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@MalevolentDivinity3 жыл бұрын
"I rolled a 72 for stealth." "You retroactively avoid all unwanted attention going back five years."
@Schmeethe883 жыл бұрын
She passes into the Stealth Plane. Similar to Etherealness, except without the ability to float or pass through objects. :)
@Necrapocalypse3 жыл бұрын
Why'd she bring her pathfinder character to a 5e game?
@xekon143 жыл бұрын
Schmeethe88 So just the plane of being invisible
@stm78103 жыл бұрын
@@xekon14 no, you are fully undetectable by sound, touch, smell, all of it, you could steal the clothes of a person and hide a grenade in their butt without them noticing you.
@dindapriska3 жыл бұрын
You also appear as a cameo in other universes
@ryanlaurie87333 жыл бұрын
I like how he could pretend he was going to play a cleric just fine, but he almost got ill when he said warlock XD
@wabschall3 жыл бұрын
All about them slots
@darugger11303 жыл бұрын
I mean how often do you have a short rest?
@anansigrimm52733 жыл бұрын
Cleric can become broken
@bskec21773 жыл бұрын
Clerics of the Light Domain get Fireball. ;-)
@vampierlobster56603 жыл бұрын
Warlock is better than wizard
@Local_Drug_Dealer2 жыл бұрын
Dm: "stop casting fireball" The druid, who has flaming sphere: "ok"
@sethb30902 жыл бұрын
Flaming Sphere is so much fun though, you can literally just Indiana Jones everyone
@cueball69692 жыл бұрын
@@sethb3090 Flaming Sphere and Erupting Earth for that action economy blasting, Druid style
@sethb30902 жыл бұрын
@@cueball6969 I'm also partial to Moonbeam to get that orbital laser vibe going
@cueball69692 жыл бұрын
@@sethb3090 I do also like that, I imagine it like a ethereal Death Star laser without the explosion Annoying it's a whole action to move, but it would be broken if it wasn't
@foxowar39532 жыл бұрын
*Druid noises and gives Thunderwave which is a kinda op low level*
@tigerkeyroll Жыл бұрын
For True Strike I lean into the "Your magic grants you a brief insight into the target’s defenses." and tell my players the monsters AC and Damage Resistances/Immunities.
@legolew233611 ай бұрын
I will make note of this... That can actually make this spell useful and makes sense for what the spell does.
@tybronx24469 ай бұрын
If I could JUST cast it on SOMEONE ELSE. It wouldn't be as useless. But no. I wouldn't even mind making it a 1st level spell to balance it out. That spell is so dumb....
@bradleymallard63479 ай бұрын
I homebrewed true strike to be a bonus action lvl 1 so I could do a build where I could get advantage on my cantrip attacks
@Bradley_Dragon9 ай бұрын
@@tybronx2446 in 5e (what baldurs gate uses) it can be used on others and it is a level 1 cantrip. still kinda trash. i never seen it work.
@ncamer9 ай бұрын
@@Bradley_Dragon that’s not how it works in 5e. BG3 is generally faithful to the 5e rule set but not 100% (which is fine, some things work better as video games vs tabletop)
@Gasfiend3 жыл бұрын
"I made you a better wizard. You don't have to rely on Fireball anymore." Strong words coming from someone in Fireball range.
@Bob-aaaaa3 жыл бұрын
Crap guide to dnd wizarddddd
@tentales103 жыл бұрын
I see that you too are a fellow of culture.
@SamuelDancingGallew3 жыл бұрын
Even stronger words from someone in counterspell range
@lolbots6863 жыл бұрын
fireball? oh please that spell is nothing but bad. sides i have reflect. so for the assholes that are gonna try to fireball me know this. im gonna uno reverse your asses
@MaximillianGreil3 жыл бұрын
@@SamuelDancingGallew You can only counterspell silly wizards. We mighty sorcerers are uncounterspellable!
@vinvent99063 жыл бұрын
"I rolled a 72 to stealth" (had me in fucking tears) "Everyone forgets they ever knew you“
@musicalsystem9272 жыл бұрын
Who are you playing again?
@BrookTheUndeadDM2 жыл бұрын
Assuming a level 20 rogue with expertise in Stealth and Pass without a trace on them, the staff would have to give a +25 to stealth if she rolls a natural 20
@joshuazimmerman37182 жыл бұрын
Spoilers for Spiderman: No Way Home
@TimaeusEXE2 жыл бұрын
That'd be a sad Rogue backstory. While in stealth their original party forgot them and left them behind.
@ninjasquirrels Жыл бұрын
“Everyone forgets they ever knew you”…love it, totally going to use that next session!!!
@SammyBear3 жыл бұрын
Or if an item is cursed, "I cast Remove Curse!" "Okay, you put down the item." "Great, now we can use it safely! I pick it up!" "Okay, you're cursed." "...what?"
@TheDarkkilla12 Жыл бұрын
How a glitch works in DnD.
@Darthquackius Жыл бұрын
@@TheDarkkilla12 there is actually a glitch curse strat. You get a were-curse, either bear or wolf. Collect a vile or your own blood. Cast Remove Curse on yourself. You can at will drink the cursed blood and regain the curse, allowing you to turn into a werecreature at will. You can remove the curse when convenient and as long as you gather a vile of blood first you don't lose the choice of having the curse.
@goose7618 Жыл бұрын
@@Darthquackius That's more an exploit/loophole than glitch
@ladyjuno24564 ай бұрын
Remove curse breaks attunement, if an items picked up you're not instantly attuned (most of the time) thus its safe to pick up as long as you're not attuned to it
@SammyBear4 ай бұрын
@@ladyjuno2456 Yeah, playing it fully RAW like that is true, although the equivalent scenario there would be like "sweet now I can use it safely" *attunes*
@zakku_88 Жыл бұрын
"It was too blustery today, so my spell fails?!" What's even more ridiculous about that part of the skywrite spell is that in an altitude where clouds can form, there's always a strong wind anyway XD
@dylandugan763 жыл бұрын
Ah, the ol': "I cast Knock." "You mean Summon Enemies?"
@renookami46513 жыл бұрын
Yes, more exp for the party
@kimarna3 жыл бұрын
Best knock spell is the bardic knock spell. You literally just knock on a door, it's epic. Like what adventure just knocks on a door in a dungeon? None, it's obviously part of the bad guy team with his hands too full, so they go to open the door for him. Surprise round!
@nemo-zl1vm3 жыл бұрын
@@kimarna I miss old school Spoony
@drigondii3 жыл бұрын
Use knock in the middle of a thunderstorm
@benjammin53283 жыл бұрын
That’s not UNtrue
@Kurtlen3 жыл бұрын
“I cast Find Traps.” “There is no trap.” “I walk through the room!” “The weak floor falls out from underneath you. Make a DEX save.” “I cast Find Traps.” “There is a trap. It will poison you.” “Where is the trap?” “You don’t know. It could be anywhere within 100 feet of you.” “Well I probably shouldn’t open this chest then. I go into the next room and open the door!” “The chest was fine. The door in the next room actually had the trap. You take 100 points of poison damage and instantly die.”
@codebracker3 жыл бұрын
Actually it can't detect traps that aren't in your line of sight, like behinds corner or under a carpet
@jondw3 жыл бұрын
@@codebracker wait so if you can't see the trap it can't detect them? Then what is the point? Just put something in the way of the trap(which you generally don't want traps to be seen)and the spell is useless
@kamencraftbrasil43673 жыл бұрын
@@jondw I believe that if the object hiding the trap can be considered part of it, then the spell detect it
@JOfJaZ3 жыл бұрын
Kamencraft Brasil yeah a pit under a rug can’t be detected but a drawer built to trigger a bomb if opened would be seen as a trap
@KissedByFire163 жыл бұрын
i'd totally just change that spell to just be Detect Traps. i don't know why anyone would waste slots on it
@transmissionsfromtheunderd2303 Жыл бұрын
Fun fact: True Strike in 3.5 was a situationally good spell that added a +20 bonus to your next attack, on top of ignoring concealment miss chance.
