Queen of Wands Edition>"New" Apocalyptic Subclasses UA: https://media.dndbeyond.com/compendium-images/ua/apocalyptic-subclasses/KKvJvHGmsJiNaafX/UA2025-ApocalypticSubclasses.pdfIf anyone has the link to the Arcane subclasses pdf post it and I'll add it to the next OP. The survey is out.>2024 PHB Scan (No more fingers edition)https://files.catbox.moe/g8oo9h.pdf>Cropped and rotated, but more artifactyMjAyNCBQSEIsIE5vIFRodW1icywgT0NSZWQsIEFub24ncyBCb29rbWFya3MgdHJhbnNmZXJyZWQgb3Zlci4gCgpodHRwczovL2Vhc3l1cGxvYWQuaW8vd2Fvcm9h>2024 DMGhttps://files.catbox.moe/fd04pq.pdf>2024 Monster Manualhttps://files.catbox.moe/atd38s.pdf (D&D beyond version)https://pomf2.lain.la/f/1en5qwum.pdf (scan, use at your own risk)>2024 Official free ruleshttps://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/free-rules>2014 Official Free Ruleshttps://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/basic-rules-2014>2024 UAhttps://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/ua>2014 Erratahttps://dnd.wizards.com/dndstudioblog/sage-advice-book-updates>5etools (2024)http://5e.tools>5etools (2014)https://2014.5e.tools/>TroveThe Trove Vault (seed, please!): mega(dot)nz/folder/uktzzTAI#KfV-EWdhd15FhHNn5HndHg>Resources:https://pastebin.com/X1TFNxckPrevious thread>>96595641>TQWhich monsters in 5e have the most personality and presence at the table?
>>96632342Don Quixote is a very interesting character who went through many crazy situations and ended up with a very tragic ending. Personally, I would feel intimidated trying to create a copy of such a great characterAlthough, again, that would be something personal. Speaking of yourself, I think you could create a very fun character, but both you and the GM would need to be very creative about it, especially since he already lives in a fantasy world. Something important to note about Don Quixote is his code of chivalry and how he believes technology has destroyed honor and ideals. Perhaps you could make that character dislike firearms and maybe even Artificers?..
>>96632656What i was thinking was that precisely the joke was imagining things like giants and all that in “normal things” while real ones exist. At the moment I’m playing another character that’s a teenager necromancer, but when it dies, i think i will replaace it with a new one based on don quixote, since the playgroup says they don’t want more evil characters
>>96632660I was about to give you a short essay on Don Quixote about its themes, because it’s a fantastic book, but it seems like I might be going off on a tangent. Overall, it seems like a good idea—I would go with that—but I’d still say that both you and the GM need to be creative about it
Should I allow a player (starting at level 3) to have a musket?
>>96632621I'd say Clockwork Sorcery instead of Dragon. Being blessed by the literal powers of law, cosmos, and order feels more chosen one/fate touched than blessed by a Dragon. If Divine Soul Sorcerer was on the list then they would be the other option.You could also argue that a Cleric is the best answer for a 'Chosen One' type of story- A Deity or Pantheon choosing to bestow their power onto a lowly mortal works in a similar fashion. It's just that Clerics are less rare than Sorcerers in the Universe- so by proxy a Sorcerer is more unique. You could later multiclass into Warlock for more powers assuming you could explain what type of Patron would take interest in you. But with this, you could get some celestial flying cat or something following you.Species wise Aasimar or Tiefling works.
>>96632725as long as you use the cool firearm rules>firearms outside their normal range have their damage die reduced by 2So they are mid range weapons, and just equivilent to longbows in their long range.>pistol is a d10, reduced to a d6. Just like a shortbow>musket is a d12, reduced to a d8. Just like a longbow>revolver is a 2d8, reduced to 2d4. Slightly better than a longbow in mimimum damage but otherwise teh same.>hunting rifle is 2d10, reduced to 2d6. Which is just a ranged greatsword.And 2-3 shots from a hunting rifle to take down a brown bear at long range seems just fine to me.
>>96632725Sure, the 2024 PHB Muskets and Pistols are kinda meh anyways. They are stuck with the Loading property making them harder to use with Extra Attack, their range is worse than bows, the damage dice is higher, sure, but you could dual wield Hand Crossbows or use a Hand Crossbow and a Shield.. Guns gotta have a something I guess.
