QotD: Do you allow your players to invent spells for their PCs? This was common practice in older editions, and encouraged by the rules. How common is it now?
You know, it's funny.
I make custom weapons and armor up the wazzo (for melee, ranged, spellcasters), but I have no allowed for custom spells.
I think part of the reason is finding a balance. When spells can be upcast and such (and granted, not all spells can be upcast - but a lot of attack spells can).
I really do need to allow for this more often. I could make it like how I've done for some custom weapons - where it's a quest. The Artificer wants a gun (which I've not had in my game) but basically does the same as the Wither and Bloom spell - so I came up with a quest idea to gather the things to make it.
I could - and probably should - do the same thing for spells - and just base them off similar spells (for if it does damage, buff, etc).
I have allowed my players to flavor spells all the time. So a barbarian wizard from the north rather than doing fireball does "icefall" - so it's not burning damage, but rather frost - and rather than burning things, it freezes things.
um, that *is* creating a new spell lol. Most "new" spells are just reflavored version of the existing ones -- and it creates a sense of engagement and being part of the world.
I see creating a new spell as creating something that doesn't exist yet.
For example, I want to create a spell that allows me to do a Poison effect when I touch them.
So I create a spell called
TOXIC SKIN LEVEL: Cantrip CASTING TIME: 1 Action RANGE/AREA: Touch COMPONENTS: V, S DURATION: 1 Round SCHOOL: Abjuration ATTACK/SAVE: Touch Attack DAMAGE/EFFECT: The target must make a Constitution Savings Throw or suffer the Poisoned Effect.
You extend your hand, touching the target, your toxic skin creating a poisoned effect.
Would it be too much of a joke for me to change the name of ritual summoning spaces to Notinkansas?
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QotD: Do you allow your players to invent spells for their PCs? This was common practice in older editions, and encouraged by the rules. How common is it now?
Yeah, I allow it if a player asks. But it's never been relevant and I haven't played with someone who designed and used their own spell.
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Would it be too much of a joke for me to change the name of ritual summoning spaces to Notinkansas?
Knautyn Khansis is the original spellcaster, I say!
per Dorothy (aka the Goddess Kybele), so it shall be written, so it shall be done.
Except well, I don't have the silent k, au, or y=i structures linguistically. Would be Nawtin Khansis...
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Also, if any of you are anime watchers (I still presume not in most circumstances) then two that are amazing right now are Frieren: Beyond Journey's End and The Apothecary Diaries.
The first was suggested to me here, and I passed it on to my group, and now I am being told that the show is a lot like what it can be like playing in my games, which I am taking as super high praise.
The second is just super cute as a "period piece" about a gal stuck in a pseudo-china "forbidden city" style harem set up.
I am not a manga person, so they are wholly new and joyful to me. But they nail the kind of fantasy we do.
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QotD: Do you allow your players to invent spells for their PCs? This was common practice in older editions, and encouraged by the rules. How common is it now?
None of them have ever tried, but I would love it if they did.
Seeking input here: Would it be too much of a joke for me to change the name of ritual summoning spaces to Notinkansas?
Knautyn Khansis is the original spellcaster, I say!
per Dorothy (aka the Goddess Kybele), so it shall be written, so it shall be done. Except well, I don't have the silent k, au, or y=i structures linguistically. Would be Nawtin Khansis...
You could go totally crazy with it... Nawtin was originally a bard who formed a band named after his last name "Khansis"... After the success of their song Parry On My Wayward Son named after his own son who was a famous fighter... The people wanted nothing more than to hear that song. They claimed it had a Supernatural feel to it. In an effort to break away from his own band, Nawtin made a deal at a crossroads to perform a very special ritual...
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Seeking input here: Would it be too much of a joke for me to change the name of ritual summoning spaces to Notinkansas?
Knautyn Khansis is the original spellcaster, I say!
per Dorothy (aka the Goddess Kybele), so it shall be written, so it shall be done. Except well, I don't have the silent k, au, or y=i structures linguistically. Would be Nawtin Khansis...
You could go totally crazy with it... Nawtin was originally a bard who formed a band named after his last name "Khansis"... After the success of their song Parry On My Wayward Son named after his own son who was a famous fighter... The people wanted nothing more than to hear that song. They claimed it had a Supernatural feel to it. In an effort to break away from his own band, Nawtin made a deal at a crossroads to perform a very special ritual...
so, that is awesome, especially since he is of House Rising Sun, and was the person who suggested that they add gambling to the riverboats…
but I also have to tell you that I have Incarnates, Incorporates, and Summoned as possible types of character origins, in addition to the default Intrinsic. Incarnates have been reincarnated. Incorporates are strange people who seem to fade in and out of reality, suddenly fading out and floating along, then returning — usually for mere hours at a time — and then there are the Summoned.
