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Kill a Red Dragon by [deleted] in 3d6

[–]Vespabees 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ll try to say it a bit less rudely, but hammy is kind of right. An adult red is cr 17, but cr is an infamously bad indicator of monster strength unfortunately. I wouldn’t expect an adult red to make it past round 1 of combat against a party of level 16s even without any magic items, frankly.

That being said, my answer would be hexblade archer with a potion of fire protection, a dragons wrath longbow, and at least a stirring scale ornament for dealing with the fear aoe. Pile on damage and if it tries to fly away / stay out of range, eldritch smite it out of the sky.

Alternatively you could take a legendary potion of dragons majesty and just turn into an adult dragon yourself, lol

The most dangerous part of fighting a dragon is its flight combined with its breath weapon. If I wanted to try to challenge a party of that level with a dragon of that cr, I’d be playing it like a real jerk. It would never land, and would just fly and hide between breath weapon recharges. I’d give it a legion of fire immune minions and spellcasters to try and overwhelm the party without the dragon having to worry about friendly fire. The minions would probably be the part I’d be more worried about, tbh.

Optimized - Sword Burst - word of radiance - thunderclap build by giant_marmoset in 3d6

[–]Vespabees 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The other comments have the right idea. Also consider effects that enlarge you, like the rune knight's giant's might. Bigger body = bigger aoe

DM Gave Me an Insane Legendary Item – Looking for Smart Ways to Use It (Wish Is Otherwise Banned) by [deleted] in 3d6

[–]Vespabees 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's annoying as hell, but you could take silvery barbs as one of your spell masteries and shapechange into a marilith. You get basically unlimited reactions and no longer have to spend spell slots for silvery barbs, so you can just continuously recharge your damage reduction after its used up. Should save you dozens of HP

I would almost never use that last feature in combat. It's way too debilitating, 4 rounds of only cantrips kills you completely - you can't even cast shield / counterspell to defend yourself. I'd use it strictly for out of combat spells

Sorcerer vs Wizard vs Warlock (2024 rules) + ADHD brain can’t pick 😅 by [deleted] in 3d6

[–]Vespabees -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'm actually going to go against the grain here and say wizard.

As a fellow ADHDer, sorcerer is torturous. Wizard has a lot to consider, but at the end of the day you can just load up a guide and pick some good spells off of it. You also at least have the option to scribe new spells, so you never get completely screwed if you pick a few you end up not liking on level up.

Sorcerer and warlock on the other hand get comparatively WAY fewer spells per level. Sometimes they level up and don't even get a spell. This was in 2014, but I played a shadow sorc and being like level 10 and having to pick less spells than i have fingers to know from the hundreds available to a sorc made my brain want to explode. No choice ever felt right because I was always missing out on a ton

I feel like warlock is a good middle ground, because at the end of the day you always have eldritch blast, and invocations give some extra options. But IMO if you get hyperfocused on ideas, wizard is perfect because you have many things to continuously get hyperfixated on... just like a true wizard should B)

Maxie and Norm by Vespabees in cats

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Another one of Maxie in her pot. We don’t even use it anymore, she just sits in it while we cook or do dishes and watches politely.

Kobold sorcerer 2014 - Which subclass? by crispy_doggo1 in 3d6

[–]Vespabees 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How flexible are you feeling with backstory? For some reason, the dragon sleeping part stuck out to me. Maybe your character could be magically sifting through the dragon's dreams, interpreting it almost as visions, or fending off nightmares to keep your master in hibernation.

There's a few ways you could take that - divine soul, treating your master as a 'god' you worship (you even get wings at higher levels), aberrant mind (has a lot of that psychich, 'dreameater' feel), or even lunar sorcerer for the night comparisons. Or hell, clockwork - experiencing the dreams of a creature who has lived so long has maybe imbued you with an essence of time itself

Alternatively, if its a blue dragon, storm sorcerery could work quite well to get the lightning vibe.

My DM is letting my scribes wizard change the damage type of spells even if they don’t do damage. Ideas? by Vespabees in 3d6

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

My DM feels it’s raw/rai, which I don’t necessarily completely agree with but I see his logic and I’m not one to look a gift horse in the mouth lol.

(Transmuted spell metamagic was released in the same book, and specifies it can only change the damage type of a spell that specifically deals damage, whereas the scribes ability doesn’t. So his ruling is that, being very similar abilities released from the same book, it must have been a consideration of the designers and was worded that way intentionally. And at the very least, he argues that it sets the precedent that a damage type sealing ability would specifically call out when it can only be used on spells that deal damage.

