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🥳🫂👍🏿 Deck of Many Things has an even bigger brother: the Tarot of Many Things with more cards and effects when the cards are revealed upside down or right side up This house rule is very much in line with the Plot Points optional rule in the DMG - there are 3 versions, and the third, “The Gods Must Be Crazy”, allows the DM roll to shift

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That advice sucks. - My advice is to take on the role of Dungeon Master just as the players take on the roles of their characters. Roleplaying isn’t a job. It is a collaborative effort to suspend disbelief in an exciting fictional setting. I want to hang out with my friends and have a great time.

Honestly, I often simplify it by making any mastery requiring a save instead take effect if the player rolls higher than the enemy AC by 3. I do use a similar cleave rule as noted in the vudeo, too, to streamline. None of it breaks the game because even with masteries (certainly no more than having 5 or fewer combats per long rest boosts casters), martials lag well behind in power.

Before saying anything, your video was really good and included interesting changes to some of the Weapon Masteries. For my games, I'm still using the 2014 rules with some house rules. When I was adapting the Fighter to my games, I looked over the weapon masteries myself, and after researching opinions from others such as Treantmonk Temple during the OneD&D playtest, I ended up adjusting some of them. For Cleave, I might consider your change, but one of the interesting topics brought up during the playtest from Treantmonk Temple is that the damage potential for it is not that great in general, admittedly since it is highly dependent on positioning (which, if your encounters have enemies with bad positioning, that's a different story). When I was allowed to use it once as a player, I realized with my DM brain that I ended up using it often, but it was because it truly ends up calling out how a DM positions creatures during an encounter, so creatures tended to fall into cleave's parameters with the DM I played with. If it were for my games with your changes, I'd just let it be a weapon damage dice roll like the original just so there's some rolling going for the players instead of math. Your change does streamline the attack roll process though while also allowing players the chance to hit more easily with it arguably. If you keep the half damage in your games though, figure out if it's rounded up or down since I find that to be something most people tend to forget about. I kept the Flex weapon mastery from playtests and made it more interesting with its benefit of the versatile property. I essentially allowed for the weapon to give you a +1 AC when wielding it one-handed and +2 AC when held two-handed since that's one of the bigger detriments when utilizing the versatile property on a weapon (i.e., giving up the AC of a shield). I wouldn't necessarily ban Nick in my opinion. In my campaign, one house rule does what Nick already does, so TWF is not that annoying for the players that go for it (excluding Monks to avoid abuse). Because of how it conflicted with the house rule, the change I came up with was that it'd provide a +2 damage bonus to the weapon and if the same weapon was being used for TWF, then it'd be a +3 damage bonus. It sounds like a lot, but when you look at the weapon tables, Nick is specifically given to the lowest damage die light weapons (1d4 or 1d6). So, all in all, I believe it to be inconsequential compared to the players who use Greatswords, for example, or even the Archery Fighting Style. The main thing I don't like about the idea for Push is that it is solely limited to large or smaller creatures when spells or magic items can enlarge you, so I replaced the text with "if it is no more than one size larger than you" to allow for such occasions. As another commenter mentioned, Sap isn't that big of a deal mainly because it is only one attack. This means it'll primarily be effective in Tier 1 play where not all creatures have Multiattack, but everywhere else, it is just a nice added bonus when you use a Flail or Morningstar (or when 2024 Fighters reach 9th level and get Tactical Master). Keeping it as written is fine in my eyes, especially when the only way to maximize its use is if players do not single-target an enemy. Slow, on the other hand, is a seriously swingy weapon mastery as RPGBot discussed one time in his podcasts since certain builds can really just lock down any enemy once they get it going. I only found it weird that they mentioned dealing damage and removed that text from my games since it's just a weird unnecessary parameter to add to it in my eyes and helps lessen the text description. I also dislike Topple as written just because of the saving throw, and I think your change is good and is almost exactly what I did but without the size limitation and instead the ability for it to proc on a crit. However, your version ends up making it more complicated arguably since it becomes an issue of how you would even describe that in its description and trying to apply it in the game all the time. Keeping the way you mentioned for the same size and also including the crits would be fine in my eyes. Plus, hitting above their AC by 5 does not seem problematic as a universal parameter in my eyes, as ACs of creatures or different-sized creatures tend to grow in amount. Although, seeing it in action is the real thing to look at regardless of anything, so playtesting is kinda necessary lol. If you're curious about how I wrote them out for my games, I can send over their descriptions or something. Much of 2024 D&D has a lot of peeves in it in my opinion, so I didn't want to run it for my games. But Weapon Masteries was one of the cooler inclusions in my mind, though with their own small little issues.

