/5eg/ - Fifth Edition General

Why does the ixitxachitl cleric in Out of the Abyss have the Create or Destroy Water spell? Isn't that like human clerics having a Create or Destroy Air spell?

>>53857207
that fighter looks like he's judging whatever that druid is doing to that tree

Why would a firbolg be a paladin, any backstory ideas

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>>53857235
You answered your own question, retard.

>>53857216
You don't play a valor bard because you want to maximise numbers, you play a valor bard because you want to gish.
Stone sorcerer isn't going to do as much damage as any other sorcerer when maxing strength and hitting shit with cantrips and smites, but it doesn't stop people from playing them like that.

>>53857235
Becuase if one gets into a situation without water senpai, would you want to suffocate if you had magic to prevent it

>>53857333
>Stone sorcerer isn't going to do as much damage as any other sorcerer when maxing strength and hitting shit with cantrips and smites, but it doesn't stop people from playing them like that.
If your DM does the adventuring day properly, I'd expect stone sorcerer to average more damgae, though.
Much like the valor bard averages more damgae.

This isn't maximizing numbers. This is maximizing versatility and utility in favour of having lower numbers.

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>>53857355
That seems very situational, especially since it requires some sort of container to work. Really, how often do these things end up outside of the water? There are other first level spells that you'd think would be more useful to an intelligent, evil stingray.

>>53857478
The world is an open container senpai

>>53857369
>If your DM does the adventuring day properly
How does one do the adventuring day properly?

>>53857314
Kaisho is that you?

>https://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/rpg-products/xanathars-guide-everything
>https://dnd.wizards.com/products/tabletop-games/rpg-products/tomb-annihilation
How hype are you?

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Curse Bringer StrHexblade
or Sword n' Board Dexblade?
And should I splash Paladin for heavy armour/smite?
I have the stats to support a MAD build.

How would you communicate with a soul confined to a magical item? Would Speak with Dead work?

>>53857542
Not 'two encounters then long rest'

More like' 1/2 encounters, short rest, 1/2 encounters, short rest,1/2 encounters, long rest'
With variation, obviously.

That's how the game is balanced, at least.

>>53857740
true resurrection

>>53857740
Speak with Dead requires a mouth, and it doesn't actually connect to a soul, but the animating spirit of the corpse.

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>>53857723
Very hype for XGtE. Not particularly hype for ToA.

>>53857778
So speak with dead wouldnt work if you sewd the mouth shut

>>53857769
Well it would work, but the corpse would probably only be able to mumble.

>>53857723
Meh

Honestly I'm more worried that XGtE is going to flood the game with a bunch of garbage subclasses

>>53857796
Is the Monster Menagerie 2 beholder mini xanathar? I didn't realize. Also, why does he like his fish so much

>>53857806
Ain't that why Red Wizard either cremate/disintegrate or remove the tongues of their dead?

>>53857806
What if I cut off the mouth?

>>53857860
Evil crime bosses need a pet, he can't stroke a white cat and being so paranoid wouldn't trust anything with claws and teeth so near him, so a goldfish, also doesn't run away and comes in a round (objectively superior shape) container.

>>53857916
I like to think it was a former enemy of his/threat to his position who he had true polymorphed, but thats a good answer

Lets say I'm playing as a Kenku Tempest Cleric and I cast Thaumaturgy to make my voice three times as loud while using Mimicry to sound like a dragon, Would it make sense to:

-Change the mimicry check into intimidation

-Get advantage on my check

This situation came up today and my DM wouldn't allow me to get advantage, but would allow to change the check. I was pretty disappointed because my group is filled with murderhobos and I wanted to scare off the encounter, rather than fight it.

>>53857876
>>53857883
If mouth means jaw, tongue, teeth and lips I don't know.

>>53857948
Apparantly it dies from time to time as goldfish do, tringerrig hijinks as his henchmen scramble to replace it before he notices and starts death ray/disintegrate/fireballing everything apart in a tantrum.

>>53858049
Take the whole lower half of the skull and chuck it into the nearest body of water

>Rolled stats
>Now have 20 STR and 18 CON as a level 3 Barbarian
Being a flesh tank that can actually do damage is fun!

>>53858084
Top kek

>>53858031
>Change the mimicry check into intimidation
No. Your using your mimicry to deceive them. If you fail, they just realise it isn't a dragon. If you succeed, they think it's a dragon and will act accordingly

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What's with all the firbolg hate here?
does this trigger you anons

>>53858725
Naw, have fun with your 8 foot tumblr-nosed smurf.

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>>53858725
I like Firbolgs.

I'm having trouble deciding my Sorcerer's spells for level 3. I'm torn between Mage Armor, Shield, Misty Step, or Mirror Image. My other spells right now are Magic Missile, Burning Hands, and Scorching Ray. My AC is only 12 so I'm trying to figure out what would be better. I'm thinking Shield because Mage Armor would only boost me to 15 AC, while Shield puts me at 17 when active. Misty Step would allow me to teleport to a safe area, but it's expensive. Mirror Image sounds really good, but I'm not sure. I'm going to be using the Spell Points variant rule, and DM is letting me combine them with my Sorcery Points into one big pool. I also have an item that increases my Spell Points a bit more, so I have a decent chunk. Cost isn't a big deal.

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>>53857207
Stop rolling for stats.

Whats the consensus on the protection fighting style i never even see it mentioned here?

>>53858725
>>53858829
I can understand the large bulbous nose, but why is it Fire Engine Red?

>>53858107

is that you, Inspector?

>>53858031
Why would it make sense to do either?

It specifically cannot make the sounds have additional impact, just change the volume within reasonable levels.

I would not have allowed an intimidate check. You are using mimicry. If you roared and made an intimidate check with magic help, I would change the setup slightly (different target number maybe), but I would not change the mimicry test to an intimidate rest. That makes no sense.

Also wouldn't give advantage. That is not within what the spell does, and your description of what you did have no reason to just hand you an advantage on your check.

>>53858840
good
>>53858829
I will :^)

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What are some low-level magical items (stuff for like 2nd level players) that aren't just Scroll of Spell?

Something that's got some usefulness / personality but won't make them OP as hell. Are there any good online resources of custom magic items? I don't mind if they're kind of silly.

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>>53858892

>>53858960
Because he's blushing anon, not everyone has human face anatomy like you

>>53858960
He's very turned on.

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>>53859031
>having the filename be the same as the image text
Stat rollers are the worst kind of people.

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>>53858725
I liked them more in AD&D where they were honorable warriors outcast from the rest of giant society for failing to fall in line with the caste system.

>>53857310
Oath of the ancients

How powerful is primal awareness? I want to use it in combat but the revise one take too long to active.

>>53859029
Plumber's Boots.
When taking fall damage you deal three times as much fall damage to creatures unfortunate enough to be beneath you when you land.

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>>53858892
This.

Which class is best for teleporting around while hitting them? Preferably not shadow monk because its limited to shadows

>>53859029
http://www.lordbyng.net/inspiration/results.php
One specifically for lesser items.

http://donjon.bin.sh/5e/magic/shop.html
This one has so random affixes on various magic items, I just roll and take interesting bits and put them in loot stashes.

Rolled 3, 1, 6, 4, 1, 3, 6, 1, 2, 3, 6, 5, 1, 1, 3, 4, 6, 3 = 59 (18d6)

>>53858892
No, I always roll godlike stats

If I strap a buckler or shield to my arm, can I still use my hand to wield a weapon with no disadvantages?

>>53859197
No. A shield takes up your hand, period.

