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Q: Do persistent area-effect damage spells break Compelled Duel?

Situation: Paula the Paladin and her friend Severus the Sorcerer are fighting a monster. Severus casts cloud of daggers in front of (but not in contact with) the monster: You fill the air with spinning daggers in a cube 5 feet on each side, centered on a point you choose within range. A creat...

Ben

00:32

@A.B. well helloooo

A. B.

o/

That expression "No RP is better than bad RP" doesn't half put a lot of pressure on the rusty and incompetent. Or is that not what it means?

Playing Fort City again.

Someone_Evil

I've not seen that applied specifically to RP, only to (a) game in general (/total?)

BESW

Sep 7 '14 at 12:44, by BESW

Here's my cardinal rule of gaming, for players and GMs alike: Make sure everyone is safe and happy, in that order, and talk with the group about what will help keep them safe and happy.

My favorite gaming style involves the GM telling the players what their characters don't know, and a lot of the character action and narrative being described in the third person and dialogue often getting summarized rather than enacted ("Jessie whispers something flirtatious in the ear of the Dwarf King's bodyguard").
A lot people would say that's terrible because player knowledge should map as precisely as possible to character knowledge and enactment is the core of roleplay. And we're welcome to avoid each others' tables, we'd probably make each other miserable, but I'm not gonna tell th…

A. B.

I've been trying to avoid talking OOC any more than I have to, because it only leads to wittering and fights.

That's true, I haven't even any proof that I am RPing badly if I haven't asked.

BESW

It's been my experience that trying to stay "in character" leads to unsafe tables. Apparently some other tables don't have that experience.

Always look for tables that value the happiness and safety of the real-life people, over the integrity of the game being played.

A. B.

00:48

Whatever does "unsafe table" mean? It sounds terribly dramatic.

Someone_Evil

@BESW Or, they are worse at recognising that things are unsafe

A. B.

And it's not a table, it's an IRC channel.

BESW

@A.B. I'm using "table" as a non-literal term for the group/space/dynamic of people gathering to play a game.

And an unsafe table is a place where people don't feel like they can advocate for themselves or others when bad things happen.

We've talked about safety tools and calibration mechanisms here before; unsafe tables are what those things are trying to help avoid.

Hot RPG Questions

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Q: Do the attunement requirements of the Hammer of Thunderbolts make it situational?

The properties of the hammer of thunderbolts seem to suggest to me that (for the vast majority of the time) the player owning this item will not have it attuned. How do you rule on the current attunement status of this item at any given moment, given that players will almost certainly not "live" ...

dnd-5e magic-items weapons attunement

A. B.

Your favourite gaming style sounds marvellous, by the way.

BESW

00:55

It works for us! And that's not to say that the GM never keeps secrets for surprise reveals, or that the players never speak with the words of their characters. Just that they aren't default practices.

(We play characters who are better with swords than we are and we summarize their actions instead of acting them out; why not do the same when we're playing characters who are better with words than we are?)

A. B.

I spend so much time spelling out all the boring bits of conversations that by the time we're ready to get on to anything that leads anywhere it's time to go.

BESW

Gosh yes, been there, stopped doing that.

Dec 3 '18 at 21:28, by BESW

@ColinGross As for segues, I always try to keep it snappy, like a film editor who ends every scene as soon as it's obvious what happens next or we hit a strong emotional closing note. And I often ask the players something about the next scene, which gives them an opportunity to guide it toward a recovery scene or whatever.

Someone_Evil

TIL how segue is spelled

BESW

Yeah, Italian loan word.

A. B.

I know how it's spelt but if I don't think about it I always try to pronounce it "seeg".

BESW

01:05

Same.

Hot RPG Questions

01:16

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Q: Is this variant of Elemental Adept for healing balanced?

I know that most healing does not work on constructs or undead in DnD 5e. However, for various reasons, I would like to subvert that. I was looking over feats to base such a subversion on and stumbled upon the Elemental Adept. Is the following feat likely to either break the game or be underpower...

dnd-5e feats homebrew-review healing

Ben

01:36

@GcL Ok, so my first reply to this was that the "overall points" is the DC - meaning that the higher you go, the harder it is to achieve; I originally decided to set a DC, then remove points, but that got too complex.

