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nitsua60

12:02 AM

@Miniman Everything alright?

The Oracle

12:31 AM

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Q: Is there a dedicated place within RPG SE for users to post source codes or helpful spreadsheets that they made/use to share the love to other users?

I play a summoning focused druid in my 3.5e campaign and handling multiple summons and math on the fly with all the augments got tiresome - I couldn't find a helpful sheet for animal/creature templates, so I decided to try to make one (.NET, C#). It's a work in progress, but I want to share the s...

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Miniman

12:41 AM

@nitsua60 Yeah, at least for me.

@Xirema Sorry, I got a bit carried away there.

nitsua60

1:06 AM

@Miniman Cool--haven't seen you around much the last couple of months (IIRC). Of course, I've also been sparser than usual this summer. How's life?

Xirema

@MikeQ Shamans aren't really "Worship" types though, at least as I understand them.

MikeQ

Sure, but there's no game mechanic for worship. Why not let the player define the cleric's relationship to their faith?

BESW

This would be one of the reasons D&D isn't a great fit for accurately representing the many cultures it yoinks from for aesthetics.

Miniman

@nitsua60 Pretty good! Job still going strong and causing me to be sparser too.

nitsua60

I forget--did you have to move for that job change?

Miniman

1:19 AM

Nah.

How are you doing? Have things settled down at all?

nitsua60

Work's good, immediate family's good, extended family's got some health struggles putting pressure on everything. My father-in-law's been in the hospital (mostly in ICU) for seven months, now.

He'll make months of progress (to the point that someone once quipped "physical therapy twice a day? At what point is he just a gym rat?"), but then one bad week almost completely resets everything. So, that's tough.

Miniman

Ouch, that sounds awful.

nitsua60

Yeah, but we're doing okay. The kids are great with adapting--it's worse on my wife and her sisters.

Joshua

@kviiri: The dungeon levels do not repair. In any case, the basic plan is to unroof the dungeon and burn it out as well.

Even if unroofing fails despite burning the support timbers, neither the rats nor the scythes are a threat with every single bit of doorframe and drywall destroyed.

Miniman

1:40 AM

@nitsua60 Pinged you in Discord.

Hot RPG Questions

3:13 AM

8

Q: Is there any reason to concentrate on the Thunderous Smite spell after using its effects?

There are some spells which you can concentrate on even after they will not provide any benefits, for example the thunderous smite spell states: The first time you hit with a melee weapon attack during this spell's duration, your weapon rings with thunder that is audible within 300 feet of yo...

dnd-5e spells concentration

Hot RPG Questions

3:53 AM

7

Q: 5e Level 1 Druid cantrips

Are Level 1 Druid cantrips (5e) changeable each day? As opposed to picking 2 cantrips at the start of Level 1 and those are the ones you keep until until you get more at higher levels

dnd-5e druid cantrips

Ben

user15026

Haha where else would you put it honestly

Ben

This is true

I read that like "Where do you expect me to put it"
And then everyone, without dropping a beat, and in perfect sync all say "Australia"

Followed by Hermes adding a "duh" from the back

@Yuuki reminds me of a weapon from GURPS that dealt 11d1 damage

So, from memory, what have we got so far? There's the Emu Wars, the Dire Koala/Dire Eucalyptus War, Drop Bears, the rogue Canberra plane carrying the sentient fungal strain politicia, the platypus, the Koakookaroo...

trogdor

5:56 AM

Lol

Australia obviously

kviiri

7:39 AM

@MikeQ Religion, faith and worship are among my favorite themes to portray in RPGs and this got me thinking back to the first DnD group we played in... again. Didn't go too well.

