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@@slyracc3733 If it ain’t general kenobi…

@@ConstructedChaos That's Sherif Kenobi to you sir, and no, you ain't addin my six shooter to your "collection".

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Ohh these are interesting observations! I feel like the poison would only activate on a hit, sadly (just a guess here). And the you only need one nick weapon to get the benefit of freeing up your bonus action so it's basically a free extra chance to hit for sneak attack, smite, or something like it. I think it's worth it!

In one of the interviews Todd Kendric asked if you could throw three daggers and JC said yes with no pushback. Sometimes they do mis remember their own rules though. The mastery I have an issue with it, and it is entirely pacing issue, is topple. A saving throw every attack is going to get tedious. Using some like their Con score instead of rolling might help but that means some monsters are always going down and some are always standing but maybe that's OK.

@@XanderHarris1023 you have an excellent point about the saving throw here. I’d thought about that as well but I’m not sure how you’d solve that because topple without a save seems pretty strong.

That’s fair but I don’t think this is introducing anything for martials that casters weren’t already doing

I LOVE these ideas! I once made a homebrew magic item to the effect of "impressive" but it was just the hilt of a sword and it only worked when it was sheathed because the blade itself was unimpressive haha.

@ConstructedChaos that's dope I love crunchy esoteric weapon and gear ideas that kinda still emphasize the "weapon-ness" instead of kinda undercutting the vibe by making it feel like any focus or talisman. I love those too tho!

@@laffingist218 Absolutely. Either way, I'm glad we're getting baked in features that can work as a foundation for new and fun martial abilities!

You and me both! This has honestly been one of the parts I've been most excited for in the new books. We needed it badly!

Where did they say that? I know you can't change at will but I believe certain classes will still allow for certain masteries to be applied to certain weapons.

@@ConstructedChaos they said it in the fighter video. The fighter can now apply slow, sap or push ok any weapon attack. But the ability to change weapon properties other then that was removed because it was creating design issues.

@@michaelcolon4162 My impression is that the video was speaking to a fighter's ability to switch properties on their weapons at will. I don't believe this was in direct reference to the base feature referenced in the rules glossary of the final playtest (which was a more general rule about ANY class that gets a similar ability). Treantmonk (who has a copy of the book) did mention that there are some reasons that they didn't go into more detail as well. This leads me to believe that there are other features that still utilize this core rule. But, regardless, it is playtest. So that may be gone as well and I could be wrong on my intuition here.

And I did at least have the forethought to structure the video so that part can be cut out seamlessly if I end up being off base here. So I do appreciate you bringing it to my attention!

I my bad. You can still switch mastery properties after a long rest no problem.

Haha me too! I can't wait to see how this changes the dynamic of our combats!

Haha they haven't shut us down yet!

Absolutely! Depending on your table, that kind of downtime activity is both flavorful and efficient!

I do have to say that I think I'm enjoying the OneDND approach of empowering martials better. Still, I do think pathfinder's approach makes spellcasting more involved and balanced compared to 5e. And, I also find that pathfinder's system makes me feel a bit more connected to the semantics of casting. Instead of just saying "I cast fireball", it forces me to think about what that actually looks like in their system.

@@ConstructedChaos I think that a lot of that flavor is a table to table/player to player thing. Most players dont want to be bogged down with a lot of non essential stuff. I tax my casters 30 percent of their share of the loot, and in exchange they never have to worry about spell components, half casters get taxed 15 percent. Its simple, makes casting have a material cost, but is simple and able to focus on other aspects. If players want to ham up the components, they can, but its pretty much fluff, and most dont. The One DnD martial improvements are a START of what they need to do but its at least a start. I think they should have gone harder on WM, and Monks not getting them is stupid and I am gonna fix that oversight.

@@shadowmancer99 I don’t disagree with you. But it’s hard to deny that the power casters have in 5e make it difficult to play a strong build without at least dipping spell casting along the way. I didn’t say PF2e has the best solution-only that it’s better than no solution at all.

