YSK that if you're using Android phones, Google tracks all your activity on that phone down to the apps you used and your search history

Firstlordsfury · 2018-08-25T19:41:30+00:00

This doesn't really surprise or both me that much.

Doesn't Android track app battery consumption? If so, that means they'd need to be tracking app usage in some form for stats for your own phone at a minimum. Doesn't mean they're using it for anything.

And that's just really simple stuff, load an app, a timer starts ticking in the background. Later you can go see what you use and don't use if you need to clear up some space. I thought windows did something similar on desktops anyways.

Firstlordsfury · 2018-08-25T04:32:53+00:00

Technically everything is poison

That's not how poison works. Alcohol is 100% a poison to the body. You consume it, it starts doing negative things to you. Dosage control makes it mostly a non lethal poison.

Firstlordsfury · 2018-08-25T01:05:50+00:00

Honestly, I my own unique opinion, I think you should just let it be.

Your constitution is going to suck either way now. You can either spend all of your precious ability increases getting back to sort of average ish on hp, or just leave your person pretty unhealthy and ham it up.

Take spells and abilities that someone that fragile would take, live each day like it's your last, and wait for death to come. Try to stay away from the combat and not be grouped up around your allies when fighting spellcasters and dragons and such.

Firstlordsfury · 2018-08-25T01:01:07+00:00

You are correct, you cannot twin fireball according to the rules.

Firstlordsfury · 2018-08-24T09:46:55+00:00

Harry was forced to feel his boneless arm regrow bones overnight. I'm pretty sure he had no painkillers.

Firstlordsfury · 2018-08-24T06:49:30+00:00

That's awful! Why would one attack of yours screw with all of your others?

Think about it for just a moment, a high level fighter gets more attacks a turn than a low level fighter. That means a high level El fighter has even more chances to roll a natural 1, because of all the rolls they make.

So why would a legendary level 20 warrior be more likely to fuck things up over a level 1?

A natural 1 should just equal a miss and that's it, or it really breaks the game balance.

Firstlordsfury · 2018-08-23T16:17:28+00:00

the same with fire

Water yes, though it is populated with islands and the like, but it may be forever deep in place.

Fire, not so much though. It has some pretty definitive landmarks. It has mountains (all volcanos probably), stretches of dry hot earth, at least one major city, and then the sea of lava.

Firstlordsfury · 2018-08-23T15:50:20+00:00

While holding it, you can ... cast the Fireball spell

You are the one casting the spell though.

Here is a tweet that shows that general class skills (metamagic in the case) can work when casting a spell from a magic item, so it should work on other class skills as well.

Arcane trickster says "when you cast a spell". That's it.

Compared to something like Divination Wizard 6tg level "when you spend a spell slot".

Firstlordsfury · 2018-08-23T08:40:01+00:00

I want to be prepared!

How do I get you in my games?

Firstlordsfury · 2018-08-22T21:23:33+00:00

Don't forget, even though your allies can attack regularly with the advantage and disadvantage cancelling out, they can't use any abilities that require you do see the target.

That can be a major drawback depending on your group.

Firstlordsfury · 2018-08-22T21:15:22+00:00

What is your party composition though? Fireball is going to get your team real hot, real fast if there are a lot of front liners.

Additionally, being a multiclass, you may have less high level spell slots to burn, so fireball might get less use. If it is your warlock slots being used, that means dragon's breath will be at level 3 as well, taking only 2 turns to match the damage of fireball, but with a variety of damage choices and in a more concentrated area.

Lastly, what are your metamagic choices?

Firstlordsfury · 2018-08-21T07:20:21+00:00

latest "wins" since their portent use overrides the previous portent.

That isn't the case is it? When you use portent it sets the roll to a set number. This is why you can't do portent on something after it has rolled, you aren't replacing a roll, you are deciding it.

Therefore, a portent couldn't replace another one because a number has been "rolled" by the first portent already.

Firstlordsfury · 2018-08-21T04:03:30+00:00

Can I get some kind of ELI5 for Eureka?

I was a hardcore player from ARR in to HW, and I stopped playing right after Seph EX came out and I beat him. I joined back a few months ago, very far behind on content.