>>53859112
Im already doing that, I need a story not an oath
>>53859097
Who ever said they aren't that anon, volo doesn't have to give you the full background of the race in just 2 pages

>>53859189
>dem ones
>godlike

>>53859207
Couldn't a buckler only give you a +1 ac boost if you wanted to homebrew it in

>>53859209
Mix it up, being a Fey and serving they wild, probably a geas for a ancient misdeed.

>>53859175
archfey bladelock, use misty step and teleport using archfey pact ability when hit

nothin personnel...

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>>53859142
>Raging barbarians dealing 60d6 damage while taking 10d6 damage at level 2 and going unconscious
>60d6

>>53859227
Bucklers are small handheld shields for fencing style combat.

>>53859235
If he can set up a fall from that height it's good to go.

>>53859232
>not just casting darkness 60 feet away and teleporting into it

>>53859175
Nomad mystic, Feylock or Horizon Walker Ranger.

Do we have a video game for 5e DnD?

Asking after seeing PoE2 trailer and it makes me unhappy that's it RtwP and it's end up the same as the first with melee gangbang being the common tactics for every encounter.

>>53859279
You need to be in darkness to teleport
Also
>I can't see now

>>53859235
>10d6 damage at level 2

you could easily kill yourself in one hit, even as a barbarian.

>>53859275
I mean.. I guess. It's probably not broken, though it seems like it'd either be too difficult to use or go to 'massive damage' in most situations.

>>53859209
Could be, kind of conflicts with the whole fey nature of them though.

But I could just be an old bitter grognard when it comes to faerun lore.

What are some good spells that a bard can take through College of Lore and Magical Secrets?

>>53859306
>35 average damage
>Barbarian with reasonable con (14) and average HP
>23 HP, needs 46 damage to die
I mean, you could die. Not 'easily' as in it's improbable, but you could.

>>53859308
Which is fine. If it goes into DS3 landing on the dragon territory, why the fuck not?

If most times it just means he's looking for ramps and shit to do 3D6 or 6D6 damage off of, it's a solid magic item that makes for some fun environmental use.
Sure some of those times it does nothing because he can't get up a ramp, but that doesn't make it a bad item unless every magic item needs to be boosting damage every combat.

>>53859292
sword coast legends

it was supposedly pretty shit

>>53859334

I've been 1-hit killed at similar odds

>>53859292
Not sure if its 5e, but the latest D&D game is Sword Coast Legends, haven't heard good things about it though. Divinity Original Sin 2 is soon which isn't RtwP, and underrail is pretty fun if you haven't played that

>>53859275
>>53859308
Just play an Aarakocra

>>53859393
>Boots rely on on falling damage to work
>"hay guise jsut Don't take falling damage"

>>53859425
No, I think they're suggesting getting a flight speed so that no matter where you are, as long as there's no ceiling you can get a reliable 60d6 attack on any creature as long as it doesn't move too much.

>>53859189
>I always roll
>godlike stats
>5 WIS
Seems about right.

Rolled 6, 4, 2, 1, 1, 3, 3, 1, 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 4, 3, 4, 6, 4 = 57 (18d6)

Rolling 666

Rolled 4, 4, 6, 2, 3, 3, 6, 5, 1, 6, 6, 5, 1, 6, 3, 3, 5, 4, 2, 2, 1, 1, 4, 5 = 88 (24d6)

>>53858892
Never.

>>53859393
Wouldn't that be spending at least two if not three turns to set up an alpha strike that requires the opponent to never move?

What's this rolling for stats sacred cow meme and why has it plagued a system which clearly doesn't accomodate it?

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>have -1 to dexterity
>wearing plate armor
>lets try to sneak by them

>>53859557
Wait for level 3 and have the wizard cast invisibility on you. Get in position before the fight even starts

Someone give me a good idea for a Cleric, I'm having one of those days where I can't come up with anything.

>>53859591
>not using your inability to sneak to aid your sneaky allies.

>>53859558
Grognards and min-maxers set in their ways

>>53859591
>Cast pass without trace
>Can now reliably get past enemies of average perception even in plate armour with a -1

Rolled 6, 1, 1, 6, 5, 3, 3, 4, 6, 5, 5, 5, 1, 3, 4, 2, 4, 3 = 67 (18d6)

>>53859558
The answer lies in your question

I'm making a paladin/warlock. Specifically, I am hitting 5 or 6 paladin first, then classing into Warlock.

Paladin is oath of the ancients, so minimum level 7 overall. At level 1, I picked up shieldmaster and have been enjoying it a lot (Vuman)

I'm liking the fluff behind the new revised Warlock patron (The Celestial), so I'm leaning heavily toward that. But, I had some questions.

a) Should I pick up warcaster?
b) What level split should I consider?
c) If my DM is okay with the UA, is The Celestial a decent patron?
d) Which pact if I go to 3+ warlock? I'm leaning toward tome, right now.

>>53859551
I'm hoping you roll 4d6-1 in order, otherwise you're a double pussy.

>>53859603

One idea I had joshing around for a long time was a cleric detective. Using Knowledge for detecting lies and sharpening wits. Probably serves a god of justice or at least law.

>>53859635
Optimised pallock is Tome for CHA shillelagh PAM bullshit, but you can't be that much of a faggot. You honestly only need 2 levels of lock, since you get a couple invocations and Eldritch Blast at that point, along with a couple short rest spell slots you can use to Divine Smite. If you're going to commit to getting a Pact Boon, then take bladelock because you should give yourself a little bit of a handicap.

>>53859635
a) It's okay considering shield msater means you're not focusing damage, though consider that you could boost charisma and help people out with protection instead.
b) 3 levels of warlock, rest paladin. Grab shillelagh. 4 or 5 levels of warlock is fine too.
c) It's fucking ridiculous. A spammable healing word as a level 1 feature that doesn't disallow you from casting action spells. But if your DM uses a more sensible death save system, it's balanced.
d) Tome you dunce. Shillelagh. Get it.

>>53859647
Are there people who DON'T drop 1 die?

>>53859703
>>53859635
Well, to restate a) quickly:
War caster works well with booming blade. But really I think you should just focus on upping charisma for team support + the fact with shillelagh quarterstaff+shield your attacks run off of charisma.

>>53859558
It adds an element of randomness to character creation.

Some people like this, because it gives them ideas about how to play their new character based on the stats.

Others prefer a more fine-tuned pitch and choose system. Allocating a set number of points to their character's stats however they wish to do so.

It's a matter of taste.

Personally I think random rolls for stats can greatly influence the kind of character you decide to play.

>>53859703
>A spammable healing word as a level 1 feature that doesn't disallow you from casting action spells. But if your DM uses a more sensible death save system, it's balanced.
It's pretty much the same as Tranquility Monk except less healing but gets Ranger. Also Dreams Druids have the same thing I believe.

>>53859627
Shadow monks are really fucking good at sneaking. Invisible, teleporting, stunning and inaudible masters of the shadows.

Do we need someone else to do the 5etools? It seems like they aren't getting updated anymore

>>53859603
I did a one shot a few weeks back with a Trickery domain cleric that was actually super fun to play. I was the priest of a church that was actually a front for a Thieves guild made up of the orphans I had raised and trained to steal for me.

>>53859313
Spellplague fucked shit up senpai
Also not sure how long ago it was in the FR timeline

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>>53857724

>>53859814
Late 1300's if I remember correctly

>>53858980
Who? This barb is for my group's game - playing a Storm Herald

Would it be OP for Polearm Master to work with Lances?

>>53859910

I'm currently playing a game with rolled stats with a barb who has exactly 20 STR and 18 CON, whose player has referred to him as a flesh tank or meat tank or something similar.