A person shows up buck naked, in a summoning circle, in a partially enclosed room or building that is now called a Nawtin Khansis. The same space is used to summon planer beings or similar stuff. But these are PCs…
Suddenly nekkid, on a cold floor, with weird ass strangers around them, no idea where they are, their memories fuzzed to hell and back, and they are invariably in a body that is roughly sixteen or so, lol. They are usually about to face a really bad situation (because summoning is considered an evil act unless done for King and Country), but somehow escape and now have to make their way in a world they don’t understand or know, where nothing they can sometimes remember from the other place is the same and even if they vaguely recall being powerful warriors or wizards, they have none of those skills and nothing works like they think it should.
they are usually not as whiny as incarnates, who mutter stuff about truck-kun, or weird mirrors with murderous playing cards, or spooky woods or strange freestanding closets. And they aren’t as strange as the Incorporates who talk about “missing status screens”, “shoddy design”, and “where’s the interface?”.
the summoned are why the thought hit — rescuers will often say things like “you must escape the nawtin khansis!”, but the summoned don't always know the language, so what they do hear is “Dor ah te! Dor ah te ya nawtin khansis!”..
and thus, we have the two sides, and so now we know…
the rest of the story.
(ok, I dated myself with that last bit hard…)
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@AEDorsay I don’t get all the references, but that’s really cool. I do get the House of the Rising Sun reference though. I think I heard that in a movie once.
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I actually made mine myself! though i didn't design the character in it(who happens to be my persona) an old friend did! we fell out of contact but i keep her design to remember her by
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QOTD: What does you pfp come from? Did you make it yourself or did you find it somewhere?
I found mine when looking at art for a certain fandom :3
*I talked to IamSposta before posting this and he said I can ask a QOTD whenever (^w^)*
I actually made mine myself! though i didn't design the character in it(who happens to be my persona) an old friend did! we fell out of contact but i keep her design to remember her by
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My pfp is my purple rainbow unicorn game piece logo. It’s the logo for my game designs. One of my best friends drew it for me. It appears in all of the games & game related materials I design. You can find it inside all of my DM’s Guild publications: (https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=IamSposta).
QOTD: What does you pfp come from? Did you make it yourself or did you find it somewhere?
I found mine when looking at art for a certain fandom :3
*I talked to IamSposta before posting this and he said I can ask a QOTD whenever (^w^)*
I actually made mine myself! though i didn't design the character in it(who happens to be my persona) an old friend did! we fell out of contact but i keep her design to remember her by
It’s a cute pfp Viper! It looks really good.
thanks!
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QOTD: What does you pfp come from? Did you make it yourself or did you find it somewhere?
My pfp is my purple rainbow unicorn game piece logo. It’s the logo for my game designs. One of my best friends drew it for me. It appears in all of the games & game related materials I design. You can find it inside all of my DM’s Guild publications: (https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=IamSposta).
It looks pretty good! I notice that there is a trademark on it :3
QOTD: What does you pfp come from? Did you make it yourself or did you find it somewhere?
My pfp is my purple rainbow unicorn game piece logo. It’s the logo for my game designs. One of my best friends drew it for me. It appears in all of the games & game related materials I design. You can find it inside all of my DM’s Guild publications: (https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=IamSposta).
It looks pretty good! I notice that there is a trademark on it :3
Thanks. I thought it came out pretty darned good myself.
I see creating a new spell as creating something that doesn't exist yet.
For example, I want to create a spell that allows me to do a Poison effect when I touch them.
So I create a spell called
TOXIC SKIN
LEVEL: Cantrip
CASTING TIME: 1 Action
RANGE/AREA: Touch
COMPONENTS: V, S
DURATION: 1 Round
SCHOOL: Abjuration
ATTACK/SAVE: Touch Attack
DAMAGE/EFFECT: The target must make a Constitution Savings Throw or suffer the Poisoned Effect.
You extend your hand, touching the target, your toxic skin creating a poisoned effect.
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Seeking input here:
Would it be too much of a joke for me to change the name of ritual summoning spaces to Notinkansas?
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Knautyn Khansis is the original spellcaster, I say!
Check out my publication on DMs Guild: https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=Tawmis%20Logue
Check out my comedy web series - Neverending Nights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wr4-u9-zw0&list=PLbRG7dzFI-u3EJd0usasgDrrFO3mZ1lOZ
Need a character story/background written up? I do it for free (but also take donations!) - https://forums.giantitp.com/showthread.php?591882-Need-a-character-background-written-up
Yeah, I allow it if a player asks. But it's never been relevant and I haven't played with someone who designed and used their own spell.
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HERE.per Dorothy (aka the Goddess Kybele), so it shall be written, so it shall be done.
Except well, I don't have the silent k, au, or y=i structures linguistically. Would be Nawtin Khansis...
Only a DM since 1980 (3000+ Sessions) / PhD, MS, MA / Mixed, Bi, Trans, Woman / No longer welcome in the US, apparently
Wyrlde: Adventures in the Seven Cities
.-=] Lore Book | Patreon | Wyrlde YT [=-.
An original Setting for 5e, a whole solar system of adventure. Ongoing updates, exclusies, more.
