/5eg/ - Fifth Edition General

Long drawn out love stories edition.

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>>52918925
Between Warlocks and their Patrons?

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>>52918904
5e kobolds kinda turn me on, what does this mean?

Does an iron golem's poison gas penetrate leomund's tiny hut's dome?

>>52918964
Is that the comic where Gogo gets Baymax to finger Honey Lemmon?
It looks like it.

>>52918981
That you belong in the pathfinder general.

>>52918984
Poison gas is a cloud. Clouds are weather. The weather in the dome is fixed.

>>52918981
It means you have good taste in small lizards.

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>>52918996
But anon, I've never played Pathfinder before.

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>>52918904
Anons, I haven't played D&D in years, but are there rules for these guys in 5e? I loved Neraph.

One day I'll make a Neraph known as Knad Semem.

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>All these pfg tier posts

>>52919029
Every thread, until you like it.

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wake up
see this
wat do

>>52919015
Never a better time to start than the present.

>>52918981
>>>/pfg/

>>52919043
Go back to sleep

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>tried working on my campaign today
>all I did was name a bugbear in a dungeon that doesn't exist

>>52919043
Depends on the context. Were we sharing a camp already?

>>52919043
If she can handle my snoring, she's already more tolerant than any human woman.

>>52919043
Depends on a lot of factors.

How does the mystic's Mind Meld work?
Is the target forced to give a memory?

>>52919095
Well don't leave us hanging what was its name?

>>52919043
Wonder where the fuck the ranger who volunteered to wake watch went, then grab that sword and chase the thing out of my camp. Fucking ranger. Don't say you'll keep watch if you're just gonna masturbate in the trees, Jeff.

>>52919142
It needs to be willing.

>>52919196
For the communication part yes.
>ha ha you made a mistake talking to me!
>now give me a memory

What kind of special bows/arrows do you guys sell/buy in shops? Loot also. I wanna spice up the bow users in the group but can't come up with anything.

>>52919217
A memory of his choosing, he can pick whatever.

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>>52919183
*to the trees

>>52919239
Here, take a memory of me laying on the bed and dying of boredom. Hope it helps.

>>52919177
Uhh no thanks..

>>52919249
A mystic MindMelder would be a great cop.

>>52919217
Like the time I caught the ferry to Shelbyville. I needed a new heel for m'shoe. So I decided to go to Morganville, which is what they called Shelbyville in those days. So I tied an onion to my belt, which was the style at the time. Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on 'em. "Gimme five bees for a quarter," you'd say. Now where were we... oh yeah. The important thing was that I had an onion on my belt, which was the style at the time. I didn't have any white onions, because of the war. The only thing you could get was those big yellow ones...

Is Arcane Trickster (and half-casters in general) as underwhelming as it seems? Not getting a second level spell until level 7?

>>52919265
That's a terrible name for a bugbear.

>>52919352
Datz wat maed it reel kunnin!

>>52919293
If he's of the Awakened Order he get's to look at an object's memories too and they use Int so he can just take investigation as a skill.
Now I'm imagining a noir style scene with an older man in clothing that's between a robe and an uniform taking a swig of his flask and using his psionic powers to track criminals.

>>52919378
A robe can be part of a uniform anon

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Does this mean the beast already has +2 in its stat block? Or that you should add +2?

>>52919350
Third casters are kinda underwealming, but keep in mind, compared to the other subclasses they end up pulling ahead.

>>52919020
Isn't that a Red Slaad?

>>52919219
Explosive arrows are an easy one.

A Rope of Climbing with an arrow on it instead of a grappling hook could be cool.

Bow that has blades on the end that can be used in melee.

Arrow of silence is cool.

Arrow that casts heat metal on itself when fired. They have to rip it out to avoid being burnt.

Honestly you stick any spell on a single use arrow and give it to the Archer.

>>52919020
That looks like a red slaad, which is in 5e

>>52919462
Yes. The only thing you add it on top of for the normal stat block is AC and damage (for revised ranger). Then all of the things it applies to get a +1 when the ranger's proficiency bonus goes up.

>>52919469
>Honestly you stick any spell on a single use arrow and give it to the Archer.
That sounds simple enough and useful. Thanks for the reply.

>>52919466
Nope, that is a Neraph, whose race are cousin to Slaad but far weaker. In 3.5e they were LA0 Outsiders, and were really cool.

>>52919378
The Disciplines can be summed up as

>The order of the Shitposter.
>The order of the Nerd Avenger.
>The order of the Hulks.
>The order of the Noir protagonists.
>The order of the Better WOT4E Monks.
>The order of the Switchblade.

>>52918981
A player in my party basically kidnapped Meepo when we were running TftYP.
It was me.

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My Valor Bard just hit level 10, and can now thanks to Magical Secrets, I can take 2 spells from any class.

I have a 5th and 4th slot I can take, are there any in particular that are cool? I have Hold Monster, Greater Invisibility, Healing Word, and Cure Wounds for utility. Rest are damage spells.

>>52919466
>>52919516
http://archive.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/iw/20040613a&page=2

I actually found an archive post with their stats for 3.5e!

Though, seeing from anon's posts it seems like they're not in 5e, which is a shame because I wanted to play as a rare Pepe in my friend's silly 5e campaign he wants to run.

What's the best build for Kobold? Does a Chainlock with Voice of the Chain Master negate sunlight sensitivity?

The other option is to be a Kobold Ranger.

I want to make a hit-and-run melee rogue using the Scout archetype. Are there any other feats that increase move speed besides Mobile? Is Mobile worth taking even though it overlaps with one of Scout's class features, if only for the extra movement and the difficult terrain stuff?

>>52918904
is there something that is PF to 3.5 but for 5e?

>>52919644
Doesn't overlap at all, scout gives you reaction movement without opportunity attacks and Mobile lets you ignore them on your turn.

Also be either a Wood Elf or a Tabaxi.

My group has loads of experience with 3.5/pf and our GM wants to try 5e, but still run the pathfinder adventure paths.

What are the biggest differences that would have to be accounted for here?

>>52919658
Check >>52905037
Something there may evolve into a similar mess.

>>52919658
For what purpose?

>>52919677
Oh, I misread something somewhere

I don't know how I managed that, my bad.

Thanks though! I'm playing a different race than those for flavor reasons.

>>52919658
There are third-party systems based on 5e's core including Ultramodern5, Amethyst: Quintessence, and Adventures in Middle Earth. However, WotC is making sure not to rely too heavily on any single third-party writer for their own products, to avoid the mess with Paizo making PF.

If/when 5e is phased out, I'm sure there will be a third party that will rerelease it with the serial numbers filed off just like PF did. There was no such things for 4e because of its lack of SRD, but even the old AD&D and Basic stuff lived on through OSR.

