/5eg/ - Fifth Edition General

/5eg/ What is the way to make a character this weeby and powerful? Should it be in another system?

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Psychic damage and int saving throws. You can also make use of conditions like paralyzed or frightened.

>playing Curse of Strahd
>friend is playing a bisexual sorc who's happy to screw anyone attractive
>run into Victor
>he's instantly smitten with our sorc's amazing good looks, confidence, freedom, and life outside Barovia
>but he's super shy about it and doesn't say anything (even though it's totally obvious)
>proceeds to help us out again and again, turn the whole party invisible, and save our lives more than once
>ghost erases sorc's memory
>we get Van Richten to restore it
>Victor finally kisses him, right on the fuckin lips

Am I asking for a TPK if I put a sea hag in front of a level 1 party?

Are you forcing them to fight it?

Yes

Is there any easy way to make the optional stats from the DMG more relevant?
If I was ever playing a game with them I would probably just dump them.

they should be able to handle it but may take some damage

>tfw you only get to play in person once every month
I'm tired of online games!

get rid of the light cantrip and then all you need to do is follow the rest of the rules
this. darkvision isn't perfect.
besides mechanically, do your best to make your players feel disempowered when they're still as powerful as they've always been. have an ever looming threat so where they can't rest often or for too long. stretch their resources. make them choose to avoid enemies instead of always going in gung ho. your party will still be the fighter who can cut down 12 people a round but he's going to be wounded, out of action surges, and second winds. your wizard will have no more spell slots, your barbarian has just one rage left, etc. break your party but reward them greatly.
nothing surprisingly. the closest any of my games got to romance was the paladin kissing an unconscious woman (semi-long story).
an optimized party? probably ok if they can get their disable on her early. your average mish mosh of player? probably dead.

No tentacle stuff, it's played out.

same here my man

I DM 5e once a month for a group, and my best friend and I do a solo campaign where i use multiple characters at the same time in pathfinder. I have so many character concepts and ideas to try out and wish i had more people to play with in person.

Isn't this the situation where a passive check would work best?

Unless of course they announce that they're searching.

Yes.

>bisexual
Degeneracy. I hope the paladin of your party smites him.

man, 4e sure is great. I sure wish we were posting about 4e right now.

If a creature turns invisible and runs away, and then the party tries to make a Perception check what should I do?

Just get them to make it but no matter what tell them they can't see it?

Agreed.

I'm using a paladin and I am constantly scowling at degenerate gamblers and imbibers of alcohol and its been a lot of fun. only reason they aren't properly smited yet is because the archbishop specifically assigned me to escort the party.

that is not suitably tragic.
he would have to turn him into a vampire.
then he would get bored with him cause he is immortal, and they would have to fight it out until one of them became the new master.

If your in Ravenloft, the archbishop is either a vampire, a werewolf, or both.

Paladins don't last long in Ravenloft.

that or hes just a corrupt scumbag. Like all paladins. Historically

na, homemade realm but come to think of it we ended the last session preparing to enter a haunted mansion

I don't get to play 5e!
I only get invited to play Pathfinder!
I only get to DM 5e (and Pathfinder too)!
I hate my life!

So how is playing online with people you don't know? My friends and I are just getting into D&D, and we're considering looking for a DM to run an online game. With the assumption that we are all friendly, mature and stable people, what are the odds we end up with something worthwhile?

I'll play with you guys, never tried online before

I've never been a PC before. Ever.

They might still be able to hear it, maybe make a per check with disadvantage, I don't know.

Our paladin is completely fine with it.

Paladin is a disgrace to his order and deity and should be converted to oathbreaker

There is literally nothing wrong with being gay.

I need some input, Veeky Forums.

>DMing game
>party gets roped into not-haunted mansion
>butler NPC gives rundown of the house with some vague "oh, don't go here" IE half the house
>instantly start finding oddities
>furniture reminding them of a player's home
>reading books composed of previously written materials of the PCs, or random things written in their handwriting
>specific clothing from a family member
>players immediately catch on to fuckery
>begin piecing together the odds and ends
>players who attempt most detection magic get a "you blink hard" or "wipe away at your eyes" type detail before revealing nothing
>they get exhausted after running between three rooms relearning the same basic facts for about 2 hours of session time
>one player goes "what we're doing isn't working, so it can't be done"
>prod again with friendly NPC to go "yeah, it gets pretty weird in some segments of the house; be careful"
>even drop extra hints through a fucking pet that things are being odd and they should poke around to find things
>non-complaining player goes "yeah, the magic thing was pretty obvious, but I didn't want to be meta-gaming"
>they're set for dinner next session

What can I do to better ease them into exploring? Or are they just being stubborn?

yeah, except when its your kid

If he serves a degenerate god or degenerate religion, sure. no problem

t. lawful evil

What's the appropriate response to someone giving you anime when you ask them for character art?

Dinner gives them all an upset stomach or something, which forces them to find a restroom?

You post made me want to play a grumpy old paladin.
>get out of my lawn before I smite you little whippersnappers

everybody thinks they will be okay with it. Then one day, you catch your kid wearing his moms clothes. What are you supposed to do about it?

