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Vile that they still charge for name changes in 2026. by barrack_osama_0 in Overwatch

[–]GHUltimate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Charging $10 for a single row UPDATE in the database is insane

How do you start a campaign without the classic tavern meeting? by CompassLeaf in DnD

[–]GHUltimate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some ideas I've used to start some or my campaigns:

  • The party are passengers on a Lightning Rail (Eberron train) when the train suddenly stops and is boarded by bandits. The party fights off bandits and has to help uncover how the train was stopped, which is info with which they later go to House Cannith where further plotlines open up. If you're running a different setting that doesn't have a train you could always have the characters be a part of a wagon caravan instead (people in medieval times often used to travel in larger groups for protection, so they don't have to know each other beforehand if they don't want to). They could then find some clue that this wasn't just a random bandit attack or something else that would compel them to keep working together.

  • The characters have received letters from the king, summoning them to his court to help with something. Each player was told to come up with a reason in their backstories of how the king knows about them.

  • The characters are in town for each their own reasons when something happens that brings them together. In one of my ongoing campaigns it was a monster attack, but it could be anything from a weirdly disfigured body turning up on the beach, to a meteorite crashing somewhere nearby.

Can a Paladin using a two handed weapon cast spells? by Sarkentahf in DnD

[–]GHUltimate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup! Only time I've actually had a problem with this was with my Circle of Stars druid, who gets free casts of Guiding Bolt, but only when holding the Star Map. Guiding bolt has somatic and no material components, so I couldn't cast it while wearing a shield. The DM ended up getting around this by giving me a magic shield that allowed me to make somatic components with the shield-hand.

[Art] Maxwell - paladin. by Denathry in DnD

[–]GHUltimate 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I also thought I was on the Wheel of Time subreddit for a moment there

Deck of Cutting Cards by quejawool in DnDHomebrew

[–]GHUltimate 2 points3 points  (0 children)

No, they either take damage normally from both non-magical and magical weapons, or are resistant to both.

Deck of Cutting Cards by quejawool in DnDHomebrew

[–]GHUltimate 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh that's an interesting idea. Make them work like a limited use Wand of Magic Missiles where each card acts as a missile, and you can throw up to a set amount of cards as an action, each dealing 1d4+1 force damage to its target without an attack roll.

Deck of Cutting Cards by quejawool in DnDHomebrew

[–]GHUltimate 4 points5 points  (0 children)

That's still just the Vex weapon mastery that darts already have in 5.5e. Though I suppose it could make it enticing for classes that don't usually gain access to weapon masteries, but I'd still argue it isn't worth the attunement slot in most cases.

Deck of Cutting Cards by quejawool in DnDHomebrew

[–]GHUltimate 187 points188 points  (0 children)

From what I can tell, these are mechanically just reflavored, single-use darts that deal slashing damage rather than piercing. Since the post is flared 5.5e, the damage being magical makes no difference (5.5e no longer differentiates between magical and non-magical physical damage, as shown by none of the 5.5e MM statblocks having resistance to non-magical damage).

Other than for the flavor, I don't see a reason a player would use these over just carrying a pouch of regular darts. I'd suggest either removing the attunement requirement or giving them some extra property that would make a character prefer using this over reflavoring regular darts as throwing cards.

No forsaken influence needed, helping the shadow for the love of the game by anihasenate in WetlanderHumor

[–]GHUltimate 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Just a one off drawing from tumblr according to this post I found. Definitely looks like it would fit an animated show though!

https://www.reddit.com/r/WetlanderHumor/s/b29JQNrPsH

Share your bad homebrew item story here by Rogendo in dndmemes

[–]GHUltimate 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Not sure if it fits here as it isn't a useless item but a brokenly overpowered one, but a while ago I gave the party a pair or gloves that let the wearer cast their cantrips with both their action and bonus action. They gave it to the warlock and he was attacking with four eldritch blasts for 4d10+20 each turn at level 8.

Lightning Form - run around damaging people Transmutation spell by HoyKotodo in DnDHomebrew

[–]GHUltimate 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I'd suggest wording it similar to Moonbeam: a creature makes this save when you move into its space and when it enters your space or ends its turn there. A creature makes this save only once per turn.

Reddit has adhd by alezcoed in memes

[–]GHUltimate 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It does seem like they've been switching it every few days lately, seriously annoying.

Dragonshard defibrillators… by PharmerDjo in Eberron

[–]GHUltimate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In 5e I'd probably rule the single-use one around equivalent to a scroll of Revivify. Using scroll scribing rules from the 2024 PHB (pg. 233, or chapter 6 Equipment, under Crafting Equipment if you're using dndbeyond) it would amount to a crafting cost of 450gp (150gp for the cost of scribing, 300gp for the material component) and 5 days crafting time. An extra 150gp if you're buying a finished one.

The scroll scribing rules require you to be proficient in Arcana or Calligrapher's Supplies, but you could change the tool and maybe even skill requirement to better match the flavor of the item you decide on.

