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The Cartomancer Feat Breaks D&D!
With the number of feats and abilities that are in D&D, it's no surprise that some stand above the rest. But few offer the raw power and utility that Cartomancer can!
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5 Room Dungeon Explained (And What Else You Should Do With It)
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When it comes to good dungeon design in dnd, there are so many different ideas and suggestions out there, and very few are as time tested as the 5 Room Dungeon. dnd one 5.5e 6e How to play Dungeons and Dragons Beginners Guide What class to play in dungeons and dragons best class in D&D best subclass most powerful optimised monk build DandD Warlock Bard Dungeon Master, Fighter, Ranger, Artificer...
Why (And How) You Should Use Arcane Lock in D&D!
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Need to secure your base or defend a treasure vault? If so, this dnd spell is for you! dnd one 5.5e 6e How to play Dungeons and Dragons Beginners Guide What class to play in dungeons and dragons best class in D&D best subclass most powerful optimised monk build DandD Warlock Bard Dungeon Master, Fighter, Ranger, Artificer, Cleric, Barbarian, Wizard, Sorcerer, Monk, Paladin, Rogue, D&D Shorts Ti...
The Master of Infiltration! | D&D 5e Build
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With this build, no keep, castle, or safe is off limits to your character! Maximizing stealth and strong magical abilities together, this build gives you everything you need to be an incredible infiltration expert in D&D! dnd one 5.5e 6e How to play Dungeons and Dragons Beginners Guide What class to play in dungeons and dragons best class in D&D best subclass most powerful optimised monk build ...
How Mimics Inspired (Certain) Pokemon and Why It's Awesome!
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How Mimics Inspired (Certain) Pokemon and Why It's Awesome!
Tieflings in D&D 5e! Lineage Guide, Builds and Tips
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Space Travel in D&D 5e! Create Spelljamming Helm
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Space Travel in D&D 5e! Create Spelljamming Helm
I Played Daggerheart! And Here's What I Think...
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Daggerheart News! New Mechanics, Open Testing, And What This Means for D&D
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The Rune Shaper Feat is Busted! | D&D 5e Rune Shaper Analysis and Builds
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Enchantment is Kinda Messed Up... Ethics and Magic
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Enchantment is Kinda Messed Up... Ethics and Magic
The Master of Manipulation! | D&D 5e Build
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Why (And How) You Should Use Awaken in D&D 5e!
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Why (And How) You Should Use Awaken in D&D 5e!
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Killmoulis Are Goofy (But Also Awesome) in D&D!
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How to Play a Triton: D&D Lineage Guide
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Eilistraee! The Benevolent Drow Goddess: D&D 5e Lore
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Eilistraee! The Benevolent Drow Goddess: D&D 5e Lore
This Spell Can Create AI, Search Engines and So Much More in D&D!
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This Spell Can Create AI, Search Engines and So Much More in D&D!
Should You Multiclass? Why or Why Not…
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How to Play a Tortle: D&D Lineage Guide
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Minecraft as a TTRPG Campaign! Game to Campaign Episode 4
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Werewolves and Other Lycanthropes: D&D 5e Lore Guide
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Werewolves and Other Lycanthropes: D&D 5e Lore Guide
I feel like going Scout Rogue fits the theme better. It just works with Absol's whole "Sensing danger" theme, and can help guide the people and animals that they're trying to save.
What do you mean, every drow god wanted to keep the drow in the underdark, except for her? 😂😂😂 lmao That is literally her twin brothers portfolio, drow of the surface, not hers. She does. not have that in her portfolio, or her dogma. Her twin brother does He has failed to free the drow. The theee times he was.coming close, he was stopped. Not by Lolth. But stopped by Eilistatee,.letting lolth retain dominion over them. You got rose colored beer goggles on when it comes to the drow pantheon bub
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Great video, but Cartomancer does require level 4 and the Spellcasting Feature. So I don't believe it can be selected as a Variant Human or Custom Lineage free feat.
Very true... very true indeed
I think it would be really cool if it was mentioned that she’s one of (if not the) most worshipped deities in the seldarine drow societies. This would mean an increase in her power, influence and maybe even portfolio. She and Lolth would be competing for the post of mother goddess of drow and the spider queen would be forced to split her portfolio. Evil and neutral drow would be under Lolth’s domain and Eilistraee would have domain over good drow. So as Lolth’s portfolio shrinks, Eilistraee’s grows, which would cause a lot of conflict and motivate attacks on the pacific drow societies. Which is a perfect setting for a D&D adventure!
they books have always said the opposite about her though. According to the books that would be Vhaeraun. His sister has few worshippers, in every edition. of. the. game. He has almost or possibly as many as lolth. In every. edition. of. the. game. even in the two points in history where Eilistraee backstabbed and screwed him and cost him most of his worshippers... he STILL had more than her.
