Rusty Spear Edition>2024 Core Rulebookshttps://mega(dot)nz/folder/d2ohSCSL#5HnqSMJncr9Queh8KDzbSQ>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/>Resources:https://pastebin.com/X1TFNxckPrevious thread: >>97895985>TQDo your enemies ever use the magic items from the dungeon or do they just sit in a chest somewhere instead?
>>97910452They mostly use what's available to them. If there's a +2 sword, some goblin tribal defender is definitely using it
I've been thinking about classes to practically uae Scorching Ray with Spirit Shroud.The only ones that come to mind are the gishes like Fiend Warlock and Bladesinger. Are there options that I'm missing?
>>97910452Depends, mooks don't, strong mooks might have items that are meant as valuables, elites or bosses might carry magic items from time to time but it's actually a lot more effort to run it as such, so as I said, from time to time. If I were to approximate, in my last 10 sessions it maybe occured twice.
>>97910555I had an enemy use a Vorpal sword once. You better believe he chopped someone's head off.
>>97910587Well if it comes to that, when running 3.5 epic level campaign I made a spear that turned any hit into critical hit, but the players had to pry it off the cold dead hands of the original demigod user after being thoroughly skewered. Honestly, I should reuse this concept.
>>97910633>its a simple spear>auto critIf I don't think about the munchkiny ramifications of having a weapon that can auto-crit and having to fight off some log-dead motherfucker who gained boss status from a doing too much damageThat sounds rad as fuck.
rangers that are cute should get extra favored foes
>>97910898Favored Enemy (My Prostate)
>>97910853What's so great about an extra D6 damage?Had a game where someone got a 2D8 longsword at level 5~ and it was fine. Character wasn't optimized for damage but I don't know how much you can optimize 1 handed weapon damage in the first place.
What's the scariest thing your groups have ever encountered in the woods?
>>97911409This thing TPK'ed us. We were low level.
>>97911412Meant for>>97911285
What monsters are good for a cult of Juiblex besides demons and oozes? Already used the venom troll, anda lot of homebrew cultists and oozes including a prismatic ooze. Any other non-ooze non-demon monsters that'd be good?
>>97911476Infected gnolls with rabies.
I'm so sick of my DM bailing out on a super committed party.
>>97911476otyugh maybeit's kinda hard to add more to it without removing from others
>>97911505On i assume this is on discord
>>97911511Yeah.I did IRL stuff a while ago, but we do Discord w/ webcams. My rentoid and I play with a combo of IRL friends and online.
>>97911505>>97911513He probably just doesn't want to deal with your fursona, and you're failing to take the hint, because furries never do.
>>97911518Nah, they love my snek guy and Aussie accent
>>97911476Carrion Crawlers and Rot Grubs come to mind, for being things that feast on corpses. Wererats could be another one, or just giant rats in general. Most monsters that you could find in a big sewer dungeon sort of apply here.Another category could be Troglodytes or similar gross monsters that have the Stench trait. The Catoblepas would be a notable one there. Shapeshifters as a whole could be another category. That ties into wererats like before, but Mimics are another one that tie well into the how much acid/poison gets thrown around. Yuan-ti might actually have an angle there as well, where some of them can turn into snakes and they like poison. Mummies are another that come to mind with how they're often associated with plagues and curses, although it might fit more with bog mummies rather than the typical Egyptian kind. The existence of the Oblex does open up some angles for some smarter oozes that specifically attack minds and memories, and so you could probably homebrew a sort of parasitic ooze that latches onto creatures to hijack, control, and slowly dissolve them. That basically gives you some leeway to toss in some wild cards. Or even a plot where the cultists aim to get those parasitic oozes onto a Black Dragon, since it can't be dissolved, and so they can control it in the long-term.
>want to brew>homebrew community is so dead it just feels pointless>can't even enjoy it solo because of my anhedoniagod I need to kms
>>97896901 hereJust wanted to give an update for this poor guy>>97896048Sorry for the delay, it was both a more involved project than I initially expected and more impactfully, I lost internet for a day due to a big storm, couldn't work on jackshit.Figured out how to eliminate duplicates. Now technically works for everything but Wizard (which may need its own because spellbook is weird), though it's currently approximating the prep with spell slots, which is close it's what MM2014 did for all its monsters, but it's not technically right. Should be fine if you're in a big time crunch though.Except warlock, which is being approximated with wild guessing, i have no idea what a reasonable spell level allocation is for warlock, I just assume it should trend very high given their slots upscale. It's rules valid at every level, I just don't know if it's sane.I'll hopefully finish up tomorrow or the next day.https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Dn0iyZxVNsLIGm8WLM3Pci5abYq7Hq66dpypbK5HNWo/edit?usp=sharing
>>97911164Oh you sweet summer child, the other poster specified D&D 3.5. In that edition, criticals multiply modifiers in addition to the weapon's base damage dice, and spears have a x3 modifier baseline, so an autocritting spear is dealing almost 3x the damage of a regular weapon, in addition to triggering anything which only functions on a critical.
