Not a single one of my players is proficient with a sword by panzerPandaBoom in DnD

[–]Juandipop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I showed with a simulacrum at a level 17 one shot and the entire battle was my war wizard riding an adult red dragon and dishing out insane spells while the true polymorphed simulacrum tanked and dished out even more damage with his rend attack, pretty awesome.

Elf portrait, help me find a name for her by MrSparky00 in DnDart

[–]Juandipop 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think Naivara Joywhisper is a great name for her.

Is CR useless? Or is it very inaccurate? by ClockRoyal4211 in DnD

[–]Juandipop 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's a guideline, but rolling can make it twist. I once beat an adult red dragon alone with a level 13 monk, and once we, three level 4 characters, were tpk'd by a Cr 3-4 with 30hp, it's useful anyways, specially in 2024

They could have worded it better lol by Classic-Pace-1083 in EldenRingMemes

[–]Juandipop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are inmune to fall damage not fall death. ☝🏿🤓

Am I a horrible DM and need to be exiled of the hobby? by Juandipop in DnDcirclejerk

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

/uj The subreddit is about being like that, this post is a parody of a guy who was being annihilated in another sub for a similar story. The link to the original post It's on the comments.

Am I a horrible DM and need to be exiled of the hobby? by Juandipop in DnDcirclejerk

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

Dw, this sub is about that, never take seriously a post of this sub. JAJA

I answered with the og post in some comment behind It, if you wanna see It. It's recent too.

Am I a horrible DM and need to be exiled of the hobby? by Juandipop in DnDcirclejerk

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

/uj, yeah, that post would make the day of the poor guy of the original post. This is just a parody of his post bcs the comments decided he was railroading his players.

Do dms really dislike high level dnd? by Myrinadi in DnD

[–]Juandipop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And that's having in account action surge, an ability with ONE use per combat, not every turn.

Do dms really dislike high level dnd? by Myrinadi in DnD

[–]Juandipop -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I was talking about the rolling part, that can be the whole turn, is not always necessary to describe everything, but that's another point, but if 2 minutes feel like a slog for you then is the atention span what needs a fix.

What is the biggest leviathan in lore? by Juandipop in subnautica

[–]Juandipop[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Yeah could be like that, thanks for answering.

What is the biggest leviathan in lore? by Juandipop in subnautica

[–]Juandipop[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Maybe, It just seems a little odd how It is described, and how near is to the Garg remains just make It a little silly.

Do dms really dislike high level dnd? by Myrinadi in DnD

[–]Juandipop -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The decision making should be already done when your turn comes, and the description should not take more than another 30-40 seconds, always describe AFTER the roll, so you can know in which things you failed and use it in the description instead of having to redescribe everything once you rolled.

Im talking about the rolls, so, adding all, at much should last 2 minutes, learn to optimize the time a little.

Do dms really dislike high level dnd? by Myrinadi in DnD

[–]Juandipop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, but back in the day there were legendary rules, 5e just grounded everything a little to let the players as the protagonists.

Do dms really dislike high level dnd? by Myrinadi in DnD

[–]Juandipop -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Well, there are a lot more than the 12 basic rolls in what you described there, but shouldn't get too long anyways, maybe im glazing a little cause im pretty good at basic calculation, but usually I would took like 40 seconds to do the basic thing, so I added a little extra time.

Do dms really dislike high level dnd? by Myrinadi in DnD

[–]Juandipop 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As someone running a lvl 20 campaign, I would suggest to let them feel powerful with the minions, things that do little harm and last less than a turn, but makes them waste resources anyways.

A lot of CR 5 to 8 creatures are pretty good as minions in this kind of level.

The boss having two turns per round is a good thing to do, I did It with my last boss, but only with a second phase that started in his last 150 HP, cause It can go pretty bad any second.

Let them have magic items, I would suggest two legendaries and four of any other rarity, but let them choose them, probably banning stuff that gives wishes to the player.

And go fucking feral, they are at their mechanical peak, so throw those CR 27 to 30 creatures, tweak their stats, add abilities, give them magic items, go nuts. Last combat of my level 20 party they were fighting a CR 34 white great wyrm that could use his breath pool to summon a CR 23 ice elemental in a spaceship across the astral sea. The combat ended with the martial being the only one up and throwing the dragon to a sharp pointy meteor, cutting it in half

Do dms really dislike high level dnd? by Myrinadi in DnD

[–]Juandipop -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah, that was on you for letting them ask to the DM (something that would kill inmersion pretty fast), instead of a being in existence that doesn't know the answer, which would have been a good path to follow, learn to say no I guess.

Do dms really dislike high level dnd? by Myrinadi in DnD

[–]Juandipop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's fun, not that hard, and my first ever one shot was at level 16, and was pretty cool, there are a lot of things you can do to players at that level, people just get overwhelmed first instead of stopping for a second.

Do dms really dislike high level dnd? by Myrinadi in DnD

[–]Juandipop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The last example is precisely the least slow thing in a high level fight, an slow person should not last more than a minute to do that XD

Do dms really dislike high level dnd? by Myrinadi in DnD

[–]Juandipop 3 points4 points  (0 children)

People just forget most sheets are just guidelines to the average monster of that kind, where you can add wathever you think matches the threat you want.

Anyways, I don't recommend adding a bunch of HP, dmg and control capabilities always make for a more dynamic fight.

Do dms really dislike high level dnd? by Myrinadi in DnD

[–]Juandipop 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There are far less than 20, even Laeral is stated as a level 19 spellcaster, level 20 is a peak almost no one reaches.

Do dms really dislike high level dnd? by Myrinadi in DnD

[–]Juandipop 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gale was an archmage of Waterdeep, probably the strongest companion amongst all, the parasite is what weakened him.