>>98060714
>Should women get -4 strength unless there's some sort of magical reason they'd be as strong as a man?
You'd probably be better off just changing the cap instead of having it as an initial modifier. Similar case for racial penalties. 5e doesn't really give out high enough starting scores to account for any major flat penalty like that, but simply making it so a character could only get 19 Strength instead of 20 doesn't change anything until later in the game.

Doubly so if you're not rolling for scores, because then there isn't even a bell curve argument to be had.

>>98060714
>tq
if no boon, then no bane
also, strong women are hot so i think not

The gnomes are watching.

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>>98060714
Female humans can choose to exchange up to 4 of their starting STR for CHA up to the cap, male humans can do the reverse, simple as.

>Level 20 campaign
>Finished the last session in the middle of combat
>It's looking really bad for them
>The wizard is out of spellslots and staff of magi spells
>The barbarian and warlord are both below 20 hp
>The druid has a wildshape, but nothing else
>In terms of opposition, they still have a couple of sarrukhs to deal with, I'm confident they can kill them, although they may lose one of their melee guys in the process
>But I was also planning one of the enemies to transform into a CR15 monster with over 200hp and +10 attack bonus
I'm worried that this might be the end for them. Then again, it's a single CR15 monster. Surely he's not that big of a deal?
Should I go easy on them and just skip the transformation or not...

>>98060779
>Should I go easy on them and just skip the transformation or not...
No mercy

>TQ
Anyone who would want that can simply assign their lowest rolled stat to STR or take points from STR to put into other stats with point buy.

>>98060757
Why not the ability to change STR and/or CON for DEX and/or CHA?
Although every Warlock would be female

>>98060714
>>98060888
>Should women get -4 strength unless there's some sort of magical reason they'd be as strong as a man?
IMO.
>Give up -4 STR for +3 divided any way you choose among your mental saves

+3 to WIS saves, +1 to each save, +2 to CHA and +1 to INT save, etc.

All these weird ideas for women. They’re bad leaders so should have lower cha, they’re dumb so should have lower int, and they’re make absolutely awful decisions so should have lower wis. Maybe they should just get -1 across the board. And don’t even get me started on the blacks.

>>98061018
that's a lot of words to say that you're a homosexual and you prefer the company of men

>>98060755
Please tell me she doesn't shave.

>>98061068
I wish I was a homosexual then I could literally never be around cunts. I only spend enough time around whores until I get to cum in them then I ditch them.

>>98061109
>I wish I was gay
i could tell btw

>>98061117
>t. Triggered femoid

>>98061117
kek, gottem

>>98061109
Internet tough guy.

>>98061018
>They’re bad leaders so should have lower cha

>every female spy ever

>>98060735
Modifying max scores based off of racial modifiers is a really fun idea thank you anon.

>>98061312
Cheers anon. It is something that I recall was a thing back in very early editions, though I think it translates well to 5e due to ability scores being rather compressed.
In some ways it does a better job than initial bonuses or penalties, because it means that the strongest Orc can have higher Strength than the strongest halfing, instead of both of them just capping at 20 with the Orc getting a headstart.

>>98061109
Have you considered getting a high quality sex doll?

It's cheaper over time and you don't have to deal with the personality.

>half the party choose to go melee
>can't blast unless I specifically build to avoid griefing them (and i'm bored of blasting)
>most control spells hinder them
>can't play cleric because one player is paladin and another dipped cleric
>don't want to play a martial
>dm banned artificer

I'm starting to debate bailing just because the party comp sucks

>>98061448
Bard and warlock have some solid single target control spells

>>98061448
>most control spells hinder them
how, they running into web or your walls of fire or some shit?

>>98061475
Or spike growth or fog cloud or darkness or hunger of hadar or plant growth or sleet storm or...

A thought experiment for knowledgeable and powergamer anons who are into it:
considering most if not all official 5e campaigns are designed for parties of a certain size, if you had to build a single character to try and face such a campaign alone, however difficult or even impossible it could be, how would you go about your build, hypothetically?

