PSE RPG Chatroom - 2021-01-07 (page 5 of 5)

Prince North Læraðr

20:00

Much better than my 10 HP and 14 AC :P

@Sciborg Are there stuff that increases my ability to like dodge attacks? Aside from AC?

Sciborg

Not unless you're a Rogue, no :P

Prince North Læraðr

Drat, going full aggro doesn't seem like such a great idea

Sciborg

Shout-out to my favorite Rogue thing, Increased Evasion, babyyyy

bobble

You don't die immediately at 0 HP

I can still run over to you and Cure Wounds

Sciborg

^ there are stages of dying, yup

At 0 HP, you fall unconscious and start making Death Saving Throws. Fail three and you die.

Prince North Læraðr

20:03

Oh I could get evasion for a Hunter Path at level 15. Wow!

I guess I have to kill everything before I get hit

bobble

Wait, Lucky applies to saving throws too

Prince North Læraðr

Soooooooo Mith can't die :P

Sciborg

> attack roll, ability check, or saving throw

bobble

Kith literally can look Death in the eye, fail her roll, and go "nope, I call shenanigains"

Sciborg

Not Death Throws.

Prince North Læraðr

20:04

Oh, that would've been HILARIOUS

bobble

but you called them Death Saving Throws

Sciborg

"Saving Throw" and "Death Saves" by RAW are different things

Death Saves involve no skill

it's silly, i know

bobble

then why are they called Saving Throws if an ability involving Saving Throws doesn't apply?

Prince North Læraðr

I was going to say, that means Mith has a (1/400)^3 chance of dying

Sciborg

they're just called that. I guess we can just call them "Death Rolls" for sake of more distinct naming.

Prince North Læraðr

20:06

Can we just give mith Lucky on death?

Mithical

@PrinceNorthLæraðr do i have clones i'm not aware of?

bobble

but what about the mental image?

Prince North Læraðr

@Mithical Yeah

Mithical

oh okay

Sciborg

wait a minute....

rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/78944/….

Prince North Læraðr

20:07

Bwahahahaha

Sciborg

it does apply????

Prince North Læraðr

YES!

Sciborg

WHAT

Prince North Læraðr

MITH CAN'T DIE!

THAT'S HILARIOUS

Mithical

I'M IMMORTAL

Sciborg

20:07

no, they can die. that's not how it works

Prince North Læraðr

they*

Sciborg

sorry

Prince North Læraðr

No, I say we keep Mith immortal

Mithical

@Sciborg awwww

Sciborg

> the-dungeon-and-the-dragons.obsidianportal.com/wikis/…

bobble

20:08

3 mins ago, by bobble

Kith literally can look Death in the eye, fail her roll, and go "nope, I call shenanigains"

Sciborg

this is how they work, basically

Prince North Læraðr

Oh, but really strong hits can bypass death throws, right?

Sciborg

Yeah

apologies for misgender @Mithical i mixed up your pronouns with your character's pronouns

Prince North Læraðr

Oh, okay, so Mith isn't immortal

Darn

Mithical

@Sciborg dw

bobble

20:10

> A Halfling has a 70.384588965% to survive their death saves

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A: How does Halfling Luck affect the probability of surviving my death saves?

A Halfling has a 70.384588965% to survive their death saves Refer to this question for calculations of the distribution. In brief, to re-roll at all, you need to roll a 1 first. The chances of that are \$\frac{1}{20}\$ out of the gate. Once you do re-roll, you have a \$\frac{1}{20}\$ chance of ...

Prince North Læraðr

What's difference between max hit point, temp hit point, and current hit point?

Sciborg

so Mith will not be immortal, but will be really good at not dying :p

Prince North Læraðr

Or actually, max and current are pretty straightforward

Max is how much you have total, current is how much you have left. What's temp?

(temporary hit point)

Sciborg

Temporary hit points are just temporary HP that gets added to your HP, but doesn't carry over between combats.

Prince North Læraðr

Ahh

From certain spells or potions or some other effect

Sciborg

20:12

so like if you gained 5 temporary HP and I hit you for 8 HP, it would burn through your temp first and do 5 temp damage and then do 3 of your real hitpoints.

Prince North Læraðr

That makes sense

6.5 piercing avrg for shortsword, 7.5 piercing avrg for longbow

bobble

6.5 for warhammer and 2.5 for handaxe

again, Astrid don't like fighting

Sciborg

@bobble if you would like, you may have a Bobblie pet as well :p

msh210

@Sciborg *throes

:-)

Sciborg

:P

Prince North Læraðr

20:16

At level two, I basically get two hits per turn with the duel-wield buff, don't I?

