@Glazius Ah, ok. That was my first time beating the boss, so I'm now on hard difficulty. (New Game+ seems kinda misleading, so I'll stick to the terminology the game uses)
I also finally got a secret achievement that was super common - it had really been bugging me seeing it sitting among all the stuff I've already done. Turns out it's for doing something really, really stupid, so now I feel bad about having unlocked it.
My friend recently got BotW, so now I'm playing that again haha
I came up with a plan - what I'm going to do first, what I need in order to get that, stop by Ganon's Castle for some high-level gear... Ok let's do th-- oh horsey!
(2 hours later) ok, so now I have 30 wood, I can go buy that house... Then I can go get those boots I needed
New PB though: I managed to raid Ganon's Castle with only 4 hearts and the base Hylian Gear. Lol
@goodguy5 I honestly have not actually finished it. Got everything, was going to go fight Ganon, but wanted to get all the upgrades and stuff, then I got distracted by other stuff and eventually stopped playing lol
Like, I like Enter the Gungeon, but when I lose a run, I get super frustrated and stop playing it for a while. With Dead Cells, I can't wait to start the next run.
Right, yeah I don't have any of those. I don't think the game needs more stuff, and the Bike just breaks the immersion for me lol. So I didn't get any of the DLCs.
I was thinking of maybe gettimg master mode... But that's it
Like, Giant mechanical beasts - there's no "modern" technology in any of that . Mystery and magic. Whereas a motorbike, well that's something that exists in reality. Yeah you might say it "works" the same way - with mystery and magic - but just the idea of the motorbike brings it a step away from the original aesthetic of the game.
Tiny stone music box that plays Barbie Dreams? Obvious forgery. Fog-shrouded stone complex whose ancient gears, spun by mountain rivers, play Barbie Dreams a couple octaves lower? WHO IS NIKKI MINAJ REALLY AND WHAT DOES SHE KNOW?!
I always thought Souls like was supposed to encompass more than just difficulty
Like, Hollow Knight can be compared to Souls games due to difficulty, but the only other thing it really has in common is the way like is presented and the healing mechanic
It's up to a certain amount of individual taste to say if that makes it worth calling like Souls games
Yes, that's what the comparison was intended to be, but it's been diluted due to anything displaying any level of difficulty beyond a difficulty selection, and a manual save mechanic, it's "Souls-like".
While yes, most games that have that label should be taken with a grain of salt, it's like the Rick and Morty Szechuan Sauce fiasco. The whole thing has been blown way out of comparison by anyone that wants to be known for weighing in on what "Souls-like" is supposed to mean
No, seriously, Dark Souls is actually extremely forgiving. Super Mario gives you, what, three guys? You can mash your face into the same misadventure dozens of times in Dark Souls and never have to start over.
You don't even have to farm up healing herbs the way you did in Demon's Souls, you've got your Sunny D.
@trogdor HK is much more Soulslike than most games with the label, having as it does limited life and life recovery, no permadeath, and a single currency which is dropped on death and lost forever if you fail to reach the drop point.
@Glazius I suppose my point is exactly that - comparing the difficulty of the games, when the entire play mechanic is completely different.
@Miniman Yes.
On a separate note... I have "Cursed" items in my game... but I don't want to call them "Cursed". They can't be "uncursed", nor do they have any real negative effects - the only reason I use that label is because they contribute to the overall Corruption counter.
I mean, what level of non-disincentive are you looking for here? Is Sir Justice going to raise one of these things triumphantly to the sun and exult in its glory?
"Wicked" has been around for so long it's lost most of its teeth. It's evil, but it's, like, grade-school pageant evil.
You're probably never going to get Sir Justice to don the Wicked Crown, but nobody who would want to don a Wicked Crown is going to really think twice about doing it, I think.
I re-worded it: "you emit bright light in a 10 ft radius, and dim light for an additional 10 ft. The light can be negated by a Darkness spell of a level greater than half your barbarian level."
