"A Crap Guide to D&D [5th Edition] - Character Sheet" | Kip Reacts to JoCat 

The best explanation of the stats is the tomato meme ironically: Strength - Being able to crush a tomato Dexterity - Being able to dodge a tomato Constitution - Being able to eat a bad tomato Intelligence - Knowing a tomato is a fruit Wisdom - Knowing to not put a tomato in a fruit based salad Charisma - Being able to sell a tomato based fruit salad *Note* If anyone states a tomato based fruit salad is salsa, they are a bard

21:29 so, in 5e if you are running Rules as Written. Spell failure chance for wearing armor you are not trained in, (ie wizard in full plate) is 100%. As per the Casting in Armor note (PHB 201) "Because of the mental focus and precise gestures required for spellcasting, you must be proficient with the armor you are wearing to cast a spell. You are otherwise too distracted and physically hampered by your armor for spellcasting."

The example I use to describe Intelligence and Wisdom: Intelligence is knowing a tomato is a fruit, Wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.

As a DM I can confirm that sometimes I'll ask a player for a perception check, mostly because I am the IRL embodiment of Lawful Evil and also because traveling long distance can be boring for my players (and yet they refuse to do time skips). Here's what I'll do to make it interesting. Nat 1: Player in question trips or falls of their mode of transport and takes 1d6 falling damage if they fail a DC 10 dex save 2-9: "Hehe, okay cool. So anyways... 10-17: "hm interesting. Carry on." 18-19: Player notices a group of guys that appear in some way to work for the BBEG -OR- they notice something appears out of place in a room (could be as minor as loose papers covering a desk or could be an enemy that was hiding in a corner) Nat 20: Player notices a cute animal and gets a nice side quest of returning it to the owner in the next village. (this once resulted in the party completely ignoring the BBEG for several sessions and helping an NPC open an animal shelter to help these cute animals because this party assumed after three nat 20's on random perception checks that there are TONS of lost pets in that world.)

There was a supplementary book for D&D 3.0 that had a class theoretically able to get a 50 in an ability score. It led to a conversation about what that actually looks like in-game, which led to the exchange: "What happens if you get 50 INT?" "I think you just become the DM."

at ll:41 that's the type of DM I am. I just ask for rolls while the party is chilling in the tavern and go "So you got a nat 20, your legendary sword feels the stomp of hundreds of footsteps approaching the village"

You activated my PTSD with that DM asking for a random roll at 11:10 Kip.. had a DM that did that and my group ended up calling that DM "The Walking Roll Devil"

Int is book smarts while Wis is street smarts.

You don't have to calculate THAC0. Any day you don't have to calculate THAC0 is a good day.

In the TSR editions (OG D&D, 1e AD&D, 2e, and the Basic Editions) the stats were used directly, not just the modifiers. Both because the modifiers weren’t really explicitly given, they were built into tables in the books that were indexed by the actual stats, and more directly as a substitute for skill checks. Certain classes would get specific skill-like abilities that used specific dice (thief skills like lockpicking or picking pockets used percentile dice, rolling under a %success chance, as an example), and everyone got saves against certain classes of bad things (petrify/polymorph, death effects, general spells and charms, etc), but if you didn’t have a more specific skill and the DM wanted to a check for something, they’d have you roll a d20, with the goal being to roll UNDER the stat on your sheet by the number given (the most basic checks would by just < or = the stat). Wisdom checks for what we’d now use the perception or investigation skills were the most common by far, but they’d all come up sometimes.

There is no spell failure chance in 5e, it is however replaced with the fact that if a caster is not proficient with an armor type, they physically cannot cast spells while wearing that armor.

Grod the orc with an intimidation score so high he could 1, scare enemies into not seeing him. 2, scare materials into whatever he wants.

If DnD humor is your thing, I would HIGHLY recommend "DM of the Rings" and "Darths and Droids" - long-running series of comics that turns the Lord of the Rings movies and Star Wars movies into DnD campaigns with some brilliant moments.

