your points are sound, if you ran into a forest's edge it'd be way harder.
Is advantage, if is a distinctive cover object (lone tree, only barrel, a damn corner) agreeable?

>>52884497
>>52884509
That might be great.

>>52884430
It's kinda funny that at level 2 my average Attack roll is 20.49 and my average damage is 13.

Which isn't actually bad at all considering I can split that damage 2 ways and have a 19% chance to Crit.

GWM Barbaraians have and average Attack of 13.82 and deal 22 damage.

Less damage but I won't be missing much with my attacks.

>>52884567
I guess? Idk I would just keep it at a passive no active rolling and give the situational advantage or Disadvantage when it's needed.

>>52884607
That's what I meant.

>>52884636
We good then anon!

Now begins the slow death of the thread.
How I hate this.

>>52884684
Quickly, post Alfie/Vera.

I have no friends

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>>52884684
Use the time to post memes

>Shifter

>Moonspeaker
>+1 Wis
>You gain the ability to permanently speak with animals as well as cast sending once per long rest without need for material components. These abilities are not affected by anti-magic.

>Ragewild
>+1 Str or Con
>While Shifting, when you make a melee weapon attack using Strength, you gain a +2 bonus to the damage roll and advantage on Str ability checks.

>Loreguard
>+1 Wis or Cha
>Choose one of the following: Aberrations, fiends, fey, elementals, dragons, giants, celestials. Also choose 3 kinds of humanoids
>Against your choices, you have advantage on all ability checks for social interaction as well as stealth checks.
>In addition, when scoring a critical hit against these types you may choose to reroll damage dice up to the number of damage dice you would have on a regular hit. You must take the new dice.

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>>52884583
Or consolidate the skeletons into a ball, and give up half the attacks for a charge attack w/push

>>52884750
Don't think I've seen anyone mention shifter race since they came out. Wonder if that's something they'll put in phb 2.

Can I make a not edgy oathbreaker Paladin? I just want to cuck strahd from his vampire spawn.

>>52884121
>Good GMs don't namefag

>>52884843
>An Oathbreaker is a paladin who breaks his or her sacred oaths to pursue some dark ambition or serve an evil power. Whatever light burned in the paladin's heart has been extinguished. Only darkness remains.

I dunno Anon. My wrist sliced open while reading that blurb.

>>52884563
I do, my PCs will plan shit over the table semi-IC, semi-OC. I just listen and adapt how the situation can be solved by what they say.

>>52884889
That's the doppelganger anyway.

>>52884843
Be a Paladin of Treachery instead.

Slightly less edge.

>>52884843
>Bard of Whispers
>Seduce all vampires

>>52884926
>Shadow stealing

There's some fun to be had with the at-will transforming into someone you killed in CoS

>>52882854
In other words, you dribble enemies to death.

>DM: What's your character?
>Player: A goliath monk/rogue/barbarian
>DM: Uh... What's his name?
>Player: He is known only as Sh'aq
>DM: And his backstory?
>Player:For years he learned from the greatest masters the art of the dribble. The great warrior Larius Byrd. The great magician Sorcerous Johnson. The cunning Mich'ael J'ordan. Eventually he found the ultimate technique.
>Player: The Chaos Dribble

>>52884926
CoS end at level 10 anon.

I'm officially calling the 'double your proficiency' as expertise for purpose of shortening shit.
>Warforged

>Configuration: Reconnaissance
>+1 dex
>You gain proficiency in stealth and perception. If you are already proficient in either skill then gain expertise instead.

>Configuration: Close Quarters Combatant
>+1 Con
>Increase the bonus of your composite plating to +2 AC
>Gain martial weapon proficiency if you do not already have it.

>Configuration: Executioner
>+1 Str or Dex
>Gain advantage on any target if it is not in 10 feet distance of any other character.
>In addition gain advantage on initiative checks.

>>52884987
>Third Sundering

>>52884987
I'd allow it. Sure it wouldn't always be a viable tactic but even when it isn't I'll offer to let him to use Cannonballs as a weapon.

