/5eg/ - D&D Fifth Edition General

Hey /tg/! Mike Mearls here, just here to inform you that this month's UA is an alternate Lifestyle Expenses table.

>>55210615
2/10, too much overlap with the Downtime UA. Try again.

>>55210615

No no senpai, you've got to think even MORE useless, that could still be used for westmarches campaigns.

It also isn't nearly as condescending as the last two.

How about a guide on how reflavor spells?

>>55210615
I'd prefer an alternate-lifestyle expenses table.
How am I supposed to know the price per day of the homosexual lifestyle if I don't have official rules for it?

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>>55210615
Where's my Food and Provisions, you hack?

How do you do outdoor adventures right?

Next UA is three revised subclasses

Screencap this

>>55210770
>Once per week make a DC18 fort save or die from AIDS

>>55210488
Are we /pfg/ now?

>>55210713
UA: Fishing and Basket-Weaving

>>55210793
No, the OP's filename is relevant to us letting the thread die. We are not posting animus.

>>55210713
UA: Coming Up With Character Middle Names

>>55210838
I'd be okay with this

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Do your female Dwarves have beards, /5eg/?

If not, please explain in less than 150 characters why you're such an insecure faggot.

>>55210788
Top kek

>>55210713
UA: Writing UAs
It's perfect because then they'll never have to write a UA themselves again

>>55210891
This has nothing to do with 5e. The only reason you're posting it here is because you're too much of a pussy to post it as its own thread and see it get ignored.

>>55210891
is that mug full of cum

>>55210913
>proving my point in less than two minutes
thx

>>55210916
Yes

>>55210946
Hey, you're the one who's so insecure and scared of rejection he has to piggyback popular threads. But keep projecting, I hear girls find that attractive.

>>55210891
They do actually.

But that's because of Terry Pratchett, not tolkien

>>55210788
>fort

>>55211017
What's Tolkien got to do with it? There isn't a single dwarfess in all of his books AFAIK. Do we even know if Tolkien's dwarfesses had beards?

>>55210779
Flowcharts instead of maps.

>>55211033
Exactly because its impossible not to die

>>55210979
why are femdwarves such huge slags

>>55210780

But which ones senpai?

>>55210788
UA: Sexually Transmitted Infections

>>55211041
Yeah, they were canonically identical to the men. Not, like. Warcraft female Dwarves with sideburns or a soul patch, like we usually see. But literally male Dwarves with a bagina.

>>55211051
Because all the male dwarves are so drunk they have to settle for quantity over quality

WotC monthly occurance:

>Oh boy it's a holiday today, better take the week off.

>>55210780
I think the general view has been that we won't be getting revisions until after Xanathars guide, because that's what they were prepping for. We're getting variant rules until then.

>>55211076
How do we know this?
I'm only asking because I'm a Tolkien nerd and feel like I need to know these sorts of things.

>>55210777
I'm unironically OK with this.

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https://www.sageadvice.eu/2017/09/03/tortles-as-a-playable-race-confirmed/

>>55211126
But y tho

>>55211126
I like how they're hyping this like Tortles are THE RACE WE'VE BEEN MISSING ALL ALONG TO MAKE THIS TRUE D&D when I literally haven't heard of them until 5 minutes ago.
Give us warforged, you hacks.

>>55211136

Tortle

Anons, I want to make a viable tanuki race for an Oriental Adventures-inspired setting. Can I get any pointers on fixing this up?

Tanuki
Ability Score Modifiers: +2 Constitution, +1 Charisma
Size: Medium
Speed: 30 feet, Fly 15
Vision: Darkvision
Tanuki Trickery: You can cast the Minor Illusion cantrip with this trait. At 3rd level, you can cast Disguise Self as a 1st level spell once per long rest with this trait. In both cases, Charisma is used as the casting ability score.
Tanuki Transformations: You are a shapeshifter who can freely assume the form of an inanimate object and then revert to your normal form. As an action, you can transform into tools or a weapon by using this ability; you can’t move in such a form, but can be used by another character. In weapon form, attacks made with you count as magical for piercing damage resistance. In tool form, characters may use the tools as if they had proficiency in the requisite skill.
Tail Slap: Your Unarmed Strikes have a base damage of d4.
Hengeyokai: Tanuki, use the stats for a Raccoon.

>>55211136
>not wanting to play a teenage tortle rogue

>>55211161
Warforged was given like years ago?

>>55211164
The flying makes it a bit too good in problem solving/utility (among official races, only one can fly and IIRC it's banned from AL). This is especially true when combined with their transformation, which grants a lot of utility.
I know it's an important part of their identity, but since it's not actually Japan, I think you can afford to lose it. If you remove the flying, the race is fine.

>>55211183
Am I dumb

>>55211164
Hengeyokai: You belong to a race of magical beasts that can assume partially or wholly humanoid form, as well as revert to your true bestial shape when it suits you. As an action, you can shift into any one of your three forms.

Hybrid Form is your default form. It functions as normal for a character.

In your Human Form, you gain Advantage on all Charisma (Deception) checks made to pass yourself off as human. It otherwise functions as Hybrid Form.

In your Beast Form, which is determined by your race, your game statistics are replaced by the statistics of the beast, but retaining your alignment, personality, Intelligence, Wisdom and Charisma scores. You also retain all of your skill and saving throw proficiencies, in addition to gaining those of the beast; if you and the beast have the same proficiency and the beast’s bonus is higher than yours, you use the beast’s bonus.

Changing shapes does not alter your current hit points, maximum hit points, or hit dice.

You can remain in any of these three forms as long as you wish, but must consciously choose to change shapes.

You can change shapes once at 1st level, twice at 5th level, and thrice at 11th level. You regain all expended uses of this trait when you complete a long rest.

If you have exhausted your uses of shapeshifting, you can revert back to hybrid form, but you cannot then change again into beast or human form.

>>55211177
You mean monk, probably?

>>55211195
Both races that can fly are banned from AL (SCAG tiefling varient and aarokocra)

>>55211195
This UA came out in 2015.
https://media.wizards.com/2015/downloads/dnd/UA_Eberron_v1.pdf

>>55211212
No, I meant artifacer :^)

>>55211177
>>55211212
Officially, Way of Shadow monk.

>>55211213
Thanks for the confirmation.

>>55211183

I wish people would stop parroting this.

It was the first UA, and everythjng in it was shit.

Warforged only gof +1+1 asi, and two features
>One feature gave them +1 AC
>Other feature was basically flavor, only need to slerp for 4 hours, donf need to eat or drink, immune to disease.

Who the fuck keeps track of food or uses diseases?

>>55211164
Get rid of the fly speed
I'd change the stat bonuses to +2 Charisma and +1 Dexterity, it fits better
Why is their weapon only affecting piercing resistance?
What if I want to try to determine the difference between their object form and another object?
Is your last point trying to get across the idea that they can transform into raccoons?

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I'm making a female Firbolg Nature Cleric who carries a tree trunk on her back (complete with a variety of woodland creatures living within) which she uses as a greatclub (after the critters have evacuated), but I need a reason why this is her weapon.

Preferably combined with her reason for leaving her forest.

Any ideas, homies?

>>55211164
>>55211196
>shapeshifting as a racial
Fuck off

>>55211195
>>55211213
Hmm, what if flight is removed as a default racial trait and made a feat-unlockable trait? Would that be okay?

>>55211238
Do you really need a reason other than it's fucking nature?

