Seven of Pentacles edition

>"New" Arcane Subclasses UA: https://media.dndbeyond.com/compendium-images/ua/arcane-subclasses/zepvK7DBkeSt6dqv/UA2025-ArcaneSubclasses.pdf

>2024 PHB Scan (No more fingers edition)
https://files.catbox.moe/g8oo9h.pdf

>Cropped and rotated, but more artifacty
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>2024 DMG
https://files.catbox.moe/fd04pq.pdf

>2024 Monster Manual
https://files.catbox.moe/atd38s.pdf

>2024 Official free rules
https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/free-rules
>2014 Official Free Rules
https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/basic-rules-2014

>2024 UA
https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dnd/ua

>2014 Errata
https://dnd.wizards.com/dndstudioblog/sage-advice-book-updates

>5etools (2024)
http://5e.tools
>5etools (2014)
https://2014.5e.tools/

>Trove
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>Resources:
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Previous thread
>>95968495

>TQ
Has your hard work in D&D been paying off or have things been floundering?

>>95997356 (OP)
Abruptly ran out of prepared material two sessions back when the players went in an unexpected direction, called it half an hour early.
Last session I prepared for this new path and seeded a bunch of lore and mystery and had all I needed and more to run a great session confidently with solid pacing throughout.
So there was a bit of floundering but we're so back.

>>95997356 (OP)
>Has your hard work in D&D been paying off
Never. I wish I had players who liked the game and not just the idea of it.

I need help as a DM. So I preety much allowed the players to buy items and select feats from 3rd party books in dnd beyond, we play level 18 and oh my god the paladin can slam 500 damage with a +19 to hit and the wizard has a DC of 30 so monsters get deleted fast but I wanna make a fight that actually last long, i plan to make a monster have 1500 hp with an AC of 30+ stacked with resistances and immunities to a ton of conditions. Does this sound fair? I wanted a high tier game myself but im starting to run out of ideas to throw at them.

Would a living lightning bolt and a beholder zombie fight each other if they were lured into the same room? Or would they just chase after the player characters who lured them together?

How would you build The Death Dealer?

>>95997356 (OP)
How would you build Battle Beast?

>>95997983
Human fighter (Champion)

We started a group with mostly new players and we are having a bit of trouble having to reference the PHB every time we use an ability or spell. I'd like to make a sheet with every player's abilities/spells in one place.

I was thinking on just cutting them from the PDF but wanted to ask first if there isn't an utility to make this easier?

Something like this pic or maybe even something simpler

Is there a dummy’s guide to writing a murder mystery adventure?

>>95997356 (OP)
Do you believe in pure evil in your games?

>>95998211
Only for supernatural entities.

>>95998193
>I'd like to make a sheet with every player's abilities/spells in one place.

Instead, make a sheet for each character, with just their own spells. You could call it a character sheet. But really, just have them look up their spells on 5etools, and print screen them on to some kind of paint tool, then print it off.

you/he also don't need to copy over every druid cantrip, just the ones he knows.

Should clerics be nurturing types?

Do you give your players a free feat at level 1? Why or why not?
>>95998482
Depends on the domain and god of worship.
A cleric of Umberlee would not be.

>>95992916
>I think enabling alternate rules for feats via downtime activities was a mistake. My Cleric is being a weirdo.
>>95993516
>How so?

As a die-hard MMO Mom, she was extremely torn between Paladin and Fighter, neither of them really resonated with her much since they cannot do what she wanted. I told her about the War domain Cleric, and she instantly gravitated towards it. Since she and her husband (my co-worker), with my niece as the last player, are experiencing their first campaign in the form of a relatively short tier one adventure, I decided to take it easy on them with this ruling.

Now, for whatever reason, everybody has been deciding to pool their loot into getting the Cleric training, which has resulted in her having, at level 4, the following:

>Great Weapon Master
>Polearm Master
>Sentinel

So, with her base+origin of 17 STR,12 CON, and 14 WIS, she used her 4th level ASI to get 16 WIS, and then 20 STR through the earned half-feats. Granted, it did take18 weeks of in-setting time (5 weeks, 6 weeks, then 7) and nearly a thousand gold. This woman's goals are simply beyond my understanding.

>local advisor was blackmailing nobility and was found murdered by a fine tipped, slender blade
Okay, I have my premise. How do I go from A to B?
I want multiple suspects each with dirty secrets they would be willing to kill over that the party unravels.
But how do I pick a single suspect to be my killer?

What the fuck from 2024 phb can i reskin to make a vampire character? Goddamn there isn't even a single life drain thing outside vamp touch

>>95998813
You have 10 years of supplements, sis. Update one of the vampire races or templates.

>>95998813
You might need to try using a book that has what you want instead of one that doesn't.

>>95998851
>>95998915
I can't because current campaign is phb only

>>95998813
Strictly 2024 PHB?
>Species: Chthonic Tiefling
>Class: Warlock [Fiend]
>Your Pact was with a Vampire Blessed by the hells [Like a Vampire given power by Aclazotz]- you use spells like Command, Charm Person, Charm Monster, Dominate Monster, Geas and Suggestion to have enemies do your bidding, you've got necrotic touches and bites via Chill Touch and Vampiric Touch. You can also use Fire magic to burn down foes. You have access to Insect Plague and Summon Undead to summon creatures of the Night like a Ghostly Hound or Skeleton or Reflavored Vampire Spawn or hordes of Bats (instead of insects).
>You can go Pact of the Blade if you want to have a Rapier that deals Necrotic Damage and eventually can get Lifedrinker from it too!

>>95998971
Vampires have the bite, the charm, the shape shift, the summoning of bats, the gaseous form, and a few other things.

Sorcerer could work, Druid sorc could get them all but it’s a multiclass mess

>>95998998
>>95999003
Warlock comes with Gaseous Form as well- though no Polymorph to turn into a Bat sadly. But there are spells like Fly that can give you massive bat wings or Misty Step to let you turn into mist to teleport places.

>>95998998
>>95999035
Uh, gonna go with this. Thanks

>>95999035
True, my first thought was sorc but warlock probably works a bit better w/ the invocations

>>95998777
Multiple suspects may be confusing. Should I just go with one?

Everyone in my groups is switching to Daggerheart and PF2E..Why is everyone betraying D&D?

>>95999094
Dagger heart just came out

>>95997905
Living spells haunt the Mournland and other areas blasted by the Last War, somehow subsisting on ambient magical energy as they writhe and across the landscape. Though they have no need for sustenance, they attack any creatures they come into contact with, lashing out indiscriminately with their corrupted magic.

>>95992964
Champion Fighter. Mechanically simple, and any team can always use a heavy hitter.

>>95998582
Hey, if the party wants to pool their resources to afford it, then I'd just let it be. They seem to be cool with stacking up on the Cleric and letting her be a walking tank.

Don't you think there should be at least one core race whose native size is large?

>>96000519
No, being large fucks with the game’s mechanical balance. That’s why every “should just be large” race has some kind of feat allowing them to push and carry more.

>>95997356 (OP)
So, i'm between this Liu Kang build
>https://youtu.be/kNrCQz5UEVo?si=Ce1svSaYIFL7M5bb

Or going full Monk with Warrior of the open hand.

for one side, i want to be able to use fire attacks, also the extra HP from warrior levels is nice

By the other side, i want the deflect energy and the Quivering Palm feat.

>>96000519
Medium gets you up to 8 or 9 feet in height. You shouldn’t need above that, no.

>>96000519
Almost every race in the game is large if you have a wizard in the party.

i need ideas for a ritual to resurrect a dol ghuldur whose soul fragments / lingering essence still reside in the blade that was planted in his back for years

>>96001657
*galeb duhr

>>96000519
I kinda want to play in a party that only uses Small or even Tiny races. I imagine it could be fun.

