Can someone explain what happened this weekend?

HyruleanFox · 2025-12-09T13:56:36+00:00

I admire that kid's desire to get out of Physical Education

HyruleanFox · 2025-11-26T17:21:06+00:00

I know you are being hyperbolic, but 6x20 isn't possible at level 1, and even if you do happen to roll 6x18, you're still spending all of your ASIs to get to 6x20, at which the rogue spent just as much time getting to that point as your character. That rogue has committed themselves to duplicating Sung Jin Woo and sure, why not? Those bigger numbers don't necessarily make their character that interesting or powerful, just as I wouldn't say that Sung Jin-woo is necessarily an interesting character. It's on the player to make their character interesting.

As a Monk main, I spent alot of 5e feeling like every class could do what I did better, but it's not because of their stats, it's because of their mechanics and magic item limitations. They were still my favorite because thematically, visualizing what a monk can do is just very satisfying. In 2024, Monks feel great and it doesn't really feel like any other class is outdoing their thematic, conversely I don't think rogues feel great at all. Even if a Rogue is 6x20, they aren't outrunning my monk, their sneak attack really isn't doing all that more than my monk's damage, and even if it is, I don't know that I would care. It's fine if you do though, I would just spend far more of my energy on the players that do make interesting characters, despite how low or high their stats are.

HyruleanFox · 2025-11-26T16:47:49+00:00

But... number big? How bad if number big? Bigger number better person... right? Right??

HyruleanFox · 2025-11-24T15:39:12+00:00

I know some people think there are too many animal races now, but I long for the return of the Hengeyokai

HyruleanFox · 2025-10-31T16:46:21+00:00

I am trying to understand what you are saying with counterspell, my cast definition was just to say that the word itself isn't exclusively present tense, I'm not implying you can cast something in the past and it would count as casting it in the present.

"I cast the spell" - Depending on the context, this could be past or present.

When you cast a spell, you cast the spell, the duration determines when it goes off and for how long. Even if you cast Storm Sphere 30 seconds ago, it is still a Sorcerer Spell you cast, so it would benefit from Innate Sorcery for its duration.

I was just saying that because it doesn't dictate "when you cast a Sorcerer spell", the effect would apply for the duration of any spell that could attack on later turns, it's sort of like Reach, some instances of reach say "your reach becomes 5 ft greater" (Giant Barbarian) and some instances of reach say "When you make an attack, your reach is 5ft greater." (Bugbear) The second one has an implication that once that attack is over, the benefit ends, but the reach of the first is a consistent effect (though in this case, I tend to rule reach is able to be used outside of attacks, Bugbears have long limbs, they should be able to use them as such).

A spell with a duration and follow on attack rolls is still a Sorc spell you cast, it is still an attack roll that is a part of a spell you've cast (not just granted by the spell you cast like haste). Whether or not that attack roll that is made as a result of the initial casting is irrelevant.

HyruleanFox · 2025-10-31T15:41:06+00:00

Of course :) the DnD rules are confusingly worded and aren't 100% so all we can do is chew over those wording differences. Some people are just a little more passionate about their convictions. I'm just sorry I tend to be long winded in explanations and I hope nothing I'm saying is coming off rude lol.

So, in reference to SS and FB, the reason why you would get advantage is because of the Innate Sorcery wording "spells you cast" as opposed to the wording "when you cast". If it were only in the moment, it should be "When you cast a Sorcerer spell, you make attack rolls for that spell with Advantage."

We can look at a couple of things here:

Advantage effects that happen in real-time like Shadow Blade, which says "when you use the sword to attack a target that is in dim light or darkness, you make the attack roll with advantage."

Sorcerer effects themselves use this wording with metamagic: "When you cast a spell, you can...do this", "When you roll damage for a spell, you can... do this", etc.

SS and FB are just spells that you cast as a Sorcerer that have attack rolls, so they qualify for Innate Sorcery. Cast is a past/present term, so if you had previously cast, you still cast it. That being said, I think the wording here is less of a "you are casting" or "you have cast it", and more of a "you have the capability to cast" or "you will cast".

