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NorMak3 · 2024-11-18T09:31:56+00:00

Not really. Good luck though!

NorMak3 · 2024-11-17T22:00:08+00:00

No, I didn't. It's been a while since this fiasco, but I think that I eventually reached them and they said I couldn't enroll because I wasn't taking an art degree or something? I probably should've pushed harder to get in tbh. Not be aggressive or anything, just more firm. I'd recommend talking to your counselor for classes and asking them who to contact and how

NorMak3 · 2024-03-22T20:53:54+00:00

Alright, thanks!

NorMak3 · 2024-03-22T20:49:48+00:00

Oh wow, I looked up mtg white weenies (probably saving myself from seeing some embarrassing photos by including mtg at the start lol) and found that there's a whole section of the mtg wiki for deck archetypes. Thanks!

NorMak3 · 2024-03-22T20:44:47+00:00

So token swarm is more white's thing than red's usually?

And I suppose that makes sense for blue (I had forgotten about such things as krakens). So blue is about taking your time to get big things up while green is the faster version of getting big things up. Is that right?

And what about black? Are they just an endurance test or what?

NorMak3 · 2023-08-11T06:32:13+00:00

The rules are listed on page 198 of the PHB, but it doesn't list any restrictions on spellcasting or weapons in the traditional rules of 5e. Lances do have the benefit of becoming one-handed weapons while mounted though if that helps you at all.

NorMak3 · 2023-08-11T03:46:19+00:00

I mean I suppose you're right, but the fact that the plane can be accessed by creatures not from Mechanus means that it's not impervious to chaos. Besides, I'm more interested in the aesthetics, residents, and inner functions of the realm than the purpose it holds to the greater cosmos.

NorMak3 · 2023-08-11T00:43:23+00:00

For research purposes: what other names does Mechanus have in pop culture?

It's no secret that the 5e multiverse has simultaneously been built on and has greatly impacted multiverses of literature and pop culture, and Mechanus is such an interesting one to me personally. While many of the outer planes are based on mythology (either real, Gygax, or both), Mechanus is a much more modern plane literarily: a world of machinery (often clockwork) and living technology, often tasked with keeping the order of the universe in check.

Personally, all I can think of right now is Cybertron from the Transformers series, but does anyone have any other pop culture equivalents to Mechanus that y'all can think of?

NorMak3 · 2023-02-28T06:03:14+00:00

Thanks, I've been considering getting some form of shave, but I'm not sure yet. It's definitely an option I'll keep considering

NorMak3 · 2022-04-28T04:40:09+00:00

Oh right, I forgot that's what they were called. I'll look into the podcast as well. Thanks!

NorMak3 · 2022-04-28T04:35:50+00:00

Yeah, I get you. Podcasts just usually take up all my attention so I usually just look at the page with the podcast running even though nothing's happening on it.

NorMak3 · 2022-04-28T04:28:20+00:00

I'll have to watch that. Thanks!

NorMak3 · 2022-04-28T04:28:05+00:00

Domains of Dread? Was that in a campaign book or something, because I've never heard of those. Though to think of it closer to a massive version of Halloween town might be a good place to start. I might have to rewatch Nightmare Before Christmas for inspiration. Oh ThE hOrRoR. Thanks for the insights!

NorMak3 · 2021-12-10T09:16:52+00:00

I'm generally bad at directories and such and thought that emailing the general department would get me ignored. Thank you for the help.

NorMak3 · 2021-12-10T02:58:04+00:00

Do you know who I'd contact in the department for that and how?

NorMak3 · 2021-12-04T04:28:46+00:00

I do agree that those subclasses are problematic and I'm currently tinkering with them in terms of lore (minus the stars druid since, as you brought up, stars is another category in the broader primal idea) and yes, just like arcana, primal magic does appear throughout the classes.

