/5eg/ D&D 5th Edition General

>>53578982
Planescape? I thought the new adventure was set in Forgotten Realms?

>>53579032
Wait, you can run D&D somewhere other than Forgotten Realms (tm)?

Shut the fuck up retard, this is not Planescape.

>>53578982
Planescape? That city with the dinosaurs wasn't Sigil, was it?"

>>53578982
>PLANESCAPE
Get your fake news outta here

>>53578982
>Xanathar
>detailed first in 2000's "Cloak and Dagger"
>codenames for past adventues were "Cloak" and "Dagger"

>>53579059
You can run wherever you want, but: "GET HYPE PLANESCAPE IS COMING" makes it sound like something officially from Wizards.

>>53579072
Chult

>>53578982
Its probably undermountain candyass, atleast we got a properly created thread for once

>>53579092
Ahh. Well, at least it'll be a nice change of scenery from the Sword Coast

This DM does the one shot DMage quite well imho.

>>53578982
>GET HYPE PLANESCAPE IS COMING
Probably Undermountain though.

Which is good, but it'd better be absolutely amazing as a book to make up for the failure of not having a Undermountain adventure in the book LITERALLY NAMED AFTER THE YAWNING PORTAL.

From the old thread

Tomb of Annihilation set in Chult
* Zorbo (monster) coming back
* Store release: Sept 8th
* Wide release: Sept 19th
* Kingdom overrun with undead, "meet strange creatures from DnD's past". Since Acererak is the villain, presumably a bunch of undead (zombie dinosaurs that vomits zombies).
* Optional meatgrinder rule: "Hard mode", higher ACs, less damage, additional effects, etc.
* Guide for what happens when characters die (become zombies, etc).
* Pulpy, "Indiana Jones"-style story.
* A lot of setting-dressing for DMs who want to use Chult without the adventure.

>>53578982
How the hell did you get planescape from Xanathar?
delet this

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How doable is something like this as a character?

Medium-ish armor with a war drum. Weapons as well, obviously, this isn't a gimmick character

>>53579048
Yes, and it's closer to the Positive than the PM is. Feywild is basically what you get when you move the PM closer to Positive. I'd say "the same way that we've had versions of PM closer to Negative", but that's only true now with the Shadowfell; the original Plane of Shadow was Positive+Negative in exactly equal portions fucking everywhere.

Then they changed it to just be a darker version of the Prime Material, then changed it again by letting Shar fuck with it and turn it into the Shadowfell.

Dinosaur zombies brought to you by the guy from Adventure Time LOL SO COOL DUDE

>>53579169
College of War Bard

>>53579151
>* A lot of setting-dressing for DMs who want to use Chult without the adventure.
Best part as far as I'm concerned DESU

>>53579169
How is this not just a Valor Bard exactly?

I guess could do it as Paladin too.

>>53579180
>>53579200
I'm more asking what sort of trouble I'd get into by using a 2-handed instrument in a fight. I'm still new to the edition.

>>53579169
Lore bard with moderately armoured feat.


No need for weapons.

>>53579170
But the Feywild is not really positive, it's full of crazy fae.

So me being new to D&D I went ahead and purchased the starter pack 2 weeks ago.
Fast Forward now i am broke and i want to make my own character.
is there any way to get the Player's Handbook online for free?

>>53579171
It's just Turok 3 if Oblivion raised more dinosaurs instead of humans.

>>53579229
The trove, dude.

>>53579218
Why would it have to be two-handed?

I guess the main issue would be having to draw your weapons, unless you use your drum sticks as clubs or maces.

>>53579229
Google Player's Handbook PDF and get lucky. Just hit enough links until you get it and scan your antivirus and you'll be fine.

>>53579229
In before angry FGLS anon saying you're killing their stores.

>>53579229
https://mega.nz/#F!oHwklCYb!dg1-Wu9941X8XuBVJ_JgIQ!pXhhFYqS

Linked in the top of the thread. Have fun.

>>53579245
That's more what I'm getting at. I think,

>>53579219
That's worth a look.

>>53579222
And?

Don't get it into your head that "Positive Energy" = Good. Positive and Negative have no morality associated with them; they are primal forces like Fire or Earth. Dealing with either isn't shifting your alignment. Evil guys just happen to use Negative more and obviously Clerics use Positive when they're healing people, but it's not as though Good guys never use Negative to kill Evil guys or that there's no such thing as too much Positive.

If you go to the Positive Plane, you heal to full, overheal, and then explode. This can take less than a minute. On the flipside, being in the Negative Plane is actually less deadly. Positive doesn't give a shit about you or anyone; it just wants to create. Too much of it and you get fucking bonkers Fey, or cancer, or huge beasts that just want to eat all of your shit because they need to consume more and more to grow.

>>53579279
thanks

>>53579229
Check the OP, the trove has more than you'll ever need

Asking again in this thread, does Rise of Tiamat even have any normal dragon fights?

>>53579291
If you go lore bard with moderately armoured, you simply just go medium armour, use a shield and have some excuse to have a drum stick with the shield hand since it really doesn't matter (A DM would be stupid to say 'b-but you can't do that technically so use a harmonica or your voice or something boring instead!)
And then you can fight using vicious mockery cantrips and spells using the drum as a focus rather than having to actually draw a weapon.

>>53579291
You could probably refluff light hammers

Will the old school Forgotten Realms atlas book be up to date as of 5th edition? Is everything fixed now, or is there some other map of the entire world that would be better suited to a 5e game?

>>53579381
Yes. The only big geographical changes happened in 4E but pretty much all of it was retconned so we're back to everything from 2/3E being valid again.

In fact, if you want to play 5E FR with all the trimmings, going back to 2E sourcebooks for material is the only thing you can do, since outside of SCAG there's fuck-all. Like, good luck knowing who the hell your Cleric's God is or what they want you to do if you're just going by 5E stuff without reading Faiths & Avatars.

>>53579381
Up until now 5e has exclusively focused on the Sword Coast region. There's a really nice map in Hoard of the Dragon Queen for the region. If you're running your own game in a different part of Faerûn, then use whatever materials you have and stop giving a fuck about what's "canon"

Would a Warforged forge cleric based on Shale from Dragon Age:Origins be a cool idea?

