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This goes back to my “For some reason monk gets constantly excused from the this is too easily abused” discussion.
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that's because the stuff that makes sense to have house rules for isn't "this is too powerful," but "this requires engaging in repetitive/tedious behavior for a big reward" or "this obviates a bunch of gameplay."
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Apr 10, 2024 14:30
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I've beaten Honor Mode three times now and I've never felt the need to have a buffbot at home. You get OP enough just from your own characters and the stuff you find in the world that I've never felt the need to metagame it that much.
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Apr 10, 2024 14:31
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"no vendor theft" is a good example, because if you use it, you basically obviate the entire game economy and consumables, and in return you get to hop in and out of camp a bunch of times. without it, the economy is fairly nicely balanced, and you'll need to choose merchants to increase attitude with, and either sell extra consumables or be very fastidious about loot to afford all the good stuff. I like that. others may think it's a good trade because they find managing money and consumables tedious. which it is will determine if "no vendor theft" is a good house rule for them. "no monks" is not a good example because that's just a class.
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Apr 10, 2024 14:42
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Respec to monk so you can have infinite free actions and obviate the action economy behind the Iron Throne. This just seems like different flavors of ice cream to me. This can also be expanded to the action economy behind the games combat in general. You destroy the big bad in one round. I destroy their pockets in one round.
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Apr 10, 2024 14:55
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you'll just have to make subjective decisions about which house rules make the game more fun for you and which don't. edit: much like you have to make subjective decisions about which flavor of ice cream to get. Zodium fucked around with this message at 15:06 on Apr 10, 2024 |
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Apr 10, 2024 15:01
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Why aren’t there any good fire spells after wall of fire? Feels bad respeccing to a lame ice sorcerer after act 2
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Apr 10, 2024 15:17
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It hurts but you just have to learn to accept, in your heart of hearts, that getting a free transmuter stone is cheating.
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Apr 10, 2024 15:17
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yep. and if you steal from vendors i'll beat you up irl. do not deviate from how i play the game
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Apr 10, 2024 15:19
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There are very good Fire abusing items like the Hat of Pyro Quickness or Hat of Fire Acuity though. Combined with Mind Sanctuary you could become a fireball barrage.Snake Maze posted:It hurts but you just have to learn to accept, in your heart of hearts, that getting a free transmuter stone is cheating. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWmryAVUoL8&t=152s Black Noise fucked around with this message at 15:22 on Apr 10, 2024 |
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Apr 10, 2024 15:19
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Mzbundifund posted:Why aren’t there any good fire spells after wall of fire? Feels bad respeccing to a lame ice sorcerer after act 2 Flamestrike rules but you gotta be a Cleric or Fiend Warlock only!!
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Mzbundifund posted:Why aren’t there any good fire spells after wall of fire? Feels bad respeccing to a lame ice sorcerer after act 2 You can upcast fireball or scorching ray for increased damage. Scorching ray especially is a great upcast
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Apr 10, 2024 15:28
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feller posted:You can upcast fireball or scorching ray for increased damage. Scorching ray especially is a great upcast Just to stack on-hit effects? A level 6 scorching ray does as much damage as chain lightning which hits everyone on the board and can double from Wet, and the single-target damage is nowhere near Disintegrate. Pyroquickness hat was underwhelming since the self-burn just pops concentration and cancels walls of fire immediately. Fire acuity hat felt pointless since you have to waste a turn casting scorching ray to benefit from it and I got my spell save DC high enough that most enemies fail their saving throws without having to waste a turn to get acuity up.
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Mzbundifund posted:Just to stack on-hit effects? A level 6 scorching ray does as much damage as chain lightning which hits everyone on the board and can double from Wet, and the single-target damage is nowhere near Disintegrate. Didn't you say you're a sorceror? Just quicken the scorching ray, if all you care about is the acuity. I do agree that heat is bad and don't use that helm on my casters You can stack a lot of extra bonus damage per ray that makes it do a lot more ST damage than CL feller fucked around with this message at 16:16 on Apr 10, 2024 |
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Here is my understanding for the pyroquickness hat as long as you aren't playing on Honour Mode. Fiery Return: When you deal Damage Types Fire damage with a non-cantrip spell, you Burning Burn yourself and gain an additional Bonus action this round. Mind Sanctuary:Sculpt a magical nexus that allows those within to take actions and bonus actions interchangeably You open up with Mind Sanctuary then use scorching ray with your bonus action (the order is backwards if you have the awakened status) then you cast fireball and get a bonus action so you cast fireball then you get a bonus action so you cast fireball then you get a bonus action so you cast fireball then you get a bonus action. I don't know if this works with scrolls but other items work with spells known like that illusion ring so lets say you stole 88 fireball scrolls...