>>96001695
Short kings rise up
Play more halflings

In the new Dragon Delves adventure anthology, Wizards of the Coast presents the following special ability. Supposedly, it is enough to allow a single PC to complete an adventure meant for the entire party.

>Blessing of the Lone Champion
>• Heroic Inspiration. You gain Heroic Inspiration when you finish a Short or Long Rest and whenever the DM has you roll Initiative.
>• Temporary Hit Points. You gain a number of Temporary Hit Points equal to 10 times your level when you gain this blessing and when you gain a level.

Is it really, though? Is this truly enough to compensate for having significantly less action economy and resources on hand?

>>96001695
>>96002046
How do short races work with grapples?

>>96002147
You can only grapple creatures up to one size larger than you

>>96002092
>Is it really, though? Is this truly enough to compensate for having significantly less action economy and resources on hand?
No.

>>95997356 (OP)
>Reading through the new UA

What in the world made them push Arcane Archer as a fighter sub? Even without going into the fact the subclass is shit, it stinks more like a Ranger than a Fighter who already has Eldritch Knight.

>>95998582
if they pooled their resources, then they are all missing stuff so it should be fine, but how in the fuck do they have enough gold to pay for 3 feats?

>nearly a thousand gold

Brother, I found your problem. You grossly underpriced your feats.

>>96002092
...in theory?
If you're going to be running away, stealthing, and generally avoiding battles, the Heroic inspiration on tap that instantly recharges as soon as you enter battle means you can hide with Heroic Inspiration as either a 2nd or 3rd failsafe (like if you have a cloak of elvenkind), get caught, run, and then hide again with HI again. And, if you get caught again, more HI.

And, if you fail to immediately run away, the extra assload of THP means you can at least take one or two hits.

You can probably complete an adventure solo without it if you cheese things, and it definitely helps cheese things if you cheese the fuck out of it.

>>96002205
That's bullshit.

>>96002547
You can grapple larger creatures if you're using "climb on a creature" rules but It's for climbing, not stopping an enemy

>>96002547
not really.

>>96002205
That's not too bad then.

are there any major power store and release mechanics, that player characters have access to without the need of items?

>>96002688
war mage.

>>96002547
Please don't post your selfie here

>>96002269
Arcane Archer was printed as a fighter sub years ago, anon.

Running a Spelljammer game and I want a faction to serve as a sort of Helldivers/Starship Troopers sort of force, "liberating" planets.Should I go with >the Githyanki, saving world after world from the Illithid menace, whether that world wants saving or not, and establishing divine rule in Vlaakith's name,
or
>Astral Elves, conquering various solar systems and installing themselves as defacto "peacekeepers" while also draining the planets resources to fuel their expanding empire?

why don't sorcerer feel like avatars of magic?

>>96003433
Because they're wizards but shitty

>>96003433
play 2024 sorcerer, they're great.

>>95998532
Good aligned ones? I guess that still depends on the diety.

>>96003643
How are they better?

How do I get my players to simp for my villain? Also is that a good idea?

Do you think this would be a fun miniboss for a level 3 party as an ancient guardian knight of a storm tower? I'm going for the vibe of the dark nut fight from OoT where it gets faster and more dangerous as you cut off its armor. Its also going to have 3 or 4 Ice Mephit minions that I swap all cold damage to lightning.

>24 AC, 60 HP
>Speed 10ft
>Crumbling Armor: When an attack misses this creature its AC permanently reduces by 1 (to a minimum of 10). At 20, 15, and 10 AC this creature gets an additional attack and increases its speed by 10ft
>Innate Spellcasting (DC 12) 3/day: thunderwave (2d8 damage)
>Greatsword +6 to hit 2d6+3 damage

Am I overcooking it with the AC reduction on misses thing? Would it be better if I give it a lower starting AC and just say at certain HP thresholds its AC reduces? I kind of like this way because they dont necessarily have to get it to its most dangerous form if they roll well or the spellcasters focus on using saving throw based spells as those wont damage the armor.

>>96003721

>mage rage 2/day
>each subclass has spells known, so more spells known over all
>ritual casting for free
>short rest to regain 1/2 level sorcerery points 1/day

>>96003771
if they roll poorly they can easily TPK, so if you play with kiddy gloves, sure, it's an ok fight.

>>95998482
Clerics of Loviatar should make sure the party always starts the day with a morning cbt session

Is the unarmed strike of the monk affected by the unarmed fighting style of the warrior? I'm taking it to deal d8 instead of d6 by strike but in dnd Beyond it seems it's not reflected/applied (I don't have any armor/weapon/shield equipped)

Is it worth it or is it a waste of level?

>>96003931
check the attack section

>>96003961
Don't know if I'm doing something wrong, it only appears the option of a d6

>>96003731
Don't dress her like that. She just looks ridiculous.

>>96004022
it's probably on beyond's side. they're dog shit. just make your own using the customize option

>halfling world tree barb named sprout
Is that too cheesy?

>>96002269
Arcane Archery has always been the domain of fighters.

Rangers tend to be portrayed as archers, but they are hunters, scouts, and trackers, first and foremost, only using archery as a convenient means to an end. For Arcane Archers, their affinity for ranged weapons is their sole, entire livelihood as Fighters. They favor the bow to such an extent that they will study the Arcane and learn to control magic just to enhance their already considerable marksmanship.

>>96003793
You also get six metamagics instead of four.

>>96000187
Champion is sleeper OP. Just build into crit fishing and multiattacks and you're all set. Even at level 5, you can attack 4 times a turn.

>>96003931
The Unarmed Fighting Style is practically useless on a Monk.

>>96004309
>You can attack 4 times a turn
Only once per rest though with action surge sadly

>>96003643
>>96003793
>>96004144
That does seem much more powerful, but I've heard 2024 also changed a lot of stuff for the worse and isn't really backwards-compatible like they promised.

>>96004327
dual wielding + nick
using a topple weapon/that other advantage mastery
it does work, albeit with limited damage dice

>>96004358
It's fine, anyone with a brain can figure it out. It might be hard for people brand new to the hobby to see both versions and not be able to figure it out tho.

a lot of the rules for 2024 are ass, but the content is pretty good.

New DM. Should I use group initiative for identical enemies or per individual enemy? I put numbers on them so it’s not hard to do single initiative.

>>96004391
they make encounter sheets

>>96004391
Depends on the monster and how many there are in initiative, and the power level of the players

>4 orcs, with two attacks each
divide them
>9 bug bears with one big attack
put them in pairs


you gotta get a feel for it.

what would you have the party fight here? besides water elementals I guess
current context is short dungeon behind waterfall with a jug measurement puzzle in the room before or after. I was thinking a theme of ancient water healers, maybe corrupted, but I might change it so feel free to suggest anything

>>96004423
oozes of similar level, they can squeeze through the walls when the water level reaches past the stairs, they can also drop from the ceiling as traps

>>96004358
Here's a better explanation. A lot of meta magic got buffed or cheaper, twining got obliterated.

>>96003931
Well you would have 1d4 unarmed strikes without it, so it's definitely working. Beyond probably doesn't know how to check the conditions for it to be a d8.

>>96004393
>encounter sheets
Wut?

>>96004395
I left the last session at 4 level 1 characters against 3 mud mephits. Trying to decide if they should all act at once or individually. I’m thinking individually but unsure.

>>96004358
>isn't really backwards-compatible like they promised
95% of stuff is forwards-compatible (old material with new rules), 4% requires you to use your brain just a little (e.g. the subclass lets me use KI points but I only have FOCUS points!) and 1% is broken (e.g. Shepherd druid).

>>96004529
>Wut?
I misunderstood your post, nevermind.