>>52919701
>What are the biggest differences that would have to be accounted for here?
basically everything will need to be adjusted.

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>>52919677
>>52919715
I see what I did. I had the wrong archetype selected on 5etools, confused myself.

Again, I appreciate it.

>>52919715
That's cool, I've been meaning to try out Scout because I do love Ranger-y characters without magic. Scout never seems to get enough love.

Right now I'm a Tiefling Barbarian but hopefully after this campaign I'll get a chance to try Scout.

>>52919714
To see the massive butthurt... nah just joking, dont know seems interesting to see what people can come up with

Anyone have a good idea for the family name of a bunch of cursed Nobles? One ancestor was a Warlock and didn't read the fine print so now the family's slowly becoming more insane and fiendish each generation.

>>52919844
Uzumaki.

>>52919844
Open a Tolstoy. Work from there.

>>52919043
Strangle it to death. Free XP.

>>52919844
Dostoyevski

>>52919037
I know subversion when I see it faggot, your kind already ruined one edition fuck off back to it.

>>52919844
Something Germanic, like Varnhagen, Waldeck, Drumpf, or Battenberg.

>>52919642
Ranger or ranged Rogue are probably the best functionally.

>>52920028
I meant your damn image.
Everyone can see this threads don't kick into gear until someone asks something, so the first posts are always some sort of shitpost.

So for the first time ever we had real PvP happen in a game for in character reasons. The two players agreed out of combat that they wouldn't be pissy if they died but luckily the Fighter/Barbarian is good aligned.

It was the Half-Orc Paladin arguing with the Human Fighter/Barb about how his tribe was past the point of redemption and they had to do something about it. They were on a bridge when the argument started and it was the single greatest cobat I've seen in a while.

Paladin won initiative and super smite the Fighter/Barb for nearly half of his health but missed his PAM attack. Fighter/Barb's turn came around and he raged and used one attack to disarm and the other to grapple.

Basically ended with the Paladin tapping out because the Fighter/Barb jumped off the bridge and could hold his breath much longer then the Paladin could. The paladin player also got a warning for breaking his oath and has been humbled greatly about combat skills.

I love when people win without weapons.

>>52920047
>Drumpf

You cheeky dick waffle

>>52920068
>The threads need shitpost to start discussion

Stop posting any time

Where's the PDF that explains how to balance racial features?

>>52920073
>used one attack to disarm

Is that actually a thing we can do? I know you can spend one attack to grapple

>>52920104
You, somehow, saw the all words and read nothing.
>>52920126
I could link you to the Gdoc.

>>52920152
the DMG has it. I think it actually requires an action but our DM's ruled just 1 attack.

It's no more powerful then shoving someone prone really. Most people are smart enough to carry a spare weapon, not this guy.

>>52920175
I found it, but since I hate those fuckers who solve their own problems and don't tell anyone else how
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vq1kz6PRAbw5LHy6amH-bNb4OuB8DBXL1RsZROt03Sc/edit#gid=0

>>52920197
Ok?

>>52920206
anon why did you have to make this weird

>>52920175
>I meant your damn image.
>Everyone can see this threads don't kick into gear until someone asks something, so the first posts are always some sort of shitpost.

The image was ridiculing the shitposts, by encouraging them even sarcastically you're part of the problem.

>>52920178
It's just 1 attack. The ones that take an action say so.

>>52919844
In my hometown we have an ancient fable of the wizard Schlepphoden, who turned insane in his study of the dark arts, which is supposedly based on the real Schlepphoden von Druckfurtz.
Seems kind of fitting.

>>52920047
>Waldeck

Love it. It's one of those names where it's fancy sounding without it seeming like I tried to shove as many V's and seriousness into it as possible.

>every other level, starting at level 2, you get one attribute increase point
>this point lets you increase one attribute by 1, or you can forgo spending it to buy a feat which costs 2
Similar to how it is now, but spreads out when you can increase stats. Does it make a difference? Classes that have more ASIs would probably get a bonus point at certain levels.

>>52919043
It's kinda cute and has a plump butt. Probably fuck it.

>>52920550
Honestly I think I'd rather it. I'd just make the Fighter and Rogue get a free feat at the level of their bonus.

I wish stats other then Strength did something when they were odd though.

What does your the character do when they do the Help action? You give advantage on the next ability check the character makes... how? That makes little sense to me. Do you just give them a motivational speech to motivate them to do it better?

>>52920596
If it's an attack, they cause a distraction, if it's healing someone they hold the medkit. Depends on the context.

>>52920596
You do something context appropriate. If you can't come up with even a single thing helpful in context, you can't do it.

>>52920596
Depends. If it's on Climbing it could be lifting them up or pulling them, Intimidation could be standing menacingly behind them, Persuasion could be nodding as they speak as it's a common trick used by politicians.

As for Attacks it's a fient, a whistle to draw attention or throwing a rock at them. Whatever you want.

Gonna be running a wild west style game this weekend. Brand new continent which has climate similar to middle of the US and the West Coast. Pretty much spaghetti western with dudes in armor and kobold banditos.

Having kobolds be the natives pissed at all these homesteaders making a ruckus on the surface. Here's the question:

>Kobolds with large sombrero like hats, or no?

>>52919611
We can basically say every single spell in 5th and 4th level but it would do us no good unless you tell us what role you play in your party. Is it pure support? Are you the charming Bard? Tell us BRO.

>>52920649
How could the answer possibly be "no".

>>52920649
Yes. They ignore sunlight sensitivity while wearing them.

>>52920649
>Kobolds with large sombrero like hats, or no?
ABSOLUTELY NOT! Not without rockin' some sweet moustaches

>>52920649
Sounds fun as fuck. Gonna have guns? Also
>hats
Duh. Also also
>ponchos
>bandoliers
>mustaches
>and native shit too

>>52919611
counterspell is the number one recommended spell for magical secrets, if opposing spellcasters are not a problem, you can take stuff like destructive wave, banishing smite if you are melee or swift quiver if you are ranged. stuff like haste, fireball, aura of vitality, etc.

https://www.reddit.com/r/dndnext/comments/3s8906/all_core_magical_secrets_picks_for_bard/cwuzq4x/
>reddit
this is a good reference in general.

>>52920596
The Figher carried books to and from the bookshelves, while commenting on what the Mystic rattled.
On a fight the Mystic did the psionic equivalent of >pic related in the enemy's ear.
>>52920649
Just vary them, the poorest kobold's sombrero is closer to a cone.

>>52920649

This >>52920668 so that there's a mechanical reason to shoot them off.

>>52920665
>>52920668
>>52920695
>>52920697
>>52920707

I thought as much.