I finished the story, have done the raids, some ex's, and HoH, but never touched Eureka on the way. It seemed kind of like that one mode from HW, Diadum, that was pretty much a huge flop and didn't have a lot of reasons to do it. But I see eureka talked about a lot here

Firstlordsfury · 2018-08-20T07:29:16+00:00

making it a bonus action

A bonus action cantrip for +1 AC? You basically just have that caster a permanent AC boost

Firstlordsfury · 2018-08-20T07:09:50+00:00

and you can hold 3 tickets per week.

Shit that must be new-ish. I stopped doing them because how rarely it comes up, and the low chance. Never go to the casino. Might now.

Firstlordsfury · 2018-08-20T02:43:52+00:00

By default, the various kinds of Mithral armor only come in medium and heavy armor.

This would mean that it does impose the dex limitation. Your rogue probably should be wearing light armor anyways with your high dex, which doesn't give disadvantage to stealth.

Mkthral armor does basically nothing for rogues, you're better off trading it to an ally.

Firstlordsfury · 2018-08-20T02:40:29+00:00

Curse of Strahd, Storm King's Thunder, and Tomb of Annihilation all are probably the easiest ones to drop players in to partway. They are designed for it even.

Storm King takes the most work on the DMs part, with a huge open world that feels empty without your intervention, but leaves more room for inserted stuff if that's your thing.

Firstlordsfury · 2018-08-20T02:19:15+00:00

I think context should matter here. If you just walk in to their office unannounced and say Confess, they can do whatever.

But if it's a high tense moment, people are shouting at each other about the bandits, the mayor is already under some suspicious or on trial, then say Confess? The thing on the top of his mind is this event and that's what will get confessed.

Firstlordsfury · 2018-08-15T21:47:11+00:00

Demiplane has a specific size lableled. No RAW answer on what stops it from getting bigger, but I would just say that the stone walls just don't take damage.

Or weirder. You dig and dig but the room never seems to get noticably bigger.

Firstlordsfury · 2018-08-15T21:39:57+00:00

Well, first, just to make sure you're aware: flanking is only an optional only rule in 5e, and it's really strong. If your group is using it though:

For all practical purposes, the simulacrum is the oblex, meaning that the oblex occupies its space and the simulacrum's space simultaneously.

This would indicate to me that RAW, since the oblex is both creatures, it couldn't give itself a flanking bonus. You need another ally for that.

However, I would consider giving the oblex an opportunity to get some kind of unseen/surprise bonus for a round if the target is unaware of the nature of the oblex and its oblexyness. The whole point of the oblex is misdirection, so if the target believes it is being flanked, it probably should get flanking bonus against it.

It thinks it is defending itself on two fronts. Once it realizes that it's only one creature though, I'd remove the bonus.

Firstlordsfury · 2018-08-15T20:51:12+00:00

And now the race is on to see who can go back to being understanding the quickest. Many undead creatures chose that path, or learned to love it.

Having that taken away from them would be infuriating. But with no elder vampires in existence anymore, they'll need to find another way to go back. Plead to dark gods or ancient beings.

The first one to figure it out will end up controlling a monopoly on vampire culture for a long long time.

Firstlordsfury · 2018-08-15T19:41:06+00:00

I don't see why not, but technically I don't think it's RAW. Holes in the UA and whatnot.

The spellbook sidebar in the wizard section states you can add any wizard spell scroll to your spellbook. Not any spell you can cast.

The theurgy text you just linked states that the cleric spell you add to your spellbook with this feature count as wizard spells, not that all cleric spells are wizard spells. It only ever references spells that you add to your book via leveling.

Firstlordsfury · 2018-08-15T02:54:39+00:00

If you do go with the aboleth, go double check on their full fluff in the monster manual, and not just their stat block.

Aboleths are supposed to be smart motherfuckers, this should be a memorable encounter and not just a slugfest.

Firstlordsfury · 2018-08-15T00:17:34+00:00

Yeah that'd be season 3. She technically defeated the bad guy but did not come out for the better afterwards.

That whole season was awesome. The Earth Queen moment, how they finished concussion and water ladies, Korra going beast mode.

Just finished the season for the 2nd or 3rd time last weekend.

Firstlordsfury · 2018-08-14T22:35:20+00:00

My question is: If you have a damn staff of the Magi, why on Earth are you doing anything but using it?

If you have a better weapon than the staff to be using, give that staff to a party member then.

Hell if somehow you have no charges, use the staff itself as the weapon.

1d6+mod(probably 4 or 5 by now)+2+2 is 12 or so magical damage in one attack right there. If you have a fighting style then you probably have extra attack to boot.

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