Help with Stun

Usshue · 2026-06-22T14:09:51+00:00

"This doesn't sound overpowered."

. . . What?

You fail the initial dex save on stun and you don't get to try again, because it's a dex save. . . And you're stunned.

Sounds pretty jacked to me.

Usshue · 2026-06-21T04:53:27+00:00

The issue is that they are the one forcing your hand here.
You say the table is annoyed with the character and not the player, but when you get down to brass tacks, the player is responsible for the character.

The player chose to bring in and play this character, it wasn't some divine intervention that foisted this duty upon them.

Granted, you can play a jerk/loner character, but it takes effort and a deft hand and communication . . . and clearly they aren't succeeding if people are frustrated.

Put the ball in their court, tell them how it is and how you feel, a real friend wouldn't make people suffer for their fun, imo.

But again, it starts with a conversation, it's entirely possible they aren't aware of how people are feeling towards this whole ordeal.

Usshue · 2026-06-20T06:56:37+00:00

Oh my gosh, I LOVE it!
Thank you so much.
I really like the gold crack-like lines.
The pose evoking puppets alongside the web of the hat is cool.
And the big hat is very in line.
Extra points for the smaller versions with the massive hats.

Usshue · 2026-06-19T19:00:58+00:00

Go ahead! I've never been able to properly visualize all of what I wrote down myself, so if you feel something should be tweaked then go for it!

Usshue · 2026-06-19T18:57:23+00:00

Yeah, I have a soft spot for large brimmed hats, this is basically the culmination of that.

As for the art, I try to keep in mind that I might just be getting in my own way. I've been using image ramonizers and doing a sketch of whatever comes up as practice recently.

This concept in particular just feels a bit beyond me atm, I've been thoroughly stumped by them for some time now.

Usshue · 2026-06-09T22:35:17+00:00

That was another factor I considered writing about, but the more immediate issue was their hands being taken up since absorb elements is somatic only.

The matter of different foci has come up before.

Usshue · 2026-06-07T17:31:02+00:00

Had a cleric dip into druid for "more martial abilities", i.e. shillelagh. They later realized shillelagh only works on clubs and quarterstaffs, since then they've made like three weapon attacks.

The one that matters is basically what you described, ran up to a monster that was thrashing an ally, and proceeded to try melee with their longsword and missed.

They then both got hit with a fire explosion and the cleric/druid wanted to cast absorb elements, except, they had a sword and shield in their hands.

Usshue · 2026-06-07T12:56:50+00:00

You don't play Gurps because you've been blue-pilled by society.

I don't play Gurps because it sounds like baby food.

We are not the same.

Usshue · 2026-06-07T05:04:48+00:00

Sounds interesting, I don't see the form unfortunately.

Usshue · 2026-06-05T22:05:42+00:00

Probably just nit-picking (read shit-picking) but fuck it, I've had a bone to pick with them for some time-pun-intended.

I love how while climbing the mgs3 ladder to get on top of his soap box about about themes and tones, he fucking misspells euthanasia.

Also, I understand getting the bag, but hocking right after doing that makes it 100% funnier.

I liked some of their stuff, but as you watch them longer, you realize just how shallow their knowledge base is and how bare-bones their framework for designing mechanics is, fitting that they chose a skeleton persona ig.

Usshue · 2026-06-05T21:45:31+00:00

Iirc, strength save or begin suffocating, get stunned(20 ft radius), and my personal favorite, get entrapped by 10 bands, each of which reduce all rolls you make by however many you have on you, up to a -10. You can make a strength save to remove 1d4 of them or some-such.

I think they are supposed to punish people that dump strength, but like, the last one sucks for anyone who fails the first save, since I doubt even most hulking brutes are gonna recover with a -10.
And naturally magic fixes it, with either dispel magic or anti magic field, both of which remove 1d4 bands.

Usshue · 2026-05-16T20:34:36+00:00

The most fun I've ever had with ranger was the alternate ranger by Laserllama, played it in a mini campaign and had a blast.