See this meta question, where two questions covering similar topics got merged. However, the merge was in error, as the Permanent vs Until Dispelled question does not apply to the Teleportation Circle question, since the duration of Teleportation Circle is not Permanent.
Is it possible to un-mer...
@DuncanXSimpson It's a bot that just posts any new meta posts in the main chat. There used to be one for the main site too, but that was removed. Now we just use the Smoke Detector bot which flags bd posts (mainly advertising posts, but also ones containing swearing, etc).
@kviiri Well, I'm working on writing up a concept for it now.
The idea is sort of like in Dark Heresy. As you become more and more corrupt, it starts to change your PC. eventually, it changes your stats, gives you abilities, etc.
With an additional bonus at the end for the most corrupt player character.
Don't pay too much attention to the effects though, I'm already thinking of different ones, and altering the order of them, and the Tier requisites will probably change too. I'm just getting the core of it all down on paper rn
So with the items that can contribute to the corruption, while the name "corruption" might sound bad, the whole system has a different spin. It's meant to alter gameplay, not deficit.
So regarding corruption mechanics, I think they're quite easy to get right in Apocalypse World or Fate where it's a normal part of the play to invoke a characters' weaknesses
It's a quite a lot trickier in DnD where people usually try to minimize their characters' weaknesses or their impact
Yeah, I suppose I'm not trying to create any "weakness", per se... just sort of alter a player's abilities and approaches to the way the game is played.
I need a "once per day" thing for a "decay" related ability. I have a healing one, and a "ask the gm for information" one, so I don't want to repeat myself.
So yes, it can have a negative impact on the primary abilities of a player
However, I intend to create items that are intended for each class. Like, a 2-handed weapon for the Fighter or barb that causes Bloodlust, for example.
I am thinking I might need to switch some of the abilities each corruption affects though
@Rubiksmoose True Polymorph says that in the original PHB. A number of the higher level spells with structures have that word. 5th level teleportation circle has it. You can create a permanent teleportation circle by casting this spell in the same location every day for one year
the fortress and the temple in xanathar's also have that term
I'm not entirely certain I agree with the original decision to merge, but I haven't dedicated a lot of time thinking about it (I just noticed it yesterday evening)
Can anybody find me where in the book it explains this: is "ability check" and "saving throw" terms that apply to the d20 roll only? Or do they refer to the entire check roll+answer?
@NautArch I disagree though on that count. I was actually thinking the exact opposite in this case that it was an example of a helpful good list question.
Though the question itself is not good but not because of the list aspect.
@Rubiksmoose @KorvinStarmast I lightly edited that meta about TC-merger; your comments may now actually be the seeds of answers, should you wish to post them.
@NautArch Is there anywhere in the book that describes how to do a saving throw? Aka d20+relevant modifier? It really seems like there should be but I cannot for the life of me find it.
@KorvinStarmast I had a fun time running it and was interested to see them trying a novel structure for an adventure. I'm not sure where I come down on it in the end, though. Maybe kinda-neutral. (Partially because I couldn't care less about Waterdeep, so having a book that's half Waterdeep setting-guide is half-uninteresting for me.)
@NautArch It's explicit inthe adventure what spells are in the book. It is the stat block spells, plus a few others. no reason the NPC does not mix and match, Per the MM
@KorvinStarmast Ah - that's what I was wondering. If the adventure states the Apprentice has a book, then it has a book :) I was just looking at the MM entry that does not have a book, just spells prepared.
@KorvinStarmast I still don't see where it has a spellbook.
@NautArch I mean, in hindsight, I'm thinking about maybe deleting it, since my new answer to the new question is just better written and more thorough. Or at the very least it supports its central thesis a lot better.
@KorvinStarmast The question isn't about swapping spells, it's about swapping them from a spellbook, which means a book exists that can be found, taken, and possibly copied.
@Xirema On your new answer I think you might want to soften your "However, the Multiclassing rules don't agree" title given what you write in the section.