>>53859910
>>53859929

oh, and we're also level 3 right now

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DnD was canceled today and I'm going through withdrawals

>>53859929
>>53859938
Mine's a dwarf, and we do a weird rolling method where we roll 24d6 4 times, and you take the array you like the most, drop its lowest 6 numbers, and then arrange the numbers to make your stats how you please.
So I'm a dwarf barbarian with 20 STR and 18 CON.
also
>not calling a barbarian a flesh tank
>ever wearing armor as a barbarian

>>53859814
I know.
Though part of why I feel like a bitter old grognard is that I was one of the people complaining about how it was being bastardized in late 2e and how 3e was the worst they could go.
Then 4e proved me wrong, and 5e keeps pretending they're going to do better only to disappoint.

>>53859928
It wouldn't really make sense, as the lance is held almost at the butt of the haft. Like, it doesn't lend itself well to the "spin the weapon to hit them with the blunt end" image that the feat evokes.

>>53859717
Way I've seen and done it, it's either 4d6-1 down the line, or 3d6 and place wherever. Letting people place 4d6-1 where they want basically invites min-maxing because of the innate differences between stats rolling will bring.

>>53860007
I was gonna suggest to the DM I have that does 4d6 drop 1 that he make us go down the line instead of arranging them how we want.

>>53860007
I like doing 4d6-1 down the line for one shots since it forces people to play different classes than they normally would to fit their weird stat lines. 3d6 just ends up way too imbalanced even in one shots. It really sucks if one guy rolls an 18 and another player doesn't have anything over 12.

Playing a twillight druid with staff, scimitar and shield and daggers as back up weapons/throwing. I have a focus built into my shield and staff. In case the party gets captured I'm tempted to get a tattoo focus on one my character's hands. Good or bad idea?

I had a question about how I should approach a situation with a fellow character.

About five times so far in the campaign, their character has initiated combat while the rest of the party was out of position by moving ahead while everyone else was doing something else - going through loot, searching bodies, etc. This has lead to unnecessary headaches and party damage. They were chastised each time, but last time rather than treating their javelin my character simply pulled it out, resulting in additional minor damage, as a punishment. The player in question was very upset by this and was angry I had inflicted damage to a party member on purpose. We argued over this a bit ooc and they essentially said they would continue to do this in the future.

He and the DM are new, and I don't want to be a dick and derail the campaign or ruin anybody else's fun. But I'm also not afraid of party drama and don't want to be trampled on. Am I in the wrong? Any recommendations on an approach I should take?

Is dnd and 5e really that addictive to play or run?

>>53860219
Cut his throat while he sleeps.

>>53860225
I mean it's like anything else. If you find it entertaining then you'll enjoy doing it and want to do it more. If you let it take over your life then yeah it'll take over your life. I've found the biggest thing holding me back from going full autism into 5e is the other players.

>>53860219
Tell him next time he runs off by himself, he's on his own. When he initiates combat the rest of the party rolls to hide and run away.

>>53860189
>tattoo focus
Do DMs actually allow this? If so I can't see any drawback to it aside from looking a little weird, and possibly getting skinned alive if you're captured and the enemy knows what they are.

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>>53860189

Are druids allowed to use a tattoo as a focus? Seems kind of pointless to me. As a druid, your focus can essentially be a really nice stick or a totem you made out of feathers. Can't be hard to get a new one if you lose yours.

>>53860312
>>53860219

A couple days ago a party member in our game wandered off into a cave on his own without alerting the rest of the party. He got eaten by bears while we all made it very clear that our characters had no idea which way he went.

>>53860045
>>53860066
I only ever roll for one-shots. It helps me play things i wouldn't otherwise, and also opens up opportunities to rollplay a certain deficiency that I wouldn't have normally saddled myself with.

>>53860312
>>53860315
There's a cool Shaman class on the DM's Guild that lets you use a tattoo as a focus. It's pretty handy.

Does anyone have the latest version of that Codex Arcana pdf that an anon put together? It basically compiled every UA up until they announced they weren't doing them anymore.

>>53860219
Let him run off and get himself killed. I've got a guy like that in my group that keeps doing that because he's trying to be a snowflake and a hero.

>>53860386
>up until they announced they weren't doing them anymore.
so... never?

They went back to monthly releases.

is there a particular pdf i'm missing, or a wiki or something where i can familiarize myself with the lore and geography of dragonlance as a DM?
(not 5e, but i didn't feel this warranted a new thread)

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>>53860378
>>53860315
>>53860312
>>53860189
For real though, has anyone actually had a DM whose creatures actively try to steal your spellcasting focus, aside from being kidnapped and all your items stripped? Maybe if you become some legendary wizard with a super flashy focus then thieves may try and snatch it, but otherwise nobody is going to go after some random's necklace or voodoo doll.

>>53860411

I don't think my DM really keeps track of foci. We basically do the "if the material cost has a gold amount indicated, you need the materials" rule, and that seems to be it. I still keep track of a focus, have it listed in my inventory, and try to choose something fitting for each character though.

>>53860397
Apologies, I meant the announcement a while back when they said they'd be doing less UAs. But yeah It had everything up until then and it was very nicely put together.

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What are some of the non-standard races that you guys want to play as? I was thinking of going with pic related using volo's lizardfolk player race as a guide. Any suggestions for classes for said gatorman?

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Question on a one(two)shot idea I have:

Once ever couple months I occasionally fill in when the DM has a shit ton of work, or schedules falls apart. Its a simple one off either with there characters, or if thematically it doesn't make sense then I hand out some gimmicky prefabs. Normally its a pretty standard heist, assassinations, etc. I tend to run evil oneshots with prefabs just for a change of pace from out our normal game.

So I had an idea though at doing a horror themed one shot with the Slaadi based on Alien/The Thing. Its seems like an *obvious* setup so I assume some have tried and and I am curious how it would work. I would want it to be extremely powerful and not something you can just kill in a fight, but D&D doesn't immediately seem like it lends itself to hit/run style 'combat'.

Gut idea is: We have 5 players, so have them be low level like 4, and some other NPCs. Some how trapped in like a magic school or prison or some shit with a Red Slaad. Have them kill that Red, but an NPC is infected turns into a stronger Blue Slaad in the next Day. Then have the Blue Slaad run in and out of hiding, I would tone down its Regen and have it slowly be killed as the party/NPCs get picked off.


Just thought of it like an hour ago. Y/N?

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>>53860391
>>53860312
>>53860345
Thanks for this, hope he can handle it when it inevitably ends poorly.

>>53860292
If I could get away with it, I'd consider it.

>>53860502

What would be the difference? Lizardfolk are already amphibious and tend to live in swamps and have a bite attack.

Anyway, I'm currently playing a lizardfolk death cleric and it's pretty cool.

>Make a TFW fighter at level 15 because my last character died
>DM only gives me starter gear
>16 AC
So what do I make for my next character after this one inevitably dies?

>>53860502
Cleric and Druid are your best options. Lizardfolk really needs a subclass that gets strength, because they don't naturally get a 16 in a weapon attack stat which sucks.

What is there to spend all this gold on if the GM doesn't let you buy magic items?

>>53860521
>lizardfolk death cleric
Ma nigga.

This is literally my favorite Race/Class combination and the one I've always done since I first started tabletops. Yet in all the years I never met another Lizardfolk Death Cleric.

>>53860593
They can do good for a DEX Primeval Guardian Ranger, because the tanky form works well with you Plate level AC from natural armour.

Also a Fighter or Rogue for the extra ASI.

Does the Nomad Mystic's abilities to teleport and dodge attacks on hits also work with traps, spells and rocks falling?

