In this realm, your story is yours to tell.https://nitter.poast.org/Wizards_DnD/status/1978551451401036123
For a story-centric game the rulebook feels a bit on the thick side.
>>96766002The dragon has the right idea, gearing the fuck away from DnD as fast as it can.
They are correct
>>96766002Why isnt the beholder killing everyone for not being exactly the same as it.
>>96766002Reposting the same image for the third time and xitterposting for double faggotry
>>96766002The only offence I take to this image is the Beholder not currently ray of deathing everything in sight.
>>96766062I would too since >>96766078 you can see the beholder charging its primary disintegration eye
As the party celebrates successfully legalizing gay marriage, the necromancer completes his ritual and his immortal undead army conquers the world.
I'm not touching that fucking link. Explain in your own words what you're on about.
>>96766078Oneirothanatos, the Dream-Eater BeholderThe Oneirothanatos (Dream-Eater)***Overall Appearance:**At first glance, the Oneirothanatos resembles a classic beholder: a massive, floating orb of chitinous flesh with a large, central eye and ten writhing eyestalks. However, its coloration is subtly different. Instead of earthy tones, its hide is a shifting, pearlescent palette of opalescent white, shimmering lavender, and faint, hypnotic gold. Its great central eye doesn't hold malice, but a deep, swirling vortex of kaleidoscopic patterns, like a living opal. Its smaller eyes are not distinct orbs, but are made of solidified, crystalline light, each one pulsing with a soft, alluring glow.
They should really leave the roleplayed romances and rolling for butt penetration checks to the World of Darkness kids.
>>96766130>>96766141>>96766002>>96766332*The Spell: The Soporific Nexus**The beholder's dread central eye does not emit a ray of anti-magic, but instead projects a **Soporific Nexus**—a shimmering, dome-shaped field of energy that expands rapidly to engulf a vast area. The air within the Nexus shimmers like a heat haze, filled with the scent of ozone and forgotten, blissful memories.This spell is a masterful, layered weave of two devastating effects:**1. Mass Illusion (The Grand Mirage):**The Nexus does not create a single illusion, but rather acts as a canvas upon which the victims' own minds paint their deepest, most fervent desires. A warrior sees himself crowned emperor on a mountain of gold. A wizard experiences the moment of unlocking the universe's final secret. A lover is reunited with their soulmate. The illusions are perfect, seamless, and tailored with cruel, psychological precision. They are not just seen; they are felt, smelled, and tasted with absolute fidelity.**2. Euphoria Ray (The Blissful Surge):**Simultaneously, the enchanted atmosphere of the Nexus floods the senses with a neuro-magical euphoria. It is a wave of pure, undiluted ecstasy that courses through the body, overwhelming the nervous system. This is not a gentle happiness, but a violent, addictive rapture. Every touch feels like a lover's caress, every sound is a symphony, and the sight of their personal illusion becomes a religious experience.---### **The Mechanism of Slow Death: Overstimulation and Atrophy**The horror of the Soporific Nexus is not in immediate damage, but in a slow, insidious decay. The combination of perfect illusion and overwhelming euphoria creates a feedback loop of overstimulation from which there is no desire to escape.
>>96766344**The Process:*** **Addiction and Apathy:** The victim, experiencing the pinnacle of their existence, has no desire to move, eat, drink, or even blink. Why would they? Reality is a pale, worthless shadow compared to the paradise they inhabit. They stand or lie motionless, a beatific smile frozen on their face.* **Neurological Burnout:** The euphoria ray constantly fires the brain's pleasure centers at maximum capacity. Synapses fry under the relentless bliss. The mind, unable to sustain this peak, begins to short-circuit. Victims may start to twitch, their eyes flickering rapidly behind closed lids as their brain tries to process the impossible sensory load.* **Physical Atrophy:** As days pass, the body simply shuts down. Dehydration and starvation set in, but the victim feels no pain, only the continuing euphoria. Their muscles waste away, their skin grows pale and waxy. They do not struggle; they simply... fade.* **The Final Illusion:** The death itself is perceived within the illusion. The emperor's crown becomes impossibly heavy, crushing him in a blissful embrace. The wizard's ultimate secret becomes a blinding light that absorbs him. The lover's embrace becomes a warm, sinking feeling as they drift into eternal sleep together. The victim dies physically from neglect, but experientially, they die at the climax of their own perfect dream.
