/5eg/ - Fifth Edition General: Warlords and Kings Edition

>>54056399
They never come up because my dm runs the same shit with a different color coating over and over.
I think I need a new group

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>>54056399
Daily reminder to purge the Discord

daily reminder to bring back homunoose

>>54056399
>Discord
>(embed)
kys yourself my man

>>54056458
>>54056460
Do people here actually go 15, 14, 13, 12, 10, 8? I always assumed everyone went 15 15 15 8 8 8

>>54056569
>I always assumed everyone went 15 15 15 8 8 8
That's some boring shit, senpai.

>>54056399
>link to dead survey
>discord
>(embed)

Folks,

>>54056569
If I do array, it's always it's always the former, feels more like a real person.

>>54056569
>15 15 15 8 8 8
>when you can easily use a human to get 16 14 14 12 10 8, a free skill proficiency and a feat

>>54056399

The Empress made a deal with a Void Dragon a long time ago. In exchange for her immortality, she would be required to stay in the same country for the rest of her life. The Void Dragon was what was keeping all the other dragons from causing trouble for everyone, so she had to take his place.

Given that she has ruled for so long, she decided to create a Senate, where every noble house would have a voice, and allows them to make most of the laws but will step in when necessary.

>>54056399
Hey is this where I come to shitpost about the discord?

>>54056631
>16 14 14 12 10 8
But you could also go 16, 16, 16, 8, 8, 8 with human

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What do you think about Honor and Sanity?

Best cantrips for a Forge domain Cleric?

Mending is very thematic, though as a Clan Crafter and a worshipper of the forge god, repairing things with magic is a emergency measure, as actual work is both craft, hobby and prayer.

Sacred Flame is nice as a ranged attacks for a 10 dex melee and kind of ties into a divine fire forge

But it's a hard choice.

Remember with point buy (and other ability score producing methods), you've yet to choose a race and have the option of feats, so your ability scores in the end aren't as bad as they may seem.

>>54056681
>honor
shit
>sanity
play another game

>>54056399
Lord Strahd Von Zarovich enjoys dropping chandeliers on people. Including (especially) when outdoors

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>>54056399
>Discord
Why won't you fucks just kill yourselves already?

>>54056862
Pray tell how he drops chandeliers on people outdoors? Because that is funny as fuck.

>>54056569
Ew no.

>>54056399
A PC is a lord that nearly died in an airship crash and is trying to keep a low profile while trying to find out what the hell is going on their world. That guy is being his usual self and ignoring and not paying attention to anything, and will likely draw attention to the group for several reasons.

>>54056675
This is why people think point buy is good for minmaxers

>>54056399
>Tell me about the warlords, kings, emperors, lords, sovereigns, and rulers, in your games.

My setting is America-esque in origin, in that it was discovered by explorers from a faraway kingdom, and then it was colonized. Due to the immense distance between the kingdom and the colony, when the kingdom erupted into a fierce and bitter civil war, the colony was hardly involved, and when the war ended with the dissolution of the kingdom, the colony was left on its own, as no one came back to claim it. It wasn't worth the effort or expense to maintain something so far away.

However, the colony was still ruled by nobles appointed by the old monarchy, so when the kingdom dissolved, the colony had nobles that were suddenly nobles in name only. With their right to rule swept out from under them, the existing nobles used their resources and influence to stamp out any attempt at orchestrating a new system of government. To this day, they invest heavily in preventing the common people from organizing against the aristocracy.

So the colony currently exists as a plutocracy. Its de facto leader is an apathetic duchess that descended from the original nobles. The blood line is kept clean and in power, and the haughty rich friends of the duchess are just as well the other rules of the colony. They own the land and the businesses, so they own the people.

Rolled 5, 5, 2, 6, 4, 4, 6, 5, 1, 4, 4, 6, 6, 4, 3, 2, 5, 6, 3, 6, 1, 5, 2, 5 = 100 (24d6)

Hope the anon that was doing character descriptions in the previous thread is still active.

>>54056675
>3 dump stats
Ewwww

>>54057061
It's the only way to play a monk

>>54057061
its literally the only viable way to play a monk according to 5eg

What is the worst cleric domain and why is it Trickery?

No seriously, I feel like they really missed the mark with what Trickery could so and I'd love to see an overhaul. It's so lackluster.

>>54057075
>playing monk
Ewwww

What are the best D&D podcasts? are any of them even good?

>>54057052
>16, 15, 14, 13, 17, 12
leave some attributes for the rest of us, anon

What race should I use as a soul knife?

>>54057110

I like The Adventure Zone but it's extremely rules-light and focused more on comedy and collaborative narrative, probably not what you're looking for if you want real live play. In their most recent story arc they're not even doing D&D anymore.

It's kind of lost its charm with this detour just because the new format is kind of underwhelming, but the humor is still good enough to keep it listenable. I just can't wait for them to wrap it up so they can do something new. I really hope Travis DMs the next saga but Clint DMing some kind of superhero world sounds incredible.

>>54057135
I hold no responsibility and wish I could roll this well for real

>>54056399
The king of the country my players are in right now is a werewolf who defeated a vampire king long ago.

>>54057110
Dice Camera Action has been on a freaking roll, it's now become one of the best D&D streams out there.

>No new races on XGE

Does anyone else find Standard Array uninspired?

>>54057261
cool

>>54057403
Are you trying to flirt with /tg/ anon? Because this is like the easiest question I received in here.

>>54057393
We already have way too many playable races.

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>daily reminder
If you ban people from playing characters of the opposite sex you are either a bad GM or are in a bad group. All this does in limit player agency or show how autistic your group really is.

>>54057518
Sure, but if you just play your female character as what your /tg/ addled brain thinks women are like, you're not getting another chance.

Opinions on the minotaur race?

The horn attack isn't as broken in practice as it looks on paper, right

>>54057532
>not just playing females exactly the same way you play males

>>54057589
It counts as a weapon, not an unarmed strike, so it's fine.

>>54057606
That's my point, people who want to play females typically don't do this.

>>54057758
Then don't play with nerdvirgins. I've never had a player make their character a turbo slut.

>>54057589
It's pretty good. I'd use it for a Shield Master or Grappler build any day, being able to get a free hand and a better damage die then other one handed weapon users is good.

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>>54056399
>Tell me about the warlords, kings, emperors, lords, sovereigns, and rulers, in your games.

>Jeff
>One of God's praetorians
>God loses power because he went insane and gave up
>was in God's capital ship that crashed on a planet
>God's fucking insane, just mumbles about muh freedom of thought and choice
>fuck it, gonna gather the survivors
>organise them
>radiation from the ship's Void Engine core turnes you into dragons
>most just go insane
>you keep your shit together, because you can't disappoint your King, even though he doesn't care
>other elven fleet finds you on the planet
>God gets some of his shit together and BTFOs the elven fleet
>creates humans on the planet
>also fucking catgirls
>humans start to mutate again
>now they turn short and stacked
>or green
>God gets captured literally by other parts of his consciousness
>what a fucking shitshow
>create a kingdom with sane drakonids/dragons as a core to defend a fucking portal to the Void that was left from God BTFOing elves
>fuck my life

There are no dragons on Vitihid

>>54056399
>Tell me of the rulers in your game

The Gnome-King rules Morren, under the constitution unifying his people with the dwarves, but he shares power regarding foreign affairs with the Prime, elected from dwarven nobility. Under the terms of the constitution, the gnomes protect the surface lands while the dwarves defend the underground.

Within the borders of Morren is Silver City, which functions more or less autonomously, and is ruled de facto by Trade Prince Nasir, whose business connections and ties to everyone who's anyone in the city make him untouchable.

The Hyksoon Orcs are led by Kurgos, a visionary former adventurer who broke from his people's traditional Chaotic, raiding ways to teach the orcs to build empires - orcish cavalry are feared across the East for their savagery in combat as well as their terrifying eye for strategy, thanks to his rule.

Iliya, known as the Weeping Queen, married a human king seven hundred years ago and has watched dozens of generations of her own deacendents live and die. Her wisdom as a ruler is unmatched, but so is her melancholy.

Post Last Sessions
Last Session:
>Join in a secret mission after absence for one week.
>Fight some kobolds
>only loot is a scroll of invisibility, a potion of acid resistance, and a cloak of protection
>Rouge and other rouge take potion and scroll
>Barb, Druid and I all want cloak
>dm says roll for it
>Barb and I roll 15, Druid rolls 10
>roll again
>roll 4
>well he gets it then
>Barb rolls 3
>thedicegodshaveblessedme.jpeg

>>54058106
>going through a town rekt by undead
>trying to jew more gold out of town's mayor to check the crypt
>dealing with looters
>everyone rping and laughing
>decide to go to the cryp today or wait until next day
>the guy who plays dwarf warrior literally falls asleep
>have to do a 4v5 battle against a vampire spawn and 4 wights

>>54057606
Then why even play a female?
Unless you're some kind of freak.

