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theironjef posted:Well, it's four small or medium humanoid corpses OR four "piles of bones." Thank goodness for natural language meaning you can just load up a backpack with owl pellets and crumbled up fish skeletons and animate full human skeletons out of them. Or wear the bones around your body like armor Harrow the Ninth-style
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change my name posted:Or wear the bones around your body like armor Harrow the Ninth-style Or do the Harrow the Ninth soup thing! Your DM will definitely approve of that!
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Aug 12, 2021 02:53
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P-Mack posted:Hi my kids got the D&D starter set as a gift, so apparently now I need to DM the Lost Mines of Phandelver for a pair of 10 year olds and wondering where to start. Honestly, unless your kids are mean no one cares that you can't draw. A river is two wiggly blue lines and possibly blue scribbles between, and a tree's a brown circle with a green squiggly bit around it - and if you don't use pre-printed maps you can improvise anywhere they wnat a fight. For travelling I use a Paizo flipmat (which is gridded and laminated and wipe clean - just check which pens to use and don't use permanent markers) but if hosting at home I'd use one of the Chessex battlemats that are thicker, more durable, and roll up.
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Aug 12, 2021 03:41
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Another great alternative to using miniatures is DIY tokens. Print out whatever character art you like, and cut it out with a 3/4" - 1" hole punch. You can even use a 2" punch for big boss fights. I glue mine onto wooden discs I got from AliExpress.
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Aug 12, 2021 04:17
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El Fideo posted:Another great alternative to using miniatures is DIY tokens. Print out whatever character art you like, and cut it out with a 3/4" - 1" hole punch. You can even use a 2" punch for big boss fights. I glue mine onto wooden discs I got from AliExpress. This is what I do. I use these to glue the 1" token art to.
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Aug 12, 2021 04:32
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I have some clear tokens I can write on with dry erase markers.
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Aug 12, 2021 04:40
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if you want to start saucing up your live dnd games on the cheap buy the paizo pawn things, easily the best value for random fantasy creatures that exists
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Aug 12, 2021 05:32
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Kung Food posted:Here is something I do to actually print out the maps in a playable size. I already do this, but I use poster board from the dollar store instead. honestly, I like your approach better! I'll be converting to it for sure. And WHAT THE gently caress. I didn't know inktank printers existed. I am so done with this cartridge inkjet I have, and this was just the product I needed to know about to finally kick this machine's ink addiction. The costs are unreal. However, I have a solution that will *drastically* cut (  )down your trimming time...  It works awesome, and I got mine for only $7 at the thrift store. Also, you can use the "Render->grid" feature on GIMP to take any fantasy map and add a grid to it, if desired, set your canvas/image size appropriately in the program, and then convert through posterazor. There are a ton of maps for D&D, including lost mines of phandelver, that were designed for TTS that I converted through posterazor for my LMOP campaign.
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Aug 12, 2021 07:18
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You can also use 1 cm ceramic tiles and a dry erase marker
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Aug 12, 2021 10:02
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Here's a question while we're getting crafty with maps. Anyone know a good way to apply a grid to a dry-erase board?
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Aug 12, 2021 10:51
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El Fideo posted:Here's a question while we're getting crafty with maps. Anyone know a good way to apply a grid to a dry-erase board? A rolling ruler should work: https://www.amazon.com/uxcell-Plastic-Drawing-Squares-Parallel/dp/B071WB7QTT
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Aug 12, 2021 11:00
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El Fideo posted:Here's a question while we're getting crafty with maps. Anyone know a good way to apply a grid to a dry-erase board? I scored the surface of mine in a 5 cm grid with a craft knife - after a little use, all the score lines were clearly visible from then on.
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Aug 12, 2021 11:04
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A quick hack for enemy/NPC minis is to get a chess set. You get 32 pieces with a power hierarchy that your players will easily grasp: pawns for fodder, the king for the leader, etc.
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Aug 12, 2021 11:38
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neonchameleon posted:Honestly, unless your kids are mean no one cares that you can't draw. For random encounters or any fight that doesn't come with a dungeon map, I make the players draw it under my vague direction. "Draw a road going from here to here, put your wagon here, some trees here and rocks there". Make everyone take a turn at drawing something, it'll lighten your load and make sure no one thinks it's easier than it is.
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Aug 12, 2021 12:00
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Thanks for the help everyone, the whiteboard sounds nice and easy to work with. If they really get into it those big maps look extremely cool though.
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Aug 12, 2021 13:14
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One of my friends uses a big chessex 1” square (hex on reverse side) battlemat covered with clear acrylic panels that you can find at a hardware store. It’s great for combining miniatures with drawing. Grease pencils are used to draw on the panels so the mat itself stays pristine.