@Darthquackius Жыл бұрын
still is in Pathfinder. good support spell. cast it on yourself. cast it on an ally. chuck it into a ring of spell storing and give it to the fighter.
@marc-antoineleber109 Жыл бұрын
I love to pair it with drow poison (or any other poison tbh)
@andreiha1669 Жыл бұрын
Yeah, the original was the GOAT, you always had one even if you never used it, just for the moments you really needed it .
@jackfredricks6223 Жыл бұрын
Use with certain spells like Enervation that are no saving throw but a ranged touch attack roll. With a +20 to hit on a touch attack, that's basically a 95% chance to succeed. 3.5 is still better than 5e.
@hometimemayhem928 Жыл бұрын
I've given the ability to give it to someone else, so you can Give true strike to your rogue to give them sneak attack
@trinitydalfae84783 жыл бұрын
I find it hilarious how 5E changed the knock spell to have the same effect as what was previously a cursed/joke item.
@wadespencer36232 жыл бұрын
Between that and Pass Without Trace, they were gonna get their necks stabbed by an angry rogue.
@orihoola Жыл бұрын
What item is that?
@trinitydalfae8478 Жыл бұрын
@@orihoola Lockpicks of alarm. They can open any lock and also notify every nearby creature that the lock has been picked.
@Darthquackius Жыл бұрын
yeah like... it's okay in a dungeon that youve already cleared when you just want a guaranteed way to open a locked chest
@Darthquackius Жыл бұрын
anywhere else it's a get wrecked
@kenziemathews9263 жыл бұрын
" But what if they're *cursed?* " " They're not..- " * SLAMS DESK * " THEN *WHY WOULD YOU TELL US THAT!?!?* " I connected to this on an emotional level..
@codebracker3 жыл бұрын
The worst part is that Identify doesn't actually tell you if it's cursed
@haku81353 жыл бұрын
@@codebracker no it does. A curse needs to specify if it doesn't.
@codebracker3 жыл бұрын
@@haku8135 From the DMG: Most methods of identifying items, including the identify spell, fail to reveal such a curse, although lore might hint at it.
@haku81353 жыл бұрын
@@codebracker "such a curse" A specific type of curse, not EVERY curse. Most curses can be sussed out with Identify. This spell and attunement are GENERALLY the only way to tell if an item is cursed. Look up an item like the armor of vulnerability. It literally says you need identify to learn the curse without attuning.
@codebracker3 жыл бұрын
@@haku8135 well that both seem like specific cases
@altromonte153 жыл бұрын
My favourite scene of Lord of the Rings is the one where the Balrog attacks, Gandalf raises his staff, then he stops and says "ah sorry guys there is too much of a draft here, guess we're all gon die."
@MrPenguinFingers2 жыл бұрын
The casual “that’s uh a 72 to stealth” is my favourite part
@lumonetic11242 күн бұрын
average expertise roll
@gracefulhuntress98682 жыл бұрын
“I rolled a 72 for stealth” DM: you gain the ability to turn invisible in real life
@philippegauvin-vallee93717 ай бұрын
I actually calculate the highest possible stealth check without magic item. Besides the character consideration, you need a casting of Pass Without Trace, a casting of Guidance and a d12 Bardic Inspiration die. The character needs 18 levels of Battle Master with the Ambush maneuver, expertise in Stealth, a Dexterity score of 20, and the Mark of Shadow Elf race. If you roll the highest number of all dice, here is the result: 20 (d20) + 5 (Dexterity) + 12 (Expertise) + 12 (Bardic Inspiration) + 12 (Ambush) + 10 (Pass Without Trace) + 4 (Mark of Shadow) + 4 (Guidance) for a total of 79. Even with magic items, no other check can lead to a higher total.
@maciejcocieto43616 ай бұрын
Absolutely mad man.
@skrumbleton37453 жыл бұрын
My favourite part of these skits is the cut-off wheezes
@billstephens3963 жыл бұрын
When I wheeze, people think I have Covid...
@jacksonbrandenburg38063 жыл бұрын
Bill Stephens I gotta constantly remind people I got asthma, so kinda same.
@magiv42053 жыл бұрын
SAME
@jacobroy53903 жыл бұрын
Same, kinda reminds me of the interdimensional cable bits from Rick and Morty xD
@SamuraiJACsr3 жыл бұрын
There was a cutoff woohoo kinda
@Graknorke3 жыл бұрын
Wizard with a weird spell list is in my experience more terrifying because it means they're up to something.
@haku81352 жыл бұрын
DM-......Why'd you take continual flame? Wizard-............. Just cause.....
@sethb30902 жыл бұрын
@@haku8135 honestly I'm not sure how you'd break continual flame. It's just a light source. You can't burn things, set things on fire, or deal damage with it. For all intents and purposes it's the Light cantrip with unlimited duration.
@haku81352 жыл бұрын
@@sethb3090 depends on how big a flame the dm let's you make. #AllProfitNoWork
@stevenseufert25202 жыл бұрын
Don't worry. The players are never up to something.
@sethb30902 жыл бұрын
@@haku8135 it says right in the spell that the flame is torch sized
@nocrustashe2 жыл бұрын
"Knock can be useful while combining it with Silence" Silence: No spells with Verbal components can be cast within the radius. Knock: *has Verbal components* Edit: Thank you for all the comments. I am now educated in spell area and Metamagic.
@anthonydavid33482 жыл бұрын
I mean, it might not be a completely bad synergy. I’m not sure if this would play out perfectly, but if you have the space, you could cast beyond the thing you’re opening so it’s at the edge of the sphere-or at least you’re not *in* it. Not optimal, for sure, but not unusable.
@reeceandben48762 жыл бұрын
I came here for this
@mjp1522 жыл бұрын
Silent Spell (metamagic feat). That was a thing in 3.5 and we still have them in Pathfinder - dont know if they are in 5e
@trentonsale70072 жыл бұрын
Obviously all you have to do is use minor illusion and create a lot of other knocking sounds so no one can find which one is the real spell
@anthonydavid33482 жыл бұрын
@@trentonsale7007 …this is the superior solution
@SpyrosKoronis3 жыл бұрын
I love the deadpan/awestruck way Colton delivers the phrase "This is truly a cursed moment".
@Xenibalt Жыл бұрын
he streams on twitch now
@Jediknight4043 жыл бұрын
DM: Stop casting fireball Also DM *continues to throw hordes of enemies that like to group together.*
@codyraugh65993 жыл бұрын
As a forever DM i love watching my groups hoarded foes getting fireballed...but experience multiple systems, and defeating power gamers and rules lawyers. We have learned that while terrain is the DM's best weapon against your party in general, formations and militarized tactics and formations can be all the more interesting puzzles for players to fight as fireballs just wash over magic canceling shields, or against a lesser caster who happens to know dispell in the backline.
@NecromancyForKids3 жыл бұрын
Fireball has an unnecessarily large radius. It can generally wash out an entire dungeon room. So what do you mean "group together"?
@Jediknight4043 жыл бұрын
@@NecromancyForKids We haven't been in a dungeon as of yet. We've been fighting outdoor battles up til this point.
@Invisifly23 жыл бұрын
@@NecromancyForKids There's also the fact that fireball does really good damage, especially when you first get it. Enough damage to be absolutely worth only hitting a single enemy.
@RayPoreon3 жыл бұрын
I cast Shatter
@raguru10323 жыл бұрын
Skywrite is great, used it to try and convince a cult army “Leave or die” we could hear laughter over yonder so I casted Meteor Swarm.
@claude-alexandretrudeau18303 жыл бұрын
Now that's how you play a wizard.