So I instead decided to make the maximum possible DC 18 - since the maximum in either total is 10, at which point it resets. This means that at no point is the roll impossible - just very difficult as the Influence builds

Ben

01:54

I see what you mean though @GcL, just reread it, so I rewrote it to hopefully clarify.

Adeptus

02:05

@BESW That reminds me of Joe Abercrombie's writing style. Very snappy segues.

Hot RPG Questions

03:39

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Q: Are a polymorphed beast's attacks magical?

When seen by detect magic, a polymorphed beast will glow magical (Transmutation). Since the creature is magical, do their attacks count as magical for overcoming resistances?

dnd-5e polymorph damage-resistance

AncientSwordRage

10:07

@BESW I like that approach a lot

AncientSwordRage

11:35

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Q: I am looking for information and the physical description of some 3.5 D&D races

I am looking for the for the physical description and information of the following races in 3.5 D&D. Can anyone fill me in or direct me to a source? Deep Halfling Tribal Orb Deep Orc

dnd-3.5e races racial-traits

is that on topic?

Hot RPG Questions

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Q: What is the Plane Shift series considered?

Wizards of the Coast has released multiple Magic: the Gathering supplements for Dungeons & Dragons (not including the Guildmasters' Guide to Ravnica) as part of the Plane Shift PDF series. What would these be considered? Would they be considered homebrew? Or would they be more akin to the likes ...

dnd-5e

Hot RPG Questions

12:53

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Q: Do pact archetype wizards have full curse progression?

I'm pretty sure that I can't be reading this right, but the pact wizard archetype from 5th level says you gain an oracle curse and you count your oracle level as half your wizard level. Looking up the oracle's curses it says that the curse has a level equal to your oracle level plus 1/2 your leve...

pathfinder-1e wizard class character-levels curses

goodguy5

13:36

Morning, team

doppelgreener

o/

goodguy5

@AncientSwordRage sure

is this comment inappropriate?

What have you already tried? I mean, this is the first source that comes to mind... — DM_with_secrets 1 min ago

AncientSwordRage

@doppelgreener \oo//

goodguy5

not like "should I report it", but like "should we tell them that's not how we do things here?

AncientSwordRage

@goodguy5 the latter yes

goodguy5

13:50

I thought so, but I wanted to check before I said anything. Can someone with more prose kindly explain to them civility?

NautArch

@goodguy5 yeah, it's not nice

AncientSwordRage

@goodguy5 brain fried by bck to mack meetings

back to back*

otherwise I would

goodguy5

meetings, amirite?

AncientSwordRage

@goodguy5 is that like.. a mineral

goodguy5

hahahah

AncientSwordRage

13:54

:p

goodguy5

you invoked a might guffaw

I'm glad my wife stepped out so that I didn't have to answer any questions

I just said it out loud again and was met with another wave of the chuckles

AncientSwordRage

@goodguy5 glad it landed well, do you know how long I've been sitting on that one?

goodguy5

how long?

AncientSwordRage

too long

Rubiksmoose

14:10

@goodguy5 I can take care of it :)

doppelgreener

yeah "google it" responses are basically forbidden

it's not helpful

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Q: Ban LMGTFY (let me google that for you) links

I've just asked a question on Stack Overflow which was a prime candidate for googling. I admit it was a poor question and with a little bit of research I would have found the answer. It annoyed me that someone put a let-me-google-that-for-you link in the comments. It got right up my nose. I find...

discussion feature-request status-completed hyperlinks lmgtfy

"let me google that for you" links are even banned by the system

also:

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A: How should we deal with Google questions?

Either don't answer it or give a correct answer. If the question is off topic on the specific site because it has other problems, you can flag it as such. But please do not comment or post answers like: Tried www.google.com? That is not acceptable on SE-sites.

goodguy5

14:25

@Rubiksmoose Thanks ^_^ ♥

goodguy5

14:40

me irl right now:

I made myself a cup of coffee around 7. Made goodwife5 (and goodbaby5) breakfast for my wife's birthday today, then started working.

Around 10:30 I was like "why does my head hurt?"

