I hope this kind of promo is allowed here. If not, just let me know

After a short discussion over in RPGMemes, we came to the conclusion that Lemmy is missing a community to discuss your works in progress and get feedback so I opened one and started posting what I'm working on.

Give it a look, leave some feedback on the stuff that's already there and add your own, no matter if it's something you're working on or a question.

!DMWorkshop@ttrpg.network

It includes a new beautiful character sheet, Lodestar itself - a quick reference guide, and an updated map of Ironlands.

if you’re looking for a higher level, beer and pretzels dungeon for Shadowdark, I’d look no further than Chateau Amongst the Stars.

I only watched parts of the Critical Role stuff but I believe they never released a session zero?

Also, Daggerheart is newly released so it might be interesting just because of that.

Welcome to the Underdark City!

Mostly residential buildings sprinkle this neighborhood, with the exception of a temple to the Spider Queen, a prison, a bathhouse, an inn, and some artisan stores.

This map pack features Shadowfell, Hell, Haunted, Aboveground, and Mushroom variants. Foundry VTT modules with pre-built walls and lighting are available to patrons.

Download the map for free here.

So a friend of mine does a lot more DMing than I do and they asked me if I knew about a digital battle map where they could have movable tokens to keep track of effects, position, terrain, and HP more easily. We talked a bit about how it should function and agreed on this basic functionality:

• Square grid with the ability to colorize squares to draw terrain, walls, obstacles, etc. It's 100x100 squares, we agreed that'd be enough.
• Movable tokens with name, HP, and initiative attributes.
• A sidebar with an overview of the tokens sorted by their initiative.
• Automatic handling of effect duration. So if you correctly press "next turn" every time, it should automatically count down the duration of every token's effects.
• Save and load the full map state in case a battle is split between sessions or you want to prepare the battlefield beforehand.
• Tablet support.

I incorporated this and thought that maybe some of you might either have recommendations for a system that is better than what I've made here, or want to use it too. If you're interested, you can try it out here: https://illectrility.github.io/mapify/

It's currently in a state where my friend and I agree it's all we personally need, so I probably won't be adding more features in the near future.

Edit: I'm aware that it doesn't properly scale on smartphones. That's because it's not intended for smartphone use and I can't be bothered to implement proper smartphone scaling because it would be huge hassle and neither I nor my friend would use it.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/26486013

I really like this system, let me know if you guys want to see more of it!

Part 1 of 2

I'll go over these in more detail later, including things like skills and stats.

Boggarts

Boggarts are the most ubiquitous inhabitants of Eem and come in many shapes, sizes, and colors. They can be small, medium, or big folk, and are closely related to goblins, although they don't have sharp teeth or pointy noses like goblins do.

The Mucklands - the area of the setting that is fleshed out in the rulebook - is the ancestral home of the boggarts, and the whole land is full of customs and cultural practices that originated with boggarts and have since been picked up by other folk that migrated to the area.

Land of Eem doesn't bother with languages much - the Mucklands is small enough that they all speak one language - but the 'Folk tongue' spoken in the region is most certainly derived from the language the Boggarts spoke in ancient times.

Boggles

Boggles are the smaller cousins to goblins, and share their green complexion and pointy ears and noses. They are small to tiny folk. They are often employed in risky and/or thankless jobs that require them to work in small spaces, such as in dungeons and mines. Due to this treatment, boggles have strong solidarity with one another, and will nearly always do other boggles a favor.

Bogrils

Bogrils are amphibious frog folk that hail from wetlands and marshy areas. They are medium to big folk. Bogrils are a relatively rare sight in the Mucklands, as they prefer a nomadic existence out in nature instead of the cramped city living of the Dungeon Era.

Most folk's primary association with Bogrils is from legends of the Bulwarks, knights of old who upheld justice in the Mucklands. Though the Bulwarks still exist, their numbers have dwindled and they are not the powerful presence they once were.

Bugbears

Bugbears are tall, broad-shouldered, and hairy folk who hail from the mountains. They tend to be down to earth folk who enjoy hard work, 'rassling, an' a tall glass o' cider. While their overall size, coloration and build is generally reminiscent of a bear, bugbears also sport pointy ears and sharp tusks that display their (somewhat distant) relationship to other goblinkind.

Gelatinous Goos

Gelatinous goos are amorphous folk made of slime. They have no mouth, or indeed no organs at all, but they clearly have some senses akin to hearing, sight, etc. How goos manage to perceive the world is still a mystery.

