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Ah, travelers! We don't get many such as you in these parts, not since the Marquis' men took control of the pass. I suppose you're wondering why you can't post images or links on this Fifthday?

Thursdays are Text-post Only Days on /r/DnD. We're disabling picture and link posts for 24 hours to encourage discussion posts.

We originally began this trial about six months ago and the response has been overwhelmingly positive. I've personally enjoyed a lot of the conversations that have sprung up on these days (and a smarter mod would have bookmarked some of them to use as examples* in this post).

As of now we're planning on keeping the experiment running indefinitely. We're always looking for feedback, so please let us know of your experience. Have you been enamored with a discussion post that arose one Thursday? Have you mourned having to wait one more day to see your comic update? We welcome all takes.

The switch is still happening manually, so it will happen around about midnight Eastern US time. If anyone is aware of a way to automate the process, please message the mods.

Perhaps you could discuss this...we've heard tale of a path through the eastern ridge. If such a trail exists we could circumvent the Marquis' blockade and supply this rebellion. Won't you help us, strangers!?

* The first Thursday after making this post, someone posts the most classic question imaginable. This is what it's all about.

Here is a brief synopsis of her/their backstory and personality.

Bjorn grew up in a loving family, both parents successful merchants and traders. As a young boy, despite having immense wealth, Bjorn grew wary of all the ins and outs of business, and decided he wanted nothing to do with it.
Finding peace and comfort in the solitude and whimsy of the forest, he, now they, spent much time in the woods near their home, and couldn't be bothered to go into the same field as their parents.

Although disappointed in their/her career decision, her parents were both fully supportive in letting her learn from a Druid mentor, and later fully funded her Wizard education.

Bjorn is shy and reclusive, but once comfortable with someone, very open and often silly. You'll also encounter a completely different side of her if she's had enough Ale.
Although quiet, and comfortable not standing out, there are moments when being pushed too far or stakes too high, that she unleashes great power and raw emotion.

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(\this promo code will turn into a pumpkin on Oct 26th)*

Greetings!

I'm giving away one of the Pumpkin pouches that I've made which I hope will bring joy and serve well for long! You can keep in it your precious dice and not only, it is also attachable to a belt 😊

The giveaway features one Pumpkin pouch (with orange stitches) featuring a belt loop. The pouch's size is ~6 x 5.25 inches (~15 x 13.5cm) that can hold around 5-6 dice sets.

At my shop you can find different shapes, sizes and colors of the pouches available to pre-order. I'd be glad seeing you there! 🌿

🎃 How to enter: leave a comment

🎃 Eligible countries for participation include USA, Canada, Australia, EU countries and UK. I cover the shipping cost (excluding any custom fees that may apply upon receiving)

🎃 Winning account must be at least 3 months old

🎃 1 winner will be selected by Reddit Raffler on October 25th at around 9 PM, UTC.
I will DM and notify by tagging the winner

The winner will have 7 days since notification to provide a shipping address or another winner will be chosen.

The prize will be shipped within 1-3 business days since a shipping address is provided.

Thank you everyone for participating!

First off, the winner of last week's giveaway: https://www.redditraffler.com/raffles/1x7dh7w

Congratulations on the Gulden opportunity, u/Ambitious-Win-9408!

A little while ago, I came out with the Magical Code of Regulations, 500 pages of law governing the use of magic. It started as a fun little project while I was working as an auditor at the IRS, and turned into a whole worldbuilding project I don't think I'll ever truly stop. It has laws governing everything ranging from necromancy, magical conservation easements, and familiars, to dragons, fireballs, and Chosen Ones. Great for D&D players and DMs, lawyers, accountants, worldbuilders, fantasy writers, and people that just want a really cool coffee table book. I promise it is the most in-depth magical law you've ever read.

Here's what some people have had to say about it:

"An unnecessarily comprehensive and deeply inconvenient framework. Several of my longstanding plans now require prior authorization." -Glorgon the Destroyer, Antagonistic Entity of Prophetic Significance #33

"Clear, thorough, and appropriately burdensome. I have no notes, though I will be requesting additional documentation." -Arthur B. Wexler, Senior Auditor, Department of Magical Affairs

Since release, I've officially made over 5k sales, this book is #1 on IngramSpark in fantasy over the last 90 days (for you booksellers looking for a cool book for your store), and will even have an officially licensed Chinese edition on the way (more details to come later)!

As a way to give back a bit, I will be giving away one signed copy of my book with a free digital version, a customizable authorized spellcaster license, a few stickers and a bookmark, and a no-change audit letter. All you have to do to enter is comment below! The winner will be selected randomly on 10/30 using redditraffler, with only caveat being that your account must be at least 3 months old.

I appreciate all the support I've gotten from this community and others over the past couple of years, and if you'd like to support this project independent of this giveaway, you can find the Code at the following links:

Amazon (preferred): https://www.amazon.com/Magical-Code-Regulations-Spellcasting-Regulation/dp/B0GZF9PVQL?maas=maas_adg_47FC0A8EE6B4473FD3BD31EA1AC9CE35_afap_abs&ref_=aa_maas&tag=maas

NOTE: If the shipping seems extremely expensive, you may need to go to your country's storefront. If you live in the EU and your country doesn't have one, Germany (amazon.de) is usually best. I'll try my best to find options for anyone that has trouble getting it!

DriveThruRPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com//product/566282/the-magical-code-of-regulations?affiliate_id=5121378

Can also be found on TikTok, but I run out of stock often there (too expensive to always be ordering copies myself).

If you're still not convinced, and wanted a sneak-peek, Questing Beast made a great video on it!

https://youtu.be/ffP-xvpRS5Q?is=YXo5uFPHC4cDXeTo

If you're still not convinced, know that the second edition will make ownership of the MCOR compulsory, so you might as well give in now.

On another note, I've finally launched the website for this book! It has a completely searchable Code, a magical law writing guide, all the forms from the book, a radio with some funny little narration from a fellow Redditor, and more! Highly recommend checking it out! And if you're asking yourself if DOOM runs on this, it does if you're willing to search for it!

https://dmagov.com/

On even another note, after many of you asked, these badges will be available soon! Bought a badge-printing machine, just have to set a few things up before it's ready to go!

I don't have a huge amount of experience with DnD, but I've been at a few tables, and I've noticed that there is often a common approach to roleplay that can feel to me to be a little counterproductive--sort of a "No, but . . . " instead of "Yes, and . . . " Players may be overly suspicious of an NPC or antagonistic to them, grilling a farmer's wife about why she let her missing children play in the wolf-infested woods, demanding a merchant explain why they need help retrieving an item rather than getting it themself, or a cleric arguing with their deity about their divine motivations. All potentially normal responses, sure, but after the DM provides an in-game answer, many players seem to want to drag it out and keep pressing the same issue, pointing out flaws in the logic or acting like it's an argument to be won. I'm not talking about information gathering, skepticism of a character, or even long bits of roleplay. I'm specifically referring to excessive, repetitive but-why's.

That might make more sense to me if we were dealing with a real person, but we're not. There is limited and sometimes incomplete framework for this NPC's decisions because they're just a tool for storytelling that either came from a campaign sourcebook or the DM's imagination. In my understanding, as a player in a cooperative game, once you identify what the narrative drive is, you should either choose to engage with it or move on, but excessively extending interactions with contrarian/hostile questioning before agreeing to proceed with the obvious plot hook just seems to waste time and frustrate the DM.

When this happens and time stretches on, I fight the urge to interrupt with, "Look, there is no more explanation. You know what's going on here. Let's decide what we want to do." I think I've just been surprised by how much I've seen it with multiple different people. Is this because it can be easier to default to this approach? Do some people just struggle more if the situation does not make sufficient sense to them? Or is this the fun part for some players?

There are a few witchy illustrations I've been working on over the past couple of weeks for the spooky season.

I've been using these as an opportunity to explore a coven of toady witches from a fantasy project I've been working on in my spare time. I'm planning to flesh them out into a proper faction for an upcoming D&D campaign I'll be DMing as well. I've been having fun playing around with the character designs, particularly their cauldron familiar.

Hey there Reddit!
A few years ago I started a tradition of making origami ornaments to gift my friends for Christmas.

This year I am opening a shop and selling them. These are all made 100% by hand by me. So if there's a dnd player in your life who has too many dice sets (I know there's no such thing, ignore my overflowing dice bag) here's a gift idea! Or if you want something cool and handmade for your own Christmas tree please check me out! ^-^

https://paperthreadatelier.etsy.com

I know it's not even Halloween yet, so it might seem a bit early for Christmas stuff; but, my birthday is on Halloween Eve so I’m doing a giveaway!

How to join:
Leave a comment on this post. I’ll be using RedditRaffler to pick winners on Friday at 12 pm PST. One redditor will get an origami snowflake with a d20 on the back and the option of text customization. I will update this post and DM the winner after selection. The winner will have one 1 week from the drawing date to respond.

Per subreddit rules, you’ll need to have an account older than 3 months with at least 50 Karma.

Best of luck everyone!

Damage Threshold: Big objects such as castle walls often have extra resilience represented by a damage threshold. An object with a damage threshold has immunity to all damage unless it takes an amount of damage from a single attack or effect equal to or greater than its damage threshold, in which case it takes damage as normal. Any damage that fails to meet or exceed the object’s damage threshold is considered superficial and doesn’t reduce the object’s hit points.

Why is something like a tarrasque able to get hit by a random peasant throwing a basic punch that crits? Why can you output hundreds of damage in 1 turn by dragging a grappled enemy over spike growth, even when that enemy should be basically impervious to something so superficial?

This obviously wouldn't affect gameplay 99% of time, this would only be for edge cases like the above. You could rework the entire bounded accuracy system and the spike growth spell (among others), yes, or you could just attach 1 extra number to your monsters if these edge cases come up. Just an idea I'm gonna keep in mind myself, maybe one day it'll help make a more accurate ruling.