@KumaoftheForest3 жыл бұрын
I used Skywrite to convince a cult that the god they worshipped was angry with them, made them kill each other in mass, then spent an hour looting the 50 plus bodies
@kanucks93 жыл бұрын
@@KumaoftheForest DM: Everybody knows about skywrite, now they know a wizard is trying to mess with them. ☹️
@kanucks93 жыл бұрын
@@KumaoftheForest that sounds like a proper fun campaign tbh. Get wrecked cult
@Zombiewithabowtie3 жыл бұрын
Also, in the RAW, it sates that a strong wind can disperse the lettering of Skywrite *early*, not instantaneously - and since it's an hour long spell, so long as you're not standing in a hurricane when you cast it, the lettering should remain in place long enough to be visible.
@ShadyDoorags2 жыл бұрын
"Skywrite can be used to send messages." Yeah, but the problem the wizard had was that it was slightly windy, so the spell failed.
@ENCHANTMEN_ Жыл бұрын
The spell's description doesn't say that it fails if there's wind, it says that "a strong wind" can "end the spell early". Bear in mind the normal duration is 24 hours. So if there's strong wind, maybe it'll last for just an hour instead of 24. Worst case scenario, there's a storm, so it only lasts for 30 seconds. Either way, still usable.
@louiesatterwhite388510 ай бұрын
@@ENCHANTMEN_the really dumb thing is that at the altitude clouds form, there is always a strong wind.
@ENCHANTMEN_9 ай бұрын
@@louiesatterwhite3885 Clouds move pretty slowly when looked at from the ground. Unless it's a super windy day it could stick up there for awhile or drift across over many minutes.
@GrokeytheHunter7 ай бұрын
I feel like this could all be solved by using the sending spell
@spleeN_ Жыл бұрын
As a DM, I've used Truestrike for a low-level magic item before. It's called a Dagger of Truestrike, and it's basically a dagger with a living eyeball in a glass-sphere on the pommel. It doesn't deal any extra damage, but it does come with three charges of Truestrike that get replenished at a long-rest. It gets dropped by a cult member who was using it to sacrifice some townsfolk in a relatively-early story quest.
@Shcroft2 Жыл бұрын
Why though? Wouldn't it still require an action to cast, and then what's the point of doing that instead of just attacking twice?
@spleeN_ Жыл бұрын
@Samuel Ashcroft you can cast a charge of truestrike as a free action before attacking.
@Shcroft2 Жыл бұрын
@@spleeN_ that makes more sense
@Sorain1 Жыл бұрын
See, that's a PRACTICAL magic item! A cultist really can't afford to miss an attack that's part of a sacrifice after all. It might be decades before the stars are right to try again. Can you imagine how embarrassing it would be to screw that up!?
@dragoniceful Жыл бұрын
@@Sorain1 dammit Steven, now we have to wait another thousand years for the stars to be right again!
I got twenty or so different spells that say your Fireball spamming Wiztard is useless.
@metalhev39893 жыл бұрын
DM when wizard has a weird spell list: ":D" DM when bard has the same spell list: *intense sweating*
@AngelusAnsell3 жыл бұрын
our bard is 100% pure rp, flavor, and chaos. one day he was absent and had to be played by our resident powergamer...and literally the first half of the session was an ambush by skulks in the middle of breakfast. Watching this man have a conniption fit every single turn was beautiful.
@metalhev39893 жыл бұрын
@@AngelusAnsell all bards are powergamers, they're just playing a different game than everyone else
@thenopeandneverking17223 жыл бұрын
Facts
@wadespencer36233 жыл бұрын
@@AngelusAnsell Cast invisibility and pretend that you are also a skulk.
@bryanmerel2 жыл бұрын
The difference is, the wizard will use it as is. The Bard SEDUCE the spell to make it a lot stronger!
@zimnylech527 Жыл бұрын
True Strike being useless hurts so much when you remember 3.5e True Strike. It was a 1st level spell that lasted until the end of your next turn and gave you a whopping +20 to the first attack roll you make... and it worked with spells.
@kitsunekid165 ай бұрын
That's just insanity
@zimnylech5275 ай бұрын
@@kitsunekid16 It really... wasn't that powerful? You'd spend a whole round casting it, and then you HAD to spend the buff next turn or it expired. You'd usually get more mileage out of just attacking/casting two turns in a row. However, once you got to the level where you could hasten it or put it on an item... oh boy.
@Resi1ience2 ай бұрын
@@kitsunekid16 Presumably the idea is to either pair it with extra actions, or use it to guarantee a hit against an enemy with a high AC. Whereas with 5e true strike... I can't really think of a single situation where you'd rather have one slightly more likely hit instead of two normal hits.
@detectivekeeboy70292 жыл бұрын
Some say that if you chant “poopy poopy stinky butt” in the mirror at 3am, a hooded figure named your parents will come and cast the spell adoption on you.
@cainanlove84323 ай бұрын
Lol.
@sarcirinsdaefarin39503 жыл бұрын
Rolls nat 1 when attacking with the actual spell book Oh no.
@jesterssketchbook3 жыл бұрын
maybe it was too blustery :D
@austinmuse60293 жыл бұрын
He didn't use True Strike last round
@amon5823 жыл бұрын
Can you not stack it a bunch of times before a fight happens to just one one shot mobs the next time you fight? Never played whatever this game of fuck this guy in particular is
@Invisifly23 жыл бұрын
@@amon582 The effects of true strike last for only one round, and only on one attack. It grants advantage to your next attack (if it is done by the end of your next round) which lets you roll two times and pick the highest number. The reason this is useless is because you can just roll two attacks over those two turns instead of blowing one casting the spell, potentially landing double the hits and doing double the damage. If it could, say, be cast as a bonus action so you could use it on the same turn, you would almost *always* have advantage on most attacks because you'd just do that every turn. It's a cantrip so you can do it infinitely. Some ways of making it actually usable 1) Make it work on your next attack regardless of who it's against. As it works right now you only gain advantage on the next attack against one enemy. 2) Make it work on *every* attack you make next turn, giving it useful synergy with extra attacks without being crazy for a cantrip. 3) Make the duration longer so you can prepare the spell in advance, making it useful for initiating. 4) Make it so you can cast it on your allies, so it's a handy ranged situational buff, instead of absolute trash.
@amon5823 жыл бұрын
Invisifly2 it really is trash
@misingleter31193 жыл бұрын
“That’s 72 to sneak” Dm: totally used to this BS: “ok”
@rocketiermaster74983 жыл бұрын
This is why i made my Rogue Stealth and Perception-based. Level 5, and I have 19 passive perception (the only reason it's not higher is because we're doing Standard array)
@WexMajor823 жыл бұрын
@@rocketiermaster7498 Our rogue has 26 of passive perception. And I have seen hm disappear in front of me, with a 45 of stealth. Level 13.
@amgoose34933 жыл бұрын
"I roll 5,000 to charisma and seduce the terasque"
@cydozer39323 жыл бұрын
@@amgoose3493 i once played a bard that had +16 on persuasion and every roll of 9 and below was turned into a 10, basically giving him a minimum of 26 on persuasion at Lv. 6
@mattsmith4573 жыл бұрын
@@WexMajor82 Pass without trace = +10, dex = +5, expertise = +10, raw roll = max of 20. 45 to stealth, unlikely, but it can happen. Your DM is dumb for making him hidden in front of you though.
@DragonlordN78 ай бұрын
Jacob’s panicked “AS PER THE SPELL’S DESCRIPTION?!” At 4:17 gets me every time.
@chilly4569 ай бұрын
true strike is exclusively for when you're almost close enough to hit an enemy but cant actually hit him until next turn
@SamuelWarren-os4ql3 ай бұрын
Yeah but if your a spellcaster you likely have a ranged spell or cantrip
@SamuelWarren-os4ql3 ай бұрын
Yeah but if your a spellcaster you likely have a ranged spell or cantrip
@seeker2963 ай бұрын
Rogues...
@Akakiryuushin3 ай бұрын
@seeker296 how can a rogue learn true strike?