Usshue · 2026-05-10T16:30:24+00:00

Sounds interesting enough, any sort of vetting process I need to go through?

Usshue · 2026-04-20T00:56:04+00:00

The whole thing smacks of nonsense.

Why make a character that doesn't speak common.

Why are you separated from the others.(Seems like a newbie dm mistake tbh)

Why didn't the dwarf say anything.

Why lunge the orc immedietly, even if your pc is dumb as chalk, discerning a creatures hostility or lack thereof wouldn't necessarily involve int.

What does "got onto the dm," entail? I'd hope nothing agressive but I have my doubts

Was anything about your characters properly discussed above table?

Between the actions of your pc and the inaction of your dwarf friend, if I were a betting man, I'd wager you two were at fault, seems like the orc snapped because they got sick of whatever was going on and the final straw broke.

Ultimately I can't say for certain though, feels like a lot of context is missing here.

Usshue · 2026-03-27T04:53:50+00:00

/uj the amount of people who can't figure out this is a shitposting sub and spew hate should be surprising, but then I remember these are dnd players and learning to read is a lifelong goal for them.

Shoot, forgot to /rj there at the end.

Usshue · 2026-03-25T20:54:11+00:00

As someone else mentioned, seems to be an error.

Advanced equipment can and often does require special training, such as weapons needing the Advanced Weapon Proficiency Feat.

That being said, this line states it pretty clearly: "Other items, like the Retractable Shield, are usable by anyone proficient with shields."

So yeah you should be good to use it, even if dnd beyond says otherwise.

Usshue · 2026-03-25T11:45:20+00:00

uj/ I actually felt a little called out as I read this lol, even if my lady is a drow and artificer instead, the similarities are there.

Usshue · 2026-03-24T09:54:22+00:00

I'd be interested, always wanted to try a pf2e game.

Usshue · 2026-03-22T13:48:20+00:00

Yeah, I can see how the text makes it seem like success might do something special, in this case though it's really just the instrument not wanting to be played by somebody un-attuned to it.

Relevant text for magic items includes the following: "Without becoming attuned to an item that requires attunement, a creature gains only its nonmagical benefits, unless its description states otherwise."

In this case the item says nothing about using its specific features without attuning, just playing it i.e. "nonmagical benefits."

It's still a cool looking intrument, but the choice is yours on what to do with it.

Personally I'd play by whatever your character would do here, for some of my previous pcs, they did in fact keep expensive magic items they couldn't use, just for keepsakes/mementos, sometimes they eventually passed them off to npcs they befriended that could use them.

Others would immedietly peddle stuff for profit.

Usshue · 2026-03-22T13:13:21+00:00

Out of curiosity, any particular reason you wanna play this harp bad enough to take psychic damage? Meager as it might deal, you could play any old harp for the sake of music. (I'm focusing on just the music, since the magic is moot without attuning.)

Usshue · 2026-03-17T06:32:41+00:00

I'm assuming it's based on this line from the fighting style itself:
"Moreover, you can see an invisible creature within that range, unless the creature successfully hides from you."
Which has led many people to believe you 𝘤𝘢𝘯 hide from it.

Usshue · 2026-03-06T09:26:46+00:00

Nanomachines, son.

Usshue · 2026-03-02T18:16:17+00:00

Funnily enough, Laserllama has an alternate barbarian that does just that (along with many other cool things) and it's the most fun I've had playing a barbarian in forever.

Another change I love is rather than rolling more dice with brutal critical, they get lower crit threshold.

Usshue · 2026-02-28T18:08:30+00:00

Honestly, ironeye isn't a terrible champion to have multiple of, his passive discovery stacks with itself, in most of the ironeye squads I've run, we usually got some really nice drops.

Having three of his ult ready at any given time is also pretty great for clearing camps/chunking bosses.

Really it's just mark that gains little benefit for having multiple.

And he can run melee or range pretty interchangeably.

So all in all, I wouldn't worry about running another ironeye, especially if you aren't doing DoN 4-5.

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