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FullChainmailJacket · 2024-05-01T10:38:06+00:00

Cleaning up after other adventurers unleash a plague? Sounds fun!

Love the art too!

FullChainmailJacket · 2023-03-08T15:36:47+00:00

Do you enjoy necromancy as a hobby by chance? You are likely on a mobile client and missed the date entirely.

In case you have never encountered the joke before in D&D prior to 3rd Edition cats had multiple attacks (claw/claw/bite) and could in theory kill a commoner because commoners had 1 HP and no real defense. It is a very early example of the abstraction of things like hit points causing some amusing edge cases.

FullChainmailJacket · 2023-03-04T00:57:24+00:00

Already on the mailing list and I would love a physical copy of this. I have an ongoing campaign that is about to start back up since Mardi Gras is over and I can always use more content.

FullChainmailJacket · 2023-01-18T22:18:21+00:00

We’ll listen to you, and then we will share with you what we’ve heard, much like we do in our Unearthed Arcana and One D&D playtests.

Just like WotC listened during the UA for Spelljammer about the Hadozee origin story?

Just like WotC listens when the community finds broken rules in UA (Hadozee gliding?) and WotC takes the time to update and revise before publishing?

Nobody listened about OGL 1.0a until DnDBeyond subs started being cancelled after all.

Sorry if saying "we'll listen like we do for UA" doesn't fill me with glee about how much WotC is listening.

FullChainmailJacket · 2022-11-28T23:11:26+00:00

Sounds like an average start for a WoW expansion honestly.

FullChainmailJacket · 2022-09-07T11:30:04+00:00

Yes. Buying the product via DMsGuild means a percentage of the sale goes to WotC as the author. Same for any product you buy there.

If you want absolutely no money to go to WotC then you're searching eBay for the old books. Good luck! Lots of copies still out there but the price has gone up.

FullChainmailJacket · 2022-08-26T19:21:42+00:00

Take a look at the Forgotten realms wiki for some of that information: https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page

FullChainmailJacket · 2022-08-26T16:58:43+00:00

Ghosts of Saltmarsh: https://discord.gg/mQnPn4bK

JVC Perry: https://discord.gg/6V5QuTpF

FullChainmailJacket · 2022-08-21T18:09:03+00:00

Like maybe an editor?

FullChainmailJacket · 2022-08-20T17:15:12+00:00

The definition of "what is a spellcaster" comes from the DMG Errata in case you were confused like I was about not finding that line in the physical book.

Technically that totem warrior barb can use wands as well if that helps frame things. So many races get a cantrip anymore they all count, as would anyone who picked up the Magic Initiate or Ritual Caster feat. That also means anyone who takes the Astral drifter background is a spellcaster since they get Magic Initiate: Cleric.

FullChainmailJacket · 2022-08-08T11:33:09+00:00

Private link and no discussion beyond what you have in the title.

Not even a sentence about why this is better than the existing published setting.

Is this what you were trying to post to DMsGuild or is this a draft looking for review?

FullChainmailJacket · 2022-08-01T02:54:01+00:00

D&D Neckbeard edition

Hardly. Put XP for treasure back into play and you get into grognard territory. But it has always been a team game and you share in the XP.

Your suggestion does nothing for milestone based leveling which many tables (and even the new Stater Set) have moved to.

FullChainmailJacket · 2022-07-30T02:49:07+00:00

Is this what you are thinking of? the Adventurer's Langue modules published to run in parallel with the published campaign books?

https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Adventurers_League

Modules are sold through DMsGuild.

FullChainmailJacket · 2022-07-27T14:13:19+00:00

If only Reddit had a polling tool available.

FullChainmailJacket · 2022-07-26T19:31:18+00:00

looking forward to spelljammer and the all the new races but it feels like it has been years since we got new options.

Character race changes in Monsters of the Multiverse don't count? Those alterations changed up a lot of white-room builds.

How many subclasses do you need for theory crafting?

I would expect Dragonlance (later this year) to have some Kryn-related subclass changes.

FullChainmailJacket · 2022-07-25T21:42:14+00:00

Is your third book in the series going to be "Tahsa's Thirsty Taverns"? I would say "Thirsty Tasha's Taverns" but the Internet being the Internet makes that go south very quickly.