@doctor_dre3 ай бұрын
@@Akakiryuushin arcane trickster or magic initiate
@meris84863 жыл бұрын
*Rogue rolls dice* "That's a 72 to stealth" So accurate
@Flailmorpho3 жыл бұрын
I do something specific with true strike, I often add "[weapon] of true strike" to the game, which automatically casts true strike on any enemy you hit with it, so if you maintain concentration AND that enemy doesn't die before your next turn, you get a free true strike
@davidwoek30413 жыл бұрын
That's nice!
@martindavids12943 жыл бұрын
My homebrew is casting true strike as a bonus action
@MediumDon3 жыл бұрын
Cool
@luckylucas85963 жыл бұрын
Martin Davids That’s what the Samurai subclass of Fighter’s main gimmick is. I actually like the idea of casting True Strike as a reaction so that you have a better chance to attack whoever attacked you on your next turn without swallowing a whole subclass’ gimmick. It’s not a big deal if you never have Fighters in the party anyway though.
@alexanderlea78823 жыл бұрын
*Rogue with Elven Accuracy has entered the chat*
@Mournfall_10 ай бұрын
True Strike *does* affect spell attack rolls, so in theory could be combined with a high-level spell to ensure a hit and avoid using extra spell slots for it if you missed
@tarblade14489 ай бұрын
The problem with this is that those spells are extremely limited. There are quite a few second and first level spells that it would work on, including the amazing spiritual weapon combo, but then there isn't another spell that isn't concentration that would work with it till the 7th level. Crown of starts, said 7th level spell is really funny with it since it only requires a bonus action after the initial casting. So you can just use true strike then send a star at someone every turn.
@Reapor2349 ай бұрын
@@tarblade1448 Something to note, however, is that TS specifies "On your next turn" meaning it would need to be: - Cast Crown of Stars. Get 4 motes. - Next turn cast True Strike. - Use BA for mote, with Advantage. Cast True Strike again. - Repeat until out of motes. It's also worth mentioning that True Strike is concentration for some reason, so some spells can't combo with it (Flame Blade, Shadow Blade, some of the Smite Spells, etc.).
@liamwelsh46652 жыл бұрын
I love Spencer’s dedication to rogue.
@seanellis54103 жыл бұрын
"The staff of Barding." Dear Lord, I've never felt such hatred towards anything more in my life, and I'm a jazz musician.
@emessar3 жыл бұрын
It would be funny if the Staff of Barding just created magical barding for a horse ... but could only be used by a bard.
@Sip_Dhit3 жыл бұрын
Which instrument, because if you're a trumpet than I can tell you you're the lowest of the low
@seanellis54103 жыл бұрын
Sip Dhit I’m a guitarist, which is almost as bad lol
@wavestrider21603 жыл бұрын
"Staff of barding" Its just another word for didgeridoo isnt it...
@darthluk75123 жыл бұрын
@@emessar oh man i understood "staff of farting" and it was way funnier that way
@vertonimal3 жыл бұрын
"That's uhhhh.... 72 to stealth" and that is the story of how I slipped between the worlds. Neither my god nor death itself could find me, and I was lost to the abyss.
@92edoy3 жыл бұрын
This is not "getting out of the campaign" anymore. This is straight glitching through the floor and falling outside of the map.
@4shi103 жыл бұрын
they'll patch this bug in the next update, for now stop trying to clip through the fabric of reality
@92edoy3 жыл бұрын
@@4shi10 ok. I cast "/unstuck"
@Killrbladez3 жыл бұрын
@@92edoy That reminded me one of the first times I used roll20. Me: *moves my character around while waiting for DM to get back, accidentally moves him outside of the board* DM after he gets back: "Okay, as you guys look around-wait, where's your character?" Me: "He went into the void." DM: "WHAT DO YOU MEAN? HE'S NOT ON THE BOARD!" Me: *trying to find the small corner actually still clickable* "Yeah, he's in the void." DM: *Puts a new instance of my character* "Okay, you guys see up ahead-WHY ARE THERE TWO NOW?!" Me: *casually moving 1st instance over 2nd* "First, you'll have to understand half-a presses."
@92edoy3 жыл бұрын
@@Killrbladez lol. To answer that, we need to talk about parallel universes. Edit: true quote
@koolekatze89113 жыл бұрын
Something about how Jacob shouts out "Goddammit" after the whole sleight of hand check had me in stitches and I don't know why
@fatercoelho74762 жыл бұрын
I actually use identify, it's a ritual spell, and as the artificer of the party with a +7 arcana everyone comes to me when they find something interesting :D the DM doesn't really tell much about the items we find either
@alexanderpalmer2647 Жыл бұрын
Indeed...arcana in my mind is a general understanding of magic items/spells and how they work...not a 1 for 1 understanding of its effects.
@harmonicarchipelgo935110 ай бұрын
It's also good in dungeons with weird magical traps and puzzles. 'magic-imbued object' and 'learn its properties and how to use them' are broad enough terms that you can Identify exactly how to solve the puzzle in some cases. You could even do something like touch a cultist's dagger and learn how it is used in a secret ritual.
@justsomeperson51103 жыл бұрын
8:02 "You don't have to rely on Fireball anymore. Please stop casting that spell." Okay. *Lightning Bolt!*
@Arella172 жыл бұрын
This honestly felt more and more like the DM was punishing the player for being a Wizard -_- which happens in so many games.
@eliassteenbeeke14012 жыл бұрын
Me: Shatter My DMs: Dear god not again Me: if only Zelda could see me smasHiNg POtS nOW!
@derpaderpy4931 Жыл бұрын
DISPEL MAGIC!
@PainfulJoy3 жыл бұрын
"I've made you a better wizard. You don't have to rely on fireball anymore! Please stop casting that spell." That's a brave request for someone in fireball range.
@shinobidaniel_123 жыл бұрын
How did you make the wizard worse by adding spells
@solaridraconi62253 жыл бұрын
@@shinobidaniel_12 By only adding useless spells, of course.
@shinobidaniel_123 жыл бұрын
@@solaridraconi6225 true
@angrynoodletwentyfive64632 жыл бұрын
Alot of those spells made more sense in 3.5. In 5e they changed almost everything that used to give say a +2 bonus to "advantage" which rendered alot of spells and such pretty useless. Advantage can be better in Some situations but it does not increase your highest possible roll. Which makes it less useful in cases where their is a high likelihood of failure if you can only score if you roll a Nat 20 for example, a +2 bonus makes you 3 times as likely to hit whereas advantage only Makes you twice as likely to hit. So in 3.5e true strike adds a +20 bonus to your next attack at low levels that is a guaranteed hit unless you roll a 1.
@spikem59508 ай бұрын
Similarly, armor-buffing effects were changed from adding AC to simply changing your minimum, with the only exceptions being Shield of Faith and Haste. While it makes sense on paper what it ends up resulting in is a considerable nerf to these effects except in specific circumstances. Natural armor used to be good for *anybody.* You could get +5 (which was too much admittedly) to your AC even if you were wearing heavy armor. Now it only ups your minimum to 13+Dex, meaning it's only good for someone who doesn't wear armor and isn't a monk or barbarian. The spell Mage Armor used to grant you +4 to your AC and had no limit on not wearing armor to get it. Meaning if you were a battlemage with light or medium armor you could still plop this on. In 5e it's only 13+Dex, which makes it useless if you have natural armor first off, 1 point weaker, and also useless if you want to wear any armor at all. Barkskin got the worst deal of them all. In 3.5e you were able to cast it on anyone to give them a +1 bonus to their AC for every caster level you possess. This means you can cast it on yourself, the paladin, the wizard, the rogue, and you'd all benefit from it, and the bonus increases as you level to keep it relevant and useful. It was a support spell through and through. Now it's not only a concentration spell, but it only makes your minimum 16. Not 16 plus other bonuses like Dex, shield, Shield of Faith or Haste, just 16, end of story. This means it's now no longer useful to cast on your party members besides the wizard/sorcerer, no longer useful to even cast on yourself in my experience. Leather +3 from Dex +2 for a Shield, you can have 16 AC at level 1 if you want a battle druid, or at level 4 with your first ASI which is only one level after you get the spell. So when is this spell useful? When you wildshape into something with less than 16 AC. That's it. That's all it'll ever be useful for. Until you get Stoneskin and never cast Barkskin again because the two compete for concentration. Barkskin's is more egregious to me because not only did they ruin its entire purpose, they gave its exact effect (minus the caster level increases) to a level one cleric spell -- while keeping Barkskin at level 2.
