Phantasy Star 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/X1TFNxck>List of changes between 5e and 5.5ehttps://pastebin.com/p5jwkihkPrevious thread:>>98535517>TQDo you ever take inspiration from JRPGs and other Japanese media?>BTQNow that WoTC are explicitly bringing other IPs into D&D, what Japanese IPs would you want to see adapted?
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>>98563169>Now that WoTC are explicitly bringing other IPs into D&D, what Japanese IPs would you want to see adapted?I don't want WotC anywhere near any Japanese IP, are you insane?
>>98563343Why not? Japan wrote the book on LGBTQP+ pandering. Literally!
>>98563169They should just make an official Pokémon × Dungeons & Dragons crossover already and call it Gyms & Gyratinas.Think about it. Gyms are just dungeons with a boss at the end. Badges are magic items that grant permanent benefits. Elite Four is a multi-stage dungeon crawl. The Pokémon League is a high-level tournament arc. Legendary Pokémon are basically ancient dragons/aberrations/celestials with region-wide influence. Team Rocket and the various evil teams are classic villain factions with hideouts, schemes, and mid-bosses.The systems already line up cleanly:HP -> Constitution / hit pointsAttack -> StrengthDefense -> natural armor / Constitution for toughnessSp. Atk -> Intelligence (or Charisma for the flashier specials)Sp. Def -> WisdomSpeed -> DexterityType matchups become vulnerability and resistance tables. STAB is just a fighting style or feat bonus. Mega Evolution and Dynamax are perfect for legendary actions or temporary power-ups. Trainers are the player characters; Pokémon are either companions, summons, or alternate forms depending on how deep you want to go.It would give D&D a fresh coat of paint without breaking the fantasy foundation, and it would give Pokémon actual tactical depth beyond “spam the super-effective move.” Both sides win. The only people who lose are the ones who treat “no crossovers ever” like it’s some sacred law of the universe.Gyms & Gyratinas. Someone at WotC or Game Freak needs to greenlight this before the idea gets buried under another round of “muh pure settings” cope.Bonus opening theme song:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbbxoXNunEk
3.5's Knight holds a special place in my heart for essentially being the "Fuck you, fight me or you have no honor bitch!"I thoroughly believe it's defensive class skills would work as a fighting style but would the knight's challenge skills work well with the Valor Bard would would you make that into a fighting style as well?
>>98563376Woops, it seems Gemini forgot the I, also minor edits.
Everyone loves liches. But what's your favorite flavor of lich? Personally I have a preference for demiliches. Because sometimes less is more.
>>98563169>BTQI know it'll never happen, but Final Fantasy, Bravely Default, and Fire Emblem would be awesome IPs to be adapted to DnD.
>>98563376>Gyms & GyratinasPokémon names have the same singular and plural form.
>>98563827>Bravely DefaultWhile I love that franchise, the central game mechanic just wouldn't work in a game where turns take longer than a second or two of animations. Skipping turns with Default would feel really awful
>>98564057That is a good point, but I was thinking more about the classes and customization as opposed to the actual combat.
>>98563169>Now that WoTC are explicitly bringing other IPs into D&D, what Japanese IPs would you want to see adapted?Kamen Rider
>>98563853Noted, thanks for pointing it out.
>TQKamen Rider. Though, I already have my own shitbrew for that + Symphogear.>>98562990My approach was definitely different in some ways. The subclasses for theirs are split up by type of beast, while mine are split up by creature type. Mine also works off of my "Unchained Rules" Framework to be fair, a total overhaul meant to make 2024 more balanced in general, and more to my taste, and I'm playing in a group using them and the classes from it and so far feedback has been good. A few things needed buffs actually (Martials have abilities called Strikes based on 4e AoE powers and those got a buff from one roll of the weapon's damage to Prof bonus rolls, so my Paladin went from a 2d6 whirlwind to a 6d6 whirlwind since we're level 5), and my take on Shapeshifter is a martial. If you're curious (let's be real it's 4chan, who cares about one anon's shitbrew) you can find it here:https://www.gmbinder.com/share/-Ousg3i7Q3SOJFY4b4XhI also have versions of Beguiler (Charisma half-caster), Spellsword (INT Half caster, and yes, it has Channel Spell), and Warlord (Yes, it can let people act out of turn) on my GM Binder. Again, this stuff is meant for use with my like 160 page Unchained Rules document which overhauls a lot of the core rules for 2024 and adds new Variant Rules. For example, unfucking circle casting without making it useless, or tweaking shittier feats to be worth taking (i.e. the Path feats).
>>98563459I think making it into a Fighter Subclass would be the way to go so it can properly flex its defensive abilities, because 5e/2024 have moved away from 3.X's design philosophy of "this new class is just X existing class with a few new abilities" via subclasses.Off the cuff, something like picrel seems good (I used Charisma for the saves/uses because of the 3.X content but I'd personally make it Strength or a choice of STR/DEX for the saves and uses to make it more viable).
>JJKat least let it be a good weebshit.
>>98564601oh thanks. this looks cool. My favorite 4chan DnD homebrew is still Anon's Bullshit, but I'll study yours too. The Warlord is of great interest to me. I have seen many interpretations of porting it over to 5th edition. The one I prefer is still the Warlord, Variant from Dandwiki though. https://docs.google.com/document/d/11TnLlH3sEMvkEFeLO_KU1hX-PrQMYQSwR1mvOp1Z2B8/edit?usp=sharingMaybe you wrote something even better.
>>98564763>that picNobody has ever told her that in her entire life.
>>98565881>he doesn’t know about gold star faggots
>>98563169How many of you have actually played with any other engine? DnD is suffering severely from its boardgame past.
>>98565972Well, I don't. Why the fuck would I?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNw0sh481bANew DnD vidyaslop
>>98566434>femoid protagonistPass
>>98566434>goth woman with another, basically interchangeable goth woman as a warlock patron>walks into town with a devil, no one bats an eye>the gate guardsman is an orc>some random peasant goes "she wears the Mark of the Warlock™!" as if he'd be able to recognize such a thingAbsolute cinema.