>>96003771
>Level 3
>24 AC
The highest AC for a published monster is 25. Most monsters don't even have 20 AC. I assume they have about +6 to hit, meaning they need an 18 to hit, which is 15%.
>Am I overcooking it with the AC reduction on misses thing?
I would use Mirror Image for the plating instead, that has a base of 15 AC. About 3 or 5 images should do. I would not give this thing 4 attacks though. I'd go with 2 attacks once its bloodied, and one Action Surge.

>>96004391
I do all enemies at once, separate initiative if there is a miniboss or boss amongst them, and separate initiative for factions in case of 3-way combat.

>>95997885
It sounds like you fucked up. Your players are acting on a scale the system was not designed for. Hp, saves and AC no longer have meaning. If you want a longer fight you need to add elements for victory that don't involve fighting to your encounters.

>>95998171


Lion-flavored Tabaxi or Goliath Barbarian Path of the Zealot

>>96003731
Well you could start by making her boobs bigger

>>96004529
>I left the last session at 4 level 1 characters against 3 mud mephits. Trying to decide if they should all act at once or individually. I’m thinking individually but unsure.


individually unless you're playing with kiddy gloves, mephits are
>Intelligent
>Evil

So if they all took their turn at the same time, they should all attack the weakest person at the same time, possibly downing a player.

>>96005332
I'm not that guy, but doesn't that seem more like something a pack animal might do? Like, "If any ally nearby this creature succeeds an attack roll with the "Bite" attack action, it may use its reaction to make a "Bite" attack."

>>96005339
Yes, that would also be something a pack animal would do. But take, for example, a zombie or a gray ooze.

>abysmally low INT
This thing has no sense for tactics. It's looking for its next meal, which is usually the closest enemy to it.
>very low wis score
little to no sense of self-preservation, so it'll fight to the death.

no, when you go back to the mehpits

>Malicious Elemental Hooligans
>Habitat: Planar (Elemental Planes)
>Mephits are [mean-spirited tricksters] that dwell on the Elemental Planes. The six most prominent types of mephits resemble halfling-size gargoyles with wings, exaggerated features, and bodies composed of two elements.
>Most live self-interested existences, [indulging their warped senses of humor] or overblown egos on their home planes of existence. Some serve as messengers or spies for genies or magic-users.
>Mephits resent leaving the elemental extremes where they make their homes. If loosed on the Material Plane or other realms, [they lash out with nasty pranks] or by [tormenting weaker creatures]. When destroyed, mephits explode in a burst of elemental magic.

Mephits are smart and cruel, and depending on the setting or circumstances, embrace death as a means of causing more harm and returning to their plane sooner.

>>96005400
Okay, that makes more sense.

>>96004376
Barbarian dip is probably worthwhile if you're optimizing number of attacks

>>96004529
>3 mephits
Individual. If you roll low on group initiative they'll all be destroyed before they do anything.

>>96005414
yea, if you take a pack animal for example

>wolf
>just as dumb as a zombie
>but "wiser" than a commoner
They hunt by instinct, and they absolutely have a sense of self-preservation and should run after getting hurt

Also, a big fan of the LotR wolves and their "fear of fire" trait. A lot of normal animals should have similar features.

>>96004358
>I've heard
Play the game nigger.

>>96005804
I don’t have the books yet. I’m stuck in 2014land

>>96005829
The rules are free. And what, are you playing off DnD beyond? Just steal a PDF online.

>>96005804
I am playing the game, as printed in 2014.

>Nobody's schedules ever line up
Why do I even bother bros? The scheduling demon is the cruellest and most powerful force imaginable.

>>96003731
Bigger bewbs.
Make her mute.

>>96006039
I'm sorry to say, Anon, but some of those people have shitty jobs or are, more likely, lying.

>>96006039
Felt. I and one friend work 7-4 Monday through Friday, the other two in my group have erratic schedules that make planning difficult.

>>96006039
I just picked a prime time spot on Saturday evening and have been sticking to it for the last 10 years. Maybe 4-5 weeks out of the entire year get cancelled. Feels good man.

So how's the new UA? Anything useful or is it trash?

>>96006723

Arcane archer is cool. I unironically can't remember anything else.

Will there be any problems playing a 2024 fighter with a party of people still using regular 5e classes

>>96007319
other than that the fighter will have an incredibly unusual amount of utility compared to what is expected, not really.

I will also say, anecdotally, that dex-based Champions getting adv. on initiative is mildly frustrating, as you can expect them to be going first in the turn-order roughly 144,927% of the time assuming they have Alert and 20 Dex by level 6

You think a noble merchant lord being the worshipper of a god of trickery and deceit is enough of a reason to blackmail them and for them to murder said blackmailer?

>>96007500
Murder seems a bit extreme. I would try to define how damaging, exactly, this revelation would be for the Noble Merchant Lord, were this bit of trivia to be made known to his:
>family
>closest servants and confidants
>allies
>acquaintances
>domain's public and its layperson
>enemies
and then decide the appropriate response, based on your answer to the blackmailer's given level(s) of dissemination. It seems much more likely to me, given his religious prerogative and noble disposition, that he'd be more likely to entice them employment via a far more lucrative offer, only to then betray him at a later date.

>>96007628
He’s also a racial supremacist but that doesn’t really seem like a big deal. The god is generally worshipped by criminals but “dark rites” are performed in her honor to grant the performer power in their life, in exchange their soul is devoured by her in the after life.
Should I add in some humanoid sacrificing to spice things up?
I guess I could make the nobleman a red herring if I needed too.

>>96007391
They already did under the 2014 rules

>>96007681
Anon, I have utterly zero way of knowing how pertinent all of this is. You know what's going on in your world, we do not. You can't withhold information like this and expect us to give you legitimately helpful advice.
>Racial supremacist
Okay, what race? How racist? By chance, are every one of your players part of that race? This doesn't seem like a sincere plot point. It's half-baked and comes off as an epic dogwhistle for your buddies to giggle over. Nobody cares if you hate niggers, man; Nobody doesn't. Develop it properly and make it meaningful, or get rid of it. Half-assed jokes are never worthwhile.
>Short-term gain for unending suffering
An eternity is a very long time. Human(oid)s are incredibly short-sighted, but this is borderline moronic. This needs to be explained, Anon. In real life, Nobility were extremely well-educated for their time and understood how to read, as well as had a reasonably complex understanding of logic. Consider the plausibility of this man being manipulated by her.
>Mysterious religion fuelled by "dark rites"
I think what you need to do is take this all back to the drawing board. Not even Shar from Forgotten Realms is this much of a cunt with her willing followers. What exactly are the rites doing? How is this goddess being empowered by these rites? What does she gain from them? What kind of powers are so tempting that someone with a comfortable life would be willing to sacrifice everything for them?

>>96007717
>Already did
Did what?
>Advantage on initiative
No, they didn't. At best, you'd receive a +3. That's quite a bit weaker.
>Utility
Too niche or too high level for it to ever be relevant.

>>96007764
You raise very good points. I will have to think more about this.

>>96007764
Nta but chill out fagoli. Cultist noble is like Plot101.

>>96007936
The plot isn't the problem, the problem is lack of narrative cohesion. If the Anon didn't care about his story, he wouldn't have come here asking for advice. I despise unseriousness in writing. I didn't tell him that his story was shit, I told him to consider things he didn't.

>>96007964
How is it unserious? He clearly just wanted more reasoning for the bad guy to be bad.

>>96003931
You'll have d8 damage dice with unarmed attacks on monk in like one or two levels, I'm not sure why you'd want to go fighter for something you're going to get naturally when you could just go more monk.

