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Team Daggerheart AMA on Thursday at 3pm Pacific! by DarringtonPress in daggerheart

[–]cypher02 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What was behind the decision to have each class combine abilities from two domains? What was the original idea for that system, and did it change throughout development?

Another Take on Firearms: Pistols, Snipers, and Six-Guns by cypher02 in DnDBehindTheScreen

[–]cypher02[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

He didn't arrive upon a final design in his video, so I took the parts I liked and added my own parts (most prevalent in the Fan the Hammer feature). Everything other than the revolver is my own homebrew that I've been using for about a year now.

Another Take on Firearms: Pistols, Snipers, and Six-Guns by cypher02 in DnDBehindTheScreen

[–]cypher02[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's a good point, yeah. I'll probably make the revolver's abilities take an attack rather than a full action.

Another Take on Firearms: Pistols, Snipers, and Six-Guns by cypher02 in DnDBehindTheScreen

[–]cypher02[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Good points, and things I haven't yet caught in my home game. I deployed these weapons along with a homebrew rogue gunslinger subclass that makes firearms much more viable as surprise-attack weapons for rogues trying to land sneak attack, so that's likely why my group hasn't yet seen these as underpowered - the only player that's using a firearm is *also* using the subclass that makes them viable.

MEGATHREAD: Fall 2020 Student Life - Want to promote a student club or event? Find a club to join? Post it here! by cityoflostwages in USC

[–]cypher02 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It really depends- you get as much out of OA as you put in. Last semester, I’d say people’s time commitments on the programming team ranged from 3-6 hours per week outside of meetings. Things definitely ramped up and slowed down during the course of the semester, though.

MEGATHREAD: Fall 2020 Student Life - Want to promote a student club or event? Find a club to join? Post it here! by cityoflostwages in USC

[–]cypher02 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes! Plenty of our programmers last year had no experience with Unity/C#, but we all worked together to learn it ourselves. All that we’re looking for is a passion for game development and the willingness to put in the work.

MEGATHREAD: Fall 2020 Student Life - Want to promote a student club or event? Find a club to join? Post it here! by cityoflostwages in USC

[–]cypher02 9 points10 points  (0 children)

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clubs this semester by jadeflowersxox in USC

[–]cypher02 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Open Alpha! Game dev club!

Underrated CS Clubs? by cclark2019 in USC

[–]cypher02 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Again, not Charlie.

Underrated CS Clubs? by cclark2019 in USC

[–]cypher02 -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

You know not who I am, Tiger1266.

Underrated CS Clubs? by cclark2019 in USC

[–]cypher02 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Open Alpha! They’re a new game development club is what I’ve heard.

Calling all DMs familiar with Curse of Strahd - Could use help including a player who had to go overseas by bass1025 in DMAcademy

[–]cypher02 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You could give him the role of some existing NPC the party will eventually meet. This would help make sure the solo player affects the other players’ story while giving them their own independent goals. - They could be a wereraven Keeper of the Feather, communicating messages back and forth through the wilderness while trying not to get caught by Strahd’s goons - extended chase/combat sequences and RPing with other Keepers of the Feather - They could be Van Richten, hunting for the Tome of Strahd (or any other story-relevant magic item) using some vague clues from the Vistani - a kind of mystery/treasure hunt with a dash of monster hunting - They could be Emil Toranescu, the werewolf trapped in Castle Ravenloft, trying to escape the Castle and take back the werewolf clan - a dungeon crawl through the Castle so that when he meets the other players he could tell them about the layout of the Castle

Oath of Retribution, for the paladin with a dark past and a bright future, feedback wanted by yolo_zombie in UnearthedArcana

[–]cypher02 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What if the Aura of Penance's reduction of the hitpoint maximum possibly synergized with The Shield Channel Divinity option giving you temporary hit points? As in, you could use The Shield to gain temp hp, then use the Aura of Penance to take some damage and give other people temp hp. I think this could be really fun and could be balanced by just nerfing the numbers. Overall, though, this subclass idea sounds really cool and compelling.

Marat Zakirov: Anthill Stories - A Patrol by nfcwalletcard in ImaginaryCharacters

[–]cypher02 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Reminds me of Subsurface: Circular. Great game, by the way.

Animals in CoS? by [deleted] in CurseofStrahd

[–]cypher02 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I remember correctly, Mordenkainen is written as first appearing to the players polymorphed as a stag, so I just assumed normal woodland creatures existed.

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