>>98566434The combat looks like shit. Why bother
>>98566434>"We're making a game about a warlock, who could we have as a patron? Maybe someone cool and eye catching like Orcus or something">Nah let's just have some retarded cosplayer looking chick instead.Even discarding that it looks unbelievably putrid
>>98566434It's genuinely fascinating to witness what retarded castrated californian faggots consider "cool"
>>98566472We're trusting these people to do Dark Sun justice, chud.
>>98566434Why does the patron look like if Shrek was a white woman?
>>98566150>engineretard
>>98566434>Imp could easily just turn invisible or shapeshift into a crow so as to not draw attention>instead Warlock just lets this CR 1 devil fly around town and let the random townspeople remark on itA goth lady with a crow wouldn't exactly be normal, but surely some subtlety is warranted if the average person is this knowledgeable?
>>98566761Tasha never was this ugly before.
>>98567075Why bother with subtlety? Clearly nobody gives a shit.
>>98566434Maybe it won't suck, I dunno. Glancing at the website and how they're choosing to market it, apparently they're gonna trot out cosplayers at different show floors around the world. Which I don't care about.The website also reveals the game is set in Darkon. And that's certainly an interesting choice. So we've got Tasha sponsoring a warlock in a lordless Domain of Dread. It's not a bad premise.But I don't play vidya and that's not about to change, so none of this really matters to me.
>>985661501. Idk wtf you mean by engine, but Ive played a ton of different systems.2. No its not. Using a board and minis is literally one of the REASONS to play this game. If.yoy want mind's eye theatre or whatever, there are plenty of other systems designed with that in mind.
>>98567155People around her are giving a shit though. Just selectively. The townsfolk are freaking out and afraid of her, it's just the single guard whose job it should be to do something about it who doesn't seem bothered.
>>98567075It's not the Sword Coast. Different norms apply.
>>98567225Okay, but is there an advantage to letting everyone know you've got a literal Devil on your shoulder when that Devil could just shapeshift instead?
>>98567341Let's them know you're a warlock and you don't care who knows it.
>>98567341It's Darkon. It used to be run by an undead wizard king who ruled from a castle named after a circle of Hell, everything that dies turns undead, and the kingdom is in the process of being eaten up by fogbanks. CR1 imps aren't a huge deal.
Session in an hour. I've got my prep mostly done, no thanks to you fags. Just have vague ideas for the upper floors. If they go there I guess they'll be a bit on the empty side.
>>98567826>got my prep mostly done, no thanks to you fagsI am sending you bad vibes and hexing your session so that your players seek out the gaps in your prep like water in a cracked jug
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>>98555268Hey, these are great. Do you have the text that I could copy-paste into my own docs?
>>98564763>you hurt my feelings with an incredibly mundane observation or question?>I will brutally murder you now!Why is so much LGBT humor like this?
>>98564739It sounds blashemous to say but I think I would superimpose this on Battlemaster and either move the manuevers back on the chain to the base fighter so every version has access to manuevers or move them into fighting styles.
>>98568338Because it's all rightoid projection.
>>98563169I'm interested in creating a full caster character with the Zhentarim Ruffian feat and combining it with Alert to almost guarantee going first. The idea would be to start the fight with something like Web or Entangle, or a similar spell, while saving this strategy for the main encounter. I might even use Find Familiar to increase my chances of going first.But the problem is... I feel like if I do this, the final big fight will be way too easy and it could ruin the session.I just want to have fun without ruining everyone else's fun.
>>985683141/?Lumi's Wondrous Wardrobe1st-level conjurationCasting Time: 1 actionRange: TouchComponents: V, SDuration: 8 hoursYou touch a willing creature and conjure a complete outfit of your design upon its body. The outfit can be of any style, complexity, apparent value, or material, including jewelry, cloaks, hats, footwear, uniforms, ceremonial vestments, noble attire, costumes, or other articles of clothing. It may also summon fashionable accessories such as parasols, umbrellas, canes, or small bags. The garments are magical creations and have no intrinsic monetary value.The conjured outfit may resemble armor, shields, or other protective equipment, but grants no Armor Class bonus, protective properties, or other game benefits. Such items are treated as ordinary clothing for all purposes.When the spell takes effect, any clothing, armor, accessories, or worn items currently on the target are harmlessly transferred into a harmless extradimensional space inaccessible by any means. Items carried but not worn are unaffected. When the spell ends, the conjured outfit vanishes and all stored items immediately return to the target in the same manner and arrangement in which they were worn when the spell was cast. If any returning item cannot occupy its original position, it appears in the nearest unoccupied space within 5 feet of the target. The target can dismiss the conjured outfit as an action, ending the spell immediately. Articles removed from the wearer vanish if taken more than ten feet from them.At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 2nd level or higher, you may target one additional willing creature for each slot level above 1st. All targets must be within your reach when you cast the spell and the outfits produced need not be identical.
>>985687042/? Not sure how to copy+paste a table so its seperateLumi's Conjured Kelpie2th-level conjuration (ritual)Casting Time:1 minuteRange: 30 feetComponents:V, SDuration:1 hourA Large quasi-real, aquatic creature appears in an unoccupied space of your choice within range. You decide the creature's appearance, but it is equipped with a saddle or howdah of some kind. Any of the equipment created by the spell vanishes in a puff of smoke if it is carried more than 10 feet away from the steed. For the duration, characters may ride the creature. The creature uses the statistics for ariding horse except its speed on land is 20, it can breath underwater and it has a swim speed. The creature's swim speed is determined by the amount of weight it can carry per the below. When the spell ends, the steed gradually fades, giving the rider(s) 1 minute to dismount. The spell ends if you use an action to dismiss it or if the steed takes any damage. The caster chooses one of the following options when the spell is cast. If the steed carries more than its capacity its Speed is reduced to 0 and it begins to sink.
