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Today, 10:22 AMI know I'm one of the big rogue haters in that 21 page (and counting) monstrosity we're all cooking up, but like, rogue is still a 5e class. Meaning...1 replies | 56 view(s)
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Today, 09:52 AMThe table I play at doesn't lean into consumables all that much (just a couple of potions taken from official sources), but we do have a lot of magic...626 replies | 27927 view(s)
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Today, 09:19 AMAfter playing BG3, I'm strongly convinced that - potion use should be a bonus action - shove should be a bonus action, and it should scale with...626 replies | 27927 view(s)
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Today, 08:09 AMCleric in particular doesn't have a ton of stuff 1-6 (well, unless the subclass has a good channel divinity, which maybe half of them do). But cleric...626 replies | 27927 view(s)
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Today, 04:15 AMI don't often play spellcasters, but when I do, I like to have the following basic options - Defense: shield, silvery barbs, and absorb elements...626 replies | 27927 view(s)
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Yesterday, 08:47 PMI don't entirely disagree that the theming is a little weird, but no more so than *any* class. Artificer is a mess, and that's a base class (as...53 replies | 2862 view(s)
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Yesterday, 12:13 AMThe chandeliers in your world scale with level? :smallbiggrin: I agree with Schwann. This kind of swashbuckler-y stuff is fun, in the right low...42 replies | 3636 view(s)
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2024-05-07, 10:56 AMOk maybe I don't know what you're talking about. You like conflict but not combat and you adjudicate the conflicts without rolls but in the style of...42 replies | 3636 view(s)
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2024-05-07, 12:14 AMHa! I was thinking more taking spells and making them available to martials? Not converting existing martial powers to spells. But as long as...626 replies | 27927 view(s)
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2024-05-06, 08:41 PMOk I want to be clear about something: I like smashing stat blocks together and seeing what's left standing. No story, no rp, just make the most...42 replies | 3636 view(s)
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2024-05-06, 02:51 PMCan change the words but "I don't trust you or like you because you're different than me" would get old if it gets repeated by every NPC they try to...82 replies | 4963 view(s)
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2024-05-06, 12:20 PMI lean in this direction as well, but I think in practice there's a few problems with it 1) As was noted up thread, having the same interaction...82 replies | 4963 view(s)
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2024-05-06, 08:42 AMI agree about the worst version of random encounters - something that pops up without warning, is relatively easily beaten, has no connection to...42 replies | 3636 view(s)
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2024-05-06, 08:28 AMI haven't followed every particular of the Using Spells as Class Abilities discussion, but I'm 100% in favor of it. Mainly, I think it would break...626 replies | 27927 view(s)
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2024-05-06, 02:49 AMI dunno that I've quite heard this particular thing expressed before. Is this coming from a specific thread? That said - I'm gonna stick up for...42 replies | 3636 view(s)
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2024-05-05, 10:46 PMMe, in real life, probably just die. 4d10 is like. A lot of damage for a regular person. I guess I'm plausibly level 3? Hopefully it's not a good...11 replies | 1166 view(s)
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2024-05-05, 04:07 PMThere should be a complex formula for how fast each race and class combination gains XP that brings in background, feat selection, and Int score. A...31 replies | 2659 view(s)
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2024-05-03, 08:33 PMI'm not super experienced with Midjourney or ChatGPT, but just fiddling around with them recently I managed to create some really cool and useful...2 replies | 840 view(s)
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2024-05-02, 05:09 PMJust from watching how people react to it at the table I play at, yah know what's terrifying and poison-appropriate? Damage over time. Take 1 damage...626 replies | 27927 view(s)
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2024-05-02, 04:53 PMThis is exactly the main purpose of the Skill Revamp. Setting DCs. Give DMs (well, myself) and players some benchmarks to work with. Get away "Can...285 replies | 14379 view(s)
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2024-05-02, 03:20 PMAgreed; nor do I want to step on people's general creativity. The "counterbalance" here is that DC 10 is a high DC. Most checks should be in the 8-10...285 replies | 14379 view(s)
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2024-05-02, 02:59 PMThe idea that I've had (well, at least for now, will probably change in 10 minutes) is Training: while all ability checks use one of the...285 replies | 14379 view(s)
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2024-05-02, 02:25 PMI don't buy this. Abilities used in combat and spells are quite well defined in general. And then there's skills, which are apparently intended to be...285 replies | 14379 view(s)
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2024-05-02, 01:26 PMTotal aside, but does poison damage make no sense to anyone else? If a liquid, substance, something, does immediate damage, it has to be doing so on...626 replies | 27927 view(s)
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2024-05-02, 01:22 PMAnd people wonder why I think the rogue is bad. A large portion of their design power is attached to "ask the DM to make it up for you on a case by...285 replies | 14379 view(s)
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2024-05-02, 12:00 PMIsn't that back to making the DC relative to the character who's making the roll though? Which is really just ad-hoc making up for the fact that...285 replies | 14379 view(s)
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2024-05-02, 11:22 AMI'm pretty sure you're right about this, but it makes me hate the skill/ability check system even more. A character with 20 in the relevant stat is...285 replies | 14379 view(s)
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2024-05-02, 10:50 AMThis discussion makes me want to get away from the easy, medium, hard language entirely. It frames what the system (should) be doing in a very...285 replies | 14379 view(s)
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2024-05-01, 09:35 PMSkrum replied to a thread How would you do *actual* high-powered fantasy play with D&D? in D&D 5e/NextI always though that the defining aspect of fantasy (low to high) is how central magic is to the world. LotR is low fantasy because very few people...33 replies | 2713 view(s)
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2024-05-01, 06:33 PMSkrum replied to a thread Fighter/Artificer (Thunder Gauntlet focused) build (suggestions appreciated) in D&D 5e/NextTG doesn't protect the user; the debuff applies to everyone but you.* It makes it very likely the artificer will get targeted. IMO getting the shield...9 replies | 1339 view(s)
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