>>55211238
It was the last tree from the forest she came from, and she is keeping it alive so that she can replant it as the first tree in a new forest.
Make it so that she saved it from lumberjacks or a forest fire or something and it contains as many animals from her forest as she could.
She is the only remnant of her forest left and carries it with her everywhere she goes

>>55211177
>rogue
>inb4 they have -2 dex
Do you think they will have +1 wis or str? +2 con seems like a given

>>55211238
It was struck by lightning, its an omen and as soon as your master saw it he knew your path.

>>55211235
It's saying that, in weapon form, you can hit creatures that can only be hurt by magic weapons.

>>55211259
>she is keeping it alive so that she can replant it as the first tree in a new forest.
>BETTER GO WHACK SOME ORCS WITH IT!

>>55211231
As a non degererate who plays AL in a (mostly) non degerate group I'm happy to help

>>55211228
I totally forgot that was a thing.

>>55211234
+1 AC is more than enough to make up for 1 ability point and a situational ribbon or two.

>>55211289
They do exist!

>>55211285
Maybe it leaves seedlings in the corpses of every orc beat to death with it

>>55211255

>roleplaying? character development? motivations? backstory? that's all fucking gay I just want to fight dudes lmao can we roll for initiative already

Neck yourself.

>>55211291

It really isn't enough, amd I'd rather have a racd with multiple features than 1 mechanically good but biring feature.

>>55211242
That sounds better to me
>>55211291
We are rare but we exist besides the odd character who shows up I think we're mostly just normal D&D players

>>55211177
>tortles die within a year of mating
>not playing a tortle wizard that abstains from sex to have time to gain more wizard powers

>>55211304
>missing the point
A nature cleric hitting people with a tree is thematic enough already, it doesn't have to be muh special last tree

>>55211308
>Implying 80% of /5eg/ don't pick a race based solely on mechanical strength

>>55211319
a consistent visual theme doesn't make things automatically make sense.

>>55211319
>has a prime opportunity to add another layer to characterization
>doesn't do it because?????
y r u here

>>55211274
>"In weapon form, attacks made with you count as magical for piercing damage resistance"
Yeah, ok, but why just piercing damage? Typically piercing, slashing, and bludgeoning are all grouped together

>>55211259
I really like that!

She's got a trunk on her back full of as many critters as she could save, and a pocketful of seeds from all the unique trees and plants in the forest, and she's looking to begin a new grove somewhere. That's real sweet. C:

>>55211358
No problem, my dude. It's what I would've done

>>55211358
A possible issue is that using it as a weapon may just make it unlivable for the critters, especially if you fight something with a lot of fire

>>55211335

I could get better mechanically with Vuman

+1 AC isn't really all that great.

>>55211353
"Piercing," as in "penetrating," as in "breaking through," as in "you deal full damage to creatures with resistance to non-magical weapons."
I agree, though, that Anon should use a different word to avoid confusion.

>>55211383
You can do better than anything with Vuman. It should never be used as a point of reference.

>>55211342
>has a prime opportunity to not shitpost
>doesn't do it because?????
y r u here

>>55210488
Is being a Wizard of the Theurgy Tradition fun?

>>55211234
We added Warforged "subraces" for that reason.
Colossus +1 Con, Powerful Build
Inforcer +1 to any, Can Reroll any Hit Dice
Interceptor +5 Speed, 13 Natural AC, Darkvision

>>55211239
What is a changling, shifter, or any of the myriad other shape changers in D&D for 200, Alex?

>>55211428
Do you want to be a wizard but also have all the cleric's cool shit?

How much fun you have depends more on the group than your class, but Theurgy is one of those things where you can get so powerful as to spoil other people's fun

>>55211468

Who are "we" because wotc didn't

Also rerolling hit die seems weak af.

>>55211500
His group presumably

>>55211381
Hey, I didn't say the tree trunk getting destroyed wasn't a possible timeline! The fun will be protecting it.

>>55211496
Have you looked at how shifters are represented in 5e?

>>55211500
>>55211511
Indeed my group. Works ok, but we aren't sticklers for the rules. Just putting it out their cuz the thought if differing Warforged models might appeal to others.

>>55211523
You might talk with your DM about getting enhancements for it instead of magic items. It always sucks when you have to choose between a mechanically stronger and a thematic item (i.e. everybody who goes out adventuring with their dad's sword)

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real life is killing our run, how do you deal with complicating schedules and responsibilities in your games?

in the time we've been playing this campaign several players have gotten jobs, changed jobs or even moved to other countries.

>>55210713
UA: Performance types and Entertaining guide.

>Unearthed Arcana: The Current Political Affairs of the Forgotten Realms

>>55211496
Things that don't really change their form all that much? Changeling transformation is essentially cosmetic. Shifter "transformation" is less impactful than barbarian rage.
Not sure what "myriad other shape changers" you might be referring to.

>>55211548
My friends are all losers. So they play on my schedual, aside from that I provide the books, snacks, meet place, and am forever DM. But it's all worth it when they tell me "Meh, I guess it was ok"
>lifeispain.jpeg

>>55210891
Fun fact, that wasn't ever a thing. It's a meme that came from a joke. So tell me, how are the cobwebs that deep in the closet?

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>>55211795
closet??

What are some good low level enemies for my upcoming pulp hollow earth campaign? Lizardmen and dinosaurs are a given. I kind of want to avoid goblins and orcs.

>>55211819
Yah theyre made by gay spiders and keep the funny gay skeletons in place

DMs, if your player wanted a single cantrip at level one (ex Booming Blade), but didn't want to go vuman or high elf, would you let them give up a racial feature for it?

>>55211831
Every underdark monster in the book. Ropers are best.

>>55211859
Depends on cantrip, their class, and what racial feature.

>>55211831
Mutant freaks, ala Mystara's Beast-Men (ancestors to orcs, goblinoids, ogres and other humanoids).

Savage cave-men.

Man-apes.

Worm-people.

Morlocks.

Grimlocks.

Vegepygmies.

Giant bugs.

Sorry, but those are the first things to come to mind, based on my own experience with 80s' Lost Worlds and Mystara's Hollow World.

>>55211859
Yes, if it would make that player happier ofc

>>55211865

sadly i just used a roper in my last campaign, I don't think anyone will fall for it

>>55211889

these are great. thanks!

New DM here. How can I bring the party together in the first session? Any ideas?

>>55212407

man trust me you'll want most of your party together by the time the adventure starts. they don't have to be long time friends but if you start with their individual dealings before bringing the party together that'll easily eat up one or two entire sessions

>>55212407
Depends, what are you working with?
I mean, they're players, so naturally they'll want to group together.

>>55212407
they all meet in a tavern.

Or you tell them where they will be starting and ask them to give you a reason they are there. I typically do a staggered introduuction. Fighter is walking around the market, and sees a seedy looking wizard buying fruit. He thinks that's odd, does he investigate? Druid, you over hear the investigation, do you involve yourself?

How many minutes of ambient music should I prepare for a session? I've got about an hour, not counting battle music.

>Perkins roleplaying as a sort of Canadian lich comedian for the PAX West AI game

I didn't know this was a thing I wanted until now.

>>55212478
Just get a few minutes of ambiance and let it play on a loop. If ambiance is doing it's job, it isn't the focus of the player's attention anyway

Where are the good liches? Or at least neutral liches.

You could use deathrow prisoners or all the bandits you kill as phylactery fodder.