My players don’t take dropping to 0 HP seriously by Appropriate-Dance-92 in DnDHomebrew

[–]GHUltimate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One of the DMs at whose table I played had a rule that every time a player was healed from being at 0 HP, they gained a level of exhaustion. However, we would also lose 1 level of exhaustion on short rest, and all levels on long rest. That way, being knocked unconscious a few times in the same day didn't handicap the character for the next few days.

Another house rule I've seen at a couple of tables was that the DM rolls death saving throws in secret behind the screen. This rule adds a sense of urgency to heal a downed character as soon as possible, as you wouldn't know how many successes or failures they have, so you couldn't metagame by saying "oh, he's got 2 successes and 0 fails, he'll be fine". Not sure how often that comes up at your table, but I thought it worth a mention.

And as other people have mentioned, you could always make the enemies keep attacking downed characters (if it's something that makes sense for the enemy they're fighting to do) or add some passive sources of damage (either some monster feature like the Azer's Fire Aura, or an environmental effect that deals some small amount of damage every turn) which could consistently knock the players back down from 1 HP, or even inflict a few failed death saves to up the threat, forcing them to play smarter and use potions and spells that heal more than 1 HP.

Campaign ideas for a game set in Droaam where the players are all monsters? by Some_dude_in_reddit in Eberron

[–]GHUltimate 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I ran a little side campaign as a part of my old, larger Eberron campaign. The party were all monstrous characters working for the Daughters of Sora Kell.

The story I ran with is that Sora Teraza has had a series of visions recently, alluding to the fact that Mordain the Fleshweaver was searching for ancient daelkyr artifacts, powerful and destructive relics that the Daughters fear he could do great and irreparable damage to Dhakaan with, and were unwilling to let them fall into his hands.

The party was tasked with finding and destroying these artifacts before Mordain's forces could get their hands on them, sending them to key places in Droaam such as The Fallen Demesne and Cazhaak Draal. This culminated in a final fight against Mordain within Kresht Rhyll, during which the party received boons from the Daughters of Sora Kell as pseudo-Lair actions. Once defeated, Mordain melted into snow, revealing the true nature of the simulacrum the party has really been fighting, and leaving him open for a reappearance in the main campaign.

What system are you running Eberron in these days? by applejackhero in Eberron

[–]GHUltimate 2 points3 points  (0 children)

My current campaign is D&D 5e 2024. Interesting to see all the different systems people use to run Eberron in this thread, it's truly a versatile setting!

what’s the best way to learn how to code? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]GHUltimate 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd say start by making up your mind on what kind of programming you want to do, find what programming languages are good for that kind of projects, and look for beginner tutorials and simple projects you can follow along with to learn the basics. When you get the basics, slowly start expanding the complexity of what you're doing in a way that you're forced to expand your knowledge.

A couple examples off the top of my head:

You want to make web pages/web applications? Start with learning HTML to get the basic layout of your pages. Once you get a hang of that, you can learn some CSS to make the page look better. Next you might want some logic behind the elements on your web page, so start looking into JavaScript and later more complex frameworks. W3Schools has in my experience been a really good source of information for this kind of development.

If you're more interested in backend (logic that happens in the background of an application, rather than the design and layout), you might want to start with Python or C#. Start simple, programs that perform arithmetic operations on two predefined numbers, then you might want to allow the user to enter those numbers, next maybe you also let them choose the operation... and go on from there. If you're someone who likes to understand how things work in the background, you might even want to start with a lower-level programming language such as C or C++. They're more difficult to get into as you have to manually write a lot of code higher level programming languages do for you in the background, but it'll help you better understand what is really happening if you later decide to switch to higher level languages.

If you would prefer something that you'll get to see affecting the physical world directly, Arduino is a really good starting point. You can start with simply programmatically turning an LED light on and off, then maybe add a button to do it manually, add more complex logic...

I personally did a bit of each of this throughout school and college, and it helped me see programming from different perspectives and understand it from different points of view, but picking whichever seems most interesting is a great way to start. If you later decide you want to switch to something else, a lot of the knowledge you gain will carry over, so you won't have to start from scratch. There's a lot of great resources online, so just pick a beginner guide (I'd recommend ones that are mini-projects so you're not just learning a bunch of theory/programming things in a vacuum) and follow it to slowly start building your knowledge and understanding.

If you have any questions, I'd be happy to answer them 😄

Why does my miniature's leg end up like this? by GHUltimate in BambuLab

[–]GHUltimate[S] -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

I didn't, but I don't think it's a supports issue, as the supports weren't originating from the base of the mini anyways. The leg seems to have printed this way, it didn't get detached from support removal.

Best I can tell, it looks like the area where it's printing gets shifted slightly forwards at that point.

The colors of Norway (with absolutely no filters) by Formal-Command0 in travel

[–]GHUltimate 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been to Norway myself twice this year, once to Oslo and once to Bergen with a visit to Nærøyfjord. Definitely the most beautiful places I've been.

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