A few considerations:
>preferably 5.5/2024, but arguments could be made for 5.0/2014 if the build is cool/OP enough (looking at you, hexblade dip)
>no need to specify all build details, just the broad idea and highlights are fine
>obviously not all campaigns are equally tough, feel free to focus on one or a few if relevant for the build, any relevant homebrew campaigns are also fair game
>circumventing encounters successfully (for ex. using enchantments, rushing or sneaking in and out doing the quest without killing anyone, among other possibilities) counts as defeating the necessary enemies when relevant (and possible) for XP rewards (except when the fight is absolutely essential to the plot), so builds focused on that could work
>with encounters or CRs staying the same, the XP reward is the same even if funneled into one character, so level advancement would be quicker
>same goes for treasure and rewards
>preferably no sidekicks or NPC help, at least most of the time
>familiars, steeds, pets and class-based minions such as undead, constructs or summoning spells are fair game, magic items too if reasonable
>when possible, preparation and downtime could be arbitrarily long within reason (so gathering information and stocking up on buffs/potions is as viable as it could be)
>no hard limit for frequency of short rests within reason


It may all be impossible as it goes against the creators' intent and balancing (Action Economy and all), but I suspect that the right amount of caution, optimization and perhaps luck (Luck?) might have a chance of working even if only in a few campaigns.


>TQ
8 is reasonable for an adventuress

>>98061514
There's entire YouTube channels dedicated to this question

>>98061514
>with encounters or CRs staying the same, the XP reward is the same even if funneled into one character, so level advancement would be quicker
This is probably the most impactful assumption. A lot of adventure modules just state 'each character gains X experience' or 'each character gains a level' instead of having the DM calculate.

For example, the initial section of Lost Mines (getting to the entrance of the goblin caves) is 75 xp per character, but the ambush of 4 goblins is 200 total xp. If you can kill the 2 goblins outside the entrance, then that's already level 2 before you've step foot in the first dungeon.

That means that the key point is probably just going to be what you do for 1st level where you won't yet have the level advantage.
And looking strictly at 2024 I could see the answer actually ending up as something weird, like taking a single level in Barbarian before moving over to a full caster.
Pointbuy can get you 16 14 12 8 16 8, taking Tough as an Origin feat gives you 15 HP at level 1. Functionally doubled to 30 while raging, and because it lasts 10 minutes if you maintain it with a Bonus action and refreshes on a short rest, you can use it early and often to brute-force your way through enough low-level encounters to gain a level.
From there, you start going Druid from level 2 onward. Find Familiar and Wildshape to scout, eventually go Moon Druid so you can turn into a beast while raging, and you gradually get better spells. Eventually because you're leveling up faster than a party normally would, you'll reach a tipping point where you have spells the module simply wasn't designed for. Druid is also a prepared caster, so you can scout out in beast form and adjust your spells towards what you need.

Race choice should probably just be whatever gives you the best resistances towards whatever's common in the module. Or potentially just Human so you can grab Crafter and the Arcana skill for making magic items in the long run.

Reposted because I failed at leaving enough space between quotes.

>>98061524
Was not aware of that. Such channels unfortunately never showed up upon research.
Could you point in the direction of such content regarding solo builds facing stuff designed for average parties of 4+ players, please?


>>98061684
Makes sense. I suppose we could assume proper sum XP calculations for the encounter are made and then rewarded to the single mad bro.
Multiple foes will really have the Action Economy and usually statistics (for hitting, crits etc.) working to their advantage, so the inherently increased difficulty of most encounters would not make it that unfair to reward our hero proportionally, I think.
I'd have to check how many levels above the expected he would be at any given time to see if it could get seriously too OP (i. e. like being lvl 17 when the party would be lvl 10 - but my rough guess is that the difference in level wouldn't be so extreme).

That seems like a solid build idea.
I've played with the idea of having a Chainlock Familiar scout ahead invisibly (and carefully) and then use all the gained info to one's advantage as much as possible, with summons from spells and magic items helping out in the Action Economy further in the career.
Your Barbarian 1 Moon Druid X take, however, seems very promising in the way it brute forces the low Hitpoint issue at lower levels (as like you alluded to a well placed shot or critical can definitely down a low level character).
Indeed many races would bring nice boons and the Human's extra Origin Feat could be very strategic - I for example really like Magic Initiate or Alert.
On that note, wouldn't making magic items in the long run be doable without Crafter, considering proper proficiencies and/or a (Common) Manyfold Tool (which of course would have to be obtained or crafted somehow)?

