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silverwizard 6 months ago friendica

I’m very wary of people who say “put all information on the one page” for an encounter as a result of the experience with the delve layout. Inline stat blocks? Tremendously problematic because of the space they use and how they interfere with adventure flow. #dnd
— Merric Blackman (@MerricB) April 11, 2020

#dnd

Pax Tharkas

silverwizard 7 months ago friendica

Is this another D&D Coronavirus meme?
⚔️🐉#dnd #gamenight #dndmemes #charactersheet #d20 #meme #barbarian pic.twitter.com/Rg5ixiKUP1
— DND Memes (@MemesDnd) March 14, 2020

#dnd #meme #dndmemes #gamenight #charactersheet #d20 #barbarian

Temple of Mishakal

silverwizard 10 months ago friendica

This might be a bad idea... But like, follow, and RT and I'll hook you up with your very own Twitter #dnd Statblock based on your profile. pic.twitter.com/AnNRPLMyJS
— DnDeej (@DnDeej) October 17, 2019

#dnd

Temple of Mishakal

silverwizard 10 months ago friendica

wipppp #spelljammer #DnD pic.twitter.com/a8pco3znfK
— Stinky the Bard (@birdythebard) December 9, 2019

#dnd #spelljammer

Temple of Majere

silverwizard 1 year ago friendica

Important thread

Hi everyone, it's me, @justJamieDean.

This is a thread about #FeastOfLegends, Wendys, #CriticalRole, and why I've decided to step away from the #dnd #ttrpg community.
— Guardians of the Multiverse (@GuardiansDnD) October 4, 2019

#TTRPG #dnd #FeastOfLegends #CriticalRole @Jamie Dean Hultgren

Gateway

silverwizard 1 year ago friendica

Warlock, Sorcerer, Barbarian, Druid Bard, and Rogue

Picking one: sorcerer

If you had to delete one #DnD class from ever existing in the game, which class would it be?
— ✨ Sailor Abi ✨ (@D8bitGaming) September 27, 2019

#dnd

Silver Dragon Mountain

PresGas (OSR) Aspect 1 year ago diaspora

Barbarian. Full stop.

silverwizard 1 year ago friendica

They are definitely just double fighter, but the lack of non-casters stays my hand there

silverwizard 1 year ago friendica

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Qualinost

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silverwizard 1 year ago friendica

Background are 5e's best feature!

I tend to play Criminal, Hermit, or Sage

But building NPCs I put more thought into Background than class or race

There's always talk about favorite class or race to play, but what is your favorite background to use?#dnd #dnd5e #communityquestion pic.twitter.com/HbEwHrguLj
— Kobold Press (@KoboldPress) July 26, 2019

#dnd #communityquestion #dnd5e

Abanasinia

silverwizard 1 year ago friendica

Ok, as a result of parenting I am writing a book for D&D of boring magic that adventurers wont use

But I want to add a new warlock *pact* not patron. Has anyone else done this? Is there advice for it?#dnd
— Silverwizard (@HippyWizard) July 10, 2019

#dnd

Temple of Mishakal

silverwizard 1 year ago friendica

Ok, as a result of parenting I am writing a book for D&D of boring magic that adventurers wont use

But I want to add a new warlock *pact* not patron. Has anyone else done this? Is there advice for it?

#dnd

#dnd

Citadel of Light

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Ben Green 1 year ago diaspora

I haven't seen any advice per se, but you could check the /r/UnearthedArcana subreddit for examples of Pacts. I'd recommend starting by answering two questions:

1) Why is this Pact necessary? What's it do that the other 3 don't?

2) What new Eldritch Invocations will you add to accompany and support this Pact?

silverwizard 1 year ago friendica

Yeah, I found a lot of discussion but no good pacts

Those would be the obvious questions

my rough draft is

Pact of Seasons

The pact of Seasons is a compromise with the Warlock's patron. Many Warlocks *want* something from their patron, often love or power. They are then given power in exchange for service. The power is the goal, and the service is the cost. However, some Warlocks do not want the power the pact brings, they want to simply save their farm or their family. In fact, many Pact of the Season warlocks are actually sold by their families. This imposes a duty on these warlocks, both to protect their homes but also to serve their patrons, neither of which they want, but neither of which they can ignore.