>>97910452>be low soldier/guardsman, only allowed to wear cheap weapons>die and get ressurected as dungeon mob>pre-death habit to wear cheap weapons still continueBlame the ressurection spell, they never were allowed to evolve.
>>97910452I get that guardians/minions are programmed not to or fearful to touch sacred chests, like goblins in the hobbit being fearful of elven blades-type thing, it's like what's holy is cursed for them. Still, it's unironically good advice to kit out the enemies with more loot. Fighting a firesword-wielding skeleton lord and then grabbing it from his remains and wielding it yourself is probably more rewarding than finding it in a chest behind him.
>>97910452>cleric pala for divine, wizard ek for arcane >...ranger druid for nature>aaaah, I'm going insaaaane, this is completely unthinkable, what could possibly be the purpose of this class what niche is it filling aaah, we need to discuss this great mystery in detail in hundreds of post every other thread save me niggermaaaanyou guys are silly
>>97912205This but unironically. Druid does everything a range does because wildshape makes them better in melee and spells make them better at range.
>>97910452Hey, GMs here, what do you guys think of Tasha's sidekicks? I like the idea of a pet animal that can speak languages and use spellcasting. A bit like Drizzst and his panther, but more magical.
Path of the beast barb natural weapons attacks can be used with dex? I can't find anything on the matter anywhere
>>97912205one of the strengths of 5e being the greatest tabletop rpg as the box covers tells us, is that you have a million subclasses to fill most every niche. If you want to be a paladin but you feel the mechanics of the warlock feel better to what you're trying to accomplish, then maybe a pact blade celestial warlock is what you're looking for. The same is true of ranger, we really only need a spelless survivalist fighter subclass to get 90% of people mad about the ranger to shut up, it's a wonder they haven't made one yet, rogue has scout after all.
>>97911285It still lingers in my mind at different games years later, but a sapient diretoad warlock called the frog lord and a very big diretoad he commanded. The giant toad had still living people being digested in its mouth, and the ambience of forest night and muffled screams he played with the bot was really good to set the mood.It was a terrifying image but it made for a cool boss battle for the whole session. And after that my friend told me where he got the inspiration from. It's no skinwalker or wendigo or other unbelievable monster, but I actually appreciated the scary creature to be "REALLY REALLY Big animal" and we're on the menu.
>>97912228They cannot, because they're not finesse unarmed weapons.Monk can use dex for unarmed because Monk says you can. Since beast barb doesn't say you can, you can't.
>>97912490Frogs and pelicans would be terrifying if we were small enough for them to be able to feed on us. They're essentially living mouths. The pelican has the added bonus of being able to attack from the sky.
>>97910524Just use Spirit Guardians
>>97912495Aren't natural weapons considered simple weapons making them eligible as monk weapons?
Guys, new to Foundry VTTHow does one acquire all 5e content, including Tasha's with piracy?
>>97912761Get on your knees
>>97912761link in the OP to the 5e of the tools, scroll down a bit / look for the words 'use foundry?'
I took my own crack at trying to fix it. BG3 did help at least give a great idea on how to do it, and then I just rewrote a few other parts improving it. I think I made a playable PHB 2014 Rangerhttps://docs.google.com/document/d/16xuFKFaDJX6on1uST1AQE-DoxELZ-fqarCoECVlD0FM/edit?usp=sharingThoughts?
>>97912828Woof
>>97912707Theoretically yes, a monk/barb multiclass would get buffs to their beast form's unarmed attacks. But beast barb alone (what the question implied) would not be able to use unarmed attacks with dexterity, as they're not finesse weapons.
Is there a point where it's worth it to take a level in Monk so that my Valor Bard can use a Spear with Dex, or am I better off using an actual finesse weapon? I like the flavor of a spear more but don't want to fall behind too much.
>>97913158Genuinely just take eldritch adept and grab pact of the blade so you can use charisma instead. It'll hurt your build significantly less, since you're already a bard.
