very-small-giant:

My contract is with you

Ya’ll should rec me some of your favourite, commissionable monster design artists. I’ve got some stuff coming up soon and I could use a few more people to reach out to!

impossiblepackage:

dailyadventureprompts:

dailyadventureprompts:

Isn’t it weird that despite being a class based in intelligence, the wizard spell list/playstyle doesn’t require or enable any strategy beyond “pay attention to elemental resistances and saves”?

Like, I know that d&d and “intentional game deisgn” go together like oil and water, but you’d think we’d have hit upon the idea that the play fantasy for the nerd class is setting up some bullshit magic-the-gathering combo of overlapping spells synergies.

Chucking fireballs into crowded tavern rooms for raw damage is 𝒮𝑜𝓇𝒸𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓇 𝒷𝑒𝒽𝒶𝓋𝒾𝑜𝓇, I want to use prisms to defract spells over the battlefield! Use physics glitches to bounce over castle walls! Summon a platonic solid from the realm of ideal forms and exploit its frictionless nature to use it as a wrecking ball.

Okay class, let’s talk about reading comprehension, shall we?

Anon here seems to think my gripe is with the variety of wizard spells, when I think I made it very clear that what I want is more spell interaction/flexibility.

Case in point, let’s look at a couple different versions of the grease spell, first in vanilla 5e:

Then in BG3:

Clearly you can DO MORE with the second version of the spell, not only with the explicit ability to ignite an area (allowing you to set up combos with other casters or anyone carrying a torch), but the BG3 version of prone is much more useful crowd control, switching off most of an opponent’s actions (including AoOs), AND giving disadvantage on saves, further increasing combo potential. It’s a strictly BETTER version of the spell that encourages more creativity, tactical thinking, and player interaction.

Hell, let’s look at the 3.5 version:

Clunky as the language is, the 3.5 version has TWO alternate uses for the “make things slippery” spell as both a disarming tool and an escape aid, which could be further extrapolated to greasing heavy objects to help them be moved around for puzzle solving or other ubiquitous party hijinx.

This reduction in spell versatility is purposeful, to the point where we can see WotC REMOVING vague language to ensure the spell is less useful than its earlier counterpart.

Sorry to use you as my soapbox, Anon, but as someone who’s played multiple editions of this game and has enough 3rd party material sitting in their reference library to fill a harddrive, you have no idea what the FUCK you’re talking about.

you’re generally right but the bonus stuff from the BG3 is a side effect of being prone, and all those effects of being prone also apply to regular ole 5e. The only thing BG3 adds is explicitly stating that the grease is flammable.

Sorry to rules lawyer friend but BG3 adds a LOT to prone

5e:

BG3:

Same with a LOT of the other status conditions in the game (to say nothing of the ones they added), which are all focused around overlapping synergies, using stratagey to overcome (but never fully negate) randomness. Base 5e is almost ALERGIC to giving players the ability to inflict disadvantage on enemy saving throws.

frog-memes:

dailyadventureprompts:

Isn’t it weird that despite being a class based in intelligence, the wizard spell list/playstyle doesn’t require or enable any strategy beyond “pay attention to elemental resistances and saves”?

Like, I know that d&d and “intentional game deisgn” go together like oil and water, but you’d think we’d have hit upon the idea that the play fantasy for the nerd class is setting up some bullshit magic-the-gathering combo of overlapping spells synergies.

Chucking fireballs into crowded tavern rooms for raw damage is 𝒮𝑜𝓇𝒸𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓇 𝒷𝑒𝒽𝒶𝓋𝒾𝑜𝓇, I want to use prisms to defract spells over the battlefield! Use physics glitches to bounce over castle walls! Summon a platonic solid from the realm of ideal forms and exploit its frictionless nature to use it as a wrecking ball.

Okay class, let’s talk about reading comprehension, shall we?

Anon here seems to think my gripe is with the variety of wizard spells, when I think I made it very clear that what I want is more spell interaction/flexibility.

Case in point, let’s look at a couple different versions of the grease spell, first in vanilla 5e:

Then in BG3:

Clearly you can DO MORE with the second version of the spell, not only with the explicit ability to ignite an area (allowing you to set up combos with other casters or anyone carrying a torch), but the BG3 version of prone is much more useful crowd control, switching off most of an opponent’s actions (including AoOs), AND giving disadvantage on saves, further increasing combo potential. It’s a strictly BETTER version of the spell that encourages more creativity, tactical thinking, and player interaction.

Hell, let’s look at the 3.5 version:

Clunky as the language is, the 3.5 version has TWO alternate uses for the “make things slippery” spell as both a disarming tool and an escape aid, which could be further extrapolated to greasing heavy objects to help them be moved around for puzzle solving or other ubiquitous party hijinx.

This reduction in spell versatility is purposeful, to the point where we can see WotC REMOVING vague language to ensure the spell is less useful than its earlier counterpart.

Sorry to use you as my soapbox, Anon, but as someone who’s played multiple editions of this game and has enough 3rd party material sitting in their reference library to fill a harddrive, you have no idea what the FUCK you’re talking about.

Isn’t it weird that despite being a class based in intelligence, the wizard spell list/playstyle doesn’t require or enable any strategy beyond “pay attention to elemental resistances and saves”?

Like, I know that d&d and “intentional game deisgn” go together like oil and water, but you’d think we’d have hit upon the idea that the play fantasy for the nerd class is setting up some bullshit magic-the-gathering combo of overlapping spells synergies.

Chucking fireballs into crowded tavern rooms for raw damage is 𝒮𝑜𝓇𝒸𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓇 𝒷𝑒𝒽𝒶𝓋𝒾𝑜𝓇, I want to use prisms to defract spells over the battlefield! Use physics glitches to bounce over castle walls! Summon a platonic solid from the realm of ideal forms and exploit its frictionless nature to use it as a wrecking ball.

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Tinkering with Triangle Agency mission builders

For those who might not know, I’ve been getting REALLY into the paranormal investigation game Triangle Agency, not only running it at multiple tables but becoming an active presence on the dev’s discord and publishing a few missions/resources on itch.io. It should be no surprise that the 3 obsessed ttrpg should have a thriving 3rd party scene, which has included a number of resources for generating ideas for missions.

So, like the absolute madman I am, I decided I’d try to slam multiple of these mission guides together at once and see what came out. TLDR: The results were surprisingly workable, far more so than any of the many d&d resources I’ve read over the years! Though if you’d like to learn how to use this franken-system yourself, you’re going to need to join me below the cut.

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