@Ben interesting. I believe it may have been either BESW or Greener who actually thought it wouldn't be that great for me b/c it leaves integration ,if you will, up to the table, but with the right DM I suspect that could be overcome
@Ben that's what I've heard about it as well
what other systems should I be looking at as well?
Yeah. I wouldn't go so far to say that it is or even isn't what you're looking for, but it's a system that's open enough that it might suit your needs.
Though I've never had too much experience with it personally.
> I use many different things. I use charcoal pencils. I use colored pencils, pastels. I use a little watercolor sometimes. I use pen and ink, and I use something a little different for each book because that way it is always interesting for me to make the pictures. (2004 interview)
I don't know much about GURPS, but I am under the impression it's about as much a physics engine as D&D, and that's not good for him.
eg, D&D says "Acid deals X damage" and maybe adds that the damage is halved against stone or something like that. To which Shalv demands to know what acid it is and why there aren't any rules for what happens when you add bleach.
Ahh I see. Well I'm about as knowledgeable about it as a first-time googler, so I'll try get a bit more information. My source might be a bit more knowledgeable and should be able to clear it up.
So @Shalvenay, this might be a bit of an odd question, but is there a specific structure you're basing your knowledge on, (e.g. our own - like earth) or are you just querying the rules to get an understanding of the environment that you're in?
I'm of the opinion a good system for him would provide generic tools that let him use his own understanding of the world instead of a set of rules that tries to model it for him.
@BESW Well correct me if I'm wrong, but if you use a generic system, and @Shalvenay then fills in the gaps, then that would require an open explanation so that everyone would be on the same page? Or am I reading into this the wrong way?
Well one option I'm seeing is that if the group is willing to cooperate, then they can build the "engine" together. Start with an assumption, and build the rules from there
But the problem with that is it takes up game time.
The other option is that @Shalvenay creates it, and then shares with the rest of the group?
@BESW I had hoped that by Thursday I'd have some breathing room. I was wrong. (I've got a project for school due Monday, am taking students on an all-day trip on Sunday; had hoped to be pretty-well done with the project during the day today so that I'd be able to do proofing and submitting on Saturday, but that's not there yet.)
The other option however @Shalvenay, and not to be a stick in the mud, but sometimes the world just doesn't have that knowledge. For example, in the era in which D&D is primarily based, "magic" is the most common answer for most questions that don't have a better one.
"What sort of acid is it?" "It's Centipede acid" "But what happens when I add bleach to it?" "...what's bleach?"
He expects a setting where organising principles of physics/magic/whatever exist and are internally rigorous, regardless of the extent to which they're known by the world's inhabitants.
And he operates on the assumption that a game's rules about magic will reflect those organising principles.
@BESW yeah -- that could work. (I tried reading the handbook for it once -- had trouble digesting the lore, but I suspect that if I was introduced to the system in a more practical fashion, it'd work OK)
Again, magic, while for the most part fundamentally understood, is not completely comprehendible. Like science. We know what goes into a certain chemical, and we know how it might react to certain objects, but on the same token, we just don't know what else there is in the universe; if we're alone or not; or even why we are the only ones in existence, as far as we can understand. But that's developing into philosophy more than anything
@Miniman I need to pull the trigger on this *Curse of Strahd* character tonight. My goal is melee-centric capable of dealing as much radiant damage as possible, with healing as second priority. I think I'm going with Ftr 1/Cl many. Variant Human with Heavy Armor Master, dueling style, wielding a shield and a war pick (which, like the sun's rays, will pierce your eye). Then Light domain on the cleric side. I haven't actually crunched any numbers on it, but I'm happy with the concept. A little bummed that it's Life cleric, not Light that grabs the +1d8 radiant damage to weapon attacks at Cl8,…
Acolyte background. I'm thinking it's a little like the Robert DeNiro character from "The Mission".
I guess at least in the Ra and Pa cases you could argue the ones choices honor the "flavor" of the class. Here, it's in direct opposition, it'd seem =\
Well you can always achieve more damage with more attacks, sure. But a sneak attack has more chance to hit, and depending on your skills/feats, you can even increase the damage that way. However I don't see why an extra attack is so important?
@Masakan To be completely honest, for 3.5, you're going to find much more help in the guides that litter the internet than here. That's where all the expertise is. For example, for your current problem: giantitp.com/forums/…
In 5e, there are rules about what weapons a creature can't use, depending on their size, true?
However there is nothing about what a creature can use - this is only assumed through omission. I.e. it doesn't say that a Medium creature can't wield a greatsword, so therefore there's nothing stopping me.
By that extension, as player characters (RAW) only extend to medium size creatures, weapons like the greatsword must be wielded with 2 hands.
Now following the rules of omission, there's nothing saying that a Large creature can't wield a greatsword with one hand, due to it's size and increased strength (given that the stats still meet the minimum requirements). No?
D&D tends to be an "exception-based" rule system. That means a general rule is true in all cases unless and until a more specific rule defines an exception.
