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nitsua60

00:15

Anyone watching The Witcher?

BESW

00:27

Watched it a while back, yeah.

BESW

01:17

All games by gamesfromthewildwood are 50% off to try and spur sales while Luke is between day jobs.

KorvinStarmast

@nitsua60 my son and I binge watched it a few weeks ago. Enjoyed.

@Himitsu_no_Yami That was a joy to read and grin at. ;-)

Himitsu_no_Yami

01:47

@KorvinStarmast thanks, I stole it from reddit but thought you guys might get a kick out of it

Hot RPG Questions

03:42

4

Q: Does a cantrip need to be learned like level 1-9 spells as a wizard in D&D?

Upon hitting level 4, Wizards go from possessing 3 cantrips to 4. Additionally, "Each time you gain a wizard level, you can add two wizard spells of your choice to your spellbook for free." (from the PHB) Does the cantrip gained at level 4 take one of these two "learned a new spell" slots? I...

Axoren

08:25

@Yuuki I actually have a spell for poisioning things like ivy. Blight.

We're in the underdark at this point, so I expect to find subterranean plant enemies, which will be a huge plus for using that spell

Does 72 damage outright to a plant creature and outright kills non-creature plants.

Great spell for when you're vacationing in Elven Treehouse land.

kviiri

08:53

13th Age first inpr

Mobile chat totally not first inpr

(And now for the actual first inpressions[sic]) for 13th Age: I am a bit surprised to learn there is a bit of setting inbuilt and that classes have varying complexity. (I'm glad they're open about it though). Superficially, things seem fun to play.

The relatively informal prose rubs me a bit wrongly at times, it feels a tad wrong? Calculated? Dunno.

Powerdork

09:06

The game does get very chummy, since it doesn't keep up the facade that it's more than two people writing up their dream d20 game. This also makes it seem a bit... unprofessional, yes. Amateurish, if not for the credits the creators had on D&D.
The setting is a useful tool for introducing people to roleplaying for the first time (something a roleplaying game meant for a wide market ought to be equipped for), especially since it's got narrative-focused mechanics like icon relationship dice and it's hard to expect people to know what those mechanics do without examples and it's hard to have e…

Hot RPG Questions

11:58

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Q: Is there an appropriate place to specify class on a stat block?

Every time I see a stat block for an NPC with a player class (bard, druid, etc), that class is not specified in the stat block. Is there anywhere where it could/should be specified when creating a stat block for a villain? Example: Ahmed Noke in The Wild Sheep Chase is a Wizard, but his stat blo...

dnd-5e npc class

Shalvenay

12:17

@Axoren makes weeding easy eh?

Axoren

12:48

@Shalvenay a few blades of grass an hour

I ended up replacing Bane with Daylight, since I'm a Celestial Warlock

Not having a personal Sun seems rather off-theme.

kviiri

13:24

I really like how 13th Age frequently exposes author intent. Not that it's particularly special for the games I played in general, but it's a bit less usual for a game of this genre.

AncientSwordRage

Does dipping into sorcerer help warlocks at all? What about paladins?

@Axoren seems like a good choice

kviiri

@AncientSwordRage DnD 5e? Dipping into Paladin allows you to use Divine Smite using Warlock slots, which might or might not be a sweet deal.

AncientSwordRage

@kviiri sorry I meant does doing into sorcerer as a {warlock, paladin} help?

I'm aware of the smitelock sweet deal

kviiri

13:40

@AncientSwordRage Ah, so you are a Warlock-Paladin and consider a Sorcerer dip? I am not very knowledgeable about specific synergies so if something super sweet exists I might not know if it, but at least you'd have the Pact Magic slot to Sorcery point conversion which might be handy.

AncientSwordRage

@kviiri that means I can burn slots for points right?

kviiri

@AncientSwordRage Aye. I've never played a DnD 5e sorc (or any sorcerer for that matter) so you're probably a better judge of whether those points are actually worth the level dip.

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Q: Can I use Pact Magic spell slots gained on a short rest to gain sorcery points?

