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Im trying to create a DMPC who used to be a 10th level fighter in his youth but hasn't adventured in decades. I want to weaken him in a semi-realistic way, while keeping his skills.

I was thinking of lowering his base str, dex, and con scores by 2 and increasing int, wis and, cha scores by 1 or 2. On top of this, I thought on successful attack or physical ability checks id roll a d20 dc 10 check and on a fail he would gain a point of exhaustion. Possibly increasing that dc on fails. On failed attacks or physical ability checks he'd take 1d4 damage

Obviously this is going to be weird to balance but I have a sneaking suspicion my players are going to ask this former adventurer to come on one last adventure. Relive his glory days so to speak.

They are level 5, im willing to drop his level but I want him to have been a higher level adventurer when he was in his prime. I went with the battlemaster sub class and focused all my maneuvers on assisting. Specifically:

1 Commanders strike 2 Maneuvering attack 3 rally 4 tactical assessment 5 commanding presence 6 bait and switch 7 distracting strike

Any thoughts, suggestions, criticism, or anecdotes are welcome and appreciated.

Thank you for your time

Is there any source material or canon info detailing how elves in the Forgotten Realms setting handle crime and punishment?

Hello peeps. I’m part of a small DnD 5e group that plays through Roll20 and Discord every Sunday at the mentioned time (8 to 13 GMT). It’s only 4 players and the DM, so quite tight-knit. However, one of our players has begun to attend less frequently due to life doing what life does. So, we’ve decided to try bringing in an additional person.

The person we’re looking for is an adult (our current age range is 34 to 50), that enjoys working as a team. They should enjoy a decent mix of combat and RP, with combat being a little more common than RP. They can give and take good-natured jokes, and don’t have any hard triggers.

While the campaign does not focus on any taboo or uncouth topics (Our DM is a father of 3, often playing with a newborn in his lap) we did genuinely consider slavery as a viable business choice. At the beginning of the campaign, the group found themselves caught by slavers. The rogue managed to free the group, and we quickly took ownership of the vessel. Although we did finally agree to free the captives, played with the idea of becoming slavers ourselves. Recently, we have begun developing a ring of Dwarven smugglers, spies, and thieves. The group is very much morally grey, at best.

The current characters are:

A necromancer Elf, quite dry and academic.

A paladin Half-Orc, the friendly giant of the group, illiterate, heart of gold, rarely understands what’s going on.

An illusionist wizard Human, in his 70’s or 80’s, the character owned by the player that shows up less frequently. We have canonically decided this is because he has become addicted to pixie dust (DND Meth) and wanders off for days at a time before finding his way back.

A rogue Half-Orc, military raised and very curt and direct.

If this sounds like a group you’d like to be a part of then either reply to this post, or shoot me a DM. No experience necessary. All races, creeds, genders, and beliefs welcome. We’re more interested in being able to have a laugh and play some fantasy absurdities. Most official 5e content is available for use, with Artificers being the only hard-banned class.

As a DM, my biggest complaint about the magic item shop generators online is the lack of exact price. Most come with a rarity, but I personally feel like the vast range in prices is too great for me to just plug and play. For example: I feel like a cloak of displacement is much more valuable than say a Berserker's Axe, even though they're both "Rare". So I felt like when players asked for a shop, I had to take time and read up on the item and then assign a price.

Would you use an online tool that was free (with like Google ads on side panels or something) that had associated exact prices (randomized between 75% and 125% and assigned value) that had a sliding scale based on something everyone probably has figured out for their world, like the price of a potion of Healing?

I've made a python script for my own personal use, and I'm thinking about turning it into a full web application. But I wanted to get your opinions on if this a tool you would like?

I was thinking recently that intellect devours, are a pretty easy for if you have good intelligence. On the other hand they are absolutely deadly if you have a bad intelligence score. It got me thinking, as an exercise, what other monsters are like that for the other stats?

Hello!

I’ve been trying to recreate a circular tower, our group’s home map, in Dungeon Alchemist. It was originally created using DungeonDraft.

However I’m having nothing but difficulty actually dividing it into rooms. Say I only want a certain portion of the circular tower for an office. It makes me select the whole quadrant. That’s not what I want for that room.

Trying to use rooms to divide things into hallways and such has been a pain. If I draw a wall it won’t connect to the circular outside wall of the tower, always leaving a small gap.

The only thing I can think of is placing walls one by one in a line but that seems super tedious and there must be a better way.

Anyone experienced with dungeon alchemist?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/37339147

The Ranger may actually be my favourite class because of its mesmerizing blend of warrior tropes, nature-themed abilities and pet (sub-)classes being my jam in every game I play. That being said, I find the DnD rendition of this iconic class an aimless and uninspired mishmash of dull features that never quite manage to differentiate it from other classes, thus resulting in the Ranger playstyle feeling like a mix of Fighter, Rogue and Druid, while never reaching the heights of any of those classes.
Things didn't improve with DnD 2024, which scrapped most of its unique features and replaced them with spell-like effects in an attempt to fix the quirkiness of the original class (which had, admittedly, a lot of features that never amounted to much because of how narrow and restrictive they were)

When I decided I'd finally play as a Ranger, I set out to create a homebrew class that would tick all my boxes and give it a unique identity of its own. From the combined efforts of a friend and myself, the Pathfinder was born.