8:53 There are exactly two instances I can think of where the ability score itself is a necessity onstead of the modifier: 1. Heavy Armor often has a Strength requirement (minimum 13, maximum 15) in order to wear it properly and not have it hamper your movement. 2. Multiclassing by the rules as written requires you to have at least a 13 in both your class's primary stat and the primary stat or stats of the class you wish to multiclass into. Also, 20 being an automatic success (and by extension 1 being an automatic failure) is only applicable to attack rolls and death saving throws. For ability checks and other saves, rules as written, 1s and 20s are just numbers. 21:24 No. In 5e, the interaction between armor and spellcasting has been supremely simplified. If you are proficient with an armor type, you can cast any spells you know while wearing it. If you are not proficient with an armor, even your cantrips will disappear and you'll be unable to cast them. You will also suffer a movement penalty.

Kip should do the Lythero Raid videos. Shits a gold mine of content and comedy

Intelligence is knowing that Frankenstein wasn't the _monster._ Wisdom is knowing that Frankenstein _was_ the monster. THAC0 was actually very easy. Simply subtract the target's AC from your THAC0, and that's the target number you need to meet or beat to hit them. So if you're a Level 1 character with a THAC0 of 20, and your target has an AC of 8, you need to roll a 12 or higher to hit. Base Attack Bonus is the exact same equation but flipped. Simply put, the THAC0 equation is "your THAC0 minus the target's AC equals the number you need to roll to hit", while the BAB equation is "the number you rolled plus your BAB needs to be equal or greater than the target's AC". Armor Class in pre-3rd Edition starts at 10, and decreases as your defenses get better. Leather gives you an AC of 8, chain mail and a shield has an AC of 4, full plate and a shield gives you the coveted AC 0, full plate +1 with a +2 shield and a Ring of Protection +1 grants you and AC of -4, and so on. Lower is better, because it's subtracted from THAC0. I was in a 3.5 campaign once with someone who played a Monk that almost exclusively grappled. The Grapple rules have actually never been as complex as they've been memed to be.

So on the topic of spellcasting in armor it’s not usually an issue. However if you are wearing armor (or using a shield) with which you are not proficient, you can’t cast spells as you have to put all your attention to not falling over. (On an unrelated note I’m really enjoying your recent dnd and dnd adjacent content. You’re content is helping me stay positive in the face of the hell that is college and I wanted to say thank you. Stay awesome my guy)

When I used to DM, it was 4d6, reroll 1s. Which was funny when a guy landed with three rolls totalling 6 in his array.

With methods for determining ability score numbers we did the "4D6 drop the lowest" for the first time I ever played and I got an 18 and never rolled below 11 while the most experienced player there could hardly roll a double digit to save his life xP

I always use the roll dice method for stats. I like to leave it to chance and then arrange it best I can. Got lucky with a tiefling character; rolled three 6s and with the racial trait (+2 charisma) got a base charisma of 20

Please react to the rest of Jocats crap guides to D&D Also, in 5e wearing armor you're not proficient in as a spellcaster just makes you not able to cast at all; which is why my sorcerer (who I got trained in long swords) has a strength score of 20; just so when I'm out of spell slots I can put on some plate armor and start cutting people in half

Personally, I am in the camp of "Big number goes in the big box" when it comes to ability scores. I know the modifier is more important, but that's just how my brain works... Also that last "FUCK" is chef's kiss in both animation and pronunciation.

RAW (Rules as Written) and RAI (Rules as Intended), natural 20s are only automatic successes in 5e for attack rolls. But rule #1 of DnD is what the DM says, goes, and “nat 20 = automatic success in ALL contexts” is an extremely popular and common house rule, leading to generally more imaginative, fast, and fun games-though the absurdity of succeeding at things that really ought to be too silly to work or physically impossible can strain the willing suspension of disbelief, hence why it’s NOT part of RAW; outside of combat the DM reserving the right to say “no” when an action’s success would break the believability of the world or cause other problems for the game is generally a good thing, especially for inexperienced DMs who have trouble riding the line between facilitating one player’s fun and preserving the fantasy for everyone else at the table. I generally like games a little zany, so use that houserule pretty often, but it’s all about making sure everyone is on the same page and the rules fit the tone of the game you and your players WANT to play.

