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Apr 14, 2021 20:01
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Enjoy posted:Lawyers and Liches Leeches and Liches
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Apr 14, 2021 20:04
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It's lawyers and labyrinths
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Apr 14, 2021 20:13
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prosecutors and paladinsSiivola posted:I think Proficiency is the most difficult of these to remember, because at least your gear and ability scores give you cues to guide your play: My character is a strong Elf Fighter who swings a big rear end katana he got from his mom, for example. You wouldn't need much more detail to run this dude in Fate, but D&D needs all kinds of derived stats for combat that are, honestly, not worth remembering. the proficiency requirements can be a little stilted, and i wish there were more tool proficiencies and off the cuff proficiency mechanics because the core idea of roll attribute plus proficiency but with the skills and tools decoupled from the attributes is great, but underbaked. saying athletics is by default a strength skill when i also very frequently call for constitution athletics for example is what i mean by this. another one i call for is arcana(casting attribute) to stretch spells in ways that dont affect the game much
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Apr 14, 2021 20:37
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New UA is dragon stuff including gem dragonborn  https://dnd.wizards.com/articles/unearthed-arcana/draconic-options Wonder if this will lead to a dragon themed adventure or maybe new Dragonlance
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Apr 14, 2021 21:46
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Syrinxx posted:New UA is dragon stuff including gem dragonborn The gems seem really overpowered? "You get a breath weapon. You? You get FLIGHT"
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Apr 14, 2021 21:52
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Just going to post Colville's Gemstone Dragonborn artwork because it is awesome
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Apr 14, 2021 22:01
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change my name posted:The gems seem really overpowered? "You get a breath weapon. You? You get FLIGHT" trust me by the time it gets printed in a book it will be successfully steamrolled into a light flavoring.
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Apr 14, 2021 22:07
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Syrinxx posted:New UA is dragon stuff including gem dragonborn a little bit confused by the choice of name as icingdeaths frost. flame stride seems interesting, psychic lance does loving work though and i can imagine if that spell doesnt get nerfed it will be very powerful
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Apr 14, 2021 22:13
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Syrinxx posted:New UA is dragon stuff including gem dragonborn Hot drat, they made the breath weapon not suck. Base 2d8 damage instead of 2d6, uses equals your proficiency bonus per long rest, and it only replaces one of your attacks (if you have multiple attacks). The metallic dragonborn get extra breath weapons that can either knockback or incapacitate (player's choice). Gem dragonborn getting flight is certainly cause for pause, but it's only 1 minute per long rest, so you can't exactly base your entire character around it the way you could with an aarakocra. This makes dragonborn actually sound fun to play.
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Apr 14, 2021 22:19
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:uses equals your proficiency bonus per long rest
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Apr 14, 2021 22:21
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DourCricket posted:Is everyone else not already planning a long weekend with their DnD groups for 40+ hours of RPG goodness like we're teenagers again once everyone in the group is vaccinated? No? Just me? Cod not DnD but yup, we're doing a BBQ and old school sleepover thing I absolutely cannot wait.
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Apr 14, 2021 22:52
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Splicer posted:I'm really liking this mechanic (which they should have started doing from day one but baby steps) i really wish that arcane archer was built like this for uses per day. it would make the archetype way more fun and is a very elegant mechanic. they also did something like this for monk too which was great
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Apr 14, 2021 22:56
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Sigh. I brought up this UA with my DM, and accidentally got him all riled up when I thought we were having a calm discussion about game balance. He's generally of the opinion that racial damage sources should be badly-scaling crutches that you maybe use a couple of times in early levels and then forget about. I can certainly see how a level-1 dragonborn with this UA outperforms pretty much any other race, since they get a couple of uses of a Burning Hands equivalent per long rest, which is a lot at level 1. I'm just not convinced that it's seriously overpowering once you get further on in the game and characters have more options. Or alternately, I wish every race had a good collection of Cool poo poo they could do, and classes got adjusted to suit. I feel like a lot of the PHB classes are just minor permutations of each other, especially now that Tasha's renders moot the stat bonus issue.
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Apr 14, 2021 23:18
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:Hot drat, they made the breath weapon not suck. Base 2d8 damage instead of 2d6, uses equals your proficiency bonus per long rest, and it only replaces one of your attacks (if you have multiple attacks). The metallic dragonborn get extra breath weapons that can either knockback or incapacitate (player's choice). This was my first reaction and I hope it stays in. The last character I played to any decent level was Dragonborn and the breath weapon was so underwhelming that I rarely used it barring the stars aligning and the enemies lined up in a perfect way to make it better than literally just my normal weapon swing. That all looks really fun!