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Aug 12, 2021 14:27
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Two questions on Monk, since I'm going to try to go Drunken Master monk in my first game. First, I see a lot of talk of taking on a weapon, I really thought I'd just be punching things to death, but I guess that's not actually very strong until you're well into levels. So I guess a spear or something will do for a bit? And there'd be little point in taking a shortbow I figure. 2nd, does Diamond Soul render Drunkard's Luck, regarding Saving Throws, null? Drunkard's luck allows you to nullify disadvantage on a couple of other things but after Diamond Soul since you get proficiency on all Saving Throws.
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Aug 12, 2021 14:40
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100YrsofAttitude posted:First, I see a lot of talk of taking on a weapon, I really thought I'd just be punching things to death, but I guess that's not actually very strong until you're well into levels. So I guess a spear or something will do for a bit? And there'd be little point in taking a shortbow I figure. At level 1 a spear (or quarterstaff) wielded in 2 hands (versatile) does 1d8 damage. Unarmed strike does 1d4. You also start with some darts so a shortbow isn’t really as useful as a spear.
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Aug 12, 2021 15:03
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100YrsofAttitude posted:Two questions on Monk, since I'm going to try to go Drunken Master monk in my first game. 1) you are correct. You're going to be using a spear until 17th level - at that point your unarmed strikes deal more damage than the spear does. 2) incorrect. Disadvantage and proficiency do not over write each other at all. Proficiency adds a bonus to your die roll. Disadvantage makes you roll 2d20 and take the lowest result.
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Aug 12, 2021 15:05
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Mederlock posted:I already do this, but I use poster board from the dollar store instead. honestly, I like your approach better! I'll be converting to it for sure. And WHAT THE gently caress. I didn't know inktank printers existed. I am so done with this cartridge inkjet I have, and this was just the product I needed to know about to finally kick this machine's ink addiction. The costs are unreal. I started out using one of those actually, but I got really OCD about having the edges perfect and the chopper just didn't have enough fine control to make me happy. That's why I switched to X-acto knife and straight edge, gets the cuts pixel perfect even if it does take longer. The ink tanks are totally a game changer. Refills are $20 and the one that came with the printer lasted me about a year of heavy map making. As for grids I completely ignore them. I just bring a set of these fabric measuring tapes and have one for each person. No more counting squares, just measure the distance real quick.
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Drewjitsu posted:1) you are correct. You're going to be using a spear until 17th level - at that point your unarmed strikes deal more damage than the spear does. I see. Pity about not punching things to death... maybe there'll be some magic gloves or something? As for 2) well good! Just more help when you need it.
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Aug 12, 2021 15:57
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100YrsofAttitude posted:I see. Pity about not punching things to death... maybe there'll be some magic gloves or something? As for 2) well good! Just more help when you need it. I mean, you still can. I'm running a drunken master monk right now and I've pinched a few things to death, but I usually get a few two-handed spear thrusts in first. Also he's a bugbear so I like the mental image of him getting behind an ally and shooting a speartip or fist past the ally's face or a kick from between their legs.
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Aug 12, 2021 16:07
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100YrsofAttitude posted:I see. Pity about not punching things to death... maybe there'll be some magic gloves or something? Don't feel like you are stuck with what is in the PHB. Talk to your DM about possibly reskinning something for you. Like instead of boring old bonk stick something more like this:  and just say the d8 (versatile) is a double fisted strike or something and your unarmed strikes are kicks. Be creative. Monks are kinda drab imo, so try to work with your DM about flavoring yours up. My DM philosophy is to give players a lot of leeway to personalize their characters as long as it is bound within game mechanics, hopefully yours is the same.
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Kung Food posted:Don't feel like you are stuck with what is in the PHB. Talk to your DM about possibly reskinning something for you. Like instead of boring old bonk stick something more like this: Yeah monks in particular are good for reskinning weapons to reflect their specialized training. Talk to your DM about creating your preferred monk weapon based on existing PHB statistics. Fists become equivalent to a standard monk weapon at level 10. https://www.dandwiki.com/wiki/Monk_Weapons_(5e_Other)
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100YrsofAttitude posted:I see. Pity about not punching things to death... maybe there'll be some magic gloves or something? Your main attack action will be with a weapon. Your bonus action attack(s) from martial arts or fury of blows will be punches (or kicks, or headbutts, or some other kind of unarmed strike). Eventually your martial arts die will equal or exceed nominal weapon damage and you can decide to attack with fists as your main attack (technically you can do it at level 1, it’s just sub-optimal from a damage standpoint). nelson fucked around with this message at 17:44 on Aug 12, 2021 |
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Cool, I’ll look for some cool setups. I’ve been very inspired by the martial arts in Streets of Rage 4 as well as appropriate kung fu films.