Sadly, no guns. But there may be a rising market in quick draw wands. The lawmen of the towns are the experienced adventurers who set up first with towns built around them for protection. Can't wait to have an old school wizard quick draw against an overconfident upstart.

>>52919758
>Martial characters should get a magical weapon by higher levels
Even then, the PHB allows for characters to silver their weapons, allowing them to fight creatures that resist nonmagical damage. You should also put in that movement isn't an action anymore, a lot of 3.PF DMs seem to forget that.

>>52920785
>silvering weapons

Fuck I completely forgot that was a thing

>>52920785

As a player, I forget this constantly.

>>52920785
>Even then, the PHB allows for characters to silver their weapons, allowing them to fight creatures that resist nonmagical damage.
Silver is good against devils and lycanthropes. Against golems and liches and tough creatures like the tarrasque, silvered is no more effective than mundane weapons.

>>52919611
swift quiver and hellish rebuke give you among the highest turn by turn damage in the game

haste and counterspell are very powerful classics that are always good to have

what else makes sense depends on what your party is lacking

>>52920623
>>52920640
My issue is that advantage seems a bit contrary to how helping someone works. When you help someone you both preform similar tasks that help to a same goal and having it simply cop out to it being advantage in all cases seems cheap.
>>52920645
I actually like this explanation for your provided examples, but my other problem still stands as this doesn't seem to fit into cooperative tasks, like say, kicking down a door. In that case you are both preforming a similar action (kicking down the door) and by the fact it should be easier for BOTH of you to do this. Advantage for the "main" person doing this seems contrary to how it would work.

>>52920838
They need mithraled weapons, ya?

>>52920838
Material types, mithril, adamantine, etc. No reason a fighter shouldn't carry around 4 swords for different situations.

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>>52920745
>Sadly, no guns

>>52920896
When enchanted weapons enter the equation, you just use the higher plus number.

>>52920871
I know mithral and adamantine armor is a thing but are weapons? Have trouble remembering everything on the list of magic shit from the DMG.

>>52920916
You really shouldn't draw Blackrazor on a zombie horde.

>>52920850
You get advantage when you have a favorable scenario. Helping someone is giving them a favorable scenario, right?
if you still don't like that justification, it's not hard to think of alternatives. Two or more players can roll and you take the average, maybe lowering the DC. In TYP, one of the adventures has a stone block that has room to be pushed by up to 4 people, and they can push it if their combined strength score is above 48 (I think, can't remember the exact number). Go ahead and use your imagination. Neither of those examples would work for helping with attacks, in my opinion.

>>52920850
See the rules agree that unless you can realistically help then it won't work. For kicking down a door where you have the huge guy slamming it, probably won't be helped by the rogue kicking it..... but he can with a Portable Ram. Read the rules for that thing because it's one of the best pieces of Fighter-gyver gear and costs 4gp.

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>>52920898

I just don't want guns, anon. If I wanted muskets I'd go play 7th Sea but then I'd be stuck in Not!Europe.

>>52920953
Don't worry, I was just itching to post that.

>>52920919

Of course. Why wouldn't they? If a material is good as armor it's probably useful in some way as a weapon. For instance ironwood is a useful alternative against a rust monster, and adamantine works great for sundering. Mithril can let you dual wield easier (it's still a silly idea though).

>>52920919
I don't remember if they're in the DMG as magic options or if they're in the PHB as a side-upgrade like silvered weapons. I am fairly certain however the Stat blocks of the creatures you mentioned say they are immune to bps from non-mithril weapons. It occurs to me that may be in reference to a since-removed rule since I don't have any MM errata.

>>52920977
I meant more if there were actual rules for it in there already, not if its possible to do it or not. I had to figure earlier editions had rules for it.

>>52920977
>>52920980
Aw fuck. Maybe the Stat blocks say adamantine and not mithral.

>>52920977
In DF, mithril is great for armor because its stupidly high and strong. but the lack of weight makes for piss-poor weapons.
Except knives and rapiers.

>>52920935
>>52920949
I think I understand now, I was just overthinking this. I'll just ask my players for what they do to "Help" and the description should suffice that.

Can someone give me ideas for names and personalities for my Knightly Retainers? Honestly I might just take 1 or 2 because I can't see a reason for 3 servants beyond insisting they have a tool proficiency and reducing crafting times.

>>52921032
*Light

>>52920935
>>52920949
also thanks

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>>52918904
Planning a minicampaign where the players are illithids on board a nautiloid in deep space. The cloaking device malfunctioned and every faction capable of planar or space travel is attacking at once. The elder brain sends each mind flayer to a different section of the ship in order to eventually teleport the whole thing somewhere else.

In each vignette, one player controls the mind flayer and the rest control a group of its thralls. At the end of the scene it rotates, so everyone gets to control an illithid.

Subsystems of the ship so far (need more depending on how much time and how many players I have)
>Engines: Power up the reactor for a jump
>Hazard: The reactor core spins, spraying gamma rays in two rotating cones. Break line of sight when it comes around or take massive radiation damage (CON save for half)

>Hull: Go for a spacewalk and open up the exhaust ports manually so the ship isn't cooked by the jump
>Hazard: A massive space battle rages overhead. Periodic dragon strafing runs, debris impacts and other collateral damage randomly strike the hull, players have one turn to vacate the affected area before they hit

>Cloaking Device: Fix the stealth systems, so the attackers can't follow the ship
>Hazard: The malfunctioning cloaking device is distorting the area around it, randomly pulling in terrain and objects from other planes

Once everything is fixed, the ship jumps to a random region of unoccupied space, and the challenge is cleaning out the uninvited guests who came with it, culminating in a final battle on the bridge

Right now the part that's giving me trouble is designing the thralls. I want them all to be less powerful than the illthid they serve, while still being useful and fun to play. I still have to design all the encounters too, deadly enough to kill a couple expendable thralls while still being beatable. Tentatively I'm including a
>Gith Raiding Party (both kinds)
>Drow Commando Team
>Morkoth
>Beholder

daily reminder that if you allow dark elves in your game you have no right to exclude duergar or hobgoblins, in fact drow should be less acceptable than either of those two

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>>52921064
>where the players are illithids
=͟͟͞͞=͟͟͞͞ ( ゜꒳゜)=͟͟͞͞=͟͟͞͞

>>52921039
Stan, Kyle, and Eric.

You should already know their personalities.

Be sure to mention you used to have a 4th retainer, but he unfortunately died.

>>52921039
Well you get 2 commoners and 1 noble. The noble is meant to be your squire but he starts with 400gp Breastplate.

Take that shit off him and use/sell it.

>>52921093
Ok, sure. Have duergar been printed? I forget.

>>52921127
yeah, in SCAG

>>52921127
They were in SCAG.