Banning any Mastery feels like a huge overreaction to me, especially Sap. With Nick, there are abuses possible, but like, talk to your table about those corner cases and how they'll be dealt with (especially drawing and stowing) Sap is not remotely broken. As you've pointed out, there are so many situations where it won't really shut down an opponent (multiattack, spells, other save based abilities). I also cant see Sap making things take longer at the table than your revised versions of Cleave and Topple. Like those you just have to remeber how they work, no additional steps. Cleave and Topple, I like the soutions for streamlining play. Fewer rolls can definitely help.

LOL hell no. Weapon specialisation is something I’m taking out of the OSR ad&d game I’m running. All this crap is just more cheese on a cheese and butter pizza. The idea of giving these features to magic weapons is a damn good idea, because you can take that away and grant it when convenient. It’s not a permanent bogged down problem.

I like the proposed change to Cleave! Sounds very slick.

This show was a lot of fun. Looking forward to the breakdown

Calling for a persuasion roll is completely fine. Just because the players arent on a rail road doesn't mean they have complete authority over everyone in the game. NPC's lose all integrity and immersiveness if they are just constantly changing to be or do whatever the party wants.

Weapon mastery, imo, is a mechanical solution to a narrative problem and, therefore, one that will do, at best, not better than a bandaid

Nick Property isn't a big deal if you use it as intended, and block Weapon Juggling... I kind of like the idea of being able to get a Feat to have 4 attacks per round also.

And the fact that Whips don’t Topple is a crime. I’d like to see a more simplified version of weapon mastery that allows use of a mastery property, but restricted to the choice of a specific weapon. Like, choosing Nick, but also having to choose one Light weapon to use it with. If you have multiple weapon master use you can choose, say, Nick and vex, and either choose two separate weapons for each or use both properties with the same weapon. (Only one per attack though?) Just a thought.

My suggestion for Sap is leave it alone. Adjust your encounters to the new tools instead of banning the new tools. Bans are usually shortsighted. The meta is people using these weapon masteries. I play 4 tables and none of them ban spells or weapon masteries....well except 1 table bans Silvery Barbs (not really a DnD spell but meh) and all of them ban Conjure Minor Elementals because we ALL know it's dumb. It's so obvious. 😅 Sap is not that powerful at all. I wish my Bladesinger Monk could fit in Sap for her longsword. So that right there let's you know it COSTS something to get these weapon masteries. Whether that's a dip into martial classes or taking a whole feat, it ain't free. It only affects one attack and if a fighter were to spread out his attacks to give multiple creatures disadvantage on their first attacks, good. It's a trade off. He's not focus damaging and killing, his damage is more akin to an AOE. There are several ways to get disadvantage on ALL attacks,let's alone have to gain it through hitting a creature and then only getting disadvantage on one incoming attack. My bladesinger Monk can just BA Dodge and then make 3 weapon attacks while hasted - one of those being a Booming Blade. Sap is OK at best. Weapon masteries will open up different playstyles. We will.have less PA Sentinel warriors and more Duel Wielding Drizzts. Do not ban Nick. You are making Duelweilding less appealing, which is a darn shame. I have hope for you! 😊

