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I'll admit I mainly did the voice I did so I could make My Cousin Vinny references. One time though a little light trolling, One of the Americans: "Do you even know what grits are!?" Me: "Yeah, they're like Southern pasta right? Since you boil them?" To me what makes this exchange funnier is I'm pretty sure the person asking me isn't actually from the south. Other items from the hoard: quote:Masterwork Blacksteel Longsword (X2) I assume this ISN'T an upgrade to me 2d8 katana since the +2 doesn't stack with my Sharpen the Blade ability. But if it does maybe I can dual wield? quote:Masterwork Ebony Longbow This seems like an upgrade over my current standard longbow. quote:Drinking Horn of Norris Nathram For the Dwarf probably. quote:Cloak of the Crow I assume this is for the Rogue, its useful for me but I prefer the +1 to saves my current cloak gives. quote:Magical Golden Ring I assume this is also for the Rogue. quote:An Unassuming Deck of Cards Intriguing.
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You don't have to be able to do voices. It can be as simple as changing your body language for different characters. How they use their hands. Are they hunched over? Do they look the players in the eye or keep them pointed at the ground. Even little stuff like that can really help to bring characters out, and no voice lessons needed.
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Reveilled posted:a character who is supposed to have a sort of Southern Belle accent but every time we sit down to play I immediately slip into a texas cowboy instead. Cowboy accent. Belle dialogue.  "Bless my heart, what an angel you are! I'm twitterpated, Henry, just twitterpated!"
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May 31, 2020 01:43
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Last thing I voiced was a cookie golem being devoured alive by the party. I'm no voice actor but it was pretty fun.
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May 31, 2020 02:12
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Mr. Humalong posted:My group has a couple weeks before our next campaign starts so I volunteered to show them one of the worst dungeons ever made: tomb of horrors. Two of the players want to be surprised with the characters they’ll play so everyone give me your silliest character ideas. Wargorged Glamour Bard, Entertainer Background Name: "The MIracles"
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where's the best place to find games that are likely to not be an absolute shitshow? LFG posts on R20?
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May 31, 2020 03:02
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In my game if a character is from Chult (basically where America is), they're getting a southern accent. Goblins are all nasally and I go all in. Usually for my own characters I don't do much of a voice though since I'd have to sustain it for way longer.
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May 31, 2020 03:08
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i have a tough time with groups that don't talk IC because its hard to care about the characters
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May 31, 2020 06:05
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People cringe too easily. Have some fun.
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May 31, 2020 06:31
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Farg posted:i have a tough time with groups that don't talk IC because its hard to care about the characters it is better to be earnest and enjoy things and show emotions and feelings than to hide everything away for fear of looking uncool. Glans Dillzig posted:where's the best place to find games that are likely to not be an absolute shitshow? LFG posts on R20? finding a game online with random people that is not an absolute shitshow is like finding a needle in a haystack claw game
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May 31, 2020 15:52
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please knock Mom! posted:People cringe too easily. Have some fun.
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May 31, 2020 17:20
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Glans Dillzig posted:where's the best place to find games that are likely to not be an absolute shitshow? LFG posts on R20? Bite the bullet and become a DM for the next year or 2. People will come out of the woodwork to play in your game, and since you are running it, you can cull away the people you think you wont gel with. Once your campaign that you run ends/falls apart due to whatever, I guarantee you will be able to find a game quickly.
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May 31, 2020 17:36
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Madmarker posted:Bite the bullet and become a DM for the next year or 2. People will come out of the woodwork to play in your game, and since you are running it, you can cull away the people you think you wont gel with. Once your campaign that you run ends/falls apart due to whatever, I guarantee you will be able to find a game quickly. this is a trap. players will feel self conscious about following after you and will never do anything besides a one shot and you will be stuck being the DM forever
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May 31, 2020 18:36
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Madmarker posted:Bite the bullet and become a DM for the next year or 2. People will come out of the woodwork to play in your game, and since you are running it, you can cull away the people you think you wont gel with. Once your campaign that you run ends/falls apart due to whatever, I guarantee you will be able to find a game quickly. If you're trying to do roll20 with strangers, this is really the only way to get a group that isn't full of weirdos and creeps or decent people with mics that hurt your head. Otherwise, play online with people you've had good experiences with and IRL folks you already know are solid.
