I didn't ask how big the room was: Hit the entire party with an AOE Silver lining: Coat a weapon in silver Roc star: Kill a roc using crown of stars Axing questions: Successfully diffuse a tense social encounter by murdering everyone If it aint broken...: Play a human fighter Cream of the crop: Become internationally renowned for......something Jack of all trades: Play a character named Jack and take a level in every single class
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“I will take responsibility for what I have done. [...] If must fall, I will rise each time a better man.” ― Brandon Sanderson, Oathbringer.
Most of these are great fun, and I'd be happy to grant Inspiration for getting one of them.
Some of the others...
I am inevitable - Kill a giant that has already surrendered. Ice, Ice Baby - Kill a noncombatant with cold damage. King to a god(noble background only) - Kill a Cleric, Paladin, or priest Axing questions - Successfully diffuse a tense social encounter by murdering everyone I am become Death - as a DM, kill a PC.
Note that these all have a theme. They are about killing someone who really doesn't deserve it. I am become Death is questionable perhaps. It's a DM's call if the character deserved to die, but in my opinion, a DM is supposed to make a character think they might die, not just do it. There are indeed times when it is warranted, but should it be encouraged?
Eye of the Beholder - Successfully cast eyebite on a beholder.
I think that Eyerony would be a better name.
How Stereotypical- have a party that consists of at least four of the following with no other characters: a dwarf fighter, an elf wizard, a halfling rogue, a tiefling warlock, a half-elf bard, a gnome illusionist, and a half-orc barbarian.
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Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
Start a party with any combination of the following: Dwarven Fighter, Elven Ranger, Human Ranger, Human Wizard, Halfling Rogue.
Magnificent
Start a party with all players selecting Gunslinger as their Fighter Subclass.
Payday
Perform a successful heist.
Strike True
Playing as Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock or Wizard, choose and keep the spell True Strike for your campaign.
I Always Play on the Hardest Difficulty
Play as the Player's Handbook Beastmaster Ranger in an Urban campaign, or as the Player's Handbook Way of the Four Element's Monk.
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Eye of the Beholder - Successfully cast eyebite on a beholder.
I think that Eyerony would be a better name.
How Stereotypical- have a party that consists of at least four of the following with no other characters: a dwarf fighter, an elf wizard, a halfling rogue, a tiefling warlock, a half-elf bard, a gnome illusionist, and a half-orc barbarian.
Are you kidding me? It is a HUMAN fighter and a DWARF cleric.
Note that these all have a theme. They are about killing someone who really doesn't deserve it. I am become Death is questionable perhaps. It's a DM's call if the character deserved to die, but in my opinion, a DM is supposed to make a character think they might die, not just do it. There are indeed times when it is warranted, but should it be encouraged?
They should probably have said “let a PC die.” Because that’s how I see “killing” PCs most of the time: a healthy combination of challenge, strategy, and chance leads to a tragic end. Avoiding that, in my opinion, is almost as bad as going out of your way to kill them. Either way, the character lives or dies by your whim, not their own stats, rolls, or decisions.
Fun fact:I have only killed goblins indirecly(just 7 of them,once when I turned a windmill into a bomb).I have also never cast fireball... as a player.
I'm going to do him left handed - Defeat an enemy in single combat with a weapon you're not proficient with.
Don't make me angry, you wouldn't like me when I'm angry (Barbarian) - Go into a rage against your will.
I thought of a good one but the artificer can't cast blindness. She blinded me with science - As an artificer successfully cast blindness on an opponent.
Ummm, not to be Grognard....but this is why you get treasure for adventuring. So you already have an "Achievement" system in place. No reason to keep reinventing the wheel....
Ummm, not to be Grognard....but this is why you get treasure for adventuring. So you already have an "Achievement" system in place. No reason to keep reinventing the wheel....
It’s not like a reward system, more like just some fun things that could happen and be catalogued through these.
Long post, so the short version is here: As long as the Achievement System in D&D gives nothing but a title that makes people smile, all is well. You have been warned about how long this post goes on, so read on if you dare.
Like most things, there is a potential down side to an Achievement System in D&D. People might get pretty stuck on getting them sometimes.
