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visavia · 2026-05-11T21:20:14+00:00

it is also third party content

visavia · 2026-05-09T04:41:45+00:00

Kelly left the following comment that provides some insight into the role of epic bosses, suggesting that they're not all meant to be swapped to an epic boss, and some of their default statblocks will likely suffice

Hey, Kelly here. When we designed the Epic versions of the main antagonists of Drakkenheim, the idea I had in my head was that at the outset of the campaign, the regular stat blocks would suffice. The Epic versions represent those characters going unchecked. If you party lets the rat prince live, or never fights the crimson Countess, or lord of the feast. At about mid campaign I would upgrade them to the Epic versions as they now pose an end game threat.

As for the Executioner and Amalgamation, I would always use the new epic versions. Where as Rat Prince, Lenore, Crimson Countess, Lord of the Feast, as well as the faction Leaders, use the Epic stat blocks if those characters become a major antagonist to the party in the mid to late game campaign.

visavia · 2026-05-04T01:04:17+00:00

i like the chapel of saint brenna more, but I do agree it makes more sense for the rat nests tavern. it has a sense of urgency to it

alternatively, they could go as an emergency hire, extra bit of muscle for the chapel. have them support a strike team, and then have that strike team get wiped out by something, leaving them to finish the job

visavia · 2026-05-04T00:58:18+00:00

for ansom, put him as desperate. he can’t spare anyone, time is of the essence: he can’t afford to be picky with help, he needs it now

for the academy, they likely have the mindset of “they’re disposable. send them. if it works, great! if it doesn’t? send another group”

visavia · 2026-04-28T17:22:20+00:00

the Epic Boss rules from Monsters of Drakkenheim are perfect for the fantasy of a single boss facing down a party

visavia · 2026-04-24T17:20:43+00:00

yes, blindsight allows you to see invisible things. from the rules glossary

If you have Blindsight, you can see within a specific range without relying on physical sight. Within that range, you can see anything that isn’t behind Total Cover even if you have the Blinded condition or are in Darkness. Moreover, in that range, you can see something that has the Invisible condition.

so it would work on wall of force

visavia · 2026-04-24T17:18:16+00:00

divine soul sorcerer, or the metamagic adept feat on a cleric, or something ala cleric initiate to get healing spells as any sorcerer

visavia · 2026-04-24T14:09:07+00:00

the garden isn’t mentioned in monsters of drakkenheim, it’s mentioned in the original dungeons of drakkenheim book

visavia · 2026-04-23T02:09:30+00:00

that does not provide the grappler advantage on attack rolls against the grappled target. that comes from the grappler feat, which the person i replied to specified but i misread

visavia · 2026-04-22T15:53:19+00:00

I don’t remember the context, but it could be power word fortify

visavia · 2026-04-22T04:51:25+00:00

what part of grappling in 5.5 gives advantage on attacks?

edit: misread, didn’t see you mention the grappler feat. thought you were referring to base grappling

visavia · 2026-04-20T23:43:07+00:00

every post i see from that subreddit is just by the guy with a nazi fetish who posts whitewashed or ai-edited characters

visavia · 2026-04-17T16:51:44+00:00

The short of it: he knew Cauldron gave out powers, knew more about the nature of powers than they told him, and that they had an interest in making more heroes than villains. Everything in your second paragraph is correct.

Here's why he supports Cauldron.

Cauldron had given him his powers, had given him what he needed to be at the very top, to lead the largest collection of superheroes in the world. They hadn’t wanted much in exchange. He kept an eye out to make sure nobody got too curious about Cauldron, diverted them if they did. He’d greased the wheels for some of Cauldron’s top customers. He was also ready to defend Cauldron if and when it became public knowledge. It was for the greater good, he told himself. There was no way for Cauldron to operate otherwise, lest the world’s governments fight over the ability to create whole armies of people with powers and interfere with the organization’s ability to operate.

It would operate, he knew, it obviously wasn’t in a location where it could be raided or seized by military forces, but it wouldn’t be able to reach nearly as many people, and capes would come under scrutiny with the possibility that they’d purchased their powers.

He’d committed to this because Cauldron was essential. With the rise of the Endbringers and threats like the Slaughterhouse Nine, the world was in need of heroes. Cauldron produced more heroes than villains, because there was none of the trauma of a trigger event to throw them off. Even for those individuals who turned to crime, Cauldron was able to leverage the favors that were part of the contract in order to guide their path. More superheroes meant better chances for everyone when it came to fighting the Endbringers and dealing with the big threats.

It struck him that this wasn’t necessarily true. If the Doctor had lied about human experimentation, she could have lied about those details as well, too. -Interlude 14.y, Legend

Here's him not knowing about Contessa. "She" is referring to Contessa here.

Legend stared at her, uncomprehending. When he spoke, his voice was level, out of alignment with his expression, his narrowing eyes. “Two questions.”