>>985687063/?Lumi's Bewitching Broomflight3rd-level transmutationCasting Time:1 actionRange:TouchComponents:V, S, M (a rod-shaped object)Duration:Concentration, up to 10 minutesYou touch a wand, staff, broom, or other roughly rod shaped object. The object transforms into a broom of flying for the duration. The broom counts as an arcane focus while the rider is astride it. When the spell ends, the rider falls if it is still aloft, unless it can stop the fall and the broom returns to its original form.At Higher Levels.When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 4th level or higher, you increase the speed of the broom by 10 and increase its maximum duration by 10 minutes.Broom of FlyingWondrous Item, uncommonThis wooden broom, which weighs 3 pounds, functions like a mundane broom until you stand astride it and speak its command word. It then hovers beneath you and can be ridden in the air. It has a flying speed of 50 feet. It can carry up to 400 pounds, but its flying speed becomes 30 feet while carrying over 200 pounds. The broom stops hovering when you land.You can send the broom to travel alone to a destination within 1 mile of you if you speak the command word, name the location, and are familiar with that place. The broom comes back to you when you speak another command word, provided that the broom is still within 1 mile of you.
>>98567826Shortish session. They didn't get very far at all. Means I can slowly finish the rest. Thought we'd go for longer but then someone had a family emergency.
>>985687094/4Lumi's Marvelous Motercar3rd-level conjuration (ritual)Casting Time: 1 actionRange: 30 feetComponents: V, S, M (a small key)Duration: 8 hours (Concentration)You conjure an immaculate enclosed automobile in an unoccupied space within range. The horseless coach may be of any apparent construction or appearance but must fit within a 10 by 10 cube. The horseless coach is a nonmagical vehicle created through conjuration and can carry up to 1000 pounds of passengers and cargo. It provides comfortable shelter from ordinary weather conditions, such as rain, wind, and snow, but offers no special protection against extreme environments or magical effects.The horseless coach is driven by the caster or by another character as though it were a mount. It has an AC of 10, an HP of 1, and move at a speed of 60. It travels overland at 6 miles per hour regardless of load (9 miles per hour on a fast pace). If the coach is reduced to 0 HP it stops moving and deposits its passengers and any cargo safely on the ground one minute later.Volt0th-level evocationThis spell functions as Acid Splash but it does elec damage.Phantasmal Servant1st-level conjurationThis spell functions as Unseen Servant except its servant is visible, albeit clearly inhuman.
>>985687165/5 missed oneLumi's World-Class Workbench2nd-level conjurationCasting Time: 1 actionRange: 10 feetComponents: V, S, M (a pair of goggles)Duration: 24 hoursYou conjure a magical workbench measuring 10 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 3 feet high. Upon it appear magical versions of every set of artisan's tools with which you are proficient.While using the workbench and its tools, you double your proficiency bonus for any ability check you make using those tools and may work to produce any item or equipment that could be produced in a fully stocked workshop of the type corresponding to the tool at the normal rate, without needing a forge, kiln, workshop, or other specialized equipment. The workbench alone and its magical tools act in any necessary way to permit one to craft as though in a stocked workshop with triphammers, forges, spinning wheels, stations for preparing leather, or so on.A tool removed from the workbench immediately disappears and reappears on the workbench. If you move more than ten feet from the workbench all of its tools disappear until you or another creature approaches the workbench, at which time its tools are replaced by magical versions of every set of artisan's tools that creature is proficient with. Only one character may benefit from the workbench at a time. It is otherwise an ordinary, sturdy workbench and disappears when the spell ends.
>>98568716Thanks anon!>Phantasmal Servant>1st-level conjuration>This spell functions as Unseen Servant except its servant is visible, albeit clearly inhuman.Makes me think of the spectral kobold attendants at a library in one of my games. I just described them as standing around patiently in neat-looking smocks and my players loved them. Though there was also a number of them who were permanent and could go anywhere in the library.>>98568723She cute.
>>98563376Fuck no. Keep Nintendo and Pokemon away from DnD. >>98567162That it's in Darkon should be in the trailer. The whole thing feels painfully generic at the start, despite the interesting premise of a Tasha-pact in a Domain of Dread. Playing as a high level warlock could be fun, but the footage shown was all cinematic and no gameplay.
>>98568773She's from a setting me and some friends are writing to use in one shots. Its a world that is more advanced than normal D&D worlds [tech level between 1600-1900, no electricity or combustion but gunpowder, advanced mechanical technology, widespread Common magic items, or cantrips depending on the country]. Rail travel doesn't exist but airships and early automobiles exist as rare magic items. Most people travel by coach. The main country is a land called Norcastle, a human kingdom that a century ago waged a fantasy version of World War I through the invention of Warforged which in this setting are made by ripping people's souls out to put into robots. Norcastle is basically Rohan or Gondor if it developed into a Charkles Dickens novel. Lots of coal powered technology and magical automatons/tanks/powered armor. Think the Fire Nation for their approximate tech level. Lumilope is from Weavewood, an island nation of humans with heavy dwarven admixture giving them long lives and very dwarflike psychologies and very short but still human heights (the Weavish range from 4'8 to 5'6 and basically never reach six foot). While Norcastle is the world's military superpower, Weavewood has the highest quality of life due to being the first nation to introduce universal modern-style education. Part of this resulting in every Weavish knowing one cantrip, which alongside more advanced technologies such as rubber, concrete, and various mechanical tech makes it comically pleasant in comparison. We've said its like comparing Oliver Twist to Kiki's Delivery Service. One of my favorite parts of Weavewood is its one of the only nations (other than Sarius, a full-blooded dwarven nation) to use magic lighting instead of fire/oil lamps/gas lamps for lighting. Resulting in a very modern look to its cities versus the more militarily inclined Norcastle whose cities are largely dark at night.
>>98568723The fuck are those proportions?
Yuan-Ti are for smooching
>>98569033For the image or the workbench?