Nyakouai

@kviiri Hello. Paladins being one of the worst class for new players to go for, I can't imagine why a group of religious ~~zealots~~ characters would go wrong :)

kviiri

/me waves

Derpy

@JohnP to be fair, Applejack is a reference to an apple liquor, Big Mac is probably a reference to the Apple computers (he has a bitten apple cutie mark), I don't know about an apple called "Bloom"

kviiri

@Nyakouai We actually didn't have a paladin, but my character was a cleric. I had conceptualized my character growth from levels 1 to 30 (a rookie mistake) as a slow quest of growing from uncertain faith to sainthood and exarchy of my chosen god Avandra.

@Derpy I thought Big Mac was a reference to the hamburger.

Derpy

@kviiri also possible, but the bitten apple mark seems intentional.

Nyakouai

7:43 AM

@kviiri Sounds like story time. gathers pillows

kviiri

@Nyakouai (contd.) But we also had a hobby novelist in our party who played a Ranger, lifting her character straight from one of his novels. This Ranger had an unfortunate trait of being a relatively hard-core pacifist, but also was in direct speaking terms with their god of choice from Level 1.

@Derpy They went for multi-pun attack

@Derpy It's also an actual apple cultivar though: wikipedia

It seems the Macintosh computer was named after the cultivar

@Nyakouai So ofc we were completely unaware of session zero of discussing expectations and so but I recall being a tad miffed that me, being the cleric, had been instantly outdone in the religion game by another character who wasn't even playing a religiously oriented class :(

our first game was a bit dysfunctional, although no friendships were broken and that's a plus :)

We hadn't yet developed the idea that even in tabletop RPGs (or perhaps even especially in them) it's ok to ask others to do things differently instead of just letting them do whatever they please with their character

Derpy

@kviiri yep, and now that I notice the cutie mark is actually colored as that apple cultivar too. So, three pus for the price of one+

@JohnP BTW, I would assume that the Santoryu style Zoro uses is a reference to the actual Niten Ichi-ryū used by Musashi.

kviiri

@Nyakouai DnD 4e isn't the easiest place to explore religious themes anyway because it has a somewhat more unconventional cosmological model than your Default Fantasy Setting does. Although upon some reflection I guess it does have parallels with Greek mythology or somesuch?

Nyakouai

@kviiri Didn't play it, since everyone I knew was intent on burning the 4e rulebooks at the stake. Wasn't there something like a god plague?

@Derpy Not proficient in Japanese: Niten Ichi ryu designs a three sword style? I only remember Musashi using two at the same time

kviiri

@Nyakouai Paraphrasing from memory and I might be getting things wrong, but the gods (most Evil ones included) are fighting a war against Primordials who oppose the order of creation and seek to return the world to raw roling elemental chaos.

Nyakouai

7:53 AM

Actually, scratch that, I vaguely remember "one two and three", and I suppose the Ni in Niten is for two?

kviiri

I think 4e intentionally cut a lot of ties with previous edition lore, it has parallels but if I had to guess I'd say it's not a part of any established metaplot

So in 4e one of the religious classes is the Invoker who indeed is in direct-ish speaking terms with their god of choice. They're, in-universe, the gods' frontline combatants against the Primordials. The difficult part, for me, was justifying the role of clerics if there's people who are in actual direct contact with their gods.

Nyakouai

This reminds me of a philosophy class I managed to not sleep through in highschool, about faith

vicky_molokh

@Ben Wait, how does that works? GURPS only uses six-sided dice.

Derpy

@Nyakouai no, it is a TWO swords styles. But consider that Zoro added the third sword after his childhood friend / rival died - he originally used two sword when he meet her

Nyakouai

Maybe a cleric is not in direct relationship with their god, but in the end, how easier is it to believe and have faith in an entity that actually answers to you? The Cleric is the day to day believer, tending to the masses and keeping the faith in good healoth while some shiny invokers go wreck havoc on heretics (or primordials)

Derpy

8:00 AM

@Nyakouai also.... to be more precise, Zoro is probably intended to be a reference to the manga version of Musashi, taken from Vagabond

Compare:

Nyakouai

I think I'd take the same approach to the problem as for the Cleric/Paladin matter