Beat him? What good would it do? By then its already too late. Once your kid loses his masculine identity, he can never get it back.

You can kill a thousand commies, and people still forget to throw you a parade. You suck one cock and you're a cocksucker forever.

If it fits their character there shouldn't be a problem, but if it's just some random anime then maybe ask them to change it. Then again, why does it matter so much?

But we were discussing Paladins, and their stance on homosexuality for some reason?

kick t hem

"Okay now does your character look 100% like this? What difference are there? Could you ask someone to draw this person? I prefer a more ___ art style than this as it clashes with the world I have set up/what the other characters look like."
I assume this is for roll20 for tokens? If not then it does not matter quite as much.

Take the art in your hands and crumble into a ball and stare at the person dead in the eyes while you toss it into the fucking trash

Why is it I feel like my current party is so unconventional it just works? And I'm having fun?

>Not-paladin mercenary with the subtlety of a jackhammer airhorn that makes his voice like Reinhardt from overwatch
>Dude weed druid who loves trees but in actuality acts like a fraternity member from a druid college who forsake his wisdom stat and instead opted for 18 strength as well
>half-orc "Bard" who has 18 strength and 16 charisma but never sings songs or inspires people and only uses his charisma for intimidation
>southern Louisiana sounding "pathfinding" rogue who is supposed to be a cartographer but is shit at his job and instead resorts to sneak attacking people
>farmer boy hexblade who has rolled the worst stats out of everyone, stumbles upon a magic sword housing a witty but incredibly clingy elvish sorceress who proceeds to be the best at doing the rogue's job at the price of being the loudest and most obnoxious asshole

On paper it just sounds like we're a bunch of that guys, but we just spent and roleplayed the entirety of last session dealing with the local racism toward our half-orc bard.

>I assume this is for roll20 for tokens?

Yeah, really I don't actually care all that much it's just everyone else's token has a similar painterly quality and his sticks out like a sore thumb.

Ask him to find a picture of that anime character drawn closer to your vision or take it into your own hands and find something better.

Maybe discuss this fact with him and try and see if you can find something more fitting together?

>investigate a village house to house
>find friendly half-elves who brew their own wine
>chaotic neutral rogue decides to get drunk
>mfw its only 10:30am gametime roughly
>tfw open hand slapping him across the face and call him a filthy fucking degenerate drinking in the morning while we're on the job

one of my favorite characters in quite some time

Then he should gas gays. Its Chaotic that care about individual freedoms and muh feelings.

My group fucked up, and now my Paladin and Monk got chained in the Raider's Camp of HotDQ.
There's only me (Warlock without spell slots) and our Sorcerer (firebolt, thunderwave) left.

They're gonna die in maybe 8 hours, does anyone got any good non-metagaming plan to save them?

Sorc already convinced an important NPC that there are enemies incoming, so there may be some moviment across the map, and he put fire to the biggest tent too. My Warlock is oblivous to that plan still.

Our paladin is neutral good. I was saying that user was arguing a lawful evil stance.

What would you put on a steampunk styled lightning glaive?

A bunch of cogs that do nothing.

Brass. Whoever's queen at the time.
A clock. An inscription of your favorite literary quote.
A emblem of great personal significance. A symbol of your religion.
A penis. A vagina.

What the hell is this, Wand of Gamelon?

I have no idea, I just thought it was a fun fantasy illustration.

/5eg/, I have a murder planned and I want one of my players to be the first to discover the victim. Victim is a high priest of Torm in Waterdeep, PC is a paladin worshiper of Torm. Getting the pally there shouldn't be too hard, but how do I do this while making it seem as if it was their idea to just go there and pray? And how do I explain no one found the body before?

You could take some ideas out of low level buff spells. Heroism and Bless come to mind. So on a save they could get some temp HP, 1d4 bonus to attacks or to saving throws or to ability checks; once or for a 1 minute depending on how well they save.

If I throw a fire bolt at a dude in a (very flammable) wooden house and miss, the spell should still set the house on fire, right?

Depends how the DM fluffs it. If he has a shield he could block it with that instead of dodging.

Are there any good-ish aberrations other than pic related?

No. All aberration must be killed. Put them to the sword, burn the remains, and salt the earth where they died.

Hey fa/tg/uys, I need a good picture for my warlock. Preferably a young man who would probably be handsome if not for the fact that he has really dark circles under his eyes from lack of sleep. Basically he looked in the wrong book, saw past the veil, now is constantly haunted by nightmares so he just stays awake constantly.

Alright, I've got my first few sessions planned out here.

First session they're all mercenaries who have been contacted by a woman to help find her lost children. Once they get to the town after a small roadside fight it will be a day before their meeting with her. Tavern's currently closed because of a Giant pest problem and the Bar Keep will hire them to clear it out for some gold and a free stay. They have to go through the basement with Giant Rats, attic with Giant Bats and finally fight a Giant Cat (Lion) where they then find a dead Wizard who was performing experiments. After they're done level 2.

The strange woman comes looking for her kids and then I basically run Sunless Citadel with some things changed around. After that they're level 3.