My opinion on THAC0, being raised on AD&D: it’s mathematically identical to the modern attack bonus system, and the attack bonus system is easier to understand. You can legitimately argue that the specific way they BALANCED Armor classes in 1e and 2e were better than modern editions, or that THAC0 wasn’t AS confusing as people make it out to be (since in practice, most folks just copied over a lookup table from the book that did the math FOR them and never had to do the calculations themselves), but anyone who thinks the THAC0 system itself was BETTER than the attack bonus system is either deluding themselves with nostalgia or actually wants to use THAC0 to gatekeep “casuals” from the hobby and haze those dedicated enough to learn it. It was a clunkier way to do the same thing attack bonus does, that they only ever thought was a good idea because RPGs were a brand new thing. Let it die.

During my first game of D&D, we were in a candy land like campaign and our warlock an us called Eldritch blast ‘Baja Blast’

11:39 "Haha, I'm in danger."

discussions like this always reminds me of the book's(which book? dunno, one of the d&d ones) definition; 'intelligence tells you it's raining, wisdom tells you to get home so as not to get sick'. :)

Old school DM here. THAC0 (to hit armor class 0) was the new and improved way of doing to hit back in the day. Before that we used attack matrices. THAC0 simplified it. AC started at 10 and your armor would reduce it. Dexterity bonuses could reduce it further as well as magical items. an AC of 3 to 5 was usually normal at start. Base THAC0 was 20. you would then subtract STR or DEX bonuses as well as any + your magical weapon might possess. So a 17 str and a +4 sword you would have a THAC0 of 15. If your opponent had an AC of -1, you would need to roll a 16 to hit them. TLDR: The 5e way of doing it is a bit simplified but much easier to understand and use.

Intelligence is knowing that Frankenstein wasn't the name of the monster. Wisdom is understanding that Frankenstein *was* the name of the monster.

21:10 They simplified that rule. In 5e if you are proficient with the armor you are wearing, you can cast spells with no issue, if you are not proficient with the armor, you can't cast spells at all.

For stats my dm had the whole party roll stats and then we could all choose any stat block that someone rolled. With 5-6 players we got some good stats blocks and if there is a stat block that has some ok rolls but also some bad ones he would give the option that if you choose that one then you get inspiration at the start of every session. It can lead to everyone having the same stat block but in the last campaign i took the Faustian bargain it helped out and lead to my character being fun to ad lib for when his negative charisma fucked me over.

On the topic of point buy vs rolling I think point buy is better because it gives everyone the same opportunities, vs rolling where 1 person at the table ends up with godly stats compared to everyone else's average or bad

if you're using a paper sheet, spare your sheet and use items to tell how many spellslots you got left. colored for level.

My DM brought up the idea of playing blackjack against him, where he uses casino rules (Hit until 17+, then stand), then he curves the stats down by a number depending on how powerful he wants our characters to be. If we busted, we defaulted to like 8 or 6, and he curved the numbers of the entire party depending on how powerful he wanted us to be. We only did this once but it was a really fun way of deciding stats. Every other time though, we did 4d6, reroll 1s (and 2s if he's having a good day), then drop the lowest.

I'd eat a burger with mayo if they wouldn't overload the sauces. Don't like drippy burger. thin spread of mayo with light squeeze of katsup and mustard. Grapple mechanics was covered in the early series of Darths and Droids. The millennials won't get it but a phonebook so thick it can crack the table just for the grapple mechanic. Fun fact about D&D spell mechanic, it was modified to fit 8bit programing and then slotted into the original Final Fantasy for the NES. Didn't matter how much MP you had you had a finite number of spells per lvl then you had to find an or use a tent or better. you had to rise your lvl to open more slots or higher tier slots then buy spells. If you have a black mage in your party after he uses up all his slots get him the highest accuracy weapon so he can hit.