Derpy

Nyakouai

@Derpy You're going to link pictures. I'm going to be disappointed

Yup. Proxy here doesn't let me view pictures :) But I read the manga, so I can see the parallel

Derpy

@Nyakouai not even from the stack imgur? Well, I guess that can't be helped then ^_^'

kviiri

@Nyakouai I think I ultimately settled with the Invokers being concerned with the very basic level survival of the deities --- protecting their influence from Primordials (indeed the PHB2 notes they pay respects to the whole pantheon since the gods are tenuously allied against the Primordials). The Clerics are more devoted to the actual ideology the god's domain promotes

Hot RPG Questions

8:54 AM

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Q: Can you effectively apply the Sorcerer's Extended Spell Metamagic option to the Thaumaturgy spell?

The thaumaturgy spell states You manifest a minor wonder, a sign of supernatural power, within range. You create one of the following magical effects within range: Your voice booms up to three times as loud as normal for 1 minute. You cause flames to flicker, brighten, dim, or chang...

dnd-5e spells metamagic

vicky_molokh

How should I react/reply if an answer to a highly book-specific question admits not even having said book and trying to guess some of the subtler assumptions and interpretations that vary by book? I wouldn't want to encourage such answers to float to the top, but I don't want to be rude or start an argument.

Miniman

@vicky_molokh Downvote, optionally link it in chat so that other people downvote it.

kviiri

9:21 AM

@Nyakouai I'm kinda interested in playing 4e again but sadly it has a bit of a reputation.

Nyakouai

Only a little

V2Blast

@vicky_molokh If it's attempting to answer the question but just doing a bad job of it for the reasons you state, then yeah, downvote is the best solution (and perhaps a comment explaining why it doesn't solve the issue/suggesting how it could be improved)

if it doesn't actually attempt to answer the question (or "answers" it thinking it's for a different system), then it may be worth voting to delete it or flagging it as such

The Endless Space Collection is free on the Humble Store for the next day: humblebundle.com/store/endless-space-collection-free-game

vicky_molokh

@Miniman This comment admits the familiarity with the book, while how exactly the book approaches the conversion is of importance to the question; the answer itself also makes an assumption which I think is possibly wrong (but I'm not 100% sure, which is why I'd like a knowledgeable answer and thus asked the question). Contrast against the other answer.

Derpy

12:21 PM

@goodguy5 I know this is four days old, but I only saw this now.

This. Is. Just. Wonderful.

goodguy5

^_^

Derpy

and the site... it is even better....

Approximate location.... The Namib Desert.

Somewhere

because giving coordinate would be too easy.

We finally know what One Piece is guys.... An IPod playing Toto's Africa.

goodguy5

12:58 PM

@Derpy yea, it's certainly .... something

Derpy

It is almost dreamlike... like those weird scenes from the early Digimon episodes...

Like when they find that line of phone booths on the beach, all ringing at the same time

goodguy5

@BESW I actually wrote my will recently in sharpie on a piece of legal pad, because that's all you have to do in PA.

it was 50% a joke for my wife in the morning when she got up, but also. it's done now

Rubiksmoose

@goodguy5 Anything you write in a legal pad is legally binding. #truefact

goodguy5

1. Ha!
2. Fair point

If I had been able to find a crayon, I'd have used that instead.

Rubiksmoose

XD

Alas.

Never a crayon around when you really need one is there?

Always one there when it inconveniently melts on your car seat though.

goodguy5

1:08 PM

My kid's not old enough for that particular problem yet.

JohnP

2:05 PM

@goodguy5 Mine are. And I can tell you that crayons that go through the dryer are much worse than car seats.

goodguy5

oof

It's like chapstick, but worse

My wife forgets chapstick in her pockets all the time

JohnP

Interesting interaction question on the front page this morning.

NautArch

@JohnP Yes, but let's Be Nice.

I'm certain there's two sides to this story (as there are to all.)

