New thread as requested.

What's the best website for browsing 5E rules?

I use 5e tools: https://5e.tools/

I use dnd beyond, but 5etools works too. Also folks, don’t forget to make your minis on heroforge! That’s the fun part.

Here is my attempt at creating Caduceus.

https://www.heroforge.com/load_share%3D540484/

Love it! Can’t wait to see the rest of the crew. I want to start using some shots from talespire in here to bring some images into the game, but, uhh, how do I do that? Lol. Does anyone know how to insert images into posts?

Okay, finally getting a chance to do this:
09:50, Today: Kate rolled 11 using 4d6, dropping the lowest dice only with rolls of 3,5,3,2.
09:50, Today: Kate rolled 13 using 4d6, dropping the lowest dice only with rolls of 1,3,5,5.
09:50, Today: Kate rolled 14 using 4d6, dropping the lowest dice only with rolls of 6,3,1,5.
09:50, Today: Kate rolled 14 using 4d6, dropping the lowest dice only with rolls of 1,4,6,4.
09:50, Today: Kate rolled 13 using 4d6, dropping the lowest dice only with rolls of 3,1,6,4.
09:50, Today: Kate rolled 16 using 4d6, dropping the lowest dice only with rolls of 5,1,5,6.
09:50, Today: Kate rolled 13 using 4d6, dropping the lowest dice only with rolls of 6,3,3,4.

That drops an eleven

My character is here:  https://www.dndbeyond.com/characters/84054180
This message was last edited by the player at 14:01, Wed 21 Sept 2022.

I did something weird with the roller because it doesn't know how to add... So rolls, with corrections:

10:06, Today: Hairy rolled 10 using 4d6, dropping the highest dice only with rolls of 2,2,1,6.
10:06, Today: Hairy rolled 13 using 4d6, dropping the highest dice only with rolls of 4,4,1,5.
10:06, Today: Hairy rolled 17 using 4d6, dropping the highest dice only with rolls of 6,5,4,6.
10:06, Today: Hairy rolled 10 using 4d6, dropping the highest dice only with rolls of 2,3,5,2.
10:06, Today: Hairy rolled 16 using 4d6, dropping the highest dice only with rolls of 5,5,5,6.
10:06, Today: Hairy rolled 9 using 4d6, dropping the highest dice only with rolls of 5,1,3,1.
(Dropped)
10:06, Today: Hairy rolled 8 using 4d6, dropping the highest dice only with rolls of 4,2,1,2.

Head's up, I'm really not great with D&D5. Last campaign I thought I was a taxicab for two sessions before I realized I'm some sort of a cat. No complaints, just tell me if I'm doing anything wrong. (I also enjoy characters who are underpowered or die for silly reasons.)

Here's my first cut. I did look at Artificer first, but seemed like a magic user, which we have a lot of (and very complex) so I just went baseline fighter, planning to be the bullet sponge.
https://www.dndbeyond.com/characters/84203753

Ok, getting to putting my character together.  Questions:
1. When doing character development, I believe the settings should be as follows:
Sources - all enabled
Dice Rolling - disabled (because we'll use RPol?)
Optional Features - on
Advancement Type - milestone (seems to map better to Shadowrun?)
Hitpoint Type - manual
Use prerequisites - both on
Show level-scaled spells - on
Encumbrance type - use encumbrance??
Ignore coin weight - on (Nuyen don't weight anything)
Ability Score/modifier display - modifiers top
Character privacy - public

Is the above all accurate?

2. How do I see cyberware?  Do I need to enable something extra?

3. We talked about allowing one 'rare' magic item, but didn't really talk about additional gear.  Do we just assume we have certain things like encrypted radios?

4. For backgrounds, I'm thinking Courtier is equivalent to ex-mid-level megacorp employee?

5. I'm assuming that Alignment and Faith are for background purposes only?

6. Allies and Organizations should be handled the same as Contacts in SR?  (so 2 free 4-point contacts)

Changed my mind and decided to go multi-class, so re-rolling my HP


Need to better understand what we're doing around purchasing gear.

E.g. I picked up a +2 long bow which I'm assuming is actually a sniper rifle.

