Видео

Baybeeeeee!

I dont think i ever needed "rules" for crafting. I always made them have to find blueprints in long forgotten dungeons and then collect specific items and then spend 1 week to craft it. If they didn't want to do that then they could craft basic stuff but nothing OP and its 1-3 items per day depending on item complexity

It's weird that you guys lament that players don't pay attention during other people's turns, but when the system gives them REASONS to pay attention on other people's turns, Shawn complains. I sense that Shawn doesn't like D&D combat, and runs perfunctory 3 round combats so he can move on with the story. He's often taking jabs at tactical players. His whole attitude towards the new edition has been contemptuous. It's really annoying.

The more I learn about this game, the more I am relieved I stopped playing D&D years ago.

3.5 / pathfinder 1e versions of the ranger are where the peak of the class was. Ease of progression in your martial choices of dual wielding or going full legolas rain of arrows with a bow. You had your animal companion and you had your small selection of spells.

Sigil, with the soft G. Unless you want to start using hard G in the word 'Magic' too.

Should have put #ad #monsterhunter in the video name. :P

1 fluid ounce is 30ml. 1 standard pour in the US is usually 45ml. This is called a shot. 1 shot is not 1 fluid ounce. I know this doesn't matter for the video but there you go.

Love the Ghostfire Podcast, but honestly I have zero interest in the 2024 updates. I'll circle back around when there is coverage that isn't Hasbro related. <3

Oooooh I was thinking about levels of granularity recently. And I concluded that what I really want is to switch levels depending on context, only possible in tabletop. When the stakes get really high or things are super good interesting even mid-combat I like asking about details of the enemies anatomy and start tracking body parts, but doing that normally would be a slog. It's like inception where everyrime things start going wrong you dive one level deeper to try and save yourself. 0hp? What part of your moral fibre has collapsed resulting in a lack of heroism? Could you have an anime style character growth moment? But doing a single skill check to cover 2 days of monotony sounds great too. Maybe it could be a player vote or something to switch between different levels of abstraction.

Xanathar's guide handled it pretty well. Crafting is a downtime activity. Its going to take a while. Work on it in between quests. The crafting can be a reason to go on an adventure. A rare herb from the feywild. The antler of a white hart. Ash from the peak of a specific volcano. One all the ingredients are together, hand wave the time. Maybe a couple skill checks and bam. Crafted magic item. Done.

32:54 Im gonna say it every chance I get. Expert Strike is busted with multiclass and vex mastery. The Monster Hunter should get extra attack and expert strike at 5th level, but, expert strike should only apply vs monsters in your grimoire. Keeps both the people that like expert strike and the people who want extra attack happy and it wont create a hexblade issue with the MH being better as a dip than an actual class.

Just wanted to say how much I loved this episode. So great in so many ways. Thank you 😊

*Talking about math for over 5 minutes* Ben: "There are some Lorecast diehards who would fine that super interesting." Feeling a little called out lol. Great interview guys!

"made sure all the spells are hitting where they're supposed to"... except Conjure Minor Elementals. 😱

Super interesting interview. I just don't get why Shawn Merwin is not giving a lesson to these two kids. When I saw the last release, I saw Chris Perkins, who wrote the GM section for Dragon for 10 years, saying what he did. In the beginning De Armas says she started playing a couple years ago? and she is the lead designer? giving interviews? we live in a strange time.

47:00 The Bullette was created from a dinosauresque toy. Oh as I was witting this they brought up that point 47:45

Thanks.

This interview actually made me want to buy the new version more then any of the wotc hype.

Thank you thank you thank you for time stamping this.

There's 30ml in 1US fluid ounces, your shots have been a bit heavy!

I want to see this spreadsheet. I dont aee how ranger and rogue mathes out

Great interview. I love the energy of the design team. You can really tell they love their work.

This was a lot of fun! I really liked hearing from Justice & Makenzie and learning about all that Design Jazz!

I wanted so bad that Fighting Initiate, Eldritch Adept, Martial Adept, Metamagic Adept feats were in the book :( Big disappointment and an unnecessary step backwards

She is wrong. this is not the first PHB that teaches you how to play the game. D&D 1e also had example scenarios of how combat and stuff were to be used.

I loved the bit about language and computer science. For a system as prolific and complex as it is, you would hope they had semanticists on staff helping craft the language. And the math part is totally not boring, it warms my heart to know they do, in fact, have massive spreadsheets “in the vault.”

Seeing Ben and Shawn in the Same place is uncanny

What's wrong with saying equine bones? 🤔

I gotta say, i think the HOW TO PLAy section is a little late LOL, with RUclips videos, its probably much easier to just watch.

30,.5 ml in an ounce

My mature dragons have always been spellcasters. 4e and 5e sort of lost the thread, reducing them to brutes. I'm happy to hear that they're again being designed as spellcasters.

Booze in the states are limited based on how the management measures bottels at tue end of the night. Bartenders get real accurate with the measurement, cause america

Lorecast fan here, attended MIT, background in IT and statistical quality control. The math conversation was boring!

Great interview! ...and I just realized that I saw Shawn at Gen Con! There goes this guy walking down the street, I thought it was him, wasn't sure, but he had this shirt on! lol

What did that damage spreadsheet do to Inflict Wounds??

Don't worry Ben "Sijil" is definitely the better pronunciation.

Do we not consider the 2e Revised PHB play examples beginning on page 11 as being "at the beginning" of the book?

they did the math. the did the MONNNNNster math.

Don't apologize for maths! I did find it interesting! :-D What I woudn't give to see those arcane spreadsheets...

"The monsters will hit harder". Well great, but honestly the WotC monsters from 5e couldn't have hit any softer. There was only one direction to go.

This was very, very, cool to watch.

I am still coming off of my GenCon high. It was lovely saying hello to you folks. Ben, I appreciate not being trapdoored, Shawn, hope I didn't make you late! 😁

On the edge of my seat with fear/anticipation that somebody is going to mention backgrounds and we will once more see Angry Shawn from Lorecast 143!

Great interview! I found it interesting that they mentioned they have tables and specific math for creating spell damage and monster CR. I wonder/hope that this info will come in the new Dungeon Master’s Guide to make home brewing monsters and spells easier and more in line with the system.

KOH!

Holy shit, Dael. Thank you for the shoutout.

I think crafting rules are needed for the character fantasy some players want to live out. I've had two different campaigns where a character harvested skin and other items from a monster (a manticore & a dragon) and wanted to turn those things into items. It was very frustrating to try and figure out how this was meant to work with the limited info in the 2014 rules and Xanathar's.

The Mount Rushmore of D&D should include the most influential to you. Those people being white and male, have absolutely nothing to do with it. Content of character matters most, FTW.

Ive been playing 5e since it released, and 5e being the "fast" edition, is a myth. It was never that. out of 3/3.5, 4 and 5th edition dnd, 4th edition was actually the fastest combat.