/5eg/ - D&D Fifth Edition General

If I was going to play a game with a lot of planer jumping what would be the best languages to learn out of this list?

>Primordial
>Ignan
>Draconic
>Terran

Before you say "depends on what plane"

All of them.

Wizard
Necromancer
Focus on drain and de buffs if you don’t want to play cliche spoopy skelingtons shtick

Play a old god warlock human with alert and observant as your feats. Build to dick on shit and get the staff that gives you wall of force and stuff. Ruin that shit.

Primordial

Storytime! I’ve posted this before but want to share it again. Not by any means a fine moment of GMing by the end of it but...

Okay, fine. Here's the story:

>Group is traveling for different reasons to acquire special item blah
>Problem player is playing a pretentious wizard with a god awful accent
>whatever.dealwithit
>from the start of the first session he is threatening other players and is openly hostile to those who have been assigned to protect him
>argues in circles with the ranger, who is supposed to be guiding the group to swamp with magical item, about who can track better because he succeeded on a perception roll that the ranger failed
>argues with the knight who has been assigned to protect said wizard for the reason that, as best as I can figure out, he ALSO has a shitty accent
>adventure proceeds and wizard is busy doing stupid shit
cont.

Cont.

>for example
>1: outpost inn is set on fire by marauders so to quell confusion and keep people from running out of the inn, he cast entangle (or maybe it was web) which prevented most people from leaving including one PC
>2: sets himself on fire during that same encounter through a mishap and jumps down the well to put himself out
>3: threatens the knight who pulls him out that if he ever helps him again, he'll kill the knight because he's a strong independent wizard who don't need no martials
>next session, side tracked by tracking down marauders from last game. Slowed by bad rolls from the ranger
>wizard is reminding him how useless he is
>nonmagicgimp.haha
>reach strange tower ruin hideout of the bandits
>wizard argues for 1 hour about going down into it when rest of party wants to move on; eventually starts arguing in circles with himself ooc
>party caves and proceeds down into tower
>eventually skelly battle; group nearly tpks on bad rolls
>party is glad to be alive, oh but not Mr Wizard!
>argues and yells at group some more
His tirade has literally cost the night; 6 hours to track 4 people, walk down a staircase, fight 2 skeletons, and heal up from the battle. Have a serious talk with him about table etiquette; doesn't even try the "it's just the character" meme, says he'll do better next game.
Cont.

I've seen this pasta before.
Where does the gnome with a ravioli-sounding name jump in?

How do I get my AC above 20, assuming shields?

Wrong story, friendo

>Next session starts with the party finding an active portal to a desert
>party wants to leave, Wizard wants to go in
>most of the party gives up and is on the wizard’s rails now
>prepare to venture from grasslands to Death Valley via magic and proceed through
>head to some ruins in the near distance
>columns rise a hundred feet with a giant bottomless pit below
> thin crumbly bridge leads to dais suspended over the pit
>without hesitation, Mr Wizard sprints across and grabs the orb floating just above the dais
>nat20.meme
>not counting on his luck holding, he ties a rope off and prepares to run back over
>gargoyle climbs up behind wizard
>group says nothing, just watches in anticipation
Cont.

Plate armour, shield, defensive fighting style

Plate Armor, Shield, Defensive Style, Shield, Blur or Haste, Class wank, etc.

Cont.

>wizard fails dex check badly and falls, rope catches him
>literally first preplanned action of the 4 sessions of this game
>gargoyle being malicious, starts to play with the wizard, batting him around like a piñata
>group starts firing arrows but shit rolls mean the arrows either miss or bounce off the gargoyle's hide
>knight can't let his charge die; jumps toward the gargoyle
>critical success
>heroic as fuk
>gargoyle fails strength check, starts to fall while knight holds on Gandalfing the gargoyle like the balrog it's not
>Knight takes some pride knowing he saved a character, he did his duty despite how he felt
>wizard is glowering and pouty
>give knight player some extra exp for his next character roll up
cont.