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>>52920785
>>52920871
>>52920896
A lot of enemies just require magic weapons. Unless it says something specific, only magic weapons work

>>52921093
In Silverymoon, you are trustworthy until you are proven a danger. Unless drow, in which case is the same thing, but the silver knights will just happen to patrol every area you are walking on.
>>52921127
SCAG, 104

>>52921127
They have and they're actually really, really good if you can get around the Sunlight Sensitivity.

The amount of resistances they get is amazing and the racial spells are Enlarge and Invisibility making them pretty good Fighters.

>>52921148
I'm thinking those cases are from enemies that are made of or covered in a hardened material. Like a gargoyle is a living statue, so of course it doesn't give a shit about a normal weapon. One made of adamantine, the hardest stuff in existence, would hurt that fucker good.

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>>52921093
i honestly think the same, how is a majestic brain dominator any worse than a group of sadistic arachnophilic slavers?

Lolth literally demands horrible violence for shits and giggles, while it's not our fault that our alien anatomy demands pure psychic energy from sapient humanoids.

>>52921198
In my group it would depend on three things, what are your opinions on psionics, your opinion about demons, and what do you think about Bane.

If you roll for Tiefling appearance it makes you just look like a human + those features right?

Is no shadow, sharp teeth and goat legs on a human more or less edgy then a normal Tiefling?

>>52920919
In the MM helmed horror has damage resistance from nonmagical weapons that aren't adamantine. So there are adamantine weapons and my guess is they are substituted for magic if your running a low magic campaign.

As for Mithril I'd let someone get one and it'd work similar to finesse weapons and remove the heavy property. Although it's be expensive and not cheap by any means.

>>52921407
>goat legs without the cloven hooves

What does that even look like?

>>52921446
I just assumed I have them both with Goat legs. I'll just add the cloven hooves on though.

>>52921198
I'd allow Illithid player characters, if you want to play a monster that needs to make disguise checks and subsists on eating the brains of bandits with bounties to help the party I'm fine with it.

>>52921458
yeah they're separate. hooves without goat legs is also weird but I have an easier time picturing them than goat legs without hooves for some reason.

So 5e is 3 years old and there's only two fucking splatbooks? Is D&D dying or something?

>>52921526
RPGs are bigger than they've ever been, and D&D is no exception. The slow release schedule and focus on adventures is actually benefiting 5e by making it more approachable.

>>52921545
I dunno man, I loved reading the splatbooks way more than adventure books (No offense to the writers, but if I wanted generic fantasy garbage there are plenty of better options). Unless the writing has dramatically improved since that godawful tyranny of the dragons arc.

But it still doesn't scratch my itch for hordes of spells/feats/classes.

>>52921603
>Unless the writing has dramatically improved since that godawful tyranny of the dragons arc.
It did immediately. ToD's two books are considered the worst by a large margin.

>>52921603
It's less about creating amazing things to read as much as it is fun things to play, that don't require a skilled DM to enjoy.

>>52921628
Any recommendations? I might check one out at my local gaming shop.

>>52921603
>tyranny of the dragons
Worst of the lot. tons of people say CoS and STK are the best but I wasn't a huge fan of them.

Out of the Abyss and Princes of the Apocalypse are the best to me.

Also they release UA which is like free splat options they're playtesting and between them most options have been doubled or even tripled. Most are pretty good and balanced but some (Loremaster) are broken.

Has anyone had a game were player's were annoyed that the session was just combat and mechanics?

Going to have a game with the friends tomorrow but I have been busy all week and didn't have the time to actually make a lot of custom shit so I was going to just make a dungeon, throw some goblins and traps in it and give them some gold at the end.

Should I let them know that it's just going to be pretty basic? Half of the guys just show up to roll dice and shittalk, so I can't see it being a problem.

>>52921667
Not that Anon, but Out of The Abyss is great.

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>>52921473
yeah, my mind flayer character was built around nomadic chameleon and blind sight, and play it like cuttlefish camouflage, disappearing in plain sight with its surrounding.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfkhEm3LfvE

>>52921526
>>52921545
>>52921603
The devs are trying to do the opposite of what happened with 3.PF and 4E - quality over quantity.

>>52921667
Out of the Abyss and Curse of Strahd are both great. Princes of the Apocalypse and Storm King's Thunder are both okay

What's the best class for wearing no armor and wielding a huge honking weapon? Barbarian or Kensei Monk?

>>52921685
Just stick a little fluff in with a goblin calling himself a "God King" or something and it's fine.

You could always just steal a ToYP adventure.

>>52921718
Do you want to be DEX or STR? Both do about the same damage with Barbarian having higher toughness and Kensai having better utility. So pick whichever floats your boat.

>>52921526
The impression that I've gotten of role playing outside of /tg/ is that tons of people do it but they
>don't care about the rules
>don't care about the settings
>don't care about the game
It's just another way to hang out. I've seen people playing without dice. I've seen parties that don't have a single core race. I see people that the only reason they seem to play is so they can write fanfiction-type stuff about their characters. That may be the way the majority of games work, I dunno. I only know my games and the kind of stuff I see secondhand, or snippets of. People at wotc probably know better than I do what people are doing with their product, and they are probably going to do the thing that appeals to the majority (which probably isn't splatbooks)

>>52921603
Like other anons said keeping the amount of books to a minimum helps when bringing in new people. It also makes more people likely to DM and have less conflict because they don't have or just don't like shit in certain books.

>>52921526

They are trying to avoid flooding the market like what happened with 3.x and Paizo with Pathfinder.

Honestly even Paizo seems to be slowing down their release schedule at this point. Because seriously how fucking many splats and bestiaries does a GM need?

>>52921699
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgDE2DOICuc
better vid, i really like this little critters, cephalopods in general are so much fun.

>>52921699
That's actually pretty cool.
Why don't my players put in that much effort?

>>52921718
Oath of Redemption Paladin

>>52921781
However many it takes to accommodate every otherkin snowflake.

>>52921797
the sad thing is that my group doesn't care about any of that, they pretty much just want to hit stuff and move on.
infinite sadness.

So which is the best faction and why is it The Lords' Alliance?

HotDQ/RoT have balance issues and are frankly kind of weaksauce

OotA is solid but forces you to be underdark for most of the game. I'd say it has the most epic final scenes though.

CoS is a pastiche of a classic module and setting. It seems to do a good job of capturing the feel but most people feel that the final battle is anticlimatic because Strahd tends to go down like a bitch

PoA is probably the closest in feel to a classic dungeon crawl and it's obviously a play on ToEE but in general I feel like the villains are kind of meh.

SKT is fun but it leaves a fuckton for the DM to develop which can be good and it can be bad. Because it's a variable path AP a huge percentage of the page count will not be used in most playthroughs.

