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Thematically, what happens when you Find Steed and a party member hooks up your celestial steed to a wagon and you forget about him for two months?
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Jul 20, 2017 17:39
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Tasha's Somewhat Inconvenient Taxi Service
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Jul 20, 2017 17:40
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Krinkle posted:Thematically, what happens when you Find Steed and a party member hooks up your celestial steed to a wagon and you forget about him for two months? Like have you been taking the wagon the whole time or just left it outside a dungeon somewhere?
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Jul 20, 2017 17:53
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mango sentinel posted:Like have you been taking the wagon the whole time or just left it outside a dungeon somewhere? Friendo's wagon took the celestial donkey and I haven't seen it in a while. Every now and then I ask "is that donkey within a mile of me?" and hear yeah and I'm like "is it okay?" yeah. I mean if god gave me a steed for my personal use and someone borrows it for an extended period of time to pull a cart I feel like this might be a sacrilege of some kind.
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Jul 20, 2017 17:57
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I wouldn't really care about the sacrilege, I'm more concerned about the fact the steed is extremely high animal intelligence and automatically has a strong bond with its creator. That donkey is very, very sad and lonely right now.
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Jul 20, 2017 18:26
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I'm offended on your behalf that your sacred warsteed bestowed upon you by your god was a fuckin donkey.
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Jul 20, 2017 22:12
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Krinkle posted:Thematically, what happens when you Find Steed and a party member hooks up your celestial steed to a wagon and you forget about him for two months? Makes about 12gp as an Uber driver, but needs all new wheels and axles.
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Jul 20, 2017 22:14
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Enola Gay-For-Pay posted:I'm offended on your behalf that your sacred warsteed bestowed upon you by your god was a fuckin donkey. gently caress you, the donkey is a noble steed.
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Jul 20, 2017 22:19
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My Redemption paladin is a filthy hippie so the donkey was the most jesus like steed possible, it was decided. Krinkle fucked around with this message at 04:09 on Jul 21, 2017 |
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Jul 20, 2017 22:39
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No one ever watched a donkey die of a heart attack from seeing it's own shadow.
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Jul 21, 2017 06:19
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Yeah but what if he eats figs at you?
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Jul 21, 2017 10:42
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No problem there as long as the player is skilled enough to remember not to mention wine.
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Jul 21, 2017 12:49
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Enola Gay-For-Pay posted:I'm offended on your behalf that your sacred warsteed bestowed upon you by your god was a fuckin donkey. Donkeys own, you nerd.
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Jul 21, 2017 14:12
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Donkeys are just breeding stock to produce the superior mule.
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Jul 21, 2017 14:16
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I always knew this was an rear end of a thread
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Jul 21, 2017 15:28
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Just checking in - is 5th edition still bad? I was reading a Polygon article about people playing online (https://www.polygon.com/2017/7/20/16005982/dungeons-and-dragons-online-roll20-data) and I was wondering if fifth edition was finally good or if people are just wrong (or perhaps caught up in zeitgeist from Critical Role or something).
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Jul 21, 2017 20:03
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For me it was adventure zone to d&d to critical role but yeah it's bad but welcoming so in conclusion, 5e is a land of contrasts.
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Jul 21, 2017 20:09
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Yeah. Was thinking of diving back in and I have a bunch of 4e materials still so was trying to figure out whether or not to just stick with 4e or dip my toe in 5e.
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Jul 21, 2017 20:13
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From an outside clinical objective standpoint: it's pretty bad. From the inside and just comparing it to other d&d's, pathfinder, 13th age etc.: it's pretty good. It's cleaner to play than 4e, doesn't have a lot of the cruft of 3.5 and pathfinder. It's still got major power differentials between different classes and between builds. It's still got poorly worded stuff that's kind of clarified in the errata except that just opens more questions. It's still D&D.
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Jul 21, 2017 20:17
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Mordiceius posted:Just checking in - is 5th edition still bad? 5e has not significantly changed since release. It is, however, extremely popular outside of this thread and considered by many people to be the best edition of dnd.
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Jul 21, 2017 20:23
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How is combat speed? I love the gently caress out of 4e, but sometimes it's just loving draining how slow combat can move.
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Jul 21, 2017 20:24
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Mordiceius posted:Just checking in - is 5th edition still bad? It's Fine. Mordiceius posted:How is combat speed? I love the gently caress out of 4e, but sometimes it's just loving draining how slow combat can move. Significantly less complex and faster, but not super speedy. mango sentinel fucked around with this message at 20:28 on Jul 21, 2017 |
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Jul 21, 2017 20:26
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AlphaDog posted:"The rules to this game don't really give you anything to spend your money on". The Oberoni Fallacy still lives on! Mordiceius posted:Just checking in - is 5th edition still bad? While what earlier posters say is true, about it being easier for newcomers to dive into and has less rules bloat, there's still some problems with it. One of the larger things I'll recommend is that the current Challenge Rating rules are feelz over realz. The ideal is a single monster of CR X will be an easy challenge for a party of four level X PCs. But there's literally no mention of adjusting encounters for multiple monsters, or having ones of variant CRs (boss monster and minions). Also, monster HP is very inflated. When even CR 3 monsters are averaging around 60 to 90 HP and your best damage source is a likely 4d6 spell and "at-will" basic attacks may be 2d6 plus Strength mod at most, combats will take very long unless you lower HP for enemies across the board. Also this is a good link/rules solution for this: https://songoftheblade.wordpress.com/2015/09/09/improved-monster-stats-table-for-dd-5th-edition/
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Jul 21, 2017 20:28
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Mordiceius posted:How is combat speed? I love the gently caress out of 4e, but sometimes it's just loving draining how slow combat can move. Faster than 4e, due to simplified numbers and offering fewer choices and fewer tactical decisions for players to make in combat.