@matthewbibby89218 ай бұрын
“See I’ve done what I wanted to do, I made you a better wizard-“ COUNTERPOINT, the Wizard was finding uses for his spells the whole time, and you as the DM went out of your way to sabotage each attempt!
@shmlorp79273 жыл бұрын
Someone: *Adds fireball to Wizard’s list of useless spells* Wizard: So you have chosen...death
@billstephens3963 жыл бұрын
Rogue : - steals the wizard's fire breath potion - - sees the Fireball liquor label on the potion bottle -
@AzureKyle3 жыл бұрын
Death, by fireball
@mr.polydamasesquire90803 жыл бұрын
It's treason then. >:D
@geoshark123 жыл бұрын
That’s bold of someone within fireball cast range
@gotenksta3 жыл бұрын
Level 1-4 Wizard: ... Level 5 Wizard: So you have chosen... Death.
@scarletrose28803 жыл бұрын
"Here it's a staff of barding only bards can use it" "AAAAAHHHHHH"
@carolannedewar50662 жыл бұрын
Yeah that was funny
@renatamaclean11632 жыл бұрын
Of course, it wouldn't be hugely useful to a bard, since it just lets you enhance the armour of your mount
@jackzed20202 жыл бұрын
in the first edition of warhammer fantasy, i guess, and even in later editions, there was this spell to make things... glow. Nothing else. They glow. And after an hour, they disappear. THAT side effect was very effectly towards big locked doors as I just touched them, made them glow, turned around to the group and went "Who fancies a cup of tea?"
@odddetective4620 Жыл бұрын
the way he said no when the sorcerer misty stepped. Perfect
@michaelminugh53573 жыл бұрын
Skywrite's actually useful, I once used it to gather the entire town, so rather than get taken prisoner quietly it incited a revolution. It was glorious.
@drakesdrum13 жыл бұрын
Yeah Skywrite's a good (if situational) spell as long as you don't have the DM just go 'nah fuck you too windy'
@KumaoftheForest2 жыл бұрын
Used Skywrite to make a cult think their evil deity was mad at them
@shhinysilver17202 жыл бұрын
Lol
@SkyNinja759 Жыл бұрын
Reminds me of the photo of drones in the sky making a Day of The Dead skull with a sombero, the caption said something like "why aren't we using this technology to trick uncontacted tribes into thinking their God(s) are mad at them?" You could use it to instill fear into a primitive group of enemies. Even if they can't read it, seeing the heavens "contact" them could shake them enough to pack up and leave.
@Wiles731 Жыл бұрын
It was used often in early critical role to powerful affect. Similarly started revolutions, or signaled beginnings of sieges to armies.
@TheSpoonalot3 жыл бұрын
"Please stop casting Fireball." "I will stop casting Fireball when your encounters stop being clown cars/closets filled with KOBOLDS." "What if they were pixies instead?" "I wish replacing silence and knock with fireball was an option because that sounds like you're making the clown closets smaller, and distinctly loot-shaped."
@TheSilverPhoenix1003 жыл бұрын
Till the pixies cast polymorph on themselves and suddenly they turn into dinosaurs
@mrunknown1383 жыл бұрын
If all my encounters were kobolds i would have a amry of cute little dragon people
@japo38673 жыл бұрын
*next encounter: Literal clown car full of salamanders assassins* Big Bad: I am sooo hung over...what did I do last night?
@Sip_Dhit3 жыл бұрын
@@japo3867 apparently a kobold orgy, is this what happens when the BBEG is a bard?
@japo38673 жыл бұрын
@@Sip_Dhit Pretty much XD BBEG: *surveys the results of the debauchery* This may be the most wholesome evening activity I've engaged in in years! I need to go kick a dozen puppies with my morning coffee to balance things out or I won't feel right about today.
@jonathanowen99172 жыл бұрын
DM: I made you a better wizard. You don’t have to rely on… Wizard: I cast fireball on you (cackling maniacally). ☄️🧙🏻♂️🤣😂
@door-chan Жыл бұрын
I think I have an idea for how to make use of True Strike Let's say you're 60 ft away from a monster with high AC, meaning you can't reach it, you have no spell slots for higher level spells, and you only have a melee weapon. You cast True Strike and move a bit closer to the monster, then the monster tries to get closer to you and gets in your range, so you attack with advantage. Still a bit niche but it's something, I guess
@damienpeters60043 жыл бұрын
"A narrow corridor you say? I cast Find Traps!" "Yep. There are traps here." "Ah-hah! I move around the traps to-" "Oh you don't know where they are." "Come again?" "Per the spell, you know that there are traps here, but you can't pinpoint their location or any information about them." "It's called FIND Traps! How does that make sense? You know what? I'm going down the other hallway where I didn't sense traps." "You take 37 fire damage." "HOW" "Exploding Rune. Find Traps doesn't work on magical traps." *Anguished wailing*
@shdowdrgonrider3 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure it does work on magical traps. As per the spell description, "A trap, for the purpose of this spell, includes anything that would inflict a sudden or unexpected effect you consider harmful or undesirable, which was specifically intended as such by its creator." And an example within said description is a glyph of warding which is a magical trap.
@gotenksta3 жыл бұрын
@@shdowdrgonrider And it does give away some info, the general nature of the danger posed by a trap you sense.
@Lurklen3 жыл бұрын
@@gotenksta Yeah, should say "and you know roughly what they'll do to you." Which means you know kind of where they must be, especially in a 5-ft wide corridor.
@YayapLives3 жыл бұрын
@@shdowdrgonrider poorly maintained architecture on the other hand...
@15thTimeLord3 жыл бұрын
@@shdowdrgonrider Does this include traps the DM has set for me? As mentioned in another comment, "weak floorboards".
@JoeSyxpack3 жыл бұрын
"You enter the room and see five-" "FIREBALL!" "I didn't even finish describing what was in the room." "I don't care! FIREBALL!"
@avaren76603 жыл бұрын
You have successfully destroyed 5 chests and see melted precious metal on the floor, ruined by your fireball
@primeemperor91963 жыл бұрын
"Five balors walk out of the room, angrh that someone just blasted them with fire."
@d3vitron7793 жыл бұрын
There are now 5 scorched, half disintegrated orphans on the ground. I hope you’re happy with yourself.
@Lectrikfro3 жыл бұрын
@@d3vitron779 Mission accomplished.
@mekkthemighty19623 жыл бұрын
the room is a kitchen and on the table you see 5 bags of flour, your fireball strikes them dead on causing a dust explosion, roll a Constitution Save
@AKGangsterGaming2 жыл бұрын
This is what its like when your DM hates someone in your group and wants them to die so they stop showing up to D&D night...
@brinicle57272 жыл бұрын
5:57 "AH, 500 REPEATS OF 'POOPY POOPY STINKY BUTT'!" I don't know if it's because I'm watching this at 1:04 AM, childish, or both, BUT THIS IS TOO FUNNY!
@polygon27453 жыл бұрын
"That's a 72 to stealth"
@poufpoufpouf50283 жыл бұрын
pretty sub-par for a rogue
@malmasterson38903 жыл бұрын
Nice
@Virtualmess323 жыл бұрын
Idk why that was so fucking funny to me
@JosiahTheSiah3 жыл бұрын
“That’s, uh, 72 to stealth.” The way Spencer delivered the line, just pure gold 😂😂😂
@natew.79512 жыл бұрын
I've been guilty of making identify useless when I was a DM. Sorry, to all my players. Now I'm starting with a new group as a player and I took identify as one of my two cantrips so hopefully the DM isn't like me. Brennan Lee Mulligan made that spell so cool in Fantasy High.