Because of this difference in anatomy, Gelatinous goos cannot speak Folk Tongue, although they understand it. Instead they speak Gelatinous Gooese, a language the other Folk cannot properly speak but can learn to understand.

Goos can be small to medium sized and come in any color, although blue seems to be the most common. Goos are extremely rare in the Mucklands - to the point that there are no sizable communities of them and no real goo culture to speak of.

Gnomes

Gnomes are both a character class and a Folk, as they are the only Folk born with magic. Gnomes are extremely long-lived and see themselves as chroniclers of history and protectors of the land.

Gnomes are small, stout folk with pointy ears and tall, pointy hats. The hats play an important part of gnomish culture that is poorly understood by other Folk - but it is known that Gnomes choose hats based on their season, which reflects their identity and role in gnomish society.

While true magic - the kind the wizards of old wielded - is only available to the wisest and most studied gnomes, gnomes are constantly touched by magic in their everyday lives. Many can speak with animals, display an uncanny amount of nimbleness and luck, warm objects they touch, or create minor illusions.

Goblins

Goblins are green-skinned, pointy-nosed, and sharp-toothed cousins to Boggarts who began to live underground long ago. They see well in the dark and are generally regarded as ambitious, industrious folk. Like Boggarts, they can be small, medium, or big, and they have become a fairly common sight in the Mucklands.

Goblins are often hailed as the primary architects of the Dungeon Age, which makes them alternately revered and reviled by many. While this may be true of the upper crust of goblin society, the average goblin is just as overworked and underpaid as any other Folk.

Humans

Humans are rare in the Mucklands, and make up only a few small remote communities of hunters and farmers. While they are often seen as boring by the other Folk - humans could pass (at a glance) as particularly drab-colored boggarts if they cover their round ears - human history is actually full of legendary knights and ancient kingdoms. Unfortunately, few humans even know those legends and most have only a dim connection to their own history.

@rpg Ttrpg in the night-time econonmy: where can a group get a table in public at night?

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(Experimental cross-posting to lemmy. Hi lemmy!)

My girlfriend is really slow at text roleplaying. It’s been getting worse, and today we got mad at her because we went two hours in her game without any plot happening during a session where everyone was in voice call.

Do you have any advice for her on how to improve the pacing of her game?

Can your players cross this bridge before it comes crumbling down? Welcome to a stone bridge that stretches across a wide and deep ravine, where falling would mean certain death. A natural event, monster, or the power of time has caused this old bridge to come crumbling down.

This phased battlemap features 6 phases that depict a crumbling bridge across a wide ravine filled with fast moving water. The map depicted above is the 5th phase of this encounter.

I have also made 6 additional variants including Desert, Dwarven, Hell, Underdark, Winter, and No Bridge.

You can view the entire encounter here.

Generic high-fantasy setting (d&d 5e if you want to use specific spells), what security or defences would mages use to secure the place where they keep all their magical stuff? I'm thinking decoys, reinforced and hidden location, guards (hired or summoned), locks (both magical and mundane), booby traps, and spells to discourage or confuse passing snoopers.

Also it's going to vary depending on the resources of the wizard and of the players. Is this an independent student wizard protecting their studies that a low-level party could reasonably break into, or is it the king's secure vault of confiscated magical horrors that's a final boss for the campaign?

I'm looking for ideas for fun obstacles, and critically that the players can't just sidestep with a single low-level spell!

I wrote a blog post about how Lingering Injuries in the DMG kind of sucks, and proposed better rules:

In the Dungeon Master's Guide (2014), there is a section in chapter 9 under the section titled “Lingering Injuries” that applied when a character took a critical hit, dropped to zero hitpoints, or fails a death saving throw by 5 or more. In one of the campaigns I ran, our playgroup wanted a slightly harsher ruleset, but we found the lingering injuries as written to not be particularly fun. We found it to be too frequent; player characters would often end up with many lingering injuries ‒ too severe; player characters would end up with debilitating injuries and it wouldn't be fun to play then ‒ and not applicable to the kind of damage received; how could a character lose an arm after breathing a toxic gas?

So, I present reworked rules for lingering injuries that are more fun and make more sense.

Circumstances for sustaining a Lingering Injury

• When a character is dropped to 0 hit points by a critical hit
• When a character is stabilized or healed after failing two death saving throws
• When a character is revived after dying

We found these conditions to be sufficiently uncommon such that lingering injuries were rare. When a character sustains a lingering injury, roll on one of the following tables applicable to the kind of damage sustained. The tables are arranged such that injuries get worse the lower you roll. Players may use their inspiration, if they have any, to reduce the chances of receiving a severe injury.