Instead of dual wielding can I use hold two weapons and use them independently from each other? Could I have a spear in one hand, a short sword in the other and decide which one to attack with instead of consuming a bonus action to attack with both in the same round?

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Whats the point of a DM banning races or saying X is doesn't exist in my setting? Kitchen sinks are way more interesting, at least to me

>>54058220
I would allow it. It would look fucking stupid, but hey, dualwielding exists.

>>54058220
Yeah, you can make one attack with a sword and another with the spear with extra attack, and not technically be dual-wielding at all. Useful for people without a fighting style or a shield.

My personal favorite combo is a Rapier + Whip on a Valor Bard because a Whip is much better defence then a Shield will ever be.

>>54058243
Maybe DM want's to tell a story which includes certain races being extinct/non-existant/verry different from a gameplay perspective. It does limit customization, but most of the time it's not THAT horrible.

>>54058337
I guess it's the stuff like when people meme about hating gnomes that gets to me

>>54056681
i'd use both, but there's no tool around for making your own character sheetswith them and I'm not spending a few hours on designing that shit myself.

>>54056681
spreads stats too thin

>>54058243
>Kitchen sinks are way more interesting, at least to me
The true mark of an uncreeative mind.
The imbecile is interest in the traits of a race.
Mature people care for the relationship between races and the themes carried by that. Throwing twenty different racial options into the mix guarantuees there won't any theme between them. For the same reason monsters should be selected with utmost care ruins the feel of a world faster than having a themepark of enemies.

How would you rule a player trying to use an improvised weapon to grapple at range?
My player has a 10ft length of chain and wants to use it to attack people 10ft away and pull them closer.

>>54058243
>Kitchen sinks are way more interesting, at least to me
If you can't imagine an interesting game featuring exclusively humans, you should not play tabletop.

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ok so a DM i know wants to run curse of strahd, rate the team so far

1) Aasimar going EK
2) Dwarven Cleric
3) Kobold Artificer alchemist (me)
4) Warlock (not sure on path yet)
5) Ranger or Rogue (he hasn't decided yet), but we are steering him towards that path
6) if this person shows up, expect another cleric

>>54058576
In the end mechanics are all that matter, especially when "my elves are different" is a thing.

>>54058441
Gnomes suck. Their concept is incredibly flimsy, their ecological niche is literally already filled, they have no precedents in fantasy or folklore that is not also represented in a more intersting fashion and their design is basically one for people to be lolrandumb.

>>54058601
rule it as a whip
bonus action on hit target must succeed on a str save or be pulled 5ft closer

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>>54058441
That's just a meme. >>54057993 for example. There we have elves as an endgame threat, outside of the world players live on. But I did make catgirls to fill the elf/half-elf statline. Kinda have to wonder why I thoguh catgirls were a good idea. But hey, players like them, so it's not that bad, right? Rigth?

>>54058601

if they hit with the attack, let them make a STR check contested by the foe's STR check as a bonus action

it doesn't need to be overly complicated

>>54058623
You're in the wrong edition mate. try 3.5

>>54056399

I am the local warlord. just annexed the nearby county by accident. The viscount surrendered after I sent a dinner invitation and offer of trade relations. Might be because I am a hobgoblin and just ruthlessly crushed an army of invading paladins.

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>>54058618
Not 6 paladins/10

>>54057844
I did, but it was a girl playing her. She whored herself out literally first session to get gangbanged by 4 dwarves. She kept doing this throughout the campaign, using her accumulated funds to buy my fighter plate as well as a deed to land so our group could have a base of operations.

>Monkey Grip: You can wield a two-handed weapon with one hand, however it's damage die is reduced to 1d10.
Is this reasonable?

>>54058752
No

>>54058799
What if you can't add your strength mod to the damage instead?

>>54058752
Rename it, so they won't know where it from. And does it still work with gwm

>>54058812
I hadn't thought about that. The weapon still retains the heavy property, but the ability to use GWM with +2 ac from a shield sounds cheeky.

>>54058576

thanks j.r.r. fuckface but if have you considered that relying on the same regurgitated tropes for the same recycled races over and over and over is actually the boring and creative option? not everybody wants to be from a dwarven mining town in the mountains for the hundredth time.

a world where a character isn't locked into a role because of their race and are able to create their own identity and forge their own place in the world through personal stake and grit can be just as, if not more interesting than your bland, lego-brick world that you refuse to construct in new ways. if you're looking for a theme for a setting, why not Individualism, why not the desire to overcome one's past, why not perception of history as a burden, and if you're still so chained to your bullshit, throw a curveball about no character being able to shrug off that burden so easily

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>>54058679
>army of invading paladins

>>54058693
There is no reaction image to justify my expression.

>>54056569
I would kick anyone who went all 15 or 8 from my group, no questions, no second chances.

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>>54058693
Well ok then

>>54058858
>implying a world with infinite number of arbitrary races somehow makes creating your own identity easier
"I'm sorry, the specific set of traits you've chosen for your character is actually a stereotypical example of race IxSGKpmsodgGd. Maybe instead of making a human who tries to be an IxSGKpmsodgGd, you should consider just making a straight IxSGKpmsodgGd?"

>>54059010
>kicking people for picking numbers they can pick
Might as well kick people for using GWM and picking lore bard too

So finally hit 9th level with my Cleric, and was looking at the spells, but there only seem to be a few spells that I can actually use in combat. Is Contagion good enough to warrant a minimum 3 turn delay or should I just stick to Flame Striking shit?

>>54058978
>>54059022
She transitioned from a run-of-the-mill dwarven prostitute to something approaching the companion in Firefly. That is to say, she didn't just gangbang her way into her fortune, she eventually became as close to a classy escort as she could. I also have to give her credit in that it never got weird, she'd always just say she was going out working and would deal with the fine print out of session.

>>54057052
>>54057052
STR 16
DEX 15
CON 14
INT 13
WIS 17
CHA 12

Well then, you seem to have quite an opportunity here! A fine young one such as yourself could find yourself a job with any guild or union in all of Tranor! Do you have a particular link with any Godly entity? Because I could see you as a well respected Cleric, one who could carry the name of any God to glory! Or perhaps you wish to lead a contingent of the Druidic folk in preserving the untamed wilds of the frontier? Either way, you will have the backing of the Guild with you. Approved!

>>54059142
The idea of a prostitute getting more classy over time always seemed kind of contradictory to me. I feel like you pretty much start as classy as you're going to get in that profession

>>54059138
Level 5 spells are pretty disappointing for clerics.
Contagion can be good if you think an enemy will last 3 rounds.
Dispel good and evil is amazing if you are ever fighting those enemies
Flame strike is just a bad fireball really.
Honestly, I'd just use my 5th level slot to banish two enemies

>>54059138
Well you can now Spirit Guardians for 5d8 damage each turn which is pretty fucking cool.

I'd prepare either Contagion or Dispel Good and Evil each day. They're both good enough to prepare one even if you don't end up needing it.

>>54059187
It was a combination of pragmatism and development as the character wanted to be more than just a cheap whore. Also, constantly moving around due to the adventuring life helped a whole lot with being able to "start fresh".

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what are some 5e monsters with "interesting blood"?


i'm making a doctor type character which is hunting monsters in an attempt to study their blood, and thus got a bit of a "shopping list"

trolls are the most obvious creatures i guess. maybe lycanthropes for their "blood curse". chimeras, dragons and unicorns spring to mind aswell.

what are some other interesting things to put on the shopping list?

>>54059407
Cave fishers

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>>54059407

Is there anything interesting you can do with forge domains channel divinity?

>>54059407
Anything that feeds off of blood

>>54059407
1 of each of the main races. (male and female)
you know, to establish a base line.
also for "fun" dialogue opportunity's

>>54059520
Ask your DM how much a cheap shack costs. If he says less then 100gp you can now mass produce buildings for the poor or to use as torture shacks or whatever.

Rolled stats. Is 16, 17, 16, 18, 11, 16 (After racials and ASIs) sufficient for the Maximum MAD that is Immortal Mystic? Should I swap the 11 WIS for STR and use a finesse weapon?

>>54059187
There's lots of examples of prostitutes becoming madams as they get older, and then investing in local real estate to become legitimate.

Streetworkers are not necessarily reflective of all prostitutes, and there's a certain percentage that succeed / further themselves in it. It's just there's also a lot of people who drive themselves super deep into the ground - since its a zero barrier to entry zero oversight and damned near zero protection field.

>>54059177
Thanks anon. Gonna take a Half-Orc and make either a Tempest or War Cleric.

Can a caster survive with a starting 14 in their casting stat?

>>54059665
Depends on the caster. Moon Druid is fine, Wizard can sort of work depending on how you choose your spells.

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Does it still count as an obnoxious mary-sue faggot if my speshul snowflake power fantasy character actively avoids being in the spotlight (unless it's to drag the other idiots in the party from their fuckups)?

I've grown to accept that I prefer to play unique bullshit speshul snowflakes so now I'm just working to make playing them as acceptable as I can.