@ThePi314Man9 ай бұрын
Also, we homebrewed True Strike in our campaign to make it work because that's the only way to make it work. In our campaign, it's a bonus action, no concentration, and it's just the next attack roll you make has advantage. We added that you couldn't use it on leveled spells because things like guiding bolt become a little too easy to pop off with.
@nef363 жыл бұрын
Now that the wizard who only uses fireball has gone through his character arc, you now have to introduce the warlock who only uses Eldritch Blast. *And they have to be in the same party*
@NoConsequenc33 жыл бұрын
The difference is that the Warlock is doing what they're suppose to be doing
@sadlerbw93 жыл бұрын
Warlocks exist for two reasons: 1) burn through one or two legendary resistances on a boss (cool warlock spells never actually go off, they just eat up legendaries.) 2) cast Eldritch Blast. Its not our fault, it's all the designers gave us!
@arsenelupin54243 жыл бұрын
sadlerbw9 To be fair,if they dedicated three or more eldritch invocations on it, then you start getting the impression that they meant for you to use it as your main source of magic damage
@nef363 жыл бұрын
@@NoConsequenc3 The crux of their conflict.
@sadlerbw93 жыл бұрын
@@arsenelupin5424 Yep. Eldrich Blast is quite possibly the best damage dealing cantrip out there, and it is certainly MY main damage dealer. I was just joking how Wizards get a choice (you could theoretically take lightning bolt?), while Warlocks pretty much have to use EB as their go-to combat spell.
@Wolham3 жыл бұрын
"its a staff of barding, only bards can use it" "hnn-AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH" I almost pissed myself at this bit :'D
@MetaGrave Жыл бұрын
I run hot or cold on the Wizard Saga videos, but this one? This is my unquestioned favorite. Seeing the wizard out of his element, the DM trying to be constructive to the wizard's growth in the class, Spencer's 72 on Stealth that made everyone forget any parking tickets she may have had ever and in the future, and the Wizard's sounds of dismay combined with his deadpan "I hate you" at the end. Yeah, this one is my fave of the series.
@Dragoncrafter00 Жыл бұрын
Identify is actually a must have in most campaigns I’ve been in… and ones I run, my group loves cursed items
@bye15513 жыл бұрын
Ngl I thought it would just be a 4 second video saying "all but fireball" lol.
@tardersauce35783 жыл бұрын
You clicked on an 8 minute video expecting it to be 4 seconds
@homerman763 жыл бұрын
@@tardersauce3578 23 second expected for G Fuel promotion, and the other 7 minutes and 56 seconds were expected to just be the wizard staring at us :P
@jefflechef57533 жыл бұрын
True polymorph exists.
@kylestanley78433 жыл бұрын
@@jefflechef5753 ahh, one of the most busted spells in the game lol
@eugenides043 жыл бұрын
@@tardersauce3578 If you're on mobile and you get push notifications, they don't have video length on them. You also don't get to see the length of a video if it's linked to you somewhere. (Discord, for example.)
@TheTrueLeafless3 жыл бұрын
Our Sorcerer casted every single day See Invisibility to see her permanently invisible ghost girlfriend from time to time. Helped with their relationship a lot....much to the displeasure of the remaining party.
@funnelrust66133 жыл бұрын
What did they have against ghost gf? She sounds lovely!
@TheTrueLeafless3 жыл бұрын
@@funnelrust6613 They were very noisy at night...and day....both could barely keep their hands off each other.
@kylepessell13503 жыл бұрын
@@TheTrueLeafless That's sounds even more awkward than my paladin's relationship with his sentient sword. Especially after his fling with a demigod dryad.
@melanthahoang8313 жыл бұрын
Still a better love story than twilight
@TheTrueLeafless3 жыл бұрын
@@melanthahoang831 Don't you dare! On the path of their love story they also encountered a changeling barmaid, who both fell in love with as well. The Ghost Gf was a barmaid in life and got resurrected after the party found a hoard of 500000 gold pieces and returned it. The Sorceress multiclassed in Bard to follow the class path she had not yet taken, but always carried in her heart (for it is the bards creed to pick up barmaids). And soon all three of them get married to each other in one of the next sessions. In short: I will true polymorph you into a Flumph if you ever dare to campare Twilight to their romance, for I am wrathful (and noticed that polymorphing people into Flumphs is quite amusing as an alternative to killing them).
@Kale_74710 ай бұрын
True strike is useful for Eldritch knights, as the can make an attack roll as a bonus action if they cast a cantrip as an action. But it’s so specific that only one subclass can make any use of it (and it’s not even that good)
@tylernelson3107 ай бұрын
Correct me if I'm wrong, but they could just do green flame blade, which would deal more damage and attack as well with their bonus action
@Kale_7477 ай бұрын
I mean that’s for a different purpose, true strike getting advantage on the attack roll makes you more likely to hit while green flame blade deals more damage
@tylernelson3107 ай бұрын
@@Kale_747 yeah, but since green flame blades an action and a cantrip which deals damage, they would roll to hit twice, one for the green flame blade and one for the bonus action attack, essentially giving them advantage and dealing likely more damage
@joelletham64169 ай бұрын
I honestly love this character he's portraying. Makes me want to play as a scheming character who's every move is foiled in a wacky over the top fashion.
@ShaunJS3 жыл бұрын
But True Strike™ could be used in an encounter where you are too far away or otherwise unable to attack this turn, will be close enough on your next turn, and it is crucial that you land exactly one hit and somehow you have no other party members or spells or resources that could be used to accomplish the same or better either on this turn or the rounds of initiative between. One day true strike will have it's day and my spell book will be ready damn it
@ShaunJS3 жыл бұрын
and I will cast it and then miss anyway
@frapseddatsht3 жыл бұрын
Previous iterations of true strike were a lot more useful. Due to some changes that overall I agree with in 5th edition, some spells got kind of bad. True strike used to give something nutty like +20 and ignores all cover on your next attack roll. If there was something like a poisoned arrowhead, or even just getting through some enemy's very tough armor it was alright. It was never something you'd always have prepared but having the option to plan around was nice.
@beastwarsFTW3 жыл бұрын
It only had a range of 30ft, most damaging cantrips have a range of 60ft. Unless your fighting an ice devil I can't see it being used.
@stm78103 жыл бұрын
or if you're using a poisoned weapon or a spell and want to hit.
@gotenksta3 жыл бұрын
Except you need to be close to use True Strike
@DarkKingRosemar3 жыл бұрын
I could make True Strike useful with one change: Let you cast it on someone else. Bam! Support mage build
@Zalied3 жыл бұрын
pretty much this. it would work if you were a multiclasser though and had 2 attacks in 1 turn. But wait what about just attacking twice? if you were in some situation where a missed attack could cause harm in some way. i know its getting oddly specific but.....yea.
@TempestFirestorm3 жыл бұрын
@@Zalied If only there was some sort of action you could take that could give a multi-attacker advantage on their attack...
@Zalied3 жыл бұрын
@@TempestFirestorm outside of multiclassing truestrike wouldnt be on a multi attacker and since thats part of the conversation i actually have no idea what your referencing
@TempestFirestorm3 жыл бұрын
@@Zalied The assist action.
@Zalied3 жыл бұрын
@@TempestFirestorm someone has to use the action though you cant assist your self which is what truestrike relatively does. yes you can get your familiar to do it but your familiar can be killed or busy at that moment for one reason or another while truestrike does it solo. so when talking about fixing truestrike you would want to come up with a way to make its a truely solo no exceptions spell.
@JackAttack152 жыл бұрын
When I first started playing DnD, the DM and I took the description of the spell card way too literally and they basically allowed me to know a creature's AC and resistances/weaknesses on top of having an advantage on my new attack roll.