>>96766350Scene of an AttackA town square, frozen in time. Dozens of people stand or recline in poses of rapture. A blacksmith forever holds the perfect sword he just forged, his eyes wide with joy. Children laugh silently at phantasmal puppets. A guard captain stands at attention, saluting a phantom king. There is no sound but a faint, collective sigh of contentment and the low, resonant hum of the hovering Oneirothanatos. It floats slowly among them, its central eye pulsing, feeding on the psychic energy of their dying dreams, growing ever more vibrant as its victims grow ever more pale. It is a garden of blissful despair, tended by a master of delusion.
Oneirothanatos (Dream-Eater Beholder)*Large aberration, lawful evil***Armor Class** 18 (Natural Armor)**Hit Points** 180 (19d10 + 76)**Speed** 0 ft., fly 20 ft. (hover)| STR | DEX | CON | INT | WIS | CHA ||:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|| 10 (+0) | 14 (+2) | 18 (+4) | 17 (+3) | 15 (+2) | 19 (+4) |**Saving Throws** Int +8, Wis +7, Cha +9**Skills** Perception +12, Deception +9, Insight +7**Condition Immunities** Prone**Senses** Darkvision 120 ft., Passive Perception 22**Languages** Deep Speech, Undercommon, telepathy 120 ft.**Challenge** 16 (15,000 XP)**Proficiency Bonus** +5***Antimagic Cone.*** The Oneirothanatos's central eye creates a 150-foot cone of antimagic, as per the *antimagic field* spell. At the start of each of its turns, the beholder decides which way the cone faces and whether the eye is active. The eye works even if the beholder is blinded or unconscious. If the cone overlaps an area of magic, the area is suppressed, but the eye's effect is not canceled.***Dream-Eater's Aura.*** Any creature that starts its turn within 30 feet of the Oneirothanatos and can see it must succeed on a DC 17 Wisdom saving throw or be affected by the *Slow* spell for 1 minute. A creature that succeeds on this saving throw is immune to this aura for 24 hours.### Actions***Bite.*** *Melee Weapon Attack:* +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. *Hit:* 21 (4d10) piercing damage.***Soporific Nexus (Recharge 5-6).*** The Oneirothanatos activates its central eye, replacing the Antimagic Cone for one round. Each creature of the Oneirothanatos's choice in a 60-foot-radius sphere centered on itself must make a DC 17 Charisma saving throw.On a failed save, a creature is drawn into a perfect illusion of its greatest desire and subjected to overwhelming euphoria. The creature is **Incapacitated** and suffers from **Blissful Atrophy**.On a successful save, a creature is instead affected by the *Slow* spell for 1 minute.
>>96766365Hmm. It doesnt feel CR16. me and the boys could probably have taken it down at level 12 without too much trouble, maybe even lower if we all brought our best guys. I know a party of level 8 elven accuracy longbow fighters would bring it down in just a couple of rounds
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>>96766002Quit remaking this queer thread you fag.
>>96766002damn that is the weakest attempt at a rainbow I've ever seen. they didn't even try.
>>96766591Offscreen wizard is getting mugged and cast colour spray.
>>96766421its from the official page melty
>>96766002So this campaign is about descending into Hell, right?
>>96766002Brothers....ADND 2 or what?
>>96766002>DnD is for everyoneOkay here's my character.
>>96766002Once upon a time I held you down and ripped a long, reeking, greasy pepperoni fart down your throat.
>>96766002So is that collapsing tower in the background a 9/11 reference?
>>96767010Alright. just don't be weird about it and we can go.
Have we not all seen that picture a million times by now? What's the point of this thread?
>>96766002except for in all the adventure modules that might as well be movie scripts and fall apart the second you go off the rails
You know what the problem is with le epic taco and the faggot dwarfs with the hipster beard tats and the Mexican orcs? It emphasizes the fakeness of the whole thing. Who wants to pay good cash American to be reminded 'this is fake, don't get too immersed?' Who wants to sink money, free time, and thought into something that's just the same boring life they sleepwalk through to get to their leisure time, except with slightly fantastic people making the lattes? No one wants to go out in the world to work at Starbucks. It provokes no wonder. It causes no excitement. It asks nothing of interest.
>>96766002So this is what people do when they play D&D
>>96766002>Meanwhile, in a WotC design room.
Is there a non gay and retarded heroic fantasy game ?