>running game of thrones type of campaign with multiple royal houses>they all get into a war>PCs learn that the war was basically orchestrated by the illuminati >Illuminati is trying to prevent a terrible apocalypse>by making all the royal houses fight each other >main PC is an artificer basically inventing the magitech equivalent of unlimited energy >Illuminati agents show his friends visions of how this might destroy the world>but illuminati never tries to kill him or stop his inventing>if anything the war makes his inventions speed up >maybe they are preparing for something like the Phyrexian invasion and need the artificers inventions to raise the tech level so the world can fight them, and that's why they start all these wars between the royal houses, to hasten the speed of technological innovation>but that seems extremely convoluted Is the campaign story fucked?
>>98569033That's AI for you
>>98568384I recall that they gave base Fighter innate access maneuvers during the 5.5 playtest (One D&D), but for some fucktarded reason they removed it. Something about "Fighter is the approachable class for new players who don't want to think about anything except 'I hit it with my sword', we don't wanna overwhelm them", I think.
>>98569402incorrect, that was 2015 playtest fighter
>>985694132014**
>>9856879790% of D&D games are complete and utter shit. BG3 was the notable exception but even that had gay bears and a pig that wanted Halsin to come back so they could fuck. There was a lot of cringe shit in BG3 but it succeeded in many ways, like adapting 5e to a video game. This game doesn't look turn based, it looks like yet another action adventure dumpster fire from the retards who run the video game industry these days.
>>98568797>That it's in Darkon should be in the trailer.The guardsman and townspeople mention the mists a couple times so it's quickly conveyed that there's demiplane of dread shenanigans involved.
>>98563169Reminded me there was an official Phantasy Star RPG that was kind of a D&D clone released not long ago, I guess nobody played.
>>98563744Non-undead liches. Mechanical replacements, body horror, consciousness shifting. Feels like a lot more room for creativity in how they achieved it or it happened to them.For instance, the lich from Loop Hero is a magical construct that started as a perfected automated magic defense system. He knows he died but when exactly is uncertain because the construct compensated for it seamlessly.
>>98569402I’ve added maneuvers back to baseline for all martials and even my most distracted player is fine with it.
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>>98571192>>98571237https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/E3-DH3pvGh5D
>>98571192>monks, the weeaboo class most likely to call out attack names, don't get maneuversAbsolute garbage
>>98571387huh... they don't. I actually never noticed that. Paladin, one of the top 4 classes gets it, but not monk? Well, I needed to make a list for Shifter anyway, I'll make one for Monk too, since they are meant to have manoeuvers.
>>98571192Why in God's name aren't the maneuver lists in alphabetical order?>>98571237>AI slopOh, understood.
Lolthsisters...
are there official rules for lowing the CR rating of a creature? I'm trying to lower a Duergar alchemist to CR 1/2 so I can slap a sidekick class to it.
>>98559785Divine Miracle: Your pious ways and faith in your god can manifest themselves in the form of miracles. While you are the conduit, the focus lens, through which magical effects and spells are cast, the miracle itself comes from your god and you must pray for the Spell itself to happen. Your maximum spell level and number of known Cantrips scale like a Wizard’s, but you do not use Spell Slots. As you only need to focus the divine power into a single point, you have access to the entire Cleric Spell List. However, your body can only produce so many magical effects, so you still need to prepare a list of spells you can cast. When you do so, choose a number of cleric spells equal to your Wisdom modifier + your cleric level (minimum of one spell). The spells must be of a level for which a Wizard of level equal to yours would have Spell Slots. You can change your list of prepared spells when you finish a long rest. Preparing a new list of cleric spells requires time spent in prayer and meditation: at least 1 minute per spell level for each spell on your list. Instead of Spell Slots, you have a Divine Conduit Stability Level (DCSL) equal to your Wisdom Modifier. This represents both your body and mind’s ability to resist getting obliterated by the will of a god using a mortal’s faith to cast magic. When casting a Spell using your Divine Miracle feature, Wisdom is your Spellcasting Modifier.CONT.
>>98572184At the start of your Turn, you must make a Religion Check, adding your Cleric Level, instead of your Proficiency Bonus, to the roll. This represents your current Divine Favour. There are several Difficulty Checks to pass and the higher you roll the higher your Spell Level for casting spells will be. Gods can be fickle, busy, tied down by divine bureaucracy, cruel or perhaps simply unwilling to grant you the divine miracle of casting Mass Cure Wounds when you need it the most. You cannot cast a spell of a higher Spell Level than your current Class Level maximum. Casting a non-Cantrip Cleric Spell will lower your DCSL by 1. At 0 DCSL, you may still cast spells using your Divine Miracle feature. Doing so lowers your DCSL into the negatives. Your Negative DCSL is equal to half your Constitution Modifier (rounded Up, maximum of 3). If your DCSL reaches -4, you die and your soul is frayed to tatters. Nothing short of Reincarnation or a Wish will bring you back. Rolling a Natural 1 on your Divine Favour Check will lower your DCSL by 1 (this can never bring you into the negatives) and only Cantrips will be castable, while a Natural 20 means that your DCSL will be unaffected (nor will Negative DCSL be raised) when casting a Spell for that Round.You fully restore your DCSL on a Long Rest. Once per Day, you can also increase your current DCSL by half, up to its maximum, on a Short Rest. If your DCSL is in the negatives, you can only restore it on a Long Rest.That's Artificer and Cleric done. Now for Ranger and Warlock.
>>98571962Fuck...
>>98572088Closest thing is basically just reverse-engineering the CR via the DMG guidelines, and then adjusting up or down to a new CR. That said, since some of the aspects of the Duergar are things like Enlarge or Invisibility that naturally increase CR, my suggestion for the simpler way to do it would be to take a CR 1/8 statblock like the bandit, and then add on the Duergar and Alchemist traits.
>>98572188The Divine Favour Religion Check DC for 1st Level Spells is 11. Rolling below the check means only Cantrips can be cast for that Round. For 2nd Level it is 13, for 3rd Level it is 15, for 4th Level it is 17, for 5th Level it is 20, for 6th Level it is 23, for 7th it is 26, for 8th it is 30 and for 9th it is 34. Passing the DC Check for a Spell Level that a Wizard of equal Class Level would not have access to does nothing.