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drat now that’s degenerate. But is unlimited power worth ugly vein face
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Mzbundifund posted:drat now that’s degenerate. As long as you have enough clown makeup, yes.
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Mzbundifund posted:drat now that’s degenerate. mods
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Zodium posted:yep. and if you steal from vendors i'll beat you up irl. do not deviate from how i play the game What I take from vendors is worth far less than the freedom I will give to them by defeating all the bad g-- oh shitfuck, he saw you pickpocket dude, shoot him in the face!
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solo hm run attempt #2 almost just ended to another double crit, this time from gandrel. drat that guy hurts. 60 hp just went away like that. very happy i went shield of thralls for my first illithid power right now or i'd be very dead.
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After not killing him on my last run I'm now firmly on team don't kill him so I wish he'd smoked you
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Zodium posted:solo hm run attempt #2 almost just ended to another double crit, this time from gandrel. drat that guy hurts. 60 hp just went away like that. very happy i went shield of thralls for my first illithid power right now or i'd be very dead. Solo HM is rad, particularly if you aren't super cheesing it with some dumb build. It's the Sone Soup of our modern era.
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Theres some really interesting dialogue if you have Astarion talk to the Gur camp in act 3, havent seen anyone else mention it. He has such a good storyline.
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Finished my first playthrough of the game, 10 loving 10. So now I'm looking for mods to add in a load order and i think I found the #1 absolute must have for Astarion in particular, 
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I think, rules as written, guns should get sneak attack damage. There's even listings for damage for example firearms in the Dungeon Master's Guide
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Mr. Lobe posted:I think, rules as written, guns should get sneak attack damage. There's even listings for damage for example firearms in the Dungeon Master's Guide They're just an exotic ranged weapon that works almost exactly like a crossbow. Nothing special about them.
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Hella initiative points for sure. I can easily edit the files for that. With bonus attack rolls if it's an automatic weapon.
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Loel posted:Theres some really interesting dialogue if you have Astarion talk to the Gur camp in act 3, havent seen anyone else mention it. It never occurred to me to fight that dude in act 1. I always enjoy the super awkward Astarion encounter and move on. Reading the wiki it is funny that you can buy all his arrows and potions and poo poo that he would otherwise use on you
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If you do kill that guy in Act 1 his crossbow gives you advantage against all monstrosities, which is like the one you can buy from Dammon but even better because now you have two! And most of the important early Act 1 fights have monstrosity-type enemies.
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I always get the hunting shortbow, but killing him gives me 40 experience points and for that gandrel must die
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MariusLecter posted:Finished my first playthrough of the game, 10 loving 10. Oh come on, we don't need SMG in every thread.
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Lobok posted:Oh come on, we don't need SMG in every thread. Myrkul "I am an immortal god, no weapon forged by man can stop me!" Shadowheart https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDXqXLF7ls4
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Ok but obviously I have no problem with RPGs in the thread.
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exquisite tea posted:If you do kill that guy in Act 1 his crossbow gives you advantage against all monstrosities, which is like the one you can buy from Dammon but even better because now you have two! And most of the important early Act 1 fights have monstrosity-type enemies. Handy for the beginning of the Orin arc as well since the advantage transfers to your melee attacks.
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Clarste posted:They're just an exotic ranged weapon that works almost exactly like a crossbow. Nothing special about them. The Forgotten Realms should have matchlock firearms like Pillars of Eternity.
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The whole story would fall apart instantly if Astarion had an AK-47.
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lol
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Snake Maze posted:It hurts but you just have to learn to accept, in your heart of hearts, that getting a free transmuter stone is cheating. The Transmuter in the actual 5E rules can give their stone to whoever they want iirc.
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Zodium posted:solo hm run attempt #2 almost just ended to another double crit, this time from gandrel. drat that guy hurts. 60 hp just went away like that. very happy i went shield of thralls for my first illithid power right now or i'd be very dead. I'm not doing a solo, but honor mode doesn't mess around. Dror Ragzlin can do, if I'm doing math right, main hit 1d10+5 (6-15), martial advantage 2d6 (2-12), absolute power 1d6 (1-6), second attack 1d10+5 (6-15), and then repulsor 1d6 (1-6). That is 16 - 54 before critical hits. He will use reckless attacks to give himself an advantage if he misses. And don't you dare heal/buff an ally near him, or else every enemy near him gets a free action surge with his 1d4 leadership aura bonus damage.
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SlimGoodbody posted:The Transmuter in the actual 5E rules can give their stone to whoever they want iirc. The limitation was afaik was attunement and you couldn’t have multiple effects with the same “type” so you couldn’t kill 3 transmutation wizards for your Lich big bad unless you changed some things.
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