>Grappling
When you want to grab a creature or wrestle with it, you can use the Attack action to make a special melee attack, a grapple...

>Shoving a Creature
Using the Attack action, you can make a special melee attack to shove a creature, either to knock it prone or push it away from you. ...

>Opportunity Attacks
...
You can make an opportunity attack when a hostile creature that you can see moves out of your reach.
-PHB, p195

So i can't Grapple or Shove as Opportunity Attack, because i need to take Attack action to do so and Opportunity Attack is just free attack, but not Attack action. Right?

Cont.

>wizard has had enough, starts yelling about stolen glory, stupid characters, "I have to do everything around here", he (points at knight guy) is an idiot and doesn't deserve any reward, he's retarded
Now knight guy is on the spectrum, and when he hears all of this, he's not entirely sure how to express himself. He quietly begins making his next character without looking up from his book. The rest of us calm wizard down; unfortunately we're at his place and most of us want to keep gaming.
>mood changes
>while some are sad at the loss of their companion, others are quietly angry at the wizard guy for acting like a childish piece of shit
>group eventually makes it out of the portal to a mountain mining boom town
>shenanigans at the brothel, tavern, and smelter
>group is dicking around before new character enters the scene: a rogue
cont.

Yup.

sageadvice.eu/2015/08/28/grapple-or-shove-opportunity/

Thanks.

jesus christ if you really tolerated that guy being a dick to your friend (who did the heroic thing when he should have let the wizard die, after all the wizard said to never help him), than your almost as bad

Cont.

>RPd like a pro, proceeds to call out wizard (who was being abrasive and loudly uncharismatic in the tavern) on how unlikely he is to survive out in the mountains with his current gear choices
>offers his services, easy entry to game
>nope.fuku
>rogue steals his coin purse
>here we go
>rogue leaves and wizard notices a short time later
>hires thugs to go find his money and bring it back
>hires thugs...to find and return his money. Thugs.
>I can't face palm hard enough
>Rumors about thugs turning over travelers looking for money under wizard's authority
>Wizard decides to skip town
>not before I'm done with you bucko, you gonna learn today
cont.

Admittedly, it could have been handled better. After that night, I had a talk with him about why I would not be joining him for ttrpgs anymore. Unfortunately, the story had to continue from that downturned point.

Cont.

>he runs into same thugs beating a small merchant for his coin on his way out through the market
>this one ain't got your gold boss, we asked him real nice
>wizard attacks thugs, marketplace fight
>ranger is watching from afar, takes his chance
>misses the wizard, hits a commoner
>panic at the market
>more arrows continue to fly, killing more commoners
>rogue enters the fray to take from the dead
>cleric enters waving holy symbol and screaming at the top of her lungs to calm down
>wizard takes out the remaining thugs and runs out of town
>ranger extorts local shop to basically steal a +1 longbow and runs out of town to hunt the wizard
>rogue also tracks the wizard for reasons unknown
>cleric stays in town to clean up and use cure spells on dead people
I picked up my shit and left.

That’s the end. Told Wizard guy to fuck off after that. Fell off the gaming grid for a bit and am now looking for a new group in the South Sound area. Such is life in the zone.

Oath of Conquest capstone was a mistake. Paladins already were better fighters than fighters proper, now what's even the point of rolling fighter knowing that pally gets all dat healing, smiting, spells, auras and now even extra attack 2 and improved critical, with resistance to all damage on top. Oh, I guess barbarians got cucked as well with that last bit, so it isn't as bad huh?

Rate my next character Veeky Forums
Hill Dwarf Moon Druid with the new racial feat from XGtE:

Dwarven Fortitude
Prerequisite: Dwarf
Increase your Constitution score by 1, to a maximum of 20.
Whenever you take the Dodge action in combat, you can spend one Hit Die to heal yourself. Roll the die, add your Constitution modifier, and regain a number of hit points equal to the total (minimum of 1).

