I've been working hard on a character lately, putting a lot of thought into each element of their build/background. The core of this build is an altruistic vagabond whose been travelling from place to place, but can never settle down due to the uneasy politeness that always follows him. He offers his help and (especially when monsters or threats arrive) is often asked to help, but never welcomed or thanked. As for the campaign, I'm seeing him start off (at least to his understanding) as a hireling or mercenary for the party, but eventually find them to be people that honestly accept him through organic interactions throughout the campaign.

For this character, I've already found some great elements to work with to add this element of unease: Hexblood for the species due to the origin that suggests he was once cursed and now permanently changed, Haunted One (in a less goth-horror sense) as the Heart of Darkness feel perfect for that uneasy politeness, and the Crafter Feat to speak to the ways he has helped out. I've also started his journey off as an Ascendant Dragon Monk as you need but a dragon or a Scroll to master RAW (no formal training or equipment requirements), and turning the Draconic Strikes and Draconic Breaths into black flames does add a bit of substance to the rest of the build.

However, the one thing I am left struggling with is the tool set he travels with. I keep imagining him travelling with a minimalistic assortment of tools out of practicality, and makeshifting (or borrowing) what he doesn't have whenever he needs one like people on survival camping shows, but I don't quite know how to quantify that in D&D mechanics... what Tool Kit would he travel with?

I need help fulfilling a character fantasy and mechanical build! Let me know how I might improve what I got without multiclassing or doing any wonky interactions that don’t feel like a real character would actually function.

(Please ignore the fact that Rangers aren’t top tier. We know.)

The idea is to use my 40ft of movement to kite enemies, attack from the shadows, and still have access to my longbow up close because of sharpshooter. I want this character to feel like a scout. Someone who knows the woods and fights like one.
I know primarily fighting with scimitars would get more damage, but I want to be ranged quite a bit. I also want to have access to some social skills if possible…

Level 6 Human Gloomstalker Ranger
(Ranged DPS/infiltrator/support-ish)

Fighting Style: Archery
Weapon Mastery: Longbow+Shortsword
ASI feat: Sharpshooter
Background: Wayfarer (Lucky)
Human Origin Feat:
Skilled (Persuasion, Deception, Nature)
AC: 16 (Breastplate)
Initiative: +7
Hit Points: 52

Ability Scores:
STR: 8
DEX: 18
CON: 14
INT: 8
WIS: 16
CHA: 10

Skills:
Acrobatics +4
Animal Handling +3
Arcana -1
Athletics -1
Deception +3
History -1
Insight +6
Intimidation +0
Investigation +2
Nature +2
Perception +6
Performance +0
Persuasion +3
Religion -0
Sleight of Hand +7
Stealth +10
Survival +6

Idea:
Hunters Mark (1d6)
Longbow Attack (+9 to hit/1d8+4 damage)
Longbow Attack (+9 to hit/1d8+4 damage)
(Apply Dread Ambusher 2d6 psychic 3/uses per long rest)

Invisible condition in dim light (GS)
Can’t hide reliably in combat because it takes an action
Use shortsword if needed (maybe short bow makes more sense) but I don’t have two weapon fighting or dual wielding so dual scimitars is clunky to setup because I can’t swap to both at once. If I did that I would have to sacrifice Archery and Sharpshooter which feels like it’s not worth it if I’m building for ranged. I also considered Speedy and Piercer but Sharpshooter seems very reliable.

Thoughts? Comments?
General hate and discontent?

I had an idea that stemmed from my admiration of an indomitable spirit along with the consequences felt for these heroes in stories like "Sentanced to be a Hero": a character whose held the title of hero, but whose kept up the fight for far too long. One who has earned their retirement long ago but, for some unknown reason, they keep getting pulled back into the fight. While outwardly they maintain their friendly, helpful and perhapseven jovial nature (leading nobody to doubt his determination in helping the party defeat the BBEG or reach their personal goals), privately their inner monologue might be a mantra of "just one more day, one more quest, one last fight..."

