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The “Mentalist” concept sounds like a good fit for my character. I plan to build a Dhampir bard from the College of Tragedy as a Dimir Operative.

As a Dimir Operative, what if you use this subclass to build a Dhampir character?

While I don't like combining Strahd's infinite charm with a TPK as that falls under DM-VS-Players to me, I do love the idea of charming everyone at the dinner, turning it into a party, and everyone comes to their senses the next day mostly drained of blood.

Playing a lvl 5 Life Domain cleric currently. Planning on dipping into 2 lvls of druid for Star Circle. I think their abilities mesh well from a mechanics point of view as well as flavour.

I got the broken one which can be either Mordenkainen or Father Donavich. I'm planning on them both being recruitable due to my overall campaign involving multiversal issues and it ties into the wider plot.

Parriwimple nearly killed 3/4th of the party I was in after I killed his uncle. I didn't percieve him as a threat because the DM described him as "a young, blonde boy". After getting hit three times and nearly one shot we all got on the DM's case about calling what is clearly a linebacker a "young boy". Ended up killing him, eating his heart (which upset the paladin) in the middle of the street, and Ismark kicked us out of Barovia.

If you like good game design, why are you playing 5e?

Hey thanks I found the video helpful. I am preparing to DM for the first time and the one about making others look cool is the one I want to remind myself the most. I don't want my nervousness about getting off course to stop me from embracing cool ideas from the players :)

There aren't generally sign versions of languages, like how there's American Sign Language and British Sign Language which are totally unrelated even though they both speak the same language. Although there is Signing Exact English, which is a signed version of English in that it's designed to have a one-to-one correspondence in worlds and the same grammar. In any case, you still wouldn't expect all the races to use the same sign language. They should tend to differ on national boundaries, like how spoken languages do, even if they don't strictly correspond to spoken languages. Also, I'm curious as to if the rules are any different. Do you sign the language instead of speaking and writing it, or is it, by RAW, still a language that you speak and write, and they just call it "Common Sign Language"?

I'm running a Forge Cleric/Rune Knight Fighter (as a Dwarf). I really think its a really cool character build and I love the wide variety of feature's that allow me to be a tanky frontliner.

I hated Darkest Dungeon stress system during the first playthroughs but then I put the hatred aside and realize it was an awesome addition to the game. As of "a lot of homebrewing", I'd rather collect player feedback about it first in order to add or subtract stuff. Spares me a lot of time and patience

I would definitely update this sheet with equations or macros either for more automation

POV when The dm Has an entire dungeon based on the players not knowing anything then the character sheets come in that one guy with a pp of 19

You need to tan or treat the hide or else it's going to deteriorate and you can't make the displacer cloak. So leather working is essential.

Oooh where us that art from that looks like Strahd with Vampyr?

As for tip #6, on homebrew ways to dethrone Strahd, I remember seeing suggested that the only way to rid Strahd of his curse was for someone else to replace him and that's still probably my favourite method of perma-killing Strahd. Both the Death House and the Tree seem to not only foreshadow Strahd's immortality but also reinforce a theme of stasis in Barovia. As a soul-trap maintained by the Dark Powers, everything is bound to remain eternally unchanging. Strahd may seem like Barovia's master, but he too is bound by this rule and in this sense he's no less a servant or a toy to the Dark Powers than the players are to him. If you as a DM play on this theme of Barovia being unchangable, then the only plausible way to defeat Strahd is to replace him - to have one of the player characters be willing to work with the Dark Powers and effectively "steal" Strahd's curse of immortality, but in the process sacrificing their chance of escaping and dooming their soul to be stuck in Barovia forever, possibly being corrupted by the Dark Powers. Strahd may be gone, but the ending is still open - will the new ruler be any better than him? Or will they eventually succumb to the forces that keep Barovia unchanging? Was the sacrifice really worth it if the result in ultimately the same?

Truly impressive. That's fantastic.

The 4th level polymorph you state " will need to learn b stats?" Cant understand what you are saying and you dont have cc available on this video.

One of the first things I started working on for my Theros campaign (that I still haven’t started yet) is stuff like wandering merchants, important NPC’s that have strange wares that are either useful or something players might want. Niroy the Scholar- spell component, reliquaries, parchment, books, ludicrously expensive glassware, fancy inks, magical inks, etc. Marcol the Mirthful- sells you items commonly found in the black market. Poison, street drugs, magical items with slight curses (like a bag of holding that has 100 insults), thieves tools, etc. Becca the blackened- sells most standard weapons and a couple of metal items like caltrops. (Her and Niroy are the most likely to have discounts) Timbre the hunter- pelts, hunting tools, spell focuses that double as weapons, animal based totems etc. he would pay a hefty price for the skin of a monstrosity. Calliope the herbalist- more Druidic wares, recreational/beneficial drugs, goody baskets, mistletoe components, and wooden weapons/slings.

Really loved this video. DND Daily got me interested in Fast Hands but this video helped me get really excited to play a Thief. I've always loved playing spellcasters because the arsenal of tools for creativity which made me think martial characters will be boring and limiting. This unlocks a whole new dimension of creativity and I'm very very excited to play one in my upcoming pirate campaign.