There are no Eberron-style warforged in our world, but there is record of a few inventive dwarves transferring their souls into constructs near the end of their lives.

How viable is this as a character concept and how would you play it?

>>53579326
Yes, a bunch.

>>53579694
What pages? I cant seem to find them?

>>53579679
As long as you can convince your DM you're not trying to stack AC in some broken way, sure.

>>53579750
He's in on it and totally cool with it. High AC doesn't make you unkillable. If high AC is your character's thing, then great.

>>53579750
>>53579788
Besides, I was asking more about the concept and how it would be RP'd more than anything.

Some issues I'd like to ask for opinions on.
To preface, this game is with my friends, on roll20

5 months, 3 sessions a month typically. Started at 3, Now 9. ( LMoP, white plume, some home brew)


Player #1 has had spotty attendance, no showed twice in the last month, and frequently does chores/homework during the session. No showed last session and have not heard from him

Player # 2
The most experienced player but he's easily butt hurt. No showed last time when I saw him on steam and discord playing skyrim, normally his icon is away or orange.

Player #3 observer

Player #4
The only decent player, new to the game but has made significant strides to improving.


None of them really pay attention to the plot or anything. Why are we here again etc

Feeling kind of burned, spent a good 4 hours the other day on battlemaps and making npcs / hook

What would you do?

>>53579800
>and how it would be RP'd more than anything
Depends on the character you're playing, no?
What sort of personality you want them to have.

Some suggestions, since its a Cleric, perhaps he came into that body by dying valiantly and his god transferred his soul into that statue body of his own creation to fulfill some dying prayer. You'd probably have to decide what he prayed for there.

Then think about how much does he feel/taste etc. in that body, and that would impact his personality too.

>>53579151
I'm also assuming the Eberron entry in the 'run it in other settings' index will be something like "it's practically set there already, just say it's on Xen'drik and describe Acererak as being a drow lich witchdoctor."

A druid that I'm building has 2 asi that I haven't decided what to do with. Should I take the Resiliant feat for Con. so its easier to pass concentration checks or put both of them into dex for higher AC

>>53579800
Depends on the back story, from what you've given you'd be a dwarf just in a different body, if you want to make it "lost your memories over large amount of time" then it might be tricky

>>53579245

To add, drawing your weapon is typically considered a bonus action, or just included in your normal attack action. The only exceptions are when you're carrying another item already or if your weapon is particularly haughty and would take some prep time to grip/attack properly (cauldron filled with soup, etc).

I imagine in OP's case it'd be the former.

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Looking for homebrew variants.

Do you guys have any special rules for classes? Any fixes or changes that you've made?

I'm attempting to come up with my own personal variants and would be interested to hear what has worked for your campaigns.

Got my first 5e game coming up. Want to make a swashbuckler with some spell casting. What are my options and what is the least shit one?

>>53579988
Use vitality, it's a great alternative to making long rests 1 week

Whats a good last name for a human character named Heinrich.

I can't think of one that isn't completely out of place or himmler

>>53580003
>Want to make a swashbuckler with some spell casting.
Bard.
Arcane Trickster Rogue.
Paladin (probably Ancients or Vengeance).
Eldritch Knight.
Warlock.

>>53580021
Hermler

>>53580021
Hilmmer

>>53580021
von (whatever town hes from)

>>53580021
Von Achtung

>>53579893
>since its a Cleric, perhaps he came into that body by dying valiantly and his god transferred his soul into that statue body of his own creation to fulfill some dying prayer.

That's a great idea, I didn't think of that.

>>53579918
>"lost your memories over large amount of time"

Was thinking something like that, and yeah essentially a dwarf in a timeless body since his/her work was too important. Now that the dwarves are missing, his main goal is to figure out what happened.

I guess a little backstory on the dwarves would be useful here. The dwarves in their capital (and only major) city, the Mountain Home, have suddenly disappeared. Our party is gearing up to investigate that disappearance in the next session or two by entering the Mountain Home and likely the Underdark.

This warforged character is in the bullpen in case (A) my character dies or (B) my character elects to not enter the underdark.

>>53580021
Konstantin

>>53580021
Hammer

>>53580130
>The dwarves in their capital (and only major) city, the Mountain Home, have suddenly disappeared. Our party is gearing up to investigate that disappearance in the next session or two by entering the Mountain Home and likely the Underdark.
>This warforged character is in the bullpen in case (A) my character dies or (B) my character elects to not enter the underdark.
Makes sense that the rest of the party could then find him somewhere in that city and wake him up, and he'd have a motivation to follow the plot.

>>53580020
They do two different things, really.
Long week rests are there for the sake of campaigns that only have maybe one fight a day.

>>53579788
I don't really like how forge cleric is a 'give yourself AC at level 1 and more AC at level 6' dealio, though. And at high ACs it can be a big impact becoming ~15 to 50% harder to hit per AC point, though it doesn't help your saves.

>>53580021
Ripguts

>>53580170
>>53580140
>>53580021

I like Heinrich "The Hammer" Konstantin.

>>53579988
Some examples I saw posted last thread:

>Warlock: uses DMG alternate spell point system
>Barbarian: Instead of a Rage bonus damage(+2,+3,+4) its a die (1d4,1d6,1d8)
>Ranger: Revised Ranger is used
>Monk: Martial die is one step higher.

>>53580176
Yep, the idea was to find the inactive construct and hey, new party member. My current character doesn't have much of a reason to enter the Underdark - he's a Paladin that's searching for what is more or less the Holy Grail so dying in the deep places of the earth doesn't really serve his goals.

>>53579988
>Druids subject to the UA wildshape rules
>UA Ranger instead of PHB Ranger (which is pretty standard, I think)
>warlocks can use Int instead of Cha
>everything else is either campaign-centric or on an individual player level

Some of the campaign/player rules included:
>no variant human, but everyone gets 1 feat
>no exhaustion for Path of Berserker Barbarian
>max hp per level for the crazy shit that's going to be coming down the pipe

Am I understanding heavily obscured right?
It makes everyone considered blinded. Giving disadvantage on attacks but also giving advantage on being attacked. Therefore making everything a straight roll? Seems kind of strange. If two people were fighting in pitch black it shouldn't be straight rolls.

