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Carcer

16:00

the extent of my actual Warcraft experience is dimly-remembered WC2 and slightly less dim WC3

GreySage

@Yuuki The other Titans frequently refer to Azeroth as the last titan. The other one we know about was Argus.

Yuuki

All Titans are or used to be world-souls, but not all world-souls are Titans.

There could definitely be other world-souls out there.

Azeroth's world-soul is close to becoming a Titan, partly why it's important that it not get corrupted before that happens.

Also, the other Titans refer to Azeroth as the last Titan because they're pretty much all dead and if they didn't stop Sargeras there, then he'd have nothing to stand in his way as he destroys every last world-soul in the universe.

So Azeroth, being their last stand, would effectively be the last Titan because if it falls, there would be nothing to stop Sargeras from killing every other potential Titan.

It's possible that I could be wrong there.

But I'm definitely sure that Titans are not servants of the Light.

NautArch

@KorvinStarmast That's a pretty big edit you made without hearing from OP.

They haven't responded to any other comments yet.

Yuuki

Seems like mostly style/formatting editing.

doppelspooker

that doesn't look like a big edit

notably it's not one introducing anything the author didn't already say themselves

Yuuki

16:09

The asker says they want most damage in one attack, but their question body talks about damage per round.

So it's reasonable to assume that they want to maximize a single round of damage, not a single attack.

NautArch

@doppelspooker the clarification for damage per round over nova is a big edit, though. And they haven't actually said that's what they're looking for (Unless I missed that)

Yuuki

In fact, it seems that the asker previously asked about maximizing damage in one round.

And a previous editor changed it to "with one attack".

So I'd argue that @KorvinStarmast restored the author's original intent.

NautArch

maybe, but they go on to include one-off resource-dependent increases.

doppelspooker

oh, yeah, returning to "per round" looks correct and corresponds to the original title

if something's unclear, and we don't know if they mean per round or DPR, we need to sort that out while it's closed

Yuuki

@NautArch It's a nuance, but they're not trying to maximize DPR but rather maximize a single round.

NautArch

16:13

@Yuuki Does that make it a nova strike calculation?

Yuuki

And it could be argued that there's some slight difference between maximizing a single round vs. maximizing a single attack, given that there's some specific terminology relating to "Attack".

@NautArch I would suppose that it does.

NautArch

@Yuuki That's what i"m not sure. THey seem to include things in the question that could have it go both ways.

they had per round in the original question along with single attack.

Yuuki

In the case that we're not sure, it's probably best that we revert to the original title, which is what happened.

NautArch

@Yuuki I think I disagree. Original title had both Single Attack and Per Round language.

Yuuki

@NautArch So you're saying we should flip a coin and choose one?

NautArch

16:15

The one attack has been removed.

@Yuuki I'm saying we shouldn't assume on either and leave it on hold until OP tells us what they're asking.

Yuuki

@NautArch That's what happened. If you looked at my links, you'll see that revision #3 made an assumption and pruned some language out where as the most recent revision reverted that change.

And you're saying that the most recent revision is wrong.

Or at least that's my understanding.

NautArch

@Yuuki correct. the most recent revision says nothing about one attack.

and the original did.

Yuuki

> Original title: What is the most damage that an Order of the soul knife mystic per round with Phantom Knife?
> Post-Revision 3: What is the most damage that an Order of the soul knife mystic can deal with one attack with a Phantom Knife
> Recent Revision: What is the most damage that an Order of the Soul Knife Mystic can do per round using Phantom Knife

Seems like it was reverted back to the original title to me.

NautArch

D'oh

i was looking at the 3rd revision and not the original :(

yeah, all good @KorvinStarmast. Mea Culpa.

But we still do need other feedback from the comments to reopen.

KorvinStarmast

@NautArch I made the edit a while back but our browser went all nutty. My comment asks the OP to clarify; the prose style was rather clunky. I agree with a "close till clarified" approach that has been taken. (That is the "mad editor" in me that comes out when a question is written in less than usable prose ...)

