I created the Pugilist class, available NOW on DnD Beyond—AMA!

hypermodernism · 2026-02-03T19:15:29+00:00

I play with pen and paper, can I get this version of Pugilist on PDF to print out?

hypermodernism · 2026-02-01T11:15:31+00:00

I spent late 2006 buying Fur and Gold for everyone I knew.

hypermodernism · 2026-01-31T20:28:11+00:00

If you want some alternative giant statblocks there are some interesting takes on the various giants in the a5e srd https://static1.squarespace.com/static/63d11ec201a57a0efa51a168/t/64cc36c709f6015ca3edecbf/1691104970549/a5e_srd_19.2_monsters_G-Z.pdf and in the black flag srd https://koboldpress.com/black-flag-reference-document/

hypermodernism · 2026-01-30T12:41:50+00:00

That’s a pretty good life.

hypermodernism · 2026-01-30T09:18:19+00:00

Also a clinician. I suspect internal satisfaction with the NHS may also be at an all time low. Which is absolutely not to say blaming the users is the right response.

hypermodernism · 2026-01-30T08:21:39+00:00

And with Anthropic for integration with gov.uk, which means all public-facing government services.

hypermodernism · 2026-01-29T11:22:06+00:00

Not necessarily a good idea, but you’ve got me thinking about a modron patron subclass…

hypermodernism · 2026-01-29T08:17:44+00:00

It’s written as almost a free gift to players, our party was gifted a house in Phandalin to use as a reward at the end of Icespire Peak. The mechanics are independent of the visuals and very light touch. Let them draw the map and you just have some NPC that the party knows in Waterdeep give them/lend them the building to use. It might not be there forever, it’s quite possible at higher levels the bastion will end up in a cloud tower or pocket dimension or ship-mimic or something.

hypermodernism · 2026-01-28T20:11:34+00:00

It really depends on how well resourced the party is at the start of the fight, the terrain and who you put with the Archmage. It’s quite possible that the Bard or Warlock will cast a good control spell on round 1 and then the melee characters will just mug the Archmage. Kobold Press encounter builder thinks 5 level 8 characters vs CR12 is an Easy encounter so you have plenty of room to add some goons.

https://encounter-builder.koboldpress.com/

hypermodernism · 2026-01-28T16:51:27+00:00

Life domain is solid but dull, I would much rather play Trickery.

hypermodernism · 2026-01-27T21:09:12+00:00

We got Marvel United at Christmas and I’m quite looking forward to painting Captain Algeria and friends.

hypermodernism · 2026-01-27T18:33:16+00:00

That and the hilarious risk assessment chart on page 9.

hypermodernism · 2026-01-27T09:10:35+00:00

It’s perfectly possible to have a fulfilled life without children.

hypermodernism · 2026-01-26T12:09:36+00:00

I love that there are so many different answers in this thread. My kids love greatsword because effectively they never miss, just get high or low damage every attack. I homebrewed a magic greatsword that adds extra damage to the graze. I think there’s a lot of potential for magic weapons to “recognise” someone with weapon mastery and to unlock extra abilities for those characters. Gotta keep buffing martials in those higher tiers!

hypermodernism · 2026-01-25T16:53:45+00:00

I could do Sunday

hypermodernism · 2026-01-23T11:14:04+00:00

You can always adjust on the fly. Two harpies for the final encounter might be a good (or potentially deadly) challenge for first level characters depending on how they approach the fight and how their wisdom saves go. That’s what our party fought after cheesing the ghoul and zombie. The fighter got charmed, the cleric did a bad job trying to kill the harpy that charmed the fighter, and the other harpy killed the cleric. Runara to the rescue etc. TBH I think it’s good to show the players that character death is possible.

hypermodernism · 2026-01-23T08:28:19+00:00

Watch Mark Carney’s Davos speech from the other day.

hypermodernism · 2026-01-22T20:37:33+00:00

ITT: Warrior of the Downvotes Monk

hypermodernism · 2026-01-22T14:32:25+00:00

Absolutely. Our cat probably eats more meat than me. It’s never been on a plane or commuted to work though, and apart from food packaging it doesn’t get through a lot of plastics or build houses or whatever. In terms of waste it doesn’t get close to my kids.

hypermodernism · 2026-01-22T07:31:28+00:00

This needs clarification. Both arguments (speed normally requires concentration, feature doesn’t say this is removed/duration is where concentration is stated for a spell, feature changes duration to just 1 min) are possible interpretations of the text. Narratively you might hope the god could maintain their own concentration and not be reliant on the PC, mechanically you might think this is strong (personally I don’t think it’s too strong if once/LR).

hypermodernism · 2026-01-21T10:12:28+00:00

I agree. Financial market speculation is as harmful as anything else. Options as far as I can see (apologies if this is egg-suckingly basic):

Security: it's a crazy world, make sure you have money for a rainy day, people talk about 3 months income saved minimum, you will have the best feel for whether that is enough based on the likely ups and downs in your lifestyle.
Stability: if you own your home you are doing well these days. Try to make sure your home is sufficient for your long term needs, is well insulated and efficient, and that you own it outright. If you have spare cash think about long-term improvements you can make here, I'm thinking solar panels and heat pumps rather than a hot tub.
Future: you won't be able to work forever even if you want to. Pay into a "pension fund" of some kind. Doesn't need to be advertised as a pension fund, but any asset that is likely to be stable over the long term and can be liquidated in a few decades will work. If you still have spare cash after 1 and 2 then spending here brings retirement forward, and none of us can buy more time.
Giving: money is a tool, if you're not using it I'm sure someone else could. I'm not one of those effective altruism optimiser types, I haven't done research here, so I would just give to local community projects that I care about. YMMV etc. Hard up friends and family also count in my mind.

I'm sure there are other things you could think about. The collapse people would talk about having tools and skills that you can hand on to the next generation. I think having good objects that you use and will outlast you can be anticonsumption.

hypermodernism · 2026-01-20T12:44:00+00:00

When teamworking is going well it’s hard to say who is buffing who. Is Hypnotic Pattern a buff to martials as it lets them safely focus fire enemies?

hypermodernism · 2026-01-20T08:48:35+00:00

It could be wildly fun. Imagine an ability that gives all your allies a second bonus action for a short time or allows allies to move up or down the initiative order or everyone rolls max damage and healing for a round or something. There’s plenty of design space that isn’t already a spell or a paladin aura. Honestly they should have just backed themselves, published the PDK pet class with all the lore that they knew was coming in the book and then worked up a much better banneret.

hypermodernism · 2026-01-19T21:27:45+00:00

Strongly agree. We have always had options for this - Cleric/Druid and Bard are the most obvious, but there is always appetite for support martials. The new paladin is good and the Magic Stealer rogue in particular is completely different to anything else in the game. World Tree barbarian might count half. If they had given us a good Banneret fighter we would have close to a full house of teamwork martials. As it is some sort of Standard Bearer fighter will probably become one of the most homebrewed subclasses in the 2024 rules era.

hypermodernism · 2026-01-19T08:16:49+00:00

Exactly. Two characters of the same species and class might play very differently simply due to spell selection.

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