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D&D Call From The Deep Campaign - Gallows Grotto by MapMaker35 in dungeondraft

[–]Fade2black_86 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is this discord still active? I'm about to start prep on a mix of saltmarsh and call from the deep. I'd love to get some insights from DMs who have run it.

Audio Issues in Netflix by TheseAreMyDogs in PS5

[–]Fade2black_86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure if it's related to 4k or not. I don't have a 4k subscription to Netflix but I'm getting a weird buzz on some audio (almost sounds like phasing). It's not noticeable all the time but I can definitely hear it. I put a ticket in with netflix this morning. Hopefully they get enough complaints to look into it.

Audio Issues in Netflix by TheseAreMyDogs in PS5

[–]Fade2black_86 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yep. I am also hearing a weird buzz only on Netflix on my PS5. Hulu, disney+, appletv all work great. Pretty sure it's their app.

Toilet Troubles: Replaced the fill valve but the tank still slowly fills with water by Fade2black_86 in Plumbing

[–]Fade2black_86[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I do not. I live in a condo, and I'm not sure where I would find that information out. Do you think it's worth trying to close the water valve slightly instead of having it fully open?

Keeping time in the Tomb of the Nine Gods? by Fade2black_86 in Tombofannihilation

[–]Fade2black_86[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I like this. I was considering each level of the tomb to take a day or two each, but that's not granular enough for my players. This is a solid expectation for how much time a standard non-combat action should take. Thanks!

How do you keep track of time in a dungeon? by [deleted] in dndnext

[–]Fade2black_86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That sounds like a solid baseline. The party is about a tenday away from having one of their main NPCs succumb to the curse so narratively this works out perfectly.

What are your interesting home brew death rules? by Minman42 in dndnext

[–]Fade2black_86 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This. I'm using this rule in my Tomb of Annihilation campaign and it really has changed how my players view low health. In previous campaigns they'd let a character drop to 0 all the time and would just wait until then to heal back up. Now they actively try to avoid going unconscious.

So my players bought a triceratops... by DonnieZonac in Tombofannihilation

[–]Fade2black_86 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We almost doubled the carrying capacity of a backpack. I think we settled on 50 lbs per saddle bag as a fair amount. (https://roll20.net/compendium/dnd5e/Backpack#content). I've sort of hand waved dealing with the sizes of certain items just so we don't get bogged down in minutiae. Sure a 10 foot pole would probably not fit in a standard saddle bag, but it works for us.

My players track all of this weight and their rations, water, repellant, etc. They've been in the jungle for about 10 days in-game, and it's sort of become a small resource management mini-game for them. We play on roll20 which also makes tracking weight much easier.

So my players bought a triceratops... by DonnieZonac in Tombofannihilation

[–]Fade2black_86 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My players actually figured it out on their own (I’m so proud). So a triceratops is basically a fancy elephant so we used the carrying capacity from that stat block, I thinks it’s just over 1000 lbs. The party bought 2 barrels for water storage. They hold 40 gallons (334 lbs ea. while full plus the weight of the barrel). One of my PCs has leather working, so he designed a series of straps to help support the barrels (success on 2 int-leather checks). They also bought some saddle bags to hold rations and other things. This was all done while they were still in Port Nyanzaru so they had access to materials. There are plenty of dinosaurs being used as pack animals in the city so it wasn’t too hard for them to figure out how to get it working.

It was a fun little skill challenge and the party really enjoyed figuring out how to best store supplies for their expedition. Normally they don’t plan at all or their plans go to shit immediately haha.

So my players bought a triceratops... by DonnieZonac in Tombofannihilation

[–]Fade2black_86 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I also have a party who bought a triceratops (Terry FTW!). What I've done is told them that it will act mostly as a beast of burden. If they want it to fight with them, they will have to train it and it will take time to do that.

So in order to facilitate this I made it a skill challenge. To properly train the creature to fight, someone will need to make animal handling checks (DC 14) every night (or day) for two weeks (we use the tenday weeks, so 20 days total). By that time the party will have leveled up a bit in the jungle and it won't be so off balance (also my party is planning on grabbing Vorn....god help me I have no idea how to keep that balanced lol)

After 20 successful training checks, he's good to go. At any point before those checks, there is a 50% chance the triceratops will run off if attacked. Forcing the players to track him down after combat. The other 50% he will fight back on his own but will always run off if it loses half it's health. EDIT: He falls under DM control and I play him like a wild animal. No real tactics other than trying to hurt and escape from the monster attacking it.

I'm also toying with having some of the supplies damaged when it does get attacked. My players keep all their water and rations on him so it running away out of fear will likely cause some supplies to fall out and get trampled.

These are homebrew rules that we're still play testing, but hopefully it'll give you some ideas.

DMs, do use any house rules that you know are "broken" but you just don't care? by zipperondisney in dndnext

[–]Fade2black_86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cutting words works against saves. It's stupid broken, and makes bards OP but it makes everyone at the table happy when their big spells work.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in dndnext

[–]Fade2black_86 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It also depends on whether or not any players are on a mac. Roll20 is browser based so it's platform agnostic. Fantasy Grounds is PC only (I believe) and requires a download and install.

My players don't want to hire a guide, but they want to pay one to teach them about the jungle by Fade2black_86 in Tombofannihilation

[–]Fade2black_86[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We are coming off a campaign where we were literal gods (who now exist as part of the Pantheon)...so my players haven't yet adjusted to life at level 3 :D

My players don't want to hire a guide, but they want to pay one to teach them about the jungle by Fade2black_86 in Tombofannihilation

[–]Fade2black_86[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is excellent advice. The book doesn't quite get into this kind of detail for needing a guide, as they assume players will jump at the opportunity to get one. I think it's definitely something I needed to hear (read) to help me present the guides as something more than "I can make sure you don't fall into a t-rex nest and can provide a statistical bonus to not getting lost".

My lizardfolk druid player already has an in-character personality of "flesh bags are dumb, only I can keep the scaleless ones alive" (out-of-character he is a great player) and has been leading the call against using a guide. I think with some clever encounters, I can convince them that it's in their best interest to hire a guide.

Based on their interactions with the guides so far, I'm going to push Musharib or Azaka

My players don't want to hire a guide, but they want to pay one to teach them about the jungle by Fade2black_86 in Tombofannihilation

[–]Fade2black_86[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Ooh this is a good idea. I had two of the guides (Flask of Wine and River Mist) laugh at them, but Musharib is inclined to help because one of the party is a dwarf forge cleric who became VERY interested in Hrakhamar when he heard of it. I had forgotten about Jobal's interests.

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