Critical Role discussions (and other DnD pods/shows)

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  1. Odin

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    what do you guys think on the life of 5e? i'm thinking 3-4 years. phb-xanathar was 3 years, xanathar-tasha was 3 years. and i lean toward 6e coinciding with the beginning of a new crit role campaign and c3 would be really weird timing.
     
  2. LuPoor

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    There's plenty of untouched material. We STILL don't have any published material on the feywild for 5e. They could drag 5e out for quite a while.
     
  3. RonBurgundy

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    5e insanely popular, they would be dumb to change until popularity fades
     
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  4. Odin

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    getting caught up on c2. the difference in caleb and scanlan's magnificent mansion descriptions is hilarious.
     
  5. Illinihockey

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    I just like how the only thing to eat at scanlans was chicken
     
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  6. Odin

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    halfway through c2e113 now. all combat should feature at least one trex polymorph.
     
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    its a shame spell versatility didnt make it rip
     
  8. Odin

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    ep 114

     
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    Today’s was such a good episode. Probably my favorite in quite some time.
     
  10. Odin

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    i never knew molly was supposed to be irish
     
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  11. Odin

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    you know, after the covid hiatus it looked like matt had put on a good bit of weight. he seems to be dropping it now though.
     
  12. RonBurgundy

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    Last episode very minor spoiler
    Matt putting that
    Necromancy trapped gem
    in his party’s path just because he knows they wouldn’t be able to resist fucking with it and draining some resources before a possible battle was hilarious. I wonder if there was any possible way they could have gotten/used it.

    side note I was staying in a hotel all week for work and I found a pick up adventurer’s league style game on discord from my local game shop and it was a blast actually playing again. Played my first ever wizard and man, Divination is really fun with portent. Feels really OP with either good or bad rolls.
     
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  13. Illinihockey

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    same
     
  14. DuckD

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    Finally had our next session and faced Venomfang.
    Dragonborn barbarian
    Elf bard
    Dwarf cleric
    Halfling druid
    Elf ranger
    All level 4
    Versus a young green dragon.

    Lured them in with the dragon chatting them up and trying to deceive them a bit. After a little talking I unleashed the poison cloud breath. They all freaked out when I started asking to borrow some of their 6-sided dice to get the 12d6 damage all at once lol
    First round attacks did very little to the dragon. His turn came again, rolled a 5 and got the breath weapon back. Unleashed again.
    Ranger down
    Druid down
    Cleric down to 3 (even with advantage on poison saving throws, I failed both times. Even with poison resistance, still knocked down to 3) :ohnoes:
    (As DM I'm getting very concerned about TPK'ing my kids at this point lol)

    Cleric heals druid back to life
    Druid heals ranger back to life
    Barbarian charges dragon
    Dragon doesn't get breath weapon back, so goes with both claws AND bite on the barbarian since he's closest
    Barbarian down
    Cleric uses healing word to get the barbarian back up
    We run for our stupid lives with the dragon taunting us from his lair lol

    We did 28 total points of damage to it

    Module says if we knocked it down to half hp (68hp) it would flee. We weren't even close lol

    Now I'm thinking Venomfang may have to be a recurring nemesis

    I think they're all well and good terrified of dragons now though lol
     
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  15. Illinihockey

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    Breath weapon twice in a row is tough
     
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  16. DuckD

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    37 and 41 in back to back rounds if you missed the save. Even if you made the save it's 38 combined, which is quite a bit at 4th level
     
  17. RonBurgundy

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    My divination Wizard has 26 HP at level 4......
     
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    I've rolled really well (plus good Constitution and Dwarven Toughness) and my cleric is at 41. Would have been nice to have succeeded on my saving throw (with advantage both times!) even once. Taking only a quarter damage would be so much better lol
     
  19. RonBurgundy

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    Do you DM and play a PC at the same time?
     
  20. DuckD

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    Yes. I'd prefer not to (I'd rather just be a player honestly lol) but when we started it was just me and my two kids and I figured a cleric could help keep them alive. My guy basically just exists though, I stay out of decision making
     
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  21. Odin

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    im not sure if im more impressed by matt or taliesin
     
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  22. Odin

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    c1 watch update: tary just left. gonna miss him.
     
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  23. RonBurgundy

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    Scanlan> tary, although Tary has some amaaaaazing moments because Sam Riegel is the best
     
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  24. Illinihockey

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    Tary seemed underpowered compared to the rest of the group
     
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  25. RonBurgundy

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    Artificers are all about utility right? Never played one
     
  26. Odin

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    happy tasha day everyone
     
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  27. Illinihockey

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    Jester the cleric not having cure wounds prepared fucking killed me. I always want to know what Matt had planned if things had gone differently.
     