>>55212478
https://open.spotify.com/user/scrptrx

Here's a few

>>55212478
ambient music should be able to loop seamlessly, whether it's a playlist or single track

>>55212517
>tripfag
>>>/out/

>>55212551

Looks like someone is trying to make Tortles a meme

>Tortle

>>55212517
Elves have a way to make not!Lich guardians and sufficiently powerful wizards can find ways to become a sort of arcane lich

Of course, the exact mechanics are never explained. Just that it's real, real hard.

>>55212551
>tripfag
>no tripcode
Still they need to gtfo

>>55212462
>>55212452
>>55212468
They are
>a sour human bard looking for revenge
>an elven ranger, daughter of an evil duke, who ran away from home
>a kind half-orc fighter in search of adventure
>two wandering hippies (gnome druid and dwarf barbarian)

I'm sure they will very much like a roleplaying filled session, even if it's just about the party getting together. I'm just a little nervous, and I'm not sure how to get it done. I don't want just to throw them together, ask them to comply and send them to explore a dungeon. I think a stronger reason to work together may be needed.

>>55212696

they're all traveling together with a large caravan for various purposes when it's suddenly attacked by goblins.

>>55212407
I have them come up with how their all related.

>>55212696
if I may add, they're also particularly found of the Fey (it's the ranger's favored enemy, and her and the dwarf speak sylvan. the others simply like them and would like a game about them).

>>55212719
I guess it's just that simple and I'm just an idiot. Thank you dude.

>want to run a serious campaign
>players can't stop memeing around

>>55212796
are you me?

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I know that there are stats for cannons and gunpowder in the Unearthed Arcana somewhere, but I can't for the life of me find them. Where are they? They're not in the DMG either, unless I missed them somehow, because I did look.

>>55212852
DMG p255

>>55212852
Page 267 - 268 of the DMG has alternate rules for firearms, starting with muskets and all the way up to sci-fi firearms.

>>55212833
I explained the setting and the races/cultures of the setting and one player immediately said "hey we should all be that primitive race you described and be traveling witch doctors"

:gun:

>>55212796
>want to play a memey campaign
>DM Keeps being super serious

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>>55211238
Literally the first Firbolg concept I've seen, let alone a female Firbolg.

>>55212909
>that art
I don't know how I feel

>>55212696
Just have them all be investigating the same thing, and find eachother. Easy.

>>55212920
Do you feel like you suddenly want to push your dick into the middle of a big puffy inverted firbolg nipple?

>>55212896
Wait, but that sounds dope as hell.
>PCs are witch doctors, capable of ritual diving magic but virtually no pew pew magic of note
>has to deal with more advanced races/cultures and represent their own race in what might start off as unbalanced power structures
>has to travel through their community and solve problems witch doctor style (i.e., by investigating wrongs to social norms and righting them, making sure the dead are properly venerated and/or buried, making sure the people are respecting their environment, etc.)
>defending the natural balance of the land from menacing outside forces that would seek to unsettle it, perhaps including the already mentioned advanced races
This could lend itself to a fucking sick ass "serious" campaign and here you are with a stick up your ass for no good reason.

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So how lenient are you with Darkvision?

Do you (as intended) limit it to its range only, i.e. in a 500ft cave you can only see 60ft in any direction or do you just handwave it.

Do you describe things in terms of greys and shades only, omitting fine details?

Do you make it unusable if another player has a light source nearby, after all bright lights would blind your eyes.

>>55212517
Creating a phylactery requires an act so heinous that it makes you evil, regardless of the circumstances of your victims. Capital punishment may be justified sometimes in D&D's version of good, but it is never justified to consume souls. Also, being undead naturally steers you toward being evil as your hatred of the living grows out of control. Your special snowflake idea is the one that every lich has before becoming the same evil monster as all the other liches.

>>55212963
Yes, that and a sudden urge to drive my car off a fucking bridge all of a sudden

>>55212974
yeah it might sound good but knowing my group it will just be a dindu meme fest. also there's literally no civilization to interact with. it's a penal colony infested with undead.

>>55212478
I don't use it. It's just one more thing to track, and I don't need to waste my players' time with that one more thing.

I'm trying to decide between heavy armor and medium armor. Is 1 point of AC worth not having a good Dex save? I'll be spamming Shield either way when I get it.

>>55212992
>So how lenient are you with Darkvision?
enough

>Do you (as intended) limit it to its range only, i.e. in a 500ft cave you can only see 60ft in any direction
not really, I think tracking vision by feet it's a lot of work. I just make sure having/not having darkvision matters

>Do you describe things in terms of greys and shades only, omitting fine details?
Only when it's a plot point: the players are searching for a mushroom and here are monsters nearby, now they have to carefully light it so they can be sure it's the right colored one.

>Do you make it unusable if another player has a light source nearby, after all bright lights would blind your eyes.
What? No.

>>55213052
Heavy armor fucks your Dex saves?

>>55213052
Heavy armor doesn't do anything to your dex saves

>>55213128
Basically I want to be an armored wizard. I want to take a level in Fighter or Cleric for the armor, so that means I need Int, Con, and either Strength or Dex.

>>55213128
No, but it does hamper Stealth.

>>55213231
be a dwarf, hill dwarf will help with survivalist and meeting wis req for cleric multiclass. Dwarf gets rid of STR penalty for armor

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Anon that made that custom char sheet like a year ago here, curious if anyone has used them - long-term, short-term, loved it, ahted it, any thoughts on it etc.

>running White Plume Mountain as a more-than-one-shot
>as the PCs exit they have to fight 2 Efreeti
>CR 11 each
>option to bump it up to fucking FOUR efreeti for a total CR of 23
>after traversing a difficult dungeon

Jesus christ, is this dungeon literally just here to kill your PCs?

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>>55210793
don't piss me off anon, I once sucked of a /k/ommando

>>55210713
>It also isn't nearly as condescending as the last two.
What was so bad about the last two? I haven't been around

Which would you rather have brought into 5e, Kalashtar or Synad? Or neither, because psionics is gay and extra-planar psionic spookums that possess humans/humanoids are quadruple gay?

>>55213486
Kalashtar because Eberron.

>>55213502
I like Eberron but Synad are way cooler than Kalashtar. Also, when are we getting the huge-ass torrent of ridiculously specific and impossible to utilize effectively prestige classes?

>>55210615
Next UA is a system to determine your character's gender identity.

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Why does WotC hate the Greatclub?

It's two-handed, so it can't be used as a Monk Weapon, and it's not in the Shillelagh description so it can't benefit from the spell. But a Monk can use Martial Arts with a Quarterstaff held in two-hands, and a G.Club's with Shillelagh wouldn't change the damage dice, except letting it would use Wis for the attack/damage rolls, making it the same as a Shillelagh Club except it can't be wielded in one hand.

It doesn't even have the Heavy property, despite weighing 10lb, so it can't benefit from Great Weapon Master.

Why does WotC hate the Greatclub and love the Quarterstaff, despite them being identical in material, price, and damage when the Q.Staff is two-handed?

>>55213547
anon, the great club is great, it's already in its name, if it were any better it would be a bestclub.

>>55213128
>>55213208
If you wear heavy armor it implies you're going with a low-dex stat distribution.

>>55213547
hell, druids don't even get proficiancy in the damn thinng

>>55213592
At this point, I'd settle for a Goodclub.

>>55213339
That reference sheet is a big help, thanks senpai

>>55213600
A chunk of wood that hasn't been touched with a knife and isn't whittled/carved like a quarterstaff/club is the most druid weapon you can ask for.