Physical Damage

This table can be rolled on when physical damage such as Bludgeoning, Piercing, Slashing, or Force causes a lingering injury.

Lose an appendage

Roll on the appendages table. You lose the corresponding appendage. If you have already lost that appendage, then nothing occurs. If you lose an arm you cannot hold anything with two hands and can only hold a single object at a time. If you lose a leg, your speed on foot is halved, and you must use a cane or a crutch to move unless you have a peg leg or other prosthesis. You fall prone after using the Dash action. You have disadvantage on dexterity checks made to balance. In both cases, magic such as the Regenerate spell can restore the lost appendage. At the DMs discretion, players may be able to lessen the negative effects over time of losing an appendage as their player character learns to adapt to their altered form.

Break an appendage

Roll on the appendages table. You suffer the same negative effects as losing an appendage, except the injury heals if you receive magical healing such as the Greater Restoration spell or spend two tendays doing nothing but resting.

Limp

Your speed on foot is reduced by 5 feet. You must make a DC 10 Dexterity saving throw after using the Dash action or fall prone. The limp heals if you receive magical healing such as the Lesser Restoration spell, or if you spend a tenday doing nothing but resting.

Internal Injury

Whenever you attempt an action in combat or in other sufficiently high intensity circumstances at the DMs discretion, you must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw. On a failure, you lose your actions and are unable to make reactions until the start of your next turn. The injury heals if you receive magical healing such as the Lesser Restoration spell, or if you spend a tenday doing nothing but resting.

Broken Rib

This has the same effect as an internal injury, except the Constitution saving throw DC is 10 instead of 15.

Horrible Scar

You are disfigured to the extent that the wound cannot easily be concealed. You have disadvantage on Charisma (Persuasion) checks, and advantage on Charisma (Intimidation) checks. Magical healing of 6th level or higher, such as Heal and Regenerate, removes the scar.

Festering Wound

Your hit point maximum is reduced by 1d4 and again by 1d4 every day at dawn while the wound persists. If your hit point maximum is reduced to 0 this way, you die. The wound heals if you receive magical healing such as Lesser Restoration. Alternatively, somebody tending to the wound can make a DC 10 Wisdom (Medicine) check once every 24 hours, negating the hit point reduction on a success, and completely healing the wound after three successes. Once the wound is healed in either way, the reduction to your hit point maximum is undone.

Minor Scar

A minor scar has no adverse effect beyond cosmetic. Magical healing of 6th level or greater, such as Heal and Regenerate removes the scar.

Heat Damage

This table can be rolled on when heat damage such as Fire, Radiant, or Lightning causes a lingering injury.

Lose an appendage

Your burns are so severe that you lose an appendage. Roll on the appendages table. You lose the corresponding appendage. If you have already lost that appendage, then nothing occurs. If you lose an arm you cannot hold anything with two hands and can only hold a single object at a time. If you lose a leg, your speed on foot is halved, and you must use a can or a crutch to move unless you have a peg leg or other prosthesis. You fall prone after using the Dash action. You have disadvantage on dexterity checks made to balance. In both cases, magic such as the Regenerate spell can restore the lost appendage. At the DMs discretion, players may be able to lessen the negative effects over time of losing an appendage as their player character learns to adapt to their altered form.

Severe Burns

You suffer severe burns across your entire body. Your hit point maximum is reduced by 1d4 and again by 1d4 every hour while the burns persist. If your hit point maximum is reduced to 0 this way, you die. While the burns persist, you have vulnerability to fire, lightning, and radiant damage. Magical healing of 6th level or greater, such as Heal and Regenerate heals the burns. Alternatively, somebody tending to the wound can make a DC 15 Wisdom (Medicine) check once every hour, negating the hit point reduction on a success, and completely healing the wound after three successes. Once the wound is healed in either way, the reduction to your hit point maximum is undone.

Moderate Burns

You suffer moderate burns across a significant part of your body. Your hit point maximum is reduced by 1d4 and again by 1d4 every day at dawn while the burns persist. If your hit point maximum is reduced to 0 this way, you die. While the burns persist, you have vulnerability to fire, lightning, and radiant damage. Magical healing of 6th level or greater, such as Heal and Regenerate heals the burns. Alternatively, somebody tending to the wound can make a DC 10 Wisdom (Medicine) check once every 24 hours, negating the hit point reduction on a success, and completely healing the wound after three successes. Once the wound is healed in either way, the reduction to your hit point maximum is undone.