>>96007500
not really, unless your blackmail was harming their family. A lot of the other shit you mentioned is irrelevant.

what's a good reason for a female orc to leave her clan and be a murderhobo

>>96008289
earn coin
exile

>>96008289
She doesn’t want to be a breeding sow

>>96007764
>>96008273
>just keep paying blackmail forever
I don’t want to be relying on movies for my narratives, but wasn’t this the motivation to kill Mr. Body in Clue?
Is it really so outlandish?

>>96008356
Depending on how much the blackmail is, and how wealthy the nobleman is, yea. Another word for blackmail is bribery and people are always willing to do that.


What is important, rather than the god worship or the racial hatred or their title or their profession: What are they being blackmailed with?

>>96008388
They are being blackmailed with information that could potentially end their career or destroy their reputation.

>>95998971
Then play something out of the PHB instead, that's what your DM clearly wants.

>>96005829
Unless they've been removed the books are in the OP

>>96008398
>vague, vague, vague,
So you haven't thought of anything, and that's why his motivation is weak. The other guy is right. Go back to the drawing board or if you want to give him a reason to kill his blackmailer, threaten the well-being of his family, or make the nobleman so powerful that hiring a hitman is cheaper than the blackmail.

>>96008398
Also, this whole conversation changes if he worships lloth

>>96005116
Nice

>>96005116
Did you forget that leonin exist, anon?

>>96004423
Crazed nymph or water goddess, corrupted by some kind of dark magic. Once she loses enough HP, the spell is broken and she can send the party on a quest to stop whoever did this to her.

>>96005804
I played 2014. Haven't had a chance to try 2024. I've just been hearing about things like all races being the same now, lots of stuff being sanitized or censored, and 2014 monsters and content not working right in 2024.

>>96008289
Looking for a sorcerer to breed with to create children with her strength and his magic.

>>96008775
It's hyperbole. The stats shift from races to backgrounds is kind of lame, but adjust as you will.

>>96004445
Looking over the class description now. I don't like how they changed your sorcerous origin into a subclass that you choose at level 3. That's dumb. It should be there from the beginning.

>>96008942
yea, that is the only retarded thing about it.

they should have added an optional rule that experienced players should have their subclasses at 1st level.

>>96002624
What's this, mixed rugby? Sounds like a perfect plan for disaster.

>>96009099
that's women's rugby and a transwoman playing in the women league.

>>96008580
>Accepts the "MTG is part of DnD multiverse" bullshit

>>96009201
So I bet he went from the worst player in men's league to the best player in women's?

>>96009333
>>96009201
Fuck off

>>96009333
Yes
But the point was that it makes sense that you can't grapple a creature more than one size larger than you.

>>96009217
People don't really know or care about that (rightfully so). They just look up D&D races and get a list of ones published in official books for 5th edition.

>Hey, I can get Magic Initiate as a free feat at level 1, cool!
>It's now limited to wizard, cleric, and druid spells
Fuck. No Eldritch Blast for my sorcerer, I guess.

>>96009478
Yea, that was pretty obvious.

I do not understand warlocks one bit. why does their whole kit center around a single spell?

So are you supposed to be able to mix and match every individual aspect of 5e and 5.5, or are you supposed to go all-in on one or the other, or are you only allowed to mix and match certain parts? Sorry if this is a stupid question. I've been away from D&D for a couple years and only recently learned of 5.5's existence.

>>96009601
it doesn't

>>96009622
Nobody really cares about 5.5e, just play whatever

>>96009622
nobody follows the rules of 5e to the letter whatever they are. we all juse use it as baseline skeleton and pick and choose what fixes the broken parts between different versions and homebrew

cursed hill giant chieftain ring. PC has been wearing it as a torc
minor curse of making them eat 2x rations, and cant take a short or long rest without eating. they also started gaining weight

current benefit
>Whenever you eat food as part of a short rest and spend one or more Hit Dice to regain hit points, you regain additional hit points equal to your Constitution modifier + twice your proficiency bonus.

I want it to evolve as they get more giant like (and faT)
>1/day potion of the hill giant?
>have to eat 3x rations

thoughts? what could be the final stage?

>>96009772

>>96009622
The official idea is that if you use 2024 materials you are using the 2024 core rules and the 2024 version of any features like spells, subclasses and species. Non-updated 2014 material can be used as-is.
Using anything 2024 in a game with 2014 rules is homebrew territory and isn't designed or advertised to be backwards compatible.

>>96009622
Most 5e campaigns are amalgamations of what rules and concepts DMs enjoy from other systems because of how bare bones 5e is.

Some rules from 2024 are ok

>grappling as part of an unarmed strikes
>grappling rules in general
I'd keep the current changes for grapples, but also still include the old method of starting a grapple.
>new spellcasting rules
I also like these better, one spell slot per turn is great and stops the "counter spell your counter spell" shit, speaking of
>counter spell
Definitely using the old one, but i'd keep the new one and call it "antimage strike", and add on a "make a melee attack as part of the spell" bit, then give it to bards, rangers, and paladins.

>>96009601
in previous editions it wasn't a spell, it was a class feature. Wotc made it a spell for no good reason, and then doubled down on it

>>96009622
Ignore anything previously released and just use the 2024 stuff w/ 5.5

Have the sidekick rules been expanded on in any way since being introduced in Tasha's?

>>96010117
no

2014 painted style art looks like early ai slop to me now

>>96009913
>counter spell
>Definitely using the old one
Jesus fucking christ. My favorite new rule was the nerf to counterspell. It's anti fun and shouldn't be automatic. Fuck you.

>>96010163
D&D art has been shit since 3e. Ever since the artists took it upon themselves to intentionally erase and emasculate white males.

Monte cook on Redgar:
>When I worked at TSR, there was always basically a truism in cover art--the central figure had to be a white male.
>So, when D&D was bought by WotC and we started working on 3E, we really felt that this was a time when we could break this mold. We worked with the artists to create iconic characters of different ethnicities (both in appearance and in name) and with equal representation of male and female. At some point in the process, someone said, "hey, you don't have a male human fighter in the mix.
>Regdar intruded his way into 3E, empowered by marketing and sales people. At the last minute, in a matter of just those few short weeks, the old TSR standard reared its ugly head. Not only was Regdar on the scene, he was in the spotlight. This was the character that would be on the cardboard standees and other promotional items, and would usually take center stage in the covers. I was caught entirely off-guard and was far too late to even comment on him. Now, to his credit, the initial Regdar artist, Todd Lockwood, made Regdar's ethnicity kind of vague. (Regdar had shown up in Todd's earlier sketches when he designed the look of 3E armor.) It's only in later artwork that Regdar seems to be pretty clearly the white male fighter we tried to avoid. And to the credit of a number of people--artists, art directors, designers and editors alike--our disdain for Regdar made its way into a lot of art. If you look closely, Regdar is getting thrashed on most of the early pieces he shows up in. (Look for his ignominious fate on the original DM's Screen, for example.)

TSR were based as fuck and I miss them.

>>96010257
>make counterspell a totally worthless spell slot that isn't worth learning or casting
No, fuck you. Just fucking remove it at that point.

>>96010286
Women make up more than half the population. What is it about seeing anything but a mirror that infuriates you so much?

>a prominent politician leading the charge on an initiative to allow more refugees into the city is found murdered in his home with the words “Keep them out” written in blood on the wall above his corpse
Can I get some ideas on who killed the politician and why?
I don’t want it to be the labor union with anti-refugee sentiments. They’re a red herring.

>about to run a game with 6 players
>too many for my taste
>both of my favorite players with DM experience offer to drop out if it’s too many people
What would you do in this situation?
I’ll be left with a shy player, an uncharismatic player and two unknowns.

