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Paused the video to leave this comment. Might be unpopular but I wouldn’t play with a DM that thought they could tell me how my character looks. I would never tell a player how their character can look. I’ve had many conversations about types of characters or meshing of back stories. But I’ve never never said no to a look.

Party conflict done right is great! My favorite character ever was a duergar conquest paladin (Out of the Abyss) that saw the rest of the party members as tools and travelling with the "soft upworlders" as a means to his own ends. So on the one hand, he was a total dick BUT the party also knew that they could rely on him to further the partys survival and well being. Conversly, another player in the same game was a "hippy dippy type druid" whos shtick was ignorant friendliness but they played her in a way that was constantly detrimental to the party (still unsure if it was intentional or not) so nobody was a fan of the character and after several discussions about their behavior, that sentiment bled over to the player. I guess (realized this while writing) party conflict at a character level can be awesome but if it becomes party conflict at a player level, that's when it can get ugly.

As a DM, I wouldn't care that someone brought a fat character to the table. That being said, when you bring a character at my table with a distinguishing feature, it needs to have a backstory. But that's true of all characters at my table, I want them fleshed out. Pun intended. Did I write this whole comment so I could do this pun ? I ain't telling.

A chunky elf monk who uses their gut to make unarmed attacks, just grapples by sitting on their foes. Kung Fu Panda stuff

speak with animals is useless against a griffon that qualifies as a monstrosity and not a beast/animal. So I get how it can appear broken if that is what he let you do. But still a very effective way to deal with certain creatures, just persuade them to go away.

Bah. 3.5 Bard, Evangelist, Fast Talk. Add speak with Animals, and yopu can do this in every encounter. Against basicly everything. Heck get good at it and you can turn Every Single Intelligent Enemy into your Ally. Every single one. It can be very fun to play a pacifist in Dnd, if you know what you are doing ^^ Edit: after having read through this coment again; i in no way try to imply you dont know what you are doing. From Sweden with Love - Kami

Making that much of an impact should cost something. So if no one left, it could be a free action but if one leaves it cost an action.

Griffons have on average 59 HP. +6 on a D20 isn't reaching that for shit.

How can you play with high charisma in every game? You're missing out on the chance to be a chaotic halfling that likes things go boom

Hmm ya not that bad, I mean the free action part was a little much but honestly if their bonus was +6 that means each griffon needed to be sub 26 for this to have a chance of success a normal griffon has 59 health and if there were multiple griffons than it wouldn't be unreasonable to say people can do 26 ish damage in a round. As an action or even a bonus action I would 100% be fine with this as the ones feeling were as good as dead in a single good shot anyway Edit thanks to programmable for catching my ho mistake.

I wouldn't say DM jail hare. We've all been there, it makes the best stories

I've pretty much always told my players that they cannot roll persuasion on another PC. They have to convince the person in actual conversation if they have a plan or whatever they want to do. It's just a little way to maintain solid consent.

You guys make it hard to contribute because you're so good at covering the bases! Fully agree with Vic about the insight hot take. Insight will tell the roller if they can tell whether or not the opposing party is lying or not but not why they are lying. Depending on the roll or context it may not even tell them what the other is lying about or how they are lying. Flat out deception? Omission? Who knows. Since none of that is divulged and it's boring to just get a yes or no, I have the "liar" describe what they did or are doing to tip off the other person, if anything. As far as the free roll thing goes, if it's something you're character would reasonably know, I don't even call for a roll but I'll ask what skill you're using to determine the info the character knows/recalls. If you're stopping to study something, you most certainly are spending at least 6 seconds (using that action) to glean whatever info you can about said thing.

Rules as Written, the damage you take on as part of Warding Bond cannot be halved in any way. That being said, with how much HP a Barbarian has, that doesn't actually matter, because a) Barbarian = d12 hit die and b) whoever was attacking your Peace Cleric now has a Barbarian substantially closer to them, and they're even more pissed.

Maybe y'all should listen to the entire list. Keep vilifying GMs and you'll all be sitting around a table alone.