>>98061684
I think at the start of out of the abyss there's some narrative roleplaying and stuff then a Demon attack, and then you escape into the wilderness.

Plus, you can get a bunch of jabroni guys to help body block / tank hits and assist with shit off the start, and I don't think any of them are designed to take your EXP, when you escape there's like 150exp per player which is good (600) + the Vrock if you kill it for another 575 (level 3)

I'd pick rogue for thief, because i love them, and sneak around w/ alert, probably a wood elf for dark vision and move speed and just kite / hide / climb around to avoid things

>>98061775
>I'd have to check how many levels above the expected he would be at any given time to see if it could get seriously too OP (i. e. like being lvl 17 when the party would be lvl 10 - but my rough guess is that the difference in level wouldn't be so extreme).
My instinct would be that they might end up 2 levels ahead at most, depending on the exact makeup of encounters.

>I've played with the idea of having a Chainlock Familiar scout ahead invisibly
Chainlock was another thought I'd initially considered, since an Imp can be a powerhouse at level 1 without putting you at much risk. But the material component cost combined with still being a rather squishy Warlock made it seem more risky. Lost Mines was my initial thought, where even if you have the Imp ready to go, you're still too close to the goblins in the initial ambush to entirely avoid getting shot with arrows.

>On that note, wouldn't making magic items in the long run be doable without Crafter, considering proper proficiencies
It's the proper proficiencies which is an issue. Making any magic item requires Arcana proficiency and the tool in question. If you can customize backgrounds, it's not as bad of an issue, since you can just pick Arcana, Tinker's Tools (since Manifold tool should theoretically cover the rest for a 50 gp and 5 day upfront cost), alongside whichever feat you want.
The 2024 version of Alert just seems like a waste of time though, since all it gives you is a +2 to imitative because you don't have anyone to initiative swap with. Magic Initiate has some potential for the Warlock route, since you could grab Shield as a fallback while your Imp is doing all the work. Goliath could also be a way to patch that up in the short term, since you can probably nullify any low-level crits with Stone Endurance. And having 35 ft movespeed is useful if you need to retreat.

>>98061790
Yeah the sidekicks could perhaps be forgiven so as to survive the very dangerous early levels.
Thief is also neat because of the extra Attunement slot, which definitely comes in handy when you reach that level. Extra speed can help a LOT at early levels.
We have to account for boss fights further in the adventuring career, though. Maybe handpicked/crafted magic items and feats can help?

>>98061823
>>98061775
Yeah 2 levels ahead for tier 1 and early tier 2 seems reasonable.

I took a look at the XP per level table. For that lvl 10 example:
>each character XP at level 10 is 64,000
>for a party of 4-5 the XP total would be 255,000 - 320,000
If the solo character has being having success and has been awarded proportionally up until the point were a normal party would be lvl 10, that would place him at lvl 17-19.
Which is kind of insane. But, considering the CR to level relationship, being above in level for multiple levels might reduce a bit how much XP he would most likely be getting in comparison to a properly levelled party for each encounter. That would tone it down a bit, but probably not that much, so there is indeed a tipping point of power as you mentioned.

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>>98061514
Glomstalker
>You gain Darkvision with a range of 60 feet. If you already have Darkvision when you gain this feature, its range increases by 60 feet.
>You are also adept at evading creatures that rely on Darkvision.
>While entirely in Darkness, you have the Invisible condition to any creature that relies on Darkvision to see you in that Darkness.

As long as you put out lights, anyone without darkvision can't see you; anyone with darkvision, you are invisible to. Combined with pic related, you become a Skyrim stealth archer. It is the safest way to play a solo campaign. The next must-have item would probably be a ring of non-detection.