>>96632834Heavy Crossbows + Great Weapon Master out damages Muskets. Though that requires a 13 STR and Great Weapon Master and Crossbow Expert (Unless you plan on juggling Heavy Crossbows)
>>96632834>>96632862>longbow is 2 pounds>heavy>musket is 10 pounds>not heavy
>>96632918So just make an arquebus that's heavy
>>96632862Let's say I want to make a longbow ranger that specializes in long-distance combat. How should I distribute my stats, my fighting style, and my progression at levels 4, 8, and 12? If I also pursue the Great Weapon Master?
>>96632918Maybe the Heavy is a reference to its draw weight? A Longbow/Warbow with a 100-150 lb draw weight ain't easy to use.
>>96632944For Rangers this can be a little tough in comparison to fighters, depending on how high you want your Wisdom and Constitution scores. I'd say for your starting stats:>STR: 13>DEX: 17>CON: 12>INT: 8>WIS: 16>CHA: 8This is assuming you want a high Wisdom for Spellcasting DC or if you're a Beast Master. If you don't care so much about your Wisdom you could reduce it down to 14 and bump your Constitution to 14 for extra health and Con saves.You should get Archery, no reason not to +2 accuracy is huge. At level 4, I'd suggest Sharpshooter (+1 Dex). This gives you a +1 bonus to damage rolls and attacks. The accuracy always helps and in comparison to Great Weapon Master you're losing +1 damage at level 4, then +2 damage from levels 5-7. But personally, I really like being able to shoot from 600 feet and bypass cover (effectively allowing you to use cover freely while enemies will struggle)- these things come up from time to time, cover especially. Then at level 8 you can get Great Weapon Master, this will give you an extra +3 to your damage rolls with your Longbow on attack actions- that becomes a +4 bonus at level 9-12. At level 12, you can max your Dex for the last +1 boost to attack and damage. Last thing which requires a talk with your DM is crafting, if you can via your species or background get Woodcarvers tools + Arcana proficiency- You can craft magical bows and arrows with that. Vicious Longbow is incredibly powerful do not sleep on this weapon if you can do this.
Where do you guys reckon I could find good 3d models to 3d print? I am in need of a barbarian, a warrior, a bard, a rogue, and a few monsters
>>96633017Two dollar bard if you want some asian theme to go around.
>>96633067Minis are for my pleasure too, I like emBut I see the point of modularity, I did think about it, but ultimately I live on an island so it's hard to always find what I want to get sent here without paying a lot in commissionsAt that point I would have to 3d print the legos, so modularity would be all that they do better than normal minis.I'll have to think about it.>>96633104Nothing free?For CoS I found these, I just need some stuff for my players so they don't feel like the only morons without a fig.https://www.printables.com/model/932962-curse-of-strahd-collection/files
>>96633017Two dollar warrior.
>>96633137It's only two dollars before you add the price for it to get sent where I liveAs I said, lego or not it's 3d printing no matter what.
>>96633165Holy crap your government hates you. Sheesh.
How do you guys take the idea of your character possibly being shat on by the narrative? I had a few bad DM experiences which caused me to feel somewhat fearful of ideas where my characters get shat on by the villains. But the thing is - this isn't INHERENTLY a bad thing in a story or an RPG and although in the cases where I was put in, it was the DM's fault, I'm scared of coming to a situation where it isn't the DM's fault, that my character being fucked over is simply good writing and yet still I hate it. I don't want to be the problem player, I don't want my characters to be unbeatable mary sues who never lose or face struggle. I'm sure at least some of you guys had similar problems, so maybe you have some advice to share?