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  28. RonBurgundy

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    After seeing her play a non-healing cleric, it’s a hilarious trope that if I ever play a cleric I would absolutely do for spite of my party.
     
  29. AHebrewToo

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    I homebrewed a 6-15 campaign after LMoP where Venomfang was an environmental extremist/anarchist that was engaged in political manipulation to catalyze war in Faerun to stop humanoid civilization from expanding.

    He scaled from young to adult through the campaign. Not realistic aging but it made for an awesome campaign.

    Playing a green dragon is so much fun.
     
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  30. DuckD

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    Has anybody played Gloomhaven? Apparently my wife is getting it for $40 and I know basically nothing about it
     
  31. Odin

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    darin de paul is fantastic
     
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  32. LuPoor

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    Tasha's is very good
     
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  33. Odin

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    really want to play the way of mercy monk for a couple sessions
     
  34. Illinihockey

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    Having Ashley back for so long is great but it’s stopped the necessity for guest characters which kind of sucks. Season 1 and season 2 had so much flavor because of the guest PC’s that would hop on and sometimes become recurring characters
     
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  35. RonBurgundy

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    Also covid
     
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  36. Illinihockey

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    True but if the 8 of them and the crew can get together, you’d think they could figure a way to get a guest in if they wanted
     
  37. Odin

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    yeah, i think its covid. theyve had guest stars with a full party before. spurt to reani was 25 eps, reani to ashley's return was 10, ashley's return to the covid break was 13. theyre probably just not allowed to have anyone on or taking a lot of precautions at the very least. i doubt the covid setup supports 8 players.
     
  38. Odin

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    and they do talks over zoom
     
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  39. RonBurgundy

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    Holy fuck I forgot about Spurt. That may have been the best guest character.

    Worst was the musician who played Garthok (sp?). Would be fun to go back and rank the guests.
     
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  40. Odin

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    Tier 1
    Kashaw
    Thorbir
    Gern Blanston
    Lionel Gayheart
    Sprigg

    Tier 2
    Shale
    Shakaste
    Keg
    Twiggy

    Tier 3
    Zhara
    Kerrek
    Calianna
    Reanni

    Tier 4
    Lyra
    Lillith
    Garthok
    Tova
    Nila

    havent seen arkhan yet but i imagine tier 1
     
  41. Illinihockey

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    lyra was an amazing character
     
  42. Illinihockey

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    Chris Perkins is the best
     
  43. Odin

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    i just hate felicia day
     
  44. LuPoor

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    I don't like a lot of the new classes in tasha's, but the ancillary stuff is incredible. Think I'm going to get a lot of use out of the magical region tables
     
  45. LuPoor

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    Twilight Cleric 1 level dip is broken. In level one you get:

    Heavy armor and martial weapons
    Darkvision to 300 feet and ability to give the same to other characters for an hour
    Faerie fire always prepared
    Ability to give a creature advantage on its next initiative roll, and this ability has unlimited usages
     
  46. RonBurgundy

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    Struggling to understand the racial statistic optional rules from Tasha’s
     
  47. Odin

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    a +2 can be any +2
    a +1 can be any +1
    they cant be the same thing
    languages can be any languanges
    same with proficiencies

    i like it because it allows min/maxers such as myself to not worry so much about finding the perfect race
     
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  48. RonBurgundy

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    Nice. I will continue to build V-Humans because feats are fun
     
  49. Odin

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    theres also this

    CUSTOM LINEAGE

    Instead of choosing one of the game’s races for your character at 1st level, you can use the following traits to represent your character’s lineage, giving you full control over how your character’s origin shaped them:

    Creature Type. You are a humanoid. You determine your appearance and whether you resemble any of your kin.

    Size. You are Small or Medium (your choice).

    Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

    Ability Score Increase. One ability score of your choice increases by 2.

    Feat. You gain one feat of your choice for which you qualify.

    Variable Trait. You gain one of the following options of your choice: (a) darkvision with a range of 60 feet or (b) proficiency in one skill of your choice.

    Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and one other language that you and your DM agree is appropriate for your character.
     
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  50. RonBurgundy

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    The one ability score +2 fucks point buy builds though. If you do point buy, you then can't get 2 scores to 16, which I like in most builds.

    Otherwise Vuman with darkvision? fuck yea that's amazing