Next UA is Tortles. Calling it now.

https://www.sageadvice.eu/2017/09/03/tortles-as-a-playable-race-confirmed/

>>55213547
I was wondering the same thing because I figured the greatclub is the proper weapon to refluff as a kanabo.
I figure if I ever actually want to use it I'll convince my DM that it's closer to a maul.

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>>55213674
Yeah, I made a Feral Tiefling Barbarian with Oni parentage, and I had to give up her Greatclub and pick a Maul instead, even though the G.Club is so much closer to a Kanabō. I didn't want to gimp her THAT badly, since Tieflings already make garbo Barbarians.

>>55213707
something something man of culture

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>>55213720
*brofists u* XD

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So how does/tg/ use tieflings in their worlds? Thoughts? Ideas? How they came to be?

>>55213809
Mostly as rape babies or abominations. Lots of times sold as slaves. Could be any alignment really.

The most recent Tiefling NPC the players came across was similar to Saint Astraea from DeS

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>>55210488
>party spends forever trying to get the mcguffin
>recruit more players for a big party
>FINALLY get the mcguffin
>chaotic neutral goes to brag to his zhentarim boss about mcguffin before they use it
>"where is it?"
>"right here"
>"hand it over"
>a vampire running a city for the Z now has mcguffin

herp derp chaotic neutral. puts me in an interesting position as dm, they could go get another mcguffin but they REALLY want this one. how would you play this out?

>>55213879
>how would you play this out?

Have the Vampire taunt them. Then, have him kill them.

Fools.

3.5 was a mess but 5e is just uninspired

>>55213809
As a catchall term for lesser Demons and Devils born from cultists worshiping the rulers of the lower planes. Essentially a replacement for Drow as there's no underdark.

>>55213753
I think I recognize that artist...


DANGIT RUMMY!

>>55213809
A restless, corrupted version of aasimar that have been separated from the demiplanes that gave them purpose.

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>>55213910

>>55213910
If you want to have edition wars make a new thread. You're guaranteed to hit the bump limit in 4 hours, tops.

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>>55213809
In my universe, they're not "one of my ancestors fricked a fiend", because that's boring af. Pacts with the lower planar beings is a lot more common in my universe, and that's how Tieflings usually come to be, usually when the mortal breaks their bargain or loses a bet or words their contract too poorly, or just makes too many pacts, and allows the fiend to corrupt them with infernal magic. This seeps into their family tree and there's a chance of any offspring born after the pact to be a Tiefling, and are usually disposed of in secret or abandoned on doorstops or orphanages.

>Running a dungeon that's bigger than 5 rooms

Why?

>>55213879
Let them try and get it, also a terrible series of events end in herp derp in a dungeon because they tried to get it back or succeed and his boss is pissed

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>>55213809
I have a few concepts.

A good chunk are born to noble famillies and hidden away as a black sheep or in shame. Many become adventurers, because what else are they gonna do? Many of the ones born to the more superstitious commoners are killed shortly after birth, mistaking them for real fiends.

Some have formed a society. In one of my nations there's a collection of fleshy "trees" of fiendish origin that is constantly expanding outward, like a tumor.

It's inhabited almost entirely by these sedentary, tendrilous animals that feed on nutrients in the soil, sunlight, and people dumb enough to stumble into it; a variety of massive insects whose chitinous shells keep them from sticking to the limbs; and tieflings, which it recognizes as a fellow fiendish creature and leaves them alone. They have a society buried away in there composed almost of tieflings living in a rough, savage, but survivable environment.

Pic related, it's an idea from Alfie, a very NSFW webcomic that you should all read.

>>55213957
Why not?

>>55213957
I have small rooms, don't judge me anon

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>>55213809
Played only Tiefling in my current game. DM didn't really approach the subject of that race. That said we've yet to see another in game.

>>55213879
>Chaotic Neutral player
>Zhentarim boss
>Not being Lawful Evil

Do you even Zhentarim?

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Quick! Your dungeon master has given you the job of making a level 10 wizard with only 10 spells. Which 10 do you choose?

>>55210891

Not only do my female dwarves not have beards, but if you imply as much to any male dwarf you're gonna get a boot shoved up your ass.

could a paladin fuck the edge out of a tiefling

>>55214006
Catapult is all I need bebe

>>55213941
>>55213934
>reeee don't talk about the superior version
>pl-please don't talk about big daddy 3.5

cucks

>>55213996
he's as entry level a member as you can be, he wanted to join and they arn't going to turn away a dumb goon. and it worked out well for them, free mcguffins.

Best magical secrets for college of swords bard?
Was thinking spiritual weapon and elemental weapon could be good.

>>55214006
Alarm
Identify
Enlarge/Reduce
Invisibility
Fireball
Gaseous Form
Mord's Private Sanctum
Oti's Resilient Sphere
Scrying
Teleportation Circle

>>55213972
Do your tieflings live there entirely because of the voch'khar?

>>55214006

Haste
Fly
Counterspell
Detect Magic
Dispel Magic
Lightning Bolt
Blight
Chromatic Orb
Invisibility
Teleportation Circle

>>55210488
>thread question
the party wizard asking what stat they use for casting after at least 8 months of play.

>>55212992
Not lenient at all. But we play on tiles which represent a 30 foot space each, so it's easier to determine distances. I feel it adds to tension when dungeon crawling.

>>55214006
Animate Objects*10

>>55211795
>In Tolkien's original works it was implied that female dwarves had beards and was confirmed later on by his son..

>Which one's the d4?
>Which one's the d10?
>Which one's the d4?
>Which one's the d20?
>Which one's the d20?
>What do I roll for this?

>>55214133
This nigga understands.

>>55212992
Not lenient. You get your exact range, you can't use it if you are standing in light. It takes a few rounds for your eyes to adjust if you are plunged from bright light into full darkness.

You can't see colour but I allow most details to be spotted.

Player really has their heart set on 4Elements Monk

Is it really *that* bad? Are there any simple house rules to help them from being a drag on the rest of the party?

>>55212873
>>55212889
Thanks, folks

>>55214147
>Which one's the quarterback?
>What does first down mean?
>What was that flag for?
>Which one's the quarterback?
>Why do they stop so much?
>Is it halftime yet?

Don't be so insufferable, anon. Not everyone is as into your hobby as you are, but they can still enjoy it, surprise surprise.

>>55214188

Yeah, but nobody should be asking those questions after watching football for three months.

>>55214166
It is, after playing one for seven levels I found my self never using spells, except in very niche situations, spending ki in stuns, flurries and things like that instead.

>>55214188
Those questions require significantly more knowledge than being able to see shapes

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>Be a Life Domain Cleric
>Only party member capable of healing
>Party members gripe that I should take point in exploring new dungeons
>"Because you're tied with the Fighter for the most AC!"
>Also have a Ranger with a 19 in Dexterity and proficient in Acrobatics and Athletics

>>55214166
>Are there any simple house rules to help them from being a drag
Make all of their elemental disciplines cost 1 less ki point

>>55214166

There's a pretty solid 4ele rework pdf floating around somewhere. Not sure where it's being hosted nowadays though.

>>55214188
>I can't tell how many sides are on a 4 sided dice is the same thing as not knowing which one is the quarterback.
In this scenario the person even asking the football questions at least has enough prior knowledge to ask those questions. Which is more effort than the person who can't identify how many sides are on a dice.
Also this >>55214205

>>55214220
do it nerd. show them how much in control you have over life by taking it away from others.