NautArch

16:25

@KorvinStarmast No worries - entirely my fault. I wasn't comparing against the original question.

KorvinStarmast

@NautArch Feeling the love, no worries, I do sometimes get carried away when I go into "mad editor" mode. So good to call me on it to check.

Sir Cinnamon

@KorvinStarmast The Mad Editor is Thanos' much less frightening younger brother. However, he's really good at trimming the fat, takes out nearly half the words!

Carcer

Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?

KorvinStarmast

@SirCinnamon Oh dear, I am not in their league .... Justice or otherwise! 8^o

NautArch

@Carcer wut?

David Coffron

16:27

@KorvinStarmast /me writes all future questions in verse

Sir Cinnamon

Iambic pentameter or it gets closed

KorvinStarmast

@DavidCoffron There once was a fine min and maxer

Who wanted to kill all things faster

So he asked a long Q

Got an A that was true

And accepted the answer at last ... er ..

Xirema

@Carcer People don't think the universe be like it is, but it do.

David Coffron

@NautArch I think he was "useful prose"ing

Carcer

[submits correction]: "Unsurprisingly, t'was: play a caster"

NautArch

16:29

@DavidCoffron whooooosh

Sir Cinnamon

There once was a DnD Player / Who wished to be best goblin slayer/ For stats he rolled dice / The results were not nice / and now he's a humble brick layer

KorvinStarmast

@Carcer Well Played! :) Assistant Mad Editor

Trish

@SirCinnamon and then there was a Kobold named PunPun, that even with these silly stats became a god.

NautArch

There once was a kobold named pun pun/whose cheese weighed more than a ton/the players persisted/the DM resisted/but in the end all had good fun.

David Coffron

@NautArch I like // the DM resisted / the players insisted /

Yuuki

16:38

@DavidCoffron Something something the implication?

Trish

ok, People, rebuild Pun-Pun in 5e

KorvinStarmast

@NautArch For meter, suggest either "there was a kobold named pun pun" or 'there once was a kobold, Pun Pun" ... so that the second line has the same rhythm.

Trish

.oO(shoulg pun-pun be a tag of its own?)

KorvinStarmast

@Trish A Pun Pun in 5e can't exploit the loopholes that the 3.X did ... but with Volo's out, one can try ...

Trish

Do the challenge, Korvin. Try to ascend to godhood at lvl 1.

David Coffron

16:42

@Trish wait what. Pun pun was level 1?

Trish

@DavidCoffron yes.

1d4chan.org/wiki/Pun-Pun

David Coffron

@Trish id heard about it but never looked up the build. Now I must

Carcer

refinements to the build brought it down to L1

IIRC it was originally L6 and got whittled down

Trish

12. it was 12

Carcer

ah yes, so m'wiki says

A wizard in some consternation / Grew tired of enemies' evasion / On two he Held Person / The others cast Slow on / But forgot they were both concentration.

not my finest work.

KorvinStarmast

16:46

dandwiki.com/wiki/Pun-Pun_%283.5e_Optimized_Character_Build%29

@Trish In 5e, Bounded accuracy works against that. On purpose. ;)

Yuuki

Well, if accuracy comes pre-bound, then all you need to do is make accuracy a deity and now you can summon it without fear of reprisal and make it do whatever you want.

KorvinStarmast

@Yuuki "You" means "the DM" in such a case, but a player is not empowered to do that at any level, 1-20, in 5e. (Yes, I am being a bit pedantic) Prometheus called, and he objects to your advocating bound deities (damned sending spell: I can't block it!)

David Coffron

@Trish it can almost be done

Well. I can think of a way to become an actual deity (sort of). You can possess Tiamat

Yuuki

@KorvinStarmast Well, if Prometheus would've just left the fire alone, then we wouldn't be dealing with climate change right now. So really, it's his fault for making us sapient.

@DavidCoffron Pretty sure that's unconstitutional.

KorvinStarmast

@Yuuki Yeah, I guess blaming him works well enough.