>Things that drive me to drink:

Despite playing once a week for something close to half a year now, no one in my group knows the rules for their characters, or how the rules of the game works.

I feel like this would largely would kind-of fine if we were narratively/role play focused, but because of one fuck-idiot in the group, EVERYTHING is combat and roll playing is the focus.

Time to have some serious chats with the party and the DM.

>>54059731
How speshul is your snowflake, anon? We'll judge after you provide the character's info, since this kind of call needs to be made on a case-by-case basis.

>>54059407
I would assume anything aberration or extraplanar would qualify. Likely up to your character as to what you want to define as "rare".

>>54059731
>my speshul snowflake power fantasy character

Post it and we'll see.

>>54056908
I have no idea, but I keep it mysterious, while implying that there's a definite explanation, so the players come up with better ones than I could

My current favorite theory is that he has swarms of bat's carry chandeleer around like underpaid theater major interns so that Strahd can have his dramatic moment ready to drop

>>54059777
I mean in general, as it's something that happens with a lot of them. The simplest way to put it is that I make characters that could be the main character (or antagonist even), but in d&d there is (usually) no "main character"- (and even if there was I doubt I'd want to be it)

>>54059839
Probably the worst example is a GOO Warlock where instead of being some mook who made a pact they are the freshly sapient patron posessing an empty body and wandering around to learn about the world with a personality similar to The Outsider from Dishonored.

>>54057091
You wont get any argument that Trickery is objectively worst Domain.

It wouldn't be so bad if it didn't suffer from that vestigial switch of the Cleric's spell casting Stat of Cha into Wis back back when you were supposed to able to play a preacher man(and the Paladin vice versa), and so you're left with a Cleric of Deception who can't actually decieve anyone.

>>54059887
I like the concept, though to allow it in one of my games i'd tone it down from a full-blown patron to some minor spirit/devil/whatever.

>>54058858
How can the theme be individualism if everyone is already individual?

>>54056399
Mas is the All mighty Archfey Queen of winter, who has quietly bought up the individual life and death sentences of all the respective crimes the party (started at level 6) had been convicted of as part of their background.

She lives in a permanent state of cold war with Titania, Queen of Summer, and should she act in any way to directly address her problems, Summer would by nature drop on her ass like white on rice and the world would be fucked in the crossfire.
So she picked those people who are powerful, unaligned and expendable enough to try to fix her problems ,but not so much that will draw as much attention as her when they do it.


Yes, I ripped off Dresden Files.

>>54059956
Yeah they were mechanically the same power as any other GOOlock, reasoning being it was essentially trying to look through a hole the size of a grain of sand into the material plane, severely limiting it's ability to project itself. It was a lot of fun to play as the spooky space squid rather than being the one cowering from it. Eventually started on making a small cult before the game fell apart, with the city's approval as they convinced them it wasn't intending to destroy the material plane or anything ridiculous like that. After all, without the material plane things would be incredibly boring.

>>54059665
Every class except monk is fine with a 14 in their main stat

SKT question

My players are almost at the Eye of the All-Father. I'm planning out the dungeon now. One of the rooms has an adult Remorhaz. They already fought a Remorhaz three weeks ago though, and I'm worried that it'll make the fight less fun. Can anyone suggest a similar creature for the temple? I'm thinking something like maybe a pair of golems or an animated dragon statue.

Do you have issues with facing "unique" or "set piece" monsters multiple times?

I want to make a homebrew monk tradition that focuses on buffing itself the lower it's health becomes.

Are there any good resources for creating features?

>>54059407
Dragons

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>Not treating HP as an abstraction of luck
>The higher level you are the luckier you are at dodging hits
>Your HP is a pool which is depleted each time an attack would have landed on you
>When your luck runs out you take that fatal axe to the skull

>>54057091
Trickery has a great set of domain spells and pretty decent channel divinities. Its divine strike sucks but what can you do? Too many people seem to try to play it like a melee backstabber.

Compare it to Nature, which has a shit channel divinity, mediocre domain spells but great melee and a couple decent features. People love that shit.

Now War, has some issues, especially now that Forge and Protection stole its lunch money.

>>54060310

I've played Trickery domain, it was amazing fun. Worst domain my ass.

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>>54060127
This class has some stuff pertaining to temp HP. It might help?

>>54057091
Trickery's great! TONS of flexibility. If your party doesn't have a rogue, you fill the void easily, while still having the amazing cleric utility and versatility. And it allows for some great backstory. Thieves who discovered religion (specifically religions that reward thieves). Hucksters, circus performers, smartasses, people with secrets in their past.

I played a Trickery cleric up to level 12 who was tasked by Mask with promoting and legalizing gambling, as it's socially acceptable theft. It was great! And I always felt useful in both combat and RP/puzzle situations.

>>54060253
>Not mixing HP to be both luck and skill so that you can still have enemies be hurt before being killed

Dying of one hit is on the same level as acting like someone can survive deep gashes into their body every round while fighting at 100%. For instance, by half health they should be decently nicked and by quarter health they should have at least one gashing wound.

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>>54060127
This has stuff pretaining to dropping max HP to buff weapons and deal damage.

>>54059723
>>54060104
It's for a caster Cleric. Not sure if I'll go Light or beg my DM to let me swap Divine Strike for Potent Casting on a Life Cleric.

>>54057091
Trickery has the best Channel Divinity and some really, really good spells.

Nature also has possibly the best features, the worst Spell List and a very situational Channel Divinity.

Really every Cleric is good, all of them has defined roles and abilities that make them unique. I'd say it's the best designed Full Caster.

How do I make an interesting backstory for an overachieving elf wizard?

>>54060560
Make him a runaway from an Eladrin city, where he was the walking joke of the Wizard School. He went to a Human one after and was considered the best they've ever seen.

Deep down he knows he's really shit for an Elf and has a crippling fear of Elven cities because of it.

>>54060472
>>54060425
Thanks.

>>54060560
Give him a rival from his university/studying years. Even better, of the two make the rival superior - pretty much every class, your guy came second place to him.

The best backstories let you answer questions about your characters personalities. Off the top of my head - Does the rival deserve your spite? What depths would your elf resort to, to finally beat your rival? Is he a dick, or a decent dude? How do you act when talking to them? What would you do if you met him today? etc

>>54060485
That'll be a bit
>>54060549
>trickery has the best Channel Divinity
nice meme

>>54060717
Be a bit rough*

>>54060560
>>54060708

Another option, would be to make your guy the Gary Oak of the pair. So you're the confident, arrogant, strong one who acts like a dick and bad mouths him, but in the end he keeps kicking your ass.

>>54060717
>>54060736
Yeah I'm a bit worried about it. I am starting at level 4 though so I'll have 16 WIS technically.

>>54060776
>So you're the confident, arrogant, strong one who acts like a dick and bad mouths him, but in the end he keeps kicking your ass.
Be careful not to stray too far into DMPC with this one.

>>54060114
You should replace it just in general. Remorhazes are fucking boring.

>>54056399
>Warn one of my players that Warlocks are pretty damn boring and following encounter guidelines might not always happen
>They want to reroll 3 sessions in.
Like fucking clockwork, haven't had a player yet, in both games I've run and played stick it out.
Funnily enough I followed guidelines to a T for him. They need to print varient rules that make them a long rest class. Short rest classes are always a headache.

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>>54060425
Hey, guys, this brings up a question if a Pugilist/Monk was using Brass Knuckles, would you allow them to use them with a flurry of blows/The Old one Two?

>>54061011
I dont see any reason to use them since a level 1 monk does 1d4 with an unarmed strike anyways. So I guess do it whatever man

>>54060114
How about a Behir? They're the same CR and they even have flavor with being a creature created by ancient giants to battle dragons. Harshnag could remark that the Behir must have nested in the temple out of instinctual familiarity with giants.

As far as fighting the same monsters again, it depends on what the campaign is about. If you don't have a lot of time to run your game (for example, you game 2 hours a week rather than 4) then I think repeat monsters need to be part of the campaign theme. In SKT, it makes sense to fight a bunch of giants. That's what the players want. But if they're constantly fighting barbarians or goblins or something, then you probably should be running a different campaign.

>>54061038
Maybe elemental weapon? Or a magic set of Knuckles? Would that break anything?

The Paladin in my group has been metagaming the shit out me the last few sessions and obviously intends to try and kill me. Rather than be a beta and complain to the DM I'm just going to murder him, do vengeance paladins have any weaknesses, or should I just try and get the jump on him as soon as possible?

I have access to pretty much any Item I choose and have a large collection of spells.

>>54061011
Personal reading:

You can only make unarmed attacks with The Old One Two. Pugilist weapons and unarmed attacks are treated (and termed) differently throughout the document. That being said, I can see one of two routes happening:

- The first, it's absolutely meaningless because the level 1 pugilist feature says that you can use a 1d6 damage die in place of your normal unarmed attacks and pugilist weapons. So whether you're using an unarmed attack or a pugilist weapon, you're doing 1d6 (increases with level). All that would change is the damage die.