Minor Burns

You suffer minor burns to some of your body. While the burns persist, you have vulnerability to fire, lightning, and radiant damage. Magical healing of 6th level or greater, such as Heal and Regenerate heals the burns. The burns heal completely after a tenday.

Temporary Blindness

The heat damage you received has caused temporary blindness. Until healed, you suffer the blinded condition. Magical healing such as Lesser Restoration heals the blindness. The blindness heals completely after a tenday.

Dehydration

The heat damage has caused you to become dehydrated. Make a DC 10 Constitution saving throw. On a failure, you suffer a level of exhaustion. Repeat this saving throw each day at dawn until you succeed. You have advantage on subsequent saving throws if you are able to consume a full days worth of water in the 24 hours preceding the saving throw.

Singed Hair

The heat has caused your hair (if you have any) to become singed. Roll a d20. On a 10 or greater only some of your hair has been singed. On a 9 or lower all of your hair has been singed off.

Cold and Necrotic Damage

This table can be rolled on when cold or necrotic damage causes a lingering injury.

Lose an appendage

Your frostbite/necrosis is so severe that you lose an appendage. Roll on the appendages table. You lose the corresponding appendage. If you have already lost that appendage, then nothing occurs. If you lose an arm you cannot hold anything with two hands and can only hold a single object at a time. If you lose a leg, your speed on foot is halved, and you must use a can or a crutch to move unless you have a peg leg or other prosthesis. You fall prone after using the Dash action. You have disadvantage on dexterity checks made to balance. In both cases, magic such as the Regenerate spell can restore the lost appendage. At the DMs discretion, players may be able to lessen the negative effects over time of losing an appendage as their player character learns to adapt to their altered form.

Severe Frostbite or Necrosis

You suffer frostbite/necrosis across your entire body. Your hit point maximum is reduced by 1d4 and again by 1d4 every hour while the injury persists. If your hit point maximum is reduced to 0 this way, you die. While the injury persists, you have vulnerability to cold and necrotic damage. Magical healing of 6th level or greater, such as Heal and Regenerate heals the injury. Alternatively, somebody tending to the wound can make a DC 15 Wisdom (Medicine) check once every hour, negating the hit point reduction on a success, and completely healing the wound after three successes. Once the wound is healed in either way, the reduction to your hit point maximum is undone.

Moderate Frostbite or Necrosis

You suffer moderate frostbite/necrosis across a significant part of your body. Your hit point maximum is reduced by 1d4 and again by 1d4 every day at dawn while the injury persists. If your hit point maximum is reduced to 0 this way, you die. While the injury persists, you have vulnerability to cold and necrotic damage. Magical healing of 6th level or greater, such as Heal and Regenerate heals the burns. Alternatively, somebody tending to the wound can make a DC 10 Wisdom (Medicine) check once every 24 hours, negating the hit point reduction on a success, and completely healing the wound after three successes. Once the wound is healed in either way, the reduction to your hit point maximum is undone.

Minor Frostbite or Necrosis

You suffer minor frostbite/necrosis to some of your body. While the burns persist, you have vulnerability to cold and necrotic damage. Magical healing of 6th level or greater, such as Heal and Regenerate heals the injury. The injury heals completely after a tenday.

Numbness

The cold or necrotic damage has caused numbness. You have disadvantage on sleight of hand checks and on initiative rolls for the next hour. Magical healing such as Lesser Restoration removes this effect.

Blue Lips

The lack of blood circulation causes your lips to turn blue for the next hour.

Thunder Damage

This table can be rolled on when thunder damage causes a lingering injury.

Deafness

The extreme sound has caused you to go permanently deaf. Unless healed, you permanently gain the deafened condition. Magical healing such as Greater Restoration can cure this injury.

Internal Injury

The shockwave caused by the thunder damage has caused an internal injury. Whenever you attempt an action in combat or in other sufficiently high intensity circumstances at the DMs discretion, you must make a DC 15 Constitution saving throw. On a failure, you lose your actions and are unable to make reactions until the start of your next turn. The injury heals if you receive magical healing such as the Lesser Restoration spell, or if you spend a tenday doing nothing but resting.

Concussion

The shockwave has caused a concussion. While concussed, you have disadvantage on all Intelligence ability checks, attack rolls, and saving throws. The concussion heals if you receive magical healing such as the Lesser Restoration spell, or if you spend a tenday doing nothing but resting.

Temporary Deafness

The thunder damage has caused temporary deafness. For the next 1d4 hours you gain the deafened condition. You lose this condition if you receive magical healing such as the Lesser Restoration spell.