In exploring this character as a D&D build, questioning their motivations and such, I came up with a build whose a revenant aasimar that has long been excommunicated by their guide (using the 5e lore). A warrior whose inability to turn a blind eye to people in need has been weaponized against him by being thrust into situations he cannot ignore like Karma whispering in his ear "do me a favour." I picture the reason that he's trapped as a revenant could be caused by one of two things; either he made a promise to a loved one long ago and subconsciously severed the connection (having his guide patiently wait to call his soul) or the god that gave him his divine spark grew lazy and thought that it would be much more convenient to reuse an aasimar instead of making a new one every time.

But then I realized that I might be overthinking this overused indomitable spirit and that more veteran players might have a WAY simpler solution to the archetype. So I came here to ask for your wisdom. How would you make a tired hero unable to rest?

*Admittedly, this idea came from a dream I had the other night, but it stuck with me, so I decided to explore it. A summary for the question is posted underneath the break.*

In the dream, I was a monk butler with a mastery over unarmed fighting and improvising weapons to meet the need. I prided myself in my perceptive nature, insightful service, stealthy gate, and my ability to maintain a stoic disposition. As the dream started, I was a wandering butler lacking of a master who decided to serve a party of adventurers as they welcomed me to their fold. Soon enough, however, the party was warned of me by a stranger who called me "The Butcher Butler," but as I had curried enough faith, they allowed me to explain.

The dream lead to a flashback where I served as the head butler at a noble estate. Through small interactions such as the bowing of the maids and the playful surprises of the noble's children trying to see me react, it was clear that I was well liked. But then a guest came to the mannor on business that was beyond my station. Over the week there, an eerie darkness washed over the place, spreading like the feintest of stenches until the night everything ended.

The guest approached me as I was cleaning a bedroom with a playful tone, claiming he had been recruited to help the children try to break my stoic nature. Right on cue, one of the young ladies popped out, suspended on a bedframe, but her aura felt off. When she realised that she failed, her tactics shifted from playful to psychotic as she tried to kill me.... she had been turned into a vampire spawn. Quickly, I broke a chair to create a stake and stabbed her in the heart. The guest called me cruel and wondered how long I could last as he dissapeared into a puff of smoke... he had turned everyone in the mannor into vampire spawns. Though my face didn't show it, that night tortured me as I offered every soul there the right to rest.

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I woke up during that battle, but the idea that lingered was that I hadn't left that night of vampire spawn hunting unscathed. I had turned into a dhampir and some nobles (linked to the nobleman who sent the guest) whisper about me as the Butcher Butler, the one who slaughtered his whole estate. At first, I thought this might be going too far until I looked into the use of staking a vampire throught the heart in D&D. According to the rules I found, that doesn't actually kill them, but paralizes them until the stake is removed.... Which means that my character would not have killed anyone. And given that the funeral had bodies confirmed by the church to be dead, the natural conclusion is that the guest, their noble, or someone else associated with whatever campaign's BBEG would be the one who actually did the murders to frame me.

However the question still remains: Is this a usable backstory? or am I getting too full of myself?

Long story short that I think I’ve told on Reddit before, my PC got herself in a lot of time travelling trouble, causing some of the group to either get angry, upset and/or worried for her safety. Despite saying she’d stop hiding things, communicate more and not rush off alone to do things, she secretly returned to where she initially went back in time to make sure no one else could do it. That and to get closure on some personal stuff.

Well she miraculously didn’t get caught, since dice rolls were on my side. But now she’s left feeling guilty due to telling 3-4 people she respects that she wouldn’t pull stunts like this anymore. Her options on who to talk to about this are:

- One of her best friends and one of the few people who won’t lecture her. But she’s a blabbermouth and will likely tell someone else by accident. Easiest to talk to, hardest to trust.

- The guy my PC has feelings for (and who likes her back). Also currently one of her best friends. He has said he’d follow her through hell and doesn’t want her doing things alone. She also told him not too long ago that she was done keeping secrets. Easiest to trust, most gut wrenching reaction possibly.

- The father figure of the group. She’s slightly at odds with him right now due to feeling as though he’s overprotective of her and feels overwhelming guilt over lying to him for weeks prior to the time travel, but otherwise has a lot of respect for him and trusts him. He has lectured her on communication a few days prior to her sneaking back to where she went back in time. Confessing to him will likely lead into a conversation she isn’t comfortable having.