Not Talking About It / Dubbed The Oracle in the Cult of Mythology Nerds
Also, if any of you are anime watchers (I still presume not in most circumstances) then two that are amazing right now are Frieren: Beyond Journey's End and The Apothecary Diaries.
The first was suggested to me here, and I passed it on to my group, and now I am being told that the show is a lot like what it can be like playing in my games, which I am taking as super high praise.
The second is just super cute as a "period piece" about a gal stuck in a pseudo-china "forbidden city" style harem set up.
I am not a manga person, so they are wholly new and joyful to me. But they nail the kind of fantasy we do.
Only a DM since 1980 (3000+ Sessions) / PhD, MS, MA / Mixed, Bi, Trans, Woman / No longer welcome in the US, apparently
Wyrlde: Adventures in the Seven Cities
.-=] Lore Book | Patreon | Wyrlde YT [=-.
An original Setting for 5e, a whole solar system of adventure. Ongoing updates, exclusies, more.
Not Talking About It / Dubbed The Oracle in the Cult of Mythology Nerds
This is too perfect
The school I work at is performing this next week!
None of them have ever tried, but I would love it if they did.
You could go totally crazy with it...
Nawtin was originally a bard who formed a band named after his last name "Khansis"...
After the success of their song Parry On My Wayward Son named after his own son who was a famous fighter...
The people wanted nothing more than to hear that song.
They claimed it had a Supernatural feel to it.
In an effort to break away from his own band, Nawtin made a deal at a crossroads to perform a very special ritual...
Check out my publication on DMs Guild: https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=Tawmis%20Logue
Check out my comedy web series - Neverending Nights: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Wr4-u9-zw0&list=PLbRG7dzFI-u3EJd0usasgDrrFO3mZ1lOZ
Need a character story/background written up? I do it for free (but also take donations!) - https://forums.giantitp.com/showthread.php?591882-Need-a-character-background-written-up
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so, that is awesome, especially since he is of House Rising Sun, and was the person who suggested that they add gambling to the riverboats…
but I also have to tell you that I have Incarnates, Incorporates, and Summoned as possible types of character origins, in addition to the default Intrinsic. Incarnates have been reincarnated. Incorporates are strange people who seem to fade in and out of reality, suddenly fading out and floating along, then returning — usually for mere hours at a time — and then there are the Summoned.
A person shows up buck naked, in a summoning circle, in a partially enclosed room or building that is now called a Nawtin Khansis. The same space is used to summon planer beings or similar stuff. But these are PCs…
Suddenly nekkid, on a cold floor, with weird ass strangers around them, no idea where they are, their memories fuzzed to hell and back, and they are invariably in a body that is roughly sixteen or so, lol. They are usually about to face a really bad situation (because summoning is considered an evil act unless done for King and Country), but somehow escape and now have to make their way in a world they don’t understand or know, where nothing they can sometimes remember from the other place is the same and even if they vaguely recall being powerful warriors or wizards, they have none of those skills and nothing works like they think it should.
they are usually not as whiny as incarnates, who mutter stuff about truck-kun, or weird mirrors with murderous playing cards, or spooky woods or strange freestanding closets. And they aren’t as strange as the Incorporates who talk about “missing status screens”, “shoddy design”, and “where’s the interface?”.
the summoned are why the thought hit — rescuers will often say things like “you must escape the nawtin khansis!”, but the summoned don't always know the language, so what they do hear is “Dor ah te! Dor ah te ya nawtin khansis!”..
and thus, we have the two sides, and so now we know…
the rest of the story.
(ok, I dated myself with that last bit hard…)
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@AEDorsay I don’t get all the references, but that’s really cool. I do get the House of the Rising Sun reference though. I think I heard that in a movie once.
I really like D&D, especially Ravenloft, Exandria and the Upside Down from Stranger Things. My pronouns are she/they (genderfae).
QOTD: What does you pfp come from? Did you make it yourself or did you find it somewhere?
I found mine when looking at art for a certain fandom :3
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I actually made mine myself! though i didn't design the character in it(who happens to be my persona) an old friend did! we fell out of contact but i keep her design to remember her by
I'm viper, The Ultimate Silly Snake 50/50 whatever I'm saying is a poorly thought-out joke, or something I think makes sense but really doesn't.
i also like being estreeeeeemely chaotic.
I also do commissions! look here for prices!
It’s a cute pfp Viper! It looks really good.
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My pfp is my purple rainbow unicorn game piece logo. It’s the logo for my game designs. One of my best friends drew it for me. It appears in all of the games & game related materials I design. You can find it inside all of my DM’s Guild publications: (https://www.dmsguild.com/browse.php?author=IamSposta).
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thanks!
I'm viper, The Ultimate Silly Snake 50/50 whatever I'm saying is a poorly thought-out joke, or something I think makes sense but really doesn't.
i also like being estreeeeeemely chaotic.
I also do commissions! look here for prices!
It looks pretty good! I notice that there is a trademark on it :3
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Thanks. I thought it came out pretty darned good myself.
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