@52921898
No (you) for you

>>52921843
Nothing is sadder than an actual proper roleplayer stuck with murderhobos

if dishonorable dwarves are stripped of their first name, what the fuck are we supposed to call them?

one of my players wants to play one but we can't figure out what to do in regards to his name

>>52921941
Beardsly

>>52921814

We already have genasi, aasimar, tieflings, about a zillion humanoids including ones with flying at chargen.

Unless you want playable monsters like centaurs and driders they are running out of races to cover. Assuming that races like modrons and bariarur would be covered by a planescape setting.

>>52921843
>Hello darkness my old friend
You have my sympathy

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>Put Bag of Holding on head
>Bully some gnome into making you some reverse-periscope type goggles
>Go beat up Illithids that can't pester you since your mind is literally in another dimension

Would this work?

>>52921941
Whatever he wants. I imagine most Dwarves would chose a title or another Dwarven name. Some might choose something as simple as "Dwarf".

>>52921956
Until we get something that looks like Nerubians at least.

>>52921978
So long as you had a way to breathe potentially

>>52922006
I'll put a potted plant in it or something. Or a snorkel.

>>52921987
>another Dwarven name.

According to the PHB they are forbidden by law from using other Dwarf names. I think a dishonored Dwarf just called "Dwarf" is kind of hilarious though, he should go with that.

>>52921956
So long a story keep putting them out, hopefully the dregs will stay over there.

>>52922027
So long as they*
Jesus fucking Christ autocorrect

>>52921978
Whats stopping them from stabbing the bag and instantly bisect you?
Actually, your body would just fall dead, your head would be instantly atomized through the astral plane.

>>52922024
Well if he's been kicked out he might not give a darn about the laws. If he does and feels dishonored about being exiled then I imagine either a nickname or another culture's name would work.

"Dwarf" is an easy one and honestly I find myself calling characters by their races name a lot. I don't want to pronounce "Gokth-kut" when I can call you "Orc".

>>52922043
what's stopping them from stabbing my face in the first place?

Is it ever a good idea to have NPCs fight alongside PCs to tackle a large group of or a BBEG?

I was thinking about having a small group of CR1/2 scouts help the party an outside that was taken over.

>>52922070
Scales?
I dunno.
A stab to the face might kill you, a stab to the Bag of Helmet is instant death.

>>52922091

*retake an outpost* Fucking phones...

>>52922091
Normally, giving the players allies to offset a large number of enemies takes longer and produces the same result as just sending fewer enemies. But if you've written a tougher fight into the story than the players can reasonably deal with, it's not the worst idea to give them some adds for the encounter.

>>52922091
Make the distract a number of enemies and fight "offscreen". Roll a few dice and get narrate the result when they reagroup.

>>52922091
Make sure the Scouts are using simple tactics and get through their turns fast.

Also one trick I've seen is to just have 1-3 scouts directly helping the party but say there are other ones protecting other sides of the outpost offscreen. Means you can run a smaller combat but there can still be a large amount of people fighting.

Also you could do Mass Combat Rules.

>>52922070
the bag arguably has a larger surface area and/or volume, making it an easier target. you can get a scratch to you face and survive, you can get a clean bludgeoning hit to the head and survive with a concussion, but getting the bag damaged is instant annihilation with no chance of resurrection.

>>52922091
I like to have the NPCs in the background. Something like
>an army of skeletons approaches!
>cpt gull takes his men to one side of the stone arch, leaving the party to head off the remainder
>the party then gets their own fight, maybe offer glimpses into the NPC battle, like a victorious roar or the sounds of clashing swords
>after the party finishes their battle, cpt. Gull returns wounded and with a couple less men

>>52922139
>>52922169

Cheers

>>52922218
Fine, then how about I put the Illithid's head in a bag of holding?

>level 12 game
>get a new player who has never played before
>say he should probably go something simple like fighter or barabrian because we are level 12
>everyone else decides to say 'no just play what you want'
>picks bard
>4 games in and he still has no idea what he is doing

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>>52922278
well, that's an easy solution to any problem ever.

>>52922318
That wouldn't kill nor destroy anything but giants, but imagine the Illithid floating towards a Githyanki outpost.

What type of Rogue should I be? My DM said Scout, buy it doesnt look fun

>>52922362
Well what are you looking for?

>>52922362
Isn't Scout a kind of fighter in this edition, not a kind of rogue?

Anyway, be a mastermind. It's fun.

Thinking of playing a knowledge cleric, anyone have experience playing one? How was it?

Side question. If I play a character whose ideal is truth, and consequently will not tell a lie and seeks to expose lies, how could I reconcile that if I were to play in a party with say, a dickass lying thief?

My thought is to not out him unless it's a detriment to the party. But then scold him or give comical sighs whenever they try to pull a fast one on somebody after it's already happened. Maybe lecture him every now and then, especially if their lies get us into trouble.

This is just hypothetical. But I don't want playing a highly truthful character to ruin the fun for others. If I did I'd just play a paladin.

>>52922285
I still don't understand how people have a hard time grasping how to play this game.
As a player you have so little you need to know.

>>52922378
Bullshit and hijinks

>>52922362
>>52922447
arcane trickster it is then.

>>52922386
There's a Scout archetype for both Fighter and Rogue.
I don't know why, but there is.

>>52922362
Thief is great as you have pretty great mobility, and can do a lot with your bonus action thanks to fast hands. Take a look at mundane items (non magical ones) as you can use all of them as a bonus action as a thief with fast hand.

Arcane trickster is also right up there in terms of fun.

Mastermind is fun if you're in it for the roleplay, in my opinion. One of my favorite characters I played was a mastermind that worshiped Beshaba because he was so confident in his plans succeeding that he new he didn't need good luck, but rather he needed to avoid bad luck. Because bad luck can ruin any plan.

>>52922401
A cleric of Oghma, the god of knowledge and truth.

You couldn't.

>Your main creed straight up says.
Curb and deny falsehoods, rumor, and deceitful tales whenever you encounter them.

>>52922468
Yeah, that's the issue.
Trying to find a way to make it work and be fun for the party rather than "ugh... our cleric is worse than a paladin."

>>52922497
Play a trickery cleric and high five the rogue later.

>>52922428
>start as a lv12 bard
>have to generate a 6th level spellcaster spell list from scratch, without ever knowing what worked for you and what didn't
>have to chose 2~4 magical secrets' spells from the entirety of the spells in the game
>3 ASI, easy if you know what you are doing, but can get into tons of traps with feats

dunno, i wouldn't ever let a newbie start as a high level spellcaster, the whole point of the level progression is to introduce the player to increasingly complex mechanics and have their numbers progress with the challenge. it also invalidates a huge part of the game's balance and settings.

