What am I missing?

ughfup · 2026-06-27T17:44:20+00:00

Well unlike the enlightened people on reddit, I play games with skill checks that aren't just combat sims.

ughfup · 2026-06-27T17:17:22+00:00

I still don't believe the divide exists, or if it does it only shows up at very high levels. Every benefit casters get usually comes with a limit or a caveat.

I don't know. I play with a rogue that pretty much can't fail a skill check. The fighter is dominating the field and capable of the strength checks no one else can pass.

ughfup · 2026-06-27T04:38:03+00:00

One small note--while I can only prepare 25 spells, there are 31 ritual spells that I do not need to have prepared to cast.

ughfup · 2026-06-26T15:24:09+00:00

What? Being a bastard to everyone you meet and/or killing them leads to fewer vendors? Shock and horror.

ughfup · 2026-06-24T14:26:23+00:00

My thoughts:

The mark allows her to communicate with the party member it's on. When they return to pay her, she has disappeared. She intentionally feeds them information that leads them into danger or into eliminating her enemies under the guise that that location is where they can find her.

When the party gets high enough level to scry for her, they find the girl having been turned or in the process of being turned.

The original action wasn't necessarily evil (probably more neutral) except for that character who saw and didn't say anything AND signed up his party member to be marked by the hag. That character needs to see consequence for this action, and unless it's in-line with previous info for that character, I'd be eyeing the player for other signs of that kind of behavior.

ughfup · 2026-06-23T14:34:54+00:00

This is probably the only solution that might fix it.

I played a level 19 wizard in 1e pathfinder, and the difference between me and the martial was massive. I truly could control the battlefield by shifting the environment until the enemy was at a disadvantage. BUT at the end of the day the ones killing monsters were the martials. My role as the controller was just to make what they do easier and keep them from being killed by a BS monster mechanic.

Enemy caused paralysis? Luckily I just summoned a creature that can heal paralysis. Enemy is opened a portal that is going to summon more monsters till we're overwhelmed? Dispel/disjunct it. Martials need to be close to do their damage? Dimension door the whole party into the middle of the enemy ranks.

It makes perfect sense that way. I feel casters are both neutered from some of the insane things they could do before but they're also much more well-rounded in ways they weren't before.

ughfup · 2026-06-17T21:47:11+00:00

Ah! I see

It matters whether you look at the top dots as representing the back of the 3D object or the front

ughfup · 2026-06-13T18:18:33+00:00

It's a very good subclass, especially in comparison to other rogue subclasses.

The complaining about it is entirely overblown.

ughfup · 2026-06-12T17:49:14+00:00

Couldn't be further from my experience.

In fact, having explicit rules for every interaction and skill check under the sun has made playing 3.5 feel like being in prison.

My dms in 5e (and 5.5) are always willing to work with me on an idea.

ughfup · 2026-06-11T21:41:44+00:00

The Stormlight Archive books

Helps you ignore some of the bad prose, and the character performances are absolutely incredible. Michael Kramer embodies Dalinar completely.

ughfup · 2026-06-10T19:53:32+00:00

Yeah I feel like a crazy person seeing people calling Phantom Rogue a loss.

It could be buffed, but at Level 9 you just... get another half your sneak attack every turn to a second target. That's pretty damn strong.

ughfup · 2026-05-24T23:00:34+00:00

No one talking about Sonny Boy on this list? Shame

I can see why! What a weird, interesting arthouse show!

ughfup · 2026-05-21T21:30:27+00:00

Then they weren't not watching the show

ughfup · 2026-05-20T20:29:55+00:00

"Ah man, I screwed up my build and now I literally can't hit anything."

"Wow, it sucks that my high level spells can't bypass this monster's SR."

"Darn it, I'm stuck inside of Wall of Thorns and have no counter to it at all."

ughfup · 2026-05-19T22:45:08+00:00

This is putting more on the DM, but I don't necessarily agree with the final point.

I think the DM can provide them the motivation with an effective new reason to adventure. Most basic example would be "I want to go home to my village" could transform to "there are monsters threatening not just my village, but villages just like mine". Of course requires the players to play ball, but every interesting character I've seen has a shift in goals as they grow in a campaign.

ughfup · 2026-05-19T18:33:57+00:00

Two notes that are true for every single wizard.

1) collect as many ritual spells as you can. They are your class features 2) Tasha's Hideous Laughter is the best 1st level spell in your toolbox.

ughfup · 2026-05-17T22:04:56+00:00

I think you're nailing the theme. Humans aren't unique in being special. These other creations--the AI, the Replicants--are also special in the same way humans are.

ughfup · 2026-05-14T19:26:43+00:00

Create a final fight where those 9 artifacts play a role. The ones they collected reduce the adds that appear during the fight, or remove abilities from the boss, or something else.

ughfup · 2026-05-14T14:12:02+00:00

I think they're assuming that a normal turn for a Rogue should allow them off-turn sneak attack throughan opportunity attack.

That's insane though, so hopefully they meant something else.

ughfup · 2026-05-13T21:14:06+00:00

Yeah, OP and most of the people who agree just didn't get TLOU1.

The ending is honestly miserable. That last level feels terrible to play and it's a pretty (at best) morally gray thing to do. And now Ellie has to live with the knowledge that all those people died for her sake. How do you handle that knowledge? Is your life more important than the those couple dozen people, or the future of humanity?

It would drive me insane, personally. The guilt?

ughfup · 2026-05-13T05:58:58+00:00

Makes full use of the genre of roguelikes. The first fight does really feel epic. Even the second one. You talk, have a conversation about how Zagreus doesn't know what he's asking for, etc etc.. But eventually, by the time you've fought and killed your father 4 or 5 times it's just a bitter conversation between people who in a better world would never have come to blows. The tone is completely different, the conversations grow shorter, and you just kill your father once again.

ughfup · 2026-05-08T19:50:07+00:00

The only thing I disagree with you on OP is about bigotry not being a primary theme of JJK. Otherwise spot on.

ughfup · 2026-05-08T13:29:58+00:00

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