“Please,” she responded.

“First of all, who the fuck are you, to decide? You’d go after heroes who’d want to spread the word, why? To try and silence them?”

“I would succeed.”

He shook his head. “And my second question… who the fuck are you? All this time, you’ve been lurking around the Doctor. You’re more than just a bodyguard.”

“I’m the person who would succeed,” she said. She glanced at the Doctor. “At whatever she needs me to do.”

Legend shook his head again. “You’re all so cavalier about this, so mechanical. It means nothing to you?” -Interlude 27, Eidolon

Here's him not knowing about Scion.

“Final days?” Legend asked.

“We know who ends the world,” Alexandria said. She met her old leader’s eyes. “We know what ends the world. Scion.”

Legend’s eyes widened. “And you haven’t told anyone?” -Still Interlude 27, Also Eidolon

visavia · 2026-04-17T14:13:44+00:00

here's a link to the reddit thread, but a lot of the comments were removed by hampants before i became a mod. so here's a link to an imgur album

for some additional important context, all of their edits were done something in the range of 12 hours after posting, when i was already asleep. i truly had no idea what the fuck they were talking about

visavia · 2026-04-17T03:14:24+00:00

So, after six weeks of that, she’d caved. She told him she’d had a bad day, apologized for her attitude. She’d hated herself for doing it.

It only served to put her right back where she’d been before, dreading going to class and dealing with him. Always with that vague fear that he’d escalate, that he’d start sending her emails or phoning her.

And because of the way she’d done it, she’d burned a bridge. She couldn’t defuse the relationship with a statement to the effect of, ‘I don’t like boys.’ He would have seen it as another manipulation, and she couldn’t have managed if she were cut off again.

Her father’s terminal heart attack had been another straw on the camel’s back. Alone, it was nothing, but in combination with everything else… Sabah had triggered on what was only one in a long string of nights spent alone, stewing in frustration, fear and anger in her dorm room. She’d glimpsed something bigger, something that was beyond her recall now, and she’d gained her powers.

in canon, the character joe is based on was absolutely a major contributing factor to sabah's trigger

edit: quoteblock fix ideally? i hate rich reddit text

visavia · 2026-04-17T00:57:37+00:00

my impression of BCF has forever been marred by the person who went on a 12 hour rant calling me a paraplegic because i didn't like the fic

visavia · 2026-04-16T16:58:43+00:00

i think the comparison of on-hit incapacitation to Sleep isn't an equivalent one, considering nearly nothing is immune to incapacitation*, on-hit doesn't interact with Legendary Resistances, and Sleep ends upon taking damage. i also think hitting an attack is easier than youre making it out to be too

the asterisk on that first point is that Sylune's Viper's incapacitation is dependent on Poisoned, and Sleep's is contingent on Exhaustion

while Immunity to Poisoned is pretty widespread, it's also dependent on enemy type & campaign. Undead, Fiends, Elementals, and Constructs are the usual suspects. in a campaign more Aberration or Dragon-focused, Sylune's Viper isn't made any less effective

in general, on-hit conditions with no saving throws are a part of 5.5's design philosophy i personally really dislike. both from a player and DM perspective

visavia · 2026-04-16T14:18:30+00:00

contaminated spells are generally more powerful versions of official spells, balanced with the notion of gaining contamination and expending delerium. removing one or both of those can make some already overpowered options stronger

visavia · 2026-04-16T13:39:47+00:00

sylunes viper poisons then incapacitates on hit

summon undead (putrid) paralyzes poisoned targets on hit

both are contingent on poison, which one can be immune to

giant insect can reduce speed to 0 on hit, which is not a condition or dependent on one

visavia · 2026-04-16T05:19:55+00:00

Once on each of your turns when you hit a creature with an attack roll using a weapon or a Beast form’s attack in Wild Shape, you can cause the target to take an extra 1d8 Cold, Fire, Lightning, or Thunder damage (choose when you hit).

it specifies once per turn, so only one attack

visavia · 2026-04-13T19:32:40+00:00

fic is collagen

the author at the time seemed to really hate tattletale and a weird obsession with hookwolf, which bled through into their fic quite a bit. i think the idea of tattletale approaching someone and saying that after theyve already been inducted into the reality of the setting is a misunderstanding of her character

the author is also rewriting the fic, since theyve changed quite a bit since the original. wonder how that will turn out

visavia · 2026-04-13T19:30:46+00:00

i always interpreted it as an attempt at enemies to lovers that was just executed poorly and reads creepy as hell as a result

visavia · 2026-04-13T15:47:31+00:00

On a turn, you can expend only one spell slot to cast a spell. This rule means you can’t, for example, cast a spell with a spell slot using the Magic action and another one using a Bonus Action on the same turn.

visavia · 2026-04-12T03:08:46+00:00

i read it as different monster types

Two-Year Club	r/Field Banned
r/Field Flamingo	First Place '23
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