I first ran into them in Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games. You would be going along, doing your thing, and there would be a little "ding!" sound similar to what you got when you gained a level telling you that you had been awarded a title. This was expanded on, and you started getting harmless little non-combat items like pets, or different color mounts. Not a big deal at first, but... People pay in cash for some of those things. In video games there is very little you can customize about your character. A limited collection of colors for hair and skin, also for the eyes, but they were small enough that it could be hard to notice that. A few hair styles, your name, your costume, which you couldn't really wear if you were in armor, your name, and maybe a nice pet or a mount. Then you picked out a name, the one you wanted was nearly almost always taken, so you ended up with some weird spelling variant. I can't count high enough to enumerate all the versions of Drizzt or Legolas I saw.
A good title was one of the few things you could get to customize your character. If they had left it at that, I doubt anything would have gone wrong, but no, they added other neat stuff. Each title became more common, so something more exotic was demanded. Getting a whole series of Achievements got you a better title. As soon as money started changing hands, Blizzard poured gasoline on the fire by cashing in on it. New titles and perks for sale! Only for subscribers of course, only for a limited time, maybe handed out exclusively at BlizCon, or only for people who had been a subscriber since the original release of the game. New stuff for each purchase of an expansion to the game, new stuff in the expansion itself...
I was in there trying for those Achievements myself. I got pretty bored when my friends weren't online and I was hanging around looking for a group. I was one of the people who joined up when the game first came out, but juuuuust after they gave out the special pets. I took to collecting pets and I traveled all over to get all of them I could. Back then you could be in the Alliance or the Horde and trading between them was difficult. You could put things up for auction, in a couple of "neutral" places, and buy from the other side, with a jacked up price so the neutral side got a cut. Auctions mean higher prices too, so at the end of the day you had to pay a fortune for something with no intrinsic value at all.
I still get the occasional Unsolicited Commercial Email advertising the services of a company that will sell me in game currency, pets, mounts, leveling, and titles. Such things are illegal, but almost invariably the company responsible is owned by another company that is based offshore or something. Good luck if you get cheated, and most of those websites are filled with viruses. It's a wonder anyone ever gets their characters back.
In D&D, so long as the Achievement System such as it is does not award anything other than a title that makes people smile, it should be fine. I doubt anyone will go crazy trying to get one.
I didn't ask how big the room was:
Hit the entire party with an AOE
Silver lining:
Coat a weapon in silver
Roc star:
Kill a roc using crown of stars
Axing questions:
Successfully diffuse a tense social encounter by murdering everyone
If it aint broken...:
Play a human fighter
Cream of the crop:
Become internationally renowned for......something
Jack of all trades:
Play a character named Jack and take a level in every single class
“I will take responsibility for what I have done. [...] If must fall, I will rise each time a better man.” ― Brandon Sanderson, Oathbringer.
Hey,I have all of these espically mop to a king (looks at the pacts worlds:how many goverments were their again,cause their is precisely 0 now)
Check out my homebrew subclasses spells magic items feats monsters races
i am a sauce priest
help create a world here
I Can Kill You With My Brain- reduce an enemy to 0 HP via psychic damage
Psychotic Prankster- reduce a target to 0 HP by planting a Delayed Blast Fireball on their person, then letting it explode
That Still Only Counts As One!- reduce a foe at least two size categories larger than you to 0 HP by yourself
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
Great Old One - play the white box version of D&D.
For some reason, we talked to them - join the party after being rescued as a prisoner.
Its a classic for a reason - start a campaign in a tavern.
I am become death - as a DM, kill a PC.
Is this what god feels like? - homebrew your own world.
At least I still have my old books - experience your first edition war.
Living the dream - as a player or DM take part in a level 1-20 campaign.
Daydreaming - have at least 5 characters made with no actual game to play them in.
Most of these are great fun, and I'd be happy to grant Inspiration for getting one of them.
Some of the others...
I am inevitable - Kill a giant that has already surrendered.
Ice, Ice Baby - Kill a noncombatant with cold damage.
King to a god(noble background only) - Kill a Cleric, Paladin, or priest
Axing questions - Successfully diffuse a tense social encounter by murdering everyone
I am become Death - as a DM, kill a PC.
Note that these all have a theme. They are about killing someone who really doesn't deserve it. I am become Death is questionable perhaps. It's a DM's call if the character deserved to die, but in my opinion, a DM is supposed to make a character think they might die, not just do it. There are indeed times when it is warranted, but should it be encouraged?