Yuuki

16:57

Well, I suppose you could always circumvent the 13th by giving Tiamat a 5 year prison sentence.

JohnP

@Yuuki Prometheus didn't make us sapient. Just warm.

Yuuki

Only temporarily.

If he was a real bro, then he would know that giving us the ability to create fire would only keep us warm as long as we had the materials for a fire while lighting us on fire would keep us warm for the rest of our lives.

David Coffron

@Yuuki woh. That's like really political in a sneaky way xD

Yuuki

The NPCs must revolt! Take back the means of EXP production!

David Coffron

@Yuuki Is there ever a post-industrial D&D where they just use polymorph and revifify to generate experience points?

Wait what? There used to be a closed as not a real question reason?

KorvinStarmast

17:14

For an D&D 4e players, was primal, or primordial, the base language for elementals in that version of the game?

David Coffron

@KorvinStarmast primordial

KorvinStarmast

@DavidCoffron That was my guess, thanks for confirming. I have now gotten an initial review of all versions of the game, but not found the primal language in any of the base material. (I'll double check BECMI when I get home).

GreySage

@DavidCoffron Seems to be a combo of "too broad" and "unclear"

David Coffron

@KorvinStarmast I asked on Twitter FWIW

Delioth

@DavidCoffron Not that I'm aware of, but there is the Salt in the Wounds setting with the central idea being a city built around a chained Tarrasque that's in a constant state of being butchered and regenerating - effectively generating a roughly infinite amount of food (meat) and materials (Tarrasque bones+hides)

goodguy5

17:26

@KorvinStarmast you commented on my meta post about zeroes, that I should mention it in the update rollout thread, but I don't know where that is

Delioth

It's... neat, if dark

Ender Look

17:51

Which D&D 5e Cleric Domain do you think it's better Life (PHB), Arcane (SCA) or Forge (XGE)? If it isn't any of them, Which domain would you choose from all domains?

KorvinStarmast

@goodguy5 OK, I'll get you a link.

@EnderLook Who else is in your party? Aracna is pretty cool, but I have found life to be very useful in two different parties.

Xirema

@EnderLook It depends almost exclusive on how your party is composed. If you don't have a dedicated healer, a Life Cleric can be really powerful. If you already have a lot of healing, an Arcana or Forge Cleric can be really powerful.

KorvinStarmast

@goodguy5 This one, on meta

goodguy5

thanks, boo

Ender Look

@KorvinStarmast The problem is that I still don't have the party. First I have to make my character and then I can join a group. It's a community of players that I found yesterday, all of them play in the same continent like if it were a MMO, quite interesting. So I only know that I will be a Cleric and my brother a Mage.

KorvinStarmast

17:55

@DavidCoffron Nice job, taking it to the source. (I am suspecting typo, but will not answer until I look at the old module)

@EnderLook I suggest Life; it is very multi purpose.

Ender Look

@KorvinStarmast Thanks!

KorvinStarmast

@EnderLook the spiritual weapon domain spell is handy as heck when you run into resistant to bludg/pierce/slash damage.

Ender Look

Ok

David Coffron

@EnderLook ooh. A cleric question (I've played 28 clerics in 5e so far). Knowledge domain is really good if you can make use of the skills (depends on the story and the GM)

KorvinStarmast

@EnderLook The only reason I did not recommend Arcana is that your known companion is Mage (wizard?) and has arcane spells covered.

David Coffron

17:57

If you want OP, the death domain in the DMG is the way to go. You can double all your cantrips with good positioning and Inflict Wounds does ridiculous damage

Ender Look

OP? Operator or Overpowered?

KorvinStarmast

All said and done, I loved my tempest cleric, but that wasn't one you asked about.

Ender Look

@KorvinStarmast Ah, yes, Wizard. In Spanish we call it Mago -> Mage.

@KorvinStarmast I don't like much that domain

KorvinStarmast

@EnderLook Aha, got it. As to tempest, personal tastes will vary to be sure.

