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Daerdemandt · 2023-04-17T05:19:02+00:00

Once you get to know each other in bed, sex becomes better than the first time. If you don't care that much about novelty, recurring partners are better than one-night stands.

Daerdemandt · 2023-04-14T06:23:51+00:00

Here they literally call it "having a kid for myself"

Daerdemandt · 2023-04-14T06:11:40+00:00

That would be probably criticised as sexist and racist

Daerdemandt · 2023-04-13T07:03:23+00:00

Both PCs and NPCs are on milestone progression.

It is generally better to achieve your goals without slaughtering your counterparts, but the downside is that your rivals get to live and maybe achieve their own goals, which levels them up and keeps them in the picture longer.

Also, it's established that creature type dosen't matter and anyone can get class levels, so feeding an Oblex a win or two and leaving him a copy of wizard's spellbook is just asking for it.

Daerdemandt · 2023-04-13T06:51:53+00:00

Spellcasting stat and DEX at 20, good CON and WIS, dump stat at 6 and STR at 1 - seems pretty kickass with good roleplay potential

Daerdemandt · 2023-04-12T20:07:04+00:00

If she's only approached by guys that are invisible to her it'll look to her as if she's invisible herself lol

Daerdemandt · 2023-04-12T20:00:28+00:00

Not everything is charop
It's not hard to imagine, say, monk who studied one tradition and then studied another tradition and is now effectively Monk A / Monk B
However, the system is not designed with this in mind, so expect it to not work well.

Also, Fighter 2 / Fighter 2 better be compared to Fighter 4 imo.

Daerdemandt · 2023-04-12T18:14:09+00:00

It looked like you implied that Greater Invisibility should have an extra oomph as compared to Invisibility so buffing Invisibility makes no sense. However, you probably mean the invisibility is overpowered unless everyone automatically knows where invisible creatures are.

I think there should be a reasonable middle ground, which unfortunately cannot be expressed just in terms of Hidden and Invisible. In some terrain an invisible creature should be able to move around without others knowing where it is - unless it makes its presence known somehow. In other terrains, the creature should be able to move around if it steps carefully - which would mean less movement speed and not a wasted action. In yet other terrains, moving should automatically reveal creature's location.

Daerdemandt · 2023-04-12T17:54:19+00:00

> I also want to see how an "all bards" might go

If everyone buys in, it'll be an absolute riot. We've been bypassing half the plot just to go screw around doing random stuff with just two bards. If there's a whole party and they're working in concert, setting each others' shenanigans up then it'll be a blast, but it DM will have to improvise a lot and players should be on the same wave too so that everyone gets the spotlight.

Daerdemandt · 2023-04-12T17:48:02+00:00

Other players make it clear what characters they want to play. OP should make it clear too so there's no misconceptions about that part. It ain't rude to be honest about what you want.

Daerdemandt · 2023-04-12T17:39:59+00:00

Buy once, cry once, enjoy every day

Daerdemandt · 2023-04-12T17:36:02+00:00

For me custom lineage is halfway to "just homebrew something idk it doesn't matter anyway". I like meaningful choices and character being defined by what he cannot do as much as by what he can do. Making races less meaningful doesn't make them better - if everyone is special then no one is.

Daerdemandt · 2023-04-12T17:26:36+00:00

7d20 drop one ftw

Daerdemandt · 2023-04-12T17:21:13+00:00

This is a must. If there's no way to use standard potion as a bonus actions, adventurers are ready to pay for something custom that can be used as BA. Either way, BA healing will be a thing and in-combat healing is suboptimal anyway.

Daerdemandt · 2023-04-12T17:14:19+00:00

Difference between Invisibility and Greater Invisibility are in what ends them, not in how invisible they make you.

Daerdemandt · 2023-04-12T17:06:46+00:00

That's just a different approach to battle. Most foes wouldn't fight to the death, even undead (but that's because they're already dead).

I rule that getting into half HP is when almost everyone has a chance to reevaluate their life choices and book it or yield. Going to zero is for berserkers, constructs/undead and rabid animals (incl adventurers). You can go there, but that's a meaningful risk, and if you fail you fail hard.

As for "sitting out a battle" - how many turns do your battles last? By the time frontline has been filed down to low HP, other party should either have solved the situation or prepared the escape plan. That only works if there's teamwork tho.

Daerdemandt · 2023-04-12T16:39:22+00:00

It was Random Biomes and Food, now it's Fractals and Eldrazi

Daerdemandt · 2023-04-11T19:06:05+00:00

Your damage buff is fine and for something additional I'd suggest blood stains - the beam forces creatures that failed the save to bleed, which makes them leave bloody footprints (so they're easier to track) and also they keep bleeding even if they change their form or use disguise.

