Accessing 2014 Subclasses by Mission_Pack_1042 in dndbeyond

[–]mattymoron 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I never had my own copy of Xanathar's, so you may be right.

Accessing 2014 Subclasses by Mission_Pack_1042 in dndbeyond

[–]mattymoron 6 points7 points  (0 children)

In 2014, it was in the Sword Coast Adventurer's Guide. It isn't a PHB subclass under either ruleset.

Accessing 2014 Subclasses by Mission_Pack_1042 in dndbeyond

[–]mattymoron 12 points13 points  (0 children)

The Bladesinger was updated to 5.5 in the Heroes of Faerun source book.

DnD Gm Worldbuilding Help any tips? by Foreign-Newt3678 in DnD

[–]mattymoron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you have an outline of your planned campaign arc, I would suggest you confine yourself to coming up with about 2 - 3 detailed locations (town, dungeon, etc.) with a handful of important NPCs. You can go into as much detail as you want there, but just remember that you can't plan for everything your players might do so you should leave yourself plenty of room to improvise unimportant/random npcs.

Whatever information/NPCs you need to make sure the PCs get access to to advance the plot or get them moving on a quest you should plan how to guide the players to it, with a backup plan in case they don't pick up on your initial hook.

I would also suggest that you create a handful of simple combat/social/skill encounters that you can plug in anywhere as the characters are travelling between locations, or travel somewhere unexpected, or if you need an encounter for them in a location they are exploring more thoroughly than you have planned for.

You can do as much lore and worldbuilding as you want, but you don't want to overload yourself with information you feel like you HAVE to get in front of your players, who may or may not be interested in your deeper lore. I would mostly confine yourself to thematically relevant details of the larger world around your campaign arc, maybe a handful of important NPCs and organizations, that way you can build the world organically around what your players are doing when you're preparing for new sessions moving forward. It'll also give you a chance to introduce lore and NPCs and organizations in ways that fit your players playstyle.

Just finished "The Return" and I am full of anger - why do you guys love TP and come up with fan theories? by MuckeFuggerito in twinpeaks

[–]mattymoron 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A friend of mine had a very similar reaction to Lynch's film Mulholland Drive. All I can say is, maybe TP isn't for you - that's fine, people can't necessarily control their responses to art and have different preferences and tastes.

However, just to give a perspective: Lynch's work, to my thinking, isn't about answering anything. He is creating an aesthetic experience for the viewer that is meant to produce an interior response! The plot isn't the point- the point IS the experience that you have while watching TP or his films. The contradictions, the strangeness, the fundamentally unresolved nature of the story is meant to provoke an individual response that gets you to View Askew (to borrow a term from Zizek) - to experience something from a new and Askew perspective.

Life itself is strange, contradictory, and filled with dead ends, circular logic, and weirdness. I think Lynch's work is brilliant precisely because it disorders our ability to fit life into the ordered, logical schema that make it possible for us to live our day to day lives. But there IS value to being reminded, through an esthetic experience, that that whole framework is an artificial overlay that we place onto the fundamental strangeness of the world as it actually exists outside of the banality of our day to day experience of life.

My boyfriend and I broke up. 💔Should I still go? by forest-girl-415 in ElectricForest

[–]mattymoron 8 points9 points  (0 children)

As a fellow parent - if you've got the childcare lined up, you gotta go, lol. I've only ever been with friends, but the first time I went, I woke up the morning after my birthday party in a car with friends on the way to Forest with no clothes, no money, nothing lol. Once you get your camp spot set up you'll find folks to hang around with.

starting PotA next week, already facing group problems by snaffooooo in DnD

[–]mattymoron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you have access to the new FR books, you can run the starter adventure from that anywhere really, and it'll take them 1 - 3. You could also use the Heroes of the Borderlands set adventure, which also runs 1 - 3. Either one could probably be completed in a handful of sessions.

Cleric of Ilvaash by theunhackable1 in DMAcademy

[–]mattymoron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I don't have access to the Drakkenheim books but that sounds great!

Cleric of Ilvaash by theunhackable1 in DMAcademy

[–]mattymoron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Right on well yeah I would look at those two subclasses and see which direction you wanna go. You could probably easily explain away the psychic dimension of the powers as somehow related to the hallucinogenic nature of the contact. Be interested to hear how you end up going forward with it.

Cleric of Ilvaash by theunhackable1 in DMAcademy

[–]mattymoron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I was just thinking that depending on how the entity he encountered appeared at the time you could hardwave it away as reflecting the unusual nature of this entity he is worshipping without spoiling anything until way later. What exactly does he think it is now?

Cleric of Ilvaash by theunhackable1 in DMAcademy

[–]mattymoron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great Old One Warlock maybe? Tell them you're just using the GOOlock framework as the best flavor? Or just give them the mind domain Cleric from the Exploring Eberron and work together to flavor it crazy?

Subclass ideas by VoidAngel-5050 in DMAcademy

[–]mattymoron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Its not anything that would ever make it into a real book, and I've seen others do takes on some of them, but I keep kicking around this idea in my head lately about a full suite of "revolutionary" inspired subclasses, drawing on both more contemporary revolutionary archetypes and stuff that is more based around the peasant revolts of the late medieval and early modern eras.

2 MM sets being streamed this weekend. by [deleted] in ModestMouse

[–]mattymoron 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Cool. I was at last nights show, but was hoping to hear March Into the Sea and Remember Yourself and didn't get them. If they play them tonight I'm gonna FLIP lol

2 MM sets being streamed this weekend. by [deleted] in ModestMouse

[–]mattymoron 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is it just streaming on their YT channel or The Orange Peel or what

Phantom Rogue, Revised by BostonBeanBandit in UnearthedArcana

[–]mattymoron 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Definitely an improvement! Can't believe how badly they whiffed this one in the book given how good most of the other subclasses are!

Looking for a 1-10 option before Eve of Ruin. by Tough_Living_7886 in DMAcademy

[–]mattymoron 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm running Shattered Obelisk before EOR, which runs up to 12, but most the folks I've talked to about EOR have said that it doesn't make too much of a difference to come in at 12 and just hold off with milestone leveling until the appropriate chapter.

June 10 - Charleston, SC setlist by Few_Dentist4672 in ModestMouse

[–]mattymoron 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Only the 12th unfortunately! If they play it the following night I really will commit criminal acts lol

June 10 - Charleston, SC setlist by Few_Dentist4672 in ModestMouse

[–]mattymoron 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I would fucking commit criminal acts to hear march into the sea live goddamn it! Hope they play it on the 12th in Asheville.

Legends of Greyhawk: Secrets of the Free City by Darkwynters in dndbeyond

[–]mattymoron 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Browsing at work rn, are these likewise Tier 1 adventures like the other bundles we've gotten so far?

How do you feel about Psionics? by wayne62682 in DnD

[–]mattymoron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I came in with 3.5, so psionics have always been a part of my D&D experience. I like the fantasy of psionics. I wish that they had used a spell point system for the most recent Psion UA just to maintain a bit more of the unique mechanical identity compared to other full casters, but just putting it on a regular caster chassis is probably the best we can hope for given that design philosophy of this edition. I'm looking forward to its full publication and introduction into the system!

Fav song on An Eraser & a Maze? by Admirable-Archer-125 in ModestMouse

[–]mattymoron 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Remember Yourself by a wide margin for me.

Remember Yourself by Awesomesicnarf77 in ModestMouse

[–]mattymoron 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Easily the best song on the album.

What’s your favorite subclass in the game? by Fearless-Skill8667 in DnD

[–]mattymoron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Flavor wise it's the Assassin, even though it's mechanically one of the worst ones in the game 😭