>>98061823
>you're still too close to the goblins in the initial ambush to entirely avoid getting shot with arrows
Yep goblins can be extremely dangerous for level 1 characters and Warlocks are rather squishy, specially in the start (can confirm, kek).

What I like about Alert is you can swap Initiative with your Familiar essentially giving you Advantage in it, as going first can be important when solo.
As a nice bonus: the 2024 Druid can now have a longer lasting Familiar (until end of next Long Rest) than back in 2014 (Wild Shape duration) at the cost of basically a Short Rest to restore the expended Wild Shape (so as not to spend a spell slot instead).

Shield can be incredible indeed.
Also for those who don't have them Magic Initiate can provide Healing Word and Guidance
Goliath can be very neat with the extra speed and Stone Endurance; and if not that their 'Misty Step' that doesn't count as spell can also be useful.

>customize backgrounds
Well remembered. I suppose a build could make use of them if needed, as custom backgrounds are within the balance of the game AFAIK
But yes Crafter can fill that tool proficiency void if needed for sure.

There are also a few rather powerful Dragonmark 'Origin' feats too if Eberron.
One that is often overlooked and can be very useful for a few builds: Mark of Warding that provides Nystul's Magic Aura (for impersonating builds, like with Changeling, Mask of Many Faces or Master Of Myriad Forms) and Glyph of Warding for those who don't have them and need them.
Starting at Tier 2, having access to Glyph of Warding, a Portable Hole, enough time and (many) resources allows for some insane stacking of non-concentrating Concentration buffs that can be reserved for extremely difficult situations.


>>98061914
Intriguing. Would work very well in dungeons and wherever you could put out the lights
It would be nice to have a backup plan for illuminated situations.

>>98061790
Rogue doesn't seem like the worst choice for OotA, at least early. There's plenty of poison and hand crossbows around to take advantage of.

>>98061897
Doing the math does make me think I've underestimated just how much XP you'd get, though if the GM starts to cap or cut how much you get, that does complicate matters.
To use Lost Mines as an example again, in addition to hitting level 2 before the goblin cave, you hit level 3 when you clear it, and by the time you're done with the Redbrand hideout you're almost level 5.
Though again, you are doing the work of an entire party, so in some ways it's probably necessary. It's not really fundamentally different from how a party of 3 would level faster than a party of 5.

>>98061765
>>98061908
>>98061920
>>98061930
What is this new autism meta?

>>98061934
>Would work very well in dungeons and wherever you could put out the lights.
or just at night. During the day you can still hide in shadows because dim light is light obscuration. Even the outer 20 ft. of a torch is dim light, so a human holding a torch 25ft away from you won't spot you, but a goblin will because he treats that dim light as bright light, and your Ubral sight stops making you invisible.

>>98061942
All things combined, Rogues can do some serious damage with well placed hits.
Would only be nicer if there was a way to try and improve hits and crits statistically without multiple attacks or multiple spell rolls. That is not necessary, but helps a lot.

Interesting. I too had underestimated how much above level one could get at the mid levels, but indeed that might be necessary to survive the disadvantage in Action Economy. Getting swarmed can be very overwhelming even if not in melee.


>>98061968
Kek, if you refer to the deleted posts, for some reason my placement of empty lines was getting crazy upon posting. Aiming at clarity, specially between quoted posts and replies, I reposted.
And yes if one can presumably keep their adventuring to night time it can work splendidly for the Gloom Stalker.

(Alright gonna crash, thank you mates for the thorough responses so far.)

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reposting, because gnome gnirls

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>>98062085
One more gnome for the road.

>>98062085
Got a gnome fighter? Preferably with sword and board.

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>>98062230

If my WoW account were active and I had it installed, I could hop on a character and take pictures, but this is the best for now.

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>>98062230
Here's another, but I think I'll have to restart the Ai, as it's forgetting the artyle I originally set.

oh well.

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one more bonus.

>its 2am
fuuck.

>>98062287
Thanks anon, will use it.

>>98062085
Can a human breed a gnome?

>>98062429
Only if their penis is small enough. A large penis’d man would struggle. They have to consult a doctor first. It’s a good chance for a human with a smaller or average penis to pleasure a woman in a way they couldn’t with their own race. Some human men specifically are interested in gnome women for this very reason. It makes them feel less inadequate.