>>55214140
Nobody cares what Christopher had to say. Where did Tolkien "imply" it?

>>55214220
WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF?

>>55214302
Being a cleric, presumably he ain't afraid of no ghosts.

>>55213339
I use it when I print sheets, but since my groups mostly uses roll 20 so I haven't had that many chances to use it.

The reference sheet is really good for new players.

>>55214077
Nah. I didn't know what to do with the voch'kar, but I wanted a race to live there regardless. Tieflings seemed like a good fit, especially when I stuck the "wood" right in the middle of the religious-zealot-empire (think a country in DEUS VULT mode that never stops).

Hell, I decided the modern country was formed by a group of people devoted to keep the wood from spreading.

So maybe originally, but now it's firmly tiefling territory with a lot more baggage mixed in.

>>55214298
I believe it's mentioned somewhere that dwarf women are easily mistaken for their men
considering that female humans can grow beards uncommonly, I don't see any reason to see why that shouldn't include beards on dwarven women. I'll let you know if I find any stronger sources myself. Not the guy you're responding to, but I don't really see why this ought to be so controversial.

>>55214319
The tieflings and the voch'khar have a lot in common, visually-speaking, which is why I asked.
How does the country keep the wood from spreading? Axe the borders every few weeks?

>>55214329
I don't think it's controversial - quite the opposite; it's just that I'm a big Tolkien nerd and would like to see evidence that I can cite if the topic ever comes up.
I suppose I can always ask at r/TolkienFans.

>>55214366
>The tieflings and the voch'khar have a lot in common, visually-speaking
Oh yeah, I know. It makes a little too much sense, and that was my original inspiration, I just didn't want to make it entirely arbitrary, you know?
I'm pulling some inspiration from the new Doom game in the aesthetic of the buildings that have been captured with people that didn't evacuate. Disembodied gore all over the place being slowly dissolved, that kind of thing.
>How does the country keep the wood from spreading? Axe the borders every few weeks?
More violent than that, actually. It's a constant war against a force of nature. They have paladins 'round the clock fighting the damn thing with fire and radiance, clerics keeping them up in battle, and mundane troops keeping the place lit during the night, burning away ruined flesh-tendrils, and building barricades ever-higher while evacuating civilians.

See, the thing doesn't grow evenly. It could sit peacefully in one section for months then grow a quarter mile overnight, avoiding sections that are defended against or being destroyed.

It's the only reason that this made crusading nation hasn't taken over the rest of men yet—it's a humongous resource drain, and at this point it's almost culturally ingrained to fight this thing.

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>>55214166
>Simple homebrew fix?
Bonus action to cast spells
1 elemental cantrip

>>55213809
I like the fallen empire angle with Tieflings. In my setting, there was your standard Magical Cataclysm a millennia ago, and at that time the Tieflings were regular human citizens of a particularly wealthy and opulent trading city with roman overtones. When a magically empowered plague ripped through the known world, the noble houses of the city made a bargain with the devils they had worshipped in secret, tainting their bloodline in exchange for the ability to weather the apocalypse. The rest of the province under their control was completely devastated.

In the present day, the city-state of Caedus has a tenuous alliance with the new human kingdom that has risen from the ashes. Tieflings make up the upper nobility, and each house publicly honours a particular devil as their patron. Slavery and blood sport are both common, but the city relies mainly on it's prosperous maritime trade to stay afloat, as the surrounding lands are still desolate and tainted by dark magic. They have a reputation as self-serving and callous to other civilised races, but they're tolerated because they make lucrative trading partners and dependable allies. They also go out of their way to act as agents in the neverending Blood War on behalf of their patrons, rooting out and exterminating any Demonic activity with extreme prejudice.

What would be a good name for a group of mercenaries that recruits exclusively/primarily races/individuals with Dark Vision and operates in the steppes?

>>55213339
Oh, hell yeah! Me and my friends use it, and I recommend it everyone I play D&D with.

>>55214669
So basically a combination of Yuan-ti and Warcraft's Naga?

>>55213809
Usually either results of rituals or demonic corruption seeping into the world, rarely demonic rape babies.

They are divided into stable bloodlines, which are essentially their own subraces and represent when the demonic traits become consistently passed down from generation to generation. Unstable races are usually 1st-5th generation sometimes more, sometimes less and their traits are pretty much randomized with more becoming consistent with each generation.

>>55214745
Nightstalkers, Dark Brotherhood, etc. if you want to edge it up. Name it after the leader of the company or the location it was founded if you want to be boring.

>>55214799
I don't know much about Warcraft lore, but funnily enough, the Yuan-ti in the setting are the ones responsible for unleashing the plague in an attempt to cripple/exterminate their enemies. They screwed up immediately afterwards though, as their various allies all struck out for themselves and turned on each other, and their own theocratic power structure fell into infighting between the devotees of Mersshaulk, Dendar and the newly apotheosised Sseth. Since then they've been dormant and most of the world has forgotten they exist, but they still slumber in remote, heavily protected temple-fortresses.

The first adventure I'm running the party through is centred on a race against a rogue Yuan-ti cell to recover the three divine relics the serpent gods bestowed to their priests, that allowed them to perform and empower the ritual that ignited the plague. The Nightmare Speaker and Mind Whisperer that lead the cell are trying to create another plague behind the back of Mersshaulk's Pit Masters, who are in power after their schism, but urge caution and prefer staying hidden.

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So I'm playing in a game soon-ish where all PC's will be children. We'll start at level 1 and end at level 3. What class should I play? I think a sorcerer is about the only kind of class that would make sense for a kid because of the innate powers. Maybe a warlock would work as well.

>>55215252
All children are barbarians.

>>55215252
Cleric can work, since age could be an abstract concept for a deity, and they could just decide that a child is going to be their mouthpiece.

>>55214745
Maybe call it after a Steppe animal, like a Fox, Wolf, or Lynx.

>>55214775
>>55214314
>>55214775

Thanks, good to hear it's getting used. I had it up on DMsGuild, but it got taken down for using art assets from the original character sheet. It was up for free, so idk why it was a problem. Haven't bothered trying to get it back up there.

>>55211126
It's a joke because Mearls hates Tortles with a passion.

>>55215252
Street Urchin Rogue
Raised by Wolves Barbarian
Son of a Preacher Man Cleric
Raised in a Monastery Monk
Daughter of Doomsday Preppers Ranger
Mommy's Little Hippie Druid
My Dad's a Rockstar Bard
I'm Telling Teacher Paladin
My Dad Can Beat Up Your Dad Fighter

>>55215395
You enjoyed making those more and more as you went down the list, didn't you.

>>55213339
I use it, but I had to edit the hit dice box. It is not very useable the second you MC into a class with a different HD, which messed up my EK/Wizard.

>>55215252
Friend did a 6 yo warlock who sold his soul for some candy because he didn't know what a soul was.

Rogue makes sense if you think about a street urchin stealing to survive

Barbarian for temper tantrums

Monk because they were taken in as a baby because of a Dhali Lama type deal or were orphaned and only the monastery could raise them

Sorcerer as you said

>>55215291
Cleric for the reasons he said

Pages started at age 7 and became squires at 14 then Knights at 21. So some one between the ages of 7 and 14 could concievably be a low level fighter.

Ranger could be the child of the local lords gamewarden or poacher being taught the family business

Bard because if Hansen can have a major hit single then I'm certain a child who was unnaturally gifted could learn to play a magical intrusment/sing/dance.