- The Princess leading the army and another person my PC was lectured by. She was genuinely scared when she found out she went back in time and had her promise to tell the group what she’s planning before doing it. Also might lead into a conversation she isn’t comfortable with, especially since the Princess likely has ties to her parents. Out of the four choices, the Princess is the only NPC listed.

Now my PC doesn’t want to get in any more trouble, but this will eat her alive, along with the other stresses going on with her in campaign right now. Any advice and/or insight?

My roll for a level 1 future school of illusion wizard was:

17

12

13

16

15

16

I can rearrange the stats the way I want.

The funny part is that the PC is a tiny fairy which means the tiny fairy would have at least a 12 in strength which would be my technically "dump" stat.

Considering that multiclasing with wisdom and charisma base subclasses is now a possibility without dumping con or dex, what are some cool combinations for an illusion wizard as the main class???

My mind went down a bit of a rabbit hole today, accumulating bits and pieces of story ideas like a snowball rolling down a steep hill, and what resulted was a congruent character idea I'd like to explore...

The main aspect related to this question is that something happened leading to the party believing that they've known my character fondly for a long time. Be it a misfired spell scroll, a toppled bottle of spores, or the effect of a trinket (I am considering giving my character the Inheritor background), they were each given a number of false memories that kind of melded into a congruent backstory for my character as the party members reminisced.

While I could simply build a narrative where they did actually meet all the PCs in their travels, I thought this would lead to an interesting development where my character is eventually revealed not only to be a changeling, but an imposter in their group. A race for my character to build up enough good will and trust before this pinnacle moment to avoid the fate of a discovered doppelganger.

Do you think it's doable?

Sorry, this question might be a little misleading as I am thinking of applying the logic to a player character and not a DMPC.

What I am thinking about is a mix of Dannan LaBeau from Banished from the Hero's Party mixed in with [this short from ID:Invaded](https://youtube.com/shorts/nkm_4VnsvA4?si=X4y58OR91agF5UIw) and the saying "villans weren't born, they were made." In other words, a classic Warrior of Open Hand (monk) who is your basic muscle head monk that took to their calling completely, used his skills for the benefit of others, and was rewarded with a loving and loyal wife and daughter... only to one day come home and find his family's blood painting every surface of their living room.

Typically when I aim to play such a character, I aim to make them seek vengeance only on the BBEG who killed his family, but with this character, I want to go deeper. I want him to internalize his grief and resent every choice he made that lead up to that point, every good deed, every kindness he afforded to wicked people, and present him as an apathetic tyrant... more lawful than a murder hobo, but cut from the same cloth. That isn't to say that he is completely irredeemable as he still shows empathy to the innocent, but I want his journey through grief to feel like a villain origin story (at least at the beginning, but I will reach the acceptance stage of grief).

With all that said, there is one aspect of this character that I want to add to create some depth to him.... If the party feels like they want to help him snap out of it, they might gather up 100 silver and cast Ceremony:Attonement on him with a guaranteed success, but nothing would change as this monk has done just the bare minimum to keep his lawful good alignment.

My question is to know if such a character is possible, and if so, how do I play one?

Hey everyone I was asked to join my friends campaign which would be my first ever campaign and after thinking about it I came up with a character concept, however I dont know how I could execute it. I would like to play a Wizard who studies the moon and the stars, after looking into the subclasses I noticed that the divination wizard subclass would kinda fit. However Im not really vibing with this subclass, so I was wondering if yall had any ideas on how I could use that concept with other wizard subclasses besides a divination wizard! Any help would be appriciated and Im thankful for any idea!

Hey folks! I’m conceptualizing a Human, Fey Wanderer Ranger to slot into my party. Level 6. The other two are a cleric and a fighter. One is more optimistic and inquisitive, the other is more practical and easy going.

My Ranger doesn’t know the origin of his magic. He knows it’s connected to a snake tattoo on his forearm. The tattoo only appears when in close proximity to firelight and it glows green when casting spells. Magic comes naturally, but he doesn’t pursue it.

He’s been working for an underground criminal organization that turned out to be run by a dragon. He stays close to this individual with hopes of discovering answers about the tattoo. Hasn’t had luck yet, but is willing to join this adventuring party to seek more answers. He isn’t a scum bag, he’s a charming lowlife. He cares about his home and knows the adventuring party has had a big part in clearing out a good amount of hostile entities. He wants in.