Anon who wrote the sex rules, I thought you said you're a girl but you outted yourself as a guy. Which is it?

>>53580259
>>Druids subject to the UA wildshape rules
>>UA Ranger instead of PHB Ranger (which is pretty standard, I think)
>>warlocks can use Int instead of Cha
>>everything else is either campaign-centric or on an individual player level

Peter is that you? I swear to god, my DM has these exact rules

(Also, Pact of the Blade gives proficency to any improvised weapon your blade shifts into, so if an instrument or a lock pick, you get to add your proficency bonus on)

>>53580291
Yep. It'd just be a straight roll unless something has blindsight or truesight.
>>53580303
That anon's definitely a kissless virgin male, now can we not mention that retarded homebrew shit he made ever again?

>>53580291
Every one has disadvantage on attack rolls
Advantage is only granted if one person is heavily obscured and the other one isn't

>>53580003
>least shit
You haven't even started and your attitude is already a bit negative.
>>53580035 covered some options. "Best option" partially depends on the kinds of spells you want to cast.
Defensive spells - Eldritch Knight
Deceptive spells - Arcane Trickster
Supportive spells/damaging spells - Paladin
Bard has more than "some" spellcasting (it's a primary spellcasting class), and warlock is frankly not a good melee class.

About there being less than usual product coverage of settings or stuff like that, Chris Perkins was saying he was wary not many would using that content. Instead what he wanted to put out were adventure modules with an overarching story with setting tidbits for everyone.

Maybe because their team is so fucking small that we're only getting s trickle of content.

Are only spellcasters capable of learning cantrips? Would they be a good way to bolster martials who have 12/14 mental stats but don't want to spend a level in a spellcaster class?

>>53579988

I've always wanted to make Clerics less tanky and more glass while making Paladin a Prestige Class requiring at least one level of Fighter and one level of Cleric. It would then have two subclasses, one focused on healing, the other on combat to allow for characters more akin to classic Clerics, while also having a path similar to classic Pally.

I just hate that Clerics are so heavily armored by default.

>>53580375
Magic initiate feat.

>>53580357
>Maybe because their team is so fucking small that we're only getting s trickle of content.

Ding ding ding, we have a winner

>>53580375
>Magic Initiate feat
>Arcane Trickster
>Eldritch Knight

Next question please.

>>53580375
Ritual caster feat.

Hey /5eg/! I'm new to tabletop and I've GMed a couple simple one-shots with friends so far. I've only played four sessions of DnD, one at a con and three online, but it was pretty fun and it sounds like a good first system for my group.

I'll first be running Phandelver for the three of them, so we can all get familiar with the game. My plan is to use pregens, not change existing rules or parts of the adventure, and to end the game ASAP after the 5th session, tops. Don't worry, I'll tell them during Session 0.

Then I'll doing Hoard of the Dragon Queen. I'll let them make their own characters, and change some parts of the adventure/rules if I need to. (e.g. I hate the very idea of XP bookkeeping, milestones sound much better).

Is this a good plan? Anything I should know or be warned about? Any advice?

>>53580397
I heard HOTDQ sucks but have never played it.

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>>53580357
That's disappointing, I don't even buy the adventure modules. At least my wallet is way fatter now.

>>53580395
Are only martials capable of using weapons? Would they be a good way to bolster spellcasters who have 12/14 physical stats but don't want to spend a level in a marital class?

>>53580397
Why not finish Phandelver?
Also, I see no real reasons to use pregens. You can help them through chargen and they'll likely be more attached to their characters.

>>53579151
>>53578982
Indiana Jones in a zombie dinosaur plague sounds fucking amazing.

>>53580415
Then tweet at him saying DMs actually need other content apart from adventure modules.

>>53580003
I know someone has talked about rogue/sorc as a combo. Maybe they can help.

>>53580213
Yea those were mine and done to balance the Spellcaster buff I gave of:
>Bonus action spells: If a spell is cast as an action you can cast another spell as a bonus if it is listed as such.

>>53580397
Like >>53580414 says, HotDQ is widely considered the worst of the 5e adventures. >>53580423 is right as well.

>>53580003
Arcane trickster with mobile feat. Get Green Flame Blade / Booming Blade.

>>53580395 >>53580396
Oh, I guess they could take Magic Initiate during downtime. Thanks. They could probably use it anyway, things have been pretty one-after-another as of late.
>>53580473
What's wrong with it? I thought it was fine after going through most of it before that group fell apart.

>>53580397
It's probably a good idea to use pregens and the beginning adventure, it's really short so you should be good. Though you should practice making your own character(s) so you can help your players when they make theirs.

Also, XP bookkeeping isn't as bad as you'd think, it paces the game well and gives players something to look forward to (as most monster enemies don't have loot on them). I'd recommend you do use XP, milestones are best used for experienced DMs who write their own campaign.

>>53580397
Have them make thier own characters and finish Phandelver.

>>53580495
Ritual caster is honestly better if they don't want spontaneous magic but more prepared 'ritual stuff from book'.
You can get all the ritual spells with ritual caster if I remember right, though you start with only two.

>>53580432
>Haasiophis... why'd it have to be haasiophis?

>Meatgrinder
>Death saves are 15 instead of 10
There better be more because that's fucking nothing

>>53580337
>Advantage is only granted if one person is heavily obscured and the other one isn't

But if Dick is obscured and Harry isn't, then wouldn't the obscurity still obscure them from each other, maintaining mutual disadvantage/advantage thus making it a straight roll?

Next segment of the Stream of Annihilation begins, it's the "meat grinder" section, where death saves only succeed on a 15 instead of a 10.

And the current party doesn't have a healer (Warlock, Sorcerer, Fighter x 2, Barbarian, Ranger).

>>53580446
But adventure modules are way easier to make, while actual rule content takes tons of time because they have to use the community UA because they're so understaffed.

I doubt tweeting him will change his mind.

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>>53580532
Even more reason to heal everyone for 1 HP every time they go down!
Brilliant!
It's like they don't even understand how shit death saves are!
Not to mention aura of protection+bless can give about +7.5 to death saves anyway.

>>53580518
>You can get all the ritual spells
Of a single class. All rituals of a single class.