JohnP

@NautArch I suppose I was just considering the many conversations I've seen about wildly exotic character creation concepts and applying that to the situation.

Rubiksmoose

2:23 PM

@JohnP I rolled back your tag change on the DM RP question. I don't think we should be changing questions to SA just because they could be seen as independent of the system. If OP decides they want to do that, that could be fine. I don't see any benefit to doing so.

JohnP

Whatever.

goodguy5

@NautArch If I had an argument with my mirror, is there a second side to the story?

vicky_molokh

@JohnP As much as I love Q&As that can apply broadly beyond one system, I have to agree with @Rubiksmoose in practice even if not in allegiance, because the asker made the question a PF one.

JohnP

@vicky_molokh I already accepted it. No need to beat me over the head with it, thanks.

vicky_molokh

@JohnP Sorry. Wasn't intended as a beating.

Rubiksmoose

2:28 PM

And just as an FYI John I didn't intend that to be scolding on my part either. AFAIK there's no policy or anything on it. Just my opinion on the matter.

NautArch

2:48 PM

@JohnP Oh, definitely! That's why I said there are likely two sides to this story :)

I really don't understand that line in Cloudkill based on the general rules regarding inhaled poisons.

but maybe it's that cloudkill isn't a poison

Rubiksmoose

@vicky_molokh Hey! We agree on a SA topic. Is it opposite day? :) (just kidding of course)

vicky_molokh

It's the 13th.

Friday.

Rubiksmoose

Well there you go. All is explained.

JohnP

@NautArch Stinking cloud has the same effect/line.

> Each creature that is completely within the cloud at the start of its turn must make a Constitution saving throw against poison. On a failed save, the creature spends its action that turn retching and reeling. Creatures that don't need to breathe or are immune to poison automatically succeed on this saving throw.

NautArch

@JohnP Right, but if for poisons generally holding your breath doesn't work, and stinking cloud just says 'creatures within the cloud' and not 'creatures breathing in the cloud', then don't understand why they need that sentence.

JohnP

3:00 PM

@NautArch I don't know either.

kviiri

Maybe it's akin to tear gas

NautArch

@JohnP it's definitely odd. trying to find an effect that seems like holding your breath should work and failing.

JohnP

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Q: Avoiding damage by holding breath

As suggested by one of the answers to this question on holding breath, there can be situations where damage may be able to be avoided by holding your breath. A creature can hold its breath for a number of minutes equal to 1 + its Constitution modifier (minimum of 30 seconds). When a crea...

dnd-5e

Any clarification/edit suggestions are welcome.

NautArch

@JohnP Ooh, that stinking cloud is a good one.

But interesting that it says "don't need to breath" vs "not breathing"

Rubiksmoose

@NautArch I don't need to breath, I can stop whenever I want!

NautArch

3:11 PM

@Rubiksmoose have a relevant webcomic, let me see if ic an find it.

also, BlueMoon can definitely choose what link they want, but doy ou think it's generally better to link directly to the evergreen twitter vs the sageadvice.eu site?

JohnP

@NautArch Physiologically I can see it. Even if you hold your breath, your body is still performing oxygen replenishment in the lungs. Inhaled air is about 21% oxygen, exhaled air (normal) is 16%. So if you hold your breath, your body is still moving blood and performing co2/o2 exchange in the alveoli. That might be a difference.

NautArch

@Rubiksmoose Ugh, I know this is a webcomic, but here's the showerthought

Rubiksmoose

@NautArch I do generally think it is better. I'm iffy on if I decide to edit them and change them myself. Sometimes I do and sometimes I don't. I definitely expect Twitter to be more stable than SA.eu. The one time I definitely don't edit it out is when SA groups a bunch of tweets together that would otherwise be scattered.

@NautArch hah! And bonus points to the commentator for the Guybrush Threepwood callout.

NautArch

@JohnP Hmm, is the question really "Are there effects where holding your breath will prevent them from occurring?"

or something like that?