>>96010257
>anti fun
maybe on planet retard

>>96010421
Women are fine as long as they’re dressed sexy and not manly like in all the modern shit. I just don’t want minorities and axe wounds being the main focus. It should be on who actually plays D&D, white straight men.

>>96010525
I play d&d with women.

>>96010530
>I play d&d
liar

>>96010525
I'm part of the (((model))) minority
Do I still get to play D&D?

>>96010543
As long as you know your place

>>96010525
You really seem to have some personal issues that you might consider working through outside our game tables.

>>96010525
>It should be on who actually plays D&D, white straight men.
I don't think you know who plays DnD.

>>96010597
I mean, white guys make up 2/5ths of my table. They're totally welcome. But if seeing anything but white heterosexual men throws you into a gibbering, foaming rage then yeah... dude's got some emotional and self-esteem issues.

>>96010509
Deal. Better a large group with good players than a small group with poor ones.

>>96010509
Suck it up and tell players that you like to keep the game moving so while our newer players shouldn't feel pressured and I won't be enforcing turn timers, please keep in mind the flow of the game.
Next time cap attendees at 4 or 5.

>>96010607
Your group is not every group. I’ve played with women before and they’re clearly there for attention or just to socialise.

>>96010627
>there for attention or just to socialise
Bro it's a game where we sit around a dinner table and talk to each other for six hours.

How can a Devil subvert a story to change perception? Like... there is Lore around a thing, and Reality might be a little different, and the Devil wants to nudge the path of this thing toward his own goals... how do I do this?

>>96010445
>A schizophrenic who believes that the city's ruling class has been possessed by demons, and is trying to warn others to not fall victim to their wiles
>The politician's brother who murdered the man before he could conceive an heir with his new young wife, taking advantage of anti-refugee sentiment to disguise the motive
>Fishmen roused to distemper by deep-sea fishermen increasingly encroaching on their territory, who left a warning to keep fishing boats out of the water

>>96010647
Exhibit A

>>96010653
Use the classic: reveal secrets. The devilish part is that the demon is telling the truth.

Everyone has secrets. The shining politician who really will unite the country and lead us all to a better tomorrow? The demon proves he's a child molester. The company of heros who defeated the evil army? They reluctantly murdered a farmer and stole his supplies when he wouldn't sell at the price they could afford. The pure and virgin maiden princess whose hand in marriage the knight goes off to quest for? She's deeply mentally ill and drowns puppies in the bathtub on tuesdays.

If the players bite, they'll uncover real truths and go down a path that actually is righteous. But the utilitarian calculus would make their decision the wrong one.

>>96010445
A neighboring nation that wants to shift the popular opinion or cement xenophobia. They can be bad guys that use the refugees for cheap labor, or "good guys" that want to keep the refugees within their own communities to prevent disporia.

>>96010653
Literally play devil's advocate. Frame the wrong side as the right one. Talk up the (technical) good of his goals, downplay the genuine fucking evil.

>>96010673
... ok... so I, as the devil, get the story and accent the parts that I want and omit the parts I don't. It's not lying, it's not untrue. It's the long game.

>>96010696
Exactly. The snake told Eve that she wouldn't actually die if she ate the fruit. Instead, god had told her not to because she'd gain his knowledge. She ate the fruit, didn't die, gained knowledge of good and evil. Exactly like the snake had said. In fact, god had lied and said that Eve would die if she ate from the tree of good and evil. The snake was 100% telling the truth. And the result was that humanity fell, became mortal, and was ejected from the garden.

Just use that model and recycle it and voila: you'll look like a genius and your demon will resonate with all the cultural baggage that your players have with the word "demon."

If Brutal Critical was only a minor power increase but it still felt awesome when it went off, why bother removing it?

>>96010736
I'd rather have smaller more consistent doses of dopamine than one larger dose less frequently

What's a champion supposed to do if the big bads are immune to crits?

>>96010743
Right but why not keep it AND add a more powerful feature?
>>96010852
That's a lame ability to give to a boss. Make them harder to kill in ways that don't suck the fun out of player accomplishments. A smug lieutenant with lootable adamantine armour could be a way to incorporate that but I wouldn't give crit immunity to a BBEG as a feature just to make them tougher.

>>96010257
The weird part is it's a con save. An issue for player characters, a non-issue for monstrous casters.

I wanna make a melee character who utilizes the push weapon mastery feature to fling my opponents away in combat. How do I maximize the potential of this concept?

>>96010916
Crusher feat
Charger feat
Pact of the Blade True Strike Repelling Blast

>>96010852
Win initiative and pass it to the wizard, then spam inspiration every single turn. Oh unless you're stuck playing 2014, in that case IDK why you made a champion that's on you.

>>96010852
Hit them a couple of more time than they normally would have to.

Give me some ideas for magic items for a mercy monk leaning into the body ki/chakra system kind of mystical medicine and hitting pressure points for harm

Big orc, big axe, big adventures

Small halfing, big axe, big women

What is the best way to start a campaign off in 5e? First quest?

>>96011142
staff of healing and withering
when you use a property from one it becomes the other etc

>>96011173
Throw everyone right into a shitshow
They're all there for their own reasons and the circumstances push them to collaborate

>>96011199
Good advice

just looked at the 2024 version of friends and holy fuck. were they just throwing shit at the wall? How do you fuck up that badly?

>>96010852
play a game more suited for someone of their intelligence, like candyland

I was hoping I could pick your guys' brains.

As a writer, how dangerous is it for me to be running approximately 8 different plots at the same time? Does anyone know any creative writing resources that deal with multiple coinciding storylines? I am early enough into my Eberron campaign project that I could absolutely pull back on some, or even all, of the convolutions for simplicity's sake, but I am somewhat constrained by a time limit of about a week.
In a nutshell, I'm looking at:
>the storyline for the [McGuffin] (1)
>character arcs for each of my four players (4)
>two players sharing the same faction of Dragonmarked house (1)
>the other two belong to separate but similar military units in service of the same country, presumably under the same overarching chain of command (2?)
>the plot [of the Enemy] (1)
>the plot(s) of [the other Dragonmarked houses] (2-11)

So far, I've written about a paragraph at minimum for everything, essentially establishing their relevancy to the PCs and/or their factions. I intend to leave it here for now, and remain narratively flexible, following my players' actions, but my concern lies in both the near and distant future. There's also the sheer customizability of the setting; as the campaign progresses, I'm going to need to start weaning off of the established lore and start building increasingly more and more of my own. How does one even began to organize and manage all of that?

>>96010852
i think champions should be one of those "sepcific beats general" type things. make it so that your champions crits are special and ignore immunity to critical hits or something. that seems like a simple if not balanced bandaid to me

>>96011173
A saving throw followed by an initiative roll. Everyone starts injured and afraid. After the fight, you flash back to 5-15 minutes ago where everyone introduced themselves to each other (this is where everyone can introduce themselves to each other) and then the plot hook comes crashing through the door where everyone flashes forward to the present.

>>96010257
The only unfun part was the counter spell wars. And if you're fighting a mage, maybe use your brain about where you're casting.

How much movement does this take, the brown square being a solid 5 ft. ledge?
My reading is that it's 5 ft to walk up, then you have to climb 5 ft so that's 5x2 = 10 ft, but since you can't go diagonally through the space of solid objects, that only gets you to the middle square where you're sorta just holding onto the ledge and you still have to move 5 more ft. to get on top of it properly - so it's 20 ft total.
Is that right or am I missing something

>>96011402
No? What? There is nothing to fix. Ignoring crits is such a minute and niche feature that hardly anyone has it. There no need top add it to the champion to ignore it.

>>96011539
If moving diagonally costs 5ft, then so does climbing one 5ft ledge. thats how i've always played it.

