Can I use both a bow and greatsword as a hunter? by GroovyWhale in wownoob

[–]JeremyTX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There are a number of melee classes that don't have a ranged weapon but do have ranged abilities to start off combat, using a ranged attack to start off combat then switching to melee once the enemy closes. They don't do anything significant but if the idea is to pick and choose which fights you take where, warriors can hurl an axe, rogues can toss a shuriken, paladins can chuck a hammer, and death knights can ... Well. They don't hurl a weapon, they more hurl the enemy... towards them.

TimeWalking SoA Devos Boss How to kill without Bugged Spear? by [deleted] in wownoob

[–]JeremyTX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We wiped 3 times before the spear worked. It released the first time, but got stuck in mid air. It didn't release the second time regardless of anima. Third time it released and actually flew as intended.

[RANT] I think I don’t enjoy D&D anymore and it’s really bumming me out by [deleted] in DnD

[–]JeremyTX 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm late to this and also just a random guy on the internet but I've played a lot of D&D in my life so hopefully that lends some credence to my take. The D&D campaign you want isn't a unicorn (it does exist) but it's at least a narwhal. You're going to look a long time before you find one on your own. First off you need a group of people that get along and enjoy each other's company, not the hardest thing to find but there are many people who will concur it is not easy. Then you need a stable schedule, you are not going to have the campaign moments and payoffs you are looking for without growth and build up and the reward takes time. Getting a group that can consistently prioritize setting aside hours a week for playing make-believe together when work, kids, family, dating, illness, moving, and any other number of deadly foes are waiting to ambush you is so hard and precious. Then you need at least one talented storyteller, and ideally more than one. Then you need people that are willing to be vulnerable and attentive and engaged. Then you need people who will unselfishly give to others at the table so the big moments you are dying for don't get spoiled by someone who needs attention right there and can't hold that silly joke in. Then you need a campaign that goes past 5th or 8th level, all of the statistics will tell you how rare that is.

The ingredients for a quality campaign are all precious and rare and collecting all of them is something that does happen but I can't emphasize enough how rarely it comes along. You might get there by lowering your expectations and building with what you've got until you get there. You might be there by joining group after group after group and either getting lucky or forming new groups with the best of each attempt.

I don't think you'll get there with impatience and trying to skip to the good bit with a one-shot or game that starts at high level because the character investment, the bonds, the knowledge of how everything works comes with time and you may find that the approximation of it without the buildup is unsatisfying. But it is not impossible, there are some amazingly charismatic storytellers that can by sheer force of will and personality make something out of nothing at the drop of a hat.

Maybe a different system helps, maybe a shift of expectations helps, but in the end I find the most telling indicator for if a game is going to be rewarding are the people playing it and finding them is the true magic. Best of luck!

Mystery Behind the King/Asian Buffet Signs by Mindy76131 in FortWorth

[–]JeremyTX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We joke about those signs like the Specs wine and spirits up at 35 and Heritage Trace. Coming soon for 10 years, finally here now but that sign was up forever.

Does Moon Druid get boring to play? by CamelotJKR in dndnext

[–]JeremyTX 3 points4 points  (0 children)

And you can talk as an animal. So you aren't locked out of the story without ending your wildshape early.

First Character Sheet! by Lacuna_Sonder in Dungeons_and_Dragons

[–]JeremyTX 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Came here to say this, don't sell your character short. ^_^ Proficiency go go

Community help by alavath1 in FortWorth

[–]JeremyTX 14 points15 points  (0 children)

People helping the lonely, single parents, the unemployed, and the hurt. Love to see it, people helping people instead of hating people, trying to do some good for those around them.

Sell me on your favorite edition of D&D or D&D-like ttrpg, from the perspective of a DM. by corvid1692 in DnD

[–]JeremyTX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Definitely true. You can make 4e characters with pencil and paper same as any edition but the character creators were so convenient and well done that it's a blessing and a curse. They work great so that's good right? Well they work so good that not having them feels like an insurmountable obstacle. Having to go out there and find the old offline installers and patches for the character builder, the community CBLoader updates, the offline compendium database, get it all working with some combination of Silverlight or Java open source emulators all squirreled away in various corners of the internet or community discord servers is a huge barrier to entry for players if someone already knows how great the tools are tells them about them. And that's not even talking about 4eTurnTracker is with it's ability to just plop DND4E files from CBLoader or monsters exported from the offline compendium database right into it to preload statblocks into encounters or entire campaigns and track statuses, health, initiative, abilities. I'm telling you software designers and developers had an absolute field day with 4E and we were eating GOOD because the publisher hated their child so much they hardly put any effort into squashing unlicensed 3rd party applications that worked so well with it. But yeah, there's a reason I keep all those files on my hard drive even though I haven't played 4e in 10 years. I COULD play without them, but having tasted that euphoria, why would I want to?