>>98062434
But could the mating produce a viable offspring?

>>98062519
Depends on the setting. For example in Mystara the race of the child matches the mother regardless of the father's race. That's probably easier for the gnome mother because they won't have some gigantic baby to push out.

Traps/hazards for a hag's lair. The hag isn't present but might have left some surprises for unwary explorers.

>Enhanced Unarmed Strike: When you hit with your Unarmed Strike and deal damage, you can deal Bludgeoning damage equal to 1d4 plus your Strength modifier instead of the normal damage of an Unarmed Strike. In addition, you may choose to deal this damage without the Strength modifier as a Bonus action if you have used your previous Action to attack with a Light weapon and you are not already wielding another weapon in your off hand.

Is this too much of a buff? My rogue wanted to know why he couldn't use the Light extra attack with his fist as a Tavern Brawler. I let him do it in the moment and RAW I should not have, but it seems logical to allow it.

>>98062434
Ah. So now we finally find out why anon is so obsessed with gnomes.

>>98062543
>For example in Mystara the race of the child matches the mother regardless of the father's race.
Like pokemon?

>>98063021
Light isn't just about weight, it's about ease of use.

A dagger moves fast and as a bladed weapon, leaves an injury easily. Even a grazing strike will draw blood.

Speaking as a former 3rd degree black belt in Taekwondo, unarmed strikes do not leave an injury easily. The number of people killed by a single punch, but untrained . To get results out of unarmed strikes you have to pick your shots well, land them where you wanted them despite enemy interference, and put your whole body weight behind it through stance shifting. Board breaking is used not just for flash but as a test of proper technique, at least under controlled circumstances. A minor bone in the human body breaks under the same circumstances as a board, major bone for 2 boards stacked, 3 bones stacked is the big thick ones like femur. But if you're not doing it right, you'll bounce off the board like a tennis ball with nothing to show for it but a painfully swollen hand or foot or forearm. Number one reason for failure, because by the time you're breaking you should have the technique down family solid, is lack of commit. In fact even printer paper won't break without the commit. And nothing you have to full body commit to to get anything done with should be light.

Unless, of course, magic is real and you've spent years cultivating your chi control and learning to sense it's flow in others, so now you're a mystic doing dim mak gentle fist monk shit. Then you obviously don't have to full body commit, just a finger jab infused with your mojo in a very specific nerve cluster is lethally debilitating. You could probably even sneak in TWO extra bonus action unarmed strikes doing it like that, if you also used your chi powers for a little low level superspeed.

>>98063144
>The number of people killed by a single punch, by untrained
*combatants is practically nil.

What kind of defense feats are very useful for a fighter? I don't use a shield but use heavy armor. I was considering heavy armor master but it says its attacks only. So imagine spells would still blow me the fuck away right? I am not well versed in the game. My character also has very low dex so I was actually considering trying to find a feat that might better protect me from spells that make me do Dex saves or something.

>>98063539
what type of fighter are you and what level are you?

>>98062429
Easily.

>>98063614
champion fighter. Level 6. Usually use a two handed weapon. However, lately I have been using a one handed +1 sword I found and a free hand for grappling etc.

>>98062085
>>98062429
Even if not the lewd thread, this can be relevant for D&D unironically as interspecies couples like these, albeit rarely, certainly do happen.
Usually as >>98062434 pointed out smaller members will fit better in gnome women.
But there are real life women who can fit very large dildos inside their pussies, sometimes even ogre sized ones, likely after extensive training. Could also be a bit genetics dependant as there are smaller and bigger vaginal canals, but where there is will and patience to spare, normal or even endowed human men could plausibly fit inside gnome female partners.

>>98063539
It may seem plain, but Lucky (a very nice addition to any build actually) will help out a lot in those cases of bad rolls against powerful enemy spells. The good thing is that it is very versatile in working in many different types of cases.
If you really wish to focus on the Dex issue you mentioned, Resilient - Dexterity will add your Proficiency Bonus to Dex Saves and increase you Dex one bit, which is always neat, but Lucky may be more impactful overall for most cases.