>>52882540
What if you took the Elven Champion but only put 3 levels in, for the 19-20 crit? And put the rest of your levels into Barbarian for a solid crit-fishing build?

You get a Fighting Style, Second Wind, Action Surge, and 5% more crits, and you basically have free advantage all the time forever with Reckless Attacks.

So when did this evilfag cancer arrive to the general?

>>52885083
Two, three days ago?
I was posting about the nature of evil with the BOVD in hand, hence the name.

>>52880077
Wand of Orcus with 2 +1 ACs from minor properties for +5
Raise CHA and DEX and CON to 30 from manuals/boons and be a barbarian with a dragon mask for 45
Then +3 shield for 50
Multiclass fighter for defense fighting style
51

>>52880196
Eyeball it like a champ

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Question about the Mystic UA class

While focusing on discipline A, can you use options from discipline B?

Example: A Soul Knife is focused on Corrosive Metabolism, gaining resistance to acid and poison damage. Can the Soul Knife use the Rapid Step option from Celerity to boost their walking speed without spending a bonus action to focus on Celerity?

>>52885176
Yeah you can.

>>52885176
Yes, while you can only use one focus at a time, it is irrelevant to discipline usage.

Rings based on Dark Souls
>chloranthy ring
Negate one level of exhaustion
>cursebite ring
Advantage on wisdom saving throws vs. Spells
>dark wood grain ring
Rolls made to overrun or tumble through enemy spaces use either athletics or acrobatics, whichever you prefer. You have advantage on these rolls
>havel's ring
Items you are wearing do not count towards your encumbrance
>hawk ring
Bows can shoot up to their maximum range without disadvantage
>hornet ring
Your sneak attacks do one additional die in damage
>Leo ring
Damage done by you when you use your reaction is doubled
>wolf ring
You have advantage on rolls to save vs. Effects that would move you
>granite ring
You have advantage on rolls made to move a creature
>prisoner's link
Your constitution is 19 if it's not already higher. You take an additional 2 points of damage of the same type from every source
>knight slayer ring
On your turn, if you hit an enemy wearing armor you can use your bonus action to decrease their AC by 2 until the end of your next turn
>estus ring
You add your proficiency bonus to any healing you take, whether from spending a hit die, fighter's second wind, a potion, or a spell
>pyromancer's gauntlet
Spellcasting focus. Spells you cast that do fire damage have a bonus to hit and damage (+1-+3)

I should probably be saving these
>Gensai

>*Elemental* Born
>+1 Con
>Gain resistance to damage of the elemental type your subrace declares.
>In addition you can survive in an environment similar to the Elemental plane from which your subrace hails as though it were normal. For example, a fire gensai can breathe and suffer no ill effects to existing within the elemental plane of fire though directed damage, such as a fireball, still does damage.

>Primordial Tongue
>+1 Cha
>Speak with the language of creation. When speaking primordial you may choose one individual who does not understand it and give them comprehension for 10 minutes. In addition, you gain advantage on charisma checks made with individuals affected by this ability
>You also gain advantage on Charisma saving throws caused by spells with a vocal component when that vocal component is not fulfilled in Primordial

>Wish Granter
>+1 Int, Wis, or Cha
>The blood of genie royalty flows through you. Once per long rest you may cast any spell as though casting it through wish. The spell's level determined by your total level divided in half, rounded up. For example, a 3rd level adventurer may cast a single 2nd level spell. Normal limits of Wish apply.

>>52885208
Just go play dark souls.

>>52884106
Uncle Grandpa

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>>52885291

>>52885201
>>52885204
Thanks, found the section that says that.

>You can have only one psychic focus benefit at a time, and using the psychic focus of one discipline doesn’t limit your ability to use other disciplines.

>>52881680
Nothing, really. Just different. Very different than what came before, as there are pretty involved combat rules, and they largely kin d of downplay role-playing because that's something that can be left up to players/DM.

My only gripe is combat takes forever. I'm currently playing a campaign where the DM has nerfed everyone and everything's HP and it makes things go snappier.

>>52885320
Hmm doesn't it down the line in levels allow the mystic to have two focus?