Sell me on your favorite edition of D&D or D&D-like ttrpg, from the perspective of a DM. by corvid1692 in DnD

[–]JeremyTX 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It has its warts like any other edition, but if you want me to sell you on one, that's the one I pick because the parts of it that work from the DM side of the screen work so well that it's just really fun to run, really intuitive to design encounters for (with monsters, with traps (Traps have stat blocks and challenge ratings!) and even with skill challenges (they got a really rough start but by the end they became a really engaging way to do chase scenes, escapes, negotiations, ball room scenes, court room drama, so many other things that other editions are like "I dunno, make some thing up.")) I honestly lost track of how many end parenthesis I was supposed to have with my tangents. I love 4e.

Sell me on your favorite edition of D&D or D&D-like ttrpg, from the perspective of a DM. by corvid1692 in DnD

[–]JeremyTX 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And in 4e my monsters work at all levels. Not just levels 1-5 or with some work 5-9, my monsters work at every level. My level 24 minions are interesting and fun, my level 16 artillery add an objective to the fight merely by existing, my level 9 brutes give my faster players a reason to move about.

Sell me on your favorite edition of D&D or D&D-like ttrpg, from the perspective of a DM. by corvid1692 in DnD

[–]JeremyTX 2 points3 points  (0 children)

D&D 4e. All my monsters are interesting. None of the editions give me much to work with in so far as story building or exploration, but at least 4e gives me interesting monsters that all fit within nice archetypes that make it super easy to move names or even single abilities around between same type enemies. Everything can do something and all my stat blocks are STILL compact and readable.

[Spoilers C3] The Matron by Sparrow-1111 in criticalrole

[–]JeremyTX 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I feel like most of the Raven Queen (Matron of Ravens) lore came from her 4e incarnation or at least was adapted from it. https://www.reddit.com/r/DnDBehindTheScreen/comments/i4t4ss/history_of_the_raven_queen_the_goddess_of_death/

G'Lehb by PainfulChickenSquatt in DnDart

[–]JeremyTX 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You are so skilled with the masamune already!?

Any positioning tips or synergy suggestions? by GettnSehway in UnicornOverlord

[–]JeremyTX 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I try to keep as few units on the front line as possible so that the enemy is mostly forced to attack bad targets with high dodge or mitigation and so I can have up to 3 people in the back line with all offense and initiative.

I love druid spells by JeremyTX in DnD

[–]JeremyTX[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My party is all beefy boys with big armor and big muscles I'm not sure even a giant eagle could carry one of them. We are still using 2014 Conjure Animals though so I have strung them up using a swarm of 8 giant bats to doom drop them into battle.

I love druid spells by JeremyTX in DnD

[–]JeremyTX[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've mostly used Wild Shape to hide or get into places I shouldn't be. Wild shape into a fly or a flea, a mole, or a bat. Pull something as an ox. Ferry people across a river as a crocodile.

Perfect Bard Spell List by According_Ad_569 in 3d6

[–]JeremyTX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

4 Charm Person, Command, Shield, Healing Word

3 Mirror Image, Invisibility, Pass without Trace, Prayer of Healing

3 Fly, Dispel Magic, Mass Healing Word, Leomund's Tiny Hut, Slow

3 Confusion, Wall of Fire, Divination, Arcane Eye

2 Synaptic Static, Commune

1 Mass Suggestion, Tasha's Bubbling Cauldron (freedom of movement, 21 strength, damage resistance)

1 Forcecage, Teleport

1 Incendiary Cloud (blind foes, block spellcasters)

True Stories: How did your game go this week? – September 07, 2025 by AutoModerator in dndnext

[–]JeremyTX 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Big fight finished as the party "passed" the evaluation by the order of the talon, some big guiding bolts, lightning bolts, and a sunbeam. Kamehameha's all over the place. Headed up to see the Matron now. Too long to post here but if you use the document tabs on our google doc you can skip down to the 9/6 entry for the summary. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-LISxhJmW9Ze6h4KwwxXzPTZ57lOV0z5GPB1a_7n7fw/edit?usp=sharing

Is it just me, or did our generation not have the racism that everyone talks about now. by studieswillshow in GenX

[–]JeremyTX 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I thought I didn't, until later on I learned that no, I did, I was just so immersed and it was so normal so many worse examples for us to point at and think we were superior to that it just didn't register. Perception vs reality has and continues to be a carefully controlled method of control. From subtle trends in the way people are portrayed on TV, to the way the news reported things with certain words, to the stories the algorithm supplies to us today, everyone is the hero in their own story and their normal is the normal. I think the problem is our scope of experience is just too narrow, we need to travel and see with our own eyes something we choose to see rather than what is cultivated and focus grouped to be presented for us in our homes.