>>53860593
Lizardfolk are such a MAD race
>Bite needs str
>AC needs dex
>Healing needs con
>they only get one of these stats

>OoD Paladin/Hexblade Warlock 6/1
>Variant Human with Polearm Master and Sentinel
>Plan to use Find Steed mount to outrun/disengage enemies and feat combo to stop advance, along with spells for defensive utility

Is this build dumb? How would you change it? Should I take GWM as my next feat or go ASI?

>>53860502
I always play lizardfolk as iguanas. also lizardfolk sun paladin was fun. I kept getting knocked out in battle but I was still loved by all somehow.

>>53860642
why are you going hexblade 1, you aren't getting CHA to attacks with a polearm IIRC

>>53860620
if those use an attack roll, then yes.

>>53860708
If he uses a Quarterstaff then he is.

He can also use a Lance but won't get the PAM bonus.

>>53860708
Yeah, it doesn't work with two-handed weapons, but my STR is 16 anyway to wear plate armor, so I just use STR. I took 1 in Warlock for the spells, pact magic and Hexblade's Curse.

>>53860502
>What are some of the non-standard races that you guys want to play as?

I'm tempted to do something Thunercats-esque with a Tabaxi.

>>53860611
Warhorses. Carriages. Hired hands. Ships. Homes. Mansions. Extortion. Donations.
Get creative anon. What if you suddenly had more money in real life than you knew what to do with? You can't buy magic items irl, so what would you spend that on?

>>53857207
Wow, the Crimson Shadow.
One of Salvatore's REALLY early fantasy novels.

So I'm trying to work on the economy in my setting one of the major powers uses paper money (because plot not really important) and it is going to be roughly equivalent to USD so what should the exchange rate be? I was thinking that it should be like 1 USD= 1 silver coin.

the nations ecconomy is powerful, and the average wealth is high so I was going to make so copper coins are almost completely disregarded but I'm not so sure help?

the point of this shit is that this nation was isolationist for a while after a large conflict but opened up their borders and the party is being set to investigate, and the theme is about culture shock and things like that.

>>53859999
Nice quads man, but the edition is perfectly functional and I enjoy it, if I didn't I wouldn't be in /5eg/ Its a shame I didn't get to expirience d&d back than I'm sure I would have really gotten into the lore and such

>>53858892

>choosing premades at random
>pick a female draconic sorcerer
>first female char I play
>1 hour in
>rape attempt
I thought it was just a meme

>>53861121
counter-rape them.

>>53861004
I used a conversion of 10cp=$1 and that worked pretty well for most things. Keep in mind, by PHB a lot of stuff is cheap as shit.

>>53860711
Like a DEX save?

>>53861138
I Shielded his thrust and Ray of Frosted his parts. He's the mayor, so I didn't kill him right up, but next session I'm gonna freeze his dick until it falls off.

>>53861169
>counter-rape them.
a dex save is not an attack roll.

>>53861121
what happened anon tell us

>>53861193
But a firebolt is an attack, same for a crossbow trap

>>53860592
Kobold Strength Barbarian

How does friends combo with mask of many faces?

>>53861285
>kinda lost in a forest
>run into an ogre about to roast a couple of kids
>kill ogre, kids guide us to their settlement
>return kids to their mother, small feast for us
>I really need a new rod
>old local cleric doesn't know anybody who sells the needed materials or the finished stuff
>ask the mayor if he knows anyone who deals with arcane implements, because I really need a new rod
>he makes the obvious rod joke
>laugh it off
>he keeps advancing
>politely try to steer the conversation back to the business
>he doesn't budge, says I shouldn't be spending the nights at that local woman's house, I should sleep with him stead
>I say that's too direct and we should just keep talking for the time being, excuse myself
>he has his guards pin me down
Then comes what I said earlier
>Shield his penis thrust
>Ray of Frost his groin
>really wanted to hit his dick, but I say it was a warning and he should back off
>intimidate really well
>I say he better have my fucking rod maker next week or he won't have his rod anymore
>he nods in agreement
>discuss issue with party and agree to kill him after that anyway, since we also need a more compliant leadership in the village if we're to set up our intended business

>>53861585
You use Mask of Many Faces to change your appearance and then use Friends to talk to people.
After Friends ends they'll know they were magically influenced by you, but you just change your face again and they'll be none the wiser. Don't forget to carry extra clothes and change them as well.

>>53861170
Is it mr.jellybean

>>53861818
I don't Mick and Bosty but according to the wiki, Mr. Ujellybeans is a boy molester, so no.

>>53861871
>dragonborn
>not being fairly ambigously gendered

>>53860411
Having a monster grab you and start choking you is a better way to shut down your casting than taking your focus.

>>53861901
Nice baitodesu, but I was playing a human draconic bloodline sorcerer.

>>53861704
Oh sweet, good to know. Thanks heaps bro.

>>53861902
>playing into a someone's fetish that directly
It's like you're trying to encourage degeneracy at the table.

>>53861960
>not specifying race
Your fault senpai

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>>53861704
>orc problem in Phandalin
>me and my long time druid partner go to Sword Mountains to deal with it
>wizard friend who always misses our dnd sessions joins us today
>DM fits him in by making us run into him on the way to the orcs
>me and druid want to stealthily take out the orcs
>wizard friend rushes to take out the guard orc
>he fails and the orc goes inside the orc hideout
>I say we should back off for now before we get rushed by an orc army
>"no anon, let's stay outside the cave to ambush the orcs"
>reluctantly do as he says
>10 mins of watching the cave entrance
>all of a sudden, surrounded by 7 orcs and their ogre master
>"we can take them on, anon!"
>wizard and druid lose most of their health
>orcs killed: 0
>we all decide to disengage and run away
>orcs' Aggressive ability make it difficult to run away
>my squishy bard ass is starting to take big damage
>druid turns into a bear and I hop on his back
>"there's no more room on this bear, wizard-san"
>he starts climbing the mountain and we get away
>wizard has no choice but to go into the cave
>orcs catch up to him
>he was playing as a female wizard

Bladelock hijack, lol

>>53861145
thanks bruh, /wbg/ is slow as shit

>>53861585
Friends charms the target for a minute, improving their disposition to friendly and granting advantage on Charisma checks, but then drops their disposition to hostile when the spell ends. Mask of Many Faces doesn't require concentration, so you can cast both at the same time and sow chaos by manipulating people then having them get pissed at the people you were impersonating.

>>53862153
Friends doesn't make the target Charmed, it just grants advantage, whoops.

>playing with randos
>the DM decides to makes the campaign centered around my character's backstory and nothing else

wew

I mean, it's nice to have a more personal stake in the campaign and all but I'm a little embarrassed to be getting this much attention

>>53860636

what if you played a lizard monk and put all your points into dex and CON?

Bite counts as an unarmed strike, right, so Monk can bite with Dex?

Is there any playable race that will be like a bunnygirl?
One of my friends wants to basically play as Fran from Final Fantasy

>>53862298
pick a race, say they have bunny ears, kill your friend.

>>53859814
Spellplague was 1385 DR.

Sundering was 1484-1487 DR, major events happening throughout all three, but focused on 1487.

>>53859029
>http://www.lordbyng.net/inspiration/tables.php
What I use for a setting where magic items are relatively common-place, in addition to occassional homebrew / cribbing from other games. Very few of the ones from the above are particularly OP, rather occupying a nice little slot just beneath a +1 item.

>>53862298
Elves

>>53860754
>I'm tempted to do something Thundercats-esque with a Tabaxi.

Interesting.

What classes would the various characters be?

