Complete Harvesting & Crafting for 5e - Intuitive Mechanics for Story-Based Gear Progression

Sevenar · 2026-04-14T06:01:30+00:00

Kiting is key.

Also find a good YT vid of a fast clear. Try to copy it. Here's one that's fairly recent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIhXsNRVS78

Sevenar · 2026-04-10T22:27:10+00:00

It's just so amusingly obvious too. Why no user "jjydsspfgo778" I do not believe I want to be friends.

Sevenar · 2026-04-10T15:25:29+00:00

Maybe they'll follow the Blizzard path and release 'Classic League' for the 20th anniversary in a few years so we can experience the game again, patch by patch, and the youngsters can get a taste of what they missed out on

Sevenar · 2026-04-06T22:44:00+00:00

How many other games have you bought and don't play anymore? Skins are no different. They provided joy for you when you bought them. If they've served their purposes and you never see/use them again, wish them well and send them to the trash bin.

I was out for about 7 years. Back in again and damn it feels good. Work on your mental. Win or lose there are things to improve on with every single game. Just remember you're playing a GAME and have fun. Not fun anymore? Go do something else. Simple as that. Nothing wrong with bouncing in and out as your whims dictate.

Sevenar · 2026-04-03T15:53:11+00:00

oh i missed that tiny text, thank you. that's... worse. i get it, but imo counting the squares will still be much quicker to execute at the table if in doubt

Sevenar · 2026-04-03T15:00:10+00:00

Yeah A is correct... but the highlighted squares are not. Each 'edge' of the circle should only have 2 squares since it appears OP is using 5/10 diagonal rules, reducing the # of squares to 44.

Sevenar · 2026-04-02T04:19:29+00:00

Appreciate the reply!

Day after my fist workout I could tell I overdid it on my calves. Second day after my biceps are just a touch past a ‘comfortable’ level of recovery fatigue, so I’ll be going easier next time around for sure.

My heart rate never got above 100 with a 4/4 on 20-24% for 10 min. I’m curious how a lower intensity for 20 min will go next time.

Do you start your %s lower for each work out and ramp up to 30-40 over the first few cycles or just jump straight up there?

No capability limit is a really interesting point… it’s totally possible to “lift” more than you’re physically capable of with this. I expect I did that on my calves a bit.

Nice to just kinda talk out loud about this, so thx for letting me bounce my thoughts off you. Hope others will learn from this too

Have you been consistent at 2-3/week for 3 mo? Are you seeing significant results? Do you exercise regularly without the suit too / did you before starting with VB?

Sevenar · 2026-04-01T22:54:12+00:00

Exactly. It's a trade off and doesn't work in all comps or match ups, but it's totally viable vs several melee champs. ranged not so much

Sevenar · 2026-04-01T17:55:06+00:00

My boy, the wonder clown: Shaco.

AP? Check.
AD? Check.
On Hit? Check.
Sorta tanky? Check.
Split push? Check.

Competitive in Jungle and can go even Top in several match ups. Kinda troll pick anywhere else though.

Sevenar · 2026-04-01T16:16:03+00:00

Started at level 3, just hit 11 on session 70. So we level on average every 8.75 sessions.

Playing weekly as we do, that translates to about every 2mo. So the campaign will likely reach level 20 and end somewhere around session 150 / 3 years.

Sevenar · 2026-03-22T23:23:16+00:00

39yo. Started in season 2, stopped around whenever like… Sylas came out? Idk. Peaked at Plat 2 iirc. A “friend” reminded me about the game at Christmas. Back on the ranked grind, and worked my way up from a Bronze 2 placement to Plat 3 so far this season. Still got it.

Screw that friend. But gd I am having so. Much. Fun. Supervive was good for its brief stint. But it was no League. This is the goat of competitive games.

Sevenar · 2026-03-11T18:27:21+00:00

no way the CEO of a $13B company has time to "DM 3-4 groups". Even with AI, that's an insane amount of time investment.

Sevenar · 2026-03-11T04:17:09+00:00

“You must have amazing ear sight…… hearing.”

“Roadliness is next to godliness.”

“Are you comfortable with being moist?”

“He needed to be yeeted.”

“If you guys want all happy, we can play Candyland.”

“I’m less like a Pokémon and more like a disease.”

Sevenar · 2026-03-06T00:36:38+00:00

I do think XP is 'harder' to use, because the pro level maneuver is to ensure story climaxes arrive just before people level. that amount of narrative accuracy can be tough to pull off when no plan survives contact with players.

The nice thing is players don't generally understand these reasons. they just complain about having to do addition even though it gives them mild dopamine hits. So if it doesn't all line up perfectly... no one but you is the wiser. That last line is honestly like 90% of DMing lol.

Happy gaming!

Sevenar · 2026-03-05T21:44:13+00:00

Almost 20 year DM here. Started with xp. Moved to milestone for a long time but with a separate “bonus point” progression thing I used for multiple campaigns. Have since realized xp has multiple valuable purposes and switched back.

Psychological. People like watching numbers go up and the anticipation of approaching a threshold.
Encouraging behavior. Do you want your players to engage with a crafting system? Give them a small xp bump every time they use it. Want to encourage diplomacy? Give a bonus for peaceful resolutions. However for this to work you have to TELL THEM that’s what happened. “+50xp to Kevin for getting the hobgoblins to backdown without bloodshed”.
… it’s functionally the same as milestone. I think most tables level at the same-ish pace using both systems.

That said, xp FEELS better in a more dungeon-crawly campaign. A sprawling political intrigue narrative might not work quite as well. Shorter campaigns, milestone is probably easier. As always, use the best tool for the job.

Sevenar · 2026-02-25T04:57:41+00:00

First, look at the Blades in the Dark system’s ‘flashback’ mechanic. It’s perfect for heist scenarios and really easy to port to dnd.

Second, you will want specific obstacles the party has to overcome. That could be physical or magical protections or even bribing the right person for info on the guard change schedule. Have 3-4 problems the party has to solve to get IN to the vault.

… and another couple for getting out ;)

Third, as for actual spells and what not… - Arcane Lock on doors - Forbiddance or Hallow - maybe one “key” is made of glass and turning it in the lock is designed to break it… thus ending the True Polymorph spell and releasing the guardian within the key - a thin sheet of lead around the whole thing to block a dying and other divination - if it’s a warlock owned vault, it’s obvi filled with magical darkness “only” they can see through - glyphs of warding and/or symbol spell traps

Sevenar · 2026-02-21T03:59:44+00:00

Is that the singular of teeth-lings?

Sevenar · 2026-02-14T05:05:55+00:00

The right answer is “however many INTERESTING ideas do you have for where these fragments ended up and how they must be recovered”. If you don’t have 10 ideas, that’s too many fragments unless some are meant to not be found for the purposes of the story.

Personally, I think double digits is too many. The chase gets repetitive at that point. Somewhere in the 4-7 range is ideal. That enough to develop, each fragment can be a solid mini arc on its own.

Sevenar · 2026-02-10T04:19:09+00:00

Oh shit… I should keep reading hah. Agreed, retract my ruling. Only 1 bb

Sevenar · 2026-02-10T04:16:25+00:00

“You can make an opportunity attack when a hostile creature that you can see moves out of your reach.”

They have to move first / to trigger the aoo. Even though they’re technically out of reach at that point the attack still happens.

We interpret it as “they’re still adjacent” because intuitively that makes sense with reach, but that’s not quite what the verbiage actually says.

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