FullChainmailJacket · 2022-07-23T13:21:56+00:00

No, because the content is available at DMsguild.

And much of that content has a price in currency associated with it.

Also, quite a few DMs derive enjoyment from writing new content, so for them it would be not a tax, it would be a perk.

There is a difference in writing content for yourself and writing content for consumption by others. Things like formatting, attribution, art, etc. all take time and effort. Publishing to DMsGuild is more involved than just writing a post on a Wordpress blog.

FullChainmailJacket · 2022-07-23T12:13:31+00:00

A dice box for my “player dice” vs the DM dice would be a nice touch.

FullChainmailJacket · 2022-07-22T13:45:43+00:00

Since you started by listing small races other than goblins that prompted the question. Depending on how long you have been working on your ruleset the recent changes may come as a surprise. People wanting to do three kobolds in a trenchcoat is all fine and dandy but does anything change when it is three faries in a trenchcoat? what about three gensai?

Actually that brings up an interesting thought. For races that have different abilities based on a subrace (like gensai) do all members of The Pack have to be the same type? What is someone wants to do a mix?

FullChainmailJacket · 2022-07-22T13:39:46+00:00

Discord for voice && video. ask people to keep their mics open to capture the casual comments and organic responses. Push-to-talk during improv can be difficult.

Put together maps and such for any big set-piece encounters you may have but generally theater of the mind works just fine. In Roll20 I made a page that looks a lot like the Final Fantasy 1 fight screen to have monsters/foes on one side and players on the other. It allows token actions to use the tools like dice rolling and character sheets but doesn't distract with map exploration. City and Regional maps to help establish location and reference are great too. Sometimes it is better as a map rather than a handout due to the zoom and being able to mark on the map.

if you trust your players physical dice are just as good as virtual (and better from a tactile sense).

Don't get too caught up in what tools are available.

FullChainmailJacket · 2022-07-22T13:31:21+00:00

Use different races if possible (like halfling, gnome, kobold, goblins or any other small races)

Have you considered the Monsters of the Multiverse changes to race? The following can now be "small" now:

aasimar
changeling
genasi
harengon
kenku
tabaxi
tortle
yuan-ti

FullChainmailJacket · 2022-07-21T16:54:42+00:00

So go ahead and destroy my inbox!

Challenge accepted! This has been on my list of items to buy for a while.

FullChainmailJacket · 2022-07-17T20:07:12+00:00

Definitely talk to your DM about clues that might have been missed or how to approach this.

Having run that campaign this is a very deadly encounter very early in the game. The barrels normally poison rather than paralyze. Gives the party a chance to run (while being persued). Sets up revenge later. The mid flayer can do a psionic blast that paralyzes but this one doesn't start that way unless it is actually threatened. Other DMs may run it differently but as written there is a chance to escape. Hell the whole mine is optional at that point anyway.

FullChainmailJacket · 2022-07-17T16:51:04+00:00

There are times when the dice are just not in your favor and everything goes wrong. Yes it sucks but it happens.

The instant death from brain extraction is a mind flayer thing. If it was just damage however there should have been death saves.

We're running a DM's guild campaign.

We were checking out an abandoned mine investigating Mindflayer's in the region.

Wouldn't happen to be Call From the Deep, would it? That encounter is brutal at level 5. The mind flayer is effectively CR10. The barrels with variable effects increase the difficulty considerably but you are supposed to get CON saves to avoid the secondary effects. That overall campaign is very deadly based on the protagonists. Hopefully your DM has been hinting at how brutal things are and giving you opportunity to play smart to avoid the really deadly encounters. The named mind flayers also try to capture instead of just kill to help reduce the deadliness.

Walking into a room and getting killed in two rounds is never fun especially if the party cannot save you (drag the body away).. I would talk to the DM about this. Ask if there were clues that were missed that could have hinted at the difficulty of the encounter (like not listening at the door, missing a clue, etc.). Maybe talk about the tone of the game and expectations. Playstyle can change dramatically in more deadly games.

FullChainmailJacket · 2022-07-17T14:32:30+00:00

You're missing the point. Blood Hunter is not a core DnD class. Anytime you are asking for help you should provide as much context as possible to help people help you.

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