Been looking for a 5e vampire game fore years but NO ONE will run any
I was kinda in one as my first campaign, there was a LOT of undead in it
Did a Character based solely on this, Human Necromancer / Spore Druid who sought of a way to revive his wife and after years accepted he may not live to see they say he has the means to bring her back sought out methods to extend his own life. Ended up trying to find forbidden Knowledge in the form of Book and Vile darkness and got corrupted beyond all belief
Video 2 of asking for old character style? As always, amazing videos!
A 1 level dip in Cleric for the wizard got a lot better now 😂
Yep it's daft!
When you get 6th level spells, you can cast contingency on something that will auto trigger a spell on you. For example: Magic Mouth: If there are signs of invisible entities like appearing footprints or tracks, abnormal plant movement, etc, say Invisible Entity Detected. Contingency: If a magic mouth says, Invisble Entity Detected, cast see invisible.
Druid with runeshaper. Put down spike grown then command several enemies to walk through it while losing a turn for all of them.. Take alert and get yourself 16 starting dex so you can go first more often than not and pick up extra languages (rune shaper also gives you giant language...) and you can literally command everyone the rest of the game while your many minions beat up the enemy for you.
Command won’t allow them to walk through the spike growth since it’s directly harmful to them. Like they won’t walk off a cliff for instance
I've been watching for a while now, and I must say that I love the old character style more than this new one. But as always, the videos are amazing!
How do they take the hand, rules wise? I know my group, they'll do everything to stop it.
It's more like a homebrew thing. Fey in real world legends are known to be tricky and their shenanigans aren't really in coded in dnd
Don't forget dwarven fortitude and blood well vial for thicc magic
“Thicc Magic.” Probably one of, if not, my favorite school of magic
I would keep most of the original lore regarding the drow's origin but recontextualize it. Have it be that Lolth LIED to the elves that followed her in her betrayal and were punished when that coup failed. Then, in the countless years leading to the "modern day" of Faerun, Lolth has established a lifestyle for the drow that kept her grip on them tight as the culture they were essentially taught and born into feeds on the worst instincts of mortal elves. The ultimate Gaslight, Gatekeep, Girlboss. Eilistraee enters the picture working thr background as Lolth's powerbase continued to grow. Because she deceived by her mother and she and her mortal people suffered as a result, her profile changed from "Goddess of Good Drow" to "Truth" and/or "Redemption". Let her story be that she would visit the dreams of those drow discontent with the Lolth-borne culture and she revealed the truth of the "Great Deception" and offer them a chance to find a more righteous path and life. Let this continue over the centuries until Lolth's power base is no longer as strong as it once was and now those aligned with Eilistraee are a legitimate rival in power and numbers. This allows Drow as a people the agency to choose be good or evil, or even neutral if they dont wish to be part of struggle between two gods. Those Droe who stay with Lolth can now be more nuanced. They could stay because they actually like the life style or the lore of power and status, ir some can stay out of fear of if Eilistraee is lying or is even worse. Those who side with the Dark Maiden don't have to be so good that they dedicate their lives to "saving" all drow, they could simply be content with leaving Lolth and her followers.
My favorite command is autodefenestrate (i.e. the act of throwing oneself out of a wimdow).
“I cast yeet yo-self”
@@smilesschemes essentially yeah hehe
Cast this on a roc and you now have a friendly airplane ^^
This spell can create an industrial revolution by allowing a single wizard to oversee a group of unseen servants in a factory as they mass produce something.
I've watched a few of your vids now and I'm definitely subbing ^^ Love your vibe
Thank you so much!
If an illusion wizard can move the illusion (which seems to be the concensus), then your flying city can now actually fly around the world... I love this spell ^^
Yup, this spell basically makes you god within a one square mile area if you're a high level divination wizard
The Blood Magic Wizard archetype lets you waive material components at the cost of health and getting the Fiendish Vigor invocation (either through Warlock levels or the Eldritch Adept feat) mitigates the health loss. Guess what I’m about to start playing
That sounds like a lovely time
@@smilesschemes I think she’s gonna have minions and most of those can’t talk. But a hands-free Morse code > speech device can definitely change that
Tbh, this method reminds me of some of the areas in Legends of Zelda: Ocarina of Time.