Ender Look

@DavidCoffron I also liked Knowledge, but, well, I haven't played many parties... so I can't think in which situations its skills could be used

David Coffron

18:01

@EnderLook knowledge of the ages is also by far the best channel divinity in any non-pure-combat game. You get any skill proficiency which is super versatile

NautArch

Am I being too literal in my gemstone description answer?

David Coffron

@NautArch no. It's fine. the information the OP wants doesn't exist (or would be highly speculative)

I might work up an answer based on adventure modules when I get home but for now that's the best we can get

Ender Look

For a Cleric, which start is more important? Wisdom or Charisma? Dexterity or Constitution?

KorvinStarmast

Wisdom!

Con!

@EnderLook Sorry if I got overzealous on that one.

NautArch

@DavidCoffron I definitely don't have enough knowledge of modules or previous edition in whether or not they account for size/weight/color/clarity/durability, etc.

David Coffron

18:06

@EnderLook wisdom and con are the most important for a caster-type. Favor strength for a heavy armor domain, favor dexterity for a medium armor combat domain (look at the level 8 ability. If it's divine strike you want a weapon, if it's potent Spellcasting invest in con)

KorvinStarmast

And enough strength to wear armor.

NautArch

But I can tell you in real life it's totally subjective.

KorvinStarmast

From the quick build: *You can make a cleric quickly by following these suggestions. First, Wisdom should be your highest ability score, followed by Strength or Constitution. Second, choose the acolyte background.

David Coffron

@NautArch I have all the books. I'm gonna look at all the treasure and see if there is any consistency in descriptions

Ender Look

So?? What needs a Life Clerics??

KorvinStarmast

18:07

@NautArch For my money, you seem to have figured it out.

Ender Look

@KorvinStarmast But what about charisma, isn't used for cleric skills?

NautArch

@KorvinStarmast I've had to buy two engagement and wedding bands :)

speaking from experience

KorvinStarmast

@EnderLook That is for a life cleric in the original book. No charisma is not a big need.

David Coffron

@KorvinStarmast personally, I think the "best" cleric is dex 14 and medium armor. (Lets you invest heavily in other stats) but that all depends on the domain

KorvinStarmast

My suggestion to you for cleric: Wis>Con>Str>Int>Cha>Dex

Ender Look

18:08

@KorvinStarmast Original Book. Do you mean PHB? Is there a better book?

David Coffron

@EnderLook no cleric features use charisma. That's the paladin.

KorvinStarmast

@DavidCoffron yes, if you do not have heavy armor prof, which Life does.

Int for the religion and history skills. Swap Cha nd Int if you want to make more converts

David Coffron

@KorvinStarmast I think it's better even with heavy proficiency. Investing up to 15 Strength is a lot

Sir Cinnamon

@NautArch I added an answer with a slightly different approach language wise, although it amounts to the same thing really

KorvinStarmast

Life Domain, Bonus Proficiency: When you choose this domain at 1st level, you gain proficiency with heavy armor.

Ender Look

18:10

@DavidCoffron Oh, I have accidentally mistaken

KorvinStarmast

@EnderLook yes, both basic rules and PHB have that quick build suggestion.

David Coffron

@KorvinStarmast yeah, but heavy armor is only good if your going into a weapon build imo (and use the strength anyway)

Sir Cinnamon

@NautArch How quickly would my answer get flagged if i said "All gems are 1 cm across the face. because it seems like a good size"

KorvinStarmast

@DavidCoffron IMO, you only need 14 Str until later when Plate is affordable. But fair point can be made. With variant encumbrance, you have to boost str.

Ender Look

Of, so my stats should be Wis > Str / Con > Dex > Cha > Int ? Which order shall I use? I will use the point buy system.

David Coffron

18:14

@EnderLook you chose a race yet?

Rubiksmoose

So this question is closed as duplicate of a question closed as unclear. This is not the best situation I think. Also I don't understand OP's comments under their question since nothing of theirs that o can find has been deleted. Anybody have a read on this?