You can created npcs on the fly and run a module. That creativity is still there if you already have it. Players aren’t a book, they rarely stick to the book. Always be prepared to make shit up on the fly as a DM even with a module.

I do not have the creative talent to do what you do, I'd have to use modules.

As far as modules go, I like to run them, but have ALWAYS homebrewed them considerably. I've even gone so far as to use npcs, places, boss fights, dungeons and tables. Currently, I'm running Tomb of Annihilation, but there is a chance Ras Nsi will wind up with the Book of Ill Omen or turn out to be a Deathclaw or whatever the failed Lich monster dude is, or they wind up in hell because XYZ and things of that nature.

Agree with Eric on the AITA. A lot of the rulings have some kernel of relevance but the list maker's presentation of them is extremely combative and off putting. Sounds to me like the DM is extremely D&D focused and wants to "play" HIS game while his group wants to hangout while using D&D as a vehicle to do so.

I definitely agree with your guys' point about modules being very railroady. They run as if the players are all heroic, and will likely do one of 2 things. Nevermind that the characters are much more varied, chaotic, and want to push boundaries as much as they can to see what they can get away with. But with that said, as a new DM (and a new dnd player on top of it), following a module is a lifesaver. I'm currently running the Dragon of Icespire Peak, and it gives a great framework/foundation for how a campaign should run. I've been having a lot of fun creating a stronger hook for the story, and creating a few new characters or dissecting some of the dungeons. It's just nice being able to put as much or as little work into the campaign as I like.

Wedding planning is so fun....when your families behave 😅.

Nothing really to add as you guys hit any key points I'd have mentioned but I'll toss a comment for engagement ;). Good episode!

I just wanted to add one more theory to the AITAH conversation... the GM might not have had much if any experience with essentially firing a player. If that was the case, they might have leaned on having the rest of the group there as back up to be able to do it, consciously or unconsciously.

That DM is the embodiment of “no DnD is better than bad DnD”

Wtf just stop being a DM at that point.

I hard disagree on the min-maxing versus not discussion. Both styles of play are valid and both offer different ways to interact with a campaign. A min maxed character might be an uptight perfectionist who over time learns that its okay to lean on others for help and not place all the responsibility on themselves. A non munchkin character works just as well for those who like to improv when they fail and somehow still have an impact. It doesnt have to be either or.

My rule(s) of thumb for the rule of cool: Is it in the realm of possibility, and does it add to the scene, the character, or the story. If yes to any 2+ of those, auto yes. If 0, "no, but". If it's possible but doesn't add anything (rare), I ask questions to see if we can get it to add anything.

Rule of Cool Story: I was running a Spelljammer campaign, and the party was on a rescue mission for a downed ship in the jungles of Chult. The party makes it to the scene of the crash, and the surviving crew is starving, and under attack by Pterafolk. At the height of combat, the captain of the ship is taken by one of the remaining enemies. The idea was to have the party either track them to the Pterafolks' roost or prioritize the crew, who was severely wounded and starving. My Paladin got the wild idea to load himself into a mangonnel and fore himself at the Pterafolk. I *probably* shouldn't have let that happen, but he managed to score a hit at long range with the mangonnel, at disadvantage, even, so I allowed ot to continue. He made an attack on the enemy, managed to kill it, and saved the captain, nearly killing himself and the captain in the process. They were both unconscious for several hours because he was the party's primary healer at that moment but were stabilized, and I got to improvise a standoff with some zombies at the shipwreck as a result, because the commotion from the airborne smite coupled woth the pair of humans crashing to the earth stirred up some slumbering zombies. Shit was wild.

Omg Vic went “When I was… A YOUNG BOY-“ right as I was singing it, I am deceased💀 I am so here for the unhingedness of you guys. Would love to see a vlog of you guys cooking together, that sounds so cute! Share up some recipes, I wanna cook with my hubby too💕

I think it's fun sometimes if you really lock in your characters personality and you end up going against your own better instincts. Once my party and I found ourselves in the company of giants, my character was a overzealous overconfident glory seeking knight and I knew my character would want to challenge them at any cost because of the songs they'd write about him. He'd be a legend. At the time we were maybe level 2 so terrible decision on my part.

