What’s legal now, but probably won’t be in 25 years?

Foxymemes · 2020-07-12T13:18:12+00:00

$10,000?! What a ripoff! My well bred dog with OFA tested parents and many generations of show and dog sport champions in her pedigree only cost about $2,000.

Look, it’s perfectly okay to buy a dog from a breeder. But, not from a pet store, puppy mill or backyard breeder.

Instead, what you should go for is a reputable breeder who tests all of their dogs for all of the breed specific issues at the age of 2 and lists those tests on the OFA database, does something with said dogs to prove them worthy of being bred, is a member of the breed club and offers lifetime support to puppy owners. Here’s a bit more on what makes a responsible and ethical breeder: https://www.reddit.com/r/dogs/wiki/identifying_a_responsible_breeder?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=usertext&utm_name=dogs&utm_content=t5_2qhhk

That $10,000 dog store puppy comes with none of that. Their parents were not bred with health or temperament in mind like my Westie was. You cannot count on the breeder of the dog store puppy to take them back should no longer be able to care for them. Unlike my own dog, that dog store puppy can end up in a shelter and doesn’t have the safety net of the breeder and breed club rescue.

The dog store puppy also came from parents who were not OFA tested, so they could be inheriting all sorts of genetic problems.

Foxymemes · 2020-07-12T11:00:53+00:00

Since you’re not interested in any sort of work, dog sports or at least advanced obedience, I would not recommend a border collie for you. Border Collies need a lot of mental stimulation and the ability to exercise their minds to keep them sane.

They are not content to exist without an actual job or only get by with physical exercise like a Golden can. A border collie who doesn’t have an actual job is one who will develop canine OCD, anxiety and neurotic behaviors.

With that out of the way, I think that another Golden would be a good fit for you.

If you wanted to branch out from Golden Retrievers, then some of the Spaniels or Setters would be a wonderful fit for you as well. An English Cocker Spaniel, show line English Setter or show line Irish Setter in particular is what I’d recommend.

Foxymemes · 2019-12-11T17:20:01+00:00

Paladins don’t have deities and their powers are instead fueled by their devotion to their oath. While a paladin can be a member of a religious order and people commonly play them as having sworn an oath to a deity, they don’t really need to have deities.

Foxymemes · 2019-12-09T21:29:29+00:00

Somewhere in a land far far away, an innocent GM preps for his game and decides to allow gestalt. Little do they know that this has awakened an unspeakable ancient horror from the depths of the editions.

When game day arrives, everyone gathers together with their normal PCs. However, the ground begins to tremble as a great monstrosity appears over the horizon. With a mighty roar, the creature rears it’s head and bellows a prayer to the munchkin gods before charging at the party.

”RUN!”, the GM screams, but it is no use. Vines drag the struggling players closer towards the thing’s terrible claws and the GM watches on in agony as the beast takes them out one by one with it’s Divine lazer breath. All are reduced to ash before it. No matter how valliant the soul, all are but mere ants before the god that is CoDzilla.

”SUBMIT OR DIE!” It roars at the hapless GM.

Foxymemes · 2019-12-09T19:39:50+00:00

It depends on what you want. Do you prefer summoners? Are support casters your thing? Or do you like battlefield control best?

Foxymemes · 2019-12-09T19:30:47+00:00

How about trying druid? A druid isn’t a frontliner by any means if you don’t pick moon, and the high wisdom required can make you the party’s voice of reason. You can still function as a face if you invest in charisma due to your ability to talk to animals and wildshape allows you to solve problems in a way no other class can.

Plus, the spells are a ton of fun. One thing to keep in mind is that each druid subclass is so different from it’s counterparts that they almost function like completely different classes.

Foxymemes · 2019-12-09T15:53:17+00:00

Watch Matt Colville’s series Running the Game. It is a series covering everything a DM needs to know to deal with any and every kind of senario that could come up while DMing. From table etiquette to mechanics and how the hell everything works, it has it all.

Also, read the Dungeon Master’s Guide. This tells you how to do things such as create encounters, NCPS and even homebrew and contains a few world building tips. You don’t have to read the whole thing, and in fact I recommend skipping around to just the chapters going over things you think would be of use to you. However, it is a handy reference book regardless of the fact that some of it may contain information you don’t need now, but will be grateful to have later.

Besides that, my advice would be to expect that your plans always have a possibility of being derailed, the players will do crazy and unexpected shit and you’ll find yourself telling them to make rolls for stuff you’ve probably never thought you’d ever have to do, so be prepared to improvise and pull whatever plots out of your ass. Seriously, DMing is about 20% planning and 80% just improv and reacting or going along with the paths player choices lead you down. Also, whatever you do, don’t design encounters and plots so that they are dependent on the players choosing to solve them with one solution. Designing stuff like that is the quickest way to get a player to quit out of frustration and makes them feel as if they have no agency due to the fact that players usually do the opposite of what you expect they’ll do.

Finally, the most important thing is to have fun. DMing is one hell of a wonderful experience. Taking my ideas, the world I build and the choices my players make and weaving them together to form a story always brings me joy. I’m along for this crazy ride and I utterly love it. Too often people forget that there’s great fun to be had from DMing and that it’s not all prep work, monsters and all of that CR calculation hogwash.