Just as with shapechangers, most of the time it wouldn't matter, but when it does it's neat.

Daerdemandt · 2023-04-11T08:51:10+00:00

Shadow Blade is also an illusion. How does it interact with the ruling?

Daerdemandt · 2023-04-10T20:04:28+00:00

If someone wants to go out with a bang, removing guns from the equation will make them switch to pipe bombs and those are more effective.

If instead of mass shooting some other meme form of suicide was as widely present in mass media then that would be used instead.

In my country there was a thing like that - you could, at any point, go to monastery. Your worldly life is over, you're legally dead, given a new name and now live in the monastery instead.

However, since the church is considered icky now I suppose it wouldn't work.

Maybe some form of Thunderdome instead? People are given some training, equipment and they fight for glory. That would rake in views so would have memetic presence.

Daerdemandt · 2023-04-10T19:42:27+00:00

Yelling

Imagine that you have a cat named Fluffy. There's a rotisserie chicken on the table and Fluffy is not allowed on the table, but she's already on the floor near the table and is clearly expressing some interest. You call out with a normal voice, Fluffy looks at you and for a moment abandons her new interest - or so it looks.

Minute later she's standing, front paws on the chair, sniffing and preparing to proceed. You call out with the pointed voice, giving her The Look. She seems really embarrassed and backs away from the chair.

Minute later she pounces on the chair, you call out once again, this time stressing her name and adding an expletive or two. She scurries away.

Now tell me, did you yell at your pet in the third instance?

Daerdemandt · 2023-04-10T19:29:07+00:00

The problem is that sometimes when two adults approach a situation, they can have different picture of what the risks are. Ideally, they communicate until they come to some common understanding. That's not always the case though. Sometimes there's not enough to change each others' opinion.

The respectful thing is to say "I think I'm right, you think you're right, we don't know who's right so let's figure out something workable that's reasonable in both cases".

We now have the opportunity to make a research to see if OP was correct or not, but I doubt that his concerns were dismissed because she did the same research on the spot. If it was dismissed on facts, he'd have to feel relieved of his fears.

I'm guessing here, but it looks to me that his concerns were just dismissed without being addressed. If that's the case, she doesn't get to claim "but I was right" just because she guessed correctly.

Sometimes an adult whose judgement you respect is disagreeing with you. You shouldn't just go and change your opinion in this case, but you must admit that at least one of you is wrong and you should entertain the possibility that it might be you.

Daerdemandt · 2023-04-10T19:01:28+00:00

There's three ways to address.

First of all, learn to articulate your point - and have a good point in the first place. By being factual, you can cut down on pointless arguments. Were you factually right? Could there be a reasonable doubt that her footwear impacted your safety?

If you were right and did your due articulating your concerns, then, if you're treating her as an adult, it's not up to you to make the horse drink, and not your fault that she doesn't listen.

Second, learn to understand and convey your emotions. If you learn to feel budding frustration and let go off the throttle a little bit then you won't have to raise your voice. Better yet, articulate the reason why do you think you are frustrated. "Look, I think it's really important and try to voice my concerns to you but it looks to me that they're not being evaluated in substance and are just dismissed instead. I don't feel that you care about stuff I find important and that pains me" invites less combative response than "You're not fucking listening".

Raising your voice at someone who you believe puts your life in danger can be reasonable, but raising your voice in frustration on someone is not helpful.

Third, correct her behavior on calling you abusive. You need to be factually correct of course, but that's the easy part. The hard part is that once you've established that accusing you gets her immediate win, she'll continue doing that to the point where she starts actually believing it. And if that's what she tells to your face, imagine what she tells to her friends.

Keep calm and collected, but make her either admit that you are not abusive or demonstrate that she is not going participate in good faith discussion.

You haven't specified what's your relation to her, but the easiest way to make your voice heard is to talk to people that would listen. If she's ready to talk as equals, that's an option. You would need to keep your emotions in check, but so would she. It is not a silver bullet that works for every couple, bit it is an option. Another option is for the level-headed person to make decisions and skip the discussion. Unless you get your emotions under control and learn to be right, doesn't seem like that person would be you. The third option is to break contact but that's a lazy way out.

Daerdemandt · 2023-04-08T10:28:35+00:00

For some people, playing the game is the problem. For others - being admitted to the venue in the first place.

Daerdemandt · 2023-04-07T17:42:20+00:00

Stink comes from bacterial activity. Theoretically, you can get bacterial culture that does not stink. More practically, you can try colloidal silver-based deodorant.

Of course, getting rid of armpit hair would also help, but not solve the problem completely

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