<Insert clever signature here>
I think that Eyerony would be a better name.
How Stereotypical- have a party that consists of at least four of the following with no other characters: a dwarf fighter, an elf wizard, a halfling rogue, a tiefling warlock, a half-elf bard, a gnome illusionist, and a half-orc barbarian.
Find your own truth, choose your enemies carefully, and never deal with a dragon.
"Canon" is what's factual to D&D lore. "Cannon" is what you're going to be shot with if you keep getting the word wrong.
One Party to Rule Them All
Start a party with any combination of the following: Dwarven Fighter, Elven Ranger, Human Ranger, Human Wizard, Halfling Rogue.
Magnificent
Start a party with all players selecting Gunslinger as their Fighter Subclass.
Payday
Perform a successful heist.
Strike True
Playing as Bard, Sorcerer, Warlock or Wizard, choose and keep the spell True Strike for your campaign.
I Always Play on the Hardest Difficulty
Play as the Player's Handbook Beastmaster Ranger in an Urban campaign, or as the Player's Handbook Way of the Four Element's Monk.
#Open D&D
Have the Physical Books? Confused as to why you're not allowed to redeem them for free on D&D Beyond? Questions answered here at the Hardcover Books, D&D Beyond and You FAQ
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Are you kidding me? It is a HUMAN fighter and a DWARF cleric.
“I will take responsibility for what I have done. [...] If must fall, I will rise each time a better man.” ― Brandon Sanderson, Oathbringer.
Nice Shootin’ Tex.
Using Gunslinger Fighter, regain a Grit Point by rolling a natural 20 on a firearm attack roll or by killing a creature of significant threat.
It’s you or your planet, Kakarot!
Successfully intimidate a Sorcerer about cast a Fireball at the party.
Forget about it, Jake, it’s Dragontown.
In the Dragon of Icespire Peak, have a party member die not be resurrected by the spellcaster.
BTW all of these things happened in at least one of my campaigns.
Mystic v3 should be official, nuff said.
Ooh, here’s another one:
Thanos Complex.
Defeat half the monsters in a encounter single-handedly in one round.
Mystic v3 should be official, nuff said.
See You In Hell
Go to Avernus after killing Iymrith.
Giant Killer
Kill Chief Guh, Kayalithica, Jarl Storvald, Duke Zalto, Countess Sansuri, Princess Mirran, and Princess Nym.
Rune Master
Own at least three objects enchanted by runes.
Bloodline of Doom
Kill Iymrith, Anaxaster, and Chezzaran.
Break of Dawn
Release Maegera, the Dawn Titan.
Fog King
Cast fog cloud in the Tomb of the Skodkong.
Underwater Tea Party
Leave the Great Hall of Maelstrom after completing the “Dealing With the Giant Lords” encounter there.
Come participate in the Competition of the Finest Brews, Edition XXVIII?
My homebrew stuff:
Spells, Monsters, Magic Items, Feats, Subclasses.
I am an Archfey, but nobody seems to notice.
Extended Signature
They should probably have said “let a PC die.” Because that’s how I see “killing” PCs most of the time: a healthy combination of challenge, strategy, and chance leads to a tragic end. Avoiding that, in my opinion, is almost as bad as going out of your way to kill them. Either way, the character lives or dies by your whim, not their own stats, rolls, or decisions.
Wizard (Gandalf) of the Tolkien Club
I see that you too watch XP to Level 3...
Anyway to add my own achievement:
We All Start Somewhere - Kill your first goblin.
Mad Wizard - Use Fireball three times in three rounds of combat
Fun fact:I have only killed goblins indirecly(just 7 of them,once when I turned a windmill into a bomb).I have also never cast fireball... as a player.
Check out my homebrew subclasses spells magic items feats monsters races
i am a sauce priest
help create a world here
Mighty Morphin.
Use Giant’s Might for the first time as a Rune Knight Fighter.
You’re Already Dead.
Defeat the boss monster using nothing but your bare hands in one round.
Just one more thing......
As a investigator Rogue, deal the killing blow the campaign’s BBEG.
Mystic v3 should be official, nuff said.