Rubiksmoose

14:57

lol

GcL

15:14

@goodguy5 Need more coffee?

goodguy5

I grabbed both ;)

GcL

@Ben As opposed to base DC, modifier, result. Subtracting from the roll or adding to the DC are the same coin. Adding to the DC just matches the rest of 5e DC checks.

@goodguy5 Clever. Using those magic hands of holding.

JohnP

15:29

phnrgl. I am probably the only person at our company today that is irritated they have a job.

@goodguy5 Have you seen the side shot where he is sitting on a booster cushion?

goodguy5

haha no

Hot RPG Questions

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Q: How does the Helm of Brilliance interact with Great Weapon Fighting?

The item Helm of Brilliance includes a feature that reads: You can use an action and speak a Command Word to cause one weapon you are holding to burst into flames. [...] When you hit with an Attack using the blazing weapon, the target takes an extra 1d6 fire damage. (DMG, 173) Great Weapon ...

dnd-5e magic-items damage fighting-style

GcL

15:59

@JohnP New company?

Medix2

Dnd-5e question: anybody know if there's a way to determine when a given errata was made?

Hot RPG Questions

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Q: What are the default subraces in the D&D 3.5 Players Handbook?

I am having difficultly finding information on the default subraces offered in the D&D 3.5 Players Handbook. What is the default elf subrace in D&D 3.5? What is the default gnome subrace in D&D 3.5? What is the default dwarf subrace in D&D 3.5? What is the default halfling subrace in D&D 3.5?

dnd-3.5e races racial-traits dnd-3e online-resources

MikeQ

If it's published, it should have a year of publication on it somewhere

Medix2

16:24

@MikeQ I meant the errata documents online. Like the current one is the 2020 errata document but includes all previous errata, I'm wondering how to tell when one of those previous ones was made

Someone_Evil

@Medix2 Go through the old ones and see when it is marked as new

?

Medix2

Did not know old ones were accessible, interesting

Since links to the old one are sending me to the newest one

JohnP

@GcL No, same company but I acted on bad information about a dream role. But, there was no guarantee that the offer for that would have come in time. This is a good role, and really glad to have a job.

@goodguy5 thenypost.files.wordpress.com/2018/04/…

goodguy5

Well, he's 5'7"

Can't blame him

Hell, even Bill Gates is 5'10"

and let's not get into how damned tall Elon Musk is. That 6'2", rich maniac.

Medix2

@Someone_Evil For example this page about the 2018 errata has all of its links to the 2020 errata

JohnP

16:31

Hey now, let's not be dissin on 5'10" folks.

Someone_Evil

@Medix2 I'm getting '18 docs

Medix2

@Someone_Evil Now that's very interesting. So the change to the heavy property is not there?

Someone_Evil

Or.. did they update the file but with the file name of the old year?

Medix2

@Someone_Evil On my end, that seems to be the case

A. B.

16:57

Wish I could munchkin a freeform RP.

It's kind of the only thing I understand how to do, at least possibly.

Medix2

17:30

I wonder if gold tag-badge holders can insta-dupe mark a question but where it points to a question that doesn't have that tag

NautArch

@Medix2 I feel like I have done this.

Carcer

@Someone_Evil I would guess that someone's done some link shenanigans, that's a bit frustrating of them to do it surreptitiously rather than actually updating the articles to point to superseding content but oh well

Medix2

@Carcer Yeah I'm now having to browse the internet for actual older links and am finding them... difficult

Carcer

I wonder if it was done idly by someone who access to the media server but not the permission to edit posts

@Medix2 try using the wayback machine

eg: web.archive.org/web/20181204121730/https://dnd.wizards.com/…

web.archive.org/web/20181204183749/https://media.wizards.com/…

has copies of the file that was actually there when the article was published

Medix2

@Carcer How did I forget about that

Carcer

17:36

@Medix2 everyone forgets about the wayback machine

Someone_Evil

The 2016 article seems to link to what appears to be the 2018 errata document

Medix2

@Someone_Evil The plot thickens

Oh wait, that's still the most recent one... Plot unthickened (thinned?)

Himitsu_no_Yami

Thinned, but unthickened sounds better

Medix2

@Carcer Now I just gotta find the older sites which I think are neatly categorized

@Someone_Evil Just realize the "2019 Sage Advice Compendium" links the 2020 errata documents XD

GcL

@Medix2 Better than breaking the links?

