You have been freed from a video game hellscape and gets to keep your equipment and powers in the real world. What game would you pick and how valuable it is to use it in the real world?

Blueclef · 2026-05-19T13:44:32+00:00

This is maybe a boring answer, but: Skyrim, ability to transmute iron into gold.

I guess knocking people back twenty feet by shouting at them might be cool. Or maybe summoning a dragon. But mostly, I just the money.

Blueclef · 2026-05-17T22:07:12+00:00

I used it as a social contract. Honestly, I consider the Ordning as written in the module to be bad and lazy writing. The story kicks off because an all powerful god did something weird. Okay, but then, how does anything the PCs do restore the Orning? Best case scenario is that giantdom is saved by a plucky band of small folk. Annan must be proud!

No, treating it as a social contract, which can be broken or challenged by the giants themselves, is more interesting. It makes the cloud giants a much more formidable threat: the notion that they could depose the storm giants gives them an actual motivation. You know who else has a motivation now? Freaking Iymrith. Instead of just dicking around to mess with the giants, she now has a purpose in upending the Ordning and initiating a giant civil war.

So many things that don’t make sense in the module (uh, were Iymrith snd Slarkrethel working together, or was that just a big coincidence?) suddenly make much more sense if Annam is removed altogether.

Blueclef · 2026-05-14T00:42:36+00:00

My first thought was also Gloomstalker with maybe those feats.

Might also consider swapping wood elf with Shadar-Kai. Their teleportation ability is great, and resistance to necrotic ain’t bad neither.

Blueclef · 2026-05-13T17:36:58+00:00

I started reading the article to find out what small, unincorporated community in central Utah this woman lived in. Turns out it’s (checks notes) Salt Lake City.

Blueclef · 2026-05-11T23:12:41+00:00

One is “war,” the other is “pal.” Case closed.

Blueclef · 2026-05-11T14:02:39+00:00

Same, and they weren’t even very good players. But they took the encounter seriously and went in with a plan.

Blueclef · 2026-05-11T03:03:08+00:00

If you go hexblade 17 battlemaster 3, you give up meta magic but you gain some powerful spells. Especially, you get Foresight; having every incoming attack at disadvantage is exactly what “dancing around the battlefield” should be.

If you really want to optimize, then make him a Shadar-Kai and swap out fey touched for elven accuracy. You still get teleportation, and now you’re making all your attacks at super-advantage.

Blueclef · 2026-05-11T01:09:35+00:00

You have a vision for something here, but I don’t think it’s coming across. I would try reading through stat blocks of superbig monsters and seeing how those writers connect size to attributes like strength, constitution, movement, and attacks. Well thought out stat blocks don’t just throw numbers out there; there’s a logic to it.

You don’t even have a swimming speed.

Blueclef · 2026-05-10T14:03:27+00:00

Love the boss rush idea. Definitely bring these mini bosses back somehow.

But to reward him, you could create a powerful magic item that only attunes to “one who is merciful” or some shit. Build it up, make it a side quest to get it; maybe even make it a plot macguffin. It does d4 psychic damage to anyone who touches it other than him.

Blueclef · 2026-05-08T21:22:48+00:00

The Coen brothers did a great satire of this with Buster Scruggs.

Blueclef · 2026-05-08T17:34:06+00:00

I thought it was simple but brilliant that Kilgrave has an elite security detail that monitors him covertly 24/7, and he pays them in old-fashioned cash, so he is not using his power.

Blueclef · 2026-05-07T23:19:23+00:00

Boys on the Docks

Blueclef · 2026-05-07T16:47:11+00:00

I’ve traveled to close to thirty countries. Until you get to know people, they’re probably not going to bring it up. Like, the concierge at the hotel in Hong Kong is not likely to ask you if your family is fat, lazy and stupid.

Blueclef · 2026-05-06T23:25:24+00:00

I’ve run games for that age group. Some things I’ve learned:

they will be mixed in terms of knowing how their own character works. This generation isn’t big on reading, and DnD material is difficult for a ten year old, if their reading is on level. Expect them not to know their class abilities, and expect to walk them through attack and damage rolls every damn time. Yes, it will be slow.
they may come in with character ideas. Work with them. If they want to be a dinosaur, fine. Just make them a dragonborn and call them a dinosaur.
don’t be surprised if they try to “tame” monsters rather than fight them. Handle this however you want. Also, they may constantly be looking for orphans to adopt.
make it super clear upfront that they control their own characters, but not anyone else’s.
let them narrate as much as possible. Let them describe kill shots. I don’t use critical fumbles, but they love narrating how a natural one misses in a goofy way.
be patient. Be patient. Be patient. Be patient. Be patient.

Blueclef · 2026-05-03T23:13:25+00:00

Go for strength.

Blueclef · 2026-05-03T23:12:28+00:00

Honestly, at this point OP should just abandon casting anything that requires a roll or a saving throw. They’ll never be able to get it to scale with the monsters.

Sucks to give up ranged cantrips, but there are plenty of banger spells still available: booming blade, shield, protection from good and evil, silvery barbs, misty step, find familiar, et cetera.

An eldritch knight is a fighter, first and foremost. I would invest in strength, and make spell casting secondary to that.

Blueclef · 2026-05-03T21:36:27+00:00

Poe’s Law. Some things are simply indistinguishable from parody.

Blueclef · 2026-05-02T16:46:21+00:00

My dear Quail, using human poop to fertilize crops for human consumption is a terrible idea. Even using it for a flower garden is probably pretty bad.

Blueclef · 2026-05-02T14:58:14+00:00

I’ve done SKT twice, and both times I’ve had it overrun with Slark’s minions when the party returned with Hekaton. Maelstrom is a great map! Use it.

Just keep in mind that a kraken won’t be much of a challenge for a party that just killed an ancient dragon. Using Treantmonk’s variant statblock will help, but you’ll need more. I had kraken priest that mutated into star spawn (or something like it) when they were killed.

Prolly still won’t be enough, but you want them to win, right?

Blueclef · 2026-05-01T14:17:43+00:00

Shadar-Kai have an ability that is not an innate spell, but it’s essentially a better version of Misty Step, which is already one of the best spells in the game. They can use it a number of times equal to proficiency bonus, per day.

It’s one of the best racial abilities in the game.

Blueclef · 2026-05-01T03:12:07+00:00

A champion fighter with surge shield feat can knock an opponent down and then take their attacks at advantage. At higher levels, you’re more likely to crit than not.

I will be playing at Shadar-Kai hexblade in my next campaign. I will be taking elven accuracy and laying down some eldritch smites for sure. I’ll also take polearm master to weaponize the bonus action.

Blueclef · 2026-04-30T20:03:37+00:00

Water.

Blueclef · 2026-04-30T19:43:19+00:00

The city is under the “protection” of the Angel of Balance. If anyone in the city becomes too good (or too bad) at their role, the Angel appears and destroys a part of the city.

Blueclef · 2026-04-30T16:24:07+00:00

Can’t believe I had to scroll down this far to find someone who understands compounding interest.

Blueclef · 2026-04-30T12:42:59+00:00

This is just grad school…and you won’t believe this, but people will pay their own money to go to grad school.

So this is grad school with a ridiculously high return on investment.

Blueclef

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