- The second being a weird interpretation of the RAW (unless I am daft), where it says that you use a 1d6 (increases with level) damage die flat out, because it never states that you add your STR mod (you "roll it in place of the normal damage; not the normal damage dice"). So you could conceivably decide to roll a simple pugilist weapon as a 1d4+STR mod in place of the normal 1d6 dice that you would use, in which case using pugilist weapon when it specifically calls for unarmed attacks makes a difference (at low levels).

The second one seems .. Super wonky to me, to say the least. As long as that interpretation isn't being used, you're just reflavoring the blow - unarmed does bludgeoning, you're doing bludgeoning with brass knuckles, and you're using the same damage dice.

>>54061182
I'd take the first interpretation, but that also would make it so magic knuckles, Magic Weapon, and Elemental Weapon can be used with FOB or The Old One Two.

I could be worrying over nothing, but does that unbalance anything?

I could be

Are there any Lizardfolk in the Underdark? What would a tribe living there look like?

>>54061176
This sounds like a terrible idea. If your group doesn't have a history of allowing PvP or teamkilling, this is a fast way to get kicked out.

>>54061176
Go to the DM or at least warn him about what you're going to do.

Trust me, as a DM if people are going to try and murder each other I at least want to know ahead of time so I can plan around that.

>>54061277
You could go for sickly white though idk how melanin works in reptiles
Or you could go the troglodyte route and make em look stony

>>54061176
What class are you and what is the reason for the paladin's ire

Not really 5e related... but a while ago someone asked who else did a drawing of their own character and posted a basic stencil to use as a base. Does anyone have that?

>>54061269
If you're applying anything to it, I would say treat it as it describes - you specifically have to make an unarmed attack. Pugilist weapons are not unarmed attacks; they explicitly differentiate them from the get go. As an example:

>When you use the Attack action with an unarmed strike or a pugilist weapon on your turn, you can make one unarmed strike or grapple as a bonus action.

If you make an attack action with a pugilist weapon or unarmed attack, you may make an unarmed attack or grapple as a bonus action. No mention of you making another pugilist weapon attack.

I would personally allow you to have brass knuckles on both hands and then fluff unarmed attacks as kicks, as long as it was understood that if both of your hands are caught up in grappling, unless you have some specific ability to make unarmed attacks outside of your hands (e.x.: a bite action from lizards), you cannot make unarmed attacks if you're grappling two enemies at the same time. Can be fluffed as "focus is on keeping balance versus attacking".

In short: It works at low levels, but kind of falls apart at higher levels.

Treat it the same as a monk - they can use a monk weapon in their main hand, but their off hand has to be free in order to make use of their unarmed features.

>>54061277

Cave salamanders or axolotls.

>>54061419
>>Treat it the same as a monk - they can use a monk weapon in their main hand, but their off hand has to be free in order to make use of their unarmed features.
No.

You can be holding a shortsword in one hand and the dick of an Orc in the other and you can still use Unarmed features. You can be holding a Quarterstaff in both hands and still make Unarmed attacks.

No matter what you're always capable of making unarmed attacks and Monks can use all their abilities as long as their not holding a non-Monk weapon or wearing armour.

>>54060114
Fighting the same monster twice isn't a bad thing. I'd say that never fighting the same thing twice is worse, since you never get to use what you learn and therefore don't experience organic growth.

>>54061465
>I would allow you to have brass knuckles on both hands and fluff unarmed attacks as other things.

I'm going to do this for my conundrum.

>>54061419
Good point.

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Saw this on the DM's Guild earlier.

I'm curious about it, but
>10 bucks

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>>54061419
>you cannot make unarmed attacks if you're grappling two enemies at the same time.
>>54061419
>they can use a monk weapon in their main hand, but their off hand has to be free in order to make use of their unarmed features.

Literally Errata 1.0, you might wanna check that out some time.

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>>54061534
Ugh... Flip the two quotes you get what I meant anons.

I'm going to be playing a Druid of the Land soon, Swamp is the most thematic fit but Underdark is basically plain better.

Should I just do some bullshit like "Oh he was taught in a cave in the swamp"?

Playing a variant tiefling swashbuckler with 17 dex, gonna be lvl 4 soon.
What would you recommend for my progression at 4, 8, and 10?

1)ASI, Lucky, ASI
2)Lucky, ASI, ASI
3)ASI, ASI, Lucky

>>54061465
Of course they can use a quarter staff in both hands and still make unarmed attacks; there's absolutely nothing stopping them from letting go of that quarter staff and punching a dude. RAW fully supports you doing that; same with letting you do somatic components while holding a 2H weapon. It also specifically mentions that in the rules for monks:

>For example, if you take the Attack action and attack with a quarter-staff, you can also make an unarmed strike as a bonus action, assuming you haven't already taken a bonus action this turn.

Outside of that: Further reading says you're right. My bad on that - I don't really play weaponless characters too often. So, yeah, >>54061534 - I would let you have them on both hands no problem, with the understanding that you're making non-weapon based attacks when it specifies "unarmed attacks".

>>54061176
Paladins have problems with ranged attacks in general. Vengeance Paladins have a few options for closers, including things that paralyze and track enemies.

Keep in mind that pvp in 5e comes down to burst and Paladins are the kings of burst.

If you can somehow protract the fight over several short rests without involving the other party members or some way to bait his long rest resources with minions, then you might have some advantages.

>large collection of spells.
Paladins have a large collection of good save modifiers.

>>54061634
what about a swamp in the cave?

>>54061176
Depends on his level but there's basically 3 kings of PvP that will be very, very hard to beat in a 1v1 fight.

Monk, Moon Druid and Paladin in that order. If you don't manage to get past his super saves with something like Hold Person or Suggestion in the first turn, you're pretty much fucked.

Monks main reason for beating everyone is they'll likely go first and have up to 4 chances to stun you in one round, especially against people without CON Saves.

>>54061656
Lucky, Magic Initiate (Booming Blade, +1 Cantrip, Hex), ASI

>>54061715
Out of curiosity, why Druid?

>>54061736
A combination of being able to Heat Metal anyone in in medium or heavy armour and then turn into a bird an fly away.

And the fact they can bonus action turn into a super strong creature. Worst case scenario they cast Call Lightning and turn into a bird and once again fly away striking you with Lightning.

>>54061656
>>54061730
I'd wait for Magic Initiate at 10 since the cantrips scale up at 11.

Lucky,Dex,Magic Initiate
or
Dex,Dex,Magic Initiate

>>54061780
Random thing did you know if you were disintegrated while wild shaped/polymorphed you turn to ash, not change back to your original form?

>>54061836
Same as if you're in your normal form. By that logic every class in the game's weakness is Disintegrate. A spell only 2 classes have at levels 11+.

Plus Conjure Woodland Beings and Conjure Animals.

I'm not saying that Druid wins every time in a PvP match, but you can't deny that they have the right tricks to fuck over a lot of classes.

>>54056399
How to make alchemist not suck guys?

>>54061926
Not Long Death Monk. They could theoretically tank 11 Disintegrates per short rest at level 11.

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>it's another "nobody reads the rules and asks questions they could easily look up" episode
This is the one time I'll probably wish 1s on my group.

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What are some good undead and fiend encounters in a campaign with some hardcore castlevania vibes?

>>54061807
>>54061730
I was thinking of taking 4 levels of fiend bladelock at some point (CHA currently 15) mostly just for the darkness+devils sight combo and disguise self at will (the latter to play into my charlatan background)
I figure the rogue capstone, 1 extra sneakdice, and the last swashbuckler feature i can stand to lose and I'll still have 6 ASI to use by level 20

>>54061656
If you want to go first at all times, forever, then throw Alert into the mix.

DEX mod + CHA mod + 5 is usually somewhere around 9 or 10 with no ASIs.

>>54062100
That's what drives me insane with my current group. No one has any idea of what their characters can do, they have a very weak grasp of the rules, and yet roll playing has become the dominant nature of the game.

Fucking annoying.

>>54062217
>can I attack, shove, and dismount?
>how much do potions of healing heal?
>can I use my bonus action to attack while they're frenzied, the sole fucking reason why you'd do so
>can I roll to do thing that doesn't require much effort?
Is it so hard to occasionally gloss the book for a game you're playing? It feels like some of them are just going through the motions and are just there for the sake of it.

I have a quick question about random encounter building. I've been trying to build balanced but tough encounters so I have started using Kobold fight club to help me out. However, when I try to build an encounter it keeps saying that fights I know the party could take in their sleep "deadly" in the adjusted XP section. Should I just ignore it all together or keep in mind to a degree while making encounters. I know action economy can make or break a fight, but When the player can half the health of half of an enemy force and instantly kill another powerful enemy before they get a turn, that makes for a rough time for those enemies actually getting any real work done.