Dodging in wild shape to spend wild shape hit die (1d10+3 as a cave bear up to 4 times) along with poison resistance and ONE EXTRA MAX HP. Once I get to casting 4th level spells I plan on using the new XGtE spell Guardian of Nature before wildshaping to become an even BEASTLIER bear with 10 extra walking speed, advantage on STR based attacks, and extra 1d6 force damage on attacks.

seems like a solid place to leave the session.
>Cleric is cleaning up and reviving people in town.
>Rogue and Ranger are tracking a wizard down
>Wizard is fleeing the scene
You could have 2 PC's have a chase to get to the wizard and the Cleric to rally some thugs that he revives to take Wizard down.
Now its a 3-way battle between (Ranger+Rogue) vs (Wizard) vs (Cleric+Thugs) and have the winners gain a knighthood from the king or something.

nice, consider finding a spell that lets you deal aura damage while you're dodging like spirit guardians or flaming sphere.

To be fair, it was 3am, the cleric was using cure light wounds on the dead commoners, wizard player was on the verge of tears, and rogue + ranger players were about to assault the wizard player. The only player left out of the story was the sorcerer who played up to this point only to hang out and roll to hit with his “Gandalf stick”.

>playing a volo race
>no new feats for me
reeee

Pls post feats

www.dmsguild.com/product/226194/Expanded-Racial-Feats

Here's the preorder feats from D&D Beyond. They cover Volo's:

docs.google.com/document/d/1PBVNG_rCv_FlkVeJHog8IlEeKxDSQUDFFWdvvAX-fb8/edit?usp=sharing

>Kobolds get wings
oh yeah baby

So this won’t be in the book, only on the site/app?

Seems that way, at least for now.

Started new campaign with the "reason for being here" that they all are searching for a magical artifact because the king has promised a hefty reward for it, but due to a ongoing war he didn't send his own soldiers (also this is in bumfuck nowhere).

>Told every player that they were tasked by someone else to get the item (the wizard from a mages guild, the cleric for his temple and so on)
>mfw they get the item and start plotting about whos taking it for their own use

Yo, that Kenku racial is fucking sick.

I like the premise, but i wonder whether you will be able to resolve the conflict without ruining friendships.

Tortle can act as a freaking tower shield...?

Hoping for a bit of advice, if I might. One of my players wants to be a Goliath Fighter in our upcoming campaign, which I think is a fine idea, and has his eye on swinging a big fucking maul around. He's planning on focusing on Strength as his primary attribute, which should probably gove him a 17 with the array and all, and is going Great Weapon Fighting for his fighting style, because of course he is with this plan. I have nothing but support for this idea, and think it'll be awesome.

The thing is, he asked me today if there'd be any way he could somehow get a customized maul, specifically designed to take advantage of his huge strength. I'm not sure if 5e has rules in place for such customization, and am not entirely sure how I'd go about making shit up for that myself. I was thinking, at least for how he'd -get- the bloody thing, of letting him run into a blacksmith willing to craft it for him for, say, somewhere around 2-5x normal price or so, but beyond some sort of half-formed idea of '+1 nonmagical bonus to damage, minimum STR score of blah', I'm not sure what specifically to use for statting the maul out.

Any suggestions, anons?

No mechanical benefit at first other than a unique design. Instead it is a dormant magical weapon that awaken at certain level.

Just treat it like a magic item and have him find it. Even create a specific adventure for him to get it, maybe a lost goliath temple or something.

Treat it as a +1 maul if STR is over X, where X is his strength. Heck, you could tier it as well. If you figure by the next time he gets a strength boost he should be ready for a +2 weapon you can say that with the increased strength it takes greater advantage and acts as +2 etc.

And it only costs a reaction and it gives a stat boost and it gives AC

"Don't worry my friends. *I* am your shield!"

Would it be broken to make maul that gives weaker version of GWM's -5/+10? Maybe in form of -prof/+2*prof?
Obviously, not stacking with GWM itself.

No wonder this isn't in the book, this is homebrew-tier (Albeit good homebrew, it's not actually all that terrible).