Sciborg

Yup

Prince North Læraðr

So my average becomes 13 piercing for shortsword (whistles)

Sciborg

But you also dedicate your Bonus Action to only doing that, meaning there is a tradeoff.

Prince North Læraðr

Ah

What other things can you do with bonus action?

Sciborg

Too long to list, but things like flipping levers and pushing buttons, drinking potions, etc

Minor non-attack things basically

Prince North Læraðr

20:18

Ah

msh210

@Sciborg flipping off your opponent?

Sciborg

(Technically drinking potions takes an Action by RAW, but I like to use the houserule of having it be a Bonus Action.)

@msh210 that would be a Free Action, actually :P

msh210

what's "RAW"?

bobble

> • (a) a Priest's Pack or (b) an Explorer's Pack
• A Shield and a holy Symbol

Sciborg

RAW = Rules As Written.

bobble

20:19

I'm missing both of these bullet points of equipment

Sciborg

RAI = Rules As Interpreted by the DM for fun.

msh210

ah

and what's a free action?

Sciborg

Things that don't take up any time like flipping your opponent off.

bobble

Or insulting them

msh210

nice to know :-)

Sciborg

20:20

@bobble Are those written down on your sheet?

Prince North Læraðr

Ah, good to know

Mithical

as a bard, shouldn't that actually have an effect

bobble

Nope, didn't know about them

Prince North Læraðr

Hahahah

Sciborg

me: "the dragon is coming closer"
johnny the bard: "i flip him the bird"

bobble

20:20

Do I get two symbols, since Acolyte gave me one?

Prince North Læraðr

@Sciborg Critical damage, the dragon instantly dies

Sciborg

@bobble Basically, the Packs contain a bunch of minor items that you don't have to note on the character sheet, i.e. ropes, candles, flint, etc.

They are mostly for flavor

msh210

@Mithical yeah "vicious mockery" is a bard's cantrip

Sciborg

You can have two symbols, as well - that's fine

msh210

...not one I chose to know, though, as I get only 2

Sciborg

20:23

"Vicious Mockery" = "You roast the opponent so hard that they take damage"

My favorite spell

msh210

(I keep seeing it as "catnip")

Sciborg

in my groups, anyone who uses Vicious Mockery must describe what they say

msh210

@Sciborg also for Dissonant Whispers?

("You whisper a discordant melody that only one creature of your choice within range can hear, wracking it with terrible pain.")

Sciborg

I just automatically assume you blast some terrible Soundcloud rap.

msh210

I guess you'll have to see......

Sciborg

20:26

my favorite use of Vicious Mockery in a campaign was when a bard used it on the final boss villain, who had been beaten down and only had like 3 HP, and said "hey. hey. look at me. you're a b*tch" and that was the final shot that killed him

msh210

@Sciborg :-)

Sciborg

the Discord call was just 5 minutes of us dying laughing

bobble

I don't think Astrid would need rations for herself - she could forage some vaguely edible-looking food and then purify it

Sciborg

That's adorable, I love it :D

msh210

by the way - see the current xkcd

Mithical

20:29

apparently rangers can forage for several people as well?

Sciborg

@msh210 incredible

bobble

If Astrid has a spell slot, she'd insist on purifying all food & drink before a meal

You may claim you can forage safely, but better safe than sorry

Prince North Læraðr

@Mithical On favored terrain, I believ

bobble

@PrinceNorthLæraðr believ?

Prince North Læraðr

Believe*

Pfft I should've gone druid

They have some OP spells

Like conjure animals

8 1/4 animal challenge rating?

Oh wait, that's a ranger spell too

Pffft that's amazing

msh210

21:03

Why are dice rolls sometimes called "roll" and sometimes "throw"? Is there a difference, or is it just two terms for the same thing?

(In D&D, I mean. That wasn't a general English question.)

bobble

just two terms

you throw dice, you roll dice

msh210

no, I know that's true in English; I just wonder whether in D&D there's a difference between the two verbs

bobble

as far as I know there isn't

Sciborg

There's no difference, it's just terminology. "Saving throw" is just a roll you make to save against certain effects, etc.

You could just as easily call it a "saving roll" but the first one is catchier

msh210

okay, thanks

@Mithical dunno... can we just say that I met up with y'all?

bobble

21:16

I think we figured out how the other four of us met - maybe 'borg could arrange a Plot Event to throw you in with us?