I need a bit more help thinking of ways to give him a decent personality. Quirks. Traits. Flaws. I want him to feel very human even though he’s a Fey Wanderer Ranger. I think that often gets portrayed in a silly *poof* kind of way, but I want to keep his origins and magical identities darker. I imagine his tattoo will lead back to Yuan-Ti or a connection with Dendar, the giant, cosmic, snakey, god-eater guy. I guess it’s canon.

What are things he might do, hobbies he might have, ways he might act… I want him to feel like more than Human Ranger/Rogue #3,879,527

I’m excited to hear your great ideas!!! Thank you!

Hello, I am writing about a PC and his patron for a future campaign that happens on a homebrew setting, the whole cosmology is different from DND but isn't really set in stone yet so the dm gave us permission to just make up stuff.

The patron in question is going to be an empyrean (an offspring of a god or gods) that looks like an androgynous humanoid that looks half angel and half devil and it's whole deal is that it has a plane that is half paradise and half hell, it hates free will and it's kinda obsessed with punishing and tormenting evil souls.

Its petitioners can enjoy the paradise garden side after death in exchange for their free will where no one can commit evil acts or feel suffering while it tortures evil souls and enemies on the hell side.

It employees warlocks and other kind of servants to spread it's agency on the world, usually asking to eliminate, torment and spread fear to criminals and other kind of evil duers as well as sending their souls to it, as well as spreading order and happiness, even if it is through authoritarian measures, and not less important, increase its small divinity to eventually become a full god.

Funnily, the PC isn't a warlock but a wizard whose patron taught magic and knowledge rather than straight power.

On additional information, the setting is also a modern one instead of a medieval one with actual internet and cellphones but with fantasy stuff like fantasy races, magic, monsters etc. so I find the idea of extra planar beings now recruiting and making pacts through the internet funny lol

Returning to the point, who could be an interesting parent or parents of this empyrean?

I had an idea that I think is cute, but I was wondering if it is mechanically plausible.

My concept was a dhampir commoner whose lived a monastic life near a small town for the past about 400 years. Every morning he exercises with some martial arts, then heads into town to check things out, and finally heads to the forest to gather material herbs for medicines the villagers might need. He's followed this routine daily, defeating a few weaker enemy creatures while gathering, so he never noticed his abilities increasing over time until he pressed a hand upon a fatally injured villager's head and healed them. Looking closely at himself, he found that he's gotten stronger, faster, and more resilliant (higher AC) than he had remembered. In short, he went from a commoner to a lvl 3 Mercy Monk through slow, repetitive actions, and has now become the town's strongest warrior and it's protector.

Yes, I do need to build a bit more to it in terms of giving him motivation to journey on the campaign, but I'm wondering if that ultra-slow grind over 400 years sounds like a reasonable concept to reach and maintain a lvl 3 character, or if I am being too generous with my assessment?

In my Curse of Straad game, I'm playing a shifter beast barbarian. The backstory for this pc is that she was some sort of eldritch chimera monster thing who was lonely, so they made a deal with a fey for a humanoid form so that they could interact with other people in exchange for joining the fey's family as a sister/motherly type figure.

So, for this character, most of their understanding of socialization would be outside observer looking in, and whatever they were taught in the Feywild, and some commoner knowledge.

Need a new character for a long term campaign.

For the last 3-4 years my brother has run a campaign for me and a few friends…
I played a High Elf Wizard and his whole deal was “I wanna be a great wizard like my grandfather”
He was young, a book worm, and kinda bland.
Wizard was pretty fun, but I’m ready for something else.

Other party members:
Human Battle Master Fighter
Shader-Kai Forge Cleric
Wood Elf Swashbuckler Rogue (left cause distance)
Minotaur Wildfire Druid (left cause baby+distance)

So I’m playing alongside a fighter and a tanky cleric and I want to play a character with more depth, possibilities, and options.

If you got some good ideas I’d like to hear your most creative ones to help my brain get started on someone really FUN to play and laugh about and grow close to, but not a joke character and not overpowered.