Sir Cinnamon

@Rubiksmoose Unclose the original? It has a well upvoted answer

David Coffron

@Rubiksmoose the dupe target has two questions both of which have now been asked today. I think we should edit out the deity question from the dupe target and then reopen

Delioth

@SirCinnamon If nothing more... it technically would meet the parameters from the question - it's not a table, per se (though it would be a trivial conversion to a table), but it otherwise conforms to parameter #3, as "thoughtfully written homebrews" (with no further definition of "thoughtfully")

David Coffron

I commented saying such

Sir Cinnamon

18:17

@Delioth I've thought about it - and considering the unrealistic standard of all gems of one type costing the same it adds no level of unrealism so... thoughtful

Ender Look

@DavidCoffron Still not. I'm between Hills Dwarf (+2 Con, +1 Wis), Mountain Dwarf (+2 Con, +2 Str) or Half-Orc (+2 Str, +1 Con)? Half-Orc has interesting abilities, but it's still an ugly Orc! Sadly, any Elf hasn't useful stats for clerics

Rubiksmoose

@DavidCoffron I think this is a good option but it would change some of the answers technically.

But not that I think this would mean we shouldn't do it, I just think it's worth noting.

GreySage

@EnderLook From a practical standpoint, you should be looking into races with a bonus to Wis, it's your most important stat

Rubiksmoose

I'm not sure that we have any policy against it but I really don't think we should dupe questions to chased questions no matter the reason.

(as a side note)

Ender Look

@GreySage Yes, but Woods Elf (+2 Dex, +1 Wis) has a +2 that isn't useful for a cleric

Delioth

18:20

@EnderLook Dex is always useful, even if it's not optimal

David Coffron

@EnderLook what books are you allowed to use? There are some less "ugly Orc" options in other books

@Rubiksmoose might be worth a meta

GreySage

@EnderLook Dex is good for AC, initiative, and attacking if you use a ranged or finesse weapon

All of which can be useful to clerics, depending on how you choose to build it

Ender Look

Any printed WoTC book.

Player's Handbook (PHB)
Elemental Evil Player’s Companion (EEPC)
Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide (SCAG)
Volo’s Guide to Monsters (VGM)
Xanathar’s Guide to Everything (XGE)
 Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes (MToF)
Lost Mine of Phandelver(LMoP)
Hoard of the Dragon Queen(HotDQ)
The Rise of Tiamat(RoT)
Princes of the Apocalypse(PotP)
Out of the Abyss(OotA)
Curse of Strahd(CoS)
Storm King's Thunder(SKT)
Tales from the Yawning Portal(TftYP)
Tomb of Annihilation(ToA)
Dragon Heist(WDH)
Dungeon of the Mad Mage(WDotMM, DotMM)

David Coffron

@EnderLook I've made many dexterity based clerics that are very good. If you want to play a wood elf, don't let the +2 DEX stop you

Rubiksmoose

@DavidCoffron good idea.

David Coffron

18:23

A medium armor build works fine with that (as 12 Dex +2 race is pretty good since it doesnt require additional investment like in the point buy)

Ender Look

@DavidCoffron Ok, will think about that. I love the Elf "idea", they live so much and are so refined!

Delioth

@DavidCoffron Additionally, D&D is usually not set up to be so difficult that perfectly optimal moves are always required

Ender Look

@Delioth But them are always advisable, no?

Delioth

5e especially with the idea of Bounded Accuracy making a sub-optimal character really close to an optimal character

Ender Look

@DavidCoffron But being a Life Cleric, shouldn't I use heavy armor?

Ah, quick and unrelated question: Can a High Elf and a Wood Elf be brothers or step-brothers?

Delioth

18:26

@EnderLook Not really, no. Play what you want- it's a Role-Playing-Game - note how Role-playing is 2/3 of the name. The system exists to empower people to collectively tell stories that are interesting. Telling a good story is more important than having the right numbers - play something that's fun to play, not necessarily something that has the best rolls (role-playing vs roll-playing)

David Coffron

@EnderLook if you do go wood elf a point buy of 9/12/14/12/15/10 is what I would do.