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Do you guys have background music in your games? I really like some of the stuff Nier Automata and think it might give a good atmosphere to the game. Post your immersion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnl9kVei8yY

>>54062268
That's what drives me mad with mine. We have:

>Level 6 party
>Moon druid
Feels useless now that 2-4 dire wolf burst is over. Mixes up how spell slots work (2nd level spells use 2nd level spell slots; you do not count it as upcasting spell slot). Never casts spells anymore; just wild shapes and runs in without buffing self / doing anything. Uses polar bear now (glass cannon).

>Valor bard
Never attacks things. Still useful to party because buffs and does some spell attacks. Confusing on why went valor bard though. Also confused spell slots.

> WoTE Monk 1
Has never used stunning strike. Has a pretty damned optimized character but has no idea how to use character. Pushes everything into combat, then immediately realizes (every time) has no idea what his character abilities does. Doesn't track resources. Has started to use SVA WoTE Revisited, now only casts cantrips and spells (shocking grasp, fire bolt, chromatic orb) and hasn't punched anything since.

>WoTE 2
Stacks bonus actions (Racial attack bonus, monk bonus action to dash, monk bonus action to flurry of blows). Convinced DM to let him take levels in a homebrew subclass of monk ('Way of the Tattooed Temple') in place of ASI/Feats. Now wants to choose between their features in level up, so he effectively has two subclasses. Uses the Thematic Cantrips given by WoTE to try to do Avatar level actions.

>Arcane Trickster
TFW bonus action wonkery (uses TFW attacks on spell attacks). Treats Sneak Attack as always giving him advantage. Familiars use of Help action instead seems to apply an effect to a monster that gives it Disadvantage to attack, and Advantage to being hit by anyone. Doesn't understand conditions (got super upset when he couldn't shoot a Prone creature from a distance, versus just walking up, stabbing it, Cunning Action to disengage and walk away).

>>54061836
>>54061926
This is correct.

Initially I thought it was the opposite (that you'd need to deplete both the wild shape's HP and the Druid's HP for it to disintegrate), and a quick google found a few rpgstackexchange threads quoting tweets by Crawford backing this up.

However, the tweets have since been deleted and he's later written in Sage Advice that >>54061926 is correct, you just get turned to ash (about halfway down http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/rules-answers-july-2016).

>>54062616
>Treats Sneak Attack as always giving him advantage.
I hate him already.

>>54062708
Trust me, as the dude who went Wolf Totem Barbarian specifically so the dude would be able to Sneak Attack more (and give more bonuses to the two Monks, as well as to the Ranger who has since joined), it's kind of frustrating to say the least.

I can't tell if the Rogue just read the rules poorly., or if he thinks Flanking is in the game. Which its explicitly not, as per DM.

Everyone outside of WoTE1 is solid folk, and we could probably get away with hand waving most of this if it was roleplay / narrative focused, but we are going pretty heavy combat these days and are using a strict grid now.

Strict grid, heavy combat, and no understanding of how your characters work or how the rules work = fucking ridiculous.

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>Level 4 Party, pretty powerful
>Get into a fight with 4 goblins and 2 worgs over a bridge
>Kill 2 of the goblins instantly by knocking them into the gorge
>The other two and the worgs get amazing rolls and almost kill half of the party
>"Easy" Encounter
Send help

>>54062616
>Level 6 party
>Moon druid
Someone hasn't been doing their research. Even staying solely with wild shape, Giant Octopus has been available since level 4.

How would you go about fixing the warlock?
Would a unique magic item be enough help?
Would reducing short rests to ten minutes do the trick?

>>54062840
Actually now I think of it, at level 6 Moon Druids get Allosaurus too. Is he drawing from a really limited pool of creatures or something?

Doing a one shot with a new DM who thinks he can "beat us".
Any suggestions for broken builds at level 5? So far we have a 24 Passive perception RogueLock, running darkness/devils sight for maximum fuckery.
UA and everything is allowed. I might just go straight Lore Wizard, but I think I can do crazier.

>>54062894
>UA and everything is allowed.
Nuclear druid.

>>54062901
Ooh, fun. Does that work by level 5?
Do I need to dip into wizard, or just take magic initiate?

>>54062840
>>54062873

Their is an Elf hailing from vaguely Great Britain-ish Isles, so anything that fits there is open to them. GM is fairly permissive, and due to their background, is allowing a "time out of time" element and thus Allosaurus is on the plate as well.

I have no idea why they haven't been using other forms. I am doing a bunch of SRD print outs, /tg/'s character reference sheet print outs (speaking of that: why aren't rogue and ranger in those?), and printed a bunch of animal tokens for her to use (with a bit of a hint-hint-nudge-nudge of I printed all the most combat capable animals. I figure she can figure out the utilitarian ones herself.)

My assumption: They don't understand the non direct combat attacks of things like snake and octopus.

>>54058895

>not night raiding the paladin's supply train by polymorphing half the party into Tyrannosaurs and feeding them potions of fire breathing

It's like you hate fun.

>>54062953
Sounds like it's time to stop hinting and outright show them the Giant Octopus's statblock, and explain just how good 15 ft of reach combined with restraining the target is.

Honestly reading it I have no idea how it's a CR 1 creature, it'd be utterly terrifying to fight in the water.

>>54062945
Arcana Cleric 1/Twilight Druid 4. You can drop 5d4+5+10d10 magic missiles twice per day.

The thing that separates "Broken" builds and Nuclear Druid, is Nuclear Druid comes online at level 3 and will stay just as powerful until level 20.

>>54062996
Think I'm going to. I've given them a direct offer to help them figure out some strategies and how to better utilize their character, but so far they've not taken me up on it.

We need to have a "direction the game is going, and what to do with WoTE1" chat as a group anyways, so I'll see what I can do then. Until we actually have that, its just fucking annoying.

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I don't know what I should do. I was shoehorned by setting and the party to take a life cleric. I am bored to tears with being the party bitch.

Any ideas to make the character more fun in combat? I was thinking of taking 2 levels in paladin to smite shit. Possibly multiclass into druid or ranger?

>>54062141

Party has to run interference for a group of cursed, undead bards who have to perform an uninterrupted concert in order for their souls to be released to the after life.

>>54063053

Hi Jason Parker.

If you think the Cleric is boring in combat, I suggest picking up Spirit Guardians and going literally super saiya-jin. Then you just waltz up to whatever you want dead and watch it get blown away in your aura. You can also hit it with your +3 strength and Spiritual Weapon, meaning you will deal a lot of damage every round. And if you feel like the party bitch, just remember: You are saving their asses, not the other way around. They gotta suck your dick for the heals, not the other way around.

I'm running a variant human fighter with magic initiate, future Eldritch knight and storm sorcerer. What kind of armor should I wear, both for mechanics and fluff. I was thinking something with a hood.

>>54063053
>37 GP
Alright.
10 Ball Bearing Bags: 10 gp
Crowbar: 2 gp
Grappling Hook: 2 gp
Handcuffs: 2 gp
10 oil flasks: 1 gp
50 ft rope: 1 gp
Iron Pot: 2 gp
1 Steel Mirror: 5 gp
100 chalk pieces: 1 gp
Block and Tackle: 1 gp
1 lb Cinnamon: 2 gp
100 candles: 1 gp

Total: 30 gp

Congrats. You are now FightGyver. Make liberal usage of the ball bearings and handcuffs. And you've even got 7 gp left over for booze and ale.

>>54063053
Why are you using a pen on your character sheet

That aside you could burn your next ASI on Magic Initiate and pick shillelagh to get a 1d8 wis-based club. It's a bit less clear since you have decent str so you could pick up weapon proficiencies, but you're likely not going to max that, and most definitely going to max wis. You're already pretty well off armor-wise.

>>54063100
Uh. What are your stats. That's a huge part of the discussion.

Basically it comes down to this:

Whats your STR/DEX?

If you're a DEX fighter, wear studded leather. End of discussion. If you're a STR fighter, wear heavy armor .. If it gives you more armor than what you would get from wearing light/medium with +DEX.

Anything can be fluffed as "with a hood". You could be wearing a cloak over plate mail.

>>54063030
Sweet. Is Arcana Cleric just for Wisdom synergy?
Any good races or feats? Does Scourge Assimar's damage boost also multiply?

>>54063053
Well Jason, you could always take a level or two in fighter or barbarian for more combat versatility/survivability.

>>54063161
15,12,13,12,10,14
I was thinking chain shirt just to avoid disadvantage on stealth, but I feel like 15-17, depending on whether I'm using my shield, is too low for what is essentially a frontline magic fighter

>>54063167
Arcana cleric is so you can use magic missile without blowing a feat on it.

>>54062614
I don't use anything with lyrics.

But I use a lot of random video game music for dungeons or fights.

And those 1 hour RPG mixes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnwD8zsGl2Y

>>54063212
So a feat is more important than your one choice domain. Good to know. Gotta have that magic missile one way or another.

>>54063144
>forgetting the trusty 10-foot pole

>>54063190
If you want to stealth, I would recommend just building yourself as a DEX fighter. Assuming you can reallocate your stats so you have that 15 in DEX, that would give you 15 AC (without shield) in Studded Leather, equal to the Chain Shirt max DC. As you get ASI's, that will continue to increase. You would also have a better stealth score, and better initiative.

