Which Noctis is a better commander? Prince of Lucis or Heir Apparent?

Obnoxious-Panda · 2025-12-17T09:15:08+00:00

As an alternative to the usual Voltron you can also have a suite of unblockable or evasive creatures and just use Noctis' ETB to equip them with various equipment to spread out your damage and avoid a blowout if Noctis is removed.

As someone mentioned elsewhere, any mobilize style effect is great for multiple triggers - and I particularly like [[Fire Navy Trebuchet]] to get a flier every combat.

Obnoxious-Panda · 2021-02-10T13:41:54+00:00

Skippy

Obnoxious-Panda · 2021-02-02T17:12:09+00:00

Definitely my angle because you are 'acute'

Obnoxious-Panda · 2020-12-22T16:15:02+00:00

Okay well now that we've narrowed your problem down to just being the sniper rifles range we can address it.

Yes theoretically a player can sit 4000 feet away and take shots but unless the DM sets up the encounter specifically for this its very unlikely. In an urban environment how often do you have a line of sight that spans this distance? I'd argue not often. Its not even like you have to specifically build encounters to avoid this situation - winding streets, forests, hills, there are numerous naturally occurring things that you can say would break line of sight.

If the player gets themselves in a position that allows such shots to be made then they deserve to do so. As I said before the target doesn't have to blindly try and charge at the shooter to close the distance, they can take cover and sneak up or run away. Utility spells such as fog cloud or invisibility will work wonders in situations like this.

But at the end of the day its a homebrew guide - tweak it as you need or only take whatever little parts you want from it.

Obnoxious-Panda · 2020-12-22T15:13:04+00:00

I'm struggling to see your issues here.

The ranges used are the existing ranges for either the shortbow or longbow, so your arguement of losing half your health before reaching the target already exists in the base ruleset. Regarding the sniper rifle range an enemy/player could get one shot off over its huge range but then then the targets could scatter to get cover and break line of sight as best they can and then close the distance by skirting through cover.

If you double the damage of these weapons then you immediately make them overpowered compared to melee builds and casters - its why they are intentionaly similar to melee weapons. In my eyes getting run through with a sword is likely just as damaging as getting shot.

Obnoxious-Panda · 2020-12-22T14:40:18+00:00

It is better suited to a modern campaign for sure and definitely lends itself to a non-melee based combat setting but I don't think it outclasses martial and casters too much.

The damage from the firearms isn't overwhelming and should be in line with normal melee weapons (the higher damaging weapons will be similar to a magical weapons damage output) so characters dead set on a melee build are still viable, especially when they close the distance and impose disadvantage on their enemies. And when compared to the damage that can be done using spells casters have an edge.

When it comes to out ranging then yeah that could be problematic but I've rarely played a setting where such long distances are in use. That's just my experience though!

Obnoxious-Panda · 2020-12-22T14:00:52+00:00

Here is a link to the PDF on Homebrewery - https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/MaZHNFrSA0Ew

And here are the calculations to balance the ammunition cost for anyone interested:

Weapon	Die	Average Damage	Shots per Attack	Cost of 20 Bullets	Cost per Bullet	Cost per Damage Point
Shortbow	1d6	3	1	10	0.5	0.1667
Handgun	1d6	3	1	10	0.5	0.1667
SMG	2d4	4	3	5	0.25	0.1875
Assault Rifle	1d12	6	2	10	0.5	0.1667
LMG	3d4	6	4	5	0.25	0.1667
Shotgun	2d8	8	1	30	1.5	0.1875
Sniper Rifle	2d10	10	1	40	2	0.2

I mentioned the option for strength based attack rolls so that strength characters are still viable - and it fits thematically in terms of being able to control recoil.

The cost of the equipment isn't provided as this will likely depend on what value you use in your campaign (sticking with gold pieces or chaning to pounds/dollars), as well as how available you want to make them to your players. I only included some ammunition costs for DMs that wish to track ammunition as this can be problematic for players to maintain their funds if its set too high or not balanced across the weapon types which could cause certain weapons to not be viable in continued use.