So basically Wizard or Cleric.

>>53580576
Oh, single class.
Yeah, so basically you have wizard's ritual casting utility, of which there's a pretty neat amount.

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>>53580552

Rooting for the Macho Man to make it out of DNDetnam

>>53580558
>adventure modules are way easier to make
They're really not. Terrible ones where there was a lack of effort maybe but good ones definitely not.

>>53580571
>aura of protection
Isn't that charisma to saving throws? That's only going to be +3 until like level 12 without feats

>>53580423
>>53580514
The idea is that, if I mess up considerably, I don't have twelve more sessions of duct-tape covered Phandelver to worry about until the adventure ends. I can just hit "reset" as planned, and start fresh with a campaign that's built on less newbie mistakes.
This is also why I'm using pregens. I don't *want* the players to get attached to their characters. It's also less pressure on me.

>>53580511
Yeah, I plan to make my own pregens for LMOP, not use existing ones. Thanks for the tip! I'll probably stick to XP.

>>53580414
>>53580473
Damn. I guess that's an argument in favor of doing all of Phandelver.

Keeping my lack of experience in mind, what adventures do you guys recommend?

>>53580571
Fuck off, Plu.

Is the resiliant feat any good

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>I'm gonna cast fireball
>rolls a d20
ha woman

>>53580636
What the fuck are you blathering about?

>>53580625
That applies to death saves, too, but a paladin that focuses on charisma (devotion can get charisma to hit and oathbreaker can get charisma to damage) it can get up to +5. Particularly good on a non-PAM paladin as you basically suck for damage then and might as well focus charisma.

>>53580670
get with the times grandpa we're watching others play dnd now

>>53580636
>player: i cast fireball
>DM: you can engulf two [creatures] with your fireball
Do they not have a fucking grid? Shouldn't the player know this? Why is the DM assuming she's blasting the creatures and not PKing the party because she believes rezz magic is an affront to nature and Acererak has the right idea?

>>53580692
Maybe you should actually socialize with women so you'll be less autistic and feel less threatened.

>>53580720
grids are the worst thing to ever happend to D&D

>>53580723
but Grandpa you have 7 restraining orders from beating the shit out of women

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>MID-COMBAT GOODBERRY

>>53580748
Do you need psychiatric help?
What did women ever do to you?

They're showing everyone makes mistakes and that d&d isn't some super secret club for autists.

>>53580748
Yeah--he clearly socializes with them and is not threatened at all.
Granted, we could do with Gramps not threatening women so much. And definitely with less of him following through on those threats.

>>53580742
>casters in the party in a "hardcore" campaign full of difficult fights
>EH, you don't really need to know what the battlefield looks like or how close everything is to you or where the best point to aim your shit is or where it's safe to stand or what creatures can reach you, just do whatever
I'm all for theatre of the mind, but that's to supplement the shit that fleshes out an area, not to completely replace where every creature is.

>>53580787
It's illegal to ask people if they need psychiatric help. Show me your psychological medicine degree or I'm calling the cyber police.

>>53580787
But D&D is a super secret club for autists, and popularizing it will only confuse any normie who tries to join because every other player will be a bumbling autist

>BARB RAGE ENDS IF YOU DON'T ATTACK / GET HIT ruins another character
hoi hoi hoi

>>53580802
If you can't map out a detailed scape in your mind this game just isn't for you my friend.

>>53580801
What the fuck are you blathering about?

>>53580810
Kek.

>>53580742
>having a clear visual representation of the environment so that players can make informed decisions based on a shared, common, and objective understanding of where all the entities in an environment are in relation to each other
>bad

"I run up and attack the goblin!"
>"You can't, you're too far away."
"I thought I was closer!"
>"Nope."
"Okay then I case fireball, centered on the goblin."
>"Okay but your teammate has to make a saving throw."
"What!?"
>"He ran up on his last turn."
"But you said he couldn't reach the goblin either!"
>"But he still got within 20 ft."

theater of the mind more like guessing game of the idiots

>>53580772
I've done this before, but that was because someone was at 2 failed death saves

>>53580829
That's where you're wrong, d&d shouldn't be just for autists, everyone should play and be able to play it.

>>53580833
I know this is bait but I'm feeling generous today, so when the DM says you're in a jungle and six death koalas with fully automatic atlatls descend from the trees to face you, how do you ensure every player is on the same page?

>>53580868
NORMIE GET OUT REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>53579709
Are you blind? I don't have the book with me right now, but there's at least 3.
One in the Sea of Moving Ice, I think chapter 2. Chapter 3 has another in the second half, with Neronvain. Then another at the end of Xontal's Tower. And as many as the DM wants in cult ambushes.

>>53580886
>double click in the middle of REEEEEE
>selects the R and exactly 34 E's
>double click on the far right
>selects all the E's the first one didn't
what is this magic

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>>53580886
No.

>>53580857
Grids have always been an optional rule and in early editions not a particularly popular one. From your description, I can guess you either played theater of the mind with a bunch of mongs who didn't know how to play theater of the mind, or you haven't played theater of the mind. It's as simple as the DM saying "the goblin is 50 feet away" and "Dave is still inside the spell's range from his movement last turn" or preferably something a bit more flavorful

>creature obviously close enough to attack the Warlock runs away and doesn't provoke an opportunity attack
SKREEEE

Why the fuck is this guy rolling 2d20 for his attacks and adding the values?

>>53580772

I don't see anything wrong with *using* the goodberries during combat since they last 24hrs and are small enough to justify a non-action/bonus action, but casting and distributing the berries during combat (instead of before) is dumb.

>>53580996
He's got advantage (reckless attack) and has +7 to-hit. He's not adding the two dice.

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>>53580957

>>53580975
I'm only listening to it as background noise, but are they just playing rules light? Seems like they'd have to if they want to fit these into one and a half hour segments

>>53581009
It takes an action to eat one though

>>53581010
>3 attacks
is he playing frenzy?

>>53581011
I'm replying to bait, but I actually go to the gym so good luck.

>>53579858
I've had that problem before and I know how disheartening it can be. Talk to them. Explain that this is a commitment for you, that you spend your free time prepping a fun game for them and how frustrating it is to feel like they don't care.

