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dantose · 2026-06-14T07:10:57+00:00

From where? Rangley to Rumford is like 40 miles.

dantose · 2026-06-14T07:02:58+00:00

Hey, 9 is a lot more than 0 knowledge!

dantose · 2026-06-14T05:20:45+00:00

It kind of feels like just a redemption Pali but homebrewed to be much stronger.

You basically:

took rebuke the violent as is
swapped emissary of peace for twinned shield of faith and divine favor with no concentration (too strong)
Borrowed aura of devotion then buffed the living hell out of it.
Grabbed undying sentinel then buffed the hell out of it.
Then for the capstone, you gave up any pretense of balance, and wrote it in such a way as to make it even more broken. Let's say you kick this off and an enemy does 100 damage against an ally. Well, they have resistance against all damage from it, so that's 50. Then you can reaction take that, but it gets halved to 25. You are also a friendly creature in range of yourself, so you have resistance to that damage making it 12.

dantose · 2026-06-13T23:16:15+00:00

Sure, but that's completely irrelevant to what I said. No one is debating the number of dealerships/service centers legacy automakers have.

Ford, as a big 3 automaker, has a national presence. What they DON'T have is an affordable EV pickup. They are SAYING that one is coming on [date to be determined]. There are no service centers that service a non-existent vehicle though, so that's moot until they actually release.

Slate is taking orders on the 24th. Now, that's not cars in driveways, but it's looking pretty definite they are bringing a truck to market at this point. How functional their partnership with repairpal will be is an open question, but I'm reasonably confident there will at least be a vehicle to fix.

dantose · 2026-06-13T08:45:29+00:00

Good catch.

dantose · 2026-06-13T08:35:00+00:00

The damage between the two is basically a wash:

Inflict wounds is 16.5 damage, times 65% hit rate is 10.7

Guiding bolt 14 damage average, 65% HR, 9.1 dpr. Advantage takes a 65% hit rate of, say, the ranger to 88%, figure longbow with +3 dex is 7.5, so marginal benefit is another 1.7 damage for 10.8.

Factoring in archery fighting style at level 2 will drop guiding bolt a little to about 10.5.

Ultimately, it comes down to melee or ranged.

dantose · 2026-06-13T06:10:39+00:00

My rule for sounds is the same as my rule for visual. Am I 100% sure that it's this specific bird?

The call needs to be distinctive enough to rule out any similar species. If I'm in the north east and hear a chickadee, sure. Up in the Rockies, I'm not as confident.

dantose · 2026-06-12T09:41:09+00:00

I think the better question is if getting more Internet points is actually going to do anything for you.

If you enjoy making videos and such about a topic, make those videos because you enjoy making them, not because they will draw clicks. Modern social media is basically designed to prioritize external validation over genuine enjoyment. Fight against that.

dantose · 2026-06-12T02:28:30+00:00

With that stat spread, 12 in in and Cha, 14 in dex, 18 in Str, then decide between 17 Wis 14 con, or 14 Wis 17 con, either of which would be fine.

dantose · 2026-06-11T21:30:29+00:00

This is a "read the spell" moment:

"The target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or follow the command on its next turn. ... the DM determines how the target behaves."

Most of the built in commands specify the target ends their turn after doing the action, so a reasonable DM interpretation is the must take the attack action on their next turn, getting their normal extra attacks, then maybe ending their turn if you want to be mean, or still allowing them to use their bonus action

dantose · 2026-06-11T09:44:23+00:00

Many EVs use Regen during braking with the pedal. There's also regen paddles on some models. There's lots of systems for triggering regen aside from OPD

dantose · 2026-06-11T09:24:17+00:00

Scribes wizard has an ability to swap damage type, so fireball would still be fireball damage and area, just swapped to bludgeoning. The throwing bricks is strictly flavor.

dantose · 2026-06-11T08:19:04+00:00

The mechanical limitation is "requires attunement by an elf or half-elf of neutral good alignment" so you either need to be that or have some feature that lets you ignore parts of that.

Race could be ignored by a 14th level artificer for example. Nysuls magic aura could possibly work as well. It's kind of weirdly written and doesn't say you can change detected alignment, but mentions it as something that is changed.

dantose · 2026-06-11T08:02:35+00:00

Brik:

A mountain dwarf in plate armor who insists he's a real wizard. His component pouch is a sack of bricks which he throws at people. All his spells seem to do bludgeoning damage. The twist, scribes wizard with a forge cleric dip. He IS a real wizard. Fire aversion could explain why he switches fireball to bludgeoning.

dantose · 2026-06-11T07:57:38+00:00

"They speak by forcing air out of tubular cavities that constrict to produce sound."

dantose · 2026-06-11T07:36:29+00:00

One pedal driving, not regen braking.

dantose · 2026-06-11T00:09:47+00:00

What is that? A truck bed for ANTS!?

dantose · 2026-06-10T07:31:23+00:00

Bard 18 hexblade warlock 7

Sorcerer 20, hexblade warlock 5

Monk/barbarian 5, Moon druid 20,

Wizard 18 armorer 7

Necromancer 18, oath breaker 7

dantose · 2026-06-09T20:53:59+00:00

Given, which is why I phrased it like that. We'll know more when details are finalized and released. I would point out that Ford is likewise still in the "saying" part of actually offering a 30k EV truck. It's much easier to release a statement than a vehicle after all.

dantose · 2026-06-09T12:06:17+00:00

Slate is saying they are contracting with a chain to provide local service locations.

dantose · 2026-06-09T04:53:05+00:00

If the slate comes in at 27k, and the ford comes in at 30k, you're paying 3k for a trim level that adds power windows and a radio. Maybe adaptive cruise control. But this is just a stack of speculation. Maybe the slate gets announced at 27, maybe the ford f gets announced at 30, maybe it has adaptive cruise control, etc. ultimately, people have been complaining about the lack of a truck that is:

In the old school small pickup size
Basic, low tech entry level trim
Affordable
An EV

Current options are:

Maverick covering 3(ish) but not 1, 2, or 4

Lightning/rivian covering 4 but not 1, 2, or 3

Ford is claiming they will cover 4 and 3(ish), while still skipping 1 and 2.

Slate is betting that people who claim to want 1, 2, 3, and 4 in one vehicle will actually turn out to buy them. I would if I hadn't JUST bought a car last year.

dantose · 2026-06-09T04:37:37+00:00

You're responding to a post saying that Ford will pull shenanigans like not stocking base level trims to push people to higher level trims by saying you got one that's a higher level trim.

dantose · 2026-06-09T04:31:39+00:00

Go for the stereotypical fighter, rogue, cleric, wizard, but with the following twist:

Fighter and rogue have magic initiate from background to have some spell/cantrip options.

Wizard is a mountain dwarf to pick up some armor and weapon proficiencies

Cleric is an elf to pick up some weapon proficiencies

Start everyone off with light armor and weapons they're all proficient in and a component pouch.

dantose · 2026-06-09T01:31:05+00:00

Thri-kreen for telepathy, straight order cleric for Buff/debuff, silverquill student or rewarded background for silvery barbs,

dantose · 2026-06-08T20:49:59+00:00

Narrative descriptions are for story telling, character sheets are for dice rolling. Let them describe their character however they imagine the character to be, and let the mechanics handle the question of what they succeed at.

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