Ticket to Ride, Settlers of Catan, Onitama... The Board Game Thread

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  1. RonBurgundy

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    Andy Reocho had 0 DND experience so you can ask him how game went. There’s some easy online YouTube videos that teach you enough.

    you need a laptop (or phone) that can run discord and probably a mic. That’s it.

    we started game at 9pm cst (actually more like 9:20) and played for about 2 hours
     
  2. Andy Reocho

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    To sit down and play you’ll be just fine in one session.

    The only way to really learn the tricky/elaborate stuff is just getting hours in IMO. I had and will have questions, but this group all seems more on the beginner side of the curve so it’s cool
     
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  3. TheSkeeter

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    you misspelled hella-smart and tactical bard. It’s okay though.
     
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  4. Odin

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    all ive ever really wanted in life is to play d&d with Andy Reocho
     
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  5. Andy Reocho

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    :blush:

    You don’t mean that
     
  6. LuPoor

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    No pure casters smh
     
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  7. Odin

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    i would argue lore bards are as pure caster as anything else
     
  8. TheSkeeter

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    Also no healers YOLO
     
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  9. WillySaliba

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    If I even want to attempt to know what you fellows are talking about where do I go?
     
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  10. LuPoor

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    Fair
     
  11. TheSkeeter

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    It’s just dungeons and dragons. We can go over things here, but I made a thread on the tv board where we discuss some things but it’s mostly the dnd podcasts we listen to
     
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  12. Odin

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    this thread seems very relevant to my interests
     
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  13. Illinihockey

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    Pretty much have a bunch of guys that can do just enough to get people off the ground but no real healing
     
  14. Andy Reocho

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    Hey I can heal people now that I’m level 2
     
  15. LuPoor

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    Combat healing in 5e is pretty weak anyway. Ranger healing spirit and the bard taking a heal should be enough
     
  16. Illinihockey

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    Agreed, until you get to spells like mass cure wounds and heal which are 5th and 6th level
     
  17. Illinihockey

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    The bigger problem is I don't think we have anyone that is proficient with thieves tools. First locked door is going to shut down the campaign.
     
  18. TheSkeeter

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    I’ll talk the damn door open
     
  19. Andy Reocho

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    Wu will just break through the door anyway.
     
  20. Andy Reocho

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    or play it a song
     
  21. RonBurgundy

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  22. Wu

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    I have no idea how I obtained possession of the key
     
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  23. Odin

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    im sure this would be very helpful for the team comp but i would probably play a hexblade warlock

    :in-n-out:
     
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  24. Wu

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    the man knows how to sweet talk his knobs
     
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  25. TheSkeeter

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    The last hex blade warlock I worked with tried to covert everyone into accepting a tentacle monster as their overlord. Could we expect the same from you?
     
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  26. Odin

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    im not a fan of rping my characters in ways that just annoy everyone
     
  27. Wu

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    it all makes sense now
     
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  28. Odin

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    i could also probably be convinced to play cleric because i love to heal but in the era of healing spirit are clerics even worth it
     
  29. LuPoor

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    Boooooo
     
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  30. TheSkeeter

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    It was done out of fun. He asked the group first.
     
  31. LuPoor

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    I really hate hexblade. It is conceptually broken
     
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  32. TheSkeeter

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    Better than a blade singing wizard. I think by lvl 12 my AC could be as high as 30 or so?
     
  33. Wu

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    it’s barbarian
     
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  34. TheSkeeter

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    A barbarian who doesn’t rage. Think of the childrens.
     
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  35. Wu

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    literal basement rats don’t warrant my rage
     
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  36. RonBurgundy

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    ELDRITCH BLAST
    ELDRITCH BLAST
    ELDRITCH BLAST
    ELDRITCH BLAST
    ELDRITCH BLAST
    ELDRITCH BLAST
    ELDRITCH BLAST
     
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  37. Odin

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    i love eldritch blast so much my bard knows it
     
  38. RonBurgundy

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    But for real, was not expecting a nat 20 fucking arcana roll on that spirit dust. Was saving that nugget if you went down that storyline later
     
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  39. TheSkeeter

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    I’ve seen some shit
     
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  40. RonBurgundy

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    I have only ever played 3 one shots myself, so my class rankings based on those is:

    barbarian





    Bard






    Monk
     
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  41. LuPoor

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    Bladesingers still need more than one stat though. Hexblades get EVERYTHING from charisma. Hexblade outperforms the other warlocks by so much you get weird looks if you even play a different kind. Celestial is an exception because it's a completely different role, but the PHB ones are over. No one wonders why you aren't bladesinging if you play wizard.
     
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  42. Odin

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    i wonder if my dm has any comments on stunning strike Troy Barnes
     
  43. LuPoor

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    Get to level 5 and watch a monk ruin your DMs big boss fight with one stunning strike
     
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  44. TheSkeeter

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    Yeah 5-12 monk is insane
     
  45. LuPoor

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    Have a sun soul in the campaign i DM, and i just spend my time figuring out monsters with huge con modifiers
     
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  46. Illinihockey

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    High level rogues are ridiculous too. Not only can they pass every skill check, they're routinely doing 40-60 damage from sneak attack every turn. They crit and can almost one shot a hill giant.
     
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  47. Troy Barnes

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    Seems like something our monk should be using, but I don't think I've heard him mention it. It would probably be annoying for me, but if he wants to start using it, he certainly can
     
  48. Odin

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    either he has used it enough to even annoy me with it or i have been hallucinating
     
  49. Troy Barnes

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    One of us is hallucinating, I guess, because I don't recall him using that much if at all. Mainly flurry of blows. Then again, with all the ki points and attacks, it's possible it got lost in the shuffle and I'm misremembering. Roll20 should help with stuff like this, I'd think, since there's a chat record
     
  50. Odin

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    will dash be participating in the remote sessions