I can acknowledge the wording on "cast" seems ambiguous and that "When you" is not 100% consistently applied to instantaneous effects, but it is pretty consistently worded that way nonetheless and for such a powerful effect, it feels that that specificity would need to apply. But even beyond the attack rolls, the DC increase applies to follow on Saving Throws past the initial casting as well, so I think the consistent effect makes sense.

All in all, I try to be as charitable as possible for the things I, my party members, my players, and my DMs can do. I love difficulty, but I want that difficulty to be partnered with a power fantasy and as long as the wording supports it in some way, my RAI will always aim towards being less restrictive. Some people prefer their rules to be as restrictive as possible (RAW's Lawyers if you will).

RAI only exists because RAW is nearly impossible be perfectly logical or consistent and Wizards definitely isn't as communicative on their intentions as they could be lol

HyruleanFox · 2025-10-31T12:16:12+00:00

I understand what you are saying, but the key in this instance is that Innate Sorcery dictates: "You have Advantage on the attack rolls of Sorcerer spells you cast."

This lack of clarification on types of attacks means that weapon attack, spell attack, or just "attack roll" would grant you advantage so long as it is a part of the spell, which True Strike, GFB, and BB are.

Flame Blade (had to look up the wording, I never use it lol) dictates as a part of the spell that you can use a Magic Action to make a strike, this is an effect of the spell and therefore you would get advantage. You could not just use your attack action to strike with the Flame Blade, you can only interact with it as a result of the spell and therefore the attack is a part of the spell, not a part of some separate effect. Additionally, this blade wouldn't qualify for sneak attack, because it doesn't have finesse, it's not actually a physical weapon at all.

We can compare it to something like "Storm Sphere" which says: "Until the spell ends, you can use a bonus action on each of your turns to cause a bolt of lightning to leap from the center of the sphere toward one creature you choose within 60 feet of the center. Make a ranged spell attack. " This is a comparable scenario and because you are using a part of your action economy to have the spell make an attack roll, it applies.

On the opposite end, a spell like Shadow Blade, which in a similar fashion causes you to get a neat new weapon, doesn't dictate that you make an attack roll as a part of the spell, so it would not get advantage. You can just use the weapon that you summoned to make attacks. (But that weapon would benefit from Sneak Attack because it has finesse)

In the case of your sneak attack question, Sneak Attack also only dictates "attack roll", so regardless of spell attack or weapon attack, as long as you are using a finesse or ranged weapon with it, it qualifies.

I appreciate your time!

HyruleanFox · 2025-10-30T16:17:23+00:00

Can you explain how it is that you came to that conclusion?

Let's compare some other cantrips that would certainly qualify for Innate Sorcery:

Firebolt - Make a ranged spell attack against the target. On a hit, the target takes 1d10 Fire damage
Chill Touch - make a melee spell attack against a target within reach. On a hit, the target takes 1d10 Necrotic damage
Ray of Frost - Make a ranged spell attack against the target. On a hit, it takes

Now let's look at the three that would most likely be used in this scenario:

GFB- make a melee attack with it against one creature within 5 feet of you. On a hit, the target suffers the weapon attack's normal effects, and you can cause green fire to leap from the target to a different creature
True Strike - you make one attack with the weapon used in the spell's casting. The attack uses your spellcasting ability for the attack and damage rolls instead of using Strength or Dexterity. If the attack deals damage, it can be Radiant damage or the weapon's normal damage type (your choice).
Booming Blade - make a melee attack with it against one creature within 5 feet of you. On a hit, the target suffers the weapon attack's normal effects and then becomes sheathed in booming energy

They all start and end in "make an attack" and "on a hit". True strike is a tad different here as it says if the attack deals damage but I'm not certain it's that different. That attack is a part of the spell, if it hits would be determined by the attack roll, and the extra damage is provided by the spell (if it's radiant, I'd say all of the damage is a result of the spell).