For some reason reminding me of Mario 64 the library and the living books
I made an npc who was an arms dealer who, apart from having a jacket that a was trained mimic, had a fake ledger disguised from another trained mimic. It would bite down on anyone who wanted to forge the numbers in the ledger and keep them in place while an alarm blared.
Your mimics don’t scare me. My barbarian is illiterate. Better luck next time magic man
Had to come back after watching until the end and reiterate your point... Magic Mouth has a duration of 'until dispelled' and Malleable Illusion allows you to change illusion spells with a duration of 1 minute or longer as an action. Does this mean you can change what the magic mouth says every 6 seconds... forever?
@@arcanerecovery2567 Yes, you can basically reprogram any magic mouth you create, or ever created,if you have the malleable illusions feature
Conjuration Wizard's 2nd level feature Minor Conjuration can create the jade dust over and over for free.
@@arcanerecovery2567 it falls under a similar category to the illusory wizards illusory reality feature, only in that it can “make” objects. However, the illusory reality can make the objects “real” which kinda does imply gold cost somewhat. The wordings are very weird, but illusionist wizard makes it seem like they’re more likely/can be used as consumeable spell components. Check with your DM tho, they might have a different ruling
A 2nd level feature you may of overlooked for creating the material component is Minor Conjuration.
I know this concept was originally developed for a quick simple game to help you move through the game in a single session, but I always though it should have been called the "5 Space/Area Dungeon".
I agree with you, that would make more sense. But the "5 Room Dungeon" just has a snappier name to it tho...
Got any ways of making modified low level creatures as bosses? I had an expanding list of creatures that would make good as a random bosses for random dungons or such. One that i liked was a rune carver imp, seprerated from their master as their task was done and taking their spell book along. Not focused on spell casting but being empowered by it. Having rune knight enlarging ability. The thought of a small creature becoming large and becoming invisible at will. That will steam roll a party member. But also not out right evil npc. This imp could trade things and info while traveling such caves. Its always nice to have rp beat combat based off circumstances.
If you're thinking of having bosses for your dungeon, having something like a hierarchy does seem like something that would lend well to the dungeon. And in this way, lair actions could be a fun mechanic to implement. Definitely giving them some buffs either in the form of resistances, extra HP, some special actions that they can take that make them feel a bit tougher to deal with... do these help?
The simplest fix is that Elistraee rejoins the elven pantheon as a gesture of reconciliation and unification. She went into exile willingly and was not banished like her mother & brother. I imagine her father welcoming her back with open arms and the rest of the elven pantheon is happy with her return
When it comes to an IU PoV with established settings like DnD or Pathfinder, a part of it is just what "undeath" means in the greater setting as a whole. How such magic interacts with lifeforce, souls, the afterlife, or the like. To say nothing of just settings where "good" and "evil" are less subjective social constructs, so much as scientifically measurable forces of nature, with entire dimensions literally made of them. Mechanics like necromancy getting a buff in some random Evil dimension kind of removes it from even being a question of "ethics". Take DnD's Evening Glory. Even trying to be a "nice" goddess of undeath, a lot of what makes her up... isn't really all that "good". More just "non malevolent"... and even that's kinda iffy when you get into her priest being Liches. Hell, the main thing that even gives "live forever with your love in undeath" any merit at all, is just how much of a crap shoot a lot of the other DnD afterlives seem to be. Without that, her whole pitch would come off as way more manipulative by nature. It's like how a hypocritical god can have both murder and public service in their portfolio, but regardless of what draws any particular worshiper to them, said god is at the end of the day their own independent being. With their own wants and motives, and thus the worshiper has no real say in what aspect of them shows up that day.
I wonder how this could be weaponized... improvised weapon with a compartment would technically be a container. Hmm
Possibly. But what would locking that weapon do?
@smilesschemes if it was something like a man catcher then locking your enemy in it possibly. Maybe if you could argue that a net is a container?
@smilesschemes it is also used for unsealing. So a weapon filled with holy water that only opens and sprays enemies when the user wants?
One of the most clutch escape preventions I've ever done was using Distant Spell on Arcane Lock on the door a villain was about to flee through. This and Knock are criminally underrated.
Oh that’s goooood
The ethical practice of necromancy - that is conjuring spirits that WANT to work with you and not forcing them to - has many benefits to it. 1) You spend less time and energy trying to assert and maintain control over them. Plus, those willing to work will have passion into their actions, possibly improving their strength. 2) This does not earn you a bad rap amongst the living or the dead. Whether you're a medium solving a murder, or a general who is asking his soldiers for one last stand against evil. 3) It's much, much safer. Not only would people go from hostile to wary, or wary to accepting, the spirits of the afterlife will be waiting for you with open arms... not claws.
