HexBard. Right now just the Hexblade part. Might stay with it, might go directly to Bard for sword college.

Gotcha good to know...I'll tailor my responses more appropriately hence forth hahaha

IC, how would Phive know? Just curious.

Haha he wouldn't...that why he suspects you might be a warlock...your EBlast attack

Fair enough

This is like an episode of the three stoodges. ROTFLMFAO

So, rpol.net got me thinking up a few ideas about how I'd build something similar .. going to use it as example work for my company site, but thought I'd share what I've been working on and see what you guys think! Its just a screen shot but I think I'll have the site up with a few demo buttons sometime soon

https://dandd5egame.s3.us-east...emap_screen_shot.png

also.. ignore all the little images in the middle of the map .. i was just testing out all the various icons available with unicode

last point: its only 2 colors! cool right?!
This message was last edited by the player at 14:04, Tue 18 Oct 2022.

And if thats not your speed .. I've been working no finishing up this one too

https://dandd5egame.s3.us-east...18+at+8.12.01+AM.png

going to use this same as the last site .. as demo products to advertise my little company!

Dam those look pretty good

So I need clarification

My healer feat allows me to stabilize and when I do, the creature regains 1 HP

As an action I can also heal 1d6+4+max hit die of creature

My question is

Do I have to stabilize first and as a separate action perform the heal or can I just perform the heal without stabilize first
This message was last edited by the player at 17:20, Thu 20 Oct 2022.

In reply to Phive Furnow (msg # 24):

I say straight to the heal

I do not know how to respond. I cannot think of a way to get through to Ed. Help

In reply to Renard (Le Ruse) d'Argaskun (msg # 26):

I think he just into his roleplaying his character. Head strong and pompous hahaha. He is also a fighter class so when all you have is a hammer all problems look like nails ya know. I'm kinda in the same boat with my monk. But his fighter class makes him a good meat shield, so good to have around.

Not trying to put words in others people mouths (Ed), but he might have dashed out of the room thinking we would be following. Not sure


I've played DnD with this guy many times before and trust me nard dog:

He a solid dude.

I think I should start with my philosophy of our shared hobby. D&D is a team sport. Everyone on the team has a role. I'm going to use a Basketball analogy because I played in Jr. High and High school. I'm white so I can't jump, big surprise, but I was the starting point guard. My job was not scoring, rather I was the "shot caller" the play maker. My job was assisting. I usually take that philosophy into a game, my job isn't causing damage, but rather pointing out targets and buffing allies/debuffing enemies. I play Lore bards most often as they make wonderful shot callers. I am experimenting with this character, a Hexbard, more of a nova damage build. In my analogy this character is best thought of as a shooting guard, the opposite of a point guard. A fighter makes the best center, whose job is to "own the paint" scoring and blocking others from scoring. A monk makes the best Power Forward, who charges into the paint to help the center or stay 10ish feet back for short jumpers like Larry Byrd. Then you have the small forward, who has all the skills of the other players and can do everything. Wizards make the best but our team's should probably be Wratchet.

I am not disputing Ed's player. It is important here to understand that. It is why most people write in 3rd person when writing In Character. It differentiates you from character, both in the minds of other players and in your own mind. I am speaking strictly of the character, Edward T Wheeler.

Ed's player can play him any way he chooses, that is his right. What is bothering me is that he doesn't seem to be a team player. Whatever position he wants to play is fine, I can play whichever you guys want as well. I just want to make sure we are a team, okay?
This message was last edited by the player at 13:51, Wed 26 Oct 2022.

What's basketball? Hahaha sorry couldn't help myself

I see what you saying I was confused there. I agree too we need some team mentality. Clear and concise communication and planning is the key.
This message was last edited by the player at 15:11, Wed 26 Oct 2022.

In reply to Renard (Le Ruse) d'Argaskun (msg # 28):

I hear and understand what your saying. I'm taking all this as our characters learning to work together. It was our first real combat together and our characters are still figuring each other out.

We are quite the crew with very different backgrounds and there are going to be "growing pains" along the way. It was most definitely a cluster of a encounter. I also think most of us are getting used to play by post. All of us but you (Renard) and the GM are new to play by post and learning how to navigate all the text and turns can be confusing at times at least for me personally.

And I'm sure Edward will end up catching on... eventually. LOL

As Edward's handler I should probably pop in:

Edward is naive of the danger and doesn't intend to put the party at risk he just doesn't understand its not training. He has never faced real danger before being a spoiled rich guy. He also isn't intentionally attempting to goof on Renard he just simply didn't think about it being a danger. He's never had real friends only servants and teachers so his social skills are terrible. I assure you, I'm not attempting to get us killed, just make Edward's part of the story exciting and spontaneous and a driver of the action. Ed has basically up to 22 pts of hp (with second wind) even at this point and can take some punishment, so I was just playing out the scene a bit. Had the situation not been contained and everyone in the room, I wouldn't have ran Edward out for fear the other players would have been killed. I also wanted to keep an eye on the 2 humans and not allow them to lay a trap in the hall for us. If I got the party killed I'd be very unhappy with myself so thats never intended.