Medix2

17:51

@GcL Yeah just wish WotC themselves would keep publicly-accessible copies of previous errata documents somewhere

GcL

@Medix2 Didn't they used to have an archive for articles and such? I seem to recall the Dragonshard articles got stashed there for a while.

I agree an archive would be the best. Hire a librarian. They like managing that kind of stuff.

Medix2

18:06

Are there any 5e-dnd questions on what happens when overlapping effects have their end-condition met? Say they allow for a saving throw to end an effect, do both end on one a single success?

Rubiksmoose

None immediately spring to my mind.

Medix2

Oh yup turns out [stacking] + [saving-throw] + [dnd-5e] did the trick

Ah which is actually different since ensnaring strike doesn't end in that case

Someone_Evil

This seems heavily related

Himitsu_no_Yami

Would a question asking what rarity a specific homebrew magic item should be work? Also, how should I best word a question asking for any major balancing issues in general (not necessarily "is it balanced compared to X thing") with said item?

Medix2

@Someone_Evil Though that completely bypasses the stacking rules as they have different names

Someone_Evil

18:22

@Medix2 In my defence that wasn't quite clear from your original prompt. I assume this doesn't cover it for you either?

@Himitsu_no_Yami Generally yes. Rarity is the measure for an item's power (but there is a lot of noise/ambiguity in that measure)

Medix2

@Himitsu_no_Yami We certainly have quite a few: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

That said, I'd greatly recommend reading "Is item rarity really tied to how powerful it is?" and "How is the power of a magic item measured according to the rules?"

@Someone_Evil Nope :( I think I'll end up addressing it in my answer to a stacking booming blade question

Mark Wells

@Himitsu_no_Yami I would grimace with disapproval at that question. Rarity is pretty arbitrary. Anyway, if you're homebrewing a specific item, it's because you intend for someone to have it, so why does rarity matter?

Himitsu_no_Yami

@MarkWells it's not even "I intend for someone to have it" so much as "I thought of a cool idea and want to know what rarity would be appropriate for it"

Someone_Evil

@Himitsu_no_Yami If there are any egregious issues or oddities that may arise with a given item a good answer should cover that, but it's hard to formulate a specific question for that (it's more forum-y)

Medix2

In my own tables, I completely ignore rarity as I find it a generally unhelpful measure. Though, others can certainly find the measure useful; to each their own

Himitsu_no_Yami

18:28

Would it be better for me to describe the item here first you think?

Medix2

@Someone_Evil I think you can ask "what are the ramifications of X houserule/homebrew?"

Mark Wells

@Himitsu_no_Yami Couldn't hurt.

Himitsu_no_Yami

It's called the Holy Eraser and it can be any sword. The idea is it's a sword and a sheathe with a permanent Darkness spell enchanted onto the sword. So while drawn the sword is constantly emanating darkness but you can sheathe it to block the darkness since "Completely covering the source of the darkness with an opaque object, such as a bowl or a helm, blocks the darkness."

Someone_Evil

That sounds inconvenient if I'm understanding it correctly

Rubiksmoose

Indeed. Unless everyone in the party has truesight somehow

Mark Wells

18:30

This is sounding a lot like a munchkin gimmick, but go ahead...

Himitsu_no_Yami

it's very much a niche item but that's kinda intentional with this one

Mark Wells

which is to say you'll need to carefully regulate the action economy of sheathing/drawing the sword

Medix2

@Rubiksmoose Be glad it's not hunger of Hadar

Someone_Evil

I think there's a name for swords that prevent you from seeing while they are drawn. It's "cursed"

Rubiksmoose

Ironically, a party without a way to see through the darkness will never actually see the blade of the weapon.

Mark Wells

18:32

@Medix2 It might be better if it were Hunger of Hadar; as it is, I fully expect this to be used by a warlock with Devil's Sight

Medix2

@Rubiksmoose Maybe X-ray vision XD

Rubiksmoose

hahaha

Himitsu_no_Yami

@MarkWells It is intended for a bladelock with Devil's Sight

Rubiksmoose

@Himitsu_no_Yami one minor note: you might want to determine the spell level of the effect (or it will default to the lowest casting level)

Medix2

@Rubiksmoose Or at perhaps just whether that darkness can be dispelled at all

Rubiksmoose

18:34

good point!