Ask if they honestly want to play D&D or if they'd rather do something else. If they say they want to play, then put your foot down and require some level of commitment from them as well. If they still keep doing the same stuff, ditch the ones that aren't invested in the game and find new players.

>Want to do intense tactical combat for a big fight with careful use of spells such as grease to slow an enemy's advance while you form a firing line as the enemies approach, use cover, use mold earth to form walls beforehand and battlements and trenches, use tactical AoE spells to wittle down the masses and finally do some fancy kiting with stuff like the mobile feat.

>No grid, DM tries to keep track of it in his head and just makes arbitrary 'I guess it works?' Or 'you only catch an average number in the AoE because if I let you hit too many that'd be bad for the game'


>Better just be fighters who say 'I run up and attack' then

>Elven Wizard is teleported into Chultan Death Arena from her home while she was making dinner
>she has Lightning Bolt memorized

>>53581041
I think BOTH Barbarians (one of which just died) are Frenzy.

>>53581011

Now I really want to make a portly two-knife Fighter whose flaw is that his zealous chivalry frequently falls flat due to his low Charisma. And over the course of his adventure he gradually becomes a bona fide gentleman hero in his own right, instead of someone who emptily copies the honorable acts of what he thinks a hero ought to be

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>34 damage with a 1d12 damage spell

>>53581052
Its current year, everyone and their brother goes to the gym

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>>53581088
>someone actually casting Witch Bolt ever

>>53581085
Does he also lose some weight?

>>53581015
Well, they just brought up opportunity attacks again, so I guess not.

>>53580967
it was b8 but he's got a point, even with good TotM, it's hard to match the sheer usefulness of everyone having the same understanding of an environment at the same time

i'm getting deja vu about this discussion so i flipped through the archives and i remember >>53563152 summing up the pros and cons

>Cyclops make an unarmed attack for 34 damage on a non-crit
what

>>53581085
It just ends up with the other characters hating your character and the players constantly attributing the character to you and making fun of you
It's fun

>>53581085
Even for fantasy that's way too farfetched.

>>53581108
Doest thou even hoist?

>>53581151
H A R D M O D E

>>53581088
What was this? SoA?
Just started watching.

>>53581109
WHY WOULD ANYONE DO THAT!?

>>53580877
What is complicated about this? As in, do you always need to know exactly where the koalas are or you literally can't play? "As you walk through the jungle, you're surprised by an ambush of death koalas wielding strange weapons. They seem to land about 20 feet in front of the group". Theater of the mind tends to be more abstract, so at most you have a marching order to deal with, and everyone can get a rough idea of where their character would be compared to the death koalas. All they need to know is that maybe the guy all the way back in the rear can't reach the koalas in one turn, but the guy in the front can

>>53581176
BECAUSE APPARENTLY IT DOES 34 DAMAGE

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I wish I had friends...

>another barbarian
is it because they are easy to play?

>>53581187
I'm going to be sick...

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>>53581116
He actually gains weight—but in all the right ways. Adventuring requires a lot of heavy lifting, don'tcha know.

He'd probably update his knives for swords at some point, too.

>>53581052
I have one question, you a sick cunt or a sad cunt?

I died a little inside when I saw his face as he died, while they were all just laughing ;_;

It's a meat grinder, why is no one doing a Bacon of Hope cleric?

>>53581221
>>53581085
Cha 6, autism flaw, will die alone trait.
Disadvantage on all Charisma checks with women of all species.

>>53581238
>expecting anyone to do anything smart

>>53581180
Because 90% of the rules in the game are about how far I can move, how far my weapons can hit, how large my spell effects are and how far away I can cast them, what happens if I'm near things and attacking with different weapons, what happens if I walk away, and all of this also applies to each of the enemies.

So yeah, I want to know precisely where every fucking koala is so I can hide behind a tree that gives me cover from each of them or line up the largest number for a Lightning Bolt in such a way that I also have enough movement to get behind a tree or at least interpose another, tankier party member between me and the baddies.

That's what I want a grid for. I don't need a grid to tell me if there's roots in the area or some vines I can swing on or if there's a brazier in this dungeon or whatever, because that's the shit that can easily be theatre of the mind-ed whenever someone wants to ask a question about there being some object that logically makes sense in the area.

The best grids are those that are featureless white planes that show the room boundaries and anything else of fixed importance, and when someone asks "is there a table here" you can just draw it in any place that seems good.

O shit Trumpo died? D:

Hey, couple of questions.

How do I get started as an online player? I don't have access to any friendly stores here, the two or three game stores here are cunty (I know this through my experience with MtG).

As a brand new player, is there any resource/guide to making magic? Asking specifically in relation to Warlocks.

What is considered the 'standard' batch of races you'll see in most of any games I'd be put into with people online? Is it just the official spread from the Player's Handbook?

>>53581238
You say it like this is a bunch of 5eg munchkins playing and not a bunch of normal people

>>53581221
I like it.

>>53581258
>none of these players have attacked the same cyclops yet
>there's two cyclops on every PC and they're all just responding to the closest enemies

>>53581278
I don't get why people are so opposed to normals playing and proselytizing the game.

>>53581276

roll20.net

find a game that's recruiting and sounds decent.

Talk with the GM and make sure they're your flavor of autism.

???

Profit

>>53581188

> in the internet age where you can connect to millions of people from all around the world instantly, poor little ol' anon can't find a game or a friend.

kys.

>>53581276
>playing online

Expect a shit show.
If it's anything better than that, they'll exceed your expectations and you might have fun.

>>53581278
Also like this is an actual game with rules and not Perkins pulling rolls and damage out of his ass

Also like anyone is making PCs and not being handed sheets when they show up

>>53581307
Just like my actual game then

>>53581073
Your DM needs to read more classic adventure stories.

Tell him that there's a difference between mentally using a gridmap and theater of the mind. It's not just 'imagining a grid,' it's a procedural difference from the very start.
You keep track of the story of what's happening more than precision and exactly how everything is mechanically compartmentalized.

>>53581307
Yeah, it isn't likely many of them have spent much time playing the actual game.

>>53581338
I mean, it's one thing if you are fighting bandits, or creatures that can actually be killed by you in a single turn or two.