Xirema

@NautArch That's how I interpreted it.

JohnP

3:19 PM

@NautArch jess.

NautArch

@JohnP made mostly a change to the title question, whaddaya think?

JohnP

I think I am not firing on all cylinders today. Well played.

NautArch

Or did I just turn this into a bounded list qusetion?

which is okay, because it's bounded

JohnP

@NautArch Is that an awkward yeti cartoon?

NautArch

@JohnP maybe? found it on reddit originally. google image for this one. if we can link to an original, i'd prefer that for artist credit :)

JohnP

3:27 PM

@NautArch uhm...yeah, image searching produces a nqsfw copy. Looks like a meme generator background.

NautArch

Does Pathfinder1 generally have levels for races?

MikeQ

@NautArch Sorta. There's CR, racial hit dice, and creature templates

NautArch

@MikeQ So you can' level' your race?

or ou can take 'levels' in other races?

Nyakouai

Which is a overlookable indicator. But yes

NautArch

i'm just intrigued by that question.

Nyakouai

3:39 PM

You can have a monster PC

With levels in class

NautArch

@Nyakouai But this questions seems to ask about levelling the race, not the class.

MikeQ

@NautArch Not quite. For players, there's not really a mechanic for progressing racial hit dice. Although some templates do scale with total HD.

NautArch

Is this just a "i found this crazy thing on reddit, is it true" question?

Nyakouai

Ah, no, you can't level race

Xirema

@NautArch Didn't earlier editions have a thing where you could pick player races that were substantially overpowered, but conferred penalties to your XP gain to offset it?

MikeQ

3:40 PM

@NautArch Very likely so.

NautArch

@Xirema I don't remember that form AD&D, but that was a loooong time ago for me :)

MikeQ

@Xirema Level adjustments in 3.X. Pathfinder approaches it using monster Templates, where the CR adjustment sorta translates to PC level adjustment. (It is not balanced at all well)

NautArch

@MikeQ I'm honestly not sure how I feel about those questions. But I guess they're good because we an help bring some sanity.

Xirema

Like, if you picked X race, then at first level, you'd have to gain XP as though you were level 3 or 4, meaning you'd level much slower than the rest of the party until their level was equal to your "effective level".

@MikeQ That might be what I'm thinking of. I only had an approximate understanding of how it worked though.

NautArch

@Xirema nice answer!

MikeQ

3:44 PM

@Xirema I dunno if anyone really understands it lol

It's one of those Pathfinder things where you have several bloated game mechanics all stepping on each other's toes

Xirema

@NautArch Was that directed at me or someone else? I haven't posted an answer in the last 12 hours.

MikeQ

Like, CR is supposed to correlate with HD, and with effective PC level, but effective PC level and racial HD don't correlate

NautArch

@Xirema darnit, someone else :( sorry.

but can't change it now

Xirema

@NautArch lol, gotcha.

NautArch

ohwells.

well, have a compliment and apply it to any answer :P

MikeQ

3:46 PM

And then some templates have varying effects based on the creature's racial HD, and others add or adjust racial HD. Some do both. Some adjust HD and CR independently.

NautArch

Does being a monster PC require DM authorization because of an optional rule?

although I guess that doesn't matter, this question can still be answered to confirm if it's possible at all.

MikeQ

IIRC, there's some paragraphs that warn about combining PCs with monster levels/templates, and say something about DM permission

vicky_molokh

4:54 PM

@MikeQ /me read 'paragraphs' as 'photographs', imagined Brundlefly.

NautArch

5:25 PM

@JohnP I suspect that whomever downvoted your question also downvoted my answer.

JohnP

@NautArch which answer? I saw a dv on the question, but there is someone that routinely DV's almost any question/answer I post.

NautArch

@JohnP my answer that sparked your question :)

JohnP

@NautArch ah, gr0k. I'm a little slow today.

