Hello everyone. I haven't posted anything vaguely close to consistently since March, and I've been totally absent from the forums since June. During my time off DDB, I had no computer and was thusly unable to post. Now, I am in high school and my parents have graced me with a computer and I hope I'll be posting more here now.
It's good to be back on DDB and back on Anything But the OGL 2.0 again! :)
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Hello everyone. I haven't posted anything vaguely close to consistently since March, and I've been totally absent from the forums since June. During my time off DDB, I had no computer and was thusly unable to post. Now, I am in high school and my parents have graced me with a computer and I hope I'll be posting more here now.
It's good to be back on DDB and back on Anything But the OGL 2.0 again! :)
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QotD: What other websites do you use for D&D besides this one?
Well, there are a bunch of websites I use to research folklore and mythology which I then use in my D&D games, but I doubt that's what you meant. I don't think I constantly use any other ones.
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QotD: What other websites do you use for D&D besides this one?
I've used the homebrewery once or twice a while ago for the Competition of the Finest Brews. Other than that though, I don't really use many D&D websites outside of D&DB. I'll probably get the 2024 core rulebooks soon and start a DMs Guild account someday. Honestly though, I've been wanting to publish homebrew on DMs Guild for ages but I've never gotten around to it.
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I think it's time I admitted something to the world: I don't like that the warlock is a core class. I like it mechanically, but it doesn't really have a niche thematically. It's not heroic to have a character grow stronger solely due to the influence of a patron, and the game leaves fuzzy what happens when there is conflict between warlock and patron. Also, the base warlock has some edgy abilities that don't really mesh well with some of the subclasses (looking at celestial and genie). And finally, wtf is a hexblade patron, and why isn't that covered by the blade pact? /rant
I think it's time I admitted something to the world: I don't like that the warlock is a core class. I like it mechanically, but it doesn't really have a niche thematically. It's not heroic to have a character grow stronger solely due to the influence of a patron, and the game leaves fuzzy what happens when there is conflict between warlock and patron. Also, the base warlock has some edgy abilities that don't really mesh well with some of the subclasses (looking at celestial and genie). And finally, wtf is a hexblade patron, and why isn't that covered by the blade pact? /rant
I completely and totally disagree. I love warlocks. No thematic niche? Witch pacts and deals with the devil are extremely common in stories. Is it heroic to be born with all your powers as a sorcerer? Is it heroic to be a killer powered by their anger issues, like the barbarian? Heroism is added to the character by the player. I’m glad that the game is especially vague on the warlock and that’s why it is one of my favorite classes. It gives me more freedom in creating a character. I don’t want the authors to clearly define every single possible intricacy that could rise from my warlock’s relationship with their patron. That should be something that my DM and I work together on to create an original story each time. Any edgy abilities can be reskinned to fit your characters style. Hexblades aren’t explained well, but I like that because it opens up more possibilities for what they could be.
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I think it's time I admitted something to the world: I don't like that the warlock is a core class. I like it mechanically, but it doesn't really have a niche thematically. It's not heroic to have a character grow stronger solely due to the influence of a patron, and the game leaves fuzzy what happens when there is conflict between warlock and patron. Also, the base warlock has some edgy abilities that don't really mesh well with some of the subclasses (looking at celestial and genie). And finally, wtf is a hexblade patron, and why isn't that covered by the blade pact? /rant
I completely and totally disagree. I love warlocks. No thematic niche? Witch pacts and deals with the devil are extremely common in stories. Is it heroic to be born with all your powers as a sorcerer? Is it heroic to be a killer powered by their anger issues, like the barbarian? Heroism is added to the character by the player. I’m glad that the game is especially vague on the warlock and that’s why it is one of my favorite classes. It gives me more freedom in creating a character. I don’t want the authors to clearly define every single possible intricacy that could rise from my warlock’s relationship with their patron. That should be something that my DM and I work together on to create an original story each time. Any edgy abilities can be reskinned to fit your characters style. Hexblades aren’t explained well, but I like that because it opens up more possibilities for what they could be.
I like the idea of warlocks, but I don't see how they justify a stand-alone class. Can't a wizard or cleric gain power by making pacts? In my mind, the chassis of the warlock (SR caster) should have been given to the sorcerer.
