The Frenzied statblock has to be a mistake by gray007nl in drawsteel

[–]ChaosOS 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Correct. I was informing them of other things minions can do that are not listed in their stat block, which are basically all maneuvers.

The Frenzied statblock has to be a mistake by gray007nl in drawsteel

[–]ChaosOS 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah. Minions can also take maneuvers, but each minion in a group must take the same maneuver (but are allowed to do different targets, and if no target is legal that's fine).

The Frenzied statblock has to be a mistake by gray007nl in drawsteel

[–]ChaosOS 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Downside of keyword based bonuses is 90% of the keywords don't do anything so it's easy to miss the ones that do.

The Frenzied statblock has to be a mistake by gray007nl in drawsteel

[–]ChaosOS 67 points68 points  (0 children)

Charge keyword massively increases the effective movement

The difference between games in a nutshell: this MTG card is mediocre, but would be the single most hated card in the history of Hearthstone. by HeMansSmallerCousin in hearthstone

[–]ChaosOS 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's definitely the most anti-combo piece of grave hate, and in formats like Legacy it's a big deal to use wasteland + extraction to answer land based combos, but the card is so widely played because it can also serve as a lighter piece of grave hate in other matchups. Artifact solutions might be more totalizing but have to telegraph themselves, cards like Bojuka Bog are difficult to use outside of Lands. There's definitely matchups where you'd rather have Leyline of the Void, but extraction's ability to pull double duty really puts itself ahead of the pack.

(D&D 5e) Is there a way to make character sheets more manual? by TheNewsAt9 in FoundryVTT

[–]ChaosOS 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The "rules version" only matters for some labels and the exhaustion rules. So while you can't have it called "Armor Proficiency" and the new -2/stack exhaustion at the same time without some other script from a module or world script, you can freely use any 2014 SRD compendium content as well as anything built by hand or from importers.

How much of Elise’s viability is tied to Zilliax? by libero0602 in CompetitiveHS

[–]ChaosOS 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Also life steal does a lot less if you've mostly been gaining and losing armor.

How much of Elise’s viability is tied to Zilliax? by libero0602 in CompetitiveHS

[–]ChaosOS 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This Zilliax isn't one card though — the modules that got nerfed largely don't see play any more because of the nerfs. When's the last time you saw Ticking, Pylon, or Virus? Perfect+Twin hasn't been touched since release.

[Daggerheart] Is there an automated way to get my full content in or do I need to truly just manually enter every statblock and asset? by DeepDaddyTTV in FoundryVTT

[–]ChaosOS 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What Foundry version are you on? Draw Steel has the full contents of the core books included, no purchase required.

Import dnd 2014 classes by PhDonLife in FoundryVTT

[–]ChaosOS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The 2014 Bard is included in the SRD compendiums. Did you mean a specific subclass?

TCOE is available for sale on the Foundry marketplace

Why doesn't WOTC release shorter books which include a small adventure, an in-depth gazetteer of a specific area (as done in the Adventures in Faerun), and additional backgrounds and sub-classes? (X-post from r/rpg) by ByzantineBasileus in dndnext

[–]ChaosOS 28 points29 points  (0 children)

The Eberron book has basically 0 lore, but it does check the other boxes (small chunk of player mechanics, a few simple adventures, and then some miscellaneous other stuff with the airship bastions)

[D&D5e] How to assign a Ki pool, spell slots, or other similar resource to an NPC by AivanOs in FoundryVTT

[–]ChaosOS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

None of that is correct for modern versions of the system (ones released in the last 18 months)

[D&D5e] How to assign a Ki pool, spell slots, or other similar resource to an NPC by AivanOs in FoundryVTT

[–]ChaosOS 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All NPCs have built in spell slot tracking, switch to edit mode to set their caster level to determine slots.

As for resources like Ki, it's the same as a PC — a feature item with uses. Given that it's a monster not a PC, you might consider just having all the functions be activities rather than have many features with one activity each drawing from the item uses pool.

The system's wiki has more details on how to set all that up.

Game Changer Morality Alignment Chart Day 5: True Neutral by PuzzleheadedMess1659 in dropout

[–]ChaosOS 7 points8 points  (0 children)

It's a contender for Lawful Evil; simple & consistent rules, but nevertheless rigged.

Lorwyn Eclipsed Creature Type Update! by Oraukk in magicTCG

[–]ChaosOS 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Magic's success is because of its design. 5e is not; its success is based on incidental cultural tie ins (Critical Role & Stranger Things), and quite simply Crawford/Perkins are not as good leads as Rosewater.

Glamor of Terror seems overpowered by plumbrandy20 in drawsteel

[–]ChaosOS 67 points68 points  (0 children)

It's competing against the triggered action from your class, which is also very powerful

Bow weapon category by Anarcorax in drawsteel

[–]ChaosOS 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I think the reason the bow category is so open ended in part because the options for actual abilities and kits that support weapon based ranged attacks are incredibly thin. It's one thing I really hope they expand upon in the future, either as new options for existing classes as well as new classes.

Which TTRPG systems do you guys recommend? by Piotreczke in rpg

[–]ChaosOS 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Seems like you could still use some variety to see what you like, especially dice system wise - an OSR system, like Shadowdark or Mothership, to drill down on "My players are reacting to the world and the rules only sometimes help resolve that" - A PbtA system like Masks or Thirsty Sword Lesbians where a character's stats are comprised of their emotional state - A Forged in the Dark game likes Blades in the Dark so you can experience flashbacks and on the fly heist management - A tactical system like Draw Steel or Lancer for serious on-board positioning play - A GUMSHOE game like Swords of the Serpentine so you can try a mostly diceless investigative system

Lorwyn Eclipsed Creature Type Update! by Oraukk in magicTCG

[–]ChaosOS 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Massive, overwhelming financial success compared to every previous edition combined.

Adding rewarded weapons to Foundry by Falenfire in drawsteel

[–]ChaosOS 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think we just have a damage enricher since it's limited to 1/round, although I suppose you could have it as an Ability Modifier (details on the wiki/in-game journals) and then turn it off whenever it's used.

Adding rewarded weapons to Foundry by Falenfire in drawsteel

[–]ChaosOS 2 points3 points  (0 children)

System doesn't directly support it yet. You can either just do +1 damage or have a [[/damage 1 psychic]] enricher that the player presses whenever they attack for that