>>98061448
Bard? Great Invisibility and Animate Objects are solid uses of concentration, and if you have greater invis you can buff whatever the Most Magical Melee Girl is to great effect. Bardic Inspiration is no joke either.

Also any build involving a long bow seems like it will be cool with that group.

>>98063795
shield master isn't awful for a 1 handed weapon build, boosts your dex saves with the ability and gives the free bash on your turns for the loss of grapple. (+2 ac while using the shield)

mage slayer for other saves.

resilient: stat if you're desperate but mage slayer is 100% better

Defense the fighting style feat if you just want a +1 or tough for HP.

Do you have any damaging feats like great weapon master or dual wielder? (depending on your DM and how they rule weapon juggling, people have argued for holding onto a shield while weapon swapping because it doesn't really call out for a specific 'hand' to attack but just different weapons)

>>98063075
Pokemon is like Mystara.

>>98063075
Mystara did it first, it predates Pokemon.

What is good third-party material for 5.5E only?
Not stuff from 2014’s 5E, but things made for the new edition sand its assumptions.

>>98065325
take a peak at 5e tools, you can inject a ton of homebrew like Drakkenheim and Grim Hollow and Kobold Press and other stuff.

>>98065325
The monster manual expanded has a 5.5e version. It's basically the same game though so most things will work fine with each other.

>>98065479
>take a peak
How the fuck do you expect someone to just walk off with a mountain?

Why did ents fail to become as popular as a playable race as other tolkienisms like “halflings” or dwarves or elves

>>98066197
Gygax made Treants as monsters only.
If Half Ogres had gained more traction between His and Moores’ Dragon articles and 2E Skills & Power (Half-Ogres are core there). We would have seen a greater design space for big characters with natural AC.

Spellcraft had not-Ents and I think they are perfectly doable.

>>98066197
>leshy from pf2e
also because being a treeman who spends all week talking about one topic isn't very adventurous, outside the push by the hobbits, they never really did much except afk and be treebois

Does Steel Wind Strike apply the effect from Yolande's Regal Presence to all five targets?

>>98066339
If they're within the emanation before or after you cast the spell.

>>98066404
This makes sense. Thank you

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>>98067314
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>>98067314
This looks so retarded.

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>>98062085
>>98062113
>>98062287
>>98062309
>>98062325
I'm a fan of Warcraft's lore for gnomes, ridiculous as it is (not really anything that came out in the last 10 years for modern)

>clockwork engineer golems
>meant to serve higher beings and run facorties that created earthen elemental creatures
>the race became victim of an old god whose whispers cannot reach those without free will
>infected with the curse of flesh, which sloely eroded their metal form
>the whirring gears in their bodies turned into soft flesh filled with organs
>they lost immortality and gained sapience (this is how dwarves and humans also came to be)

They're mechanically gifted and ultra-intelligent because it's literally in their DNA. They're small because their progenitor species was built to be non-combatants and non-laborers. And the funny part is that the curse of flesh was a blessing. But that's a whole other can of worms.

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>>98062519
Gnome can't have viable offspring with many races according to this table. Doesn't mean they can't in your setting though.

>>98067314
>>98067317
I can't decide whether this faggot or puckee is more of a faggot, one of them has photoshops kpop girls and the other cuck pays for slop art

>DM has started running Vecna: Eve of Ruin
>Allowed us to choose from new characters or characters who had completed campaigns
>I chose my Cleric (who I play more like a fighter) from Curse of Strahd, owns the Sunsword who the DM decided to upgrade into a relic and allows me to talk with Sergei Von Zarovich, killed Strahd and took Ireena back to a safe haven outside Barovia
>End of chapter 1, meet a vampire lady who wants money in exchange of information
>I proclaim that I have killed a vampire lord, Strahd
>DM starts getting excited and debating above table if he should do a huge reveal and rolled a nat 20 to do so
>Get pulled to the side and she shows me that all of my party members have been brutally murdered with "where is Ireena?" written with their own blood in their bodies and that he's back alive

I had no clue he would be back in this campaign, now it feels poetic that the character I chose is in it with this new plot point

>>98067632
Why are nymphs and dryads such gigantic sluts?