You can absolutely do a light or medium armor wearing character, and EK can take advantage of things like Shield spell as a reaction to boost their AC (though you'll need War Caster to do so if you've got a shield in hand). If you're super worried about AC, you can sacrifice a bit of damage and grab the Defense style to get a +1 AC, so at level 1 with 15 DEX, Studded Leather, and a Shield, you would have 18AC.

You can absolutely have a STR fighter that wears medium armor, it's just not going to be an optimal build. Using a chain shirt and saving up for a breast plate is fine.

Or grab the Medium Armor Master Feat, and get Scale or Half Plate armor. But presuming you're getting War Caster, that means two feats already. On plus side: Fighter has a surplus of them.

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>Time to loot
>DM announces that we found a cursed item before anyone of us even attune to it

What the fuck

How do I become the ultimate Shield Master? I was thinking V.Human for the Shield Master feat, Knight for super OA and Defence fighting style.

Is it okay to make a character who's completely normal, but he just has an admiration bordering on fetish for telescoping items? Ladders, telescopes, batons, ect.

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>>54063427
Only if you take the Tavern Brawler feat and go full Jackie Chan with them.

>>54063387
About as fun as when the DM had an orphan kid steal a macguffin through a bag of holding ("the orphans of this city have a special magic that allow them to do so"), then run away without any rolls from PC carrying said bag of holding on them, nor the five PC's around him.

>>54063424
You can basically just use Tunnel Fighter style from UA instead of the Knight subclass. Tunnel Fighter is kind of a massive dick move though.

For improved Dickish-ness, I would say:

UA-Revised Subclasses: Barbarian, Path of the Ancestral Guardian (Target has disadvantage on any attack roll that doesn't target you, *and* creatures other than you have Resistance to the targets attacks). Combine that with Polearm Fighter, Great Weapon Master, and take a level of fighter to get Tunnel Fighter and your DM is going to naturally hate you.

Combine that with Battle Master Fighter for Maneuvers, and grab Sentinel.

You're a bit action economy wonky at the start because you need to enter rage as a bonus action, and entering tunnel fighter stance is a bonus option, but:

-> Disadvantage to attack anyone but you. If they do hit anyone, they only take half damage.
-> You have 10 feet of reach, and if they enter that reach, you can make a free attack at them without costing your reaction.
-> If you don't hit them, you can use Precision Attack Maneuver to hit them.
-> If you do hit them, they cannot come any close as Sentinel sets speed to zero.
-> You can also combine this with things like Pushing Attack, so if they come within 10 feet they are immediately pushed back 15 feet.

You will also do stupid damage on your turn via things like:

Rage + GWM + Polearm weapon + Bonus attack if you don't use the Tunnel Fighter bonus.

But it's a LOT higher level required than just V. Human and knight.

The local goblin tribe is holding a tournament to see who should be the next goblin boss. What sort of challenges should the candidates face?

>>54063714
Shit-beating.
Shit-flinging.
Shit-posting.

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>>54063714
Singing, obviously.

>>54063714
Tying scorpions to a fishing pole and see whose scorpion can defend the top of a buried half-elf's above-ground head.

Are You Smarter Than An Ogre?

Learing contest: each non-goblinoid who passes by and deliberately doesn't look awards one point, or 3 if they are lady adventurers and gentry.

What's in my pocket?

>>54063714
Based on my previous experiences with goblin society:

1.) A contest to catch the biggest prey in the swamp / forest.
2.) A contest where goblins have to fight and kill dogs and wolves that have been captured by the tribe but not tamed. Usually they are only used for executions.
3.) Venture away from the tribe and go to the scariest place (in the perspective of the goblin tribe) within the swamp or forest. This could be an abandoned cabin or hut (possibly under the control of a Hag), a dark cave filled with "really big beasts", Temple ruins, or something else of your own design.

I won't lie, This is mostly based off my experience in the Pathfinder adventure "We Be Goblins". It is a really fun adventure, possibly one of my favorite adventures I played back when I was a part of the Pathfinder Society.
It, and it's sequel adventures, are probably worth looking into for a quest of this nature.

>read good GM advice that says to name everything, even random mooks
>Random combat with sleeping half ogres who are awoken by party
>I am urlog taste my battle axe
>I am astarog prepare to die
>Hey DM why do all these ogres wake up and introduce themselves?

When have you been autistic?

>>54063917
I just give each mook a single adjective as a name. The first pack of bandits were:

>shirtless
>pompadour
>eyepatch
>ripped

So I'm joining my next game as a Cleric at level 4. I've got a few build ideas in mind I've wanted to try.

The first would be a Hill Dwarf Forge Cleric and I'll take Magic Initiate Druid for Shillelagh. Probably ask the DM if I can just use a Warhammer with Shillelagh with no mechanical difference.

Second is a Lizardfolk Nature Cleric. Pretty self explanatory.

Third is a Tabaxi Light Cleric who's effectively a pure-hearted kid who is generally a pacifist unless it's a monster or a have proven themselves to be completely evil.

>>54063917
My DM normally has at least one name pop up in each encounter. The most memorable was Murple, a Bandit that we interrogated and let go.

Murple's became a recurring Team Rocket style bad guy who always came with some creative trick that was full fourth wall breaking.

Shit like suddenly he had PAM+Tunnel Fighter+Vengeance Paladin, or he hired a Arcana Cleric/Twilight Druid. We normally couldn't fight him and his gang in a straight up fight without getting slaughtered so it was pretty fun.

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can someone give me a quick idiot's guide to arcane trickster, I'm being tossed into a game at level 5

>>54064156
Read the PHB

>>54064156
Running the arcane trickster well is all about knowing when to stack your control buffs and balance them.against your remote access units.

If you are out of angles you can always burst spam APX and retreat with your croots but be careful for enemies using caress protocols to juxtapose your delphis in a quadratic arc.

Don't forget to trigger bursts whenever VP=X#10

µ−1(1) ∼=I−8: ζ>X##÷π

Is a good starting sum.

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How does /tg/ feel about MTG life counters as d20s? I know that statistically they wouldn't be the same but would that difference matter for D&D?

>>54058106
>Rouge and other rouge
Neck yourself.

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>>54064333

>>54062873
Just remembered those existed, as a moon druid, I thank you.

Oh, and if anyone doesn't want to become a dino, the saber tooth is a little bit shittier than the allosaurus, 1 less ac and 1 more hp, and has a similar pounce attack

>>54064414
Check to see how balanced it is with this guide.

>Float the die in a glass of water, and wait for water to settle.
>Note which face is up.
>Agitate the water, causing the die to tumble.
>Wait for the water to still again.
>If the same face is up, the dice isn't balanced.

If it's not always landing on the 20 side, I'd allow it.

>>54064524
Here's the full list as per the MM:

Level 2:Max CR 1, no flying or swimming speed
(0) Baboon, Badger, Cat, Deer, Giant Fire Beetle, Goat, Hyena, Jackal, Lizard, Rat, Scorpion, Spider, Weasel
(0.125) Camel, Giant Rat, Giant Weasel, Mastiff, Mule, Pony
(0.25) Axe Beak, Boar, Draft Horse, Elk, Giant Badger, Giant Centipede, Giant Goat, Giant Lizard, Giant Wolf Spider, Panther, Riding Horse,Swarm of Rats, Wolf
(0.5) Ape, Black Bear,Swarm of Insects, Warhorse
(1) Brown Bear, Dire Wolf, Giant Hyena, Giant Spider, Lion, Tiger

Level 4:Max CR 1, no flying speed
(-) Frog, Sea Horse
(0) Crab, Octopus, Quipper
(0.125) Giant Crab, Poisonous Snake
(0.25) Constrictor Snake, Giant Frog, Giant Poisonous Snake
(0.5) Crocodile, Giant Sea Horse, Reef Shark
(1) Giant Octopus, Giant Toad,Swarm of Quippers

Level 6:Max CR 2, no flying speed
(2) Allosaurus, Giant Boar, Giant Constrictor Snake, Giant Elk, Hunter Shark, Plesiosaurus, Polar Bear, Rhinoceros, Sabre-Toothed Tiger,Swarm of Poisonous Snakes

Level 8:Max CR 2
(0) Bat, Eagle, Hawk, Owl, Raven, Vulture
(0.125) Blood Hawk, Flying Snake, Stirge
(0.25) Giant Bat, Giant Owl, Pteranodon,Swarm of Bats,Swarm of Ravens
(0.5) Giant Wasp,Swarm of Wasps
(1) Giant Eagle, Giant Vulture

Level 9:Max CR 3
(3) Ankylosaurus, Giant Scorpion, Killer Whale

Level 12:Max CR 4
(4) Elephant

Level 15:Max CR 5
(5) Giant Crocodile, Giant Shark, Triceratops

Level 18:Max CR 6
(6) Mammoth

Most things should be kosher, but whether swarms are allowed or not is debatable.

