D&D 5E Madness of Juiblex

[Iosue]

A little tidbit preview from the D&D Twitter feed that I hadn't seen posted yet.



It gives an idea of the kinds of madness characters might encounter. Interestingly, I note that none of it is mechanical.

 

[the Jester]

Freakin' awesome.

 

[Iosue]

I should revise what I said about it not tied to mechanics. It looks like the demon-madness is being tied to the BIFT system, meaning you get Inspiration for role-playing the madness. Nice.

 

[pukunui]

I should revise what I said about it not tied to mechanics. It looks like the demon-madness is being tied to the BIFT system, meaning you get Inspiration for role-playing the madness. Nice.

Yeah. They're essentially just variations on the Abyssal Corruption optional rule in the DMG.


EDIT: On a side note, was anyone else surprised by the new pronunciation of "Juiblex" (namely, "JOO-ee-blex")? According to the EN World Pronunciation Guide, which refers to a pronunciation guide from Dragon #93, it's meant to be "JOO-blex" (as in "juice") or "ZHOO-blex".

 

[IgnatiusJ.Reilly]

EDIT: On a side note, was anyone else surprised by the new pronunciation of "Juiblex" (namely, "JOO-ee-blex")? According to the EN World Pronunciation Guide, which refers to a pronunciation guide from Dragon #93, it's meant to be "JOO-blex" (as in "juice") or "ZHOO-blex".

Yes, but I've only heard it pronounced as 'JOO-blex' in practice.

 

[Wik]

Stuff like this is a perfect way to handle madness - it's player focused, and doesn't really take away possession of their character. I HATE when a GM throws something that changes how my character thinks in the long term at me. Blegh.

 

[pukunui]

Stuff like this is a perfect way to handle madness - it's player focused, and doesn't really take away possession of their character. I HATE when a GM throws something that changes how my character thinks in the long term at me. Blegh.

Do you mean "changes how my character acts"? Cos these flaws *do* change how your character *thinks*; it's just that it's up to you to determine whether or not they act on it.

 

[Psikerlord#]

i like the madness table very much

 

[Remathilis]

Yay! Now, we can roll on the Madness of Juiblex table like the Orcus entry tells us to.

 

[Wik]

Do you mean "changes how my character acts"? Cos these flaws *do* change how your character *thinks*; it's just that it's up to you to determine whether or not they act on it.

Exactly what I mean. It's a mental issue my character gets, but it's up to me as a player to decide how to portray it... and if I do, I get rewarded for doing so!

Compare this to the GM saying "hey. According to this table, you're now a kleptomaniac" and then, three minutes later, having the GM take over my character because I didn't steal the paladin's sword.