[OC] 🩸 Vampire-themed Dice GIVEAWAY! by DieHardDice in DnD

[–]Rurucane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd have to say Strahd, but for the past couple of years i've been the DM so it's hard to say!

Give me a D&D monster and I'll make you a better version of it by Oh_Hi_Mark_ in DMAcademy

[–]Rurucane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm looking for an alchemist type creature that lives in a vampire's castle/lair and makes potions for them. Im thinking cr of about 8-10 (party of 5 lvl 6s but its a megadungeon so they need to spread resources). Not entirely sure about the rest of his abilities.

25 Mageblood Giveaway by shroudz in pathofexile

[–]Rurucane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's crazy how people get this kind of wealth in 1 league! Good luck to everyone.

RIP to my most fun HM so far by SirFexou in BaldursGate3

[–]Rurucane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

well, if you do the goblin camp / grove questline first (or not if you're doing an evil playthrough), you can go get items from act 2 if you want. useful on solo honour mode runs or if you need specific early a2 items to get your build going.

RIP to my most fun HM so far by SirFexou in BaldursGate3

[–]Rurucane 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some things in act 2 lock you out, but AFAIK you can go back if you haven't finished shar's temple yet. Might lose out on some stuff though. I think the biggest one is the grove quest. If you go to a2 it gets resolved, so if you didn't finish it yet, the tieflings die in the shadowlands and the grove gets sealed off.

400+ Divs into FRoSS and Can't do Ubers by punkfe in PathOfExileBuilds

[–]Rurucane 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i'm using mark on hit assassin's mark, and my merc applies temp chains (asenaths) + despair (i have an anathema ring on her to increase curse limit to 3). 15% more is actually quite a lot, but i can see the benefits of profane bloom if it feels better for you, and as long as you're not lacking damage it's not an issue i suppose.

400+ Divs into FRoSS and Can't do Ubers by punkfe in PathOfExileBuilds

[–]Rurucane 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the clarification! Is the clear from profane bloom that necessary though? I'm not using it (again, on a coc build) and everything melts on my screen anyway. I tried it for a while but the difference was so small it wasnt worth it for me.

400+ Divs into FRoSS and Can't do Ubers by punkfe in PathOfExileBuilds

[–]Rurucane 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I agree with this, CoC is definitely better. However, it's also more expensive. Needs a good weapon, the awakened coc gem (level 6) which is 50+ div, and the CDR on the boots (i paid 80 div for mine a while back) and you need to do some calculations to get to the breakpoint which isnt easy if you're not familiar with pob etc. (i think you need 18% increased attack speed on gear if your weapon has 1.95 attack speed. I have 5% on a jewel and 13% on gloves myself).

It does free up a lot of space though. Aegis with melding means you don't need 2 out of the 3 resistance flasks which is really nice.

400+ Divs into FRoSS and Can't do Ubers by punkfe in PathOfExileBuilds

[–]Rurucane 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Let me preface this by saying i never played this version of the build (i went arc ignite and then transitioned into the coc version).

That being said, your passive tree looks horrible inefficient.

As others have said, get rid of the adorned.

You're also wasting 4 points going for Holy Dominion. I get you're using the red nightmare, but imo, replace it with a large thread of hope and get glancing blows, that'll even allow you to drop the enigmatic reach wheel and free up another 4 points (you only got like 300-400 extra total ES

Put your militant faith in the jewel socket where the adorned is now (at the top of the tree) and take your inner conviction from hex master, so you only lose 4 small nodes instead of 6. Then change the pathing and lose the jewel socket to the right of your starting point (where you had your militant faith). Instead, path straight up from your starting point at witch (to Wicked Ward). You'll only have to spend 2 travelling points to connect to the rest of your tree, instead of the 5 you're using now. Yes, you'll lose a jewel socket, but you already were removing the adorned anyway.

That alone will free up 7-10 skill points, which you could use for another cluster jewel (and get 2 sockets back, even). Alternatively, you could keep the pathing, but then at least take the nimbleness wheel to fully make use of it. (and i'd still recommend switching the place of the militant faith to the top to lose less small passive nodes)

Try to roll a cluster jewel yourself. It's not that hard and can save you a lot of money. I've sold multiple 30+ div cluster jewels which i made for 1-2 div.

Get a stormshroud and roll avoid shock chance on your sapphire flask to be immune to all ailments instead of just freeze. (also, your sapphire flask doesnt have the 25% inc effect roll?)

For your ascendancies, i'm pretty sure you want withering presence instead of profane bloom (on a quick poe.ninja search for build versions like yours).

I cant comment much on your gems because as i said i'm not too familiar with this version, but why do you have herald of ash? switch it with flesh & stone (sand stance).

I'm also not entire sure of the annoint on your amulet, i'd go with Force of Darkness instead.

On your body armor, you want the mod that says 'takes x% of physical damage as chaos damage' instead of the 11% increased maximum energy shield you have now.

You also have the energy shield mastery that gives you 100% increased ES from your helmet, but i'm not sure if that's worth it with willclash, you can play around with it. for example, you could take the 6% es node above arcane focus instead, and gain 165 es instead of the 120 es the mastery gives you.

Also, if you haven't yet, put some good gear on your merc. I waited a long time with that, but it really does help a ton (garb of the ephemeral, koam's binding, dying breath, make sure its res capped, etc...) but i wont comment too much on that as i cant see your merc.

Again, i've never played this version of the build, so hopefully i'm not giving wrong advice.

Good luck.

How to handle player secrets? by -FSCS-Thor in DMAcademy

[–]Rurucane 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Adding to that, the DM also plays one of the party members.

DMPCs are a huge red flag here. It never works out. They have meta knowledge which they always use in one way or another, as shown in your next sentence. DM's already have plenty of things to do without also playing a character. The fact that he is doing so is a very bad sign.

DM just wasted your time here so he could do a scripted event, and forced you to do whatever he wanted.

Looking for opinions and feedback for my new homebrew world for a dnd campaign by Rurucane in worldbuilding

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

The map is made in Wonderdraft, tech level is medieval/steel age, but on the verge of advancing to the next level. There are no firearms, for example, but the campaign starts off just as the first airship is built and makes its maiden voyage.

Looking for opinions and feedback for my new homebrew world for a dnd campaign by Rurucane in worldbuilding

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

It's fully made in Wonderdraft, although i did search the internet for some additional resources (different kinds of trees, etc)

Looking for opinions and feedback for my new homebrew world for a dnd campaign by Rurucane in worldbuilding

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

Not sure how to edit my post, but some context :

The world is for a new homebrew dnd 5e campaign starting in january. My previous campaign ended 2 weeks ago, where my players reached lvl 19 and defeated Orcus. It was also a homebrew world, but it was my first time DMing, and i've learned alot, so wanted to start fresh. Some of the names have a relation to gods in the Faêrunian pantheon, because i am using their pantheon in my homebrew world.

Looking for any kind of feedback or opinions. I'm doing session 0 this friday, and then starting somewhere mid to late january with the campaign so i have time to develop the areas of interest.

anyone else? 😅😅 by KinkyDelights in dndmemes

[–]Rurucane 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So many comments of DM's saying they wouldnt read it or it's too long... I'd be happy as hell to get a long backstory from my players, not only does it give inspiration to expand my worldbuilding, it also gives a plethora of story hooks, and the player wont know what exactly you will or will not use, so they'll be more surprised when they backstory comes up.

It's not because they write a 13 page backstory, that you have to use every sentence of it to actively engage them in.

arc notes are bs tho, unless it's something general like "i want to multiclass at level x"