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[Loud Whispers]

that's gud cheese

[Jimmy]

While searching for a ninja vampire renegade spy down at the city docks, our group of intrepid guardsmen interrupted a vessel unloading an illegal cargo shipment at the end of last session.

Seeing the city guard arrive, the miscreants unloading the ship fled the scene, dropping one of the giant crates, which broke open and gave forth a mighty roar from within!

Any suggestions from the community what's inside the crate?

[NullForceOmega]

Dire Badger?

[Kagus]

Any suggestions from the community what's inside the crate?

Well you could go with a cockatrice for the value of "It's a cock in a box!", but that's neither very large nor particularly appropriate for city guardsmen (unless they're supposed to be especially disposable).

What sort of CR are you looking for? You could potentially do a chromatic dragon wyrmling of some sort, whites seem appropriate for their weaker and more bestial nature. Just tone it down a bit by doing things like removing flight and toning down the breath weapon a bit, since it'll probably have been weakened by starvation and the cramped conditions of the crate for however long it's been in there. Breath weapon could potentially just be a relatively mild chill, with CON save versus having disadvantage on attacks as the biting cold makes movement difficult?

A white dragon wyrmling definitely sounds like the kind of thing a crazy crime lord would try to have captured and smuggled in for a personal menagerie. Although it doesn't make a great deal of sense if there are several of them in the other boxes, that strikes me as going a bit overboard...


Worgs? Uncommon thing for humans to have lying around, someone could be attempting to train/deal with them to get an assassination squad that looks like wild animal or goblin attacks.


EDIT: Wait, you're not running 5e, are you... Uhhh, nevermind what I said about disadvantage then

[scriver]

It's a dire hippo! Or it's something cute and small which makes a lot of noice.

@Kagus - does that crossbow kata keso take into account that you get disadvantage on ranged attacks once your target is tripped?

[Egan_BW]

The exact rule for prone is that attackers get advantage if they're within 5 feet and disadvantage if they're further away.
So if you try to shoot someone with a bow while standing over them you would get advantage because you're within 5 feet, which cancels out with disadvantage from attacking with a ranged weapon while an opponent is within 5 feet.
Crossbow master would negate the latter penalty, leaving us with advantage.

[Loud Whispers]

Druid lvl 1: cantrip: infestation: BEES
Druid 3: summon BEEast
Druid 4: Wildshape into GIANT BEE
Druid 5: Conjure aniBEES
Druid 6: Summon fey BEES
Druid 7: GIANT INSECT BEE
Druid 9: INSECT PLAGUE (of) BEES
Ranger 3: Swarm of BEE Keeper

New char idea
The man in black and yellow

[delphonso]

I'm on a quest to seek the Queen.

[MrRoboto75]

GOODBERRYHONEY

[Rolan7]

[Loud Whispers]

Pleasantly realised going full hunter-banshee sorcerer gimmick was surprisingly effective for a unique melee full-caster. Never really used charms and frightens, always thought they were pretty ineffective, but this worked great wonders for roleplay potential and crowd control:

1. First targeted the enemy necromanshah, running towards them and summoning the evil doggy of omen. Use dissonant whispers to force him to run away from all of his guards, also triggering AOO from banshee & her best friend doggo, the latter also getting advantage from pack tactics. Necromancer succeeded their STR test to avoid getting knocked prone.
2. Next do the same, this time summoning a second doggo and casting cause fear. Necromancer gets disadvantage because next to two evil doggos. Disengages & runs away whilst calling for help. Gets knocked prone by doggos, can't run away effectively, now triggering advantage from everyone.
3. Very very dead necromancer, all whilst maintaining the theme of an evil fey hunter
4. scream to celebrate, this silence offends slaanesh

[Kagus]

• You learn the Mage Hand cantrip. You can cast it without verbal or somatic components, and you can make the spectral hand invisible. If you already know this spell, its range increases by 30 feet when you cast it. Its spellcasting ability is the ability increased by this feat.

Conjuration cantrip

Casting Time: 1 action
Range: 30 feet
Components: V, S
Duration: 1 minute

A spectral, floating hand appears at a point you choose within range. The hand lasts for the duration or until you dismiss it as an action. The hand vanishes if it is ever more than 30 feet away from you or if you cast this spell again.

RAW, this means that the Telekinetic feat allows you to cast the spell at a range where it immediately fizzles; accomplishing absolutely nothing. RAI is probably supposed to allow the hand to actually sustain and operate at the 30-60' range.


As an aside, I think it's a little funny that a Phantom with Green-Flame Blade (via feat or Elf or whatever) can sneak attack someone with low AC, and then damage someone next to them for Spellmod+(sneak attack/2) damage with no save or attack roll. If bounded accuracy weren't a thing, that might even be useful.

Could be funny designing a boss fight around something that effectively couldn't be hit or fail saves, so you have to use auto-hit effects like that to bypass the defenses. Or just go Scourge Archon Stormbarian and stand next to them while dodging every turn, and let your doubled aura of ouchieness whittle them down.

Fun fact; that combo can spend every action during a rage just dodging and still maintain the rage, provided the racial ability is active. Very angry dodging.

[scriver]

I can't believe the silly Americans named a subclass "Phantom". I am never not going to think of the Phantom when I see it.

[Kagus]

I can't believe the silly Americans named a subclass "Phantom". I am never not going to think of the Phantom when I see it.

Enchanted Ring of Punching +1 (finesse, light)

[IcyTea31]

If it was in Pathfinder, it could be a Ring of Arcane Mark. In 5e it doesn't work as well, since that effect is moved to Prestidigitation and only has a duration of 1 hour, rather than permanent.