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Today, 09:37 AMChronos replied to a thread Speculation Not every DM loves a page worth of backstory, but I do... in D&D 5e/NextI would never use an AI to create a backstory, because to me, creating the backstory is part of the fun. Why would I want to ask a computer to have...20 replies | 1820 view(s)
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Today, 09:26 AMYeah, I think that quickly bamfing around the battlefield to each target is meant to be the fluff for how it works, and the one you end up next to is...15 replies | 2292 view(s)
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Today, 09:09 AMA while back I was DMing and wanted to add a few extra magic items to a published adventure, but it made sense for the reward at one point to be a...16 replies | 1693 view(s)
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Today, 09:01 AMChronos replied to a thread Tech Help Is wireless charging bad for phones? in Mad Science and Grumpy TechnologyI do know for sure that cheap, shoddy wired phone chargers absolutely can and will damage a phone. Some of the worst ones have a pretty decent...17 replies | 959 view(s)
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2024-05-02, 06:40 PMTarrasque's regeneration is different there, because it specifically says that it can only be killed by a Wish. It also says how it interacts with...198 replies | 25118 view(s)
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2024-04-30, 03:23 PMYes, because the abilities themselves are all over the map. A powerful ability shouldn't be usable the same number of times as a weak ability.17 replies | 1099 view(s)
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2024-04-29, 03:38 PMIt's the major positive dominant thing, scroll up a bit on that page: Though I did fail to remember the part about the temp HP fading a minute or...17 replies | 1108 view(s)
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2024-04-28, 07:11 AMWell... maybe? Even aside from the power imbalance, bubbles of time-trait planes are broken in the sense that nobody really has any idea how...17 replies | 1108 view(s)
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2024-04-27, 07:29 AMThe very first problem with Planar Shepherd is that the druid base class gets three different and independent very strong abilities, animal...17 replies | 1108 view(s)
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2024-04-27, 07:18 AMIn other words, there are three different kinds of interactions between darkness spells and light spells. The first is that one can counter the...12 replies | 835 view(s)
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2024-04-26, 02:56 PMChronos replied to a thread DM Help Using Dream to mess with players: cool move, or jerk move? in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20Directly, yes, but does a dream count as "direct"? There's a long tradition in stories and lore of deities contacting mortals through dreams. ...3 replies | 243 view(s)
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2024-04-26, 02:50 PMTo me, what defines a gish isn't just that they can cast and swing a weapon. They have to have abilities that integrate both of those together. The...130 replies | 11815 view(s)
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2024-04-25, 03:51 PMBut that's what descriptors are for. A light spell is a spell with the light descriptor. That's how you tell what spells are light spells. Spells...12 replies | 835 view(s)
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2024-04-24, 04:26 PM"Locked" doesn't mean "can't be changed". Just ask any rogue.13 replies | 1350 view(s)
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2024-04-22, 04:05 PMProblem: There's no one single format for character sheets. You can't print a guide that points out locations on the character sheet, unless you're...5 replies | 1945 view(s)
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2024-04-22, 03:59 PMMy top spell from the PHB2 is Linked Perception (I think that's where it's from; away from books at the moment). It gives the entire party a buff to...130 replies | 11815 view(s)
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2024-04-21, 07:05 AMChronos replied to a thread Have you ever played with a Fiendish Familiar (symbiont)? in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20Once Polymorph Any Object is on the table, pretty much all bets are off. "But what if PAO" isn't that far behind "But what if Pun-Pun": You can...10 replies | 943 view(s)
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2024-04-21, 07:03 AMChronos replied to a thread Strongest Item you were allowed to play with . Hail DM in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20"Deviation" is probably a mistranslation of "deflection", as in the kind of bonus to armor class that a ring of protection gives. Note that the...30 replies | 2797 view(s)
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2024-04-20, 07:06 AMChronos replied to a thread Strongest Item you were allowed to play with . Hail DM in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20Way back in 2nd edition, the DM was using random treasure tables, and I ended up with a +4 intelligent sword (with a few extra abilities I can't...30 replies | 2797 view(s)
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2024-04-19, 08:18 AMChronos replied to a thread Rules Q&A Help with clarification on how to read the rulebook: What has priority? in D&D 5e/NextI think that a number of issues with 5e stem from the fact that the designers were trying to bring the game back to its roots... but the designers...11 replies | 1389 view(s)
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2024-04-19, 08:13 AMI wouldn't put too much weight on movement speed, for a rogue. Sure, the difference in speed will be multiplied by Cunning Action, but even for a...3 replies | 1568 view(s)
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2024-04-19, 08:01 AMSure, Hex has other applications besides damage, but damage is the primary one. And Agonizing Blast is more damage than Hex, in most situations...132 replies | 10395 view(s)
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2024-04-19, 07:55 AMHey, it works for Murderbot. Although it makes even less sense there, since it's science fiction: What does the oxygen it breathes react with, if...26 replies | 2974 view(s)
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2024-04-19, 07:37 AMChronos replied to a thread A few questions about Sorcerer (newbie thread) D&D 3.5e/5e in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20In settings with the Weave, or something equivalent, it's generally taken as given that all magic is a manifestation of the Weave, somehow or other. ...5 replies | 1209 view(s)
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2024-04-19, 07:31 AMChronos replied to a thread Have you ever played with a Fiendish Familiar (symbiont)? in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20An at-will, area-effect, incapacitating attack opens up a lot of options, even if it is low DC.10 replies | 943 view(s)
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2024-04-17, 02:07 PMYeah, I meant Iron Will, and was just misremembering it. I think I was getting it mixed up with Skill Focus. Still, the three +2-to-a-save feats...130 replies | 11815 view(s)
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2024-04-17, 02:02 PMChronos replied to a thread Have you ever played with a Fiendish Familiar (symbiont)? in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20A Ghostly Visage is explicitly one of the options for a Dread Necromancer's familiar. The other options are an imp, quasit, or vargouille. Though...10 replies | 943 view(s)
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2024-04-16, 03:56 PMIf that's all you're getting from it, then Steadfast Determination definitely isn't worth it. It costs you two feats (because let's be honest,...130 replies | 11815 view(s)
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2024-04-16, 03:40 PMGeometry certainly isn't finished, because (as Euclid showed) you can use geometry to do number theory, and there are plenty of open questions in...70 replies | 2984 view(s)
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2024-04-15, 03:39 PMChronos replied to a thread Simple RAW for 3.5: 38 pages, and I still don't know how to play D&D in D&D 3e/3.5e/d20A98 partial: In the core rules, I had thought that the Tarrasque had the highest con, at 35, but it looks like the Titan indeed beats it, at 39. ...257 replies | 14825 view(s)
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