Xirema

6:22 PM

TIL that there's no rule preventing a Druid from using Wild Shape while they're already in a Wild Shape form.

MikeQ

@Xirema What happens when the second wild shape ends? Do they return to their previous wild shape form?

...Wait, no, that would make archdruids have infinite HP

Xirema

@MikeQ Archdruids already have infinite HP. 8)

The "you cannot benefit from two effects with the same name" rule deals with that.

JohnP

6:38 PM

@MikeQ Isn't there a diminishing return on wild shape?

Xirema

@JohnP In what capacity?

JohnP

6:54 PM

@Xirema You take leftover damage when in wild form and revert at 0 hp, eventually it catches up to you.

MikeQ

I suppose if you're measuring by the amount of HP "gained", then double wild shape would have diminishing returns, assuming you wild shape into the same form

Xirema

@JohnP Yeah; but if you can wild shape an unlimited number of times, then you just shift into something else before your current wild shape pool runs out. So you just have to avoid creatures that can deal 120+ damage consistently every turn.

Which basically means only stuff like the tarrasque.

JohnP

@Xirema Isn't it limited though to 2 uses per day?

MikeQ

@JohnP 2 Per short rest. Then unlimited as a 20th level capstone.

JohnP

Ah, ok. So you could probably get 4ish uses per day, but that's a far cry from unlimited HP. :)

MikeQ

7:07 PM

@JohnP I forgot about the redundant polymorph limitation

So a 20th level druid can't repeat wildshape many times and keep the cumulative HP gained when they wildshape

Xirema

@JohnP Well, they can use it unlimited times per day, so as long as they don't take more than the maximum HP of their form in a single round, they can wild shape to something else and clear out the damage they took.

JohnP

@MikeQ No, but they could wildshape into something, take damage down to a few and then wildshape again, and get a refresh on the hp.

@Xirema No, they can't. 2x short rest.

MikeQ

A refresh, yes. And that has diminishing returns if you're just measuring the amount of HP gained. Similar issue as in-combat healing.

Xirema

@JohnP Except it becomes unlimited at level 20.

> Archdruid At 20th level, you can use your Wild Shape an unlimited number of times.

JohnP

Oh, huh. There's that little note I was missing.

NautArch

7:13 PM

Just a little note

JohnP

MikeQ

No that's not little enough

How about ♪ instead

JohnP

Eh, I'm too tired to play much today.

This is really an off day for me so far. :|

David Coffron

@MikeQ And now that you've beaten one, have three!

🎶

(even littler mind you ;) )

🎶 🎺

Guess the song (rhythm only): ♫♫♫♫♩-♫♪♩-♫♪♩-♪♫♫♫♫♩-♫♪♩-♫♪♩

JohnP

7:31 PM

Dust in the Wind: Kansas

David Coffron

Umm... I don't think that song has the exact same rhythm as the one I'm thinking, but it might be close

JohnP

I dunno, I just pasted the notes into google and that's the first video that came up. Probably because it has notes in the title posting.

Rubiksmoose

@JohnP I'm really sorry to hear that! I hope it gets better for you.

kviiri

7:47 PM

@DavidCoffron The rhythm seems somewhat unconventional based on my limited music knowledge

Xirema

Hey kid.... you wanna buy a bad homebrew?

> Variant: Ability Modifier Dice Whenever an Ability Check, Saving Throw, Attack Roll, or Damage Roll calls for a player to add an Ability Score Modifier to their roll, use a die instead: +1→d2, +2→d4, +3→d6, +4→d8, +5→d10

David Coffron

@kviiri I didn't break up the measures cuz it would probably be too easy, the dashes are rests (I probably should've clarified)

@Xirema That's terrifying.

MikeQ

> Variant: Roll Dice Whenever an Ability Check, Saving Throw, Attack Roll, or Damage Roll calls for a d20 roll, use a 10d2 roll instead

David Coffron

At least proficiency dice only apply to a small number of rolls

@MikeQ Huh?