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Jul 21, 2017 20:29
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Libertad! posted:The Oberoni Fallacy still lives on! There absolutely are rules for adjusting encounters for multiple monsters of various CRs. It's in the encounter building section of DMG, exactly where you would expect them to be.
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Jul 21, 2017 20:32
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esquilax posted:There absolutely are rules for adjusting encounters for multiple monsters of various CRs. It's in the encounter building section of DMG, exactly where you would expect them to be. Shows what I know. I expected all the CR relevant stuff would be in the Monster Manual. Cuz you know, monsters.
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Jul 21, 2017 20:34
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I don't think anyone can really be blamed for not reading 5e's encounter building rules too closely.
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Jul 21, 2017 20:35
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Scyther posted:I don't think anyone can really be blamed for not reading 5e's encounter building rules too closely. They seem to work fine though. Don't think they need to be house ruled away unless the party is significantly over- or under-powered.
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Jul 21, 2017 20:40
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I like 5e but the encounter math super does not work. Like, even among some of the most 5e friendly pundits they'll argue the CR and encounter design calculations are the most flawed part of the rules.
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Jul 21, 2017 20:43
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Some of the monsters have the wrong CR, yeah, but that's kind of separate from the encounter building rules themselves. What's a realistic scenario using the stock encounter rules and "accurately priced" CR monsters that would be unbalanced? Edit bc did not deserve a new post: Libertad! posted:Shows what I know. I expected all the CR relevant stuff would be in the Monster Manual. Cuz you know, monsters. esquilax fucked around with this message at 22:06 on Jul 21, 2017 |
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Jul 21, 2017 20:49
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So I saw something about a new digital product coming out? Is it basically a new character builder or something?
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Jul 21, 2017 20:59
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5th is pretty badly designed and regressive, but like most tabletop stuff you can make it work by way of the group element; Poorly made ruleset you can have good experiences with. Combat is definitely "streamlined" in that it will put you to sleep if your DM doesn't really make a strong effort to put forth interesting scenarios. Furthermore, I don't know what your particular situation is but I do think a silver lining of the edition is that it is an ok jumping off point to get extremely new players comfortable with broad concepts of tabletop RPGs. Things like the basic flow of exploration, social encounters, combat/initiative scenarios, stuff like that. Gumdrop Larry fucked around with this message at 21:03 on Jul 21, 2017 |
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Jul 21, 2017 21:00
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Where does one go from here? If this is my gateway drug, what's my freebase next logical step? I saw some larping history guy on youtube say that Hill Folk was the new hotness, a perfect role playing system. And then I saw him do an hour and change video on why titties exist so I would like a second opinion. Krinkle fucked around with this message at 21:45 on Jul 21, 2017 |
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Jul 21, 2017 21:42
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Krinkle posted:Where does one go from here? If this is my gateway drug, what's my freebase next logical step? Really depends on what you like about playing 5e.
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Jul 21, 2017 21:47
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mango sentinel posted:Really depends on what you like about playing 5e. Dungeon World is pretty fantastic if you want to get away from rules and math, and have creative players. It asks for some collaborative storytelling from the group. It's great when it works but it's definitely lacking the tactical side.
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Jul 21, 2017 21:52
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5e is absolutely bad, Meals is just happily taking in working on D&D during - and it was by no means actually planned or created by WotC - an outright PR blitz by others, now that patreon and streaming are far more ubiquitous. It's easier then every to Have Fun Playing Games with friends, and since D&D is the one everyone sorta ends up gravitating to, nerd circles are now filled with folks playing D&D with their friends and showing everyone else that it's fun to Be With Friends.
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Jul 21, 2017 22:17
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If you want more crunch without D&D baggage, Strike! seems popular. The thread is active, as the author is a goon.
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Jul 21, 2017 22:31
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Mordiceius posted:So I saw something about a new digital product coming out? Is it basically a new character builder or something? We have some of them right now. https://www.dndbeyond.com/ Appearntly in August for a subscription you get all the core books on it, then can buy the adventures and other supplements digitally on it. Also the game is fine. It's not revolutionary or anything but it's a solid system. MonsterEnvy fucked around with this message at 22:41 on Jul 21, 2017 |
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Jul 21, 2017 22:39
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5E is a perfectly good version of D&D. It's just that D&D has pretty much always been an incoherent mess of a system except for 4E which was coherent, but not D&D.
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Jul 21, 2017 22:47
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Krinkle posted:Where does one go from here? If this is my gateway drug, what's my freebase next logical step?  Soon enough you'll be injecting Eclipse Phase directly into the tip of your pleasure pod.
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