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Yesterday, 08:18 PMHexblade warlock with improved pact weapon can create a shortbow, longbow, light crossbow, or heavy crossbow as their pact weapon (or, you can just...11 replies | 586 view(s)
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Yesterday, 06:16 PMI definitely would not apply this to attack rolls or the like; this would be only for non-adversarial skill checks. And yes, 3d6 would normalize...10 replies | 603 view(s)
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Yesterday, 04:07 PM*Shrug* Sorta? There's a sentence at the beginning of the chapter that says if there's "chance of failure," than you roll. That's it. While that...10 replies | 603 view(s)
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Yesterday, 01:52 PMI don't think I need to spend a ton of time setting this up because we're all familiar with RNG and how it interacts with ability checsk, but in...10 replies | 603 view(s)
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Yesterday, 10:41 AMI know what you're getting at with difficulty - the table I play at would be considered by many/any to be High Op. Almost all of the players are...824 replies | 38723 view(s)
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2024-05-15, 07:55 AMI don't disagree; these are ideas I've put together over time (with some heavy influence from Complete Scoundrel). I'd like to revisit some of these...824 replies | 38723 view(s)
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2024-05-15, 06:48 AMWell, I just so happen to have a WIP for a skill trick list. Some of these I really like, some a little uninspired, but I gotta say, I love the idea...824 replies | 38723 view(s)
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2024-05-14, 10:32 PMAccording to my favorite DPR calculator.... 7th level rogue (current) with a rapier and 18 dex does 14.43 DPR if they attack with advantage (say,...824 replies | 38723 view(s)
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2024-05-14, 10:17 PMOh yeah, preaching to the choir. Barb in particular is horrible for this; I can't possibly imagine going higher than barb 8 (and even that is only...824 replies | 38723 view(s)
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2024-05-14, 08:45 PMThis alone makes assassin extremely suspect. Finally get the opportunity, finally line up the surprise round, and roll a 3 on initiative. It's...824 replies | 38723 view(s)
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2024-05-14, 09:36 AMI had a character along these themes, and I built her as a lore bard. Lore bard's cutting words can be reflavored as luck; knocking a dX off...10 replies | 1050 view(s)
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2024-05-14, 09:30 AMAll good ideas, but I'm gonna go with more of a "possession" angle. The bite isn't coming from a creature that there's a horde of, it's a particular...10 replies | 773 view(s)
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2024-05-14, 08:02 AMThe party is 8-10 and only one enemy will have this ability, so I'm not worried about it causing the entire party to lose control and kill each...10 replies | 773 view(s)
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2024-05-14, 07:54 AMSkrum replied to a thread Exploration and social - the two pillars that have no mechanics in D&D 5e/NextI'm going to reiterate again my desire to NOT simply write a short story, or daydream about a cool character and the wild things they could get up...85 replies | 4965 view(s)
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2024-05-13, 08:10 PMSkrum replied to a thread Exploration and social - the two pillars that have no mechanics in D&D 5e/NextThe existing rules just really remind me of the "we have that home" meme. I'm just entirely unimpressed, and unimpressed generally with how light the...85 replies | 4965 view(s)
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2024-05-13, 04:22 PMSkrum replied to a thread Exploration and social - the two pillars that have no mechanics in D&D 5e/NextI suppose. It would be churlish of me to continue to bang the same drum, but idk, these rules are pretty underwhelming. Maybe I don't know exactly...85 replies | 4965 view(s)
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2024-05-13, 01:54 PMSkrum replied to a thread Exploration and social - the two pillars that have no mechanics in D&D 5e/NextI've run several hexcrawl-style games, which take place on a hexmap with each hex representing a few square miles of wilderness. I made up the...85 replies | 4965 view(s)
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2024-05-13, 12:12 PMSkrum replied to a thread Players want to overthrow a king and install democracy. What can go wrong? ;) in D&D 5e/NextYeah, absolutely have the hag show up and buy all of the Bullywog's votes with exotic fish. Then have the hag thank the players for their help; she'd...33 replies | 3070 view(s)
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2024-05-13, 12:01 PMSkrum replied to a thread Exploration and social - the two pillars that have no mechanics in D&D 5e/NextYeah, I'm gonna pick on it anyway. Badly presented rules are almost as bad as none; the user is still left piecing things together and filling in a...85 replies | 4965 view(s)
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2024-05-13, 11:17 AMSkrum replied to a thread Exploration and social - the two pillars that have no mechanics in D&D 5e/NextI haven't actually played PF2 myself. I actually don't even know anyone who has. It's just little bits and references made to it, I assumed it was...85 replies | 4965 view(s)
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2024-05-13, 10:16 AMSkrum replied to a thread Exploration and social - the two pillars that have no mechanics in D&D 5e/NextI disagree somewhat. If I was just interested in inhabiting a character, I would be better served by joining an improv group or writing short...85 replies | 4965 view(s)
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2024-05-13, 08:38 AMBowser is the rune knight of Smash Bros. It makes perfect sense. Total off-topic and off-subject, heavies vs heavies in smash bros is...824 replies | 38723 view(s)
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2024-05-13, 08:21 AMOn this point, my guess is Ludic is talking about "deadly" as in what the DMG would call a deadly encounter (like in terms of CR). The qualities I...824 replies | 38723 view(s)
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2024-05-12, 09:13 PMSkrum replied to a thread Exploration and social - the two pillars that have no mechanics in D&D 5e/NextWhat system would you recommend for a powergaming, kick in the door tactical combat-fest? I've heard good things about PF2 in this regard, but I've...85 replies | 4965 view(s)
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2024-05-12, 08:54 PMIf there's anything that defines the design failures of the monk and rogue, it's this. Rogue would function so much cleaner if, say, they could use...824 replies | 38723 view(s)
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2024-05-12, 08:37 AMThey'd still loose control of their action, potentially attack allies, and take psychic damage each turn. But yes they'd get the benefit of an...10 replies | 773 view(s)
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2024-05-11, 11:23 PMThey need an editor. As in, someone needs to re-read the whole class and clean up little things that make the class way less effective than they...824 replies | 38723 view(s)
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2024-05-11, 10:47 PMThere's a certain degree that any class that can't cast spells is...not good as it should be...but I agree with you that it's an entirely banal and...824 replies | 38723 view(s)
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2024-05-11, 10:32 PMI'm gonna go with Creatures bitten by Skarde must make a DC 16 Con save or be infected by the spirit of Silia. While infected, they gain -...10 replies | 773 view(s)
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2024-05-11, 09:36 PMI'm brainstorming an encounter, and the main enemies are a wolf-themed tribe of elves that can partially transform and also use runic magic. I was...10 replies | 773 view(s)
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