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Apr 14, 2021 23:20
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Generally looks pretty underwhelming, but still better than the old Dragonborn. Pity they don't bother to have races actually scale beyond maybe 3rd level. Flight sounds cool except it is not really that amazing, especially when it is only 1 minute per day. The Breath weapons are nice, especially with being able to take the place of only one attack instead of the whole Action, but so limited it use. A lot of this I would probably like more if they refreshed on a Short Rest, or if they scaled beyond 3rd level for better versions of them or new abilities. Of course the same can be said for the previous races.
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Apr 14, 2021 23:35
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I like the idea of a little Kobold letting loose a big roar to scare bad guys
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Apr 15, 2021 00:16
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I'm a big Foundry fan but this thing I just saw on reddit could make me switch, holy crap - until it gets shut down for copyright infringement or something: Easily turn DnDBeyond into a VTT (a free Chrome extension) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTRReyO1yf0 Imagine not having to buy up to 3 copies of the same content to play it (Paper, DNDBeyond, VTT) but just playing directly on Beyond.
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Apr 15, 2021 07:45
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Devorum posted:I'd buy this setting in a heartbeat if it were on Itch. I sat and typed for a week, tell me what you think https://tristanedge.itch.io/satan-has-his-miracles
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Apr 15, 2021 09:14
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I must hear more. I had fun in a campaign set on an older Earth, but it was a vehicle to get the party into Spelljammer. I loved it certainly, but I also saw a missed opportunity to really dive deep into something like this.
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Enjoy posted:I sat and typed for a week, tell me what you think Awesome! Checking it out now.
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Apr 15, 2021 12:38
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Syrinxx posted:New UA is dragon stuff including gem dragonborn There was that UA dragon themed Monk (and Ranger?), does seem like WotC is gearing up for something dragon themed. Which would be cool, dragons are pretty nifty.
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Apr 15, 2021 13:32
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i forget if it was announced, leaked, or just heavily rumored, but the next campaign setting is supposed to be dragonlance
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Apr 15, 2021 13:38
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:Or alternately, I wish every race had a good collection of Cool poo poo they could do, and classes got adjusted to suit. I feel like a lot of the PHB classes are just minor permutations of each other, especially now that Tasha's renders moot the stat bonus issue. This is what needs to happen. Balancing the playable races around the ones with cool powers makes the game so much more fun. In 3.5 edition all of the monster races were technically playable, but they all had a level adjustment making them effectively unplayable (especially if you start at level one). D&D 5e puts the baseline at a Tiefling or a Dragonborn rather than a Halfling, which is fantastic if you want to play a mermaid or something but kind of feels like you are being ripped off if you want to play a half-elf. I'd personally give every race from the PhB a starting feat like variant human, until a better solution can be found.
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Apr 15, 2021 13:48
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Declan MacManus posted:i forget if it was announced, leaked, or just heavily rumored, but the next campaign setting is supposed to be dragonlance I think it's just heavily rumored, but the rumors have some good support with the thing about "three classic settings" this year and the new Hickman and Weiss Dragonlance trilogy beginning this Summer.
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Apr 15, 2021 14:26
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Declan MacManus posted:i forget if it was announced, leaked, or just heavily rumored, but the next campaign setting is supposed to be dragonlance Come on Wizards of the coast Planescape, Spelljammer and Darksun are sitting right there  No one needs Dragonlance it is the same generic poo poo as every other setting
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Apr 15, 2021 14:38
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There is actually a podcast called Offices & Bosses, but it's a spinoff of Hello trom the Magic Tavern and you sort of have to be up on the running jokes from the main podcast to enjoy it. Also they're not actually playing a game, it's improv around fantasy tropes where the premise is that they're fantasy characters misunderstanding how the real world works via a D&D style game based in the real world. Also it's a premium thing - there are a few episodes hidden in the free Hello from the Magic Tavern feed if you eant to try. I enjoy it but it's very dumb humour:
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Apr 15, 2021 14:55
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Rutibex posted:: Except dumber and worse That said I'm not sure 5e has the writers and the artists to pull of Dark Sun and Planes cape. Dark Sun was basically "brom art: the setting" and I think Brom has passed away (edit: he's still alive but doesn't seem to be active), and planescape is a really whacky setting to write for and nothing I've seen from 5e makes me think they can pull it off. edit: Can anyone alive today produce art this fan-tabulous:    https://dmdave.com/10-times-dark-sun-characters-stopped-what-they-were-doing-to-pose-for-a-brom-painting-and-flex-their-quads/ Hieronymous Alloy fucked around with this message at 15:02 on Apr 15, 2021 |
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Apr 15, 2021 14:58
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:That said I'm not sure 5e has the writers and the artists to pull of Dark Sun and Planes cape.
