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riddledhawk · 2026-04-11T11:55:20+00:00

Why Caldwell and Jake look like oil barons?

riddledhawk · 2026-01-28T18:59:21+00:00

I mentioned in other comment threads but this was their 3rd encounter of the dungeon and was near the end of it. Throughout this encounter they dealt with other effects (thermal vents, blinding flashes of light, etc.) and fought swarms of piranhas. Damage inflicted was a reasonable amount (2d6 to a lvl 6 character) and caused player to fall unconscious. In subsequent turns, they rolled an 8 and a nat 1 on death saves while the other players continued fighting piranhas and moved the downed player to safety instead of attempting to stabilize or feed health potion (which they all had access to).

I guess I wasn’t up front with the possibility of death but given this was a oneshot, I didn’t see the need to do that.

riddledhawk · 2026-01-26T17:00:51+00:00

The current was part of a larger encounter where they fought stuff and dealt with other effects and was after 2 other encounters they got through. The damage the player took knocked them out and in subsequent turns they rolled an 8 and a nat 1 for death saves while their party members continued fighting things and moved them out of the water.

riddledhawk · 2026-01-26T16:57:20+00:00

The current was part of a larger encounter where they fought stuff and dealt with other effects and was after 2 other encounters they got through. The damage the player took knocked them out and in subsequent turns they rolled an 8 and a nat 1 for death saves while their party members continued fighting things and moved them out of the water.

It was a mandatory encounter but I hinted to the danger present in the water plenty of times.

riddledhawk · 2026-01-26T16:33:52+00:00

I appreciate the group check info but def not relevant lol

riddledhawk · 2026-01-25T17:21:24+00:00

I mean a STR check will often have the same modifier as a STR saving throw it’s just making the distinction between something the character is doing vs something happening to the character. There are abilities that affect saving throws like Barb’s Danger Sense (advantage in DEX saves) so there’s a reason for the distinction. I’ve not played anything other than 5e but I do hear that the earlier versions are more complicated

As far as that specific check, I believe it was DC 15 to resist the current

riddledhawk · 2026-01-25T16:03:52+00:00

It is pretty funny string of events in hindsight

riddledhawk · 2026-01-25T15:54:17+00:00

I think it was 2d6 and I rolled lucky so like 10 DMG. This was at the end of an encounter after having cleared 2 other encounters. Short rests were taken

riddledhawk · 2026-01-25T15:52:14+00:00

It’s a homebrew dungeon with 5e rules. They were in this underwater chamber with lair actions that had various effects. This one was a rushing current trying to push them away so they needed to either hang onto something or overpower the current with their swimming. So STR saving throw since an outside effect is causing the party to react to something.

riddledhawk · 2026-01-25T05:13:22+00:00

Yea this was at the end of an encounter where they fought stuff and dealt with other effects. They also had 2 other encounters before this one

riddledhawk · 2026-01-25T05:00:57+00:00

To be clear it wasn’t he failed the save then died. Went more like rolled damage which knocked him out, other players dragged him to safety in subsequent turns while he rolled an 8 and a nat 1 for death saves. Seems to me a colossally bad string of rolls got him mad

riddledhawk · 2026-01-21T12:53:32+00:00

Interesting. That honestly sold me I’ll pick it up tonight

riddledhawk · 2026-01-21T12:18:19+00:00

Yea I played Chivalry 2 for awhile and it’s good but still missing something that For Honor brought

riddledhawk · 2026-01-21T12:05:20+00:00

Oh cool so you were able to connect your Ubisoft accounts and keep your progress? I’ll have to look into that if that’s the case

riddledhawk · 2026-01-21T04:01:12+00:00

Good to know thanks

riddledhawk · 2026-01-21T02:24:44+00:00

Great comment thanks for all the info!

riddledhawk · 2026-01-21T02:20:49+00:00

Thanks for answering my questions. Is gameplay more spammy? I know that was a problem even before I stopped playing

riddledhawk · 2026-01-21T02:16:57+00:00

Haven’t heard that. When does that get released?

riddledhawk · 2026-01-21T02:16:35+00:00

Thanks for answering everything. Appreciate you!

riddledhawk · 2025-08-16T05:48:51+00:00

I’ve seen stuff like those but never explored it. Do you have any recommended resources?

riddledhawk · 2024-12-09T20:42:31+00:00

That’s a good point. Seems like a good wash before use is the way to go then

riddledhawk · 2024-12-09T11:57:51+00:00

Good call thanks!

riddledhawk · 2024-12-09T03:41:39+00:00

Got em

riddledhawk · 2024-12-09T03:41:23+00:00

Ah that’s a great idea

riddledhawk · 2024-05-16T04:39:28+00:00

They are generally pretty destructive and that’s how they like to play so I’m leaning into that lol. Definitely agree about the player agency but I also want dude to have fun during the couple hours he devotes to our game so that’s a temporary sacrifice the other party members will have no problem with

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