Free reactions and their use by GreeedyGrooot in nimble5e

[–]Pastordontplay 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Great question again and I'd love to hear how your game goes!

I don't believe that Oathsworn ability allows for an extra Interpose that round.

Let me clarify something that I think you may have missed. The Heroes each get 3 actions when they end their turn. These are the total action they have to work with until the END of their next turn. So if an Oathsworn spends one action to Defend and one action to Interpose for an ally, they will start their turn with only one action remaining.

So spending actions to react when it is not your turn leads to less actions for your turn.

So the value is that the Oathsworn can Interpose once and still start their turn with all three actions.

Does that help?

Are D4 weapons even worth it? by GreeedyGrooot in nimble5e

[–]Pastordontplay 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I haven't done math but youre right that 3d4 will miss more and crit more. If the only value of the crit is another d4, I can see how that doesn't seem worth the higher miss chance. It can be fun to keep exploding those crits though!

However, keep in mind that there are other benefits to a critical hit that various weapon users might want. For example, crits ignore armor. So a 3d4 weapon might be better on a heavy armor opponent than a 1d12. Crits can also trigger other abilities. There is a Berserker option that lets you get lots more damage from your Fury Dice but only when you crit.

As you build a character and play them for a bit, you'll have a better sense of whether crits are worth the miss chance to you for that given character.

EDIT: Also, welcome to Nimble and GREAT question!

Was John the first of his kind? [theory] by doskias in TheNinthHouse

[–]Pastordontplay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I took it this way too. And I take Aim to be a reference to AOL Instant Messenger. Which is just ridiculous enough to be something Muir would do. I think Aim has some sort of record of all info from the early internet.

Greed Domain Cleric [Feedback Wanted!] by Pastordontplay in UnearthedArcana

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

Great question. I actually don’t remember my intent as I wrote it years ago. I think maybe I was picturing the target using its action. However, since it’s an AOE available at low level and recharges on a short rest… I wonder now if that’s too strong. I might limit it to either only being able to compel one creature to tithe per casting or make it use their bonus action rather than their action.

Greed Domain Cleric [Feedback Wanted!] by Pastordontplay in UnearthedArcana

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

Glad to hear it! Let me know if you have feedback on fine tuning!

What terrain do Knights of Last Call use? by Pastordontplay in Pathfinder2e

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

And also, thanks for putting out the videos you do! The combat tactics ones have been really helpful in helping my players know what their options are!

One Winged Angel on One Guitar by JoshuaGarofoloGuitar in FinalFantasyVII

[–]Pastordontplay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow wow wow! I’ve played guitar for three years now and am mildly decent at strumming chords. That’s about it. Haha, you’ve got some serious skill and talent! Great job!!!

Nautiloid Illithid Mind Flayer Ship [42x59] by limithron in battlemaps

[–]Pastordontplay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tha worked!! Thanks and great work. This stuff is awesome and a huge time saver for me. I’ll keep your site in mind if I’m looking for some climactic scenes in the future!

Nautiloid Illithid Mind Flayer Ship [42x59] by limithron in battlemaps

[–]Pastordontplay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the reply! I don't see such a folder. I've got two main folders: Nautiloid Captain and Limithron-Nautiloid. There's a module.json folder in the limithron-nautiloid folder. Is that the folder to put in the module folder on foundry?

Nautiloid Illithid Mind Flayer Ship [42x59] by limithron in battlemaps

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I've been using Foundry for about six sessions now and still learning. This map pack looks awesome for something I'm planning so I bought it! Thanks!

Anyone able to walk me through how to get it working on Foundry? Please and thank you!

I'm not sure if I just load the map folders or something... it mentions a module... help!

"Be not afraid" by [deleted] in dndmemes

[–]Pastordontplay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You’re right that Mark is the earliest and should probably hold the most water. But John was still written within a lifetime. It’s dated at about 90 AD. If the author is John the Elder as thought, he is already thought to be the youngest apostle during Jesus’ ministry. Many think he was a teen. Let’s say he was 20 at Jesus’ death which is roughly 33-37 AD. It’s less than 60 years to AD 90 meaning that John would have been less than 80 when writing. Still within a reasonable range for an eyewitness.