>>52922523
So he should have had another character help him pick things and the DM should maybe be lenient and let them re-pick a few things after the first few sessions in case he turns out to hate them.

I just mean it's incredibly easy mechanically, this game. You can learn pretty much everything you need to know if you spend an hour or two and read. But that's the problem isn't it? No one wants to read.

>>52922466
Thief's the most underrated archetype in the game. The amount of hijinx mundane items, climb speed and +5ft on your jumps can do is honestly amazing.

>>52922523
in his defense, i have players in my table that have been playing 5e for almost a year now that still struggle with figuring out their save DC for stuff and spend entire sessions picking up their new spells with each level up. only to pick so garbage and then wonder why they are getting outperformed by an npc or a wizard with -2 dex and con.

>>52918996
Thanks dude, so unlikely to effect?

>>52922091
a whole outside?!?

>>52922568
>But that's the problem isn't it? No one wants to read.
i feel you brother, i feel you so much. what i hate the most is when someone asks something, i (not the dm) answer and people still fumble through the book, wasting a bunch of time, because they didn't believe me or wanted to double check.

like, it's pretty easy to at the VERY LEAST read your own fucking class. they are like 4 pages tops...

>>52922512
But anon I don't want to play a trickery cleric.

Anyway. I might go with my idea. I don't need to be infallible as a cleric but I do need to follow my creed. If I held honesty to the highest esteem but circumstances landed me beside a liar whom I needed to get along with, I would try to convert him to my way of thinking. But wouldn't likely do so in a way that would ensure my death or his.

DMs also tend to enjoy having party lies exposed. So in the event they are I could have "I told you so" moments. Similarly, if a lie goes well he could have an "I told you so" moment right back. Might be fun dynamic.

Is it a true of 5e as a system that if a creature fails a certain save DC they'll still take half damage?

>>52922575
Yep, the amount of stuff you can do is incredible.

>>52922604
I would rule that it doesn't.

>>52922575
>planning on going thief in an upcoming game
>private eye that solves all sorts of problem depending on the client/payout
>plan on hoarding all kinds of items and trying to make use of them depending on the value
I think the party so far is a fighter, bard, and a wizard that may or may not have a compulsion to rearrange furniture and create illusions of them.

>>52922622
Well, you don't have to tell immediately.
Write a lie book and berate him at camp.
Teach everyone to write.
Give money to bards.

>>52919043
Cuddle hard and go back to sleep

>>52918904
I absolutely can't stand the dog noses

>>52922633
Depends if they have a certain features that allow that. Monks and rogues get evasion that does that and if they pass they take no damage. If the players have it so can monsters.

>>52922633
In most cases... but not always.
There are certain effects where failing a save will really fuck you up, but passing will ensure nothing happens to you.

Disintegrate is the one I think of off the top of my head.

>>52922633
If it does, it will be specify on the ability.

ie. Dragon's Breath Weapon

> The dragon exhales fire in a 60-foot cone. Each creature in that area must make a DC 21 Dexterity saving throw, taking 63 (18d6) fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

or Fireball
> Each creature in a 20-foot-radius sphere centered on that point must make a dexterity saving throw. A target takes 8d6 fire damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one.

versus something like Sacred flame
> The target must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or take 1d8 radiant damage.

Which does no damage on successful save.

>>52922665
Make sure to have 14 Strength. You'll want the carry weight and to be able to jump 10 ft in the air and 19ft across pits.

Also Bugbears make the best Thief in the game as far as I know.

>>52922670
Holy shit you think I could get away with a lie jar?
Every lie the rogue tells I force him to give me some gold or I will expose him.
At the end of every month or so I donate the gold to a library, school, or temple.

>>52922721
Remember to spout random trivia whenever someone lies and you know it.

>>52922633
>if a creature fails a certain save DC
don't you mean pass the save DC?

either way, no, each ability or spell will tell you what happens on both fail or success. plenty spells and abilities due inflict half damage on a success, because they are expending resources on them, but plenty other don't do anything at all on a success.

refer to >>52922698 for text examples.

>>52922742
I'll write a book entitled, "On the Rogues and their Lies."

>>52922657
>>52922657
Excellent.

>>52922825
Knock the "the" off.
Looks bad.

>>52922847
It's a reference to a work by another knowledge cleric.

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>>52922718
Yeaaah, that's gonna be a bit. That and int are my lowest stat because I wanted a smooth talker and was going to fix it with bonuses and stuff.

>>52922859
I know, but the title still bothers me.
Looks like a bad thesis.
On the Waukeenians and their lies.

Should I be a Duergar or Hill Dwarf for building a Dwarven Ranger?

Any suggestions on playing a good Summoner Wizard? I'm already playing as an Artificer Wizard with the potions and scrolls so my archetype is already down, but I've got Animate Dead and Conjure Minor Elemental at Level 7.

>>52922933
Fair enough.
As a side, since this is hypothetical there might not be a dickass thief in the party at all. So if there's a prominent evil race I could always just change it to name them as the liars.

>>52922690
>>52922693
>>52922698
>>52922781
Thanks dudes, and yeah kinda muddled the sentence there. Will do more research.

Has there been cases of direct immensely damaging effects without saving throws?

what's the highest possible roll on a skill check?

say, 20 at the ability score, proficiency, expertise, guidance and peerless skill, all max rolls gives us
>5 + 6 + 6 + 4 + 12 = 33

am I missing anything else?

>>52922994
Pass without a trace for +10 in stealth

>>52922978
Don't, you can't and if you could everyone would fucking hate you. Seriously no one likes it when the Wizard has 7 pets and gets 8 turns.

Other then that Conjure Minor Elementals is about it. It's a good spell and will come up sometimes but Conjure spells are mostly good for when the action economy is strongly against you.

The only people who can make a good summoner without going into UA are Druids. With UA you have the Conjure demon spells... but those are risky.

>>52922990
>direct immensely damaging effects without saving throws

there's the nuclear druid meme build, but most sources of direct damage are over all weak on the grand scheme of things, or huge memes in general.

magic missile and psionic blast are the normal stuff that comes to mind, magic missile getting improved with evokation features and then there's heat metal which might absolutely destroy a target with no chance of salvation, but might be useless at all depending on what your dm throws at you.

>>52922994
Ranger can give himself +20 Stealth with Pass without trace and one of it's abilities.

>>52922990
>>52923046
Powerword: Kill comes to mind.

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You degenerates do all realize that you are literally pic related right?

When are you going to get your fucking life together?

>>52923029
Pretty much this.
Conjure spells make combat such a pain and are only worth doing when you're really outnumbered and need some extra guys to soak up attacks or some shit.

Conjure elemental is also acceptable in my opinion, though, because it only brings out one big dude. The problem is if you lose your concentration. Conjuration wizards don't have to worry about this,but everyone else does. If you prep this spell, make sure you have dispel magic too so you can poof him away if he goes rogue.