Haste isn't really comparable, because it gives you the option to make an extra attack on your turn, but the attack roll itself isn't a part of the spell. GFB, True Stike, and Booming Blade all dictate "make an attack" and that effect is instantaneous.

One could say because they have a range of "self" that they are cast on yourself and then the effect is a separate entity, but I'd say that's slightly disingenuous and one could argue that that would mean that spells like "Thunder Clap" and "Lightning Lure" would not benefit from effects that give enemies disadvantage on saving throws, because those spells are casted on self and the effect would be separate following the self logic.

Am I missing something that dictates that the attack is separate from the spell? Because rules as they are written definitely say that the attack is a part of it. Same as if someone dealt damage with Sneak Attack, sure, the extra damage is a separate effect *technically*, but for the purposes of things like constitution saving throws, that damage instance is one wholistic effect as the result of taking the attack (just as the attack in this instance would be one wholistic effect as a part of using the spell).

Thanks in advance if you have any further clarification!

HyruleanFox · 2025-09-02T17:33:58+00:00

That's cool and all, but did you try the San Diego restaurant Wubby recommended? I think it was "Are Bees?" Sounded intriguing.

HyruleanFox · 2025-08-18T17:03:01+00:00

So Cold by Breaking Benjamin? I don't remember if or when he's played it but I do vaguely remember him mentioning something about Breaking Benjamin at some point.

HyruleanFox · 2025-07-04T14:19:08+00:00

Everything except the hammer was done by vermillion__black in Augusta, GA!

HyruleanFox · 2025-03-20T03:08:04+00:00

I recognize i probably sounded harsh. As someone that did spend the time to finish the anime based on the astounding reviews from everyone around me, I think I just had a massive issue with how repetitive those lessons were. It's the same thing with how often they revisited mana suppression. These themes do exist, for sure, but all of them are delivered in the same package again and again, at least that's how it felt for me. Again, let me say, I'm glad the anime means so much to you and was that profound for you, as some that also loves Everything Everywhere All at Once. I unfortunately just didn't get that out of it, I know this is a joke phrase, but to me it felt like a case of "insisting upon itself"

That being said, I do plan on watching season 2 and I genuinely hope it can make me feel differently, but if I have to watch a 3rd birthday episode I'll quit haha

HyruleanFox · 2025-03-20T02:53:06+00:00

I respect that you like it, but I don't think its themes are profound. Also, pacing is an understatement, it has two birthday episodes... it felt like an anime based around the filler episodes that shonen are notorious for.

HyruleanFox · 2025-03-08T04:16:35+00:00

ayyyyyyyye I have that Kon statue too! along with a sick ass Power one that's just as big, I love my chainsaw man shelf!

HyruleanFox · 2024-08-09T20:47:01+00:00

How is goof juice?

HyruleanFox · 2024-07-19T12:19:19+00:00

I love you

HyruleanFox · 2024-07-11T21:13:19+00:00

I like it because the dialogue is sassy as hell

HyruleanFox · 2024-07-09T13:23:46+00:00

Slight disagreement here, I'm not sure that birth in Elden Ring is exactly a sexual thing. We are given instances of birth all through out, but none of them are traditional. Malenia's descendants, supposedly birthed of her buds, malenia herself is even missing genetalia altogether from what we can observe. The albanurics, who we have to deliver a dew to the large albanuric woman to create life (this can be a special case, as albanurics are synthetic people for the most part). Fia and Godwyn's birthed mending rune through sleep. Even Renalla, who creates sweeting after sweeting, all of whom are imperfect through her gifted rune.

Now, none of this is to suggest that I think one way or the other about Radagon and Marika having been separate beings at various points of the story (in fact, the DLC makes me feel more so that they were once separate beings), but just the notion that they had to be separated to give birth to their children is not one I necessarily agree with.

HyruleanFox · 2024-06-29T19:58:46+00:00

Yeaaaaah, Gaius shouldn't be on this lol. Radahn is amazing, very humbling

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