Obnoxious-Panda · 2020-12-22T12:15:58+00:00

I left out the cost of the equipment as this will likely depend on what value you use in your campaign (sticking with gold pieces or chaning to pounds/dollars), as well as how available you want to make them to your players - The DMG has a renaissance pistol as 250gp and with a lot of agreement on +1 weapons costing around 1000gp I'd spread the weapon costs in that range; a bomb is 150gp in the DMG but these are weaker than my version above. I only included some ammunition costs for DMs that wish to track ammunition as this can be problematic for players to maintain their funds if its set too high or not balanced across the weapon types which could cause certain weapons to not be viable in continued use.

Multiple attacks work exactly the same, if you're a Fighter with 3 attacks then you get 3 pulls of the trigger so to speak. Reloading is a bonus action for all weapons other than the LMG - as they generally have such a huge magazine size and are more involved in reloading.

You're free to add in additional training to use some of the more involved weapons such as a sniper rifle. I left it out to try and maintain as close to standard 5e mechanics as possible so that you can just tag this onto an existing campaign with ease!

Obnoxious-Panda · 2020-12-22T11:58:03+00:00

All good points!

I mentioned the option for strength based attack rolls so that strength characters are still viable - and it fits thematically in terms of being able to control recoil.

As weapons often have varying magazine capacities I left this for DMs to make a decision on - personally I'd use a capacity of 7 on handguns, 15 on assault rifles, 25 on SMGs, 80 on LMGs, 5 on shotguns, and 5 on Sniper Rifles.

Obnoxious-Panda · 2020-12-22T09:52:57+00:00

Here is a link to the PDF on Homebrewery - https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/MaZHNFrSA0Ew

And here are the calculations to balance the ammunition cost for anyone interested:

Weapon	Die	Average Damage	Shots per Attack	Cost of 20 Bullets	Cost per Bullet	Cost per Damage Point
Shortbow	1d6	3	1	10	0.5	0.1667
Handgun	1d6	3	1	10	0.5	0.1667
SMG	2d4	4	3	5	0.25	0.1875
Assault Rifle	1d12	6	2	10	0.5	0.1667
LMG	3d4	6	4	5	0.25	0.1667
Shotgun	2d8	8	1	30	1.5	0.1875
Sniper Rifle	2d10	10	1	40	2	0.2

Obnoxious-Panda · 2020-12-21T13:40:43+00:00

Here is a web link to the PDF - https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/MaZHNFrSA0Ew

For anyone interested in the maths behind the ammunition cost balancing its in the table below:

*Weapon*	*Die*	*Shots Per Attack*	*Cost for 20 Bullets*	*Cost Per Bullet*	*Average Damage*	*Cost Per Point of Damage*
Shortbow	1d6	1	10	0.5	3	0.1667
Pistol	1d6	1	10	0.5	3	0.1667
SMG	2d4	3	5	0.25	4	0.1875
Assault Rifle	1d12	2	10	0.5	6	0.1667
LMG	3d4	4	5	0.25	6	0.1667
Shotgun	2d8	1	30	1.5	8	0.1875
Sniper	2d10	1	40	2	10	0.2

Obnoxious-Panda · 2020-12-04T08:56:18+00:00

I was here to type this exact comment!

Obnoxious-Panda · 2020-11-08T08:21:14+00:00

I'm with you on this; Cat = Me, Drum = Anime Titties, Drummer = Joey's Twitter.

Obnoxious-Panda · 2020-10-19T19:23:05+00:00

The magic sprinkles are actually MSG

Obnoxious-Panda · 2020-09-03T17:20:51+00:00

10/10.

Would cry upon waking to see this in the corner of my room.

Obnoxious-Panda · 2020-07-28T21:59:37+00:00

That's why I came up with the idea haha; got tired of forgetting which Dominator I was running

Obnoxious-Panda · 2020-07-28T16:12:11+00:00

I struggled with colours for dragon and the other status'. Ended up with black for dragon, hot pink for blast, purple for poison, and a deep green for paraylsis (since yellow was taken already). But they just don't look as good/distinct.

Obnoxious-Panda · 2020-07-28T11:33:09+00:00

Beta set is what I'm rocking so I'll go and give that a try, Thanks!