So.. you have my word, I wont intentionally kill anyone or do anything that is intentionally harmful to the other players and although Edward is quite low on the wis stat, I'll keep him on the rails enough to make the game play.

Also: Renard is an awesome character that provides the perfect foil to Edward and I love the bickering between Renard and Ed so I tend to play into it a bit lol. You play really well and I don't want you nor Renard to quit so, if an adjustment to Ed is needed, I'm happy to approach it differently if that's helpful. I worried earlier in the game that Ed was perhaps grinding on your nerves a bit, but then it felt like perhaps you were just diving into the RP and painting the picture with me.. I hope the second is correct, but if it's the former, I'd much rather adjust Ed than lose a team member.

Also: Thank you for bringing it up rather than letting poison the game. I'd much rather hear from the group and adjust rather than unwittingly making this unbearable ahaha

I get that. I am not going anywhere; I am just hoping eventually we can get through to Ed and he would maybe give us a clue.

Most GMs here allow everyone to post when they are on and just fudge whatever is needed to make things work. I like this way better, even though it takes more. It feels more like being at the table.

So update Ed posted as I was going to put this up. I don't mind the "bickering" outside of combat. The stuff in town was great and I was having fun being a foil. I just think that when our lives are on the line we need to work together. I understand your POV, being action oriented. I am going to try one more time IC and hope I can get through to him. Teamwork is best in D&D. ;-)

Absolutely. I couldn't agree more and you don't have to fear Edward continuing to be a complete danger to the group lmao he is starting to learn that he's part of group and what that means. Will he always say the wrong thing at the exact wrong time. Of course. Will he challenge the biggest baddest baddie because he insulted his blouse. You can bet the farm on it. Will he sacrifice his friends for all the gold in all the dungeons.. never in a million years .. he just doesn't know that yet hahaha

And yea Naddrin the play by post def takes some getting used to... especially since I've been slammed with work recently. I just got a new phone for my startup and it's an android so I'll install that rpol mobile app and maybe that will help me keep up .. I've got quite a few irons in the fire right now so getting an alert that posts were made would be super

This is completely off the subject of our game but in the realm...

Can a rogue benefit from their sneak attack trait if they cast a ranged spell attack
...it says weapon in the PHB...
 so is your arcane focus considered a weapon if you are attacking with it

I've seen spells in the PHB with melee and ranged attack tags...

Just curious if it's worth a casters time to multi-class in rogue if they can't benefit from what seems like a super great attack feature

Maybe it's too powerful and game breaking...those cantrip attacks stack as you lvl so maybe it is too powerful

Blasting someone with a high lvl fire bolt from an advantageous position, getting to add in those 1d6s...yeah the more I think about it, it's gotta be too powerful

But it would be badass though hahaha


So I guess the base question still remains...is your arcane focus considered a weapon? Would we have to have disarmed ourselves of it when entering Threshold?

I assume in this world, magic use may not be super common in everyday life but it is known and considered part of the shared reality right?

Would NPCs feel threatened if they know you have your wand on you?

Does it even register to them like carrying a sword would?

Or is it more of an alluring thing to carry your arcane focus into town?

Are people intrigued by a caster? Maybe not celeb status...

but it has to be more common for there to be a bigger pool of standard weapon users vs casters. It seems like the RP parts of the caster classes have good reasons for you to becoming a caster...seems like any dummy can pick up a sword and swing it well
This message was last edited by the player at 13:40, Sun 30 Oct 2022.

If you use a spell that "creates" a weapon attack. Some examples- booming/greenflame blade and cloud of daggers.

That's a good point. I guess then created weapon hold there real world properties...rapier is finesse...great axe is 2 handed...that sort a thing...just create a weapon that holds true to the sneak attack rules and you good to go

But the question still remains...
Is an arcane focus considered a weapon?
Would people feel threatened if they saw you had it?

You dont create the weapon, you create the attack.
The answer is sometimes, but only if the focus is itself a weapon. Hexblade warlock, sword college bards, and some others specifically use weapons as spell foci.

A more straight forward way to pile damage is with paladin's smite ability. It uses spell slits, but isn't a spell. Rogue/Paladin is a burst/nova powerhouse. Another good combo is Barbarian/Paladin, bc smite isnt a spell, barbarian can use it while raging.