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Yesterday, 04:50 PMMastikator started a thread Exploration and social - the two pillars that have no mechanics in D&D 5e/NextTL;DR: is it a good thing that exploration and social encounters have not been gamified in D&D 5e? I think yes. Long thread; reading anyway: ...11 replies | 451 view(s)
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Yesterday, 01:10 PMMastikator replied to a thread Players want to overthrow a king and install democracy. What can go wrong? ;) in D&D 5e/NextThat's the answer, the hag becomes democratically elected.16 replies | 1306 view(s)
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2024-05-08, 10:32 PMThe difference between tech and magic is perspective. A commoner doesn't understand how a wizard conjures a fire elemental or constructs a tower out...88 replies | 5781 view(s)
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2024-05-08, 08:45 AMEhhhhhhhh, if magic items and phenomena can reliably be made in a factory or workshop then it is tech. And if it's underlying nature can be...88 replies | 5781 view(s)
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2024-05-07, 04:21 PMSome options as a fellow DM: The Seer can no longer issue orders or use tactics (like using the psychic orb on the hulk while the hulk is...10 replies | 1079 view(s)
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2024-05-07, 02:18 PMBasically this. Unless the adventurer has the proverbial tadpole stuck in their brain, going on adventure is not sane. Edit- goes for any gender.11 replies | 2821 view(s)
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2024-05-07, 09:22 AMThat dragon has an overdeveloped sense of ego. It's going to get him into trouble some day.177 replies | 13085 view(s)
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2024-05-06, 03:40 AMIn my campaign I gave the players a list of allowed races. One player often nags me about being allowed to play a flying race, not because of some...92 replies | 5951 view(s)
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2024-05-06, 02:28 AMKilling monsters and taking their loot of course.50 replies | 4637 view(s)
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2024-05-04, 01:13 PMMastikator replied to a thread Interesting magic item for a Bard who thinks they're a Cleric? in D&D 5e/NextHow about an instrument of the bard? Fochlucan Bandore has a few nature themed spells. It combines the dancing and nature themes of Shiallia.6 replies | 879 view(s)
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2024-05-03, 08:39 AM*rolls insight check* .... 3 I can't decide if I should trust you or not. Oh no... the paradox is killing me.. aaagh14 replies | 2039 view(s)
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2024-05-03, 05:48 AMI kinda love this idea. Though it brings to mind Avatar the Last Airbender, the air nomads lived on mountaintops and had gliders to fly. Makes me...28 replies | 1746 view(s)
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2024-05-02, 05:13 PMMastikator replied to a thread How would you do *actual* high-powered fantasy play with D&D? in D&D 5e/NextSo that's what it would take then. Whenever you roll anything it's now "infinity + ". The DC to jump is infinity + 15, and your athletics skill is...33 replies | 2771 view(s)
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2024-05-02, 09:56 AMMastikator replied to a thread How would you do *actual* high-powered fantasy play with D&D? in D&D 5e/NextI'm not going into what constitutes high fantasy, just know that if you consider LotR low fantasy then you are not using the conventional definition...33 replies | 2771 view(s)
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2024-05-02, 04:42 AMMastikator replied to a thread How would you do *actual* high-powered fantasy play with D&D? in D&D 5e/NextDoes high fantasy begin when someone can shatter time with their muscle strength? Because again, Lord of the Rings is high fantasy. If that is the...33 replies | 2771 view(s)
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2024-05-02, 03:09 AMD&D operates on an absolute and fixed coordinate system. Relativity does not apply, it's not even Newtonian physics. It's closer to Aristotelian...19 replies | 2524 view(s)
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2024-05-02, 01:41 AMMastikator replied to a thread How would you do *actual* high-powered fantasy play with D&D? in D&D 5e/NextThe DM can easily veer into high fantasy or shonen stuff with bounded accuracy. If you needed to make an ability check at level 1 then DM can just...33 replies | 2771 view(s)
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2024-05-01, 04:44 PMMastikator replied to a thread How would you do *actual* high-powered fantasy play with D&D? in D&D 5e/NextI think D&D is easily capable of high fantasy, what you need is epic scales within the setting. Lord of the Rings and Song of Ice and Fire are both...33 replies | 2771 view(s)
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2024-04-30, 02:50 AMAdvantage/disadvantage on ability checks give a +/-5 modifier on passive ability checks. (PHB chapter 7 - passive checks) "If the character has...18 replies | 2477 view(s)
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2024-04-29, 06:08 PMDim light gives light obscurement, someone with the Skulker feat can hide in dim light. Dim light imposes a -5 passive perception. There are...18 replies | 2477 view(s)
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2024-04-29, 08:04 AMMastikator replied to a thread DM Help Why does creature Type do nothing? Would the game break if it did? in D&D 5e/NextIt would change very little. Almost every undead is either resistant or immune to necrotic, and has either vulnerability to radiant or some thing...21 replies | 2472 view(s)
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2024-04-28, 12:57 PMLiterally this. Except make it one handed magic flintlock pistol. The arcane firearm is also a magic flintlock pistol. Dual wield magic guns. No...24 replies | 1644 view(s)
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2024-04-26, 02:57 PMMastikator replied to a thread DM Help Any experience with measuring instead of using a grid? in Roleplaying GamesAt my table we often use a combination of measuring and a grid (or a hex). The way I see it is that the grid is a way to facilitate the distances,...14 replies | 1271 view(s)
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2024-04-26, 07:15 AMMastikator replied to a thread Point buy skill systems with efficiencies that shift as you grow in Roleplaying GamesSpecializations shouldn't grant +X to the roll. They should grant a different kind of bonus depending on the skill. Some examples (I don't know what...26 replies | 1670 view(s)
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2024-04-25, 04:20 PMMastikator replied to a thread Player Help Aquiring Sleight of Hand skill for my character in D&D 5e/NextAs has been said the PHB has training tools and languages as a downtime activity, taking 250 days and gold. The DM can also give additional options....21 replies | 1392 view(s)
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2024-04-23, 04:12 PMI am a different person than the one your asking, but I feel compelled to opine nonetheless, and I do think the player's shiftiness and lack of...460 replies | 22866 view(s)
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2024-04-23, 01:00 PMIn my setting? Magic the influence of beings and forces from higher dimensions channeled through the intentions of people that have come into contact...24 replies | 2653 view(s)
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2024-04-22, 01:54 PMMastikator replied to a thread Player Help Best class/subclass for an Aaracokra that is terrified of heights? in D&D 5e/NextThe best way to play an Aarakocra is to be ranged and use flying, actually a kensei monk with a longbow would do a decent job since the best way to...3 replies | 607 view(s)
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2024-04-22, 05:25 AMAs far as a DM says. Anywhere between nothing to rod of resurrection and beyond.12 replies | 1854 view(s)
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2024-04-22, 02:48 AMIt's not unusual for this phenomenon to show up on this board, by that I mean players (and especially GMs) describing this happening at their table....460 replies | 22866 view(s)
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