I'm planning on multi-classing in Warlock as a Sorcerer in 5e. I'd like to be able to use my Warlock spell slots from Pact Magic (that I regain on a short rest) to gain sorcery points. I'm inclined to believe the answer to this question is "Yes", because the Font of Magic feature does not specif...

dnd-5e warlock multi-classing sorcerer

AncientSwordRage

@kviiri WOAH I never read that far down

kviiri

@AncientSwordRage Glad to be of assistance :)

AncientSwordRage

Thank you for helping me with basic comprehension

My concern is that paladin 3/sorcerer 3/warlock X is going to be really slow to grow into depending on what campaign (if any) I ever bring this character to

@Axoren what other thematic spells did you take?

kviiri

13:48

@AncientSwordRage I was a programming tutor at the univ for ~10 years (Yeah, I like doing it) so I get that a lot x)

@AncientSwordRage Yeah, that's one of the reasons I'm not particularly fond of multi-classing myself. I sometimes wished we'd have played a campaign where it was mandatory, so I wasn't feeling like I was either gimping myself or building some overpowered, overcalculated exploit doing it.

And there are certainly good multi-classed builds, but if it's a build that needs to be perfected over several levels, it doesn't work for me. I like immediate power :)

AncientSwordRage

@kviiri hah! I'm a programmer by trade so I should know better :p

@kviiri the main reason I wanted to dip sorcerer is for rp reasons

@kviiri it seems harder to balance at that point

AncientSwordRage

14:13

@kviiri which uni?

kviiri

@AncientSwordRage Helsinki

AncientSwordRage

@kviiri sounds ice

kviiri

@AncientSwordRage Yeah, it was mostly volunteering though

I like(d) it though

BESW

14:37

Trogdor ran a game of Goblin Court tonight for some friends, I got to watch. It was super fun and I have notes on revisions for v2.

nitsua60

@kviiri Have I told you about a recent rogues' campaign we ran at my school?

kviiri

@nitsua60 Do tell!

nitsua60

Aug 21 '19 at 1:53, by nitsua60

Your discord name reminds me: I played in a campaign once called "The Hundred." The conceit of the campaign was that there existed exactly one thieves' guild in the world, and it took in apprentices 100 at a time. All of our characters were apprentices (level 1 rogues) when the guild was destroyed (while we were not on the grounds, for weak anthropic reasons).
So we all had 1 level of rogue, but from then on had to advance in other classes. Because there were no higher-level rogues to train us for advancement in rogue.

(I, being the total minmaxer I am, went Ro1/Bbx with expertise in athletics for overwhelming grapple/shove prowess.)

kviiri

Hoho, nice :D

nitsua60

(When I'm playing with the HS kids who barely know the rules I like to optimize for something that's not going to steal too much spotlight/glory. Like "best paladin without a level of paladin," or "manual battlefield control.")

@kviiri He took expertise in athletics and performance, and was completely modeled after my childhood favorite WWF star.

(Proficiency in animal handling, too. Starting equipment included a sack and a python.)

Medix2

14:50

If you want a Meta post to be updated do you open a new meta about whether to update it?

BESW

@nitsua60 I really like making characters who set up opportunities for other characters, like buffing or debuffing or positioning.

Medix2

Specifically combining what's found here into this post

@BESW Those are usually my favorite type of characters. And then you finally get the party who doesn't utilize them XD

BESW

15:03

Next time I play Sweetheart I should re-tool her stunts to be even more support-focused.

Someone_Evil

@Medix2 For that specifically, open a question to update it. That Q is our guidelines for homebrew review, which should really be on the FAQ (IMO)

Or... what exactly are you think should be updated?

Medix2

Well, the new question seems to state that Homebrew review questions are expected to explain and justify their decisions, which is not part of the current guide on how to write good Homebrew review questions

KorvinStarmast

My wife is looking into whether or not essential oils will help with current insanity/crisis. She's been doing essential oils for about 5 years. My favorite essential oil is bacon grease. :-)

Someone_Evil

@Medix2 I'm always lothe to extend guidelines with a lot of detail, in part because of the "TL; DR"-effect

Medix2

@Someone_Evil I agree, it's just if this is apparently something we want, I have seen it so incredibly rarely, and it missing from the guidelines isn't helping that

Someone_Evil