Mark Wells

@Himitsu_no_Yami So the intended function is "anyone attacking you, ever, has disadvantage, and your attacks always have advantage"?

Rubiksmoose

anyone attacking you and the rest of your party of course lol

Mark Wells

"the rest of your party" lol

your baggage train

Medix2

@MarkWells Did somebody say foresight?

Rubiksmoose

Could be pretty useful theoretically out of battle maybe? For covering retreats and sneaking?

Someone_Evil

18:36

So it emulates a 9th level spell, that should put it at legendary. Case closed :)

Medix2

@Rubiksmoose Follow the orb of darkness

Rubiksmoose

@Medix2 "don't mind the moving area of impenetrable darkness."

"literally nothing to see here"

Someone_Evil

@Medix2 Nothing suspicious about an orb of darkness wandering around camp at night. Perfectly normal

Mark Wells

@Medix2 so, the sword does the equivalent of a 9th-level spell with a 1-minute cast time, only for free and instantly with no duration limit

Himitsu_no_Yami

@Rubiksmoose my idea right now is the darkness doesn't dispel magical light, it isn't dispelled by magical light, but it's also not illuminated by non-magical light. It'd only be illuminated by light from a level 3 or higher spell

Someone_Evil

18:37

@Rubiksmoose Glad to see we're on the same page

Medix2

It's an interesting weapon... basically makes the entire battlefield have all attack rolls have neither advantage or disadvantage unless they involve the sword-wielder

Mark Wells

@Medix2 plus nobody can find anyone

except the Godlock, who can find everyone

Medix2

@MarkWells You can still hear everybody, just Hiding is easier

Himitsu_no_Yami

@Medix2 *casts silence*

Mark Wells

I'm inclined to ask what a comparable item for another class would be

Medix2

18:40

@Himitsu_no_Yami Cue Subtle Spell Metamagic dispel magic

ACuriousMind

Give the players another item enchanted with a repeated message: "Everyone who wants to participate in combat, please continually shout "I'm in!" so we can find you. Thank you!"

Medix2

Wait isn't Holy Avenger like "advantage galore" or something?

Himitsu_no_Yami

@Medix2 good counter, good counter

Mark Wells

@Medix2 only on saving throws, yeah?

Medix2

Oh Holy Avenger is a 10 foot radius (30 feet at level 17+) radius of advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. So yeah...

Himitsu_no_Yami

18:42

Holy Avenger is also a +3 sword

Medix2

Whereas darkness is a 30 foot radius of negating both advantage on disadvantage on attack rolls, hmmm

Rubiksmoose

I'd put this weapon in the category of "annoying enough to the party that it would rarely be used".

Mark Wells

It's the specific category of "annoying to the party except for its owner", which is a problem

Medix2

@Rubiksmoose I'd probably take one party member being great at combat for everybody else becoming neutral

Rubiksmoose

@Medix2 Strategically yeah, but from a table-fun standpoint maybe not more than once or so.

(IMO of course)

Mark Wells

18:43

@Medix2 Having played in that campaign before (DM didn't know how to get us into close-range engagements) I would not do it again

Medix2

@Rubiksmoose Yeah that's a great point, all the fun of advantage and disadvantage would just be gone. Could hurt Rogue's especially

Rubiksmoose

It would be pretty amazing in the hands of a BBEG with true sight.

But perpetual darkness doesn't seem like a great setup for a fun encounter, necessarily.

Mark Wells

(paladin, two fighters, monk, druid, ranger. hmm, where shall we set this leg of the campaign? how about a giant featureless sand desert where you get randomly attacked by flying monsters in broad daylight?)

Medix2

@MarkWells Time to cast plane shift

Mark Wells

we ended up casting campaign shift

Medix2

18:48

@MarkWells A rare 10th level spell

Mark Wells

and yet accessible to any class and level, by the grace of the gods

doppelgreener

18:58

Oct 19 '13 at 2:20, by BESW

@AlexP Concept: a character with Int as a dump stat and an Amulet of the Planes.

Oct 19 '13 at 2:27, by BESW

"Bored now." [Int check]

Oct 19 '13 at 2:22, by BESW

I call it "The Game-Changer."