Ringing Headache

For the next 1d4 hours you have disadvantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks made relying on sound. This injury is cured with magical healing such as the Lesser Restoration spell.

Disoriented

The thunder damage has caused disorientation. For the next 10 minutes you have disadvantage on all ability checks to locate your way or read maps.

Acid Damage

This table can be rolled on when acid damage causes a lingering injury.

Blinded

The acid damage has corroded your eyes. Unless healed, you permanently gain the blinded condition. You lose this condition if you receive magical healing such as the Greater Restoration spell.

Corroded Arms

Your arms have been badly damaged by the corroding effects of the acid damage. Until healed, you have disadvantage on ability checks and attack rolls relying on the use of your arms, including spells cast that have somatic components, and attack rolls made with weapons such as swords or bows. The injury heals if you receive magical healing such as the Lesser Restoration spell, or if you spend a tenday doing nothing but resting.

Corroded Legs

Your legs have been badly damaged by the corroding effects of the acid damage. Until healed, your speed is reduced by 5 feet, and after taking the dash action you must succeed on a DC 10 Dexterity saving throw or fall prone. The injury heals if you receive magical healing such as the Lesser Restoration spell, or if you spend a tenday doing nothing but resting.

Corroded Armour

If wearing armour while you took the acid damage it has been corroded. The benefit you receive to your armour class by wearing this armour is reduced by 1. The armour may be repaired at a blacksmith for 50% of its original purchase value.

Disfiguring Burns

Your face has been disfigured by the corrosion of the acid. You have disadvantage on Charisma (Persuasion) checks, and advantage on Charisma (Intimidation) checks. Magical healing of 6th level or higher, such as Heal and Regenerate, removes the disfiguration.

Smelly

The powerful scent of acid remains on your body for 1d4 hours. Any creating attempting to detect you relying on scent has advantage on any ability checks made to do so.

Psychic Damage

This table can be rolled on when Psychic damage causes a lingering injury.

Madness

Roll for a Long Term Madness effect in the Dungeons Masters Guide in chapter 8.

Recurring Nightmares

Whenever you take a long rest roll a d20. On a 10 or above, you suffer no ill effects. On a 9 or below, you suffer a nightmare relating to the cause of your lingering injury and do not benefit from the effects of the long rest. As part of your restlessness, you gain a level of exhaustion when you wake. The recurring nightmares are cured by magical healing such as the Greater Restoration spell, or by succeeding on your check three times.

Mental Lethargy

For the next 1d4 days, you have disadvantage on Constitution saving throws made to maintain concentration on spells. This injury is cured by magical healing such as the Lesser Restoration spell.

Visual Hallucinations

For the next 1d4 days, you have disadvantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks made using your sight, as intrusive hallucinations make it difficult to concentrate. This injury is cured by magical healing such as the Lesser Restoration spell.

Short Term Madness

Roll for a Short Term Madness effect in the Dungeons Masters Guide in chapter 8.

Paranoia

For the next 1d4 days, you have disadvantage on Wisdom (Insight) checks thanks to a mistrust caused by the psychic damage. This injury is cured by magical healing such as the Lesser Restoration spell.

Headache

For the next 1d4 hours you have disadvantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks made relying on sound. This injury is cured with magical healing such as the Lesser Restoration spell.

Mirthfulness

For the next 1d4 hours you find everything funnier than it ought to be. You often burst into peals of uncontrollable laughter. You have disadvantage on stealth checks made within earshot of enemies. This injury is cured with magical healing such as the Lesser Restoration spell.

Appendix

Appendage Table

Roll on this table to determine the appendage affected by a lingering injury. If the affected character has other appendages, such as a tail or wings, you may modify the table to include those.

Other than it's sold in much smaller bottles that is. Is it chemically different? I'm not talking about the primers, I'm talking about the color paints.

In the same vein, are oil paints for miniatures different from classic oil paints? I find it hard to believe one would be using the same type of paint. Oils (as those sold for canvas painting) take ages to dry, especially if on plastic. They mix up too easily and I would predict a mess if you had to paint something that needs a lot of handling, such as a miniature.

Most miniature painting guides online focus on techniques but gloss over materials specifications. As someone with a fair amount of experience in traditional painting, I find this frustrating.

I'm running a Lasers & Feelings game over at Every Post is an RPG. Join up if you want to participate in some quickplay (week or so, maybe two) Galaxy Quest/Star Trek shenanigans! It should be a Phase Blast! (ok ok, I'll see my way out...)