For some history on the matter, the Warlock first showed up (to my knowledge) as a base class in 3e, and was oddly made a core class in 4e. I wasn't expecting WotC to make it a core class when 5e came around.
On the point of breaking a pact, I agree that some fuzziness is good, but like with a paladin breaking their oath, RAW is completely silent to the point of providing no guidance. No bueno.
I occasionally visit the ENWorld forums, but otherwise I don't do much web activity for D&D.
I love reading through ENWorld posts and arguments. People on that site tend to be much more reasonable and coherent than those around here, this thread excepted.
A group of renegade angels and devils banded together to help each other resist their former lords. They aren't fully good or evil. They act independently, but occasionally participate in the blood war. The flavor I'm going for is a group of supernal gunslinging wild-west outlaws. I don't know what the group would be called, but I'm thinking of some stats for rank-and-file members and their leaders. I like the idea of something like a chain devil with an infernal six-shooter riding some sort of hellbeast or a demon grinder and a celestial archon with a cowboy hat riding a scarred ki-rin or unicorn and slinging the angelic equivalent of a sawed-off shotgun.
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QotD: What other websites do you use for D&D besides this one?
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I use the DnD wiki dot for stuff I don’t have physical of.
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Well, there are a bunch of websites I use to research folklore and mythology which I then use in my D&D games, but I doubt that's what you meant. I don't think I constantly use any other ones.
I've used the homebrewery once or twice a while ago for the Competition of the Finest Brews. Other than that though, I don't really use many D&D websites outside of D&DB. I'll probably get the 2024 core rulebooks soon and start a DMs Guild account someday. Honestly though, I've been wanting to publish homebrew on DMs Guild for ages but I've never gotten around to it.
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HERE.I occasionally visit the ENWorld forums, but otherwise I don't do much web activity for D&D.
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I think it's time I admitted something to the world: I don't like that the warlock is a core class. I like it mechanically, but it doesn't really have a niche thematically. It's not heroic to have a character grow stronger solely due to the influence of a patron, and the game leaves fuzzy what happens when there is conflict between warlock and patron. Also, the base warlock has some edgy abilities that don't really mesh well with some of the subclasses (looking at celestial and genie). And finally, wtf is a hexblade patron, and why isn't that covered by the blade pact? /rant
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I completely and totally disagree. I love warlocks. No thematic niche? Witch pacts and deals with the devil are extremely common in stories. Is it heroic to be born with all your powers as a sorcerer? Is it heroic to be a killer powered by their anger issues, like the barbarian? Heroism is added to the character by the player. I’m glad that the game is especially vague on the warlock and that’s why it is one of my favorite classes. It gives me more freedom in creating a character. I don’t want the authors to clearly define every single possible intricacy that could rise from my warlock’s relationship with their patron. That should be something that my DM and I work together on to create an original story each time. Any edgy abilities can be reskinned to fit your characters style. Hexblades aren’t explained well, but I like that because it opens up more possibilities for what they could be.
I like the idea of warlocks, but I don't see how they justify a stand-alone class. Can't a wizard or cleric gain power by making pacts? In my mind, the chassis of the warlock (SR caster) should have been given to the sorcerer.
For some history on the matter, the Warlock first showed up (to my knowledge) as a base class in 3e, and was oddly made a core class in 4e. I wasn't expecting WotC to make it a core class when 5e came around.
On the point of breaking a pact, I agree that some fuzziness is good, but like with a paladin breaking their oath, RAW is completely silent to the point of providing no guidance. No bueno.
I love reading through ENWorld posts and arguments. People on that site tend to be much more reasonable and coherent than those around here, this thread excepted.
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I've been kicking around a new idea.
A group of renegade angels and devils banded together to help each other resist their former lords. They aren't fully good or evil. They act independently, but occasionally participate in the blood war. The flavor I'm going for is a group of supernal gunslinging wild-west outlaws. I don't know what the group would be called, but I'm thinking of some stats for rank-and-file members and their leaders. I like the idea of something like a chain devil with an infernal six-shooter riding some sort of hellbeast or a demon grinder and a celestial archon with a cowboy hat riding a scarred ki-rin or unicorn and slinging the angelic equivalent of a sawed-off shotgun.
Does this evoke any ideas in you folks?