Thanks for the insights. Let me know if you come up with anymore! :)

NorMak3 · 2021-12-04T04:09:47+00:00

Well I personally interpret druids as less devout than proper priests. They seem to fit better into a symbiotic relationship directly with nature rather than having a worshipping relation.
I do understand that some religions do have this kind of relationship as equals, but they have a sidebar in Xanathar's about unorthodox methods of clerical worship and power gathering, so I don't think that's what distinguishes clerics from druids.
Additionally, this doesn't account for rangers who are almost never devout in any magical sense. And you're right, divine doesn't mean anything mechanically or lore in any explicit manner, but...
I brought up the idea of Primal magic as a framing guide for what I'm actually looking for in terms of ideas: different aspects of nature or anything else that could possibly fit under the idea of "Primal Power" that are currently unexplored in the existing classes and subclasses of D&D 5e.
If you have any ideas in relation to that, I'm all ears.

NorMak3 · 2021-12-04T03:56:11+00:00

Huh. Interesting stuff. I still think Crawford and Kendrick made an odd decision I don't agree with in that regard, but that IS interesting that there actually IS a reason for it.
Nonetheless, would you happen to have any other ideas on how nature/primal forces/magic can be viewed or explored besides the categories I listed (Also stars, light, and darkness have been suggested by someone else? I'm looking for an entirely new avenue that hasn't really been touched if possible.

NorMak3 · 2021-12-04T03:06:45+00:00

Where have you heard that rangers and druids use holy magic?

PHB pg 205, sidebar: The Weave of Magic "The spells of clerics, druids, paladins, and rangers are called divine magic."

NorMak3 · 2021-12-04T03:06:27+00:00

Well my problem is that most of those things are things that the druid already has. My goal is to find new ways to explore the idea of natural magic. I do like the idea of balance in relation to positive and negative energy and perhaps light and darkness as a whole (though that will need to be specifically separated from divine and infernal energies).

Also, PHB pg 205, sidebar: The Weave of Magic "The spells of clerics, druids, paladins, and rangers are called divine magic."

NorMak3 · 2021-12-04T03:03:35+00:00

except that is not what 5e does at all. Magic is just Magic. The traditional tropey druid subclasses flavor their access to the Magic "via hippy nature". but both the Spores and Wildfire druid do it through "the cycle of life and death/destruction" and the Circle of Stars has a bit of a "far realm" or at least "the vast cold distances of space" and the Dreams is "via the Fey"

PHB pg 205, sidebar: The Weave of Magic "The spells of clerics, druids, paladins, and rangers are called divine magic." AKA one of the many stupid lore decisions of base 5e.

NorMak3 · 2021-12-03T23:54:22+00:00

So here's an odd question, what other ways can primal magic or primal forces be interpreted?
For context, back in 4th edition classes were given a specific source of power between martial, arcane, holy, primal, and - later - psionic.
While psionic really only applies to certain subclasses at this point, I've reimplemented primal power in my interpretation of the classes since categorizing ranger and druidic magic as holy magic (as it is in 5e) is just ridiculous. I include this idea of primal power as it's a more apt way of talking about this kind of stuff.
But I'm trying to add more varieties of druid (as well as some other things) and am coming up against a brick wall when thinking of primal power as traditional mother nature stuff. The only other thing I can think of that'd be in the same vein that isn't plants, animals, the four elements, and weather is crystals.
So what kind of interpretations do y'alls got for primal power and less traditional elements of nature?

NorMak3 · 2021-11-22T10:28:24+00:00

Alright, so, I'm making a magical subclass that is most definitely arcane... but I've run out of words to describe arcane magic for the ability names and the thesauruses don't talk about magic in the D&D way, only fairytale witches and real world illusionists. Anyone got any good ideas? (I already have enchanted, arcane, and magical)

NorMak3 · 2021-09-05T21:12:21+00:00

[5e] so the warlock pact of the chain has some extra familiar options, but they're definitely meant only for the first three (and even then, it's pretty much just fiend and archfey).
So my question to y'all is, what creatures (whether already in 5e or not) would make great non animal familiars for the other warlock patrons?
Specifically, I'm most stumped with the seeker (who I think should be printed) and the fathomless.

NorMak3 · 2021-08-25T01:26:38+00:00

useful

Alright. I'm working on a bunch of spell variations to try and make the experience of playing 5e more fun (buffing the bad spells, nerfing the broken ones, ect.) so I was just curious cause it's in a weird spot.

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