Not so much when it's a bunch of cyclops with enough health that the whole party is only going to down one (maybe) per turn if focused.

>>53581314
I meant real friends...

The cleric finally arrives

>it's a death cleric

>>53581229
I just like lifting and chatting to the cardio bunnies.

>>53581407
Not actually terrible considering they need a shitload of damage.

>>53581407
It's a meat grinder, no time for healing.

>>53581433
Bet you couldn't even lift the bar alone faggot

I'm surprised that Joe knows the rules better than most of the players there.

>>53581407
Variant human battlemaster fighter with sharpshooter and xbow expert when?

>cold breath weapon
>oh are you a white dragon born?
>I'm a bluee

>>53581456
Keep being sad, lonely and bitter.


But hey the normals on the stream are having fun, they're not allowed to have fun.

>Dragonborn Sorc breathes cold blast
>says he's a Blue-type
????????

>Mass Healing Word to restore 10 HP in a fight where every creature PUNCHES for 30+ damage
>spell doesn't even work to begin with and fizzles

What does 5eg think of "The Adventure Zone" ?

>>53581488
I think we are at a point now where we should just accept they aren't going to be correcting shit for the sake of time. All the mistakes they are making makes me feel better about the few mistakes I make though

what level are these people?

5 at least for all the extra attacks

>>53581488
As expected of a damn whitey.

>>53581531
Haven't seen anyone cast a 4th circle spell yet.

>>53581527
It's great. But Griffin is really trying to not fuck up the ending, and in doing so, he's starting to kinda fuck it up.

>>53581484
Atleast I'm not the sad bitter loser who brought up going to the gym on a picture of a white knight

>>53581531
>>53581543
Joe is 6, so I assume they all are

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>>53581433
You're alright

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So apparently the big thing in this module is that Acererak has fucked with the world / magic / death in such a way that resurrection magic is failing and anyone who was previously rezzed begins to rot away.

What if the "bullshit reason why a bunch of varied adventurers are trudging around in the darkest dungeons of Chult instead of some tavern back in the Sword Coast" is that they were all magically teleported to this Death Pinnacle in the stream and summarily murdered by Cyclops, only to be revived and now given a personal stake in stopping Acererak or reversing his bullshit because their once-dead asses are falling apart in this second life they've been given?

>>53581527

Meh. I don't think any of the PCs are particularly interesting or funny. I'd rather have people actually RP instead of dicking around.

>cyclops are punching for 34 damage
>gee must be one hell of a Strength modifier
>crit literally doubles it all for 68
oh i see, their unarmed attacks are 34d1

>>53581563
I said I was responding to bait.
Why are you this bitter and angry? Cheer up, autist. Go hang with your friends and play d&d or something.

>>53581640
Or they're just using average or max and doubling for sake of time.

>>53581640

Cyclops get Multiattack. Hitting both strikes on average could be about 34

>>53581581
Cheers bro, you're alright too.

>>53581640
>STOP HAVING FUN

>>53581643
stfu and go lift already

>>53581076
I mean, if I'm a wizard living in a world where teleportation magic is a thing, I'd make sure to have one or two "offensive" spells ready, just in case.

It's not like you don't have enough spells prepared at that level.

>>53581655
That's what the numbers in the MM are for, averages and for seamless roleplay.

they should have completely thrown out the death saving throw rules for this. watching a person do nothing for 3 turns until they die is so stupid. should have just been killed once you hit 0.

It would be a lot better if they played the Tomb Of Horrors desu.

>>53581655
>>53581670
3d8+6
19.5 average, 30 max, but they've been hitting for more (like the 68 damage crit)
Someone mentioned that "meatgrinder mode" does additional damage beyond that and not just the 15 DC death saves, but this still seems excessive.

>>53580432
Indian Jones-Jurassic Park cross over?

>>53581712
Yeah it is excessive but I think that is the point.

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>>53581708

Agreed, way more fun to watch people try and figure out the dungeon.

But kids these days just wanna chuck dice until they get bored, so give folks what they want.

>short-haired girl is told she's being grouped up on and grabbed, held down
>excited OOOH, THAT'S KIND OF--
>three turns later, gets stepped on
>OOOH!
hmmmmmmm

>>53581708
Only if they played with people used to playing the game.
They'd probably die first room.

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WHAT

WHAT

WHAT

>>53581728
HOLY SHIT YES.
With an undead apocalypse thrown in.

>guy plays cleric thinking he's being clever
>lol nope none of your shit matters

sort of feel bad for this guy, but not really. he's doing stupid shit instead of just blessing his party.

>>53581678
Are you okay? Do you want to talk about it?

>>53581749
Isn't that the purpose of a meatgrinder? It would be a lot cooler than watching all these death saves.

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Wait I just got here, what are we watching?

Is it good?

>>53581785

He should've just taken the death and let someone else spawn on the tower.

>>53581785
How the fuck is "casting heals on my dying party" clever? How is a guy who isn't even at the table supposed to know that healing spells are being nullified? Do you think that just because Bless works on saving throws that it's the ideal response to multiple downed party members instead of a mass heal?

>>53581834
Nevermind, assumed you were talking about the Dwarf Cleric who just sat down and not this other guy.

>Not knowing your level 1 spells off by heart

>Assuming spells just disappear after 120ft into nothing

>>53581809
Stream of annihilation on twitch

Welp, Joe's dead, you can turn the stream off now.

>>53581809
http://dnd.wizards.com/streamofannihilation

>>53581797
That's true, at least.
But then I'd probably just be more frustrated by them being unable to figure out how to progress.

>That AD&D shirt
I think we got the real deal now.

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Holy fuck, this dumbass cleric wasting 3 rounds now on healing when it clearly doesn't work. How retarded can you get?

>>53581859

yeah i actually feel bad about the life cleric. he's actually completely fucked.

>>53581909
If my Googlefu is strong enough, this guy is a fucking healthcare marketing executive with Blue Cross (/Shield) of California.

Yeah, he's the real deal.

>>53581762
character sheet is on phone

The Roll20 girl a CUTE

>>53581912
Only two.
He didn't see the first time healing failed because he wasn't at the table.
His first turn, he tried to heal with his Domain power.
His second turn, he used a bonus action spell to see if there was something different between his Domain shit and normal healing spells. That's sensible.
Still got to use his attack to bonk the orb away.