@zc104_purple52 жыл бұрын
That's actually a pretty good idea
@mennograafmans15953 жыл бұрын
I think skywrite is really underestimated, especially for a druid who can change it each day. Masscommunication changed the world as we know it over the last 100 years. In a large town, you basically can manipulate the entire population.
@patrickbuckley72593 жыл бұрын
People, don't listen to the magic words in the Sky, they are filled with lies! The Duke is not in fact a big stinky head!
@ericfelipe41983 жыл бұрын
Yeah, its the kind of thing that you say: "well It could be used like that!" But will never be actually used.
@hmcloud84873 жыл бұрын
Animal messenger Trumps it tho XD Not to mention sending
@HyenaFox3 жыл бұрын
True in theory, but it's subject to the environment (it says explicitly that the words appear to be made out of clouds, and that wind can blow them away). Just based on hearing the spell, it sounds like it's a really cool way of writing a message, almost like a hugely visible flare that most people can see, but in reality it's probably more like having a plane write something in the air with a smoke trail or having a big banner printed on a blimp. Cool party trick, but takes too long and is basically useless when clouds, rain, wind, lights, or buildings block it. Plus, there are already far easier and far better ways of mass communication in D&D. Message is a cantrip that allows effectively an SMS voice memo to be sent to literally anyone within like 150 feet, (and they can reply), and I think few people realize how powerful Sending actually is. Sending lets you send a message of up to 25 words to any creature or person you are "familiar with" (your DM can define this differently, my interpretation is anything you've entered combat with, had any interaction with, or heard about from someone else). Sending can work across any distance and can cross planes, (the only exception is if you use it to send a message across planes, it has a 5% chance of not working, but you can always try it again). The thing that makes Sending so powerful though (as Jester demonstrated in the most recent Episode 100 of Critical Role) is that it says that any creature with an intelligence score of 1 or higher (so like anything that isn't an amoeba or a jellyfish, effectively) can innately understand the general idea of your message, even if they don't know the language you sent it in. Sending enables a response, and this also works in reverse, with you being able to understand the general idea even if they sent it in a language you don't know. It's effectively SMS messaging with the added feature of that thing where like certain messaging apps (like instagram) give you the option to auto translate it or how you can use google assistant/siri in messages if someone sends you something in a different language and it will grab it and say like "Oh, would you like me to translate that for you?"
@Nr47473 жыл бұрын
Skywrite also is a ritual, so I would definitely try to get it into my spellbook/ritual book on any ritual caster, just in case.
@TheLikenessOfNormal3 жыл бұрын
"Unfortunately, Asmodeus has true sight and can see it anywa-" "GODDAAAAAAAAMNIT!"
@droman6083 жыл бұрын
This.
@augustomoreira7441 Жыл бұрын
5:14 why would you let him roll for it IF HE WAS GONNA FAIL ANYWAY?
@MagileineTopDeckToFullField Жыл бұрын
"That's uh...72 for stealth." "As far as anyone knows, you haven't been born yet."
@YayapLives3 жыл бұрын
A moment of silence for the rotting carcass of truestrike. *Meanwhile, in pathfinder* "I cast quickened truestrike and called shot the villains mouth with this potion in my sling."
@ShiftyMcGoggles3 жыл бұрын
Wait. Callshot things into the people's mouth? *honking noises intensifies*
@keymaster0133 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately you can't do this in pathfinder unless the DM agrees to ignore the Called Shot specific rule saying "true strike and other auto-hit effects turn a called shot into a normal attack bc fuck you, that's way too broken."
@richmcgee4343 жыл бұрын
True Strike Level: Sor/Wiz 1 Components: V, F Casting Time: 1 standard action Range: Personal Target: You Duration: See text You gain temporary, intuitive insight into the immediate future during your next attack. Your next single attack roll (if it is made before the end of the next round) gains a +20 insight bonus. Additionally, you are not affected by the miss chance that applies to attackers trying to strike a concealed target. Focus A small wooden replica of an archery target. So, how come d20/3.0 got it right twenty years ago and 5th edition still hasn't fixed it despite knowing they screwed it up?
@YayapLives3 жыл бұрын
@@keymaster013 more like, way too entertaining. Yeah we all were having a fun game so no one looked up called shot rules to check if they put in anti cheese. Glad we didnt. The unidentified potion turned out to be a homebrewed temporary dragon potion anyway so it did solve our large bandit camp problem... because the dragon problem was a lot scarier.
@ShiftyMcGoggles3 жыл бұрын
@@YayapLives that sounds like the DM realised the anti-cheese too late, and decided to make things interesting.
@stephensotor81043 жыл бұрын
This is just the DM bullying a player.
@loadsotroubleforyou3 жыл бұрын
This is a joke. No one is doing it or saying that you should do it. Wtf
@darklusare75823 жыл бұрын
I agree, that would be just bullying)) I mean, if they take the lesson maybe it will make them better, otherwise it's just sad
@funnyvalentinedidnothingwrong3 жыл бұрын
To be fair, it's outright stated the wizard uses fireball as a crutch so....deserved.
@Dream1463 жыл бұрын
@@funnyvalentinedidnothingwrong not their fault it's deliberately overpowered. Hell it's better damage than most high level evocations.
@funnyvalentinedidnothingwrong3 жыл бұрын
@@Dream146 it's their fault for spamming it tho
@LocalMaple Жыл бұрын
True Strike has two minor uses: 1. In stealth before combat. 2. As a Bladesinger, if your DM allows it to work on your next weapon attack instead of the first weapon attack of your next turn.
@christianrose91663 ай бұрын
Hate to be that guy, but there are better options of the same level or less: 1. If you're in stealth before combat, then you can just attack the enemy as an unseen attacker, and have advantage on the attack. Then attack next turn, for a total of three d20's rolled with no need for using up concentration, which is better than True Strike and might not even require any spellcasting (therefore costing less than a cantrip due to not having to invest any class features/feats). 2. As a Bladesinger, you would have access to spells like Booming Blade and Green-Flame Blade. Both of these grant you a second weapon attack (which is better than having advantage due to the chance of hitting twice), and grant extra damage on a hit via their extra effects, while also being flavorful additions to your Bladesinger character.
@jefferydavidson53472 ай бұрын
If I heard a loud knocking sound, I would not assume that someone was breaking free of chains
@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache3 жыл бұрын
This is why you should let your wizard choose their own spells
@koishily3 жыл бұрын
And then he chooses Fireball. The joke was Jacob's wizard cast nothing but Fireball
@lnsflare13 жыл бұрын
I got the exact opposite lesson from this.
@hvymtal85663 жыл бұрын
This wizard had it coming
@XanKreigor3 жыл бұрын
@@koishily If it works, don't change it.
@Trevbot7893 жыл бұрын
Yeah i wouldnt play a forced spell list unless its a one shot. If im a wizard and i got fireball, I'm using it when I want. Not my fault the dm cant improvise
If you are in ca campaign where weapons break and you know exactly how many attacks are left, you could use True Strike on the last hit to increase the odds of the last attack being a hit.
@DrapPep3 жыл бұрын
"I wish to know where the rouge is" HAD ME IN TEARS XD
@sable76873 жыл бұрын
rogue, not rouge
@DrapPep3 жыл бұрын
@@sable7687 oh ok so its rogue, I thought it was rouge. But how about rgoue, can i do it like that?
@blackmage12763 жыл бұрын
@@DrapPep better than rouge
@DrapPep3 жыл бұрын
@@blackmage1276 then i will spell it as rgoue for now on
@riomio78523 жыл бұрын
I feel called out
@jacobsipes3 жыл бұрын
Jacob is so committed to the bit that he legit laughs without breaking character. Love it.
