pukunui's latest activity
-
pukunui reacted to Rune's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door? with
Like.
I think the answer is pretty obvious: Cha (Investigation) would represent your character’s attempt to convince the secret doors to... -
pukunui reacted to DrJawaPhD's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door? with
Sad.
Everyone dumping Int to 8 is pretty standard in my experience if you don't have an Artificer or Wizard. It's just such a completely... -
pukunui reacted to Charlaquin's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door? with Like.
I’m philosophically not keen on players actively wanting to make rolls. Rolls mean a chance of failure, which should be an acceptable...
-
pukunui reacted to Teemu's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door? with Like.
I don’t know if your group is fully using the 2024 rules but the new DMG actually offered guidance on the Investigation vs Perception...
-
pukunui reacted to Clint_L's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door? with Like.
So, that's a challenging party composition for a DM, and it's about a lot more than secret doors. All kinds of lore-based plot hooks and...
-
pukunui reacted to SableWyvern's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door? with Like.
If you can just use any stat you want for any task you want, you might as well just dump the lot and give everyone a single, fixed...
-
pukunui reacted to Deset Gled's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door? with
Haha.
Strength works to find secret doors, holes, or passages by pushing on everything, but gives you Disadvantage on any saves against traps... -
pukunui reacted to DrJawaPhD's post in the thread D&D 5E (2024) How can I do a Charisma-Investigation (or a Strength/Dexterity-Investigation if I can't use Charisma) to find a secret door? with Like.
Wisdom (Perception) seems like the most obvious workaround here but sticking to the actual question: I can't think of any...
-
pukunui reacted to Remathilis's post in the thread D&D General Eberron - why don't you run it? [-] with Like.
Indiana Jones himself is a hero in the Allan Quatermain school of pulp that has fallen deeply out of fashion. Eberron tried to capture...
-
pukunui reacted to Argyle King's post in the thread D&D General Eberron - why don't you run it? [-] with Sad.
The very short version of what I talked about in past threads is essentially this: Every step of the way, any possible NPC -even the...
-
pukunui reacted to Voadam's post in the thread D&D General Eberron - why don't you run it? [-] with Like.
I can see changelings in particular leading to bad experiences in play. I find warforged and shifters very evocative and have great...
-
pukunui reacted to DEFCON 1's post in the thread D&D General Eberron - why don't you run it? [-] with Like.
At the end of the day I don't really think it's necessary to try and make ones' game "play to the theme"... but rather if one uses the...
-
pukunui reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General Eberron - why don't you run it? [-] with Like.
Several are both. But the same issues apply: not fantasy, old media (mostly from 1901-1959) that is not readily available. There is not...
-
pukunui reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General Eberron - why don't you run it? [-] with Like.
I think the issue is a) a lot of them are not in the fantasy genre. The Big Sleep, The Maltase Falcon, The 39 Steps, The Saint...
-
pukunui reacted to Paul Farquhar's post in the thread D&D General Eberron - why don't you run it? [-] with Like.
Hercule! But I wouldn’t consider Agatha Christie all that noir/ish, even if we did have a PC based on Miss Marple in our previous...