D&D 5E Discussion

[LeStryfe79]

That shit looks dope, yo!

 

[Andhaira]

 

[LeStryfe79]

A roving band of masterminds sounds pretty scary. All of them disguised as player characters and giving each other sneak attacks.

 

[Andhaira]

Well, this is a surprise, prestige classes are back. The surprise mainly being they are starting showing them this early.

http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/prestige-classes-and-rune-magic

 

[J1M]

Well, this is a surprise, prestige classes are back. The surprise mainly being they are starting showing them this early.

http://dnd.wizards.com/articles/features/prestige-classes-and-rune-magic

Barrel of cash-ins must be running low at this point.

 

[LeStryfe79]

A half dozen or so in a UA book wouldn't be bad, but it's a slippery slope. Those classes are almost never balanced and that rune class looks awful.

 

[Andhaira]

A half dozen or so in a UA book wouldn't be bad, but it's a slippery slope. Those classes are almost never balanced and that rune class looks awful.

From a balance stand point yeah, the Rune Keeper class is pretty bad. No magic user is going to give up his progression of higher level spells for those Runes.

 

[LeStryfe79]

I could maybe see a melee Hunter doing it. Maybe.

 

[Irenaeus II]

I just got this on email and I'm thinking it should be interesting, no? Haven't read any post in this thread in years.

 

[DavidBVal]

I no longer PnP, and there's no decent CRPG really built on 5th edition. I hate Bioware.

 

[Irenaeus II]

There are "leaks" (intentional) a few posts above you.

Thanks, I'm seeing the links. Probably gonna get this one. $27.70 (+$10 shipping) is not much.

 

[Magellan]

Just out of curiosity, are any of the board games fun? (particularly the new one, Temple of Elemental Evil)

 

[tdphys]

They're not bad (I've played ravenloft and have ashardalon). If your looking for a good RPGish board game I'd recommend Descent: Journey's in the Dark 2e though. The DnD board games are a little shallow; Descent has cooler characters; progression and interesting encounters/maps of varying design and victory conditions. The DnD boardgames turn into the same random dungeon crawl every time.

The main difference is that Descent requires a Shadowlord ( GM ) and you really should play it over a series of campaigns instead of a one-off

 

[Hobo Elf]

The D&D boardgames are excellent. Very good mechanics and fun tactical combat with a neat randomized dungeon layout system. It's a lite combatfag game. Descent is the same but without the randomization, higher levels of imbalace and you need a DM. I'd rather just play PnP at that point.

 

[tdphys]

I find that the game actually gets easier with the number of players. 4+ is pretty straight forwards- I've played with 4 and passed putting 2 finales in the deck and doing both. 1-2 is murderous. 3's about perfect.

 

[Magellan]

Sounds pretty fun

 

[Irenaeus II]

4+ is pretty straight forwards- I've played with 4 and passed putting 2 finales in the deck and doing both. 1-2 is murderous. 3's about perfect.

Five is right out.

 

[Spectacle]

Kobold press is running a kickstarter for a 3rd pary monster book for 5E:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/350683997/tome-of-beasts-300-new-monsters-for-5th-edition
As a DM more monsters to choose from is one thing I always want, and with only one official Monster Manual out yet I'm happily backing this for some extra reinforcements.

Here's a sample monster:

 

[Andhaira]

Kobold press is running a kickstarter for a 3rd pary monster book for 5E:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/350683997/tome-of-beasts-300-new-monsters-for-5th-edition
As a DM more monsters to choose from is one thing I always want, and with only one official Monster Manual out yet I'm happily backing this for some extra reinforcements.

Here's a sample monster:

Gaze of Ancient Light (Recharge 6): DC 17 CON save or perma blinded.

Yeah...no.

Still brofisted as there could be some nice critters in there.

 

[Irenaeus II]

You can cure that with Major Restoration or Cure Curse or higher spell.

 

[LeStryfe79]

Those spells would be easily available to a party fighting a challenge 11. It's not exactly the instadeath from 1st level ettercap encounters back in the day.

 

[Andhaira]

That depends. Unlike D&D3e and prior editions 5e does not assume a party will have a certain number of magic items or clerical healing spells at any given level.

Though yeah, a DM worth his salt would make sure there is some sort of recovery/healing available before siccing the party against something like this.

 

[Excidium II]

Sounds like an adventure hook, man the fuck up.

 

[Alex]

At some point, wouldn't it be better to simply have no art? Heck how much would Kevin Siembieda charge for an illustration? I mean, he might want the copyrights for your book afterwards, but still...

An eye Golem rarely kills its victims, but leave them blind, wandering and tormented, seeing only visions of the eye golem flashing through their memory.

Wait, so that is supposed to be intentional?

 

[Night Goat]

Heck how much would Kevin Siembieda charge for an illustration? I mean, he might want the copyrights for your book afterwards, but still...

Plus all of the monsters would be some kind of skull robot.