>>96011539

>>96011539
I'd agree, but I'd allow an easy athletics check to save some movement with the height and momentum of a running high jump to save some movement.
You'd need to fly or have 14 Strength and another 5 feet of a run up to get there in 10 feet.
>>96011544
Unless you have a climbing speed, climbing costs twice as much movement.
>>96011566
Even if you think you can go diagonally through hard corners, climbing costs extra movement.

>>96011544
Here's what my understanding is based on
1 - climbing without a climb speed costs double movement
2 - you can't go diagonally through corners, like walls. And I think that still applies with vertical corners?

>>96011586
>>96011588
I've never seen a DM treat a 5ft ledge as a climb, but you are right, its technically a climb.

>>96011539
>>96011566
>>96011586
>>96011588
>10ft run
You can hop onto the brown square if you have at least +2 strength strength mod (3+ STR mod for a high jump)

>>96011617
he doesn't have a 10ft run up, he only has a 5ft run up. He'd need +7 STR to high jump the ledge, which isn't going to be achievable for 99% of characters.

>>96011544
>crit immunity is rare
all the more reason. i think allowing what has been historically the worst subclass in the entire game by an inconceivable margin to actually benefit from their one gimmick at all times is not an unreasonable favor

>>96011833
>i think allowing what has been historically the worst subclass in the entire game by an inconceivable margin to actually benefit from their one gimmick at all times is not an unreasonable favor


1.Thats not purple dragon knight
2.Champion is absolutely solid now, and doesn't need anything else.

>>96011838
>pdk
didnt they get reimbursed by literally getting a dragon mount for free as part of their subclass?
>solid now and not in need of anything else
consider it reparations for the crime of hypermediocrity

>>96011850
the unreleased UA? not yet.
>consider it reparations
nothing I'm gonna say will convince you, so do what you like as a DM but they don't need it.

>>96011853
im not that one guy, and also im still on 2014 so im super biased in favor of champion always because of it. also you seem to be a substantially stricter DM than i

Does anon know of an actually good encounter builder? I mean a whole dungeon with short rests in mind, multiple encounters in a single adventuring day.
I want to challenge my lvl 6 party of 4 throuought a complex dungeon with at least 5 encounters (some small some big) but i just cant get the # of enemies right.

>>96012033
low ball the enemies, but include some casters/guys with horns. If the fight is too easy, have the casters summon enemies or the guys with horns call for reinforcements.

you can also add too many monster and if the fight seems like it might go south, then add in a bloodied mechanic where some enemies might run for their lives at half heath, or other healthy enemies might run away because others are running away.

>>96011482
It was a shitty annoying spell if the DM used it and if the players used it. I'm glad it's been nerfed and I hope it never returns.

>>96008775
The stats being on backgrounds is one of the worst things about 5.5 and it was done explicitly for political reasons, so given their design constraints of "avoid implying that one population can be smarter than another", it was their least bad solution. It still fucking sucks.

5.5 monster balance is decent within its own constraints. To figure the 5.0 CR of a 5.5 monster, you'll need to add 4 if it's tier IV or add 1 if it's tier II or III, and at tier I it's mostly ok but be aware of big changes like "5.0 is designed around creatures that resist nonmagical weapon damage and 5.5 isn't" and "many effects are delivered on-hit instead of also having a save in 5.5" (not a 5e philosophy but 5.5 imported it), as well as minor stuff like "having two heads grants immunity not advantage to a huge pile of stuff".

5.0's encounter builder also very quickly ramped up how difficult it thought encounters with multiple creatures were- a solo creature would count as its listed XP (often a bad encounter as well, with it possibly one shotting guys and being totally overwhelmed by PC action economy), two would be a 50% boost to effective challenge, and then like 3-6 would be double. But that's a huge range, and having three of something is often not going to be that big of a deal. Still, this logic was helpful for designing stuff that would eat your PCs.

5.5 changes this by totally leaving this step out, which is actually not great at all if you use it straight, especially at low levels.

5.0's high level CRs were never perfect at high level and 5.5's CRs are better there, but it was never hard to fix that in 5.0.

>>96012418
*designing stuff that wouldn't eat your PCs

Alright I'm just going to run a one person campagin for my dad so I can get some experience and memorize rules. Anyone know any good 1 person adventure paths?

>>96010852
punishing your player for rolling the highest die is a fucking asshole move

>>96012033
AN ENCOUNTER DOESNT MEAN COMBAT OR PEOPLE
AN ENCOUNTER CAN BE A STATUE GIVING YOU A RIDDLE
THE ENCOUNTERS PER DAY SUGGESTIONS SAY ENCOUNTERS NOT COMBATS PER DAY

>>96010877
>Right but why not keep it AND add a more powerful feature?
Because that’s not how balance works.

>>96010704
>In fact, god had lied and said that Eve would die if she ate from the tree of good and evil.
>And the result was that humanity fell, became mortal
Becoming mortal as a result of the action means that, yes, the action causes her to die.

>>96010852
If more than two enemies per tier are crit immune in a game with a champion fighter, the DM needs a swirly.

In the level 3 adventure in Dragon Delves, "Baker's Doesn't," the antagonist's lair contains a bunch of "shredded phyllo dough" in proximity to some chocolate, implying that the antagonist was on the verge of inventing Viral Dubai Knafeh Chocolate Bars.

>>96010509
Keep all six. Your two favorites will most likely do their best to keep things moving, since they're aware of the issue, and they can also help out the other players if they have problems instead of that burden being all on you. And you'll probably enjoy the game more since you get to play with people you know and like.

>>96010257
>NOOOOOO everything I ever do has to work or I can't have MUH FUN
I'm glad Matt Colville is making a game specifically for spergs like you, hopefully it makes you stop playing D&D.

>>96011833
Champion has never been the worst subclass. It was just a pretty boring one, but there’s been lots of subclasses that are just outright bad, and put on worse classes than the Fighter. At the end of the day a Champion is still going to be good at hitting things very hard - That’s more than a lot of monks can say.

>>96013713
No one asked.

>>96010257
If DMs couldn't use the old Counter spell then summon/conjure spells would be banned outright.. They can at least have that so they feel like they have some semblance of control

>>96009478
Can't get it with Spell Sniper, either, since they changed that too. I guess they really wanted EB to be warlock-only.

>>96014464
But tomelocks can still get cantrips from any list.

>>96013873
I'm sure it'll have the same success as daggerheart

what would you throw on an item called "Last Tear of Saint <x>" to make it fun but balanced

theme: healing and pacifism, tier 2, they're about to be lvl 6

>immunity disease? immunity poison? adv on saves?
>advantage death saves? auto stabilize?
>res necrotic? res poison? immunity?
>1/day self X potion of healing?

im also considering some kind of "pacifist" downside, like sanctuary
>If attuned creature makes an attack, casts a spell that affects an enemy, or deals damage to another creature, the attunement is suppressed until the end of next turn

>>96015847
item has charges
when item has zero charges, passive abilities are suppressed
charges are lost when an enemy is killed

So it's now impossible two dual wield two non-light weapons. There goes that idea I had for a barbarian swinging two battleaxes around. 5.5 is turning out to have quite a few annoyances.

>>96015872
>two dual wield
*to dual wield

>>96015847
>This gem(?) has 7 charges. While holding it, you can expend a charge to cast sanctuary on a target other than yourself.

>Regaining Charges. The gem regains 1 charge daily at dawn. This gem also regains a charge when you cast a spell that restores hit points to a creature other than yourself. If you expend the gem's last charge, it melts into water in your hand but will reform after 2d4 dawns have passed.

>Saint's Grace. You can place this object on the forehead of a creature and say the command phrase "Saint' X's grace upon you" and that creature regains 8d4 + 8 Hit Points. Once you use this feature, you cannot use it again until you finish a long rest

>>96015872
Wow! what an original concept, did it take you 10 years to come up with that?