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>>98067903
It's from the book of erotic fantasy. Both the nymph and dryad in the 3.5 Monster Manual were definitely masturbated over a staggering number of times.

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Today I shall remind them

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>art for new Ravenloft book

Is this book going to actually be kino?

>>98068172
That guy sounds like a degenerate.

>>98068172
>>98068186
Ed is based af

Kind of want to give my Valor Bard a whipsword a la Ivy from Soul Calibur. Does such a weapon already exist or am I homebrewing it?

>>98068182
Idk ask again after showing some of the player options

>>98068902
The urumi is the closest you'll probably get.

>>98068182
It's modern WoTC they will find a way to fuck it up

>>98068932
This looks dope but I'm not finding any stat blocks for one. I'm thinking something like a +1 finesse martial weapon with 1d8 slashing damage and the ability to cast Thorn Whip with 3 or 4 charges daily.

Honest question, anons. Do you create a character based on the character archetype (like... a character with a specific backstory) you want to make, or on the mechanics/build/subclass you want to play? Or both in different sessions?

>>98067626
Warcraft Gnomes are just stolen from Dragonlance.

>>98067626
>this is how dwarves and humans also came to be
Humans, not exactly. The Iron Vrykul developed the Curse of Flesh, then some time later the women started having tiny babies that were the first humans, who were taken to Tirisfal Glades to evade a "kill all the aberrations" order.

>>98069064
Dragonlance gnomes are dwarves that were transformed by the Graygem. Not really the same backstory at all.

>>98069101
NTA but didn´t the ancestors of the dwarves, gnomes and humans all get the curse of flesh at different times?

>>98062085
>>98062113
>>98062287
>>98062309
>>98062325

>no hats
ew

>>98069063
Depends on the game. In one of my games, I had the idea for the character archetype first (Human noble who wanted to become a military historian like her great uncle before her) and then figured out what would make that work mechanically (Valor Bard).

My DMPC in my other campaign is the opposite. I took a look at what my party needed mechanically, ended up with an Orc Druid with the Guard origin, and then worked backwards from that and my knowledge of the setting to make up a backstory.

>>98069113
Who knows? It's a mess of retcons applied to try to deepen the lore of a world that was originally just a ripoff of Warhammer.

Bardbarians

>>98069180
I felt like making a character who’s a humble farmer with magical powers, and a complete rookie when it comes to adventuring. I’ve decided on a Trickery Cleric who worships Tymora. The goddess feels more relaxed and free-spirited than the other gods a farmer would usually worship or know, and I think I’ve managed to create a backstory that blends the flavor of the subclass with the core idea: a generous, playful, adventure-loving guy who tries to trick bad luck and decides to venture beyond his comfort zone

>>98069476
https://aonprd.com/ClassDisplay.aspx?ItemName=Skald

>>98069476
Paladruids

>>98069476
Clerlocks

>>98069476
Rangerers

>>98066197
They're the size of a goddamn tree. You fuckin serious?

>>98067949
I always forget elves have those giant pupiled freaky alien eyes and high cheekbones.

You know if they were shorter, grey skinned, earless and bald, they'd be the spitting image of a grayylmao

>>98069476
Artifighters

>>98069476
Wizonk

>>98068182
Anon, stop getting your hopes up, it can only hurt you.

>>98069101
Technically correct.
>>98069113
Yes and no. Everyone got it at mostly the same time. Gnome and dwarf ancestors began succumbing to the curse and dived deep into the earth and came upon Uldaman, an ancient, abandoned facility created by god-like cosmic beings called Titans who created the gnome ancestor.

In order to prevent the infection, the dwarf ancestor, Earthen, went into hibernation, and the gnomes decided to stay and run the machines that would allow the hibernation of Earthen until a cure was found, sacrificing themselves.

