• F/15/Cali@threads.net@sh.itjust.works
    50·
    1 month ago

    “So this is my character. Her name is Armpits Esquire and she’s three halfling paladin brothers from a dead order in a trenchcoat. Because of their stacking auras, they are nearly- no, you can continue loading, it gets worse.”

    • psud@aussie.zoneEnglish
      2·
      27 days ago

      I give my players pretty wide latitude, after a few sessions they generally agree with me if their character isn’t working well. Too weak can be treated with better weapons; too powerful get bored and go home. One of the too powerful synergised two powers to become practically invulnerable

  • Øπ3ŕ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    5·
    1 month ago

    Wait, the DM wants them to choose between the “two extremes” of “I will murder you” and “I will murder you”?

    Must be AD&D/2.0, NGL.

      • StinkyFingerItchyBum@lemmy.caEnglish
        3·
        1 month ago

        Have you considered 3 giant miniature space-terrasques in a trenchcoat? The were 3 wild terrasques minding their own business in the wild, when they stumbles on a druid orgy who were all tripping on shrooms. They magically shrunk the terrasque family not realizing that their int was inversely proportional to their body size. Now the clever tiny devils are on a quest to reverse their shinkification. Without their enourmous size they must rely on their wits to survive in a land of humanoids. The only tools at their disposal are 3 pairs of women’s undies and a trenchcoat.

        1st the clever crew must find the rare Psilocybe semilanceata, the mushroom that powers the druid magic. Then they must find the elucive druid and his circle. Finally they must recreate the original conditions by seducing an entire druid circle into an orgy without being discovered.

      • edgemaster72@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        1 month ago

        Unless your DM is a stickler for the updated 2024 rules, then in that case it can’t, because they changed Twinned Spell to require that the spell let you target additional creatures when cast at higher levels, which Suggestion does not.

          • edgemaster72@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            1 month ago

            The group I’m playing with now we’re using 5.5. Anyone still playing Adventurer’s League doesn’t have a choice, 5.5 is mandatory there.

              • Squirrelanna@lemmy.blahaj.zone
                3·
                1 month ago

                First, I found melee combat excruciatingly dull in 2014. While it’s not super different, the weapon masteries in 2024 add enough crunch and flavor for me to find it far more interesting and fun.

                Second, druid is my favorite class in terms of flavor, specifically specializing in wild shape, and ‘14 is probably my least favorite iteration of it. I think’ 24 improves upon circle of the moon immensely regarding mechanics and, even if the list of beasts is smaller, the streamlined design to their attacks makes them feel more potent as more than just a chunk of animal flavored temp HP.

                There’s also a lot of things that really should have been added earlier as quality of life. Off the top of my head, steady aim for rogues. Tasha adds it for '14 as an optional feature but it really needed to be the default.

                Also, cure wounds actually feels potent now. Healers rejoice, you have a reason to use it over the more action and spacing efficient healing word.

                • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
                  3·
                  1 month ago

                  I hadn’t read about the new weapon masteries. I am shocked they didn’t make these limited per day powers. That’s usually how anything fun in DND goes- you can do this cool thing but only once or twice.

  • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip
    12·
    1 month ago

    Beyond disappointed that none of our resident fart accounts have commented in this thread. Clearly the clarion call of the wind broken by the fart golems haven’t yet echoed deep enough into the halls of lemmy to reach their noses.

    @Fartswithanaccent@lemmy.world
    @Fartographer@lemmy.world
    @I_fart_glitter@lemmy.world
    @Satansmaggotycumfart@lemmy.world

      • I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world
        8·
        1 month ago

        Ah, but you also know that much as I would like to, I have no experience with RPGs.

        I’m intimidated by all the rules and details and worry that an old, though sparkly✨ fart like me would fair as well as a boomer trying a smart phone for the first time. 🤷‍♀️

    • fartsparkles@lemmy.world
      7·
      1 month ago

      Who can murder someone with a PC this excellent?

      Professor Belvedere “Fartsparkles” Tinkletuft was once a respected lecturer at the Neverwinter Arcane Academy. His groundbreaking research into “transmogrified odoriferous manifestations” (or, as the students called it, fart magic) was dismissed as childish and “in poor taste.”