>>54064531
hmm thats a damn good idea. I resorted to random rolling for the better part of a half hour

>>54064414
The general consensus at my table is that they're cursed and terrible

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People who have used the Pugilist class, how does this interact with Sneak Attack, Divine Strike, Critical Hits, and Magic Items? I feel like the wording might be ambiguous and I'm missing something.

>>54057110
Nerd Poker is the only enjoyable live play podcast.
Dungeon Master's Block is excellent for DMs.

>>54057110
The Gauntlet has been fun to listen to

I'm enjoying frozen frontier and dicing with death but it's all in a heavily modified 2e, not 5e

>>54064684
It doesn't look like it interacts with Sneak Attack at all since you need Advantage for that. Also, even if you would be able to do SA you'd only deal max damage on the weapon/unarmed strike dice, not the SA dice. Same for Divine Smite.

On crits I think I'm pretty sure you'd max the extra crit dice as well though. For magic items I'm not sure, but how many magic pugilist weapons are there?

>>54064684
The exact wording that matters here

>When you deal damage you do not roll for damage, but use the maxium die result instead

This is incredibly badly worded. ANY damage you deal on a turn this is active now is maximised. ANYTHING. This means Sneak Attack, Smites, Divine Strike, Magic Missile, Fireball and EVERYTING.

The real issue is you need to make a melee weapon attack before you can benefit from that. So being hasted to make one melee weapon attack, then means anything else you do this turn is completely maxed.

To be quite frank, the Pugilist isn't a good homebrew. It's basically a better Monk, Fighter and Barbarian that's near unkillable. This power alone is completely unbalanced.

>>54065017
If you have Advantage, then activate this while having an ally adjacent to the target you could sneak attack. Also Swashbucklers with Advantage in any way or Inquisitive with their Insightful Fighting.

>>54064684

Basically >>54065071. The wording should be

>When you deal damage with a melee weapon attack you do not roll for damage, but use the maximum die result instead

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>Bards have access to 0 of the water themed spells or Conjure Elemental

Do I really have to go Lore Bard and use all my Magical Secrets on water spells just to play Demyx?

>>54065132
Not really. You could just gain proficiency in an instrument and ask your DM if you can use it as your magic focus as a sorcerer or wizard.

Plus you can go all el kabong on fuckers who get too close.

Guys I want to do a spellsword fighting character.

What sort of spells can I use as a fighter and when can I use them?

>>54065149
Actually not a bad idea, I might do a Land Druid (Coast) though because they get stuff like Maelstrom, Tsunami and Water Walk. Plus a refluffed Bones of the Earth into water pillars just feels so Demyx.

Though just plain going Sea Sorcerer could also do it well...

>>54065195
EK can use Shield and that spell that halves elemental damage, but nothing else is really _worth_ using for a pure fighter.

>>54064531
>I use Metallic dice

>>54065381
>i'm a huge fucking faggot

We have one guy who uses metal dice at our table and I can't count the times he's ruined the mood by slamming those overly heavy things on the table like a retard.

>>54065415
What fucking faggot doesn't use a dice tray with soft padding? Are you trying to ruin your dice?

>>54065415
That's less the dice and more him being an idiot not using a tray. We have the same issue, but it's his table so whatever.

Accusing the sound of dice rolling 'ruining the mood', though is taking things a bit far. Chill dude.

>>54064414
Statistically, they are identical. Only flaws in production skew results, just like any other die. The only "issue" is that any bias is more likely to result in a numerical close grouping, as opposed to a more arbitrary grouping.

More importantly, fuck rolling them. Use them as turn counters for spell durations.

>>54064055
Warhammers are d8 martial weapons with versatile. I wouldn't care if you used a Mace, since it's just a worse quarterstaff mechanically, but i'd take issue with you using a stronger weapon, since it alters your combat prowess is certain situations, or when you are unable to cast.

>>54065760
Same thing really, but yeah I might ask Mace just so I don't have to explain I'll never use the Versatile part.

>>54065530
I dunno man, these dice make a lot of noise.

I gotta say though I've never used a tray. Maybe I should propose it since we often spend like a minute looking for a fallen die.

I'm making a 9th level bladesinger for a campaign, but going pure 9 levels of Wizard feels kind of shitty not getting much "blade" stuff besides extra attack. It just feels like I'm playing a sub-par wizard when I want to be able to make full use of stuff like Booming Blade.

Eldritch Knight/Wizard has the kind of things I'm interested in with thanks to War Magic, but so does Rogue/Wizard with Booming Blade+Disengage. Which build is overall more powerful/preferable?

How do you guys write your adventures?
Story first then actual content, or do you write both the story and the content as you go?
I've been a DM for some time but I'm at my 3rd adventure that I'm making and I'm still not sure how to go about it.

>>54066270
>story

create NPC's with problems, or hooks for your players to explore. flesh them out.

make multiple quests. flesh out your locations with shit happening in them, even if they arent plot hooks.

>>54066179
Valor Bard


im fucking serious, its really good

>>54066179
For most 'gish'-type characters the Fighter is the better option due to being able to use better armor, but the Rogue is probably better suited to complement Bladesinger specifically (since they can't use medium or heavy armor anyways). You'd need 7 levels of EK if you want War Magic, at which point you're not really playing a Wizard anymore and it'll take you a very long time to get third-level spells (level 12 I think?).

Rogue is a bit better flavor-wise, both for Cunning Action and for the fact that it focuses more on evasion than tanking hits, which is I think what the Bladesinger is about (it has to be with such low HP). 3 levels of Rogue gives you a few extra spell slots and 2d6 SA damage, and eventually you could even go 5 levels of Rogue for Uncanny Dodge.

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for a smarmy, cocky, extroverted noble who is a fantastic duelist, do you recommend Swashbuckler Rogue or Valor Bard with spells that aid combat?

>>54066362
Valor Bard

>>54053822
>don't put your lowest roll into one of your main stats.
>rolling AND assigning stats.
You fucking munchkin.
>>54054453
>Point buy is explicitly a variant option to rolling, as is standard array.
Standard array is not explicitly a variant.
>>54054604
>Wow it's almost as if there are two variant rules that allow you to then get a guaranteed set of stats if you did fall victim to that.
If you roll, that's what you get. There's no reroll rule or standard array fallback option. You fucking munchkin.

>>54066310
I'll keep that in mind for next campaign, but I already got some of my background written up with the DM specifically in preparation for bladesinging as an elf wizard

>>54066346
You make some good points there, thanks a ton

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Hey /5eg/, I'm in a bit of a conundrum. I'm currently trying to convert Curse of the Crimson Throne from Pathfinder to 5e and I've hit a bit of a snag on the treasure. On one hand I'm a fan of magical items, especially utilitarian ones but on the other Pathfinder gives out so much more treasure and shit than 5e and I'm worried about buffing up my PC's to breeze-through levels.

To get to the question, what is a good balance when converting Pathfinder treasure to 5e treasure?

>>54066428
Rogue/bladesinger is pretty great, because you can use bladespells and the familiar to enhance your sneak attacks.

Also, that Azure Wind spell from UA is pretty damn great.

....

That is, if you compare it to the straight rogue. As a wizard, it's just not worth it, as your spells are always better than melee attacking, even as a bladesinger (although your bladespell stuff is a pretty good at-will option, admittedly).

anyone tried Robes of Scintillating Color yet?

>>54061493
Ok, I think I'll use the Remorhaz again then. I guess it'll also be different since they'll have Harshnag with them this time rather than a bunch of other adventurers.

I do like the Behir idea, but they fought the Remorhaz in Icewind Dale, and the Spine of the World makes sense to have more of them.

so how different is Wizard(Necromancer) from Cleric(Death)

>>54066593
Necromancer is best with skeleton hordes. Death Cleric is best with necromancy spells.

Don't ask how that worked out.

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I want to build a Bugbear Shadowmonk that has a minor specialization in grappling for singling out targets, how many fighter levels should I take to make this build the most optimal?

Ok how do you build a Mystic? I want to crush things with my mind.

I'm playing a oneshot in the underdark, at level 5.

>>54066488
I'd recommend replacing about half the treasure with potions, scrolls, or items that are otherwise limited use.

Also, remember that you have attunement in 5e, so there's sort of a limit to how busted you can make your character with items.

>>54066626
I like my build for Mystic
Variant Human
Observant Perk
Awakened Expertise
Mind Mastery

Arcana
Investigation
Perception (e)
Persuasion

lmao 22 passive wisdom level 1, literally see into the future and avoid all dungeon hazards

>>54066676
>Variant Human
>Underdark

But how will I see?

>>54066707
WITH
YOUR
MINDS
EYE

>>54066676
Order of the Immortal is more fun.

as a Monk given the choice of Ring of Protection or Bracers of Defense, which do you pick?

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>>54066864
Bracers.

>>54060345
Have you played every other cleric domain? It might be the worst and still good. My money's on knowledge actually being worse though.