When they return to town to meet with her and she never shows up. I assume they will try going to her manor house a little out of town and when they enter it will be based off Death House.

How's that look for the low levels of my game?

That's racist.

If it actually is an anime character I'm sure searching "realistic *name of character*" could yield more positive results.

...

That's the magic of DnD. Everything depends on the dynamics of the players (and the dm). Maybe you would have been that guys if each of you were in another party. But it's fine, you're having fun.

Its named "aberration" for fucks sake, how do you think it should be dealt?

What's a good race for pirates?

Return of user's quest to build a ridiculous amount of scaling weapons and armors.

Too strong? Too boring? What would you all change?

, There will be cogs that do nothing but channel lighting through them for flavor, spin, and look cool. I will also add a symbol of the kingdom that forged the weapon.

It's also good aligned, you maniac.

Aren't aberrations just anything planar/outsider that isn't a demodevil, angel or elemental?

What's that one wizard UA everybody keeps bitching about called?

Bump for this. Is Binder OP?

Lore Master from UA - Warlock and Wizard.

i mean, if your campaign is super high powered and epic, sure why the fuck not, but i don't know, i don't feel particularly compelled by stuff that is just combat number/mechanical improvements.

this shit is getting you +X/+YdZ+X and X extra attacks and you really have to wonder, why do you even have a class when this shit does what a fighter does through all his life of leveling just by existing.

might as well give your fighter another fighter and call it a day, at least that other fighter can soak some damage as well...

It was designed to be a group killer, taking out troops and squadrons. And I do agree with on the combat part as I don't like a lot of my stuff always being super combat focused but this was designed in-universe as a tool for war so I feel more compelled to make it a little strong.

Do you think I should drop the bonus action attack? Drop the extra damage to a 1d8?

You just explained why Beast Ranger is shit even after revision.

>wiz- "I channel the powers of reality to zap niggas ded!"
>rogue- "I'm so skilled at sneaking and stabbing bitches I literally haven't failed a stealth check in months"
>barb- "Through the power of SWOLENESS I can engage even the mightiest of foes in 1 on 1 combat"
>fightman- "I can shoot 7 motherfuckers in the face from stupid far away in one turn using a hand crossbow"

>Beast Ranger- "I have a dog. Oh and I guess I can fight as well as any other martial half my level?"

Even Artificer is better as a pet man because he's not reliant on Mechanical Servant to function, so he isn't crippled if the servant isn't around for whatever reason.

Drop the bonus action attack, since most likely your fighter already has other uses for their bonus action or other means to make a bonus action attack. There is also no need to increase the lightning damage in exalted form.

Here's my suggestion on how to scale it (aside from the +1/+2/+3 bonus):
1st form:
>extra 1d6 lightning
>Haste spell 1/day
Awoken
>resistance to lightning
Exalted
>10ft reach whirlwind attack

Since Awoken is now just the resistance you could also give it Lightning Bolt 1/day, which I feel is in line with what this weapon is supposed to do.

>Lightning Bolt, Drop the Bonus action, Keep it at a 1d6
Alright! I like it!

Is the Unearthed Arcana Path of the Zealot as busted as it first appears to be at level 15?

Path of the Zealot: Rage Beyond Death
Beginning at 14th level, the divine power that fuels your rage allows you to shrug off fatal blows.

While raging, having 0 hit points doesn’t knock you unconscious. You still must make death saving throws, and you suffer the normal effects of taking damage while at 0 hit points. However, if you would die due to failing death saving throws, you don’t die until your rage ends.

Persistent Rage
Beginning at 15th level, your rage is so fierce that it ends early only if you fall unconscious or if you choose to end it.

The way I read this, once you're level 15 you literally can't die while raging, except if you're hit by Disintegrate or something.

What?

Thanks, user!

>level 15 ability
>can't die
>an ability that only works when you're dying/dead

*14, with Persistent Rage being that extra oomph. Implications aside, it's a limited case of power compared to the usual end-all of power level: bard.

You're misreading it.

At 14, when you drop to 0, you don't fall unconscious. You still make death saves and the like, but you can't die from failing death saves until your rage ends.

At 15, nothing can stop your rage unless you choose to end it.

So, you can't die unless you choose to, or you're killed by an instant death effect like Disintegrate.

Finally get to run my players through this bad boy come Sunday.

I'm looking forward to it.

media.wizards.com/2017/dnd/dragon/DRA12_barbersilverymoon_jbt.pdf

Or your rage wears off after a minute.

It's pretty strong, nothing too powerful though. Basically it lets you last 1 minute without knealing over and dying.

Probably one of the best Path capstones when combined with the fact revive spells are free on them. They will never die unless hit by something really unique.

On the other hand different Paths get combat boosts which will give them a flat increase in damage.

Personally I think Zealot's the best damage focused barbarian because it doesn't even need to worry about dying or being swamped by attacks while it can still do damage and use their aura which is awesomely powerful. Another Barbarian focused on defence will likely never go die before level 14 though.

What's the best wilderness adventure you can think of?

Fuckin you are mum
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