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12:03 AM

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Q: Does the monk's Diamond Soul feature apply to death saving throws?

The description of the monk's class feature Diamond Soul says the following: Beginning at 14th level, your mastery of ki grants you proficiency in all saving throws. Additionally, whenever you make a saving throw and fail, you can spend 1 ki point to reroll it and take the second result. Does t...

nitsua60

12:15 AM

@ThomasMarkov That's a great tip. Thank you.

Hot RPG Questions

12:28 AM

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Q: How PC's exhaustion levels affects the difficulty of an encounter?

As a DM, I have a planned a medium encounter for my party of 5 characters. Before this encounter, as a consequence of some non optimal choices, one of them suffers from 4 exhaustion levels, and there are no ways to remove one or more of them, because they can not take a long rest nor they have pr...

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BESW

12:50 AM

@nitsua60 Yoga mats were an amazing resource while taking care of my dad. We cut them up and used them for all kinds of padding.

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1:17 AM

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Q: How do I make sure magic item distribution feels fair when there aren't enough items to go around?

I'm preparing a treasure hoard for a group of four level-two PCs (Cleric, Monk, Fighter, and Wizard). I decided to roll on the Treasure Hoard Table for CR 0-4, and take either the average result or my roll, whichever was higher. I ended up with a hoard that includes d4 items from Magic Item Table...

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nitsua60

1:35 AM

@BESW You mean, like, for occasional corners and handles and device-rails, or is there something not as obvious that they saved the day on?

BESW

1:46 AM

@nitsua60 Well, one thing was that they did pretty good work as slip-reduction pads: under furniture, as placemats to keep the plate from sliding around, etc.

There's better stuff for it, but it's really expensive so we saved it for the most crucial places and used yoga mats everywhere else.

Bardic Wizard

3:44 AM

Hi! How’s things?

bobble

I seem to have tricked my family into starting The Last Airbender :)

BESW

[wave] Today I am learning the specifics of just how wildly irresponsible our local unemployment benefits system can be.

(Handy hint: when setting up a system for giving benefits to people with no income at all, maybe don't make the applications and forms all digital-only?)

Bardic Wizard

4:21 AM

@BESW Ugh, I’m sorry it’s so hard

BESW

On the one hand I'm grateful it's not for me, I'm helping someone else navigate this nonsense. On the other hand, that means if/when I mess it up, I'm not the one who's gonna get the fallout. So the stakes are higher than if it was just for myself.

Bardic Wizard

4:53 AM

@BESW Yeah, I can see how that makes it harder

(Sorry, ran off to have birthday cake)

BESW

And this month they've decided that following up on existing job applications doesn't "count" as trying to get work; you have to prove you've made three new applications every week. Which is (a) not how job hunting works and (b) flooding businesses with busywork applications, while also (!!!) being another ridiculous "prove you're working hard enough to deserve to eat" things that's ostensibly to prevent "fraud" but let's be real that's not an obstacle for fraud.

[grumble]

Anyway, how's the cake?

Bardic Wizard

@BESW Lemon raspberry Bundt cake. It was very delicious!

BESW

ooh

Bardic Wizard

And my sister made me cupcakes to take to the pool for celebrating with my friends tomorrow

BESW

Karanduun - Make God Bleed got nominated for an Indie Groundbreaker award for best setting. (Its setting is loosely anti-canon and they spelled the name wrong.)

Adeptus

5:04 AM

@BESW sounds familiar... I did that for almost a year when I was studying part-time. I didn't bother going on unemployment last time I was made redundant - not sure if I would have qualified with my wife working, but didn't want the hassle anyway.

BESW

There are a lot of people here who really need that money, and their access to the Internet tends to be "the seven people in this house all share one pre-paid cell phone with an expensive data plan."

And while apparently there's a service for getting help with this stuff in person, you have to call and schedule an appointment, and the only reason we know that is an option is that we specifically asked.

Bardic Wizard

I got to eat the rest of the frosting from the cupcakes too, because Mom was out of the house and my sister said I could have it as the rest of my birthday present (the cupcakes were the real present she gave me)

BESW

Oh, it's your birthday! Many happy returns of the day!

Bardic Wizard

@BESW thanks!

BESW

"Indie Groundbreaker Nominees & Summer Series Wrap-Up" from Indie Game Developer Network.

Bardic Wizard

5:16 AM

Anyways, I ought to be off. I got a sci-fi anthology from my grandfather as a present that I really want to go read (plus it’s past 10pm here and I really should be sleeping rather than eating leftover cake and starting new books)

BESW

MENA TTRPG announced on twitter "The Middle East & North Africa TTRPG Communities are uniting for our first eCON!"

Bardic Wizard

See you around!

BESW

@BardicWizard Very cool! Happy reading!

"Tomb of the Serpent Kings Megapost" on Coins and Scrolls. I decided to write the kind of dungeon I would have loved to find. I wanted to write the best basic OSR dungeon for beginners that I could, and I also wanted to show the design process.

Sharang Biswas wrote a twitter thread about “RPGs with texture”, games that are poetic in their form, that have a “sensual” feel.

Pangalactic wrote a twitter thread reading through GUN&SLINGER by Nevyn Holmes.

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Q: Can more than one creature hold the Sentinel Shield to share its benefits?

Holding the Sentinel Shield provides the follow benefits: While holding this shield, you have advantage on initiative rolls and Wisdom (Perception) checks. While I wield the Sentinel Shield, can a nearby ally grab and hold on to the shield, to also gain advantage on initiative rolls and Percept...

dnd-5e magic-items shield

Adeptus

5:50 AM

There's a couple of Doctor Who RPG bundles on Bundle of Holding at the moment

BESW

Oh, speaking of, did I link the Doctor Who RPG review?

Adeptus

I didn't see it

(that doesn't mean you didn't)

BESW

I don't see it either. [rummages for link]

"Doctor Who: The Roleplaying Game Second Edition Review" by Jared Rascher for Gnome Stew.

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I'm a bit sad he felt the need to establish his bona fides as not a newcomer to the franchise.

I love the idea of gadgets being character features you can give to someone else.

The Oracle

9:15 AM

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Q: Which questions with Aegis do lack the [Aegis] tag?

Apparently, the tag aegis is currently only used for some 19 questions about a pathfinder-1e feature. Which is confusing since there are 54 questions that use the word but not the tag I see questions from Pathfinder 1e (often with Psionics), DnD 4 and DnD 5, and two cases of Ars-Magica. Some migh...

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AncientSwordRage

10:08 AM

@bobble THIS CAN ONLY BE GOOD

:D:D:D:D

Maybe you can't tell, but I'm a fan of the series

@BESW that very clever

@BardicWizard Happy Birthday BW! Enjoy the Sci-Fi anthology! I'm very curious as to what stories are there inside.

BESW

Adamjury wrote a twitter thread of "positive ways to treat creators."

Max Seidman wrote a twitter thread about an important function of "art on cards in games... that I think is often overlooked."

Redwyrm shared a new weapon on twitter: the Mace of Cake.

AncientSwordRage

@BESW epic

AncientSwordRage

12:08 PM

@ThomasMarkov you might know this, 1) do we have a question like this: "Is odd-numbered attribute + feat better than even number + ASI ?" and 2) if it were to be asked, is it answerable in the general case or am I better off asking for the specific case?

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