Lion-O : Paladin? Fighter?
Tygra : Fighter? Rogue?
Cheetara : Monk?
Panthro : Barbarian?
Wilykit : Bard?
Wilykat : Rouge?

>>53862298
If you actually want to let something like that into your game you could always homebrew one.

Something like +2 dex +1 wis, proficiency in perception, advantage on perception checks that rely on hearing, increased jump distance and height and able to long jump without a running start, 35 ft. movement speed.

Don't really know what else you could give a rabbit-person.

>>53862542
advantage on ability checks made to fuck like rabbits

>>53862505
What about Snarf?

>>53862298
Viera are literally just wood elves, except with bunny ears. At least, using Tactics Advance as a reference, they are.
>Viera = Wood Elves
>Nu Mou = High Elves / Forest Gnomes
>Moogle = Rock Gnomes
>Bangaa = Dwarves
>Seeq = Half-Orc
>Gria = Tieflings

Should Lizardmans and Yuan-Ti be immune to the effects of Calm Emotions?

>>53862669
Only if you go all out and make them immune to the effects of emotion based spells both beneficial and detrimental.
Yes.

>>53862605
>What about Snarf?

2011 Snarf would be an animal companion of some sort.

Classic Snarf? Is "Bumbling Sidekick" a class?

>>53862542
Oh, there's also the whole lucky rabbit's foot thing so you can give them something the Halfling's Lucky trait.

Also in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean folklore rabbits live on the moon so you could do something with that. Something like being able to cast Moonbeam and other spells 1/day like the Tiefling's Infernal Legacy trait. The moon also tends to be associated with shapeshifting, so you could give them an ability to shapeshift into an actual rabbit or something.

Just a few ideas for something more interesting than just taking an existing race and refluffing it.

>>53862605
Familiar

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>>53862505
All Monks all the time. Is Mumra a lich?

>>53857207
Any third party or homebrew adventures to recommend similar to Return to Ravenloft?

>>53857724
Go str if you are going to grab cursebringer or pam with a glaive.
If you go snb just cha as a hexblade
Id do just enough str to drop a few levels into paladin if you arent using heavy weapons or cursebringer

>>53859334
Yould could half it with rage

AAAaaa 5eg I need your help. I have a session in 12 hours and I'm undecided on something.
I'm playing a dwarf vengeance paladin in CoS, have a 2hand sword. I hit level 4 and don't know which feat to take. I don't want to take something like GWM, I'd rather take an unconventional or fun feat. Is Warcaster any good? I could also put a point each in CHA and STR to get +4 and +5 respectively. What do you think chaps?

>>53862153
>>53862244
Oh sweet, that sounds pretty boss. Thanks heaps bro. Will use it to create hilarious shenanigans.

>>53863025

the 10d6 is already taking rage halved into account. Remember the boots do 3x damage to the guy you land on. So if he's taking 60d6 and you're taking 10d6, your damage is already halved. Although you do bring up a point, you're supposed to just do 20d6 and then half the damage instead of halving the dice.

>>53863038
Why wouldn't you want to take GWM?

>>53861998
Getting choked is not sexual.

>>53863072
>I'd rather take an unconventional or fun feat

he literally told you in the very same sentence

>>53863072
>I'd rather take an unconventional or fun feat

>>53863093
Thats where you're wrong kiddo

>>53863102
>>53863109
GWM is a fun feat though.

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>>53863093
I can literally cum from being choked.

>>53863038
I'd grab that ASI

>>53863038
I remember you from two weeks ago.
>Is Warcaster any good
Not for Paladins. Go for the modifiers or Inspiring Leader or Magic Initiate or just take GWM already. Paladins already have many "fun" things to do built in and your party may need the extra damage just to survive. Or take Mobility so you are no longer the slowest person in a horror setting.

>>53863093
>>53863134
Both strangulation and choking are kinks, but they're rather different in nature.

I don't suppose anyone here has a copy of the Epic Characters PDF from the DM"s Guild?

>>53863072
Because GWM is busted and appeals to munchkins

>>53863038
If youre able to get two stats up a modifier, then do that. The +1s to damage, accuracy, and save DCs are worth more than pretty much any feat, especially since you're not going to take GWM.

>>53863192

this, if you have an opportunity to increase two stat bonuses why would you ever not do that

Considering the pace of releases I hope 5ed is around for awhile.

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>>53858031
>Would it make sense to:
>Change the mimicry check into intimidation
No.

>-Get advantage on my check
No.

It's a Deception roll, retard.

>>53862832
Yes he's a lich.
Literally an evil wizard turned into an immortal dead guy, albeit dressed up like an Aztec priest body-builder.
https://youtu.be/umU8vKRNnRw

.....okay, now I REALLY want to use a lich based off Mumm-Ra in a game....

>>53863072
Ah well we don't put as much of an emphasis on combat, partly because for the sessions before and for the next one it's only me and a friend (we have two players joining next time) and partly because my DM is not so combat-focused. Also I'd like to something more interesting than just doing more damage, hence why I inquired about Warcaster (I was thinking stuff like casting hold person on an enemy that wants to run past me to attack an ally and so on.

>>53863182
Only on Fighters and that is really the only thing they're good at.

For kicks and giggles I went through all class abilities that refresh on short rests and converted them to refresh on long rests, increasing their resources on the assumed basis of two short rests per long rest.

The full thing can be found at https://pastebin.com/wRYbiBPd.

The big winners are, as we would probably all expect, fighters and warlocks. Monks also benefit a fair amount from the extra Ki.

The half casters change very little, while among the full casters wizards and clerics benefit the most by a considerable margin. Sorcerers and bards gain virtually nothing.

I think a game with these changes would be roughly playable (warlocks would feel a lot closer to full casters, but have absurd power spikes at the levels they gain spell slots), but a bit more editorializing would be warranted if one wanted to balance 5e entirely around abilities refreshing on long rests.

>>53858889
>My other spells right now are Magic Missile, Burning Hands, and Scorching Ray.

Why the fuck do you need three attack spells?

>My AC is only 12 so I'm trying to figure out what would be better. I'm thinking Shield because Mage Armor would only boost me to 15 AC, while Shield puts me at 17 when active.

Mage Armor, retard.

>'m going to be using the Spell Points variant rule, and DM is letting me combine them with my Sorcery Points into one big pool. I also have an item that increases my Spell Points a bit more, so I have a decent chunk.

Your DM is as retarded as you are.

>>53863161
Yeah that was me. We haven't had a session in a while (finals) so it's given me time to overthink.

>>53863159
>>53863192
>>53863218

Alright, I guess I'll do that, though I hate to miss out on a feat. Cheers chaps!

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>>53859197
>If I strap a buckler or shield to my arm

You don't know how either of those things work.

>>53859655
>One idea I had joshing around

That's not how you use that phrase.

With the expanded spell lists, can you choose them in addition to the spells you would normally get?

>>53859197
You don't know what a buckler is do you

>>53863182
Only if you're a little shit.

>>53860219
Talk to him instead of being a beta cuck.

My friend wants to be able to make the trickiest trickster College of Whispers Bard possible. Any good multiclassing options that work well with that?

>>53859235
10x3=6?

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I want to hear about your stories of revenge against That Guy.

Anyone want to bite?

>>53863585
Rage resistance
[20*3] = 60d6 dealt
[(20/2)] = 10d6 taken

>>53863382
One idea I had joshing around in my brain-juices is

>>53858239
>>53858994
>>53863257

wouldn't it be deception AND intimidation? You fool them into thinking you're a dragon, and then if that works, there's a chance that maybe they aren't going to be scared off by a dragon?