@jeremywillis7042 Жыл бұрын
Before Steady Aim appeared, True Strike allowed a solo Arcane Trickster a chance to achieve Sneak Attack in situations where hiding wasn’t possible. Against an opponent with very high AC, True Strike combines very well with Elven Accuracy. In certain out of combat and/or performance situations, True Strike allows a better chance of success: William Tell for example…
@fryingpanllama5026 Жыл бұрын
i like when the wizard and the dm are laughing together, it shows that even if hes a troublesome player theyre still friends in the end
@ashtongiertz87283 жыл бұрын
2:17 huh, I was expecting the fail to be something like "unfortunately, the giants are illiterate."
@idiocyincorporated76353 жыл бұрын
That would be a fun way to force the encounter..
@kimguinness54163 жыл бұрын
Ah my favourite JoJo arc, when the wizard used g-fuel to become BigDickWizard69 Requiem.
@Sockacroc3 жыл бұрын
Ok so skywrite is very, very, very situational. The one time I used it was in a campaign were me and my buddy were members of this holy council of protagonist righteousness, and basically the council wanted us to try to make peace with the dark lord before waging all out war. But we were like “where is he? How do we get his attention? We can’t cast sending or anything like that.” And then one of the npc council members (and by that I mean, the dm) was like, what if you ask him to meet you by writing a message in the sky? TL;DR It’s nice to have stupid obscure spells in the back pocket as rituals
@meathir49218 ай бұрын
I used it to trick a religious zealot into thinking he was talking to his god. Most creative bone in my body.
@macromondo80262 жыл бұрын
Within the confines of this videos seeing the Wizard suffer is well-deserved and funny, I aprove. In any real DnD table tho: If my DM picked my spells for me I would be like "alright you're a controlling douchebag, noted, gonna play a martial class instead."
@HaloFTW24083 жыл бұрын
2:38. Whoa whoa whoa, I will not take this slander. See Invisibility is a great 2nd level spell. 1. It lasts an hour and isn't concentration. 2. It doesn't have a range. You can see an invisible creature as long as you have line of sight to them. 3. It also allows you to see into the ethereal plane. It is definitely situational, but it's a must have for my arcane casters.
@dannyreyes33803 жыл бұрын
Has the target already left your line of sight?
@rainyeevee40473 жыл бұрын
I agree, its super usefull spell in nearly any conditions. Not for DM but for players. Does GM sends at you invisible monsters? See invisibility. Does the big bad gut just cast Greater Invisibility and is beating the party up? See invisibility and tell them where he is so they can attack. Dungeon have Clairvoyance set in various places? See invisibility to avoid them. As long non-concentration spell its one of the best.
@shinobidaniel_123 жыл бұрын
@@rainyeevee4047 see invisibility doesn't work on greater invisibility
@LtLukoziuz3 жыл бұрын
@@shinobidaniel_12 Why not? See Invisibility doesn't say anything about spell level it can affect or anything like that, it just lets you see invisible things.
@rainyeevee40473 жыл бұрын
@@shinobidaniel_12 Of course it works.
@undermanned9833 жыл бұрын
I usually just give the party the item cards after they identify it.
@uberspider13623 жыл бұрын
I had a player purposefully take the loot and NOT identify three weapons, and go and try to attune to all of them, ending up getting cursed
@tomm353 жыл бұрын
The thing is that the rules allow anyone to learn the magical properties of an item without any special spells or whatever. Even a -3 Int barbarian can do it - all it takes is a short rest. You don't even need to attune to the item.
@somthinorother3203 жыл бұрын
Yeah, the 4 INT Barbarian figures out how to use the object, but doesn't know the finer points of its enchantment. Namely, he doesn't know about whether or not it requires attunement, has charges, or how many charges it has left. Also, its a hell of a lot quicker even if you cast it as a ritual. There's also the less used facets of the spell where it tells the user if any spells are affecting an object or creature.
@wolfybat33353 жыл бұрын
My Wizard had identify, but took 4 sessions to track down a pearl of high enough value for the component... Party often hoarded loot, until the Bard got a longsword permanently stuck to his hand and they started to ask for identification first
@samiamrg7 Жыл бұрын
Knock can apparently be used pretty creatively to “unlock” a lot of things, not just locks. It can unbar doors, suppress arcane locks, and remove a variety of other obstructions to the opening of objects. It can also clear obstructions in tubes and drains and the like, and apparently even suppress spells placed on magic items which themselves suppress magical effects.
@Altorin2 жыл бұрын
"it's a staff of barding, only bards can use it" "AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!"
@jefthereaper3 жыл бұрын
"knock can be useful when used combined with silence" yeah waste two spell slots vs lockpicking for the rogue.
@JannikSohn3 жыл бұрын
Or just use enlarge/reduce on the Door or the lock🤣
@coletrainhetrick3 жыл бұрын
This is under the assumption this is for stealth only. If you had someone use arcane lock or it has an extremely hard check in general knock guarantees success
@michaelminugh53573 жыл бұрын
Ritual cast Silence tho'
@DoctorLazers3 жыл бұрын
Knock is useful if you don't care about stealty and just need to get the fuck through a door right now.
@jefthereaper3 жыл бұрын
@@DoctorLazers Thats rarely going to happen. The DM is not going to lock a door unless its guarded, or a home with people living in it.
@leffan31073 жыл бұрын
"You can use knock in a moment of stealth with the spell silence" Me: Oh cool! *sees that silence needs verbal casting is needed for knock* Me: COOL!... AWESOME!...
@hugofontes57083 жыл бұрын
you just need enough room not to silence yourself along with the target
@atomicash24753 жыл бұрын
Knock is also good for when you get loot lock in a container that has arcane lock casted on it
@shadowbear1233 жыл бұрын
If you take 3 levels in sorcerer you can use metamagic for a subtle spell and not need to speak to cast it Not that I'd recommend taking sorcerer just to use silence and knock together, but you could find other uses for metamagic along with that But also, side note, if you normally wouldn't have access to knock - like if you were a cleric - you'd also be at the level to choose knock as well when you get metamagics
@MonkeyJedi993 жыл бұрын
I still think it is better to never copy the spell into your book, and use that money to hire a rogue.
@sarahtorgerson96583 жыл бұрын
Last time we used it, the bard covered the noise with a loud, minute long fart noise. It still 100% drew attention but he convinced them the rogue had a medical condition(we were breaking into a hospital) and they believed it.
@Sorain1 Жыл бұрын
I love how much effort was put into finding spells with issues and demonstrating WHY they have fundamental issues. (Skywrite "You Were Warned!" to panic basically everyone who reads it.)
@drawbyyourselveАй бұрын
Magic Mouth is super useful you can do: 1 - cast it on your bag/moneybag to say: "hands off the merchandise", if someone except you tries to touch them. 2 - make a working alarm clock when the sun rises, sets (needs access to the sky I assume) 3 - Sell welcome slogans to merchants (imagine a walmart greeter and those laser doorbells combined) 4 - Distraction stones, when thrown say a load of rubbish to distract people 5 - Have your annoying barbarians axe scream "Harder Daddy, yes, yes YES!" every time he strikes a target with it and drive him mad. There are tons more ideas you can come up with.
@rossthemoss68273 жыл бұрын
The Morden sword spell..dear God It is bad, simply because why would anyone cast it when The BIg Old Hand exist
@adamkaris3 жыл бұрын
How about Tenser's transformation lasting 10 minutes and giving you heavy armor proficiency. Even though it takes 10 minutes to equip heavy armor and you can't cast spells while wearing armor you aren't proficient in XD
@rossthemoss68273 жыл бұрын
adamkaris I mean the spell does have use for blade singer wizards..other then that yeah..it is pretty niche.
@aaronwilliams88873 жыл бұрын
@@adamkaris I love that interaction. Classic. The only possible workaround is putting the armour on for nine minutes and then casting the spell before it is "fully equipped" then you finish equipping it. But that is only if the DM has mercy and rules in your favour. Otherwise, I guess you need to multiclass for sorcerer extended spell.
@MystFox13143 жыл бұрын
Mordenkainen I think
@rossthemoss68273 жыл бұрын
GameNinjaD I know plate is 15 Str but I don’t know about chainmail or Scale mail