What does other stuff map to? If we're limited to 1 rare magic item, are we allowed any uncommon magic items?

I see ya, got married this week so things have been a bit hectic! Will get to responding to these soon, but I see ya. You should be able to find pistols rifles and other firearms in dnd beyond though, just perform a search function when looking at inventory.

Congratulations!

Ok, getting to putting my character together.  Questions:
1. When doing character development, I believe the settings should be as follows:
Sources - all enabled
Dice Rolling - disabled (because we'll use RPol?)
Optional Features - on
Advancement Type - milestone (seems to map better to Shadowrun?)
Hitpoint Type - manual
Use prerequisites - both on
Show level-scaled spells - on
Encumbrance type - use encumbrance??
Ignore coin weight - on (Nuyen don't weight anything)
Ability Score/modifier display - modifiers top
Character privacy - public

Is the above all accurate?

Yes

2. How do I see cyberware?  Do I need to enable something extra?
Hah, it isn’t there. I think we should all just take a look at what magic items are available, come up with an equivalency in the form of a magic item, and just consider the effects of “cyberware” being that the magic item will be considered one tier lower when it comes to costs.

3. We talked about allowing one 'rare' magic item, but didn't really talk about additional gear.  Do we just assume we have certain things like encrypted radios?
I’m thinking of allowing one item of each tier below legendary. Let’s go balls out and do this big! I just watched Edgerunners recently and I’m not gonna be that super particular about it. I’m not shy about giving my players power and making things look like a big budget action movie.

4. For backgrounds, I'm thinking Courtier is equivalent to ex-mid-level megacorp employee?
Yep, pick whatever you think approximates best here. This is an experiment after all :)

5. I'm assuming that Alignment and Faith are for background purposes only?
They can be, but if someone wants to play a cleric I’d see it as a combat medic over a faith healer.

6. Allies and Organizations should be handled the same as Contacts in SR?  (so 2 free 4-point contacts)
Let’s give everyone as many as they want here that can be reasonably kept up with. There’s no mechanic in 5e in place for something like contacts, and I always thought of it as silly to make players invest their character xp/resources into something that could lead to a cool story hook.

Haven't done background and contacts yet, but here's what I've got so far:
https://www.heroforge.com/load_config%3D505614581/
https://www.dndbeyond.com/characters/84340347

Any concerns?

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CONGRATULATIONS!!! WOW!!! Have fun!!

I missed that.  Congrats indeed!!

Howdy! Just wanted to check in and see if anyone needed help or had any more questions about character generation.

The downside of using every book is there's a ton to digest. But again, not stressing overly much on details. I'm expecting this campaign runs with a generous level of handwaving, and the numbers are there to tell us what kind of dice to throw.

I've not decided if I'm rebuilding Hairy, or if I should spin off a new character. I'm considering swapping Dexterity and Constitution; I assumed lots of gun-shooting, but in D&D, a high-dex damage sponge is harder to balance since heavy armor negates dex bonuses. Feedback is very welcome.

https://www.dndbeyond.com/characters/84203753

Your HP seems low?

Also, you should 'equip' your weapons to make it easier to see what they can do.

My only questions:
- is a horse equivalent to a motorcycle?
- did you have any concerns with my character sheet WD?
- how was the wedding? :)

I didn't realize I had to equip :) Fixed now!

I was considering making Constitution one of the stronger stats, but I wasn't sure which trait to swap out, Dexterity or Strength. Shadowrun I'd assume we're all about shooting stuff, so strength is the dump stat of the three. But maybe I'm wrong? Thoughts?

Yes, I assumed horses are motorcycles (or cars). I hadn't figured out yet which way I'd want to take that. But something bulky. So if the mechanics are good, I'll go ahead and wrap it all in a narrative next.

I hope everyone had a happy halloween!! We spent the last two weeks building an eight-foot UFO attached to the front of our house, so it's good to emerge on the far side of our seasonal obsession.

Merry Christmas you guys. Been heckin busy on this end of things but I wanted to touch base with y’all and let you all know I’ll be doing my first post sometime early within the new year. Please let me know if there are any dangling unanswered questions regarding chargen.