>>98572311>>98572188Just like how a god can punish a believer whose interests go against their Divine Portfolio, so can a god reward the faithful Cleric who is acting out their will and plans perfectly. When rolling for Divine Favour, you have Advantage on the check if you are fighting enemies of your god, be they Fiends, Undead, followers of a hostile religion, a specific Race or even a specific person or ally of said person. If your Alignment is the same as your god’s, Two times Per Day, when you roll a Natural 1 on your Divine Favour Check, you may roll again and you must use the new roll. When an allied Creature, whose Alignment matches your god’s, is reduced to half HP for the first time this Combat, hit by a Critical or reduced to 0 Hit Points, the Difficulty Check for all Spell Levels, for your next Divine Favour Check is reduced by 2, this effect can stack.
Got a paladin, two clerics and a stars druidHow harsh is it to blindside them with a monster that's immune to/healed by radiant damage? It's a golem made from the remains of the chardalyn dragon.The casters will be fine, problem is the paladin.
>>98572467He can still attack and use other spells. He'll be fine.
>>98572467If your party is fucked by immunity to a single damage type they should die.
>>98572606Full disclosure, it's also immune to:-cold-poison-lightning -non-magical/non-adamantine melee-exhaustion-frightened-charmed-paralyzed-petrified-poisonedAnd has the cold aura and regeneration from a frost troll.They thought it was funny to indulge a mad scientist by bringing him loads of monster corpses and horrible alien technologies. He wasn't even mad when they started.
>>98569340I at least think it sounds cool.
>>98559785 I think Druid is honestly fine with his normal Spellcasting, as is Wizard. Ranger suggestions are to make him a non-combat magic specialist, with faster Ritual Spells access and a Spell List that features mostly 1 minute+ Casting Times. Sorcerer can just be moved to Spell Points or you could even increase his Sorcerer Points and use that in place of Spell Slots completely.Paladin could use the Divine Miracle system, but since they share a lot in common with Sorcerers, just using their sheer willpower and vows in place of biology to cast spells, perhaps *they* can be moved to Spell Points.Warlocks just need more speciation based on their Patron. Eldritch Blast, Invocations and Pact Boons should be influenced by your Patron to a degree.The real weird one is Bards. I got no fun gimmick for either a full caster or half caster version. You could maybe take a page out of Collage of Maestro https://dnd5e.wikidot.com/bard:maestro and completely remove Spellcasting and instead give them Combat-Wide effects via manipulating the sound of a battle into music.
>>98572640Then why even lead with the question about radiant immunity? Seems kind of irrelevant in this context.
>>98566472>she bears the mark! [staring intently at the grindstone]>stop looking at her!>>98567219They seem to give a shit about as much as people being dragged down into the cellar to be murdered. Even the local bum hasn't thought "Hm, maybe I should beg in a different village".
>>98572670Bards should just focus hard on wide area concentration spells to play into the flavor that they're channeling magic through their art (whether that's song, dance, whatever). Make vicious mockery like their version of eldritch blast maybe.
>>98566472>>98572800>"The town up ahead - what do you know of it?">"They say it harbors a secret...">"Alright, let's see if it's a secret woth keeping."Yeah, I'm assuming the dialogue is AI.
>>98572670>>98572812Bards being focused on Concentration spells seems like it'd be a good fit. You could probably also pair that with class features that give them a bonus while concentrating on a spell, to represent their concentration being in the form of an inspiring song.I don't know if Vicious Mockery needs to be like Eldritch Blast, although the Bard would probably need something to spend their turns on if they're busy concentrating rather than casting new spells.
>>98572606Challenging your players is worse than nazism you fucking chud.
>>98572733Seemed like the most pressing immunity in this context since they all have a bunch of abilities that key into it. Might remove the lightning absorption trait and downgrade poison to a resistance.
>>98572949Wotc is going all in on AI so that's a guarantee
>>98572952>>98572812maybe besides bonuses based on Concentrating on a Spell, they can also Concentrate on additional Bard Spells as they gain Levels? If you want Mass Haste, use a Bard and he'll hook you up while massively buffing the entire party because of how intense of a spell song chaining spells is
Level 2 Class Feature Font of Magic moved to Level 1, replaces Spell Slot Spellcasting, Level 3 Class Feature Metamagic moved to Level 2. Additional Metamagic Option at level 7 and level 13. Level 20 Class Feature Sorcerous Restoration changed.Font of Magic functions like Spell Points Casting, but using Sorcerer Points instead. Sorcerer Points scale in the same way as Spell Points would on a full-caster. A number of times equal to half of your Constitution Modifier per Day, you can recover a number of Sorcerer Points equal to your Constitution Score (up to half of your Maximum number of Sorcerer Points), when you complete a Short Rest.If your Race, Background or Feat lets you cast a Spell, it counts as a Sorcerer Spell for you, you always have it prepared, you can cast it using Sorcerer Points and it doesn’t count against the number of Sorcerer Spells you know. Level 20 Class Feature Sorcerous Restoration now lets you recover a number of Sorcerer Points at the start of your turn equal to your Constitution Modifier, up to your Constitution Score.Here is Sorcerer, he is still bound by Spell Point limitations like 6th Level and above Spells all being once per Long Rest, but he is overflowing with magic and can evocation spam like no one else at higher levels.
>>98573178Maybe, though that could get rather messy unless the spell list was kept very strict. Part of the reason for introducing Concentration spells was specifically to avoid buff-stacking or otherwise overloading the battlefield with powerful effects. My thinking was that by tying the concentration itself to a class feature, that gives you a way to buff the entire party off of what would normally be a single-target spell.I don't know if the effect should mimic the main spell in some way, like giving everyone a speed boost while concentrating on Haste, or if it should be a list the Bard gets to pick from, where you could give the party a speed boost during Haste, or you could give them temp HP or a bonus to saves instead.