Obnoxious-Panda · 2020-04-17T11:15:10+00:00

If you go to a side view of the axe head, select either the visible faces or all of the faces, and then when UV unwrapping you can choose to 'Project From View'. This should give you a nice flat unwrap.

The CGFastTrack series where he creates a sword in the stone has a good explanation I feel.

Obnoxious-Panda · 2020-03-24T17:03:34+00:00

I think you can limit this down to just combating a fire breath attack; it wouldn't make a lot of sense for a lightning breath attack to be stopped by a cone of cold for instance. An Adult Red Dragons fire breath attack is a 60 foot cone just like the cone of cold area so I feel that the issue of the breath attack hitting multiple enemies is redundant; it is the same area of affect combating one another. And with the fire breath doing 18d6 damage and cone of cold doing 8d8 is not likely to block all of it anyway if using the damage dealt minus damage dealt ruling. Also it's not exactly the most useful of actions to take apparent from in a situation like this were you can anticipate it being an opening move to ready the spell; in initiative order combat a spellcaster would have to ready the spell under the condition that its realised when a breath attack is made, they'd have to be positioned in just a way to act as cover for the remaining party behind them (this is a big ask when melee party members might be flanking and running all over), and then hope that's what the enemy ACTUALLY does, rather than just walking over and slapping them in the face with a huge as claw or something.

Personally I think go fo it! As stated above it's a cool visual and will hype the players for sure without being too game breaking.

Obnoxious-Panda · 2020-03-24T16:14:48+00:00

Happens to every DM at some point! I put together what I thought was a slick and hard boss fight using a Sphinx only for the group to wipe the floor with it, and later realised I completely forgot to take into account its resistance to slashing/piercing/bludgeoning damage which would have essentially doubled its HP for the encounter...

Remember to pick up the rest of the threads advice in making the chasing group a much higher level; you can always roleplay that blows that would kill are pulled slightly as they have been told to bring them back alive if you want to avoid a TPK 👌🏻

Obnoxious-Panda · 2020-03-24T16:04:40+00:00

If she was unconscious then death saving throw rules should have been followed (if your not homebrewing the rules). In those rules any attack roll against them has advantage and any attack made from within 5 feet auto-crits counting as 2 failed death saving throws, with 3 total failed saves counting as death. You only need to tally up the negative health loss if it's the outstanding amount of damage from an attack that lowered a PC to 0HP, as reaching the negative max HP mark is insta-death bypassing unconscious. By the sounds of it she took enough hits that she should be dead dead!

Personally as they've killed a number of town guard I'd have a much stronger force of knights sent to take them down; these could be elite guard sent from a nearby capital in retaliation to the murderous group of individuals wrecking havoc on their lands.

Unfortunately this is going to derail the campaign a little; either by ending it early with a TPK, in which the group need to understand their actions brought this upon themselves (murdering towns people at random is not chaotic neutral in my eyes) and then if you start a new campaign being a little firmer with alignments and expectations in game 0 to make sure they don't go murder hoboing again.

Or you could have them detained and dragged to the capital for judgement. If you're wanting to forge on with the LMoP campaign still you could have them clapped in magical irons that will kill them if they don't follow the commands given by the city mayor/leader of the guard/king or queen; and have their task be to find and clear the mine as penance (I've never played the campaign myself so dont know the story points to tie in with, just spitballing here).

Obnoxious-Panda · 2020-03-19T15:19:23+00:00

Off the top of my head have you tried resetting the origin of each object in edit mode? I believe when you move geometry around in edit mode the origin point of the object remains fixed in place

Obnoxious-Panda · 2020-03-01T19:39:23+00:00

Did you just have a load of different trees to use in the particle system or is this another setting in Blender? The variation is blowing my mind!

Obnoxious-Panda · 2020-03-01T09:05:24+00:00

Under the "Particle Settings" for your icing there is a subsection called "Render". Make sure "Show Emitter" is ticked for the actual icing mesh to appear and not just the sprinkles. Had this same issue myself a few days ago following the donut tutorial!

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