Medix2

I typoed booming blade and brooming blade and now I want one

doppelgreener

Brooming Blade (magic weapon effect): This weapon is always impeccably clean and well-maintained. Anything hit by this weapon is suddenly impeccably cleaned, apart from the fact it's been damaged by a weapon, but that's not a measure of cleanliness apparently. Smells faintly of lemons.

5

Rubiksmoose

@Medix2 I wouldn't bristle if I got one of those for sure!

Medix2

@doppelgreener Infected wound? Just stab it again!

doppelgreener

@Medix2 Right on, now you're thinking.

No time to freshen up for the date? Little stab in the leg, pretend you got into a fight.

Rubiksmoose

19:12

@doppelgreener "With what?" your date asks. "Dust bunnies" you reply.

doppelgreener

Dust bunnies! The worst. Frightening things.

Medix2

@Rubiksmoose Well I know what monster I want to stat now

Himitsu_no_Yami

So, what was the final verdict from you guys? the only actual rarity I saw was legendary but it doesn't seem right

NautArch

@Himitsu_no_Yami I read above, and legendary fits for what you're asking, I think.

It does feel like the Holy Avenger for warlocks

Himitsu_no_Yami

See, the thing is comparing to to another legendary item mentioned (Holy Avenger) it doesn't seem as good, sure one player might have adv and everyone disadv against them and everything else is neutral but that's mostly it. Compared to the aforementioned item which is a +3 weapon, does extra damage to undead, and gives the whole party (well within 10 feet, or 30 if you're 17+ pally) adv on saves vs spells

Medix2

19:21

I worry the sword will make combats un-fun for players besides the Bladelock, and personally think rarity doesn't do a great job of measuring very much

Rubiksmoose

@Himitsu_no_Yami My question would be: what does rarity mean to you? what are you using it to measure?

Eg if you're just going to give it to your players anyways, rarity doesn't really matter.

Himitsu_no_Yami

@Rubiksmoose I guess the best way to put it is (with one exception) rarity helps judge when the item should be obtainable. Ie. you're not getting a legendary item at level 10 but more closer to 17

Rubiksmoose

Gotcha. That makes sense.

Hot RPG Questions

19:39

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Q: Do monsters with the "Telepathy" language automatically sense creatures in their telepathic radius?

Some monsters possess the special "Telepathy" language. Telepathy Telepathy is a magical ability that allows a monster to communicate mentally with another creature within a specified range. The contacted creature doesn't need to share a language with the monster to communicate in this...

dnd-5e monsters telepathy

Rubiksmoose

Brain picking time: I've got a ridiculously hairy superhero teenager (NPC) that is able to control his hair (strengthen, soften, shape, move, manipulate). Hero name ideas?

Medix2

@Rubiksmoose I had a similar character and named them "Bramble" since I added spikes to the hair

Rubiksmoose

nice one!

Thicket could also work along those lines.

GcL

19:55

@Rubiksmoose "Herr Soot"

Rubiksmoose

hah!

Medix2

Is my comment here flatly incorrect? If it is, I'll gladly remove it

Medix2

20:16

@NautArch Just so you know, as far as I'm aware, Leader was not a class but an entire role in 4e. It applied to Clerics, Artificers, Bards, Shamans, Warlords, and probably other I've forgotten

NautArch

@Medix2 Oh, well then. Comment soon to be deleted and i'm not sure about keeping it open.

i thought there was a specific class they were trying emulate

Medix2

There might also be a specific class, I'll do some digging

Himitsu_no_Yami

20:49

So after talking to someone else, I think we figured out the one thing you guys are overlooking with my idea. All of the problems you just mentioned can be created by spending an action and a spell slot (or a 1/day racial spell) to cast Darkness on the sword manually, the only difference is the lack of required concentration. Noting that the main power comes from the combination, not from the item itself, do you still think legendary is the right rarity for it?

The spell once cast, if you maintain concentration, lasts long enough where the duration doesn't matter usually

I'm not trying to be difficult but while I feel legendary isn't right idk what would be better

Someone_Evil

I think our basis was based on the darkness being always on. Requiring no slots, no concentration and having no agency over it (the only opt out is to not use the weapon).

