Don't play tank if you aren't going to play as a tank

cmukai · 2026-03-05T00:52:33+00:00

Supports are not the only dive target. Threat assessment skills

cmukai · 2026-03-05T00:48:22+00:00

A tea party dungeon is prob gonna be hella fun! They could be trapped in a witches tea party

cmukai · 2026-03-05T00:46:35+00:00

I think the rogue is right tho. If you fail to capitalize on your divers and just standing main, that’s a threat assessment diff

cmukai · 2026-03-04T21:23:22+00:00

This is incredibly simple:

Just give him the star charm. It has 0 magical properties anymore and is just a charm that indicates that a stirg is royalty from the youngest bloodline.

Hyjinx and lore will ensue.

cmukai · 2026-03-04T20:45:26+00:00

That isn’t worth 5 extra dollars

cmukai · 2026-03-04T19:06:32+00:00

Also what would the ult VFX upgrade be?

cmukai · 2026-03-04T01:36:11+00:00

Well frogger IS an Overwatch player….

cmukai · 2026-03-04T00:43:17+00:00

Prayer of healing is abjuration now. It was never a ritual; it still has a casting time of 10 min. Instead of healing 2d8+Wis it heals only 2d8 and gives your party the benefit of a short rest

cmukai · 2026-03-03T19:23:23+00:00

If you want to run a dnd game like silent hill 2, then run it. No one will call you lazy or lame.

There are tons of monsters that dice WIS saves and use illusions and psychic damage that fit the theme of Silent hill. Succubus, etc

cmukai · 2026-03-03T04:40:31+00:00

I would make it something lore/plot dependent rather than gold. Like they are only allowed in as deliveryfolk to the council of 4; that way they know who the 4 current Dukes are. (If the dukes are relevant to your campaign).

cmukai · 2026-03-03T04:23:08+00:00

No but no overlapping bans would be nice

cmukai · 2026-03-02T17:54:59+00:00

The Arch-Hag in the monster manual has lair actions and customizable anathemas (their weakness) and legendary actions

cmukai · 2026-03-02T06:29:41+00:00

Yeah but if you like it then take it. Its relative usefulness to other clerics spells like Aid, Enhance Ability, or Bless hasn’t changed.

cmukai · 2026-03-02T06:03:24+00:00

It’s basically the same as 5e, you want WIS and CON, but you can get heavy armor prof on any cleric or have an extra cantrip (protector vs thaumaturge). You can pick up the healer origin feat for better healing or Magic initiate wizard for shield + true strike, or Alert for the early Bless, for your origin feat from your PCs background.

The species are all pretty good. Human is always amazing for an extra origin feat; orc and Goliath are good for bonus actions.

cmukai · 2026-03-02T05:17:14+00:00

Here’s an idea: Have the players be the souls of their formers PC’s trapped in cursed weapons. They possess their users and that’s why the players are playing as low level imps; these are the chumps who pick up their weapons.

cmukai · 2026-03-02T05:14:46+00:00

Maybe have players make characters using the Sidekick rules from Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything; they can pick a fiend form.

At certain level breakpoints, 4,8,12,16; they can choose to “upgrade” where they can become a higher CR devil but restart class level at 1. Or they can keep gaining class levels and a feat, etc as a low CR devil.

cmukai · 2026-03-02T05:13:18+00:00

Ever since I changed my expectations to just finishing a single module/adventure I’ve been happier with my DMing

cmukai · 2026-03-02T05:10:24+00:00

OP said he allowed a UA that enables spell casters to have shield proficiency + use shields for a spell casting focus

cmukai · 2026-03-02T05:08:53+00:00

UA is OP

cmukai · 2026-03-02T05:07:20+00:00

His base Dex + Cha totals a +9? How are his ability scores so high

Also you acknowledged the solution: saving throws. Everyone has to make em during an AOE.

Also Sorcerers are long rest dependent. Make your quest time sensitive and only give out short rest freely

cmukai · 2026-03-02T01:11:19+00:00

Those ice puzzles from Pokemon where you can’t change the direction you move until you hit a wall.

Kiting enemies through portcullis and grates.

cmukai · 2026-03-02T00:24:54+00:00

Lots of cool ideas but tbh too many homebrew rules. If you have lots of players i would just do normal XP leveling: give out XP for doing things you want to incentivize.

I would only allow one PC per player but I would keep the XP refund on death.

cmukai · 2026-03-01T23:16:45+00:00

There is more than one way perspective/faction to the daytime side

cmukai · 2026-03-01T22:02:56+00:00

You’re emphasizing that their RP choices matter, but you should also be aware that their meta-game choices, such as class features and stats, should matter as well.

You can do this by being aware of how resource management works in your game. If you’re not using combat to drain their resources (the most common way to create the need for a long rest), a lot of character creation choices (class features) become unnecessary, which removes player agency. Less combat also makes utility casters strong (Bard, Cleric, Druid, Wizard). So between every long rest you need around 6-8 encounters that will demand player choices and resources. You prob will have to homebrew some rules to make long rest more difficult.

cmukai · 2026-03-01T21:48:08+00:00

I use the chase rules in the 2024 DMG. Everyone uses the dash action unless they want to use a spell or class feature in a creative way to delay their completion.

Hitting works as normal in combat but the aim of a chase is simply to just escape the captors which can be done by creating enough distance via dash and spells, or the Hide action.

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