Pretty much the only ones I can't really see being a thing from ages 5 to 13 would be Druids, Paladins, and Wizards. Those are classes that take years of training or oaths sworn with consent. If you can play a 14 yo I could maybe kind of see paladin working.

>>55215437
......yes.

>>55213945
>fricked a fiend
fricked? Are you fucking mormon or something?

>>55215616
No.

>GM is running a "high power" campaign
>Sounds fun, joins in
>Rolls for stats 5d6 drop 2 lowest, assign as desired
>Get 2 ASI or a feat at level 1
>No Vhuman
>Dual Class rule: You pick 2 classes. You gain all the benefits from both classes, and every time you level up, both classes gain a level. This includes HD, spells, etc.
>Origin Artefact: Start with an item of great importance. It will grow in power as the game progresses (the example is a long sword which starts off mundane, but eventually becomes magical, gains abilities, etc)

This sounds fun. I am a bit lost on the Dual Class feature. I have never MCd before, so I am not quite sure hoe to decide on this kind of thing. What should I look for when MCing, and what should I especially keep in mind in a campaign where you gain levels in both classes at the same time (I assume the vastly increased progression will change the situation, but I just need to understand the basics at least.)

>>55210891
One of the 3.5e books had art of a female aquatic dwarf. She didn't have a beard and she was fucking gorgeous.

So none of my female dwarves will have your disgusting beard fetish, you fucking creep.

>>55215677

http://www.d20srd.org/srd/variant/classes/gestaltCharacters.htm

>>55215677
>Dual Class feature
So a Gestalt campaign? I've always wanted to do one of those

>>55211136
>>55211126
Blizzard did it first any way, WotC is a bunch of fucking ripoffs.

>>55215667
well then learn to fucking swear, you bitch-ass cunt.

>>55215717
Why, though? So I sound cooler?

>>55215677
Your friend is a fag who has no conception of game balance and is going to run something completely unsuited for actual fun. You will be walking steamrollers on his rails being lead to whatever shitty boss fights he thinks his uberpowerred bosses he made until 4 in the morning will look cool in.

The fact he thinks having 2 classes simultaneously is proof of this there is literally no incentive not to be a Fighter and pick Wizard and then get full Fighter everything plus full casting, then you take Eldritch Knight as your subclass and Abjuration as your other one and are better than everyone else in your entire party assuming they didn't already figure this out

>>55215694
You wouldn't be able to link that, would you? Or at least tell me what book it's from so I can go trove-diving.

>>55215699
Yeah it sounded familiar. I assume the differences (you get EVERYTHING from both classes, not "the best"), made him pick a different name for it.

It kind of messed with my perception of "Dual class", because that term means something entirely different to my 2e memory.

>>55215694
>female aquatic dwarf
Source, please? I always enjoy a chance to find good-looking official D&D females.

>>55215735
Not the other guy, but using cutsie stand-in gibberish for expletives not only brings your vernacular down to the level of people that need cursing to fill out their vocabulary, but it also makes you look quite fey.

>>55215694
>aquatic dwarf
>gorgeous
now I need proof that you aren't a fucking freak, so post the picture

>>55215735
so you don't get assholes like me calling you a bitch ass pussy on the internet. Stupid fuck.

>>55215757
He has a lot of experience running high power campaigns, also in 5e. He has a reputation for always getting 50+ games in each of his campaigns, and people are always super hyped for his campaigns, so I assume he knows what he is doing.

Fighter + Wizard seems pretty good, but even with those rolls, you will be having trouble getting the stats you want, dont you?

As a good and proper fighter, you would want at least strength and con, + intelligence is where things are starting to get strapped for points.

>>55215699
>Let's apply this shitty rule from the worst edition of D&D to 5e but amp it up until it's on crack!
>But hey Variant Human is so much more broken than me trying to turn this game into Shitfinder, I mean a level 1 free feat when you can just be a sorcadin without even trying and thus get 1 trillion spell slots plus full Oath progression?!?! That's so much weaker than getting Linguist at level 1!

>>55215781
>>55215797
Not the original anon, but are you two 14 years old that just discovered words you wouldn't say to your mommy? Of all the things to bitch about online, this is what you choose? Move on.

>>55215817
you wanna step outside bro? I'll fucking fight you!
But seriously, though. Saying words like "frick" is like saying "3.5 was the best edition." All you are doing is letting everyone know you're a moron.

>>55215813
I don't care what his reputation is. He has no idea how balance actually works in this edition because he clearly thinks it's Pathfinder where smashing 2 things together still made non wizard/codzilla move up 1 tier at most
You can have fun but you can also have fun doing anything that isn't D&D if you think lol rules and balance are for suckers
Also what the fuck do you care about stats you have 5 fucking d6 drop the lowest rolled stats plus 2ASI plus racial benefits wtf you can have the most overpowered shit imaginable
>Lol I shield thanks for the arcane ward now I multiattack and then I banish 2 motherfuckers and have 1 trillion extraHP on top of my 22 AC

>>55211795
It was a thing in AD&D.
Mostly because Forgotten Realms female dwarves specifically had beards.
That was retconned over the years though.

>>55215877
jesus christ dude, it's meant to be fucking goofy, don't get so uppity about a batshit insane ruleset that isn't even foreign to D&D

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I got a younger player (16) who can NOT wrap his head around the "lawful good" type at all, or any equivalent for tabletop games. Can't wrap his head around being in bed with 'law' and 'good' but not chained to either.

any advice on opening the lad's eyes?

>>55215937
>Don't get upset at something that's batshit insane
>Its ok because it's le ebin goofy for 50 sessions (???)
>Btw I admit it's batshit and only existed in previous editions, and even then in a form very different from this, but it's not serious brah just turn your brain off
This is legitimately cancer

>>55216001
Dude you aren't even playing the fucking game, why are you flippin' your shit

>>55215981
Not really.
People who can't think of Lawful Good in a positive light, especially around that age are people who are often times too busy thinking they know everything about philosophy and human nature.

>>55215981
Can you give an example of him failing with the concept? Also, it is okay for folks to struggles with things like this for most, if not all, of a campaign so as long as it doesn't get in the way of fun. Especially so for him since he's 16 and your game can serve as a learning experience he can draw upon in later years.

>>55210991
You're an insecure faggot.

>>55215757
>>55215877
>>55216001
Could you try not being such a cunt?

>>55216013
>You're not even playing this hot garbage of dndwiki what do you care if someone else does anon?
Because it's shit and makes the hobby worse, and will result in heavily unbalanced play the game wasn't designed to do. If you want super high power dont use 5e, Exalted and many other systems exist for a reason

>>55215817
Calm down, bro. People discussing speech and the American language online isn't something that should upset you. It's not like there's limited Internet or anything.

>>55210891
>dwarves.
Pssht. Neckbeard pleb tier.
>shitposting in this general. Keep it 5e related shitposting.

>>55216115
See >>55216110

>>55215877
Can I ask what is your initension here? Are you trying to steer that other guy away from gestalt rules or just yelling with impotent rage?

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>>55210891
>Meme about female drwarves having beards

My campaigns aren't that silly desu. Even if they were silly campaigns, I wouldn't put memes in it.

Who here makes all their elves fuckbois/female though?

>>55216138
>Wah stop hurting my feelings
Not your safe space,and if something is shit people tell you here in /5eg/. This is complete shit, and is equivalent to playing shitty anime homebrew off dndwiki

>>55216155
You don't have to be mad, anon

>>55215981
Don't? Alignment is a dying trope. I feel that we should free the following generations from that sacred cow.