>>53859197
lmao

>>53860504
Don't be surprised when your players rip it to hell in one round, but otherwise sounds cool.

>>53861004
How did it get a lot of wealth and a powerful economy as an isolationist nation? That is not how it works.

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>>53863864
oh they weren't isolated from other parts of the world, they just shut themselves off from the area where the pc's would be from,

the nation has an abundance of valuable resources and such that other nations don't see as valuable

it essentially boils down to that the nation was founded by a group of isekai'd individuals who invented/brought into practice a bunch of shit, like banking and paper money etc etc.

and such they were able to stabilize and generate an economy using these practices, and remember world economy won't affect nations in a D&D setting like they do in the modern world simply due to lack of effective communication or bookkeeping etc. etc.

as well as adding that they had a shitload of gold as well due to plot of the setting and were able to institute a gold standard, and considering that inflation and other such issues that would make gold standard non palatable don't / haven't happened yet so they were able to stimulate their economy even isolated.

Hey so I may be a complete fucking idiot here but I'm not very good at searching things, I wanna make a map of a city and a map of a hamlet that the party is going to but I don't have any templates for houses or anything, and I doubt I can do it justice by making it by hand, anyone know any good sites where I can get some?
I'm DM'ing on Roll20 by the way so yeah I need something that I can turn into images so I can paste them on the map or however I wanna do it.

How big should the first ancient ruin I send my player into be?

I want something with a really classical GBA rpg feel.

.

>>53862832
Why would they all be monks?

Also, yes, Mumm-Ra is most definitely a lich.

Quickly, what are some good monsters I can steal the stats from for a group of cursed humans who were turned into tieflings by devil magic?

Something that clearly has some firepower but weak enough to show that even if they have dark magics, they were once normal people.

>>53864093
Pretty small exterior, maybe 3 layers of interior to explore. If you want a GBA feel without the literal feel of walking around an empty space until you get a random encounter, have those layers also be pretty self contained, but with enough shenanigans in there to make each one unique. Some traps, some puzzles, some beasties, that sort of thing.

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>>53864529
How weak exactly? because this could be refluffed really easily as a corrupted person instead of a mixbreed.

>>53864598
I've definitely been looking at Cambians, and I might wind up using one of those for their tougher members/leader type, but right now I'm trying to figure out the stats of their civilians, basically, so weaker than that.

Basically I want to prep in case my players, currently level 3-4, decide to go full murderhobo and try to slaughter the cursed people.

>>53864640
Could always use normal stat blocks, with Tiefling racial modifiers. So Guard, Thug and Commoner stats can work.

>>53864658
Hm. That might be the smartest call for now. Thanks for the advice.

Does a Monk's Unarmored Movement apply to things like Climb and Swim speeds?

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So I want to make a ranged Battle Master fighter who is an exiled general of a far off land.

Is there any reason at all to use anything other than a hand crosssbow? Because it seems like Crossbow Mastery is far and above the best feat on earth for a ranged character.

>>53864863
Three reasons.

First of all range, because a Longbow being able to attack from up to 600ft. away will basically be able to beat anyone in the best circumstances. Secondly it's pretty OP and the reason people say the CR is out of whack, don't realise that feats just make the game much harder for the DM to balance around. Third they're gay as fuck.

>>53864863
>Ranged Character
lmao nigga with CBE you're just as effective in melee range as a GWM fighter too, and have a +2 to hit with Sharpshooter that GWM lacks.

Hand Crossbow Master Race.

>>53864916
In my experience encounters are rarely outside 100ft, plus I can just carry around a heavy crossbow in situations like that.
I am concerned it is OP but based on the meat grinders the DM has thrown us in before, fuck the police.
>gay as fuck.
You're not totally wrong about that, but based on previous experience with this DM I'd wear a diamond studded codepiece on my forehead if it gave me even the tiniest mechanical benefit

>>53864922
This is pretty much what I thought.

>>53865030
>meat grinders the DM has thrown us in before
>but based on previous experience with this DM I'd wear a diamond studded codepiece on my forehead if it gave me even the tiniest mechanical benefit

If he's one of those DM's. Then yeah, even though I hate Hand Crossbows just use it. Enjoy being a mini death machine.

I'd also recommend looking at Monster Hunter Fighters. Monster Hunter giving you the main abilities you'll want from BM with some skills and spells,.

>>53865030
Have a Chu Ko Nu hand crossbow and use a shield too.

Or just do a shield and hand crossbow anyways, unless they have errata hand crossbow+shield works RAW.

>>53857207
It doesn't work, and never worked. From day one they said any weapon with Loading needs a free hand to reload before a shot, even when the Loading property is gone with CBE.

Guys, does a Roper regrows its tendrils or was my DM crazy?

>>53865100
There's no reason it doesn't work with only one hand crossbow and a free hand.

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>>53865083
I kind of want to make a hand crossbow and large shield, essentially making a payday 2 shielder.

>>53865083
>unless they have errata
Your DM I mean. Sounds to me like he could be a bit of a fuckhead so I'd try and cheese it.

>>53865105
They do

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>>53865105

>>53865119
https://media.wizards.com/2016/downloads/DND/PH-Errata-V1.pdf

Forgive me, it was errata that any item with the ammunition property requires a hand to be free to grab the ammo.

>>53865200
Yup, still works fine with one free hand and a hand crossbow.

In fact, with one free hand you can even grapple niggas or make shove attempts, or the Mariner style (If for some retarded reason you didn't take Archery)

>>53865147
>>53865163
Thanks, totally missed the "extrude" thing, never heard the verb and was looking for a writing similar to Hydra's.

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>be me mystic
>random encounter with an npc group
>fight.jpg
>i use wind form to fly to a better position
>enemy wizard casts dispel magic on me and brings me down

The DM rolled a successful intelligence ability check with a DC = 10 + psi points of wind form. W-was he right /tg/?

>>53865323
DC10+Psi points spent is harder than DC10+spell level at the very least.

Session report:

Since the death of the last goblin boss, Goblin Valley has been in turmoil. A half dozen or so goblins have all claimed to be the rightful heir to the boss's throne. Normally, the goblins would seek advice from their shaman to find out who Big Goblin (the local goblin diety) favored as the next boss. However, the shaman has been silent on the matter. The leader of one of the goblin factions asks the party to visit the shaman and find out why Big Goblin won't name a successor for the late boss.

After a short journey, including a minor skirmish with some goblins of less-friendly faction, the players reach the shaman. He explains that Big Goblin has been sulking in the temple basement ever since the old boss died, and refuses to talk to anyone. The players agree to go into the basement and talk some sense into him.

In the basement, the party manages to do the following:

>Give a suit of animated armor an existential crisis
>Solve a "find the safe path through the room" puzzle
>Kill Big Goblin's roomba (a gelatinous cube that roams the halls, keeping the area clean by absorbing any filth)

They meet Big Goblin, who explains that he's tired of directly influencing the tribe. He wants them to be able to govern themselves. Through a long, rambling negotiation, the party and Big Goblin agree to create a series of trials to test those who would seek the boss's throne.

The party rogue decides to go to each of the aspirants in turn, and promises each to rig the trials in that one's favor. In exchange for these promises, the rogue receives a ton of bribes (which, in total, are the result of a roll on the treasure hoard table).

Next session, we'll see how the trials turn out.

>>53865323
Seems fair, makes Psionics much harder to counter then spells but still possible. The fact Psionics is so rare means he can't just send another Mystic every few fights to give you someone interesting to interact with, so having to deal with casters being able to disrupt you seems okay.