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Ritual Caster is an amazing feat for a rogue. If you take it at first level, you can start the game with Find Familiar, and you can add scrolls to your book, giving you the ability to eventually cast all wizard ritual spells. That's really good. If you are playing a Thief, Tavern Brawler and Healer are both broken because of their interaction with Fast Hands. Healer lets you use fast hands to use a healing kit raise two downed allies to 1 hp each round. Fast hands lets you throw acid flasks, alchemist fire, oil and holy water as a bonus action. Tavern Brawler makes you proficient with these items, allowing you to apply your sneak attack damage when you do this. This means you can throw an acid flask 20' as a bonus and sneak attack when you do, and then ready your action to throw a second acid flask on your opponents turn, giving you two sneak attacks per turn. With Variant Human, both of these can come online at level three. Extremely powerful.

So the WereRavens dont want to infect the pc’s. Davian was not their fated ally and the druids ended up rolling stupid well and killed a lot of the Martikovs, shit got weird…but I had one of the clan helping them in Valaki. Strahd mortally wounded the man and he passed the “curse” on and I tell you what, it really changed the dynamic. Some high rolls and they were able to connect with the holy symbol on a different level. It was really fun and gave strahd a scare at the end.

My favorite build is vengeance paladin with tempest cleric combo

I clicked on this video despite the thumbnail and title and I'm glad I did. I wouldn't use all the ideas, but it's great stuff.

I've found the biggest help for me as a DM is being genuinely excited to see where the players can take the situations I put them in and how they'll respond. That makes it so much easier to say yes and see where we can take the game together. I can't wait for the time in between sessions where I get to use the direction and feedback they gave me to shift the plot in a new direction than I intended

A bit behind the times. Thanks for putting your series together. As a returning DM to this module, it’s very helpful One tip that may have been stated already: Strahd can’t - or shouldn’t - use Polymorph on himself as he is a shape changer.

Maybe you would have things to spend gold on if you played a better system that isn't basically broken

Tavern Brawler?

Regarding player agency and random encounters: I feel random encounters can not only increase verisimilitude of the campaign but also increase player agency by giving players more options about how they would like to interact with the campaign world.

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If you want a more good aligned Conquest Paladin, Sir Galehaut of Arthurian Legend was a well-liked king who nearly deposed King Arthur by taking over his kingdom. So a Conquest Paladin may be fighting to take over a corrupt kingdom and establish a new era of prosperity and fairness for his fellow citizens

i like the fact that at level 13 a rogue can wear the robe of archmagi as their best armor, by having 15 + dex and the strong magic resistance, also giving +2 on dc bonus and stuff for staff possibly if it stacks, do not know about that tho. Like imagine this scene: TAKE DOWN THE MAGE! Rogue with his knife ready to stab some people in close combat

I was looking at the beast claws and wouldn't it allow you to do an extra attack with duelist? For example: main attack, second attack than bonus attack with claws+additional claws attack.

I’m currently running and they’re not even at death house yet, so in the future I want to REALLY have a fun, campaign

Those ideas are awesome !

why wouldn't they roll the moment that you cast it? The creature has entered the beam. It triggers both at the start of their turn, and when a creature enters the beam.

Yeah playing a 5e rogue / fighter. I get denied assassinate a lot. Usually because the dm rolls init after i sneak into a room. Then the enemy beats me on init. Can't see me and doesn't do anything because they don't know I'm there. Then I attack for sneak attack but not assassinate. Its somewhat annoying.

Thank you! Agency is really matter! )

DM's forget how to properly play intelligent enemies. Strahd is highly intelligent and has eyes EVERYWHERE. He is going to go into their final confrontation knowing EXACTLY what the party can do, and will make a plan to deal with them.

Amen. I struggled to get into 5E which is the first DND edition I got into. I had no prior experience with TTRPGs. I did have a lot of experience with World of Warcraft though. That helped a lot. Now I understand the basics of DND 5E. Even then I find the system a bit too crunchy and random for my taste. It seems that some things are more complex than they should be, and that doesn't offer anything fun or interesting. Overall DND is an awesome game. It is just the needlessly complex parts are the worst part. I end up using a lot of house rules to fix and streamline the game.

This is an interesting take, but it's been done to death by many channels and feels myopic... only geared from a player's point of view and experience. Player Agency AND DM agency is crucial to a healthy D&D group, not just one, or the DM WILL burn-out or lose interest. It's everybody's game, not just the player's over the DM. It can't be just the players, and not just the DMs game. Both sides need to "have Agency" IN the game and story, and during gameplay. The DM is NOT there to just come up with a basic homebrew idea, or just be a referee between the players in whatever pre-written module they are trying to accomplish, nor just be a potted plant as a spectator. There's (usually) 3-6 players in a D&D game, all fighting for the spotlight, but only 1 DM... everybody can share in that spotlight. The DM is a "player" too. Each side needs to meet the other half-way, so both sides can have fun! If only the players or just the DM is having fun, then the game will NOT be healthy.

I’m going to start running this soon… toying with the idea of rather than using those “adventure hooks” the module provides to do something like LOST or FROM

I'm currently tryna make a rogue that's basically a mischievous Halfling saboteur, with a Crossbow, Explosives, and Booby-Traps. I think Thief may just be the best choice for this character.

what happened to lucky which is the best feat in the 2014 rules