Merry Christmas back! :)

No worries on being busy.  Fully understand.

Hope everyone has a chance to slow down, relax, and recharge a bit over the break.

100% :)

I actually got a promotion at the beginning of the month, so my workload has ramped up. And I made the mistake of complaining how crummy the church Internet is, so now my free time is spent drilling holes in walls and running new cables.

But I am alive and doing well!! Hope everyone is moving towards an awesome new year :)

Yo, mind starting an IC thread for me called “Lagniappe” please?

Just granted you GM access.  You should now have the power to create threads yourself :)

Oh, we started! Awesome! I hope to get a post up in the next day or so. I think my character sheet is more or less complete, but I'm not certain I finished selecting my inventory. I will need to check into that and make sure I at least have the most important ones.

I did pick a broom of flying to represent the levitate-necklace that Caduceus had been using. Hope that is okay. I don't want him to carry around a literal broom with him though.

Could be useful for cleaning up after a fight... :)

True...

Alright, I think my inventory is done. Not done well, but done. I picked out my common, uncommon, and rare magic items at least. Then I copy and pasted the gear I had from my sheet here. I am not sure what/how some of it translates over, but figured it would get figured out as needed. I am also not sure what my cash situation should be at, so I didn't touch that.

Honestly, with all the shenanigans wotc pulled recently, I’m wondering how you all feel about sticking with sr3r.
This message was last edited by the GM at 17:05, Wed 08 Mar 2023.

I don't much care, so long as we get to play.  That said, another pivot would slow down the start.

If you guys want to do that, that's fine, but I think I would need to step back from the game if it goes back to sr3r. For the same reason I mentioned in September:

Also, it seems like wotc are walking back some of their craziness.  (Yay for the community standing up :>)

What exactly was it that they were doing? I heard they were doing bad stuff but never actually heard what it was exactly. I figured I would hear eventually, but so far not really and I am curious.

I suppose I could also just go look it up too...

Edit: Looked it up. Wish I could say any of it surprised me.
This message was last edited by the player at 20:37, Wed 08 Mar 2023.

Aww, well, 5e it will be then- can’t lose ya cad!

So is this character within tolerances?

https://www.dndbeyond.com/characters/84203753

(BTW, I got a promotion in December which is great for paying for college tuition, but has absolutely tanked my non-work activities. I'm dropping out of my other RPoL game after the next big, climactic battle. Sticking out with this one because of the crew, but definitely don't hold up turns for me!)

If you're not available during a fight scene, we can probably safely assume you'll shoot something :)

(Congrats on the promo, condolences on the workload...)

That is a very safe assumption!!

Hairy- looks fine aside from the whole giff not existing in shadowrun thing. Or is that race supposed to reflect him being a troll?

I wasn't sure how things translate from the D&D rules to the other, so I assume everything was fair game as long as it's kinda-sorta the same (and the giff specifically made me laugh).

I'll keep it if it doesn't matter, or swap it if it does.

No worries, works for me! Anyway, sorry for the delay in updates- found out I'm having a baby, and it's been a hectic couple of months in the aftermath. Look for some more activity in September- hope y'all are doing well!

Congrats!!!

(Though if you think things are hectic beforehand, just wait until they actually show up :>)

No worries on the pace.

WHATTTT?????? CONGRATULATIONS!!! I hope you're naming him after me ;)

Totally with Jonas on this one. Get ready for your world to get turned upside down (in all the best ways!) My baby is scouting out colleges this month, so happy to share that adventure with someone else ;)

In reply to White Duck (msg # 39):

That's fantastic! Congrats!

Hey y’all, sorry it’s been a hot minute since the last update. Pregnant wife and baby on the way, so I’ve been a bit busy- will get something in this week!

Can't imagine why *that* would consume any of your time... :)

Congrats on the little one on the way!

Congrats!

!!!!!

Congratulations!!! Wow!

(Also, that you think you're going to have time for gaming for the next three years ;) )

My eldest flew to Beijing last week to finish up her degree. Parenthood is an amazing journey. You're lucky :)