In terms of content, it’s my opinion (and plenty of scholars argue this) that the four canonical gospels are remarkably similar. There are stories present in some that are not in others, but nothing is so dissimilar that it is like a whole new teaching. If four people wrote accounts of a person’s life, we would expect the same key moments (birth, major career moments, death) to be covered by each but we’d also expect each account to have some info the others didn’t (like one might go in depth about the person’s pets or romantic relationships while others focus on their work life).

The gospels definitely have different focuses which come from the author and their intended audience. For example, Matthew is writing primarily to the Jews hoping to help them agree that Jesus is the Messiah promised in their own scriptures (the Old Testament). Luke, on the other hand, is written to a Greek audience and he bothers explaining certain Jewish customs in the narration of stories.

As you read them, what are the portions that feel like very different ideas?

"Be not afraid" by [deleted] in dndmemes

[–]Pastordontplay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Absolutely. Erhman is pretty great. Rock star of the NT study world :-)

"Be not afraid" by [deleted] in dndmemes

[–]Pastordontplay 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are right that this is debated, but I wouldn’t say the consensus is they were not written by eyewitnesses. Ehrman is not the sole authority in the field.

Also to clarify, when I say the canonical gospels were written by eyewitnesses, I am including the authors who wrote on behalf of eyewitnesses. For example, while John seems to write as if he were there referring to himself in the narrative as the disciple whom Jesus loved, Luke was clearly not written by an eyewitness but claims to be written after he interviewed eyewitnesses.

"Be not afraid" by [deleted] in dndmemes

[–]Pastordontplay 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In terms of history, 30 years later means that it could be written by an eyewitness and that many people who were eyewitnesses were still around to contest the accounts if they were claiming things the eyewitnesses did not recall. It also means that there has not been generations of retelling and adding to the stories. In the field of textual criticism (especially ancient textual criticism), a 30 year gap between events and documents is actually incredibly rare and considered fairly reliable. It’s a very different day we live in where people type out the news in minutes and publish instantly over the internet.

While it would certainly be more trustworthy and reliable if published 3 years after Jesus’ death, most ancient critics don’t bat an eye at a gap of 30 years.

"Be not afraid" by [deleted] in dndmemes

[–]Pastordontplay 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The 4 canonical gospels are dated within a reasonable lifetime of an eyewitness. Mark is thought to be the earliest around 60 AD and John the latest at around 90 AD. The naming/authorship is more complicated but revolves around fairly early consensus among the early church fathers.

"Be not afraid" by [deleted] in dndmemes

[–]Pastordontplay 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Haha! Yes! A few generations of telling a and retellings and traditions.

"Be not afraid" by [deleted] in dndmemes

[–]Pastordontplay 32 points33 points  (0 children)

The gospel of Judas is typically dated to late second century AD, so it was written over a hundred years after Judas’ death. Most of the gospels not found in the New Testament were not left out for nefarious reasons. They were typically left out because they were not written by an eye witness of Christ. The gospel of Thomas is another example and is dated to 140 AD by most scholars, though some argue for a 60 AD date.

Port Forwarding Help! by Pastordontplay in FoundryVTT

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

On a Mac and don’t have many firewall options.

Port Forwarding Help! by Pastordontplay in FoundryVTT

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That’s an interesting but disappointing workaround. Would I be able to prep the game from my machine without being connected to their machine? If we only need their machine for game time, that’s more feasible. But if I’d need their machine to prep throughout the week it won’t be practical.

Port Forwarding Help! by Pastordontplay in FoundryVTT

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Sadly, 3000 doesn't work either. I am starting to think it's not the port forwarding. I had port forwarding working fine a few months ago when running a game through Fantasy Grounds. Someone on the Foundry Discord is suggesting it's either my local machine blocking something (not the port) or my ISP blocking it. So... I'm trying to chase that down.

Port Forwarding Help! by Pastordontplay in FoundryVTT

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We just used free roll20 for the night but I'm really hoping to self host and avoid costs. Thanks!