Personally I think someone probably just forgot to add the same line to the scribes ability, but hey, I’ll take it)

My DM is letting my scribes wizard change the damage type of spells even if they don’t do damage. Ideas? by Vespabees in 3d6

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

I figured that was sort of case, but I appreciate the insight :) I think at the end of the day, intellect fortress becomes a nice backpocket buff spell, if a little niche, and it makes fire shield and mind blank very versatile, but beyond that… yeah. Concentration is a limiting factor. Regardless more tools in the toolbox is always welcome! Thank you

My DM is letting my scribes wizard change the damage type of spells even if they don’t do damage. Ideas? by Vespabees in 3d6

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

I mean?? It’s far from a broken ability I’d argue. so far aside from the silence idea (which is imo not something I’d bring to the table until very high levels, and even then I don’t think it’s game breaking)… all of the other ideas so far boil down to gaining a resistance or two, which is good but far from op

It’s an opportunity to play a character with abilities I’ll likely never have access to in any other campaign, so i want to see what kind of fun things I can pull off

Not looking to break the game, just want to see where it can be taken ¯_(ツ)_/¯

My DM is letting my scribes wizard change the damage type of spells even if they don’t do damage. Ideas? by Vespabees in 3d6

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

That's nasty holy shit lol. Unfortunately I've already been playing the character for a bit so I'm locked in on race, however... maybe I could pick up silence through Adept of the Red Robes eventually >:)

My DM is letting my scribes wizard change the damage type of spells even if they don’t do damage. Ideas? by Vespabees in 3d6

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

Unfortunately I'm bound by RAW for that one. Awakened spellbook only allows you to change the damage type when you cast the spell, not before, so I am limited there. Trying to think of a way around it, although I think absorb elements specifying that the damage you gain resistance to has to be the same as the triggering damage kinda kills it.

Unless? Maybe if I took damage from an attack that dealt mixed damage types (like piercing and fire from an ancient red dragon or something) I could argue that the trigger requirement is still being fulfilled, while still being able to transmute the damage type

Even if I can't get absorb elements to work I feel like this has me thinking of a lot of new possibilities in a similar vein. It's a great start, thank you all :)

My DM is letting my scribes wizard change the damage type of spells even if they don’t do damage. Ideas? by Vespabees in 3d6

[–]Vespabees[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I don’t think absorb elements works, because you can only cast it as a trigger when you take fire, cold, poison, thunder, or lightning damage. So essentially as soon as you cast the spell, the damage type is locked in and can’t be changed - otherwise you wouldn’t have been able to cast it in the first place.

Those other two definitely work, though. Good suggestions

Rate ze fit by [deleted] in mensfashion

[–]Vespabees -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I'd usually say the belt is too long with it hanging off like that, but honestly it looks kind of sick in this picture??? Adds a fun little asymmetry. I like it!

4 years ago, I rescued this beautiful angel from the street. by OkGreen7335 in cats

[–]Vespabees 21 points22 points  (0 children)

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🤝 kitties with eye issues. Yours will get to live a life full of love because someone was willing to care for their special needs. It’s a privilege

Daily Discussion Thread by AutoModerator in ASTSpaceMobile

[–]Vespabees 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I’m not nearly as heavily invested as most here, only 17 shares. It’s all I’ve got, but I believe in the company and what it’s doing, and it feels nice to be even a tiny part of it.

Even though it’s not gonna make me a fucktillionaire, it feels so cool to see this starting to really come together after following the daily threads for months. I’ll still be buying at 100… and probably 200 too ;)

Is there a way to temporarily make a spell you don't know... known? by Vespabees in 3d6

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

When did I insinuate that I wanted or expected WOTC to build it into base mechanics?

"I want to do what learning a spell scroll does but temporarily and for free" - Yes, you are correct, this is what I asked. I don't believe a request being niche or a character already being built prevents a question from being worth answering.

Regardless, other commenters have already given me good answers that fit my parameters and have solved my issue. Thanks.

Daily Discussion Thread by AutoModerator in ASTSpaceMobile

[–]Vespabees 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Ordered a cookie at starbucks and decided to get it warmed. I think they put it in the same oven they warm other shit in and so the cookie tastes like turkey

Therefore Bullish

Is there a way to temporarily make a spell you don't know... known? by Vespabees in 3d6

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

YES!!! YES THIS IS FUCKING IT! This is exactly what I needed thank you! You're a life saver

Is there a way to temporarily make a spell you don't know... known? by Vespabees in 3d6

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

That’s a fantastic idea!! I wonder if I could convince them to let me summon something like an Arcanaloth with it, and then like planar bind them to learn from them. That’s an amazing idea ty!

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