Vital Sacrifice goes well with this build too if your DM rules that self-damage doesn't trigger a con save. Helps vampiric touch become an actually strong spell as its like you are upcasting by two levels for just a 1d6 of damage youll heal back
True, it's just weird that you kinda have to sacrifice a health resource to get another health resource tho
@@smilesschemes I feel it does well to show dark magic. It’s a high risk to take that allows for someone to deal a lot more damage (almost double damage for lvl 3 slot) Def not going to be “meta” but theme wise super cool
Arcane Lock also allows Magic Mouth to interact with the physical world through using the password, so now you can use Magic Mouth to automate things.
I'm curious, what things would you automate in this way? And how?
@@smilesschemes Oh, that's a list... First, I have to explain. I have a deal with my DM regarding my Artificer/Wizard inventing things. Since he runs a fairly standard medieval level fantasy world, I have to stick with either 500 years or older inventions OR things that could have been easily made at that tech level. Basically anything pre steam engine is fair game. So, that includes wind or water powered Blast Furnaces because the ancient Chinese had them, and wind or water powered Drop Hammers because both the ancient Chinese and the ancient Greeks had them. For the wind power look up Nashtifan windmills here on youtube, same for the Roman watermill complex at Barbegal. For the drop or trip hammers look up: Ancient power-hammers and the city that put steel in the world by Lindybeige. He barely touches on the furnace but you get the idea. Mine are automated to only work when someone is in my factory, and gave a command. The how is simple, as the main shaft spins, there is a peg that sticks out and repeatedly passes through a gate as it rotates. This is where Arcane Lock comes in. Magic Mouth acts like a combination of sensor and electrical wiring to transmit a signal. Is someone there, and do they want this machine turned on? I use simple logic gates for that. There are some good videos here on youtube. Heck, the entire Castle is automated, including the defenses, complete with facial recognition. All that wind and water power is put to good use. Then there's The Ship. Look up the Last Oasis trailer here on youtube, and also the theo jansen strandbeest that its based off of. Yes, I built a functional Mech in DnD using medieval level technology(and it could work in real life). Yes its fully automated. I have my Wizard Homunculus(10 Int.) as the CPU in its Magic Mouth nervous system, so I can control this ship with my mind from anywhere on the same plane of existence. It can even "see" for miles, at least after a fashion. Look up the Camera Obscura. Basically a box with a small hole in it to act as a pinhole lens and dark room. As long as that box is within 30 feet of a Magic Mouth computer... So, of course my ship has four of them. The hardest part of all this was getting enough Jade dust. While the DM didn't actually make me roleplay casting Magic Mouth five million times, he did require I have the components and "spend the time". The trick to getting that much jade was using the Alchemical Compendium from Tasha`s, and doing a lot of trading. Sadly this campaign is currently on hold because one of the players is very, very sick. No idea if we will ever go back to it.
I suppose I should also add that driveshafts come off both the water and wind mills and run throughout both the factory and the rest of the castle to provide mechanical power wherever we need it. Like to the self loading Mangonels and Trebuchets, and yes that's all automated too. For every one of these "inventions" my character made, I ran it past my DM before I tried and got approval. For reference, this particular character is Artificer 2/Bladesinger 14. I roleplay them mostly as a crazy inventor, mumbling to themselves and rather oblivious to their surroundings. (I had to dump wisdom) Turns out that when your general plan is "Hit it with a stick!", it leaves lots of room to take spells like Magic Mouth, Arcane Lock, Continual Flame, Wall of Stone, Stone Shape, Fabricate and Glyph of Warding while still having a "Mostly" functional character. I really missed that Wisdom score though...
@@smilesschemes Really youtube? REALLY?