The main feature distinguishing the Pathfinder from the Ranger is the inclusion of the pet right off the bat at 2nd level, now a part of the core class instead of being relegated to a single subclass: this was done as I felt the pet was THE defining feature that set the Ranger apart. The pet's capabilities were also expanded with 10 distinct stat blocks that should allow for much greater customizability than the generic "Beast of the Land/Sea/Sky" from DnD5e, which often feel as amorphous blobs with little thought given to the animal they're meant to represent.
From there, we focused on salvaging and enhancing its nature-themed features to further define the Pathfinder as an intrepid explorer and expert survivalist.

The class has not yet been playtested, but I will report back once I do and update the class accordingly.

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I've been toying with the idea of running a campaign that has a kind of doom system. And when I say that, it is in reference to World of Horror's doom system.

For those unfamiliar, you are given 5 mysteries, and a final boss dungeon to complete. Every time you investigate a mystery, your doom percentage rises by 1-5%, with the occasional event that decreases it. Resting increases doom, as well as shopping, and other sorts of time taking upgrades. Finishing a mystery grants a small reduction in doom.

And there is a cult trying to bring an eldritch god to Earth, which will destroy and alter everything in lovecraftian ways.

Once the doom meter reaches 100%, the player loses the game. And I'm trying to think of ways to do something similar with a campaign.

The 5 mysteries and boss dungeon are easy enough to do. But tracking doom could be something which is dangerous to penalize players with. It would absolutely suck to spend several months on a campaign just to lose it because they took one too many long rests. But it's also something that can be an empty threat of reaching.

So my current thoughts:

• Every session, doom rises by 10%
• Once doom reaches 100% it resets to zero, and an entire location gets wiped off the map.
• Completing a mystery reduces doom by 50%, min 0%.

In effect, it could severely hurt them, but not immediately kill the campaign. If the party was planning on going to candlekeep but it suddenly got sucked up by a demon portal, then they must change their plans. Alternatively, if a location they didn't depend on gets destroyed, then it would at the very least still be a threat in terms of guilt tripping them to some degree.

Another difficulty with a system like this is keeping it balanced to the speed of play. Maybe 10% per session is too much, or maybe too little. And changing that rate mid game would feel a little cheap. Another option would be to go based on vibes from the get go. So any rate changes could be gradual. This would still feel cheap, but it would at least be more subtle.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/36140351

I bet this question gets asked a lot. I have been DMing an in person group for a couple months now. My first game back since around 2008 or so and I'm hooked again. The downside is that we're all parents and scheduling is a nightmare (per the norm). We are only meeting once a month or less.

So I want to look into running another game online. I tried roll20 with a one shot that I wrote for the purpose and being that it was my first time using the platform it just kind of got in the way. I want to pick one platform (roll20, Foundry VTT, or whatever) and really do a deep dive to learn it so I can run an online game with a steady group. Setting up the self hosting of Foundry is no problem for me but I've read that players can find it confusing to use. I want players and myself to be able to manipulate the platform as seamlessly as possible.

Before I keep rambling on forever, what in your opinion is the easiest VTT to run and to play? I would like perspective from players and from DMs.

Hey all! I want to get her something DnD related which is more personal than just dice or something. I was thinking of getting her art of her cats as DnD characters, which ones are best? And is there any other present you'd suggest?

A saving throw—also called a save—represents an attempt to avoid or resist a threat. You normally make a saving throw only when a rule requires you to do so, but you can decide to fail the save without rolling. The result of a save is detailed in the effect that allowed it. If a target is forced to make a save and lacks the ability score used by it, the target automatically fails.

Page 373 of PHB 2024

Bolded section is what I am concerned with. Does this mean that if I am a Barbarian with Strength/Constitution saving throw proficiency, that I automatically fail when needing to perform a Dexterity saving throw (because I do not have the ability score used by it)? Example here would be the Fireball spell cast by an enemy.

The good ol' fashioned "You all meet in a tavern, answering a poster offering gold for help..."? The action-scene, "You're all engaged in mutual mundane task, when suddenly a band of thugs/goblins/whatever bust in looking for the plot coupon and chaos breaks out"? The "Elder Scrolls classic" - all being prisoners thrown in together? Tie it in to a character's backstory and let them lead the other party members in?

What have you found interesting or successful, and why?

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Finally, "The dark elves are English posh people what have taken drugs."

Hello

Wanted to share that I have made this website where you can print out your dnd e5 spell cards.

The colour of the spell cards can be customized and you can filter out the spells based on class, subclass, level or individual spells.

https://dnd.akvila.dev/

The cards are printed out on at A4, and are 2.5x3.5 inch which also fit in magic the gathering sleeves.

So im in a almost weekly dnd 5e group but i feel like i need something more to do in my personal time. Im considering trying solo but im used to being in a group and not by myself, and i feel like i cant get creative enough to play solo.

I recently found a book (as seen in image above) and im not sure if i should try it or if there are better solutions?

What would you advise?