>>55216115
>stop having badwrongfun
I was legit just asking for advice on how to build a "gestalt" type character in 5e, and which classes meshed well together.

This won't affect you, I am sure.

Also, for the record, the feat is given as a baseline (or a trade in for 2 ASI), which makes VHuman redundant. You can stop pick a normal human for +1 to everything, but 2 feats at level 1 give a too much upfront.

Reminder that the progression means 2 ASIs at level 4. I get potentially two feats there anyway.

>>55216148
Gestalt isn't meant for 5e, most especially not in the way his DM is implementing it. And yes, I'm mad his table will basically be shitting on game balance "because it's cool". I guarantee it will result in confusion and bad habits that will make him have to unlearn this nonsense next time he plays a game under somebody sane who isn't trying to force the round peg of superpowered campaigns into the square hole of 5e

>>55216155
>YOU ARE HAVING FUN WRONG, REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>55216115
>>55216155
It's dandwiki fagboi, get it right.

>>55216182
No, my question is what are you trying to accomplish? Are you trying to convince him of your views or just calling him/his group stupid? Just curious.

>>55216192
You're right you can see how much I go there
>>55216178
The fact your DM thinks 2 feats at level 1 vs having 4 16-18s then 2 feats at level 4 is unfair is legit retarded
You want to stack classes? I already said it. Due to action economy any spellcaster plus fighter. Or any 2 spellcasters together, especially Charisma ones. And sorcadin. In short you'll be game breakingly good very quickly and the actual novelty will wear off quickly and also be super confusing. If anyone isn't super OP by level 4 it's because they don't know the fucking rules.
>>55216189
>ONLY AUTISTS GET IRRITATED WHEN PEOPLE SHIT ON THE RULES
Cool let's play some Monopoly where everyone starts off with 5 properties and $100000 each! That will be so fun and not just a slogfest the game was never designed to do! Yay mommy look at me I'm being creative and special!

>>55214006
You mean a sorcerer?

>>55214166
It is essentially playing monk without a subclass. You won't use any of the abilities you get from it. So it is bad and not fun, but not the worst class in the game because base monk is okay.

Anyone in this thread smoke weed

>>55213486

>Like the increased flexibility of psionics
>Can't stand the excessively restrictive psionic cabals that almost always come with them
>Just want to have crazy Akira shenanigans and ignore the STUDY OF THE INNER MIND crap

Someone pls just write a setting where there's a fungal symbiont that provides incredible psychic powers, which finds itself at odds with druids and rangers due to its somewhat invasive nature.

>>55216249
dude

>>55216170
I think the alignment system still has value, though I do acknowledge that many overthink it and make dumb mistakes when using it. The alignment system is a useful guideline for new players on how to play their characters. For example, LG characters can't steal for personal gain and still be LG. This sounds like easy to grasp shit, but think of games like Skyrim where you are free to steal anything and everything and sell it back to the person you stole it from. The game will still refuse to stop treating you like a selfless hero even after you shiv that one annoying priest in Whiterun after dark or after joining a literal thieves guild. It can give new players the wrong idea about how they should go about playing someone that is suppose to be respectful of the law and an all around good person. The main flaw with the system is that DMs don't spend enough effort reminding players that their characters can change alignment as they develop and grow into new people. Or worse, the DM forces everyone to stick to their original alignment or they punish them, but bad players will be bad players regardless. Obviously, a veteran player doesn't need a guideline on how to run their character (hopefully), but I still think it has merit for the newbies.

>>55216254
W E E D

>>55216220
Tell him it's a bad idea and that whoever plays under that DM is an idiot, and probably a lolsorandumb who never bothered learning the rules to begin with so now is accustomed to being overpowered because it's their only way to mitigate being massively retarded. I see this at a table next to mine all the time, it's a group with a soft touch DM. Hes a good guy and a great storyteller but the players from his table are insufferable to play with because they're so used to having their retarded antics be accommodated by him and so they don't know how any of their characters work. There was a wizard who unironically thought it would be le funny to barge open dungeon doors and didn't understand how preparing spells worked.
He was level 10

>>55216249
nah, Old Toby

>>55216275
el mayo

>>55216074
>returning to the thread 6 hours later just to say "no you"

>>55216231
>He thinks D&D is a game you play to win

>>55216231
>The fact your DM thinks 2 feats at level 1 vs having 4 16-18s then 2 feats at level 4 is unfair is legit retarded
It's not that he thinks it is unfair, but that he prefers level gating some of the options.

We get double ASI, so the Vhuman restriction is just to prevent memesters from going CBE+SS at level 1.

It is basically the same reason he isnt giving us our class features before the level we are intended to get them at.

>>55214166
You need to accommodate him as the GM.

Basically, for hin to feel like a 4emonk, he needs something to help him there. Either you reduce the standard cost of his abilities, or you give him items that help him feel like an elemental monk.

And ignore the shitty rule change they made to water whip. Whoever did that had a hateboner for monks, and just wanted to see that subclass burn and suffer.

>>55216278
The finest tobacco in the Shire, or so I've heard.

Would you allow a player to gain blindsight without the use of a magical item? If so, how?

>>55216487
Peyote

>>55216487
Loose their eyesight and become a Daredevil knock off or have a place they can train at but it'll take a while and decent chunk of change

> Some player has a hard-on for Gun and gunpowder
> DM give in and allow them, but they are rare and expensive
> I'm a conjuration wizard

Should I just explode everything with a conjure gunpowder?

>>55216757

No.

Multiclass into Artificer, take the Gunsmith focus, and upstage him with your Thunder Cannon.

>>55216781
You can't multiclass artificer (or mystic). Since they don't have stat requirement, which you need to pass in order to multiclass.

>>55210488
I hear the same question multiple times every session
>What do I add to my attack roll...?

After 2.5 years of playing

Kill me now

>>55216928
How do I deal with these people? Should I just stop telling them and waste like 3 minutes for them to fumbling around their character sheet?

Like.. I remember all his character ability modifier and proficiency now because he has ask for it every god damn turn.

>>55216487
I did once, and won't do it again unless it is someone I know and trust will play it properly.

>New player, "lost" his old group and wanted to join ours.
>Wants to make a Swordmaster type of character, who is blind.
>Takes VHuman and GWM
>Asks to get blindsense and be blind
>Pitches the concept well, let him do it.
>Gives him blindsense at 30 feet
>He plays it fairly well for the first dungron crawl
>Gets quite a kick out of spotting something in the Dark
>Right untill the end when they are trying to decipher some murals that supposedly lead to treasure
>He bitches forever about not being allowed to roll for the knowledge check about what the mural depicts, and says the others can just explain exactly how it looks
>Say they failed their knoeledge checks, so they wouldn't convey the proper information, but lets him do it at a disadvanatage
>Every time afterwards, he "automatically assumes" that everyone perfectly explains any picture or written document.
>Complains for 10 minutes every time I tell him he gets disadvantage on checks regarding these explained pictures or texts.
>Gets into an ambush with archers
>complains when he cant cast magic missiles at them (thry were at 50 feet, beyond his blindsense range), and keeps arguing that he knows where they are the moment they started firing arrows after the party, even though none of them hit him.
>Gets to level 4
>Asks to get ritual caster for his EK subclass choice
Like, why are you going for a blind character, and then complaining aabout being blind afterwards, and acting like you aren't blind after all?

