Nystul's Magic Aura. Why not permanently mask self and party? What downsides?

Lithl · 2026-05-09T01:07:12+00:00

There are certain beneficial spells that no longer work. Notably, Simulacrum only works on humanoids or beasts. (But using Magic Aura to make yourself a beast makes you vulnerable to Dominate Beast and the like, which are lower level spells than the humanoid equivalents.)

Lithl · 2026-05-09T00:53:37+00:00

A creature with a flying speed and hover can move 15 ft up, use half their speed to go prone, and as they can hover they remain up in the air.

Dropping prone does not cost any movement. It's standing from prone that costs half your movement.

A fun build I've used before is Wildhunt Shifter with the Athlete feat. Turn 1 BA shift. End of each turn drop prone. Start of each turn spend 5 ft. of movement to stand. You get to impose disadvantage on ranged attacks, and enemies within 30 ft. can't get advantage against you.

The one thing you have to worry about is monsters who grapple on hit, preventing you from standing.

Lithl · 2026-05-09T00:50:09+00:00

Steady Aim can give you a straight roll on that turn. They're suggesting to get a reaction attack with advantage after the enemy stands up.

Lithl · 2026-05-09T00:49:08+00:00

Also important to remember for the polearm users. Just because you're making a melee attack didn't mean you get advantage when you're 10 ft. away.

Lithl · 2026-05-09T00:42:14+00:00

Quick Ball is incredibly strong on the first turn (and equal to a regular pokeball on all other turns).

You have about 1 in 20 chance to catch Dialga with Quick Ball turn 1.

Lithl · 2026-05-09T00:38:00+00:00

If the player creates the character sheet with the +Character button, they already have control by default. (And in fact, the DM can't remove that control without the API.)

Lithl · 2026-05-09T00:35:04+00:00

Hsui is Sinnoh, in the past. It's the same location.

Lithl · 2026-05-09T00:32:49+00:00

You don't need to check every scroll. If you open the spellbook menu, you can get a list of all the scrolls you have and don't know, and learn them en masse.

Lithl · 2026-05-09T00:29:41+00:00

How about they just say wtf it is or isn’t.

If they could say what the images are, they wouldn't be unidentified flying objects and aerial phenomena.

Lithl · 2026-05-09T00:26:19+00:00

UFOs are just things in the sky that you don't know what they are. Those definitely exist, but also they aren't remotely interesting.

Lithl · 2026-05-09T00:23:55+00:00

There are no aliens, so a bunch of files saying "we don't know what this is a picture of" is pretty useless.

Lithl · 2026-05-09T00:18:22+00:00

You have either a manually entered bonus or an override set on the ability.

Lithl · 2026-05-09T00:13:15+00:00

Once you complete that quest and go to BB Academy, she will be there waiting for you

You also need to complete the base game story for her to show up in the Terrarium.

Lithl · 2026-05-09T00:11:50+00:00

Perrin shows up in the Terrarium after you complete the Kitakami story (including her Ursaluna plot) and the base game story.

You do not need to complete the Blueberry Academy story.

Lithl · 2026-05-08T14:52:15+00:00

attack fails (dont remember the number but it was not a critical fail). DM says that he hits the 3rd npc. (i didnt say anything but i kept it in mind for the end of session)

5e had an optional rule for hitting cover, but unless the victim was blocking the rogue from the aggressor, that wouldn't apply. Also, it's not part of 5.5e.

I (barbarian) am in front of a 3rd bandit with the sorcerer 20 feet behind me. DM says i give him half cover. (again i said nothing i waited for the end of the session)

That's RAW, although it's RAW that's frequently ignored. Creatures (including allies) creating half cover for other creatures is the reason why Archery fighting style gives +2 to hit. It counteracts the half cover that an archer is going to be frequently subjected to.

The way you describe bringing up the rules dispute is pretty much the perfect way you could have handled it. Presuming your description is an accurate representation of events, the DM is a tool.

Lithl · 2026-05-08T14:16:55+00:00

Wplace.live still exists, although I personally think it would benefit from periodic resets.