Is anyone keeping track of the literally whos who've been on the table?

>HE MADE A CRITICAL ROLL TO SPOT YOU

>guy shows up
>gives the baddies the orb
>runs away

I mean if I magically showed up in t he middle of this I would probably do the same thing.

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>No Mearls playing a mystic
Disappointing

>>53581956
From the left:
Gray short hair girl who just left is some model
Silver Fox is >>53581923
Glasses Guy is a Curse Gaming/Beyond worker
Chemo Patient with Backwards Cap is Chris Perkins
Lipstick is a
Guy who just left on the right
Lipstick who just left was a Fantasy Grounds marketing chick
Whoever the fuck was second to last is a Wizards of the Coast person working on Magic: the Gathering
Far right guy was the Roll20 President

>>53582010
This is clearly a man who played D&D in the 80s and knows what's up. He secured himself a spot in the Legitimate Party of the main adventure, being the only survivor to escape this hell.

This host is so fucking weird

>>53582027
pls explain this meme

>>53582033
>Chemo Patient with Backwards Cap is Chris Perkins
Damn my fucking sides, but Chris Perkins is a cool dude.

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Is she autistic?

>>53582101
I want to hug his dog

>>53582097
Mearls is pretty much obsessed with the Mystic, he wants everyone to play one and give him feedback so he can eventually make it official. Most people think the class is really unbalanced, henceforth the meme.

>le epic dice rituals us nerds huh XDD

>be a halfling rogue from the Dalelands
>sitting around smoking pipeweed
>thinking about how I'm going to increase my neighbors' insurance premiums
>suddenly teleported into a hot and humid jungle
>ten bloodied cyclops running around chanting and waving clubs and rocks
>three dead adventurous-looking sorts surround me
>five other guys laying on the ground bleeding out
>only two dead cyclops
>LEAVE
smart

>>53582097
The only Mearls meme is MERALS
>>53582157 is clearly an ass-damaged casterfag

>>53582197
t. Mearls

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Gonna be on a big announcement stream, broadcasting my likeness to nearly 7,000 nerds.
Better put on my best pair of fucking CARGO SHORTS

>>53582236
Also, better keep dat mic the fuck away from my mouth so that no one can hear me.

>>53581592
Their understanding of the rules is atrocious

>>53582236
Alpha as fuck.

>>53582236
That second girl is high, bro.

>>53582236
>woman wearing a collar and a dark red jumpsuit like a slave on a prison colony in some late 90s/early 00s weekend afternoon sci-fi TV show

>>53582291
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLnu8SzOGfs#t=0m38

So all this was to announce a dice set? Oh for fucks sake.

>>53582291
I'd pee in her butt

Holy macaroni this guy is BIG.

>>53582177
>tfw no problem with other players touching my dice

>>53582329
>D&D crew in a shellnut, no sense of knowing what the players actually want.

>>53582236
>to nearly 7,000 nerds.
looked at picture and read that as 7000 pounds

>>53582352
I'd pee in his butt

>>53582329
It was so everyone involved in the stream could take a piss break while the next part of the game is set up. They announced the dice set literally at the start of that segment during the introductions.

>>53582313
I'd play that Valor Bard.

The two guys in the middle make a cute couple.

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SOURCE ON THE CUTE GRILL IN THE MIDDLE

Wait that blonde chick is a dude.

>>53582415
https://twitter.com/dylansprouse/status/417100466120433664

>>53580344
Warlock is better at Melee with the Unearthed Arcana they got.

Say what you want about fourth edition, at least they made actual new stuff. >Member the Tomb Of Horrors?! I member!"

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>>53582420
>>53582415

>>53580417
Everyone can use weapons. You add your proficiency bonus to the attack roll if you're proficient with them. I think there's a feat that gives you weapon proficiencies and some other goodies so you don't have to take martial levels.

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The D&D twitch stream and a podcast I follow both went live at the same time.

Poor matt mercer, the foreverDM

>>53582490
I'm 99% sure this was a shitpost

>>53582546
I think he's actually playing as a character in this upcoming 2 hour block, along with Adam Koebel and a few of the other, "forever DMs" of the more popular podcasts/twitch streams.

Lol what the fuck is this hahahaha

I don't trust anyone whose full name is two first names.
>Chris Lindsey

Can someone get this guy a desk fan.

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That chick sitting next to the DM

>>53582567
>the entire party is frogs that provoke DC 13 Con saves or be poisoned for a minute, with saves each round to remove, whenever they make skin-to-skin contact
>they're not all Monks and grapplers forcing the DM to roll 30 times every turn

Who is the dude with the pink hair?

>>53582653
I'm gonna call him Portland.

Sharpshooter fighter gets both Sharpshooter and Crossbow Expert feats, which makes it difficult to pick up either feat because it feels wasted

If you're playing a ranged attacker, is crossbow expert worth it? Considering you don't get to avoid disadvantage on attack rolls until level 10 otherwise. Or would it be best to skip that, stay at range when possible, and pick up a finesse weapon for if they get too close while grabbing a different offensive feat?

>>53581527
Not bad. It makes for good listening while doing other more mindless stuff, but it's not something that makes for good listening on its own like The Film Reroll does (in my opinion, anyways; and that's another system entirely, so it's a smidge off topic).

>>53581592
>I'd rather have people actually RP
Don't know what bits you've listened to of it, but there's actually stretches of good RP once they get more used to everything.

From left to right:
>Dan Harmon
>Justin Roland
>Neil Patrick Harris
>Yuan-Ti
>Dungeon "Remembered to wear my earring but forgot my fedora at home" Master
>"You've probably never heard of it"
>Ellen Ripley
>Gary Coleman

>>53582415
he's one of the zack and cody kids, brother to whatever is the one on riverdale

pink side hair cut guy
>lesbo couple
>tranny porn star
>some gay guy in a vest
>roiland

did they just put all their degenerates in this one stream block?

>>53582653
My husband.

Is it bad to almost force set piece action sequences? Im fairly new to DMing and i dont want to be too railroady.

You have been tapped as a lead designer for D&D 5.5E. You can do anything you want so long as the result is recognizeably/marketably Dungeons and Dragons.