Medix2

@Himitsu_no_Yami The other difference is resources, since you have a limited number of spell slots.

Someone_Evil

If you want to argue this more rigorously, I'd ask for an actual item write-up

Himitsu_no_Yami

@Medix2 compare that particular argument to something like a staff or a wand that has X number of charges and can regain them. @Someone_Evil like write up the full item as say a homebrew on DDB?

Medix2

Compare this to the at will invisibility Eldritch Invocation which requires level 15, affects one creature, requires an action, and doesn't last as long

Someone_Evil

20:54

@Himitsu_no_Yami Sure. The actual rules-description of an item and the retelling description of an items can differ in some important ways

Medix2

It's pretty similar to at will invisibility imo, since the effect against everybody else is a net nothing (or positive or negative depending on other circumstances, but often net nothing) and the effect against yourself is a net positive

I forgot to ask, does activating (pulling out) this weapon require an action or just the usual one free object interaction?

Himitsu_no_Yami

The thought is other than the permanent darkness enchantment it's a completely normal sword and subject to all other rules as such (to answer the specific question, no it does not require an action as it's otherwise just a mundane sword)

Someone_Evil

So we got it right that it is drawn and then there's a 15ft r sphere of darkness centered on the wielder?

Himitsu_no_Yami

@Medix2 Also, it's only a net positive if you have the Devil's Sight invocation or some other way of seeing through it

@Someone_Evil yes

Medix2

@Himitsu_no_Yami Yes and the character using it explicitly does

Himitsu_no_Yami

21:01

if the item was say disarmed and then thrown somewhere else the darkness stays centered on the sword

Someone_Evil

@Himitsu_no_Yami Drawbacks like that are dangerous within design. For 5e item rarities they can increase the rarity just as much as increase it

Medix2

imo, this weapons rarity would be different if there was no way to see through that darkness whatsoever, but there are and so certain characters/builds can use it far better than others

@Himitsu_no_Yami Best of luck disarming somebody you can't see. I do see what you're saying but that's resolved by just going and retrieving it

Himitsu_no_Yami

@Medix2 that part was more in response to "15ft r centered on wielder" just to make sure that it was clear. I just wanted to make sure on that

NautArch

@Himitsu_no_Yami SO it's a mundane weapon otherwise? just that it has the permanent darkness?

Himitsu_no_Yami

yes

Himitsu_no_Yami

21:19

Quick question, do weapons that have magical (but non-damaging) properties still deal magic damage on a hit? (for the purpose of overcoming resistance to nonmagical weapons)

Someone_Evil

The resistance cares about any weapon that is magical. What that magical effect is is irrelevant

Himitsu_no_Yami

that's what I thought but I wanted to confirm

thanks

I'm typing up the homebrew item in DDB right now

Someone_Evil

main site Q&A btw

Himitsu_no_Yami

Is there any particular method to the madness in the order in which the answers appear? Sometimes I see highest voted first, sometimes I see most recent first, sometimes most recent is last (say after just posting an answer) or am I just going crazy

Someone_Evil

New answers that appear as you are watching the page are added to the top (refresh should solve). Otherwise you can set the mode (default/normal is sorting by votes)

You would not be the first to accidentally have it on active, or oldest and getting confused

Himitsu_no_Yami

21:25

I just noticed the sorting button and it is in fact set to active

If an answer is accepted, is it automatically at the top too btw?

Someone_Evil

Only for votes more?

No, it should do that for all of them

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Q: Why is the accepted answer first even if I sort answers by "active" or "newest"?

Okay, I have found two other places this question, in feature-request form, has been marked status-bydesign (here and here). But I ask this as a discussion question because there is no explanation why the other two are by design. So. Why is it the case that the accepted answer is sorted to the t...

discussion accepted-answer sorting

Himitsu_no_Yami

It should? Perfect. I was hoping it would but I hadn't checked

Rubiksmoose

@Himitsu_no_Yami unless it is a self-answer then yes.

Himitsu_no_Yami

Finished up typing it on DDB but now I'm annoyed that they didn't give an option to set weapon type to something like "any sword" and require you to pick one

Anyway, here it is.

SmokeDetector

22:06

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Himitsu_no_Yami

@SmokeDetector *poof*

BESW

22:19

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