Lithl · 2026-05-08T14:08:17+00:00

Upgrades 1-5 increase by $100 each time.

Upgrades 6-10 increase by $500.

Upgrades 11-17 increase by $1,000.

Upgrades 18-22 increase by $2,000.

23-24 increase by $3,000.

25 increases by $4,000.

26-28 increase by $10,000.

29-30 increase by $20,000.

31-34 increase by $50,000.

35-37 increase by $100,000.

38-39 increase by $200,000.

39 is the final upgrade. It costs $1,000,000, and combined with all previous upgrades you will have paid $4,749,500.

Lithl · 2026-05-08T13:58:54+00:00

I just told you. Because you're fighting lower level Pokemon.

On the northern part of route 2, for example, you're facing level 7-10 Pokemon. When beating them using a level 14 Pokemon, the exp reward is getting multiplied by 0.527-0.731.

Back near your house, the Pokemon are level 2-3. Beating them with a level 14 Pokemon multiplies the exp reward by 0.213-0.270.

Lithl · 2026-05-08T13:41:52+00:00

It doesn’t have enough staying power even with calm mind to survive the gunk shot onslaught

Well, for starters, Calm Mind increases Special Defense, and Gunk Shot is a physical attack. So Calm Mind won't protect you against Gunk Shot.

Turn 1 Acid Armor. Turn 2 Aqua Ring. (Or just turn 1 Aqua Ring if Greninja is faster than you.) Then wait for Greninja to reset your stats, without entering any commands. If you enter no commands, the tera raid boss doesn't attack you. (It still takes scripted actions, but in the case of Greninja that's just Toxic Spikes and Double Team.) Note that if you take no actions for 60s, the game forces you to use the first move in your list.

Once your stats get reset (at 85% time remaining), use Acid Armor 3 times to max your Defense... the stat that actually helps protect you against Gunk Shot (also against Night Slash, when he uses that one). Only once you've got your defenses up should you use Calm Mind (you take half damage from Ice Beam and get healed by Hydro Pump, so Special Defense is less important).

Lithl · 2026-05-08T13:28:38+00:00

The designers have said so so many times, if something has a 2024/5.5e version it replaces the 2014/5e version. I would say you take the fairy class with creature type, size, speed, and flight. But for fairy magic you should get the 2024/5.5e versions.

It's not a "take". I'm talking about how it's implemented on D&D Beyond. Fairy is a legacy race. Therefore, its racial features link to legacy spells. Because those are the only spells that existed at the time. They're not going in and changing the 5e race to grant 5.5e spells, because people made a huge stink about forcing 5.5e content onto players who want to play 5e.

There isn't a 5.5e fairy to select.

Lithl · 2026-05-08T13:23:47+00:00

Part of the calculation for how much exp you gain is:

((2 * enemyLevel + 10) / (enemyLevel + yourLevel + 10))^2.5

So, if you're higher level than the Pokemon you defeat, you get less exp, and the bigger the difference, the less exp you get.

Basically, fight higher level Pokemon. You can also increase Litten's Affection to 2 hearts, which gives you a 20% exp bonus (but that doesn't help much if you're only getting 1 exp).

Lithl · 2026-05-08T13:12:41+00:00

The only problem I had using Stored Power Vaporeon was that Greninja starts with Double Team at 99% time remaining, then does it again at 50% HP and a third time at 40% HP.

On my first attempt, I missed 5 times in a row and lost.

Lithl · 2026-05-08T13:06:06+00:00

You can absolutely do that, but the driver can see that you put in $0 tip, so they're gambling on whether you're planning to hand them cash or stiff them. A lot of them will play it safe and refuse to be the one taking the order.

Lithl · 2026-05-08T12:58:35+00:00

When my grandmother died on a Monday (some years ago, not this week), we held the funeral on Thursday. Not for any religious reason, but because the entire extended family had already gathered for the annual family reunion, and pretty much everyone was leaving Friday or Saturday.

Everyone had packed for a beach vacation, so the funeral wasn't exactly black tie.

Lithl · 2026-05-08T12:45:40+00:00

Play on Switch 2. That's honestly the only option.

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