Okay, I`m not retyping that whole thing. And it was posted, I checked and even responded to it to add a clarification. The response is there, but not the original post. So, deleted.The only thing I can think of is I mentioned names of other creators, and titles of videos... So you only get the really really short version then. Sorry. You need a power source for mechanical devices. Look up the Windmills of Nashtifan, the Roman Watermill complex of Barbegal, Water powered Drop Hammers and Blast furnaces, The Last Oasis trailer(Mobile wind power, and the basis for a Medieval Mech), and the strandbeest that its based on and look up how his stuff works, and the Camera Obscura(Box with a hole in it. The box itself only needs to be within 30 feet of the Magic Mouth computer to give it vision for miles). How you can automate things is simple. Anytime you have a rotating shaft, put a peg in it and as it rotates the peg passes through a gate repeatedly. Arcane Lock controls that gate. You can split off another shaft from the main drive shaft using gears. there are some fairly simple mechanisms that allow you to engage or disengage those gears as well, and some of those can be controlled by Arcane Lock and Magic Mouth. If you combine the Continual Flame spell with a shutter controlled by Arcane Lock and Magic Mouth, you can create a long range wireless communication system using Morse Code. If you set up a network of these using Magic Mouth computers, you just created the internet in DnD. Anytime you have a Magic Mouth computer, you can create a Control panel of sorts. Just paint letters or whatever on lets say pebbles and glue them onto a board, just like a keyboard. When a "button" is touched, a specific Magic Mouth is triggered. You can put a Wizard`s Homunculus in control of that keyboard and now you have the entirety of the network you created, and thus everything tied to it, in your head. You can control the whole thing from anywhere on the same plane of existence.
Haven’t encountered Shadows yet because I’m currently dming for all of my players first time and it is my first time playing dnd too, but I’m planing to play strahd after I finish Phandelver, not gonna be happy after that encounter cause I already killed one of my players in the first combat of the first session
2k gp to buy a wondrous item with unlimited uses of first level spells. Just sayn
Fair
Loving the Pokemon content, but just curious whats the interest in space themed Pokemon all of a sudden?
Working on getting images for an upcoming pokemon video
I'd love to see your take on an Ultimate Innkeeper. A character that can use Demiplane, and long term beneficial spells, such as Hallow, glyphs of warding, etc.
Thank you Gary, for you have blessed this channel with a build video I really want to make. More on this soon…
Hm. It's got some really poor combat ability and terrible defenses until 7th level. So, be sure you know how your DM runs Stealth, Hiding, and Surprised. Also talk with your table about letting you get enemies with Surprised to buy them turns and keep you relevant. Do note that campaign-specific backgrounds are not usually expected to be allowed outside of those campaigns, so ask your DM if it's okay first. This would really only work well in a low-combat campaign that's all about sneaking and heists, kinda like Keys from the Golden Vault (which I'm playing in currently!) I would generally expect a well-built Druid to out-perform this for Stealth opportunities, and a Hexblade+Gloomstalker will probably deal five times as much damage while achieving most of the same Stealth abilities. There's also lots of room to optimize the build even as it is. But, it's a fun idea! Thanks for the video!
yeah, adding Hexblade and gloomstalker would definitely outperform this in quite a few areas. in the pursuit of a high meme stealth roll, we do lose out on some key features that could help us in other areas. but there are the features that this build does exceptionally well too
Ayy, one of my favorite Legendaries, I love space virus
yeah, the deoxys lore goes hard and kinda nutty
You are in error as to your interpretation of statistics. It is an easy enough mistake to make as the following sentence refers to keeping your INT, WIS, and CHA one might infer that statistics only mean STR, DEX, CON, INT, WIS, and CHA but if you look at the find familiar spell it says you summon the spirit of a celestial, fey, or fiend and it takes an animal form of a beast and has it's statistics. Do we only use the STR, DEX, CON, INT, WIS, and CHA of the beast chosen when following those instructions for having those statistics or do we use the entire stat block. The word stat in stat block is actually short for statistics. Therefore when magic jar says we get the statistics of the creature they mean each and every single thing in that stat block, except for what they exclude... which is INT, WIS, and CHA, and also any class feature, but that leaves the entirety of the stat block to work with. Why else do you think this spell is 6th level has such precarious conditions? Simply for some STR, DEX, and CON plus little else? No. This spell is evil but it is also 6th level and quite powerful.
I love this!! This is hands down my favorite Pokémon!❤
I’m glad you enjoyed it!
Had a Halfling Fighter, Cade Lockfoot, an Irish Halfling that came out of retirement from his days of being a weapon and supply Quartermaster for mercenaries. Had a shield and hand crossbow. Acted like it was one object as a Shield Bow. Due to being a Halfling, I would stand between people's legs and use the fighting style to intercept attacks on my allies. Blocking more than 150+ damage through the campaign. Having max dex and Halfling luck, couldn't land a shot for my life. Got 5 attacks that landed. So I built into my support using this feat and inspiring leader. It's ironic seeing I was also a samurai. The fighter that couldn't fight, BUT dang did I carry my wizard and other casters to victory by being the living shield.