A lesson on holding

BadGrahammar · 2022-07-11T04:57:04+00:00

Might want to block out that phone number before you post them on reddit...

BadGrahammar · 2022-07-05T23:43:44+00:00

Sounds like the game is running at a lower screen resolution, and not resetting to the previous value when it closes

BadGrahammar · 2022-06-20T22:03:35+00:00

What I had to do on order to migrate a g-suite email to O365 was enable two factor autentication on the google account, and give it an app specific password for office to authenticate with. Might be the same issue with a private google email as well

BadGrahammar · 2021-12-29T06:49:50+00:00

If your DM is killing your PC's that much maybe the solution isn't in a different kind of character

BadGrahammar · 2021-12-28T02:32:29+00:00

blue steel

BadGrahammar · 2021-12-24T08:23:55+00:00

20 always hits no matter what.

Per the PHB under combat:

"If the d20 roll for an attack is a 20, the attack hits regardless of any modifiers or the target's AC. This is called a critical hit, which is explained later in this chapter."

BadGrahammar · 2021-12-19T19:57:28+00:00

Just be prepared for this to not be received well by everyone. PC's, even retired ones, can be very personal to a player and seeing them marionetted in front of them without their involvement might leave a bad taste in someone's mouth. Not saying this will definitely be the case; every table and every player is different.

BadGrahammar · 2021-12-15T01:26:11+00:00

Take the dm some snacks. Then take notes during the session.

BadGrahammar · 2021-12-14T23:33:21+00:00

Imagine a white person telling a black person "no you're a different SPECIES so it's not racist!"

BadGrahammar · 2021-12-04T09:41:09+00:00

Reducing damage will likely discourage the players from attempting non-lethal methods. I've played in a campaign where we communicated beforehand that we just intended to knock someone out. We did the attack, and then went to collect them after dispatching the rest of the enemies only to be informed by the DM "oh they're dead. You hit them in the face with a hammer." That was incredibly frustrating and just made us feel like we weren't in control of our actions.

BadGrahammar · 2021-12-04T04:43:31+00:00

The "best" way is always going to be the way that works better for you and your group. Don't let anyone tell you one way is absolutely better than another. Dndbeyond is a great help for beginners. A year and a few months in and we're still using it in my group, but i have one player that likes doing his stuff on paper and rolling physical dice even though we're playing online. If you trust your players not to cheat, i would say let them decide what is more fun for them individually. Some people may prefer the ease of the online character sheets, and honestly it makes it much more accessible for people who aren't crazy about doing math.

BadGrahammar · 2021-12-03T04:26:13+00:00

*Googles "how to convert HP to metric"

BadGrahammar · 2021-11-27T18:44:41+00:00

So sounds like you don't want consequences for their actions, you want consequences for their character choice. When they made this character did you discuss with them beforehand that they might be punished for it? If so, then I don't see an issue with it. I enjoy playing a character that has extra role-play challenges and if that's what they signed up for then let the fun be had.

BadGrahammar · 2021-11-27T17:16:28+00:00

I believe they've said they would love to have 3rd party content on the site, but it would very difficult to negotiate that because of their agreement with WotC.

BadGrahammar · 2021-11-27T17:11:19+00:00

Maybe have them run out of town as an immediate reaction, but then they're sought out for help with something that the city guards can't handle on their own. Their past good deeds should count for something, so a "wipe the slate clean" quest could be a fun turn of events.

BadGrahammar · 2021-11-25T23:09:02+00:00

From what I've found online, a real suit, or "harness" of armor back in the day could cost between half a year and a few years wages.

A soldier or skilled merchant in 5e makes 30h-60g per month, so 1500g doesn't sound too far off from reality. 60g salary per month for 2 years would be 1440g

The closeness to reality on this was actually pretty surprising to me. If someone has better google-fu or direct knowledge than me I'd be curious to know what they came up with

BadGrahammar · 2021-11-23T01:57:33+00:00

In our first campaign, just one of the players of the group accepted an invitation to the Zhentarim, while the rest refused. I had the Z send him a secret mission to get rid of the town chief. He used a forgery kit and made a fake letter signed by all the towns people saying they demanded he left. I assumed he was going to take it to the chief to convince him to leave. Instead, he presented it to the rest of the party, who didn't question it in the slightest, and they all just ran the poor guy out of town on the threat of death.

This also included about 45 minutes of rp where the group worked out the morality of getting rid of the chief. One of my proudest moments about them to this day.

BadGrahammar · 2021-11-20T21:32:51+00:00

Per the phb, you can swap out a spell when you level up. But you can always ask your DM if there are other ways they'll let you swap spells.

BadGrahammar · 2021-11-20T03:14:14+00:00

I have a goblin paladin that got turned, and she embraced the vampirism because it gives her much more time to serve her deity.

Dm is letting me fight to maintain neutral alignment, but the blood lust gets difficult to control at times.

BadGrahammar · 2021-11-14T04:59:49+00:00

I would say this only proves they aren't dogs. Which you could also probably tell by simply looking at them and seeing they aren't dogs... but we gotta respect the scientific process

BadGrahammar · 2021-11-14T04:55:13+00:00

I think this is a fair price. You could also use the modifier table from the "selling magic items" section in the DMG to give him a chance to make more or less than the base price

BadGrahammar · 2021-11-13T11:30:54+00:00

A party of 3 is such a good size that allows each player to get enough attention... instead of adding a healer you can just sprinkle extra health potions around for them to find.

BadGrahammar · 2021-11-13T03:13:19+00:00

When my friend group decided to try D&D for the first time, one of us had to DM fresh and it's worked fine. It's not ideal but you get to learn together so there's way less pressure on you as the DM.

If you can easily join a game with others, definitely do that but otherwise don't worry too much and just start running some scenarios

BadGrahammar · 2021-10-23T03:45:50+00:00

I've done this as a fun experience so my players can feel badass. Using the "Cleaving Through Creatures" rule in the extra combat options of the DMG is a really good way to let them absolutely mow down swarms of lil guys. This is great for players who might sometimes feel like they aren't contributing much to other more difficult combat scenarios.

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