Cure Wounds is now a bonus aciton cast, does this make it useful in combat?

>>53865503
Why would you ever take Healing Word then?

>>53865514
It's ranged

I want to play a champion of Lapuard. What kind of synergy does monk and barbarian have?
I was considering a barbarian-zealot and monk multiclass with tavern brawler and grappler.

>>53865537
Not ever really worth the loss of die then, if anything I think it's fine the way it is. Cure Wounds has always been mostly for after battle healing.

>>53865558
Monk/anything is usually bad because of how specialized and MAD monks are. If you want grappling, barbarogue is usually the best way to go. Unarmed as a non-monk is otherwise not worth it

My party wants to run one of the adventure modules for 5e. Has anyone here played any of them and which ones are good/which ones should I avoid?

What are some things to do with a Monk's Astral Projection, since they can cast this otherwise expensive as fuck spell without components?

Can I use it to punch people apart from another plane?

>>53865558
>What kind of synergy does monk and barbarian have?
Well, it's not as bad as some people think but it's not great. You should do a STR build and Barb 2/Monk X.

The basic idea is to use the Barbarian's resistances to not really bother with AC at all, just act like a glass canon of Flurry Rage punches with Reckless Attack for advantage. Drunken Master would probably work best. For race I'd recommend Mountain Dwarf because you'll be pretty MAD.

14(16), 14, 14 (16), 9, 13, 8 is what I'd recommend after Dwarf Racials. You'll have 15 AC which is pretty bad, but you'll live with being able to hit and run plus resistance.

>>53865673
You can travel the planes without worrying about dying. Just make sure that your original body is safe.

>>53863093
Most submissive people like to be choked

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How do we fix this? Increase the damage back up to 2d8? Remove the warlock spell slot requirement? Remove/Keep the prone option?

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Can I dual wield my fists?

>>53865822
Your fist is not a melee weapon.

Take Tavern Brawler if that's what you're going for.

>>53865813
>Eldritch Smite no longer Fiend patron specific
Good.
>No longer can burn full caster spells for smite shenanigans
Less an issue with Blacklock and more a multiclassing issue. However, it sucks that they didn't buff it with the synergy since a Bladelock (going Hexblade patron) is still the weakest version of an already low caster.
>Remove/keep prone
Keep. Other than a damage spike, burning 1 of 2/3/4 spell slots is huge for the Warlock, especially when those spells can deal a hefty amount of damage by themselves (and often at a safer range or with more utility).

>>53865813
I'd make it 2d8 +1d8 per level above 1 like Paladin. Keep the rest of it.

>>53865974
It already follows the paladin math exactly, just stated differently. It's 1d8 + an extra d8 per slot level, so level 1 = 2d8, level 2 = 3d8, and so on.

>>53865813
Increase the damage back to 2d8 per level, keep the warlock spell slot requirement, expand the prone option to maybe three options you can choose from (knock prone, speed to 0, disable reactions?).

How can I make a fortune teller/seer type of character and does anyone have some suggestions for why a fortune teller is now an adventurer?
Are utility character's useful in combat?

>>53865813
Honestly, just the 2d8 damage per level. It's fine once you do that, good for burst and STR Bladelocks but not needed if you don't want it.

>>53866104
Knowledge Cleric, serve some weird Gypsy tier god or whatever.

In combat focus on things like Bless, Suggestion and other Fate and Luck style effects.

>>53866104
Hermit background has them make a startling discovery they are compelled to act upon.

Divination wizard become increasingly precogniscent as they level


Warlocks of the Seeker path are compelled to seek out secrets and also gain scrying type spells, also runs on evil eyes, hexes and whatnot

Haunted one's background are for people that have seen too much.
Maybe you were a faker/low lever scryer that looked to close and something looked back tainting you with it's power, and now you must either serve it, slay it or find some means to keep it from always watching you from inside your own eyes...

HA ha!

I don't play D&D, but I own a copy of the book that art is from

>>53866253
>uses a cloak to shield himself from dragon fire

What's /5eg/'s thoughts on the UA Druid Circles? I'm trying to think of where to take my Druid, I'm unlikely to do Twilight as one of my party members is interested in necromancy and I don't want to Moon as that's too easymodo.

>>53866119
Doesn't that become a problem with multiclassing?

The level 5 requirement is a bigger hurdle than the 1-3 level dip it was before but people might still go Warlock 5/Paladin X or something for more spell slots.

What really needs to happen is that Warlocks get more spell slots. The damage is fine, it's just that they can use it only twice per short rest through using up literally all their resources.

>>53866373
Never mind, I'm retarded, I didn't notice that it said 'warlock spell slot'. The 2d8 burst damage is fine in that case.

>>53865813
Does it replace or just supplement the pre-existing pact weapons?

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So what's PAM paladin's damage potential on higher levels?

>4 players
>Two low perception characters declare they're always helping the high perception characters for advantage.
>Level 1 Group now has 21+ passive perception.
>Instantly spots nearly all traps and ambushes.

:(

When will they release an edition where perception actually works?

>>53866480
>Not already telling the players where all the traps are
Scrub
>Basing passive perception off of proficiency rather than something else
Scrub
>Allowing people to unreasonably apply the help action
Scrub

>>53866480
Can you even use the help action for passive perception? It's passive for a reason, it's your ability to notice things when you aren't actively searching for anything specific.

Allthough passive perception has its flaws, in this case it's the DM's lack of understanding of the rules rather than the game's fault.

>>53857310

>was granted a vision-quest by a deity of nature or significant fey
>Variation of previous; PC was saved from death by deity or significant fey, pledges life to their service
>tribe's home forest was threatened, elf allies who helped fight off threat included OoA paladins who impressed PC, found his calling
>Firbolg is sent to be an embassador to civilized lands, constantly meditates on his tribe's morals (which turns out to be exactly like the OoA codex) as he is surrounded by these unnatural cities of stone

>>53865122
Speaking of which, does this game have tower shields? It doesn't even have to add any AC - just carry around a big fucking steel plate and set it down on the ground when you want to attack with your hand crossbow or heavy crossbow or whatever. Bam, you now have 3/4 cover.

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>>53866456
Something like this at 11.
Though don't forget you can't get 100% hit chance, only 95%.
0.5 = 17 AC, 0.55 = 16 AC, etc.

>>53866621
Also since that's an old graph I don't know what arbitrary value was used for PAM's reaction probably and GWM's kill probably but I'm pretty sure it's 1/3 chance of PAM reaction attack and 0.15 chance of GWM's bonus solely from having killed something.

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>>53866621
Can I add STR or CHA modifier to divine smite's d8? Also does the +10 on hit from GWM's -5/+10 applies to every damage roll (including divine smite)?

>>53866606
In theory, you can just buy a piece of wood and use your carry capacity to push it in front of you as cover.

Working out a Shield that has a movement penalty in exchange for acting as cover for one side could work.

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>>53866825
Divine smite is just an extra +xd8. Nothing more. It's not an extra attack or anything.
You don't add extra damage modifiers like that to anything except extra weapon attacks, really.

>>53866842
ok, thanks for clearing that up, that would be too insane really

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Is there a mega trove for 4th Edition material anyone can link? In particular, all the digital Dungeon magazines. I want to convert some of the adventures over to 5th, but don't have all of them.

Suppose you have a portal to another world, world 2.

While you're in world 2, time in world 1 is standing still. So you can pass through the portal, spend years in world 2, then come back at the exact second you left.

What happens when you have two people - one passes through the portal to world 2, effectively freezing world 1?

Presumably, the person now in world 2 never seems the other arrive, because the second they were on the other side of the portal, they were frozen indefinitely.

