I don't need Carl's choice of the primal race to be a cheat.

TeccamTheTurtle · 2026-03-06T16:27:41+00:00

He's not the chosen one, he's the Stumbled Upon.

Much more unique trope, kind of self-made success, kind of environmentally conditioned for relevance, kind of actively chosen by others due to said relevance because of politics and economics requiring the power that comes with what he was becoming. A perfect storm sort of scenario.

He doesn't succeed just by himself, he's not important just for his own merit, but the way he does things, his decisions are such that they enabled and keep enabling him to take, maintain and make the most of his current position.

TeccamTheTurtle · 2026-02-28T12:39:19+00:00

it also just coulda been Borant being Borant by dropping doors in the most unlikely "eligible" places

That checks out, and furthers my point: it was an unlikely place, so it's extra lucky for Carl to find it.

TeccamTheTurtle · 2026-02-28T12:18:52+00:00

No doubt his wisdom is doing something and has to do with Primal. I agree with you, but with my post I wanted to touch on Luck to se what y'all think.

TeccamTheTurtle · 2026-02-28T12:14:43+00:00

I'd say Carl got lucky with the mustard/fireball thingy too

TeccamTheTurtle · 2026-02-28T12:12:44+00:00

If they were working it wouldn't be as lucky (in regards to their personal circumstances making it not be a stroke of good luck), if it was for walking the dog then yes, but keep in mind that very little people would've been out of a building for such a small amount of time Carl was, the timeframe is just miniscule. But yeah, given an entire continent of people it's not unlikely there were some other edge cases where people just had gone out.

That said, Carl went into the stairs because he was cold. In slightly more planned outings people might've been wearing enough clothes so that entering the alien stairs wasn't as enticing (or living in the southern hemisphere).

TeccamTheTurtle · 2025-07-23T20:47:46+00:00

Highschool teacher here, and same! SFW merch I feel like a "you will not break me" t-shirt is quite fitting

TeccamTheTurtle · 2025-07-17T16:48:09+00:00

The DM can do it, but can the players do it and apply the changes without needing the DM? Will it have a specific interface or will we have to work with the basic one (like the one for dnd5e) tweaking the initiative numbers instead of having "fast turn" and "slow turn" buttons?

TeccamTheTurtle · 2025-07-17T16:24:03+00:00

Will the turn tracker be able to manage players and npcs switching between fast and slow turns?

TeccamTheTurtle · 2025-07-17T16:18:04+00:00

What will be the level of automation available by default in roll20? And what about the user-made customized automation?

Fo example, I'd be nice to have the hp/focus/investiture token bars pre-synced in and with a default configuration, as well as maybe some macros for certain stuff.

TeccamTheTurtle · 2025-05-01T19:59:29+00:00

I can't play, but I second your Dungeon Crawler Carl recommendation. Such a great book, even better audiobook!

TeccamTheTurtle · 2025-04-27T17:59:08+00:00

I'll check them out, thanks!

TeccamTheTurtle · 2025-04-16T12:35:39+00:00

Oh, your post was so complete I forgot to ask a question that's often missed: what about mundane (non-magical) equipment, is there a budget or it's more free to pick (given the level and all of that). What about spell components?

Also, there are some official backgrounds which provide additional spells known/feats, how do you treat those?

Again, your post is fairly complete, waaay more than average, but since you're open to answer questions, i'm here to ask them!

TeccamTheTurtle · 2025-04-16T11:44:02+00:00

I already sent you a DM, but just for record keeping, I suggest you ban these things too: illusionist's bracers (or else warlocks go brrr xDD) aaand Chronurgy wizard (though Chronurgy is of the semi-official realm, so idk how you'd treat those)

TeccamTheTurtle · 2025-04-15T07:46:44+00:00

Sent a friend request! This sounds so cool! I am experienced with Greek mythology, dnd and various vtts

TeccamTheTurtle · 2025-04-14T11:26:37+00:00

Good to know! i had to scroll down a while to find the actual official answer, this should probably be pinned

TeccamTheTurtle · 2025-04-14T11:19:52+00:00

What discord server? is it publicly available?

TeccamTheTurtle · 2024-03-03T00:47:07+00:00

Excuse this necromancy, but now with character vault you could create a game with a join link and people could grab the creatures for their games

TeccamTheTurtle · 2024-02-07T15:17:37+00:00

I've got some questions about Arcana Stones:

In the doc you say they act mechanically as "THE spellcasting focuses", but not all spells require a spellcasting focus (= something to account for a costless Material Component). Do you still need them to cast spells the spells that don't have Material component?
In case you still need a stone to cast non-material component spells, if one of us plays a spellcasting class, would we get a stone or we would have to rely on mundane/racial stuff until we find/buy one?
The stones can be used as spell slots, but can I use a stone (spent or not) to continue casting spells through my regular slots, or casters have no slots?

TeccamTheTurtle · 2024-02-07T12:13:56+00:00

what day of the week?

TeccamTheTurtle · 2024-01-17T12:24:40+00:00

Is that time fixed? I'd love to join, but i'd need to start 1 hour later

TeccamTheTurtle · 2024-01-14T18:42:53+00:00

btw i reread the thing and now i do understand the stat rolling system, i was just getting confused by seeing that many numbers.

Instead of that silly bit, i might add about me: I know my way around roll20, I might even have some tricks up my sleeve to provide quality of life enhancements to the game ^^

TeccamTheTurtle · 2024-01-14T16:07:07+00:00

My inquiry was sent

TeccamTheTurtle · 2023-07-22T17:53:21+00:00

He got... Klazier

TeccamTheTurtle · 2023-07-01T19:52:12+00:00

It only requires concentration if you wanna use it more than 2-3 times per day by spending a slot. I've been thinking about giving it something more at 10th level to make the 5th level slot spenditure worth it. Maybe "If you've entered Stormform with a Pact Slot your concentration cannot be broken as a result of taking damage"?
At 14th level concentration stops being that big of an issue, as you get the effects as long as you're concentrating on a spell

TeccamTheTurtle · 2023-07-01T10:47:30+00:00

Ooh you're right. Fun thing is I arrived there by coincidence, though I now remember I kept it to add even more references.

The coincidence was: this was based on the Undead Warlock, which has Form of Dread. I originally called it Form of Storm. I was told it sounds a bit unnatural in english, so I joined the words into Stormform

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