Prince North Læraðr

Are we starting today

msh210

hm, I guess I need a reason to be traveling instead of home... though that's not hard to devise. And then once I'm traveling it's easy enogh to fall in with a party

Sciborg

Not today, I still have to comb over sheets, finish Plot Planning, etc. :)

We can contrive a Plot Event for everyone to meet up, no worries

msh210

Googles "plot event"

bobble

Did Ink meet Lae+Kith+Astrid?

Sciborg

21:22

I don't remember but i think yes

msh210

Accept Jesus into your heart and be saved! Alternatively, make a successful saving throw!

Sciborg

"Roll to accept the Word of the Lord"

msh210

(that's what I think of every time I see "saving throw")

bobble

12 hours ago, by Graylocke

https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/56665602#56665602 is Kith arriving,
https://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/56666149#56666149 is Ink arriving...

msh210

(No offense intended to any Christians in the room. Trust me, I make fun of my own religion all the time -- but in company that will get the jokes.)

bobble

21:26

The "Kith arriving" link actually is Kith and Astrid - not sure why those two are together though

Sciborg

The best kinds of Christians and other religious people are the ones who regularly crack jokes about their religions

@bobble Have starred for future reference, in case that becomes canon

msh210

@bobble Something like the latter can be how João joined the party too -- I just need a backstory to explain why he's on the road at all..

bobble

If he's self-training to become a Bard, maybe he's travelling to an acclaimed College of Valor (a Bard School for your subclass, basically)

or just generic Bard School

msh210

hm

maybe

Sciborg

Ooh, I like that idea. Then he can complain about the adventure interrupting his studies :P

"All these dang dragons are cutting into my schoolwork"

msh210

21:30

hm... maybe

I prefer some sort of running away over a running to

bobble

ah

msh210

like to escape his demons

Sciborg

Maybe you were involved in a big academic scandal and had to flee?

msh210

something of that sort

Sciborg

Like you were caught using performance-enhancing spells

i.e. you would secretly cast longstrider on yourself before the competition

msh210

21:31

well there was the event that made me leave athletics... maybe I feel a need to leave home for that reason?

Sciborg

Potentially, sure

I do not yet know what that event is :p

msh210

oh I (msh210) can tell you. João doesn't talk about it, though

Sciborg

you can DM me if you would like, to keep it a secret?

msh210

you said I don't need to choose a subclass now, right?

(by the way)

Sciborg

Your subclass is the College, so you're already picked it i think

or wait did you decide to not do Lore? i may have missed that in transcript

msh210

21:35

I did say Lore. I just didn't know if I needed to pick it yet.

Sciborg

We're probably not playing until next week, so you don't need to officially pick it yet - no worries.

msh210

no, Lore is fine

do I put that on my sheet somewhere? I don't see a spot for subclass

Sciborg

It goes under "Features & Traits" :)

You get a first-level perk from it IIRC, so that goes there, too

Mithical

alright, so if there's no chance of starting tonight I think I'll retire

bobble

@Sciborg Doesn't appear to - first thing I see is a Level 3 feature

Sciborg

21:39

@Mithical good night :)

msh210

I don't see anything at roll20.net/compendium/dnd5e/College%20of%20Lore#content about a benefit from it until level 3

Sciborg

I remembered wrong, my bad

Nothing until Level 3

msh210

no worries!

@Mithical good night

bobble

'night

Prince North Læraðr

Ooh, you know what would be cool for plot?

bobble

21:45

what are you thinking of?

Sciborg

Hit me, I need ideas :D

Prince North Læraðr

If Astrid and Lae meet first, and then meet Gray later, while Kithri and Johhny meet separately and then we cross paths

And it could fit for the timezones

Sciborg

The raw chaos of Kithri the Mostly-Immortal Halfling meeting Johnny the Bard would be incredible

Prince North Læraðr

So for now, we would have "two different mini-campaigns" if you will

Until we figure out an actual time

bobble

We could probably manage to arrange weekend sessions on a case-by-case basis when everyone could be together

Prince North Læraðr

21:47

Yeah

Sciborg

Two different mini-campaigns in different timezones is a good compromise until we can figure out a more solid "everyone can make it" time :)

Prince North Læraðr

And it'd make sense that we meet Gray just slightly later because he's he would be able to join, but probably slightly later

(than me and bobble)

Sciborg

If we did it that way, then the "Bobble-North-Gray" group could meet at 10:00 UTC-ish and then the "Msh-Mith" group could meet later at a time they can both make it. (I don't mind if that means I have to stay up late)

bobble

How about waking up early?