I had a character with a wis score of 3 once, we found a captive gelatinous cube he intentionally touched it... twice.

Oh hey, A Crap Guide to DnD! I know the videos are typically short, but that's a series that I'd like to see your reactions on

My general rule for rolling hit points at higher levels: if you take the tough feat you roll and take average or lower, if not taking tough feat you roll and take average or higher. It keeps it fairer for those who aren't taking that feat

Speaking of limiting stats to 3, there’s actually a TTRPG called Perfect Draw, which mimics duelist kingdom era Yugioh. It has 3 stats for rolling: Passion, Skill, and Friendship.

My preferred rolling method is 4d6, reroll 1s, drop the lowest.

NGL...I've only played one campaign of D&D 5e and it was a bog standard campaign that my local tabletop store rolls out to teach the newbies who've NEVER played 5e before, it's literally the same campaign every time to make it easier on rotating DMs who teach the game if someone can't make it. I was a Tiefling Rogue ...cause I wanted to play a Rogue for my first game and Tiefling just happened to be the pre-made character model the store was using. My group called me "Hellboy"...because I was the sane, rational member of the group trying to keep the pyro wizard from BURNING DOWN AN ORPHANAGE to intimidate someone. It was a month long campaign...bonus: it's a free campaign, you don't have to pay the store anything or buy any products...just gas and food but it ends around...like 9pm. I had a lot of fun though...but can't get my own friends to play...mostly cause 3 of them have NEVER played a full D&D styled TTRPG and only me and my one other friend have and he's the only one who's ever been a DM/GM...and he doesn't wanna be a "forever DM" so yeah...guy who's NEVER run a game like that before in his life has to man up and do it if I wanna get my group together and play a TTRPG. Though my friend has agreed if we ever get anything going we'll rotate in and out so we each get a chance to be a PC and not just a forever DM.

Glad that you're reacting to this.

Somatic components are the hand motions that a caster does to cast the spell that use it. 'Still spell' feat lets you remove this. so a dwarf mage in full plate and a tower shield (95% spell fail) will cast sill spells or non somatic spells at 0% spell fail. my favourite was 'true strike' as it had no somatic component and 'Mordenkainen's Disjunction' or 'Mage's Disjunction' to debuff foes as it also is a non somatic spell. all somatic spells had to use a slot 1 level higher, this was in 3.5e... fun times

When i played one of my first games, i ended up with a kobold Sorcerer with a 3 in strength.

Technically the equation should be floor((stat-10)/2). That covers the range thing. 11-10=1, 1/2 = 0.5, floor(0.5) = 0. floor() is a function which just rounds numbers down. There's also a ceiling function, which rounds up. So, for instance, proficiency bonus is 2+ceil(level/4) So the spells + heavy armor thing works like this: You can cast spells as normal, if you are proficient in the armor you are using. So a forge domain cleric could cast spells in full plate, but a wizard probably couldn't

My dm does 20=max damg x2 and 1=auto fail (it sounds fun and cool until you realize this applies to enemies aswell)

22:00 you just can’t cast spells while wearing certain types of armor that you aren’t proficient in

Spellcasters don't have failure chance anymore, now if they're wearing armor they aren't proficient with they simply can't cast spells. In-lore, it's because it prevents them from using their somatic components correctly as they aren't used to moving with the armor on.

I think the number of people who've gotten to sit through a whole PROPER Capital C Campaign has always been low among the herd of D&D players. and probably been lowered since 2k. I'd be surprised if the majority of players today have managed a complete ADVENTURE.

Cheeseburger with Mayo and Old Bay seasoning is top tier. It's not my standard burger, but I will 100% eat that.

The Shadowrun class that maxes out CHA is called a Shaman.

The crit success roll rule only applies to attack rolls and saving throws. It does not apply to skill checks (or ability checks). That is why you end up hearing both ways, lots of people think the crit success rule applies to all d20 rolls when it just doesn't.