So gnomes succumbed to the curse first and left Uldaman, forgetting a lot of the information about the titans and starting their civilization almost 500 years before the dwarves did. They came out of hibernation later, which explains the tech discrepancy between the two.

they later retconned some other sect of dwarf ancestors who were spit off from the main group and found magic juice that actually DID cure the curse and never shared it, but I haven't played that expansion.

Take this with a grain of salt, it's been a hot minute since I read up on warcraft lore.

>>98069063
Usually they inform the other and I ping pong back and forth until I have something fleshed out. I'll often start with a class I haven't played recently.

>>98070877
okey

>describe room, then npcs/monsters
>describe npcs/monsters, then room
which is better?

>>98070942
First. You have to set the scene before you introduce the players.

How are your campaigns going /5eg/? My party met a very nice librarian in an infinite eldritch library. Unfortunately most of the books are written in abyssal.

>>98071081
>Unfortunately most of the books are written in abyssal
Aw that's abysmal.

>>98070942
I always save the most noticeable or obvious feature of the room for last, as 90% of the time the players will be funneled towards interacting with that thing. This can be used for great effect if there is an ambush lying in wait and your players are used to you doing this, as they'll gloss over the detail that would have otherwise tipped them off that something was hinky.

>>98069063
I just pick one of the many cool ideas I have swirling around in my brain and try to make it work in character creation. Of course after considering what the other players want to play. I am also buddies with the DM and he always loves my ideas, because they always give him ideas for the world.

Like my thief character was raised in an orphanage, which would send the most talented kids to a secret school they have a deal with, where she would learn about assassination, thievery and infiltration. The school is funded by a wealthy Duke, who is secretly trying to overthrow the feudal order, but knows he has to use underhanded tactics to do it. He is using chaotic methods to ultimately do good. And my character fanatically shares that vision, because he is also her father figure, since she was one of the best spies the school ever produced.

As a new player with 2 other new players and an experienced DM, I can say my DM has learned at least one thing about: we are too dumb for his complex puzzles. My dumb ass would have eaten the key for one of them purely because it was made out of some kind of melted soul crystal and my character has taken a liking to eating magical rocks.

>>98071081
Our artificer used to be enslaved in the forges of Bel. Sabotaged some stuff, got given a death-sentence punishment he unexpectedly survived, setting up the irony that he has to willingly go back to the hells to do the adventure. Excellent backstory and character stuff.
He met Bel who said his punishment was meted out, here, have this free legendary infusion for your service that can shatter anything even the chains shackling and dooming Elturel wink wink but don't do that because it would make things bad for Zariel wink wink. Artificer: Wow this Bel guy is actually pretty reasonable.
They've decided the time is right to deal with the chains but as he breaks the first one he experiences a lot of necrotic damage backlash as oops did I forget to mention it uses your lifeforce? Don't worry, your life will be preserved exactly long enough to burn itself out destroying the last one.
Half are destroyed and he's missing well over half his max HP. The dice will determine what happens but it's looking like we might be farewelling a PC next session.
He doesn't like Bel quite as much anymore.

>>98071081
My level 5 party are planning to take on two CR 9 cloud giants. A TPK is likely. I told them literally
>Remember you can run
Last session. I'm not repeating myself.

>>98071973
>lv. 5
I believe in them.

>>98072009
It’s a random encounter so they can use all their spells. They also have a CR5 dude with them who’s leaving once they reach the next village. I still have my doubts though.

>>98071973
>2 monsters with 200 HP
Okay, that might be quite a lot for a level 5 party. They also do a lot of damage, so they'll probably knock the adventurers unconscious almost every time they get a chance to attack.
Maybe they can put them to sleep?
>Wisdom +7
No, that'll be difficult.
But I mean, nobody can know how the dice will roll. My level 5 character once killed a CR 6 monster single-handedly, without any help. Of course, that's nothing compared to a CR 9, especially when reviving for two more rounds makes a huge difference.

>>98072099
I’m planning to have the giants try to capture them. A storm giant queen is going to have a big party and they’ll be forced to take part in a death game while the giants watch. Haven’t decided what yet. Maybe a maze filled with monsters and traps like they’re a bunch of rats.

>>98072205
SNU SNU

Every day I mourn the True Polymorph nerf.