Seasonal Warlocks become incredibly powerful farmers during the warmer months, however, during the Winter they are expected to serve the will of their patron. Many Seasonal Warlocks for Devils will be reluctant generals or champions serving their lords during that time. In fact, the Seasonal Warlock the heroes met in the friendly farming community might later become a foe who would just rather go home.

In spring, Seasonal Warlocks gain the ability to plow 1 acre an hour, just by walking around the edges of the acre, the furroughs appearing magically.

In the summer, Seasonal Warlocks have the ability to affect a number of animals equal to their charisma (not Charisma modifier). Those animals will double their production of wool or milk.

In the Fall, Seasonal Warlocks gain the power of threshing. They can, by running it through their fingers, remove the unwanted part of a plant. This is most commonly used to remove the chaff from grain.

In the Winter, Seasonal Warlocks gain the power to go where needed. You gain the ability to cast Wind Walk one per week.

### Invocations

*Beast Lord:* During the warmer months you gain the ability to ward off beasts. You may cast the Coop spell once per day without expending a spell slot. During the Winter you may cast Conjour Animals once per day without expending a spellslot.

*Fire Soul:* During the warmer months you may, at will, dry someone off, cure exhaustion caused by cold, and light small fires. During the Winter you may cast Flaming Sphere once per day without expending a spellslot.

*Ice Heart:* During the warmer months you may preserve meat equal to 10 pounds per point of charisma. You may also cool food and beverage by touching their container. During the winter you may cast Armor of Agathys and Ice Knife at will without expending a spellslot.

Hypolite Petovan 1 year ago friendica (via ActivityPub)

I can't read this with a straight face. It seems so overly rule-heavy for stuff that I feel can be achieved by just talking 2 minutes with the GM. I understand its importance for GMs and players discovering table-top RPGs, but I can't recommend it for even mildly seasoned players. I feel like the overhead introduced by the myriad of rules is useful to structure a fledgling game, but just distracts from the story and the actual action otherwise.

silverwizard 1 year ago friendica

I mean, firstly, It's D&D, secondly it's the rulestext for a thing

but I mean, also, D&D is a pure mechanics game

Hypolite Petovan 1 year ago friendica (via ActivityPub)

Yes, I was indeed expressing my opinion about D&D, not about your specific work that looks like it could have been part of a D&D book.

And I feel at some point mechanics harm both the Role and the Play in RPG to become Legalese-Game I guess?

silverwizard 1 year ago friendica

I mean, D&D is a tactical game, rules are a shared language between player and gamemaster, making sure that's consistent matters

Burning Wheel does this *better* but is still tactical, but shoves narrative into those tactics

Fate does tactical *super* well while being narrative

Personally I like tactical games for that shared fiction, it's easy to agree on how the flavour works so you and the GM can agree on what exists. Games like Fiasco and Soth are hard to predict, you can't know how things are going to go, since you don't have a consistent set of tools, which makes them harder to run for people who plan

now, as someone who doesn't plan... I play too many games

but I am trying to make a tool for my friends and I to be able to have predeclared rules that *aren't* all for fighting

silverwizard 1 year ago friendica

Oh damn. #dnd https://t.co/59a17QrT8F pic.twitter.com/yVdlmoTUx8
— NewbieDM (@newbiedm) June 7, 2019

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Xak Tsaroth

silverwizard 2 years ago friendica

Why is an Interstellar Dragon University not on your random encounter table?
#DnD

#dnd

Citadel of Light

silverwizard 2 years ago friendica

I want to run or play a Spelljammer game. Who’s with me? #DnD
— Morgan Ellis (@mc_ellis) March 17, 2019

#dnd

Mithas

silverwizard 2 years ago friendica

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— Astrolago Press | ECCC KK-19 (@Astrolago) March 6, 2019

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