Recent content by Jefe Bergenstein

I'd say that runs into the "not directly harmful" clause of Command.

It depends on the campaign and rest of the party composition. Dissonant Whispers is limited in scope compared to the more open ended Command, deals a bit of damage, effects undead, and isn't language dependent. Command is multi target and more open ended in what you can accomplish but there are...

Hey guys, let's put a pin in this conversation while the PDK chants for 10 minutes straight.... IMO Rituals take too long. I let people rush them with successful Arcana/Religion/Nature checks. Also, can we retire the damn d4 and just move on to the d6? Its annoying to roll and the difference...

It highlights what a bum deal fighters get, trading away all their utility and interesting abilities to get the same number of attacks as everyone else.

I always liked it because its a bit dorky. They ganged up on a baby dragon and took its shoe box of loot. They're so proud and now the elf lady can afford pants! It's not really clear what kind of dragon it is. I landed on brass. Good work forces of Neutral! Now on to the blink dog hunt!

Thanks, she looks cool! My knowledge of the realms is about 2.5 editions out of date lol.

I recognize Karlach, Minsc, and Temu Jarlaxle, but who is the floating woman in the back of the group with the staff?

To try and get the thread a bit more on track, how is Baker Doesnt? I'm hoping it would be a good one shot for some of the younger children of the players in my group. I try and keep the wanton slaughter of sentients down when we play with the kiddos, so am hoping this might be a good...

That's how we do it when we roll. 4d6 drop lowest, in order. Everyone generates a set, anyone can use any of the results.

Some tables use bonds/flaws/ideals/traits. Should those be included? I think yes for major NPC's, but including them for everyone is major overkill. They certainly tell me more than a 2 letter shorthand that, as the forums have shown, have fairly low inter-rater reliability. Alignment is...

YMMV, but 3 combats probably isnt enough time to judge a new subsystem. I like them, mostly. I feel there's 80% of the way there. I would have preferred people pick the effect, and then each weapon has what can be applied. I prefer BG3 weapon maneuvers, which feels like the prototype. Remove...

Man, that Lethargy Resilience has to be THE most unnecessarily fiddly niche ribbon ability in all of 5E. It reads like a PF2E skill feat lol. Hopefully the 1-2 times sleep comes up per campaign don't occur within d4 days of each other! Khoravar: Lethargy Resilience: You can turn a failed save...

Not everything is about gamist/simulationist. Being considerate of other people's time isn't a balance issue. WOTC not catering to the type of person who wants to do that isn't some gamist design conspiracy. t's about one player monopolizing the table time because its generally not fun to sit...

I assume the rapid decline was from people remembering DDB is pretty terrible at anything other than offering a place to give WOTC more money. Any measure of homebrew or house ruling is needlessly difficult to impossible. For example, something as basic as creating a new Warlock invocation...

Its BROM and they were CHITIN bikinis, thank you very much!