It is just obnoxius and time consuming. And honestly, anyone thinking blindsense is better than ordinary sight, is a white room meta faggot, who has never played 5e (or any other D&D for that matter). You lose far too much for not having a normal sight, and the benefit of knowing where everyone around you is, is not actually a mechanical benefit outside of stealthed targets.

>>55216995
There's nothing you can do. They just can't remember a simple number

>>55216928
I had a GM inspiration tower. A glass cup, where every time someone asked me to tell me stupid suit their character sheet should already state, I place a d6 in it, which I can use against them. This took effect from session 5 an onwards, because by then, you should fucking know what your attack modifier and AC is.

>I roll 17, do I hit?
>I dont know GM, do you?
>I roll an additional d6
>Now I hit you at 22, so I am guessing I do!

>>55216802

Then the answer is clear. You must start over and roll an artificer, delighting in the gun and magic items afforded to you by the class itself.

Anyone with experience with DDEX adventures of Strahd season? Season4 I believe.

I think I'm going to run Mists and Suits or whatever they are called and lead to Death House from there.

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So I'm kind of lost here about what I need to do with my party and looking for some advice. We're a relatively new group of players, myself included, and my friends are generally awful at combat scenarios. To put it into perspective I gave them a baby sitting NPC for an encounter that was two levels higher than the party, they're two and he's four. I sent a group of four modified shadows at them, no resistances. One of them is holding a NPC that died moments before (I didn't mind this too much and actually gave them an inspiration point since I thought it would be something that character would do), the other does nothing but trying to make an unseen servant act as a distraction by pouring Ink, the fighter runs in takes a single slash and then tries to run away from the whole encounter, the ranger NPC I sent rolled a 1 so I couldn't do much to help them. The only one who had any sense in his head was the Druid who ran in and went full bear mode to fuck the shadows up and keep them in check. I had to scale back the rest of the encounters that session in fear of causing a total party wipe in session three. I have talked to them about what they do in combat before, but, I don't know what I should do from here regarding the matter. At best all I can think of is making everything brain dead easy, but, I'm afraid that would make the encounters lose any meaning.

>6 towns/forts left to name on the map
>Completely out of ideas
Fuck

>>55217184
You could leave them unnamed and ask your players for ideas.

>>55217184
Name one teufort

>>55217156
Make them fight exact copies of themselves, show them what they can do in a fight by doing it to them

>>55217245

And another one, near a river, Paladin Falls.

>>55217285
>Paladin Falls.
I keked heartily.

>>55217184
Terra Belle
Tubelow
Ft. Right
Ft. Night
Ft. Tress
Bendova
Bonelick
Lich
Greenpool
Purrvon
Tuskerville
Many-Arrows
Ft. Surrender

>>55217274
I actually really love this idea, I'm going to heavily consider it being the finale of the ruins they're exploring next session. I'm just afraid they'll end up wiping to, well, themselves.

>>55217184
I sometimes rearrange the names of places in other works of games/literature/etc or if its obscure enough I just rip the name completely or make it a pun.

>>55217337
I also do these sometimes. When I'm feeling slightly more creative, I use this: http://www.dragons-inn.org/Ifreann/Tynntangial/eng_elf.html

>>55217337
Obviously having them be 1:1 the same would make the outcome of the fight random. You need to make them have less HP or introduce some way of ending the fight early.

>>55217337
Make the exact copies at whatever health and such they have. Paladin at 12/27? Enemy paladin is at 12/27. Repeat for party

have the ranger get separated from them and have the enemy ranger win, then come back and "re"join the party. Instant villain for later

>>55217337
>Has a homebrew setting
>The main country the players are in is called Notorea
>It is split up in two vastly different cultures, one of warmongering and oppressive regimes, and the other is a tech savvy culture of wizards and tinkerers
>The warmongering people of the North cannot invade the South, and keeps going for the western and eastern lands, because they are afraid of the might of the South.

I am somewhat surprised my players still haven't caught on yet. I think they might be mildly retarded.

>>55217408
>Wizards and tinkerers
>Not famous for its bard groups as well

>>55217408
I don't get it

>>55217408
I don't get it

>>55217431
Damn, I should have thought of that.

Teenage girl bard groups incoming.

>>55217447
>>55217449
It's korea you tards

>>55217449
>>55217447
Then you might be retarded, anon.

>Notorea
>Split in two
>South and North
>Not
>Korea

>>55217463
>>55217466
I don't recall North Korea ever invading anything.

>>55217463
>>55217466
That's super fucking vague
"Notorea" reads like it should sound more like notorious than Korea, also
>keeps going for the western and eastern lands
But Korea is a peninsula???

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>>55217363
Thank you for the link, I will definitely end up using these later.

>>55217376
Yeah, I was already poking at a few ideas like the clones being 'dark versions' of themselves and having to accept it or some nonsense. Less health is probably easier though. I just feel bad since I might have to handicap myself a lot not outright destroy them. I know it shouldn't be a "me vs them" type of thing, but, they are really, really bad at combat.

>>55217388
Yeah I was definitely going to do this if they went into the fight injured.

They already are hunting a doppelganger, so I love this idea.

>>55217481
>>55217485
Am I being baited or are you two actually this retarded

>>55217481
>going for = invading
>Not just threatening and playing with their muscles
You might want to check out the news, anon.

>>55217496
Am I being baited or do you actually think this is clever

>>55217497
Grandstanding for foreign aid points != invading

>>55217504
>I don't recall North Korea ever invading anything.
What is the Korean War you fucking idiot

>>55217525
That was the other guy, tardo

>>55217490
You could spin it this way: they enter the room, in it are X mirrors (as many as they are). Suddenly the mirrors shine up in magic, reflections leave and attack them, and something proceeds to block the access to mirrors (a magical barrier, a thin wall, a smoke screen) for 2-3 rounds. They need to survive themselves for the 2-3 rounds and afterwards it's matter of smashing mirrors.

If they instead choose to kill their clones and succeed, start calling them "The Fucking Madmen".

>>55217525
The North invading the South, which explicitly doesn't happen in >>55217408.
Some things are only obvious in retrospect, and you need to realize this if you want to use hidden jokes in your content creation.

>>55217504
I am the original poster, not the guy you are replying to, but..
>Clever
You are kind of stupid if you think that this is anywhere close to being clever. I took the most thinly veiled analogy I possibly could, and abused it to no end, and my players didn't notice it at all.

Also
>Korea
>Never went to war
Because if 'Murica isn't involved, it isnt a war, right?

>>55217553
They can't invade it currently, maybe they did it in the past and now they're a big focus. But they're dumb so they keep antagonizing forces to west who could burn them to ashes in a week

I'm not the person who made that and I spotted it instantly, it's not hard

>>55217564
>Because if 'Murica isn't involved, it isnt a war, right?
I would call you an idiot, but that just highlights how retarded the other anons are.

Because North Korea was part of the Vietnam War.

>>55217564
>the most thinly veiled analogy I possibly could
Are you fucking kidding? In what world is "North vs South, barbarians vs advanced society" NOT the most typical, overused trope in fantasy? And you think the name "Notorea" somehow makes it obvious that you're making a fucking Korea reference? Are you out of your mind or just clinically autistic?

>>55217597
I am not him, and as others above have stated, this instantly brought Korea to mind.

I think you might be the autists here, anon.

>Notorea
>Not[K]orea
Seriously how did you guys not see his reference right away?

>>55217617
>>55217621
It's not even pronounced remotely similarly dumbass
You guys are undoubtedly autistic if you think that is in any way an obvious reference