D&D 3.5 talked explicitly about handedness of weapons scaling with the relative size of the weapon to the wielder. If 5e doesn't, then the general handedness rule is probably assumed to be true regardless of relative size--though 5e is also big on the GM handing down ruling exceptions herself to fill in those weird gaps that always arise from play, and this seems like a good opportunity for one.
@Miniman Well as a basis, I'm using my answer about using the effect of a Growth potion, on my question about this.
A Potion of growth makes you grow a size. Medium to Large as an example. This is RAW
But there's nothing about your capabitlity, or incapability with your equipment.
Not that I've been able to find anyway.
@Miniman although I do appreciate that.
Putting it another way, a Small creature, like a Gnome or Halfling, can't use a greatsword. However, if they were to use a Potion of Growth, they would then be able to, for the duration of the potion's effect
@nitsua60 I mean, I tried to do things properly and reference our canonical question, but that didn't go so well.
I didn't want to prove it in that answer because we already have that question, but what can you do I suppose.
Although, as it turns out, I misjudged the commenter - they know the truth of the matter, and were just pointing out that the answers on that question don't support it as well as they should.
I think there might be two problems: (1) if one follows the link in your answer you get to a (correct) answer that starts with "unarmed strike isn't a weapon." If the reader is lazy and stops reading there, they' come to the opposite-of-right conclusion vis-a-vis your answer. (2) Even reading the full thing, I don' t think that's a very strong answer, and a closely-voted second answer describes it as very muddy waters.
In the beginning, RPG.SE was Community Wiki crazy. We used it for everything. We have an old Meta question on what to use CW for. But then we realized list questions were bad and CW was being used as a dumping ground for bad questions. So now CW is anathema. Some hunt down and kill old CW questi...
I feel like, on a less tightly-moderated stack, it might be useful as a way to sweep poor questions and answers under the rug without deleting them, maybe, but it doesn't seem really useful here.
Hello, everyone! In D&D 4E, if there's a ritual caster in your party, is there any reason at all to go for ritual scrolls rather than writing rituals into your ritual book? They seem to cost the same and have the same effect, but scrolls are used up after casting the ritual :/
It came up in my last game, when the PC wizard specifically asked for ritual scrolls rather than for ritual books he could copy.
I did read through the ritual sections afterwards and still wondered what the point of scrolls was. Unless it's just for those rare parties without ritual casters (or with non-RC-PCs who also want to use rituals)?
But that's also impossible, right? You can't use ritual scrolls to copy into books?
"Limitation: Even though a ritual scroll lets you perform a ritual, you can neither master a ritual from a scroll nor copy a scroll into a ritual book."
Yes, but if you have the Ritual Caster feat, you also get a free Ritual Book. And then you don't need to buy additional books, since you can copy from other ritual books into your own (which is what you get for paying the market price).
Bards get the ability "Jack of All Trades" which reads:
Starting at 2nd level, you can add half your proficiency
bonus, rounded down, to any ability check you make that doesn't already include your proficiency bonus.
Since your initiative roll is based purely on your dexterity, and it sa...
Bards get the ability "Jack of All Trades" which reads:
Starting at 2nd level, you can add half your proficiency
bonus, rounded down, to any ability check you make that doesn't already include your proficiency bonus.
Since your initiative roll is based purely on your dexterity, and it sa...
I'm asking with a particular eye on the Rogue's level 11 feature, "Reliable Talent":
Reliable Talent
By 11th level, you have refined your chosen skills until they approach perfection. Whenever you make an ability check that lets you add your proficiency bonus, you can treat a d20 roll of...
@DuckTapeAl Oh, it's because they don't know any better. Why they did it wasn't really the question, it was just that their actions made me realize I didn't know the difference myself.
@DuckTapeAl It should fall in there. At level 11, though, when RT kicks in and you can start adding proficiency to initiative, the proficiency bonus is +5. Dividing by 2, (I'm assuming truncation) yields a +2 as the half-proficiency bonus
The effort I spent making the question post actually answered my question!
The four benefits to ritual scrolls: 1. Anyone can cast them; often irrelevant, but might be useful. 2. They require less time to cast; also pretty much irrelevant, since rituals are mostly done OOC anyway. 3. They don't need to be copied/mastered; this matters a lot to groups with very little downtime, since it takes 8-24 hours to do this. 4. They kind of make for better treasure drops; having one-offs drop rather than permanents is just a bit more exciting
im leading soon a small adventure in shadowrun and I dont know much about havanna expect the current politcal situation. I have an idea but I need an dangerous animal of Havana for that. Ty.
Bards get the ability "Jack of All Trades" which reads:
Starting at 2nd level, you can add half your proficiency
bonus, rounded down, to any ability check you make that doesn't already include your proficiency bonus.
Since your initiative roll is based purely on your dexterity, and it sa...
I'm asking with a particular eye on the Rogue's level 11 feature, "Reliable Talent":
Reliable Talent
By 11th level, you have refined your chosen skills until they approach perfection. Whenever you make an ability check that lets you add your proficiency bonus, you can treat a d20 roll of...
im leading soon a small adventure in shadowrun and I dont know much about havanna expect the current politcal situation. I have an idea but I need an dangerous animal of Havana for that. Ty.