>>96015914
Well apparently Crawdaddy never did.

I want an unarmored defense feature option for clerics (giving up all armor profiencies). What should I use to gauge it?

>>96015992
check peace? cleric in the UA. it already had one.

>>96015914
Didn't mean to imply that I thought I was being clever, I just haven't played a character like that before and was thinking of trying it.

>>96015872
Annoyances sure, but you can definitely swing around 2 big axes. One of your battleaxes is lighter and swifter and your Nick attack is also a quicker shallower blow, both with d6 damage dice (because mechanically they're using handaxes). RAW you need a battleaxe and two handaxes and to swap them around but with Extra Attack you're now doing 2d8+2d6+STRx2 (or x4 if you picked up TWF somehow) instead of 3d8+STRx2 (x3 with TWF).
If you were a player in one of my games you bet you'd find a magic battleaxe with the Light property too.

Or you could just use handaxes. 4d6>3d8 even without TWF, especially when Rage bonus is per hit.

Could a lich use a combat wheelchair as a phylactery?
If so, would the lich be invincible?

>Monkey grip
>Prerequisite: Strength 18+, 8th level
You can wield two-handed melee weapons in each hand. When you take the Attack action with a weapon with the two-handed weapon property that lacks the reach property, in one hand, you can use a bonus action to attack with a second two-handed weapon. You don't apply your Strength modifier to your damage rolls of weapon attacks you make with weapons that have the two-handed property unless it’s negative.

>Titan's grip
>Prerequisite: Strength 18+, 8th level
>Add twice your strength modifier to damage rolls you make with melee weapons that have the heavy and two-handed weapon property.

retard/10 or is this pretty good?

>>96016532
god, you people get so assblasted over the stupidest shit. get over it

>>96016692
Why can't you answer his question?

>>96016760
Nta but the only combat wheelchair I’ve read has rules for them being destroyed, 3 critical hits to destroy it. Meaning that the wheelchair can break and the lich could be destroyed pretty easily after beating it.

This want a complicated question and you’re dumb for needing someone to answer this

>>96016760
Also nta, but the combat wheelchair is homebrew and not even allowed in adventure league. Only the DM can add it into their game, and a DM can homebrew anything they want, like a phylactery of indestructibility.

>>96016692
I agree, combat wheelchairs are the stupidest shit.

>>96016769
>nta
Liar. Why are you so mad he asked that question?
>>96016809
So what's the answer to his question?

>>96016960
No idea, I wouldn't bother to read such a long homebrew that'd never use. But if he's the DM and hes says the wheelchair is
>indestructable
then the lich can't be truly killed
>destructible
then the lich can be truly killed

>>96016139
First, that's not the point. Even if it's not optimal, wielding two battleaxes should be at least possible. Wielding two rapiers is also impossible in the current rules, and there's even historical precedent for that one, fantasy should offer more options than real life, not fewer.

Second, no you can't. To do that you need Nick to free up your bonus action and handaxes don't have nick, you would need to do for example scimitar + handaxe if you want more attacks from TWF.

>>96017044
>wielding two battleaxes should be at least possible.

it is entirely possible without any rule changes, but you can't make a two-weapon fighting attack with one.

>>96017082
Holding something in your hand for no reason is not wielding it anon, don't be disingenuous.

>>96017087
>Holding something in your hand for no reason is not wielding it anon
right.

see here.
>make attack with battleaxe of icebrand you are wielding
>extra attack with battleaxe of thunderbolts you are wielding

you're wielding both weapons

>make attack with battleaxe of icebrand you are wielding
>don't make extra attack with Greataxe of radiance, because you are wielding the icebrand

>>96017112
That is not a reasonable situation and you know it. Also, you don't even need two hands to do that in 5.5.

>>96017121
>Also, you don't even need two hands to do that in 5.5.

While you can swap a weapon you are wielding between attacks with the attack action, you can only make an attack of opportunity with a weapon you are wielding, the previous example, battleaxe of icebrand or battleaxe of thunderbolts

same goes with a bonus action attack from GWM

>>96017130
Why do all these acrobatics to defend such an awfully designed feat? Here, let me re-write Dual Wielder to work better in 5 seconds:

>Dual Wielder
>You gain the following benefits.
>Ability Score Increase. Increase your Strength or Dexterity by 1, to a maximum of 20.
>Enhanced Dual Wielding. You may consider any one-handed weapon you are wielding to have the Light property
>Quick Draw. You can draw or stow two weapons that lack the Two-Handed property when you would normally be able to draw or stow only one.

It's that fucking easy.

>>96017149
I'm not doing all these acrobatics. You just ruined the DW feat for light weapons by removing its extra attack, all so you can add an extra theoretical 1 damage to your attacks with your battleaxe.

>one handed weapon
idiot.

>>96017184
What optimization does to a motherfucker. I grieve for your soul.

>>96017184
>Thinking a feat is worse because it is weaker
This is the kind of poster that thinks ranger is a good class lmao

>>96017044
Dunno why I thought handaxe had Nick, disregard that part.
Still, you can dual wield without issue; you just can't make more attacks with two battleaxes than you could with one.
>>96017087
>>96017121
>no, it doesn't count unless I say it does
>>96017149
>acrobatics to defend
We're simply explaining that you can in fact dual wield battleaxes, and I suggested how you could achieve your fantasy and get the same number of attacks as you used to by reflavouring, with a mistake that suggested you could get more attacks that way.
My 2014 sorcerer has War Caster and a decent weapon attack mod, and they could dual wield a spellcasting focus and a +1 weapon for opportunity attacks with Booming Blade using the weapon. They can't make any more attacks that way (in fact, they wouldn't want to), but they can dual wield for tangible benefit.
You're obviously not wrong that the new Dual Wielder doesn't enable something the old one did. The reason is that they redesigned the two-weapon fighting options and while it's generally now more powerful, you now can't proc AND make additional attacks with non-light weapons. Something changed between editions and you don't get the same options you used to. It is what it is.

>>96017270
>It is what it is.
I see, I guess I can stop responding now since I don't talk to cucks. Pathetic way of thinking.

>>96017289
Okay, you're just retarded. Thanks for the chat, I guess.

>>96017292
If it’s the same person he just argues with everyone out of boredom or malice. Or maybe that’s just a 4chan thing, probably multiple people like that

my party is approaching that awkward crossroads where im not entirely sure what they're going to want to do next. preparation wise, whats the best way to handle this?

>>96017378
Ask them what they want to do next.

>>96017378
Prepare four entire adventures' worth of content in between sessions so you can still fail to be ready for the fifth option you didn't consider.

>>96017378
Wing it

>>96017427
>Quantum ogre

>>96017378
>"Hey fellas, we're approaching that awkward crossroads where im not entirely sure what ya'll are going to want to do next. preparation wise, what do you want to do?"

Do we know what species are in the Eberron book coming out in August?

>>96017378
End at the crossroads and force the party to decide before the next session and let you know so that you can prepare. If ending at the crossroads is impossible, prepare quick filler and railroad or bait (high rewards) your players into it, so that the session does end at the crossroads.

Why play 5e over Daggerheart?

>>96018169
Because it's the better game.

>>96018169
What are you arguments to play Daggerheart over 5e?

>>96018169
I’m not going to sit here and pretend to you that 5e is a good game. But, my goodness, is Daggerheart somehow worse.

Ranger:
>I try to hide behind the pile of crates. Stealth 19.

DM:
>You successfully conceal yourself from the gnoll. However, a second flanking one alerted the others to your position

>What? How did it see me?

>It was flanking, you didn't leave it's line of sight

>No, like, how did it see me?

>...What?