>>54066927

Working on playing every other Cleric domain. Gonna take a while though. My money's on Nature being the worst, holy shit, like, all it has going for it is heavy armor proficiency.

>>54066644
Also what should the conversion be for PF gold to 5e gold? Pathfinder just heaps the gold onto you since magic items are so plentiful and cost a fortune.
I'm thinking about just halfing every gold piece value they get but I don't want to starve them of downtime and rp resources.

>>54066954
Nature is pretty good, you get a druid cantrip, Dampen Elements and you can choose from lots of elements for your divine strike

>>54066954
Hill Dwarf Nature Cleric dude.

You can dump STR to 8-10 and just Max WIS with Shillelagh. While also having more HP then a Fighter and being able to wear Plate. Dampen Elements is one of the best level 6 features and you can play around resistances with Divine Strike.

For spells Spike Growth and Plant Growth are both really good additions. Everything else is rather meh or shit but Tree Stride's not a bad big teleport until you get Word of Recall.

Channel Divinity is shit, same as level 14. At least when it comes up it's pretty good.

>>54061065
There's already the insignia of claws in one of the modules, so no. It wouldn't break anything

>Find a group
>Quest is to hunt down a monster
>First hour of the session is rolling dice leading to; finding a trail, following a trail, losing the trail, getting lost, resting, finding the trail again and following the trail
Is this normal?

Hey everyone, I just finished DMing Phandelvin for a group and they want to continue on their level 5 characters. I am already DMing 2 other self made campaigns, so I'm thinking of doing another pre-made, the group has already done Strahd, and I was leaning toward SKT, but want opinion from people who have played OoTA, because I am considering that as well.

>>54066964
I couldn't speak specifically in terms of gold amounts, because I never played Pathfinder. But to be honest, 5e has the problem where mundane things are so cheap and magic items are really only acquirable through questing, that players regularly end up with tons of gold lying around no matter how much you give them.

>>54067234
This is completely dependent on the DM and the pace he likes to set. If the process of tracking down the monster is as boring as you wrote it, it's possible the DM is seeing it differently, and you may just need to talk to him about how the hunt maybe dragged on for too much.

I think a little bit of pacing is a little more interesting than immediatly finding what you set out for, but I've seen things spiral out of control pretty quick if the dice are rolled poorly, or players didn't properly prepare.

What kind of session were you looking for? It might be best to let the DM know what you want out of a session.

>>54067240
I'm doing SKT right now. It's pretty good. But I'd avoid chapter 3 as written in the book. Do chapter 2, then immediately after have your party go to Yartar where they meet up with Harshnag (and find out about the Great Dame, which is important later) and go to the Eye of Annam. Chapter 3 is basically the players walking around Faerun kind of aimlessly.

>>54067240
I'd imagine OotA works better at level 1. It makes the drow tracking you around the Underdark and all the shit you can potentially run into a lot more threatening. PotA could work at level 5.

>>54056456
What does your GM normally run?

I can't imagine a D&D game without one of those things.

I'm running a game explicitly set in a world without any real form of civilisation and even that has a ruler for the settlement the players come from as well as loose knit tribal groups with their own leaders and godheads.

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>>54063148

Because I missed the session before and I like having the sheets typed out for autism/OCD issues or something. So, I just scribbled enough to play that evening with the plan to fill it out properly later on.

>>54063180

Don't dox me bro! I was thinking of Paladin but I forgot it has a 13 Charisma requirement to multiclass. Maybe take a couple levels of Ranger for the flavour and whatnot?

>>54067234

It depends if you spent an hour literally just rolling dice and losing and gaining the trail over and over again.

Or if those failed rolls and successes led to anything interesting.

For example

>Village the monster came through -people to talk to about it
>Some.bandits it killed to get a foreshadow of how it fights
>Decision branches, say a failure leads to a confusion in whether the tracks lead down a river or through a forest. Both provide different dangers and encounters.

>>54067414
>His name was Jason Parker.

>>54067282
I just imagined there would be more to trekking around a jungle at a low level than just hunting the thing we were looking for. There were no run ins with other beasts or creatures. It just felt like the only things there were us, the track and the beast. I guess I'll talk to the GM about it

>>54067420
This is more what I expected, yeah

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>>54067427

>If anyone is from /sp/

Pls no bully, I don't want to be >blurred

>>54067414
>+2 sword at level 5
What's bad about it anyway? Can't turn the light off?

>>54062339
Assuming you haven't made any technical errors, parties can still handle deadly encounters. Two or three of them, in fact. It just depends on using tactics and abilities well.

>>54067621

It's a game with friends. I was the most stealthy character so I always did the scouting and recon. The other guys were a bit bored with that so I was talking to the DM about it privately. I said I was probably going to multiclass into a fighter after Rogue 5 so I would be dual wielding short swords more often so don't worry about being always sitting off with the bow taking pot shots. I guess he didn't want to chance it.

How I got that sword in particular was we were in a tomb/temple of the god of darkness and all that. The 'mage' we were chasing had a ritual set up to ask the god for magical darkness to block the path to chase her.

I used the same ritual to beg for the god's favor. The mage had a different patron and was just using her in order to cower.

This sword came down from the ceiling and I thought it was a metaphor to cut the darkness away. Didn't know at the time I must always carry it; can't put it down, sell it or whatever else, and it is a 2 foot long glow stick even in a sheath or a bag of holding.

It sort of killed my sneaking ability, so the DM re-flavored a Sun Blade. I personally think a +2 weapon is hilariously powerful since the only other magical weapons we have gotten are +1 Arrows and a dragon slaying Maul.

Corellon's holy symbol is a "quarter moon or starburst". Is there any significance to the difference between the two, or should I just use whichever I like better?

>>54067977
Moon is the "classic" symbol, starburst is the newer, helps keep him separate from moon worshippers and islamist.

>>54068087
So it became the star basically just for people looking in from the outside not to get the wrong idea? The moon will look way cooler on my shield, so I think I'll go with the "classic".

>>54068169
Well FR alone has 4 moon goddesses.

>>54058610
Or maybe you shouldn't

Why are you even on this thread

>>54060427
Wouldnt trickery's channel divinity to grant a stealth bonus be great for your rouge? 7

Sword and board paladin or sword and board hexbladelock?

>>54068552
Depends on your character concept.

Or start Paladin, token investment in str for armour alone, max cha, pick +2 cha race/Variant human and start with warcaster, dip 13 levels of Hex, then main Pala.

Anons? Long story short, how would you convert various party members from Baldur's Gate to 5e? What classes would you make them as part of a theoretical rule-conversion from 2e to 5e?

For example:
* Minsc: I would definitely pin this guy as a Berserker Barbarian with Proficiency in Survival and Animal Handling. It matches with his lore and in-game abilities far better than the more "name accurate" Beastmaster Ranger - Boo is more like a familiar than a proper animal companion.

Jan Jansen: Multiclassed Artificer (Gunsmith) and either Wizard (Illusionist) with Proficiency: Sleight of Hand, or Rogue (Arcane Trickster). Gunsmith gives him an excuse for his Flasher-Master-Bruiser Mate, and the other class depends on whether you consider his illusionist spellcasting or his rogue's talents more important.

Anyone else got opinions on the topic? Or should I start my own thread for this kind of thing?

Oath of Conquest question. If I knock a creature down with Shield Master shove and it gets caught in my Aura of Conquest (Which reduces its speed to 0), does it then remain prone since it has no movement speed with which to put itself back on its feet?

new thread

>>54068802
>>54068802
>>54068802

>>54064055
With shieliegh it wouldnt matter mechanically as long as you dont try to use it as a d10 with wisdom

>>54064524
Guy originally bitching about his druid here:

My understanding is that the Giant Elk is a generally superior combat form, and the Giant Constrictor Snake being a superior single target form. Saber Tooth is a shittier giant elk, and Polar Bear is an alright-ish glass cannon.

Allosaurus is solid enough if you can land both hits, but its not *that great*.

I don't play moon druid though, and its just what I've read to try to help her out.

>>54061536

A lot of them are nice, but some of them are a little ignorant of what makes for good design. One of them simply allows Drow to ignore their light sensitivity, and another gives Mountain dwarves heavy armor. Nothing wrong with either of those things happening, I just think it shouldn't be so easy.

>>54066625
0? I'm gonna go with 0. You could take 1 or more levels of rogue if you like.

>>54064684

You can't Sneak Attack if you have disadvantage, even if you have an ally nearby, so no Haymaker sneak attacks.

Critical hits double the damage Dice, so they'd just be maximized.

As to Divine Strike, if the Sage Advice on Great Weapon Fighting is a guide, class abilities like that only affect weapon damage. So you'd get the max on, say, your 1d6 weapon damage but roll the DS damage as normal.

>>54065760
>>54065774

Shillelagh does d8 no matter how you wield it, so it doesn't matter whether the warhammer is versatile d10 or not. The only difference it makes is what happens when the spell drops, which is still admittedly asking for an upgrade. Should be fine though if you ask you're GM.