The best character I ever ran was a goddam level 20 High Elf Chronurgy Wizard, who by the end of the campaign had the Staff of the Magi, the Robe of the Archmagi, Winged Boots, an Arcane Grimoire (+3), and a Ring of Spell Storing. Simply put, we went on a lot of side quests and some main ones. The first and second items I acquired from my party defeating a Green Dragon and her mentally controlled henchmen and a lich who pulled a funny boner respectively. The others were gained through less painful methods. I managed to pull some major shenanigans with him and I can say I am proud of myself for the chicanery I was involved in. That said, I am now playing a level 14 Changeling College of Eloquence Bard/Archfey Patron Warlock in a custom campaign, a level 14 ancient High Elf Enchantment Wizard in a campaign where I'm a few levels higher than everyone else in my party (me and the DM balanced it), and a level 10 Orzhov Syndicate Vampire Enchantment Wizard in a Ravnica campaign.

If you're using Wild Magic rules you do have to do a Constitution saving Throw to determine if you contol it and then roll for what happens

I like at 8:36 it looked like Kip had a stroke at what was just said XD

10:25 Damn I guess Donkey's CHA stat is just cracked. He passed that roll with a -2 because he minmaxed

correction Kip... "there is no I in TEAM, but there are 6 I's in ' I didn't ask how big the room is, I cast Fireball' "

I just realized it’s you, Kip! I was wondering who this guy who kept showing up in my feed! I didn’t recognize you’re new avatar, I’m sorry!

The formula for modifiers is (stat/2) -5, ignore anything after the decimal point

I would say knowing if you can limbo under a table or just tank it to the face is more important to the roleplay aspect of D&D then the mechanical. And it makes problem solving more interesting if you can't just stop the boulder from rolling in one room then easily and deftly dodge arrows in the next because its the same stat. It comes down to whether you care more about roleplay or more about the fighting. If you only care about combat, then sure simplifying the system benefits combat encounters and makes them flow easier. But then you tend to lose out on options on how to challenge players in puzzle rooms and social encounters. Life isn't simple, and D&D is about the life and struggles of a party of misfits running around slaying dragons and laying tavern keeps. EDIT: Nat twenty and one only matters on attack rolls, nat 20 is an auto hit and double dice, nat 1 is an auto miss even if you can't roll below 10 *cough cough rogues cough cough*. Skill checks don't matter, you can still succeed with a 1 and you can still fail with a 20. Basically the way I thought of it is "You can take advantage of an enemy's weakness or the enemy sees you coming and parries" vs "Your skill is all it is, even the master lock pick can still find locks he can't pick."

You seem to be the kind of guy that would love D&D! 😊.

Best story I have from DnD was my first ever encounter. By a series of circumstances I was the only one playing that session, and our group was playing with initiative cards. I encountered a lone giant spider, so naturally DM askes me to roll for initiative. I rolled terribly. Then my DM hands me the initiative card... it has a 3 on it... I'M IN DANGER!

in the old days, you could get boned on your hit points if your DM was a sadist. most however would give max hp for first level, some i played with in the past would actually do double max hp at 1st level, but some of them were a different type of sadist that intended to run you through the gauntlet.

In 5e spell failure is a 100% chance, You cannot use spellcasting in armor you aren't proficient with. That being said multiclassing allows all spellcasters to get proficiency with all armor.