>>52923076
Today (no joke) a Jehovah's witness asked me what I thought about horror movies. Then moved quickly to Harry Potter and stuff. "Do you think it's good entertainment and harmless fun, or can it be dangerous?"

I should've asked her to play d&d with me.

I told her it can be dangerous.

>>52923029
>With UA you have the Conjure demon spells... but those are risky.

We didn't know the exact rule but the DM ruled you can only cancel concentration during your turn. Rogue got anal fucked by 5 demons at level 5.

Seriously the Shadow Sorcerer needs to stop his edgy powerwank and just use twinned haste or something.

>>52923066
i mean, power word kill doesn't do any damage, i'd put it more with stuff like sleep and to some extend, forcecage.

>>52923131
Yeah.
I was just remembering the "We passed the save and killed Orcuz, ez" guy from the other day

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>>52923147
jesus fuck that guy, that fucking guy...

What CR/XP would you say a Level 2 PC has? CR1/200?

>>52921899
You can fix the Strahd fight by boosting the Heart of Darkness hit points to 100 and making Radiant damage no longer cancel his regenerate effect

>>52923206
That's a good suggestion.
He's supposed to be a strong mother fucker.

>>52921899
I've never run a campaign module before.
About how long does SKT take to get through on average and what level does everyone end up at?

>>52923206
Best Stahd is dick Strahd.
Also, charm the fighter and make him chuck his sunsword away.

>>52923180
Man what the hell must the DM have been doing?

>>52923364
Pulling his punches because power gamers are whiny shits who complain about hardship.

>>52923076
I can't be that guy, he doesn't have his dick out.

>>52918984
Yes its not a creature, object, spell or magical effect

>>52918996
A poison cloud is not weather you imbecile

Where do I find the spell price listing? Like I want someone to cast Resurrection, what would the price for that be?

>>52920047
>Drumpf
>racism and xenophobia is ok when the Left does it!

//52923673
Just fuck off and try to reply on a timescale that makes sense next time.

>>52923611
Venus would like a word.

>>52921124
Thats surely not right

>>52923657
PHB says that a spell at that level would be paid in quests and services.

>>52923673
That's a real Germanic name though...
also you can't be racist against whites
jk

>>52923762
>Germans
>white

Please

>>52923657
Page 159 of the PHB says 10-50gp for a 1st - 2nd level spell. Not all that helpful, but you could extrapolate.

Resurrect always costs base 1000gp because of the diamond, and it's a 7th level spell.

Roughly 1250 - 1500gp? Or 1000gp and a favor to the church preforming the resurrection.

>>52923776
I said Germanic not Germanistan

>>52923789
Wouldn't that be Germanistani?
Wow, it's weird to say.

>>52923836
daddy adolf would be so disappointed

>>52923657
Adventurers League has a list of prices that follow these guidelines for costs:

Spell level * spell level * 10

Add on the cost of any expensive material components consumed by the spell, or 1/10th of expensive material components needed but not consumed.

So Resurrection would be (7 * 7 * 10) + 1000 or 1,490 gp.

Although... since it's such a high level spell, good luck finding anyone willing to cast it.

>>52923697
Good thing they are on Faerun and the poison breath is coming out of a fucking mouth and not created in the atmosphere.

Is a white dragons ice breath weather? Is a torch? How about sound?

Go fuck yourself you giant piece of shit

>>52923779
Since they could only cast a 7th once per day and only a big city would have a chance at having one cleric high level enough AND considering demand for that one spell a day the price should be at least 5k if you go on the list and over 10 or 15 if you want priority

>>52923875
maybe pull out one of those stupid scroll transcription costs from the downtime rules, 1490gp looks way too fucking cheap for a 7th level spell, that'd make only 810gp for wish...

>>52923892
All those would be effects that change atmosphere, so sure, why not? Why so whiny about it? Rule it however you want.

>>52923046
>>52923066
Thanks heaps dudes!
You've all been very helpful, thanks again.

The difficulty in gaining access to high level spells shouldn't be the price, but finding someone who can cast it and earning their favor.

>>52923935
You are annoying me because its clear as day that a iron golems poison breath IS NOT weather.

>>52923966
Yep.
>>52923735

>>52923966
maybe use the 'find a magic item seller/buyer' costs and tables to find a high enough level caster, and then just pay the 10(level2)+materials gp cost.

>>52923919
Do whatever you want, there's no official guide so it's up to the individual DM. I was just pulling the suggestion in the PHB.

>>52923986

It's a cloud of gas, just like air, just like regular clouds. Unnatural weather perhaps, but it's definitely weather.

>>52919095
I did the same thing yesterday. Literally just wrote a shitty intro to a side quest and called it a day.

>>52923919
I would also factor in that these clerics are not the same as player clerics. In exchange for giving up being adventurers and all around murder hobos, they've been able to just focus on mastering a select few spells to their fullest power. So maybe this cleric can cast Resurrection a few times and Raise Dead even more... But he can't do much else. He probably has no weapon or armor proficiency, his hp is like 8 and all stats other than wisdom are in the negatives.

>>52923728
"One of your commoner retainers is replaced by a noble who serves as your squire"

The fact it specifically says commoner instead of just retainers heavily implies that retainers use the commoner statblock. Which would mean that swapping a commoner for a noble would change the statblock to a noble's stats. Which has Breastplate and a Rapier.

Now as for actually demanding your squire gives you his armour is appropriate... it would depend on what type of Knight you are.

>>52924022
You are wrong. For example some milipedes can exude hydrogen cyanide gas which is not weather.

Mustard gas, not weather. Sarin gas, not weather.

Its really rather simple

>>52924140
All of those things are atmospheric effects. For sure weather. Maybe unnatural, but still weather. That's like saying a druid casting "Control Weather" isn't weather because it has an outside influence.

>>52924082
I suppose so. Its just having a noble follower really beefs up your early game power and well into mid to late game social ability as the noble starts with persuasion deception insight

Chuck a wand or two or potions on the noble squire and you are in business

>>52918984
Nope, its a solid force-field for most things.

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>>52921094
Thanks, but I'm planning on using the stats from the Monster Manual and maybe Volo's

>>52924148
Try arguing that Control Weather lets you control a red dragons fire breath.

Go on, I'll wait.

>>52924174
While it's happening I don't see why you couldn't use controlled air currents to blow it around.

>>52924159
I mean, once Goblins stop being your main enemies then the Noble would become pretty worthless. After level 2-3 I'd send him to go do stuff for me while I'm busy.

>>52924159
A human noble squire using Skilled as his starting feat would have 7 skills

>>52924215
He's a normal human. It's factored into his stats already and you can't change it.