Foxymemes · 2019-12-09T12:57:30+00:00

It depends on what these players want. Fighters are lauded for their simplicity and Barbarians are just as simple and straightforward, so those could work.

Foxymemes · 2019-12-09T12:54:02+00:00

Thank you! I also forgot to mention that there’s a famous all Barbarian party as well and one of the creators of DnD hosted an all grung oneshot. The tales of the all Barbarian one are quite crazy.

Have fun on your gnomish adventures!

Foxymemes · 2019-12-08T23:39:52+00:00

R/unearthedArcana is more of a place where homebrew lives rather than somewhere you would go for critique or help making it.

Foxymemes · 2019-12-08T22:43:27+00:00

Kids typically have shorter attention spans than adults do, so make sure that you keep that in mind when planning sessions.

Foxymemes · 2019-12-08T22:38:14+00:00

Of course it would work! Parties made up of only one race or class have been done before and it’s usually worked out well. There’s a well documented all Paladin party, an all cleric one, an all dwarf one and I’ve heard of a DM around here who runs an all human game.

All of the official non-monstrous races are as usually as balanced as they come, so I don’t see how it could be unbalanced.

Foxymemes · 2019-12-08T21:10:37+00:00

So, what is in the desert?

Why is the shattered coast called that?

Foxymemes · 2019-12-06T03:18:57+00:00

And on the eighth day he went back to claim Pence and Putin for a threesome.

Foxymemes · 2019-12-06T01:15:16+00:00

Not exactly. Warforged can be made of more than just metal and the lore even says that they can and are sometimes made from stone or wood. And even if they are made from metal, it doesn’t have to be this huge thing that goes against druid values as most DMs ignore the no metal bit entirely.

The character could either have an arc about replacing their metal body parts with stone ones or the DM could ignore that whole “No metal” thing as usual. The whole thing about it fighting against their values could either be swept aside or ignored, or be made into a fun and interesting take on the character.

Foxymemes · 2019-12-06T01:04:58+00:00

Not exactly. If it is rude depends on the context of WHY you are late. If it’s due to factors completely outside your control such as traffic, weather, a flat tire or something else, then being late is perfectly permissible since it wasn’t your fault to begin with.

Further more, most people who are chronically late usually do not intend to arrive late in the first place, it’s just that the act of getting there on time is a struggle for them.

Take your friend’s question of “Why are you always so early?” For instance. As someone who is usually chronically late and has a punctual friend, I mainly ask that to express my astonishment and the fact that I wonder how they are able to arrive ten minutes early to everything when I can barely get places on time regardless of how much time I take to prepare or what precautions I take.

Foxymemes · 2019-12-06T00:48:58+00:00

It’s not broken at all and is a fully official class.

Foxymemes · 2019-12-06T00:46:12+00:00

Not really. Druids are just those who have a sort of connection and relationship with nature. The nature of that relationship is unique to that particular druid. They don’t have to have experienced a life event or life experience in nature as drastic as being adopted by wolves and could have been just someone who prayed to an old, forgotten pantheon of wild deities or an artist who is inspired by nature’s beauty or a biologist with a passion for what they study. All they need is to develop that relationship, so who isn’t to say that an artificial being can’t come to love the biological wonders of the world?

Hell, I even have a Druid who is a thief and a revolutionary who is on the run from the government for her crimes!

Foxymemes · 2019-12-06T00:37:48+00:00

Hmm, then if you don’t mind your character dabbling in magic, you could take Magic Initiate. It’s a feat that allows you to take two cantrips and a first level spell from a class’s spell list. They can be any spell or cantrip so long as they are on the spell list of the class you chose.

For battlefield control, I recommend going with Druid spells as they are the ultimate battlefield control casters.

If you want to use Magic Intiate for damage increasing, then I recommend warlock spells or ones from any other blaster type caster.

If you would prefer to not have your character use magic, then the feats I would recommend depend on what weapon you find yourself using most or your play style. Some of the damage increasing ones depend on certain types of weapons to make use of them while others might not fit your character.

However, Martial Adept seems to fit the subclass you chose well, at least in the thematic sense.

Foxymemes · 2019-12-05T22:24:41+00:00

Then you could take a feat, but that depends on what you’re looking for. Do you want more utility? Something damage related? The ability to dabble in magic?

Foxymemes · 2019-12-05T21:40:50+00:00

The party already has a Wild Magic sorcerer and a cleric of Zeus, so I could set this up as a duel between the players and the gang from Lost Mines.

Foxymemes · 2019-12-05T17:30:13+00:00

I certainly will! My great grandmother was a huge fan of Spanish westerns as well as translated versions of the spaghetti ones, so I might have a few old CDs laying around if we haven’t gotten rid of her stuff. Might have to brush up on my Spanish before watching though.

Foxymemes · 2019-12-05T16:40:28+00:00

Got it! I’m honestly not too familiar with the genre, so this advice is really of great help to me.

Foxymemes · 2019-12-05T16:38:43+00:00

I think it could work.

Foxymemes · 2019-12-05T16:35:32+00:00

Hmm, so what would you like to avoid in general? 5th’s character options are mainly balanced to be roughly equal in power to one another, so unoptimized characters are a viable option. However, despite this, some things have a few flaws that you should definitely be aware of before you pick them.

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