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[scriver]

Dumb thought.

Fantasy settings often have giant invertebrates, spiders and centipedes and ants and so on.

Does this mean that there are also giant version of the animals that eat them?

Specifically, does this mean a giant threadsnake could exist?



Imagine it, a giant, toothless blind serpent with no teeth that just wants to chow down on giant ant eggs and larva. It pays no heed to anything else, other than being scared of light, it just wants to slither around like a giant derpmonster eating giant bug eggs.

I've always liked the idea of giant earth worm/snake creatures that instead of being Dune- or Tremors-like arch-predators they're just whale-like, tranquil giant things that peacefully makes their way through the desert sustaining themselves of off something miniscule like sand plankton

[Kagus]

The Blind vs Blind thing is what makes Devil's Sight Warlocks with Darkness a strong combo. Casting Darkness has basically no downsides in combat for anyone but ranged characters, and a DS warlock gets advantage to hit and disadvantage to be hit.

Well, yes and no... RAW, it also doesn't make any difference for archers, since they're apparently allowed to shoot at people they can't actually see so long as the target is within range. As long as it's a weapon attack, they're free to fire in and/or out of heavily obscuring effects as a neutral roll.

However, it is a major handicap for casters. A huge number of spells specify "a creature/point/target within range you can see", which then gets specifically blocked by anything that prevents vision. Including stuff like poison spray, which only has a 10' range.

[Grim Portent]

I've always liked the idea of giant earth worm/snake creatures that instead of being Dune- or Tremors-like arch-predators they're just whale-like, tranquil giant things that peacefully makes their way through the desert sustaining themselves of off something miniscule like sand plankton

And now I have the weird idea of a day/night migration done by tiny animals that live in the sand of a desert to avoid the worst extremes of temperature but still gather enough light and heat for various processes.

The desert sands changing colour in the morning and late evening as tiny creatures rise up to photosynthesize, then changing back to normal as they sink to avoid the midday sun and the overnight frost.

[Rolan7]

https://twitter.com/MEdwardsVA/status/1463377542979764228

an "adversarial" DM? The DM is a manufacturer of adversaries, their director, but never an adversary themselves. To smother imagination out of a desire for stability is a crime but I ask you, bard, do you not share in this social contract? No, I will not let you have a katana

[Scoops Novel]

Faerun... what could make Fae run

[Frumple]

Faerun... what could make Fae run

threat of cold iron enema

[Duuvian]

I was going to say cold iron golem but I couldn't recall if I had the name of the metal they are vulnerable to correct.

[Rolan7]

I had trouble remembering which is good against demons until I realized that it's the same as for fae.  So apparently cold iron is anathema to chaotic beings, whereas silver is good against devils for some reason.

Wait why are devils vulnerable to silver when they're literally fallen celestials...  Wait what are angels vulnerable to...?  (Evil-aligned weapons apparently, and devils are vulnerable to both Good and silver.  So something about the fall to evil made these celestials vulnerable to silver.)

This is all for 3.5

[Scoops Novel]

cold iron golem

This is almost catchy.

The silver thing is about associations of purity.

[Egan_BW]

Clearly devils are former angels infected by some kind of evil bacterial infection which may be cleansed by silver's anti-microbial properties.

[Frumple]

wait, does that mean celestials have blue skin due to silver overdose

[Iduno]

wait, does that mean celestials have blue skin due to silver overdose

It's the only thing that makes sense.

[Kagus]

wait, does that mean celestials have blue skin due to silver overdose

It's the only thing that makes sense.

"They don't call me Serenar Silvernose for nothing!"
^*snrrrrt*


Also, I knew that Star Druid's dragon form was kinda ridiculous, but I didn't realize just how ridiculous until something occurred to me just now.

In addition to the amazing concentration save boost, "any Wisdom or Intelligence check" that rolls 9 or lower counts as having rolled a 10. Seems mostly like RP/circumstantial benefit, but then it dawns on you that Dispel Magic calls for an ability check with your spellcasting modifier. ...which, as a Druid, is Wisdom.

A level 5 Stars druid with 20 WIS (achievable with Custom Lineage) can automatically dispel any magic cast at 5th level or lower, using a 3rd level slot. They don't even have 5th-level slots themselves. Even if you're not going all out with custom lineage tomfoolery, it's still easy to have an 18 at that point, meaning anything of 4th or lower is guaranteed gone.


The stars (hah) have aligned and you're playing a high-level game? Okay. Stars 2/Abjurer 10 can Dispel or Counterspell any magic cast at 9th level or lower, using a 3rd-level slot. Because it covers Intelligence checks too, which is what you'd be making if casting as a Wiz. Congratulations on ruining everything magic-related.

[Loud Whispers]

Lmao that's a nice little find Kagus

[Kagus]

I'm honestly a little upset with myself for putting that together, as I'm never going to play anything like that on account of it being too busted in an unfun "just say no to anything actually happening" way. But it's still rattling around in my head because it's just so stupid. I had to tell somebody.

And that's coming from someone who would absolutely play the "+9 to a save at level 2" build I've also been fiddling with.


As an aside, apparently it's official that activating the artificer's "spell-storing item" is specifically the "Use an Item" action. Meaning that Thieves can do it as a bonus action.

Because that's fine.