@EnderLook heavy armor is only slightly better than medium armor and requires more strength investment

As a life cleric you don't really want to be in the front lines since you want to stay alive If possible to heal allies so I recommend a ranged weapon anyway (dexterity makes that better)

Ender Look

@DavidCoffron In which order? This (Point buy calculator)

David Coffron

@EnderLook yeah.

Ender Look

@DavidCoffron But that consumes ammo. Is that expensive?

David Coffron

@EnderLook not really

Ender Look

18:28

Can I always recover my ammo if I win the battle?

Delioth

@EnderLook For future reference, Str/Dex/Con/Int/Wis/Cha is the standard order (and has been for... a long, long time)

Sir Cinnamon

@EnderLook 50% by default iirc

David Coffron

And you can recover half your ammo after combat by spending 1 minute

Ender Look

@Delioth They aren't even in alphabetic order? That will be difficult to remember!

Sir Cinnamon

@Delioth rpg.stackexchange.com/a/133845/41256

GreySage

18:30

@EnderLook They are split into 3 'physical' scores and 3 'mental' scores. Beyond that, they are only 6 items in a list

Ender Look

Isn't bad a 9 in strength for a cleric?

Delioth

@EnderLook Not if your goal isn't to hit people with a big stick

Ender Look

@Delioth Oh

NautArch

@SirCinnamon I think i'm going to close this as opinion-based :(

or VTC

Delioth

@EnderLook You'll get used to it if you stick with it. I'm not 100% on why they're in that specific order, other than the 3xPhysical/3xMental ordering

Ender Look

18:31

@DavidCoffron Why 10 in charisma and not less?

Sir Cinnamon

@Delioth Heavy armour for some subclasses

Delioth

@SirCinnamon Right, I always forget about the Strength restrictions on armor. I have... less play-experience with 5e than I care to admit (notably, mostly using unarmored characters)

Sir Cinnamon

@NautArch It's a pretty silly question, so I respect that vote but I probably won't vote as well - It's a question with a mostly flawed premise but theres a valid question underneath of it all (i think)

@Delioth It's a speed penalty, which isnt the end of the world for a cleric who intends to be in the back but it's something to consider

Colin Gross

@Delioth Rarely comes up. Not a lot of Dex melee characters that want to wear heavy armor.

Delioth

Aha, I've found the source of the ordering (it's historical, of course). It used to be Str/Int/Wis/Dex/Con/Cha at first - because that listed the Prime Requisites for Fighter, Magic User, Cleric, and Thief in order, followed by the two "general" stats. Then 2e just pushed Dex/Con over 2 slots to the current order, to keep "physical" and "mental" stats separate (keeping the order otherwise)

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Ender Look

18:37

@Delioth Impressive

Delioth

Hasn't been changed since, because it's sensible as any and doesn't really have a good reason to change (there were attempts across the years, I think in 3.x days, to add another stat "Comeliness" to describe looks; it didn't take off though)

Colin Gross

@Delioth 1st ed didn't even have a character sheet example. That just was the order they show up in the rules.

Ender Look

About Life Cleric divine punch skill, does that also work with range attacks?

KorvinStarmast

@EnderLook I'd suggest Hill Dwarf. Point buy SDCIWCh as 12 14 12 8 15 11. With Hill Dwarf bonuses, you get 12, 14, 14, 8 16, 1. You also get an additional HP per level. It's a good start, and you can mix and match Int Cha to your taste (9/10, or 11/8, if you like).

Ender Look

Also, someone knows why David Coffron suggested me to use 9/12+2/14/12/15+1/10 (+ due race)? He told its for Ranged cleric, but I don't understand why not switch Str and Chr. In the case I wanted a melee cleric, which change shall I do?

@KorvinStarmast Ok, I will also think about it

KorvinStarmast

18:43

@DavidCoffron has a point about dex. When you have chain shirt or breast plate, and a shield, you get the AC bonuses, and your initiative boost does not hurt either.