>>98573252both require a lot of work. A list means basically reinventing Metamagic but centered around buffs instead of battlefield control or extra damage. Spell Specific Buffs means going through every spell of a full caster's spell list and manually adding an effect that might also scale based on Spell Slot or Class Level or if the target has an Inspiration die or not.The latter would feel much more satisfying, especially if you add two effect per spell, one with or without Inspiration Die. Everyone loves magical effects that chain together and cause even bigger effects. Outward Magic, Rimworld VPE Phaseshift, Divinity Original Sin Totems, etc. Thing - Thing - Thing =okThing+Thing - Thing =coolThing+Thing+Thing =awesome
>>98573178>>98573252Don't let them concentrate on multiple spells, let them switch to a different concentration spell without expending a spell slot if they're actively maintaining concentration and they pass a performance check based on the spell level they want to swap to.If you want to get really spicy, let them do it as a bonus action.
>>98573309True. Having it be a list the Bard picks from would be the easiest option, though also inherently less interesting than having it be tied to the specific spell.A way I could see it working is having the spell, having a minor effect that the Bard grants to everyone under the effect of that spell, and then someone in the area being able to spend an Inspiration Die in order to gain the effect of that spell for a round.So if the Bard is concentrating on Haste, perhaps that gives the party a speed boost or adds 1d4 to Dex saves as the minor buff, but then one person other than the Hasted character can spend Inspiration in order to get one extra action plus the full benefits of Haste.The only flaw there is it wouldn't work for offensive Concentration spells like Hold Person or Sleep, though perhaps that could be incorporated as spending an Inspiration when hitting an enemy in order to temporarily apply the effect to them if they fail a saving throw. Some of the offensive spells are also questionable in terms of what minor buffs might fit.>>98573341I like it, though I feel like this would be a better approach if it were for making Bard a half-caster, as a way to give them a higher quantity of spells throughout the day by letting them re-use a slot, in a sense. Not sure how I feel about a Bard potentially upgrading a Sleep spell into True Polymorph.
>>98573386if Bard is made half-caster, what class exclusive spells are lost? Do they have something only a Bard can cast? If they don't, becoming a Half-Caster would 1. Cuts my work in half because less Con Spells to rework (remember Magical Secrets turns stolen spells into Bard Spells so they are affected by the Spell Song effect) 2. Means hot-swapping Con Spells on a bonus action is much less egregious because you have less Spell Slots to play with. I like >>98573341 needing to pass a Performance Check to hot-swap, feels much more involved than Countercharm's flavor.
>>98573484Looking over the list, the only truly Bard-exclusive spells are Vicious Mockery, Dissonant Whispers, and Compulsion, all of which are 4th level and below. And of those only Compulsion is concentration.It is worth noting that some spells like Glibness which is only for Bard and Warlock, which I think leans more towards being a Bard spell. There are other spells on the list which Bard only shares with one other class, but it's usually stuff like Resurrection with Cleric which is more of a Cleric spell, or Mordenkainen's Magnificent Mansion with Wizard which is very much a Wizard spell.The existence of Magical Secrets would heavily complicate trying to give every Concentration spell a specific party-wide buff effect either way.
>>98573002I'm all for shitting on WotC, but you do realize the game isn't made by WotC, right? They just sold the IP licence.
https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/strange-owl-games/dragon-kings/pre-launch?stay=trueFor anyone who wants the REAL Dark Sun for 5e
>>98574674I've been playing the REAL Dark Sun for 5e for about 5 years now. Why should I pay for some random retards shitty book?
>>98574680Because they're the original creators
>>98574707Aight, I'll pirate it once the paypiggies show up
>>98573618If BG3 is anything to go by they'll hang over the developers like vultures
>>98574680>I've been playing the REAL Dark Sun for 5e for about 5 years nowWhich is?
>>98575127homebrew
>>98575248Care to share with the class?
>>98575253We haven't really written anything down. It's a combination of 2e, 3.pf, 5e, A5e, 5.5, and a copious amount of houserules. Most lore is from 2e, but even then we changed some stuff and obviously after all this time our game world is unique and irreplicable. There are several years old conversions that are perfectly serviceable to create a 5e Dark Dun character. No need to pay for anything.
>>98572643Thanks anon If you have any suggestions how to reconcile everything I'd appreciate it. I can elaborate more on certain aspects.
>>98573605Yeah. I’ll work on just the standard spell list for now. Get rid of what doesn’t feel bard-y maybe add what does.
>>98563169Think I found myself a decent enough DM, but he's kinda spineless when it comes to filtering for players. First thing we tried included two other randoms and one of his buddies, who turned out to be a stoner. One of the other two randoms had only shown up once across several weeks and instead of doing the smart thing and replacing him it kinda just dragged on. Stoner friend left on a trip for a couple weeks, game ground to a halt. Came back, but he was "busy" game night. Think that game is dead.Second one seems better but it's just gotten started. He's still shit at filtering though, I think he literally just takes whoever messages first. We got a guy whose only experience with D&D is from BG3, a normal guy, and then we had two slav-sounding euros. One of those had the WORST mic I'd ever heard and that's when it worked, he didn't make it beyond the Session 0 character creation but was an asshole and dipped on us the day of our first proper session. The other one has a mix of a very thick accent with a fairly shitty mic, plus can just be unresponsive sometimes.>>BTQI really don't want those people touching anything out of Japan.
>>98563169>TQNot really, though when a Hexblade did the bidding of his patron I did append (真) to the title of his upgraded pact weapon, mostly to amuse myself.
>>98571344can you post the full rework version? I am missing the newest version of Anon's Bullshit on this computer anyway. I also wanted to ask what was your design decision that lead to giving manoeuvers to Artificer? He is a half caster and some of his subclasses are martially inclined, but I don't see a potion seller pulling out leg sweeps or Tony Stark judo throwing someone.
I don't know from where Zoltan Boros got the idea that Asmodeus should be depicted with the likeness of Shaggy, but he was cooking. Anyway who's your favorite archduke?