It goes like this. You have an NPC encounter. It has the stat block and treasure. the treasure is a spell book with these spells. As it happens, these spells are all usable by the NPC, and so on
@NautArch Ok, so adding that to spoilers was clearer?
@DuncanXSimpson I think your meta is definitely good, but just as an aside what about the "Can you use dispel magic on the creations of a spell like animate dead or affect those creations with antimagic field?" Sage Advice makes you think it supports your view of permanence?
Thanks for editing that stuff in BTW I think it definitely helps us to understand what your objections are.
This quote: "Whenever you wonder whether a spell’s effects can be dispelled or suspended, you need to answer one question: is the spell’s duration instantaneous? If the answer is yes, there is nothing to dispel or suspend." While it's not instantaneous, it's only 6 seconds, as opposed to permanent.
@Rubiksmoose The thing is the effect does not become permanent. A new effect is created, which is permanent, and I'd argue that the new effect isn't a Magical Effect per se (as in the tweet).
@Rubiksmoose This is why we can't have nice things. The devs are unwilling to use the plain english definition of permanent. :p I am disappointed in JC's waffling on this
@KorvinStarmast Fwiw I would prefer that the ruling be to use the normal meaning of permanent better (in that you can't dispel it). But where is JC waffling on this? Every bit of evidence from him seems to reinforce one interpretation (the one in the SAC).
Then using the word permanent seems to me a misleading choice. And in the original PHB True Polymorph was permananet, not "until dispelled" so the original intent was that 'permanent is permanent' so waffling is the charge
@KorvinStarmast Well sure, JC does a lot of bad rulings and infuriatingly contradicts himself all the time. But I think this case is very very clear even if it seems like we would prefer it the other way.
I just seems like all the objections to this are "well I want it to be the other way" despite the rulings being very clear.
@Rubiksmoose I'm enjoying discussing this, and you bring up some very good points. The part of Sage Advice you mention, are you referring to "Is the breath weapon of a dragon magical?"
@Rubiksmoose Here's the thing about that one. For reference, it says that if any of these are true, it's a Magical Effect:
• Is it a magic item? • Is it a spell? Or does it let you create the effects of a spell that’s mentioned in its description? • Is it a spell attack? • Is it fueled by the use of spell slots? • Does its description say it’s magical?
Option 2 seems to be the one pointing at this being magical. However, I'd argue that Permanent Teleportation Circle is not a spell, and the Teleportation Circle spell only lasts 6 seconds, and after that the spell Teleportation Circle is gone. Therefore, Permanent Teleportation Circle does not qualify as a magical effect since, unlike True Polymorph, there is not a specific rule that says the standard effect of it becomes permanent.
@DuncanXSimpson But here is nothing named "Permanent Teleportation Circle" referenced anywhere.
At least not by my reading
> You can create a permanent teleportation circle by casting this spell in the same location every day for one year.
note that there are no caps and no italics. Reading it in normal english it is: permanent (adjective describing the following noun) teleportation circle (the current effect of this spell).
@Rubiksmoose But it goes on to say they're not the same thing. An actual permanent Teleportation Circle, which would be a continuous portal, does not exist in 5e.
The effect of the spell is a portal that leads to another point. A permanent teleportation circle is not that.
@DuncanXSimpson but also it doesn't even matter. Because even if the spell created a widget unrelated to teleportation in any way it would see be a magical widget.
@DuncanXSimpson and where do you get this interpretation? Because it seems to me this is exactly what the spell says this is.
@Rubiksmoose The berries don't vanish at the end of the duration. They lose their magical properties after that duration, but they can still be used to make a non-magical smoothie after the duration ends.
Can you use dispel magic on the creations of a spell like animate dead or affect those creations with antimagic field? Whenever you wonder whether a spell’s effects can be dispelled or suspended, you need to answer one question: is the spell’s duration instantaneous?
@Rubiksmoose I believe that this spell isn't made permanent, but when cast every day for a year, has built up a significant "dent" in the weave, so to speak, that Teleportation Circle can then lock onto.