Don't Touch That Die - The first time a character is reduced to zero hit points by Poison.
I Told You Not to Touch It - The first time a character ties to put a mimic into their inventory.
It Belongs In A Museum - The first time a character equips a Cursed item.
Now You Will Die - The first time a character makes their save versus a Lightning spell, and someone else incapacities the caster in the same round.
I Told You Not To Die - The first time a character convinces an initially hostile NPC to do something the character wants without using a skill check.
Mostly Dead - The first time a character uses the Feign Death spell and allows their "corpse" to be looted.
Can You Fly? - The first time a character uses an ability to push or throw a monster off a cliff and the falling damage kills it.
Shattered Like Glass - The first time a character uses the Shatter Spell and does damage to themself.
It's Our Lot In Life - The first time a character becomes Encumbered by their gear.
The Matrix Has You - The first time a character equips a cool looking pair of Goggles of Night
<Insert clever signature here>
I'm going to do him left handed - Defeat an enemy in single combat with a weapon you're not proficient with.
Don't make me angry, you wouldn't like me when I'm angry (Barbarian) - Go into a rage against your will.
I thought of a good one but the artificer can't cast blindness. She blinded me with science - As an artificer successfully cast blindness on an opponent.
Ummm, not to be Grognard....but this is why you get treasure for adventuring. So you already have an "Achievement" system in place. No reason to keep reinventing the wheel....
It’s not like a reward system, more like just some fun things that could happen and be catalogued through these.
Come participate in the Competition of the Finest Brews, Edition XXVIII?
My homebrew stuff:
Spells, Monsters, Magic Items, Feats, Subclasses.
I am an Archfey, but nobody seems to notice.
Extended Signature
Long post, so the short version is here: As long as the Achievement System in D&D gives nothing but a title that makes people smile, all is well. You have been warned about how long this post goes on, so read on if you dare.
Like most things, there is a potential down side to an Achievement System in D&D. People might get pretty stuck on getting them sometimes.
I first ran into them in Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games. You would be going along, doing your thing, and there would be a little "ding!" sound similar to what you got when you gained a level telling you that you had been awarded a title. This was expanded on, and you started getting harmless little non-combat items like pets, or different color mounts. Not a big deal at first, but... People pay in cash for some of those things. In video games there is very little you can customize about your character. A limited collection of colors for hair and skin, also for the eyes, but they were small enough that it could be hard to notice that. A few hair styles, your name, your costume, which you couldn't really wear if you were in armor, your name, and maybe a nice pet or a mount. Then you picked out a name, the one you wanted was nearly almost always taken, so you ended up with some weird spelling variant. I can't count high enough to enumerate all the versions of Drizzt or Legolas I saw.
A good title was one of the few things you could get to customize your character. If they had left it at that, I doubt anything would have gone wrong, but no, they added other neat stuff. Each title became more common, so something more exotic was demanded. Getting a whole series of Achievements got you a better title. As soon as money started changing hands, Blizzard poured gasoline on the fire by cashing in on it. New titles and perks for sale! Only for subscribers of course, only for a limited time, maybe handed out exclusively at BlizCon, or only for people who had been a subscriber since the original release of the game. New stuff for each purchase of an expansion to the game, new stuff in the expansion itself...
I was in there trying for those Achievements myself. I got pretty bored when my friends weren't online and I was hanging around looking for a group. I was one of the people who joined up when the game first came out, but juuuuust after they gave out the special pets. I took to collecting pets and I traveled all over to get all of them I could. Back then you could be in the Alliance or the Horde and trading between them was difficult. You could put things up for auction, in a couple of "neutral" places, and buy from the other side, with a jacked up price so the neutral side got a cut. Auctions mean higher prices too, so at the end of the day you had to pay a fortune for something with no intrinsic value at all.
I still get the occasional Unsolicited Commercial Email advertising the services of a company that will sell me in game currency, pets, mounts, leveling, and titles. Such things are illegal, but almost invariably the company responsible is owned by another company that is based offshore or something. Good luck if you get cheated, and most of those websites are filled with viruses. It's a wonder anyone ever gets their characters back.
In D&D, so long as the Achievement System such as it is does not award anything other than a title that makes people smile, it should be fine. I doubt anyone will go crazy trying to get one.
<Insert clever signature here>