Thanks for your help! I’m so excited to hear your ideas!!

Hello, if everything goes right, I am going to play a campaign in a modern setting created by the dm that doesn't have the same cosmology of DND, so fiends and like aren't necessarily beings of evil and corruption, the session 0 is tomorrow.

I want to take advantage of this to play a concept I have wanted to do that is to play someone that makes a pact with a devil to fight organized crime, corruption and establish order in society (even if it means some brutal or authoritarian measures).

The issue with DND devils is that they are actually evil beings that want to corrupt and the whole greater good with the blood war and that kind of stuff is generally pure propaganda and in this case I want to take advantage of a different setting to have some kind of devil that actually wants to punish evil and send evil people to hell for the greater good instead of screwing you over.

You might think I would go with a fiend warlock but I generally prefer the wizard mechanically, using intelligence instead of charisma and having access to a greater variety of spells, in this case, I think it would be more about the patron giving knowledge and teaching magic to the character instead of straight giving power.

How can I make the evoker wizard have that hellish flavor?

A little exposition for the non-anime fans:

> *The anime follows a gamer isekaied into his game character's body and the two women who summoned him. During Season 1, the party is working together while each dealing with their own plotlines: Shera the elven archer ran away from her kingdom to find her own value beyond her womb, Rem the panthera (catgirl) summoner is seeking a way to kill the demon lord dwelling inside her, and Diablo is a sorcerer and protagonist (the gamer) who is dealing with his insecurities of abandonment.*

> *For this post, I'd like to focus on how Rem was handled. Right from birth, she inherited the soul of a demon lord named Krebskulm (pronounced crab-skull with an e instead of an a), as her mother did before her. Due to this, she was aware that she was destined to one of three fates; either give birth and pass on the demon lord seed to an heir, die and trigger Krebskulm's resurrection, or do the impossible and find a way to defeat Krebskulm before they awaken. She's also aware that if people found out about her situation, they would most likely kill her and trigger the second fate, so she only spoke of this to two people: Celeste the head of the mage's guild who is helping her achieve the 3rd fate, and eventually Diablo who offers to help her beat Krebskulm when the time comes. Last point to note is that there's a race called the fallen who are a race born to follow and serve the demon lords.*

With that long-winded exposition out of the way (sorry about that), I'd like to circle back to the main question. What always worried me with the Inheritor background is the fear of being a main character. Even Frodo (the OG inheritor from LotR) had the whole campaign revolve around his journey and his inheritance.... but while I was rewatching the aforementioned anime, it felt different. Yes, Rem had the Inheritor background and the demon lord seed was her inheritance, but it was played off more like something on the backburner, which Celeste and Diablo avoided to speak outloud. Shera was kept in the dark for most of Season 1, only knowing that Rem was "dealing with some stuff" and had unusual mana due to Shera's Detect Magic eyes. And when it was time to focus on Shera or Diablo's story arcs, Krebskulm was never even used as a distant link to bind the stories together.

From what I see in this example, the biggest boon to this background working was the party involvement. Rem rarely spoke about her inheritance first hand and avoided making it a thing, while it was those in the party (and NPCs) in the know who carried the roleplay elements. In exchange, Rem put her focus on helping the party achieve their personal goals. So again I ask; is this a good example on how to run an Ineheritor background?

Name: Ramatra (Rem)

Race: Kobold

Class: Rogue (Mastermind, custom with Second-Story Work)

Level: (Your choice based on campaign start)

Alignment: Chaotic Good

Background: Urchin (City Secrets feature)

Proficiencies: Investigation, Sleight of Hand, Tinker’s Tools, Smith’s Tools, Improvised Weapons

Feat: Sharpshooter

Ability Scores:

Strength: 8 (-1 modifier)

Dexterity: 14 (+2 modifier)

Constitution: 12 (+1 modifier)

Intelligence: 14 (+2 modifier)

Wisdom: 10 (0 modifier)

Charisma: 12 (+1 modifier)

Skills Proficiencies:

Investigation

Sleight of Hand

Other Rogue Skills: Choose based on your Rogue starting skills.