Delioth

@EnderLook You can always play a melee cleric with a Finesse weapon

KorvinStarmast

@Delioth Careful: life cleric has only simple weapons proficiency.

Delioth

So.... Dagger.

NautArch

@SirCinnamon I think the question is valid, but we're getting invalid responses.

and that can lead to closing

Ender Look

@Delioth Oh, I had forgotten that. But sadly only daggers are finesse simple weapons. Clerics can't use martial weapons

Delioth

18:45

Gah, this discussion is reminding me why I'm not a huge fan of 5e. It's simple and fun to play sometimes, but there just aren't a bunch of options for a lot of decisions

Like simple finesse weapons

David Coffron

@EnderLook you can switch STR and CHA. I put 9 on strength because Medium Armor Master might be a choice you make later which gives +1 Strength

Ender Look

@DavidCoffron Medium Armor Master? A feat? Clerics can already use medium armor

Sir Cinnamon

@NautArch yeah, because it's basically 3 questions - Is there a standard size on this table? ("no") Is there a gem described that gives both a size and price to anchor those tables to a gem and assume a standard size? (I dont think so) Is there a homebrew size i can choose? ("Yes, literally anything you want")

David Coffron

@Delioth even if there were other simple nd inesse weapons, they would still be a d4. Any more would be unbalanced

NautArch

@SirCinnamon Yeah, we'll see how it continues. For now, I think the answers that OP needs are there, just not the answer OP wants.

Delioth

18:49

There might be the option for e.g. Elven racial weapons? I only have the reference for High Elves which get Shortswords as a proficiency (among others), so I'm unaware if others gain proficiencies as well

(or other races, I guess)

Ender Look

@Delioth shortsword is finesse!, I think

Sir Cinnamon

@NautArch Agreed. It's a weird situation imo

Delioth

@EnderLook It is, that part I verified

Ender Look

Well, I've to go to a meeting. I'll later think about my options, it's too difficult!

Bye!

Delioth

I just can't find a reference for whether Wood elves get proficiency (roll20 compendium appears to only have High Elves)

NautArch

18:50

@Delioth The dagger and dart are simple finesse weapons.

Delioth

And I don't actually own any 5e content because I'm still not sold on the system

David Coffron

@EnderLook if you go wood elf you get short swords

@Delioth I think all elves get some kind of weapon proficiency

Colin Gross

@Delioth Which systems do you play with?

Delioth

@ColinGross 3.5e a while back, Pathfinder and its 2e playtest more recently (and also some Fate)

Which is probably why 5e feels so restrictive

Colin Gross

@Delioth What about it feels restrictive compared to PF ?

Delioth

18:53

Mind - it's a fun enough system if people are running it and it's solidly designed; the system is brilliant. I just don't like it

@ColinGross The big one is that you get either a feat or ability score increases, at longer intervals, and only a few features (at least for what I've played in 5e) that differentiate my barbarian from that one over there

Especially with the huge amount of customization in the playtest of pathfinder, where you get 1.5 feats per level

Growing as a 5e campaign proceeds just feels like there aren't a bunch of things I get to choose - there are features I get and a few choices I make... but characters all feel really same-y

Colin Gross

@Delioth Lack of mechanical differentiation between characters. I can see that.

NautArch

@Delioth I think that's a legitimate concern because I think that's a design intent.

Delioth

@NautArch Yeah, it's definitely the intention of the system; and it does a solid job of keeping things balanced... I just don't like it

Colin Gross

@Delioth you like a large number of choices for mechanical stuff. Have you tried Shadowrun?

You can literally choose to have mechanical stuff inplanted in your character!

and magic

and orcs

Delioth

@ColinGross I haven't, I'm somehow at a severe lack of gaming groups around me while living in one of the top few cities in the US

Colin Gross

19:01

@Delioth top city? like Minneapolis?

Delioth

My only current group (with first real session tonight) is online with my brother and buddies

@ColinGross Close, Chicago

Colin Gross

Oh... homicide rate.