Getting a non-human noble is probably the better option.

>>52924174
>weather control is basically oxygen control
>you aren't manipulating weather so much as you are manipulating air
>you increase the density of the air in the direction you want the fire breath to go while decreasing oxygen content in the areas you don't want it to go
>it follows the path with the most available oxygen, aka the one you made

anon, rules lawyers always find a way

>>52924215

Sorry, I'm wrong here >>52924229

You can make it any race and add racial bonuses I think. What race has the best utility options?

Why do people but science fire into my magic fire?

Iron Golem>Fire Dragon

Is there any reason not to go Elf for Wizards? Trancing instead of Long Rest means you have a lot more utility.

>>52924328
Trance does not replace nor shorten a long rest. You still need to rest for 8 hours.

>>52924328
Because elves suck as people.

>>52924328
if you dont want to play an elf, otherwise no

>>52924328
You still long rest just you only sleep for 4 hours of it and are awake the other 4. There's not much you can do in 4 hours of long rest RAW, basically light reading and shit.

You can't craft during it either.

>>52924330
>>52924353
>it replaces a long rest
>except for when it doesn't

what the fuck is the point???

>>52924353
>a fell 4 hours of fucking with your sleeping friends

This is a true benefit.

>>52924376
Fluff.

>>52924376

>>52924381 This and it's a ribbon ability. Has next to no mechanical benefit other then not being surprised during a rest.

If someone wants to sleep with their armor on what penalty should I assign to them?

I didn't see a good map-making tutorial or resource in the OP pastebins. Maybe I missed it. Do you all just fiddle around in Photoshop until something looks good?

>>52924490
nothing. go back to /pfg/.

>>52924490
None, that's stupid.

>>52924490
Tell them that they wake sore.
That's all, just roleplay it.

Does the Mega Trove have all the Unearthed Arcana? Aside from the ones released after the 4th.

half elves have a normal full rest like humans right? or do they do the trance shit like full elves it doesn't say either way in the PHB

>>52924676
If it doesn't specify then it is a normal long rest like humans.

>>52924646
Check it and report back to us on what you find.

>>52924705
Bitch I can't look through the entire fucking website just to double check. I was hoping someone had a checklist or some shit.

>>52924732
>spoonfeed me, mama

what is amethyst quintessence about?

>>52924757
ugh fine, I'll do it

>>52924732
>>52924793
>I'm a lazy cunt who demands everything because my time is more precious than others

Fuck off

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>>52924818
>tfw superior to the brainlets on /tg/

>>52924172
lords of madness also has some nice stuff to get the inspiration running, the illithiad is too oldschool for my taste though.

i think volo's does a great job even if it misses some of the details lords of madness had.

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Writing small leaflet for adventure since fiddling with Homebrewery is just fun. I thought about making small list of motivations with some small bonuses. Anything too powerful / too weak catching your eye?

>>52923657
You could utilize the 'Buying magic items' rules from the previous UA. Personally, a work week to find a person capable of casting the spell, 1000g for material cost and whatever the person casting asks for the effort, which could be 1d6 * 500 gp or so?

You could adjust time to find person / amount of gold depending on setting. For example, party might have to journey to foreign country to meet head priest or saint of a major religion.

>>52924376
it lets you take an extra guard, but you still want to have several people taking guard so you don't get buttfucked half way. mostly fluff, if you were a wizard i guess you can use those hours to transcribe spells or something.

>>52924490
they don't recover exhaustion while sleeping in their armor, easy, intuitive.

>>52924793
So apparently it is missing Downtime, Awakened Mystic, Traps Revisited, Feats for Skills, and Feats for Races.

It also has Psionics and the Mystic, and Psionics and the Mystic, Take 2 which don't seem to be on the UA page.

Anyone ever wish the spells were organized first by level, and then alphabetically? It's so frustrating to browse, and I feel as though lookup would be no issue if they were organized how I said. Especially if the spells were also in the index, like they should be.

>>52924970
No, I use the internet

>>52924877
The half-price potions of healing stand out a little. And I can't say I'm a fan of the 'half your proficiency bonus' mechanic for Investigator, but that's present elsewhere in the PHB so it gets a pass.

>>52924970
I'm pretty sure there are some spellbook apps out there.

>>52924949
PatM,T2 was apparently not tagged with Unearthed Arcana. I assume Psionics and the Mystic was original Awakened Mystic.

>>52924986
>>52924997
I bought these books because I like to read, they should make them legible, I am unhappy.

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>>52924877
>Everyone takes "Visiting a Friend: Other PC"
>They pick the same PC
>That player never shows up
>You are now running a murder mystery


Seems like a cool leaflet.

On another note, why does Scholarly Interest give a buff to Perception? Does a half proficiency bonus stack with expertise?

>>52924877
Why is the standard score spread better than the point buy?

>>52924877
What'd you use to make pic related?

>>52925014

you can like, i don't know, use the solutions to your problem if they are easily available.

there's probably no good way to sort all spells that work for every class, without doing it like they do in the book. imagine you don't know what level a spell is, but have the name, (given by a feat, feature, scroll, etc.) and it is sorted like you say, you'd have to check every level and then every letter until you find the one you need, instead of just going directly to the name you have.

the book is actually pretty ok to get any spell's info, but horrible at telling you who gets access to any particular spell.

i'd rather have the spell block tell you what classes get it so you don't have to cross search between the class spell list and the spells themselves.

in the end computers are so much more efficient at displaying information, defending the book is dumb. i still buy them because i like the feel, smell, pictures and shit, but whenever i need to find something in specific, i just look it on the pdf.

>>52924992
Yeah, I originally just threw them there, but forgot to later on pick proper prices.

>>52925028
I figured it would sort of represent the inquisitive and curious type. Also I just copied it from the variant rule about convictions.
And that's a tough one, would it stack? Personally I don't see the issue, since during adventure it is just gonna probably range from +1 to +2.

>>52925071
Is it? I just tried to recall from memory the standard point buy. I gotta check that.

>>52924877
Agreeing with >>52925071

Standard array is 15 14 13 12 10 8

Is there a reason you have buffed it compared to point buy?

>>52925107
>fiddling with Homebrewery is fun
>Homebrewery

I'd call you a tard but I can see how you wouldn't get that.

>>52925107

Dunno if this is the thing, but it's A thing.


http://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/

>>52925107
Homebrewery.
http://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/

Unfortunately I don't know how to export them properly into .pdfs yet, but I think I could get plugin that exports the webpage as such...

>>52925123 see
>>52925127

>>52925123
>Is it? I just tried to recall from memory the standard point buy. I gotta check that.

see >>52925127

>>52925149
>>52925146
Ah, bum, I must have mis-copied it.