#3d6

[oldschoolfrp]

Happy Gary Gygax Day – Gary’s birthday, July 27, 1938.

3d6, 6 times: I rolled a competent fighter for most early editions of D&D. Buy the best armor possible at level 1, a melee weapon, whatever missile or thrown weapons can be afforded, and some flasks of oil with any remaining change, then they're ready to head into the nearest dungeon.

[thed20isbad]

Mini-Rant

The d20 is bad. It is terrible for anything that shouldn't be random. I've spent a decade of my life training my skills for harsh survival in dangerous situations... but still fail the simplest tasks 5% of the time. I've never attempted this skill or ability before, but i have a 5% chance of wildly succeeding to the point of legend.

Utter trash.

Bell curves. Multiple dice. You are supposedly playing a skilled character. Why is your output so random? Because the d20 is random, it doesn't represent the output of a skilled character.

3d6. Replace a d20 with 3d6. Reliable numbers more often, the spread is mort consistent, but you can still fail and succeed greatly. But at less than a percent chance.

Scaling is also capable of being done several ways. The different ways affect the outcome differently. More dice slightly flattens and extends the bellcurve, different sized dice raise and extend the curve, while raw numerical increases simply shift the curve on the scale. These three are representative of, depth of skill, potential and enhancement(quality tools or magic.)

[sbeana]

THATS RIGHT!!! THE BADDDD KIDSSSSSSS

[teal-deer]

My first D&D character sheet was on the back of a notification of a bomb threat to my high school.

[whalerrat]

*hasnt needed to roll more than 3 dice at a time for a year* i need more dice

[melonyfelonyfellonme]

Rook's Coffer including a d12 and not a d20 is actually hilarious I love it

It doesn't have numbers anyways but yeah lmao

[notthewriteryourelookingfor]

Hey I just saw an unhinged take that basically said that if you don't pay attention to what's happening in Palestine, you're actively helping Israel or something SO:

If you emotionally or mentally cannot deal with hearing about what's happening with Palestine or Ukraine or anything, that's ok.

Sometimes you need to prioritise your health.

I would personally recommend having a basic understanding of the situation but if you can't hear literally everything that's going on, it's OK.

[bardly-working]

Dear and most beloved world,

I submit to you my formal request for a new chemistry.

That I be broken down into my most base parts, protons and electrons and nuclei,

To be reformed anew as something less twisted, creeping, killing.

To be turned to a pillar of sodium chloride.

To have cells replicate as potassium hydroxide and scrape me clean.

To melt into a pool of liquid mercury in which my temperament will somehow remain stable.

I submit to you my formal request that this knotted pit of need swallowed inside me

(growing. eating. breaking.)

Shall be turned to gloriously cool water and allowed to sink into the earth

Even if it turns me to water as well.

We will be together, the same, no longer enemies but children of a shared universe.

I will stand outside upon the dirt and fallen leaves

So that I do not stain the carpet when I go.

I await your response.

[amplexadversary]

"Are they hot?"

I'm pretty sure when your players ask that is when you pull out the 4d6 and roll a CHA score.

Or you roll a d10 if they're really picky and give a number on that scale.

[flashhwing]

tasha's optional rules let rangers respec their fighting style when u reach a level that grants ASI ...... n the warlock initiate feat exists .... i think I can save Dev's build n it'll be funny coz she STILL won't be using any of her actual warlock class features but I can change her to two weapon fighting and give her green flame blade which will make her damage output a little bit insane but she will still have 13 ac so like. glass cannon build ftw

okay so what this will end up being is like. 1d6 (weapon) + 1d6 (slayer's prey) + 1d6 (hex) +1d8 (green flame blade) + 2 on the first hit (plue 1d8+2 on another enemy within 5 feet). then 1d6 (weapon) + 1d6 (hex) + 2 on the second hit. for a total of 5d6 + 2d8 + 6 total damage output. assuming both attacks hit and there's a second enemy within 5 feet.

which feels a LITTLE bit like cheesing but also remember that slayer's prey and hex are both bonus actions, so she needs to take two turns to get those up, during which she doesn't take a second attack at all because that's ALSO a bonus action. so win some lose some? hex is also concentration and costs a spell slot so it's not always gonna be there. so the above is like. OPTIMAL conditions which will not always be the case

AND this will make some sense narratively too because currently we have two frontliners, which are the Very Large Tank barb/fighter and the Extremely Frail Old Man cleric. why is the old man taking so many hits while our ranger, rogue, and gunslinger stay far far back. nah. Dev's gonna take out her swords and take some glory for herself dammit (not that she CARES about father raylen at all she definitely just wants to prove herself. if she's protecting him it's only because he'll be USEFUL to her down the line she is NOT fond of that old man. stop looking at her like that.)

(none of this is applicable until the next time we level up anyway fjdskl we levelled up last session so it'll be A While)

[aeondeug]

taking break from arden vul and gone back to c3 of cr. we are currently onto episode 14 of it. my plot of "just keep continuing from where you left off regardless of how long it's been" been very, very slowly getting us through it. i do really like it a lot and coming back to it after a time of not watching is great? helps make it a lot more watchable even though it's so fucking long. and i can put it on during my housework or video gaming.

[roslina-w-bagnie]

another PC from the one shot i ran for my friends some days ago

our rogue Neo

his full name was Laios "Neo" Paim, hes a varian human scout rogue.

the last drawing is of him and Faerie in the epilogue, after they had come back to safety after everything went down. there was a lot of hugs.

[ID: in the first drawing Neo is sitting down, elbows on his knees, with his head down and looking into distance, one of his hands is resting on his sniper rifle. Neo is a middle aged white man, with brown-gray hair in a helf up half down hairstyle and a beard. he has an eyepatch on his left eye, a long dark green coat over brown leather armor, a scarf around his neck, camo pants, kneepads and black work boots. the second drawing is of Neo standing, showcasing his design. the third drawing is of Neo and Faerie, an elf with long brown hair, a red and gold outfit with blue tattooes of flowers across her left arm. Neo and Faerie are hugging. End ID]

[bardly-working]

^James Baldwin Meeting The Man: James Baldwin in Paris (1970)

u ever see someone with extremely fucked up views (or actions) and think wowww if a couple of things in my life went the tiniest bit differently that would have been me

[hexingart]

World's happiest barbarian Magical Girl who's gonna have SUCH a good time in her campaign

[juddgeeksout]

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[barbietoiles]

ive decided. im gonna read d&d 3.5 players handbook thoroughly and become a tryhard. i may not vibe with it too much but if i can tryhard something i will