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If you can't do voices or don't wish to do voices, I recommend wearing a different silly hat for each important character. I have seen this done and it was glorious.
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May 31, 2020 19:39
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Play with people you know. It's not worth running into the terrible people on the internet.
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JustJeff88 posted:If you can't do voices or don't wish to do voices, I recommend wearing a different silly hat for each important character. I have seen this done and it was glorious. I once whipped out a pair of reading glasses when acting out Tiamat in full lawful evil lawyer-mode. It worked quite well.
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May 31, 2020 20:34
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Buy a bunch of "Hello, my name is ..." stickers and swap them in and out throughout the session?
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I'm trying to come up with a cool upgrade for the battlesmith artificer I DM for. They are Level 9, about to hit 10 and probably 11 shortly after. They are Arcane Archer 4/Battlesmith 5, and will keep going down the Artificer path for the rest of the game. They've really been taken with having their pet (I let them rebalance their levels to be more artificer than fighter, and they only got it a few sessions ago). They are 'due' for a cool custom magic item/upgrade, and I want to make it centered on their pet. I'm a little stumped on how to make it a cool meaningful upgrade without going way over the top, and i'd ideally like to avoid things that straight up do advantage/disadvantage, since the pet can already do that and the party is laden with items that do that poo poo. For reference, the kind of 'custom magical poo poo' that exists in the party includes stuff like: magic wind fists that do special effects on high rolls, hammers that summon explosions, special resources that can be expended for movement effects, and so on. Also recently the character salvaged a strange giant stinger from an evil wasp and mused about doing something neat with it when they get a moment. I like to flavor this characters upgrades/magic items as either the fruits of their own research or ancient tech they salvage/make sense of. Anyone got ideas?
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Through some miracle the current campaign I have playing is managing to be completely consistent, so far meeting twice a week for four weeks running despite every player being in their mid to late thirties and most of them having kids. That said we have had additional participation from a bright eyed seven month old who refuses to go to sleep a few times. Great fun so far especially as our DM has a master's degree in classical mythology, everything is Mycean era Greek and I think we need to save Fantasy Troy? Also the Oracle of Delphi turned out to be an amusingly snarky ancient silver dragoness who was actually very straight forward in her prophecies after we were secretly invited around the back for a private audience.
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I'm not familiar with the artificer, their pets and how it works, but I did deal with animal companions, both as a player and DM. My, and the player's, biggest fear was losing their pet. A familiar can be resummoned, a pet can't. Maybe an item that lets the player blink their pet around the battlefield? Could be used both offensively, to get them into position for attacks and stuff, and defensively to get it out of harm's way. You could add advantages or disadvantages to control how powerful it is. Weak (nearly pointless in the grand scheme of things) would be like once per (short) rest, using a (bonus) action you can blink your pet 10 feet. It could move further away using its own movement, but at least it's out of range if most melee attacks for now. Powerful (even OP depending on the numbers) would be like at will (but once per round of course), 60 feet blink, it makes a bonus attack before or after blinking, with +whatever flavour damage or effect. You could balance this to your needs pretty well, it gives some extra tactical depth to combat enounters for the player, and could offer a lot of out of combat opportunities as well. Movement based abilities with a sting attack could work with the wasp stinger. Patrat posted:Through some miracle the current campaign I have playing is managing to be completely consistent, so far meeting twice a week for four weeks running despite every player being in their mid to late thirties and most of them having kids. That said we have had additional participation from a bright eyed seven month old who refuses to go to sleep a few times. That sounds awesome. Taeke fucked around with this message at 22:18 on May 31, 2020 |
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Something that powers up the pet, making them bigger and more durable/dangerous for a short period? From that stinger -- let the pet steal natural weapons from defeated enemies by salvaging body parts and stapling them to the pet? Have these break down after X uses/days to keep them fresh. You may need to adjust damage dice and save DCs to keep things vaguely balanced; you can gloss this as having to adjust for changes in scale and the pet's unfamiliarity with the body part.