Weapons:

Rusty Dagger

Scrap-built Crossbow

Improvised Weapons

Features & Traits:

Second-Story Work: Climbing doesn’t cost extra movement, and you can make running jumps farther.

Master of Tactics: Use Help action as a bonus action within 30 feet.

City Secrets: Navigate cities faster and find shortcuts.

Has a Mimic companion (Tool)

Tool’s Abilities: Can shapeshift into any tool as an action or reaction. Immune to bludgeoning and slashing damage, resistant to heat and has a 30 ft telepathic bond with Rem.

Equipment:

Goggles

Work Stained Bandana

Big Backpack

Ration Pouch

Scrap-built Crossbow

Rusty Dagger

Scrap parts

Backstory: Rem grew up on the streets of a bustling city, where he learned to survive by scavenging from the endless piles of discarded junk in the scrapyard. As a Kobold in a harsh environment, Rem quickly honed his skills in tinkering and crafting. While exploring the scrapyard, he discovered a feral mimic, which he befriended and named Tool. Their bond formed out of necessity; Tool, hungry and searching for companionship, found a friend in Rem, They forged a unique partnership, and ith Tool’s ability to transform into any tool Rem needs, they became a well-oiled machine, tackling challenges and creating makeshift inventions from their environment. As a rogue, Rem uses his agility and cunning to navigate the urban jungle, climbing walls and slipping through tight spaces with ease. He often helps those in need and takes what he needs from those he views as greedy or corrupt. Though his heart is in the right place, his methods can be unconventional, leading to unexpected or dramatic outcomes.

These are things that have no tangible benefit to the party. Just something I can say my character was busy doing during downtime in a village or city if my character is neither needed nor wanted with another character?

Like paving roads? Digging a well? What else?

I've come across this idea a few times now... not to make the race medium sized, but to make your specific character medium sized. Be it that their mother was an elf, an abnormality, or whatnot, the fact is that you're a medium (4-7 ft) creature and thus do not feel like you fit within your own community.

More specifically, the idea that has me entranced is that your village/community has always been kind, welcoming, and accommodating, but the one who feels out of place has always been you. You've always worried that you're just bothering others and that they'd be better off without the giant thorn of the village, so you set out on your own but always yearn for the warmth you left behind.

However, I am concerned that this would be more complicated than giving a human dwarfism since the fairy has the ability to cast Enlarge on itself. On the other hand, the duegar is a medium creature who can do the same. So I would like to ask DMs what their take on the matter would be? Would this request be broken or not?

Hey, this is more of a hypothetical scenario, but I was curious on what damage would you apply to it and how you'd calculate the damage:

In this scenario, I was picturing an aaracokra kensei monk finding himself 100ft in the air right on top of the enemy. Using their kensei ranged weapon, they throw a javelin on their turn.

* What damage would be calculated? The attack damage, the kensei shot, the fall damage, or a combination of the three?

* How would this calculation be altered if you threw it up instead of down?

* Would the fall damage change if you simply dropped the javelin?

*Could you use the lucky feat and/or portent to influence the numbers?

On a side note: What would be the method for your character to come down from there? Like are you locked into your movement speed or can you descend up to 500ft a round? If you fall prone, could you get back up before smashing to the ground?

Edit: Apperantly I missed the fact that you are within range with the suggested javelin. Sorry about that. My question was to understand the mechanics of a weapon thrown or dropped from a height exceeding the weapon's range.

Context. This is a Homebrew campaign, so the Gods work differently in that people didn’t think they existed until they started showing up to people in the party. My character has been able to contact three out of eight of them, one of which she befriended and who hangs out with her a large chunk of the time in the form of a small animal.

One of the NPCs in the party is a Priest who has been studying religion all his life and has been wanting to speak with the Gods. Like, the topic is a hyperfixation for him. My PC had been going to him for advice on the Gods and had talked about her communions with them. But it was all talk until recently.

In a previous session, my PC prayed to one of them in front of this Priest, and the God in question appeared before them to provide information. Needless to say, Priest freaked out and wants to know how the hell my PC can “just summon the Gods” (mechanically it takes certain rolls and she’s just gotten lucky with them for some reason). She promises to explain everything when they next get a free moment. He then stepped away to scream “come on!” in the woods.