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Apr 15, 2021 15:10
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:Except dumber and worse From what I can remember most people enjoy what Perkins has written for planescape, but god knows what product would come out for it now. Mearls might have, or pretends to have a interest in Dark Sun, but I don't think wizards wants to touch it at all. The setting books from the MTG planes are prob going to be the only 'good' products released, as I think they have been worked on by people who actually designed them.
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Apr 15, 2021 15:17
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Proud Rat Mom posted:From what I can remember most people enjoy what Perkins has written for planescape, but god knows what product would come out for it now. I just wish that Wizards would lift the restriction and let people publish homebrew Planescape and Darksun stuff of DMs guild. They refuse to write it themselves, and they refuse to let anyone else write it.
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Apr 15, 2021 15:22
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The other big problem is that 5e still hasn't really implemented good psionics. So far it's just "um. . . you can take mage hand as a feat and say it's psionics I guess?" Without an investment in a dedicated psionic power list and the willingness to let psionics be psionics -- i.e., not magic, not detectable by detect magic, etc. -- it's hard to really make Dark Sun work. But htat would mean going back and rebuilding everything to account for psionics from the ground up. Honestly we're probably getting to the point where a 5.5esque total revamp is necessary anyway but this is one more part of it.
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Apr 15, 2021 15:23
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:
Isn't the fact that they're floating revamps of the core races a sign that this could be on its way?
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Apr 15, 2021 15:27
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change my name posted:Isn't the fact that they're floating revamps of the core races a sign that this could be on its way? It would make a lot of sense, the only problem is the "loving with a good thing" issue while 5e is still succeeding
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Apr 15, 2021 15:32
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:The other big problem is that 5e still hasn't really implemented good psionics. So far it's just "um. . . you can take mage hand as a feat and say it's psionics I guess?" Honestly though, has any system done psionics well that wasn't a psionic-based already? It certainly was clunky in older editions.
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Apr 15, 2021 15:33
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DourCricket posted:Honestly though, has any system done psionics well that wasn't a psionic-based system already? It certainly was clunky in older editions. I honestly like the 2e psionics handbook though I might be the only one. I feel like the main thing psionics needs is 1) a separate power list apart from just re-skinned wizard and cleric abilities 2) different mechanics that separate it from "magic" -- e.g., not spotted by Detect Magic, etc. Otherwise why are you a psionicist? You're just a wizard in a turban. The 2e handbook does both those things, so I like it. The problem is that doing the first would require publishing a new book with a whole new power list and the second would require rebalancing everything else to account for which abilities interact with 'magic" and which don't and vice versa. E.g., does a beholder's anti-magic eye block Psionics? etc.
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Apr 15, 2021 15:36
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:It would make a lot of sense, the only problem is the "loving with a good thing" issue while 5e is still succeeding I don’t think they would make anything new that is incompatible with anything already published, but I could see them producing a revised PHB with the races updated.
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Apr 15, 2021 15:37
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change my name posted:Isn't the fact that they're floating revamps of the core races a sign that this could be on its way? I can't see it. with the new starter set only being a year and a half old, and if everyone being correct that the books keep on selling well, why would they? Maybe they'll just chuck out another plaster like Tasha's for any changes. Maybe when sales begin to slump they will start work on reselling the core books to the audience, but I don't think before.
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Apr 15, 2021 15:37
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nelson posted:I don’t think they would make anything new that is incompatible with anything already published, but I could see them producing a revised PHB with the races updated. Yeah, as much as we all gripe about the problems with 5e, I'm struggling to see why Wizards would do anything beyond this. They'll just put in the thing from Tasha's about flexible ability scores and the updated races and call it a day. The system has been wildly successful and brought in a lot of new blood, and I can't imagine them doing anything to rock the boat until the sales numbers start to falter, and by all indications, things are still going exceptionally well.
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Hieronymous Alloy posted:The other big problem is that 5e still hasn't really implemented good psionics. So far it's just "um. . . you can take mage hand as a feat and say it's psionics I guess?" I'd like to see something a bit more complex, like a character who has a bunch of psychic damage cantrips, and every 5 points of psychic damage they inflict they get 1 point to spend on psionics effects, like mind control, telekinesis, fear, telepathy, etc. Culminating in high level psychics saving up points to just make people's heads explode scanners style.
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