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Hm, maybe something that iterates on the artificer pets ability to interfere with enemy attacks, but to a more intense level? Like, if an ally is getting hit by an attack within 30/60ft, as a reaction the pet can swap places with the ally and take the attack in its stead? Artificer pets in 5e can be brought back with a single spell slot, so they are disposable enough to use in this was I'd think. Plus the player has been telling me they like artificer because they feel a lot more part of the fight with the reactions/positioning then they did just being a turret.
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Farg posted:Hm, maybe something that iterates on the artificer pets ability to interfere with enemy attacks, but to a more intense level? Like, if an ally is getting hit by an attack within 30/60ft, as a reaction the pet can swap places with the ally and take the attack in its stead? Artificer pets in 5e can be brought back with a single spell slot, so they are disposable enough to use in this was I'd think. Plus the player has been telling me they like artificer because they feel a lot more part of the fight with the reactions/positioning then they did just being a turret. That or something like the Battlemaster's Maneuver's as "Tricks"
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Dexo posted:That or something like the Battlemaster's Maneuver's as "Tricks" Thats a real good idea, but I don't wanna munch the party's battlemaster's flavor too much.
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Wow my party are dicks, someone else also wants the mask. Lost 2 int and then regained 2 int by drawing 2 cards from the deck of wonders. Raenir Salazar fucked around with this message at 03:34 on Jun 1, 2020 |
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Got invited to a one-shot. I'm thinking variant human ancestral barbarian with Magic Initiate to cast Unseen Servant and Mage Hand as "thanks dad" helpful ghost spells (and Light because human.) What can I do to make this idea pop?
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Light or dancing lights? If you go for dancing lights, you could have the dancing lights be manifestations of ancestral spirits and so not necessarily under your characters direct control.
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Went with light because dancing lights will drop the moment I go into Rage. Thinking of making the character a failson who inherited the sword his dad's ghost is bound to.
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Sup nerds. I have a yen to play a fighter in an upcoming eberron game, level 5, probably with a couple of magic items; are there any interesting races/subclasses/items I should investigate?
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sebmojo posted:Sup nerds. I have a yen to play a fighter in an upcoming eberron game, level 5, probably with a couple of magic items; are there any interesting races/subclasses/items I should investigate? Warforged, Echo Knight Cloak of Displacement very cool thematically. Flame Tounge, or Arcane Propulsion arm,
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sebmojo posted:Sup nerds. I have a yen to play a fighter in an upcoming eberron game, level 5, probably with a couple of magic items; are there any interesting races/subclasses/items I should investigate? Mark of Sentinel is great (initiative and perception bonuses and 2 good reactions). Mark of Passage gives you teleport with a friend, 40ft move and bonus to Athletics (grapple/shove). I like Samurai for either and luckstone as an underrated item.
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Absolutely give Echo Knight a spin if you haven't yet, they have a unique toolbox and bring a lot to the table
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Facebook just informed me it's my DM's birthday today. Any good GM gift suggestions for a campaign that's moved entirely online?
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Campaign is starting soon. Starting at 3rd level, going to level 10 and we've been asked to play things we've not played before. As such I will be playing a Beastmaster Ranger. I have heard they are poo poo, however. How do I make them unshit? I can get stuff from core books and XGtE.