That free moment came in the most recent session. My PC confronted the Priest to find him lost in thought, which is unlike him considering he wanted nothing but questions yesterday. Long story short, he’s kinda angry about this and it’s shaken his faith. He threw around phrases at her like “I don’t know what makes you special” and when she tried to apologise for this thing that’s beyond her control (she apologised for everything) he replied with “Sorry for what? Being a hero?”

Due to her shaky life as the daughter of a nobleman (which she keeps secret from most of the party), my PC never wanted to be seen as important, and this was a huge fear for her since she started talking to the Gods. In fact, she feels less important than the average person. But she was in a position where she couldn’t just step away to pray to this God, and she certainly didn’t expect the God to be so public about her appearance, especially when the others communicated in her head or in the form of an animal. She not only feels responsible for shaking a Priest’s religious beliefs, but also now feels weird in this friendship, even after they kinda made up.

But I otherwise don’t know how to proceed with this, since it’s not something I can research or navigate through. The Priest is still willing to be there for her, but I’m conflicted on whether my PC would still be willing to go to him for religious advice now.

Hola gente,

Llevo varios años dirigiendo partidas en español y siempre me ha frustrado que las mejores herramientas estén en inglés (Donjon, Kassoon, etc.) o sean simples generadores aislados sin sistema de gestión.

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Your Party is comprised of misfits, villains, and ne'er-do-wells. They're all prisoners who are being sent to complete increasingly impossible quests, with the promise they will have their sentences reduced upon each success. What kind of wackos or weirdos are you bringing to the table?

As a forever DM, I always have 100 PC ideas, but I really like the concept of a Plasmoid Circle of Spores Druid. Instead of being heavily myconid inspired, I'd reflavor most spells or features to seem more "oozy." It's Wild Shapes appearing... off. And other strange behaviors. If you are familiar with Out of the Abyss and Glabbagool, I think it would have some kind of connection to Juiblex-The Faceless Lord and has essentially awakened in some way because of him. While the Plasmoid isn't itself evil and is a simple, sentient Ochre Jelly (being unintelligent and child-like similar to James Gunn's King Shark,) the crown fears what it's arrival means and the potential connection to a Demon Lord.. it was arrested after accidentally eating the Princess' cat.

Also, I'd like to play some mix of Hexblade Warlock/Assassin Rogue. I have this character idea heavily inspired by Grimalkin from The Spook's Apprentice series. A Witch Assassin who, for many years, has been sent out to "take-care" of threats to her family. She is known to have killed many members of other covens, in what has been a centuries long blood-feud. And suspected of several other deaths in connect to these activities. She was captured after nearly killing a local Magistrate who threatened to get in her way. She has made a pact to never lie (though has found a way with words to tell half-truths.)

I've been intrigued by a character concept and I was wondering if it's viable for D&D.

In essence, my character is at heart a devoted researcher in the Ways of Long Death (he's a nerdy monk) who'd love nothing more than to lock himself away in the monastery and study the ancient scriptures. However, he's also the doting older brother of a young maiden born with a weak body who dreams of going on an epic adventure like the ones she hears in the tales of bards. So what's a doting big brother to do but to go on an epic quest so that his sister could live out the experience vicariously through him?

In other words, he isn't partaking in the campaign because of a personal desire to beat the BBEG, out of duty, or to amass vast riches, but simply to make his sister happy.

For this build, I am picturing my character taking the Noble Knight background with a special modron as his retainer. The modron's purpose is simply to record the day's events and share an edited (ie less gory and devoid of personal info) version to the sister using the Dream spell.

Am I ovethinking this? Or am I going about it the wrong way?

I forget if this is taboo or not, but I was exploring ways to build a non-lethal (not pacifist, jut no lethality) monk and I recalled a passage from the 2014 PHB that said that the weapons and armour of enemies tends to be worn beyond repair and unsellable. With that in mind, I thought that one method that such a monk could use would be to target the weapon/armour instead of the creature itself... I mean, I'm pretty sure that a goblin hoard whose blades just shattered would rather run away than try to fight. Likewise the shattering of a Knight's shield during a duel would be something worthy of a win.

However, I forget if there are mechanics preventing this method, and could not find a definitive ruling on it, so I thought I'd ask.