>>98578042Shaggy Rojo
>Level 18 Dragon Sorcerer>"Guys! I can use Wish now and I can summon many Dragons! The dragons last 1 minute but no Concentration!!" >Level 17 X Wizard>"That's nice lad. Anyways I've been using Summon Dragon [8th Level] + Nystul's Magic Aura [Celestial] + Wish (8th level Planar Binding) to create an army of Dragons that last for 180 Days. Also, I have Shapechange to turn into any of the dragons seen here that I want! And I can still cast my spells...ALSO (Level 18) I have a Simulacrum that I can use True Polymorph on to turn into any of these Dragons!"
>>98577814Unfortunately, it was an awful year for personal reasons, so the only thing that got revised in the latest update was, fittingly enough, artificer.https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/WYL_vcnY3bcN>why maneuversThere are a couple of reasons. One of the most significant ones is balance--it's hard to justify giving maneuvers to paladins and rangers and leaving artificer with nothing. But maneuvers also do good work in differentiating your artificer from your wizard by adding a mechanical angle to "theorist versus engineer". A transmutation wizard might be able to brew potions, but an alchemist can throw flasks at people mid-combat and bestow a few different effects. Much like an artificer's spellcasting is meant to focus on the use of material components to create magical effects, there's an unwritten conceit that an artificer's maneuvers might represent a slightly more magical side of the effects that they produce. Besides, artificers are all about tool use and weapons are just a kind of tool.But I'd also disagree with characterizing an artificer PC as your run-of-the-mill potion seller, for the same reason a rogue PC isn't just your run-of-the-mill street urchin. By the time you're pulling off truly impressive stunts, especially with the halved progression, you're at a high enough level that it would be more surprising for you not to.>Tony StarkI don't really into capes, but I would be a little shocked to hear of a superhero who DOESN'T just toss people around like sacks of potatoes.
>>98578042>Like, Zoinks man! You sure giving me your soul in exchange for eldritch blasts and 2 spell slots is worth it?
>>98563169I usually do artificial encounters with virtual dice because they're much faster, but I decided to use physical dice this time and noticed something interesting: the fights are harder with real dice for some reason. I don't understand why. I tested the virtual dice by making huge numbers of rolls, like 10,000d20, and they give basically the expected average. No idea, maybe it was just bad luck?
>>98580764"Artificial encounters"?
>>98579283I suppose I understand. If Paladin can get it, Artificer should too. It helps that Manoeuvres are divided by Class and Subclass so you can have Artificer-y Manoeuvres. But what about Warlock? You changed how many Spells you can cast with Pact Magic and that was enough to exclude him? Or was it more because of his minion/cultist class identity? What if he was kept the exact same as vanilla and then given manoeuvres? Pact of the Blade gives you multiattack so it should be fine?
> Gritty Realism should be the default as it, on its own, solves almost every issue with combat balanceFight me
>>98581133A Short Rest is not a full day’s of rest for a Level 3+ Player Character. I do not think it is believable for a top-notch soldier or warrior to need 24 hours to recover from a brawl, never mind the next Merlin or Orlando
>>98581166Until you reach 0 HP, you're at your full capacity of action. If you can still stand and move forward, that doesn't break the Merlin or Orlando issue. Merlin and Orlando not being always in tip-top shape but fighting on anyway is exatly what makes them goddamn heroes.Top-notch soldiers and warriors had a couple hours of fighting a day, broken down in MINUTES of engagement. Even ignoring GR finally auto-balancing the never-actually-done 6/8 combat encounter a day issue, that's a sensible point of narrative reference to build a game on.Your Merlinitude or Orlanditude would simply be gaining level and being able to be effective for longer periods of time due to more HP and more Spell Slots/Features being stretched out longer before the need for a rest
>>98578042>Anyway who's your favorite archduke?Fierna is the hot one, right? Then my favorite is Fierna.
>>98578042How did he get that jacket on?
>>98581250The horns are detachable.
>>98578042>>98581297I'd his horns
I have a question for you guys;I have made a city map with 100 points of interest (for lore reasons party will be rolling a D100). Each spot will have a short description, some have quests and noteable NPCs. All in all the base document will be lading at 25k words. Does that seems decent to you guys? Have not Dm:ed for many years.
>>98581420Seems a bit much, but it's fine.
>>98581420>Does that seems decent to you guys?Seems to me like a lot of work that will probably not be used. I have made entire dungeons the party never went to. But it comes with being DM and running a sandbox. They might never want to go to that particular part of the sandbox.
>>98581424Okay, thanks.
>>98581454Oh they will have to visit about 60% minimum. There is a spell that rerquires them to weaken it, so they need to move through the city with a magic item.
>>98581459Sounds good then. As long as you can keep it fresh and not feel like a slog.
>>98581420>I have made>chatGPT
>98563369It's good to see this bait got exactly as many replies as it deserved.
>>98580942Simulating fights, creating character sheets, and having them fight against monsters. It has benefits, but I mostly do it because it’s fun.
>>98581537Actually, no. ChatGPT would have probably witten it better than me...
>>98581667The problem with chatgpt is it caters to the average of everything and has no sense of context. You're better making a shitty encounter yourself at least it won't be generic. I could tell when my DM was using AI slop because my eyes would glaze over and I wouldn't listen. Just something about AI that it says a lot while saying absolutely nothing interesting or engaging.
>>98581679>I could tell when my DM was using AI slop because my eyes would glaze over and I wouldn't listen.For descriptions or actual ideas and encounters?
Starting a campaign at level 6.What do you think of a rogue (soulknife)/magus (weave slinger) multiclass?
>>98581679AI is a tool. Making it do all the work for you is a recipe for the most generic slop you can imagine. It is better to treat it as your coach, an editor, an adversarial perspective and/or organizer/secretary.
>>98582688Why Magus and not Swordmage or Eldritch Knight? If you want to use 3rd party, you have to at least pitch it.