>>966332351. Dnd/stories shouldnt be tragic or carefree, it should be whatever it needs to be to be fun.2. If you are a normal person, then being fucked by circumstances outside your choices is only fun as a setup for the opportunity to eventually win/revenge/beat the odds later3. If the DM doesn't provide the opportunity for that then he is not enabling fun, and therefore it's the DM's fault.4. If you/ the dm arent a normal person, maybe your idea of fun is players being fucked, or on the opposite facing no struggle, that's also acceptable, as long as everyone at the table as the same expectation. if there is a mismatch between what dm and players define as fun, they should change tables/players
>>96633012very interesting>This is assuming you want a high Wisdom for Spellcasting DC or if you're a Beast MasterI was thinking of using rituals to track or locate enemies or camps and get some information from them.and rely on Hunter's Mark and Colossus Slayer (hunter subclass) for combat
Honestly? I'm thinking about just doing folded paper glued to water bottle taps.No need to get fancy and make actual minis when I can mass produce slop with a very normal printer
1v1 The Admiral at your own peril. Hope your immune to Charmed! Swashbuckler Rogue better be this cool whenever it gets a finalized reprint. Charisma for AC is a nice touch!
>>96633235In fiction and games there needs to be tension for anyone to care. If your character faces no worthy enemies or has any struggles he doesn’t grow or do anything interesting. In my games it’s understood PCs often die when the party makes mistakes. I expect the players to make PCs with this understanding. You are a hero that doesn’t mean you’re invincible or the bestest evar.
>>96633419I have the monster vault tokens and make my own using magnets and epoxy https://youtu.be/LBZPi4oKlCQ?si=0znh3PO6z4d-iGuzYou can easily print whatever you want and use the same method. My wife also nicked them from my office and put them on the fridge as magnets.
>>96633301You do get one expertise so you could get Perception or Survival at level 2. Then at level 9 you get Expertise for 2 more skills. You could get the other one you didn't pick up at level 2 then you might be able to get expertise in an INT skill that references something your PC hunts or tracks or would be most knowledgeable on:>Arcana (Aberrations, Constructs, Elementals, Fey, and Monstrosities)>History (Giants and Humanoids)>Nature (Beasts, Dragons, Oozes, and Plants)>Religion (Celestials, Fiends, and Undead)
>>96633465Tokens are neat but I like being able to show the whole character, especially for important characters like strahdBut for zombies or skeletons and whatnot yeah, tokens are probably easier to store around en mass and throw onto the table
>>96633433what a boring soulless statblock
>>96633488I think you ask for too much, but i'll bite, what more does it need?
>>96633484I can understand that. For me standees are harder to use because from the front, or back if you add a back, it looks fine but for anyone on the side it’s just a bunch of nonsense. For a group game like dnd I’d prefer something easily seen from all angles.I got some nice standees from skinny minis though for wargames.
>>96633235>How do you guys take the idea of your character possibly being shat on by the narrative?>I'm sure at least some of you guys had similar problems, so maybe you have some advice to share?Let go. Stop caring about your character, and start caring about the story they are in. As a player, I do want my character to survive, but I care about the other players characters just as much as my own and why I gravitate to support. But the story moving forward and finding out what happens, and what your character did to influence it is what i've learned can help.But if the story sucks, then I can understand caring more about your own character.
>>96633519why would the story sucking make you care more about your character rather than less?
>>96633543If there is nothing to care about (because th story sucks) then the only thing to care about is yourself.
>>96633554no, because the character isnt real
>>96633554If you aren't having fun with the story, be it for your character or the other characters or the overall narrative or the story you and your group is crafting together- why are you playing at that table? No D&D is better than bad D&D.
>>96633554You're part of the problem.
>>96633567But you are playing the character, and everything you do like progression, is tied to it. Its why people are ok with a favorite character dying in a good book or show but pissed and stop reading/watching when they die off in a bad book/show.>>96633581some people just like combat.>>96633587ok.