>You gain inspiration despite inspiration being something solely handed out by the DM
>You can spend a reaction with nothing to trigger the reation?!
>;Like a boss'

I like it, makes Tortle Fighters a lot more solid since you can match the plate wearers.

>Dwarf
Reroll

Okay? I guess I don't get the point of it. As a moon druid, you'll already have more than enough hit points. Wasting time not damaging people in order to get more seems like a bad idea.

>Be evocation wizard
>Cast magic missile
>1d4+1+INT damage per missile
>With 20 intellect deal average 8.5 per missile, a level 1 spell deals gauranteed either 21, 24, 27 or 30 damage

Just thought I'd remind you

There's usually better things than damage that a mage could be doing during a fight.

I'm mostly posting it beceause if I posted it a year ago everybody would be saying 'Lol, magic missile doesn't work like that faggot'

A hexblade's eldritch blast deals

1d10+1d6+CHA+Proficiency, gaining another beam at higher levels (the beams keep the additional modifiers). Which means, a cantrip deals on average: 16//34/54/80 damage

Double that if you go sorlock

Not to mention that half-cover is really good against the things that DMs usually use to balance out people who focus on melee.

Bunch of archers firing as you approach? +2 AC until you've closed the gap

Fireball coming at you and your buddies? +2 on that Dex save to not get utterly annihilated.

Fucking Hexblade, why did they make it all damage instead of Weapon attacks? Weapon attacks would have made Bladelock viable without making Hexblade the overwhelming better patron.

FUCK YOU NIGGERS AND YOU "BATTLEFIELD CONTROL" "CC" HUUUUURRRR

I JUST WANT TO BE THE MAGICAL ARTILLERY AND FUCK NIGGERS IN THE ASS WITH ELEMENTAL FURY! I WANT TO RENDER ALL OF CREATION TO ASH, BY MY NAME AS EVOKEEEERRRRRRRR!!!!!

no I don't give a fuck about muh optimization. EXPLOSIONS MAKE ME HARD

I mean, after casting your concentration spell of choice, what else is there?

Wow, this thread is riddled with the 'tism, can we get a new one?

cringe.

Also go hexblade.

Yes but WotC don't want you to do that, hence why your damage kinda sucks

Play a game where everybody gets a unique ability
Ability is to add 'explosion' spell
Each spell slot can either be used to reduce cast time, increase damage, increase radius or add additional effects
Downside is you cannot cast any other spells, it uses all your spell slots and it has a longer than one action cast time

It doesn't work like that, you only add int to each if it's against a different target.

>instead of recharging an ability on a long rest, you may instead take a level of exhaustion to recharge an ability instantly.

thoughts?

>Preordering to get bonus feats
This really does not sit well with me.

Magic missile is an area of effect spell like fireball no matter how it's cast, much like how eldritch blast is a multi-target spell from level 5 onwards even if you attack the same target multiple times.

I guess even today some people haven't heard of this, which is what I wanted to test.

You add Int to the damage roll, you only roll damage once for Magic Missile and each dart does that much damage.

It's a homebrew feat though. It's listed in homebrew section in beyond.

>what’s the point of rolling fighter
Nobody gets to level 20, and even for the rare occasion they do, this isn’t an MMO where you spend the vast majority of the game at the level cap.

Because Tomelock hexblade and Chainlock Hexblade exist.

That's funny because I had an argument about this exact topic last year. The other people refuse to believe it even with sageadvice link ("LOL DEV CAN MAKE RULE MISTAKE!!!").

It's great that people are aware of it now.

sorlock hexblade is insane

you don't even need 3 levels

Nope. Only applies once per casting of an evocation spell, not per missile.
sageadvice.eu/?s=empowered evocation

I seem to recall somewhere that Magic Missile is technically one damage roll multiplied by the number of missiles

Dominate.

sageadvice.eu/2016/10/17/magic-missile-do-you-roll-the-same-d4-for-all-darts/

sageadvice.eu/2017/01/15/is-magic-missile-an-attack/

sageadvice.eu/2015/10/11/is-magic-missile-an-attack-that-hits-without-an-attack-roll/

>Magic missile is an area of effect spell like fireball
No it isn't, its a target spell. It doesn't affect an area.