@@ConstructedChaos Let me be clear, I start with the understanding that casters will be more powerful than martials. They just are. Nothing beats Wish. 1. Yes, I agree that there is a divide and that if you are playing for more than just casual fun, ie optimized even a little, than yes there is strong incentives to get other goodies on straight melees. And not all casters are made the same. I can make an excellent argument that Clerics are martial, and even Hexblades. So ya, if you are going to more optimized game, you do want to look at what other tools and multi class you can add to a martial. 2. Now Pathfinder nerfing the spells, and/or how casting is done however seems to be a non solution. Yes, its something that brings them down, but does it actually make the game more fun...maybe for those who like martials but at the equal or greater dislike of those who like casters. Hence, its not really a solution it just shifts who is upset. 3. So, like you, I think the One DnD is a BETTER approach. RAISE the martials with Weapon Mastery and options on the Barb Brutal Crit and Rogue Sneak Attack features. They didnt go hard enough in those classes, but there was improvement. And by hard enough, I dont mean everyone needs spell or supernatural abilities, but better scale their abilities to keep up with and excel in the jobs they need to do. They really failed the fighter by not tossing the Battle Master, and making that subclasses manauver feature core to ALL fighters for example. Is there a perfect solution, no. Because anyone who wants a perfect solution is going to violate the first thing I said, that casters are, will be, and should be more powerful than the guy swinging a sword. So the next best thing is to raise the sword guys options in appropriate and fun ways without falling into the 4e trap of "powers".

@@shadowmancer99 well said-although I do still believe that a world where martials and casters are on equal footing does exist.

It’s not wrong. You can see for yourself how effective this build is at punishing enemies for slipping past to attack the back lines. A tank doesn’t have to be a meat shield. The build does get pretty high hp (albeit pretty late). A spear does not have the two handed property and does work with polearm master and hex warrior.

@@ConstructedChaos my bad for the spear, you're right, but still a tank needs to discourage the enemy to Attack you ally like a armorer artificer or a barbarian ancestral guardian AND encourage to Attack them self. This is a great build but (for me) it is just hard tò kill and deals a lot of damage with a bit of controll. The enemies can easly spawn behind the line and its done

@@killer44339 I think that's a pretty fair assessment. However, you shouldn't forget that the build does also have compelled duel, polearm master, and plenty of ways to support allies IF enemies get by. Perhaps "tank" isn't the best descriptor for it but I can tell you that it has served that purpose plenty well enough in our campaign. Good positioning and strong punishes for enemies that attempt to leave Odd's range do a lot more heavy lifting than you'd think.

YES! I'm still enjoying my taste of autumn in the heat of summer haha. And Drahzad is the freaking best. Exactly what you'd expect a forge cleric to live up to!

Hahahahaha I almost didn't notice "Occasional"

@@ConstructedChaos Instead of Occupational

Hahaha yea, I've learned the hard way not to set up ranged characters with that much room to play ;)

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Thanks very much for the accolades on this one and for the offer of a good time! I'll definitely let ya know if I ever find myself there!

Hahaha the dice. It's too powerful. Cast it into the fire!!

Hahaha HE doesn't even do the math!!

A lesser version of it IS in there haha. It is required that players bring snacks to the game "technically" haha

Feels good to turn it around on them for once lol

That is a good point--he is a wizard after all haha! Also, your english was great!

Thanks, Grym! Sometimes I see the lines blur between where Brett stops and Odd begins and I love it haha

Hahaha I do see what you did and I approve! Hmmmm If we added in sorcerer, my choice would probably be Divine Soul both for flavor and for that 1st level feature to help us land attacks and pass saves.

You've got that right!! You've seen it firsthand!

That's a really cool backstory for this species homebrew! Honestly feels like it should be official content by now. Who wouldn't want to play as man's best friend?

The problem is that you need a 13 STR to multiclass into Paladin! Also, you can definitely pick another fighting style--there is no rule against that. Finally, you DO get a feat at level 19 since it is your 16th level in bard. ASIs are tied to your class levels and not character levels.

@@ConstructedChaos If you follow my stats, you actually get 13 STR. Difference between my recommendation and the one in your video is that I valued my race +1 bonus at 2 points in point buy system and you valued your +1 bonus at only 1 point. Since upgrading from 13 -> 14 is more expensive then 12 -> 13. There absolutely is a rule against using two fighting styles. Every "fighting style feature" has it. I quote: "You can't take a Fighting Style option more than once, even if you later get to choose again". Regarding feats at level 19 you are absolutely right, my mistake.

@@andrzejkowalski3578 You're absolutely right about the stats! I misread your comment. However, you're incorrect about the fighting styles. I don't blame you, though. What it's saying is that you can't take the SAME option more than once. So I couldn't take the defensive fighting style twice for +2 AC. I took two different fighting styles so we're in the clear there!

@@ConstructedChaos I misinterpreted this rule for years now. Thanks for taking the time and explaining it to me.

@@andrzejkowalski3578 No worries! Multiclass stuff gets messy--even when we get the rules right!

Praise from the maker! I am unworthy!!

Odd the true bank! Bard + tank and party funder and investor 🤣🤣🤣 truly amazing

@@AlexandreHenriques240 Hahaha TRUE! He was LOADED in the first couple arcs of the campaign haha

And the award for cool DM goes to.... YOU!

