@Erik Not really a pun, but a few sessions ago, my party went into a cave where we found a rack of crossbows and bolts by the entrance, a yellow line on the ground throught the cave, and the whole place was infested with mantis-men. We later learned that the cave was named "Cave Johnson" by the locals
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Long ago there was a wizard who became so powerful she began to feed off the magic of the world. Some worshipped her like a God, she began to allow those who followed her the closest into her magic(Gonna have to write that better, but the jist is there), after some time, she and her disciples became the rulers of the world.
She got more and more powerful and eventually so many people were worshipping her that the Gods' power began to diminish, in an effort to regain their followers the Gods enlisted the heroes of the Adventurer's Guild to trap her in the center of the world. With the help of the Engineers and the Guild, a Vault was created and she was sealed in the middle of the world.
@nitsua60 @A_S00 Thank you!I had been reading the responses, but wasn't sure if the votes go on the questionnaire or on the other page. Much obliged, and good luck to those in the DeathRace.
Question: if power = faith then wouldn't sealing her away and then the decline of her worship over time mean that the wizard would lose power? And then possibly become mortal again?
@Skathix Cool! Good luck. I always enjoy/hate the start of a new campaign. So much potential, so many ideas, so hard to start narrowing things down. There's something about playing with the potential campaign that's so alluring, so self-indulgent, that seems hard to give up by "letting players in."
@Yuuki Ran a campaign a while back that was predicated on the idea that it was previous to the big "discoveries" in magic, so we-all pared down the class list. No clerics or paladins, just druids and rangers. No wizards or EK or AT, just WM sorcerers and warlocks.
Basically, as a group we sat down and said "let's pare down the class and race lists" and went around the tbale saying "I like this, let's ditch that," until enough of a theme emerged for a story to reveal itself.
I find Clerics easier to play when remembering they were chosen by- but didn't necessarily choose- their god. You don't need to play a religious zealot.
@CTWind I once played a paladin of love that made a deal with the goddess of love after he was beaten nearly to death after he got caught sleeping with the head of the merchant's guild's wife
@Erik I feel exactly the opposite. They're amazing mechanically (though admittedly only with splatbook support), but I have trouble taking them seriously
@Erik like there are bard archetypes that I like in fiction
@Erik but the 3.5-style "you must actually be singing in combat" thing is rough
@Erik I want my bards more like Kvothe, who's smart enough not to bring his instruments to a fight
I play mine in what I guess is 3.5 style. But that's really just because he got the Cli Lyre pretty early on and wanted to use it. I just didn't like the idea of holding the instrument to get it's effects. And those effects are powerful enough for me to build the character around it. That, and we always built the original party as a glam rock band.
@Yuuki This is one of the bard archetypes I like, but you don't do a haka while you're fighting.
I want my bard to do a haka beforehand to psych up their allies, or compose an epic saga about the battle after the fact, or sing songs to memorialize fallen allies in the tavern later
but actually performing in combat feels super silly
@CTWind I wish more people would play them that way. I find Clerics easier to play when remembering they were chosen by- but didn't necessarily choose- their god. You don't need to play a religious zealot That's how the successor to Korvin was built, for a backstory.
@DForck42 the two close options are "beefy frontliner who also does lots of damage" or "area control frontliner focusing on tripping via attacks of opportunity"
@NautArch They've been adding more of those through unearthed arcana and such things, but for the longest time I think it was only the compelled duel spell that did something like that
@A_S00 i'll have to post my dwarf, cause that's not quite true. basically, he'd post himself in the middle of combat, and smack anything that tried to move.
@NautArch There was a question asking that on the main site just the other day, actually
@NautArch I answered that you get your reaction attack after theirs has been resolved, because the timing is unclear. And the DMG says that if the timing isn't clear, then you should assume that, like with the ready action, the reaction takes place after the trigger resolves
@Adam Your response is Crawford's, so is RAW. But Mearls' intent makes a lot of sense. Kind of funny for a sentinel to say "oh, look - a friend being attacked. I'll just wait for that to finish..."
I think my table is going with Mearls' reasoning. But DM hasn't made a vocal decision yet. We went with that style during play, but was going to look it up after.
I mean, I put the raw out there up front because that's what most people expect to get. I did also say that it's pretty much DM judgment.
When you put it that way though, I probably would let it happen before the attack in game just because that does seem rather silly that you would wait to let your friend get pummeled
@A_S00 In 5e, bards can use instruments as spellcasting foci. A spellcasting focus lets you ignore non-costly, non-consumed material components when you cast spells. A component pouch does the same thing.
@Adam oooohhh I get it, I thought it was about replacing an instrument for using Bardic Music in combat and I was like "how do you use a component pouch for that"
Actually, a component pouch is a bit better because it lets you ignore material components that are consumed as long as they don't have a cost. Spellcasting foci cannot substitute for consumed material components at all
@Adam I thought about that, but you've got a good answer there and I don't think it makes sense for me to add another. And I feel weird about basically copying you and the site that I found and taking credit for it.
@Adam It's a nice sentiment, but nobody owns citations or gets first dibs. :) More important to improve the post when possible than to avoid it our of excessive courtesy.
@Adam I'll try and do it tonight after kids are in bed, but feel free to beat me to it.
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@doppelgreener I really like your nomination post. They're the sort of answers I'd hope to see from someone who I'd trust to be a healthy moderator with a good relationship.
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The reason I'm not leaving this as a comment is because I wanted to pass you my two cents on a more personal note.
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You say "I'd still like to have good friendships with the people on here and in chat, and allow people to feel relaxed around me." This is very much possible; friendships don't go away. But they might change a bit, and that's extremely difficult to avoid. And it might be harder to make new ones.
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If you become a moderator, which my Professional Analysis considers pretty likely, it's just something to be aware of. It doesn't hardly spell the end of anything, but it's not a completely neutral zone, either.
I think the best thing I've done, personally, has been to never handle flags on posts of someone whom I know personally/am good friends with. But, that works for me, it's ultimately a stylistic choice. I'm confident in your ability to find what works for you.
Mmm, a lot of the engagement in high-complexity engines like D&D usually comes from system interaction--which is a lot harder to engage with as a third-party observer.
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