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Sion posted:Campaign is starting soon. Starting at 3rd level, going to level 10 and we've been asked to play things we've not played before. Its the crappiest build in 5e......Treantmonk did a build video for a beastmaster ranger, but its mostly on some levels you use your beast and some you hit with a maul. And by decent it means doing more dpr than a single class agonizing blast warlock. The real answer is to play the artificer subclass with the robot pet and just call yourself a ranger. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcqyGITBTv8 Ranger Build: Poisonous Snake + Melee Ranger Variant Human 16 Strength. Magic Initiate Feat (find familiar/booming blade) Level 4: GWM, Level 8:+1 str Level 12:+1 str Weapon: Maul Summary: Level 1: (.84x10)+(0.0975x7)=9.0825 (+55%) Level 2: Add in a Hunter’s Mark (.84x13.5)+(0.0975x10.5)=12.36375 (+62%) Level 3: Giant Poisonous Snake Ranger Attack: (.84x13.5)+(0.0975x10.5)=12.36375 (+62%) Snake Attack: +8 to hit (+3 to baseline) 1d4+4+prof (1d4+6 or 8.5) (.9375x8.5)+(0.0975x2.5)+(.9375x8.0)=15.7125 (+105%) Level 4: Greater Weapon Mastery. Baseline attack drops by -1 for both Ranger(-6gwm)and snake (.91x8.5)+(0.0975x2.5)+(.91x8.0)=15.25875 (+85%) Level 5: Snake bite damage +1, Ranger can make single attack, Familiar helps Ranger Snake bite: (.7x9.5)+(0.05x2.5)+(.7x8.0)=12.375 Ranger+HM (.51x23.5)+(0.0975x10.5)=13.00875 9.75% chance of crit No advantage, on extra attack 0.095x((0.30x23.5)+(0.05x10.5))=0.7871906 Total Damage: 26.17 (59%) Level 8: Snake base to hit -1, Ranger Str +1, base damage +1 Level 9: Snake damage +1 Level 11: Snake can attack twice. Familiar helps Ranger. Snake Bite (0.65x10.5)+(0.05x2.5)+(.65x8)=12.15x2 attacks = 24.30 Ranger+HM (.51x24.5)+(0.0975x10.5)=13.51875 Crit 0.0975x(.3x24.5)+(0.0975x10.5)=0.8164406 Total Damage: 38.86 (+42%) (Flying snake) Snake Bite (0.65x5)+(.65x11)=10.4x2 attacks = 20.8 Total Damage: 35.64 (+31%) Level 12: Ranger +1 str, +1 to hit to baseline and +1 damage. Level 13: Snake base damage +1 Level 17: Snake +1 base damage Snake Bite (0.65x11.5)+(0.05x2.5)+(.65x8)=12.8x2 attacks =25.6 Ranger+HM (.5775x25.5)+(0.0975x10.5)+(crit extra attack))x1.0975=17.29 Total Damage: 42.89 (21%) Ranger+GN (.5775x25.5)+(0.0975x10.5)+(crit extra attack))x1.0975=17.29 Snake Bite (.8775x15)+(0.0975x6)+(.8775x8)=20.7675 Second bite (.65x15)+(0.05x6)+(.65x8)=15.25 Total Damage: 53.31(+51%) Oh you can also go as a reflavored Dex based Oath of the Ancients Paladin......You get find steed and greater find steed, so those can be companions. Madmarker fucked around with this message at 13:39 on Jun 1, 2020 |
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Sion posted:Campaign is starting soon. Starting at 3rd level, going to level 10 and we've been asked to play things we've not played before. There really isn't a way to make them unshit. They're kinda broken at a core level. You have to give up one of your own attacks to make your pet attack and your pet's attacks aren't all that great and your pet dies extremely easily. You get a special sword that isn't magical or better than other swords and it can (will) die. Look at that treantmonk video if you wanna make the most out of it though I guess.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Facebook just informed me it's my DM's birthday today. Any good GM gift suggestions for a campaign that's moved entirely online? Depending on your price range, maybe one of the monster manuals they don't have on whatever online software you're using?
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Reveilled posted:Depending on your price range, maybe one of the monster manuals they don't have on whatever online software you're using? Any way to do a gift purchase in D&D beyond? That would actually be ideal.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Any way to do a gift purchase in D&D beyond? That would actually be ideal. Huh, looks like that might not be possible in D&D Beyond, which is crazy. I've gifted stuff on Roll20 before, I assumed every online system would allow it.
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