Rubiksmoose

@MikeQ lol

David Coffron

7:50 PM

@MikeQ Seems same

MikeQ

@DavidCoffron 1 x 20 = 10 x 2 so obviously the math works out right

David Coffron

@MikeQ If you convince your GM to accept that, you are in from some good rolling

(although much less likely to crit)

Rubiksmoose

@DavidCoffron It's very hard to roll a 20 on a d2 ;)

David Coffron

Rubiksmoose

Nailed it lol

Hot RPG Questions

7:55 PM

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Q: Does a succubus' charm end when it dies?

The Succubus' charm says that: One humanoid The Fiend can see within 30 feet of it must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be magically Charmed for 1 day. The Charmed target obeys the fiend's verbal or telepathic commands. If the target suffers any harm or receives a suicidal Command, ...

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Hot RPG Questions

8:16 PM

7

Q: Would it be unbalanced to increase Wild Shape uses based on level?

Wild Shape is the prominent feature of the Druid class, but it allows only two uses until level 20, when Archdruid makes it limitless. This scaling feels quite odd to me and it appears to impact Moon Druids the most, since they rely on it for their combat prowess, while Land Druids have their sup...

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V2Blast

8:33 PM

@MikeQ They return to their normal form. Nothing causes the Wild Shape forms to stack on top of one another; the new one just replaces the old one.

Eberron: Rising from the Last War is getting a new cover (the one they showed off during the previous announcement was not yet finalized): https://comicbook.com/gaming/2019/09/13/dungeons-and-dragons-eberron-rising-new-cover/
The article also contains a photo of the table comparing what will be included in Wayfinder's Guide to Eberron to what will be contained in Eberron: Rising from the Last War.
The full 10-minute update is here:

Update on Eberron: Rising from the Last War

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Hot RPG Questions

8:56 PM

8

Q: Are there any rules about taking damage whilst holding your breath in combat?

Can't find any official rules about holding breath in combat in 5e. If there's a poisoned gas in the room, and party is fighting against some creature with poison immunity, like golem, and so this golem smashes one of PC's hard - do this player need to roll something not to lose his breath? It is...

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Xirema

I don't know how long this is going to stay up, but someone had a really "great" idea for a 5e D&D App, and wrote up an adcopy for it on various D&D/TTRPG subreddits. It appears they may have forgotten something important, though.....

All I'm saying is, I think WotC's lawyers might be seeing dollar signs in their eyes pretty soon...

Carcer

I am very annoyed that my comment about kobold lifespans has been removed

V2Blast

@Carcer 11 days? ;)

Carcer

yes

did it at least get any upvotes

Xirema

@Xirema (Honestly, I suspect WotC won't be getting a cent from anyone, because I don't think there's an actual /thing/ to sue over. This has all the trademark signs of being a vaporware project cooked up during a brainstorming session with no actual plan to produce)

Although maybe I'd just rather believe that than believe someone did hundreds of hours of pre-production/development and are only just now being told "oh by the way WotC is DEFINITELY NOT going to license out their content to a direct D&D Beyond/Roll20 competitor".

V2Blast

10:29 PM

@Xirema Also true. One comment on the thread did question that

CTWind

I actually assumed that there's not really an exclusive partnership for digital licensing with WOTC, given both fantasy grounds & roll20 have licensed content. I wouldn't be horribly surprised if someone could make a competing character builder to dndbeyond if they were willing to pay the licensing fees (not that I believe this is one such case).

V2Blast

10:46 PM

ooh, they mention something about warforged at 6:16 in that video: youtu.be/vUfxuqydmRg?t=376

> And then down below, Vi is accompanied by her warforged companion who is clad in heavy armor plates because we talk about - also in this chapter - the ability of warforged to attach armor to themselves. And so if anyone is wondering, "Why does this warforged look so unusual?", it's because it is clad in heavy armor using one of the options described in this very chapter.