You’d have to cite a source to me for that, because the spell just reads that a dart deals 1d4+1 damage to its target, and nowhere else in the game do you roll once for multiple different things damaging a target, whether that’s Scorching Ray, Eldritch Blast, or Weapon attacks.

>nowhere else in the game do you roll once for multiple different things
You only roll multiple damage rolls for different attack rolls

>Each weapon, spell, and harmful monster ability specifies the damage it deals. You roll the damage die or dice, add any modifiers, and apply the damage to your target. Magic weapons, special abilities, and other factors can grant a bonus to damage. With a penalty, it is possible to deal 0 damage, but never negative damage.

>When attacking with a weapon, you add your ability modifier—the same modifier used for the attack roll—to the damage. A spell tells you which dice to roll for damage and whether to add any modifiers.

>If a spell or other effect deals damage to more than one target at the same time, roll the damage once for all of them. For example, when a wizard casts fireball or a cleric casts flame strike, the spell’s damage is rolled once for all creatures caught in the blast.

What Xanathar subclasses do you think will see the most play and which won't see any?

MAKING AN ATTACK
>Whether you’re striking with a melee weapon, firing a weapon at range, or making an attack roll as part of a spell, an attack has a simple structure.

>Choose a target. Pick a target within your attack’s range: a creature, an object, or a location.

>Determine modifiers. The GM determines whether the target has cover and whether you have advantage or disadvantage against the target. In addition, spells, special abilities, and other effects can apply penalties or bonuses to your attack roll.

>Resolve the attack. You make the attack roll. On a hit, you roll damage, unless the particular attack has rules that specify otherwise. Some attacks cause special effects in addition to or instead of damage.

>If there’s ever any question whether something you’re doing counts as an attack, the rule is simple: IF YOU’RE MAKING AN ATTACK ROLL, YOU’RE MAKING AN ATTACK.

So does that mean EB+AB is 4d10+4(cha) or 4d10+cha?

>No it isn't, its a target spell. It doesn't affect an area.
twitter.com/jeremyecrawford/status/557823175581769729

READ

Agonizing blast is written differently, it explicitly states you add charisma to damage "on a hit".

This is the reason why the nuclear druid is was a thing wasnt it?

Ok, just wanted to make sure I wasn't doing anything wrong.

Yes

>if I post memes, that means I win arguments!!
Grow up.

Fine; I was mistaken and apparently you just roll once for it. However, your magic damage multiplication only works if you spread the damage out:
mobile.twitter.com/mikemearls/status/487995399899074560?ref_src=twsrc^tfw&ref_url=https://www.sageadvice.eu/?s=empowered+evocation

So congrats on your 10 damage area blast, I guess.

Yeah, but they're really good memes.

tl;dr
Are you making attack rolls? Roll damage for each attack
You aren't? Then roll damage once

Mearls is stating his house rule, not RAW

>Grow up.
I post a source for everything I said, you literally have no argument

Okay, wait, now you're all confusing me about how Magic Missile functions. I thought it was straightforward.

>You create three glowing darts of magical force. Each dart hits a creature of your choice that you can see within range. A dart deals 1d4+1 force damage to its target. The darts all strike simultaneously and you can direct them to hit one creature or several

So my reading of this was you can:

>3d4+3 damage to one creature
>2d4+2 damage to one creature and 1d4+1 to another creatures
>1d4+1 damage to each of three creatures

With additional missiles adding additional d4s that could each be independently targeted.

THEN the Evocation 10th level ability lets you add +INT to ONE missile, making it (probably by that point) 1d4+6 instead of 1d4+1; while the other missiles remain 1d4+1.

Was I wrong?

If I'm going full hexblade sorlock, what should be my other invocation aside from AB?

>Was I wrong?
Yes, it's 1d4+1 regardless of the number of targets