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    D&D 5E (2014) GM question about "Storm King’s Thunder" SPOILERS!

    In the Eye of the All Father, chapter 4, room 6; there is the following statement. The group is very gish oriented. They all have some magic, but nothing close to the polymorph spells yet. Harshnag could activate one of the runes for them. Do I make them leave, travel to a city, purchase 5...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Heyo. Looking for some build advice/suggestions.

    Will be starting a new campaign with a new gaming group. Don’t know what campaign we will be running. I’m pretty sure one of the players is going to run a straight wizard. Don’t think anyone else has decided. I have played a Fighter with the Eldritch Knight subclass. Wasn’t terribly impressed...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Weapon attuned to Mechanis trouble sector

    Each of the PC's has something special/unique they are working with or working toward. One of them has a ancient semi-artifact blade that is slowly waking up. As he gains levels, it is gaining more powers. But it is also trying to get him to do things. The third PC is trying to get his PC turned...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Weapon attuned to Mechanis trouble sector

    Ok, I'm liking a lot of this. I agree not random morphing, but I do like the set sequence. Something like when activated is shoots a spike. Then next round as a bonus action it shoots a cone of fire, Then on the third round as a bonus action is casts a shield spell. Something like that. When...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Weapon attuned to Mechanis trouble sector

    Player happened to call me a short while ago and we discussed some more. He has been playing up the fact that he doesn't like be 'chained' to the goddess Everlight. He has decided death will be the only freedom. If he is resurrected, that is still done by the divine and the bond will still...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Weapon attuned to Mechanis trouble sector

    Ok, got a wierd question here. So apparently there is some stranger artificer / steampunk-esque plane called Mechanis. One of the characters in my game has hired an experienced weapon master artificer to design then build a versatile form changing weapon tied and attuned to the plane of...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Goblin War Drummer - Bard / Rogue, build help requested

    Ha! I think we already have a bard / warlock and a bard / sorcerer in the band. Great minds and all that. I will read through the setup again, but I think we agreed to take 1 level of each class to start, if we were going to multiclass.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Goblin War Drummer - Bard / Rogue, build help requested

    Need some help with a build. New campaign starting at level 2. We do not yet know how high level it will go. The party theme is: now that the war (previous campaign) is over, we're getting the band back together. Everyone in the group will be partly or completely bard. Without a whole lot of...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Thoughts on a skills PC.

    Ok some of you, I'm an old Grognard. I've been playing since the pink book came out up through 3.5. I then switched to PF since 4E was a complete CF (in my opinion). I still don't like 5E as well as PF1, but 2 of my groups only play 5E, so slowly learning the details of the system. So you don't...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Thoughts on a skills PC.

    Well, my focus is to help make sure the group has reasonable chance to succeed at skill checks. I don't necessarily need to have proficiency in every skill on my PC. I'm sure everyone will be at least decent in a few skills. So I guess what I'm thinking is: 1) Expertise in several skills which...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Thoughts on a skills PC.

    I'm not certain what level the next campaign will go up to. So when the DM decides, that will influence my choices. The current campaign is only going to about level 10-11, but the party is also gaining growing magical powers (and curses) from an artifact. So maybe equivalent to around level 14+...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Thoughts on a skills PC.

    You lost me here. I'm not seeing where Ranger gets anything extra for skills at level 3.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Thoughts on a skills PC.

    Ok, thanks folks for all the ideas. I hadn't noticed the knowledge cleric. That definitely gets a look-see. I haven't even started looking at Monsters of the Multiverse, so thanks for those suggestions. Hmm... better make a list of 'things to check on' over the next couple of weeks. 1) Cleric of...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Thoughts on a skills PC.

    That doesn't bother me in the slightest. If someone else gets a better total, that is perfectly fine. I just want to avoid this campaign's problem of feeling like no one can ever succeed at the check.
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    D&D 5E (2014) Thoughts on a skills PC.

    I've got about a month before the current campaign wraps up and a new one starts. So I've got some ideas boiling around in my head. Most of our players seem to be pretty focused on combat machines. Abilities, skills, and even spells are mostly just focused on what can be used in combat. We have...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Quick help on an NPC build

    Probably not the Githyanki Knight for this encounter. Her actions up until know have been more 'sneaky rogue-ish' in addition to the 2 observed spells. I've got the Drow involved in something else in the campaign. I don't want them to become to pervasive yet. I do kinda like the Conjurer idea...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Quick help on an NPC build

    They don't have counterspell, so I'm not sure what they were planning on to deal with that. Since it is a rich folks restaurant, I thought it might be reasonable for it to have a dimensional lock on it for security. They haven't tried, so wouldn't have noticed it. This is an upscale 'rich...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Quick help on an NPC build

    Game tomorrow night and the campaign took an unexpected turn. The group is going to be trying to capture a Zentarim agent in the middle of a high class restaurant dinner. The human agent has been seen to cast invisibility and dimension door. Group is 3 pcs of level 8. Weird mish-mash of...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Ballista War Wagon

    I did ask what they thought was an appropriate price. All I got was a shoulder shrug "never done anything like that before." I do like the idea of dragon hide armor on the sides. Oh yes, it is very creative. It is a wonderful problem to have as a GM. I like the idea of the boots of water...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Ballista War Wagon

    So I'm the GM for a rather eclectic group. They had originally bought a cart just to haul a single bulky item for a couple of weeks. Then they purchased a ballista to mount in the cart to make it look like a major attack on a manor for a distraction (it never actually happened). Somehow this...
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