Wow! Really? You just banned the Nick property. The players at my table would riot if you were the DM. 😅😂 This is how Nick works with Duelwielder/Light Property and was confirmed by the big JC in the sky, Jeremy Crawford. Anyone can pick up 2 light weapons, make an attack and then a BA attack. Nick says, let's take that BA attack and just make it a part of your main attacks, leaving that red-hot BA open for other stuff. Now we have Duelweilder. This feat also gives you yet another BA attack as long as the weapon isnt a 2 hander. See where this is going? Light Property gives you a BA attack. Duelweilder also gives you a BA attack. So you have two BA attacks possible but only one BA to spend. So that's the beauty of Nick, it's transferring one of those BA attacks to the main attacks leaving that's second Duelweilder BA attack left to be used on the BA. So here the attacks go RAI: Shortsword Vex - Advantage on next attack if it hits Shortsword Vex - multi attack (5th lv) Dagger - Nick That's my Action, on my BA Duelwielder - Short Sword Vex That's 4 attacks. That's completely 💯 RAW/RAI. 😊

We've barely played with these awesome abilities and then here come the homebrewers to modify everything... 😂😅 If you want to speed up combat, I suggest players study their abilities, roll damage + attacks rolls at the same time, think about what you're doing before your turn. Less OOC chatter and more IC descriptions along with speedy rolls without all the "did I hit" each time you roll makes the game snappy. I have a Hellfire Sorlock that can make 8 attacks, 6 from EB quickened and 2 from a Summoned Erinyes. I can make all those attacks with damage, total them all up and give a detailed description of what my character does and how cool he looks all in 1 minute. Strive for 1 minute turns and you don't need to modify cleave. 😊

I like the Masteries... if paired with BG3's special weapon attacks. (Like Lacerate being a BA and deals damage and adds Bleed on a failed CON save.) Edit: Also, Unarmed Strikes should have Push. Yeah. I said it.

I’m just happy that the Trident isn’t just a more expensive spear.

I was initially interested when I heard they were adding more weapon properties. Then I realized that they just convolute things.

I think your Topple change would adds more time

I'm giving weapon mastery features to special weapons that aren't magical, sort of bridges the gap between regular and magic weapons.

I personally recommend Tales of the Valiant rules. If your proficient with this weapon, you can do these maneuvers with it. No need for a feat. For fighters, it's a bonus action to do the whatever with the weapon...riposte (add proficiency bonus to ac), disarm, pin, what have you. For all others, it becomes your action with the weapon to use the special. Simple. Do specials slow play a bit? At first, I would say, yes. However, once players start remembering what they can do with their weapons, it becomes faster for all concerned.

🥳🫂👍🏿 Weapon masteries… more like weapon… disasteries? I don’t know - it’s Sunday morning - I’m trying my best

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Heroes Feast should have been a cooking competition.

They didn't exactly go out of their way to call much attention to it, like telling anybody or anything

I find that I have to improv and the story takes off in another direction is a good gaming session. Yes sometimes you may need to turn the party back to where you wanted them but it’s all in how it’s done.

Nah just make the story interesting enough they follow the plot points. You’re all working together to create a story based on your narrative.

im a gm for a game and i have to just prevent one of my players from raping every important character male or female

The best GMs railroad their players, the secret is making sure your players dont know they are being railroaded by improvising around their shenanigans. Its like tai chi you need to flow like water and bend and coax the energy of the players into the right direction. I guess it's less of a railroad and more of the low point which water naturally flows to make a river within. If you drop a rock in front of it the river just flows around before continuing along the same path.

Some groups want to play by the book....and some of those groups haven't read the book. Fuck em. You're in my world now

Until now I don't understand why WOTC made the channel blocked for another countries, are not they trying to sell worldwide? I was never able to watch because was blockled in my country

A referee doesn't make the rules of any game, and they shouldn't arbitrarily deside which rules to follow and which to ignore. Ignoring rules only hurts the entire table. Ignoring social rules forces the charisma character to be the only talker in social situations Ignoring exploration rules made an entire class useless Ignoring light rules hurts every stealth build, but especially rogues, Gloomstalker Rangers, and characters with Blind Fight and/or Alert feat. Somd of these are just as bad as a DM saying "action surge doesn't exist at my table."