WotC has only one requirement: You must eliminate either the Sorcerer or Warlock class, and keep the other. What is your choice?

>>53582853

you get rid of the sorcerer, the warlock is sort of salvageable.

>>53582853
Sorcerer, duh, make it a wizard archetype like 'lore wizard'.

>>53582853
I eliminate Sorcerer and paste over all of the Wizard's descriptions and features with the old Sorcerer's after doing a search-and-replace for "sorcer*"

>>53582853
Kill the Warlock and turn its abilities into additional Sorcerer abilities and sub classes

>>53582853
I get rid of both, along with druids and gnomes.

holy shit just go into the tomb of fucking horrors you fucks

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>>53582888
Careful anon

>>53582918
>Not using the resources to wipe kender from existence

>>53582918
druids are great and definately not ghey

>>53582843
The guys on the left are actually pretty great

Gay guy in vest is an army veteran, I think

>>53582935
All that's gonna happen here is Wizards are now called Wizarders and they used wizardous power.

>>53582971
Sounds less cool than dawizard

>>53582971
i like it.

>>53583099
You can be Da Wizarder the Inquisitor now, though.

Party neceomancer is opposed to slavery and opression, post hypocritcal characters here. Also told my dwarf that his ancesters were ashamed of him for not opposing the slavery (because my dwarf didn't give a shit)

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Are Lizardfolk bad? I really like them, but my DM read some post on Reddit that said they where shit and has basically 86'd them and everything else out of volo's.

>>53583197
They're alright, I like the part where they make shit out of corpses

>>53583197
Fucking scalies, trying to justify their fetish

>>53583197

your dm sounds like a faggot.

>>53583172
Necromancy doesn't necessarily involve slavery of souls.
If you're just animating skeletons and zombies, the souls of those bodies are already off to their heavenly / infernal rewards; you're just making use of useless husks and pumping them full of negative energy (which also has no mind or consciousness to enslave). There's still no soul in your new zombie minion.

Hell, making golems more slavery, because that generally involves the summoning and binding of an elemental spirit (usually Earth) that has its own impetus. But garden variety necromancy? A-OK.

>>53583197
They make for shit Paladins, I guess

>>53583227
It took the piss out of me, because I got really pumped for that character.

>>53583242
But still, its not exactly slavery but are you paying the skeletons? I didn't think so :^)

>>53583197
You are now a Jungle Dwarf from Chult who wears scalemail made of actual lizard scales, never cuts his fingernails, and carves weapons from the bones of his enemies.

>>53583282
You're paying them in continued unlife.

>>53583309
>not giving your skeletons a couple useless sheckles to spend in town

But seriously one of my parties warlock is going to dress up his skeleton

>>53583337
Anon, you give money to corpses so they can bribe the guardians of the afterlife. If you bring them back to unlife, they don't need SHIT. As the animating necromancer, you are comping all their expenses.

>>53582843
>>53582632
>tranny porn star
>mouth of sauron
weird that both of these things are applicable to her/it.

It's a random question but does anyone know the name of the YouTube d&d game where the beginning was a fake adventure area that over charged ? I've been looking for it for a while now

>>53583197
"Bad" is a misnomer; inefficient would be a better descriptor. As a Lizardfolk, you get:
>+2 Con, +1 Wis
>Swim Speed of 30
>Bite which you can sub for unarmed strikes at 1d6 a pop along with an ability to gain temp hp
>Hold Breath for 15 minutes
>Proficiency goodies
>Natural armor of 13+Dex

The problems start with possible class combinations:
>Con and Wis equals great Druids and Monks
>Base AC does not work with Unarmored Defense, Wildshape, other abilities like those, and just any armor
>Bite is great for an early level monk, but the d6 compared to the d4 won't scale appropriately, eventually lingering at the monk's unarmed attack die instead of one larger like at the start
>if a rogue, benefits well with Natural AC, swim speed, and getting a skill monkey going
>bite doesn't really do anything
>Blowguns cool as hell to make and use
>Not too effective, however
>Unless you open up a shop, you only need 1 shield made of the hide of your enemies

All the aforementioned classes can work, but you lose a lot of would-be synergy since several concepts are overlapping.

>>53583452
Get that stick out of your ass anon, it was a joke

>>53583512
So was that.

>>53583526
You aren't very funny anon

>>53583540
Well shit, neither are you in that case.

>>53580627
Bumping, if that's alright.
>what adventures do you guys recommend for beginner DMs, other than Phandelver?

>>53583608

you should try the new adventure module coming out, The Tomb of Horrors™.

>>53583197
My Lizardfolk barbarian is fun as fuck
I'm not a minmaxing fag tho

>>53583608
All of the modules have intro stories that work fine for new players, except maybe Out of the Abyss, which is kinda too closely linked to its adventure.

>>53579327
Why not go a step further and say your shield is your drum. Quarter staff + shield isn't a bad combo.

>>53583608
Honestly, HotDQ is not as bad as people make it out to be. It's railroady enough to actually make it easier on the DM, since there's only one way the adventure goes. Besides, from episode 5 to the end it's actually pretty great and memorable.

My suggestion? You could run Phandelver, either whole or up to a point, and play up the encounter with Dragon Cultists in Thundertree. Make it more foreshadowing. Then, once the party hits level 5 and is done with the starter adventure, have them be approached by an important NPC from Hoard, like Leosin Erlanthar or Ontharr Frume. They recruit the party to follow a group of cultists hauling stolen loot to the Mere of Dead Men. Cultists might be disguised as merchants inside a caravan (roleplaying mission) or they might be travelling on their own (tracking and stealth mission). Just make sure your players understand their mission is to discover where the loot is being taken to.

Then you run Episode 5 as normal, and follow from there.

someone bake some new bread

>>53584066
Do it yourself you cum guzzling gutter skank

>>53582843
It's the cringe crowd for sure

>>53582845
You've got shit taste in Xir.

Hold up.
It's gen-ah-see, not jen-a-sigh?

>>53584201
>>53584201
>>53584201
Catch the boat to new adventures in shitposting.

So Wizards put the artificer and mystic up on the dungeon masters guild. Are those PDFs updated or are they the same as on release?