I've absolutely had "It's what my character would do" moments, but you also have to consider whether your character is willing to ruin things for their party, and they are then that character would either not be with that party, or would get abandoned by the party going "Yes officer, this bitch just murdered a shop keeper for no reason, we tried to stop them but they're just a danger to society"

Agree 1000%! Having a character play out an established flaw makes for such good drama!

“Oops all druids” is such a funny line

What a gorgeous Adventurer

Is there somewhere I can see this campaign? It sounds like an absolute blast!

Omg yesss finally off work so I can watch😍

Y'all talking about cherry blossom s reminds me of in my game that I dk I named this underground place fore drugs and slavery named cherry blossom

Ooo a new dnd podcast to listen to

4:40 - This is because you're ADHD and stumbled onto a good coping mechanism for your particular flavour of neurospicy, Vic. The tangible immediate task gives you something to feed the dopamine, which allows your brain to relax into the longer-term, low-dopamine tasks without panicking. It's a pretty good strategy. On a completely unrelated note, I was listening to this on the podcast & came here to add the above comment, and saw both of you for the first time. You are the third Millenial whom I have encountered with the name Vic(toria). All three are erudite outgoing ADHDers with red hair who play D&D and have folded all of that into their professional personae. Weird. As per the prior episode about EXP vs milestones, I doubt that you upset any old-timers by dissing EXP as being inferior to milestones. Who do you think invented it? Back in the day (running AD&D 2nd Edition) I did kind of a hybrid of the two. I awarded EXP, but I was the only one tracking it. I had a spreadsheet on my Macintosh Classic that kept a running tally on everyone's EXP, and when someone got close to levelling up, I would try to find a way to get them to the next beat for their character to justify the jump. Very easy for the paladin, the cleric, and the druid; not as easy for the fighter & the rogue.

Alternative leveling option... Players can gain that first level after 2 session and each level after takes roughly 25% more(rounded up) sessions per level. 2/3/4/5/7/9/12 et cetera. If playing weekly this would be 7 levels gained in about a year of playing(a few weeks short of a year if you are super consistent). You can use this method no matter what level your group is starting at, and you can reset the counter at any point in a campaign which signifies a step up in the challenges being faced by the group(great for when a campaign shifts between acts).

I don't think that minmaxing is specifically good or bad. Depends on what you like as a player and what fits for your table. You can have a really heavy rp campaign and still minmax. We're currently in a campaign that has super heavy political undertone. Our party is the primary force that is used by the emperor of a nation for covert operations and high profile assasinations. We're all heavily optimized and rp is still the focus 70% of the time.

About (not) min-maxing: I kinda accidentally make the most un-minmaxed decision 😂 I haven't actually tested it on table, but it was half-elf sorcerer, and she had heritages of silver dragon and white dragon It was 1st edition of Pathfinder, and there is archetype of sorcerer that allows to combine two heritages, but if I'm not mistaken if they have identical bonuses, they're aren't stacking BUT it was pretty much description of her personality: she has a noble goals, but very easily gets angered and will not hesitate to throw hands (and spells)

Honestly my constitution mod is +7… dexterity and charisma are in the toilet lol. I’m all about dice fudging as long as the benefit is the story.

Yeah, that lady dismissing the poker player is in fact an asshole.

Con colds are the worst colds

Whoop whoop! Welcome back! :3 I've been thoroughly enjoying the podcast, both of your energies are great. I hope you two keep this up! ❤✨🎲

I found y'all on Tiktok a while ago, and this has become one of my favorite podcasts since, so congrats on 3k!

Ehehe who are those cuties

The only time our group has done XP leveling is ToA, and that was only at the beginning. Also, it was as a group, not individually.

The excitement I felt when y'all mentioned swashbuckler rogue. I'm running one right now, and I built her from class to race. I love my swashbuckler halfling so much. She's been so fun.