      In protest, the Professor vowed to prove that flatulence is the ultimate illusion. Through alchemical experimentation, he discovered how to weaponize his digestive essence into arcane displays — clouds of glittering gas, illusionary stink beasts, and even gaseous duplicates of himself.

      Now he roams the realms, performing “scientific demonstrations” and occasionally saving the world — usually by accident.

  • justdaveisfine@piefed.socialEnglish
    291·
    1 month ago

    The second one sort of depends on the player. I’ve had a few players that have made absolutely ridiculous characters but played them very well and it was a good experience.

    The first one is a strong no. I’ve never seen anyone who does a broken meta build do anything beyond ruin everyone’s time and complain (or quit) if the DM reins them in at all.

    • fonix232@fedia.io
      24·
      1 month ago

      I was once in a game where the GM allowed his buddy to be a build like that, but in a nifty “hidden origins” way, where the PC slowly realises their own immense power, but is super clumsy with it, so they’re an active danger to the party but you also can’t just leave them at an inn because they can potentially destroy the world if they have a nightmare…

      Then he got turned into the campaign’s secret big bad that was only revealed at the very end. THAT worked out well. Turned out he could control his powers and just used us to get rid of his also evil archnemesis of his before attacking the party.

    • Not a newt@piefed.caEnglish
      17·
      1 month ago

      In half the campaigns, the Doctor Farts PC ends up being the MVP because they weren’t minmaxed and as a result have much more utility.

  • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
    14·
    1 month ago

    Do you think the people who make Dr Farts want to play with other people who make Dr Farts type characters? And the people who make 1500 dmg/turn combat monsters, do they want to play with other combat monsters?

    I feel like sometimes no. Sometimes people want to be the odd one out. Which sucks, because a group that’s homogeneous on this aspect I think can work pretty well. If everyone’s a combat monster the GM can go crazy. But if there’s just one or two combat monsters, now they have to figure out how to keep it fun for them and also Bob The Fighter that hits for 1d8+2 each turn.

    • F/15/Cali@threads.net@sh.itjust.works
      5·
      1 month ago

      In my experience, dr farts is the result of an overabundance of options and lack of foresight. They don’t know what it’d be like, so they try it. Giving players a silly character swap voucher, good for just one session per campaign, solves that. Similar deal for the overjuiced character. (Not usable during story boss encounters)

      Once people recognize that the boundaries are there to improve their experience, not detract from it, they usually follow the flow of the game and build on others’ characters. If they don’t, chairs are easy to fill.

    • edgemaster72@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 month ago

      Somewhat similarly, as a character with a good variety of options available in combat, I worry somewhat about the Ranger and Warlock I play with whose turns are pretty much always “I shoot the [x]”, but everyone seems to be having a good time so I guess combat gameplay isn’t really their bag, idk.

      • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
        7·
        1 month ago

        Rogue is worse. I played a rogue for a while and it didn’t really deliver a great experience. Every combat was “I shoot, move, cunning action hide”.

        Scouting was largely outclassed by the wizard’s familiar, and even more so the pact of the chain familiar. Splitting the party is tedious and risky.

        One GM tried to make a system to abstract scouting- you’d make some checks and get information and maybe trouble. But that guy liked PbtA way more than me, and it clearly influenced his design, because pretty much every time you used this system something bad would happen. I don’t play these games to be a fuck up. I want to be exceedingly competent in my niche.

        I guess some of that is up to individual GM style, but I think some of it is on the system itself.

    • _stranger_@lemmy.world
      3·
      1 month ago

      Has to be an elf though, for flavor reasons. And very bad at persuasion, but very good at intimidation

  • enbee@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    9·
    1 month ago

    If anyone wants to do a dr. Farts style campaign let me know. I would love to ref a zany to the max campaign. Be warned that dr. Farts may have to contend with the likes of Detective Vague.

  • TheFerrango@lemmings.world
    3·
    1 month ago

    That’s it, your character is now wearing the magical plug of deflated bloating. It gives the wearer permanent relief from meteorism at the cost of -15 agility