Delioth

I should move to Minneapolis though. I have a brother near there and my wife doesn't like Chicago

Colin Gross

I was in Chicago a couple weeks ago. I'll be back in the winter time to run some games when the city shuts down.

My wife likes to visit Chicago, but I get "lake effect glaring" when I posit moving there.

There are many friendly gaming groups in Minneapolis.

They're nearly Canadian... or as friendly as Canadians were famed for being before the legalized pot.

Delioth

Yeah, I was hyped for a bit finding a PFS group on my train route home, but they stopped doing Pathfinder at that gaming store for.... reasons? The staff weren't sure of why, just that they knew the group hadn't shown up for a few weeks

The Oracle

19:05

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Delioth

And the on-line organization systems I was pointed towards... weren't helpful. I don't know if it's just my own incompetence or if they're actually bad.

Colin Gross

@Delioth I stumbled into a gaming shop in Evanston while a friend and I were killing a few hours. They had a lively amount of activity for a Thursday evening.

Delioth

@ColinGross Yeah, we're considering moving up to Evanston. We're not quite that far out (awkward band far enough from downtown but not to the 'burbs, where rent is cheap)

There's not a gaming shop within walking distance for me, which is sad. Best bet is a few blocks to a train and then down a few stops

But I digress; we've been here less than a year, so moving wouldn't be great for either of our careers in the very near future. Maybe a year or so and I'll consider it

Colin Gross

Evanston was a hike to get to, but at least there was an express cta line. Also a metra train, but I didn't get a chance to try that.

Delioth

Yeah, Purple line is good when it's running (it only runs to the loop during peak/rush hours - a few hours in the morning, a few hours in the afternoon)

Metra is higher quality and quicker (fewer stops), but it's notably more expensive

(on the order of 50% more for a monthly pass, and trains only coming every hour or so makes it inconvenient at times)

Colin Gross

19:17

Hmm.... if I had 1.5 million in cash laying around, I could avoid both and buy a small place downtown.

Still better than the prices on the East or West coasts... but still pretty nuts.

Delioth

Hehehe, this is the city; it's rent or bust for the most part for exactly that reason

GreySage

@ColinGross Man, I wish I lived somewhere 1.5 million would buy a place.

Colin Gross

@GreySage Maybe move to the ~~flyover~~ midwest area

It's nice. No hurricanes. No earthquakes of appreciable magnitude.

GreySage

@ColinGross You mean the centre area?

Colin Gross

Kinda like that, but on the correct side of the Atlantic.

Delioth

19:19

Yeah, if you go to Iowa, houses are cheap. One year of my wife's salary would buy a pretty nice house (fully paid, not down payment)

Other places in the Midwest are similar

GreySage

I keep telling my wife we'll need to move to Alberta if we want to buy a house

Colin Gross

@Delioth There's a couple of pharma/biotech jobs in Iowa that my friends and I watch because they get posted every few years. They're always above market rate... because it's difficult to get anyone that can do the job to move to Iowa.

@GreySage Gotcha... Canadian.... the correct side of North America. Are you supposed to be smoking all the legal pot this week? I just caught the headlines and the link pointed me to Super Troopers 2 on Amazon.

GreySage

@ColinGross uh... apparently?

I missed that I guess

Colin Gross

It was on the BBC front page for North America. Google helpfully put it right under some post from reddit for me.

GreySage

Funny, there is 1 legal pot store in BC now (in a city several hours away from me), but there are hundreds of older illegal stores nearby.

Apparently criminals convicted of marijuana possession are going to be pardoned if the amount would have been allowed under the new laws.

Colin Gross

19:32

@GreySage That seems like a reasonable course of action.

KorvinStarmast

19:57

Well, I found what I was looking for on the gem question, but it's in a very old Dragon Mag article form 1977. Sigh. Not digitally available, as I never bought that CD with nearly all Dragon Articles when it came out. (Had put the hobby aside at the time ...)

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