The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[CleverNickName]

This feels like it would have been ok for the thread asking for party character classes? Miss-post or did I fail an insight check?

Nah, just a follow-up to my earlier post from Session Zero, where my players were teasing each other about rangers and bards. The pro-bard player decided to go with druid b/c he liked the lore and houserules I had written.

Spoiler: the lore and houserules I had written

There is a major faction in this world called The Enclave of Old, a group of druids and elves who live in a colony and share a kind of hive-mind, like bees. The player can trade their Wildshape ability for Arcane Recovery if they wish. The premise is that they draw fresh power from the pool of magic back at the "hive." The player hates Wildshape, and this seemed to be an attractive substitute...albeit a boring one.

Also, there are lots of non-metal armor options for druids in this world: chitin from monstrous insects, magically altered wood that is as hard as iron, scales from various monsters, etc. No arbitrary armor restrictions...if you want full plate for your druid, go hunt some ankhegs.

All classes start with their key skill proficiency for free (Arcana for wizard, Perform for bard, Nature for druid, Survival for ranger, etc.) It never sat right with me that druids had to spend one of their two skill proficiencies to get Nature, so I fixed it.

There are a few others, but these are the biggest ones.

I'm relieved to report that we don't have any bards or elves in our party. So: no pineapple or tuna on this pizza....but lots of kale and mushrooms.

 

[el-remmen]

Ya gotta love people whose first and only post to the forums is to shill some product or you tube channel of theirs.
Oh wait. . . maybe I don't mean love. . .

 

[Mad_Jack]

There is a major faction in this world called The Enclave of Old, a group of druids and elves who live in a colony and share a kind of hive-mind, like bees. The player can trade their Wildshape ability for Arcane Recovery if they wish. The premise is that they draw fresh power from the pool of magic back at the "hive." The player hates Wildshape, and this seemed to be an attractive substitute...albeit a boring one.

Circle of the Land druids get "Natural" Recovery as part of their Circle benefits so I suppose it's a fair trade for losing Wild Shape - well, at least as long as they weren't already planning to take CoL as their Circle, lol...
Personally, though, it sort of feels like you come up with some other minor ribbon ability to give them as well.

All classes start with their key skill proficiency for free (Arcana for wizard, Perform for bard, Nature for druid, Survival for ranger, etc.) It never sat right with me that druids had to spend one of their two skill proficiencies to get Nature, so I fixed it.

Yeah, I've always felt that each class should get an automatic starting proficiency in something highly relevant to their class.

 

[Mad_Jack]

Ya gotta love people whose first and only post to the forums is to shill some product or you tube channel of theirs.
Oh wait. . . maybe I don't mean love. . .

I don't really have much problem with someone posting to say, "Hey, I did this thing you might be interested in", but it does annoy me when they jump into someone's thread to do it, at least when their product is only tangentially related to the topic.

 

[el-remmen]

I don't really have much problem with someone posting to say, "Hey, I did this thing you might be interested in", but it does annoy me when they jump into someone's thread to do it, at least when their product is only tangentially related to the topic.

I don't know. I just feel like this place is a community and to come here just to sell something feels disrespectful - like the difference between a door-to-door salesman trying to get you to buy new phone service vs. the neighbor's kid offering girl scout cookies.

 

[J.Quondam]

Because AI fever dreams of druids in pineapple armor.

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

Because AI fever dreams of druids in pineapple armor.

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That armor would be so itchy.

 

[prabe]

That armor would be so itchy.

But welcoming.

 

[Ryujin]

Because AI fever dreams of druids in pineapple armor.

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Do you really want armour that would tenderize the wearer?

 

[AnotherGuy]

I don't know. I just feel like this place is a community and to come here just to sell something feels disrespectful - like the difference between a door-to-door salesman trying to get you to buy new phone service vs. the neighbor's kid offering girl scout cookies.

There are plenty of publishers and creative types here. I welcome their RPG product material. Nixlord for instance has created three amazing Expanded Monster Manuals and he bumps his thread every time he showcases the art. I'm ok with that.
But I agree with Mad_Jack it seems disrespectful to insert your ad in another's thread.
However, if the thread relates to say an AP and how to generally improve that AP (as we have had threads like this before) and your product speaks to that general improvement, then I welcome such posts as that particular product may help those who are indeed looking for assistance or a fresh set of ideas in the running of that AP.