Prince North Læraðr

Also, Mith and Msh are no-go anyways on Friday

Sciborg

21:49

I kinda hate waking up early, getting up for work is hard enough :p

But staying up late is fine

Prince North Læraðr

We don't have a tank on our team, I realized

bobble

I have 16 AC and 12 HP - not tanky enough?

Sciborg

Astrid is pretty dang tanky

Prince North Læraðr

Well, clerics aren't a tank build, are they?

They're more support

bobble

granted I'm not great at hitting things, just staying alive

Sciborg

21:51

In 5e clerics are tanky as heck depending on the build

bobble

Dwarves tend to tanky

Prince North Læraðr

Hm okay

I initially was thinking of going dragon-born paladin but I stuck with my wood elf ranger

Sciborg

3.5e clerics = will die in one hit
5e clerics = 50% healing, 50% "so anyway i started blasting"

bobble

1d8+2 with my warhammer isn't too shabby

It's not craziness, but I can hit things

Sciborg

That's very solid for our level

bobble

21:54

Astrid doesn't particularly like hitting things but will when attacked

Prince North Læraðr

I'm trying to figure out if I go duel-wield or just single-wield. If I take up my bonus action just to attack....

Oh wait I only get two spells per rest

calculating ways to maximize damage

:P

Sciborg

North :p

It's about having fun

Prince North Læraðr

Yeah, that's what my friend told me too

He's like

DnD combat is nothing like what you think it is, just focus on what seems cool

But I'm all about analysis ;-;

Sciborg

See, my usual groups are entirely RP-focused and we make character choices based on "this would be goddamn hilarious to roleplay" :p

We sometimes have entire sessions of just talking to NPCs and doing funny stuff with our characters

bobble

I tried to do that with Astrid. Not sure if I suceeded

Sciborg

21:57

Astrid is a treasure, I am excited for the RP there

bobble

I think she's going to be delighted when she meets Kith, because she's short for a dwarf and dwarves are short for a race.

She'll be taller than someone!

Sciborg

awww <3

bobble

yesterday, by bobble

So if you climb on top of me, we could be taller than Lae!

something we figured out: Kith + Astrid is 4 inches taller than Lae

Sciborg

y'all are my precious adventurer children and i love you

bobble

are your normal groups a mix of races like us, or more homogenous?

Sciborg

22:03

In a group where one of my friends took turns being the DM, we had a kobold, a genasi, a half-orc, and my regular human ass

there were many jokes at my expense :p

bobble

who made the jokes, mostly?

Sciborg

the half-orc mainly :p

there was a combat where he picked me up and threw me as an improvised weapon and the DM allowed it because of hilarity

bobble

how much damage did you do?

Sciborg

improvised weapons usually do 1d4 bludgeoning by the rules, but because i was a rogue covered in pointy objects and also flailing in panic the DM upped it to 2d8 :p

it was hysterical

bobble

did you yell at him later?

Sciborg

22:06

very much yes

bobble

did he apologize?

Sciborg

not even a little bit

bobble

did anyone else support you?

Sciborg

the kobold: "Korg, you can't use PEOPLE as weapons, that's not how friendship works"
the half-orc: "well we WON didn't we"

but then later on we had a combat where he jumped in the way of an attack for me and it was really adorable and i forgave him

his character flaw was that he had to win at all costs, so there was a big story arc around him learning that it's okay to put yourself at risk for other people

Prince North Læraðr

Or other people at risk

Sciborg

22:14

yes

he was a hilarious character, we had fun with it

it was a total Legolas/Gimli thing where at the beginning of the game our characters totally hated each other, but then by the end we had bonded and kept helping each other out while pretending to still hate each other

Prince North Læraðr

22:26

Lol

Graylocke

23:54

@Sciborg was there anything I needed to fix? :)

Sciborg

confession, i was going to go over character sheets but then i laid down on my couch on this comfy blanket to play Pokemon and long story short i am dead and you must leave me here to die

Graylocke

lol <3

Sciborg

i'll do it later i promise :p

Graylocke

I will go along with everything except for 6 words.

:P

bobble

I haven't recopied Astrid for what is the Final Time, For Sure, This Time It's For Real The Last Time, I Pinky Promise

Graylocke

23:57

I still have half of Ink to colour but I am becoming lazy -.-;

bobble

did you see Kith?

Sciborg

i love the art :D

Graylocke

yes! :D Our team is awesome.

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