>>98582706>an adversarial perspectiveThis is honestly the trick, it doesn't help that by default all the publicly available LLMs are just retarded yes-men that will agree with everything you say, but using it as a tool to just hash things out against and give contradictory perspectives so you can work through something can be really helpful in a pinch.
>>98582640Descriptions. He'd just get the AI to write something then read it out. He fed it all the relevant campaign and setting books. He even admitted he just got AI to do a lot of the stuff for him.>>98582706It's a tool for fools and unoriginal fuck wits.
Anyone have any experience with NPCs that are multiple people? Like "mob rule, as a statblock" thing? Looking for inspiration
>>98584817Tell that to all the high IQ people using AI.I think you are just seething irrationally about AI because you are the dumb fuckwit in denial.
>>98584991>Tell that to all the high IQ people using AI.They won't stay high IQ using AI. It'll turn them into drooling retards just like you.
>>98584896I tried it a few times. For example a big group of skeletons as a big skeleton army. But I discovered it just felt a bit weird and can feel inconsistent without clear rules for when it happens. I have since just used a bunch of normal stat blocks and get my big pile of d20s out. Maybe I'll give them average damage to make math a bit easier.
>>98585285I was specifically wanting to use it for a pack of a wolves in an introductory revolver campaign.
>>98584896Like swarms?
>>98585382Yeah, but a Swarm of Wolves feels weird.
>>98584896>>98585341Using the swarm rules for this sort of thing tends to work better if whatever enemy it is is so numerous that it justifies multiple swarms.If there's just going to be 1 'Swarm of Wolves', then you're better off just having them individually be wolves/dire wolves so that the party actually feels outnumbered and surrounded.If they're up against some werewolf overlord and his army of wolves, then having 4 'Swarms of Wolves' moving around independently is a good way to avoid needing 80 individual wolf models on the map.
>>98584896Something like this works well from experience. Just try not to have too many hordes. Maybe like 2-4 max.
I'm playing an order cleric who's basically a cop, should I play him as a tired grizzled alcoholic black cop, or polite, unassuming Minnesotan cop
>>98586267What domain?
>>98586356Order
>>98586439Make the alcoholic that's one day away from retirement
>>98579283It is my first time DMing in 5th edition and I'll try to use as many of the cool mechanics you invented as I can. All martial players respect you.
>>98586267tired unassuming black Minnesotan alcoholic
>>98584991Those 'high IQ' people are using it to help their work in highly specialized areas of research and make up such a miniscule percentage of AI users that statistically speaking they're a rounding error.The average user is dumber than a chimp. Which given their most likely nationality is of course not surprising.
>>98589021>The average user is dumber than a chimp.How is that different from literally any piece of technology? You are posting from (I assume) your phone right now and you sound retarded as fuck.
>>98586267You know what you must dohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiSzwoJr4-0
>Come on, guys, a 20-minute adventure—in and out.
interested in playing a serious, dark Reborn Ranger Hollow Warden, but I know damn well I'll end up playing him like Deadpool or Spider-Man a few minutes into the game. I simply can't help it.
>>98589726hell yeah sounds like fun bro
>>98582957I'm going with a ghostrunner/get backer idea. Kinda like a retrieval specialist/magical artifact hunter. He would also be a bit of a pioneer in a particular set of skills that he formalizes into a discipline (ironically due to lore reasons).Mechanically: Soulknife + Weave Slinger fits that really well. Mobile, long range but not useless in melee, hard to disarm (psychic knives), telepathy for scouting, and expertise + psychic dice makes the skill checks very reliable. In combat the basic idea is psychic knife (vex) -> real dagger (nick) -> still have the bonus action for arcane cascade, cunning action or another psychic knife. Mariner fighting style would also be useful here (climbing/swimming through ruins, caves, rooftops, etc.).Lore-wise: basically a high elf whose psychic abilities were somewhat ignored in favor of the more usual straightforward arcane approach. Instead of dropping them, he kept developing them and eventually figured out how to formalize them into an arcane/martial discipline of his own (hence Soulknife + Magus).That naturally pushed him toward retrieval work: getting into difficult places, finding magical artifacts, figuring out what they do and getting back out with them. So less conventional spellsword, more arcane explorer/hunter gish.Also, I think such concept kinda fits the power level/scale of a campaign starting at level 6.
>Level 10: Retaliation: When you take damage from a creature that is within 5 feet of you, you can take a Reaction to make one melee attack against that creature, using a weapon or an Unarmed Strike.>Zhentarim Tactics: Retaliate. Immediately after a creature within 5 feet of you hits you with a melee attack, you can make an Opportunity Attack against that creature.Retaliate from Zhentarim Tactics and the Level 10 Retaliation feature from the Berserker Barbarian, do they stack?For example, imagine there are several enemies with Multiattack. You get hit twice, and you're probably using Reckless Attack.First hit: You use Retaliate from Zhentarim Tactics, spending an Opportunity Attack, and hit the enemy back.Second hit: You use the Berserker's Retaliation feature, spending your Reaction, and hit the enemy a second time.Then it's your turn, and you hit the enemy twice more if you're at least level 5.So you'd get four attacks against that enemy in the same round.Does this actually work, or am I misunderstanding something?
>>98590911>Does this actually work, or am I misunderstanding something?An Opportunity Attack uses your Reaction, barring a specific Fighting Style from Unearthed Arcana
>>98590942Okey thank youStill a good feat for a non-berserk barbarian, like zealot
I've been trying to write a adventure, would you be able to take a look at it? My biggest problem is the formatting of the adventure itself. Is it good for a DM to read and use? Is it structured well?I've tossed it into ai and gotten a super short version too, which is in another tab. First tab is the character creation rules (a mix of 5e and 5.5e) second is my attempt to write and the third is the ai tabDoes this sofar look like a pre-written adventure you would run? How is the formatting of the adventure?https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cV69eLBaqo0d0gyW9UrpIS1LiOydARcSxUjuWVzv3qE/edit?usp=drivesdk