But if the person in world 1 now goes back through the portal, when do they come out in relation to the timeframe of the person who stayed in world 2? Does it create a different timeframe like a parallel universe?

And what if they attach themselves to each other by rope and one stands on one side of the portal and one on the other? What happens to the rope?

>>53866373
>What really needs to happen is that Warlocks get more spell slots
Add to pact of the blade: when you kill a creature with your pact weapon, you can gain a spell slot of up to half your warlock level, rounded up (maximum 5th level slot). This spell slot disappears when you take a long rest. Once you have used this ability to gain a spell slot you cannot do so again until you complete a long rest.

>>53866407
>the pre-existing pact weapons?
What pre-existing pact weapons.

The new UA stands alone. It voids all the previous UA's invocations.

>>53858889
Sorcerer point variant is patrician taste. Get mage armour drop so many attacking spell. Suggestion is supreme as is twin metamagic so find spells that work with that.

>>53867100
what does this have to do with 5e

>>53867170
It's in my campaign, but I'm trying to work out how it should work out.

>that feeling when players say thanks after a game and excitedly speculate about the next session as they leave
Is there anything better?

>>53867100
Time is relative around the portals

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Any ideas on how to craft an overarching campaign with this to link the dungeons? Tales From The Yawning Portal looks like a great place for me to start DMing but I want to have an overall linking story as opposed ot the individuals. Don't wanna be too ambitious, though I usually end up being so.

Was thinking of possibly having a literal yawning portal which serves as a gateway to all the dungeons and having Durnan be sending the PC's out on these adventures. Perhaps have him slowly evolve to be the final villain with an original dungeon in the Undermountain.
Any ideas on how I'd link them all or flesh it out?

>>53867147
Ah, balls, I quite like the Curse Bringer making your curse more that a "kill that one guy extra good"/rest

But I guess on the plus side it makes stat choice super easy.

>>53867256
I know not this feel for I am surely a shit DM.

I'm trying to run the starter set as it's my first time DM'ing and shit's taking forever, there's no cool shit to discuss, no plots to unravel at these low levels. I'm trying to figure out ways to spice it up, before I lose my players' interest.

They're actually really good players, despite being first timers. (They negotiated a sort of deal with the Nothic in the Redbrand hideout, and managed to not only skip straight to Glasstaff, but catch him as he was attempting to escape, prompting a hurried combat sequence where he was backed into a corner and forced to blow all his level 2 spells without a chance to retaliate.)

But I feel they're getting frustrated with all this kiting. Glasstaff just wants to escape, and I play him as such, but the frustration from my players is real. They don't want to kill him, in case he has useful information, but they just might because he keeps running. It got to the point where we just kind of called the session off right before they were able to finish him one way or the other because one of my players got too frustrated/ it was so late.

I want to bring them back in. I don't know how. They were so excited at first but the lengthy encounters with little payoff is starting to get to them, I think. I've told them it gets better at higher levels, but that doesn't solve the issues they're having right now.

How can I spice it up, /5e/?

>>53867349
The starter set adventure is ass, it was the same for us. Don't know how to fix your current problems though.
We just rushed that to the end and I started making my own shit tailored to the group's interests and things got way more fun.

>>53867257
How d'you mean? I think you're saying the same thing I have in mind, but I wanna check

>>53867100
When you enter the portal to world 2, you either never emerge ever again or you instantly re-emerge.
If you started in world 2 and left, you would be everywhere and anywhere all at the same time and just fucking die.

What is the best set of rules for crafting and buying magical items? I know there has been at least one UA, are there any other good alternatives?

>>53867391
Why did you find it to be ass?

>>53867302
They've said they're addressing that on the patron side, FWIW (since we don't get to see how it's changed.)

>>53859142
Too op

>>53867485
Dunno really. It was just boring, but the fault might have been with me since it was my first time being the DM.
The players also said they'd rather be fighting dragons and shit instead of bandits and gobbos, but that's just the problem with starting at level 1.
The whole adventure was just pretty generic, nothing really interesting going on.

>>53867490
I hope so, having to wait until lv 14 to use the defining paton feature more than once is just sad.

>>53867518
That might've been your problem though, not gonna lie. 5e has an emphasis on the DM to properly do the work of prepping for the adventure but also winging it where it's excellent to do so.

Tfw want to play but DM keeps postponing sessions
Wat do

>>53867566
Postpone his sex life

>>53867518
>dragons and shit
Sunless citadel is a fun starter adventure, but it's still gobbos and kobolds and shit, really. Just reminded me of the pet wyrmling.

>>53867100
You could just say that time in World 1 (W1) merely appears to stand still. It's just moving absurdly slowly from a W2 perspective. And you're not coming back to W1 at the exact second, but a microscopic amount of time later.

Assuming First Traveler (FT) is an immortal who spends 1 million years in W2, and it amounts to a second in W1. Second Traveler (ST) can jump through the portal half a second after FT. They'll end up in W2 500,000 years after FT went through.

You can't have a literal infinity of time passing in W2 while someone stays in W1. It can't be forever. Because the portal either lead to an amount of time relative to both worlds, updated every second, in which case the scenario I described happens, or to an absolute time frame, in which case ST pops into W2 at the exact moment FT does, despite ST jumping in later.

>>53867562
Not him, but the guy that first posted, but I'm having a hard time prepping, I feel. I set up the maps, meticulously place tokens and notes so I don't flub it when players do the unexpected, but I still find myself spilling my spaghetti when players ask for minute details that aren't listed anywhere. I stammer and go "uh" and "um" a lot. I feel it detracts from their experience a tad. Of course, there was that one player who, not two minutes in, went and interrogated the barkeep that I hadn't fleshed out, just to see me flounder. Had a good laugh at that, we did.

But still, I just want them to get into the world. They play with an air of outsiders looking in, and I want them to really get into the minds of their characters. I dunno, maybe I'm overthinking it, maybe it will get better soon. Hopefully, by the time they do some side quests and level before Thundertree, they'll be a bit more into it. As it is, I have a hard time pinning them down to start a session, even. We schedule one day a week, and even on that day, we always seem to start an hour late, and before we know it, it's 2AM and everyone needs to go to bed.

>>53867733
Overly prepping also isn't the best, bro. You just gotta learn how to wing it and invent details on the fly. This does take practice though. It's just a matter of being comfortable and confident in just making stuff on the fly.
Say it with enough confidence and the players will just believe you. Also remember it's your world, you can do whatever you want with it, you should be empowered to change/modify/keep whatever suits you.

Yeah, the more you do it the more you ease into it and will find it easier going.

>>53867782
Thanks for the advice, friend. My improv could definitely use some work, but hopefully I'll get better at it with time.

i need help setting up a dps sorcerer. what would be a good spell list?

>>53867583
Doesn't have any

>Make all the UA Racial Feats available to any race*
Does this break anything?

*Things such as the Teifling Spikes need a valid in character reason for it, such as being a Fiendlock or Mystic/Druid with shapechanging abilities

>>53867349
Why does Glasstaff keep running if he has no spells left and will get pelted with ranged attacks as soon as he turns his back? He's a coward, so he'd probably surrender, no?

And it's not like there's no payoff. Glasstaff has some magic items with him, and the Nothic is hiding some cool loot in his hole in the ground. In our campaign we told it to go eat some of the corpses in some of the other rooms (it said it loved bugbear meat) and while it was out one of our guys jumped into the nothic's hidey-hole to find the treasure.

>>53868098
Party told the nothic that it could eat Glasstaff, while he was in earshot. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Needless to say, he's not too keen on surrendering to them, at the moment.