"DnD has too many stats" *Laughs in Anima Beyond Fantasy*

Oh yeah 5th edition was quite oversimplified from every iteration before it; I don't miss thac0 though, but I miss the expansive customization from 3rd edition. An overlooked problem I'd say about the 'too many convoluted statistics' thing, is that wisdom & charisma are weirdly interchangeable with regards to 'willpower' rolls while intelligence doesn't factor into them at all. The autofail/success thing depends on the dm, though my current group splits it by impact; if it's combat related then we use the auto rule for 1s & 20s, but if it's skills or out of combat then we don't. Pretty easy way to keep the stakes up regardless if we're fighting for out lives or just messing around. The conversion from ability score to modifier has thankfully been unchanged for decades; subtract ten from your score then divide by two rounding down, and you got your modifier. There's nothing more amusingly concerning than the dm suddenly asking for an unrelated roll out of nowhere lol. Grappling is one of the few improvements I'd say 5th edition did, but it's still easy to break it thanks to how overloaded feats became. Zee Bashew covered a few varieties of proficiency bonus handling, it's surprising how many different ways it's handled in some groups. Spell failure was entirely removed for 5th edition, except for homebrew, and it's part of why mages are absurdly powerful with a slight multiclass. In an old group I played with back in 3.5, had a guy that'd put his entire character on a single 3x5 note card, dude had half the phb memorized it was crazy.

"... and probably AD&D as well." As someone that survived AD&D... yes. This is simplified. AD&D, you needed a doctorate in some for of advanced mathematics just to figure out your THAC0. And let's not even get into saving throws. 😵‍💫

The only time a base number for a stat matters at my table is for initiative. If anything ties then the winner is whoever has the highest dex.

Lol, when dming I like to use the phrase 'good to know' drove my players nuts

Carry weight is 10 X your strength score, not modifier, so the score does matter

If I need to I can do math in my head up to 4 digit multiplication im just lazy and if I got a calculator nearby ill just use that for triple and up

i prefer to see stats like this, with a phys/ment split str/int: how much load you can carry dex/cha: how deft are you con/wis: how sturdy are you

When it comes to modifiers, I'm not a math person, and charts are a pain to keep track of, so general rule to figuring them out is simple: Modifiers go up by 1 every 2 attribute points, starting at 10. So 10 is 0. 12 is 1, 14 is 2, etc. So basically: Odd numbers don't count. a 10 and 11 are the same. a 12 and 13 are the same. Any stat that's an odd number, just pretend it's one point lower than it actually is. That's about it.

I honestly didn't know spell failure chance was a thing before this vid, but no, that's not a thing in 5e. You just can't cast spells if you're wearing armour you aren't proficient in

Rules as written, 1s and 20s are only automatic fails and crit successes on attack roles specifically. Every other instance of a nat 20 affecting something is purely DM-based and not an actual rule. Death Saves are the exception but they have their own separate rules written.

18:40 Wait- did you say SCA!? It’s been years since I’ve been! I’ve never actually participated, I was far too young, but it was awesome! Also, I think I’ve only ever seen sword and shields, so hearing about SCA spears was double surprising

There are so many different ways to roll stats that at this point I just use what called the munchkin method. Basically you roll 4d6 for each stat and drop the lowest of the four, however you roll all those dice at once and drop the lowest 6 rolls. After you’ve got that sorted out you put those dice into groups of 3 in whatever order you fancy and those are your stats. It’s kind of a mix of point buy and the 4d6 method. Please forgive the block of text, dnd is one of my favorite hobbies

Armor doesn't cause percentage chance for spell failure anymore, but wearing armor that you aren't proficient with prevents you from casting altogether and gives disadvantages on all ability checks for Strength and Dexterity. Wearing armor that you don't meet Strength reqs for will also reduce your speed by 10ft.. That's why Clerics in 5e are so strong. Not only do they get access to some of the most reliable spells in the game, but most of the Cleric subclasses also gain Heavy Armor proficiency. Wizards are very powerful, as they have the greatest versatility of any spell caster, but it's kind of a meme that their HP and defensive abilities are paper thin. It's funny, even if it's been disproven. Somebody wrote like a who thing on the myth of the "squishy spellcaster". But, regardless, they don't have ANY armor proficiencies. Which is fine. Mage Armor and Shield is more than enough.

most spell casters can't actually just walts up in heavy armor and cast a spell. only the paladin. the reason being only the paladin is proficient in heavy armor. and you can't cast a spell if you are wearing armor you are not proficient in.