We all know Odd is as thick as it gets

Haha it could have been worse! That could have been melee damage!

THAT is a great idea! Sabotaging the enemy is a fantastic use for mage hand!

Correct!! (unless you use steady aim to cancel your disadvantage in the second scenario!)

Haha Thank goodness it isn't TWO failed death saves though!

Haha Happy to oblige!

I didn't see the hold scenario but if that was a vicious moquerie, he didn't have to make the save, he was immune by be deaf. 🙉 (Except telepathic).

@@luigivenom6054 Oh that's a really great observation! It was a save for Spirit Guardians so he did have to make it but I didn't think about being deaf for Vicious Mockery!

We never think of that in the heat of a game, some game have a side-DM (normally a player) that can remember the real DM about some rules { That the real DM cam freely choose to ignore or take in account }.

⁠as you might guess, that’s actually the wizard player for me. He’s my brother and often knows the rules just as well or better than I do!

It’s all just terminology. And I don’t mind being politically correct as opposed to being politically incorrect haha.

That's a very astute observation! The gopro5 (and every one after it I think) has a crop feature that allows you to crop into the image in camera and still export a high res image. I think we use the "linear" preset. This crops out those distored edges to a large extent. You can still see some on the very edge but not enough that it gets noticed!

I think he accidentally just clicked remove when he put in 17 instead of add lol

Maybe it was an undead dragon.

Yep! Exactly what happened!

Cultists need to be a lot more choosey about who they allow into their ranks nowadays haha

Haha I still haven't played it yet but I can imagine!

So they’d have skin like humans? Sounds interesting. I’m game!

​​​​​​​@@ConstructedChaos I should have mentioned to play as, I feel like a dunce! 😅 I still want people to have the option to play as a traditionally scaly Dragonborn if they want to, I just been wanting to play a Dragonborn that's a bit different from the vanilla ones. I was really thinking of adding 6 more Dragonborn phenotypes based on their skin coverings, but I'm going to speak of 2 other ones that I've been developing, 1 variant being a completely fur covered one that I like to call fuzzballs, the other one has neither scutes/scales, or fur, & is what I dubbed leatherbacks. The 4 other ones just have 1 combination of the 3 other three skin impressions. I'm also modeling mines after Eastern Asian style dragons instead of Western European dragons. Even been thinking about giving them optional superman like flight as a reference to Dragons in Asian folklore & how they can fly without wings. & I did got curious about checking Fizzbans(I hope I spelled that right)Dragonborn just to see what it's all about, & to see if there's some ideas that I want to incorporate into my Dragonborn. If you couldn't tell this is indeed ment for a homebrew, & I've been doing some idea mining. XD

@@xeschire706 I love these ideas and the flavor you’re going for with each. They’d be welcome at my table and I’m stoked that you’re finding ways to make these player options your own!

Haha he's so quick with it too!

Thanks for watching! It gets even better from here!!!

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good news, you can already play a sorcerer or a bard and not have to make that decision

Haha we're all entitled to our own opinions! I think it makes the game more challenging/intriguing but I can see why you'd prefer not to worry about it too

@ConstructedChaos it just takes a lot of the fun out of being a magic user. Being able to solve problems with magic is kind of the point of magic. I don't know the spells very well in this game, but let's say nobody wanted to play a rogue and you knew you were breaking into a building, so you took an educated guess and grabbed a spell to unlock a door and a fireball to deal with whatever you might find inside. You open the door and inside you find.... a second locked door, well you Couldn't have possibly known that. You already have to guess what type of spells you might need for the day in a lot of games, but having to also properly guess how many of each spell you will need is bonkers. You are basically playing the lottery and the rare jackpot is actually being useful.

@@ThatBigRedBear I understand your point but having the solution to every problem all of the time makes a lot of other characters less impactful. Plus, I actually find it fun to work through challenges with creative solutions.

@ConstructedChaos That is resolved by limited spell preparation and spell slots as a feature in general. You are never going to prepare a spell for every occasion and, evem if you get lucky and you do, if you open 3 doors, you done have any more slots for fireball. You are rewarded for making an educated guess about what problems you might run into either way, but your chances of being useful drop significantly when you need to also know the number of times you might need to solve a problem and take up several slots with one spell on a whim. The thing is, if you are using up an already limited spell prep slot for a spell to unlock doors when you have a rogue skilled out for picking locks, you are A) a jerk purposefully trying to outshine a fellow player and B) wasting a slot you could have prepped a spell in that solves a problem you don't already have a solution to.