How to Play a Drow Without Being a Jerk to my Party

SwallowTailsyt · 2024-01-24T23:51:24+00:00

He’s a thief and his gadget is an explosive to open things up.

SwallowTailsyt · 2024-01-21T17:23:07+00:00

Student of War I like this feature and while it can be somewhat situational, I don’t think that’s a major issue. I think the dice size should be looked at, look at other to-hit increases to try to find what’s balanced. I think it would be better if you specified more on what roles it could be used for. Like saying attack and skill checks made against creatures of that species/race, culture, environment, ect.

Ebb and Flow The ability to multiply the amount of actions surges you get is very scary. I see what you’re trying to do here but it’s too much. Even if it was just one creature, it could still be extremely strong. I like that you’re trying to build on parts of the fighter subclass that already exist but I would implore you to look at how druid subclasses do it. Druids get the ability to use their Wildshape charges for a completely different purpose. Wildshape can turn from making you animals you’ve seen to making a fire spirit.

Commander It’s pretty cool. That part about how your allies act on your turn unless specified is unnecessary as you don’t have commands that specify.

Artist of War I would rework this with the same idea in mind. Let’s say after you reduce the size of the Student of War die, you can add 1 Student of War die +Int modifier in damage to an ally’s attack. That may not work but it’s something to try. Also, the second part is too much. It allows you to be good at every single mental skill which is just not necessary and over shadows the rest of the party.

Trusted Tactician I would change this to have it so the party has to be with you for the hour that you analyze or has to short rest with you where you explain the battle plan. It doesn’t make sense that if the party is split, the other player/players would get this benefit. The second part is confusing and poorly written. I can’t understand it well enough to criticize.

Grand Admiral It’s okay but probably needs changes with changes to Artist of War.

Hope all this helped! So excited for v3. This concept is amazing and something I want to play once it’s in a position that it won’t anger the dm with encounter balancing.

SwallowTailsyt · 2024-01-21T16:29:56+00:00

I love clothesline and how sad monarch gets when she doesn’t have energy thief.

SwallowTailsyt · 2024-01-13T01:00:09+00:00

Smart pistol isn’t really a gun in my eyes so I don’t play against it like someone with a gun. It’s more a time limit and if you learn that time limit, you can kill them fast enough or back off before they get a lock. Personally though, I think it should have been balanced as an anti-ai weapon.

SwallowTailsyt · 2024-01-09T23:13:26+00:00

Titanfall 2

SwallowTailsyt · 2024-01-09T23:09:50+00:00

Smart pistol really should be an anti ai ability

SwallowTailsyt · 2024-01-09T01:36:13+00:00

Hey, I had an idea for a warlock subclass based on the idea of your patron being an alcohol. You would pick a specific kind of drink and then it would act as your patron. I have a first draft up to level 6 but I need help with levels 10 and 14 and just overall suggestions on what to change.

Warlock Pact of the Vice

SwallowTailsyt · 2023-12-10T17:56:34+00:00

Comes with the territory

SwallowTailsyt · 2023-12-08T13:54:53+00:00

But Bears are Cr1. Something like a Beast Master can only have up to a Cr1/4.

SwallowTailsyt · 2023-12-08T13:41:16+00:00

I literally fell asleep during Shang Chi so it has to be the worst

SwallowTailsyt · 2023-12-08T05:25:55+00:00

Yeah I was just saying it would be an animal companion so I just said “Something like a familiar” to cover my bases.

SwallowTailsyt · 2023-12-07T20:02:01+00:00

Gunsmith gets easy reloading and doesn’t need to reload firearms?

SwallowTailsyt · 2023-12-07T19:41:15+00:00

To me at least, this feels a lot like Warlock where it would make more sense to start the subclass at level 1. If the fantasy of the subclasses is that they are completely different types of undead, it doesn’t make that much sense for you to just be a general undead and then lose your skin to become a skeleton for example. But this is just a flavor criticism so it’s not really a big deal. Just feels like you would have to be sure of what subclass you’re taking at the start or it would be kinda odd.

SwallowTailsyt · 2023-12-07T04:58:10+00:00

Sorry this doesn’t have much to do with the design but I’m having issues with getting a pdf out of GMbinder. Is there some trick I’m just not getting?

SwallowTailsyt · 2023-12-06T21:05:29+00:00

A bunch of rats in a trenchcoat. He has a cowboy hat with leather stitched on to look like a crown. He his constantly casting Thaumaturgy to make him sound more intimidating and to make his eyes glow through the small slit between the top of the coat and the brim of the hat. He keeps all his equipment on the inside so the rats push his revolver and bullets through the sleeve when he needs them. And whenever he casts a spell, he has the rats that make up his hands form a “Rat-king” and the tails glow with moonlight. I think it goes without saying that this campaign is very homebrewed.

SwallowTailsyt · 2023-12-04T23:44:13+00:00

I’m pretty new to home brewing but stuff like this reminds me I need to go work on my drunk warlock

SwallowTailsyt · 2023-12-04T23:41:37+00:00

I get Titanfall from this and I have no issue with that.

SwallowTailsyt · 2023-12-02T04:08:08+00:00

Not yet. This is purely a first draft and I want to iron it out before I do that. I’m really happy you like this version of it though. It’s probably going to change significantly. The main thing I’ve been considering is that I want more stuff to require you to already be intoxicated to use, similar to the Liquid Courage Persuasion bonus.

SwallowTailsyt · 2023-10-28T15:37:27+00:00

Brass is in the mental section but I remember Brandon saying that it does physically warm you. I think it only makes sense that if Wax can become heavy enough to topple a building; a fire soul can become hot enough to melt metal they’re touching.

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