>I passed my stealth check. 2025 rules says that you turn invisible if you are hidden

>You don't literally turn invisible, that's just a rule consolidation

>I do too "literally turn invisible". A successful hide gives me the invisible condition

>Even if that were true, you didn't hide from every enemy. Plus turning invisible doesn't conceal your location

>That's why I took the hide action! It doesn't say I have to hide from every single living thing, I just have to succeed my stealth roll! Or are you saying successfully hiding doesn't hide me?

>The invisible condition says that you are only invisible unless they can somehow see you. The gnoll "somehow" sees you with his eyes. Even if you successfully hid, the second gnoll instantly removes the hiding condition by-

>IT SOMEHOW SEES ME WITH IT'S EYES?? You know full well that is just to account for blindsight-

Bros, I just want to roleplay as a dwarf wizard. I don't care about any of this shit. Why the fuck do I have to deal with this every goddamn game? Why can't I find any local players that just act normal?

>>96018169
I know how to play 5e
I own 5e products
More people play 5e than other games.

Gimme reasons to play daggerheart

>>96018592
it truly is such a poorly written rule.

>On a successful check, you have the Invisible condition.
Invisible condition: Concealed. You aren't affected by any effect that requires its target to be seen unless the effect's creator can somehow see you. Any equipment you are wearing or carrying is also concealed.
>Make note of your check's total, which is the DC for a creature to find you with a Wisdom (Perception) check.

>You stop being hidden immediately after any of the following occurs: you make a sound louder than a whisper, an enemy finds you, you make an attack roll, or you cast a spell with a Verbal component.


Christ almighty.

>>95997885
At level 18 you can start throwing bullshit at them, they are fighting world ending threats. The game is balanced for levels 5-10 best, everything after that is just you winging it

>>96018592
>hide action explains when you can hide and player refused to read it all the way to the end. Gets mad, many such cases

>>96017149
Unfortunately this feat sucks total ass. Having an extra attack is vastly better than having +1 to each attack. Especially if that extra attack vexes.

Really your "enhanced dual wielding" could just be added to the real feat, and frankly this feat would be better if it wasn't a half feat and had more budget (another 5.5 oopsie-woopsie).

>Playing my first strahd game
>Just reached the end of the Death House on 3rd session (first ended during exploration and second right after the ghouls)
>Enter the shrine with the orb succing up shadows
>Druid: "No that's my shadow, stop it!"
>Proceeds to beat up the statue holding the orb with his staff and then pick up this palantir looking ass thing
>Throws it to the ground and fails to destroy it (nat 1)
>Everyone else doing jack shit as spooky shadow demons are emerging from the walls
>Have to save his ass by smashing it
>We get to the flesh mound boss
>I try to rp it and present the amulet while speaking its name as said in a riddle at the start
>Ranger: "I throw a torch at it!"
>We almost wipe
I've got a bad feeling that I'll need to tardwrangle these guys pretty hard

Two enemies, one is the has the eldritch spear + spell sniper combo able to attack the party from 300+ ft away, the other is his spotter with eyes of the eagle. I want to build an adventure around these two as the main antagonists. How do I build the encounter so the players get feeling of taking cover from sniper fire trying to figure out how to reach them without getting blasted that would be fun and engaing?

>>96019195
Except Dual Wielder doesn't explicitly give you an extra attack. What the feat says it does is let you use two weapon fighting with one weapon that doesn't have the Light property, and does it in such a silly a roundabout way that you accidentally get an extra attack, but only if you combine it with a Nick weapon and completely disregard the ability it gives you to ignore Light for one of your weapons. That is, objectively, awful ivory tower design. Also,
>half-feat
You don't know shit about 2024, do you?

temple of pacifism/saint tomb/whatever
theme: water, peace, healing, etc
rooms:
>entrance bhind water fall
>frescoes/statues/mosaics etc with lore
>water jugg puzzle door
>sanctum guarded by couatl

i need at least another room. i was thinking somewhere they have to leave their weapons but not sure how to make it work. maybe a raging waterfall that parts when someone is not carrying weapons?
any other ideas?

>>95997885
Use HP gates and phases.

>>96018592
Call him a dumbass for not reading and move on.

>>96018592
>2025 rules say
Found the issue.

>>96019659
>using legacy rules
2024 is good

>last night was the final session of a three-and-a-half-year campaign
>players from previous campaigns happened to be visiting from out of town and reprised their now-legendary heroes from previous campaigns aiding the new generation of heroes
>cameos of various side PCs from between-session roleplays
>allies the party had made and begrudging not-really-enemies-any-more pitched in to help them deal with a demon lord and a chromatic greatwyrm
>managed to chew through most of the party’s resources, one player had to be revivified, another went down but got back up
>main character arcs tied up in satisfying ways, some of which were along the lines of “you don’t NEED to have all the answers, even now”
>side character arcs left open, with an oracle noting that not all stories were going to end here
>everyone had a really good time
Man, I wasn’t expecting the emotions here to be so complicated. The campaign has been such a fixture of our lives for so long, but I’m also relieved to finally be able to release the tension. One of the players is already talking about something he wants to run, and I have some fun character ideas for that, but I’m also going to miss the characters they’ve been fucking around with thus far. I’m going to have more free time, since I no longer have to write ten pages of notes between sessions, but it was such a satisfying way of spending it.

>>96019710
2024 has a few improvements, but it breaks more than it fixes. Based on the direction of the UA articles we’ve seen, the design direction’s only getting worse from here.

>>96019739
>it breaks more than it fixes
Such as?

>>96019739
>>96019844
>I liked it better in 2014 so it's broken in 2024
I'm guessing the majority will boil down to this

>>96019718
Glad to hear that, anon. It's nice to hear a positive story for me once. Hope you enjoy your next campaign.

>>96019844
Dual wielding with non-light weapons, for one.

>>96019906
>for me once
*for once

>>96019910
Got an example that's not from this thread? You do play games right anon?

New thread
>>96020013
>>96020013
>>96020013

>>96019844
Well the hide action for one

>>96020379
The hide rules in 5e weren’t any better. Invisibility and stealth has always been broken and poorly worded in 5e

>>96019361
>spell sniper
>taking cover from sniper

>>96021403
Full Cover still protects the target, it just makes it so they don't get the AC bonus from half and three quarter.

>>96019392
>What the feat says it does is let you use two weapon fighting with one weapon that doesn't have the Light property

This is not what it's for, it's for getting the extra attack when combined with nick. One attack from your action, a second attack from the light weapon property (also part of your action because of nick), and a third attack from dual wield.

That's what it's for, that's what it does.

>You don't know shit about 2024, do you?

Turning everything into half feats was a big mistake 5.5 made. It's worse design than 5.0's feats by a lot.

Anyway, claiming that the real purpose of the dual wield feat is like +1 damage when it actually gives you an extra attack that can in turn grant you advantage sometimes? I'm not sure why you'd say that at all.

Anyway, the feat written I responded to SUCKS ASS because, as written, it doesn't do what the real 5.5 feat does- make an extra attack. It's +1 damage and it's worthless and no one will ever take it if you houserule that over the real one, because the entire point, the extra attack, is removed.

I want to be a charismatic politicking leader of men like Hernan Cortez. What is the best class that represents this?

If you were running a game where the modern and futuristic firearms were available, how much do you think would be a fair asking price for the ammunition? The DMG states that the bullets from modern firearms are destroyed on use, but at DMs discretion, Energy Cells can be recharged with the proper equipment.

If you were to have the energy cells recharge on a long rest, what would a fair price for each one be, given the high damage the weapons they fuel deal?

Bullets in the PHB state they are 3gp for 10. Would you use the same bullet pricing for Renaissance firearms as modern ones, or would you make them cost more?

How much would you make a frag grenade and the launcher cost?