>>96633504>I think you ask for too much, but i'll bite, what more does it need?brotherit has literally nothing interesting, different, or synergistic. It's just a block of big numbers. Oh, sorry, it actually has one weird thing, the charm on hit - and it's fucking retarded, because it doesn't make any sense to have a clearly supernatural ability tied to a weapon hit, even reflavored as "awestruck". Sorry, being "awestruck" doesnt make you suddenly suicidal. This kind of ability would only ever be acceptable on some uber-fey themed after charms or beauty, like a nymph, not a fucking humanoid pirate. And poison? when you think pirate do you really think "poisoned blade"? The rest, a 1/day leader thing and the most boring reaction of all time... Just wotc being lazywhat should it have? stuff that fits the theme, offers interesting synergies and combos, and makes the fight fun.for example: It could have some ability that sets up switching between weapon and pistol, like anytime it hits with pistol, the next scimitar attack on same enemy has advantage, or vice versaor maybe instead of a boring pistol that is just dmg, it could have a blunderbuss with aoe effect, or deafen, or blind, or even frighten (because fear condition unlike charm is acceptable to model non-supernatural fear)if we wanted to go the roguish leader type, it should have more abilities to direct other pirates directly, rather than that 1/day advantage. removing the admiral from the fight should significantly weaken the other pirates, and it should buff them while he's there. if he's agile mariner on deck, he should have stuff to do with disengaging, extra movement, evasion, etc.finally he should have a "lair" on the deck of his ship, with legendary actions or lair actions related to waves crashing, sails swiping accross the deck, the ship listing, etc
>>96633589>progressionI'm actually going to pivot my position to "you might not understand what a good story looks like"
>>96633589>some people just like combat.I suppose, it's just going to a 4+ hour game which devolves into a combat simulator (or at least the only part you care about) sounds unfun? You could be playing a video game with your pals instead. I suppose you get the benefit of roleplaying in combat, but it really depends on how much of that is even happening or mattering at the table.
>>96633612>I suppose, it's just going to a 4+ hour game which devolves into a combat simulator (or at least the only part you care about) sounds unfun? You could be playing a video game with your pals instead.You have to understand you share this hobby with people who have zero (0) creativity.
>writing loregreat days every day>writing and drawing charactersmy favorite>making mapsim going to fucking kill myself
>>96633600>>96633504MM25 pirates don't even have the passives GoS pirates had because WoTC decided to remove ANY flavor and only keep video game shit.
>>96633600Did you forget this is a 5e stat block?
>>966336465e has nothing to do with it, WoTC is the problem. Here's a perfectly simple, flavorful, interesting statblock.
>>96633638Personally I use dungeon alchemist and just steal other people's designs then edit them. It's not like I'm using them for anything but personal use.
Yeah I'm going to go with paper minis, I think they will look alrightWhile we are at it, what Strahd should I use? I am unsure about the two at the bottom left. The right one is the art I like more of him, but the one on the left looks more appropriate for a miniature to move around in combatI guess I could use right until they fight with him and then pop up left
>>96633638I just use RPG Maker to draw up the map and then export it as an image file. Pretty easy.
>>96633752I used the right Strahd throughout. It was fine. Here is the art I used for Ireena.
>>96633841With black hair. I don't expect you'll use it as it's not a full body shot but idgaf use AI to expand it.
>>96633844>>96633841Not bad, but I have this cutie for Ireena I am ok with not always having a full body though, for example Arabelle in my pic.
>>96633884She usually dies her hair black. Do you have one with black hair too?
>>96633886Oh fuggI didn't remember thatI'll have to do it with GIMP, I have 3 days so it's fine
>Session today>New campaign>character concept is my character shares his body with another being to explain his class abilities>put 0 thought in how to roleplay it until just nowWhat do you guys think the most fun way to go about this is? Have the them refer to themselves in the plural and act like they're in symbiosis, like Venom? Have them switch between who's talking/in control constantly? Have only one of them be in control and the other only exists in their head, silent to the other players? Lot of options here, I'm rather torn.
>>96634132I’d find switching most fun myself. Without telling the other players at first preferably so they just think he’s a wacko.
>>96633892Here's my Esmerelda too if anyone is interested. One of my players rage quit because I made her white. No big loss.
>>96634132im playing a similar character and every week i do a roll to see whos in charge. 16+ and its the patron, 6-15 and its sort of a mixed bag relative to the result, then 1-5 and its the guy. its a fun way to mix it up especially since the others dont know his full deal yet
>>96634151>One of my players rage quit because I made her whiteI play with IRL friends so thankfully we are all on the same page.One of them made his bard bisexual so as retaliation all other players made their characters homophobic. Now the bard hides his lust lest he be stoned to death.However my Ezmeralda will still be a gyppo.
>>96634226He was a friend of a friend. He didn't come to half the sessions anyways and was a vegan so a deeply retarded cunt. I haven't spoken to him in years now and doubt I will again.Here's the AI slop I used for beast Strahd.