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Q: How to deal with a DM who makes major changes to a PC without the player's permission?

So last night I was absent from our game and my DM took over my character with neither my knowledge nor consent. Not only that, he also changed my characters relationship with an NPC. I’m really not sure how to handle this but as far as I’m concerned it’s a blatant abuse of power. Rather than ou...

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BESW

Evil Hat has A Word about Kickstarter: they're delaying the launch of their Agon campaign while they asses Kickstarter's ongoing actions regarding unions.

V2Blast

Also, they plan to update WGTE with the final versions of the existing included content (plus artificer with Alchemist subclass) on the same date Eberron: RftLW is released, November 19.

BESW

11:06 PM

Tenbear has a Twitter thread of graphics & layout resources that game designers may find useful.

425suzanne reflects on the difference between "accessibility" and "approachability."

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Sisi Jiang thinks games need to reject Malthusian theory.

Space Goblins! is a free game by Viditya Voleti with "rotating GM play and an emphasis on wild Goblin created mayhem!"

user15026

11:24 PM

@BESW This is something I run into a lot, and I am glad someone is pointing it out.

user15026

Like "simpler mechanics" can be an accessibility thing, but more often than not that's not what I'm asking for - that for me is "approachable" but not necessarily "accessible".

BESW

I hadn't had it pointed out to me before, but yeah, I think I've made that mistake myself.

user15026

(Like I'd consider GSS very approachable, but for me there are still bits that aren't super accessible.)

V2Blast

@Ash As I'm a relative newbie to GSS, having played only one (short) session: what part(s) do you find unaccessible? If you don't mind sharing, of course.

user15026

@V2Blast As with most games, the more moving parts I gotta remember, the worse I am (I have a lot of memory issues). So I struggle with remembering my skills, with remembering what Feelings/Dreams/the other thing I am forgetting relate to, etc

user15026

11:27 PM

Like I can generally remember I can give Dreams because I've tied that to "if it makes me giggle or feel similar feelings" but I forget to use them.

Shalvenay

I find that I have some issues picking up organically on when the various mechanics kick in

user15026

(Admittedly, part of the forgetting to use stuff might be tied to playing online, rather than a space where I have tokens I can touch)

V2Blast

@Ash Yeah, that makes sense. I was sort of surprised by the number of different numbers/mechanics and skills involved in it, for such an approachable game tone-wise.

user15026

I love the game, I'd happily play it lots, I just need someone to remind me of the bits.

BESW

I struggle with keeping track of all the bits, too.

V2Blast

11:29 PM

And we played based on the stripped-down demo version, so some of those mechanics weren't even involved

Yeah, I can definitely understand that

user15026

(Luckily, my gaming group is really good at doing the "you could use this" sort of prompts)

V2Blast

I enjoyed playing but had a little trouble keeping track of everything

@Ash I always appreciate those in the groups I'm in :)

user15026

I know a lot of this is my particular brand of NAT frustration stuff, so it might not be the best example, it's just the first one that came to mind.

V2Blast

Not at all, I appreciate hearing your thoughts/feelings on it! :)

BESW

@Ash As with so many things, this seems to be a case of "We face the same problem but you don't have brakes."

user15026

11:32 PM

@BESW Yeah, that does seem to be the essence of my NATness, that it is just "normal trait careening down a hill at max speed"

user15026

@V2Blast Yay!

user15026

(There are a lot of other ways that things can be approachable but not accessible, like for vision impairments, etc but I tend to prefer using my own self as an example just because that's the stuff I can speak with confidence on.)

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11:57 PM

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Q: Can a character with good/neutral alignment attune to a sentient object with evil alignment?

The greatsword Hazirawn in Hoard of the Dragon Queen is described as "A sentient (neutral evil) greatsword" and it requires attunement. Are there any restrictions on who can attune to it, or any rules explaining what might happen if a good character attempts to attune to it?

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