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100YrsofAttitude posted:Cool, I’ll look for some cool setups. I’ve been very inspired by the martial arts in Streets of Rage 4 as well as appropriate kung fu films. Get a quarterstaff and see your DM will let you re-skin it as a giant mash paddle.
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Aug 12, 2021 18:07
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Mace reskinned as brass knuckles. Then your flurry of blows is throwing elbows, knees and headbutts after the first punch.
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Aug 12, 2021 18:20
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Idk man just let monks punch stuff for 1d6
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Aug 12, 2021 18:23
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I once let a monk in my party kill someone with a bowl of soup. Well, attack, it became kill afterward. Monks are neat. I think he suplexxed a dinosaur in the same game. Edit: we let him use his ma damage dice on improvised weapons. I figure he can do as much damage with his forehead as a long sword, what does it matter if he can accomplish it with an ironing board instead? Mendrian fucked around with this message at 18:43 on Aug 12, 2021 |
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Athanatos posted:Mace reskinned as brass knuckles. Then your flurry of blows is throwing elbows, knees and headbutts after the first punch. Ooh that sounds neat. Maybe some sort of claws, like knived knuckles. What're those called? And I can't believe I didn't think of it at first, but it makes you a Ninja Turtle.
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Now I wanna flavor a Fighter as a luchador, but take a dip into Pact of the Blade Warlock just so he can have a pact weapon that is a folding chair (reflavored from a 2H mace). He'll insist on cutting a promo before every major fight, wear tons of neon spandex, and constantly be jumping off of things and landing on his enemies.
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100YrsofAttitude posted:Ooh that sounds neat. Maybe some sort of claws, like knived knuckles. What're those called? And I can't believe I didn't think of it at first, but it makes you a Ninja Turtle. Cestus
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Athanatos posted:Cestus Oh yeah that looks cool, that'd be like a handaxe or dagger right?
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Athanatos posted:Mace reskinned as brass knuckles. Then your flurry of blows is throwing elbows, knees and headbutts after the first punch. Oh, I'm dumb, I was thinking I could have my monk 1/inquisitor rogue X carry a walking stick to hit people with, but asking if I could turn that into brass knuckles would be a way better idea
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100YrsofAttitude posted:Oh yeah that looks cool, that'd be like a handaxe or dagger right? There's also tekko-kagi, which are kinda like the clawed gauntlets the Shredder wears.
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100YrsofAttitude posted:Ooh that sounds neat. Maybe some sort of claws, like knived knuckles. What're those called? And I can't believe I didn't think of it at first, but it makes you a Ninja Turtle. There are katars, aka punch daggers. 
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Azathoth posted:Now I wanna flavor a Fighter as a luchador, but take a dip into Pact of the Blade Warlock just so he can have a pact weapon that is a folding chair (reflavored from a 2H mace). He'll insist on cutting a promo before every major fight, wear tons of neon spandex, and constantly be jumping off of things and landing on his enemies. My barbarian, "Manly Man" Randall Wildman, uses a "Dwarven" Greataxe, which suspiciously looks like a steel folding chair. He also might have been trained wrong by the dwarves of Ironmaster as a cruel joke. Oooooh yeah! Edit: Great Weapon Master is a busted feat. Just handing out chair shots and CTE to all the devils and demons of Avernus.
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Drewjitsu posted:My barbarian, "Manly Man" Randall Wildman, uses a "Dwarven" Greataxe, which suspiciously looks like a steel folding chair. He also might have been trained wrong by the dwarves of Ironmaster as a cruel joke. just realized that with the Pact of the Blade Warlock dip I can get a cantrip that will allow me to simulate arena noise
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Re: echo knights from a while back, they're definitely some of the most fun I've had playing a melee in 5e outside of my last bladedancer build. I'm in a party otherwise filled with casters so it's nice to be able to hold my own and do stuff that would traditionally fall into their wheelhouse. We're gonna hit 11 soon and I'm looking forward to extra attack 2 soon  On that topic, do folks let echo knights unleash echo via the hasted attack action? I know it specifies you only get one free attack out of a hasted action, but it's unclear to me if that allows you to do it or not. I'm looking at something like: Action: 3x attacks + unleash Action Surge: 3x attacks + unleash Hasted action: 1x attack + unleash? I'm also considering multiclassing into barb at some point for rage/reckless attack, but all those ASIs/feats for fighters in the mid-teens keep making me want to delay that.
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