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  1. J-H

    D&D 5E (2014) 5E Survivor - Backgrounds

    Acolyte 21 Charlatan 18 Courtier 16 + 1= 17 Criminal 16 Entertainer 16 Fisher 13 Folk Hero 20 Guild Artisan / Guild Merchant 17 Hermit 16 Noble 5 Outlander 20 Sage 27 Sailor 16 Smuggler 11 - 2 = 9 Soldier 17 Urchin 18
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    D&D 5E (2014) A Mess of OP Characters (magic items, rest mechanics, etc.)

    Fireball (8d6) 27 avg damage per target per round Greatsword x2 (4d6+20) 34 avg damage per target per round Longbow x2 (2d8+20) 29 avg damage per round Your players do around 30 damage per round on average, excluding crowd control and the spread of AOEs. If there are 7 players, you can expect...
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    D&D 5E (2014) 5E Survivor - Backgrounds

    Acolyte 25 + 1 = 26 Charlatan 18 Cloistered Scholar 9 - 2 = 7 fancy way to say "Sage" Courtier 15 + 1 = 16 for every Noble there are 5+ of these Criminal 15 Entertainer 15 Fisher 14 Folk Hero 18 Guild Artisan / Guild Merchant 19 Hermit 16 Noble 15 Outlander 21 Sage 26 Sailor 17 Smuggler 15...
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    D&D 5E (2014) A Mess of OP Characters (magic items, rest mechanics, etc.)

    I think the suggestions made so far have covered the issues pretty well. You have everything you need to address this going forward. It'll take a few tries to get it nailed down, so don't get discouraged.
  5. J-H

    D&D 5E (2014) A Mess of OP Characters (magic items, rest mechanics, etc.)

    1. Check the Rules. Make sure your casters aren't mis-reading spells to have them do more than they can do, double-casting leveled spells on their turn ("Sorcerer is OP, double-casting Fireball"). Be sure to force Concentration checks and not forget about them. 2. You are beyond the design...
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    D&D 5E (2014) Random Thought Exercise: Help me make the edgiest of edgelords?

    I needed a couple of edgy NPCs. One ended up being Raziel, a tiefling Hexblade who cut people with the edge of his angst and edginess (blade pact). He had spiked smoking armor, and was in the middle of writing a book of dark poetry. The other was Gothica, who dressed in all black and was a...
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    D&D 5E (2014) 5E Survivor - Backgrounds

    Acolyte 22 Charlatan 19 Cloistered Scholar 13 Courtier 22+1 =23 Criminal 14 Entertainer 16 Fisher 15 Folk Hero 19 Gladiator 9 -2 = 7 duplicate with Entertainer Guild Artisan / Guild Merchant 19 Hermit 16 Noble 16 Outlander 20 Sage 24 Sailor 17 Smuggler 16 Soldier 19 Urchin 16
  8. J-H

    D&D 5E (2014) 5E Survivor - Backgrounds

    Acolyte 22 Archaeologist 2 - 2 = 0 Let's bury this Charlatan 20 Cloistered Scholar 13 Courtier 23 + 1 = 24 Criminal 16 Entertainer 16 Far Traveler 6 Fisher 16 Folk Hero 20 Gladiator 13 Guild Artisan / Guild Merchant 17 Hermit 16 Knight 7 Noble 16 Outlander 19 Sage 22 Sailor 17 Smuggler 17...
  9. J-H

    D&D 5E (2014) 5E Survivor - Backgrounds

    Acolyte 21 Archaeologist 13 - 2 = 11 incredibly niche Charlatan 20 Cloistered Scholar 12 Courtier 22 + 1 = 23 Criminal 16 Entertainer 16 Far Traveler 7 Fisher 16 Folk Hero 21 Gladiator 15 Guild Artisan / Guild Merchant 19 Hermit 16 Knight 8 Noble 16 Outlander 18 Sage 23 Sailor 16 Smuggler 18...
  10. J-H

    WotC Bring back Thunder Rift!

    Yes, although a few bits haven't aged as well, it was a good Battletech novel, and one of the first ones I read. Too bad the GDL got hosed later.
  11. J-H

    D&D 5E (2014) 5E Survivor - Backgrounds

    Acolyte 21 Archaeologist 14 Charlatan 20 Cloistered Scholar 13 - 2 = 11 Courtier 21 + 1 = 22 Criminal 18 Entertainer 16 Far Traveler 12 Fisher 15 Folk Hero 22 Gladiator 15 Guild Artisan / Guild Merchant 19 Haunted One 5 Hermit 15 Knight 11 Noble 16 Outlander 17 Pirate 5 Sage 23 Sailor 16...
  12. J-H

    D&D 5E (2014) 5E Survivor - Backgrounds

    Acolyte 21 Archaeologist 17-2=15 Charlatan 20 Cloistered Scholar 12 Courtier 22 + 1 = 23 Criminal 20 Entertainer 16 Far Traveler 12 Fisher 15 Folk Hero 21 Gambler 4 Gladiator 16 Guild Artisan / Guild Merchant 18 Haunted One 10 Hermit 14 Knight 13 Noble 16 Outlander 16 Pirate 11 Sage 23 Sailor 16...
  13. J-H

    Against the Idol of the Sun: A 5e high-level campaign log

    Session 25: 5/14/2022 We’re back! We’ve been doing 2nd & 4th Saturdays, but Dmitri’s player has not been making those days even though they’re when he’s supposed to be available. We’re also only running from about 7:30(7:45) to about 10:30, which is a short-ish 3 hour session, so we are going...
  14. J-H

    Against the Idol of the Sun: A 5e high-level campaign log

    Session 23: 1/8/2022 Happy New Year! Our Cleric’s player is dropping out. She has too many other games and things going on :( This game may go on pause while we do a couple of one-shots to introduce new players, so we don’t throw them into the deep end of high-level play. The party headed...
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    Against the Idol of the Sun: A 5e high-level campaign log

    Session 18: 9/25/2021 The players for Dmitri the Barbarian and Reybella the Cleric were both out. Unlike last session, we had very little fighting, partly because I forgot to roll random encounter dice some of the time (lots of travel). When I did roll, I’d get results like “A tendriculous”...
  16. J-H

    Against the Idol of the Sun: A 5e high-level campaign log

    Session 16: 8/28/2021 Dmitri’s player wasn’t here, but we had someone run the character anyway. We opened with 8 formorians raining from the sky, catching Teador the paladin at the bottom. He Misty Steps out of the bottom of the pile, and the fomorians stand up, spot what looks like food, and...
  17. J-H

    Against the Idol of the Sun: A 5e high-level campaign log

    Session 13: 7/10/21 Barbarian & artificer both out. The party decides to explore their way northwards and skirt the closest Aarakocra city. They know they’ll need to do some kind of a strike on one of the cities or temples to prove their chops. They find a couple of sets of abandoned...
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    Against the Idol of the Sun: A 5e high-level campaign log

    Session 12: 6/12/2021 Dmitri the Barbarian’s player could not make it. Teador the Paladin’s player was late due to fighting Strahd in another campaign (the fight will be finished next session and 1 PC is dead, but it sounds like they’ll win). The giant-inhabited mountains are somewhat safer...
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  20. J-H

    Against the Idol of the Sun: A 5e high-level campaign log

    Session 9: 4/24/2021 Our ranger player has dropped out due to the traveling/distance involved. The cleric’s player could not make it tonight, leaving us with the barbarian, artificer, paladin, and monk. The group decides to go ahead and detail-search the hex they are in (low mountains). They...
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