Light Domain Cleric, with access to Fireball at Lvl 5

I like to min/max for high straight and con while decent wisdom

Normal Carry load for 5e = 15 * Strength Score Push/drag/lift load = 30 * Strength Score That said, I have a strange tendency to make characters that can barely bench a feather.

7:35 Yeah, one time I rolled a 4 on one of my characters (if memory serves I put that 4 into Wisdom)

a very good way to explain wis vs int for me is Jake the dog from Adventure Time (granted you need to have watched AT) as he have very high wisdom but extremely low intelligence

Way my group did is it is roll 4d6 drop the lowest re-roll ones. its to prevent absurdly low stats.

4D6 keep 3 is already stronger than point buy and standard array on average. Giving you a 7th role is just pouring gasoline on an already raging fire.

Spears in SCA are nothing compared to most pole axes and hammers. That’s why my 6ft hammer is made with toilet paper, it’s “nicer.” Still puts people on the ground, but nicer than leather wrapped hammers/axes

To hit armor class 0. That's what THAC0 is.

Warlock with 18 AC go Brrrrt

The only effect armor has on spellcasting is you can't cast spells in armor you aren't proficient with

For me personaly i have fun in 5e but i like skills 3.5e and pathfinder are games i love and enjoy

A way that I've come to look at it when calculating Positive modifiers is "Any multiple of 2 beyond the number 10 = +/-1 modifier." Edit: I also HATE how the weapons in 5E work. Like at the beginning they're alright and do okay damage when you're playing a specific class and don't have access to Inflict Wounds, but after you get to like level 8-10 they're practically useless as their damage is absurdly outclassed by your later spell slots and chances are if you have enough people in your party you'll never run OUT of spell slots unless there's multiple encounters in a single session and you're forced to use them all or you just suck ass like I do and always miss your shots by 1 on the AC (Yes I'm being serious.) I think there should be some kind of better weapon balancing system to make them stronger as you level up, or like, give the weapons themselves a level system like 1-5, kinda like their rarity but different. Whereas rarity increases base damage or effect of a weapon, level could increase the amount of dice you roll to determine damage. Like a level 1 Sword does 1d6 but a level 2 does 3d6 and you probably won't get a level 2 sword until you're around level 5 or 6. The way I see it is if you really wanted to you could divide up the weapon levels evenly throughout the player levels. Since there's 5 weapon levels and 20 player levels, you could restrict weapon levels to once every 4 player levels, with the maximum level of a weapon only being available at level 20 or earlier if you get it enchanted. Enchanting, if done correctly, could not only provide you with the special effect of whatever you chose to have it enchanted with, but also level it up by 1 level before the normal level increase, making it even MORE powerful later down the road. Bonus points if you get "Cutting Edge" which maxes out your hit dice and makes any attack immediately max damage, alongside the bonus of rolling a crit and rolling your hit dice for EXTRA bonus damage on top of your crit damage already, plus the chance to sever a targets limb if they fail their DEX save. Example of Cutting Edge vs Normal: Normal: 2d6+2 > Crit > 4d6+2 (or 2d6+2 x 2) CE: 2d6+2 > 14 > Crit > 28 > +2d6 > Roll Dex save > If failed: Sever Limb. > If success: Do nothing.

I will only eat a cheese and mayo sandwich if it’s a grilled cheese

I once played a 3.5 campaign (that fell apart from dms mental issues) and my dm had to create like half to sheet, shits actual wizardry

asking for straight rolls without giving context or clues as to why is like seeing the horror game autosave out of nowhere. It spooks everyone and now they'll be on high alert for the next hour

I mean if you wanna play a game with 3 stats just play BESM. Body, Mind, and Soul

How do you guys rule Attacks that match AC? I rule matching AC as a 'glancing blow', deals half damage, no secondary effects, advantage on concentration saves .

"DnD has too many stats." *Me playing Fallout PnP which has more*

7:33 you are so lucky you got your dad to play with you

5:20 Int you read in a book Wis you get in life.